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With making change . Also, the debate over kink at pride. Some say these events need to be more familyfriendly, others say pride has to welcome absolutely everyone. The chairman of San Franciscos leathermens Discussion Group joins us live. And lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. Our producer brings us the latest research on people like Alexander The Great and william shakespeare. From nbc news in washington, im Joshua Johnson, welcome to the week. This week brought some big developments in the fight over Voting Rights. Yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the S...

Because it doesn't seem like anything in congress is going to happen anytime soon. >> yeah, tim, with regards to going state-to-state, i have to say, these laws in some states feel very much like a fait acompli. with the composition of a number of state houses, the republicans control more of them than democrats do. in a number of states, there aren't enough lawmakers, democratic or other parties besides the republican party to push back. so absent litigation, the doj doing something, it seems like we can expect more of these kinds of laws to end up on the books, either temporarily or permanen...

Feel very much like a fait acompli. with the composition of a number of state houses, the republicans control more of them than democrats do. in a number of states, there aren't enough lawmakers, democratic or other parties besides the republican party to push back. so absent litigation, the doj doing something, it seems like we can expect more of these kinds of laws to end up on the books, either temporarily or permanently. but how do you see it? >> yeah, absolutely agree with that. and i just do have to say, given the previous segment that i am onboard for free britney and i wanted to take a...

Instead, in private conversations and in the documents they are continuing to release this week, their counter report, they are arguing that the process isn't fair to president trump and trying to just move on from the actual discussion about the president's conducting of foreign policy. >> you know, jake, to bob costa's point, i mean, it's what you do when you have no facts. and what's so interesting is that it's sort of described as a fait acompli, how this is all going to end. i hate to use the word smoking gun because it feels like we have 17 of them, smoking guns in the form of witnesses ...

Your calculation? >> it really matters. when you're hearing constantly from your could not is it the bentz something is good or bad, your job is to represent them. showing up at town halls, showing up outside members of congress's offices, making the phone calls, i read those letters from the senate floor when i was talking about different nominees i was voting against and sharing what my constituents felt about these nominees. it informs our judgment. when something is as important as health care, that has such a significant impact on families' lives, on the ability to survive. these the mome...