to this truly wonderful family. may she rest in peace and as we say, may her memory be a blessing. to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, fund the police. biden going against the progressive wing of his party by calling for more police and more funding. is he worried about democrats moving way too far to the left? texas house democrats fleeing the state to block a vote are about to arrive in washington d.c. i'll talk to lawmakers literally on the road now. what's the plan here or are they delaying the vote? fazer briefing administration on a potential third booster shot for the covid-19 vaccine after the cdc

and fda said no booster is needed. let's go "outfront". good evening. i'm erin burnett. so much for defunding the police. president biden wants to takckl the spike in crime with more police officers and more funding for police departments. >> our strategy provides including funding for law enforcement through the american rescue plan for states, cities and to be able to hire police and pay them over time in order to advance community policing. >> funding law enforcement, hiring more officers. biden believes in that and thinks it's the winning message. look who he invited to the white house for his meeting in crime and police reform. a former nypd captain that won a crowded primary for new york city mayor by saying more officers are part of the solution, not the problem. >> we have some amazing

officers. we're going to say i have your back. when i heard her hesitate on the answer will you take guns away from police officers while we're experiencing an uptick in gun violence, 10-year-old children are shot and killed. we're seeing shootouts on the upper west side, assassinations. this is not the way you approach this issue. this sends the wrong message. >> loud and clear and his campaign website he writes quote if we're for safety, we need the nypd and adams won with that message. a message frankly that echoes what we heard from biden during the campaign. >> i believe in law and order. i've never supported defunding the police. >> but he may have not supported it but defending the police is what a whole lot of the progressive wing of the democratic party does support and embrace. >> what are you willing to sacrifice to make sure that over

funded police departments are defunded? >> the minneapolis police department is rotten to the root, and so when we dismantle it, we get rid of that cancer. >> i understand the people don't like the slogan. i get that. i don't like death. i don't like black death. i don't like to keep seeing my people die at the hands of police. >> congress woman talib said no more policing that can't be reformed after policing is inh inherently and racist in the united states. according to the mayor cities chief association, chicago has a 37% increase in homicides in the first quarter of this year compared to last. los angeles, 41%, san jose, california, 43% and i'll speak to that city's mayor who met with biden today in a moment. these statistics are alarming and the big cities, of course, are often run by democrats,

which is something donald trump loves to point out. >> you see the crime wave even without this you see all in democrat run cities. please remember that. the bloodshed and violence in these cities is reaching epidemic proportions. >> it's why biden is making law and order a priority and the polls are telling the same story. a poll from may showed 70% of americans opposed quote defund the police movement. 27% supported it. the challenge for biden, though, is now in his own party. can he convince the progressives that his message to fund the police to believe in the police is the right message? kaitlan collins is "out front "live outside the white house. it was clear president biden knows the calls to defund the police are not what the public is responding to but it is what

the progressive wing of his party is fighting for. >> reporter: right but it's something he's always pushed back for. he said we need more investments in police and that is something that's ramped up lately as you've seen crime ramp up and i was told this room today really is showing what the biden administration's policy on this is because if you look around who is invited to this meeting from eric adams to several police chiefs, it's not a defund the police kind of crowd and biden isn't a defund the police kind of president. he's never shown himself to be that way. we're told they do feel a sense of urgency on the federal response and how communities will be responding to this because the concern is that the violence, the gun violence is only going to get worse in the coming weeks as the summer drags on and so that was really what was behind part of this meeting today on how to address that and how the federal government can help since legislation on guns does not appear to be going anywhere on capitol hill. i think the other part of it is being able to respond to

republicans who are trying to paint biden as soft on crime and the democratic party on soft on crime ahead of the 2022 midterms. this is somewhere the white house thinks they can effectively push back on that by saying that is not our interest or priority at all and instead, biden is encouraging local jurisdictions to use that coronavirus relief money to hire more police officers, to pay them over time. the balance that he has to strike as a democratic president is in between people who are angry about police violence and what you've seen happen lately with also people that want to balance at a more moderate wing of the party and balance that with rising crime rates in the united states. that's what you saw on the domestic agenda is the focus. >> thank you. as promised, i want to go to the mayor of san jose. he was inside that meeting with president biden today. appreciate your time. you know, i mentioned the statistics in cities across this country but let me again, san jose, homicides up 43% in the

first quarter compared to last year aggravated assaults up by a third. look, these numbers are disturbing for you and for everyone obviously in your city. is the white house doing enough right now to help combat crime in major american cities? >> it's good to be with you, erin. i believe the white house recognizes the need for a more robust partnership between the federal government and local cities and i think president biden has demonstrated how serious he is about that. he spent more than two hours talking with us about how they can be better partners. really, much more listening than talking and i'm convinced that he is serious about this. >> so you've been very clear mayor that you've rejected calls to defund the police, but obviously, the push by some in your party to move in that direction is very loud and potent. that tweet from talib, no more policing, incarceration and

militarization can't be reformed. policing is racist in america. how. >> reporter: -- are you worried how voices like talib impact your party? >> it's important to hear the voices because they are conveying something that's fundamentally of great concern to all of us which is in cities throughout the country we're seeing a break in trust and we have to restore the bridges and restore trust. i never supported slashing police budgets certainly in my own city with the thinly staffed police department in the country but certainly have a lot of work to do and doing it in the with the community and that doesn't mean we won't engage and reimagine how to respond to various issues of public safety. they don't always require a badge and a gun. we're investing heavily right now in mental health providers getting out there on the street to be able to really reduce the tension when we're first

encountering somebody having mental health episodes. there is a lot of solutions out there. i don't happen to believe laying off hundreds of officers is one of them. >> mayor, let me ask you, biden is being consistent with what he said when he ran for office. this is what he beleieves and yet, politics is complicated and that doesn't necessarily mean that's where this will go. when you talk to him today, how much passion did you sense in his point of view, right, about being, you know, not supporting defunding the police and believing in investing in police? >> actually, the topic of defunding never came up. what we're talking about was solutions and we had for example the head of a community based public safety organization in newark talking about all the non-police solutions and settling conflict in the city of newark and heard from as you mentioned the current burro

president in new york who talked about swimming upstream to tackle challenges with prevention. this is a president that cares deeply about investing in cities and prevention and ensuring we get to our young people before the gangs do, not with a badge and a gun but with a job, with educational opportunities. >> mayor, appreciate your time. thank you very much. "outfront" now james carville. president of people for the american way and former president and ceo of the naacp. so ben, do you have any concern that voices on the far left pushing things like defund the police, like saying that all police are inherently and intentionally racist could hurt the democratic party in the next election? >> no. you know, i think that the republicans want to fixate on that because they don't have ideas. we have ideas. good ideas are actually how we

make this country safer. that's what we're talking about. you heard it from the mayor, right? said no, actually, we were sitting there talking about, you know, the actual ideas and so that's what we need to run on. that's what you'll see candidates talking about. i think that, you know, folks who have a slogan, that's not going to decide these racist. >> and yet, james, those voices are loud and people hear them and sure, they can give republicans talking points but it -- i would argue deeper than that in the sense of this is what people, what they believe. congresswoman talib believes this and omar believes this and ocasio-cortez believes this and they have an audience for it. >> unfortunately, the people that vote for them are the people that vote in the presidential primaries do not we leave it. democrats overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly nominated joe biden. new york city democrats do not

believe it. er -- eric adams, the police chief. it a deeply held conviction among a small part of the democratic party. we're not going to defund the pr police. we can have better policing and do things to include it. it's a stone cold losing political issue and it doesn't lose general elections, it loses democratic primaries -- >> which we just saw in new york and i guess you -- >> look at new york city. >> that's right. certainly with eric adams. when you win the democratic ma mayoral primary in new york city, you're likely to be the mayor. so penben, let me ask you becau the broader point if a law enforcement point is not something progressives can win on, the broader point of dealing with the progressives in the party is an important one. you know, you were the

democratic nominee in 2018. and it was your republican governor opponent larry hogan that tried to paint you far left. it ends up in a scenario you were asked if you're a socialist. i wanted to play it because i have a question about it. here it is. >> i about fell out of my chair when i read in "the times" this weekend that hogan was out there calling me names and it occurred to me him calling me a far left socialist is what the tea party called president obama. it's what berry cold water called martin luther king. >> do you identify with the term -- >> are you [ bleep ] kidding me? is that a final point? okay. >> thank you, sir. >> and obviously, ben, you apologized for your language there. your emotion in that moment showed something i thought was key. are you worried about how this

far left image in your party could play out, or do you just think this will go away? >> you know, it's -- i don't think that the republicans will stop calling democrats names until they come up with some ideas of their own and so far a combination of just having a ton of money and calling folks names seems to work better for them than their ideas. my opponent in the race was the in incumbent. a ton of money. he became the first governor, the first governor to intentionally not comment on any piece of legislation. you know, and vrecently tried t veto extending unemployment to the workers of the state only to have that veto beaten back by the democrats. i mean, so, yes, they will call names and frame stick to your ideas and push your ideas out this and raise as much money as the next candidate.

>> james, the thing is when i bring up the socialist point, i sense it's the tip of the iceberg. it a small tiny data point in a broader world where people are sometimes afraid to say what they think or they think they will be branded something awful. this is cording to a 57% of americans believe people are too offended by what others say and only 40% agreed that quote people should be careful what they say to avoid offending others. and that is something that republicans are seizing on. here is what former president trump said about it this weekend, james. >> we stand up to political correctness and we reject the intolerance of left wing cancel culture. we will stop left wing cancel culture. >> james, how big of a problem could this be for the democrats? >> first of all, a big problem for somebody that doesn't like political correctness that talked about grabbing women in

their private areas. if that's -- not saying that's political correctness and i'm politically correct. look, it is a problem. new york democratic consultant named matthew thomas said if you can master the language of the identity left, everyone is scared of you and people just want to communicate as human beings with each other and not be stuck somewhere deep in addiction area and they want to get along and enjoy each other's company and live in common and all around the country, particularly in our usrban area. i don't know politically correct. we should use language everybody uses to communicate. by the way, he's a very bright guy and they will call you a socialist no matter what you do but it's better not to go out and say you won because i believe the taxes are strong, robust safety net and strong environmental protection. i don't think i'm a socialist

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you could get it but this is two weeks later. does it show concern on the part of trump that weisselberg may flip? >> not necessarily. erin, i am a recovering lawyer and i can tell you this is pretty standard operating procedure for a business. if you have an executive who has been indicted in some states there are regulatory requirements that you remove that person. there are also practical concerns like this person is going to have to spent a lot of time and energy focused on defending themselves. so here what you have in certain subsidiaries like the trump payroll corporation that processes payroll, you had mr. weisselberg listed as the treasurer and vice president and now you have donald trump junior and eric trump listed on the records but oa source says weisselberg is expected to remain at the organization, though his role and title may change. but as we know, this is not just an allen weisselberg problem. changing his title or role won't make this whole problem go away.

the trump organization itself has been indicted and we know from our reporting that this investigation is active and on going. at least one other executive is under scrutiny. there could be additional charges filed here that would definitely change the prospects for this organization and mr. weisselberg but at this point, the trump organization and payroll corporation and mr. weisselberg have pleaded not guilty and vowed to fight the charges. >> paula, thank you. and former president trump taking his lies about january 6th and the election to a new level now claiming that there was quote love in the air on the day of the deadly insurrection. while falsely aleleging the capitol rioter ashley babbitt was killed by a security detail. at that time just the beginning. >> it's not called an insurrection to me. what about it was an insurrection? >> they stormed the capitol. >> who? who is they?

>> the trump supporters. >> bullshit. you don't know who those people were. >> some trump supporters were invited in and there is video and audio. >> reporter: trump and his supporters are either in denial or lying what happened on january 6th. >> there was such love at the rally. they were peaceful people. these were great people. the crowd was unbelievable. >> reporter: members of the three% percenters and proud boy groups gathered. they were both allegedly involved in the insurrection. >> i think the election was probably stolen from him. >> reporter: do you accept he lost the election? >> i accept on paper things happened to make it appear that way. i don't know who would have happened. i find it very questionable that he lost given the support that he had. >> reporter: almost everyone we spoke to at cpac believe the election was stolen. one of the few exceptions, this

man who said the so-called smoking gun evidence of election fraud promised by lawyers who worked with trump never materialized. do you accept joe biden won the election? >> yeah. >> reporter: so you are, you know, one of the very few people i'm likely to meet here this weekend who will tell me that bid biden won the election fairly. >> that's unfortunate. i have to have the evidence. i have to see it. if you're telling me you're going to release the cracken, show me the freaking cracken for crying out loud. show me the piece of the cr cracken. show me something. don't tell me to go to mr. pillow man's website to get the information and i click on there and you get a million sites, ads pop up and i'm still not going to see even a fingernail of the freaking cracken. >> what are you hoping to hear from trump? >> that he is going to regain his rightful seat as president. >> reporter: in 2024?

>> no. >> reporter: when? >> as soon as the election is overturned for the election fraud. >> reporter: some still falsely believe the conspiracy theory trump could be reinstated in the 2020 election overturned. a notion the department of justice says could incite further violence. but most people respoke to are looking ahead to 2024 and want trump to run again. >> i think we need to move on to 2024. it would be great if they could really just come up with the smoking gun and go it really was that way. but i don't believe that's really going to happen. >> reporter: 70% of cpac attend dees want trump to be the republican candidate in 2024. >> you know they do that straw poll, right? if it's bad, it's fake. if it's good, i say that's the most accurate poll perhaps ever. >> reporter: a second question on the straw poll that excluded trump as a potential 2024 candidate, florida governor ron desantis was a clear winner.

would you like to see trump run again? >> absolutely. >> reporter: how about you? would you like to see trump run again? >> yeah. i think ron desantis has a better chance than trump does. >> reporter: so erin, quite a bit to unpack there. you heard one person mention that dangerous conspiracy theory that trump could be reinstated before 2024 that somehow he might come back at this summer. we know from last week the department of justice is concerned that conspiracy theories like that could prompt more violence and finally, erin, just want to point out that, you know, this was a political conference, the main political conference of the summer but especially yesterday when trump was there, we saw guys walking around outside in tactical gear. people from the proud boys and 3 percenters and militia an indicator of where the republican party itself is right now. erin? >> thank you very much.

cpac always conservative but people walking around in tactical gear, proud boys, not something we would have found acceptable even a few years back. texas house democrats going to great lengths to stop a bill. as we speak, they're on their way to d.c. one driving to the capitol is my guest to explain why. tonight, the fda warning of a rare nerve condition associated with the john seson johnson covid vaccine. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ discover card i just got my cashback match is this for real? yup!

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breaking news. texas house democrats are about to land in washington after fleeing the state on two private planes in an attempt to stop action on a republican elections overhaul bill that was to be voted on as soon as tomorrow. sources tell cnn the lawmakers kept the plans secret over concern law enforcement could track them down and legally compel them to return to the state capitol. the latest gambit comes after texas democrats walked out of the capitol in may. dan gis "outfront" tonight. this is movie like development. it's pretty incredible these

lawmakers are risking a lot by doing this. if successful, they will be able to stop action on this bill at this time. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, they are. that's why in part this was kept such a secret before they took off. democrats who were planning this said they had to be very careful because the texas state law does allow for the state to compel them to return to the capitol and that's even sending the department of public safety to essentially apprehend them and bring them back. so you mentioned they've done this before. this is about two times now in as many months but what is different about this one is the fact that last time they left a building, this time they got on private planes and left the state and they're likely going to have to stay out of the lone star state for, well, the rest of the special session. so into the month of august. now, the key is that once they come back if they wait it out, the governor can call another special session. i spoke with one of the democrats who is on that plane that should be landing here in washington d.c. in just about

half an hour or so. i asked how long they're prepared to do this and trey martinez fisher told me we are going to use every ounce of the fight we have in us for this. if it is one session or ten sessions. they are coming to washington d.c. for a very specific purpose because they want to make sure democrats here in washington see that those who are in the minority are risking everything they have for voting rights and they want those who are in the majority here to do the same. now, look, texas governor greg abbott did release a statement about this. he said essentially that the democrats need to put aside their partisan political games and get back to the job they were elected to do but erin, in talking to these house democrats, they tell me they plan to be here and they plan to be out of the state as long as it takes to ensure that those two particular bills introduced as special session do not pass. >> all right. thank you very much. so let me bring inresentative j

texas. you're driving. i believe you're in tennessee. i don't know about your speed limit here representative. >> that's correct. >> i don't want to make light of it. tell me why is it so important to you to go to great lengths to stop this bill now. you'll have to stay out of the state until august. what makes this so important to you? >> this bill would make it harder for the people of texas to vote. texas is the hardest state in the nation to vote and this would make it harder. the secretary of state said our elections ran smoothly, securely and were a success. what are the problems the bill is trying to solve? they are trying to make it harder for people of texas to vote specifically individuals with disabilities, women and people of color. >> so representative, obviously i mentioned now need to stay out into august. 26 days of this special session.

you'd have to stay out of the state for this this work temporarily and as die ane reported, the governor could call another special session if he chose to. at some point this bill will be voted on and you don't have the votes to stop it. so i mean, is this i guess ultimately about just really drawing attention to this and you know what the inevitable reality will be? >> well, i think it's a few things. one, i'm driving because my family and i decided that we were committed to being out of state as long as it took, which is why we came together and we're going to be together in d.c. my colleague trey martinez fisher said at the to be we're committed to this as long as it takes but we're coming to d.c. to put pressure on them to act because this isn't just texas. all over the south republican states, we're seeing voter suppression bills so we need congress to pass the for the people act and john lewis voting rights act to make sure all american voting rights are protected. >> last time democrats walked

out to protest the bill's passage and you did get concessions at that time. >> absolutely. >> early voting no longer prohibited before 1:00 p.m. on sundays for example. there were a few things you succeeded. do you think they will make any changes this time or is this just sort of a, you know, throwing a extrgrenade into a negotiation? >> i agree they were taken out because of actions. when you have a bill that is not designed to solve a problem but to suppress votes, there is no compromise to be had. that's why we're committed to stopping this bill, which will still make it harder. it will make it harder for people to vote by limiting the hours of voting and limiting drive-through voting used in harris county by a majority of women and allow poll watchers to have free passes at intimidating voters in the act of voting. >> appreciate your time. thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> representative bucy driving

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breaking news. the government saying nothing has changed after pfizer briefed the biden administration trying to make the case a third booster shot of the covid vaccine should be approved. pfizer has warned it's seeing waning immunity and people may need boosters as soon as six months after the second dose but the headline from the administration tonight, nothing changed following the briefing. incredible. dr. peter hotez. dr. hotez, look, this is incredible. pfizer comes out and says we want to get approval for a third booster because we're seeing waning immunity and the cdc, dr. fauci, they say nope, nope,

nope, go ahead with things as they are. so pfizer comes in to bereave them so they can talk about it and share the data and come out of this meeting and the headline from the biden administration is nothing has changed. what is going on here? >> we can unpack it in three different ways briefly. first of all, we've been talking all year about the likelihood we will need a third immunization, which will help to dramatically elevate virus neutralizing antibodies even more, provide better tnt cell help and cellar immunity and we need to do that because we've done as good of a job in the u.s. we're doing a terrible job in africa that is largely unvaccinated, latin america and southeast asia so the variants as they come into the u.s. will be important to do that third immunization down the line. that's point one. point two is as important as that is, it's not really clear we need to do this for the delta

variant. the two doses where most individuals give adequate levels of virus gneutralizing anti bodties and if you look at the people going into the hospital or losing their lives, 99% roughly are unvaccinated individuals. so that's still quite robust. i think the one thing i'm surprised about is israel said today they are now recommending a third immunization for patients receiving immune know suppressing therapy, bone marry ch -- bone marrow transplants. that makes sense to me. >> it keeps putting forth a very clear, you know, and they're aware of this story line that pfizer says one thing and administration science team is saying another from hhs and the cdc. so let me ask you, dr. hotez, if

the third booster shot of the pfizer vaccine is recommended, it will be under what's called an eua, which is emergency use authorization and that's what the current pfizer is under. the vaccine is not fully approved by the fda and this is, we understand, one of the major barriers to convincing some people out there to get vaccinated and dr. fauci is now saying this. >> so these vaccines are as good as officially approved with all the is dotted and ts crossed. it hasn't been done yet because the fda has to do certain things but it's as good as done. >> and of course, we all understand why he would say that. he's trying to create confidence but if there is a process, this is a process. does there need to be more urgency on this? you have people on the far right hiding we hind this emergency use authorization to imply somehow it not safe or not known. >> that's absolutely right and so the disinformation campaign

is part saying that humans are being experimented on is nonsense and dr. fauci is right. tony is right. that the emergency use authorization closely proximates the full approval process but it's really important the fda move on this, at least take this off the table and if they're slow in doing it, there should be a p communication as to why because otherwise, people will believe there must be a problem. i'm confident there is not but there should be that communication and give some kind of time frame for when we can expect full approval. so i think it's really important for public perception and also doing this booster through eua is also doesn't really make sense to me. we've never done a booster through emergency use authorization. so that's somewhat confusing. >> before we go, johnson & johnson yet another headline on a negative impact here. this is a rare neurological condition they have to put a

label notification. the cdc still says the benefits strongly out weigh the risk but do you have any concern about the j&j vaccine all things considered? >> i don't have concern about the vaccine. it a good vaccine. it an kplexcellent vaccine and gives good levels of protection. again, a lot of it is perception because this safety signal on top of the previous safety signal related to the brain events and problems they have had with manufacturing and the contract manufacturer. all of that adds up to cause people to lose confidence. as i like to say, it doesn't take much for a good vaccine to be voted off the island, even if it's a good vaccine. >> dr. hotez thank you. >> thank you very much. protests, thousands flooding the streets in cuba demanding a regime change and the escalating outrage is quickly becoming an issue for biden. plus for weeks we followed

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tonight, the white house says biden has no plans, right now, to reverse trump-era sanctions on cuba, despite promising to do so during the campaign. it comes, as biden faces growing pressure from the right to do more. as cubans struggle with widespread shortages of food and a major covid crisis. patrick oppmann is out front. >> reporter: the protests that swept across cuba. the largest, in decades. stunned the communist-run government. and quickly, turned violent. demonstrators pelted patrol cars with stones. and police forcibly arrested scores of people. repression, this woman told cnn, all that we have here is repression. counter-protestors organized by

the government tried to shut them down. some chanting that they are fidel castro. but fidel castro died in 2016 and his brother, raul, retired in april. now, the job of managing cuba's worst crisis in a generation falls to their handpicked successor, miguel diaz canal, who called the protestors criminals. they stoned the police force, damaged cars, he said, a behavior that's completely vulgar, completely indecent. tensions have been building for months, in cuba, over increased sanctions, first, imposed by the trump administration. the pandemic has further wounded an already-ailing economy. cubans wait for hours in crowded lines, each day, to buy what little there is, as the number of covid-19 cases surge. cuba's food crisis appears to be getting worse, and worse, as the pandemic goes on longer and longer. the people here said they don't

want to be waiting hours in these lines. but they feel the choice they have is run the risk of getting infected, or going hungry. the biden administration warned the cuban government not to crack down on the protestors. >> we call on the government, government of cuba, to refrain from violence, their attempts to silence the voice of the people of cuba. >> reporter: but after a day of angry clashes, that warning may have, already, fallen on deaf ears. and there is a heavy-police presence on the streets of havana tonight, erin. and there is an island wide internet blackout. it appears the cuban government is trying to prevent cubans from posting the images and pictures that we saw the last several days, that sparked these unprecedented protests. erin. >> all right, patrick, thank you very much. please, stay safe. being down there with then-president obama and what a different world and tone it was. thank you so much zblnks. next, for weeks, we have

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tonight, 94 people are now confirmed dead in surfside, florida. among them, pablo rodriguez's mother and grandmother. pablo spent two weeks waiting for any news about them. you remember him graciously speaking here about these women, who were so core to his life. alana chavez and alana blasser. pablo's little boy was the focus of their world. >> and then, today, they were going to go pick him up to take him out to lunch. um, you know, they -- they came over, every single weekend, to spend -- spend the day with him. >> pablo tweeted this, on saturday. quote, last night was the first night since this nightmare started that i was able to get a little bit of sleep. the thought they suffered was weighing on me, heavily. and confirmation that they did not was a relief. it was the best, bad news i could receive, in this situation. only hope i had. pablo says, he will try to tell himself what his mother always

told him. when you get knocked down, get up. keep moving forward. our deepest sympathies to pablo, his brother alex, and their family. thanks very much to all of you for joining me tonight. ac "360" with anderson begins, right now. good evening. a lot happening, tonight, including a new warning about another very rare but serious condition now associated with the johnson & johnson one-shot covid vaccine. also, there is new word on whether a booster shot is called for given the spread of the delta variant. later, the former president going all in on the insurrection, a day in which he says, and these were his exact words this weekend, love in the air. we begin, though, right now, with the lengths that texas democratic state lawmakers have just gone to try to block republicans there from passing restrictive, new voting law. they have left the state, entirely, and are just minutes way from touching down at washington's dulles airport. we are expecting to hear from them shortly and talk to one of the top-democratic