this after the vice president made a last-minute visit to capitol hill this afternoon, meeting with democratic senators to show support for the president s plan. and in the house, democrats are pushing their revised version of the voter protection bill named after the late john lewis, hoping to see a vote by early september. of course, the nationwide assault on the vote by state republicans will not abate in that time. case in point, texas, where legislators in the state are also in another special session, the second call by the governor in the past month to pass voter restrictions after state democrats fled the state to protect the vote. but one heavily watched democratic primary concluded this week, and shortly i ll ask chantel brown, the winner of
the governor of florida clashes with president biden over covid restrictions as the virus surges in the state of florida. plus, ohio s democratic congressional nominee, chantel brown, on the primary race that propelled her into the national spotlight. and the republican opponent she ll face in november. we ll talk about all of that with her coming up. but first, today s top news stories. yasmin? thanks, rev. stories we re watching this hour, florida is reporting the highest number of covid cases since the beginning of this pandemic. the state recorded more than 23,000 new cases and 93 deaths on friday. more than 13,000 people are hospitalized. also a state record. the dixie wildfire in northern california is officially the third largest blaze in state history. on friday the fire grew by 110
inside of the conference. they re using their bills for legislative procedural moves and so they are definitely going all in on that strategy. thank you very much. four democrats, the ongoing conflict within the party between moderates and progressives is sparking divisions toward 2022. congressman hakeem jeffries told the new york times, quote, the extreme left is obsessed with talking trash about mainstream democrats on twitter, when the majority of the electorate constitute mainstream democrats at the polls. in the post trump era the anti-establish. line of attack is lame. those come on heels of chantel brown beating lisa turner in a election in ohio. also watching the new york mayor s race. joining me now to discuss, political anchor of spectrum news, errol, good to have you on. good to be with you, jim.
to the column that the biden approach is working and progressives in some ways are being marginalized? look, the establishment of the democratic party is certainly on a winning streak. they ve been winning these primaries. they won in cleveland the other day. convincingly. when chantel brown with the support of king maker or queen maker jim clyburn defeated nina turner, backed by bernie sanders and the squad. and this has been a pattern. and david makes an interesting point, which is if either you re the base or you re not, right. so if you are the base, the progressives do represent the base of the party then they have to make that so. they need to bring out those
and then, take what is in h.r.1, for the people act, and pass it. that s all we want out of the h.r.4 is what we call preclearance. and the senate can do that, if they apply it to all 50 states. they would not need the record that s being developed on the house side. that we cannot get done before september. uh-huh. well, let s hope that they re listening. um, i want to ask you, now, about a this really contentious primary going on in ohio for marcia fudge s house seat. you were supporting chantel brown but progressives are backing nina turner. millions of dollars are being spent. lots of attack ads. name calling. what do you think this outcome will mean for the direction of the party? well, it all depends upon what the results will be. you know, i i m a great believer that we must do everything we can to elevate the