in arizona and thank you very much for being here. blake, what's at stake? blake: thank you, maria. everything is at stake in the 2022 and 2024 election. i really think if republicans don't win these elections, we lose the country forever because if you look around, the left and the democrats, they've taken control of almost every major institution in our country and they're very close to controlling it all and so if they win, they tell us what they are going to do, they will pass hr1 and federalize elections so no republican can ever win again and add new states to our union just so they can add more senators and control everything, so i really think the future of this country hangs in the balance. that's what's at stake in 2022. maria: yeah, speaking of elections, i want to ask you about the audit going on in arizona as well as your plan to rein in monopolies, we are taking with blake masters, we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ maria: we are back with blake masters, the chief operating officer of teal capital running for senate seat

so, this is damaging in many ways to arizona. and it is unfortunate that the folks running the show continue to try to drag it out for their political goals. >> well would you advise the house oversight committee in washington in their investigation of this, what you call me fraudit? what should they be looking for and asking about? >> i think all the things that they highlighted in their letter it all of the right points. and the points that we have been making for months about all the problems associated with this exercise. i welcome their voices and their intervention into this fight. quite frankly, our offices here concerns from voters every single day over this exercise. and they are tired of these partisan games. that is why i am running for governor to get to work on real issues and problems that we have here in arizona. not rehashing the 2020 election. and folks can join me in that katie hobbs.org. >> let me ask you about that. your secretary of state, now. you are directly involved in elections election security. wouldn'

we're not talking a little bit of money, arizona, mark kelly is running and we will beat him, but if this passes, he'll get as much as $18 million of your tax dollars. how about raphael warnock in georgia, as much as $25 million of your tax dollars. new hampshire, maggie hassan, by the way, call chris sununu, the governor of new hampshire to make sure you want him to run for senate. if he does we will win. cortez masso in nevada as much as $11 million. in colorado michael bennett he'll get up to $11 million. or 16 million dollars. now let's talk about our good friend chuck schumer, now, chuck schumer, don't you just love the guy? so you know, he's not partisan at all. so he says we have to pass this bill, he's working on it really hard because we have to pass it to save democracy. no, he wants to pass it to save his skin. guess how much he would get? up to $45 million of your money to run attack ads. it's corruption for the democrats right out in the open and it's based on a complete, complete lie. there's no basis for this. now, first off, we all should congratulate the arizona g.o.

experience inng arizona will be normal for other regions iner the country. 's there are some great lessons to be learned. so first of all our buildings are built that this is a hot climate all built a central air and then to understand we have to provide for comfort but also the structures as well looking at public transit we make sure it is shaded or will be shaded. the infrastructure is already there for some extent and normal way we approach it is very normal so with playgrounds you have the covering to protect from extreme heat so my advice is other municipalities learn from what we done in the region toeg address it. that said we have a long way to go in arizona to make sure we are keeping people safe. the other areas the government could be helpful is to formulate these regional working groups not to be in that competitiveve environment so working with cross purposes those areas within wine region that political will of heat. thank you. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman for five minutes. >> i have no questions and i yield my time. >> thank you you

biden ganÓ el estado de arizona. paradÓjicamente el diario the washington post reporta que de todo el dinero de donald trump no ha dedicado nada a pagar ese recuento. esos recuentos tiene la intenciÓn de intimidar a funcionarios y votantes. >> es antidemocrÁtico, se deberÍa ampliar para que el mayor nÚmero de personas tuvieran el acceso al derecho. pablo: arizona tiene frontera con mÉxico y donald trump volviÓ a criticar a la administraciÓn de biden por su polÍtica migratoria. dijo que Él contuvo es inmigraciÓn y que ahora el paÍs estÁ inundado de indocumentados. biden dijo que la polÍtica migratoria de donald trump era inhumanidad y hay hasta ilegal. el ex presidente volviÓ a tomar crÉdito por desarrollar la vacuna contra el covid. la pandemia resurgen todo el paÍs, en especial en estado de gobernadores republicanos. >> si son del partido provida, ahora tienen que fomentar pÚblicamente que se utilice la vacuna. pablo: hay una cosa que los seguidores de donald trump quieren saber, si se postularÁ o

one of the issues was from arizona a situation where you have no easy places to drop off your ballot in large native american reservations. so, by banning the ability for people to collect ballots and drop them off, you essentially make it extraordinarily difficult for this targeted community to vote and that was the intent. that was the intent. now, this law, section two. it didn't say that anything about intent. it said the result and it didn't say it had to be-- an abridgement in other words, to an infringement, but alito doesn't care, the majority doesn't care on the supreme court about defending the right to vote. the pulsating heart of our republic. where does that leave us? it leaves us as the critical factor to defend the constitution, the supreme court won't do it. the states are underlining it. it's our responsibility, our responsibility to set out those basic standards that defend the ability of every american to vote and that's why i'm here on the floor tonight. talking about for the people act. it's called s-1. senate bill number one. why? because defending the right to

he does seem to be taking pages right out of the arizona playbook. in arizona, the republican state senate leader used her subpoena power to force the board of elections to turn over ballots. this pennsylvania state senator also runs a committee that theoretically has subpoena power. in arizona, the state senate fronted $150,000 to pay for their so-called audit. the rest of the funding for it is coming from sources that nobody involved will disclose. this pennsylvania state senator is also trying to secure funding for an audit and has sought advice from a law firm about how to go about using money from a private non-profit organization to pay for vendors, consultants and anyone else. in arizona, all the republicans involved in the so-called audit have been claiming that it's not about overturning the 2020 election. it's about restoring integrity to the state's elections. right on cue in pennsylvania, a law firm tapped by the republican state senator said in a letter that the purpose of such an audit would be to -- hope you are sitting down -- develop

today, arizona republicans who are doing their so-called audit in arizona, they gave a briefing on their progress. only two republican senators were there, but they tried to call it a hearing. this was -- this audit that they're doing in arizona, they launched it in april. they said it would take three weeks. it's, of course, now mid-july, and they're still going strong. they made clear today that they're definitely finding all of the fraud they have been fantasizing about, but it's definitely going to take lots more investigation, lots more materials, probably lots more donations from trump supporters nationwide. it looks like they will subpoena more stuff from the county, maricopa county, where they got all these ballots from. the way they were talking about it today, it sounds like they think they have weeks to go, maybe months still to go. it's such a big complex investigation. there's no sign actually that there was anything wrong with the presidential vote in arizona. nothing. there's no sign that there was anything wrong with it. at all. and i'm saying that not just like, because

arizona has done it. now pennsylvania, the republicans in pennsylvania legislature are pushing for an arizona style so-called 2020 election even though it's been tested and re-tested and re-litigated and the judges have all declared there was no problem in pennsylvania. what is pennsylvania going to do? >> to your point, andrea, here in philadelphia where i'm coming from and represent there has already been an audit in philadelphia twice, and don't take my word for it as a democratic congressman, the republican city commissioner, one of the commissioners in charge of our elections has verified that it was audited. furthermore, the entire vote count for philadelphia was actually live and streamed anywhere. the irony is, of course, that in 2020, donald trump had -- had slated better in philadelphia than he did four years prior, what really sunk him was the vote in the suburb switching so hard from red to blue. statewide in pennsylvania i am deeply concerned that we will no longer be in arizona and the key r

arizona is one such case where you could be able to provide cooling. even though people are spaced out and you could also have a network of people helping so in our case we have had all sorts of community members step up including a utility company. long-term solutions provide cooling spaces along the way. to provide cooler spaces and handle long-term mitigation adaptations. >> thank you so much for your comments, and i will yield back. >> the chair recognizes mr. kyl mr. kilby for five minutes. >> thank you, for holding this important hearing. i've been toggling back and forth with lots of things going on today so if my question is redundant, i apologize. over seven years ago in my hometown, a water crisis emerged. my hometown is flint michigan. the children were affected by the crisis and exposed to high levels of lead that poses significant health risks particularly in their development. what was not as well-known in the water crisis that there was an outbreak and as a result of the crisis. michigan again is experiencing a surge. the michigan depart

it's very dangerous. >> it's not just arizona. yesterday i spoke with michigan attorney general about the impact of the big lie on her state. let's take a listen to what she had to say about that. >> i don't know how we're ever going to get back on course after what we seen in our state. i don't know how we'll get to a point where the average voter in the state of michigan will ever believe what we know to be true, which is our elections are safe, secure and accurate. >> that's pretty stunning. how concerned are you for the same affect in arizona? >> it is vr stunning. i do have concerns but the fact of the majority of arizona voters across the board, not necessarily in one particular party but most voters do have faith in the election systems and the security and fairness of our elections and they also don't support what's going on here with this fake audit. they see it for the sham that it is and they honestly tired of this partisan games. that is a big part of the reason i'm running for governor to get to work on real issues fo

in phoenix, arizona. this is thursday last week, it was 112 degrees in phoenix that day. ♪ can't take it no more ♪ ♪ we're fired up ♪ ♪ we're fired up ♪ ♪ can't take it no more ♪ >> fired up, can't take it no more. 112 degrees that day in phoenix. not counting the radiant heat off the tarmac there. that was outside the office of arizona's republican attorney general, mark burn avich. those folks were protesting outside his office because of his role in promoting and defending new voting rights restrictions in arizona, including all the way up to the united states supreme court. also, arizona's new rules about how the state's elections will be conducted in the future, new rules explicitly designed to make sure officials from the democratic party can't play a top role in election administration in arizona anymore, only republicans will be allowed to do that from here on out. of those folks protesting outside attorney general's office in arizona, nine were arrested. it wasn't -- they weren't

manchin and sinema, our reporting here at nbc news is that some of the lawmakers considered going to arizona and west virginia to put pressure specifically on the senators but chose not to do that, given the leadership the gubernatorial leadership in the states, they were concerned they might be hauled back to texas. reverend, thank you so much, and mike memoli and sahil kapur as well. we'll be all over this throughout the morning. we have a lawmaker live from texas who will be joining us a little bit later on in the show, we're also going to be watching that news conference, bring you headlines as we get them. >>> elsewhere on the hill, you have democrats revealing this new nearly $4 billion package to strengthen security there in the wake of the january 6th attack. senator patrick leahy, the lawmaker behind that and chair of the appropriations committee is joining us live coming up. >>> and the fda out with a new warning connected to the j&j vaccine. next what you need to know. ice. business was steady, until... gogo-foodco. go check it out. whaatt?! overnight, users tripled. which meant h

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host: news from arizona central on this topic -- " arizona said that they need more material from maricopa county, suggesting that the senate's review may be nearing its end. fann said during a hearing at the capital that she expects the demands for additional materials will end up in court, setting up another legal battle in the saga that has seen the country and state lawmakers spar over the scope of the legislature's subpoena power. also during the hearing the senate's top contractor on the review recommended reviving plans to go door-to-door to inquire about some residents' participation in last year's general election." caller: glad to talk to you. my concern is over black lives matter, what they had to say about the demonstrations in cuba the day before yesterday. i think it was around us. -- i think it was horrendous. host: how do you feel about the demonstrations in cuba, bob? caller: i worked with a lot of cubans. i had a cuban neighbor in chicago. they are wonderful people. these people have condemned them. it is horrendous. host: is the u.s. government doing enough to support th

it is dangerous for texas arizona, and every other state. it is tragic. >> sean: all right, we will take a break. when we come back, we will be joined by the governor in the great state of texas, and also sara carter will bring us an exclusive report from the southern border where migrants literally have been and continue to die taking this perilous journey. governor abbott will be here and much more, more president trump as we continue to south texas. we are glad you were with us. ♪ ♪ take a break. when we come back we will be joined by the governor and the great state of texas and also sara carter will bring us an exclusive report from the southern border with migrants literally have been and continued to die taking this perilous journey. governor abbott will be here and much more, much more president trump as we continue south texas. we are glad you were with us. we are glad you were with us. [swords clashing] - had enough? - no... arthritis. here. new aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the g

the state of arizona. joe biden wins arizona and he wins it narrowly. phoenix, big. that's where you win in arizona. you win here. that's blue. let's go back four years. that's red. donald trump carries arizona then. one of the examples, you can do it in georgia, too. donald trump runs strong among white suburbans. joe biden runs strong four years later, he takes arizona and changes the -- map. the shifting mood. come over here and look at this giant game. 66% for hillary clinton. 28% for donald trump. joe biden still won but 59-38. donald trump improved his standing. 10 points among hispanic voters. how does that translate on the map? remember in the 2020 campaign. democrats had dreams. we're going to take texas back. you see a lot of blue down here. right? in this part of texas. but take a look. this is 2020. right? biden lost texas. donald trump won it comfortably. go back in time. you see more blue. right? when hillary clinton -- i mean when donald trump carries texas over hillary clinton shelf did better here. has the tiny county, maverick county. but 76% for hi

and you can look at arizona. and clearly, this was a state that trump campaign thought they were going to win. but you have to look at the bigger picture. when we're looking at questions of the election integrity, across the board, trump, giuliani, and that team has brought legal challenges to the election results, over 60 times, to no avail. and now, what we're seeing in arizona and, also, some in georgia and pennsylvania. we are seeing audits and we're seeing new inquiries but that is not going to end -- and it's not going to be a new result because these are -- these are still the same numbers that we saw on election night and in the days and weeks to follow. >> and -- and, chris, i have to ask you what you make of this so-called audit that is happening in arizona right now. this quest for bamboo ballots and so on. as somebody who has called elections, every-four years, how nutty is this? >> well, first -- first thing, let me say is i love your heart, alice stewart. >> thank you. >> but the truth is that this

i think a lot of people were very excited to see that arizona helped push joe biden over, but arizona is not a blue state. it is won by the thinnest of margins and some recent polling i have seen shows that many republicans there, and many voters in arizona, they would vote for joe biden again if he was running against trump, but if he was running against another republican, he would be in a tight race. talk about some of the voter suppression laws that have been passed by republicans in the state that they're hoping will play into being able to send that state back to the republican column in 2024. >> well, i think what we have seen since the election by folks who are not happy about the outcome is an orchestrated effort to continue to undermine the integrity of elections, continue to sow doubt in confidence and to make it harder for those voters to vote. and simply because they don't like the outcome of the election. and so, you know, this is really unfortunate. it's why i have continued to stand up for the process that we oversaw in 2020, which was free and fair, and the results we

"the arizona republic" reports tonight that one of the republican state senators in arizona who's been promoting the audit thing in arizona all along, he's now selling t-shirts promoting his cause. the cost of his t-shirts, it's a sliding scale by size. they're $35 to $45 for a t-shirt. wow, order yours today. it's $35 for a small or $45 for a double extra large, which frankly just seems rude. the "washington post" reports tonight former president trump seemed to have found a tidy path through the wreckage to pay his living expenses via this nonsense he continues to stoke. the headline in "the post" tonight, quote trump's pac collected $75 million this year, but so far the group has not put money into pushing for the 2020 tally he touts. it raised about $75 million the first half of this year as he trumpeted the false notion the 2020 election was stolen from him. but the pac has not devoted funds to help finance or push for similar endeavors in other states, according to people familiar with the finances. instead the save america leadership pac, which has few limits on how it can spend

that's apparently unique to arizona. and so they're asking now the people running it are saying, oh, we don't have enough time to finish, we need more time, and we need more information. they were handed all of the ballots. what more information could they possibly want? >> well, i think they're trying to make it look like maricopa county has not been cooperative with them, which is absolutely not the case. they're trying to make it look like there are potentially incomplete results because of this. but the bottom line is they're just continuing to try to drag this out so that they can continue to sow doubts all the way into the 2022 and 2024 elections. >> arizona secretary of state katie hobbs, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> we're joined now by colorado's secretary of state, jena griswold, the chair of the democratic association of secretaries of state. secretary griswold, this case in your state in colorado, federal judges handling saying not one iota of evidence of any kind of election f

it is dangerous for texas, arizona and every other state. it is tragic. >> sean: all right, we will take a break. when we come back we will be joined by the governor and the great state of texas and also sara carter will bring us an exclusive report from the southern border with migrants literally have been and continued to die taking this perilous journey. governor abbott will be here and much more, much more president trump as we continue south texas. we are glad you were with us. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> sean: all right, the great state of texas at the southern border tonight. thank you for being with us and we are with former president donald trump peered at her conversation with him continues in a few moments. but first sara carter reporting about the crisis at the southern border. and by dense border prices damaging to the country but pref a perilous journey for those crossing and trying to enter this country illegally. watch this. >> jesse come on this road sheriff's deputies at brooks county along with a judge are rec

in this case, the arizona fraudit. my next guest lives in maricopa county. that's where it's being conducted. a two-time trump voter. a well-known voice in phoenix. he was for this cyberninja count, initially. but now, he is against it. i want to talk to mr. broomhead -- real name -- because i want to talk about what's happening there. but more importantly, what does he believe needs to change? next. no, he's not in his room. ♪ dad, why didn't you answer your phone? your mother loved this park. ♪ she did. what's on the horizon? the answers lie beyond the roads we know. we recognize that energy demand is growing, and the world needs lower carbon solutions to keep up. at chevron, we're working to find new ways forward, like through our venture capital group. backing technologies like electric vehicle charging, carbon capture and even nuclear fusion. we may not know just what lies ahead, but it's only human... to search for it. >>> we are about to learn a whole lot more about what the cyber ninjas are up to with that so-called audit in arizona. the house ov

as their safe harbor, they regionally planned on setting up camp in arizona, where west virginia. why those two places? because those are the home states of two conservative democratic senators, kirsten sinema and joe manchin who's in who's hands the fate of a national voting rights bill, effectively sits. texas democrats hoped that might pressure those two u.s. senators to change their mind about to passing voting rights at the federal level, because without federal protections, texas republicans are going to do what they are going to do here. ultimately, the texas democrats felt that would be too risky going to arizona or west virginia, given that both those states have republican governors. they were those red state governors might somehow tell -- help republicans in reestablish the quorum. that's the kind of drama we are dealing with here. more than 50 democrats from the texas house are now in washington d.c. tonight. the flights from austin to d.c. carrying those democrats just have landed in the past hour. there are not only trying to throw a wrench in the works, trying to s

tenemos alto potencial de incendio y vamos a ver lo que ocurre con toda esta humedad, nuevo méxico, arizona, nevada también están con este monzónico en estas precipitaciones ya la tienen inundaciones porque cuando el suelo se seca tiene capacidad de absorber esta agua al menos esa no es el caso en california, acá lo que vamos a tener solamente esta nubosidad y esta nubosidad entonces dará paso a la formación de algunas tronadas de hecho vea cómo comienza a incrementar la nubosidad y la lluvia se va a quedar hacia sierra nevada, así que ciertamente lo que tendremos es esta nubosidad y este potencial de tronadas y por eso el aviso de banderas rojas para contra costa, marín, napa y santa cruz así que tenga precaución y planifique la ligera posibilidad de tronada para domingo y lunes pero ya el tiempo mejor a partir del martes también para san francisco, así que continuamos. >>> buen tiempo en san francisco y san francisco es una ciudad pequeña pero tiene grandes áreas verdes por lo que para muchos una ciudad romántica y uno de los parques más famosos en el presidio como nos cu

ultimately apparently the texasa democrats felt like that might be too risky going to arizona or west virginia, given that both of those states have republican governors. r they worried that those red state governors might somehow help texas republicans force the democrats back into texas to re-establish the quorum. that is the drama we're dealing with and why the texas democrats are in washington tonight. the planes have just landed in the past hour.ts they're not only trying to throw a wrench in the works on trying to stop this voter suppression bill from passing in texas. they picked d.c. ultimately not as a purely symbolic thing but because they're begging for a federal response here.sp they're begging for a federal backstop to voting rights that would stop a state like texas or any other republican controlled state from being able to pass voting right restrictions like the ones these texas democrats are staring down the barrel at right now. joining us now on face time from a bus with his democratic colleagues in a parking lot at dulles airport just outside of r ngu d.c. and way o

cal perry is live at the arizona/nevada state line at the nation's largest reservoir. this reservoir provides water and power to the entire region. you're at lake meade. it is at the lowest levels since the 1930s. >> reporter: this is a climate change story that i can visually show you, put it to you another way, about 20 years ago i would be 100 feet under water. they call it the bathtub rings and i'll show you what we've lost in 20 years. 140 feet. that is 5 trillion gallons of water that would be headed to arizona, into nevada, into california. we're talking about ranchers, we're talking about the way that we live. it is obviously a climate change story, but it's an allocation story. this lake is, quote, over-allocated. take a look at what the state's climate coordinator had to say. >> climate change has upset the supply and demand balance that otherwise would keep the lake full. the way this is happening is when the atmosphere warms, it holds more water. so you're essentially sucking the -- the air is essentially sucking the landscape dry, it's drying out our plant

arizona is a very, very lenient state on firearms. i've been a firearms owner my entire life, and i like the laws in arizona. i think we have a very safe city here in phoenix, and i think we've proven just because you have lenient laws for law-abiding gun owners that it doesn't make your place more dangerous to live. maybe that one. >> hold on, let's go one at a time. i am a gun owner, by the way. you probably didn't know that. most of you guys don't. but do you believe that all sales should be checked to make sure that people who are getting them should get them? >> i think most of the sales already are, but, yeah i don't have an issue with checking to make sure people are legal gun owners. i think a better way to solve the problem is theid databases that are used when they do the background checks should be updated. >> i agree. do you think people who don't -- first of all, you've got to do better with the paperwork like you just said. do you think people that don't get secure their firearms and they get used in a crime should be ch

no votes in arizona were counted twice. yet republicans in other states are pushing for similar ninja-style propaganda audits. it's not about fraud. it's about democratic votes. let's look at texas. republican state representative steve toath has been calling for an audit of larger counties that went for biden. asked if he was going for smaller counties? he said what's the point? all the small counties are red. all the small counties are red. not even hiding the agenda behind this anti-democratic push. it's an attempt at suppressing votes purely because those are not republican votes and because a lot of them are cast by people who are not white. just because you live in a democratic district or state doesn't mean this doesn't affect you, if this affects one of us in this nation, it affects all of us. if you have never had a problem like i never had a problem, that's great. that should be the way it is for all americans. that's what democracy is about. as long as there are barriers preventing people from voting with ease, w

we're already seeing this in arizona. there's a lot of people that are leaving southern arizona. and crowding out the real estate and housing in northern arizona. where it's cooler. >> this is my idea of climate gentryification. housing prices go up. >> this will happen in part because there are places in america where we can't live anymore. neighborhoods or entire cities. >> these places already exist. we have a good idea of where they are. particularly coastal america. we will not be able to live in these places. we have built into the edge of abyss. >> what does that look like? >> watch the full story and others like it. on our new platform. >> i told myself i'm going to try to say this without crying. you have ten minutes to cry. >> she was down on her luck until the community rallied around her. how a facebook post changed a woman's life. the story that will make you bay area proud. >> approaching midnight we're seeing increase thunderstorms. to the east to fresno. what can we expect tomorrow morning and the the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now. it's the most comfor

arizona's electoral votes. that's because we've seen a big surge in latino voters, mefrm voters and native american voters for the first time in a long time, not just registering but turning out to vote. they've made it harder for folks because they lost the last election. instead of playing by the rules which they lost by, they're trying to make it harder for communities of color. the decision by the u.s. supreme court was disappointing but not surprising because what we see with the conservative majority in the supreme court is an attempt to slowly make it harder for communities of color, rural americans, rural arizonaans to have access to the ballot box. it is disappointing but not surprising. we have heard next year that the republican colleagues in the legislature will be introducing some of the more onerous restrictions and ways to make it harder for people to access the ballot box. it will be a full-on war not just this year but next year when we go back to legislative session in january. >> you saw demo

voters in arizona are tired of this. they want real leadership. and they want folks that are going to tackle real problems. rehashing the 2020 election is not one of them. >> secretary hobbs, it's easy for people to watch what is happening in arizona or watch what is happening in texas or watch what is happening in georgia and say, that's just arizona, that's just texas, that's just georgia. i don't live in any of these three states. can you talk to me a little bit about how all of these threats weave together and the way in which they challenge not just democracy in the state of arizona, but democracy writ large. >> absolutely. we've been having conversations secretaries of state and other election officials across the country who are concerned about this fake audit in maricopa county. we've seen legislators from other states come and tour and try to bring this kind of thing to their state, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, georgia. there's a lot of concern about this. the goal here is not to validate the 2020 election results, to continue to so

in arizona and florida they'll be kicking people off the absentee voting list, in arizona, iowa, florida kentucky utah they'll be expanding voter purges, kicking people off the voter rolls entirely. in florida, arkansas, new hampshire in wyoming there is harsher, stricter narrow voter i.d. requirements. and yes, in florida and georgia they're banning water or any food or snacks for anyone in line no matter how long the line gets, no matter how hot it is that the, no matter how old the waiting voter is. 18 different states, 30 different voter restrictions law and counting, those are past, those are laws. and the effort to find a way to stop it, to try to put a floor under voting rights nationwide so no state can restrict voting rights below that nationwide floor to hold them up, that fight still hinges on the for the people act, which has passed the house and it's stuck in the senate, is still stuck in the senate because of uniform republican opposition to it and the hope the republicans are getting in that effort from democratic senator joe manchin. as we've been reporting for the past c

he found arizona to have had many alternative ways of getting your vote counted. he also said that the disparate impact approach, provisions that can be shown statistically to have a greater impact on minority voters, this impact being the way that fair housing cases and other kinds of discrimination cases are sometimes evaluated, that was not appropriate for this type of case. he thought that the -- she was much more concerned about discriminatory intent than discriminatory impact. he said it was important to look at the context that voting regulations have in the 1980's when the voting rights act was modified to update section two to its current language. keeping in mind what the voting provisions were then, that was a time when people tended to cast votes in person more so than now. it was also a factor to keep in mind. all of those things taken together, he said means that arizona pot regulations are permissible. dissenters took a different view. justice kagan said the totality of circumstances you should be looking at are the totality of certain circumstances

he found arizona to have had many alternative ways of getting your vote counted. he also said that the disparate impact approach, provisions that can be shown statistically to have a greater impact on minority voters, this impact being the way that fair housing cases and other kinds of discrimination cases are sometimes evaluated, that was not appropriate for this type of case. he thought that the -- she was much more concerned about discriminatory intent than discriminatory impact. he said it was important to look at the context that voting regulations have in the 1980's when the voting rights act was modified to update section two to its current language. keeping in mind what the voting provisions were then, that was a time when people tended to cast votes in person more so than now. it was also a factor to keep in mind. all of those things taken together, he said means that arizona pot regulations are permissible. dissenters took a different view. justice kagan said the totality of circumstances you should be looking at are the totality of certain circumstances

it is in full swing in arizona. we are expecting them to announce their supposedly scandalous results sometime soon. republicans even now are movinga to also do it in wisconsin, also in pennsylvania, also in georgia. even also in oklahoma where trump won by more than 30 points, but still there must have been democratic fraud. in his remarks today, president biden then turned to what voting rights advocates are desperate u to hear from him.fr a full-throated unreserved call to act, to protect voting rights nationally in washington, which is the only way to stop the state-by-state devastating attacks on voting rights that republicans are now pursuing across the country. watch. >> last month republicans opposed even debating, even considering for the people's act. senate democrats stood united to protect our democracy and the sanctity of the vote. we must pass the for the people act. it's a national imperative. we must also fight for the john lewis voting rights advancement act to restore and expand -- [ cheers and app