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On the $3.5 trillion bill. president biden saying this tonight. >> the goal at the end has always been there and he's always been with me. i think we can work something out, and i look forward to speaking with him. >> and on the heels of texas's six-week ban on abortions and attorney general merrick garland's pledge to protect abortion clinics in texas, the state that's always been red moves even more sharply to the right. governor greg abbott signing just today a bill that points -- that puts major new restrictions on voting in one of the nation's fastest-growing and diversifying states. >> i...

>> i'd be astonished if a law like this was not challenged in court. we've seen it happen wherever laws like this are passed. the first thing the democrats do is run to the courthouse and try to challenge it. i feel extremely confident that when this law makes it through the litigation phase, it will be upheld in a court of law. >> the law facing an immediate legal challenge from voting rights groups and two federal lawsuits were filed before the bill was signed so here is some of the real life effects on real people who are just trying to exercise their right to vote. okay? the bill bans 24-h...

Voting in texas. >> this is what governor absot s -- abbott said about the lawsuits like yours today. >> i'd be astonished if a law like this was not challenged in court. we've seen it happen whenever laws like this are passed. the first thing the democrats do is run to the courthouse and try to challenge it. i feel extremely confident that when this law makes it through the litigation phase, it will be upheld in a court of law. >> do you think you have a real shot in court? >> i think the courts are there to be a check and balance on legislators and legislative bodies that are running amok co...

Easier for people to vote. and you can't unlearn something. we've made it clear. we've shared the information with all the state representatives and senators in the harris county area. once you learn something helps minority voters, helps women voters, you can't step back and say that must have been a fluke. you have to do everything you can to protect it. so initially, it may not have been the kaflts once learn that it does protect minority voters, it is hard to see it as anything but an attack. >> this is what governor abbott said about the lawsuits like yours today. >> i would be astonished...

Houston because of the pandemic and was very popular 127,000 people voted in the drive-through voting lanes of harris county. there are new hurdles to voting by mail. and it also empowers partisan pollwatchers with more access at election sites. because of all of this coalition of groups like the naacp, the aclu say this is one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country. they have filed suit. republicans say this is about protecting the integrity at the ballot box. >> the first thing the democrats do is they run to the courthouse and try to challenge it. i feel extremely confident tha...