Were live from afghanistan. And a new warning that america could lose its perfect Credit Rating because of political polarization and the on going assault on democracy. Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. It is wednesday, july 14th. U. S. Democracy in peril this morning, and that is according to the american president. President biden is sounding the alarm on Voting Rights and efforts by republicans across the country to restrict them. Were facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. Its not hyperbole, since the civil war. Confederates back then never breached the capitol, as insurrectionists did on January 6th. Im not saying this to alarm you. Im saying this because you should be alarmed. The president also blasting restrictive Voting Laws enacted in state after state describing them as 21st century Jim Crow and pushing for federal Voting Rights legislation. Also, hes calling out those who spread dangerous conspira
Texas democrats used to block a Redistricting Proposal in 2003, but the latest move is not without risk as jane reports the lawmakers could be arrested. She writes this. Under the texas legislature, the quorum of 2 3 is required for the legislature to conduct business and they could be compelled to report to capitol and they could be tracked down. The white House Press Secretary a short time ago teeing up the speech by calling the republican push for Voting Restrictions across the country, the worst challenge to democracy since the civil war. And with that, we will bring in our guests, Priscilla Thompson in texas, and the digital reporter the aforementioned jane tim, and playbook political reporter eugene daniel. And priscilla on the ground, as i understand it, you have the lawmakers in the airport in austin ready to board planes ready to come here to washington. Yeah, and that is exactly right. We began hearing the murmurings of this picking up yesterday and i was in the car with a la
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2024. This is the party of trump and whether democrats understand what they are up against remains to be seen. With me to discuss Eugene Daniels and megan malloy, founder, and ben collins. Eugene, trump just beat florida governor Ron Desantis 70 to 21 . Desantis would hold a comfortable lead over the others if trump did not run. Vanity fair says Trump And Desantis appear to be on a Collision Course as Desantis Explores A Run of his own. Cpac did a second Straw Poll that shows results if trump did not run. You mean, just talk to me about those dynamics, the fact that they feel they need to do two different polls. Well, it shows at once theyre not exactly sure what Donald Trump is going to do. They have no clue. He is giving them no indication, therefore kind of like the democrats in 2016 when it was like will she or wont she with hillary clinton, the will he or wont he with Donald Trump is making it really hard for republicans to do much of anything. It makes it so Ron Desantis and Nick
The urgent message they just delivered to congress on the steps of the u. S. Capitol and the consequences they could face once they get home. Once they step back into the state of texas they will be arrested and brought to the texas capitol and we will be conducted business. Meanwhile, president biden expected to leave the house in a few hours to philadelphia to deliver the highlyanticipated speech on voting rights, and the president expected to blast the gop for the voting restrictions. And we will go to colorado this hour where we are seeing the real world consequences of restrictive voting laws. The major league baseball allstar game is there tonight after the league yanked it out of georgia in response to that state s new voting laws. Later this hour i will ask the person in charge of colorado s elections why a major sports league views her state as an example of making it easier to vote instead of more difficult. Nbc news white house correspondent, mike memoli, and capitol hill co