>> governor abbott: several quick points.t have been in that situation had the biden administration enforce the immigration laws and secure the border in the first place. second, as you know, course, the person whoook thospictures said that the characterization that the democrats have made about the border patrol using them as whipping people coming across the border is false. they were simply maneuvering horses, but the last thing i will tell you is what the president said going after the border patrol who were risking their lives and working so hard to try to secure the border. if he takes any action against them whatsoever, i have worked side-by-side with those border patrol agents. i want them to know something. if they are at risk of losing their job and a president who is abandoning his duty to secure the border, you have a job in the state of texas, i will hire you to help texas secure our border. >> chris: governor, and the time we have left her want to ask you about two other questions. you signed a law in may that b

abbott. sen. grassley: was the director aware of the nassar matter at any time before calendar year 2016? mr. wray: i don't know the answer to that, sir, but maybe inspector horwitz does. >> prior to 2016, did the fbi follow up with field offices about the status of the nassar investigation and whether further federal investigation was needed? >> senator, there was, in 2016, some dialogue about that, but as we described in our reports, the fbi policies don't require the level of detail and reporting to the headquarters unit that would, for example, put the responsibility directly on them to notify state and local authorities. sen. durbin: senator lady? -- senator leahey? >> i am glad an that you are her -- i am glad that you are here, but the conclusions are troubling. they are damming. they are horrible. i think of the young women who testified here today, what they would do, and i don't see where they get solace out of listening to this, and what the american people feel. senator grassley just m

abbott. again, i would defer to inspector general horowitz on that. >> was the director aware of the nassar matter at any time in or before 2016? >> i don't know the answer to that, sir. maybe inspector general horowitz does. >> prior to 2017, did the fbi headquarters follow up with its field offices about the status of the nassar investigation and whether further federal investigation was needed? >> senator, there was in 2016 some dialogue about that. as we described in our report, the fbi policies don't require the level of detail in reporting to the headquarters unit that would, for example, put the responsibility directly on them to have notified state and local authorities. >> senator leahy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm glad, director wray, you're here, but the conclusions we have here they're troubling, they're damning, they're horrible. i think of the young women who testified here today, what they went through. i don't see where they get much solace out of listening to this and wha

before we go forward, let's just stop and recap the greg abbott record, you know abbott pretty well, governor of the second largest state and union, he is a national figure. i think he's a pretty terrible governor. i think he has bad politics, i don't agree with them, but he's also done a pretty objectively bad job at managing covid in texas. his state has one of the worst death rates in the country, it lacks behind half the country in vaccinations, and abbott's a man who throws red meat to his base, even when it comes to the expense of health measures. he banned mask mandates in school, like ron desantis did, and he gave the game away on the vaccine question. first, he issued an order banning mandates for any vaccine under emergency use authorization, which all the vaccines were. but then, the fda granted full approval to the pfizer vaccine, and abbott comes in and bans mandates on all covid vaccines, regardless of approval because of course, it's not actually about the science, it's about appealing to the maga crowd that doesn't like the vaccine, that's something that governor abbo

we'll get back to you when governor abbott begins. >> sandra: we know governor abbott will give this in the context of requesting federal emergency declaration in response to the crisis happening. he's going to hold this press conference at the international bridge in del rio. we do expect him to speak momentarily. he is meeting with local leaders, border patrol. hope to get an update on the situation down there at the southern border. on the massive search for gabby petito. brian laundrie, what a 911 call is revealing about their relationship as we await the results of an autopsy on a body believed to be petito. >> john: plus we'll speak with pat guilles. why he is slamming how police have handled the case is far. this is coming up next. >> what law enforcement needs to do, i would be waiting for the coroner's report. i need to know this wasn't an accident, wasn't a medical event, wasn't a suicide. veteran homeowners. newday usa has dropped their rates again. the newday two and a quarter refi is the lowest rate in their history. two and a quarter percent. just 2.48 apr. these rates

that's something governor abbott does a lot. he signed that massively restrictive voter suppression bill at imposing the methods governments did last year to make it easier for people to vote. he signed the worst abortion bill in the country. a facely unconstitutional law forcing pregnancy after six weeks enforced by private parties where anyone could basically sue anyone else of enabling an abortion and be warded with a $10,000 bounty. just yesterday he signed a second antiabortion bill restricting access to abortion inducing drugs after seven weeks. and all of that was just over the course of a month. so by any definition governor greg abbott i think is one of the most conservative governors in the country. what does he get for it? he gets put on blast by the twice impeached would be authoritarian expresident demanding he support a special bill to audit the texas election results, a state which donald trump won by more than 5 points. now if you take a step back for a second, there is something darkly comical about all of this.

governor abbott continues to push for a hands-off approach in the kr the governor signed a bill that allows texans to carry firearms without a permit. and there is also the bill which went into effect last week that outlaws abortions of area six weeks of pregnancy. >> what if it was a rape or incest victim? >> it doesn't require that because it provides at least six weeks. now, for a person to be able to get an abortion. so for one, it doesn't provide that. rape is a crime. and texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas. >> reporter: critics quickly pointed out that most women don't find out they are pregnant until after six weeks. with all of these controversies swirling around the governor, greg abbott is calling state lawmakers back to austin for another special session this time to hammer out a restricting plan. ed lavendera, cnn, dallas. >>> and you heard the governor say that he was working to eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas. that comment has prompted widespread backlash. u.s. house democrat alexandria ocasio-

abbott. but again, i would defer to inspector general horowitz on that. >> was the director aware of the nassar matter at any time in or before calendar year 2016? >> i don't know the answer to that, sir. maybe inspector horowitz does. >> prior to 2017, did the fbi headquarters follow up with its field offices about the status of the nassar investigation and whether further federal investigation was needed? >> senator, there was in 2016 some dialogue about that, but as we described in our report, the fbi policies don't require the level of detail and reporting to the headquarters unit that would, for example, put the responsibility directly on them to have notified state and local authorities. >> senator leahy? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm glad director wray, that you are here. but conclusions we have here are -- i suppose a nice way to say it is they're troubling. they're damning. they're horrible. i think of the young women who testified here today, what they went through. i don't see wh

abbott is offering a lot of red meat to his base.districting, that anti abortion law, taking on critical race theory. what does this mean for his political standing in the state? >> well, he -- what is fascinating is how consistent he's been in the last year, which is either not dealing with a huge problem, the grid and other problems in texas and then ferment other culture war problems in order to sort of not deal with those problems of things texans don't want to deal with or there is a highly unpopular or spreads a lie about the election, which is and then creates a solution to solve a non-exist tabletent problem. his numbers are lower than ever since he's opinion governor so they're at the lowest point. he's at 51%, 41% approval, 51% disapproval. he's in trouble. it's going to take the right candidate with the right message and the right campaign to beat him. he's vulnerable because he's gone against the interest of the majority of texans. >> let's talk about the anti abortion law because this is at the core of that point. he was

abbott is the face of an abortion law in texas.ctions bill that's just been signed into law, and if there's a window here to consolidate the anti-abbott feeling in texas, it is now, and i can also say that already the dga is using reports of o'rourke getting into the race to raise money. just one more factor of that pressure on him to make a decision. >> the fund-raising off the speculation about a decision that we don't even know has been made yet. is there any other democratic name in texas, garrett, that you think has what it takes to unseat greg abbott there? >> unseating greg abbott will be extremely different, no matter who runs. could conceivably be the castro brothers, either julian or joaquin. either could be in the discussion. all of these prominent democrats are wondering who can take on that task. >> your texas roots are coming in handy today, garrett. thanks. >>> after the break, dr. anthony fauci will be with us to answer your questions from boosters to getting kids vaccinated, and a whole lot more. stay with us. a wh

this is greg abbott's response to joe biden's vaccine mandates. so it's about a different issue.den's vaccine mandate is an assault on private businesses. i issued an executive order protecting, and here's the ringer, texans' right to choose whether they get the covid vaccine and added it to the special session agenda. something about a power grab that he's trying to stop. your thoughts. >> oh, my gosh. as you said in your prior segment, joy, you just can't make this stuff up. i mean it's an absolute absurd argument in the face of the overreach that right-wing republicans in this state have made against people who are seeking to terminate pregnancy in our state. that is the absolute bodily control. and it's not of course just about controlling the bodies of women who can't access abortion anymore, it's about controlling everything in their future. there was a great report today in "the 19th" where they were talking about the fact that women who were prohibited to access to abortion who otherwise would have one have deepening poverty at a greater rate than women who have access to

one week after texas banned abortions in texas after about six weeks, tonight, texas governor greg abbott now signing into law a sweeping new voting law, one of the most restrictive ever. >>> the tragic amusement park accident in colorado. a 6-year-old girl plunging 110 feet on an underground ride. >>> the scene onboard an american airlines flight today. the unruly passenger and what he was saying about the president. >>> and news tonight coming in from ethel kennedy, the widow of rfk. some of hir children split. she's now weighing in on the possible parole of her husband's killer. >>> good evening and it's great to be back with all of you at home after the labor day holiday. and we begin tonight with millions of schoolchuildren heading back. and now the largest increase in covid cases in children since the pandemic started. in fact, more than 40 million americans have now tested positive and of course concerns over that new variant first seen in colombia. it is now being detected in the u.s. and there are questions about how strong it is and whether it could get past the vaccines. tonigh

he sent this letter to governor abbott. this press release came out of blue from the secretary of state's office saying, oh, we have already begun audits in four counties. harris county, dallas county, tarrant and colin county. three of those went for joe biden. only one of those went for donald trump in the 20th election. and i want to just show you how the former president is still spinning this big lie. in this letter he sent just yesterday to greg abbott, he said we're quickly running out of time and it must be done this week. let's get to the mom of the 2020 election scam. what he was asking for was the texas governor to put legislation in the special session to say we will move forward with the audits. it seems abbott went one step further and said these are essentially already under way. we are 10 months out of the election. there is a lot of time to relit fate the results around the election if there were concerns. they said they ran a fair election. we are seeing this pro live rate. we are seeing it happen in penns

abbott says today he's going to eliminate rape? what? they are so extreme, they're now trying to back up a truck where they voted to overturn an amendment that would have exempted rape victims and incest victims from this law in texas. they are now trying to say, oh, well, it's not a problem, we're going to eliminate rape. the idea that my friends in the republican party in the united states senate are not speaking up, i know a couple of them have spoken up that this is a bad law, but they have done it very carefully and very kind of quietly and tentatively. this is what's going to get them in trouble, but they are listening to this echo chamber and being so extreme. whether it is the way that they're going after masks in schools, which most parents want for their children's protection, or whether they're saying to a mother we can put a bounty on your head if you take your child to get an abortion after six weeks when your boyfriend has been raping her for six months. >> yeah. and very quickly, i'll give you the last word on this, tim, b

. >> el gobernador gregg abbott pide el cierre de la frontera porque dice que no tiene la autoridad para>> un juez pide asilo político a los inmigrantes. >> si fueron rechazados por el título 42 podrán rehacer su solicitud. >> ese famoso título 42 ahora la orden entrarán en vigor en 14 días. >> en nueva york ordenan el uso obligatorio de mascarillas para niños mayores de 2 años. >> alerta en los Ángeles por aumento de cirugía estética clandestina. >> n tienen las condiciones ni permisos, inyectaban silicón en cuerpos de muchachas,. >> lo barato sale caro y ahora comenzamos con la llegada masiva de inmigrantes a la frontera. >> crece la crisis humanitaria donde han llegado más de 9 mil migrantes la mayoría haitianos y sin comida, la patrulla fronteriza desbordada es que en agosto arrestaron a más de 195 mil personas, dentro de ese número total son más de 18 mil niños no acompañados el gobernador gregg abbott pidió cerrar seis puertos de entrada, francisco fajardo con la información. >> buenas noches nos encontramos en del río texas y acá estás el cerco fronterizo, hay guardia nacional y p

abbott blames the white house for the migrant crisis. manuel bojorquez reports from the border. >> reporter: mixed messages from the biden administration. cbs news has learned more than 1,000 mostly haitian migrants have been allowed to enter the u.s. as part of the legal asylum process, undercutting the administration's hard-line stance that anyone arriving at the border will be immediately deported. >> many of the individuals who we encounter claim asylum and have a right to have those asylum claims heard as our laws provide. >> reporter: border patrol has not explained how it determines who is released and who is deported. those who are allowed to enter have notices to appear in immigration court within 60 days. tiffany borow who runs a nonprofit in the city says her office is helping hundreds of migrants a day who are released. i don't know if it's safe to say that during your time in this part of the border that you've never seen anything like this. >> no, no, no. we are a tiny rural community. i mean, that's half the size of our to

to put it simply, here is what abbott is suggesting. instead of allowing rape victims to ever seek an abortion, instead of forcing them to carry pregnancies to term against their will, what abbott is saying a better solution is to round up all the would-be rapists -- no rapists, no rape victims, no unwanted pregnancies, right? "the washington post" for the reality check that statement is crying out for. quote, the most obvious way in which this strategy is flawed is that prosecuting a rapist does not prevent the rape any more than prosecuting a murderer saved his victim's life. after the fact legal actions of course are important. it does not prevent a new rape from occurring. and as philip bump points out in his robust piece, it's not a policy governor abbott is even trying to actually put in place in texas. we all know that, right? it's his attempt to pivot away from a question he can't or won't answer about a bill he just signed by trying to take a tough on rapist stance that leaves the fundamental problems with the bill and its impa

y greg abbott llegó a la ciudad fronteriza de del río, tenemos lo último. >> el gobernador abbott llegós de haití. en su discurso habló del mal manejo del gobierno de biden, también destacó que gracias al trabajo en conjunto por parte de diferentes agencias de texas es que se ha estado controlando esta situación poco a poco. >> abbott dijo que están preparados en todas las fronteras de texas ya que miles de migrantes podrían buscar otros cruces pero destacó que la guardia nacional y los oficiales estarán en cualquier sitio para contrarrestar cualquier intento de cruzar ilegal a estados unidos. sobre el cruce internacional de esta ciudad que ha permanecido cerrado desde el pasado viernes, dijo que es lamentable para aquellas personas que lo usan a diario. espera que se reobra una vez que la situación en del río esté controlada. en relación al tema de seguridad dijo que sus oficiales estatales han reforzado esta zona y que son cientos los agentes que estarán listos para frenar el tráfico de humanos y de drogas. en una charla que sostuvo abbott con el juez del condado de valverde a actuali

. >> i find governor abbott's comments disgusting. >> reporter: during a signing ceremony tuesday for the new voting restrictions, a reporter asked governor greg abbott and its impact on rape victims. >> rape is a crime and texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas by aggressively going out and arresting and prosecuting them and getting them off the street. >> reporter: according to the fbi in 2019 more than 9,000 rape incidents were reported in texas. only 1,100 of them were committed by a stranger. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez slamming governor abbott last night for saying texas will eliminate all rapists from the streets. >> these aren't just predators that with walking around the streets at night. they are people's uncles, they are teachers. they are family friends. >> reporter: governor abbott has not called on lawmakers to take up any new rape prevention legislation, but he defended the abortion's law lack of exception by saying rape victims will still have the chance to terminate their pregnancy. >> it provides at

and i'll tell you the person i feel most bad for is governor greg abbott of texas. he's using his dps agents as best he can. a lot of people have said how come he doesn't call up the national guard, let me tell you why. i've been a governor. the moment he calls up his national guard, joe biden will invoke title ten and federal eyes t them and turn them againt what the governor is trying do. so that's an issue, the governor's doing everything he a can do and more. he's needing the support of the president, not the opposition and it's incredibly unfair, to the state of texas, to the people of texas and most of all the governor of texas who is trying to hold the line but the federal government ought to be the ones down there helping him do that. instead they're doing everything they can to thwart his ability to take care have his citizens. and that's something i hope people will understand, that he can easily be sucker punched by the biden administration and sean they would do it in 30 minutes. the moment he brings the state guard there, they would federal eyes him and

i wonder if you could explain to our viewers what holds abbott up to 41%?ly governor abbott is auditioning for potential president, and he's in a race with the governor in the race to the bottom when it comes to this -- to covid recovery and covid response, but they're pandering to the far right. the only audience he seems to be concerned about is not the 39 million texans, not the majority of the state, but the small, less than 10% of the population that votes in republican primaries. so no longer is he concerned about being the governor, but he is concerned about how he can win a primary. that is -- that is so disturbing because, as you laid out, there are people who are dying literally every day, school children, and he is fighting schools from mask mandates. he is fighting local governments and county commissioners for instituting vaccine mandates, all to appease the base that doesn't believe in science. so what he is doing is not caring about the majority of texans. he is only literally concerned about the small fringe of the far right that can help hi

when that happens, people like trump and abbott come along and take advantage of people's anger.feedback that you are angry causing your life. your children are more than likely to get covid if they go to school without a mask on. period. >> there is a teacher that did not wear a mask that was in california, half of the kids in the first week came down with covid. now, nobody would put up with that if you had children in that class and there is no reason airline passengers put up with people who are so selfish that they can't put a piece of cloth on their face for the duration of the flight. the numbers are so clear that people who do get the virus, the number drops tremendously if you just wear a mask. >> yes. all fair. >> before i let you go, doctor on doctor, fauci was on msnbc with joy last night. take a look. >> as long as the virus keeps circulating like that, you give it the opportunity to mutate, when it mutates, you can form another variant which may actually escape the protection of the vaccines. we have been fortunate that the vaccines we have now are doing well agains

. >> i want to ask you about something texas governor greg abbott said. by forcing a -- this is how he responded. >> a rape or incest victim during a pregnancy? >> it doesn't require that at all because obviously it provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion. one, it doesn't provide that. that said, let's make something very clear. rape is a crime and texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets. so goal number one in the state of texas will be a victim of rape. >> i'm wondering what you thought when you heard that. >> well, i find governor abbott's comments disgusting and i think there's twofold. one, i don't know if he is familiar with a menstruating person's body. in fact, i do know that he's not familiar with a woman -- with a female or menstruating person's body. he would know you don't have six weeks. i'm sorry we have to break down biology 101 on national television, but in

that is not what we see governor abbott doing. that's not what we check see texas republicans doing in this legislative section. >> attorney mark lies was just on with rachel maddow. he filed a lawsuit today against the texas law on voting. he says the only way to really deal with this is for congress to pass the for the people act, or the john lewis voting rights act. >> that's right, lawrence. we have to pass voting rights legislation in the congress. and i am proud that the house went back in august and passed a version of the john lewis voting rights act. we passed hr1 earlier this year. these have been top priorities for congress, and we need to get them across the finish line in the senate. what we are hearing from the texas legislators today and in recent days, is that this bill is all about protecting the elections. really, it is not. and the legislators and the governor have changed their story so many times about why this bill is needed, why it's important. it's because it is not needed. we have heard, both from federal

joining us now from austin, texas governor greg abbott.elcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you, chris. chris: you just heard my conversation with secretary mayorkas. your reaction. >> listen, secretary mayorkas and even president biden, they are in dereliction of duty. l they talked about the laws they were trying to apply. the united states constitution itself requires that the president and the federal government secure the sovereignty of the united states of america colluding the states in the united states of america. and the biden administration has abandoned any pretension of securing the sovereignty of either texas or the united states by having these open border policies that you so well articulated. they have created a magnet that led to these massive groups of ray sans as well as the other groups that are coming here for one reason, and that's because they have sent a message and a signal to the entire world that they are not going to secure the border, they're going to allow them across. you talk to secretary mayorkas, re

the president's chief critic in the border situation texas republican governor greg abbott visited theigrant encampment in del rio, texas today. where thousands of mostly haitian migrants have been. the latest evident really of the border crisis. speaking to reporters at the site governor abbott charged because of its border policies, the biden administration is a, quote: man made disaster of inhumanity of epic proportions. correspondent bill melugin is in del rio again tonight. >> the biden administration is a man made disaster of inhumanity. >> texas governor getting abbott in del rio, texas on tuesday visiting the current epicenter of the ongoing border crisis. flanked by state and local officials, abbott slammed the biden administration for its immigration policies. saying they led directly to the chaotic surge of haitian migrants here in del rio that resulted in 15,000 people living in third world underneath the international bridge. >> president biden campaigned on having open borders in the united states. i'm sure most people when they heard they had no idea it would lead to the

there after, abbott engaged with penny about both his interests in the u.s. olympic committee job and the nassar investigation. while at the same time participating in nassar investigation discussions at the fbi. abbott applied for the u.s. olympic committee position in 2017 but wasn't selected. we determined that abbott's actions violated the fbi's clear conflicts of interest policy and we also found that abbott made false statements to the oig and my agents in two interviews that we conducted. i want to conclude my testimony where i started, by recognizing the courage and bravery of the extraordinary gymnasts that we heard from today and that came before law enforcement in other settings. their persistence and strength are an example to all of us who work in the area of accountability and want to promote accountability. although the sexual abuses by nassar and appallingly inadequate response by the fbi agents cannot be undone, these athletes' commitment to justice and their pursuit of accountability for all involved in this deeply tragic series of events wi

most antichoice governor greg abbott, not pro-life be any shot.t. for those living in texas including state's children. asking for help in overflowing icus, abbott is stridently opposed to life-saving measures like vaccines and mask mandates, even as virus surges in the schools turning the children into latest victims of abbott's world view. from august 23rd to august 29th, more than 27,000 new positive covid cases among students in texas public schools. according to texas department of state health services. making it biggest one-week increase in entire pandemic. nearly 52,000 cases among students, 13,000 amongst the staff since the school year began. 45 school districts have had to temporarily stop in-person classes. one district in central texas closed until after labor day weekend after two teachers died of covid within a week of each other. all of this adding up to a state whose governing policies don't match the will of its people. according to new survey from the texas politics project at university of texas at austin, first time in polling

and then there is what abbott called, quote, an assault on private businesses. something florida's governor ron desantis picked up on, too. today he said the president was having a, quote, hissy fit and that people might lose their jobs. again, a bit hypocritical for both men. they are all huffy about president biden telling businesses what they can and can't do on vaccines when they have literally told businesses what they can and can't do on vaccines. the cruise ship industry wanted to require vaccinations and abbott and desantis said no. oh, and the order from desantis which was shut down by a judge last month would have included a fine just like biden's. again, this is not what they say it is. at the time desantis framed his order banning vaccine pass ports using similar language as abbott used yesterday. desantis said he was protecting a personal choice. he also recently said this about the impact of the choice. >> at the end of the day though it is what somebody, it is about your health and whether you want that protection or not. it really doesn't impact

the records established that steve penny, fbi agent j abbott, and their corporate subordinates worked to conceal larry nassar's crimes. steve penny arranged with the fbi to conduct my interview at the olympic training center where i was under the observation of usa gymnastics and the u.s. olympic and paralympic committee. the day of my interview, steve penny flew to the olympic training center and made sure i was aware he was there. i felt pressured by the fbi to consent to larry nassar's plea deal. they diminish the significance of my abuse and made me feel my criminal case was not worth pursuing. special agent in charge of investigating larry nassar met steve penny for beers to discuss job opportunities in the olympic movement. another fbi agent worked with steve penny to determine jurisdiction without interviewing this rounders -- interviewing the survivors. i watched multiple officials at u.s. ag and fbi resign or retire without explanation of how they may have contributed to the problem, some of whom were publicly thanked for their service and rewarded with severance or bonus mon

i'm saddened, but not surprised that governor abbott would jump so quickly at wanting to perform thisit, because there is that base that ingratiates them to the president, but at the same time helps him in his own political calculation. >> so mike murphy, let's hear from greg abbott's favorite republican this is donald trump, part of a -- i think we politely call it a wide ranging event in georgia this weekend we'll discuss on the other side. . >> i said brian, listen, you have a big election integrity problem in georgia i hope you can help us out and call a special election, and let's get to the bottom of it for the good of the country. let's get to the bottom of it for the good of your state let's go election integrity. what could be better than that sir, i'm sorry i cannot do that whoa i said you cannot do that? and that's why you're -- let me tell you, this guy is a disaster he is a disaster >> so, mike, no big deal trump just wanted to rerun the election in georgia, and went on at that same event to give a kind of de facto endorsement to stacey abrams. your reaction. >> well, you

greg abbott signs into law the worst voting measures in the country. civil rights group immediately challenging the law with three separate lawsuits filed in both states and federal court. this is about voter integrity. >> i would be astonished if a law like this not challenged in court. we see a law happens when ever a law like this passed. no one is eligible to vote would be denied the opportunity to vote. >> the law disproportionately affect people of color. the governor signs the law mostly surrounded by white men, surprise, surprise. s the this is the same law texas democrats fled the state to try to block. the law also limits local control over control over elections and limits voting assistance such as helping able people to vote. widespread voter fraud does not exist. even trump administration found no fraud in the 2020 election. this is part of donald trump's big lie use to justify voter suppression. all this creating unequal americas when it comes to voting rights. this year, at least 18 states enacted 30 different laws restricting access to

greg abbott. kristie gnome. this is nuts. themselves. at the expense of the people who voted for them. it's wrong. it's bad for the country. it's bad for humanity. and it kills people. and that is exactly what's happening in florida and texas insult to c.o.d.a.. and other places as well. you do have to admire people like asa hutchinson, the republican governor arkansas, when he made a mistake and signed an anti-masking bill, he undid that, instead i wish i hadn't signed it. i would call that leadership. if you make a mistake you take it back and you admit that you've made a mistake. we don't see any of that from the professional right wing -- that would be presidents like desantis and there are many others as well. the republican party has been ripped in half. you get honest conservatives. and then you get people who are willing to do whatever it takes, including sell their own people down the river. to death. >> i appreciate you putting it that way, we hear these words, doctor we hear about leadership, and we hear about cour

it's pure hypocrisy, what governor abbott said. he says, you know, businesses should make -- have the freedom to make their own decisions, and yet there are a lot of texas businesses that actually want to require masking and vaccination, and the governor's not letting them do it. so, you literally can't have it both ways. i just wanted to comment on some of the things that jonathan said. i've always been quite a supporter of all of those things. but just two things to bear in mind. first, what joe biden has done is audacious, transformational, and unprecedented in its sheer scope. and so, i think we just need to give them a little credit here for doing, you know, doing a really hard political lift. the other thing that's important is just our tone. i'm absolutely in favor of requiring vaccines and masking, including on airlines, and i was one of the first ones that called for it a long, long time ago, actually, in a "washington post" op-ed. but we don't want to sound like we're scolding and lecturing and being punitive. we just hav

republican governor greg abbott signed the restrictive law in may. to allows private citizens to bring civil suits against anyone who assists a pregnant woman seeking an abortion in violation of the law. last week abbott addressed the lack of exceptions in cases of rape or incest. >> rape is a crime. and texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets. so goal number one in the state of texas is to eliminate rape so that no woman, no person, will be a victim of rape. >> abbott's comments stunned many people at the time but they are even more shocking in light of the fact that texas has more than 5,000 untested rape kits sitting on shelves around the cnn's randi kaye has our report. >> that would be a beautiful thing to see, but it is not going to happen. >> reporter: this woman isn't buying it, she has also hope governor abbott can deliver on his recent process to eliminate all rapists from the streets of

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. >> want to put up governor abbott's approval rating. 41% of texans approve, 50%

the president turning a blind eye to be mentoring catastrophe and holding at the border and greg abbott is history present the only one securing the area. >> the president arrives at the united nations arguing america is back but are america's allies and adversaries buying and is the biden administration grapples with multiple crises. fox and friends first starts right now. ibly19 thanks for starting your day with us. let's get to this fox news alert. and autopsy is set to happen on the body federal agents believe is gabby abca5. ibly2 her missing boyfriend's families no longer having their attorney address the media. fbi agents executed a search warrant. ibly5 i'm standing outside the laundrie family home which is declared a crime scene. we were expected to hear from the attorney later today but overnight he released a statement saying as my conversation with the fbi this evening there will be no press conference tomorrow meaning today. yesterday morning a dozen fbi agents swarmed the house to execute a search warrant, agents were seen bringing in folding desks and other recommit and b

this is governor greg abbott wants us to do that. jillian: following the story for weeks the american mother known as fatima who captured our attention with this emotional plea. >> we are in danger. we are in danger, mister president, please help us. jillian: we are checking back in with her next. . we will talk to carley shimkus but first steve doocy with what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> in 11 minutes.

governor abbott has done a lot. but he -- there's a lot he's not done. one of the reasons he's so concerned now is that he was briefed today as your reporter, by the way, did a fabulous job there, really great reporting. but one of the things that he didn't tell you about is that the agents briefed the governor there's 240 miles of the southern border that is completely and utterly unprotected. you're so right in your intro. you mentioned that everyone in the world knows this, right? our adversaries, terrorists, anyone. when you consider that the u.s. just put a terrorist super state in power in afghanistan, you know, those things are seen together. we may have them separated for americans. they don't want us to connect the dots. they've been so successful in trying to divide that country that you have millions of people that won't be watching your show, only going to watch the networks or read "the new york times." they're not going to have any idea what the truth is. that only serves the people who are standing up there, pretending there's no crisis on

. >> i want to, representative, put your governor abbott's approval rating. only 41% of texans approve of him.