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Started to wane over the course of the war. the broader point, though, is on a bipartisan basis, when you look at the members of congress that matter, that make decisions, that hold chairmanships, to a person, regardless of party, they are supportive of the u.s. support for ukraine. they are supportive of the scale of assistance, jaoftentimes, th are driving the administration to move faster on the scale of what they're willing to consider and send. and i think that the president's visit, as much as this was a message to the world, as much as this was a message to ukrainians, it's also a messa...

Majority-rule institution, and they were very clear about this. they wanted debate to be extensive. they wanted the minority, you know, numerical minority in any given debate to have their say, but they also wanted, you know, when that debate became o obstructionist they wanted the majority to be able to move it to a vote and hold the vote on a majority basis. there was no filibuster. the senate operated on a majority basis through the 18th century, through the 19th century and through most of the 20th century it remained a majority basis except civil rights bills which have to face super majo...

Rolling back all sorts of civil rights and civil liberties that we thought were established as common national rights. and they're doing that on a majority basis. the supreme court is giving them the leeway to do that certainly on voting rights so far and potentially on abortion next summer in that decision and on other rights. and then the one tool democrats have to protect these rights whether it's codifying roe or cod foying national voting rights is their ability to pass legislation through the congress. but in the congress they now have to reach this super majority in the senate, which th...

The senate has, in fact, not operated this way through most of the history. give us the facts. did the framers really intend to have the filibuster that manchin is defending? >> absolutely not, and they were clear about this. when the senate was created the framers created it as a majority-rule institution, and they were very clear about this. they wanted debate to be extensive. they wanted the minority, you know, numerical minority in any given debate to have their say, but they also wanted, you know, when that debate became obstructionist they wanted the majority to be able to move it to a v...

You say today reveals that the trifecta of red state legislatures, the right leaning supreme court and the senate filibuster making it impossible for democrats to govern even when they win elections. meaning this isn't a runoff, and what does that mean? one off. i said runoff. >> not a one-off, right. as i said before, if you look at what's happening across the board is you're seeing red states on a majority vote party line basis, their legislatures rolling back all sorts of civil rights and civil liberties that we thought were established as common national rights. and they're doing that on a...