prescription. ask your healthcare provider about rybelsus® today. the push to pass voting rights legislation in the senate is facing stiff opposition from all republicans and west virginia democrat joe manchin, as well as kyrsten sinema. but manchin is now being targeted in a million dollar ad campaign to block democrats from changing fill buster rules and being paid for by a political action committee aligned with mitch mcconnell. joining me now is virginia senator tim kaine, who was among the key group of senators meeting with joe manchin yesterday. senator kaine got to washington after being stuck on i-95 for 27 hours after that colossal tie up. let me ask you after 27 hours on the road and trying to save gas
that are being made by the senate leadership are real. there are a lot of different options that have been placed on the table. the reality is, i mean, wolf, you know my middle name is blunt. to be blunt with you, i think the american people really don t care about the process. they want to see progress. they want to see us actually get this done. and the time is now. we haven t an incredible opportunity right now and we have to seize it. stevie wonder has a message for senators. he is telling them in his words to cut the bull, the b.s. sports giants, including alabama s nick saban, are putting the pressure on senator joe manchin to pass voting rights. is more sustained pressure from outside the political arena what it will take eventually to shift this dynamic? you know, first of all, for me, i don t focus on just two people and i don t depend on just two people to get this done. we know that there are 100 senators, and every one of them
they re capable of doing with the force amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for russia. unclear exactly what constitutes a minor incursion, but it caused enough of a stir that the white house had to clarify the president s remarks last night. we ll have more on that in a live report from moscow in a moment. on domestic policy the president signaling a new approach could be on the horizon. he s hoping to revive his currently stalled plan to remake america s social safety net suggesting congress could pass big chunks of build back better. it s clear to me that we re going to have to probably break it up. break it up. and breaking overnight, a major defeat as expected in the push to pass voting rights legislation in the senate. reforms that the president said were so needed that without them, the coming midterm elections could be viewed as illegitimate. i m not saying it s going to be legit. the increase in the prospect of
it s now or never when it comes to voting rights with senate majority leader chuck schumer vowing to bring up a vote on the matter by martin luther king day on january 17th. if republicans filibuster that legislation, schumer says he will try to change the rules to rein in the filibuster. the very future of american democracy, some say, is at stake. politico reports, in his remarks in georgia biden is expected to not only echo the themes of his address on january 6th but to expand on his endorsement of a filibuster carve-out to pass voting rights legislation in the senate. joining us, ensay ufad. ensay, do you feel like you re in the belly of the beast, and
justice department. this is no longer bill barr s justice department. this is one that contains people like vanita gupta, kristen clark, ready to go and enforce these laws. senator, i want to follow up on something you just said. one way to pass the legislation you re talking about, voting rights legislation, with only 51 votes, is through a process known as reconciliation. and whip jim clyburn has been floating the idea to pass voting rights that way. are you saying you think senate ru rules would allow you to pass at least some of the voting rights proposals and provisions through reconciliation? that process, to be clear, is no substitute for the for the people act. it isn t. the for the people act is grounded in the constitution that says congress can set and alter federal rules for electrics. but if you can t get that done? if you can t what you can do with infrastructure, not in the bipartisan package, and i m glad they re continuing to