joining us now is chris hallens, at harris county election headquarters right for you. mr., thank you for making time for us tonight. you are going to have a really wicked busy three-week run but today seems like it was already a little nuts. >> good evening, rachel. thank you for having me. and yes, voters want to be heard, and they turned out in massive numbers today in houston and harris county. we're excited at the harris county clerks office we've given them tupts to vote. we've tripled the number of voting centers and making sure they can vote safely and early and with peace of mind their votes are going to be counted. >> i like to see huge turnout and huge numbers of people casting their ballot especially on day one. we are seeing a lot of lines not just in harris county but around the state of texas. do you worry about people feeling still the integrity of their vote is going to be challenged. it's going to be too much work to ask them to get the vote in? how are you trying to factor in all of those concerns in terms of voter motivation? >> yeah, well we see a lot o