owning the internet, the magic of disney s encanto. let s kick things off this hour with the fight for the right to vote. imagine today, 296 days before november s mid-term election, we were actually having a conversation about expanding ballot access. you know, the basic concept of getting new voters to the polls. tomorrow, on martin luther king day jr., the king family will lead a march for voting rights in washington. they want congress to pass the freedom to vote act. it would make election day a federal holiday, and introduce election-day voter registration in all 50 states. it would, also, expand mail-in voting, and early access to the polls. this legislation would truly double down on our democracy. but instead, republican-led states want to make it harder to vote. 19 states have passed 34 restrictive voting laws over the last year. on thursday, arizona senator kyrsten sinema quashed hopes of fighting back against these laws