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>> on the legal side of this, jane, talk about the legal challenges to the law, what might be out there, what might be possible, what might be realistic. >> so we know there's two challenges before the law was signed moments ago. democrats voting rights attorney mark elias filed a third challenge, arguing it is unconstitutional, that it violates voting rights by making it harder to cast a ballot. i think democrats learned in the past they can't keep relying on courts to overthrow these voting rules they don't like that we have seen time and time again, federal voting rights laws essentially li...

Battles ahead. experts fear that gerrymandering could adversely affect the country's voters of color who is growing in number. joining us is jane tim, nbc news senior reporting. jane, good to have you with us. you are the one that helps us break it down and understand it better. first of all, where could we see the biggest fights when it comes to redrawing the districts lines? >> you know, look to the south. the last decade around we had a lot of fights in the midwest, but this year it is all going to be about the south. so look to places like georgia, texas, which just got two new house seats...

Gerrymander? do the legislatures have to figure out a strategy to make it work just right? >> you know, it is a really precise way that you do it. basically what you do in the south, and this is why voting rights advocates are so worried about the south, is the way you gerrymander in the south is crack and pack minorities into different districts which means you put them all in a district and them separate them out so you have a majority white district. it is dluts the political power of the people that live there, but i guess you can out gerrymander but these guys are really good at it. there...

Lawmakers to put that funding back and if they don't do that, they run out of money at the end of the month, excuse me. so all the employee also no longer get paid. he's trying to put pressure on the lawmakers, get them back to austin and back to work but without those texas democrats giving quorum to that legislature, they can't do anything. all they can do in the next special session is sign warrants for their arrests and try and get those lawmakers back unless they have a quorum. you can't do anything without that. >> at this point, is he still threatening arrest, jane? >> absolutely. they ...

Fighting it, but we do know that one of the leaders of this walk-out, and the move to d.c., he does plan to stay in washington through the end of the senate session, so we do know there is some precedent for at least one democrat sticking around and trying to put pressure on washington. >> we'll keep our eyes on this, jane timm, appreciate it. an nbc news exclusive, we learned nearly 1,800 americans directly affected by the 9/11 terror attacks, they don't want president biden to participate in any memorial this year, as he follows uhm on a pledge to declassify evidence from 9/11. courtney ku...