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They made this majority runoff requirement for general elections. i remember very well when it happened. and now, you see they have got caught on their own petard here of when you just saw them lose the senate seat because of that rule. so, i would say that you have to always be careful what you pray for. >> well, uh, senator majority leader chuck schumer has promised a vote on changing the filibuster to advance voting rights legislation by martin luther king jr. day, which is six days from now. the same time, senator manchin and sinema -- they have really given no signs, publicly, they'll con...

Be remembered? the consequential moments in history -- they present a choice. do you want to be the side -- the side of dr. king? or george wallace? do you want to be on the side of john lewis? or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln? or jefferson davis? this is the moment to decide, to defend our elections, to defend our democracy. >> bell again, at least two democrats, senators manchin and sinema, of course, oppose dhanging the rules. now, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is vowing to tie the senate in procedural knots if it happens. senate majority leader ch...

Them more. when joe biden gets to the point of frustration and concern about the state of our democracy, that he is now calling for a constitutional carve-out, that is a very big deal. it's a victory for the forward-going process. unfortunately, we are not talking about that enough. >> dana, let's talk about the forward going process because even if the president is now calling for that, which he has, van rightly pointed out, that's not something he has been saying heretofore. i mean, unless he can suddenly whisper that into joe manchin's ear and kyrsten sinema's ear, does it really matter? >>...

White house was hoping with a speech like this is that it would, you know, get the grassroots up in arms, and get them to bang down sinema -- sinema's door. and bang down, metaphorically, manchin's door and say you have to do that. but as van said, that has been happening already. they didn't need the president to do that. what they want is for the president to use his chops as somebody who can get things done to do just that. and not necessarily make a big speech. >> dana bash, van jones appreciate it. thank you. there is a new tool in the fight against covid and it's got four paws and a fl...

Does it go from sneer here? >> yeah. i mean, they have been talking about this, i don't know, for months, obviously. and it's doomed in the senate. i mean, it's clear why the president chose to put so much political capital on the line unless they can change the opinion of manchin and sinema. >> and there is no clear plan for that right now because they have continued to be holdouts. you ever heard from senator manchin, time and time again, what his opinion on this is and how he thinks this should proceed. and even today, he was on capitol hill repeating that any kind of changes to the senate ...