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Those arrest warrants in court and now the naacp is calling on the justice department to investigate whether these warrants violate the civil rights of the texas democrats. joining us now, derek johnson, the president and the ceo of the naacp. derek, good to see you again. thank you for being with us. let's talk about this philosophically. the idea that these texas democrats are holding up this vote. they have left, in some cases left the state, in order to stop something that they say is unconstitutional because it will take away voting -- the ability to vote from people. and for that, they a...

Is the beginning of redistricting, which is the beginning of the gerrymandering season. and the very states that have been rushing to suppress the vote will now be rushing to gerrymander. it will have a significant impact, as you say, on congressional and legislative representation not just now but into the future. a whole decade these things last, and it's why it's so urgent for congress to act now while it can to ban gerrymandering and set national standards on redistricting. >> right now we don't have that, maria teresa. we do not have a ban on that, so people can go in there and despite al...

What the republicans demonstrated to us on january 6th is that they are willing to cheat and to put our constitution and our democracy at stake if the people that they want to win lose. and so we need to make sure -- and this is not partisan. this is not democracy with a big "d." this is a democracy of our institutions with a little "d," ali. how do we safeguard our democracy so that it's not an autocratic institution where the minority is ruling. right now what the census showed is in children under 18 years old, there's not a majority minority. the future is here and they want to participate...

To the studio. we're going to hold you captive until you interview a guest. it's outrageous. it's a form of intimidation. that's why we're asking the justice department to look into whether or not this is even legal. i commend the members of the texas house of representatives. i commend those senators in the state senate who stood there for 15 hours. i know senator royce west was organiing and fell two short of the quorum in the senate. we must continue to fight and fight because the rights of individuals are at stake. and quite frankly, the quality of our constitution is being challenged by i...

Have not put the same level of priority around protecting the rights of citizens to fully engage in our elections. this is not about partisanship. this is about supporting and upholding the constitution. i am concerned as we celebrate the huge infrastructure package, we should commend the administration for that, but we also recognize, particularly in the african-american community, that the new deal policies, as great a piece of legislation they were, all those pieces of legislation, it created structural barriers for african-americans. so as we celebrate on one side, we recognize unless and ...