It’s been five years since white supremacists rallied in Charlottesville. On Friday, area residents remembered the violence and hate with a peaceful memorial march.
lost by an 18-year-old gunman shooting an assault-style weapon. the emotions in these hearings can sometimes come and go, about you on that committee is senator cornyn, chuck grassley, lindsey graham, thom tillis, who would be in the mix. that emotion could matter. thank you, garrett. we ll go to uvalde later in the show. in the first primetime hearing thursday,ali vitali is on collection, and ana palmer, punchlocal news founder, and msnbc contributor. ali, more witnesses have been interviewed by the panel ahead of this primetime hearing set to happen thursday night. more witnesses interviewed by
schumer, would still have to get passed that filibuster threshold when he files for closure, and he s not so far been able to do that. he s not convinced senator joe mannix or senator kyrsten sinema that now is the time to change the filibuster. we ll see this process play out. but unless there s a major shift on capitol hill here this week, these efforts are likely not to be fruitful. so, ana, explain to me, what would that mean? how would that be done? what are they thinking of doing? i mean, in terms of the package the reason why they want it to go through the house first again, this is under, you know, discussion. we don t know that this is a strategy they are going to take. but it s a way for the house to pass it and then it goes across to the senate as a quote/unquote message bill. and in this message bill, they only have to have one layer of cloture that they would have to get beyond. they don t have that ability right now. they don t have the votes. it s a legislative t
divisive. so president biden goes down the same tragic road taken by president trump. casting doubt on the reliability of american elections. this is a sad, sad day. with me now, nbc news white house correspondent, carol lee. nbc news reporter, vaughn hillyard in senator joe manchin s home state of west virginia and ana palmer, founder of punch bowl news and an msnbc contributor. ana, democrats are trying to use all the tools at their disposal to get something done on voting rights. you have new reporting this morning on a kind of unusual method that democrats may be trying to use here. yes. they are looking at potentially taking a house bill on something that has nothing to do with voting rights and filling it with this voting rights package, passing that in the house, moving it to the senate. it s just a legislative tactic that will still not result in voting rights legislation being able to be passed, because the senate majority leader, chuck
decision. number one, politically, is there a reason to believe that he could win re-election here in 2024 in this deep red state? if not, this is the time to help democrats pass these types of reforms. but if you take joe manchin s word and the argument that potentially republicans, when they gain the majority could pass their own legislative majorities my passing the filibuster, you ve got to take into account, this is this voter here, this centrist democrat here, was telling me, you ve got to then believe republicans that once they have the majority, that they will not further diminish the filibuster themselves, when they find it convenient. which is exactly what happened when merrick garland was put up for the supreme court post. and that s why for years to come we ll be talking about this moment and what joe manchin s ultimate decision here in the year of 2022 is on these voting rights reforms. vaughn hillyard, carol lee, and ana palmer, thank you very much for being with me now