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Name me one thing they're for. >> well, the president came back to that theme over and over, again, hitting republicans on what he says is their lack of policy or vision beyond just standing in his way. he did acknowledge that his signature build back better legislation was unlikely to pass, as is. but he was optimistic it seems about getting major pieces of it done this year. as for the package of voting reforms on the line tonight, he pr e expressed hope of sampleaging major portions of it as well and expressed confidence in his point person on it. >> you put vice president harris in charge ...

You know, ijust don't think they would feel if i said to them, you know, i just don't think we they would feel if i said to them, you know, ijust don't think we can really defend your freedoms and lives right now because we are not perfect and offers his society in the united states. they would say, come on, we need you, the united states are still the only country in the world with the authority and power, and the intention to stand up through democracy and freedom and effective way and so we have to fight these battles at the same time at home and around the world. realize at home and around...

Success for the party that benefited from that enthusiasm gap. >> and as democratic voters are deflated, democratic politicians are divided, which is where we go to von hilliard, who is covering the censure now of kyrsten sinema by the democratic party. what went into that decision? should we be surprised the state party took this step? >> well, i think what mike and ali and steve just laid out here is why the arizona democratic party at their committee meeting here with several hundred activists on saturday tried to focus on 2022 because they do have a democratic senator, mark kelly, who did ...

>> let's start with the fact that biden just made, without question, his strongest, starkest pitch yet for election reform. there are a lot of activists, voting rights activists, progressive activists who have wanted him to be sounding like this since he took office in january 2021. in fact, some of them boycotted today because they're sick of white house photo ops. >> yeah, i mean, the problem, though is that right at this moment it's kind of too late. i think what activists wanted was for biden to make this issue priority number one. to use the political capital that he had when he came into...

Prosecutors say a man made threats on craigslist. the threats came just days after trump tried to pressure georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger into overturning election results. and this all comes amid an attempt on capitol hill to avoid a repeat of what happened after the 2020 election. with the democrats package of voting reforms now dead, republican senator susan collins is now leading a bipartisan effort to overhaul the electoral count act governing how congress counts and certifies presidential election results. the reforms could include protections against threats for election ...