today! agenda in scranton, pennsylvania. what's in it and what's out? and he can get his message across. can he? with voting rights under assault across member senate republicans moving to block the freedom to vote act. and a major development in the search for brian laundrie. investigators discovering what appears to be remains in a florida nature reserve alkds a backpack and notebook belonging to him. straight to the big news here. senior political analyst kirsten powers and charlie dent join me. kirsten, i think i saw charlie, you know, it's been -- we see each other all the time. there is a whole lot of programs like, you know, let's look at

what they're making in this bill. okay. over the shorter frame. so supposed to be longer. now they are going to do it for shorter friems like the child tax credit and paid family leave. free community college tuition, that's out. what's your read on how this bill is shaping up? >> well, it's about what i expected. i think that it was always going to get smaller and they were going to lose some of the things that were in the bill and reshape some of the other things, and that's what's happening. but i have been listening tonight to what you are saying. we are going to have a rare disagreement. >> that's fine. i welcome it. you know that. >> i usually see things -- we usually see things very similarly, and i don't -- i don't feel like this is something where i heard, you know, you running tom friedmann early saying the party has moved too far to the left. if you look at what's going on here, the things that kyrsten sinema opposes, for example, there are two senators who

oppose a lot of what's in the bill, and you have 48 senators who support it. so that's not really a divided democratic party. that's two senators. and if you look at the things that kyrsten sinema opposes or things that joe manchin opposes, they are very popular with most americans. so they are not too progressive. there is nothing too progressive about the government negotiating for lower drug prices. that's a very popular position, particularly in arizona. it's not even -- it's not a progressive position. it's just a popular mainstream position. and so to sort of -- and then the other thing she is opposing is raising taxes on the rich, which again is something that americans support. so to cast it as this fight between progressives and centrists, there is nothing centrist about what she is doing and nothing centrist about what joe manchin is doing, frankly, around the coal industry and wanting to not have, you know, to change course in terms of the

coal industry and have training for workers and so they can move into other industries. so i think the way it's being set up, i just -- i don't see it. does that make sense? >> yeah, it does. i think there is nuance and conversation mostly around too far to the left is when he -- when thomas friedmann was talking about defunding the police. if you listen to my conversation with chris, i said america needs those things you mention the. b . >> but not the position of the democratic party, defund the police. >> that was about the narrative. i don't disagree with you. look, i disagree with the way that maybe you are understanding what i'm hearing. so that's -- that's fine. >> okay. maybe i misunderstood what you are saying. >> you can completely disagree -- >> i know. i'm always curious when i hear you and i'm thinking that's interesting. >> mostly that democrats haven't

really figured out the messagesing. they haven't figured out the power of the bully pulpit, the power of being in a slight majority in the senate, a slight majority in the house, and also having the white house in the bully pulpit. i don't think they figured out how important that is. sadly, the former guy figured that out in short order and used it to his advantage whether he was telling the truth most of the time when he was lying, he used it. look what he did with covid. and, you know -- >> can i make a point? i'll let charlie get in here. i just want -- but i think the thing i'm trying to get at is it's not about selling it to the american people because the american people actually support this. so the problem is -- >> only 10% of the american people know what's in it. look, they support those things, but they don't know exactly what's in the bill. >> yeah. but the problem is two senators. it's not -- it's not joe biden's lack of trying to explain this to people or trying to get beam onboard. there are to two people who are

blocking this. and i actually think that that's what should be getting a lot of attention, is why are they blocking it and why are they casting this as moderate when it has nothing -- there is nothing moderate about it. >> charlie is like, why am i here? charlie, go ahead and talk. sorry. >> i was going to say, look, i -- that's all right. hey, look, i don't think this bill, frankly, is as popular as many people are saying. as you said, don, most people don't know what's in it. but they are hearing the price tag. they do have sticker shock. of course, people like childcare, pre-k, they like financial aid for college, they like a lot of things, but on the scale proposed they're fearful. and we shouldn't be looking at this issue in a vacuum. we are looking at this on top of $6 trillion in covid spending. inflationary pressures. shortages. you know, mayhem at the border, capitulation in afghanistan. all of this is running together. and i think the problems in the

democratic side are pretty serious. i think it's more than two senators. i have heard, you know, some house democrats say they are not going to vote for anything that doesn't restore the saul deduction. two progressive democrats yesterday on "new day" said that 3.5 trillion was the compromise. they are not going lower. so i think there are real problems here. the truth is joe biden is going to sign what's ever sent to him. if i were the democrats, i would take the bipartisan infrastructure bill, pass it now. they should have passed it in august. pocket the win. that's a big deal. i think they are just way too big and misreading their mandate. >> we went so long, charlie. the next question, because i want to talk about the voting rights, the republicans blocked the freedom to vote act in the senate today. the bill, here's what it would do. you even talked about it with joe manchin, right, his bill, some good things in there. i think i have discussed that with you. but the bill would make it

easier to recommend tester to vote, ensure states have voting for federal elections and allow all voters to request mail-in ballots s that so wrong? >> sounds pretty normal. >> no, i think most of those provisions are reasonable. i mean, i support early voting, no excuse absentee voting, election day, should it be a holiday? okay. the question comes down to should the federal government be mandating this. i serve in the state legislature for 14 years. i thought that was the purview of the states. you know, i get it. we have a voting rights act, some states abused african americans years ago and we had to correct that at a national level. some of those provisions i think, frankly, ought to be enacted at the state level and many states have done so. >> thank you g.o.a.t. i appreciate it. i have to move on. see you soon. >> thank you. let's bring in now veteran democratic strategist james karval, the co-host of politics

war room with al hunt. james, i am so happy to have you on. thank you for joining, sir. >> good to be on with another louisiana guy. >> yeah. if i say who dat or go tigers, i will say both of them. >> that's it, man. >> let's stick to the point here. the president was on the road today pitching his economic agenda. i want you to watch this. >> this has been declared dead on arrival from the moment i introduced it. i think we are going to surprise them because people are beginning to figure out what's at stake. folks, look, these bills are not about left versus right. or about moderate versus progressive. or anything that pits one american against another. these bills are about competitiveness versus complacent say. >> so he has to sell this. is that messaging working when the spending package still unfinished, unclear what exactly is going to be in the final bill. is it working? >> well, first of all, the messaging is improving.

everything in -- everybody reports a number. well, this person says 3 to.5, this person says 1.5. and i think the president is giving the reasoning behind it. i am glad to see that the president is out there selling it. i hope a lot of other people do, too, because so many people don't know what's in this. you know, if you are not willing to sell, you are not going anywhere. and so i'm glad to see he is out there making these sales calls. >> i don't know if you've got to watch thomas freiedmann on with anderson earlier tonight. he said some poignant things. he thinks that skroous are screwing this up, that they are working on something so exciting but the sales job is terrible. watch this. >> we have a launching pad here. not some giveaway that got whittled from 3.5 to 3 to 2.7 to 2.5 to wherever the heck it is right now. this is so exciting what they are trying to sell and they have so poorly sold it.

and that is what really democrats should be asking themselves, how the hell could we be losing when we have a big plan and all they have is a big lie? >> what do you say to that? >> i agree completely. i mean, but, you know what? the best time to play in an oak tree was 25 years ago. there got to be more people selling. you take daycare, that's the number one reason we are having problem with the labor force. women have to choose between their children and job, they pick their children. corporate america outght to be enthusiastic about this. mitt romney said you put people in the work force, they make money, they children, people that have this daycare, have better outcomes. you are going to save money over 15-year period if you have daycare across this country. you're right. and i think tom makes a good point. i made that point previous to this. but now they're selling.

sell, sell e sell. you know, cnn, everything on the air is great and that's wonderful, but if somebody's not selling the ads back there, you are not going anywhere. >> this is my question though to that because what i have been saying is that republicans have been able to sell a lie, motivate people on a lie, and to get people -- get buy-in from a whole lot of people. democrats have as thomas friedmann said, as you have said, a winning message. and the truth. what gives here? why can't they get people to understand and get buy-in and come to some sort of an agreement about what needs to be done in this ceo country? >> the reality is we have 50 senators. it's hard. and i think the president, his, you know, this thing is a difficult -- it's a difficult birthing process, and we got a three vote majority in the house. but it looks like there is some chance that he could land this plane. when you look at all -- when they do that, they get to this

infrastructure bill through, it's going to be quite a torrential amount of accomplishments in the first year. doesn't seem that way now, but it looks like they are sitting down and banging heads, you know, and putting heads together. that's what they got to dorjts you have been critical. you think right now they are moving in the right direction? you have been critical of your own party? >> yeah. critical about some of it. i mean, i'm enthusiastic as anybody in the world about what's in this legislation. and i just want other people to know all of the things that we are doing. this is going to have an enormous impact across america. it's going to have a really good impact for working people. a really good impact for single moms. i mean, it's going to have a good impact everywhere. and i'm glad to see that the presidents's out selling that. tom made a good point on anderson's show. but let's get this thing out to

people. the republicans said i don't want daycare, i don't want to expand community colleges, i don't want to do this. okay, fine, you know, let's take it to them on those terms. if we do that, i think we will be successful. >> it's interesting to see people voting against their own interests because this is really good for rural america and, quite frankly, red america, and they seem to be voting against it. go on. >> the problem is they don't know what's in it. >> right. >> all right? cbs had a poll, 10% of the people know what's in it. well, you know, if you're not preaching the gospel, you don't know. i mean, you know, you got -- you've got to get out there and they got to disperse people and the fact that cnn is talking about this and anderson is talking about, you're talking about this, that's gonna help. they got to get people out selling. you know, knock on the doors, rattle the pots and pans. let's sell this thing. this is a good, solid, all-world

program. this will be the biggest aid to the middle class since world war ii. that's just a fact. let them deal with that. >> old-school door-knock politics. a pleasure having you on. please come back. we need to continue to discuss this and nfl pinform people. >> thank you. a cnn exclusive. president joe biden takes questions from the american people. a cnn town hall begins tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. right here on cnn. texas gained two new congressional seats in the last census. the boom in population driven by non-white texans, but the texas republican legislature drawing a congressional map that overwhelmingly favors white republicans. a power play that will be in place for the next decade. cnn's ed lavandera has the latest. >> reporter: cruise down jefferson boulevard in dallas

next to the texas theater where lee harvey oswald was arrested and you see the color and flavor that makes it one the most prominent latino neighborhoods in the city. but civil rights activists say it's the kind of neighborhood severely impacted by the way texas republicans have redrawn the state's congressional maps. the activists say neighborhoods like oak cliff are crammed into fewer minority districts to dilute the vote of latinos, blacks and asians. >> the growth in texas is fueled by latinos, 2 million of them, and blacks, asianss and other communities of color. if we don't pay attention to this and don't demand that latinos are represented, we will find ourselves with no representation. >> reporter: texas is the only state in the country that is getting two new congressional seats because of the state's population growth. non-white texans account for 95% of that new growth, and according to the latest census data white texans make up just under 40% of the population, latinos are now about the same

percentage of the tpopulation. the black population is almost 12% and asians are about 5%. civil rights groups say the two newly created congressional districts in texas are drawn to give white and likely republican candidates an advantage. the white voting age population tops over 50% in 23 of the 38 congressional districts in texas. the latino voting age population is the majority in seven districts. black and asian voters do not make up the majority of the population in any congressional district. the way some of these congressional lines are drawn does raise some eyebrows. down here in this corner is the city of denton. lately it's been trending bluer, but it's now drawn into a map that extends you hundreds of miles out into the west texas panhandle, heavy republican territory. and if you take a closer look at the fort worth and dallas area, look at that district in the way it's drawn. it stretches from fort worth and

hooks its way around into dallas county, and it surround another district that one person described to me that it looked like a dragon spitting fire. this district right here. and when you grzoom out you realize that district is a rural district that makes its way all the way out into east texas. despite this, the texas republicans who led the redistricting efforts insist the new political boundaries for state and congressional districts are fairly created. >> the maps were drawn blind to race. once they were drawn, they were checked for compliance. we were assured that all the existing minority opportunity districts, whether they be black or latino, were going to perform as such. >> reporter: ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. >> the assault on the right to vote spreads across the country, republicans blocking another voting rights bill in the senate. they wouldn't even let it come up for a debate. what are democrats going to do to make it easier for americans to exercise our most precious

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senate republicans blocking the democratic effort to reform election laws in a 49-51 vote today. republicans refusing to open debate on the freedom to vote act. president biden calling the move unconscionable and it comes as republicans in states across the country are limiting access to voting. joining me is jamieime harrison the dhachair of the democratic national committee. before we get going and get into what happened in the senate, ed

lavandera laid out how texas' new map would give white republicans disproportionate representation even as minorities are making up a greater share of the state population. and you can see it really clearly when you look at the numbers here. it's straight up voting restrictions for minorities and people of color. what is going on and why can't democrats combat this? >> well, we will push back in the courts. don, as you know, after the census is done, you have reapportionment and you re-draw the congressional lines. and if you don't control the legislature -- democrats don't control the legislature, the senate or the house in texas. so the republicans have the control in order to draw the line. but this is the thing. they are being so ambitious because all of the growth in texas happened because of minority communities. black and brown folks going into texas increasing the population of that state.

we are going to take their asses to court. we are going to challenge the districts. if this is the map they are going to bring up, there is no that they can make the case that they are creating no new minority influence districts when all of the population growth is because of minority populations, and then to be able to have the bold-face lie -- i heard the state rep say we didn't think about race at all. come on! that is b.s. we know what they are done in this situation. we are going to fight back against that. i have already set aside tens of millions of dollars for the lawsuit. i hope the folks in texas have all of the money that they need because they are going to go to court over these lies. >> and you know -- listen. in texas, i mean, look for it to happen in other places if you look at the laws being created around the country to estrict voting. i want to list some of what republicans rejected today, okay? the freedom to vote act made

registering to vote easier, made election day a holiday, allowed everyone to ask mail-in ballots and overhauled how the congressional districts are drawn. the question is, again, why are democrats not being able to combat this and what are republicans so afraid of? >> well, don, we had 50 votes in the united states senate. this is a first time in the u.s. senate that all of the democrats voted for voting rights legislation to move forward and so that we can debate. we know the challenge in the senate. you know, if this was the house, it would have passed because all of our voting bills have passed the house of representatives. in the senate you need 60 votes. what chuck schumer said today at the closing of this vote is very, very clear. you know, the senate faces a choice. either it can follow in the footsteps of those who did the right thing in the past, or it can allow our democracy to burn down. the republicans channelled strom

thurman today. they didn't stand on the floor for hours upon hours, but did the same thing. the hill voting rights legislation. we got to challenge it. so the senate is going to have to make a determination of whether they want to be strom thurmond or john lewis. >> i had the opportunity to ask the president of the united states about the batting for voting rights and if it is time to get rid of the filibuster. listen to this. >> if you agree with the former president, he has called your -- as you call him, your old boss, that it's a relic of jim crow. >> it is. >> if it's a relic of jim crow, it's been used to fight against civil rights legislation historically. why protect it? >> there is no reason other than you are going to throw the entire congress into chaos and nothing will get done. nothing at all will get done. and there is a lot at stake. the most important one is the right to vote. >> isn't this a break glass in case of emergency kind of moment? do these other priorities matter

if we lose our democracy here? >> you know, one of the things, don, i am putting on my old whip hat when i used to whip votes for jim clyburn in the house, sometimes you put votes on the floor to test where your caucus is to see where the other side is. but also in order to prepare for the big battle and the big vote. one of the things that will make it easier for us to tackle the how of voting rights is to get a big win. it gives us as a party some momentum to really push on that in the united states senate. and so i think chuck schumer understands where he is going. it is a methodical approach. sometimes things don't work as fast and quickly as we agreed them to. however, time is running out in the hourglass and we need to move forward because of the gerrymandering that's taking place across the country. and so, you know, i trust schumer and the senate democrats to continue to be methodical, to get this done because we have

to. >> let me ask you something. >> democracy is on the line. >> real quick, if you can. do you think one day the president will look back and say after he is left office and say, you know, i should have gotten rid of that filibuster and preserved voting rights? because every president has that moment. >> he is just nine months in, don. it ain't done yet. and so i think we need to give the president the time to -- he is having a lot of conversations and discussions that aren't on twitter, that aren't on televised on television, and we need to give him room to operate. he understands how important this is for so many people and how personal the right to vote is. and i trust that he and the vice president along with the leadership, the democratic leadership in the senate are understanding what is at stake. >> jaime harrison, thank you very much. appreciate t. thank you, don. normally sleepy elections now becoming full-on culture war political fights. school board elections turning ugly and hurting the kids they

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school boards. around the country the growing fights over masks, vaccines, and how to teach about the history of racism turning racist for local school boards into cultural battle fields. more from evan mcmorrow santoro. >> at the end it says you have become our enemies and you will be removed one way or other. have a miserable, miserable day for the rest of your life, you filthy traitor. >> reporter: nicki hudson is seeking re-election in columbus, ohio. she received a threatening letter over her support of masks and a diversity and influx program. what do you tell the kids when you get a letter relike that? >> you tell them don't live in fear and don't back down to bullies and make safe choices. so you don't go places alone. make sure that someone's with you. >> reporter: normally, these off year non-partisan school board

elections are sleepy. the turnout is very low. but that was before the pandemic when school boards were still boring. >> you are stepping over your line. >> you don't need to breathe for me. >> let's take a recess. the board will take a recess. >> reporter: after protests and fury over mask mandates, vaccines, and aernt racism sir i can la, school board racing are the front lines of a natural culture war. candidates are facing heat normally reserved for big-time politics. rick, a local pastor in westerville school board member, ended his re-election bid weeks before election day. >> i feel like i have -- i feel like i have failed. i feel like i have failed some people in this community that looked to me to try and be a person who will always listen and will always try to figure it

out. >> that's the conversation. >> reporter: where he sees no way forward, others see an opening. many candidates running for school board across ohio in this year are first-timers and some say the races are nasty. >> it's a bit insane, if i could say. i did not know going into this how much partisan issues drive non-partisan election. >> reporter: brian steele is one of those first time candidates. his campaign in worthington is locked in on rallying cry heard across the country in these elections. >> when they actually do a vote, it's supposed to be open, they are supposed to sus it, have community input. we are finding decisions made at the meeting are predetermined. >> reporter: the anger that could benefit candidates by steele is based on the idea that school boards have a shadowy political agenda although all meetings in ohio are open to the public, protesters demand transparency. >> we need to be a voice for all of our students. we need to be a voice for all of our families.

we need to make sure that everyone is included. >> reporter: kelly davis says she got into the worthington school board race to foster dialogue over issues like race. she would prefer to talk about that, but she has had to navigate a murky political fight instead. >> you would think it would be something more than a school board race where you're having negative ads that are being marketed out there, that people are trying to pull you into that negativity that i just have no desire to be a part of. >> reporter: newly formed political groups are spending money in places like worthington, negative billboards and mailers par for the course in school board elections here, across suburban columbus, and the country. >> my fear is that this is going to discourage the right kind of people from being school board members. >> reporter: after 14 years, charlie wilson isn't running for re-election after his term on the board ends next year. he said he was followed after a particularly contentious board meeting. you felt you had been followed? >> i wasn't going to take

somebody home with my wife there. >> reporter: this is a lot of emotion. >> it is. >> reporter: for a school board -- >> a volunteer position. >> reporter: wilson is worried about the future of school boards. as an officer in the national school board association, he endorsed a letter to the biden administration pleading for immediate assistance to address increase threats of violence and agents of intimidation directed towards school board members. >> when there are threats and when there are disruptions, by virtue of violation of federal law, well, the biden administration, it's time you guys step up to the job and do your job. frankly, our democracy is at stake here. >> reporter: they feel like they are being threatened. >> good. they should feel -- they are not physically threatened. their incumbencies are threatened. >> reporter: he leads an outside group hoping to shake up school boards. he is a republican consultant

and conservative media commentator. he is running a pac that endorsed some 50 school board candidates in seven states, including several in ohio. his pac plans on spending $125,000 on those races. >> the money is going to primarily mailers, digital ads, text messaging, stuff like that. a little money can impact a lot of people. >> reporter: his main goal is fighting critical race theory. >> it's hidden in terms like diversity and inclusion. however, it is still critical race theory. >> reporter: it's simple. drive some new voters into these incredibly low turnout elections, take over school boards and empower the new members to start changing policy. >> they will check what textbooks are being used, look at what outside speakers are presented, what the superintendent is doing, what the inclusion diversity program is. i think those are the things that will probably be inspect and looked at. i hope this changes the way

school boards and curriculum is being handled. >> reporter: in columbus, early voting is underway. >> we will vote our nicki hudson. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the negative stepped up. one board member says it's taking a toll. a few days after she put on a brave face in her lbackyard, nicki hudson gave us a call. >> i found myself in a space where this may sound weird, but i find myself repeating over and over and over again that i'm not okay. i'm not okay. and i'm not okay. >> reporter: what do you think a campaign like this is going to do for other people who might want to run for school board? >> i am truly concerned about the void that will be there. because who would want to do this? >> evan, wow, great reporting there. all this anger has got to be having a real effect on the education system and the kids. it's supposed to serve them.

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culture wars in america turning racists. cnn's evan mcmorris-santoro, he joins us now. we saw his story. evan, good evening. the anger has to be having an

affect on public education. what have you been seeing? >> the emotion is extraordinary among these incumbents on these school board races. it's not often i do interviews with multiple people where they burst into tears unless something very, very bad is happening. they feel that's happening. they think this is an existential moment for public education. places like texas and other states where the boards have been changed and replaced by members that are openly suspicious of teachers and administrators and curriculums and people get fired in situations like that. and they worrisome of these districts, these districts in these suburban areas, known as good schools, could really change if these boards change the way it looks like they might in the next coming couple of weeks. >> and these elections, you said it looks like they might. do we know how they're going? >> well, i will tell you this. the incumbents that i have been speaking to all over the country say they have nothing like the organization that the

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with the personal items, personal effects including a backpack, notebook belonging to brian laundrie. what do you make of this? >> well, i was very surprised because i have been giving greater odds that he was on the lam, there being absolutely no evidence of him found in the preserve for the past month, covered by hundreds of searchers diligently looking and absolutely nothing found until today, when the parents announced that they're going to go look for their son in the preserve and their attorney calls the police and lets them know this, lets the fbi know. law enforcement says, well, sure, we're going to accompany you. and voila, they suddenly find backpacks and a dry bag and lo and behold human remains. which let's presume that they are brian laundrie. so it's bizarre because of the parents. i don't think anybody wishes death on brian laundrie or anyone. they're not that schadenfreude. but we really do want to know how the parents knew to look

exactly where he was found. >> the laundrie family attorney was on with chris earlier tonight, and he says the suggestion that the parents could have planted the evidence is hogwash. what's it say to you that they found all of this now that his parents were on the scene, casey? >> of course the attorney's going to say that's hogwash. the question i have is have we been monitoring the parents all along? and to what extent was this a bit of a setup? i mean, they said from the outset they believed he was in the preserve. we had that issue with the car, did he drive it there, did they drive it there, was it abandoned, was it planted. and then zero cooperation. one day where the father went out with police and walked and talked but didn't find anything. and you just have to wonder how much they knew. did they know that he was in the preserve all along? did they think he was alive when in fact he was deceased? did they think he was camping or hiding? and why today? it's as if as they're winding

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good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news in a major discovery in the manhunt for gabby petito's fiance, brian laundrie. what appears to be human remains and items belonging to him in a nature reserve in north port, florida. it comes a month and a day, i should say, after petito was found strangled in a wyoming national forest. our randi kaye is near the scene in florida. joins us now with some new information she's been getting. so what do we know about what the fbi has found? >> reporter: well, anderson, earlier today the fbi announced they found what appear to be human remains here at the carlton reserve. alongside those remains they found a notebook and a backpack which they say do belong to brian laundrie. we have some new information about where exactly this discovery was made. i am told by a spokesman for the north port police department that all of this was found about a two or three-mile walk into the reserve from this entrance here behind me. about a 45-minute walk is how it

was described.