have to protect the voting system, protect the sacred right to vote. it s under assault in ways i haven t seen in my entire career, and i was the guy who was able to get the voting rights act extended 25 years before when i was chairman of the judiciary committee. it s about who gets to vote and whether the vote counts, and who gets to count that vote. we have a system that does both of those things with under and integrity. but what republicans want to do is say a political party gets to decide if a vote counts. it s outrageous. we re going to fight like hell so that doesn t happen. joining our conversation, washington post senior washington correspondent and author of i alone can fix it phil rucker. joining us, reverend al sharpton, host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action networken, plus texas representative diego berne le is