leigh ann caldwell, ellison barber, shannon pettypiece, dr. nahid bhadelia, thank you so much for being with me this hour. appreciate it. well, we ve been talking about this. president biden heads to atlanta where he s expected to announce his support for a change in senate rules in hopes of getting more moderates behind the effort to pass voting rights legislation. joining me now, nbc s kara lee and jake sherman. thank you both for being with me. carol, local voting rights groups are planning to skip the president s speech, because they say they want concrete action and not empty gestures. how is the white house pushing back on this? reporter: look, jose, they hope that this speech is part of the beginning of pushing back on that and saying the president is going to say that this is a turning point for the country and the white house is saying, this is just the beginning of a big push for the president to try to get this done. as part of that, he s going to throw his weight be
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yeah, well, you are indeed speaking out and we re thankful that you are joining us and giving your perspective. we should note, over 90% of the teachers there have been vaccinated. so just grateful that you will have some reprieve in your life and get back to some sense of normalcy, your children will be back in class and you hopefully will be back at school teaching. catherine rose, thank you so much for joining us. yep. thank you. important interview there and perspective. president biden heads to atlanta to make his pitch for a voting rights bill. some of the most prominent voting rights groups are not planning to show up. details on why and what they re demanding from the president. plus, a federal judge questions former president trump s actions on the day of the insurrection. how that could impact the civil lawsuits filed against him. and after a 40-year drought, the georgia bulldogs are the college football champs. reaction to their come from behind win, won t want to