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All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. It was a big day for the future of american democracy. We will get to that significant action in a moment, but before we do, just give me a second to go back to the context of what happened in the last election. I think it has been obscured by the sabotage and disinformation and violent insurrection unlike anything weve seen in the history of the country stoked by the former president. Remember this, last november, right, once in a cent ray pandemic, we got a glimpse of what a full or fuller participation version of our democ...

In the courts. and she filed an amicus brief before the supreme court in january concerning the voting rights act. that case has yet to be decided. and she joins me now. i wanted to start with the history here which bennet alluded to and chuck schumer alluded to. but it seems people don't know this history, and none of it stands unless you do, unless you understand this core fight that congressman clyburn referred to in the 15th amendment that has been bringing about multiracial democracy for the duration of the country's history. >> i want to even go a step further than i heard representative...

Elizabeth warren? >> a good point. and i think we take the personalities out of it, the core fight that they fought, which is still not at all done within the democratic party is -- the democrats used to be the party of the working person. and that's what bernie sanders, his whole campaign was about. that's, those are the -- the people, the voters he was appealing to and those are the people that hillary clinton simply -- did not do well with in the primary and lost in the general. >> this line jumps out at me from the new book. "i am proud to be a democrat and i wish bernie were, too." >> rig...

Of the don't ask, don't tell policy in the military and so this is another move that they believe is very important to try to bring about marriage equality. it's politically decisive because you have house republicans who are absolutely committed to trying to save and protect their view of marriage as just one man and one woman. it's a core fight. it really gets to the heart of what makes these twos parties stand on different sides of the issue and you have a bit of the star power today and you've got the legislative power from both houses coming to the microphones and trying to get attention....