it. we stand up for an america where everyone is guaranteed the full protections and the full promise of this nation. yes or no. our democracy stands on the brink of serious trouble. today our freedom to vote is under assault. nothing less is at stake than our democracy. but the math is clear, the bills don t have the votes, so almost are certainly doomed to fair. i want to bring in mike memoli and garrett haake. co-founder of punchbowl news john bresnahan and robert gibbs, an msnbc political analyst. great to see you guys. garrett, how is it all going to unfold today and what happens next? reporter: the senate a back today, we expect to see a robust debate on these voting rights bills that will last well into tomorrow, i think we might see every single senator speak on this, it s entirely possible. the debate has been that heated. but then we know what will happen with the vote, all 50 republicans oppose these measures, all 50 krooths support them. so they will f
So congratulations to her. by the way, i will see you in warsaw, i m doing the show at tvn in warsaw all next week. so that should be fun. by the way, bill de blasio not running for governor. that does it for us this morning. chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. hi there, i m chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters here in new york. it is tuesday, january 18th, a day democrats insist will live in history, but maybe not for the reasons they d like. starting just a few hours from now the senate for the first time will begin debating legislation that combines two voting rights bills, the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. just getting to this debate took months of effort and today is democrats chance to again make their central argument, that these bills are critical to defending democracy as we know