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Of it. you have joined us regularly to keep us up to speed. we appreciate your reporting. betsy woodruff swan a national correspondent for politico, also an msnbc contributor. joining me is the democratic congressman, juaquin castro of text. served as a house manager in donald trump's impeachment trial. warm welcome to you. it's very good to see you again this week. this week has been remarkable, between the release of these ar archives that have shocking information that you heard us just talking about and the subpoenas, and information and letters that have gone out from the january 6th comm...

Beyond efforts to suppression democratic influence. fueled by the big lie this effort picks up where last year's insurrection left off by systematically taking over every aspect of the voting process end quote. ari berman joins me now, a senior reporter for the mother jones and the author of "give us the ballot the modern struggle for voting rights in america", and steve, the editor of the maddow blog, and the author of the impos tors, how republicans quit governing and seized american politics. good to see you this morning. i have more than a casual affection for democracy, and i go to people...

Volunteering in campaigns. we're not that far from electing a majority in congress that will protect american democracy, so we also need a political solution come is for people to actually believe in voting rights. it's amazing to me that joe manchin and kyrsten sinema voted against his own bill. how did joe manchin oppose his own bill so we need 50 democrats in the senate to do whatever it takes to pass voting rights and not just give lip service to it. >> steve, the historian john meacham said to me rather than polling the performance of the president, we should be polling our performance as...

May say this isn't worth my time or i have to get back to work. this is how it happens. this is how democracy unfolds. good to see you this morning for all the wrong reasons. democratic congressman juaquin castro of texas. the situation on the ukraine border intensifies, experts are saying a russian invasion seems not just likely but imminent. admiral james breaks this down. after the break we will head to ukraine for a report on the ground from nbc's correspondent richard engel. ground from nbc's correspondent ground from nbc's correspondent richard engel. ♪are you ready♪ when you reall...

Times up on voting rights legislation, least for now, after democrats failed to change the filibuster rules and pass two comprehensive bills this week. that's a problem in many ways, but particularly because those bills were safety nets for democracy in peril, and now republican states can continue their deliberate pursuit to undermine democracy on a state by state basis. without those partisan senate bills, gerrymandering, voter intimidation, and intense voter suppression can persist, so much so that former attorney general under president obama eric holder told the reporter ari berman that t...