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that the senate s stalled police reform bill may finally start to move. the key player in all of these senate negotiations continuing to be west virginia senator joe manchin. who along with senator amy klobuchar and other senate democrats is pushing what they hope is a voting rights bill that can attract republican support. who at the very least, withstand their sabotage. all of that tonight on politics nation. along with a special treat, as we take an intimate look at the greatest. filmmaker ken burns joins us tonight to share his new film on the life, strife, and legacy of mohammad ali five years after the death of the people s champ. but first, politics. joining me now, senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota, and chair of the senate rules committee. senator klobuchar, getting right to why we wanted you with us tonight, what is the status of negotiations on this compromised voting rights bill, the freedom to vote act. you know we ve rallied, marched, been invo ....
they marched with torches chanting jews will not replace us as they paraded through the campus of the university of virginia. it was eerily reminiscent of the torch light rallies held at nuremberg during the third reich. the following day they carried confederate flags and symbols of nazi genocide as they vowed to protect the statue of a treasonous confederate general and openly embraced donald trump as one of their own. in fact just months earlier, an organizer of the unite the right shouted hail trump, hail our people, and was greeted with nazi salutes and applause add a pro trump campaign rally. another organizer was a member of the proud boys which would later lead the siege of the u.s. capitol on january 6th. in other words, charlottesville, four years ago tonight, was a tinder box just waiting to ignite. inevitably, it did. in fact we witnessed some of the violence live on this very network when one of our guests, reverend tracy blackman, was whisked away for he ....
find out from sara nelson, president of the flight attendant sea w.. and, can friendship be the solution to repairing our politics? david french, senior editor for the dispatch says he thinks so. we will let him explain ahead. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnston. welcome to the week. . if that sounds familiar, it s because we re in a very similar situation as we are in last night. it s almost like good morning. up to see the groundhog? yeah. think it will be an early spring? didn t we do this yesterday? i don t know what you mean. don t mess with me, pork chop. one days this? it is february 2nd. groundhog day. yeah. that s right. i thought it was yesterday. [laughs] oh, [laughs] . take a breather bill murray. good news is. time unlike his collector in the movie groundhog day, this time we have a pretty good idea of what is going on and how it will and. senators just voted minutes ago to swap out a shell bill, with the ....
even larger, more progressive bill through reconciliation. that s a special filibuster proof maneuver that requires a simple majority for passage. in other words, without republican support. meanwhile, the senate continues to work on voting rights. the judiciary committee met saturday with a former trump d.o.j. official and a key city in afghanistan just fell to the taliban. that will be of key concern to the senate foreign relations committee where my first guest is a member. joining me now is senator jeff merkley of oregon. senator merkley, thank you for coming back to the sunday show. you re welcome. good to be with you. all right. let s start with infrastructure. will i understand senator haggerty of tennessee raised objections, i think put a hold on proceedings because he wanted to go back to regular order. will things get back on track today? yes, we re in a 30-hour period before our final vote from being held, a simple majority vote on the substitute am ....
these improving signs come, not soon enough for consider that last year, around this time, there were about 57,000 new covid cases per day. that s one way to count it. that is a clear number and that was obviously a lie. we live through this together, 2020 was a year that became synonymous with tough times. so how are we doing now? tonight, are we approaching that same rate i showed, you are we hire? a lot? well, the news is no good there. a daily case rate is now almost double. that s about 100,000 cases spurred by this contagious delta variant. the other big differences, this year, right now we basically have a cure. if only more people would take it. so people in positions of power are now, as it s become so clear what s the holdup is for some, they re taking more dramatic action. jerseys democratic governor is the first in the nation to mandate the return that children returning to school this far are to wear masks. and he spoke about the contrast to other approac ....