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One, i don't think this has been a priority for the administration. i certainly believe that the president supports voting rights. i think they made a miscalculation around the priority. i believe that this should have been one of the first bills to push forward. because we had all the momentum right after the election, then after january 6th there was a certainly level of republican voters actually understanding what was at stake there. then with all of that momentum and the timing, i think the priority should have been last year. but here we are now. then we did see the president do what we ...

It doesn't have a path forward in the senate. the john lewis voting rights authorization, i think the path forward for that is tenuous at best. we talk so often about these pieces of legislation in the context of what democrats are going to do and what joe manchin has an appetite for, but let's talk about republicans. mitch mcconnell supported the last review of the voting rights act. is this all about republicans not seeing a path forward in future elections unless they make it harder for folks to vote? >> reporter: mcconnell now says this version is not necessary and not something he would s...

0 it's great to see you. i'm geoff bennett, and as we come on the air, there is a lot happening on this summer friday. this hour we will see president biden and the first lady at the g7 summit in the u.k. they're about to have a gathering of world leaders and they'll be joined by british royals. we'll have it for you live if it happens. back here at home, there is bombshell news on the trump doj, saying they seized the records of high democratic lawmakers and their families members all hunting down leaks about trump and his contacts with russia. >> obviously deeply suspicious of what the justi...