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Straightforward way to protect the right to vote. why are republicans so eager to stop it? joining us are nbc news correspondent leigh ann caldwell and president and ceo of the national urban league, marc morial. leigh ann, what's the point of this test vote on voting rights legislation, to show what we already know to be true, that without support from ten republicans or without changes to the filibuster, there's no path forward? >> that's part of the point, geoff. the other point is to show that democrats are united. this is the first time that there is legislation that they are putting forw...

Dance for voting rights legislation on capitol hill. the senate will hold a test vote on the freedom to vote act. it's all but certain to fail because it's unlikely to pick up the 60 votes it needs to get rid of the filibuster. chuck schumer said he would talk to his colleagues if that's what it takes. >> we know this runs deep. if our republican colleagues have good idea, we'll work with them. we'll listen to them. if these ideas are truly aligned with the goal to protect our democracy, we'll work to include them in the final text. >> the freedom to vote act sets minimum standards for voting,...

Pieces around the board in your head. is there any way around it. >> well, the filibuster applies now, what we're talking about is the freedom to vote act. >> yeah. >> and that is an existential threat to our democracy. and, yes, the test vote will get 50 democrats and no republicans is what i think is going to happen. and this is something i've discussed with joe manchin. ornstein and i have come up with -- it's essentially in talking filibuster instead of having to stop a filibuster with 60 votes to sustain a filibuster you need 41. and 41 senators have to be on the floor and they have to st...

Brown, who disproportionately get more abortions for a host of reasons, from economic reasons to just lack of adequate health care and higher precedence of pregnancy-related complications, have less access to it. if you look at a place like missouri, the only place where abortions have been carried out for years is in st. louis. if you live outside of that area, you have to travel to get it. and so we have been seeing this creeping up for a long time, this two-tier system that is only getting worse. and certainly, even if the supreme court overrules and strikes down roe v. wade, we'll still ha...

A lawsuit stemming from a september 2015 incident. the suit was filed by demonstrators who say they were roughed up by his security guards outside of trump tower. a lawyer for trump did not respond to a request for comment from nbc news. the suit is one of at least ten civil cases pending against the former president. meanwhile, democrats are planning to make another effort to try to break the gop filibuster on voting rights legislation. senate majority leader chuck schumer has set a test vote for wednesday to open debate. this puts pressure on, wait for it, senator joe manchin, who had helped...