the focus is turned off of him because of sinema. we haven't seen movement on his part, either. >> yeah, joe manchin in a written statement today, he didn't insult us with a speech on the national floor insulting everyone on television. he issued a written statement but i'm sure he's not hoping it gets a lot of attention. he just said, i will not vote to weaken the filibuster. then he went on to make a lot of true statements about the history of these things and the way it has been regarded in the senate, including this. he said, just four years ago, 61 senators, 33 of which were democrats, sent a letter to senators chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell warning them of the dangers of eliminating the filibuster. and, eugene, every one of those dem democrats, every one of those 33 democrats who were still sitting in that room today with the president has changed their minds about it. that's the important thing, is that they didn't rush to this judgment. they didn't want to reach this judgment. they very reluctantly came to this point, incl

staff and read by senator sinema on the floor today. the speech was filled with a contempt for senator sinema's democratic colleagues, for her constituents, and for all of you. sinema express that content by delivering a nonstop insult to the intelligence of everyone who was listening. she filled her 20 minutes on the senate floor, with a string of hallmark greeting card type latitudes about how the united states should work and not a single word about the reality of why the united states senate no longer works. in announcing her opposition to senator -- in any way to pass legislation by a simple majority vote. senator sinema said this. >> eliminating the 60 vote threshold will guarantee that we lose a critical tool to save democracy from threats in the years to come. >> it is hard to think of a stupid or thing that could be said about the 60 vote threshold. that was senator sinema claiming that the 60 vote rule in the senate is, quote, a critical tool that we need to safeguard our democracy. it is, in fact. the single most active anti

yes, today sinema's state party voted to censure her. her colleague, vermont senator bernie sanders, said this morning that it was the right thing to do. >> you have 19 republican states that are moving very aggressively into voter suppression, into extreme gerrymandering. some of these states are doing away with the powers of independent election officials. they are moving in a very, very anti-democratic way, and it was absolutely imperative that we change the rules so that we could pass strong voting rights legislation. all republicans voted against us. two democrats voted against us. that was a terrible, terrible vote, and i think what the arizona democratic party did was exactly right. >> so kyrsten sinema's own party in arizona has spoken out against her filibuster vote, censuring her. senator sanders has now spoken out, calling their actions exactly right. the question i have tonight is why hasn't president joe biden done the same since wednesday's showdown that may have been preordained in terms of republican votes against the bil

the senators joe manchin and kristen sinema oppose those so there may not be a simple majority to pass . >> you think this is just a community center? it's much more than that. >> comcast partnering with community centers to him great lists of students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything . comcast supports c-span2 as a public servicealong with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy . >> here are some of the headlines dominating at newspapers out of washington. we begin with the supreme court's decision yesterday to rule against president biden's vaccine mandate for large employers but allowing his mandate for healthcare workers who receive medicare and medicaid funding. and then there was the voting rights push this week in washington by the president. yesterday it crumbled according to the new york times when senator kristen sinema came to the floor and said she would not support changing the rules for those two pieces of voting rights legislation. we also had talks between us and russia happening this week i

. >> and censuring kyrsten sinema. arizona's democratic party leaders coming together in a unanimous vote siting the senator's voice to protect the filibuster over her constituents' right to vote. congressional democrats reacting. >> if you are a democrat and you can't uphold the fundamental right to vote for all citizens, regardless of race, then there's a problem. >> arizona's party chairwoman will join us and break down what went into that decision. plus, just hours from now, these streets are going to look a lot more crowded, with up to 20,000 people marching against vaccine mandates at our nation's capital. police are warning it could be a target for far-right extremists with groups like the proud boys promoting the protest on social media. >>> good morning, everybody. it is sunday, january 23rd. we've got a team of reporters and analysts following the latest this morning from washington, d.c. to tampa, to overseas. this morning we are following breaking developments on the escalating crisis in ukraine. the britis

and we engaged with senator sinema. we were clear on the date of the vote where we stood and what we needed her to do and we had her back when she needed us, the latino community, and she demonstrated that even though arizona was ground zero for the big lie, the big audit that was fabricated, that was not true, she did not take seriously this idea that voting is the essence and as the president said, the threshold of our democracy, while millions of arizonas and latinos will be disenfranchised, millions of americans across the country, if we do not have fair free elections at the federal level where everybody regardless of party is playing by the same rules. >> has senator sinema been willing to engage with you, with other groups that have had a problem with her recent voting record and her recent action on issues like this? has she been willing to talk? >> she did on the very day of the big vote on the filibuster whether or not we were to bring this to the floor, we had a conversation, we engaged with her, myself and s

what is senator sinema going to be facing? maria teresa was telling. i mean, president biden won that state by just a hair. >> well, one thing she's going to be facing is, could be, ruben gallego, the fourth term democratic member of the house from arizona, who as we reported this morning in punch bowl news, was up in new york over the weekend, meeting with some of sinema's voters, donors, rather. gallego is a popular figure in arizona, somebody who the left is definitely interested in running against sinema. and he said that he's gotten interest from senators, from the base, to run a primary campaign against sinema. listen, sinema is making the bet that the base will see her as somebody who delivers on some issues, but is willing to have a maverick streak on other issues, much like john mccain did. but arizona, as everybody here knows, is a much different state than it was, than it has been in the past. it is the democratic primary electorate has changed, the general electorate has changed, and she's going to be running in an election year, in a presi

something that senator sinema did not do. it was interesting. people note that senator kelly is the one that came out with the new position. not that he had a position before. but he was undecided. and senator sinema has been mostly consistent on this idea of the filibuster. at left a for the past three years. it was senator sinema's unwillingness to change is what caused a lot of problems on the ground here in arizona. especially among the democratic base who are furious with her. now, if it is going to impact senator kelly and his re-election, it is hard to tell. it definitely draws a contrast between the two. and there are number that haven't yet been release that had show the divide between two candidates. as far as the democratic party is concerned, senator sinema has a 42% favorability rating among democrats, compared to 74% for senator mark kelly. now, i talked to the head of the arizona democratic party who oversaw the censure of senator sinema over the weekend. she just talked about how she was representing the base of the party and the

the arizona democratic party formally censuring senator kyrsten sinema, sinema one of two democratic senators who voted this week to support the filibuster. nbc's vaughn hillyard is following this story for us. vaughn, gif us the back stories to why this happened and what it now means for senator sinema. >> you know, the actual arizona democratic party, alex, they set up this potential vote that happened here just in the last hour, all the way back in october when the full arizona democratic party state committee, this is a group of several hundred local arizona democratic party activists, voted on this particular measure, what that said is if senator sinema were to essentially hold up potential voting rights legislation, that they would then call on the exec exective committee of the arizona democratic committee this january, which is today to vote to censure her. of course what we saw last week was that senator sinema did just that, voting alongside west virginia senator joe manchin to not kill the filibuster in order to pass these key pieces of federal voting rights legislation. o

and kirsten sinema will never win elective office again. senator sanders will never win elective office again. that is not the kind of thing i would've expected to hear from as 11 of invisible. but he's not the only very practical grounded person in democratic party politics that seems to feel that way right now. over the weekend the arizona democratic party made an incredible, took an incredibly rare step to rebuke senator sinema they officially censored her by helping republicans -- ahead of the red zone a democratic party said in a statement that the ramifications for failing to pass federal legislation that protects our constituents right to vote are too large and far reaching. while we take no pleasure in this announcement the arizona democratic party has decided to formally censure senators sinema as a result of her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy. we do not see this from democratic parties. we do not see this very often at all from ski democratic parties about an incumbent -- it is something we'r

you know, so senator sinema has _ the case? you know, so senator sinema has said _ the case? you know, so senator sinema has said the _ the case? you know, so senator sinema has said the filibuster i sinema has said the filibuster should not be broken because you want to make sure you have both members of the republican party and democratic party who can come together and actually passed legislation work both parties are involved and the reality is, american politics today, you do have a polarising view. the problem we are seeing right now is that in this country there is an attack to allow people to have their voices actually heard. while miss sinema believes that if republicans gain control they will do to democrats what democrats will do to them, i quite frankly say i don't buy it because republicans are already taken away individuals' it right to vote state by state. , ., . ., state. the midterms are coming u . state. the midterms are coming u- and state. the midterms are coming up and difficult _ state. the midterms are coming up and difficult for _ state. the midterms a

manchin and senator sinema. then for five months now, there have been negotiations behind closed doors trying to get these senators, these two democratic senators, on board. that strategy, in my view, chuck, has failed, and it's failed dismally. we saw it last week in terms of the voting rights act. we now need a new direction, in my view. and that is take it to the republicans to bring in important pieces of legislation that impact the lives of working families on the floor of the senate, and if the republicans want a vote to protect the wealthy and powerful, that's their right. let the american people see what's happening. >> you think this is really a process problem, if you will, tactical problem, not a substance problem. so does this mean you think from the beginning, and i hate even using the word reconciliation for this audience, you know, we don't want to get mired into that congress speak there, but do you think that was sort of a mistake, right, lumping it all in, that there should have been separate v

. >> what about senator manchin and sinema? >> i don't think anyone should be absolved from the responsibility of protecting and preserving our democracy especially when they took an oath to protect and defend our constitution. >> you know, you invoke the oath, i mean, you are creating a straw man here that sounds like the vice president is saying manchin and sinema not supporting this means they are not upholding their oath. that's a tough charge and i know dick durbin thought the president may have gone too far in atlanta. any regrets here inside the white house, peter? >> reporter: i was just going to bring up what dick durbin said earlier when the president in his speech earlier this week basically said that you are either, you know, on our side, or you are on the side with notorious racists like george wallace or bull conner. this is a challenge for a bunch of reasons for the white house and i haven't heard any particular regrets about that language there, but the white house had to walk back some of the comments from kama

still, while sinema 2024. still, while sinema does does nothing, nothing, republicans and republicans in her our own stay are own stay are very very busy proposing busy proposing major major changes to changes to arizona arizona election law election law. despite their despite their own review own review of the of the 2020 election they are finding no evidence 2020 they are finding no of fraud. election fraud. and bc nbc news news reports quote, reports quote proposals proposals introduced in the state introduced in the state house house or senate, or senate would would add an additional add an additional layer layer to the to the states voter i.d. states voter i.d. requirements, such as requirements, such as fingerprints, fingerprints and and stipulate to hand stipulate the hand counting counting of all ballots by of all ballots by default. other default. legislation would other legislation require that paper ballots to says paper be disappointed with ballots would holograms and require watermarks. beyond hol

should formally enslaved people been denied citizenship senator sinema? the 15th amendment that gave formally enslaved people the right to vote in 1870, that did not have bipartisan so. should former slaves have been denied the right to vote, senator manchin? in 1922, 23, 1924, some senators filibustered a bill that had passed in the house. would you have supported blocking those bills, too? i'm just upon your logic here, ensuring it is not logical at all. to them, the filibuster is sacred except for when it is not. in 2010, senator sinema supported the idea of using reconciliation to get around the filibuster and pass health care reform. just last month, they both supported exception to the filibuster to ise the debt ceiling, but they draw the line at protecting the rights of millions of voters. history will not remember them kindly. amy: this comes as republicans are leading voter disenfranchisement efforts nationwide, with gop-led state legislatures passing more than 30 laws restricting ballot access and introducing at least 400 more. for more, we go t

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but he held the same position sinema did about three years ago. this is a censuring motion now in the democratic party? >> it used to be a criminal violation, someone who did something to children, someone who did something to a spouse they shouldn't have done. now republicans are voting against infrastructure -- i'm not saying it's not important, i'm just saying the motion -- >> i need a clarification, though, because in arizona if you ask democrats in arizona, they will tell you that this goes back to senator sinema voting against the minimum wage in covid-19, voting against it is things she said she stood for in the party. i think it's a little more complicated, it's not as black and white. >> nationally it's going to look like, oh, the democrats are kicking up the middle. i get what you're saying but it's what this picture looks like. >> i think you're right, and i think that's why you're not going to see the white house come out and support what happened. at the same time privately, if you talk to administration officials, if you talk to demo

embraced sinema. >> hats off to senator sinema. she kept the senate intact at least for a while. it will change the senate and make it the house. so congratulations to her. she deserves a lot of credit as well as senator manchin. >> some legislative goals aren't ripe yet. it takes awhile to get the proper political weather. democrats nixed a plan for a symbolic weekend session and votes on martin luther king day. >> due to the circumstances regarding covid and another potentially hazardous winter storm approaching the d.c. area this weekend the senate will adjourn tonight. make no mistake the united states senate will for the first time this congress debate voting rights legislation beginning on tuesday. >> democrats need all of their members on board and available to vote but it is about the math. at least one senate democrat is sidelined because of covid. martha. >> martha: thank you very much. for more on this let's bring in tammy bruce, fox news contributor and host of get tammy bruce on fox nation. tammy, obviously a very rough week. chuck schumer threw in the towel for this

home state. >> god bless kyrsten sinema and what she's doing, you know? >> kyrsten sinema, good for her. she's our representative. she represents the state. she's not along party lines. she's what's good for the country. >> you like kyrsten sinema? >> absolutely. and manchin. in fact, i have sent emails to them encouraging them to stand up and do what's right for the people of arizona. >> reporter: those supporters in line for trump's rally saturday also in attendance a hodgepodge of election deniers like my pillow ceo mike lindell, paul gosar, and even ali alexander, one of the organizers of stop the steal, who was recently called in front of the january 6th select committee. >> ali, are you worried you might get indicted? >> thank you, arizona. thank you. >> reporter: trump giving his support to two election deniers who are running to control elections in the state. carrie lake is running for governor. >> there's a few other people i'd like to send right down to the prison down here in florence. anybody who was involved in that corrupt, shady, shoddy el

finally, because senator sinema is there. we want her to know and all of her constituents have to have some level of influence on her. if it all comes to a head on january 15, that's very important. >> have you had a conversation with senator sinema about voting rights? >> no. we have requested to have conversations and up to now, we have not been able to have a conversation. senator daschle we have had a conversation with but senator sinema, no. even our constituents have not been able to get meetings. i don't know if that is true, but that is what we have heard. host: what does it say that you have not been able to successfully engage in dialogue with her? >> the main things disappointment. as i said yesterday, history is not going to be judged -- judging her. or maybe them and the way that they would want to be remembered. history is going to say when it was time to make sure the democracy was preserved and saved, what did you do? host: the wall street journal quoted you said -- this tracks with what president biden said o

and finally, because senator sinema is there, we want her to know. her constituents have got to have some level of influence on her. maybe they haven't so far, but if it comes to a head january 15, i think that is very important. jonathan: have you had a conversation with senator sinema about voting rights? >> no. we have requested conversations end up to now, we have not been able to have a conversation. jonathan: no conversation at all? martin: with senator manchin, conversations have taken place bid with senator sinema, we have not been able to secure a meeting. some have told us her own constituents have not been able to get any meetings. i don't know if that is true, but that is what we have heard. jonathan: what does it say to you that you haven't had a conversation with her, that you haven't been able to engage in dialogue with her? martin: the main thing is disappointment. but as i said in a tweet yesterday, history is not going to be judging her, or maybe them, in the way that perhaps they would want to be remembered. history is looking at h

senator kyrsten sinema. fallout also from bombshell new reporting involving a draft executive order that would have had donald trump ordering the military to get involved in his effort to overturn the election. >>> the january 6th committee is also turning its focus to a fake elector scheme and rudy giuliani. >>> we're also keeping a close eye on the ukraine border where some experts say an invasion is imminent. >>> from a picture of a teacher taping a mask to a student to a mother's threat to bring guns to her school if kids are forced to wear masks. the debate over covid and schools boils over. >>> plus, later this hour, the man whose case led to the legalization of gay marriage is announcing a major new chapter of his life as he takes on politics in ohio. he joins us live. >>> we'll begin with the breaking news out of arizona. the state democratic party's executive board has voted to censure senator kyrsten sinema over her support of the filibuster. in a statement, the board characterized her protection o

senator sinema has also put out a tweet. do you think that goes far enough, commemorating the life of martin luther king? what would your message be ahead of the critical vote tomorrow? >> i would say that it is frustrating for people to be releasing statements and you have not totally adhered to my father's ideals. my father not only gave his life but he fought for the right to vote. he and others gave their lives. senator joe manchin says he will support the bill but he will not move on a pathway to say that there is a pathway forward. my hope and my message to him is you have got to go further. you cannot say i am for something and cannot go forward. that is for anybody who is talking about dad today. there are republicans that should be ashamed of themselves who have shut down the process for voter expansion or protection. that is the first thing i would say. >> and i would ask of them the same thing i asked in my statement earlier. if they want to celebrate the legacy of martin luther king junior, our task them to think

but no, senator sinema, you are absolutely right. the real danger facing america right now is the disease of division. joining me now to discuss all of this is state representative reginald bolding democratic leader in the arizona house of representatives, and a candidate for arizona secretary of state. thank you so much for taking time out to join me tonight. what did you make of your senator, senator sinema of arizona, giving a speech this past week on theenate floor refusing to budge in her support for the senate filibuster blaming the disease of division rather than republican party voter suppression? >> you know, first, thanks for having me on. only thing i would say to senator sinema is just pick up the phone and give me a call. i am literally on the front lines with my democratic caucus on the floor of the house fighting against these voter suppression -- now. just last year there was a bill introduced signed into law that would remove nearly 200,000 individuals from mail-in voting. quite frankly the decision to stop democracy

i would say this to senator sinema, just remember. the 18th amendment was required for women to get the right to vote. just remember that history. and remember that there is a requirement of you today, as we march off into the future together. because this is a different country. then it was back during the 18th amendment. and the 15th amendment. >> the honorable james clyburn, always an honor to have you join us really appreciate it. >> thank you very much for having me. coming up, -- now holds the house seat that john lewis held for 34 years flew home to her district with the president and vice president on air force one tonight. just arrived back in washington and will join us next. ed back in washingto ed back in washingto and will ow! i'm ok! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ only in theaters december 17th. [bacon sizzles] [bacon sizzles] ♪ [electronic music plays] ♪ [bacon sizzles] ♪ [electronic music plays] ♪ woo! my mental health was much better. my mind was in a good place. but my

home state. >> god bless kiryrsten sinema a what she's doing. >> good for her. she's our representative and represents the state. she's what is good for the country. >> reporter: do you like kiyrstn si sinema? >> absolutely. and manchin, in fact, i've sent emails to them encouraging them to stand up and do what is right for the people of arizona. >>. >> reporter: those supporters in attendance for deniers like congressman paul gosar and ally alexander that went into hiding after the insurrection and recent recalled in front of the january 6th house select comm committee. >> reporter: are you worried you might get indicted? >> thank you, arizona. thank you. thank you. >> reporter: trump giving support to two election deniers running to control elections in the states. carry lake is running for governor. >> there is a few other people i want to send to the prison in florence. anybody who was involved in that corrupt shady shotty election of 2 2020. lock them up. >> and mark said he was an oath keeper and now running for secretary of state. >> donald trump won. >>

that is where you saw 2024 come to light, in the frustration with senator sinema. all of this was years in the making to get to this point, to ultimately vote to censure her at the state party level on saturday because you have to take into account what senator sinema has said from not only the senate floor but also her spokeswoman just over here this weekend laying out that sinema had always promised to represent no specific party when she made her way to congress. at the same time, yes, that is such a large part of how she was elected in 2018 to the u.s. senate, but the frustration at the level of democrats, especially these activists here in arizona is that they were on the front lines for 12-plus years there for kyrsten sinema when she was a state legislator, through those years and jan brewer years, they were out there knocking doors for her each and every two years for her runs for congress but then also in 2018. what has since happened over the last three years is a significant departure. she did not endorse the democratic gubernatorial candidate against rep

she's what's good for country. >> do you like kyrsten sinema? >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> absolutely. and manchin. in fact, i have sent emails to them encouraging them to stand up and do what's right for the people at arizona. >> reporter: those supporters in line for trump's rally saturday also in attendance a hodgepodge of election deniers like congressman paul coe czar and allie alexander, one of the main organizers of stop the steal, who went into hiding after the insurrection and was recently called in front of the january 6th house select committee. >> are you worried you might get indicted? >> thank you, arizona! thank you. >> reporter: trump here giving his support to two election deniers who were running to control elections in the state. kerry lake is running for governor. >> a few other people i'd like to send to the prison in florence. anybody who was involved in that corrupt, shady, shoddy election of 2020. lock them up. >> reporter: and mark fincham who says he was an oath keeper and is now running for secretary of state. >> donald

senator kyrsten sinema. fallout also from bombshell new reporting involving a draft executive order that would have had donald trump ordering the military to get involved in his effort to overturn the election. >>> the january 6th committee is also turning its focus to a fake elector scheme and rudy giuliani. >>> we're also keeping a close

senator sinema also put out each week. do you think that goes far enough commemorating the life of doctor king andwhat would be your message ahead of that critical vote tomorrow ? >> first of all i would say that it's kind of frustrating for people to be releasing statements and you really have not totally adhere to my father's ideals. my father not only gave his life but he fought for the right to vote.and he and others gave their lives. and again, senator manchin says he supports the bill but you won't move or has not so far moved on a pathway to say that there's a pathway forward so my hope and my message to him would be senator, you've got to go further . you can't say i'm for something but don't have the pathway to it and that's anybody talking about my dad today because i'm sure many senators on the republican side to be ashamed of themselves to have shut down the process for voter expansion , voter protections . so that's the first thing i would say. >> i would ask them the same thing that i asked in my statement ea

for sinema to say oh, we should have talked more to the other party with sinema. sinema would not talk to anybody. she runs into elevators -- she does not talk through anything. these people on the hill may not be thrilled with manchin but joe tells them where he stands and where he has been all along. >> sinema respects him but for sinema to say we have not talked enough to the other side is the height of -- >> and making this grandiose announcement of president biden on his way to the hill to talk, your president is just beyond the pail. i mean -- >> she didn't want to talk to biden. she's going to talk to the president of the united states but she wanted to go on the floor and talk about again leaders not talking when she just sat there and during the meeting with senate democrats, she spent the time looking at her phone. let's bring in the chief strategist dedicated to a new politics of problem solving. he has new data of voter turn out in the 2020 election and what it could mean for future contest. ryan, thank you so much. walk us through the data. you like r

manchin and sinema are the holdouts among the democrats who are obviously key to the president's jend. >> reporter: they are. but could also be key to blocking it, especially when it comes to blocking voting rights legislation. the president was clearly frustrated when he left his meeting with senate democrats on capitol hill. he's merged from that saying that they do not believe there's a path ahead right now, the president saying, quote, we missed. it's not just an issue facing the white house when it comes to passing the voter protection rights, it's also when it comes to the president and the president's efforts to get more americans vaccinated as it's been a very challenging week for this white house. president biden agitated tonight after making a sales pitch that seemed doomed from the start. >> it's about subversion, not just whether or not people get to vote, who counts the vote. >> reporter: biden uncertain about his ability to close the deal after another forceful appeal to senate democrats to change the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. >> like every other majo

senator joe manchin of west virginia and senator kyrsten sinema of arizona. they both say they don't support changing senate rules that would let them pass this bill with only democrats. that makes this effort basically loomed from the start. lauren fox is on capitol hill for us. lauren, great to see you, as always. walk us through why and how the stage is set for this to unfold today and what democrats hope to accomplish. what does chuck schumer, the majority leader, hope to accomplish, considering we know manchin and kyrsten sinema aren't moving? >> reporter: that's the question. this will, once again, direct attention to the fact that the democratic party is really divided on this issue of whether or not to change the senate rules. debate is going to kick off today over these bills that passed out of the house of representatives, but we don't expect a vote until tomorrow at the earliest. once again, when that vote takes place, there aren't going to be ten republican senators to support it. that means that chuck sumechume the majority leader, will have to m

manchin and sinema going to the white house. i am not sure how that moves the needle given sinema articulated that as she mentioned at the to which means democrats don't have the votes to change the senate rules which is the only way they'll pass voting rights legislation. i think biden's response today after the meeting on capitol hill was a pretty sobering read about where things stand. he said we missed it this time. speaking about voting right in past tense and at one point saying the honest to god answer is i don't know whether we can get this done. white house press secretary jen psaki was asked about plan b today and we've also asked white house officials what is the plan b now that the filibuster, changing the filibuster rules appears to be doomed as a strategy. she said, you know, they are going to keep at it. that difficult legislation comes with its ups and downs. that doesn't mean you give up. it means sometimes you don't know where you go from here and what comes next. but that he would continue to work the phones a

of course, senators manchin and sinema do not. democrats huddled privately to try to pitch those two senators on a new plan, a new approach to change the senate rules to try to get voting rights protections passed. this new plan, a plan for the so-called talking filibuster, is based specifically on the kind of narrower senate rules change that senator manchin said he supported a few months ago. heading into that meeting it talk about doing it, he said, he changed his mind. he no longer supports that change even though he did before. new hampshire's u.s. senator is a moderate, practical, swing state senator who is up for reelection this year. a few months ago, she also opposed creating a carve-out for voting rights. she was open to some kind of narrower reform. last month, you may remember here on this show, she came on the air to talk about her decision that voting rights was too important, that voting rights should be allowed to pass with a simple majority, it's too important for the country to let it go. she's not alone in this

it is not just manchin and sinema. the white house is very well aware that there are other united states senators. it is reported that senator chester, at one point, senator coons who i think, if you asked him today, he would be willing to vote to do away with the carve out for the filibuster for voting rights. asked him though. i don't speak for senator coons. would be some folks who have signaled some trepidation. i think that the kong force asian is not as black and white as people would like it to be. again, the president has to exert and show the base that he is doing something here. the levers, the tools, which he has in his ballot that he is using. that is what you have seen over the last couple of weeks. and of the last couple of months privately. the vice president has traveled, convening people. what happens after tuesday, wednesday. when the vote, pardon me, comes. is there going to be an executive order from the white house? the president has already signaled that he is willing to do potentially something l

and finally, because senator sinema is there, we want her to know. her constituents have got to have some level of influence on her. maybe they haven't so far, but if it comes to a head january 15, i think that is very important. jonathan: have you had a conversation with senator sinema about voting rights? >> no. we have requested conversations end up to now, we have not been able to have a conversation. jonathan: no conversation at all? martin: with senator manchin, conversations have taken place bid with senator sinema, we have not been able to secure a meeting. some have told us her own constituents have not been able to get any meetings. i don't know if that is true, but that is what we have heard. jonathan: what does it say to you that you haven't had a conversation with her, that you haven't been able to engage in dialogue with her? martin: the main thing is disappointment. but as i said in a tweet yesterday, history is not going to be judging her, or maybe them, in the way that perhaps they would want to be remembered. history is looking at h

senator sinema and senator manchin want a super majority? well, a super majority of citizens supports this legislation. they say eliminating the filibuster won't address our country's disease of division. same we have a disease of division but not restoring voting rights is like diagnosing a patient with treatable cancer and withholding the treatment. it's the filibuster is an instrument of division. as a mother who wants to lead a better world for the next generation, i feel the weight of the moment. our daughter yolanda is martin luther king jr. and caretta scott came's only grandchild, and i know that when he talked about his dream, he was also dreaming of for. she is just 13 years old. in 2013, when she was five, the voting rights act was gutted by a supreme court decision that said states with a history of racist voter suppression didn't need oversight anymore because racism was a thing of the past. in 2021, when she was 12, the supreme court toppled the rest of the voting rights act and her home state passed laws that make it even hard

sinema's clearly a no. joe manchin is clearly a no. while sinema's remarks have wrinkled a lot of her democratic colleagues, there is one person in the senate that's happy. that's mitch mcconnell. the republican leader praised her for an act of courage that in mcconnell's view saved the senate. >> thank you all so much for that reporting. >>> coming up, military medical teams being deployed to six states with covid surges overwhelming hospitals. we're going to talk about what the biden administration's doing to try to keep these services staffed as the pentagon's press secretary john kirby joins me and a whole lot more after the break. me and a whole lot more after the and a whole lot more after the break. ♪ ♪ [copy machine printing] ♪ ♪ who would've thought printing... could lead to growing trees. ♪ subway's eat fresh refresh has so many new footlongs, here's how they line up. we got the new chicken & bacon ranch, new baja steak & jack, and the new baja chicken & bacon, aka "the smokeshow." save big. order through the app. >

hiding behind sinema? >> uncomfortable? no. plenty of others are uncomfortable, but the level of uncomfort is relative, and at 48, there could be only 46. we'll see. >> including another senator from arizona. >>> all right. mr. headache, i saw your eyes. well-done. television emoji. >> thanks. >>> it isn't just the former president cheering when people say they aren't running. he's wielding his powers through endorsements. that can make a politician bend positions to the former president's will? who is he endorsing? what does he want the future political party to look like? we ran the numbers. this is basically a census. of the 93 candidates trump that has endorsed, 73 are men. 20 women. 35 are running for u.s. house seats. 15 are running for u.s. senate seats. 12 running for governor. about half are incumbents. 15 trump backed candidates are sitting republicans the former president wants replaced, many of them for what he perceives as disloyalty. the e americaning litmus test is an adherence to the former

kyrsten sinema just sort of nailed the coffin on this. vice president harris as you have just alluded to, jonathan, with craig melvin in that really strong interview had this exchange on voting rights when craig asked the vp why is it taking democrats so long to convince their own? >> why has the administration not been able to get senate democrats on board? >> we are not giving up. >> but the question was why has it taken this long? >> but you're acting as though it's over. >> i mean, you -- >> it's not over. >> so it's going to happen by monday? >> i am saying it's not over and we don't give up. we don't give up and we will not give up. >> brandon, is we don't give up and we will not give up a good enough answer for where the strategy is? >> well, this is remarkable about today. what kyrsten sinema said on the floor should not have surprised anyone. we have long known where she is, we've long known where joe manchin is. so they ran head-first into this fight with no chance of winning. i don't even know if those two are the only two that

with this -- arizona senator, sinema, took to the floor, and made it clear that she has no intention of tinkering with the filibuster. >> these bills help treat the symptoms of the disease, but they do not fully address the disease itself. while i continue to support these bills, i will not support separate actions that worse in the underlying disease of division, infecting our country. eliminating the 60 vote threshold will simply guarantee that we lose a critical tool, we need to safeguard our democracy from threats from used. to come >> the house has already passed the voting bills, it's now to the senate. tonight, democratic leader, chuck schumer said, he hoped to hold a vote by monday with hawaii senator, brian schatz, not positive for covid in unexpected winter stew. that'll be postponed till tuesday. president meanwhile, -- that already fell to get to the senate. nbc news reports, he's planning to sign executive actions on police reform as early as this month. this was also the day but the supreme court blocked biden's covid vaccine or testing mandate for large employers. it's

>> i think this spells real trouble for kyrsten sinema. far long time she was on the national stage being ridiculed. now she is losing her base at home by the fact that the arizona democratic party, which is ground zero for debates of the democratic party in any state has issued this rebuke. so i think it spells real trouble for her. she's not in cycle this election, she'll be in cycle in '24. she's got some time to try to fix this and try to make good on being a democrat and change her ways in the senate. i think this spells real trouble for her back home. i think it certainly lines her up for a primary challenge in 2024. >> yeah, i mean, ruben gallego's name has been put out there and i asked him directly if he was considering it and he said i'm going to get through 2022 first. that's a name that's out there. do you honestly think that show should be primaried given her stance on everything? it's just your opinion, i know it's no official capacity. >> i mean, look as a democrat and somebody who has seen, you know, her obstruct some real

we have to make sure that we are continuously pressuring senator sinema. the reality is democracy is on the line. elections are at stake. we are seeing every single day that the seat of democracy is being pulled by our communities. and that is why i'm running for secretary of state. my primary opponent cents a -- to a supporter saying that if i was secretary of state i would have supported donald trump. so this lie is going through the state. we can't have lawmakers celebrating on the next few days without passing legislation on what happens. >> particularly in states that are legislating ways in which it is harder for people to vote, it's that a lot of people can register what's happening. if they don't feel like they're right to vote is going to be curtailed, or their ability to vote is not gonna be hindered, it seems abstract to them. but this is a very serious problem. how do you get people, for who this is not gonna be a problem, to understand that this democracy is not gonna be fixed? >> one of the things you have to look at here in arizona is that 8