control but -- also federal standards, and to make sure that the system is not being abused. -- and now we are here, senator tim kaine of virginia. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> chris, it's going to be an important i'm excited about it. >> we will keep our eyes on it. that is "all in" on this tuesday night. rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. thank you very much. thanks to you at home for joining us. florida's republican governor, ron desantis, submitted a new map for congressional districts. in his state. what he proposes is that florida should cut in half the number of congressional districts that are majority black. okay. texas's largest counties are starting to report on the real world impact of the voting restrictions that texas republicans passed this past year. as many as half the ballot requests they are getting from

voters in the state's largest counties are now being rejected by the states, because the new voting rights restrictions they just passed requires that those ballot requests be rejected. half the ballot requests being turned away. in wisconsin, where republican legislators have been moving aggressively to restrict all sorts of voting methods, a state court judge sided with them and ruled that wisconsin can, in fact, remove its drop boxes that people use to drop off their ballots for the election. wisconsin's next election is less than a month from now. they are rushing to rip out the drop boxes and give people fewer places to vote with less than a month to go. gotta hurry. people found it safe, secure to vote that way. as recently as the last election. next one is coming up quick. that must be stopped. today in washington, d.c., conservative democratic senator joe manchin appeared before

reporters -- he was wearing a gym suit, a tunic, i'm only saying that so you're not jarred by his appearance in the next clip. he was at the capitol but he was wearing this sporty outfit. he told reporters scornfully while answering questions that he and senator sinema working with republicans to block federal voting rights protections. that will in no way result in people not being able to vote in the next election. he said that won't happen in the next election because the government won't allow it. i know you don't know what that could possibly mean. i know you think i'm paraphrasing him in a way that's obscuring what he must have meant. honestly, that's what we have got. that's what he said. >> senator manchin, what will you say to voters of color that your inability, your obstruction of voting rights --

>> there's no obstruction whatsoever. >> the government will stand behind them so they have the right to vote. >> the government will stand in the way. the government will do that. that's the phrase he used that. the law is there. the rules are there. basically, the government will stand behind them so they have the right to vote. we have that. who is the government in this construction? senator joe manchin actually has it in his personal hands, whether or not the government will stand behind people to protect their right to vote. right now, thanks to him, it is the government in places like florida, places like texas, places like wisconsins with, places like georgia, it's the government in those places, the state government controlled by republicans, that, in fact, is making it so people can't vote or can't have their vote counted or have their vote diluted to the extent that their

vote doesn't count no matter how potently and completely they and their cohort votes foyer their chosen representative. the existing federal voting rights act was gutted by the united states supreme court by republican appointed judges. the restrictions on voting rights we are seeing, like this in texas, they can't be blocked anymore by the federal government. this new law in texas, that's having the state required by law to throw out half the ballot applications, it's law. it is new law they made in texas. it's in effect. it's not being blocked by anything. the state government has radically rescinded voting rights there. no one is coming to the rescue because of joe manchin. the federal government can only help in those instances if congress acts, if congress passes legislation to let the federal government step in and establish federal minimum standards in terms of voting rights in the election -- and

the administration of elections. it's joe manchin and kyrsten sinema in the senate who are working with republican senators to stop that from happening. senator manchin says, don't worry. he is sure the government will fix it somehow. as if it's not the government that's blocking people from voting, the republican-led state government that's blocking people from voting in these states. as if he is not the government. as if he is not the reason that the federal government can't step in to fix this stuff. a federal government could step in and fix this. it's those two senators working with republicans that are blocking that from happening. the great state of georgia today, where the republican leadership in that state has this past year radically restricted the voting rights of,

georgia residents, republicans have moved another one of their own officials into position so they can use the new powers they gave themselves to get rid of the elections boards in democratic counties and have republican officials oversee the vote in the democratic areas. today's move by georgia republicans was their next major step toward taking over fulton county, georgia, where more democratic votes are cast in that state than any other county. republicans are kicking out the local elections officials and taking it over for themselves. why do you think they would want to do that? don't worry, senator joe manchin said surely the government will help in a case like this. surely, the government won't let this happen. this is the government. this is the republican-led state government of georgia moving radically to rescind voting rights. we do not have federal standards to block this sort of thing because of senator kyrsten sinema and joe manchin working with republican senators to make

sure nothing gets in the way in whatever the republican-led states want to do. today was just -- scenes from a country trying to save itself. we will get to it tonight. it's farce at a lot of levels when you look at the arguments being made by senator sinema and senator manchin as to why they feel comfortable siding with republicans to prevent the government from doing anything on this issue. senators at this hour are still debating the voting rights protections that senator manchin and senator sinema are blocking. we will check in a little later with one key moderate senator who has become passionate on this issue. while senator joe manchin and kyrsten sinema apparently can't seem to wrap their heads around it, the cold reality of it shivering all over the news today. in michigan, the attorney general answered questions from local reporters about her reasoning in asking the u.s. attorney's office in michigan to bring a federal criminal

investigation of 16 republicans who signed and submitted a forged document. she reiterated the argument she made the day she made the referral to federal prosecutors saying she believes this makes the most sense as a federal investigation. but interestingly, speaking with local reporters today, she also clarified that if the federal u.s. justice department chooses newt pursue a prosecution in this case, her office does absolutely believe there's plenty enough evidence to prosecute these 16 republicans under michigan state law. >> at this point, do you think there's enough evidence, if you wanted to, to bring charges against these electors under state law. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. okay. >> and then second question, have you interviewed, or are any of these individuals cooperating with your investigation of what you've done so far?

>> yeah. i didn't comment on the investigation at this point. i will say again, i feel confident we have enough evidence to charge. if we decide to pursue that. again, i want to make it clear, i haven't ruled it out, but for all of the reasons i stated, i think it's a better idea for the feds to pursue this. but technically, it is an ongoing investigation, even though we have given everything we have to the feds so that they will have that information, should they wish to pursue it. it is not we have needed it a determine that we are certainly not going to charge. i am just waiting to see what it is that they will decide to do. these 16 individuals could be prosecuted under state law. i'm not denying that at all. i'm saying that if one of your goals is to find out who orchestrated this -- again, seemingly, there's a conspiracy that occurred here between multiple states.

so, if what your ultimate goal is not just to prosecute these 16 individuals, but to find out, you know, who put them up to this? is this part of a bigger conspiracy at play in order to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election not just in michigan but nationally? it's going to involve interviews in other states, and it's going to involve possible prosecutions in other places. >> michigan attorney general dana nessel speaking with reporters in michigan today. making the case that the part of the republican plot to try to overthrow the government and keep donald trump in power, after he lost the election, the part of that that involves coordinated effort to have republicans in multiple states forge documents saying they were the state's electors when they were not, her office believes that can be charged as a crime under michigan law. they have absolutely enough

evidence to do so. but she said they believe the larger scheme should be pursued by the federal government, because it wasn't just in michigan. it was in multiple states. that was the attorney general of michigan speaking with reporters today. i have to tell you, just before we got on the air, we got news that yet another state is investigating this matter as a potential crime. we have this federal referral from the attorney general in michigan that she was describing there with local reporters as we reported here last night. the attorney general in the state of new mexico, the attorney general hector he says, he, too, is referring this matter to the u.s. attorney in new mexico for potential prosecution as a federal crime. now there's this from the attorney general in the state of nevada. again, to recap, in michigan, the state attorney general referred those republicans who

signed the fake electoral my office cannot and will not accept any efforts to overturn a free and fair election. voting rights are fundamental to our democratic republic and we will continue to protect them. again, to recap, in michigan, the state attorney general referred those republicans who signed the fake electoral documents, referred them to federal prosecutors for potential federal prosecution. the same thing has happened in new mexico, the attorney general in the state of new mexico made a similar referral to federal prosecutors. now, in the state of nevada, we've got the statement from the attorney general saying we cannot confirm or deny the existence of an investigation but rest assured that this matter is on our radar. we don't know what that means in legal terms but you there have it. we do know the january 6 investigation in congress is

looking broadly at this part of the plot by which republicans in at least five different states filled out these forged documents pretending to be electors. and those documents were went into congress. so, we know that the january 6th investigation is looking at it. that, in fact, is some of the way that we were able to find out some of the reporting -- some of the reporting trails that everybody was able to follow in order to figure out that these documents existed, that they were similar, part of a coordinated effort and the january 6 investigation is looking at them. we know the january 6 investigators are on this at least in some way. now we know the u.s. justice department has formally been asked in at least two states to contend with it as well. do you remember how right after the election, president trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, held a couple of press conferences? you may well remember these because these press conferences were memorable for all the wrong

reasons. there was the four seasons total landscaping conference arranged at a gardening business just off the interstate in philly. near an adult bookstore and crematorium. why was it held there? certainly to be the subject of political science dissertations for years to come. mr. giuliani at that event claimed to be investigating election irregularities that would show president trump did win re-election. the event was interrupted by all the networks calling the actual presidential election for joe biden. that was not even the craziest press conference mr. giuliani gave that month. just over a week later, he held another one which would go down in political history for something entirely unrelated to the spoken content of the event. i'm talking about the, what's that on his face? the press conference at which trump lawyer mr. giuliani appeared to be sort of melting before our eyes. i know that is what you remember about that event. none of us can forget it.

what was that event for other than to haunt our dreams? other than to haunt dreams until we're dead. that event was supposed to be a formal presentation by rudy giuliani and the legal team about how the election had been stolen from trump. giuliani told reporters at the hair dye press conference that trump had won pennsylvania by 300,000 votes and michigan by 50,000 votes. he could absolutely prove it. not that he had the evidence right then to show reporters that day, but he would have the evidence soon. everybody should get ready. evidence of all the corruption by the big city democrats. he said he knew crimes were committed. he could smell them. another member of trump's legal team sidney powell then took the podium and explained, if you can call it that, that the election has been stolen by communists in venezuela, also cuba, also china. the voting machines had been

hacked by hugo chavez, even though he is dead. trust us, it works out. someone else got up. also joining them on stage was a trump campaign advisor named boris epstein. he's the gentleman spot-shadowed there on the right side of your screen. pointing out these folks because that crew from that cuckoo for coco puffs, they have been subpoenaed for the january 6 investigation. they have been directed to produce documents to the investigation by the 1st of next month. they've all been ordered to appear for depositions a week later. because as ridiculous as their quasilegal efforts seemed at the time, as ridiculous as they seem now in retrospect, the january 6th investigation is subpoenaing them, not because they're a

joke, but quite the contrary. from the perspective of the investigation, these clownish folks were allegedly involved in the worst of what was being plotted to keep trump in power even after he lost the election. as with so many things related to the trump era republican party, it's simultaneously a clown show and a deadly serious threat. giuliani and the rest of the guys technically were trump's legal team. they did bring a number of lawsuits alleging election fraud. and malfeasance, and they were laughed out of court at every turn. in fact, sidney powell, the one with the communist plot by dead hugo chavez, she was actually sanctioned by one court and referred for disbarment by the judge because of the election lawsuit she brought before that court was so basil and fuel of obvious lies. mr. giuliani had his own trouble

with his own legal license around the same matters. it doesn't appear the january 6 investigation is subpoenaing this group because it's interested in those legal efforts such as they were. judging by the letters accompanying the subpoenas tonight, the investigation is interested in mr. giuliani and the legal team because of the ways those guys supported and facilitated the broader plot to try to overturn the election, even beyond the courts. i will show you what i mean. the letter to mr. giuliani tonight. quote, the investigation has revealed credible evidence that you publicly promoted claims that the 2020 election was stolen and participated in attempts to disrupt or delay the certification of the election results based on your allegations. remember, disrupting or delaying the certification of the results of january 6, that became the main goal of trump and his allies, if nothing else, so they could buy time to overturn the election. either through the courts or more likely given how the legal challenges were going by the dozen, more likely some other way. the letters from the investigation tonight specifically mention mr. giuliani's attempts, often accompanied by jenna ellis to

convince republican state legislators that they should falsify election results in their states to say trump won when he didn't. he did this road show in the weeks after the election trying to get republican legislators in swing states say it was invalid. instead, send slates of trump electors to congress. the investigation also claims to have witness testimony about mr. giuliani, quote, urging president trump to direct the seizure of voting machines around the country after being told that the department of homeland security had no lawful authority to do so. also, quote, according to public reporting on january 6 and the days prior, you were in contact -- this is the letter to mr. giuliani. you were in contact with then president trump and members of congress regarding strategies for delaying or overturning the results of the 2020 election. we know that mr. giuliani was on the phone with republican u.s. senators on january 6, even after the mob stormed the capitol, still trying to get them to stop or delay the certification of the election.

they were still that night even after the mob attack on the capitol trying to find a way to falsify the election results and keep trump in power. the investigation's letter to jenna ellis specifically mentions two legal memos she prepared reportedly to show how vice president pence should reject or delay accepting the electoral votes from certain states. states that had submits false slates of electors. they never did succeed in getting republican state legislatures and states joe biden won to send in official alternate slates of electors for trump. as we've been reporting on this show, nevertheless, republicans in multiple states did sign forged documents claiming to be the real elector, claiming they were the duly elected electors from their state and that trump won.

which was all bull and may be prosecuted now as a crime. it all appears to have been part of the same broad plan. the trump allies subpoenaed today were, according to the investigation, all over ever aspect of it. rudy giuliani and jenna ellis trying to get state legislators to falsify in that state. ms. ellis writing legal authorizations to overturn the count. if that didn't work, giuliani and powell were trying to get trump to seize voting machines around the country and overturn the election himself with some sort of claims of military or executive power. boris epstein was at the willard holt command center talking with trump about how they could stop certifying the election that day, one way or another. they were determined to make it happen. it's no surprise that the january 6 investigation wants to talk to them, plans to compel them to talk by subpoena. meanwhile, like i said, today is

just like scenes of a country trying to save itself. there is new reporting from cnn -- i should tell you right up front, nbc news has not confirmed this reporting this is cnn's story alone so i'm just going to tell you what they report without vouching for it. cnn is reporting tonight that the january 6 investigation has subpoenaed the phone records of donald trump's son eric and the phone records of his other son don junior's fiancee. kimberly guilfoyle. cnn noting this appears to be the first time the january 6 investigation has issued a subpoena targeting a member of the trump family. the phone records obtained are part of a new round of culled detailed records subpoenaed from communication companies. they provide logs that show incoming and outgoing logs. they show text messages but not the substance or content. the records include the cell phone number used by eric trump. the committee is interested in eric trump due to his

involvement with the events of january 6, including fund-raising efforts related to the stop the steal effort. eric trump spoke at the january 6 rally as well at the elipse. eric trump says in a statement to nbc news tonight, quote, this partisan committee is welcome to review my phone records. i have nothing to hide. the january 6 investigation is the unnatural outgrowth, what democrats had to force into being the outgrowth of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol and the effort to overthrow the u.s. government, that that violent attack was the capstone for. it was an unnatural outgrowth because republicans did everything they could to stop there being a full-scale investigation of these matters both the january 6 attack and the broader plot. we are now seeing the broader plot exposed by the january 6 investigation and by public reporting and by the states looking into this on their own terms.

where this resolves is anybody's guess. part of where it resolves is in the united states senate where kyrsten sinema and joe manchin have to decide whether they will continue to stand with republicans to block republican legislatures all over the country from rescinding voting rights in the name of the big lie about mass voting fraud which motivated the effort to overthrow the election. part of where it's going to get resolved is potentially in courtrooms around the country, not just for the people who entered the capitol and comported themselves in more or less violent terms on january 6 but also in terms of whether or not the plotters of the attack will be brought to justice in the criminal justice system. it also may resolve in courtrooms around the country, federal courtrooms and state courtrooms, as people part of this plot end up facing the music in the other way, including the electors, the false electors, who signed on to

these documents, purporting somebody who should be counted in the electoral college. where this will resolve -- it won't be this one place. we won't know for a long time. what's driving almost all of the developments at heart is the aggressive, comprehensive, wide ranging -- sort of brave investigation of the january 6 attack that is being conducted by the committee in congress that's been charged with that path. joining us now is maryland congressman, a member of the january 6 investigation, jamie raskin. he is the author of the book called "unthinkable, trauma, truth and the trials of american democracy." congressman raskin, i appreciate you talking time on this busy night. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> i have tried to sum up a number of developments today. it's one of the days that feels like a whirlwind. can you tell us -- correct me if i got any that was wrong. can you put in your own words what the importance is of the four new subpoenas. mr. epstein is complaining about the fact that these subpoenas are -- we have eric trump

complaining this is a partisan investigation and he has nothing to hide. can you tell us about the importance of the subpoenas from your perspective? >> well, let's see. lawyers first of all are not exempt from having to obey the law. neither are family members of presidents or former presidents. we don't have royal families here or former royal families that occupy any privileged constitutional position. everybody is subject to the law and congressional subpoenas and orders to turn over information. about a relevant investigation. would what could be more relevant than examining an attack on the democracy itself and figuring out how to prevent it in the future? what these four subpoenas have in common is that these four individuals were all apostles of big lie. they were spreading the big lie in public, they were spreading it in courtrooms.

they were spreading it in official and unofficial ways. remember, our committee is not a criminal investigatory committee. our committee is an investigative committee for american people to figure out what happened to us and how did we get set up for a situation in which we almost lost our democracy. we know that this big lie was the humming engine behind the whole attack on the congress and on the peaceful transfer of power. we want to know the mechanisms by which this lie was told, who was involved in it and what ways can we fortify ourselves against lies when we know american citizens are allowed to lie in some context. you can't lie in court, which is why rudy giuliani's law license has been suspended. in new york and in the district of columbia, you know, a five-judge panel found unanimously in new york that he had been telling falsehoods. he had basically been committing a fraud against the court. you can't do that. we have to figure out what places -- like in courtrooms -- we can fortify ourself against

these lies that are meant to sabotage democratic process itself. >> i want to ask you about something that cnn is reporting tonight. as i mentioned, this is cnn's reporting. i can't vouch for it. i'm doing the reporting right here right now with you, for which i apologize. but they're reporting tonight that the committee has obtained, subpoenaed and obtained phone records for eric trump and kimberly guilfoyle. on the attack on the capitol. can you confirm whether that's true? >> no, because i don't know. i'm not being coy. i don't know whether they have been served with subpoena process. i will say, again, that i think our committee is unanimous that anybody who has evidence relevant to the attack on american democracy is going to have to turn it over. we don't create special, magic

exceptions for people related to former presidents or anything like that. speaking for myself, i would have no problem sending such a subpoena. if we have reason to believe that eric trump has evidence relevant to the inquiry. >> one last question for you. it does appear absent a court order tomorrow the national archives is preparing to release four pages of trump white house records that the former president tried to block from being released. is there anything we should know in particular about the importance of those records? >> we won't know for sure until we go through them all. i think that what we are seeing here is a basic precept of

democracy. what they do is a matter of public concern. in a democracy, the people have the right to arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives, as james madison put it. we can't govern ours if we stow it away like it's private property. the system is working in that we are going to get all that was information. we are going to be able to look and see what kinds of activities was the executive branch involved in? to what extent was there official involvement in these various attacks on our democracy? you know, i have divided it into a riot, an insurrection and a coup. i think we need to find out to what extent the executive branch of government was involved in each level of this attack on america. >> maryland congressman, member of the january 6 investigation, congressman jamie raskin, thank you. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you, rachel. we have more ahead tonight. stay with us. stay with us

right now, the united states senate is in hour ten of its marathon debate over voting rights. all day, democratic senators have been making impassioned cases for their voting rights legislation that would set up a floor in terms of what states are allowed to do. it would counter anti-voting measures being passed from coast to coast. all 350 democratic senators support that voting rights legislation. all 50 republican senators oppose that legislation. which is why democrats have been arguing just as passionately about the need to reform senate rules, which requires 60 votes for some legislation to pass. almost all senate democrats now support changing the rules to allow voting rights legislation to pass with just a majority. almost all of them do. of course, senators manchin and sinema do not. tonight, senate democrats huddled privately to try to pitch those two senators on a

new plan, a new approach, to change the senate rules to try to get the voting rights protections passed. this new plan, a plan for the so-called talking filibuster, is based specifically on the kind of narrower senate rules change that senator manchin said he supported a few months ago. heading into that meeting tonight to talk about actually doing it, senator manchin said he changed his mind. and actually he no longer supports that change even though he did before. new hampshire's u.s. senator maggie hassan is a moderate, practical, swing state senator who is up for re-election this year. senator hassan also promoted creating a carveout for senate voting rights although she was up for a narrow reform. last month, you may remember here on this show, she came on the air to talk about her decision that voting rights was too important, that voting rights should be allowed to pass with a simple majority, it's too important for the country to let it go.

she's not alone in this shift. several other moderate senators have had similar evolutions over the past year. all saying they now support passing voting rights with a simple majority because it's too crucial. we are in too much of a bad place in terms of protecting our democracy as a country. we need to do this to protect who we are. most senate democrats want to move forward on voting rights and doing what it needs to pass it. as of tonight, senators manchin and sinema continue to stand in the way of voting rights legislation allowed to pass. they are in the middle of the debate right now. it's hour ten. joining us now is new hampshire u.s. senator maggie hassan. she's spent the last ten hours debating this legislation. senator hassan, thank you for taking the time. i know it's a long night ahead. >> thank you, rachel, for having

me. >> let me first ask you if you could share with our audience your expectations, what would you think should be watching for here and what you think is going to happen at the end of the day? >> well, senate democrats are united in supporting this critically important voting rights and election protection legislation. one of the things we are focused on is, this is the fourth time this year that be have tried to have this debate. in the past three times, republicans have blocked the effort. we found a procedural way to start debate without their support. that's what we are doing right now. we will continue to make the case for these bills. i, as you know, am particularly concerned about the accelerated attempts at the state level to subvert our elections, to interfere with the fair count and certification of free and fair elections. and, so, that was part of my evolution because what is at stake, of course, is our

democracy. so, we will have this debate tomorrow and if the senate republicans continue to block us being able to actually vote by majority on this critical legislation, we will then propose a relatively modest and limited change to our rules so that the republicans, all of whom are trying to block this legislation, will need to come to the senate floor and explain their reasons to the american people. >> when you say a modest and limited change to our rules, can you give us a preview of what the change might be? is that still in flux? is it being worked on? do you know what the proposed rule change will be? >> the proposal as i understand it, and, of course, there's always room for tweaks and last-minute adjustments, but we would return to the talking filibuster, and we would use the talking filibuster only for voting rights. so, this is saying that this is such a foundational issue for

our country, free, fair, impartially administered elections, that it is important that if a group of senators decide to block even a debate and then a final vote on the issue, they need to come to the senate floor and they need to explain why. historically, the senate rules say that every senator has a right to speak twice. when the speaking stops, you can call the question, and then you have a straightforward majority vote. now, there are details and permutations between the beginning of a debate and when the speaking stops, but that's what this proposal is intended to do. it's intended to say, if you are going to block a vote on critical legislation that affects the foundation of our democracy, the access to the

ballot and the impartial administration of the election process, then you need to come to the floor of the united states senate and explain yourself. that's really what we're trying to do here is have the kind of debate that the filibuster was supposed to encourage. but over the course of the last several decades has had the exact opposite effect. >> new hampshire democratic u.s. senator maggie hassan, in the middle of it, presiding over some of the debate tonight. as you were describing, it will go on through tomorrow. we are expecting that modest and limited rules change to be proposed, debated on out loud so we can hear history happen. senator hassan, thank you for being here tonight. i know this is kind of a fraught, high-pressure time in the senate. thank you for your perspective. >> well, thanks so much. it's really important that all of us come together to protect our democracy. >> i hear you. no argument here. thank you, senator. more news ahead tonight. stay with us. stay with us

politico.com is announcing that tomorrow, the biden administration is going to make a big announcement about masks to protect against covid-19. the administration reportedly plans to distribute hundreds of thousands of free n95 masks from the government's strategic national stockpile. these masks will reportedly be distributed through pharmacies and community sites. n95 masks are obviously much more effective than unregulated masks or homemade masks. the cdc made that guidance about improved masks, made that official within last few days. this seems like the logical next step once the government has proclaimed there are masks that are better than others. is making high quality masks available again through their sites that i just describes, community sites and pharmacies, politico.com reporting that mask distribution is coming tomorrow. there's also a big fresh development today on covid

tests. right before christmas, at the beginning of the huge omicron surge of covid, the administration announced plans to buy a half billion, 500 million, home testing kits, at home rapid test kits, kits that could be covered to homes for free. that came as americans were waiting for hours in line. waiting in the cold for hours in line trying to get any tests they could find that would tell them whether or not they had the virus. well, the biden administration finalized the first contracts for those at-home tests about a week ago but it wasn't for 500 million tests. they doubled the order. placed the order for a billion tests instead. they said they would put up a website where everybody could order them. you could have those sent to you at home for free. it was set to launch tomorrow. there's been a change in those plans. surprise. they went early. the government website where you

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