if congress can't be that back stop to stop that, then i'm not sure anybody's got any business being up there. >> there's a former democratic senator. we've got another one standing by. and let's state this plainly, there's no sign that congress will be be able to do much to stop the gop led assault on voting rights. democrats still face the fact that gop minority leader mcconnell can weigh in on all legislation, and mcconnell is all but promising federal voting rights will not see a single republican vote. back with us again tonight, former minnesota democratic senator al franken who's these days has the good fortune to host a podcast bearing his name. there he is. we're having some wi-fi issues tonight but we're dealing with it. and bill kristol. senator, i've been wanting to ask you what should the democrats do, how should they proceed on voting rights? you know the math better than