we ll have to see. some of these states are not going to pass the laws the republicans are trying to pass. some of the governors may veto them. presumably some of them will get into law and we ll have to see what the supreme court does, but you can at least ascertain it s a much more conservative court than it has been in the recent past. it certainly is. ali vitale, jonathan allen, thank you. we ve seen what will happen in your state overnight and what will continue to happen, it seems, as if that s what the governor wants. at this point is this kind of giving renewed vigor, renewed energy to washington to get the voting rights act passed, and how do they intend to do so, especially when you are up against a wall like joe manchin who believes in keeping the filibuster in place? well, i think our democracy is at a tipping point. what you just talked about here
correspondent ali vitale, co-author and white house reporter eugene daniels. welcome on this memorial day. thank you for joining us. appreciate it. john, i want to start with you on this one. as i said at the top, there is a new fallout of democrats effectively blocking this bill. now you have the governor of texas saying no matter what, he s going to move forward with it. yeah, i mean, yasmin, this is the number one top priority for republicans in states across the country. having lost at the ballot box in the 2020 presidential election and having lost the big senate elections in georgia, rather than trying to figure out how to get more people out to the polls to vote for them, they re trying to restrict the other side. we re seeing any number of ways. i think one of the particularly interesting variations in this texas bill is to stop people from voting on sundays right after church, which is traditionally the way black