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bipartisan effort under way in congress now to protect future elections. we are covering all this from all angles. we have a team of reporters and analysts standing by. let's begin with manu raju on capitol hill. manu, tell us about this new legislation. >> reporter: this is the first direct response and most significant legislative response to the events of january 6th. a bipartisan group of senators just moments ago announced they have a deal to change how the so-called electoral count act, a law from 1887, works. essentially make it harder to overturn an election and what we saw d...

Conflict that he has ongoing with the former president. >> this friday both men will be in arizona at dueling rallies, backing rival candidates, very different visions for the gop's future. trump's candidate in arizona is still embracing lies that trump won the 2020 election. how critical are these midterms for republicans and the party's legacy? >> look, i think they're incredibly important for republicans and i would say they're very important for the country as a whole. here you have donald trump out there consistently supporting election deniers. as of june, i think there were in more than...