the humanitarian crisis as governor abbott described it.g to take for the biden administration to finally step up? >> i think we are reaching that point right now. i plan to go to the border on friday, we are going to get to a combustible point where the republicans and democrats are going to tell the administration this has got to stop and you have got to find a better way to solve this problem and the one way to do it is to say no, you are not going to be able to get in and tell the traffickers, tell the other countries, we're not going to help you with asylum claims and other countries, you want to come to this country because you are oppressed, we understand that but this has got to stop. this is very, very outrageous. >> john: senator capito, one of the things governor abbott was asking for was the federal government to get access to the convention center where many miners are being held. is there something you and your fellow senators can do to put pressure on the government to allow access? >> i have had fema shelters and constructed

but texas governor greg abbott has lost patience. with the finish line in sight, the texas governor has removed a statewide mask mandate and is allowing all businesses in texas to be 100% open with no restrictions whatsoever. the governor made that decision without consulting anyone on his team of medical advisers according to the austin american statesman, texas' top health official said he did not speak with governor abbott before he announced tuesday he would end the mask order and open texas 100%. two of the other four medical advisers also said they were not consulted ahead of the governor's decision. peter alexander asked president joe biden about that today in the oval office. >> i think it's a big mistake. look, i hope everybody has realized by now these masks make a difference. we are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we're able to get vaccines in people's arms. we have been able to move it up to end of may to have enough to get every adult american a sho

sarah abbott, paul abbott's wife was also questioned and gave the following statement. after paul left she watched for bob to come out and finally around 8:15 am seeing no signs of activity at the judson house. she went over to the porch and tried the front door. but it was locked and she knocked and called out but got no answer. she then went to this kitchen porch. but that door was also locked. she looked in through the glass and then thoroughly aroused by the side of the gun and the blood she ran home and notified the police. this model shows the premises just before mrs. abbott went to the house. and then it beneath that it says no to bene note. well don broke around 5 am sunrise is 6:17 weather is clear. no lights related in the house. both outside doors were locked on the inside. so that's what you're faced with. premises are secured three people dead. gun in the middle of the kitchen floor and blood all over the place. so just tell us something about some of the details in this one that you find. interesting perplexing one thing that's interesting is that you can

abbott offered no proof -- it's a pretty strong accusation there.abbott's claim is, quote, not factual. out front now dr. peter hotez, baylor college of medicine in houston. so, doctor, what do you make of governor abbott's claim that the white house is the one to be mad at because they are, he says, releasing covid-positive immigrants in texas and sending them on buses to other states? >> yeah, i think, erin, the role of immigrants in this is small, at most. it's extremely modest. as far as i know, the united kingdom is not coming from our southern border. this is the problem. the problem is the b.1.1.7. variant that's now accelerating and there is pretty good evidence that b.1.1.7. variant is more transmissible than what we've seen before and the u.k. government has put up pretty compelling evidence, not peer reviewed, but compelling evidence on their website that it's more lethal. and now this is starting to accelerate in florida. we've got up to 10% or more of the virus isolates in florida, b.1.1.7. and the health department saying it is going u

it's not just governor abbott making this decision. mississippi governor tate reeves announced his state would reopen and reveal mask mandates even though their vaccination rate is barely better than texas. at the end of this week, the senate could pass the president's $1.9 trillion covid relief package that will send much needed aid to states and businesses and people unemployed and those making less than $75,000 a year basically designed to help everyone ride this out safely to suppress the virus for the eight or 12 more weeks it could take to get to a much better place. if only we can hang on collectively as a nation. i'm joined by the chair of the texas democrats and olivia troy, a former member of the white house coronavirus task force originally from el paso, texas. your reaction to the governor's announcement today? >> insanity. i'd like to say that the governor abbott has lost his mind by doing this. you know, when we have 90% of the people of the state of texas that haven't been vaccinated, we're 49th in the country in vaccine

greg abbott saying that that requirement is the closest that a major state a big state, any state for that matter has gone back to its prepandemic past. critics of the governor saying he's moving too soon. others say he's not moved soon enough and taking a cue from florida, which has been almost business as usual throughout the pandemic. the texas governor making it clear around i quote, too many texans have been side lined from business opportunities and small business owners have struggle toed pay their bills. this has to end. it's time to open texas 100%, this is not just listing the mask mandate but allowing all businesses and restaurants to operate as they see fit, up to 100% if need be. the fallout from this furious as we also wait to hear from the president of the united states that is going to outline of the roll route of a vaccine at a rapid pace including this news out of johnson & johnson and merck that are going to work with each other to get more vaccine out to you. anita vogel on the fast-moving developments, particularly what's going on in the lone star state. anita? >>

health officials have condemned abbott's actions especially considering they came at a time when less than 4 percent of texas population had received the vaccine now local businesses are pushing back to the city of austin the state capital is signaling common sense a texas judge recently sided with the city of austin in a lawsuit over the city's math mandate the ruling extends the mass mandate for at least another 2 weeks until the next hearing austin mayor steve adler supported the move on twitter governor abbott and other conservative state leaders seem to believe that removing the meth mandate was something business owners wanted turns out that isn't the case in several cities were growing concerns of virus spread lead caution one of those business owners. the general manager of numeral 28 joins us now welcome margot. how is your business been affected by the pandemic and the now relax math mandate rules do you think governor abbott with listening to business owners like you. i think he's on his own legend. he's got the whole question of the whole of the state you know businesses a

yes, greg abbott is an idiot.ut at the same time, the democrats need to be mindful of how their messaging on this sometimes look. >> i'm putting tim down in the unambiguous category. i have a quote for you, david, along the lines of the argument tim just made, a senior administration health official told politico the white house believes that the texas and mississippi announcements posted on the twitter within 30 minutes of each other were a coordinated effort by republican governors that expected to see similar announcements in the coming days. here's where all of this boxes in the biden white house. they're democrats so they're culturally predisposed to be careful and keep people safe. trump used to talk about our states, he meant the red ones. joe biden has that protective role over all 50 and the territories. he spoke about them today. this does make a problem for the new president. >> because he's concerned about people's lives and our economy. tim makes a good point. but the message here, with every adult, t

president biden wasn't the only one laying into texas governor greg abbott for ending compulsory mask wearing underlying businesses to open. this isn't dangerous the entire country and beyond where in the pandemic it's dangerous why are we wasting vaccinations on texas if texas has decided to join the side of the virus what's abbots is doing is extraordinarily dangerous he's the worst governor in modern texas history this will kill texans a spokeswoman for greg abbott said that the governor made it clear that covert hasn't ended and that all texans should follow safe practices given his decision was met with a mixed reaction by texas residents. people with the loss of jobs didn't apply to me but it's still going to be saved and cost is a good girl good morning morning to you joe if you have to go out you're risking your way so why not just to get it over with and get back to normal i don't think that's a wise decision because this state should be opening it can actually infect more and more people so i think we should be a little more smart and we should actually be just how do we hav

biden was not the only want to criticize texas governor greg abbott alexandra cassy or cortez claims that the decision poses a risk to the entire country or political commentator keith olbermann has said that vaccine supplies to texas should be halted politician gilberto hinna causa said the decision will quote kill texas. despite the criticism greg abbott says that he made the decision for economic reasons given the vaccine will last. completely uncancel mandatory mask wearing and given his decision was met with a mixed reaction by texas residents. a lot of people use the loss of jobs didn't apply to me but still going to be saved and cost is a girl more and more than the job if you have to go out your risk anyway so why not just get it over with and get back to normal i don't think that's a wise decision because at this stage reopening it can actually infect more and more people so i think we should be a little more smart and we should actually be just how do we even mask even if the governor states that we need him out no more people opening up the business is great. the masks sti

then we go to texas, where republican governor greg abbott is defying public health experts by ordering texas to fully reopen and lifting a statewide mask mandate. >> all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%. [applause] amy: we will speak to a texas doctor who is recovering from covid. then we will look back at the one of the most stunning acts of defiance of the vietnam war era. >> let's break into any office, get their files, and get what they're doing in their own handwriting. amy: 50 years ago this week, eight activists -- including a cab driver, a daycare director, and two professors -- bre into an fbi office in media, pennsylvania, and stole every document they found. the break-in exposed cointelpro, the fbi's secret counterintelligence program which had targeted civil rights, black power, and anti-war groups. we will speak to one of the burglars, bonnie raines, and paul coates, the pioneering black publisher and bookseller in baltimore who was targeted by cointelpro. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm a

abbott's latest gift to his constituents is congratulatios, go get covid. health experts across texas are blasting the move, saying they're mortified and disgusted, and warning the rollbacks are like ptsd for doctors. the republicans aren't so much interested in listening to those doctors, the real ones. their favorite news source spent all of yesterday having a full-blown meltdown over dr. seuss being, quote, canceled over old-timy racist cartoons and today texas republican senator ted cruz, old cancun cruz, and ken paxton, both of whom notably bailed on their state in the devastating deep freeze, said millions of texans can avoid covid without the government's help. >> i think it's great news. i think texans are ready to get back to work. we can be smart. we can be safe. we can practice social distancing. we've taken reasonable, common sense steps to slow the spread of the virus. but the answer isn't to destroy millions of jobs. >> this is a pandemic that was going to spread one way or the other, and there are certainly things we can do to protect ourselv

are texans agreeing with you or with governor abbott by and large?i think they're agreeing with me. in fact, i have been to several businesses just in the last couple of days and they have this piece of paper on the door. one of them said very clearly, despite the change in law, we're still requiring a mask. be safe. be with common sense, whether they're republicans or democrats or independents, they get this. they know, look, in the beginning there were a lot of people who said i don't want to wear a mask, but folks have gotten used to that. they understand it's for your own health, health of your family and others and they also understand we have a vaccine distribution now that means we're going to be able to get on top of this pandemic. just be a little bit patient. fortunately, the vast majority of texans have more expense and are thinking of this more soberly than the governor, who's only thinking about it in terms of his political career, trying to distract from his total incompetence with the winter storm. >> i'm sure you heard earlier this we

. >> president biden on the stunning and inexplicable move by governor abbott in texas, a man in thehe failure of their infrastructure during last month's freeze. abbott declares the pandemic is over and ordering an end to the mask mandate, and businesses will open 100%. texas is suffering more than about any other state. more texans have died than in most other states. the tragic irony is we're weeks away from having enough vaccine to vaccinate every american. and with the evidence that outdoor venues can be operated in a socially distanced way safely, and that schools can be open safely, there's simply no scientific explanation for abbott's hasty move. joining us to discuss, former democratic congressman from texas you are our friend beto o'rourke. i saw i think pure emotion and feeling he's endangering texans, and that's why i wanted to talk to but this. your thoughts. >> you can call it whatever you want, and search for the motive behind it, but to be clear and to be honest with everybody, this action is going to kill more texans than who already died from this pandemic. as you m

abbott faced a good deal of criticism for that decision, including from san antonio spurs head coachgregg popovich. >> getting rid of masks just seems ignorant to me. as far as the players go, we listen to the nba not governor abbott. >>> and tonight on the late, late show with james corden, tom brady's first interview since that crazy super bowl parade on the water in which he tossed the lombardi trophy. >> was there any bit of you thinking, what do i do if this goes in the water? >> okay, first of all, i was not thinking at that moment. there was not a thought. >> actually, liz and ken, i think it would have been a better story had the trophy actually gone in the water, right? >> oh no. oh boy. all right, thanks, dennis. >>> tonight, details emerging on a top secret pentagon project that could reportedly provide a >>> well, it sounds like the plot of a science fiction film. >> i tell you, tonight the pentagon is using a secret space plane to harness an endless supply of clean energy. the independent is reporting the plane launched a small test panel into orbit last year. it traps a

. >> john: texas governor greg abbott will join us live for an exclusive interview later in the show to talk about what he is seeing in his state. >> sandra: in just a moment we will be speaking about joe biden's policies pushing the district he represents to the breaking point. >> john: greg, what's the latest from where you are? >> reporter: we're here at the point of entry at brownsville where anyone can walk up, claim asylum if they have evidence of a credible fear. but let's go up in the sky to the fox drone team and show you over these ports of entries where some 25,000 asylum seekers are waiting for clearance. that's not the problem, officials say. it's the crossings illegally between the ports of entry. you see the rgc sector, they had 1500 apprehensions just in the last 24 hours. the numbers sandra mentioned about the unaccompanied children, fox news confirming in the last two weeks the numbers tripled the number of children, 3250, of which 1360 have been held for longer than 72 hours, as permitted by law. the border patrol catches the kids and hands them to hhs. earlier mar

you know, i think it's a tricky issue for governor abbott.nt to do anything to contribute to this policy and create a magnet. on the other hand we also got a report this week that 100 people who had tested positive for covid were released into texas. and so on the one hand you don't want to contribute to the problem, on the other hand you don't want to ignore the problem and not test people who may be coming into your state and infecting them. >> dana: mark morgan was with the trump administration customs and border patrol and what he said about the situation as he sees it right now. >> i underestimated how fast this administration was going to completely dismantle every tool, authority and effective policy that was in place. we're in a new regime. the united states government is encouraging, incentivizing and illegal activity. >> dana: i want to get your take. i feel with presidency you can intend to focus on one particular thing or two or three priorities. if there is a problem with immigration at the border, it does start to rise up to the

i know governor abbott in texas has expressed some of his concerns. many of those have not been based in fact erie let me go through a few of those because i know we are interested in facts around here. one, governor abbott referred to what is happening at the border as open borders, us having an open border policy. that is absolutely incorrect. the border is not open. the vast majority of individuals apprehended or encountered at the border continued to be denied entry and are returned under title 42 as we have already mentioned. also, he suggested that we are not vaccinating cbt officers. we like to deal with facts around here and there is no other -- higher priority than the health of our federal workforce. more than 64,000 front-line employees, including members of border patrol, received a vaccination. it is another, just to provide full clarity. the other piece is the question about the testing of migrants at the border. or testing of migrants that are coming across. we have dhs and fema stepping into work with local mayors, ngos and public offi

but greg abbott understands.ing peoples' lives in danger because he's trying to move passed a crisis of his making where people died. they froze to death. he didn't have drichking water for weeks. he's trying to change the subject when he knows if he just waits a month, the way vaccines are rolling out, he would be able to make that announcement safely. but we learned from cpac that the people that acted most recklessly are the ones that are the most awarded. >> yeah. that's the frustration. public health experts say, wait, we're this close to the finish line. why now? in fact, two days ago, the cdc expressed public concern about states at this moment rolling back minimum capacity in restaurants just because we are getting the vaccine out to people now. so you heard the exasperation from cdc officials. and to put it on the people individually, which i guess is the point of this, to restore freedom. if you want to wear masks, but we're not going to mandate it. >> again, you look at cpac and the people that got the

but governor abbott has received his vaccine less than 10% of texans have received their vaccine. he's received his vaccine. and i think when it comes to what happens after someone's vaccinated, we have yet to hear what they can and can't do. can they congregate with others? can they be with their family members? can grandparents visit their grandchildren? this guidance is very important because people hear that maybe we don't know yet, and then people, well, what's the point of being vaccinated then? when are we going to get guidance? >> yeah, that's a good point. i think that we have to be a little careful because people might be disappointed when the cdc guidelines are officially out. i think it's going to be just very specific, which is if you're vaccinated and somebody else is vaccinated or other family members are vaccinated, then if you look at the science, you should be able to take the masks off. for me personally i'm going to make small changes for the last nine months. my parents have been in jail in a town home, they're doubly vaccinated. i've been vaccinated. and afte

the courts as governor abbott said will be the backup plan.uch of what they intend to do, take over redistricting process which is the purview of the states, drawing lines in ways that favor democratic majority, we'll fight this in the senate and we'll fight this in the courts if necessary. maria: and senator, you just said to jam in things that don't have full support. that's what they did with this so-called covid relief package, 1 point # trillion dollars package -- $1.9 trillion package is now law. tell me about that. and is the next package a raising tax package to pay for this. you're talking about more than $5 trillion thrown at the economy in the past year. >> notwithstanding president biden's eloquent words when he talked about unifying the country and healing the divisions, everything his administration has done with the democratic majority in the house and senate have been partisan so far. everything. whether it's the unilateral executive orders of, some of which have been halted by litigation in the federal courts, or this $1.9 tri

of neanderthal thinking. >> i'm sure governor abbott has been called worse. amusing aspect is governor abbott, this has been a difficult situation for them. i'm not a big believer in mandates. i wear a mask, i think it is a good idea. i think it protects me and those around me but what are you going to do if someone doesn't wear a mask, arrest them? put them in jail where the risk is much higher? the mask mandate should be an educational activity where people are at risk or in settings where they can socially distance of course a mask is a good idea nothing the governor said would prohibit someone from wearing a mask. i have my n95 mask i where to the grocery store and in places where i cannot socially distance, i will wear it on the aircraft because the airlines tell me i should but the governor is exactly correct, let's return this decision back to people and here's the other thing. thank god for the vaccines, the president would not accept the time when he was originally given of 18 months, he did it in 10 months and this is not one, not two but three high

under fire after its governor announced a full reopening plus an end to obligatory facemasks greg abbott noted that covert hospitalizations were at their lowest since october with a record number of daily vaccinations texas is not the only u.s. state that's relaxed mask wearing rules though it's received the lion's share of the criticism. texas we hear you you didn't want to be part of an electrical grid and now you've removed your mask mandate and there are large crowds together we hear you code it is a hoax so you don't need our precious vaccine we'll send it to people who are saving lives by wearing masks this isn't dangerous the entire country and beyond where in the pandemic it's dangerous why are we wasting vaccinations on texas if texas has decided to join the side of the virus what's abbots is doing is extraordinarily dangerous he's the worst governor in modern texas history this will kill texans. well to get more input on those comments we're joined live now by wayne allen root former libertarian vice presidential nominee conservative radio host and author of the best the new be

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border patrol meanwhile, governor abbott plans to deploy an additional 500 troops to high-threat areas along the rio grandy valley. shep >> antonio rodriguez, thank you. >>> the convicted boston marathon bomber, jackar zer nighia, said he's being mistreated in prison in new papers filed in a lawsuit against the government, he said his rights were violated and he wants more privileges behind bars, even calling on the attorney general nominee merrick garland for help in boston, here's nbc 10's perry rs up. >> reporter: in the january 18th complaint, he writes he's suffering psychological injury, emotional distress and destruction of the relationship with his family. he's suing his rights are being violated in prison he wants to send his family photographs and hob yips he's made, talk to his nieces and nephews on the phone and wants back a white baseball cap and aztec red bandanna that were taken from him do you think he has a chance to win this complaint >> no, i do not and i don't think he should have a snowball's chance in hell to win the complaint. >> reporter: the massachusetts state

governor greg abbott says he made the right call for texas. >> we no longer need government running your lives, and instead everybody must continue to assume their own individual responsibility. >> reporter: nationwide demand for the covid vaccine still that warts supply. these aerials show the line for shots today in maryland. federal officials say in the last week more than two million shots were given every day. california's earmarking 40% of its doses for vulnerable communities. and the governor's asking everyone in the state to wear two masks. >> we are encouraging people basically to double down on mask wearing particularly in light of all of what i would argue is bad information coming from at least four states in this country. >> reporter: back in alabama, the state's largest mass vaccination site is run by the university of alabama at birmingham. staff administer 1,500 shots five days a week. they could do more, if only there were more vaccine. one covid worry among many. >> this virus is very crafty. and we may see variants that can escape what the vaccine is trying to do. >> r

>> governor abbott already learned this lesson once in trying to open up too aggressively before. we heard from president biden today talk than number of americans who have been affected by covid, killed by covid, sickened by covid. remember, he carries that number around with him. he said i have it in the other room. but he quoted the number. and it's on the mind of federal officials how many americans died. when you look at place like texas, they're not just talking about rolling back restrictions and opening businesses fully. they are getting rid of the mask mandate, and texas isn't the only state talking about this. the mask mandate, there is no reason, no scientific evidence, no data that shows that that -- no one is calling for that in the scientific or medical community. in fact, we're seeing the leaders of hospitals, we're seeing mayors really upset by this, because they know this may indeed increase the load on what hospitals to have bear. and it's women, it's people of color, it's front line workers, it's the working bhoor have to be out working in those places where peo

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here is governor greg abbott. >> if i could go back and redo anything, it probably would have been to slow down the opening of bars. now seeing in the aftermath of how quickly the coronavirus spread in the bar setting. and a bar doesn't work in a pandemic. people go to bars to get close and drink and socialize and that stokes the spread. and so sure, in hindsight, it may have been better to have slowed the opening of the bar setting. >> dr. hotez, good news on vaccines, but is that enough to prevent what we saw in the summer in texas? >> well, the problem right now is we still didn't have a nearly sufficient percentage of the u.s. population vaccinated. only about 17% of the u.s. papado population has received even a single dose so we have a long way to go. there is good news that the vaccines we know are not only halting symptomatic illness, but also stopping asymptomatic transmission. questi we learned that from studies in israel. if the other vaccines perform that way, that will be really exciting that we potentially can vaccinate our way out of this epidemic. but right now, we hav

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it back to the border, governor abbott of texas has launched operation lone star to address the migrant crisis along the border, by integrating the department of public safety and texas national guard using air, ground, marine, tactical assets to deny mexican cartels and other smugglers the ability to move drugs and people into texas. acting in defense of his state, when the feds can't or is he said won't. shannon: thank you very much, good to see you. breaking tonight a sixth woman coming forward to accuse new york governor andrew cuomo of sexual harassment. that incident allegedly occurring at the executive mansion in albany. aishah hasnie has the latest tonight live in new york city. >> reporter: there's been such a flurry of these allegations in the last several days but even governor andrew cuomo today told reporters he didn't realize there was another accuser. the latest allegation comes from an unnamed member of the executive chamber. the woman claims she was summoned to the governor's mention for work late last year where cuomo inappropriately touched her. when asked to respond

why won't you, governor abbott?'s not forget, the nation's top scientists have repeatedly warned not to ease up on safety restrictions right now, especially masks. because the contagious variants are spreading, and this is the chance for us to get ahead of the variants with a vaccine. texas, fact, known to have all four known variants at scale in america active there. and it is home to half of the top 20 counties when it comes to cases. vaccinations will take time. if the governor wants a bogeyman, look in the mirror. with less than 8% of the state vaccinated, how many lives, how many lives in order to seem like you're doing the right thing about opening up? no masks, opening too soon, burned you once. will you make it twice? apparently so. i want to bring in dr. ashish jha. good to see you, doc. let's test the theory of governor abbott. it's migrants. they're full of covid. you stop them, you stop the virus. that's our biggest threat. that's why i won't test them. >> so chris, thanks for having me on. i really don'

governor greg abbott issued the executive order earlier this week. republican's decision has triggered sharply divided reactions across the state. cnn's ed lavandera spoke to some small business owners with drastically different views on how it will impact their lively hoods. >> reporter: as mike wynn whips up lunch in his san antonio noodle restaurant he can't stop thinking about what might happen next week when the state's mask mandate has ended. >> he's put the burden on the business now. >> reporter: he says texas governor greg abbott is forcing small business owners to become mask wearing police and face the frustrations of defiant customer >> instead of being a real leader and uniting us and helping us get past this once and for all he has created division. >> reporter: the last year has already been brutal for wynn, we first met him in may when he told out front when the pandemic ravaged his business he would close the noodle diner to undergo months of cancer treatment. six months later wynn reopened and is struggling to keep the business open

to them or want to i guess if that's what the commentator said i how much the knife prime minister abbott album out talked to the african union about what was happening in ethiopia primarily talking about the northern part of ethiopia i want you to see part of the statement because it's really relevant to what we're talking about right now in towns of ethnic conflicts and the problems that are happening all through the ethiopians are some of the things that jumped out at us and the idea that prime minister's son the ethiopian is still in transition there's still a lot of work to bring. i am just wondering here gentleman how do you get out of the situation where we have them our. civilians being targeted that there is an ongoing conflict between iran. a liberation army and the government entity gray and the government there is another conflict is that all of the spots where people are being killed atrocities are happening how do you get out of that tower costs for well 1st time you must have sympathy and empathy for this new terms of the chaos with alluding to they're not part of this poli

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governor greg abbott announcing restriction there's end in texas and mississippi and iowa theirs.hey join 14 other states that have no mask requirements. one texas icu nurse says this all comes way too early. >> it's a little nerve racking to see that, you know, we're going to take away the masks. i don't think it's safe to do that right now. we don't have people in the hallways anymore in stretchers. we're not putting dead bodies into rooms at this point. the breathing is a little better, it's not better. >> remember, it was the reason they were able to open in the first place, take those away and the virus can stand unchecked undoing months of gains. the first shots of johnson & johnson one and done vaccines are in people's arms. and president biden is trying to expedite across the country brokering a rare partnership on two arrivals. cnn's jeff zeleny has more from the white house. >> reporter: good morning, christine and laura. president biden with optimism with the combination of forces from johnson & johnson and merck. coming together for the vaccine. one of the reasons the

>> everything with governor abbott is a political move.'s spent $1 million against me when i run for state senate. what is this man trying to hide? >> john: how is business, by the way? did you recover from the shut down last year? >> we have a great business right now. we have a lot more clients because they basically appreciate that we think they are adults and should be able to make decisions for themselves. we lost some of the clients that prefer to not come into the salon. but i respect their decision to do that. it's up to them. >> john: shelley luther, it is good to talk to you and we will watch to see what happens between now and next wednesday when those mandates come off. appreciate your time today. >> thank you so much. >> john: sandra. >> sandra: good stuff, next could china be listening in on sam? we will tell you about the brand-new security with that and the question whether the biden team's ignoring of large risk with that ♪ ♪ that's money for security today and money for retirement tomorrow. refiplus, it's only for veteran

a lot of backlash for texas governor abbott's decision. california's governor democrat gavin newsom called it reckless. newsom has ordered some of the nation's strictest lockdowns. one health official in texas is warning people not to change their behavior just yet. despite the impending removal of the state mask mandate we must continue with our vigilance with masking, distancing and hand washing. ken paxton texas attorney general joins me now. talk with me about meeting that backlash with the facts that you in texas are working with. >> whenever you do something related to covid you'll get backlash one way or the other. no one has done it perfectly and no one knew how to do it perfectly. whatever you do you always get criticism. governor abbott has moved in the absolute right direction with putting the decision in the hands of people who need to make the decisions about themselves about their own lives. letting business owners decide what they want to do. if they want restrictions they can and consumers can decide if they want to show up

governor reeves in mississippi and governor abbott of texas have the right to do so.dent biden is there some numbers you have to pay attention to. texas ranked 48th out of 50 in terms of people being vaccinated. if we were out of point where we are talking, half the state was vaccinated, and he wanted to remove this mandate, i think there might be a different move -- it might be a different feeling. i think it's important to note that the president, unlike someone -- may be the former president -- not saying we're going to withhold money from anybody because they choose not to do this. i think president biden used the wrong choice of words, but i don't think it's smart with the governor of mississippi and texas are doing. if the vaccination rates were higher come out they may be that would make sense, but i wouldn't say let's stop now. it that's not the right time to do it. >> bret: i think the neanderthal thinking was what was raising the eyebrows. your thinking on all of this? >> i came here tonight to defend neanderthals. at latest science as they are quite intelli

coming up texas governor greg abbott from the front line of the open border crisis.ith drugs, human smugglers and coronavirus all crossing into america. plus governing by one party rule democrats passed the $1.9 trillion covid package and are hoping h.r.1 and their voting law is next. former director of national intelligence john john radcliffe told us to stay clear of last week on this program. >> h.r.1 and president biden executive order is they are making those pandemic voting rules permanent. no voter verification at all, voting day, election day turns into election month. the worst part of the ballot harvesting where any person can go door to door and collect ballots and be trusted even if the political activist to turn those in to be counted. maria: this hour texas senator john cornyn on whether h.r.1 will pass the senate. the biden agenda from the border to tax and spending packages, can the republicans do anything to stop this? plus corruption at the highest level of government, peter schweizer on who in congress is reluctant to hold the communist party of ch

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