georgia. last year alone, 19 states not proposed, but enacted 34 laws attacking voting rights. reporter: the president upping the pressure on congress to pass voting rights legislation by making an exception to the filibuster, which has allowed republicans to block the bills so far. not a single republican has displayed the courage to stand up to a defeated president to protect our democracy. i support changing the senate rules. whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. reporter: biden was flanked by vice president harris, and a slew of civil rights leaders. one of the most prominent voices for voting rights was stacey abrams. i spoke with stacey this morning. we got our scheduling mixed up. abrams office cited a scheduling conflict.