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Luther king, jr., iii and why they are holding their nationwide event next weekend can change the course of voting suppression across the country. thousands of under a storm tonight as henri barrels up the coast, expected to make landfall in a matter of hours. we are keeping a close eye on its path. this is "american voices." we begin this hour with breaking news, florida hits a major milestone in its uphill battle against covid. new cdc data shows the state just passed 3 million cases of coronavirus. you would think news like this would give the state's governor a reason to rethink his pand...

Tonight more than 50 stks democratic lawmakers now face civil arrest warrants. many remain outside texas. otherwise it would clear the way for pass on of a voting rights bill which they consider to be nothing more than voting suppression. while it would force them to be back, they are not criminal arrest warrants. chris turner chairs the texas house democratic caucus. you're currently in texas. how concerned are you that you might be arrested and brought to the capitol? >> evening, anderson. i'm not concerned. the speaker did sign civil arrest warrants as you pointed out. so far those warrants...

Texas democratic lawmakers now face civil arrest warrants. many remain outside texas. otherwise it would clear the way for pass on of a voting rights bill which they consider to be nothing more than voting suppression. while it would force them to be back, they are not criminal arrest warrants. state representative with me now, chris turner chairs the texas house democratic caucus. you're currently in texas. how concerned are you that you might be arrested and brought to the capitol? >> evening, anderson. i'm not concerned. the speaker did sign civil arrest warrants as you pointed out. so far ...

Practical momentum on voting rights in the way we've seen it on infrastructure and that's concerning. >> as we talk with them, as you know, we met with them, martin luther king iii and i met with them a couple weeks ago. they can't even come up -- i'm talking about members of the senate -- on why they cannot put something on the table that can be -- that can pass. dana, you had a new neighbor on "the washington post" opinion page this week, the attorney general himself, merrick garland. he wrote to urge congress to act to protect voting rights. he outlined the history of the voting rights act ...

Congressional races so that the mail-in ballot situation can be the standard once again. tell me about that and the ability to use your id to vote. >> so the word you chose to say that what they were saying about it was a misrepresentation, pretty much the nicest thing you could say. the fact of the matter, maria, is they're flat out lying about what's going on and that lie has been perpetuated by the p mainstream media. the fact of the matter is, as you pointed out, what texas is doing, we're actually adding hours to vote. not subtracting hours to vote. if you look at all -- for two weeks, fo...