it works in the history of houston. these episodes in the book are truly political history and also economic history. the comet of a political eminent scientist posted on that cover of the book that the book is quote -- may have struck readers as implausible. it's not. it's true. so on to the questions. first, the book is in many ways a history of the legal institutions, municipal as well as national. jon levy writes at the outset, capital is a process by which a legal asset is invested with future value. can you tell us a bit more about this approach, using engaging so systematic and seriously what's the law which does seem to me to be exceptionally promising through economic history? for example, in the narrative where has your study of learning or tax codes or other legal changes been particularly important to the story? so the second question is in relation to your thesis three about the never-ending conflict with investment. and i wonder if you could say more about whether this really is never ending? you finished

and helping to manage the workforce of the city of houston.a sheriff in harris county and as a city councilmember, gonzalez spearheaded innovative efforts to expand social services in order to reduce arrest and of our crime and improve public safety. welcome sheriff gonzalez and you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> german and established members of his committee i am honored to pair before he does to discuss my nomination deleted u.s. immigration and customs enforcement ice. i want to thank president abided for nominating me secretary for his confidence in me and his committee for considering my nomination. i also want to express my love and gratitude to my parents both hard-working children of immigrants. my father was a self-taught boulder, he never finished school, or in how to read or write and he made up for it by outworking his competition and he raised me to value education and hard work as a key to achieving their market dream. my mother on modest beauty salon where she showed me the power of community, service to others, pers

in texas, a deadly shooting at the houston aquarium last week. the alleged gunman was out on bond. according to the houston chron sell, from 2013 to 2020, 231 deaths were linked to criminals out on bond.

the blue willow bookshop in houston hosted this event. a. >> welcome, everyone. the owner of the bookshop in houston texas i know we have people joining us from all over the country and even beyond in the world. i am thrilled tonight to bere he with, to introduce a icon of our staff. we are so thrilled they are going to be joining us tonight. so, i would like to introduce our guest author and his conversational partner. eric berger, senior space editor, covers space x, nasa and everything and beyond. eric is a former reporter for the chronicle, and as we know [inaudible] we are so thrilled that he is here tonight. in conversation with andrea leinfelder, space reporter for the houston chronicle. and being in space city here, we have a lot to talk about when it comes to space. i am going to turn this over to eric and andrea to have a wonderful conversation, and i will come back on and help facilitate the questions and answer period. welcome, eric. welcome, andrea. thank you for coming tonight. >> thank you, valerie. >> it's very exciting about your book. i love how

three terms on the houston city council. he was elected by his peers in 2010 to serve as vice mayor pro tem, helping to manage the workforce of the city of houston. as sheriff of harris county and as a city councilmember, gonzalez has spearheaded innovative efforts to expand social services in order to reduce arrests, cybercrime and improve public safety. welcome, sheriff gonzalez. you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> chairman peters, ranking member portman, distinguished members of the committee, i am honored to appear before you to discuss my nomination to lead u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, ice. i want to thank president biden for nominating me, secretary mayorkas for his confidence in me, and this committee for considering my nomination. i also want to express my love and gratitude to my parents, both hard-working children of immigrants. my father was a self-taught welder. he never finished school or learn how to read or write. he made up with it by outworking his competition. and he raised me with va

pro tem helping to manage the workforce of the city of houston.heriff of harris county and city council member, gonzales spearheaded innovative efforts to expand social services in order to reduce risk, divert crime and improve public safety. welcome, you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> chairman and distinguish members of the committee, i am honored to appear before you to discuss my nomination to lead u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, ice. i want to thank president biden for nominating me. secretary for competence and meet and best committee for considering my nomination. i also want to express my loving gratitude to my parents, both hard-working children of immigrants. my father was a welder, he never finished school or learn how to read or write, he made up for by outworking his competition and raised me to value education and hard work and to achieve the american dream. her mother owned a tth modest by salon where she showed me the power of community, service to others, personal responsibly and strong relationship. my parents

>> i mean, i'm trae -- [laughter] when it comes to houston, anything i can't get done in houston. to give back. so, you know, i'm in my mode of giving back, they never really try and stop me. everybody's a all for it. that's why trae days is about to be so exciting. arthel: it's actually this thursday, july 22nd, but you're going to have events throughout the weekend as well. tell us about your lineup. >> so thursday's going to be real big. thursday is actually trae day, and that's the grand opening of our ice cream shop. and arthel, i don't know if you to know, i have my actual own flavor -- arthel: i do. i wrote it down. say it again, trae's funnel cake and cinnamon whirl? are you going to send me some? >> i'm going to arrange that. i will arrange that. so we have that thursday. it's a place called flip and fun. it's a trampoline park/bumper car/laser tag, took over that whole facility. so all the kids in the city get to come on thursday for free. that friday i'm giving out ten scholarships with james harden for kids going to college that needs assistance and needs the help. we'

on - - in houston. because georgetown cosponsored with the dc metropolitan police and those discussions have a lot of fun. >> but the police were not broken. but what is interesting to me is it's a very deeply held beliefs. maybe there was malice involved and how can we be so diametrically perceptive and? fail to see things through the prism of others. you have a very unique perspective because you are a law professor and then what was supposed to be doing and the intent of our founders and the theory and that case law of what wasve experienced on the street in from your experience what could you say that when he not to defend the police from your perspective and what would you say to those on the policing side that black lives matter? cops are not going around whacking people because we find ourselves and executives try to hold the department to a standard andel a mindset so how would you address those two from your informed perspective quick. >> i learned not so much from this experience but by gettin

so oakland is still 6 games back of houston. but 2 games up on seattle are ready now let's get to the trade now ahead of today's when the a's announced the a's drop a bomb on the mlb world. they traded highly touted left-handed pitcher jesus luzardo to the miami marlins in exchange for outfielder starling marte a will be a free agent after this season. and the marlins have agreed to pay the remaining 4 million dollars of his contract. so he's essentially a rental unless the a's decide to resign him in the offseason. those are doe has struggled this season. but many view him still as a player with a bright future. the trade signals that management is trying to make a push right now and they don't want to wait around for lazard old come around and reach his potential not only just to give. >> as a baton in solid defense is also a dynamic got politically, you know, is is run. dynamic. he steals bases. he does everything for this is a this is a big time player. so this adds to our team right now for sure. >> the forty-niners had the

his book is shuttle houston, my life in the center seat of mission control. it's great to have you here by the way. >> talked a little bit about the book and how it came about. what can the readers expect? >> i guess the first thing to say -- we are getting a little echo. but the first flight director was back in the mercury days and chris wrote a book about his days in the space program. then the book failure is not an option about his years of apollo. i kind of felt somebody needed to capture the view from the flight director and mission control for the program. we are seeing lots and lots of excellent books by mostly astronauts about their years in the shuttle program. the thing i would like people to remember is that for every astronaut that flies, there are tens of thousands of people contributing to the program and there is a lot broader perspective than just what it's like to be in the cockpit or the cabin. as much as i enjoy the books because most of them are written by my friends i figured it was time to make sure we capture the viewpoints from the c

the blue willow bookshop in houston host this event. >> welcome everyone. n my name is valerie koehler and on thend owner of blue willow bookshop in houston, texas. i know we are people joining us from all over the country and possibly even beyond the world. i'm thrilled to be here with, to introduce an icon of our staff. where so thrilled that they're going to be joining us tonight. partner. and for, senior editor for our next, nasa and beyond. his former reporter for the file you historically, he is is the city residents over so thrilled easier to read in my decision with andrea lance brown, since my read and being in stacy here we have a lot to talk about. when it comes to space to turn this over to a position. on this question and answer period. welcome andrea, thank you for coming. >> you down. >> is very exciting about your book i will have you started it off. right now we have so much happening in south texas with the source which now is in texas we learned today. but you know, it feels a little like maybe the cowboy days of the falcon one so i'm cur

the blue willow bookshop in houston hosted this event. >> welcome everyone. my name is valerie koehler and on the owner of the willow bookshop in houston, texas. i know we people joining from all over thejo country and possibly even be on the world. i am thrilled to make to be here with, to introduce an icon of our staff and were so thrilled that they're going to be joining us tonight. so i would like to introduce our guest author and his conversational partner. eric berger, senior space editor cover spacex, nasa, everything beyond. eric is a former reporter for the "houston chronicle" and as we know he founded space city weather so we arell so thrillede is here tonight inea conversatin with andrea leinfelder, space reporter for the "houston chronicle." and being in space city here we have a lot to talk about when it comes to space. i am going to turn this over to eric and andrea, and had a wonderful conversation, and i will come back on and help facilitate the question and answer period. welcome, eric. welcome, andrea. take you coming tonight. >> thank you,

i'm the owner of the bookshop in houston, texas. people joining from all over the country and even beyond in the world. i'm thrilled to be here to introduce a staff icon. we are so thrilled they are going to be joining us tonight. i would like to introduce our guest author and his conversational partner senior space editor covering space x, nasa, everything and beyond. a reporter for the chronicle and as we know we are so thrilled that he is here tonight. in conversation with andrea, sspace reporter for the houston chronicle and here we have a lot to talk about. i'm going to turn this over to eric and andrea to have a wonderful conversation and i will come back and help facilitate the question and answer period. welcome and thank you for coming tonight. so much happening in south texas withe the starship. it feels a little bit like the cowboy days of the falcon one so i'm curious what kind of similarity do you see between what is happening now and what was happening then? >> i want to help them understand why we should care about th

actually it would really like to hear more about what is going on in houston. i've had the pleasure through a program that some sponsored with new orleans police and the dc metropolitan communities on police academies to meet some of your staff working on curricular. but that has been a lot of fun. art: i think that one of the things that you mention here in your book is a policing is not as perfect as our greatest fans would say. is not broken like someone think. and what interested me is that both of those mindsets are very deeply held beliefs. what would you attribute that are how can we be diametrically some different in our perception of, movie critic versus support her. and obviously people fail to see things through the prism of other screed you have a very unique perspective because you are a law professor and it on the constitutional expert and on the law and what were supposed to be doing it with the intent of our founders work. versus the theory and case law and the realities that expands on the street greatest from your perspective, what can you say

i think houston doesn't have that path. when you have to look at it, analyze it, think about it, you can't think in those kinds of nostalgic frames about the american economy, you have to, once again, look forward and think about what kind of future could be imagined, given our present. >> the statistics for females employment in houston that you wrote in the book are very strikeing. >> right. right. >> son on this -- so on this question of nostalgia, we have a question, they write if a political economy was around living room investment is the best solution for climate change, could one way of putting your argument, if a world where climate change was acknowledged in the 1950s and institutions have ever dealt with the issue, in other words, the problem with addressing climate change is not the capital but the shareholder revolution theme, if that makes sense, right. and that does seem to speak to the fact that your book isn't an anticipate capitalist track, it's about maybe directing capital into the right channels to get

i am the owner of the bookshop in houston, texas.have people joining us from all over the country and beyond. i am thrilled to be here interview and icon of our staff, we are so thrilled that want to join us tonight so i'd like to interview our guest author and his conversational partner. senior space editor, spacex, nasa and everything beyond. the houston chronicle and as we know, we are so thrilled here tonight. in conversation with andrea, reporter for the houston chronicle's and being in space city, we have a lot to talk about when it comes to space. i'm going to turn over to eric and andrea and have a wonderful conversation and i will come back on and help facilitate the questions and answer time. welcome, thank you for coming tonight. >> thank you, valerie. >> well, very exciting about your book. i loved how you started it off. right now obviously we have so much happening and texas with the star ship but it feels kind of like maybe cowboys days of the talking one so i'm curious why you decided to go with the book that way and

he wrote shuttle houston, life in the center seat of mission control. >> today for the panel shuttle houston, four decades of aviation experience as engineer, builder, and pilot, retired from nasa in 2013, as the longest serving flight director in history and the leader of several missions. he received a nasa outstanding leadership medal, three service medals and the presidential medal. he is now a leadership consultant and speaker, former editor and chief of a magazine. his book is my life in the center seat of mission control. paul, it's great to have you here by the way. 123450 -- >> well, thanks, it is great to be here. >> excellent. talk about the book and how it came about. what did readers expect, and why did you write it? >> i guess the first thing to say is that we're getting -- we're getting a little echo there. the very first flight director was back in the mercury days, and chris wrote a book about his days in the space program. and then another book was written "failure is not an option" about the years as a flight director for apollo. i felt somebody needed to capture t

so it was a race war and it was a propaganda to try to correct for what was a huge mistake by houston and by travis. >> that narrative had been picked up by several generations of anglo writers. novelists up until the first professionals arrived in texas in the late stage that began right writing about it. just as we're seeing today where the state government is trying to eliminate any discussion of the true causes of the revolution and talk about slavery. it's the exact type. that's being floated in legislatures with 1898 to make sure that only one version of a heroic and low version is taught at colleges . and at the university of texas it's dominated the teaching about the alamo that that's exactly what happened. you see a situation where it's this kind of 19th century anglo viewpoint that has been taught predominantly before world war i is frozen in amber and still being taught the kids in the 40s, the 50s and the 60s. it's really not kill the 60s, 70s and 80s when a new generation of latino thinkers and writers and professors begin floating alternate ideas that i believe the true

i am from blue willow bookshop in houston, texas. snag joining us today is paul dye. paul dye has decades of experience as a pilot. he's a longest-servingir flight deck or in history. he received the nasa outstanding service medal and the presidential medal. he is a former editor-in-chief of --he but his book is "shuttle houston" life in the center seat of mission control. paul it's good to have you. >> it's great to be here. >> talk about the book and what should readers expect? >> well i guess the first thing i would say -- we are getting a little at go there but the very first flight director was chris kraft and chris wrote a book about his days in the space program. and then dean wrote a book failure is not an option when he was flight director for apollo. i felt that somebody needed to capture the view from the flight director's console and mission control with the shuttle program. there are now, we are seeing lots of excellent looks by mostly astronauts about their years in the shuttle program and the thing that i would like people to remember is that for every

my namee is valerie koehler i'm the owner of a bookshop in houston texas. people are joining us from all over the country. i'm thrilled to be here to introduce a icon of our staff and we are thrilled that they will be joining us tonight. i would like you to meet our guest author and his conversational hardener. eric berger is the space editor for spacex, naafa. eric is a former reporter and as we know we are so thrilled that he is here tonight. inon conversation is andrea reporter for "the houston chronicle" and being in a big city here we have a lot to talk about. i'm going to turn this over to eric and andrea. have a wonderful conversation and i welcome back on for the question-and-answer period. welcome eric, welcome andrea and thank you for coming tonight. >> thanks valerie. >> eric it's very exciting about your book but i love how you started it off. right now i'm in texas and its you were like the cowboy days of the falcon one ftt i'm curious y you decided to write the book that way and what similarities you see between what's happening now back then.

houston and various other library and he said let's take a train. he said we will have lunch. everyone can put their feet up and relax before the barrel. he kept talked about it in first person and i hope you don't become disrespectful but i started looking at him and i said sir, i think that's a great idea and i'll work on that. [cars honking] you're not going to be on the train. he looked at me, i should have learned, he's always right. he said yes, i will. [laughter] of course he was on the train. >> might not be eating a sandwich. i was on the train because i was trying to beat it back to college station to beat the train back so we can meet it better along with, it was amazing. the highway parallels and railroad tracks, there were people all along the railroad tracks signs that say god bless you, mr. president, thank you, america loves you. the arrival at college station was amazing. it was a rainy somber day and everyone was coming down and band played and everyone gave a cheer, a big cut. let's go to questions if you don't mind. >> nope. >> w

states houston was using this idea in a fight to the death for the good of all to rally the troops to slow down and create a battle cry. at the same time the taxi and agents in the united states were pushing this narrative, this mongrel race of mexicans killing good white men in every good white man in the united states would get on their horse and go to texas they would have a chance to prove themselves in battle. as the great-grandfather sit in the american revolution. it was a race war and it was a propaganda stunt to try to correct for what was a huge mistake. that narrative is been picked up by several generations of anglo rioters. novelists, up until the first in the late 1800s began writing about this. just as we are seeing today or the state government is trying to eliminate any discussion of the true causes of the revolution. talk about slavery. that exact type of stuff is being floated in 1898. to make sure only one version is taught at colleges and schools. dominated the teaching effect and that's exactly what happened. this kind of 19th century anglo viewpoint that is pred

ing criminals out on bond skyrocket in houston.d with new crimes while out on bond. >> this there is a huge backlog because of the backlog in 2017 some of the courthouses were floodinged. pandemic put us down a year. backlog of people in jail who haven't been convicted and letting violent people back out on parole not on parole but out on the street. we need to put more resources into this and there does need to be some bond reform we cannot have violent people out on the streets. todd: breaking down the expected law or the law that you want, what changes to the law are you going to make? >> yeah. i think you must -- you got to have something deal with the potential violent nature of whoever is being charged. and look at that before you release them on bond. these judges have a lot of discretion. maybe you limit some of this discretion if there is a poo fennel tore violence. you find a way to speed this up for those who are going to be there on these violent crimes so we get through this process a little faster. todd: we know the b

his book is shuttle houston, my life in the center seat of

here in houston we have about 50,000 mental health crisis a year or more. and last year we had one that went very poorly, it went sideways and we ended up killing somebody that was in mentalcrisis . that was my assessment, i ended up firing the sergeant those three officers you mentioned time and distance in terms of training. on day one i would ask your viewers to look at my presentations to the academy and asked on day one when i talk to utilizing time, distance, backup and other concealment when they use deadly force or any other force, they're going to be held accountable for utilizing those considerations. but we end up firing a sergeant or three officers, obviously union wasn't helping but that's not what i'm here for. the sad truth is that one incident made people forget the fact that we are all learning's cycle from the rest of thecountry . that we have that one go wrong but we had tens of thousands go right. in any experience we write about in the book. how, what percentage do you think in terms of, and not talk about malfeasance. we can control ou

sends it to the bleachers to give houston the 3-2 lead. next inning, he is up once again. time, ahe goesee a gransl >>> asthe they made this week d pu the deadne. oakland picked up josh harrison from the nationals. a's in anaheim where this is one of those rare moments of frustration. oakland up 1-0, bottom of the 6th. basset strikes out marsh with two on to end the inning, seven shutout innings, still, 1-0 in the 8th. giving them insurance with his 14th home run of the year. oakland shuts out l.a. for the second straight night, 2-0 that is the final and a's stay 2-1/2 games up on the mariners for the second wild card spot in the american league. now, the bluejays return on friday. they have not played in canada since september 2019 due to the pandemic, top of the 9th, toronto's first baseman bare-handed catch. they won the their ballpark. >>> giants and a's are not the only team that add to their roster, the warriors introduced their two new players. they arrived at chase center today leading up to thursday's draft there was a lot of speculation, golden state would trade

cbs' janet shamlian is leading off coverage tonight from houston where we are told infections are on the rise. janet, good evening. >> reporter: major, good evening to you. hospitals across the country are seeing it and the white house task force is sounding the alarm, a rapid rise in the delta variant, and tonight we're hearing pfizer is developing a booster specifically to target that variant. tonight a dire situation is unfolding, the dangerous delta variant, highly transmissible and threatening the unvaccinated is significantly more widespread according to researchers. five undervaccinated areas of the u.s. could be putting the entire nation at risk. according to researchers at georgetown university. the fear is the virus could mutate so significantly in these areas it could defeat vaccines. >> this rapid rise is troubling. >> to be clear, there will likely to continue to be an increase in cases among unvaccinated americans. >> reporter: a study published in the journal "nature" suggests getting just one dose of the vaccine offers little protection against delta. 140 million are

he's the top ranked skateboarder in the world, but houston could not get it done. three rails off of that rail. he did not medal, but we did speak with him a short while ago. >> yeah. man, sorry, guys. wish i could have landed a couple more tricks out there and done a little better, but still an honor to represent the usa for the first time, the first skateboarding ever in the olympics. >> all right. houston already capitalizing on his popular. he's a multimillionaire with several followers. we have a lot of vips and a lot of people in the stands here usually, but not this time around, not with the covid concerns. but we did have the first lady, jill biden, here watching the 3 x 3 women's basketball tournament, along with the french president macrone. now she is back en route to the united states. she has left japan. >> also today simone biles, team usa swimming, they finished with the bronze. she was a last-minute addition to the relay team. the australians win it. it's a world record. in terms of women, speaking of the women, female athletes in the olympics, look

houston. this is sam with usaa. do you see the tow truck? yes, thank you, that was fast. sgt. houston never expected this to happen. or that her grandpa's dog tags would be left behind. but that one call got her a tow and rental... ...paid her claim... ...and we even pulled a few strings. making it easy to make things right: that's what we're made for. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. get a quote today. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. -great idea. [gasps] look at the little cutie. -he's coming for a visit. -hi. [chuckles] oh! he's leavin -nice work, guys! -introducing togo's new cheese steak melt, featuring fresh artisan bread, layered with tender seasoned steak, sautéed mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and smothered with melty american cheese. the new cheese steak melt, now at togo's. >>> now at 11:00, a live look outside, with the heat wave continuing into the weekend. >>> within the last two hours, a drive-by shooting, sending visitors scrambling at a california amusement park. >>> the a's plan for a new ballpark is now raising some concerns from neighbo

he wrote "shuttle, houston: life in the center seat of mission control." theoining us today for panel is paul dye. he has four take its of aviation aviation experience as an engineer, builder and pilot. he was the longest-serving flight director in history, the leader of several missions. he received the outstanding leadership medal, three exceptional service medals and the presidential medal. he is now leadership consultant and speaker as those former editor in chief of the magazine. his book is "shuttle, houston: life in the center seat of mission control." paul, it's great to have you here by the way. >> thanks. it's great to. be here. >> excellent. talklk a little bit about the bk and how it came about. what can readers expect and why did you write it? >> well, i guess the first thing to say is we're getting a little echo here, but the very first flight director was chris craft back in the mercury days and a chris wrote a book about his days in the space program. on abf apollo. i kind of felt somebody needed to capture the view from the flight director

for more we go to houston to speak with cesar espinosa, daca and executive director of the houston, texas-baseds organization, fee-el, which is the spanish acronym for families welcome back to democracy now! can respond to the judge's ruling and what is means? >> thank you for having us. it was heartbreaking to hear the news after se time we had not had any news, negive ne o daca that we were kind of st coasting along helping new recipients apply. all of a sudden on a friday afternoon, we get this really bad ruling from a judge which are the dampen our spirits but also relit the fire for us to fight for more permanent solution for dreamers and our families. juan: what does this mean, especially in terms of the fact the daca recipients have to reapply, even those that are already benefiting come have to reapply every two years? >> let's talk about the peoe applying right now. those of timright now may have for one ason or another, th initial filing for daca, maybe they were not old enough yet or dinot have the $495 to pay for the inial application, but for current dacaecipients, tre are two majo

houston adds three more in the 6th. 9-6. first time since 2006, the nba finals does not have kobe bryant, lebron james or curry in it. giannis, look at the block, 20 points and 17 rebounds, chris paul waited 16 seasons to play in the nba finals, worth the wait. cp3 had 16 in the 3rd quarter alone. a game high, 32, as he to the lane. suns win. taking a 1-0 lead. >>> brady and rodgers, now, giving his team the early lead, what a shot that was, mickelson and brady led briefly but could not pull away. brady missing the putt right here. can not believe it. leading the back 9. rodgers for birdie and the win on 16. that goes. they raised more than $2 million and six million meals >>> and that is our report for all of us here, we appreciate your time. right now on jimmy kimmel. chris bridges, see you tomorrow. good night

tillman is owner of the houston rockets and more good to see you. since brian left us off with the idea of rising costs, why don't you take us through your businesses and tell us where you're feeling rising costs pinch, food, labor, possibly fuel as people maybe cut back driving, though it doesn't seem like they're doing that right now yet. >> well, the consumers there, that's the best thing of all of it now we've just got to keep the costs down what brian said is so true because what happens, all of your deliveries. everybody that brings us products starts putting surcharges on us and then the consumer starts looking. if i'm paying $5 for gasoline, maybe i can't buy in a restaurant ofr maybe i can't quite make it to a casino, so it can have a huge impact on us but then flights going up so maybe people start driving to closer locations and so i've seen it when gas goes up that it helps us and i've seen it where it hurts us i don't know what's going to happen this time, but you can't have inflation and everything at one time but we have to remember,

city." >> host: thanks for joining us in houston texas. today i am honored and happy to visit with rosa brooks, the author of an interesting book about policing and her experience of policing, "tangled up in blue policing the american city." thank you for being on and for having me. i look forward to the conversation. i've got toe start off with one pressingre question. what in the world made you leave the confines of the classroom, your home and get trained as a police officer to hit the streets in washington, d.c.? >> if you asked my family that, they would say insanity, some kind of a midlife crisis. but i was curious. that was probably the driving force. when i found out a dc had a reserve officer program where you are not just directing traffic but you can become a swarm armed police officer i thought that's crazy. you're going to give a gun to a law professor. it's partly that. plain curiosity. oand through the other thing tt you know very well it's been in the spotlight for years now. you want to change something, i think you need t

. >> joining us now our texas state representatives senfronia thompson who represents the houston area. she used to dean the texas house democratic caucus, and texas state representative nicole collier who she is chair of the legislative black caucus. thank you very much for being here. representative collier, do we have confirmation that republicans are gonna pull back provision? >> you know that's the first time i heard that, i have not been in contact with them, they have not reached out to me. i was unaware in fact at the hearing, the 23-hour hearing that misty, the dean of the texas democratic delegation was at. they offered amendments to the bill, and they were all rejected on the party lines. so this is just another play that they did in the session where they made promises and they made commitments but they were all unfulfilled.

representative jasmine crockett and a few others led the fling democrats who left from anywhere from houston in san antonio and dallas to dulles to washington, d.c. come to stop state representatives for approving another voter suppression bill. we will continue to follow the developments. after months of decline, covid cases are rising again in the united states. we will speak with a leading epidemiologist about why this is happening, about the vaccine gap in the world as well. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]