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To behold today. the no response started with connecticut where the secretary of state there said she would only hand over data that was already public and nothing more. that started a cascade of other states saying no. mississippi got its share of headlines today when their secretary of state said chris kobach and his voting commission, and i quote, can go jump in the gulf of mexico. [ laughter ] mississippi not only said no, they said they can go jump in the gulf of mexico. that exact phrase was in the state's official response. even chris kobach himself as secretary of state in kansas, he d...

That the no response started with connecticut where the secretary the state said she would hand over data that was public and nothing more. that started a cascade of other states saying no. mississippi got its share of headlines when their secretary of state said that the voting commission and i quote, can -- can go jump in the gulf of mexico. mississippi not only said no, they could go jump in the gulf of mexico. that exact phrase was in the state's official response. even chris kobach as secretary of state in kansas, he doesn't intend to comply with his own request. he initially told reports...

Intelligence community is doing their thorough job and they called attorney general sessions there. but attorney general sessions must come before judiciary. one, for oversight purposes to explain the comey firing, but, two, there's a lot of other things going on there. you've got to refugee order. you've got the change in some of the immigration policy. the criminal justice policy. the voting commission. we simply can't have a justice department and an attorney general that doesn't come before the senate judiciary committee. >> now, there's been some indication, at least, that on the republic...

To lead it. we can fix this. and we will. the american people demand it and so does our democracy. >> president obama in his state of the union address this year announcing the kind of thing that sounds good, but you think will be one of those things in the state of the union that never actually happens. turns out it's happening. joining us now for his first interview about the new presidential voting commission is one of the two men tapped by president obama to lead it. the president's top campaign lawyer, former white house counsel, bob bauer. mr. bauer, thank you for being here. >> thank yo...

For governor romney's campaign, to lead it. we can fix this. and we will. the american people demand it and so does our democracy. >> president obama in his state of the union address this year announcing the kind of thing that sounds good, but you think will be one of those things in the state of the union that never actually happens. turns out it's happening. joining us now for his first interview about the new presidential voting commission is one of the two men tapped by president obama to lead it. the president's top campaign lawyer, former white house counsel, bob bauer. mr. bauer, thank...