impoverishes nations. oh, no. it is happening to us in europe. you're correct. europe has had some of the worst human rights abuses and wars in nothistory, in all of history. good evening to you at home. i'm ayman mohyeldin here in new york tonight. we are following everything starting with russia's invasion of ukraine. the united nation security council voted hours ago to convene a special session of the un general assembly. on monday, the assembly is expected to vote on a resolution to condemn the invasion, which russia does not have the power to actually veto. listen to what u.s. ambassador linda thomas greenfield said about that meeting. listen. >> russia cannot veto our voices. russia cannot vee you the ukrainian people. and russia cannot veto the un charter.

russia cannot and will not veto accountability. those of us here safely sitting in this hallowed hall have a moral responsibility to respond to russia's desecration of human life. >> now, ukraine's government reports that 352 people have been killed since the russian invasion began. at least 14 of those killed are children. today vladimir putin announced he was placing his nuclear deterrent forces on high alert. that as ukraine's president said russia agrees to hold peace talks. today president volodymyr zelenskyy issued this statement. this is not just russia's invasion of ukraine. this is the beginning of a war against europe, against european structures, against no, ma'amsy, against basic human rights.

in the middle of an international crisis, president biden must deliver his first state of the union address on tuesday. he will have to offer perspective on not just ukraine but domestic issues as america's strength is being tested. it comes in the face of a looming supreme court nomination fight, america's fatigue over the pandemic, soaring gas prices and supply chain issues. it falls on the same day at the texas primaries. it is the first primary held after republicans passed legislation that make it increasingly more difficult to vote. so all eyes will be on that state. i told you we were following everything tonight. who better to help me throughout this hour than our panel of experts, simone sanders, former chief spokesperson for vice president kamala harris and a new msnb host. also new to our hosting family,

although not a new face to our viewers, katie fang. and david, you may end up with an msnbc show as well. >> that's why i showed up. >> yeah. >> we're going to let it rub off on him, ayman. >> couldn't think of a better team to talk about all these things, domestically and internationally. the state of the union. we're two days away coming in the middle of a major crisis. what tone do you expect the president to use in his address? >> well, president biden has a track record here with these kind of speeches. while this is the first state of the union, this is not the first time the president would have addressed congress. he addressed a joint session of congress last year. if you remember, it was the first time that vice president harris and speaker pelosi were seated behind the president of the united states, and that tone of that speech was very -- it

was serious. it was uplifting where it needed to be, talking about the -- his vision. but it was also realistic. and i think that's what folks can expect to hear from the president. this upcoming tuesday. and it will be very somber, but it will have to be uplifting as well, and it will have to be real and empathetic. i think the white house really understands that and they are going for striking the proper balance here. >> politicians are always mindful of approval ratings. it is not something that guides their policies but they're also not immune to those numbers. the president's approval rating is at a 33%. that's pretty low according to a new abc washington post poll. what does president biden need to do to address in the state of the union to get through to voters ahead of the midterms with that low approval rating? >> yeah. well, it is kind of tough. we already knew going into

tuesday that president biden will be focussing on a message of empathy to let americans know he understands the hardships we are suffering domestically are some that are the greatest perhaps that we have seen in a long time. now, clearly complicating factors is now what is happening in ukraine. how do you recan siel the fact that inflation is incredibly high right now. even though it is not always rational presidents and president's administrations get blamed. when you consider the fact that sanctions imposed on russia could have impacts when it comes to the energy sectors, there will have to be a message from president biden that says, i see you, america, i hear you, america, but we are america. because we are a democracy, we have an obligation to take obligations international that impact us at home but we have to make sure that countries like

ukraine are not attacked, invaded and basically looking at murders at the hands of somebody like putin. >> yeah, david, so against that backdrop, ukraine will be front and center between now and then. i actually want to play for you and our viewers something that the ukrainian ambassador said to the un security council earlier today. take a listen. >> we condemn that belarus is being deeply engaged in the armed aggression against ukraine. since the beginning of the russian aggression, this country has provided its territory for russian offensive. today the ukrainian city, in fact, the airport was hit by missiles launched from the territory of belarus. what an invitation for the negotiations of belarus or was it an escalation of raising stakes by the aggressor on the

eve of the negotiations? >> so you have the negotiations. but the big news today, david, was vladimir putin basically announcing his country has gone on a new clear deterrent high alert readiness. i'm not sure what it means but i can assure you it caught a lot of people's attention all around the world. what does this mean? is it an empty threat or should we be extremely concerned about where this is going? >> well, look, i don't want to minimize the fact that we should be concerned. vladimir putin is an unstable man with 6,500 nuclear weapons at his disposal. what i think this threat means is he's not doing as well as he wanted to in ukraine. he has not taken a major city. he thought he was going to do that quickly. people of ukraine are fighting back. they're getting more weapons. they're getting stronger. it does not look like this is going to be a cake walk for the

russians. and i think putin wanted to distract from that. it is his nuclear deterrent force. it's not a force that is supposed to project nuclear weapons. but i don't think he has any intention whatsoever of using it because he knows about the superior technology of the west, and i think he does not want to get entangled in what the use of those weapons would produce. >> we know the state of the union is a speech to the american public, but all eyes around the world will be on the president because everybody right now is watching, not only what is coming out of european councils or the european security council but what is coming out of the white house and tuesday night. do you think the president's speech is also going to be a message to the world and to our allies who are watching this closely? >> absolutely.

i think the president's speech is going to expand upon a number of things. you have heard from our top diplomat at the un, linda thomas greenfield and the ambassador. look, the president, we have seen this happen a number of times, this triangulation where the president is speaking to the american people, you have secretary blinken speaking to the diplomacy of it all and his counter parts and you have the vice president of the munich security conference speaking to the european allies and you have the ambassador to the un speaking to her un counter parts and really the world. what is president is going to do on tuesday, he will walk and chew gum at the same time. what's important is a clear message to the world, frankly, but a clear message to americans to explain to folks there were marches all over the world today for ukraine in boston, chicago, here in washington, d.c. where i am.

and there were people standing outside the house saying we demand president biden to do something. i drove through around the protests to see what was happening. i was slightly confused because the president has acted. and if the american people are not clear about what their president has done, what our president -- how america has led on the issue of russia's aggression against ukraine, this war that russia is starting, i think that could spell trouble down the line. so he needs to definitely speak to the american people and be extremely clear about what we have done, how we have led as america and how we will continue to lead. >> katie, tomorrow all eyes on the united nations. what do you expect to hear from our allies during the general assembly meeting tomorrow? you probably have a good pulse of some of the major players around the world. outside of europe, how are some of our allies in other parts of the world viewing the russia invasion of ukraine and america's response to it? >> well, our allies in europe are especially concerned, right?

none of this is new news. this hol tillty putin has had in terms of wanting to make sure that ukraine basically stayed within his sphere of power. the idea that the crimea invasion wasn't dealt with aggressively back then because any type of sanctions being sought back then were going to be a, quote, declaration of war as russia made it clear. clearly they're trying to make sure they're protected as well. russia wants to make sure that ukraine stays out of nato. so the fact that the united stations is having this u.s.-led resolution. we have 87 supporters to this resolution right now. the only abstentions come from china, the united arab emirates and india. that's not a surprise at this point in time. i think you will hear a message of solidarity tomorrow. i think you will hear a lot of very pointed, not so vailed comments and some vitreal directed towards russia and the

russian representations that are there to make sure that putin also gets that message delivered to him. but there is this big question right now as to whether or not putin is a rational actor right now, whether or not he is actually listening. i think he is and i think he's clearly getting a message from the people of ukraine right now. >> stick around. we're just getting started. when we come back, what republicans think is the greatest problem facing the united states right now. here's a hint. it is not the russian invasion of ukraine. plus, protecting the right to vote in texas ahead of tuesday's statewide primaries. democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee will join me to discuss the struggles texans may face at the ballot box. at the x including nasal congestion, so you can breathe better. claritin-d. breathe better.

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so the eyes of the world continue to watch on with horror as ukrainian defense forces battle. what's happening in ukraine is an attack on the very notion of democracy and sovereignty around the world and it should have all members of the free world frankly terrified. but that's not the case. in fact, here in the united states, the attention of one of this country's two major parties seems to be elsewhere. 81% of voters attending the conservative political action conference this weekend identified illegal immigration on the u.s. southern border as a major problem facing the united states today.

that is compared to 16% that viewed russian military aggression as a threat. my panel is back to discuss this. your reaction to that number? and it may be some hard for people in america to see what is happening thousands of miles away a threat to us and they see something along the southern border as a more immediate threat. i don't know why, but that's their view. what would you say to those people who don't understand the russia invasion and the threat it poses to us? >> well, look, c-pac is a bit of a lunatic asylum and i think, you know, listening to the polls taken among the attendees should be taken with kind of a pillar of salt. what they mean when they say the situation at the southern border worried them more is they don't like brown people. they don't like brown people

coming in to the country. and that's what -- that's what it's about. i watched a bit of it by accident. i hit the wrong button on my remote, and this was like, i don't know, the idiot love child of the home shopping network and the worst televengelist you saw. they listed people they don't like. and every single one of them was a woman of color, kamala harris, aoc. they have an agenda. every single aspect of that agenda is racism masking as something else. >> i was going to say c-pac should have started with a poll that asks the people there on a map where ukraine map and then the follow-up question should have been are you concerned about what is happening in ukraine. >> only 30% of americans can find ukraine on a map, to begin with. >> i was going to say that in

and of itself is alarming. >> voters were asked what they think the greatest threat to america's safety is i was mentioning and national security. 61% president biden's incompetence. 35% chose china and 35% identified russia. does the republican party understand the threat to global democracy that russia is currently posing? >> i absolutely think they do. i know many sane, rational republicans. but obviously c-pac does not i think the point david made is important and i would like to emphasize it. c-pac is a gathering of most radical -- folks want to talk about the radical left, let's talk about the radical right. they whip up the most conservative of the base, the most radical of the base. they say things that i know a number of mainstream conservatives, mainstream republicans would not condone and do not support.

but people do show up. look at the lineup this year of mainstream republicans, right, who did show up because they want to appease and be present for and look as though they are not running away from this particular piece of the republican party. this poll is not a real poll. it is -- this is not a real sampling size of voters across the country. these are the most conservative of the conservative signing up. i will say the reason these numbers are looking the way they are is because of the machine that has been built on the radical right. >> yeah. >> of conservatives in their echo chamber. and the echo chamber is real. they have whipped up this idea that the people coming, that first of all there is a crisis at the border and folks are coming over here to take jobs from hard working american people. that is a lie. that is not true. it should be called out every time it is said. democrats have to do a better job of not just countering these

narratives but being proactive about their own narrative, especially ahead of midterm elections. >> simone brings up a good point about the republican party. the cpac is not the republican party, but there is to some extent a huge contrast between the republicans in the party. let me play for you what senator mitt romney had to say this morning about the wave of pro-putin sentiment that is sweeping through his party. >> how anybody in this country, which loves freedom, can side with vladimir putin, which is an oppressor, a dictator, he kills people. he imprisons his political opponents. he has been an adversary of america at every chance he's had. it's unthinkable to me. it's almost treasonous. >> almost treasonous. pretty strong, strong condemnation. but when i think of some of the people that came out with praise for vladimir putin, the president, the leader of the

republican party, at least de facto leader as well as the former director of the cia mike pompeo, is romney's message falling on deaf ears within the republican party. >> the fact that he said almost still sends me, right? he couldn't just say it's treasonous because it is. but how is this new news? is everybody forgetting trump, putin, helsinki. volodymyr zelenskyy gets elected and $250 million in aid is blocked by trump. everybody forgets or has short-term memory. people like marjorie taylor greene can go to white nationalist conferences, speak there and the gop establishment doesn't condemn that type of conduct, right? so if that's happening, what is happening? and how are we defining what mainstream gopers are anymore? what are we defining those

people? the fundamental reality is what simone says is right. they have done a better job at coraling the votes. it is one thing to sit there and curse and demand that they, you know, have accountability for what they're doing, but we got to get the votes and we have to get people to the polls and we have to make sure there is access to have these votes done. so you hear this very selected, cherry picking condemnation of what's happening in ukraine right now because it's a flavor deinjury. but the really is everybody should be holding these gop leaders accountable. and their failure to say that putin is a dictator and trump was always wrong for not actually calling out putin for his conduct. >> david, how do you explain it when you look back at the ark of american history and i think of republicans and i certainly didn't cover it, but i was aware of it what the republicans in the '80s and the '90s were saying about the russia that at

the height of the cold war, i have read about the '60s and '70s with the cuban missile crisis and proxy wars all over, how do you explain what is happening with the republican party and their views on russia. this is not a critique of american policy. this is an alignment with a brutal oppressive dictator that sue pressed his own party in russia. >> it is a real departure for any patriotic americans. at cpac there were people with little russian flags that said trump on them. when did it begin? well, as katie says, it began with trump. trump reached out to russia. we know because our intelligence agencies told us the russians tried to get trump elected. he was glad. he started doing things for russia. he did have the helsinki meeting. he did try to shake down the ukraine leader. he also was planning and he told his secretary of defense to try to get the united states out of

nato if he had a second term. he tried to draw down a third of u.s. troops in germany during his term. he tried to break up nato. he was, you know opposing the western alliance. he was supporting the russian and doing it for one reason and one reason only, they were helping him. russian television this week has been saying when is he coming back? they have been celebrating the comments of mike pompeo. you know, russian television misses donald trump. >> yeah. it is incredible when you think about it. guys, stick around for a moment. we still have a little bit more to discuss, including president biden's delivery of the state of the union address on tuesday against the backdrop of a war going on in europe. my panel is staying to break down what we can expect to hear on that front. on that front.

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biden will give his first state of the union address in two days amidst the backdrop of a major political crisis and headwinds here at home. biden's approval rating now is the lowest it has been at 37%. that is a stark number as he aims for a message reset ahead of the midterms later this year. let's find out what our panel thinking about how he can reset this, simone. only two other presidents have had approval ratings as low as president biden's going into their first state of the union. one of them being donald trump. what do you make of that? is this a significant number? what should he be doing to try to get those numbers up? >> look, i may be, you know, in the minority here, but i'm somebody that actually doesn't believe that approval ratings this far out from an election day they matter that much because the reality is approval ratings are a snapshot of all the electorate feels at this point in time the last time they

were polled. what needs to be consistent is the work, and this administration has to be consistent in order to change the way the people feel. one speech is not going to do that. but people, it can give them hope. it can put a different idea in folks' minds, peel back the layer, if you will, about what the president and his administration has been up to. that's what the president can do with his speech. the last point that's important here also is there are a number of things we have rightfully sewn on this network and across the world frankly talking about ukraine, talking about what is happening in their country, talking about the politics around that and also about the people. but there is some real domestic issues on the horizon here in the united states of america, particularly as we all talked about the economy, one of the president's key legislative achievements that he wanted to lay down was the build back better agenda, the build back better act.

it does not get passed. we know that bbb as we know it isn't a thing. what's the next piece? elder care, climate care. the president went to the g7 and a number of conferences all throughout europe last year talking about climate, making real commitments. we cannot follow through on those if we do not get pieces of what is known as a build back better act passed. so i am looking to see, and i will be blogging about this, i'm looking to see what signs of life do we have for the pieces of build back better act. many earlier talking about that there is some real popular bipartisan pieces and she's absolutely right. i think the president is going to talk about those. >> let's not forget, david, that the administration accomplished a lot. certainly it is not necessarily translating to everyone or trickling down to everyone, but

it is moving in the right direction. what does biden need to say on news to reset the convo -- the conversation, excuse me, for democrats ahead of the midterms because quite honestly part of the reason this stuff did not pass is because senators, kyrsten sinema and joe manchin, members of his own party. he's not going to throw them under the bus, but the filibuster is blocking climate change, the child tax credit expired at the end of last year. and in large part it is because senator joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. >> first of all, symone is absolutely right. polls at this point don't matter that much. but having said that, the president has to do one thing. democrats have to do one thing for the rest of the year, and that's tell the truth. the president saw the greatest increase in jobs in his first year of any president ever in u.s. history. he saw the greatest increase in gpd coming out of a crisis of

any president ever. the president of the united states did more to restore u.s. standing in the world in the course of his first year in office of any president. i saw a poll that was conducted after the conflict in ukraine began, and the president was in positive approval numbers. so, you know, these stories need to get out. the president has appointed more judges that look like america, more judges of color, more women judges than any president in history. and gotten them approved. i can go down a long list of accomplishments that this administration has made that get drown out because the focus is often on what didn't he get? what did joe manchin block? he got $3.1 trillion of american rescue plan and the infrastructure plan through. that's tens of thousands of jobs being created across america for the next generation.

so, look, you know, if he tells that story, if he uses this opportunity to cut through the middlemen and convey to americans what has actually been accomplished, he's going to go a long way. now, he can also tell the truth about the republicans. you were just doing that about cpac and trump. he does both of these things, he has a good chance in november. >> does he go on the offensive with republicans? because, look, i was criticizing the democrats for not getting this done because you have 50 republicans who were completely awol and blocking whatever the president wants to try to do. they're not here to actually get anything done. does he actually go on the offensive in the state of the union and say it is their fault? >> no. because they're white noise and it is not worth his time to be able to do that. it is called the state of the union. it is a time to remind americans how far we have come but all the work that we're going to be able

to accomplish under his helm and under his administration. that will be the critical message biden has to deliver. he has to remind americans there is a reason why he was elected to lead this country, all the accomplishments that david mentioned. and the idea that we need to focus on how to get things better and how to get us back on track. so all of that whining and all of that from the gop makes no sense to focus on if you are president biden. >> all right. our all star panel, a real pleasure. thank you guys for joining us tonight. coming up, the all-out effort to shame putin on the international stage. a member of the house foreign affairs committee joins us next. affairs committee joins us next.

so vladimir putin hasn't responded to the diplomatic pressure. today the czech republic joined

poland and sweden in announcing they are refusing to play against russia's in next month's world cup qualifiers. fifa stopped short of a full russia ban but has announced no russian matches will be able to take place inside the country. formula 1 has pulled the upcoming russia grand prix in sochi in september. pull their events from both russia and neighboring belarus which has been harboring russian troops part of this invasion. here in the u.s., calling on the biden administration to take a similar tactic where american sports are concerned. joining me now is a democrat of texas, a member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman, it is great to have you on this show. as we watch the international sports world increasingly isolate russia on the global stage, of course this latest news today from fifa that along with teams refusing to play

russia in the world cup, no matches will be held within the country. how are you hoping to push the biden administration to follow suit in other sports? >> well, i'm partnering up with a republican congresswoman from missouri. we're starting to circulate a letter that would go to president biden. so we're gathering signatures of democrats and republicans asking the biden administration to put as much pressure not only on american organizations but international organizations whether it is in golf or tennis. as you know, any number of different sports, whole tournaments and conferences and things like that in russia asking those organizations to cancel their events in russia because even though we have been focussed of course on helping the ukraine militarily, on imposing financial sanctions on russia, these social and cultural sanctions are also very important, i think, in

demonstrating to vladimir putin that the world is serious about cracking down on his behavior. >> let me ask you while i have you, congressman, about the state of the union. president biden delivers his first speech on tuesday, as you have probably heard us discussing. i understand you have a special guest for the address. can you tell us anything more about it, any -- and more broadly, what do you want to hear from the president right now on tuesday? >> well, i want to hear, of course, what he's planning for the remainder of the year and what he will do to help the economy grow in our country. americans are frustrated we have been living under two years of a pandemic. and, so, i know the president will be talking about those very important things. but another issue i believe he will address and something that the house of representatives will address this week is making right by our iraq and afghanistan war veterans who were exposed to burn pits over the years. burn pits for this generation of

veterans is the equivalent of agent orange to vietnam vets. we had veterans exposed to these open air burn pits where all kinds of material and human waste and everything was burned in open fields and our service members were taking these fumes in. so a co-founder of burn pits in 360 is leading the way in helping service members address their conditions, he's going to be my guest at the state of the union. and the house of representatives this week will pass the honoring our pact act which creates a presumption of 23 illnesses that service members who were exposed to burn pits have now developed. so it will be landmark legislation. we've got to get to it the senate. got to get to it the president's desk, of course, but it would be landmark legislation for this rare of veterans who suffered in the same way that our vietnam

veterans suffered through agent orange. >> i remember as a journalist who covered iraq, it was something always on the minds of servicemen in iraq, so i'm glad to see you are keeping the spotlight on that issue for all our servicemen. let me ask you about something else that is important back here to the united states but at the same time connected to what is happening in ukraine. you have countries neighboring ukraine receiving thousands of refugees. some former u.s. immigration officials are calling for the biden administration to extend temporary protective status to ukrainians currently here. what is your response to that? what does that have to do with the big picture of immigration at this point? >> i think we should do it. you have a conflict zone here. we should offer tps status. i believe the chair of the senate foreign relations committee also came out and argued for that as well as others. and i think it is the right

thing to do. you know, but i think it is also a reminder to us that you have other people from other parts of the world who are also suffering, who are also oppressed who also need tps status. but in this case as we're talking about the ukrainians, it is important the united states step up and offer tps. >> finally as a member of the house foreign affairs committee, what would you like to see congress do to continue to either shore up support for ukraine or do you think they should not provide any more military assistance? where do you think it goes from here in this conflict? >> well, the united states has provided hundreds of millions of dollars of military assistance to ukraine. i think the biden administration is right to push for more. look, i think most of us at least want the same thing. we want for this war, for this conflict to end. we want for vladimir putin to pull back his troops and stop what he's doing. to answer your question on how much and what exactly to do,

that depends on vladimir putin and what he does in the coming weeks. >> all right. congressman, sir, always a pleasure. thank you so much for joining us this evening. >> good to be with you. still ahead, less than 48 hours until polls close. what is happening at the ballot box in her state and what she and her fellow democrats are doing to support president biden's new supreme court nominee. don't go anywhere. nominee. don't go anywhere. [ joe ] my teeth were a mess. i had a lot of pain. as far as my physical health, my body was telling me you got to do something. and so i came to clearchoice. your mouth is the gateway to your body. joe's treatment plan was replacing the teeth with dental implants from clearchoice.

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all right. so about 150 miles southwest of kyiv, orthodox worshippers in the ukrainian town attended church services for attended ch services for the first time since russian invasion of their country began. as the church was filled for sunday service the orthodox priest told his congregation, bullets kill people, people die, this is crazy. one congregant could hear sirens on the way to the service and another woman said before leaving for church hiding for several days in her basement. reminder as ukrainians are fighting for their lives they're still praying for peace. putin increasingly isolates his people from the rest of the world. turns now to the texas primaries just two days away. this, the first time, the

primaries are actually held in texas since republicans passed sweeping legislation that makes it more difficult for voters to cast ballots. the law requires now voters who qualify for mail-in voting to provide either a driver's license number or partial social security number as well as another number of other restrictions, and p.r. reports there are thousands of rejected mail-in ballots prior to tuesday's primaries. joining me now, democratic congresswoman sheila jackson-lee of texas. congresswoman, thank you for coming back on the show. let's start ahead of the primaries what you and others are tracking in your state. what impact are you seeing on early voting in texas? thanks to those republicans measures that basically restricted voting? >> it's a pleasure to be with you. thank you so very much. let me start by saying we're all

praying for the people of ukraine. you all know i've just returned from the area. let me announce tonight texas has the singular and hardest state in vote in. very essence of voting is oppression and suppression. goes so far as to suppress world war ii veterans. a 95-year-old constituent of mine who was not able to initially vote because his mail-in ballot was rejected twice, which caused him, because of his very astute relative -- >> congresswoman, i think we may have lost your audio connection there. we can see you but unfortunately not going to hear you. see if we can try to re-establish contact there, bought obviously all eyes will be on the primaries tuesday. this is a very important conversation as the congresswoman was saying there. a lot of concern about the voting right restrictions the republican party was able to

enact ahead of what will be the first primary under these new voting restrictions. so we're hopefully trying to get that connection with the congresswoman established. to hear her thoughts about how dangerous and damaging this decision is. i apologize. lost the tail end what up were saying texas residents are voting under. >> very strange. 40% already rejected. if you want to correct the ballot to ut counted. believe this? you have to literally come into our voting official office. weren't office. to make that correction, and that is someone who had been vote are to for years and probably registered years ago works have to remember what number they used. either a partial associate security or voter's registration

license number. >> ahead of the texans ahead of the primary what? too late to change anything now. people already casting ballots. you described the conditions and how difficult it is to have voted, but for those who will vote on tuesday, is there anything that can be done between now and then to boost a turnout or a message to make sure that people are not discouraged from turning out the way that perhaps republicans intended when passing these restrictions? >> well, two points i want to emphasize tonight. one, i want neighbors and relatives to be neighborly. if there is a senior citizen or a person who usually votes by mail and has been rejected, and they are able to make it to this singular office they have to come to. imagine how burdensome that is? please bring them to try to correct their ballot. their ballot can be counted. i'm more concerned about someone's voice, vote, taken away. in the fight for democracy here

in this country and see people die for democracy in ukraine, shameful what texas is doing to its voters. secondarily, if you can vote in-person on tuesday march 1st, do not let your voice be denied or intimidated by all restraints that are being placed on voters with poll watchers and others intervening factors that may cause you to be intimidated by this process. don't be intimidated. please, ask the official precinct workers who are there to help you. they're allowed to help you. particularly those persons who may be disabled, who now have to vote in-person, because they cannot vote by mail ballot because it's been rejected. this is a crisis. i expect the justice department to challenge texas. they already have one lawsuit against texas. but this bill has to go. it is a dastardly bill and the only reason it was put in place is because they were absolutely appalled at the number of voters that came out in 2020 that helped contribute to president

biden and vice president harris largest national turnout of voters in history of presidential elections. how shameful it is to use a hard hand of the law to deter people from voting. so i'm encouraging people to show them who you are, and to get out and vote on march 1st, tuesday from 7:00 to 7:00 p.m. opened up many polling places. you can call your local harris county office to get those various places. just get out and vote. >> congresswoman, thank you so much. ed and thank you for making that point. >> i hope you'll ask -- >> go ahead. >> ask for the department of jut is to have observers here as well. >> important and good to know. thank you so much. glad you made point about ukraine. interesting and humbling to be reminded about what people are sacrificing for their democracy overseas and us not to take our democracy for granted. congresswoman, always a pleasure. thank you for making time for us. stick around. next, steve kornacki returns to the big board for a live analysis what's ahead this midterm cycle as weg at the

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