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Have the power, the political capital to push through a voting rights law. he wanted them to think it was all on them to show americans the very worst of voting suppression in order to turn the tide on the american conscience, to get americans rallied around voting rights. he didn't want them to know what he was doing behind the scenes to try to uphold voting rights without getting a voting acts right through. that was plan a. he really wanted a voting rights act to go through. he was doing everything behind the scenes to make sure voting rights were upheld. it's remarkable. >> it really is. w...

With a part of the speech. >> he said i know the news of what's happening in similar me but i want you to know that we are going to be okay. when the history of this era is done, the rest of the world will be left stronger. it should've taken anything so terrible for people to see what's at stake, now everyone sees a clearly. we see the unity among the leaders of nations, a more unified europe, and the west. we see unified people in cities and large crowds around the world, even in russia, to demonstrate their support for the ukraine, and the battle between democracy and autocracy, democracies...

Let's remember. >> here's the thing we must remember, slavery was bipartisan, jim crowe legislate case was boopt. i bipartisan. >> is he right? is this push do bipartisanship coming at the expense of people of color? >> absolutely. we have voting right protections, more americans to are legitimate voters automobile to participate, free of any voti voting suppression. if we don't have protection, we are limiting access to the ballot box. the will of voters can be overturned if the outcome is not to the liking of legislative bodies. that's not a democracy. two weeks ago we were part of a

Democracy, the institutions that are supposed to protect us, they don't protect themselves. they are upheld or eroded through a series of small, incremental decision. one book that helped me understand this it was called "unmaking the presidency." they walk through all the norms that were undone during this period and show where they came from and why they matter. another that i thought was help ful was "one person no vote" by carol anderson, who shows how the fight over voting suppression and voting rights is ever present in the american story. and finally, the book is about the trump voters....

Stricted vote i rights, among other things limited mail-in ballots, limited the time for early voting. do you feel like voting rights in this state and other states are under attack right now? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. we have seen voter suppression like we have never seen voting suppression before. we have lost footing. we had more voting rights in '63 than we have now. it is -- i just -- words cannot -- cannot say what i feel about it. >> reporter: what do you want people at home to know when they see these cars, when they hear you speak? what do you want them to know? what do you want ...