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Learned chuck schumer and house speaker nancy pelosi are planning to go to the white house tomorrow to discuss a path forward on voting rights legislation. cnn also reporting that senator joe manchin is involved with the talks to get a bill passed that will protect voting rights and my next guest, the former senator from alabama, wants them to act on the issue and he has a new op-ed in usa today. he says, pass manchin, plus voting protection with or without republicans. okay. go. good evening, sir. thank you. let me read a little bit more of what you wrote, you said the time for lengthy debate...

Voting. no excuse voting. but look what his priorities are. and that's where i think we may be in trouble with republicans. he does not want his bill would undo gerrymandering, partisan gerrymandering, and that is very current, because we're at a time when the states, in fact, decide where they stand, and we know there have been changes in the state that could induce some gerrymandering. his bill allows for an election day holiday. that would mean people could go to the polls on election day. now, he expands early voting, but only for 15 days. again, he's trying to

Which includes 15 consecutive days of early voting and he drops no excuse voting and adds a utility bill to account for that. here's what stacy abrams had to say about manchin's changes to the bill. >> what senator manchin is putting forward are some basic building blocks that we need to ensure that democracy is accessible no matter your geography and those provisions that he is setting forth are strong ones that will create a level playing field. >> so, you know, she sounds pretty clear, basic provisions, strong ones, level playing field. she is not knocking manchin's changes which are signif...