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developing right now, an important milestone in this country's fight against ebola. today, 43 dallas residents who had contact with thomas eric duncan before he was hospitalized have now completed the 21-day monitoring period and not a single one, not a single person, has shown symptoms of ebola. one more patient is expected to be cleared later today. four others are expected to be cleared over the coming days. the newly cleared group includes duncan's fiance and three members of her family as well who have all been under kwarnty here in dallas. dozens more continue to be monitored. just moments ago, dallas officials asked the community to treat the family and those coming off the list with dignity and respect, especially the five children who were quarantined. >> there's zero risk that any of those people who have been marked off the list have ebola.

they were in contact with a person who had ebola. and the time period for them to get ebola has lapsed. it is over. so they do not have ebola. >> starting to show us the science that we talked about at the very beginning is working. >> last night, duncan's fiance, loui louise, released a statement saying we are so grateful none of us has shown any sign of illness. she adds, the quarantine is over. our time of mourning is not over. a small group duncan's family and friends held a memorial service saturday in north carolina. she was not able to attend that service. meanwhile, the pentagon is now putting together a 30 member team of medical experts who could be deployed anywhere in the united states to support civilian health care workers. >> they're going to get down to texas for some training this week so they have all the

protocols in place and they know what to do, the preparations. then they'll put on this prepare to deploy order status, where they can be ready in about 72 hours. >> now, at the same time, the cdc plans to issue new clearer guidelines for health care workers. sunday, the hospital where duncan tested positive for ebola and later died published this open letter here in the dallas morning news. quote, we did not live up to the high standards that are the heart of our hospital's history, mission and commissionment. nurses vinson and pham are still in isolation this morning. family members say both are responding well to treatment. vinson's family issued this statement last night. to be clear, in no way was amber careless prior to or after her exposure to mr. thomas eric dunk be. she has not and would not knowingly expose herself or anyone else. the statement went on to say suggestions she ignored any of the protocols recommended to her

are pantly untrue and hurtful. the lab supervisor who handled duncan's specimens has tested negative for ebola. that's according to the carnival cruise line folks. the soupervisor and her husband were quarantined. they returned to texas early yesterday. carnival now ramping up ebola screening measures, requiring passengers to fill out this questionnaire. new york senator chuck schumer says the cdc is also developing a national travel database listing passengers from ebola infected countries and sharing that information with hospitals. and some good news from the world health organization. nigeria is now off the list of ebola infected countries. that country has gone 42 days with no new cases. i'm joined now by former secretary of health and human services, also former governor of utah, michael leavitt. governor, secretary, thank you for being with me.

we chatted briefly on friday here on msnbc. i think we should start with at least recognizing how big a deal, a positive deal this is, the fact you've got 44 people here in dallas, four more folks expected to come off this list over the next day or so. how excited should we be? how positive of a development is this? >> it's very good news. it validates much of what has been hoped for. i think it's also a reminder that we need to continue keeping our focus on africa. while we're concerned about what's going on at hope, what's happening in africa where that -- not just out of concern for them but out of concern for ourselves. as it spreads across africa, the likelihood of it returning to the united states is high and we need to be ready for it. >> i want to ask you a question that's come up a fair amount of the past few days especially, this idea that the 21 -- the 21

days of isolation, that actually may not be long enough. what's your take on that? is it a 21-day isolation period, is it long enough to stop ebola from spreading? >> i'm not a scientist, therefore, i would defer to those who have scientific knowledge of this. however, i have become a bit of an historian on pandemic disease. we've been dealing with ebola since 1976. we've had -- until the episode of recent months, we've had almost 2,000 cases of it. they've been studies extensively. they've been working to develop vaccines through that period. i think they've come to quite solid sense of consensus. the 21 days is, in fact, the right period. >> what about the pentagon's rapid response team, this team of 30 specially trained folks who could deploy at a moment's notice anywhere in the country, is that sufficient? >> it's a good idea. but it also needs to be a moment when we remind ourselves that no

rapid response team from the federal government can be sufficient to cover a full-scale pandemic disease. state and local governments, not just in dallas, not just in bethesda, need to be prepared to deal with this. we need to be training. we need to be reminding us all that emergency preparedness at the local level is how ultimately we have to deal with any kind of emergency. >> i think you hit the nail on the head there. this is something -- that is something that is certainly exposed i think nationwide. the travel ban, secretary, as you know, of course, there's this "washington post" poll that just came out, it shows that a number of americans, the majority of americans, support this idea. a number of lawmakers, as you know, have come out as well. the white house continues to say this is not something that's being considered right now. why are you opposed to a travel ban?

>> i think we've gun to debate words. when we talk about travel ban, if we're talking about having entire flights canceled, as you know from the region where the flight -- where the disease is prevalent, there are no flights. they go to places like rome or madrid or london or munich. and then fly to the united states. i think other time, a lot of studies indicated that out-right, full-scale bans a aare unintended and have restrictions. if we talk about people at risk, our ability to restrict their travel ought to be robust. frankly, we do that today. anyone who has re-entered the united states knows that you have to fill out that little blue paper. you have to tell whether you've been in situations where there could be danger. then they have the ability to

kwarnty you quarantine you if n >> former health and human services director michael leavitt, thank you. appreciate it. president obama's in chicago on this monday morning, after getting back on the campaign trail to rally support for democratic candidates in maryland and in his home state of illinois where early voting starts today. >> i don't know about you, but the first thing i'm going to do tomorrow is cast my vote to re-elect dick durbin and give my friend pat quinn four more years as governor of the great state of illinois. >> while the ebola health care crisis is dominating the president's schedule in a new politico poll, two-thirds of likely voters say they feel like the united states is, quote, out of control. without a handle on its major challenges. the president's new ebola czar, former biden chief of staff ron klain, formerly starts work this

week. some republicans say he's the wrong guy for the job. >> we don't need another white house political operative, which is what mr. klain has been. when you appoint this next individual, klain, who's a lobbyist and a political hack, to head up the ebola crisis in this country, it doesn't give americans any confidence in this president. >> you need somebody who's a good organizer. his experience is extraordinary. >> a growing number of democrats, including several in tough senate races, are calling on the president to impose a travel ban, the american public overwhelmingly supports it, according to a new "washington post" poll i just mentioned. there's the number there. 67% say they support it. the president, though, continues to push back. >> we can't just cut ourselves off from west africa where this

disease is raging. trying to seal off an entire region of the world, if that were even possible, could actually make the situation worse. >> nbc senior white house correspondent chris jansing live for us this morning. it seems like the president is doubling down now. >> good morning. yes, obviously a big push this we saw since the naming of klain. president obama had an emergency response team meeting. who we didn't see there was ron klain. he's somebody who the white house expected to push back. he's also somebody with manag managerial experience. what they needed was somebody to oversee all these different governmental agencies. that's what they're looking for ron klain to do.

although, craig, he was here at the white house on saturday, they said he was basically taking care of paperwork. >> all right, chris jansing from the white house, thank you. more ahead from the ground here in dallas. including new guidelines coming from the cdc as we learn more about how the two dallas nurses contracted ebola. we'll talk about that. plus, a major discovery could mark a grim end to the five-week search for missing virginia college student hannah graham. we will go live to charlottesville, virginia, on the other side of this break. first, though, a look ahead at today's planner. right now, close arguments getting started in that detroit bankruptcy trial.

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welcome back to "the daily rundown" where we're following some developing news in the weekend over the search of missing student hannah graham. saturday, five weeks after she first went missing in charlottesville, police searching for hannah discovered human remains on an abandoned property less than ten miles away from where she was last seen early on the morning of september 13th. last month, as you will probably recall, police arrested 32-year-old jesse matthew in connection to graham's disappearance after catching him 1,300 miles away in galveston, texas. authorities in virginia say they've also found a forensic link between jesse matthew and the case of virginia tech student morgan harrington whose body was found in 2010, less than five miles from where the police discovered the human remains this weekend. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins me live now from charlottesville, virginia. at this point, any idea when we might see the autopsy results

from the human remains found this weekend? >> good morning. we're not sure when we might see those results but the identification could come as early as today. however, the overall forensic investigation is expected to take at least several weeks. today, investigators will be back at what is now considered a crime scene, this rural area where that disturbing discovery was made. in recent days, they had targeted their search before making that grim discovery. as you mentioned, now the, medical examiner, to look at those remains and see if it might be hannah graham. she vanished on september 13th, more than five weeks ago. jesse matthew was arrested and charged with her abduction. he has not yet ernt entered a p. his attorney says he will wait to make a further comment until these remains are identified. they were found near an area where matthew used to live at some point.

and also about less than five miles away from where the body of morgan harrington, that missing college student, was found, after her 2009 disappearance. very disturbing find here in virginia, craig, back to you. >> all right, gabe gutierrez, in charlottesville, thank you. i want to turn now to a potential break in another case. the manhunt for survivalist eric frein in northeastern pennsylvania. frein wanted for killing a state trooper and wounding another officer more than five weeks ago. police say there was a very credible possible sighting over the weekend by a woman out taking a walk. she was as close as 15 feet away from the suspect who she says has mud -- she said the guy had mud on his face, carrying a gun. authorities are continuing the search there in pennsylvania today. to a gruesome discovery in indiana. an investigation into a

potential serial killer. started on friday night when police in hamden, indiana, discovered the body of a woman straggled to death inside a motel 6. that investigation led police to a gary indiana man who confessed to her death and several others. he led police to three other dead bodies. one of which was found in this abandoned house. at least seven women were found dead across northwest indiana over the weekend. coming up, a major victory in the fight to control ebola in west africa as nigeria is declared virus free. first, a significant change in immigration policy expected to affect about 100,000 haitians waiting to become u.s. citizens. new details on that and much, much more when "tdr" comes right back. e some help. smart sarah. seeking guidance. just like with your investments. that sets you apart. it does? it does. you're type e*.

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administration is adopting new changes that will affect haitians waiting to become citizens. a group we rarely hear about. these folks come from haiti. starting early next year, thousands of haitians are approved for a visa under the family reunification program can wait for their green card in the united states instead of waiting in haiti. joining me to talk about the significance of this decision, the fellow that comes on right after this, msnbc's jose diat ballart. why now? >> the anniversary of that devastating earthquake in haiti of 2010 is coming up. i think when you start looking at just how clear cut this situation is, it's really surprising that the administration hasn't moved before this. because think about this, craig, and folks at home. you have legal residents and

u.s. citizens petitioning to have their direct family members reunified with them in the united states. those people in haiti receive authorization by the u.s. government to come to the united states. but because there is the quota system for visas in the united states, those people who did all legal paperwork necessary in the united states to be reunified with their family members here in the united states, those people, even though they're accepted, have to wait 12 to 15 years because of some quota system. it just seemed as though when they're doing things under the american law, and they're requesting things legally, why the backlog? and that's what's being changed. the backlog is being cut out now. and these folks are going to be able to come here, if they've been in haiti, waiting patiently for this backlog to change to come here and be reunified with their family members. >> how might this order from the

white house -- how might this frame the issue of family reunification for other groups? >> yeah, that's a good question. think about the 58,000-plus, young people across the border just this year without their parents. many have family members here in the united states. maybe in the future. the president has said he's going to act unilaterally with executive orders before the end of the year, regarding immigration. this could be something that he could look at as maybe something that could be transferred into. some, many, most of these kids to cross other, the ones that have family members here. >> jose diaz-balart, his show comes on in just a few minute, 10:00 eastern, here on msnbc. thank you, sir. coming up here on "the daily rundown," new numbers underscoring the challenge facing democrats as we close in on the final two weeks before the midterm elections. also, the cdc putting together a new set of guidelines, a new set

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cleared for symptoms of ebola. one more person should come off the watch list today. the remaining four we're told will be cleared in the coming days. i'm joined by nbcnews.com senior health writer maggie fox. let's start there. i mean, this -- this is pretty significant, no? >> it's very significant. it shows that what health officials have been telling us all along is indeed true. that it is not easy to catch ebola. it does not spread widely. you have to be in extended close physical contact with somebody who is actively very ill. precisely the people most at risk, health care workers who were down in duncan's space, in his face, attending to him, intubating him, taking blood. those are the people most at risk. it's very telling that his fiance, louise, who was in an apartment with him for days while he was sick, has not become infected. it's so lucky for her. what a blessing and relieveder must be that they haven't become

infected. hopefully, this will quell some of the fears that americans have had about the spread of ebola. i think they haven't been believing what officials and scientists and doctors have been telling them. which is the greater public is not at risk. what the true risk is that people will not be alert to ebola and won't be thinking ebola, which is exactly of course what happened, craig, at texas presbyterian hospital. the workers there just weren't thinking ebola. they will be now the next time. >> maggie, the centers for disease control plans to issue these new guidelines after finding that the nurses here, those two nurses that are currently hospitalized for ebola, that they might have been putting on too much protective gear. can you explain why too much gear could be as much of a risk -- is not enough? >> well, you don't need 22 layers of gear to keep ebola out. it's not that it's going to seep through. what you want to do is cover your skin so you don't get

droplets that you then transfer to your eyes, nose or mouth with your hands. so you actually don't need thick layers. what cdc director thomas frieden said was the nurses were putting on too many layers and it made it clumsy to get it off. it's when you're taking the stuff off that you're at risk of getting it on your bare hands or splashing it up in your eyes or nose or mouth. as everyone knows, germs are invisible and you might not notice you have done that. they're issuing new guidelines that will make it much easier for health care workers to know precisely what they need to do to protect themselves without going too far. >> as we reported at the top the hour, nigeria is off the list of ebola infected countries. so is senegal, after going 42 days with no new cases. this is according to the world health organization. is this a sign that we are having at least some modicum of success in beating back the virus now in africa? >> craig, let's hope so.

it looks like what people have been saying all along. we do know how to fight ebola. if people will just do the right things. if they will show up immediately, as soon as they have symptoms, get isolated. of course, they have to have somewhere to show up to. the problem in liberia is people haven't had anywhere to go. nigeria is a great example of how things can go right even in a crowded and somewhat underfunded african country. patrick sawyer, the liberian american who had ebola, showed up. he did infect 19 other people, mostly health care workers, but they contained it. they forced him to stay in the hospital. and then traced the contacts of everybody else who had been in contact with him. and they kept it down to a total of 20 people in that outbreak. it can be done. if the facilities are there and if the trained workers are there, knowing what to do,

knowing how to track down every contract, keep an eye on them. >> all right, maggie fox, senior health writer, nbcnews.com, thank you. back to politics now. with just over two weeks until election day, the republican edge among likely voters has risen to five points in a new nbc news/"wall street journal"/enenburg poll. for the first time since we started asking this question five weeks ago, registered voters also said they would prefer republican-led congress, democrats have a ten-point lead among low-interest voters right now. with high anxiety in the united states, democrats are urging their voters to get to the polls. they're also trying to build a fire wall so ebola will not become an october surprise. >> the only plan they've got right now is to try to make you so afraid, so discouraged, to tell you, to remind you, everything that's not working right. that's their plan, is to just

make people feel like government can't work. >> -- denied the world health organization the funds they did to organize emergencies. i don't think it's the time to -- we need to save the lives and keep this thing from coming to america. that's what we need to do. >> early voting starts today in arkansas. former president bill clinton made a five-stop swing through the state over the weekend. he'll be in louisiana today campaigning for senator mary landrieu. early voting if louisiana starts tomorrow. landrieu picked up the endorsement of the new orleans time picuyne over the weekend, at a time when they still are in recovery. senator landrieu acknowledges it's vital. that race, likely to be decided

in a runoff. both parties have already bought air time for ads after election day. meanwhile, with a specter of ebola tightening the north carolina race and running even with or trailing their republican opponents, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren was in both states over the weekend. democrats are putting their hope in long-shot races now in georgia, kansas, in south dakota where former senator larry pressler is waiting to get his old job back. mike huckabee said it could all come down to south dakota. >> a lot of these races are just as tight as a tick. if south dakota doesn't send him to the senate, frankly, it's properly not likely the other senate races have had enough to get the majority. >> nbc news senior political editor mark murray joins me live now. at this point, what's the likelihood that the upper

chamber in just a few weeks or i guess turn of the year i should say, after the runoff likelihood possibility they're going to see a republican-controlled senate? >> nothing is a sure thing. there are four contests in the margin of error. they're going to decide this election season to control the united states senate. talking about idaho, north carolina and kansas. here's why they're in the driver's seat. democrats essentially have to run the table if most, if not all, of these 50/50 margin of error contests. republicans have a little more leeway. they can, say, end up losing in north carolina, but still win in iowa and colorado and some other contests in the south and get to that senate majority. so anything is possible. we're going to be waiting for election day and, craig, as you've mentioned, election night might well extend into december or january with runoffs in georgia. but republicans are counting on this fact that they don't have

to run the table the way democrats have to. >> really, quickly, democrats down overall in the polls, counting on turnout at this point. is that realistic? >> absolutely. democrats have a better turnout organization. we saw that in 2012. we saw that in '08. of course getting those voters to the polls is one of those big challenges in the midterm election. the young voters, minorities, who were part of the president obama coalition often don't have the midterm voting experience that they -- you often see in a presidential contest. that's why keeping these races for democrats to margin of error contests is so important for them. they hope if polls show the race is within one or two points that a superior turnout operation can lead them to victory. again, they have to run the table. >> senior political editor mark murray for us this morning in d.c., mark, thank you, sir. up next, two steps forward, one step back. we'll tell you just how divided

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yes, i think they should allow gays to be welcomed into the church, yes. >> oh, yes. it's time for a change. it's time to see things in a totally different way. >> a day after an assembly of roman catholic bishops at the vatican stepped back for more tolerant language about gays, pope francis told a crowd of 70,000 gathered in st. peter's square not to fear change, saying, quote, god is not afraid of new things. the bishops watered down a draft report which called on the church to accept and value homosexuals and their gifts and qualities.

saying instead gays and lesbians must be received with respect and sensitivity. nbc's ann thompson joins me live now from new york. ann, how much of a surprise was this decision by the bishops? >> i think what came out in the final report wasn't much of a surprise. we saw in the week between the interim report, which is the report that had all that welcoming language, to gays and lesbians. we saw conservative bishops come out very forcefully and say, you know, we do not agree with this. so i think what you see in this final report is a middle ground where people could agree. is it as groundbreaking as the language in the interim report, no, but what's important to remember here is this report is not an ending but a beginning. it is setting the table for year-long conversation that the church is going to have on families and family issues. and the fact that the church is doing this out in open, talking about how to minister to

same-sex couples and homosexual people, is fairly extraordinary. >> is this a setback? how much of a setback is this for the people would said, you know, who am i to judge about a gay priest? >> no, i think pope francis got exactly what he wanted. a spirited very public debate over these last two weeks. and i think the other thing that has happened is if you go and you look at his final address to this meeting of bishops, he warned both wings of the catholic church, if you will, the traditionalists against hostile rigidity and the progressives against bandaging a wound before you treat it. so i think the pope is looking for a middle ground. >> anne thompson, thank you. i want to turn now to the other big story overseas. exactly four weeks into the bombing campaign against isis, the united states is still facing a tough fight on two

fronts now. other the weekend, the u.s. dropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to help kurdish forces near kobani, syria. turkey opposed the move out of fear those weapons could get to kurds and oppose the government in turkey. this morning, secretary of state john kerry tried to ease concerns about sconcern s by saying it is not about a shift in policy, it is a crisis moment, an emergency. the u.s. has been launching air strikes repeatedly in and around kobani to help the kurds fend off isis. in the last week, u.s. air power has been largely confined to that one city. nearly three types as many strikes have targeted kobani then all of iraq combined. it's an interesting shift for the united states, which indicated just last week that kobani was not as much of a priority as iraq. while the kurds have gained some ground in kobani, the situation in iraq has gotten worse. isis now controlled about 80% of the western anbar province using

another major military base last week and they've managed to infiltrate baghdad, setting off bombs that killed dozens in shiite neighborhoods in recent days. this is what pentagon spokesman rear admiral john kirby said earlier on "morning joe." >> it should come as no surprise they're threatening baghdad. that said, we do not assess that baghdad is under imminent threat right now. there's no masses of formations of al asal fighters around the capital. the forces are doing a good job stiffening defense around thety. >> joining me now, msnbc military analyst. general, how concerned are you about the momentum that isis has gained in iraq? >> i think the commander, our joint commander, general lloyd austin, is using kobani to almost attract as a magnet these isis fighters. u.s. air power has been

extremely effective. the air drop was a dramatic new change. to get in there with 27 bundles of weapons, ammunition and medical supplies. i imagine isis is not doing nearly as well, given the siege of kobani, as they might expect to. the iraqi armed forces are defunct the. they're not doing well at all. 25% of them ran for it and have disappeared. they're viewed as a shiite oppressive regime by the sunni population. which is why isis is doing so well in the western part of iraq. >> let's go back to kobani here for a second. it sounds like you think we should be okay there, that kobani -- that we're going to be able to hold kobani. is that accurate? >> well, i don't know if we'll be able to hold it. things are looking more positive. i think it's attracted isis fighters from all over iraq and syria. they view it as a huge prize to

be won so they're massing where u.s. air power can get at them and the kurds have been extremely effective. kurdish ppk forces in defendi i the city. most of the population has spread. a couple hundred thousand have gone back to turkey. now, perhaps, the turks are relenting and allowing more kurdish reinforcements. >> what has to be done to fight isis? do you think we can expect more help from arab nations now? >> no, not really. the attempt to define so-called moderate syrian opposition is probably innocence.

nonsense. the dilemma the administration faces is almost improbable. assad has murdered his own people. he was the target. the principal enemy to assad are sunni muslim fighters. of which the most effective are al noose are a and this terrible isis crew. i'm not sure there's any good way out of this. >> and general mccaffrey, thank you, sir. >> good to be with you. we're waiting for texas to enforce strict rovoter id laws. the case is not closed just yet. we'll explain when tdr comes right back. ♪ "here i am. rock you like a hurricane." ♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. wow! [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbell's chunky soup. it's new chunky beer-n-cheese with beef and bacon soup.

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they all lost their lives because of preventable medical errors, now the third leading cause of death. only heart disease and cancer take more lives. proposition 46 will save lives with drug and alcohol testing to make sure impaired doctors don't treat someone you love. safeguards against prescription drug abuse. and holds the medical industry accountable for mistakes. i'm barbara boxer. let's save lives. vote yes on 46. a tough voter id law can stay on the books in texas. the supreme court issued a ruling say the state can force the law despite the fact that the federal court found that unconstitutional. the court did not say why but previous rulings have shown it was likely the court found it

was too late to change the rules. the law is meant to prevent schroeder id. voters say it's thinly israelied attempt. attorney general hold the it a major step back ward and said the focus must be on letting the largest number of people vote. the court did not rule on whether the law is constitutional. something that may happen after the midterms. it's not the first time the court ruled it was too late to change election laws. the co-host of the cycle joins me live from los angeles. how much of an impact do you think is going to have on voter midterms in november? >> that's the big question everyone is trying to figure out in texas where midterm voting starts today, craig. there's been studies on this. the general accountability office released one saying you can have a swing of two to three points sometimes with the voter id rules. that doesn't even take into

account whether there's something that the supreme court was concerned about, which is last minute confusion by voters. texas has one of the strictest laws op s on the books here. this is a law, craig, that is discriminate story. as a matter of fact a federal judge ruling that. look, if you're a poor person, a person without voter identification or a driver's license, if you go to community college, say, and take the bus there, you may not only have this id but they found in the lower court you may have a two to three hour trip to go to the kind of place to get it and come back. that typically in our cases has been considered the kind of burden that is not okay to put on voters. >> you pointed out in a recent article these kinds of changes rarely have a whole lot to do with problem in this country. you've been following this closely over the past few years.

how do we think this is going to play out? >> yeah, i mean, when you talk about election integrity are some of the things that republicans have cited as necessary for having the rules, the simple fact, craig, is every study that looked at this found less than a .05 incidence of the voter fraud. what folks are talking about is a kind of a plot where you have thousands of people show up in person and impersonating other voters to swing an election. it's literally never happened. i wrote it was a more far fetched than the plot of gone girl. for people who have seen the movie know what i'm talking about. that's unlikely. what happens is the supreme court will reach the merit of the case if they take up the appeal. that will happen after the midterm. for texas in a lot of states there will be the extra hurdle to voting whether people organize around it. >> good to see you. that's going to do it for this

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