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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a no-confidence vote, securing enough support in his party to remain in office.

Slowly as senate democrats negotiated aspects of president biden's build back better bill, but with the bbb on the back burner voting rights are at the top of the agenda. daniella diaz joins us live. democrats have set a tight deadline, the senate majority leader chuck schumer, expecting a vote on this in about eight days from now? >> reporter: yes. i want to clarify, boris, that would be a vote on a rules change in the senate so that democrats could try to pass some sort of voting rights legislation by simple majority. they want a filibuster carve out, which means they wouldn't need 60 votes ...

Biden and vice president, kamala harris, travel to atlanta georgia, a day after georgia had its big weight of the college football championship. as a big part of their voting rights push. they -- the quipped of gun monitor king. her wife curtis got came, as well as the children and their families. they visited the ebenezer baptist church working with pastor, and of course, that's the same church were george and senator, who's election a years ago, help spur the states new voting restrictions, has been senior pastor for almost 17 years. the trip in culminated with a speech where biden made his ...

Majority. no republicans support the legislation. but the problem here is senator kirstjen cinema and joe manchin do not support a filibuster carveout even though they've been meeting and having countless meetings with their democratic colleagues behind closed doors. they have not come around to that, laura. that is the biggest problem here. even if they debate it, what happens next if they don't support that filibuster carveout? laura? >> daniela, just quickly, do we know whether senator manchin or sinema will be at the meeting with the president? >> reporter: sometimes senators don't show up...

Sinema for her vote on voting rights legislation opposing that rules change to pass voting rights legislation by simple majority. you know, there's been a lot of tension with senator kirstjen sinema and senator joe manchin of west virginia for their votes against their own party, you know, first it was the build back better act. they did not support that $3.5 trillion price tag. they wanted to pare down that package. in the end snow joe manchin did not support the final $2 trillion package they were discussing. and now it is voting rights legislation that he did not support the rules change so...