. >> dickerson: we'll ask the head of the former cyber security agency chris krebs. and elections expert, david becker, will weigh in on challenges across the country to voting laws. and cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger will tell us why prices are rising, and if and when we can expect to see them russian return to normal. and context on new books about the trump administration, with admiral michael mullen. it is just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >> dickerson: good morning, and welcome to "face the nation." many weeks, when we put together this broadcast, were challenged by the number of stories that we want to cover and how best to illuminate them. this is one of those weeks. we're going to try to get to a lot today. our lead is clear, though, it is a story that has dominated the news for 18months now, with a dangerous new twist, causing a surge of the coronavirus here in the rk strassman texas. >> reporter: covid has boomeranged. the menace, the masking, the fear, all back. and it is largely a self-inflicted wound across our two americas. >> this is becom

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. >> and it's almost proving chris krebs right.ook, it does seem it was the most secure election in our country's history. they have been audited two or three times since election day. i want to read more from your incredible reporting. 9 you write this. in many ways trump was a stand-in for the constituents mcgroom knew who insisted the election was stolen, who raged against the scheming democrats and spineless republicans. most of them, mcbroom realized, would not read the report either and he wasn't sure what more he was supposed to do for them. i can't make people believe me, he said, an air of exasperation in his voice. all i can hope is people use their discernment and judgment to look at the facts i laid out for them and look at the theories and ask the question does any of this make sense? i thought of italian military lasers, claims about venezuelan boat swapping. being sued billions of dollars for the voting machine companies. and i thought of this question that he poses to you. does any of this make sense? and i wonder i

that's because lifelong republicans like chris krebs have said out loud on the record that 2020 was thet secure election in our country's history. bill barr looked high and low and did not find any evidence of widespread voter fraud. at this point democrats could be as complicit as republicans if they rely on the same tactics for a whole new war against gop legislation. beto o'rourke's call to action. >> an elections bill that is premised on a lie that there is widespread fraud in our elections even though there is none. a solution in search of a problem that's going to disproportionately hurt and harm some texans more than others. for those who support democracy, i encourage you to fight with all you have. do whatever it takes to make sure we preserve the right to vote in the state of texas. >> in texas at this hour, that fight is not over. it's being revived once again by democrats there. quote, at least 58 democratic members of the state house of representatives are expected to bolt from austin today in an effort to block the measures from advancing. a source familiar with their plan