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Like that doesn't make any sense. to think they are really in a credibility crisis as well. lawrence: speaking of virginia, all eyes on virginia as republican glenn youngkin terry mcauliffe final pitches to be the next governor. rachel: mcauliffe hoping for a last minute boost as former president obama is set to hit the campaign trail with him today. pete: alexandria hoff in d.c. with what to look for as the voting numbers come in. >> throughout this campaign mcauliffe the democrat here holding a small but steady lead. that has now changed with just 10 days to go the candidates are now dead ev...

Worth. fort worth is the most republican large city in texas and now with the republican domination is tyler. san antonio is democratic, so what is happening in texas is what is happening in the country, which is the metropolitan areas are becoming more blue and the countryside is more red. so texas is very jerrgerrymande and republicans have -- they control more power than their voting numbers would indicate but governor abbott is walking on an ever finer knife edge. the point of the abortion law, i think he was supposed to lose and rev up republican voters and not inflame democrats but it wo...

Americans. it was a very impressive strategic move by the attorney general, and it will do a lot of good. >> since you are out of alabama, i want to talk about the 2013 voting rights act. he wants them to pass the john lewis voting act. talk about why this piece is essential. >> so this is the provision of the voting rights act called preclearance. and let me give you an example i've actually dealt with. say you get to be a couple weeks out from an election and all of a sudden a state or municipality starts closing polling places in the majority-minority neighborhood, making it much more diffi...

This piece is essential. >> so this is the provision of the voting rights act called plea -- preclearance and let me give you an example that i've actually dealt with. say you get to be a couple of weeks out from election and all of a sudden, a municipality or a state start closing polling places and a majority minority neighborhood, making it much more difficult for people and their neighborhood to go out and vote while maybe it's justified by voting numbers or maybe it's the result of racial animus and an effort to suppress those votes under preclearance, the state and alabama, a great examp...

Good. >> since you are from alabama, i want to touch on shelby v. holder, gutted section five of the voting rights act in 2013. garland wants congress to pass the john lewis voting rights act restoring the doj's ability to review state election laws before they become effective. talk about why this piece is essential. >> this is the provision of the voting rights act called preclearance and let me give you an example that i've actually dealt with. say you get to be a couple of weeks out from an election, and all of a sudden, a state or a municipality starts closing polling places in a majority...