they were bull connor. that's an interesting reading in english. i assume you got into journalism because you like to write. thirty-seven while president biden respond to questions about his voter bill speech last week in georgia, here are some of those comments in his defense. >> the consequential moments in history present a choice joint to be on the side of doctor king or george wallace? going to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis? >> anyone who listen to that speech i did not say that they were going to be a george wallace or a bull connor. i said were going to have a decision in history is going to be marked just like it was then. her either voting on the side that didn't make you george wallace or bull connor. if you did not vote for the voting rights act back then you are voting with those who agreed with connor. jon: real politics philip wegmann is the guy who asked the president about the statements during wednesday press

and as being bull connor or george wallace. but you said that they would be sort of in the same camp. i didn't say, let's look what i said, go back and read what i said. and tell me if you think i called anyone who voted on the side of the position taken by bull cronner that they were bull connor. and that is the interesting reading and anguish. you. yeah, i, so we got in the, in the journals because you like to write that did he likes this back to that would work with senators match and or, or cinema. now here's may, are certain things that are so consequential. you have to speak from your heart as well as your head. i was speaking out forcefully. what i think to be at stake. that's what it is. and by the way, no one, no one forgets who was on the side of king verse on or balkan. no one, not under the history brooks will note it was making the case. i don't think this is a free b. you don't get to vote this way and then somehow goes away. this will be stick with you the rest of your career and long after you're gone. and the s

were bull connor. it's an interesting reading of english. i assume you got into journalism because you like to write. >> did you expect that would work with senators mansion or cinema should mark >> here's the thing, there are certain things that are so consequential, you have to speak from your heart as well as your head. i was speaking out forcibly on what i think to be at stake. that's what it is. by the way, no one, no one forgets who was on the side of king or bull connor. the history books will note it. i was making that case. don't think this is a freebie. you don't get to vote this way and somehow it goes away. this will stick with you the rest of your career and long after you are gone. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. "bloomberg technology -- [indiscernible] >> how long are you guys ready to go? i've gone an hour and 20 minutes, i can keep going. how long? another hour? two? [indiscernible] >> i tell you what, folks. i'm going to go another 20 minutes, until quarter of an ok? yes, sir? >> i will wait for

nobody knows who bull connor is. you know, if we're making the case to say, we're going to be with martin luther king or bull connor -- who's that? if we're going to be with martin luther king or the people -- martin luther king and john lewis, or the people who unleashed the fierce dogs on them -- that's who bull connor is. strom thurmond -- none of us have a lot of happy memories about strom thurmond. so, again, since you asked my critique of the president's speech, i thought it was fabulous. i come out -- congratulate him for it. it was well-received, even among those who had some apprehension of what's going to happen with this, all of this, next. so i thank him for it, and i stand with the president in the fight for voting rights. thank you. i unfortunately have to go to the floor to vote for the bill, as well as gavel it down. thank you, all. >> thank you all, thank you. announcer: house minority leader kevin mccarthy faced questions from reporters about his refusal to participate in the january 6 investigation

that they were bull connor. that is an interesting reading of english. i assume you got into journalism because you like to write. >> harris: wow. earlier today on fox white house press secretary jen psaki insisting the president was not casting doubt on the mid-terms. >> he absolutely is not predicting that the 2022 elections would be illegitimate. the point he was raising was both that in 2020 even amongst challenging circumstances efforts to suppress the vote and the midst of a pandemic there was record turnout. democrats and republicans record turnout. he wasn't making a prediction. he has confidence in the american people and we'll do everything we can to protect people's rights. >> harris: in "focus" now republican senator tom cotton of arkansas a member of the senate judiciary and armed services committees. what is your reaction or what was your reaction initially hearing the president say oh no, i didn't say that? >> well harris, he can get angry and shout and shake his fist at the clouds as much as he w

they were bull connor. that is an interesting reading in english. i assume you got into journalism because you like to write. >> did you expect that that would work with senators manchin or sinema? >> now here's the thing. there's certain things that are so consequential you have to speak from your heart as well as your head. i was speaking out forcefully on what i think to be at stake. that's what it is. and by the way, no one, no one forgets who was on the side of king versus bull connor. no one. the history books will note it. i was making the case. don't think this is a freebie. you don't get to vote this way and then somehow it goes away. this will be -- stick with you the rest of your career. and long after you're gone. >> mr. president -- >> folks -- >> one more on ukraine -- >> whoa, whoa, hang on, guys. we've only gone an hour and 20 minutes. i'll keep going, but i'm going to go -- let me get -- let me get something straight here. how long are you guys ready to go? you want to go for another hour?

you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis? >> martha: comparisons i would assume to senator sinema, senator manchin to jefferson davis and bull connor. how did that sit with you? >> he's attacking his own members. we're not the only ones, republicans, that are opposed to what they're doing here. that is -- it is as senator mcconnell pounded out, unpresidential. joe biden is a better person than that. this was a racially tinged attack and designed nothing more than nothing less than for a political moment. he's trying to generate energy among their political base over an issue that honestly legislators all across the country decide every year. they're always election laws being considered. the laws being passed by georgia have been mainstream and to suggest that georgia is somehow -- their legislature and their political process down there is racist because of laws that they passed in many cases that make it easier to vote. their laws are more permissive than

and connor doesn't. >> in a legal filing, alex murdaugh has denied telling connor cook not to cooperate with law enforcement. >> although there was no indication in the investigative file that paul murdaugh was asked to perform a sobriety test -- and keep in mind his family owned the boat and he was clearly very intoxicated that night -- someone else was asked to. connor cook, but he refused. >> i think his parents began to develop that belief and concern that somehow things were off kilter here, that their son was being wrongly focused on as the possible operator of the boat. >> law enforcement interviews with people at the hospital that night suggest many of them thought that grandfather and father's main goal was to protect paul. >> i've never been involved in a fatality where the operator of a vehicle was under the influence, that that person didn't go to jail immediately. >> immediately? >> immediately. you or i would have probably been wearing an orange jumpsuit before daylight. >> but after he's evaluated at the hospital that night, paul murdaugh's allowed to go home with his fam

do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis those will not live in infamy there too absurd for them. they will live in ridicule though. they need to be conducted in this was due to actual sturdy first of all who claim that voting laws passed in georgia, texas and elsewhere lest it represent jim wrote 2.0 is actually insult to those who really did suffer under jim crow laws. the laws of past luster all make voting easier than it was in elections in the states just a few years ago. they do remove some of the accommodations put in place for the covid emergency make it easy to vote than 2016. the vote id rules implement other widely popular but study after study has shown they make no difference to turnout by minorities. they do not turn off black voters. meanwhile the law he wants congress to pass will for the first time ever place a large part of the administration into the hands of the justice department in washington at some of the political troll of whatever p

do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis? this is the moment to decide. >> sean: those remarks were so unhinged even jo's fellow democrats were put off, dick durbin said biden went too far. nancy pelosi criticized him for evoking bull connor and strom thurmond and former congresswoman and democratic presidential candidate tulsi gabbard tweeted "hillary calling tens of millions of americans deplorables was divisive and disgusting, biden has gone further calling those who disagree with his actions and policies domestic enemies, traders, racists and biden did promise to unite us but he is doing all he can to divide us. tonight it appears the only way joe biden is uniting americans is against joe biden. former congresswoman tulsi gabbard joins us with more. give your overall perception of not only the speech but this week and this year. we are a few days away from the one-year anniversary since since he was inaugurated. >> i think there are so many people across

connor. mr. connor: sorry, had to unmute first. my apologies. chairwoman barragan, ranking member higgins, members of the subcommittee, good afternoon. i would like to thank the subcommittee on border security, facilitation and operations for your recognition of the critical role seaports play in our national security and the challenges they face, particularly as ports have dealt with the unprecedented demands of the global pandemic. in view of my already submitted written testimony and to respect the time constraints and leave ample time for the impressive group of panelists gathered here today, i will focus my brief remarks on the three issues -- one, screening staff shortages at cbp. screening facility upgrades, and two, three, maritime security. as a preamble to my remarks, it is important to note that while ports have a vested interest in secure cargo and passenger movement, it is the duty of the federal government to fund and staff customs inspection facilities. the brave men and women of our law enforcement agencies are vital partners in

bull connor next would say, "turn the fire hoses on." and as i said to you the other night, bull connor didn't know history. he knew a kind of physics that somehow didn't relate to the transphysics that we knew about. and that was the fact that there was a certain kind of fire that no water could put out. and we went before the fire hoses. we had known water. if we were baptist or some other denominations, we had been immersed. if we were methodist and some others, we had been sprinkled. but we knew water. that couldn't stop us. and we just went on before the dogs, and we would look at them. and we'd go on before the water hoses, and we would look at it. and we'd just go on singing, "over my head i see freedom in the air." and then we would be thrown in the paddy wagons, and sometimes we were stacked in there like sardines in a can. and they would throw us in, and old bull would say, "take 'em off." and they did. and we would just go on in the paddy wagon singing, "we shall overcome." and every now and then we'd get in jail, and we'd see

they were bull connor. that's an interesting read. i assume you got into journalism because you like to write. reporter: did you expect that would work with senators manchin or sinema? reporter: here's the president biden: here's the thing. there are so things that are so consequential that you have to speak from your heart and your head. i was speaking out forcefully what i think is at stake. that's what it is. by the way, no one, no one forgets who was on the side of king or bull connor. no one the history books will note it. i was making the case, don't think this is a freebie. you don't get to vote this way and then somehow it goes away. this will be stick with you the rest of your career and long after you're gone. reporter: and mr. president president biden: folks, i'm ok. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! hang on, guys. we've only gone an hour and 20 minutes. i'll keep going. but i got let me get let me get something straight here. how long are you guys ready to go? will you go for another hour or two? ok. i'm

do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be the side of abraham t lincoln or jefferson? davis when he chose to be beside, let's say, the former klansman robert byrdmu and stopd integration a of schools because he didn't want public schools to be racial jungle'sle? it was lie after lie after lie in this presser today. now even joe's old friend dick durbin thought that speech was too divisiveou. joe does not seem to grasp reality at this point. in time. he just lies and lies over and over again. here are a few more examples. take a look. youou t decide why are you tryig so hard in your first year to pull the country soo far to the left? well, i'm not if you notice i haven't attacked anybody publicly any sinceod congressman . my builder back better planil wl address the biggest cost to working familiesrk face every day. and i will do all of this without raising a single penny in taxes on people making under four hundred thousand dollars a year for the first t time in a long time,ll this country's working people a

, that they were bull connor. do you want to be the side of dr. king or george wallace? do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis? >> emily: oh, marc, how facts matter. >> marc: and he went on to say, i know where i stand, i will defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and it, domestic. remember how joe biden called half of americans enemies of our country, foreign and domestic enemies of our country. so you have to ask yourself, why are they doing this? these bills aren't going anywhere because of democratic opposition so it's a lost cause. they are using this hyperbolic rhetoric, why would they be doing this? it turns out that there are two reasons. first, because in the 2020 election, republicans made huge inground with nonwhite voters. he won at 91% of the black male vote and in 2020, biden won 80% of the vote and donald trump won 80% of the black male vote and that young americans supported donald trump. they nee

they were bull connor. that is an interesting reading to me. i assume you got it in the journals because you like to write. >> do you expect to work with senators manchin or sinema? >> there are certain things that are so consequential. you have to speak from your heart as well as your head. i was speaking out forcefully on what i think to be at stake. that's what it is. and by the way, no one, no one forgets who was on the side of king or connor. no one, the history books will note it. when i was making the case, don't think this is a freebie. you don't get to vote this way then somehow it goes away. this will stick with you the rest of your career and long after you're gone. >> and mr. president -- >> folks -- okay, whoa, whoa, whoa. hang on, guys. we've only gone an hour and 20 minutes. i'll keep going. but i'm going to go, let me get something straight here. how long are you guys ready to go? you want to go for another hour, two? okay. i'm going to go, tell you what, folks. i'm going to go another 20 mi

they were bull connor. that is an interesting read and i assume you got it in the journal because you like to write. >> i ask elected official in america, how do you want to be remembered? a consequential moment in history, they present a choice. do you want to be on the side of dr. king or george wallace? do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis? >> sean: well come he chose to be beside let's see the core murder my former klansman robert byrd and stop integration of schools because he did not want public schools to be racial jungles. it was lie after lie after lie in this presser today. even jo's old friend dick durbin thought that speech was too divisive. joe does not seem to grasp reality at this point in time. he just lies and lies over and over again. here are a few more examples, take a look, you decide. >> why are you trying so hard in your first year to pull the country so far to the left? >> well, i'm not. you no

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do you want to be on this side of john lewis, or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln, or jefferson davis? this is the moment to decide, to defend our electors, to defend our democracy. >> strong words from the president. necessary words. words that democrats and voting right advocates have been waiting for. was it too little too late? here, was senator kyrsten sinema, speaking on the senate floor, today. >> threats to american democracy are real. i share the concerns of civil rights advocates and others, that i've heard from in recent months, about the state laws. i strongly support those efforts to contest these laws in court. >> yes, good. good. >> i strongly support and will continue to vote for legislative response to address the state laws, including -- and the john lewis voting rights advancement act, that the senate is currently considering. >> awesome. that's exactly what our democracy needs, continue. >> and, while i continue to support these bills, i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying

you either voted on the side -- that doesn't make you george wallace or bull connor. if you did not vote for the voting rights act back then, you were voting with those who agreed with connor. those who agreed with -- and so -- and i think mitch is a real good job of making it sound like i was attacking them. >> so, i mean, this is -- this is what i have been saying. it's an important distinction. how will these -- how do you think these votes will be remembered? >> i actually think joe biden was very clear and nuanced in his speech in atlanta. i think a lot of people don't give him credit for his nuance. what he was doing was channeling what the -- the same thing that martin luther king jr. said in his letter from the birmingham jail in which he talked about the fact that the largest impediment to the negros success was the white moderate. he called that a larger impediment thank than the white citizens council or the klu klux klan. he wasn't saying that the white moderate was burning crosses or lynching people like those individuals he was comparing them to. what he

connor was going way, way, way the wrong way. there is a site coordinator there, her name is erin boyd, a longtime educator. she recognized this kid was a bright kid but on the wrong path. a kid that had given up on school. imagine this, connor today is a straight a student. and what he's doing is unbelievable. he was going to be here tonight. and he became ill, we don't know if he has covid or not right now but he was coming tonight. , but please give kathy and all these great people a tremendous run of applause. they have done so many wonders. [applause] ok. to wrap up the education end, last but not least, i am proposing a 5% pay raise to all service personnel, all of our state employees, teachers, all the people in the state of west virginia that work for the state of west virginia rather, and absolutely i am also proposing my backup for trying to backstop some of this terrible inflation that is going on and help them out a little bit there because , we can do exactly that. i hope that you will take that and really seriously

>> i did not say that they were going to be a george wallace or a bull connor. i said we're going to have a decision in history. >> is the country more unified than when you first took office? >> based on some of the stuff, we got done, i would say yes. but it's not nearly as unified as it should be >> kelly o'donnell reporting. let's get more now from kristin welker. who you saw was inside that news conference kristin, the president making a number of promises, including on his special spending plan >> reporter: lester, that's right the president said he expects to break up that bill into smaller pieces, which means some elements like the child tax credit may be dropped and there is another headline about vice president harris i asked if he would commit to keeping her on his ticket in 2024, and he said yes. lester >> kristin welker at the white house, thank you. >>> president biden also making news tonight on ukraine, predicting a russian invasion richard engel is there with the latest. >> reporter: even as u.s. officials warn russia now has enough troops in po

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in that speech he gave, he compared his opponents to bill connor, jefferson davis, which mitch mcconnell akin to saying agree witassahid wme or tyou are a bigot. how does characterizing opponents like that actually win over any kind of republican support? isn't the president coddling himself? >> you know, margaret, i read those comments differently. joe biden was tough in his words. but i think what he said was in the 1960s, say the voting rights act of 1965, people, including people of goodwill, had to decide were they going to stand on the side of bill connor are stand on the side of john lewis. it was the same point that martin luther king, jr. made. he said, i'm writing to people of g goodwill. you may not be bigots or pro-dispro-discrimination. but you have to decide which side you're going to stand on. in these efforts to hobble minority votes, all people of goodwill have to decide where they stand. >> brennan: you disagree with senator dick durbin, when he said the president may have gone too far. is there any outreach to republicans -- >> margaret, i've been engaged to outreach t

if you don't pass the laws he wants, you're bull connor. and if you oppose giving democrats untrammeled one-party control of the country, well, you're jefferson davis. 12 months ago this president said disagreement must not lead to disunion. ah, but yesterday he invoked the bloody disunion of the civil war, the civil war to demonize americans who disagree with him, he compared -- listen to this -- a bipartisan majority of senators to literal traitors. how profoundly, profoundly unpresidential. look, i've known, liked, and personally respected joe biden for many years. i did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday. >> okay. so that was -- i find the republicans do that a lot and conservative media do that a lot, what mitch mcconnell just did. he knows what he did, and he knows that he is -- it's beyond being hyperbolic, he's actually just lying about what the president said. that's not exactly what he said, right? that's what mitch mcconnell said. not exactly what biden said. biden didn't demonize americans who disagree with him, right

that they were bill connor. that is an interesting read in english. i assume you got into journalism because you like to write. >> did you expect that will work with senators mansion or --? pres. biden: certain things are so consequential, you have to speak from your heart as well as your head. i was speaking out forcefully on what i think to be at stake. that is what it is. by the way, no one forgets who was on the side of bill connor. the history books will note who was making the case. do not think this is a freebie. you do not get to vote this way and somehow it goes away. this will stick with you the rest of your career and long after you are done. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. hang on guys. let me get something straight here. how long are you guys willing to go? you want to go for another hour, two hours? ok. i tell you what, folks. i am going to go another 20 minutes. ok? yes, sir? >> president biden -- pres. biden: i want to thank my communication staff, they are a big help here. >> [laughter] >> president bid

apparently they side with bull connor every time so what's different? the threat of white terror, of course, getting rid of voter i.d. laws is a matter of national security biden explained. stand in the way and you may be a terrorist. once again, the president. >> i will not yield. i will not fledge, i will defend the right to vote. our democracy against all enemies, foreign and, yes, do domestic. >> tucker: enemies within our own country. we'll kill them. it's kind of amusing to see joe biden call other people extremists.. the message, give me total power over your life or you're a dangerous radical. it's funny but not funny. just hours before he spoke to the department of justice, to announce a new domestic terrorism unit. what is it for? you can read about it on the website. it's designed to hunt down and punish anyone who opposes the federal government or is otherwise "anti-authority." anti-authority? who is that? pretty much at this point all thinking people who aren't directly on the federal payroll. that means you. it means all of us. got the mes

connor? >> it's worse. certainly. the question is, what was the objective yesterday? why did the president of the united states go to atlanta, georgia? was he trying to get people on his side, speaking of joe manchin, kyrsten sinema, others, or was he trying to send a signal to progressives that, yes, i'm fighting on the issue, though it looks like a dead end, given what joe manchin said immediately afterwards. he said, i'm not for changing the rules. i don't know how many times you want me to say it. here's what president biden said in atlanta yesterday that joe is referring to. >> what do we choose, democracy over autocracy, light over shadows, justice over injustice? i know where i stand. i will not yield. i will not flinch. i will defend the right to vote. our democracy against all enemies, foreign and, yes, domestic. do you want to be the side of dr. king or george wallace? do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jef

if you don't pass the laws he wants, you're bull connor. he compared -- listen to this -- a bipartisan majority of senators to literal traitors. how profoundly, profoundly unpresidential. look, i've known, liked and personally respected joe biden for many years. i did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday. >> are there not, senator durbin, are there not legitimate reasons that a senator, a democratic senator, might be concerned that changing the filibuster rule will set a horrible precedent that republicans will exploit to do something like pass a nationwide abortion ban or something like that, without saying that kyrsten sinema or joe manchin are like bull connor or jefferson davis? >> i think what it boils down to, jake, is this. look at the senate. look at our productivity. take a look at our responsiveness to national issues. and what you're going to find is a big empty, quiet chamber that doesn't go to work anymore. why don't they go to work? because everything requires 60 votes/beat a filibuster. and it's a 50/50 senate. even

if you don't pass the laws he wants, you are bull connor. and if you oppose giving democrats on traveled control of the country, you are jefferson davis. 12 months ago, this president said disagreement must not lead to disunion. but yesterday he invoked the bloody disunion of the civil war to demonize americans who disagree with him. he compared a bipartisan majority of senators to literal traders. how profoundly un-presidential. i have known, liked and respected joe biden for many years. i did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday. american voters did not give president biden a mandate for very much. he got a tide senate, negative coattails in the house, the narrowest majorities in over a century. the president did not get a mandate to transform america or reshape society. but, he did arguably get a mandate to do just one central thing that he campaigned on. here's what that was, bridge a divided country, lower the temperature, dial down the perpetual era of crisis in our politics. that is the one central promise joe biden made. it

-- bowl connor and refusing to -- the senate. with the senate. to make these worse or to help break it? that the force broad coalitions? this hysteria does not prove the senate is -- approved the senate is as necessary as ever. republicans have reported -- supportive as we've been in the minority when the rules protect them when they've been in the majority in last week some of her colleagues across the aisle reconfirmed they have the principles to keep their word and to protect the institution as well. too many of our colleagues across the aisle they don't want to respond withes the rule breaking power grab. voting to break this institution will not be a free vote or an action even if their effort fails. an unprincipled attempt at grabbing power is not harmless just because it fails. voting to break the senate is not cost free just because a bipartisan majority of her colleagues have the wisdom to stop you. it's amazing that her colleagues are this enthralled. we have inflation, a pandemic, rampant violent crime, a border crisis

she said, no one knows who bull connor is. maybe the schools in the san francisco district where she's from, but across from the bay where i'm from, we know who bull connor is and what that reference means. i think that's another elitist display that continues to make everyone feel that they no less than she does. oh, don't worry about it, don't worry about the minions, they don't know what they are talking about. the same speaker in november who blasted kevin mccarthy for in part, "bigoted rhetoric." so why is it sometimes worries about her to her it's convenient, when she can give her arms up to be able to criticize them, but when there is absolutely inflammatory rhetoric and she waits it away as inconsequential, that hypocrisy is so rampant and the democratic party. keep in mind, this is the same day that after blasting the filibuster as antidemocratic and anti-american, 45 senate democrats used it happily to block senator cruz's option for the sanctions for the russian pipeline. so there is no sign that anyone understood t

he tried to klier file the remarks of bull connor. it sounded like you were calling republicans race it. he said he wasn't doing that. how did you hear that comment. >> he was calling us rasist. they call any american that wants voter i.d. 87% of americans want that, they call us racist. they want american taxpayers to pay for attack ads in campaigns. they are trying to pass something and trying to destroy the institution of the senate to pass an election bill that a small fraction of americans think is important whatsoever. that is a non-solution looking for a problem. bill, show me one voter who wants to vote that had a problem voting. we're at near record voter turnout. democrats want one-party control. they can't talk about their record because their record is one of miserable failure from democrat governors and open borders to catch and release. this is miserable. >> bill: the turnout was up higher than we've seen in 120 years. the exchange of the reporter and the president answering it. >> i know that you dispute the characteriz

do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis. >> now, i think it was james carville's book that said all is fair in love and politics, meaning there's nothing -- some people think there's nothing unfair in politics. it is what it is sometimes. mitt romney took offense to that change in tone. was it too harsh? >> well, you know, voting rights is a crucial important issue. you're talking with mitt romney about shouldn't there be a floor, shouldn't there be a standard for elections. yes, there should be a standard that includes new york and delaware and new jersey. but that deals with some of these clearly anti-democratic voter suppression laws that are being passed around the country in response to the big lie about the 2020 election. so, yeah, president biden got worked up about that and i get worked up about that, you know. i think it's an important issue. can't we unite behind the idea that everyone should be able to have their vote counted fairly? >> andrea, h

do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? this is the moment to decide to defend our elections. >> this is an incredible speech by the president showing the fire on the issue where a lot of the fire is in his coalition. >> make no mistake, biden's so-called voting rights legislation is also incredibly toxic and unconstitutional. >> he was virtue signaling to, to activists who think it took him too long to get there. i think he may have overshot the mark. >> the idea is this country is too racist to allow states to run their own affairs. nancy pelosi has to run them, only she is non-racist enough to conduct elections. howard: joins us now to analyze the coverage, susan ferrechio with the washington examinerrer, and in los angeles, leslie marshall, radio talk show host and fox news contributor. susan, the media coverage of joe biden's speech portrayed it as stirring and historic, but when the comparisons to bull connor and george wallace didn't play well, there was a second wave of coverage that was much more negative. >> i act

do you want to be the side of john lewis or bull connor? >> so much for unifying the country. >> perhaps the president went a little too far in his rhetoric. >> outside of the infrastructure bill, a significant victory. mr. biden has been unable to build a small coalition for bipartisans that some swing state democrats have been pleading for. >> i wish there had been a more serious effort on the part of democratic party leaders to sit down with the other party. >> for the third time in three months, president biden went to capitol hill in person, this time for voting rights. >> the honest to god answer is i don't know whether we can get this done. >> and for the third time walked away with nothing to announce. >> one year in mr. biden has the second lowest approval rating ever measured in the white house and has never been less popular nationally. >> these guys said they would come in and bring competence. the only thing they brought to washington is they're not donald trump. >> president biden successfully passed covid relief legislation a