ken paxton says quote hervis is a felon rightly barred from voting under texas law. he prosecutes it whenever he wants to as well it would seem and wherever she wants he wants to. the alleged illegal voting hervis is accused of took place a year and a half ago. it's not like he was hiding. it like i said, he was a national media figure for a hot minute. he had to cast his vote after that six plus hour week before heading off to his other job. apparently this is the moment to arrest him, to lock them up on $100,000 bail and to bring charges against him that could put him in jail for decades. this is the moment. for some reason now, it had to happen today. as republican legislators gather in the texas take capital to try and make it harder for texans who looked like hervis rodgers to vote and in time for ken paxton to give his big headline or speech at cpac this weekend in dallas before donald trump takes the stage there. i should tell you texted tony general ken paxton himself is under indictment on securities fraud charges in the state of texas. has been four years.

elizabeth: joining us now texas attorney general ken paxton. y ken paxton, great to have you back on. we saw this story and thought this was stunning. texas flipping the script on the biden administration, texas border counties and republicans in state legislature now pushing to use pandemic bailout money for the state own waterfall and border security the biden administration you can use pandemic bailout funds to fight crime. have you heard from the white house on this? >> they don't call me very often these days but i love the script on them and taking advantage of the stimulus dollars to do something they failed to do which is protect ourur border ad citizens and stop illegal immigration and crime associated with it. elizabeth: i have got state democrats in texas sang republican lawmakers, you can't do that. you can't use texas check with $350 billion on the portable and border security. what would you say to the texas democrats? >> i'm not surprised they are saying from affect the party line that we want open borders, no matter the impact o

rogers and miss mason are not the poster child that ken paxton is looking for.re and cooler heads because we have a man's liberty on the line here. >> crystal mason, hervis rogers, please remember their names, america. these two people are trying to do their civic duty which is what we want americans to do. by the way, these laws against being able to vote because you have a felony are jim crow era relics that should go. we wish you the best of luck and please pass that along to mr. rogers as well. thank you very much. >>> meanwhile, still ahead, the twice impeached florida retiree continues to spew nonsense about the election and insurrection as his post-election legal team faces their own legal comeuppance. we'll be right back. ight back. ugh, these balls are moist. or is that the damp weight of self-awareness you now hold in your hand? yeah-h-h. (laugh) keep your downstairs dry with gold bond body powder. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ oh! are you using liberty mutual's keep your downstairs dry coverage customizer tool? sorry? well, since you asked. it finds discounts a

few, i should say, have done that more vig rugly than ken paxton has.come, i think, the wall, the next big issue that trump supporters are already chanting at the rallies that he's given. stop the steal. you hear it all the time. that is his litmus test. did you come to my aid when i needed you the most, when i'm avenging this grave injustice about the stolen election. >> and, jeremy, without preempting anything that's going to come out in your forthcoming book, when you recently sat down with president trump, has time wounded his loss at all or is he still pretty aggrieved over losing the presidency to joe biden? >> you know, i think -- one thing i picked up sfr him both times i spoke with him, he still sounds just as aggrieved as he did the day he left office. he does genuinely think this was stolen from him. he's been -- i should say he's convinced himself of that, and for that reason, i think anybody who doesn't take seriously the idea that he could run for election is mistaken. i'm saying a lot could change in the next year and a half or so to diss

carolina nancy mace, rick crawford, sean duffy, deputy independent counsel, texas attorney general ken paxtonave a jampacked show also asking this question, how can one authority, the democrats can raise your taxes all on their own without republicans weighing in, that's what's going on as democrats try to ran through massive infrastructure spending that's doubled the entire debt that the obama administration occurred in eight years. the growing nationwide fight to get people vaccinated the delta cove invariant spreading, restrictions looming, the skepticism growing after a year of lockdowns, flip-flops and official breaking their own pinned them a rules. the administration foot dragging over getting the internet to cuba pro-democracy protesters as it raises fear of big tech censorship is says it's in regular contact with facebook and twitter to take down covid-19 disinformation and it says big tech is not going far enough, who will decide all of this, also this news as study revelation from the director of the w.h.o., direct review to big tech censorship and dr. fauci the director now says i

ashley: okay, ken paxton, the texas a.ate. >> it thanks have a great day. todd: we leave with you this fish flying out of a plane. going to great heights to restock the statessens rural lakes. ashley: this is that wild video showing an airplane dumping thousands of fish from the air into the leg. they are called finger lings only about 1 to 3 inches long. >> the utah division of they flutter down slowly to the water. can drop up to 35,000 fish with a single trip, with that. ashley: "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ [chanting u.s.a.] >> our movement is the greatest in american history and it has just begun. [cheers and applause] >> president biden and attorney general maker garland focus on reducing gun violence as crime rates are soaring. >> if we don't start having real federal legislation we will never get this crisis under control. >> what would you do? >> you have to give the police back their authority. >> protesters filling the streets of cuba demanding an end to the country's dictatorship. >> so far not a

ends monday elizabeth: back with us texas attorney general ken paxton.arges? >> on state charges, this is plan by governor abbott tried to deal with the immigration issue that the government is not just ignoring but completely encouraging. we know we have a cartel problem, a drug problem and we will start dealing with that the best way that we can and we will use state law and arrest people. larry: we hear it's up to 100 detainees arrested per day, maybe 200 the day and they will be held on the state prison north of the border city in laredo, is that true? >> that is the plan and there will be other plans as we go forward, it is getting worse, as you know were pretty creative state and with a fellow government doesn't do its job but refuses to do its job and encourages the opposite texas will step up and we will fight ourselves and try to protect the citizens and the citizens of the entire country. elizabeth: there is also this going on that the white house is criticizing states that have covid-19 cases on the rise, one in five cases came from florida al

ken paxton joins us now to react.nment is allowing people to stay or get transported around our state or other parts of the country. we are doing what we can to protect our citizens and i applaud governor abbott for instituting this. it is having an impact but we can't solve the problem by ourself. todd: federal part of all of this have you heard anything from the biden white house now that the lone star numbers have been released? >> nothing. and actually haven't heard anything from them since they announced day one that they were going to allow people to stay they have been more about bringing people in than preventing people from coming. jillian: how much manpower is being put into think we are putting millions and millions of dollars into this. we have been doing this for year putting manpower on the border to help the federal government. we have added manpower. there is literally thousands of people that are working from our state positions, law enforcement to help the federal government and do what we are doing

elizabeth: joining us now texas attorney general ken paxton. ken, great to have you back on.the story, we thought this was really stunning, that texas is flipping the script on the biden administration. texas border counties and republicans in the state legislature now pushing to use pandemic bailout money for the state's own border wall and border security. the biden administration said you can use pandemic bailout funds to fight crime. have you worse from the white house about this? >> they don't call me many times but i love flipping the script on them, using stimulus dollars something they failed to do, protect our border, protect our citizens and stop illegal immigration and the crime associated with it. elizabeth: now state democrats in texas saying republican lawmakers, you can't do that, you can't use texas' share of 350 billion bucks on the border wall and border security. what would you say to the texas democrats? >> i'm not surprised they are saying it. that is the party line. we want open borders no matter impact on our state, no matter impact on our country, no m

ir and attorney general ken paxton responded to a statement in part "texas won't back down. order in court and we will work together to keep president biden out of texas' business. and attorney general paxton, he joins us now. thank you so much. the crisis there in texas and across our southern border, the numbers are so stunning and we see this video and people are literally just streaming across but so many of them have covid, evidently. >> yeah, you know it is ironic too, if you are a u.s. citizen coming from another country, you can't get back in if you have covid but if you're coming here illegally you can come across without any testing and walkou across the border and they will send you somewhere in the country, the expansion of covid is not to just protect them, it's going to go all over the country. >> jason: explained to us, they come across, they just let them in the door, don't test for covid but what are these people supposed to do for food, shelter, a job? they have no documents, no paperwork, and yet they just tacitly opened the door, literally. you watch that

. >> harris: ken paxton, texas attorney general in focus now. good to see you today, attorney general. let's talk about whether or not they're doing the jobs and the salaries. if they are out, they aren't voting. that's part of their job. >> supposedly they are protecting the right to vote but actually they are avoiding the right to vote because they stop all the other elected officials, all the senators, all the other house members here to vote on different bills and they've run away and stopped the quorum from happening. so actually they're preventing votes, not helping votes. >> harris: you have to have a certain amount of people present in the room. 51 of the 57 democrats are out of the state so you can't do business. it isn't just election bills as you pointed out. it is other things on the docket. one of the texas state democrats who fled the state is getting trolled for this tweet. it refers to him or he refers to himself as a fugitive with a picture of his first meal adding now i have an idea what a.g. ken paxton must feel like every day

marty pa carry and texas attorney general ken paxton.ntime, american taxpayers could be stuck for the bill for all the democrats' big spending plans for generations to come. we're going to show you how it could hit your wallet. plus china still putting up roadblocks to a full investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. the communist country giving the world health organization a counterproposal for how a study should be done, and just wait until you hear one of the major demands they have when it comes to the wuhan lab at the center of all of this. also the cdc updated mask recommendations even for those that are already vaccinated. meanwhile, confusion grows from businesses and schools over what the upcoming months are going to look like if the delta variant spreads. we look at what's driving the decision making here. and also we're going to tell you what the experts are saying about hunter biden's pricey artwork. prices ranging from $75,000 to half a million dollars. just wait until you hear what hunter himself has to say about

texas attorney general ken paxton will join us in the next hour to discuss these voting security lawsats for their sout outrage over -- their outrage over voter id laws. take a listen. >> if government is willing to provide you with an identification card free of charge and all you have to do is he show that identification so we can make sure you are who you purport to be, how can that possibly be motivated by racial annums and what a difference a month makes. now some of those same voices on the left claim they never really opposed voter id. some of those same democrats don't have any problem showing an id to vote. turns out it wasn't racist after all a. turns out it's only racist when we suggest it but not when they suggest it. you probably haven't gotten your apology yet. ashley: vice president kamala harris is facing backlash for suggesting voter id laws wouldn't work for rural voters. coming up this hour, two voters from a rural texas county join us live to respond. todd: dozens of billionaires fly their carbon emitting private jets to an annual idaho summit to discuss climate ch

moments after they left the state, texas attorney general ken paxton call the lawmakers childish andmeless. governor greg abbott said this. >> democrats must put aside partisan political games and get back to the job they were elected to do. >> state republican say they'll use every available resource to secure a quorum, though for now it's unclear exactly what that means. texas democrats planned to put their time in the nation's capital to good use, pushing for federal voting laws. although there are currently no plans for the texas lawmakers to meet with president biden. but vice president harris applauded them. >> they are leaders who are merging in the path that so many others before dated. many fought and many died for our right to vote. >> texas g.o.p. senator john cornyn does not share the vice president's enthusiasm. he called the lawmakers flight to d.c. a stopped. >> it's a very un-texan thing to do, to cut and run in the face of a fight. they're not going to be successful. they're going to have to go back and vote on the other things that are part of the legislative agenda

he wasn't going to out trump ken paxton, and paxton is under some investigations. i think george p. could have taken him on on those things had he not also been begging for the endorsement of a guy who was also under lots of investigations. we'll never know how that would have gone because george p. did not decide to take that route, and so here's what he's left with, really just a lousy nickname, my bush. >> if he wanted to raise questions about paxton's character, well, he ended up just raising questions about his own as you point out. s.e. cupp, thank you so much. always wonderful to see you, and up next, there is growing frustration over vaccine hesitancy. our next guest says vaccinated america has had enough. >>> plus, we're hours away from the first hearing, the first house select committee hearing into the january 6th insurrection. what minority leader mccarthy is now calling the republicans on that committee. before nexium 24hr, anna could only imagine a comfortable night's sleep without frequent heartburn waking her up. now, that dream... . ...is her reality. nexium 24hr st

ken paxton texas attorney general traveled with president trump to the border yesterday and is now in "the faulkner focus". great to see you, attorney general. let's begin by just looking at the stark difference between kamala harris, the vice president at the border in el paso, texas last week. the former president, donald trump, at the border this week. >> so if you are asking for a comparison, it is amazing the difference of going to el paso and going to a place where things are actually happening where we're actually having issues. the president came to the place where the action is happening. where the illegal crossings are occurring and where border patrol, sheriffs, local law enforcement are having to deal with real issues. not just human trafficking and people coming across the border but all types of crime including the drugs coming across in large measure. >> harris: you know, you are having to deal with the repercussions of changing policy. it does come down to legalities when you are talking about a title 42 and how you handle people who come into your state of texas. when

in 2018, ken paxton beat his democratic opponent then by 3.6 points but that is -- that is not a giant that paxton has been indicted for securities fraud also under fbi investigation for abuse of office. but democrats have been talking about winning state wide office in texas for a long time and don't quite push it over the finish line. why do you believe you have a shot this time? >> not since 1994 has a democrat in texas held this particular position. paxton is on his way out. the people of texas are fed up with his performance. his failure to do -- mostly essential part of his job including checks those responsible for keeping our power grid online. he's folkcused on trump's priority. the data reflects from the recent census that the demographics in texas are changing and they're looking for people to fight for them. i've had unusual success with republican elected officials, particularly prosecutors, obtaining the first successful prosecution of a police officer in dallas county and it is not because people in dallas county hate police but because it is the right thing to do. if we

from the taxpayer union, sean duffy, doctor mortimer carey, joe concha and texas attorney general ken paxtonntime americanan taxpayers could be stuck with the bill for all the democrats big spending plan for generations to come will show you how we can hit your wallet plus china putting up roadblocks to an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus the communist country given the world health organization a counterproposal for how a study should be done and wait until you hear one of the major demands they have when it comes to the wuhan lab at the centeral of all of us the cdc mask recommendation a room for those vaccinated confusion grows from businesses to schools of what the upcoming months will look like as a delta variant spreads we look at what is driving the decision-making. also we willoi tell you what the experts are same about hunter biden's pride and untrimmed pricey artwork from 75000 to have a million dollars we until you hear what hunter himself has to say about that. onto the border crisis and the threat of covid greg abbott has taken action this time to restrict the m

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president, is interesting because tonight we're learning that the former president is supporting ken paxton general over george p. bush even after bush made support for trump the cornerstone of his message, he threw his own family under the bus. it shows that loyalty is a one-way street for the president. >> it's fascinating to me, what's happened in the attorney general's race, tells me two things. one, donald trump thinks the best candidate is somebody that's been under multiple indictments for the last five years and still is under indictment and has not gone to court yet. that's his kind of republican. two is, george p. bush went out of his way to bootlick donald trump, throw his family under the bus, and this is what he gets in return. people forget in a devil's bargain, not only are you dealing with the devil, and not only do you not get what you wanted, the devil ultimately does exactly what the devil is always going to do. so it's amazing to me, republicans still think pursuing donald trump's endorsement in this and going after it is going to somehow benefit them. donald trump is an

. >> harris: the attorney general of the state of texas, your home, ken paxton told me last week absolutely they have the right to do it and do it if it's necessary. the goal isn't to take them to jail. taxpayers are paying them to go to work so he is trying to get them, as you say, senator, back to the capitol. last though. >> a bit of history. in 2003 i was a solicitor general of texas. texas democrats did that's as well to try to stop the state from doing redistricting. one of the first questions i got as solicitor general. can you arrest fleeing legislature? i researched the question. the texas constitution authorizes using force to compel the attendance. that language is copied word for word from the u.s. constitution and there is hundreds of years of precedents of arresting fleeing legislature. the u.s. senator, senator bob packwood was carried to the senate floor feet first. it is not arrest to go to jail and not to go to prison. it is to make them physically present on the floor so they don't get to stop the operation of government and the rule of law. that's going to be the end of

ken paxton, thank you very much for talking yesterday. one of the most powerful democrats in the house dismissing the outrage over critical race theory. he calls the issue a red herring. how these might play and the midterms. plus a partisan showdown on the new mask mandate and it is so on. those who don't comply could face arrest. the name calling and the fury, next. >> the speaker coming down here at 10:00 in the morning and saying we have to wear masks and the people's house while we have thousands of people pouring across our border and democrats don't do a darn thing about it, this institution is a sham and we should adjourn and shut this place down. ♪ ♪ the newday two and a quarter refi can cut thousands of dollars off your mortgage payments. there's no money out of pocket and no up front costs. lock in your rate. with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy. hooh. that spin class was brutal. well you can try using the buick's massaging seat. oohh yeah, that's nice. can i use apple carplay to put

but ken paxton, the attorney general of texas, let me be clear.ken and what goes on in texas. he cannot be trusted in act in the best interest of the people. he was the one who filed the seditious loft trying to disenfranchise millions of voters to suck up to donald trump and i guess get himself a pardon for something. here's the reality we all need to be focused on standing up to attacks on black and brown communities. whether holding them to different legal standard or making it harder for them to vote. it's happening here in pennsylvania and in texas. >> does have negative obsession with your state, 72% of the people he's prosecuted for voter fraud, people of color. thank you very much. >>> up next, republican pearl clutching over teaching history has escalated to disturbing heights or is it lows? over a children's book. written by one of the faces of the civil rights movement. be right back. ovement. be right back. the instant air purifier removes 99.9% of the virus that causes covid-19 from treated air. so you can breathe easier, knowing that

>> listen, the willingness to cancel votes that started with attorney general ken paxton's lawsuit, thate tried to take to the supreme court that got the support of many other attorneys general, many other members of congress including kevin mccarthy and a number of conservative organizations, that is a bright line. that laid the ground work for a lot of stop the steal and laid the groundwork for january 6th. we should have a principle promise to one another that we all have the right to vote, and when we do it will count. and no one should be able to take that away from you. >> speaking of january 6th because amanda mentioned it, matthew, when it comes to that date and the commission and the gop's attacks on voting rights, your advice to democrats go full partisan on this and make the truth your north star. explain to me what does that mean? >> well, it means that the constant struggle in this moment to constantly show yourself as bipartisan is a fool's errand. they have a partner now in washington, d.c. that is unwilling to tell the truth, that is unwilling to support our democracy exc

now he is being prosecuted by the texas attorney general ken paxton for allegedly voting illegally.ad once served time in prison. years and years ago. the significance of this? >> the significance of this is, again, reminds us of yesteryear. these are intimidating factors they're using to make sure black and brown people will not vote. and if you do, this could potentially have a need. the fa that hervis rogers was given a voter registration card by the prison system straight out of prison and the fact that he was never told he could not vote but then simplyecause c paxton once to use them as an example to intimidate is what they are doing. he is walking into the middle of the courtyard ensuring everyone, if you do this, this is what will happen. on top of that, going to montgomery county, 100,000 bond on his head when in actuality someone shot a police officer and had a $75,000 bond placed on his head. so you understand what can paxton, why he is under indictment himself, had the audacity to attack people like hervis rogers lucidly trying to exercise their civil right to vote. amy:

the attorney general ken paxton who by the way himself is under a federal investigation abusing his office to help a political donor saying it's shameful and they have failed as elected officials. the vice president by the way, kamala harris praising them as leaders. >> i will say that they are leaders who are marching in the path that so many others before did. they fought and many died for our right to vote. >> and here we are tonight. texas democrats fleeing their state in a last ditch effort to block a restrictive new voting law as the gop is pushing its assault on the most sacred right on americans, the right to vote. after 17 states passed nearly 30 laws to cut back on ballot access. all in support of the big lie of bogus voter fraud. so tonight, we got it all covered for you. we're going to have a lot more to come on this desperate fight by the texas lawmakers. i'll talk to one of them and sanjay gupta is here with everything you need to know about the vaccines, the delta variant and the boosters, that's coming up. >> the cdc and fda said based on the data we have now we don't need

for more we are joined by texas attorney general ken paxton. welcome, general. >> good afternoon. mike: the great state of texas has begun arresting illegal migrants and charged them with trespassing. typically the responsibility of the federal government, how is your new approach going? >> so it's, you know, slow at first. we're beginning this process. we've been forced into this. governor abbott just started this process, and he's been forced into it because the federal government as you see, as your reporter just showed, they are not doing the job, and they have no interest in doing the job. they continue to invite people to cross the border to the detriment of this country and even maybe to the detriment of some of these immigrants. mike: your state has also issued a disaster declaration similar to what happens after a hurricane. how is that approach going? >> well, and i understand exactly why the governor does it, it gives more power to local authorities, to law enforcement to do things, and i think that's how the process works for the state in getting more resources to that

bush's opponent ken paxton in the attorney general's race., here's what bush had to say about the former president today. >> i continue to be a supporter of the president and america first policies, and i'll continue to fight for that as land commissioner, and hopefully as attorney general, but the reality is here that ken misled the president. >> do you wish the president, former president, would not get involved in primaries? >> no, it's certainly within his right. i certainly courted that, and i will continue to reach out to his supporters and support his policies wherever i can as land commissioner. >> ke misled the president. matthew, is there a lesson to be learned in all this? >> yes, george p. bush should learn the lesson that's been learned over and over, with donald trump, loyalty is a one-way street and kissing his boots will not get you what you want. the fascinating race may be that it may not be either of those candidates that wins. there is a woman, a republican, a supreme court justice, who may end up winning that primary. wha

attorney general ken paxton of texas told us last hour they are not getting work done, so why are theyhe says absolutely, if they come back before the special session is over, they will be arrested. not can be, will be. you taught us that yesterday, emily. not for the purpose of putting them in jail. "we want to take them back to the capital so they can do their jobs." >> emily: let's put this up quick. a lawmaker describing himself as a "fugitive." tweeting at his first meal as a fugitive, a caesar salad. what a comparison with what's going on in cuba. these idiots have no idea what actual incarceration and what the criminal system is like. they want to defund the police and played dress-up with law enforcement while law enforcement is stretched thin, managing the triple digit increase in violent crime? they want to make light of actual criminals and actual arrests? tell that to the families of the convicted, the families of the victims, the families of police officers who have been killed in the line of duty managing this. >> harris: what about the border situation? that's what james

. >> the attorney general of your state, ken paxton, also tweeted in response to biden's plan saying, why the strong pushback from republicans now? is it just because biden came out and said it? >> look, there's been such a misstep here. this vaccine was developed in really a phenomenally short period of time. and it has worked unbelievably well. i mean, that's the good news here. in november, december, january, losing, what was it, 3 to 5,000 people a week from this virus. and what are those numbers today? they've plummeted because of the availability of the vaccine. now, the misstep, though, why would not the biden administration at least acknowledge the work done by the previous administration to bring them to a point where this was going to be available? instead we heard, no thank you, no i'm glad it's here, not a good job for having done that, and it was not easy, because there were multiple public health people a year ago who said this is not possible and you won't be able to do this. the fact of the matter is it did get done. the deliverable was met. not one but two vaccines wi

there's news out of texas that the stated tierney general ken paxton has arrested a houston voter, who went viral last year after lining up for six hours on super tuesday to vote. he's accused of illegal voting because he was on parole. his parole wasn't until june. he says he didn't know, he was registered to vote. he's in jail and his bail has been set for $100,000. what is your reaction to that place from your county? he voted in harris county. >> it's clear they're trying to create fear. there's a difference between massive voter fraud, which does not exist and innocent mistakes. we are still running down the details of this case. but fundamentally what they are doing is tearing down our democracy. making up strengthening this idea that there is massive fraud that we can stress in our democracy. i don't want people to think the lobbying proposed, the bill being proposed during this session is any later, it's a watered down somehow more palatable version. anything that builds on this flight to pass was in order to make it harder to vote is threatening to democracy. it's making it ha

former president trump backed ken paxton in the ag raise. be humiliating considering all bush did to try to get his support. >> you think it would be humiliating enough to fly across the country to go to new jersey, go to bedminister and ask for his endorsement after he treated your father so terribly and disrespectfully the way he did during that 2015, '16 campaign. it's now doubly humiliating because it didn't work. he didn't get the endorsement. donald trump has a pretty decent track record inside republican primaries. if he can keep that up, this can be a potential fatal blow to george p. bush. we'll see how he moves on from here. it was an endorsement he worked hard to get despite all the storied history of the trump-bush relationship. >> i keep hearing it being likened to charlie brown and lup lucy with the football. it was more like the humiliating fraternity hazing and then it didn't pay off. >> not at all. >> okay. thank you very much. >>> top of the hour and at any moment we are expecting the cdc to issue new mask guidelines for fu

ken paxton had a special team. spent 22,000 hours searching for voter fraud.payer money, they found 16 minor cases out of 11 million ballots cast. that $1 million reward from texas governor patrick which he offered for evidence of voter fraud still hasn't been paid out despite pennsylvania's lieutenant governor pushing for payment in exchange for his state's three documented cases of voter fraud which were all from republicans. that hasn't stopped some keystone state republicans from trying to keep false claims alive even after the audits showed the results were accurate. they're one of five states trying to follow the arizona fraud-it being announced by local republicans as a grift disguised as an audit and insane lies. it's even more absurd because the audits were done in arizona and found no fraud. so take a step back. look at the results of these audits and recounts and republican-led investigations in eight states. and you'll see there is just no actual evidence of mass voter fraud. there is only the desperate attempt to keep doubt alive, to please donald

also with us is a true texas conservative and a real leader -- where is he, ken paxton? oh, look at that. and he is. he's fast on the draw. i love ken. thank you, ken, very much. we appreciate you being here. we're also grateful to be joined -- >> [inaudible] usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! >> going back home to mom. his mom is a big support of ours, by the way. he's going to have a rough night. [laughter] we're grateful to be joined as well by a wonderful, wonderful not only political person, but a wonderful person, governor kristi noem. [cheers and applause] thank you, kristi. great job. [applause] and we have many, many members of congress here. could i ask our great congressmen and women to stand up, please, right now? what a group. what a group. [applause] what a group. all warriors. thank you very much. thank you, fellas. warriors. truly are, truly warriors. and countless other conservative leaders and politicians and people that we love and we respect, and we are fighting with and we're fighting for the. for generations the american conservative unions has helped le

never going to happen, and you know what, it didn't, overnight, trump announced that he is backing ken paxton in the race for attorney general. humiliation complete. another source compared the situation to this. >> this time i'm going to kick that football clear to the moon. >> isn't it peculiar, charlie brown, how some traditions fade away. >> charlie brown should have known better. >> everyone on earth saved charlie brown in this case, and charlie brown is a metaphor for george p. everyone on earth knew what was going to happen, except for apparently george p. bush. i don't know what you do with the koozies. >> those are collectors items. i'll take one. you'll take one. they're lovely. >> there is one way to say maybe george p. knew he was never going to get the endorsement, was trying to get trump to stay out of the race or if trump endorsed paxton, his opponent, at least beg trump not to attack him personally. i don't know. >> i have no idea. i think he's just really in trouble with trump having endorsed packsxton. we have said this before, blood is thicker than water but it's not thicke

he and texas attorney ken paxton are due on stage tomorrow, both of whole have been touting lies about the election trump lost fair and square. but getting trump's supporters to face that fact, still appearing near impossible. attendants handed out fliers outlining a seventh-point plan to reinstate trump without an election. like the questionable audit in arizona's maricopa county by the group cyber ninjas. a group conducting a bogus audit that the former president continues to cheer on, an audit in which workers checked ballots for bamboo and examined them with uv light. wouldn't you know that in just two weeks trump himself returns to arizona. this comes as new records released this month outline the pressure campaign from trump and his allies on gop election officials. that includes text messages showing the chairwoman of arizona's republican party asking an elections official to stop counting and unreturned calls for the trump organization. pushing the attorney general to open an "a" criminal investigation into possible efforts to influence election officials. secretary of state ka

is interesting because tonight we are learning that the former president is endorsing incumbent ken paxtonort for trump the cornerstone of his message. he threw his own family under the bus. it should be a reminder, i think, to other republicans that loyalty is a one-way street for the former president? >> well, you know, it's fascinating to me. what's happened in the attorney general's race tells me two things. one, donald trump thinks the best candidate is somebody that's been under indictment, multiple indictments for the last five years, and still under indictment and has not gone to court yet. so that's his kind of republican. two is george p. bush is, you know, went out of his way to boot-lick donald trump, throw his family under the bus, and this is what he gets in return on that. people forget that a devil's bargain -- in a devil's bargain, it's not only are you dealing with the devil and not only do you not get what you wanted, the devil ultimately does what the devil's always going to do. it's amazing to me republicans still think pursuing donald trump's endorsement in this and g

. >> and tonight, the former president gave his endorsement to ken paxton in the race for texas attorneyand tried and tried and all but sold his soul for. here we go. right. the risks of seeking trump's approval. >> yeah. for those of us that worked for the bushes, this is just painful. i believe there will come a moment when george p. greatly regrets this. you can never give trump enough. that is what we always knew. you have to say no. you have to stand for something other than election. i hope this serves as a lesson of where you will get when you try to appease someone that is basically a terrorist. that is donald trump. >> stuart, david, thank you guys. appreciate it. the quiet protest by olympic athletes in tokyo, hoping to make headlines through their excellence and not their outfits. when the 11th hour continues. outfits. when the 11th hour continues ♪ ♪ ♪ common love isn't for us ♪ ♪ we created something phenomenal ♪ ♪ don't you agree? ♪ ♪ don't you agree? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ (brad) apartments-dot-com ha scoured the earth to find the most listings. and that means the most pet-friendly

ken paxton told me this. watch. >> we know at the root cause is.ok at the numbers connect the numbers speak for themselves. go back a year ago and look at the numbers on how many immigrants we had coming in, what was going on stopping people at the border, and look at the numbers now. they are dramatically different. >> julie: they are dramatically different, they are higher. i'm not seeing this plan tackling the numbers, emily. >> emily: not at all. i think that is what is so mind-boggling about this. of all my colleagues' points, and the attorney general's, there is so much common sense that is somehow eluding the vice president and administration handling this. there is zero recognition at all of those incredible covid numbers that accompany the staggering migrant surgeon numbers. these i.c.e. facilities testing over 8% of covid positive. remember, new york city public schools are shut down at 3%. a percent is considered highly transmissible, not to mention the cities themselves. to build on kennedy's point, as well, for a vice president that co

today trump endorsed bush's primary opponent, the current attorney general ken paxton.t ever take sides with anyone against the family again. ever. >> ever. and that's tonight's reid out. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in." >> there was an attack carried out on january 6th, and a hit man sent them. >> the true horror of the insurrection. >> i was more afraid to work at the capitol than my entire deployment to iraq. >> the nature of the crowd and their supporters. >> the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. >> and the demand for accountability. >> i need you guys to address if anyone in power had a