with republicans and anyone else in terms of taking senate bill 1 in this particular bill, the barbara jordan elections act, and see whether we can strike compromises to make certain all persons in the state of texas are able to vote, that's transparent, and that is secure. >> outside of texas, republicans have opted for other novel ways to undermine our democracy. for example, sham election audits like the ones still taking place in arizona. the brennan center for justice reports that similar partisan reviews are now taking place or being proposed in wisconsin, in michigan, in georgia, and in pennsylvania. quote, the proposed election reviews failed to satisfy basic security, accuracy, and reliability measures and the auditors themselves fail to meet

, and the trail blazing congresswoman barbara jordan ax -- and what are they asking for in that bill? >> yes, i am here, and one of the senators who signed her name to that bill is senator sarah eckardt. >> what is in that bill is fair and safe and welcoming elections and a statewide process that removes barriers to voting and makes it far more safe and welcoming for people to come vote rather than what we have seen for the republicans which is more chaos and intimidation. >> and what we have don't expect that the gop leadership is going to take this for a hearing, to have it on the bill, and if that does not happen, buzz this bill die after today? >> well, unfortunately, we don't expect that the republican leadership is going to be fair, transparent, and operate by the rules, so you right, we don't expect to get a hearing on this, and to lay down the marker, and have the barriers removed and we are relying on you and the press and the friends outside of this building to shine light on the darkness going on inside of this building, and the lack of transparency, and the frankly u

my mom also grew up in texas and marched with the honorable barbara jordan. the first african-american teacher to integrate a high school, she went to work with police protection. she had milkshakes poured on her head and thrown in her face when she sat in at the lunch counters in texas. with all of this jim crow, as we call it, coming back now, my mother and i can go to the lunch counter, but the same spirit behind african-americans rights in this country are tied together with this. i would be the third generation of black women in my family still fighting for this. i did not expect this to happen in my lifetime, but i have to do this now for everyone, and so that my daughter will not be the third generation of african-american women fighting for access to the ballot. host: a question for you from jason in honolulu. " democrats seem to think current voting laws are perfect. why does your party not want any voting reforms?" guest: high, jason. thank you for calling -- hi, j ason. thank you for calling. i cannot say, jason, that we do not. we are open to refo

. >> when congresswoman barbara jordan, my sister from texas, the first black woman elected from the south since reconstruction gave her watergate speech, this is what she said. my faith in the constitution is whole. it's complete. it is total. and then she said she was not going to stand by and lie for the diminution and destruction of the constitution. when you only see black folks protesting, you only see black folks writing letters, you need to have people who are public. i need to see senator kristin gillibrand getting arrested like others did. i need senator bernie sanders sitting there getting arrested. i need white members of congress, latino members of congress, asian members of congress. you had asian-americans who were fighting for the anti-hate crime bill. guess what? y'all are impacted, too. i have to give some folks some history here. if you are voting in your native language, when you go vote, you better think black folks, that's the 1965 voting rights act. last week was the 30th anniversary of the american with disabilities act. you don't have that without the 1964 ci

>> yeah, democrats in the senate here have proposed the barbara jordan fair elections act. they say that would do things like extend the early voting period, it would expand access to mail-in voting and eliminate what they consider, quote, unnecessary barriers to the ballot, but senate democrats know they don't have the majority here. they do not expect to get a hearing on that bill. so, the real question is, what comes next? they could break quorum as we saw them do in may, they could try to fight these bills that republicans have proposed on procedural grounds, but it's really unclear what the long-term strategy will be here in a legislature where republicans control both chambers. i will tell you what we do know is that both of these committees and the house and senate side today have signaled they do intend to vote these bills out by the end of the night, however long that goes. we could see that playing out on the floor of these chambers as early as this week. >> priscilla, thank you. >>> well, pressure mounting on president biden and congress to do something about rep

there's a plan of a counter proposal named after hero barbara jordan. the truth is texas is just one of many states where republicans are trying to restrict ballot specifically targeting voters of color. civil rights leaders have had it. they met with president biden at the white house this week to press for federal action on voting rights and he is expected to deliver a much anticipated speech on the issue tuesday in philadelphia. joining me now to talk about this and more, texas state representative and vice chair jessica gonzalez and my friend latasha brown co-founder of black voters matter. the special session is happening right now. i'm your curious your thoughts on the best path. are democrats prepared to walk out and deny quorum or will democrats stay and fight on the principality of this? >> democrats are ready to defeat the bill and breaking quorum again. we'll use every tool in the tool box. the two big provigs added at the 11th hour that caused us to break quorum are -- [ inaudible ] but still the bill criminalizes behavior that doesn't happe

my mom also grew up in texas and marched with the honorable barbara jordan.frican-american teacher to integrate a high school, she went to work with police protection. she had milkshakes poured on her head and thrown in her face when she sat in at the lunch counters in texas. with all of this jim crow, as we call it, coming back now, my mother and i can go to the lunch counter, but the same spirit behind african-americans rights in this country are tied together with this. i would be the third generation of black women in my family still fighting for this. i did not expect this to happen in my lifetime, but i have to do this now for everyone, and so that my daughter will not be the third generation of african-american women fighting for access to the ballot. host: a question for you from jason in honolulu. " democrats seem to think current voting laws are perfect. why does your party not want any voting reforms?" guest: high, jason. thank you for calling -- hi, j ason. thank you for calling. i cannot say, jason, that we do not. we are open to reform, but we d

barbara, thank you. maggie, stick around. we'll have more revelations including why liz cheney slapped jim jordan's hand and what milley told pelosiver her fears that the former president would fire nuclear weapons in his final days. >>> plus, just in, the world has been waiting to hear whether supreme court justice stephen breyer will retire and now a cnn reporter just got the first interview with him about those potential plans. stay right here. ♪ you bring your best. we'll block the threats. cyberprotection for every one. malwarebytes ♪ among my patients i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. does it worry me? absolutely. sensodyne sensitivity and gum gives us a dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend. is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes knocking you out of your zone? lowering your a1c with once-weekly ozempic® can help you get back in it. oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! my zone... lowering my a1c, cv risk, and losing some weight... now, back to the game! ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. mo