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agenda on capitol hill. we have fox team coverage tonight. mark meredith in washington look looks at the results of new gallup poll indicating a major voter shift to the right. chad pergram at the capitol with the senate struggle to pass voter reform legislation. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the latest on president biden s covid policy. we begin in los angeles with chief correspondent jonathan hunt with increased lawlessness and a series of heinous crimes there. good evening, jonathan. good evening, bret. the crimes are horrific and apparently random. the victims, innocent people going about their daily lives, traveling on the subway, waiting for a bus, working in a store. i m i m not claiming anybody by name, what s is going on in our society right now everybody seems to be oriented on giving back rights and bestowing favor on people that rob others of their rights. todd kupfer s 24-year-old daughter brianna went to her part-time job at furniture store ....
frustrated base voters, who feel the white house has done too little, too late on the issue. majority leader chuck schumer s political gambit puts senate republicans on the record to their unified opposition to major voting rights bills. and two moderate holdouts on the spot over their support for the filibuster. joining me now, ahead of the action on the senate floor, as you know, the chaplain is now reciting the prayer. nbc s senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett haake. nbc chief white house correspondent, and weekend today cohost, peter alexander, and ashley parker. garrett, expect to hear from both chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell momentarily, really. how is this debate going to play out today and through the week? well, we know how it s going to end, andrea, for democrats, the choice is, when do they want it to end and what do they want the message to be. the floor opens right now. we won t see any votes on this bill or these combined bills today. that wi ....
wave. i think you re going to see a big, big victory for republicans in the midterms. at stake, not just the biden presidency democrats argue, but democracy itself. will the voters agree? i will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. we are the united states of america. it s time to meet the midterms. this is your one-hour primer. it s a big week, one-year anniversary of the inauguration, as you know, unofficial start of this campaign year. welcome to tuesday, i m chuck todd. as we kick off nbc s news s coverage of the midterm election season with this special edition of meet the press daily that we re calling meet the midterms. these midterms are shaping up to be one of the more impactful election cycles we have had this century. the house and senate both on the line, lots of governor s races which all could play a big part in 2024 politics as well. we are living in some unusually tumultuous times in terms of the instability of the two m ....
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 chamb ....
passed in 19 states and after months of pressure and pleading from activists on democrats to do something, to do anything to stop this wave of voters suppression and nullification laws, the united states senate has now taken up a last ditch effort to try to pass federal voting rights legislation. debate on a sweeping bill that combines the two key voting proposals, the jon lewis voting rights act and the freedom to vote act, began just a few hours ago. democrats are pressing ahead even though the bill is doomed to ultimately fail. given the plans by the gop to filibuster and the fact that senators joe manchin and sinema and perhaps others are unwilling to reform the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. senate democrats took to the floor to send the message that the fight for federal voting rights legislation is still a necessary effort. that will ultimately reveal who s on the side of democracy and who s not. win, lose, our draw, members of this chamber were ....