vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. while the president is determined to force this showdown, it is almost certain to end in failure, a reality that majority leader chuck schumer already cknowledged today. senate democrats are under no illusion that we face difficult odds. win, lose or draw, members of this chamber were elected to debate and to vote, especially on an issue as vital to the beating heart of our democracy as voting rights. now, there are some who say democrats have a way to force the bills through. debate maneuvers that would enable them to use a simple majority. senator tim kaine floated that idea last week, but it s not clear how exactly it would work, or whether it would work. so for now what we are seeing are impassioned speakers imploring either republicans to change their minds on the legislation or two democrats to change their minds on the filibuster. there is also a lot of debate or pressure coming from outside the chamber as
little bit, they re pulling a 180 saying they will stop tomorrow s planned 5g new yorker rollout across the country after top airline ceos warn of a potential cattastrophe forcing planes and passengers to stay on the ground. what we heard from president biden coming up and ahead the biggest carriers, alaska afrls will join us life, one on one in a minute. the debate before what will probably be defeat, senators on the floor now talking about those two voting rights bills, the ones seemed to be des tuned unless a last minute sales pitch works. democrats are meeting behind doors. we have our new reporting to try to sway senators kirsten and manchin, joining us is ed marky from massachusetts joining us live in a couple minutes. new reporting, dropping this afternoon, how a conspiracy theorist at the capitol insurrection found is way out of the qanon black hole. i m hallie jackson, with you this afternoon. i want to bring in tom costello that we haves in all things transportati
I m bilal mahmood, and i know our city can become a beacon of hope once again. breaking news, as we come on the air about what s going on in the air with the battle between tech and travel, now in a partial holding pattern because verizon and at&t in the last