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Of keeping the senate. the issue is immigration, did ron desantis and governor abbott put that as a top issue? did they force the americans to pay a lot of attention this week? >> it definitely got a lot of headlines. they may have exposed some hypocrisy from democratic officials. but immigration is more of an issue that gets republicans to the polls. the anger over the lack of border security is more or less a base issue for the republican party. but i think it's also, governor desantis has a lot of venezuelan voters. he has to be careful not to

Of keeping the senate. the issue is immigration, did ron desantis and governor abbott put that as a top issue? did they force the americans to pay a lot of attention this week? >> it definitely got a lot of headlines. they may have exposed some hypocrisy from democratic officials. but immigration is more of an issue that gets republicans to the polls. the anger over the lack of border security is more or less a base issue for the republican party. but i think it's also, governor desantis has a lot of venezuelan voters. he has to be careful not to

Of keeping the senate. the issue is immigration, did ron desantis and governor abbott put that as a top issue? did they force the americans to pay a lot of attention this week? >> it definitely got a lot of headlines. they may have exposed some hypocrisy from democratic officials. but immigration is more of an issue that gets republicans to the polls. the anger over the lack of border security is more or less a base issue for the republican party. but i think it's also, governor desantis has a lot of venezuelan voters. he has to be careful not to

Moment since the draft opinion came out. they think this will be a political win for them, but you have to remember that this is really a base issue for both sides. will it energize pro-abortion voters? yes. could it energize as well? the question becomes the rage gets more votes than satisfaction? probably but this isn't happening in a vacuum. there are a lot of other issues that voters care about. we still have four months until the midterm elections of inflation and high gas prices. and i think the message from the biden administration is uncheck abortion for women is the most important iss...

Chuck schumer wants to keep the senate in all weekend. is this for show or work? >> reporter: it could be for work and it could be for show. again, the realities aren't necessarily changing here just because you are doing it on a weekend. the senate majority leader's office has aenl said they wanted to have action on voting around martin luther king jr. day so that puts you at monday. if the schedule holds and what we heard him say on the floor just a little while ago holds, then what you end up seeing is action on the voting rights bill tomorrow, it fails, you debate the rules and you go into...