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We're in the middle of that tough phase. i hope that when we go home now and hear from our constituents and they say, you know, this is a moment like it was in 1891 when the senate filibustered voting rights and it led to 75 years in which black americans were denied the ability to vote. this is a moment like that. you have to stand up to preserve the vision of our republic. and we'll come back and, hopefully, have those 50 votes. so we are not giving up. >> you were on the floor tonight talking in favor of the talking filibuster. that failed, too. and there was a moment when senator manchin a...

For the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening rachel. who's breaking during this hour, includes us from politico about senator sinema, meeting with a small group of senate democrats on rules changes this evening. in the lbj room, in the capital. this is possible indication that the public pressure that both joe biden and judge schumer put on senators manchin and sinema today, might be nudging them a bit. the report says that the senators in this meeting, in addition to sinema were, tim kaine, angus king, jon tester, brian schatz, elizabeth warren, ben cardin, chris coons, maggie h...

And every word that he does not say. and, the most important were that joe manchin did not say is, no. when garrett hank asked him if joe biden speech change his opinion on the senate rules change, joe manchin could've easily said, no. it didn't change my mind. that would have been very bad news for the president and the democrats, but joe manchin also could've used it, change my opinion and announce supported rules change, and that would've been great news for the democrats. but, when you're watching senators in these situations, you watch will words they choose to say. and what joe manchin c...

Reforms to it as people have done in history and throw the voters under the senate desk. i think we need reform. >> senator schumer announced a vote on wednesday at 6:30 p.m., which will probably becoming across one of your electronic devices in a moment, if not already. does that mean that's the vote to end the debate, that's the one you need 6 0 votes for? >> that's the first vote. to make very clear for the first time we're debating tomorrow because four times republicans have shut us down so we haven't even been able to have a debate. we did this as you know the rules very well, lawrence, ...

When the senate filibustered voting rights and it led to 75 years in which black americans were denied the ability to vote. this is a moment like that. you have to stand up to preserve the vision of our republic. and we'll come back and, hopefully, have those 50 votes. so we are not giving up >> you were on the floor tonight talking in favor of the talking filibuster. that failed, too. and there was a moment when senator manchin asked if there could be a talking filibuster without a rules change. i just want to play the end of your exchange with him. watch this. >> i understand the way this ru...