realistic expectations? chris, once republicans took control of the house the idea getting voting rights passed was dimmer than when democrats had control of the house and a 50/50 senate with democrats controlling there. something that the president a year ago really stepped to the plate and gave a full-throated endorsement of, would support a filibuster to get voting legislation passed it didn t happen and that was with a democratic-controlled congress. this year, the leader, the president, making that pitch saying he still supports and wants to see done and will continue to talk about it but it wasn t the centerpiece of what we heard the president talk about in the past two days. those themes were largely focused on what he would talking about at a 2024 election campaign. the battle for the soul of the
back in the 90s and all that training has certainly paid off in the way they ve performed. again, thank you. thanks so much, general. that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports follow us online and on twitter. chris jansing will be here right after these messages. good day i m chris jansing live in msnbc head equarters in new york city. political and ethical problems facing democrats and republicans growing deeper by the day. more pages of classified material found at the president s home, more head-scratching reports about republican congressman george santos questionable behavior as his party looks the other way. where does all of it lead? plus, president biden honoring the legacy of martin luther king jr., touting
nation, running for his presidency since 2020 and talked at length about his economic poles and in his view benefited black americans, low enum employment, to bring equity in housing, his nomination of ketanji brown jackson to the supreme court. e heard from the president he wants voting rights passed, the president is realistic that s not going to happen and the argument he s making particularly to the audience today, i told you if you had my back i would have yours. here s all the ways i have. stick with me here and this is something, voting rights, and other civil rights legislation we can try to pursue in the future. carol, thank you for that. eddie, the intersection of race and democracy has always been complicated, and there are a couple things joe biden said yesterday and today i want to get your take on. one is, you just heard him say, we re at an inflection point.
economic advances for underserved communities, expanded voting rights and a robust defense of democracy, but how much can he really get done? then finally, we ll look how the massive infrastructure legislation passed last year may help restore one historic black and brown neighborhood in new orleans to its former glory. not by adding anything but taking something away. that story later in the hour. but we start with the ethical dilemma staring republicans and democrats in the face. and the growing frustration with both parties over what some see as self-inflicted wound. for democrats, yet another call for information on the biden documents controversy. this one, from the republican head of the house oversight committee. he wants the visitors log from biden s home in wilmington after biden s attorney said five more pages of classified documents were found there earlier in the week. a spokesman for the secret service said, those logs don t
a crime scene, so to speak, after the appointment of a special counsel. so if you are looking for classified materials republicans ask why send lawyers who don t have a security clearance? and does all of it just allow republicans to raise more questions here? you know, i think that observation, chris harks superficial appeal. let s only get people looking for documents that have the absolute highest security clearance. i don t know that that comports with reality. i handled classified documents when i was an arm jag handling an espionage case and had a top secret sci clearance, and the documents that you re dealing with are marked. they re clearly marked. many of them are in a folder that is clearly marked. so i don t you can argue perhaps a best practice is, but i don t know that it s a problem, an investigative problem, having president biden s attorneys look at things and if they come upon a folder