Or against it. And more New Reaction to a New York times report saying in the final weeks of President Trumps presidency, Mark Meadows pushed the Justice Department to investigate unfounded election fraud. Adam schiff telling me this report shows the Republican Party has become antidemocratic. Its again another assault on the independence of the Justice Department. We shouldnt be having those discussions. But the fact that he was trying to do it to overturn a u. S. Election shows what an antidemocratic party the Republican Party has become. The doj did not take up Mark Meadows suggestions. Were monitoring this. Ladies, welcome to you both. Amanda, what are you hearing about Senator Manchin and how is manchin responding . Reporter with his decision to speak out against supporting the for the people act in the senate here, this is not necessarily a surprise but it is causing a stir. Now there is no path to 50 votes in the senate for this legislation. Manchin had been on the sidelines of
Guarders. welcome to alex witt reports. here s what s happening as we approach 2:00 p.m. in the east. we begin with new reaction to the head of the democratic national committee, as senator joe manchin breaks with democrats saying he won t be backing the voting rights bill. he said partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of democracy and said he will not vote to eliminate the filibuster. jaime harrison told me last hour deciding whether to protect voting rights is not a partisan issue. i m very disappointed in senator manchin s decision, and obviously i disagree. because listen, i know he wants to protect democracy. but there will be no democracy if we don t protect the rights to vote for all americans. this is not a both sides issue. either you are for protecting voting rights and our democracy
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Fix because the border, it s long. there s it s a multilayered answer. first thing i would do is in texas, i would give local law enforcement and border patrol all the resources they need to fight this. texas board sheriffs coalition has long been asking the obama administration for military surplus to help them down there and what they re doing against the drug cartels. in arizona, there are a lot of ranchers help a lot safer when the national guarders are back out there. you go back to new mexico, we had a striker unit on the border. it shut down the most popular cocaine corridor in that state for the entire time they were out there. chris, those are all good ideas. let s hope somebody is listening. there is trouble down there. all right, chris, thank you very much for joining us today from los angeles. have a good day, sir. you bet. you as well. straight ahead, the president is focusing more on florida than the other gulf states affected by the spill but florida has been the