and maria teresa kumar. thank you all very much for being here.tt i am going to start with you since you know the man that everyone has been talking about. that's senator joe manchin. these last-minute negotiations began yesterday with senator manchin making his top line number clear. now our reporting is that president biden has told house democrats the top line number is two between 1.9 to $2.3 trillion. does that sound like something senator manchin can support? >> i think so. i think he put out -- first off, he put out that proposal earlier in the summer. he was laying out where he was comfortable with based on what revenue we could generate so it was paid for and then based on what he thought the priorities were that the country needed to addressed. i think he is willing to work with the president, willing to work with anybody to get something done. that's what he's here to do. he wants to negotiate a deal. he wants to find a compromise. he did it on the $1.2 trillion notice of deal i am convinced he will do it on reconciliation. >> john hand

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i'm maria teresa kumar in this sunday for alicia menendez. we begin with breaking news out of haiti where american mission nairs including children have been kidnapped outside the capital of the port-au-prince. the gang accused of taking them has a known history of abductions. according to a statement by the christian aid ministries, the group consists of 16 americans, one canadian citizen. five men, seven women and five children. in a statement the state department says they're aware of the situation. earlier on cnn ohio congressman adam kinzinger promising the american government will stop at nothing to bring these missionaries home safely. with me is jacqueline charles, a career correspond at "the miami herald." jacqueline, thank you for joining me. i want to ask you, what is the situation right now? >> well, the situation right now, i've been in contact with the haitian national police. they still don't have any confirmation of this, but we now know from the christian aid ministries that, yes, 17 individuals including 16 americans have be

. >>> joining me for in analysis are maria teresa kumar, president of voto latino, republican strategist brendan buck, ayesha rasco, white house correspondent for npr and politico white house correspondent and politico skoe author, eugene daniels. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. chuck todd is off today. i'm andrea mitchell. a lot happened in washington this week. whether a lot got accomplished, that's another mat trer. for the third time democrats put up voting rights legislation, and for the third time it went nowhere because of the republican flib. >> today the rule of law are under relentless assault from republican governors, secretary of state, state legislators, and they're following my predecessor, the last president into a deep, deep black hole and abyss. >> there were many hopeful reports of progress on president biden's social spending plans and just as many pess mystic reports of stalemate. there was even one re

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maria, teresa kumar says there need to be issues that are patble.re stalled pretty much in d.c. and yet, look at this state. ted cruz only beat beto o'rourke by less than two points last time when he ran. the current governor abbott did better against valdez but will not run against a woman this time. so i wonder if texas democrats are frustrated that the d.c. situation is not helping them to motivate more voters to try to overcome these voter suppress tactics? >> i think texas democrats are frustrated and not just frustrated because of the motivation because there are a lot of things that motivate voters. the pandemic, the economy, health care, all the issues front and center nationally are front and center in texas but i think they're frustrated more because they're asking for basic protection in voting rights. if republicans try to gain the system time and time again, it will be harder for a democrat to win in texas and they know. they're worried about the numbers between beto o'rourke and ted cruz. they're even more worried about beto o'rourke p

to discuss us, maria teresa kumar. it's great to have you with us. hispanic people make up 39% of texas' population. the numbers speak for themselves. under this new map they only have the majority in seven out of 38 congressional districts, 30 out of 150 state house districts, and 7 out of 31 state senate districts. that's about 20% of those allotted seats. this is the first year in nearly 50 years that texas hasn't had to get its maps preapproved by the federal government. before the burden was on texas to show why their maps actually didn't discriminate against people of color. now that burden falls on those who challenge the map like yourself and others to try and prove why it is discriminating against people of color. tell us about your lawsuit and if you think your case will actually be successful. >> hi, thank you so much for having me on. and here's the -- here's the rub -- the reason that this map passed mustard was because there was the gutting of the voting rights act back in 2013. and basically said that the federal government did not hav

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