. >>> and joining us is texas state representative eddie rodriguez, one of the democrats who left the state, and big welcome to you, and we have been warned that our connection is spotty, but we will give it a go. and so you have been met with the vice president, and second meeting with her, and second time to advance the voting restrictions, and what was her message to her about stopping this? >> her message was first to thank us for what we did in breaking quorum. secondly that she has heard our message loud and clear that it is time for congress and the senate to get to work. and that is the message that she, that she got from us. >> and what are you hoping to convey to senator manchin tomorrow, because he has signaled that a carve out for constitutional issues and voting rights issues are off of the table. >> i think it is incumbent upon us to explain this bill, and how terrible it is for the voters in texas, and that really just to ask him what he can do to help us. this is obviously going to be a trend going on throughout the country, and the republicans are going to be doing it

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texas state representative eddie rodriguez, good luck. thanks for joining us. appreciate it.as that showdown between texas voters and state lawmakers is continuing, president biden is preparing a major speech on voting rights on tuesday. it is coming after he and vice president harris met with a delegation of civil rights leaders at the white house to discuss how to combat the wave of restrictive republican voting laws we are seeing unfold across the nation. civil rights activists argued the need for joint cooperation between the white house, congress and local leaders. take a listen. >> democracy is under vigorous, vicious and sinister attack, beginning with the events of january 6th at the capitol and cascading like a tsunami through state legislatures across the nation. >> a movement from the ground up is starting to be the only way that we can preserve our right to vote. we informed them that this is going to come not from the white house down but from our houses up. >> all right. among those at the meeting, national action network president reverend al sharp ton who host

by the way, that state representative i will be speaking to, eddie rodriguez joining us at the top of the 4:00 p.m. hour. you don't want to miss that conversation. >>> we are following breaking news, everybody, out of virginia, where statue you honoring three controversial historic figures have come down. earlier today charlottesville maro nikia walker said the removal of the bronze statues depicting generals robert e. lee, stonewall jackson and lewis and clark is one small step closer to the goal of helping charlottesville, virginia, and america be able to grapple with the sin of being willing to destroy black people for economic gain. you will remember the robert e. lee statue was at the center of a deadly rally four years ago. deon hampton is in charlottesville covering this for us. thank you for joining us, really appreciate you covering this for us. talk about it for us, the mood on the ground so far with the statue coming down. >> reporter: sure. i would say it was a very joyous occasion, a lot of excitement for the more than 200 people who came out this morning and kind of line

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