and texas state representative gina hinojosa. thank you both very much for coming to the last word. have any scuttle on what's happening in the senate right now when it comes to voting rights? >> jonathan, i wish i knew exactly what was going on in the senate. unfortunately, the good people of georgia elected me to represent the fifth congressional district. right now, i'm sitting in the office that was once held by john lewis, working very late with my team here and we had a conversation today with ambassador andrew young. he came in to give my team a pep talk about what it means to serve this special district. we haven't given up hope. we are calling on the senate to do what they know needs to be done. this should not be a partisan issue. this should be about democracy, about standardizing the right to vote and making sure that everyone in our country has access to the ballot. i am still hopeful, i know that i have to be resilient and with that hope and continue to do the work. congressman lewis taught us to dramatize the moment, and that's what you've seen by the march, as by the

and texas democratic state representative gina hinojosa.coming to "the last word." representative hinojosa, what do you expect to happen next week with the republicans when you come back into session now that quorum has been reestablished? >> well, let me first make clear for the record that quorum has not lawfully been established. there weren't a sufficient number of members on the floor, and they were probably 12 to 15 members shy of reaching the constitutionally required quorum. notwithstanding, they declared it and have proceeded with business, unlawfully and illegitimately. >> oh. >> yes, absolutely. absolutely. >> wait. i think we need to throw out the breaking news banners here. representative hinojosa, what you've just announced to us is that despite what the texas republicans are saying, there is no quorum, no quorum has been met, 12 to 15 -- they're 12 to 15 members shy of meeting a quorum? >> that's correct. they did not have the sufficient numbers present on the floor of the house to conduct business. they ignored that constitu

again, representative hinojosa and her colleagues did that.ed this issue on to the public agenda, and they forced the president to respond to that. we need to keep that pressure up until this thing gets passed, because if we don't it is unfortunately going to get much worse in texas. this god awful agenda you just described in the special session, you will see something like that in the next special session and the next regular session. we will lose the ability to freely decide who represents us in these important positions of public trust. so, mr. president, please get the for the people act and john lewis voting rights advancement act passed as quickly as you can. >> i will give you the last word on this, representative hinojosa. people forget the 1963 march was not a march to support john f. kennedy. it was a march on john f. kennedy demanding he pass the original civil rights act. he had to be pushed to do that and that anniversary is coming up this weekend on the 28th to force there to be a civil rights act. last word to you. how do you c

to try to push through their agenda and hold on to power at all costs. >> so then representative hinojosaif this is being done unlawfully, can't you lawfully stop them? >> well -- we could be present to call for verification, but that would add to quorum, so it's somewhat of a catch 22. verification would say, everyone has to sit in your desk and it's a roll call. but you have to be seen on the floor of the house. and so -- but if there are there to call it, we could establish quorum. that's the challenge. but they know they don't have the numbers. reporters who were there, they saw, members were there, they. soft staff was in the gallery, they counted and saw. everyone knows this and they are proceeding with business as usual to try to pass voter suppression bill and silence voters to hold on to power at all costs. >> congressman allred, i swear i'm going to come to you, but representative hinojosa, one last question. what does that mean for monday? does that mean we are going to see another walkout by texas democrats to deny a lawful quorum? >> well we are actively in conversation with

with me, maria hinojosa, author of "once i was you."to where you are and why you are there. but before i do, a story that i do think intersects with the report you're doing. you have states like florida and texas banning mask mandates, continuing to play politics with this virus. and now you have their governors blaming the covid surge on immigrants. i would ask what is motivating them, but i think it is pretty apparent to you, to me, and our audience. talk to me about that and the consequences of that type of rhetoric. >> look, alicia, i am in canton, mississippi, right now. in fact, in this region, mississippi is a hot spot. there are many people who are sick right now in this community. but i'll tell you one thing, alicia. those people are not coming from guatemala or mexico and bringing covid here. those people are getting sick here. and part of the reason is, of course, they are essentially workers. many of them are working the poultry plants. therefore, if you're working in close proximate and there's a strong odds you'll get sick

. >> before i go to representative hinojosa, i wanted to ask you it been to have the texas democraticushing on voting rights? >> i think when they initially fled people saw it on the news and didn't really think how long it would last. i flew back early on week i wasn't in washington to host my friends in texas, my co-conspirators for justice for dinner to talk about what the next steps need to be done. they've met with the vice president and people expected this to be a moment on the map, social media hit and then done but they're still there, giving up everything at home to make sure we can press forward. >> so representative inahosesa, the floor is yours, what are your next steps? >> well -- >> looks like -- >> urge -- >> go ahead. >> we continue to urge the state and urge congress to act and pass voting rights legislation. now we have bought time, held the line in texas but governor has called another session for tomorrow, noon tomorrow in texas, and so they are hell bent on passing legislation that will make it harder for eligible texans to access the ballot box. that's why we ne

i want you to take a listen to what texas house democrat gina hinojosa said on the state house. take a listen. >> intentional discrimination against people of a certain race, is that racism? >> that is -- >> ms. hinojosa -- >> those words, intentional discrimination, i think, can be fairly characterized in that manner. >> making the speaker uncomfortable, not wanting to use the word racist on the floor. what does it say when you are more sensitive and more ruffled about the use of the term can the did know racist than things that disenfranchises communities of color. >> these republicans are living on a different planet and they're taking this see no he will have, hear no evil, pretending that racism doesn't exist. not only that, when you think about what they tried to do, what they are doing on critical race theory and trying to ban essentially or discourage at least texas public schools from teaching the works of martin luther king and cesar chavez, this is a republican party intent not only on suppressing the vote of people of color, but also keeping folks from knowing their

regardless of the court order because the dallas independent school district superintendent michael hinojosa thank you so much for coming on the show this evening. you had a mask mandate in effect today. how did that go? was it difficult to enforce? >> actually it was quite positive. in fact it all started happening 24 hours ago. we were trying to plan as to how to execute our first day. when i went to the schools today it was amazing. it was nothing short of phenomenal. we have over 140,000 students going to school a day and i had reports that there were three students who were not compliant. so what this tells me is that we're on the side of justice. we're on the side, the people believe in what we're doing. they know we're in a very dangerous zone despite what the elected officials are saying in austin. and our own reality. you can't control people this way. they're not going to be willing to participate they will shun us but this is very clear that people are scared and they are going to take precautions to make sure we're safe for now and for the future. so i was very proud of being the

ban on mask mandates in two counties, dallas independent school district superintendant michael hinojosa defiant. >> we are going to ask them to comply. we're going to give them a mask. we're going to give them a little bit of time. if they don't, then we'll ask them to leave and if they don't, then we'll have a place for them. but it will be separated from everybody else. >> reporter: david, today, pfizer and biontech submitted early data to the fda that shows a third shot, a third dose of their vaccine appears to show immunity levels that are far greater, significantly greater than just two doses. but they have not yet sought authorization from the fda. david? >> we're going to be tracking that in the months ahead. marcus, thank you. >>> when we come back, news on new york governor andrew cuomo tonight. what state lawmakers have now decided tonight. >>> and for the first time ever, a water shortage declared for the colorado river, and what this means for several states tonight. ♪ when you have nausea, ♪ ♪ heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach... ♪ ♪ diarrheaaaa. ♪ pepto bismol coats your

thank you, texas state representative gina hinojosa. that's tonight's "reidout." "all in" starts now. >> tonight on "all in" -- >> donald trump's pattern has been to use acolytes and sick fants whether in the white house or in the congress. >> the widening investigation into trump's effort to subvert democracy and the role his chief of staff played in it. >> mark meadows, everybody. >>> then just one day after the bipartisan infrastructure vote, republicans are back to their old obstructionist ways. >> republicans refusing to support anything on voting rights is not an excuse for democrats to do nothing. >> and as they cry freedom over masks and vaccines -- >> we don't have to accept the mandates. >> they do not respect your liberty. >> i trust them to know their circumstances better than government. >> what actual libertarian legal scholars say that's ridiculous. that's when "all in" starts right now. good evening from washington, dds d.c., i'm meddymeddyh -- me hassan. trump said i have long known and worked with mark and the relationship is a very good one. per

. >> well, i admire you for taking a stand dallas county superintendent michael hinojosa.reciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> that is "all in" on this monday night. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening and thank you my friend. much appreciated. thanks at home for joining us this hour. we're going to start tonight if we can, we are battling technical difficulties, but we're going to try to start tonight live in kabul. it is 5:30 in the morning tuesday morning right now. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel as

hinojosa -- >> those words i think can be fairly characterized in that matter. >> we can talk about racial members of this body of being racist. >> i mean, come on. tonight the texas senate decided to send the voting restrictions bill to conference committee. joining us now is democratic texas state representative, chair of the mexico-american legislative caucus, and brittany cooper, associate professor of women's and gender constituents and africana studies at rutgers university, author of "eloquent rage." let me start with you, state representative. republicans seem oh, so uncomfortable using the word racist. but as you pointed out, the policies of the texas republican legislature have a history of discriminating against people of color. >> and this isn't old-timey newsreel stuff. this is digital and this is contemporary, all happening in the last decade of voting rights patterns. go one step further, look at the discriminatory effect. the courts have said, you meant to discriminate. that's a damning record. it's against that backdrop that we debated the bill over 13 hours last night. we

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. >> well, i admire you for taking a stand dallas county superintendent michael hinojosa. appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> that is "all in" on this monday night. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening and thank you my friend. much appreciated. thanks at home for joining us this hour. we're going to start tonight if we can, we are battling technical difficulties, but we're going to try to start tonight live in kabul. it is 5:30 in the morning tuesday morning right now. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel as you probably know has spent big portions of the last two decades of his life in afghanistan during the war there. richard also weeks ago reported on some of the last fierce fighting by elite afghan commando units fighting against taliban forces. we now know that was some of the last fighting like that that there was in afghanistan and richard was right there in the middle of it. but now that the taliban have been able to take control of, first, all the provincial capitals, and then the whole country inc

thank you, texas state representative gina hinojosa. that's tonight's "reidout."whether in the white house or in the congress. >> the widening investigation into trump's effort to subvert democracy and the role his chief of staff played in it. >> mark meadows, ev

that's because school superintendent michael hinojosa issued a temporary mask mandate monday in defiance of governor greg abbott. >> we are now in a dangerous situation and so the governor needs to run the state and i need to run the district and as the chief executive officer i'm doing what i believe is in the best interest of the school district at this time. >> reporter: across texas average daily covid cases jumped more than 150% in the last two week. at texas children's hospital nearly 1,000 kids have tested positive for covid in the last week, more than 35 children are hospitalized. the most that they've treated throughout the pandemic. dr. jim is the pediatrician in chief. >> it is a tenuous time. we are looking forward to more school districts opening in the next two weeks. and so it's reasonable to assume that this wave or surge will continue. >> reporter: in katy, texas, outside houston school officials are complying with the governor's order and not requiring masks in school. >> you guys are doing great. >> reporter: that's frustrated lee nelson whose two children, ashley and

hinojosa -- >> those words intentional discrimination i think can be fairly characterized in that manners of this legislation without accusing members of this body of being racist. >> can you though? i don't really think so because, brutal, and, yes, racist voter suppression laws like the one getting final passage out of the texas house this afternoon don't seem like they're actually designed to stop widespread voter fraud. consider the fact texas attorney ken paxton's office spent 22,000 hours looking for voter fraud in 2020 and uncovered just 16 cases of false addresses on registration forms according to "the houston chronicle". nearly 17 million voters are registered in texas, and seemingly adjacent to the news from texas yesterday another development, equally out of touch with reality. the supreme court pulled the rug out from under renters blocking the cdc from enforcing president biden's federal moratorium on evictions. from "the new york times", quote, the decision puts hundreds of thousands of tenants at risk of losing shelter while the administration struggles to speed the flow