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good morning. i'm hallie jackson with you. stick with us. it's a big hour in the global fight to get people vaccinated. right now, we have our eyes on the white house. any second now, the administration's covid-19 response team will hold a briefing. the white house is expected to lay out its global vaccination distribution plan. we are hoping to learn how many doses, which countries would be prioritized and more. we will go to that live as soon as it starts. while people around the world who want the vaccine can't get one, the white house is in an all-out blitz to convince people here in the u.s. who can get the vaccine to actually do it. this morning our nation's top doctors are pushing to meet president biden's big goal, getting 70% of americans at least one vaccine dose by independence day. >> we don't want to say, we

don't need to get vaccinated. you need to vaccinate as many people as you can if you really want to crush this. >> we have pockets in this country that have lower rates of vaccination. i worry this virus is an opportunist and where we have low rates of vaccination are where we may see it again. the issue now is to make sure we get to those communities as well. >> one creative way the white house is trying to reach those communities? what it is describing as a month of action with some initiatives, some incentives. one key one, the rolling out, is shots at the shop. a show of force from 1,000 black-owned barber shops and beauty salons across the country. in a matter of minutes, you will have craig talking with a salon owner participating. the man whose idea was part of this blueprint. we start with mike memoli at the white house, blayne alexander in atlanta, one of 30 cities where we see a gap in vaccination rates. i want to bring in an infectious

disease physician and msnbc medical contributor. mike, we are waiting for that covid briefing to begin. expecting to get details we talked about on the global vaccination push. what do we know so far? >> reporter: that's right, hallie. we have have been seeing over the last five plus months a familiar cast of characters at the covid briefings, dr. fauci, dr. walensky. today we will see another participant making his debut. that's jake sullivan. the national security advisor. that's because this announcement is what you might call a little vaccine diplomacy on the part of the united states. the president announced last month that he was upping the ante to 80 million doses, 60 million of astrazeneca but 20

million of the johnson & johnson to share with other countries. we expect this will detail where they will go. we will listen to whether that -- the supply is actually increased from that 80 million as well. we know the u.s. has an abundant supply at this point to meet what the demand is at this point in the united states. the white house also calling this a month of action to try to hit the president's goal as well. the timing of this is significant, hallie. if you look at the expected foreign travel, not just this week of the vice president to central america, but the president just a week from today heading overseas, his first trip overseas as president. we have gotten more details about the exact itinerary. it will be starting with a meeting with the uk prime minister a week from today. he will attend the g7 leaders meeting. part will include a meeting with the queen, of course. he goes on to brussels where he will participate in an eu leaders meeting and a nato summit. then, of course, that june 16th heavily anticipated meeting with vladimir putin, the president of russia. that's why part of today's

announcement about vaccines is so important. we have seen china, russia doing their own vaccine diplomacy. the white house argued that while those countries are using vaccine sharing as leverage with other countries, what the united states sees as a sharing the vaccines is a statement of u.s. values, it's the right thing to do but also for our own purposes ensuring that we beat the covid virus and really requires we defeat it worldwide, not just here in the united states. >> one of the things we said often on this network is that the virus doesn't get borders. it doesn't stop because you get on a plane. what happened overseas affects us here at home. we have seen vaccines affect our lives over the last few months. what does it mean if the u.s. gets involved and how the u.s. gets involved that could change the trajectory worldwide of the fight against this pandemic? >> i'm going to start by reiterating what you said, which is that it's in our own benefit aside from it being a humanitarian perspective. stopping the pandemic everywhere

stops the variants. here is what's important. the 80 million doses we are talking about, it's by far the biggest donation by a high-income country. the next biggest is by france that's promised 30 million. it's nowhere near enough. that 80 million is 2% of what's needed to vaccinate low and middle income countries. w.h.o. said up this utility that was meant to purchase vaccines to get to poor countries. they couldn't compete with rich countries buying out the doses directly from manufacturers. the reason the u.s. has a bigger responsibility is that because we have the biggest surplus by far. we will have 500 million doses in surplus according to kaiser family foundation. what i would like to see is we go beyond that 80 million. us taking a stand is helping put out the fires elsewhere to protect ourselves, but also right before the g7 summit as a leader in this field, we can influence the rest of the high

income countries to make greater donations so we can bring there pandemic to an end more swiftly. >> here at home -- stand by, if you will. we wait for the briefing to begin any second. you have the white house rolling out incentives to get more people to get shots. money, cash. you have problems for free flights. it's not just about the perks. it's also -- you are at a barber shop. the biden administration is trying to partner with shops to encourage people to get the vaccine. it's about meeting people where they are and where they are having the conversations. >> reporter: that's it. here at tony's barber studio, they are having this conversation. when i spoke with the owner, he tells me almost every day there's a conversation about the vaccine. come with me. show you inside the studio. you see all of the chairs in here. there are a dozen or so chairs. during peak business hours on any given day, all of these

chairs are filled. tony tells me they can see 400 clients in a week. we step back outside. that is what the bidn administration is counting on. they have a wide reach and that they have the conversation. he says that's a very hot topic in here right now. what this initiative is going to do, it's going to partner with 1,000 barber shops and beauty shops and have people display information about the vaccine and possibly host some vaccine events inside the barber and beauty salons. the big question is, the goal is to reach african-american communities, the african-american community, which we know has been disproportionally impacted by the pandemic. the vaccine rates still remain lower than the average. the big question, why barber shops, beauty salons? i think a lot of people would know this. this is a gathering space. this is a gathering location in the black community. tony called it our living room,

where the conversations happen. the conversations are happening right now. i do think it's important to point out that in addition to hesitancy, there's also the very real issue of vaccine access. that's something the biden administration is addressing as well. doing things like partnering with childcare centers to provide free childcare for people getting the vaccine or partnering with pharmacies to extend hours. >> blayne alexander, thank you. thanks to all of you for your time. we will keep an eye when the covid briefing begins. i want to hand it over to craig melvin who is joining us now. good morning. >> good morning to you. thank you for working overtime on this thursday as well. let's pick up where you leave it off. let's take it deeper with two people who are part of the white house's shots at the shop initiative. frankly, they have been doing this before the white house got involved. katrina randolph, the co-founder

of tre shades. steven thomas is the director of the university of maryland's center for health equity. it is working on this push. steven, you started the barber shop initiative known as hair which stands for health advocates in reach and research, more than a decade ago. you used this model to help folks get covid tests. what makes salons and barber shops the right outlet for getting vaccine information and even shots into people's arms? >> first of all, it's an honor to be with you this morning. what an amazing initiative. it's a recognition that no self-respecting black barber would say i will get you in and out in 15 minutes. the black barber shop is a hub. a community center. it doesn't matter how much hair you have. the barber shop and the salon are places where social norms are set. for a long time, it was a place

where conspiracy theories and misinformation flourished. we have to be there to provide accurate information and to have a conversation. nobody wants to be strong armed, but they want to be listened to. what a better place than the barber shop? >> steven, stand by. let's go into the cvid briefing. let's listen in. >> dr. fauci will discuss the latest science. we will leave time for q & a at the end. on his first full day in office, president biden released a comprehensive strategy to marshal a whole of government wartime effort to defeat the pandemic. we have spent each and every day of the last 4 1/2 months executing against that strategy. today i want to provide an update on the progress we are making. first on our efforts to get americans vaccinated as quickly,

efficiently and equitable as possible. second, on our efforts to help combat the pandemic globally. here at home, we have built a best in class vaccination program. already, 63% of adult americans have received at least one shot. 52% of adult americans are fully vaccinated. already, 12 states have 70% of adults with at least one shot. that's an important milestone. 28 states and the district of columbia have fully vaccinated 50% or more of their adult population. as a result, in communities and states across the country, the pandemic is in retreat. since the president took office on january 20th, cases are down over 90%. deaths are down over 85%. our successful vaccination program isn't just saving tens of thousands of lives, it's

letting tens of millions of americans get back to living their lives. it's fair to say that we are far ahead of where anyone thought we would be in our fight against the virus. importantly, we have secured enough vaccine supply for all americans. this is a direct result of the president taking aggressive action, including through the use of the defense production act, the dpa, to mobilize the full force of the u.s. vaccine manufacturing and production. because of those actions and the success of u.s. vaccine manufacturers, we are confident in our supply of our authorized vaccines. as a result, we are removing the dpa priority ratings for astrazeneca and sanofi. while the manufacturers will take to make these, this action will allow u.s.-based companies

that supply these vaccine manufacturers to make their own decisions on which orders to fulfill first. for all the progress we have made as a country, as the president reiterated yesterday afternoon, we have millions of americans still in need of protection. in communities at risk because of low vaccination rates. here is the bottom line. the bottom line is that if you are unvaccinated, you are still at risk of getting seriously ill or spreading the disease to others. to help get as many people vaccinated as we can by july 4th, we are kicking off a month of action mobilizing an all of america effort, including new commitments from childcare providers across the country to provide free drop-in childcare to allow parents to get vaccinated. extended hours at local pharmacies for vaccinations, including many pharmacies that will be open 24 hours every friday starting next week.

commitments from states and the private sector to incentivize vaccinations and celebrate progress, including free beer for everyone over the age of 21 on july 4th, courtesy of anheuser-busch. the vice president is leading a national vaccination tour. this national vaccination tour to key communities across the country will help reach millions of americans who still need protection against the virus. highlight the ease of getting vaccinated, encourage vaccination and energize and mobilize grass-roots vaccine education and outreach efforts. as the days get brighter and brighter at home, we are focused on driving progress to help the pandemic -- help end the pandemic around the globe. it's both the right thing to do and an important step in protecting americans by helping to stamp out the virus.

the president has committed that the u.s. will be an arsenal for vaccines. our work on vaccine supply is guided by a three-part approach. first, having successfully secured enough supply of vaccine for americans, we are donating surplus u.s. vaccine supply and encouraging other countries with surplus supplies to do the same. in march, the u.s. shared over 4 million doses of our astrazeneca vaccine supply with canada and mexico. the president has announced a u.s. commitment to sharing a total of 80 million doses by the end of june. this is five types the number of doses any other country has committed to sharing. these 80 million doses represent 13% of the total vaccines produced by the united states by the end of this month. we will continue to donate additional doses across the

summer months as supply becomes available. at the same time, we know that won't be sufficient. so the second part of our approach is working with u.s. vaccine manufacturers to vastly increase vaccine supply for the rest of the world in a way that also creates jobs here at home. driven by the aggressive actions that have been taken to accelerate manufacturing and production lines in the u.s., pfizer and moderna have increased their capacity to produce vaccines for the world. the third part of our approach will have us work with our partner nations at pharmaceutical companies and other manufacturers to facilitate the kind of global vaccine manufacturing and production capacity and capabilities that cannot only help the world beat this pandemic but also prepares the world to respond to potential future threats. today we are outlining our

framework for sharing the first 25 million doses. to be clear, our approach is to ensure vaccines are delivered in a way that's equitable and follows the latest science and public health data. across the coming weeks, the administration will move and work through regulatory requirements and logistical details to sure safe and secure delivery of doses. this is certainly a complex operational challenge. one that we take on and will get done. in fact, less than two weeks ago, the president committed to providing 1 million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine to the republic of korea. after making a 2,000 mile journey to california, these 1 million doses are being loaded into a plane that will take off for the republic of korea this evening, carrying hope and bringing life saving protection to the 1 million south koreans who have already signed up to get a shot. this is just the beginning.

we expect a regular cadence of shipments the next several weeks. in the weeks ahead, working with the world's democracies, we will coordinate to combat and end the pandemic. let me turn it over to national security advisor jake sullivan. jake? >> thanks, jeff. as jeff said, today we are announcing our plan for sharing the first 25 million u.s. vaccines with the world. i'm going to briefly outline why we are sharing them, how we plan to share them and where we will share them. first, our goal in sharing our vaccines is in service of ending the pandemic globally. our overarching aim is to get as many safe and effective vaccines to as many people as fast as possible. it's as simple as that. we want to save lives and thwart variances that place all of us

at risk. perhaps most important, this is just the right thing to do. thanks to american scientists and resilience and commitment of the american people, we are in a position to help others. so we will help others. as the president has said, the united states will not use its vaccines to secure favors from other countries. next, i want to say a little bit about how we are sharing. we received requests from all over the world. a number of factors went into our decision about how to allocate the first 25 million vaccines. these included achieving global coverage, responding to surges and other specific urgent situations in public health and helping as many countries as possible who requested vaccines. we have also decided to prioritize helping our neighbors. we made the decision to share at least 75% of these vaccines through covax, this will

maximize the number of vaccines available equitable for all countries and will facilitate sharing with those most at risk. we decided to share up to 25% of these vaccines for immediate needs and to help with surges around the world. we can share these 25% in a flexible way. finally, i want to talk a little bit about where we are sharing these first 25 million doses. we are sharing them in a wide range of countries within latin america and the caribbean, south and southeast asia and across africa in coordination with the african union. this includes prioritizing our neighbors here in our hemisphere, including countries like guatemala and and peru and ecuador. it respects existing regional networks for vaccine sharing, like the platform of the african union and african centers for disease control and prevention and the regional public health agency in the caribbean.

these networks will help decide where to allocate needed doses in regions with low vaccination rates and to those most at risk, including health care workers who haven't yet gotten their shots. our approach also prioritizes south and southeast asia, including countries like india, nepal, the philippines and others that are undergoing surges right now. it recognizes our closest neighbors, canada and mexico, cl which received our first vaccines, and the republic of korea where our military shares a command. it prioritizes other partners around the world, including countries with low vaccination rates or dealing with urgent present crises like the west bank in gaza, ukraine, kosovo, iraq, haiti and others. we will coordinate with covax

and countries that will receive our vaccines. as jeff said, this is only the beginning. the president has committed to sharing doses on an ongoing basis, starting with 80 million by the end of june. we will continue to donate from our excess supply as that supply is delivered to us. we will work with our international partners to get ahead of the virus, to follow the science and to help countries in crisis. we also know that this won't be enough to end or reduce the lifespan of the pandemic. that's why we are working with allies and partners to expand the production of vaccines and raw materials, including here at home as jeff described, and by building capacity around the world. we are also working with our g7 partners on a larger effort to help end the pandemic, so that the world's democracies deliver for people everywhere. we will have more to say about this next week when the g7 leaders meet in the uk. we will continue to build on our

existing health and health security efforts focused on stopping the spread of covid-19, increasing vaccination, detecting outbreaks and variants, responding rapidly to flares and critically recovering economically here at home and around the world. we will do so in a way that strengths our global public health institutions and our ability to come together as an international community to defeat not just this pandemic but the next one and the one after that. as president biden said in may, this is a unique moment in history. it requires american leadership, american science, american perseverance and the world's democracies to step up to the plate. i'm proud to say that under is underway. thanks. >> good morning. it's great to be back with you. let's begin with an overview of the data. yesterday, cdc reported a little

over 9,300 new cases of covid-19. >> okay. there you have it. we have been listening and watching the covid-19 response briefing. big news there from the response team on a global vaccination plan. i want to bring back mike memoli at white house, dr. badelia back with us. mike, we heard them lay out who is going to get the doses first. a million doses headed to south korea, it would seem, tonight. sounds like those are going to be on a plane tonight. the timing here, mike memoli, i think it probably should be noted that this comes ahead of the president's foreign trip, the g7 next week. vice president harris heading to south america as well. what do we make of the timing? >> reporter: that's spot on. this is -- you heard the

president talk often over the course of his first five months in office about this battle between democracies and autocracies. one area in which we see that play out is in the distribution of vaccines from those countries that have a sufficient supply to share them with other countries. while we just heard from some of the president's top advisers in this front, his national security advisor, his covid czar, we have gotten a statement from the president himself in which he speaks to what is guiding the u.s. approach here. i will read a bit from it. we are not sharing these doses to secure favors or to extract concessions from other countries but to save lives and to lead the world. this is a shot, if you will, at china, at russia. he will be meeting with president putin on june 16th. the white house formalizing that today as part of his foreign travel that begins next week. this is an effort on the part of the administration to say that while some of these other countries are using this

essentially as a quid pro quo, this is the united states as a statement of values doing not just what is right for our own country to end this pandemic, we need to, of course, ensure that it can to longer be spread from beyond our shores as well. as an effort on the part of the u.s. to lead other democracies in ensuring that they can do the same. we should note that some of those democracies, some of those countries that he will be meeting other leaders from at the g7 have their own vaccine issues at home as well. one of them is our neighbor to the north, canada. interestingly, as they announce where some of the initial doses will be sent, canada is among them. 75% of the 25 million doses that they are able to ship out quickly here, 75% are going to covax, the international initiative. 25% is going to send to these countries, including canada, including mexico, as well as to areas like gaza and the west bank, which have been so much in the news. this is the united states trying

to deal directly where it can but also working with our partners in this effort as well, craig. >> doctor, based on what we heard there from this white house, does this sound like enough to make a palpable impact in this global fight with the virus? >> craig, it's a start. it's a great start to help us influence other countries to start pitching in as well. here is what i heard in terms of the actual distribution. mike is right, sending 75% of the access doses to covax allows us to signal we are not using this for geopolitical advantage. one of the criticisms of covax is they have been distributing vaccines on the proportion of population of each of the countries. they are not maybe being as responsive for surges. this 25% that the u.s. has been using is allowing them to address those areas where there's real fires that need to be put out.

latin america is a big part of that. in may, they saw 30% of the deaths and they are 8% of the global population. same thing in multiple places in africa. using that 25% to put out -- to help with some of the surges is important. the other thing you may have heard that was said in the briefing is the u.s. is removing the defense production act standing and that will increase coverage as well as the work to make raw materials available to create more vaccines elsewhere. i'm looking for two things. to see what the commitments are that will be made by other high-income countries. i'm looking to see what additional doses will be for the summer moving forward from our excess surplus. >> thank you. mike, thanks to you. that big news coming out of the

white house briefing, that we are going to ship millions of doses to our friends and allies and even some of our frenemies. i want to get back to the shots at the shop initiative. this is a push to convince people in this country to get the vaccine through conversations in barber shops and beauty salons. back with me is katrina randolph and steven thomas. katrina, let me come to you for a moment. for so many black communities, salons and barber shops are, as steve pointed out, more than just that. they are pillars. it's where we go to have interesting conversations, controversial conversations. what made you decide that you wanted to get your salon involved in this initiative? [ no audio ]

i think you are on mute. if you could unmute your -- >> i apologize. >> there you go. >> can you hear me now? >> there you go. start from the beginning. >> i thought it was very important for me to be able to protect myself and protect my clients and be able to share information with them just to be able to help them make sound decisions for their lives. what i was realizing that a lot of people had misinformation. i wanted them to get the right information. i thought it was key to be able to use my salon as a hosting site to come in and get great information on this vaccination, to be able to help them make sound decisions for themselves and their loved ones. >> katrina, help us get a feel for what folks in your salon are saying about what might be

standing in their way of getting the shot. what are they telling you? >> a lot was just misinformation. information from the wrong places. i have a client base between the ages of 30 to 45 years old. what i realized was a lot was going on social media. they wasn't getting information from cdc or health care provider. what i did was just have information around the salon so when they came in, we was able to share this information and get them to be able to have a better outlook on this vaccination. >> it sounds like you would be a good journalist. >> yes. >> steven, let me come to you for a moment. this is talking about people's health, big picture. hesitancy is a problem in our community, in communities of color. you made a push for over a decade now to address medical issues, especially that impact communities of color. colorectal cancer is one.

it hits close to home. how do we get the black community more comfortable talking about issues like this and chip away at this hesitancy? >> great question. hesitancy doesn't mean never. i think that the issue of trust really matters. the distrust that we see in the african-american community and other communities of color is legitimate. it has been earned. some of the responses are, why are they interested in us now? we have been suffering with chronic diseases. now they are rushing here to help us around the vaccine. they want a conversation to make sure that bad things in the past don't happen again. we have found in our research that some people are watchful waiters. they wait to see what happens. some are conscious even though the vaccine is free, it takes time off work to get there or transportation. there are what we call the

system distrusters. last and most importantly, the covid skeptics. be mindful that for many communities of color, they have been marinating in misinformation for a long time. now we have the big push. in many cases, we are at the hell no wall. people said no for no reason. it's in that barber shop setting with people like katrina and the rest of the network where we have influencers that can have the conversation and help people move to a better decision. this campaign to recruit 1,000 barber shops and salons around the country is amazing. it's a partnership. we can't do this alone. with the black coalition against aids, shea moisture put out $1 million so the 1,000 shops have an incentive, $1,000 incentive to complete training. we have put in place a rapid response training for barbers and stylists on the university of maryland's open learning

platform. we are so excited katrina and other barbers are community health workers through our training. >> katrina, i didn't mean to interrupt you. i want to pick up on something there and something you alluded to. folks were reading misinformation and disinformation about vaccinations. you have found that they are young, old, younger, older or just across the spectrum? >> it's the younger generation. that's where they frequent the most, social media. that's where they get all of their information from. as their stylist, i try to encourage them, cdc and health care systems is where you should get this information. don't go on hearsay. you are making a decision for your life based on somebody who don't have the informed information you need to make these decisions for yourself.

>> the other part of this -- go ahead, steven. >> that information -- we are asking people to absorb a lot of complex information. i think it needs to be translated, not just in a different language but in different formats. one strategy we are using is to take that cdc language and put it in the form of a graphic novel to really break it down and answer people's questions at a level they can understand. that's what makes the difference. >> yes. >> excellent conversation. thank you both, katrina, steven, thanks for sticking around. i appreciate you. appreciate what you are doing as well. keep up the great work. across the country, things continue to open up. people going back out to eat. one hotel hosting a big job fair as we speak. they are handing out cash to convince people to sign up to work there. we will take you there.

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this morning, we got a big hint where things are headed in our economic recovery. 385,000 new claims filed this week. that's 20,000 less than last week. it's setting up what's expected to be a drop in unemployment in tomorrow's big monthly jobs report. one jobs fair kicking off right now in florida really underscores a lingering issue that we are seeing across the country, employers actually having to woo employees back. that's especially been true in the leisure and hospitality industry. shaquille brewster is in hollywood, florida, where the hard rock casino is trying to fill nearly 500 open spots in a jobs fair. the big sell for potential

employees is this $300 bonus after 90 days of work. is it working? >> reporter: craig, it is. it's not just the bonus. you are talking about emphasizing flexible schedules, free lunch or free meals for employees. i will let you take a look at the job fair that's happening. we will stay outside so i don't interrupt interviews that are taking place. you will see right inside, people are actually interviewing right there. they are having interviews in this comedy room, this comedy theater right here. you see the interviews taking place. one thing that has been emphasized is this hotel weeks before -- rather, months before the start of the pandemic, it had a massive expansion. the problem is, things shut down and demand came back but the staffing did not come back. they have been talking about how they have been struggling to get some employees. in that room, they are trying to hire on the spot, 80 people

today. they are having another fair next week where they are looking to hire 500 people. they are trying to do this very, very quickly, craig. the big point that you continue to hear is that it's not just about the unemployment benefits. it's also about people's comfort and their willingness to come back. but about people's comfort and willingness to come back. you saw gustavo. he got sick in columbia. he is looking for a job because of the vaccine he got about a month ago. i want you to listen to him and another person. >> it will be more than a year since i have had a job. >> more than a year since you have been working and you hope to get one right now? >> yeah. >> you talk about this labor crunch that we are experiencing,

many people are blaming the souped up unemployment benefits, $300 going into people's checks. florida is ending that as of the end of this month. it's not just that, but there is a shift of what employees are looking for, when they are going to apply for jobs. of the unemployed, they are about 66% based on a survey back in january. 66% of those employees say they are considering changing the occupation or field of work. another survey showing about 72% of employees are rethinking what field they want to go in and what kind of job they want to have when they come back. there are many factors to explain that. the result of it, you are seeing at this hotel and casinos, they are throwing out incentives to potential employees. at a previous job fair they were

raffling off a ford mustang. they have jobs available and they are trying to fill them as soon as possible. >> shaq brewster there on the casino floor in hollywood, florida. from there to texas. the lone star state may be backtracking a bit on the tough voting bill. they are blaming it on a typo. they are now acknowledging that a controversial provision of the bill was a mistake. that was the provision involving limits on sunday morning voting. our senior political an cyst has -- /* analyst has been all over this. what does this mean for this

bill? >> advocates from texas for this bill would have limited voting on sundays. critics said it was a hit on black voters who often climb into a van and vote as a church and community, in part as an expression of their faith. this bill was defended on the floor. one author said it was designed to ensure poll workers could go to church as well. but after delay tactics, they say we meant to write 11:00 a.m. rather than 1:00 p.m. they are quite pleased the bill was temporarily delayed and they can come back with a better bill. i believe it is face saving, but

the bill maybe cleaned up before it comes back to the legislature before it goes into law. >> we don't have a lot of time, but it would also call into question the bill writing procedures there in texas. how does a bill like this get to the floor? hundreds of lawmakers have a chance to read it and no one catches it until now? >> i really don't think it was a typo. i think they are saying it was a typo because they want to change it now. the bill was written quickly and in back rooms. when you have these sort of controversial bills they are hammered out in back groups at the last minute. lawmakers had less than 24 hours from the time they saw a draft until the session expired. to work through the 60-page bill. >> when might we see it again?

>> the governor has said he will call a special session. it is one of the governor's priority. it will likely be late september or october and they will do redistricting and have another session. >> for those watching and listening on sirius satellite radio, this is designed to prevent a problem not proven. there has been no widespread voter fraud in texas or anywhere else in the country for that matter. the nfl pledging to end the use of a stunning racial bias practice. the so-called race storming practice, used by the league and involves a standard that black players start out with lower

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