pressure over voting rights. i pressed him on it during our town hall in july. watch this. this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid. fifth grade at a fifth grade education. i learned she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap and so why is protecting the filibuster more important than protecting voting rights for people who fought and died for that? no. [ applause ] it s not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4 the john lewis act and get it on my desk to sign it but here is the deal, what i also want to do, i want to make sure we bring along not just all the democrats, we bring along republicans who i know
number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than protecting voting rights, especially for people that fought and died for that? no. it s not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4 the john lewis act and get it on to my desk to sign it. okay. that was then. and this is now. here we are tonight. the assault on voting rights in texas and across this country, nothing less than a plan to give the gop the power to overturn the next election if they don t like the results. it s about our most sacred right as americans, the right to vote. a right that is definitely worth fighting for. and with everything going on now, what are republicans doing? the party of lincoln, yes, that s how far they have fallen
when i was a kid fifth grade, had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than protecting voting rights, especially for people that fought and died for that? no. it s not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4 the john lewis act and get it on to my desk to sign it. okay. that was then. and this is now. here we are tonight. the assault on voting rights in texas and across this country, nothing less than a plan to give the gop the power to overturn the next election if they don t like the results. not about politics. it s about our most sacred riegd right as americans, the right to
no. [ applause ] it s not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4, the john lewis get it on my desk so i can sign it. and we are still waiting. that as there s news on covid boosters tonight, the fda granting emergency use authorization for a pfizer booster dose in people 65 and older and those at high risk. a rare bit of good news as the pandemic of the unvaccinated is raging in hot spots across the country. deaths from covid have exploded over the past few months. 60 days ago pay attention to this, we were losing 272 americans each day. right around the time that texas governor greg abbott refused to impose a mask mandate. it would be inappropriate to require people who already have immu immunity to wear a mask and also, what we know, chris, is
congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s of the john lewis act. the voting rights in texas and across this country is nothing less than a plan to give the gop the power to overturn the next election if they don t like the results. not about politics. it about the most sacred right as americans, the right to vote. a right worth fighting for. so like i said, a lot is riding on president biden showing he can mansion this crisis at once. up next, we ll talk to two people who have real insight into whether he could turn them into a political opportunity. we got to listen to the scientists and economists and national security experts. they all tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in