fewer social freedoms and possibly tighter controls on the media. there s a lot to digest there, but first thing s first, voter apathy never a good thing. thank you very much ali arusy from tehran. and a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we be gain with new reaction over the vote of voting rights. the senate expected to take up the vote for people voting rights bill, that will be tuesday, but its future could be in limbo after senator mitch mcconnell voted to block that bill. speaking on msnbc earlier, jim clyburn says republicans isn t be able to block this type of legislation. voting rights, like all other constitutional rights are not subjected to filibusters and now this reducing from 60 from 55, they didn t get it from me. what gets it from me to remove the filibuster from constitutional issues as we have done for the budget because i do believe that it is very, very important for
more than 51% of adults, we see people are feeling confident, some people, to get together with friends and family. restaurants, some are operating at full capacity. fans are at sporting events, many without masks. and people have flocked to board walks and pools and beaches in droves. it feels very, very close to normal. and it s nice to see people really all in a good mood. the human race is back to being together united again, doing stuff publicly. and the holiday is also setting a pandemic record for travel, 37 million people are expected to hit the roads and the skies. the tsa screened close to 2 million passengers on friday alone. cnn s polo sandoval is in coney island, new york. the statewide curfew has been lifted there. what are you seeing, and what else has changed? you know, victor, many of the iconic attractions here on the coney island and board walk didn t get a chance to reopen during the pandemic last summer. now many businesses welcome back the crowds
property, no doubt. what else are they doing? how nervous are californians about this, guam? alex, today is the day to prepare for people here in southern california. , so you have a mix of people who are concerned, and others that aren t really preparing, because they say they live in an area that doesn t flood. others don t really know what to do. so, possible flooding. california is an area that has a lot of hills of not. and so, people who live in low areas understands what can happen when they get a lot of rain. but people that i ve spoken to tell me they have no idea what a tropical storm means in terms of that rain. some of received say they might gets about a year s worth of rain in just a few hours. so, they just know it might be an overwhelming amount of water. you see some of the people who are collecting sandbags. there s locations like this set up all over san diego county for people in those low areas who, months ago, experienced a lot of rain in california an
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