and then move comes just months after taxes. governor greg abbot signed legislation barring schools for actually teaching what some say is critical race theory, legal jobs, my barrows contributor with americans while you're has more on this deep dive book investigation. thanks for joining me, molly. i've got a okay, so we know that libraries are going away because obviously they're not cost effective lately. but in this case in texas, they're actually investigating more with the content of the book is, is necessary in the book itself. so what books are being singled out with this investigation? well, if you can believe it, there's $850.00 titles that are included in this letter that crowd sent to a number of unnamed school districts and school superintendents as well as the texas education agency. so our texas education association, but i'm on the title, so i'm pretty familiar ones. you may remember the cider house rules that was a novel that they made to movie back in the eighty's and it had to do with a doctor that from to portions. and he was mentored to the main characters, also v f

>>> texas governor greg abbot is now banning all vaccine mandates in texas for workers or customers.order is a direct challenge to all businesses that asked for vaccine requirements. this as an fda advisory panel will decide this week whether or not 84 million people vaccinated with moderna or j&j will get booster shots. doctor, first to you, on governor abbot's order, how will it impact overall vaccinate efforts in texas and other republican lead states. we have seen dates that are working so far. >> sure, our way out of the pan determine sick to vaccinate the unvaccinated. we can have booster dosing as will be recommended probably on this thursday and friday. we can give a third dose to people who already have got mrna vaccines. that will probably not have much of an impact on this pandemic. it will only occur when we can convince 65 million people that told you they don't want to get vaccinated. they want to continue to be fertile ground to create mutations more and more resistant to the vaccines. for anyone looking at the data that vaccines are the way to go. there is no good rea

ten years the party involved in the texas legislature got their lawns redrawn, and the governor, greg abbotons into majority white districts. it reports 16 other states have plans that have passed the first stage of redistricting, several of which no longer need to prove that their new maps are not discriminatory before pushing them through thanks to the supreme court's gutting of the voting rights act back in 2013 and it could take years for courts to rule on racially discriminatory gerrymandering that dilutes the voting power of minority voting. they, quote, eliminate all of the current 17 majority minority legislative districts as well as the two majority black congressional districts. that actually violates federal law and montana has to create a new district due to the increase in the population on the western side of the state and both parties are fighting over where the district line will go. if the line falls to far east it may not be as easy to vote a republican in. joining me is joyce vance, a columnist and contributor for msnbc and also joining us on what appears to be a golf cou

and texas showdown — the governor, greg abbot, has signed an order banning all vaccine mandates which

and texas showdown — the governor, greg abbot, has signed an order banning all vaccine mandates whichresident had imposed on all federal workers and large companies. but is the governor's order legal? we'll speak to the mayor of austin. hello, welcome to the programme. how did the uk a country that, pre—covid, had been held in such high regard for its pandemic preparedness, end up with one of the highest death tolls per capita of any large economy? the first official report into what went wrong was released today, a joint inquiry by two parliamentary committees, and it comes to some damning conclusions. the committees, led by two conservatives, said the failures amounted to "one of the worst public health failures in uk history." thejohnson government had "followed the science" so unquestioningly that politicians and scientists fell victim to a form of groupthink — despite the fact the groupthink was fatalistic and flawed. the crisis exposed "major deficiencies in the machinery of government", with public bodies unable to share vital information and scientific advice impaired by a lac

( abbot sonic ) greg greg one more thing, dana. >> dana: time nor corny jokes. here we go.o you always remember an anniversary? how do you always remember an anniversary? >> jesse: the date? >> dana: you forget it once. because your wife will get so mad. >> dana: it's corny. it's funny. why did the couple met online get married? >> judge jeanine: met online. why did they get married? future gut she got knocked up. >> dana: they just split. how does a tea bag wish his. >> dana: happy birthday besty. >> judge jeanine: best tea. >> dana: how does every birthday end with? >> dana: the letter y. >> jesse: so hard. i feel so stupid right now. >> greg: you don't need rilgds for that, jesse. >> jesse: man, that hurts. >> greg: you are up. >> jesse: there is a celebration of a birthday today not just for fox but also the twins. sophie and ellie turn 0 today. that's right, double digits. they are blowing out candles with my mom and dad there celebrating with silly string with some of their friends. i got slaughtered 4 on 1 silly string. another cake. happy birthday love you guys so m

the news comes as the governor of texas, greg abbott, has moderate mounted abroad challenge to the administration's vaccine mandate. abbots order to buy van vaccine mandates. that only sets up a legal confrontation with the feds, but it also forces businesses to make tough choices in texas. he's also getting backup from fellow republican governor, and fellow trump are robbed desantis in florida. he's proposed a lot of shield all workers from being fired, for pete not getting the vaccine. this afternoon, the white house put both governors on blast. >> 700,000 american lives have been lost to covid-19, including more than 56,000 8000, and 68,000 in texas. why would you be staking steps that prevent the saving of lives? that to make it more difficult to save lives? i think it's pretty clear when you make a choice that's against public health information and data out there, that it's not based on what is in the interest of the people you are governing, it's perhaps in the interests of your own politics. >> as we've talked about, here the political battle comes as moderna and j&j are both asking the fda to greenlight their boo

learned that texas is republican greg abbott has issued an executive order prohibiting vaccine mandates from any entity in the state, that includes all employers, abbots order mentioned that the biden administration's vaccine mandates, which he called quote, federal overreach. as the battle over vaccines continues, the drugmaker merck is willing working to obtain an emergency authorization from the fda for what would be the first medication to treat covid. early trials have shown the pill reduced as hospitalizations and deaths by about half, we'll talk about it later in this hour. there is also another incredible story unfolding tonight at the intersection of sports, and race. viewers a monday night football learned during tonight's game that former monday night football analysts veteran football coach john cruger in, has resigned as head coach of the las vegas raiders, just hours after the new york times reported that his past emails included homophobic and misogynistic misogynistic comments. this follows an earlier report of him using a racist trope to describe one -- union player. he released a statement today that says i love the raiders and do no