legislators are responding. donna howard tweeting that this would, quote, create a monarchy. morgan is following for it. i want to bring in msnbc political analyst michael steele. morgan, let me start with you on the ground in the lone star state. the governor says he'll call lawmakers back on a special session. what more do we know about that right now? >> reporter: greg abbott calling this a must pass emergency item, keeping the integrity of the elections intact. he is calling for a special session. we do not know when that will start. what they did over the week was essentially historic. they staged this walkout and stalled the legislation from being passed that session.