he ran against susan wright, the widow of the former congressmember ron wright, who died this year from covid-19, leaving open his seat in texas's 6th congressional district. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. i am joined by juan gonzalez in new jersey. juan: welcome to our viewers and listeners across the country and the world. amy: the house select

susan wright is his widow. ellzey barely made it.an wright early in the race, recorded a robocall and even on the eve of last night's election. in his victory speech, ellzey emphasized that voters wanted, quote, a positive outlook, a reagan republican outlook for the future. new polling shows that a majority of americans are pessimistic about the state of country. in the latest ap north center poll, just 19% of adults said they were optimistic about how things were going, compared to 63% who said they were pessimistic. optimistic, 10% had the feeling about the current state of politics. joining us former florida congressman carlos curbelo of florida. he's an msnbc contributor. congressman, thanks for joining "way too early." >> good morning, elise. pleasure to be with you. >> what does this influence tell you about the trump influence among voters? >> yes, it's a big lesson for republicans, elise. it's a wake-up call. donald trump does not own american politics, and he doesn't necessarily own the republican party. for sure, he's stil

well, if he's so popular, it didn't pay off your susan wright in that fort worth, texas, district, and -- boy, it now puts elected republicans in a really awkward position of having to, and jim banks did this yesterday. attack police officers as crisis actors. i mean, where has the party put itself right now? >> well, you know, chuck, as i said to you before. if donald trump disappeared few elected officials would be in the search party. you see how well the officers did yesterday. donald trump said remember this day always on january 6th, and thanks to those great officers and their testimony that was unfiltered, really, on all networks yesterday and cables. so people got to see for themselves. these men were under oath. so when jim banks was attacking them, he said, actually, you know, he didn't think that was their testimony. they were scripted. if he spent any time with these men, which i have with officer fanone and har, these were men who speak their own mind, of strong character and he would know they're speaking the truth andeneder oath. very insulting. and outrageous. i think

democrats were -- they did not turn out so two republicans ended up being the final two choices, susan wright and jake elsie. host: giving a flavor on what that does in getting involved in races. we want to show one of your ads in the texas six race against jacobs he -- jake. here's the ad [video clip] >> bill crystal bakhtin publicans -- backed republicans who tried to -- maybe the most vicious never trump hitman said he was impressed and gave him a campaign contribution. he trashed conservatives and bashed ted cruz. jake elsie is wrong about trump and bad for office. host: how many congressional races do you plan on getting involved in or a better question, how much money do plan on spending in the 2022 cycle. guest: last cycle we raised $103 million, it was a record for us. we are hoping to increase that and have even more funds available in the next cycle. host: in a midterm? guest: in a midterm. we have a progressive -- and republicans are ready to give and support candidates because they see taking back the congress as a huge mission in order to create balance. part of that is driven by

susan wright is his widow. ely made the may election runoff, narrowly defeating a democrat to face off against wright. trump endorsed susan wright early in the race. recorded a robocall for her late in the runoff, and headlined a telephone rally with voters on the eve of yesterday's election. in his victory speech, ellzey emphasized that voters in his district wanted a quote positive outlook, a reagan republican outlook for the future. >> and of course claire, you brought this up before, you also had club for growth going, which club for growth used to be a conservative organization. now it's basically just a front for donald trump. the least conservative. i knew people who were a big part of club for growth when it started and they were libertarians as far as spending goes. now club for growth does whatever donald trump tells them to do, and they're the biggest spending, biggest deficit busting president in u.s. history. but club for growth went in, because donald trump wanted them to, attacking this ellzey guy

cnn predicts republican jake elsy will win, beating the trump endorsed candidate susan wright.is year after contracting covid. trump did call into two wright town hall events and he recorded a robocall for her company. >>> a democrat house colleague is suing brooks over comments the alabama republican made back on january 6th. congressman brooks argues he was acting in his official capacity as a member of congress when speaking to trump supporters on the ellipse. the doj says these comments were not within the scope of brooks' duties as an elected official. >> today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking ass! >> appreciate your time today. see you tomorrow. ana cabrera picks up right now. ♪ >>> hello and thanks for being with us. vaccinated or not, the cdc is now urging all americans to wear a mask indoors in areas with high or substantial covid transmission rates. now, that covers about two-thirds of countyies in the u.s. right now. not even 50% of americans are fully vaccinated. the reality is that america is trending in th

and donald trump endorsed susan wright in the final days before the may 1st election which then went issued three statements affirming his endorsement and recorded a robo call for wright and headlined a rally for her monday night before the election and donald trump's candidate lost. joining us now president and ceo of vote latino and eddie chairman of the african-american studies at princeton university, new book "begin again" and something's happening in texas. >> lawrence, you and i talk about this a lot. that is, texas is not that rubalcabay ruby red state that everyone thought. it's becoming much more moderate state. the district you're discussing you have a large in flux of a growing latino population, also young professionals coming in, because industry in texas is changing. you're seeing a lot of folks such as amazon coming in, apple coming in, toyota coming in. with that more educated individuals and changing demographic. it's why you have republican texas legislate prevent people from voting because it's not the same texas of ten years ago. >> the general democrat came in th

jake beat susan wright. what do we think about what this says about trump's power in terms of endorsements, or is this an anomaly because the club for growth talked him into it at the last minute and convinced him that she was going to win. >> the turn out was only like 39,000 people. it was very low. and trump only won that district i believe by 3% in 2020. so this one's a little murkier. i'm watching ohio 15 next week, the special election for steve styver. it dollars a very wide field. i think that will give us more answers than perhaps this particular. donald trump doesn't have a perfect record when it comes to endorsements. he did not endorse lauren boebert. he endorsed their opponents. and those folks won anyways and are now in congress. so his record's not perfect. the danger for a republican is not will somebody else in my race get the trump endorsement. trump can use his megaphone to sink you more than he can use his megaphone to save you. >> thanks to everyone. really appreciate it. >> later we're

he ran against susan wright, the widow of the former congressmember ron wright, who died this year fromid-19, leaving open his seat in texas's 6th congressional district. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. i am joined by juan gonzalez in new jersey. juan: welcome to our viewers and listeners across the country and the world. amy: the house select committee investigating the january 6 insurrection at the capitol held its first hearing tuesday and heard testimony from four police officers who were attacked by trump supporters while defending the capitol. the committee is made up of seven democrats and two republicans, liz cheney and adam kinzinger, both of whom voted to impeach trump for his role in instigating the assault on the capitol. last week, house minority leader kevin mccarthy pulled all of his recommended committee members, five of them after house speaker nancy pelosi vetoed two of his picks. u.s. capitol police sgt. aquilino gonell spoke first. during the insurrection, he was beaten with a fl

donald trump indoor susan wright in the final days before the may 1st election, which then went to astatements to reaffirm his endorsement. he wide -- the high lined a telephone rally for her monday night before the election and, donald trump's candidate lost. joining us now, -- teresa -- chairman of the african american studies at princeton university. his latest book, begin again, it's now out in paperback. both are msnbc contributors. maria teresa, something is happening in texas. >> lawrence, you and i have spoken about this a lot. that is that two -- texas is not a ruby red day that everyone thought. it is becoming much more moderate state. the district you are discussing, you have a large influx not just of a growing latino population, also you get young professionals coming in. apple coming, in toyota coming in, and with that more educated individuals because of infrastructure and a changing demographic which is one of the reasons why you have republican texas legislature is trying to prevent people from voting. it is not the texas of ten years ago. >> the full field to run fo

two candidates, susan wright and jake llc will face off next week, and former president trump has endorsedls is making it mandatory for health care workers to get vaccinated. in new jersey, texas, some workers in those states who are refusing to get the shot could either get fired or quit. >> now in new york city, mirror mill build a basil recently announced plans requiring all workers at city run health care facilities and hospitals to be vaccinated, or take weekly covid tests. and it's nbc correspondent cory coffin has the latest. cory, although these workers can opt out, they can take that weekly test, this really is the most sweeping vaccination mandate yet for city employees. >> yes, this is going to be a major implementation come august. the mayor is really emphasizing it that although you can get weekly testing the, priority is obviously to provide one time a vaccination. listen to the surging numbers here in the city that they're trying to avoid. cases are up 64% or a month ago. and of course, remember how out of control this could easily get within this city. they're trying to avo

democrats were -- they did not turn out so two republicans ended up being the final two choices, susan wright jake elsie. host: giving a flavor on what that does in getting involved in races. we want to show one of your ads in the texas six race against jacobs he -- jake. here's the ad [video clip] >> bill crystal bakhtin publicans -- backed republicans who tried to -- maybe the most vicious never trump hitman said he was impressed and gave him a campaign contribution. he trashed conservatives and bashed ted cruz. jake elsie is wrong about trump and bad for office. host: how many congressional races do you plan on getting involved in or a better question, how much money do plan on spending in the 2022 cycle. guest: last cycle we raised $103 million, it was a record for us. we are hoping to increase that and have even more funds available in the next cycle. host: in a midterm? guest: in a midterm. we have a progressive -- and republicans are ready to give and support candidates because they see taking back the congress as a huge mission in order to create balance. part of that is driven by the

illegally last month alone, texas republican winning a special election for house set a beat out susan wright give more than 5 billion revenue jumpering more than 62% as many refurbish backyards in the pandemic, weber plansing to public weber is picker. >> tesla ceo elon musk says cybertruck could cost up to a million dollars if built right now because cyber and semiuse a battery still in development looks like, debuted in strange video i will pass one family member said truck looks like some industrial designer was doing a 3-day model and gave up, stopped give that -- oh, my god i love it. >> thank you see you tomorrow morning president biden considering a vaccination requirement for federal employees he wants after those unvaccinated yesterday listen to this. >> your -- get vaccinated -- >> under consideration right now if not vaccinated you are not as smart as i thought you were. >> bring them together with a uniter, saying did he provider, said -- procured radical policies in race driven agenda by definition divisive leading to doubts whether an ounce of sincerity in january 20 address jo

according to politico, susan wright's defeat in texas' sixth congressional district on tuesday, quoteover jake elsi, the former president's advisers are reportedly feeling more pressure to win another special election in ohio next week. trump released a statement praising his preferred candidate, lobby yet mike carey on tuesday. the protrump make america great again pac also made a decision to spend $300,000 to bolster carry's efforts. advisers are concerned another loss would hurt his standing in the gop. >> you know, jonathan lemire, elections happen for reasons. i mean, you never know exactly how much of it comes down to a candidate, how much of it comes down to certain facts on the ground. so usually you can't really take too much out of one race. a lot of trump's people are blaming the candidate in that texas race. said she was not as good of a candidate as as elsie. so if he does well in ohio, if his candidate does well in ohio, that's a one-up. one thing we do, know, this is the sort of thing that drives donald trump crazy when somebody he endorses loses. and i will say one, eh

susan mentioned $200,000 initially for the tickets. the prices will come down. certainly when the wright brothers were pushing that plane they weren't thinking about the 747 crossing the atlanta for a few hundred dollars from one continent to the next. >> bill: inventors over time have delivered certain contributions, shall we say. i would say he is not oroville or wilbur and not henry ford but he has supplied the financial support you need in order to get to this point today. >> sandra: and inspiration for the innovation. they'll be taking off shortly from van horn, texas. jeff paul is on the ground there. what is it like around all this activity? >> compared to the last launch we were at for virgin galactic the nerves are higher because it comes down to the one moment. virgin galactic you had the gradual build-up to the moment and took off like a plane. this is like a space shuttle launch. you wait for engines to fire up and blast off. i would say the nerves are a little higher for the people watching and certainly they have to be high for the people who are inside that very capsule go