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>> governor abbott: fair enough. >> sean: governor, we always love having you. >> governor abbott: thankean: when we return a few other questions for president pro-trump and the town hall. thank you for being with us. ♪ ♪ >> sean: all right come as we continue "hannity" "hannity" with president former president donald trump. we don't have a lot of time, but let's talk about your future plans. [cheers and applause] now... let me ask the crowd of everybody here, would you like to see the president run again in 2024? [cheers and applause] >> former president trump: thank you. >> sean: you are not going to answer but i have to ask, where are you when the process? let me ask you this without giving the answers, have you made up your mind? >> former president trump: yes. [cheers and applause] be when i think you got it right. [laughter] when you look, you know what is funny because i have known you 25 years and i remember you first talking about running. we actually argued, remember we argued about iraq in certain words and everything. and then you became president. i remember when i supported

i know abbott has faced a lot of political headwinds. hurt him quite a bit. i don't think that from the perspective of the median voter that he has like been too liberal and so i just wonder what incentive structure it creates for republican politicians when you see someone like allen west primarying abbott from the right. what it means for how he's going to conduct the governance of texas going forward? >> well, the incentive structure is that if you're running for office, it gives you a way to raise money, it gives you attention, it gives you prominence so there are lots of incentives for running for office. short of being interested in the act of governing. in some ways allen west primarying of greg abbott doesn't surprise me or not. whether greg abbott is vulnerable has a lot to do -- his job approval is in the mid-40s as you showed on that chart. is that primarily driven by disaffection with his style of governing? it's not necessarily about left or right but the handling of things like the energy crisis in texas, if you have modera

>> governor abbott made it clear that even if it was transpiring, he will call another session.you keep doing this over, and over and over again? >> we went into this eyes wide open, we know exactly what will happen. rick perry did the same thing many years ago in a similar situation. so, wet our message is is very simple. staying out and kill this bill this session, and use the intervening time, 24, 20 five days before the end of the session to implore the folks in this building behind us to pass federal voting rights legislation for voters in texas and across the country. >> with regards to politics, you said we don't take compromises. what are you prepared for their caucus to give back? >> with respect to their republicans in austin, the first thing that needs to happen is governor abbott needs to stand down his unconstitutional veto of the legislative government. we talked about that a lot this morning, but this contest is pursuing and access in the supreme court because what he did is unconstitutional. their birth -- the first place to start would be for the governor to sta

that greg abbott will not touch because it exposes his weaknesses. he has done nothing to protect the electric grid. even after 700 people died due to his negligence during the recent winter storm. but democrats we stand ready at all times to work on real issues, thank you. >> before your mark congressional members again, it is my honor to introduce the dean of the texas house democratic caucus. [applause] >> i'm going to say well i am up here, i am not appear to take a vacation in washington d.c. when i look at the african-american museum i thought about the struggles of my people fought in this country to get the right toth vote. in that right is sacred to my constituents i represent back in houston, texas for it i am up here because i do not plan to be a city person in that legislature. i am not going to be a sitting -- you're not going to be a sitting duck? >> i am not going to be a hostage. [applause] [cheering] my constituents right be stripped from them. we have fought too long and too hard in this country. that is what texan called johnson pr

in some ways allen west and primary of greg abbott doesn't surprise me a lot.her greg abbott -- his job approval right now is mid forties as you showed and that chart. he's not primarily driven by disaffection with his style of governing. it's not necessarily about left or right or about the handling of things like the energy crisis in texas. if you have moderate republicans and fans of abbott that are not necessarily -- added allen west is not necessarily the care for that issue. if on the other hand it's sagging because far-right republicans are viewing him more skeptically that's when you have to take it more seriously. and there's no real way over the last decade, more conventional republicans have beat back primary challenges with the exception of one thing and that is take it seriously. taking it seriously, putting your effort in to making sure that your opponent doesn't just get to have free reign and defined the race and doesn't have anything to have republicans beating back challenges from the far-right to do so. >> okay but my concern is some ways is

la construcciÓn >> en el manejo de la crisis fronteriza >>> este miÉrcoles el gobernador de texas abbottn oficiales estatales y federales la construcciÓn del muro fronterizo y para completarlo ha destinado una inversiÓn de 250 millones de dÓlares por el apoyo recibido durante su gobierno. >> es encargado de asegurar nuestra frontera dijo abbott. >> (hablan en inglÉs) >>> seÑalÓ que bajo la actual administraciones las cosas han sido asombrosa y desastrosas >>>. >> la frontera jamÁs habÍa estado tan segura dijo trump que durante su gobierno. >> el trÁfico humano descendiÓ y construimos mÁs de 500 millas de muro reponer y reparar las secciones. y pintarlos y narco introducir drogas al paÍs no necesariamente marihuana >>> seÑalÓ que es peligroso y mortal la administraciÓn de biden no estÁ haciendo nada para evitar el contrabando de esta droga. >> tenÍamos una frontera segura dijo trump >> (hablan en inglÉs) >> en cuanto a seguridad fronteriza gobernadores de varios estados respondieron al llamado de abbott para enviar tropas para resguardar la frontera >>> desde el inicio del operativo deten

that greg abbott won't touch, because it exposes his weaknesses. he's done nothing to protect the electoral grid. even after 700 people died -- the electric grid. even after 700 people died. it is time to work on real issues. thank you. [applause] >> before we hear from our congressional members again, it is my honor to introduce the dean of the texas house democratic caucus chair, presented of thompson -- representative thompson. [applause] >> i'm going to say why i am up here. i'm not up here to take a vacation in washington, d.c. when i look at the american museum, i thought about the struggle of my people starting this country to get the right to vote. that right is sacred to my constituents, and i represent them back in houston, texas. i am up here because i don't plan to be a sitting person and that legislature -- in that legislature. i'm not going to be sitting -- i'm not going to be a hostage. [applause] but my constituents ought to be stripped from them. we have fought too long in this country. president lyndon b. johnson in 1965 fought so

todd: governor greg abbott takes action. >> reporter: deflection came from the deputy press secretaryer being asked why vaccinated americans are being told to wear a mask and positive border crossers let loose in texas. here is the response. >> cvp provides ppe from the moment they are taken into custody and migrants are required to keep masks on at all times. if anyone exhibit signs of illness they are referred to local health systems. >> reporter: governor greg abbott signed an executive order restricting ground transportation of migrants at risk of having covid 19 into texas communities that allow stopping of any vehicle with suspicion of the violation. merrick garland is threatening legal action against the order and for abbott to rescind it garland says the order is dangerous and unlawful. the border would jeopardize the health and safety of noncitizens in federal custody and families and communities. the order directly interferes with implementation of federal immigration law. top house republicans lay down a proposal for the border wall to stop the migrant crisis. >> to resume

abbott. mr. levitt. >> good afternoon, and thank you, chairwoman klobuchar, ranking member lee, chairman durbin, and members of this or committee -- of the subcommittee. i work for innovative pharmaceutical companies for most of my career. i appreciate the subcommittee's focus on ensuring robust comfort in. while i am currently with a law firm, i spent many years as in-house counsel in the pharmaceutical industry, and i bring that perspective to my testimony today, on behalf of the pharmaceutical research and many factual errors of america, -- manufacturers of america, phrma. the activities on behalf of its members are limited by the antitrust laws and the antitrust compliance policy. as i am here on behalf of the trade association, i won't be able to comment on individual companies' current or future strategies relating to drug pricing, r&d, relationships with customers, or how member companies might or might not individually respond to the marketplace to a change in law or regulation. the highl

mike: the number of border crossings and apprehensions taking up as greg abbott adds border securityo the list of topics he wants to deal with during the state legislature special session jonathan serrie is live them away in texas with the latest from the border, good afternoon. >> good afternoon i am standing in front of incomplete section of the u.s. border wall which began construction during the trump administration only to seize construction as soon as president biden took office. let's go to the aerial shot from fox flight drone overhead and from the area get a sense of the wide gaps on the border wall where it's easy for undocumented migrants or anyone to walk around that's what appeared to happen this morning when a group of migrants came over in many families women and children that we see coming over who their first move when they get into the u.s. is to voluntarily turn themselves into authorities to be processed this is a group of young men that were obviously trying to evade capture we saw border virtual agents searching through the brush and if you take a look at the vi

i want to read part of attorney general merrick garland's letter to greg abbott.e says -- >> yet there's thousands of people, covid positive, many of them, crossing the border and these jurisdictions have no idea these people are in their borders, in their towns and what the attorney general is saying is that texas and arizona and new mexico and california have no right to defend themselves. >> well, the solution is simply for me. you cannot threaten a lockdown for covid and not lock down the border for the same reason, that being covid. yesterday we just saw the biden administration threaten yet another mass and potential vaccine mandate on this country. our governor is doing his best to keep us all safe to prevent the spread of covid, the delta variant, throughout our state. this is hypocrisy at its best. if you wonder why there's vaccine hesitancy, look no more at the mixed mets singles biden is sending to the country. governor abbott is doing his job to keep his citizens safe and i applaud him for that. >> trace: governor abbott is right when he says the admin

notably absent is texas governor greg abbott.of the hour, his office says with the border and with the special legislative session that he was going to skip this conference and stay in austin instead. lieutenant governor dan patrick and attorney general ken paxton, however, some notable texas republicans that are here. a big weekend, no doubt, in texas. jacqui: all right. casey stegall, thank you so much. griff? griff: joining us now fresh off his appearance at cpac, republican senator if tennessee, a member of the senate appropriations committee, bill hagerty. senator, thank you for taking time. let's start with your address to the folks at cpac. what did you tell them? >> well, griff, it's great to be back with you. we talked a lot about the threats that face our nation and the fact that the biden administration is opening the door to so many of the adversaries that we had done such a good job under president trump's leadership of showing strength and the fortitude of america. what we're seeing right now are the knee-jerk polic

merritt island is threatening legal action against the order and for abbott to rescind it. the order is dangerous and unlawful, the order would jeopardize the health and safety of noncitizens in federal custody and their families and communities. the order directly interferes with implementation of federal immigration law. todd house republicans laid out a proposal on the trump your border wall to stop the migrant crisis. >> want to resume the initiative with respect to border wall construction, to greatly enhance border technology, we have tremendous technologies and to have more boots on the ground. >> reporter: vp harris released her 5 point plan to combat the migrant crisis. the root cause identifies prioritizes and coordinates action to improve security, governance, human rights and economic conditions in harris followed that up by saying it won't be easy and progress will not be instant but they are committed to getting it right. >> if there is a theme of this show it is the white house downplaying to cover up the border crisis surge as it cracks down on law-abiding a

texas governor greg abbott was back at the border saturday. this time joined by florida governor ron desantis. well, the pair highlight at the partnership between the 2 states after florida answered the lone star state's call for help to tackle the surge in the border crossings. reporter wes rapaport has the latest. there. >> hi there. there's no clear timeline on when florida's resources will head back to the east coast. but governor desantis said it was no hesitation to send support here to the lone star state because during hurricane season, texas offers to lend a hand. >> this is a situation where all states need to be a part of the process of stepping up because the best place to interdict this criminal activity is not in florida is not an hour is right here on the border when texas governor greg abbott called florida's governor ron desantis answered. he sent boats planes and people to the lone star state. >> to help address the surge in border crossings. i asked some of my folks at the state levels is something we could support. >> but i

and texas governor greg abbott promised to pass republican voter restriction bills even if he has to imprison democrats to do so. >> i can and i will continue to call special session after special session, after special session all the way up until the election next year. as soon as they come to the state of texas, they will be arrested, they will cabinet inside the texas capital until they get their job done. >> joining me now live from texas, adam serwer, author of "the cruelty is the point" which is now in bookstores that you should absolutely pick up. adam, abbott seems -- the uniform intensity and focus on this agenda not just on the state of texas is always so striking to me. they're more focused on this, it seems an almost on anything else. abbott use this as a challenge that he seems happy to take. >> well i think there are a couple of things going on here. one is that texas republicans did very well on the last election. they have no reason to be concerned about their ability to hold on to the state. they're proceeding with this election though because ideologically, they ar

the department of justice is suing texas to overturn governor abbott's executive order.artment has also filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order for the governor is doing. governor abbott says it would be of some solace if the federal government were conducting appropriate covid-19 testing and other mitigation strategies. i will take every available step consistent with the law to fulfill my duty to protect the health and safety of all texans. >> i've been very respectful and supportive of the administration. but something has to change. >> democratic congressman henry cuellar republican 7 lindsey graham say biden administration should appoint a borders are. >> who do we believe can help us get out of this mess? we concluded almost instantaneously, jeh johnson jeh johnson. >> served as obama's second term homeland security secretary. activists accused him of aggressive immigration enforcement. in the way a texas, rich edson, fox news. >> shannon: the biden administration wants a block texas law enforcement officials from stopping the transport of illeg

republican lawmakers, including governor abbott have said, look, this is expanding early voting. expands early voting by one hour and local elections, not in the general election. and the case has been made by republicans, look, this is only expanding the access, but how is it expanding access when it gets rid of 24-hour voting access, bans drive-through voting and bans access. >> there's never been 24-hour voting in texas -- >> in the 2020 election, there was in harris county. >> no, no, and that was closed down very quickly by the attorney general, because that's not uniform across the state. there needs to be even and consistent application of the law across all parts of texas. nobody's vote should be easier to cast or harder to count, whether you're the governor or the groundskeeper. i want to correct you. we had more people vote in the last election than vote ever. we had more than 4 million people vote. 60% more from '16 to '20. >> i think it was more than a 11 million in the 2020 election. we'll double check that. it was more, i think we looked up, and it was the second hi

todd: that's not matthew. .carley: luckily, i do have wht governor abbott said.d it doesn't matter what the name is, i take everybody very seriously, and this after matthew mcconaughey is just one point behind governor abbott in a recent poll. so kind of neck and neck in texas on that front, guys. .todd: and meantime, the left s the reason we can't have nice things. carley: talking about richard branson, he became the first billionaire in space. take a listen to what he had to say. >> i was a child with a dream, looking up to the stars. you now i'm an adult in a space ship. carley: they experienced zero gravity, the whole thing. he spent the morning with fellow billionaire elon musk. jeff bezos wished him well on twitter. you're looking at a tweet from bernie sanders right now. not everybody on the left is on-board with this billionaire in space thing. bernie sanders wrote here on earth in the richest country on the planet half our people live paycheck to paycheck, people are struggling to feed themselves, struggling to see a doctor but, hey, the richest guys in

joining us now, texas governor greg abbott. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> my pleasure. thank you, chris. chris: let's start with the voting bill that casey was talking about. that became the big issue when democrats were successfully able to block it in a regular session. here is a democratic state legislator. take a look. >> we do not have a voter fraud problem in the state of texas. our secretary of state testified that elections in techs as were safe and secure, the 2020 election was safe and secure. chris: the texas attorney general's office spent 22,000 man hours looking for evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election and they apparently came up with 16 cases, 16, of people filing false addresses on their voter registration. so my question, governor is, is this a problem in search of a solution? >> absolutely not, chris. remember this, and that is before that i was governor, i was the attorney general of texas and i prosecuted voter fraud cases across the entire state and my successor, ken tax upon, has been prose

and our governor is saying no. >> here is what governor abbott said about this last week.nment or by schools to wear a mask in school. they can be by parental choice wear a mask but there will be no government mandate requiring masks. does he have a point that this should be up to parents? >> if he's really listening to parents, then he should allow school districts to be able to enforce the masks. we have parents with real concerns about their immunocompromised students or family members that will die if they get this disease. and he's not listening to any of us, not the educators, the parents or the students. as an educator, me, if i have a student that their family wants them to wear a mask, they want to wear a mask, but they're seeing other kids not wear a mask, the peer pressure of itting fitting in is going to overtake the safety of it. governor abbott can stop that right now and allow school districts to create a rule that everybody can follow that doesn't have any questions in the mix and keep everybody safe, but he's refusing to do that. >> what do you think is go

and texas governor greg abbott promised to pass republican voter restriction bills even if he has to can and i will continue to call special session after special session after special session, all the way up until election next year. as soon as they come back in the state of texas, they will be arrested. they will be cabined inside the texas capitol until they get their job done. >> joining me now live from texas, adam serwer, staff writer for "the atlantic," author of "the cruelty is the point," which is now in bookstores and you should absolutely pick up. adam, abbott seems -- i mean, the uniform intensity and focus on this agenda, not just in the state of texas but other states. we're seeing it obviously in texas. is always so striking to me. they're more focused on this it seems than almost anything else. and you can see that abbott views this as like a challenge that he seems happy to take. >> i think there are a couple of things going on here. one is that you know, texas republicans did very well in the last election. they have no reason to be concerned about their ability to

texas governor greg abbott invited him. governor abbott has vowed to continue building an unfinished section of the border wall using state funds abbott has declared the recent surge of migrants at the border. a disaster and says the biden administration has done nothing to help the state cope with it. trump also expressed criticism toward the biden administration's immigration policies. democrats, however, are criticizing this entire trip as just a publicity stunt for republicans to help them when some midterm elections. that trip comes as trump's company is expected to be charged with multiple tax crimes in new york tomorrow. the wall street journal is reporting the company the trump organization along with its chief financial officer, allen weisselberg will be named in the indictment by the manhattan district attorney while the exact charges are not yet known. it is believed to be related to crimes connected to employee perks and bonuses. the former president is not expected to be charged tomorrow for a lot of folks arou

extraordinary move denied republicans a quorum in the texas house, where republican governor greg abbotthas convened a special session to pass legislation that, among other things, would ban 24-hour polling places and stop drop boxes and stop drive-thru voting. texas democrats flew from austin to the u.s. capital to demand congress pass the sweeping federal voting rights bill, the for the people act. this is texas state representative joe moody of el paso. >> the voter suppression going on in texas is just the tip of the iceberg. the clock is literally ticking on congress to act to protect voters in texas and across the country. amy: today, president biden is set to deliver his first major speech on voting rights since republicans deployed the filibuster to stall the for the people act. we'll have the latest from texas and washington, d.c., after headlines. in iraq, at least 64 people were killed and over 100 others suffered burns and smoke inhalation after a fire ripped through a covid isolation ward at a hospital in the city of nasiriyah. monday's fire was fueled by an exploding oxygen

greg abbott wants to be president or vice president so he is on the side of trump all the way. there is no problem with voting in texas. they just want to make it harder. guest: ink you for your advocacy and your inc. -- thank you for your advocacy and your encouragement. i am trying to speak with our congressional leaders and ask them to please pass legislation as soon as possible to preempt what is barreling down our face in texas. host: when you here's -- hear people say " we want to make it easier to vote, harder to cheat" what do you say? guest: how does that make it easier to vote? there is nothing in it that makes it easier to vote at all, and there is nothing that even addresses cheating at all. it is a talking point, but it does not make it easier to vote if you are going to deter an elderly person from being able to receive a mail ballot knowing that many elderly people, that is the primary way they vote. when you criminalize that and make state jail felony is on innocuous -- felonies on innocuous actions with no sign of criminal intent, people will stay away. otherwi

>> well, i think governor abbott is clearly right on point.ure of the federal government to deal with illegal immigration, people are pouring over the borders. we've had over a million people come over, 362% increase, people just being released all over the united states. i feel sorry for the governors for the states of texas and other states that already burden for decades because of the abject failure of the federal government. we have to secure our borders, close our borders and get the rule of law back. it is total and utter chaos, the biden administration and attorney general garland are looking the other way because that's their agenda. this is what we've seen at several levels. they've got their agenda and radical left-wing agenda and they will do anything to promote it. we have to stop it. our borders are porous. this is a dangerous situation. dagen: what do you make of the biden administration. they have reversed one order that allows the expedited removal of -- of certain illegal migrants and then also with the title 42 that was allo

and this is exactly what have you seen happen with governor greg abbott.ration that continues to care more about people who don't even live in america than they do about american citizens. rachel: all right. thank you, lara. there is a lot of throiments what abbott can do, you are right. he is trying. well, we got to check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox janice: showers andt. thunderstorms could turn severe which is exactly what's happening midwest. we are going to get a cold front moving through today and that's going to bring more refreshing temperatures and take out some of the humidity. with that the potential for showers and thunderstorms, some of which could turn severe which happened last night across the great lakes. a lot of report of wind and hail. and that's going to be the situation as we get through today across the ohio valley in towards the northeast. i-95 corridor d.c. up to new york. you have to be prepared especially this afternoon when we could see those thunderstorms fire and the heat, of course, for the central u.s

because like governor abbott said, winners never quit and texas doesn't quit.ughters have um, you know, requested a vacation in washington, d.c., like they should not be there, so we are just kind of like why are you all will? that is our view on it. here's the thing, our bill is pretty straight forward. okay. all we want to do is end drive-thru voting. end extended hours and end waiteding in the car while friend is voting and we want to end voting. and so, it's not complicated. listen, where there's a will, there's a way. and if your name is will, you are probably a white man and there will be a way to vote. so we are confused where the concern is coming from. governor abbott always said, why can't we do it like they did in medevil times and cheer the loudest, they have not figured it out over there. >>> winning the internet again tonight to take us off the air. that was our broadcast for this tuesday evening with our thanks for being here with us, on behalf of all my colleagues at the networks, good night. very detailed anatomically correct praying hands that

. >> reporter: republican governor greg abbott calls this partisan politics and says by democrats leaving they have prevented important legislation from getting passed in the state but people who left tell me they plan to stay out of state at least 30 days until the legislative session is over to make sure the bill doesn't get passed in texas. norah. >> o'donnell: mireya villarreal, thank you. tonight president biden says the u.s. stands with the cuban

and governor abbott has even threatened to arrest the democrats when they return to texas. i want to come to you, representative jarvis. because -- i'm sorry, jarvis johnson, representative johnson. from what i understand, you are facing as a result of being here in washington and leaving texas, you are facing threats, a lot of threats. and from what i understand, i'd love for you to talk about this with the audience. you won't let your son drive in texas. why? >> well, obviously, the governor has made a decision and speaker

tonight governor abbott has strong words for the d.o.j. carley. ♪♪ >> epic right on cancer culture.ng people is doing to our country. >> tyrus. >> it's a big saturday show that means it's time for big saturday plus. we talk about what's really annoying this week and i'll give you a hint -- leaving a little food on your face. [laughter] >> first, more possible coronavirus restrictions as a delta variant spreads, president biden says americans can expect more rules are coming. >> should americans select marked guidelines coming up due to covid? >> in all probability. we had a good day yesterday. half a million of the people kat vaccinated for the first time so i am hopeful because people are beginning to realize how essential this is. >> the cdc box is backtracking overcome as he made about a possible nationwide vaccine mandate. here's what she sat on special report asked me. >> are you for mandating a vaccine on a federal level? >> something i think the administration is looking into, something i think we are looking for the approval of the vaccine. overall i think in general i am al

breaking the quorum in the legislature and they could face arrest the republican governor there, greg abbott, slammed the move in that statement saying texas democrats' decision to break a quorum of the texas legislature and abandon the texas state capitol inflicts harm on the very texans who elected them to serve. at the end of may, democratic lawmakers through national attention when they staged a walkout on this very same bill priscilla, you spoke with one of these democrat lawmakers earlier. what did you hear? >> those lawmakers are expected in washington, d.c., within the

governor abbott has threatened to jail us. people have threatened to remove our card access, remove our access to email, remove our access to the entire building at all. they can do anything they want. texas democrats are here and ready to take any punishment in order to fight for texans' freedom to vote. this is a serious cause. john lewis was ready to die for this, and democrats will do nothing less than that to make sure not only is the nation

now, governor greg abbott wants to crack down on bail bond laws, making it an emergency item for the state legislature's special session. in chicago, the mayor's office is facing criticism for letting top aides take time off for independence day despite warnings of a bloody webbing end. -- weekend. the mayor's office defending the move, saying working in the mayor's office is a 24/7, 365 job and members of the mayor's senior staff are constantly connected. while senior aides for mayor light foot were able to get a couple days off around july 4th, not police officers, who had their holiday time canceled. todd: lauren, thank you. ashley: a manhunt us underway in georgia for an extremely dangerous suspect, you accused of shooting at officers. dalton county sheriff's office says the man fired multiple shots at police after a car chase. he fled into a wooded area which

and he is now running against greg abbott because he doesn't think greg abbott is far-right enough. after all that greg abbott has done he's arguing that is slum is not a religion but it's a tolerant the crowded political ideology. he suggested that black communities were stronger and better during segregation and so he's anti-doctor king. he's called democratic hate and outs, quote unquote, the most insidious form of slavery remaining in the world today. and he's viable, susan, in your party. thoughts. >> qanon and succession. here's the thing, you talk about fascism early on. really, i've been looking for a new word for trumpism because i hate it because i think it goes deeper than just donald trump within the republican party. and i keep coming back to the same name. it's neo-fascism. forget trumpism, it's neo-fascism. that is what the grassroots of the party looks like right now. and in some ways, in a really weird way, people who believe in democracy and normal republicans and democrats and independents should be almost happy that adam west -- island west is running. why? becau

abbott about -- it relates in many ways to restrictions on entry. anytime you have a viable market , in order to have competition, you need to have the ability to enter marketplace. i'm worried about restrictions on entry that make it more difficult for people to enter into marketplace. many times we see drug manufacturers in opposing high prices -- imposing high prices because they can. that is sometimes what will happen if someone had the ability to do that without facing competition. in a normal market, this would prompt entry into the marketplace by a would-be competitor and spark competition. competition would in turn bring about corrections in price and it would not reward someone for continuing to escalate the price of their own product. it would punish them. in the drug space, entry can take many years and can cost millions or tens of millions or hundreds of millions or billions of dollars. of investment to break into it. what do you think we could do to make it easier so that patients benefit from competitive markets? is there anything we c

several lawmakers are in the nations capital after they left the state to protest governorgreg abbott's special legislative session to approve new republican voting bills . >> okay. all right. thank you everyone, we stand here with these people of courage, with freedom fighters who came to washington dc to seek salvation. because they are not going to be able to get governor of texas to protect the voting rights of the people of texas, we know that. in fact, instead of trying to make it easier for thepeople to vote , bug honor and the republicans in the legislature have done everything to make it harder including threatening these legislators over and over again and they are standing their ground just as we are standing our ground. we know what the texas bill would do and why this is all about a concerted effort not just in texas as reverend warnock will tell you, in georgia that this is going on all over the country to the point that we now have since the beginning of the year 22 laws to restrict voting have been enacted in 14 states with the texas senate passage of sb one yesterday, a

cumple su condena deben ser soltados le guste o no. >> por twitter mandó esto el gobernador gregg abbottndocumentados son inhumanos. >> solo hará todo más difícil más presupuesto gastado en cárceles y más muertos. >> la cuarta ola de contagios avanza por toda velocidad por todo el país la variante delta tiene a muchos casos en hospitales en alabama los casos aumentaron en más de 700% y la gobernadora dice que es tiempo de señalar a los responsables. >> (audio en inglés). >> y esa preocupación se comparte en otros estados donde quedan mucho sin inmunizarse y la tasa de vacunación es baja entre la comunidad hispana. >> en texas florida y california a menos de uno de cada tres latinos se ha puesto la primera dosis pero a pesar de la urgencia debido que en las últimas dos semanas los nuevos casos se han multiplicado muchos no lo hacen porque no quieren hacerlo, es la encuesta que se hizo la que arrojó esos datos. >> al consultar a los que no se quieren vacunar, dicen que no lo haría y el 3% que sí, el 64% de los no vacunados dicen no tener confianza de las vacunas ante las nuevas cepas esto

. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott is doubling down on plans to set aside $250 million to resume construction of the border wall that the biden administration had halted today former president trump joined him at the border for the first time since leaving office >> we worked with the governor on this it's the exact wall that border patrol, i.c.e. and all of the professionals wanted >> reporter: after the photo op -- >> governor you have the legal authority to build this wall with state money? >> reporter: neither the former president nor the governor took questions, but the political optics are clear. texas republicans overwhelmingly support abbott's wall effort, and republican governors from other states, including florida and south dakota are also sending law enforcement personnel to the border. >> totally political theater. >> reporter: democrats are furious that at least some of the money had been allocated for covid relief >> he has no legal authority over federal issues he is a state governor he can't do what the federal government is supposed to do >> reporter: governor a

abbott has received and reviewed a copy of the report. mr.ecutors who brought larry nassar to justice. mr. abbott hopes the courage of the victims of nassar's horrible dream find peace. the department of justice declined prosecution on two personnel in this matter last year. the fbi has demoted one, is waiting for response from the fbi's office of professional responsibility, the other retired. attorney john manly is calling now for criminal charges to be filed. he says that there has to be accountability. and he tells me that otherwise what you're telling the fbi field offices you can do whatever you want. now, john, the big question is why, right? why would they hold this? these three minors said they would talk back in 2015 to the fbi. first of all, they only talked to one. they did not talk to all three. couple of handwritten notes. here is also what's in the report which is interesting, the head of the field office in indianapolis was just about to retire. and it talks about in that report a meeting at a bar that he had with the head of

governor abbott had some other things -- there we are. you can see governor abbott has other things on his mind beyond just voter suppression. he also forced -- focused on banning transgender student athletes from school sports, and on curtailing discussions of racism in texas classrooms, and on further restricting a woman's right to choose. but you know what is not included on this list? there is nothing on this list about solving the problems with texas' electrical grid that caused widespread power outages during winter storms this year. and i think we have a slide that would show some of that. over 200 people died. an investigation by nbc news, texas tribune blamed the power failures for unprecedented wave of carbon monoxide poisoning. the committee -- our subcommittee on environment is currently investigating these failures. representative collier, what was your reaction to governor abbott's failure to include further action on the electrical grid for the session that he called? ms. collier: great question. it was a missed opportunity