that is what beto o'rourke has been fighting, pure insanity. and pure insanity are the words that one of the top officials in the trump justice department used to describe what donald trump and his white house chief of staff, mark meadows, were up to in the final days of the trump white house when they were trying to overturn the presidential election. we know this tonight thanks to justice department emails released by the democrats in the house oversight committee that show donald trump trying to force william barr's successor, acting attorney general jeffrey rosen, to have the justice department join lawsuits to overturn the election. donald trump had an assistant email jeffrey rosen baseless claims of voter fraud in michigan that had already been thrown out of court by a judge, and two weeks later, donald trump had an assistant email a draft brief for the justice department to file in the supreme court that would ask to nullify election results in six swing states that joe biden won. that brief was virtually identical to the insane lawsuit

the other options, i have to tell you, beto o'rourke, the other options are scary.ived in florida. allan west, who said you need to take your muskets to washington. you've got matthew mcconaughey maybe. are you going to run? are you going to try to bring some sanity to your governor's mansion? >> this fight that we're in right now for the right to vote and saving our democracy is the most important. i want to make sure that i'm focused on that. i think we have this summer to get it right. it is all on the lien right now. and the other thing, if you have the level of voter suppression envisioned in the elections bill here in texas, it might not matter who your candidate is. the deck will be so stacked. the odds will be so long. the playing field so tilted. so let's get free and fair elections. if we do that, i do want to consider how i can best serve this state. as a candidate or registering voters or supporting others. my focus will be public service. right now that means, fighting for the right to vote and working with others who do the same. >> thank you for sayin

beto o'rourke is a former democratic congressman from texas. he founded power by people, a grassroots electoral action group. he's launching a statewide tour to inform mobilized texas around voting rights, and he joins me now. beto, do you feel amongst texas democrats, for instance, across sort of wide swaths, grassroots folks, everyday voters, the people that you know in political circumstances, their feeling of the kind of -- the kind of stakes as articulated by those 100 historians or experts in democracy feel about this moment? >> absolutely. a few weeks ago when senate bill 7, the anti-voter elections bill that was working its way through the texas house and senate was being debated, we convened a rally outside the texas capitol in austin, and on 24 hours' notice, we were able to get the largest crowd of this year, of this legislative session standing up for voting rights and speaking out against voter suppression. so the people of texas, more so than just democrats, are fired up about this. they understand it is about our democracy. and w

beto o'rourke joins us this morning. >>> and the fast food manager falsely accused of giving poisoned milk shakes to new york city police officers is fighting back. he joins us live. >>> good morning to you, viewers in the united states and around the world. it's friday, june 18th. a gunman is under arrest this morning suspected in apparently a random and deadly shooting spree in arizona. four people were shot, one was killed, nine others injured by shrapnel and debris in the chaos. eight shooting incidents taking place in the suburbs of phoenix all on thursday afternoon and this latest shooting rampage happening as gun violence escalates across the country. >> already this year, 282 mass shootings in the u.s. cnn's kyung lah is live in arizona this morning with the latest on this spree. 90 minutes, but 90 minutes or so of terror. >> especially in this particular time because it was just before lunchtime. a lot of people were out and this area, this is generally, you know, an outlying suburb, a lot of people who are retired. it is very hot out, but people were driving around, and that

we'll talk about that with former texas congressman beto o'rourke. it not normal or healthy the legacy of the republican ballot audit in arizona, never mind it exists at all could soon spread to other states. we is reporting there and we'll look at the growing slate of qanon trying to wipingn state a local office. joining us is adam kinzinger that tweeted this about what retired again real michael there flynn said over the weekend. those begging for a military coup, you'll be shocked when they arrest you over the domestic part of oath they take to defend the country asquips foreign and domestic enemies. he said your fantasy will be ended quickly. thanks for being with us. the president said the other day democracy is imperilled, do you believe it is? >> yeah, i do. i think we have gotten lazy in assuming that democracy will always sure vvive. i think democracy around the globe is in recession. when you have so much information and don't know who to believe and that happens with the ex motioplosion of the inte and find whatever news source and misinfo

. >> beto o'rourke is rallying for voters in texas and joins me live tonight. >>> plus -- >> how many holidays do we want? what's the magic number? this would put it to 11. do we want 20? >> barely a day old and the attacks against the juneteenth national holiday have already begun when "all in" starts right now. 33. >>> there is breaking news tonight out of the district court in washington, d.c. we now know that at least one suspect in the january 6th riot is being questioned by the fbi about potential ties to any right-wing extremist groups or members of congress. nbc news has obtained a transcript of the interview the fbi conducted back in february with a former nypd officer named thomas webster. he's facing multiple charges in connection with his actions at the capitol that day. and take a look at this line of questioning. quote, have you heard or seen anything in the area about any of the militia groups that have been on the news, proud boys, the three percenters, the oathkeepers? do you have any connections to anybody in congress or any congressional staff or any capitol police?

from former texas congressman and potential gubernatorial candidate, beto o'rourke.ask you about this alleged typo that i just mentioned. which would have limited black churches, souls to the polls events. i mean, do you buy this line? >> i don't. the excuses that, you know, they wrote in the legislation that voting could not begin till 1:00 p.m. and they said that was a typo. they really meant 11:00. that might almost be believable, if there wasn't the p.m. that followed the 1 in the legislation. so, they clearly meant to eliminate souls to polls, which as we all know, targets black voters in the state of texas. this was a very conscious, targeted effort to stop some people, including those in the disability community, young voters, black voters, and voters in big cities, from being able to fully participate in upcoming elections. >> i mean, the bill was thoroughly debated. not one republican mentioned the typo during that debate. in fact, one republican defended the 1:00 p.m. voting start time. saying election workers want to go to church, too. >> it's really inter

i know you spoke with beto o'rourke ahead of the rally today. what all did he tell you? ago here in texas that democrats narrowly averted letting that restrictive voting law become law under texas governor greg abbott, who is now threatening to bring it back in a special session. and this is happening all over the country, with already this year, 14 states adopting restrictive voting laws, many in the works in other states. that's why beto o'rourke says that it's so important to make sure that these protections are codified in federal law and that the whole country should be paying close attention to what's happening here in texas. take a listen. >> this is the front lines. if we can stop it here in texas, ground zero, in the fight for voting rights, then i believe we're be able to stop tin other states and i believe we can inspire and maybe compel the u.s. senate to do their part and pass voting rights legislation like the for the people act. >> and just a few hours here in austin, beto o'rourke, julian castro, and others will be holding this rally in support of the for

claire mccaskill in the last hour, beto o'rourke here.. and it is good that he is at the table. but have some fire. right? i mean i'll throw it over to you, but it is still such a low bar in terms of getting anything passed. where does this go from here? >> yeah, i mean i will say, look, as recently as last week, i was saying that joe manchin had seemed to have been pretty clear that he didn't like this bill, he wasn't going to support this bill. martin luther king can come back from the other side and convince him and it wouldn't work. so at least i was wrong there. he seems to be moving to a place where maybe that is his final place and at least for the folks like beto o'rourke, folks like stacey abrams, they are seeing it as a good starting point. and that is better than not have anything at all. but what beto o'rourke and all the others should be saying as well as the spirit of martin luther king is that there is still even for this place the game right now is the filibuster. the filibuster is in the way. we heard from mitch mcconnell

one democrat who isn't sitting idly by is beto o'rourke. he's touring 22 cities across texas to rally for voting rights ahead of a special session planned by gop governor greg abbot. i spoke with him earlier when he was on the road. beto o'rourke, thank you so much for joining me on the show. i know it's humid and hot in houston so i appreciate you taking time out. the texas democrat strategy of walking out of the state legislator and denying a quorum to get their voting suppression bill through, that was only a temporary reprieve. isn't it inevitable they'll get it through at some point and it'll be devastating to free and fair texas elections. >> their courage in the political minority against overwhelming odds and everyone's complete certainty the voter suppression bill in texas was going to pass, their willingness to walk out at the 11th hour and stop that bill from becoming law has purchased us some time. now it's incumbent upon all of us not just here in texas but across the country to make the most of it. and the person who can do th

beto o'rourke had a rally today. is there any truth to the idea that republicans in texas are responding to demographic shifts and that they see this emerging electorate as less likely to vote for republicans and they're trying to rig the rules so they still end up the winner surprisingly at the end? >> right and julia, texas is a mirror of the country and the pushback for the boost in voter turnout we saw in this past election what we're seeing federally in terms of not wanting to expand the voting rights is a microkrachl of what's happening in texas. ten minutes from my home in austin, texas, beto o'rourke and the power by the people is on the steps of the texas capitol pushing forward and it's important and here is someone outside of the beltway in texas putting the spotlight on the role of faith. i am an optimist by nature but i really am very worried there's going to be any federal level traction in terms of hr1 or the voting act. i hope they pass but i'm worried they won't. i think we need to look at the state

joining our conversation is former congressman beto o'rourke. urse it inity just reported that of all the states to watch, texas may be the most emboldened when the vote fails. what's your reaction to that? >> texas is already the tough estate in which to vote. it's no accident. it's been intentional over the last eight years since the supreme court's shelby decision that gutted the most important aspects of the voting rights act. you have voter i.d. laws, polling place closures in the hundreds. you have what a three-judge federal panel who described it as a gerrymander. sp 7, the elections bill was defeated by the house democrats in the political minority who walked out, if implemented, would make it harder for people to vote. think about an afghanistan war veteran who came back with ptsd who will have to prove their disability before they're allowed to vote a mail-in ballot. it would allow partisan poll watchers free reign inside polling places. texas would reserve the right to overturn future elections simply based on the allegation of fraud.

my one on one with beto o'rourke. >>> what's behind the surge of maya? i'll ask her. >> mike pompeo said the trump administration was the toughest on russia. really, he said that. >>> leading to real-world violence and murder. i'll talk about it. >>> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. i'm sorry to have to report this to, but the past week has brought more confirmation that the crisis continues to get worse. in texas, despite the slight reprieve, republicans remain determined to pass a bill that would enact new and horrific restrictions on voting. it's one of niep bills to restrict voter registration in the state. a provision that would take away sunday early voting and hinderring black church goers? absolutely not, says republican representative, one of the bill's architects. he says it must be a typo. if so it's an awfully long and very specific typo. what about another provision that would make it easier for judges to overturn elections without any proof? why? that would be a horrendous policy says the same texas gop lawmaker. amazing. both of these things

and i gotta tell you, we're also seeing a lot of beto o'rourke signs here. this is, of course, organized by beto's voting rights protection organization. but it has the feel almost of a precursor to a political rally in the future, and in fact, when i sat down earlier today with beto o'rourke, i asked him about the rumors of his potential run for governor next year. he did not rule it out, saying he plans to be in public service on behalf of the state of texas, and fighting for voters here one way or another. possibly as a candidate. possibly working to help other candidates. >> you were also able to speak with one of the lawmakers who took part in the walk-out at the texas house. what did she tell you? >> yeah, i spoke just a few minutes ago with the state lawmaker, gina hinojosa, who hepts the austin area, and led the walkout. she said this is not just texas. this is part of a national republican effort to try to make it harder for people to vote. and she says that's why it's so important to fight state by state but also at the federal level to make sure th

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tonight she joined our first guest beto o'rourke on instagram and made the point that the republican attack on voting rights is an attack on every voter in every state. >> we've got to amplify this so this is a national conversation. they are successful when they convince us it is parochial, only happening to some people. it's only happening in the south. it's only happening to black people. no. this is happening to all of us. we all have to be heard. we are the power. it is not hyperbole. this is not idealism. we have to create such a clamor that to do otherwise, to do anything other than save our democracy from these to use your word pernicious laws is to do a disservice to our country. >> you're so right to point out the effect and the outcome and who ultimately is targeted and who ultimately will pay the price in our democracy. in texas it's black voters, voters of color. it's young voters. it's the very old, those who live in big cities. and i think you also made a great point it also affects everyone if you really want this government of, by, and for the people to work when you

former congressman beto o'rourke founder of power to the people joins me now.you're in a car to underscore the fact that you are traveling through the great state of texas. before we get to your road tour, i want to talk about senator manchin's compromise bill on voting rights. several outlets including political reporting that you back it. i want to give you a chance to express whether or not that is true. what about it you like and what about it you want to see changed? >> i think manchin is moving in the right direction. and i'm grateful that he's at least back at the table talking with his colleagues. i don't know that this goes far enough. it doesn't address the way that we finance campaigns. you know, the original for the people act allowed citizen funding of campaigns to try to diminish the power of corporate spending. and big donor dollars in our system. i'd also like to see automatic voter registration and same-day voter registration so we can get more eligible voters on the rolls and participaing in our elections and having a say who will represent th

let's not kid ourselves, they don't want to figure out the border, they want this to continue, beto o'rourkeesperate to distract americans from what is actually happening at the border. watch. >> the governor focused on print derek -- pandemic preparedness, we submitted to texas, 50,000 killed in the last year and a half, and there are urgent priorities worthy of taxpayer funds and true leadership but building a wall that is a solution in search of a problem is not one. >> i would like to see beto o'rourke focus -- he is out of focus all the time on every issue. we are having a brick press conference tomorrow at 3:00 pm central time in austin, the governor, myself and others, we are going to lay out a plan for building our own wall, this is something i mentioned to donald trump several years ago and said if you can't get congress to help you with money we will step up and help you and he was masterful in getting money to build the wall, built 450 miles, had another 300 miles funded, biden took that funding away, which would have helped texas so we are going to do it ourselves, we are going t

thank for joining us i understand you spoke to beto o'rourke earlier today. what is he hoping to accomplish? >> he has been crisscrossing the state of texas, culminating. >> reporter: just this year alone, 14 states have already enacted laws that make it tougher for people to vote, with more than 60 other pieces of legislation currently working their way through state legislatures. that's why lawmakers, as well as activists here in texas say it's so important for there to be federal. >> this is the toughest state in the country to vote and get registered to vote. on top of that, the legislature this last year proposed to make it harder, sb-7, the voter suppression bill would reserve the right to overturn future elections based simply on the allegation of fraud. >> this is the front lines on the fight. >> reporter: on tuesday there will be a vote for the federal for the people act. republicans are threatening to block that, yasmin. they say this is about election integrity. this i want to make sure our elections are fair and legitimate and that's why they're p

beto o'rourke jones me live before his big voting rights rally in texas. now that juneteenth is a federal holiday, there is a move to revise the 13th amendment to eradicate a lingering vestige of slavery. senator jeff markley is behind the effort and will be here to explain. >>> and then there is this. >> critical race theory is bigoted, it is a lie, and it is every bit as racist as the klansmen in white sheets. >> come on, man. i'm jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. >>> this sunday the pressure is on for the senate to pass voting rights legislation. with majority leader chuck schumer bringing the for the people act to the floor this tuesday. but the bill will most definitely be filibustered mcconnell style despite a compromise from contrarian joe manchin which included a ban on gerrymandering, voter i.d. requirement and establishing election day as a national holiday. while the manchin compromise enjoyed a key democratic endorsement from stacey abrams, republicans were quick to offer their full-throated opposition. >> a revised version produced b

i spoke just a bit ago to beto o'rourke who has been crisscrossing the state in more than 20 cities sort for federal voting rights. >> what is happening in texas with this effort to suppress is vote is taking place in 46 other state legislatures. georgia passed a bill like this, florida, iowa, montana as well. there are 40 more now debating this and may very well pass their own version of it. >> at this rally in just a few hours, alex, we are going to see beto o'rourke, julian castro and other democrats trying to spur support for the federal for the people act which is facing a vote in the senate on tuesday. part of that proposal does a number of things, including guaranteeing 15 days for early voting, banning partisan gerrymandering, as well as increasing transparency of the money that's involved in politics. but republicans in the senate, they are vowing to block that measure as well. >> josh letterman in austin, texas. >>> as rye hanking republicans are already testing the waters for a potential white house run in 2024 we are getting an early look at how that race might shape up. th

. >> let's listen to what beto o'rourke said this morning on "morning joe" about what happened in texast night. >> democrats in texas did a lot. they bought us some time and they stopped one of the worst voter suppression bills in the country. but when you link what they were trying to pass in texas with what passed in georgia, florida, iowa, montana, what's pending in more than 40 other state legislatures, you see that we have the biggest attack on american democracy in our lifetimes. >> latasha, your reaction to what beto o'rourke just said? >> he is absolutely right. we have to recognize, this isn't just individual states. this is a coordinated effort to literally undermine democracy, particularly in those states. states with colors and young voters that made the difference in terms of outcome. so we have to attack this from the local level, state level, but we need legislation. the good news is we have an opportunity now. we have the john lewis advancement act. those acts if they are passed in the senate will provide the protection that we need. we have to put pressure on democratic

how does congressman beto o'rourke feel about that? >> well, that would be an improvement over what we have in texas where you can use your license to carry a firearm to prove who you are at the polling place but you can't use your student i.d. or utility bill to prove who you are at the polling place. it's better than what we have and it's not as far as i would like it to go. what's missing is automatic voter registration and same-day voter registration. there were 7 million texans who didn't vote many registered or with other barriers in place. the other thing i would add is getting the power of big corporate donations out of our politics by elevating the power of everyday citizens to donate and have that matched at the federal level. that ensures that, you know, insurgent candidates have a chance to challenge the incumbents. those who are locked into their positions can be effectively competed against. when you add non-partisan redistricting commissions so there's no more gerrymandering, that's a reference in his compromise, then yo

beto o'rourke jones me live before his big voting rights rally in texas.is a move to revise the 13th amendment to eradicate a lingering vestige of slavery. senator jeff markley is behind the effort and will be here to explain. >>> and then there is this. >> critical race theory is bigoted, it is a lie, and it is every bit as racist as the klansmen in white sheets. >> come on, man. i'm jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. >>> this sunday the pressure is on for the senate to pass voting

. >>> let's bring in beto o'rourke, former texas congressman and former democratic presidential candidatebusy guy holding 19 voting rights rallies in texas with another one tomorrow, and thank you for making the time for us, my goodness. let me ask you about what you think about the showdown set for tuesday. because if this bill is expected to fail, how can that possibly be interpreted as a win for democrats? >> i'd love if you rephrase that, i don't know if the bill is going to fail, the vote might fail, but as we understand the senate, there are a number of procedural and other votes that take place before a bill can succeed, and i think the for the people act, the voting rights legislation of our time will succeed. but i'm not just going to count on it, we're gathering tomorrow in austin in the state capitol at 5:30 p.m., this sunday, to gather in as large a number as we can, to push that bill. because i think that's what it took, when the 1965 voting rights act was up for a vote, and many thought it would never pass, there is no way you're going to get democrats in the south and the s

last night congressman beto o'rourke held a voting rights rally at the state capitol josh led dermanthere. >> reporter: braving the heat to make their voices heard ahead of the key vote on tuesday on the federal for the people act here in texas voting rights activists say it's what republicans are trying to do across the country with 14 states just this year having passed bills that make it harder to vote, including by limiting early voting, voting by mail as well as drop boxes for ballots now that vote in the senate expected to fail even if all democrats vote for it because republicans say they're unified in voting against it they say that their concern is election integrity and that these bills are not about trying to make it harder to vote but trying to make sure the vote is fair phillip? >> josh, thank you >>> in florida a driver accidentally plowed his truck through a pride parade killing one man and injuring another this happened in wilton manner in ft. lauderdale. they're members of a ft. lauderdale gay men's chorus. the driver accelerated unexpectedly hitting two victims befo

. >>> tonight former democratic texas member beto o'rourke said this. >> people understand how precarious and important this moment is. it calls on all of us to do what we can while we still have this window to act. thanks by the way to the texas' state house democrats who stopped the voter suppression deal bought us a window of time. we may have about the month of june within this to get the people's act to pass in the u.s. senate and that puts an end to what they're trying to do in texas, georgia and about 45 states legislatures across the country. >> leading off our discussion, julian castro and former secretary in the obama administration, katie hobbes. secretary hobbes, let me begin with you and your reaction of what the president said? >> the president had done nothing but continue to lie about the election that he lost. he's inciting -- >> i was asking what president biden said today. >> sorry, i thought you said president trump. the president is exactly right. we are seeing an assault on our democracy on many fronts starting with the former president on the assault on the election

. >> i would just like to see beto o'rourke focus. he's out of focus all of time on every issue. know, we are -- we are having a big press conference tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. central time, laura, in austin. the governor, myself, and others, and we are going to lay out our plan for building our own wall. this is something i actually mentioned to the president, president trump, several years ago in mcallen and i said look, if you can't get congress to help you with money, we will step up and help you in the president, he was masterful in getting money to build a wall. he built about 450 miles. he had another 300 miles funded, biden just took that funding away from the other 300 miles, which would have helped texas, so we are going to do it ourselves, we are going to announce that plan tomorrow. we are going to get started. we have to fight for our state and we have to fight for our country when the federal government won't do it. we will step up in texas and we want america's help along the way to help save america and save texas from criminals and all those who come across. >> laura:

i asked beto o'rourke, for me having spent time in the party formally known as republicans, i don't know what they are now. >> the question now is can democrats fight like republicans? they don't lose any sleep or don't break a sweat. the filibuster is not even a law. it is a norm. if we learn anything over the last four years, republicans don't walk over the norm, they'll burn them down to get what they want. the story is the enduring story of the trump's years for five years. democrats have brought knives to gunfights. >> you hit it on the head. if one wants to argue if at some point at the past it was a norm that spread some negotiations, that's fine. it is certainly not how it is being used this year or right now on this critical issues as you say. nicole, always good to report and chat with you. >> thank you very much, my friend, have a great show. >>> i want to welcome everyone to "the beat," this is a live coverage of this senate vote on the bill to do a lot of things, overhaul the way elections work in this country and protect your voting rights. democrats pushing for these prote

my one on one with beto o'rourke. >>> what's behind the surge of maya?at. >>> leading to real-world violence and murder. i'll talk about it.

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tonight, former democratic texas congressman beto o'rourke is now a voting rights advocates said this in discussion with chris hayes. >> people understand just how precarious and important this all is and that it calls upon all of us to do what we can while we still have this window to act. thanks, by the way, to the texas state house democrats who stopped that voter suppression bill and bought us a window of time. we may have about the month of june within which to get the for the people acts passed in the u.s. senate and that puts an end to what they're trying to do in texas and georgia in about 45 other state legislatures across the country. >> leading off our discussion tonight juliÁn castro former mayor of san antonio and former secretary of urban development in the obama administration. also with us, arizona secretary of state katie hobbs. secretary hobbs, let me begin with you and your reaction to what the president had to say today. >> while the president has done nothing but continue to lie about the election that he lost and what's more concerning about it is that he's incit

people like beto o'rourke and many other organizations. we're gonna come to the capital and make sure that the eyes of america and the eyes of the world are on us. where the ninth economy in the world we need to have a robust democracy, not one where it's harder to vote. >> texas state representative jessica gonzalez and raphael encinia both walked out, broke quorum and that bill will not be passed. we'll see what happens next. great to have you both, and we keep following the story. we appreciate it. next, the covid gambit that backfired in florida. how governor ron desantis might end up killing his states cruise ship industry to own the -- after this. after this taking metamucil everyday can help. metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. so you can feel lighter and more energetic metamucil. support your daily digestive health. and try metamucil fiber thins. a great tasting and easy way to start your d

i can never figure out if beto o'rourke is more dumb or dishonest, but either way, it is not good.the idea that we would have voter i.d. at polls, ensure the integrity of elections is just astonishing. it shows not only complete ignorance of history, but also a real disregard for what those horrible laws really were back in jim crow. and it's a cavalier ignorance and dishonesty on his part. but the truth of the matter is these are important. election integrity, they were a few things that are more important. it shouldn't be politicized. we have talked about crime. we have talked about race. we have talked about the police. we have talked about elections. and you have politicians in this country today, they are trying to politicize and racialized all of these things that shouldn't be -- these are not things that we should be -- first and foremost, should be talking about politics right now. we should be talking about real threats to the country like illegal immigration and china. why are we talking about these things? we are talking about them because democrats don't have answers to

former texas congressman beto o'rourke. >> i also hope we hear from the president on this.has the authority, the biggest microphone in the country, and he can bring this country together and make sure that we understand what's at stake and what we'll have to do to overcome these challenges that we face right now. >> annie, do we have any sense that the president or anyone in the administration is going to carry this narrative, the next step further and draw the direct connection between recognizing this federal holiday this weekend and moving further in tangible ways toward concrete racial equity in the weeks to come? >> there, you know, on thursday he made that pitch that racial equity is something they're working on throughout the administration. they followed it up with, you know, efforts to get more racial equity in terms of who's getting the vaccine and black communities getting the vaccine. but in terms of voting rights, it's really in congress and it doesn't look like this administration is going to have much success in passing anything because of even this -- we can

immigration, trump, and hillary's historical significance to the emerging democratic majority, to beto o'rourkernie sanders and socialism, everything. they are wrong like it's their job. and any group of people you are going to have an elites, you're going to have power and wealth and some people will be better at it than others. no matter how you write the rules there is going to be an elite who wins the game, but the collection fools, especially the ones the media funds over is just embarrassing. when they are called to perform, they fail. we have the wisdom of america's founders to set up america's government but we should not be ruled by anthony fauci because ultimately, this isn't about him. that's missing the point. it's about the fact that the founders never intended for him to be ruled by bureaucrats no matter how well-intentioned. woodrow wilson did his best to change that. he envisioned a rule by the administrative state, the brilliant bureaucrats, decent man in an indecent time but as you know, it turns out human nature applies to bureaucrats as well. at some point our government for

you -- matthew, you were at a rally in texas with beto o'rourke today.epublicans are making it harder to do that. if we don't protect voting rights, does anything else matter? does any of this matter? >> well, you know, and this was in a small town brenham. and it was almost-400 people who all came out of all colors, creeds, races, of everything you could see. of people concerned about this, in this moment. and one of the things, and beto actually asked me to talk and i talked for a few minutes and one of the things i said at that was, we can have a conversation about guns. and we could have a conversation a about infrastructure. and we can conversation about women's health choices. we can have a conversation about the tax code. we can have conversation about lot of things you can't have a conversation if you don't have democracy. after that, everything else, yes, it matters. and yes, those things are of grave concern. but if we lose our democracy, in this moment, it's a huge, huge, huge loss for the world, and i think the president understands that. but

and beto o'rourke on why the fight in texas is much bigger than texas. >>> plus how the desantis anti-vax

in the past month former texas congressman beto o'rourke has held voting rights rallies across the statehe state capitol in austin. >> we'll do all that we can with what we have where we are right now to save this democracy. we're going to fight on every front. we are going to push without rest until the right to vote is secured in america. >> austin is where we find nbc's josh lederman joining us live. what is the impact organizers want this rally to have both in texas and back in washington including on the for the people act? >> well, certainly they hope, joshua, it will galvanize support for the for the people act as well as against sb-7 that restrictive voting measure that democrats narrowly were able to block here in texas. the fact is it is not going to change the math when it comes to the federal for the people act because the only thing standing between that becoming law are ten republican votes. as senator mitch mcconnell has made very clear he is whipping against that vote that no republicans are expected to support it and so it is expected to face death by filibuster if there

today democratic congressman beto o'rourke also praised the manchin plan. >> what do you think about this compromise joe manchin is proposing? >> this is progress. this is a step in the right direction. you mentioned it protects mail-in voting. it protects early voting for two weeks. it would end gerrymandering and make election day a national holiday. those are four very major pieces of the for the people act proposal, so i'm really pleased to see senator manchin agree to do this, i think we may van agreement the senate can move forward on. >> as "the new york times" frames it the growing support for manchin's proposal reflects a, quote, significant goal for democrats. uniting the party around what it has billed as its highest priority and showing were it not for republican opposition and the filibuster the elections overhaul would become law. would become law. remember when i said i heard the faint sound of hope? here's why it's so faint. republicans, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell made it clear he'll denounce any legislation that protects or bolsters the right to vote when

in a little while, i'll speak with beto o'rourke about what's going on in texas where a republican governoro forward with a major voting rights bill this week but with not a lot of specifics about what happens next. we begin "the reidout" with what is looking more and more like a major intelligence failure on the part of the fbi ahead of the january 6th insurrection. the bureau had not seen any

democratic congressman beto o'rourke held a rally in austin.l session to focus on election integrity. this comes after texas democrats walked out on a polarizing senate vote. republicans say the bill would have protected elections, but many democrats like o'rourke disagreed saying it would stop legal voters from cathing a ballot. >>> nationwide at least 253 bills to restrict voting access has been introduced in 43 states. >>> in texas governor greg abbott is au authorizing a $250 million down payment border wall with mexico and is continuing the work of the trump administration. however it's not clear whether abbott has the authority to do so or how much that final project will cost if completed. according to a reporter there at the texas tribune, it remains unclear. >> immigration has been usually a federal purview and the state is taking radical different action to impose itself on immigration enforcement here through a border wall, but as you mentioned also through governor abbott's other exexecutive orders which will involvement law enforce

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with vice president harris on wednesday on behalf of the legislation ahead of a rally hosted by beto o'rourkein texas are becoming more widespread and more urgent. "washington post" writes this. like termites, destructive but largely unseen, anti-democracy forces around the country are gnawing at the foundations of america's free and fair elections. it's bad enough that most republicans continue to defend trump's slander on american democracy and use it as a pretext to suppress the vote instead of looking for ways to appeal to more voters. it's even scarier that they're trying to write themselves an insurance policy so if their vote suppression strategy fails in 2024, they can nonetheless reclaim power. joining our conversation is matt dowd, founder of country over party, pulitzer prize winner columnist eugene robinson is here. matt dowd, you were at this rally this weekend. talk about that. >> i was actually at the rally this morning in texas, which is where bluebell ice cream is founded, so yeah, i went and about 400 people turned out in this small town of every race, color, creed that you

that meant bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg and beto o'rourke, keeping an openof communication which continued through the race for all of these candidates and importantly at the moment when each of them was dropping out he would call and congratulate them and also try to see what their plans were for bringing the party together. host: what did you learn about president biden picking senator kamala harris as a vice president as his running mate? edward: there is no question that the first primary debate where she attacked him for his record on busing and said that little girl was me, and that line i know you are not a racist, that left a lead -- that left a real mark on biden at the time and for a much longer period on people close to biden. there was a question of whether he could trust her to be part of the team, whether that would get in the way of the working relationship that he wanted to have with his vice president. among the people he talked to about this is barack obama who said listen, joe, you called me unqualified to be president and we got over that