and i think it is those texas statehouse democrats and texas statehouse senators now who are in d.c.,on this and get the job done at the end of the day. because if we don't, if we don't pass the for the people act as the president called for today, then we will lose what lincoln called the last vestable and this hope we have now is coming from texas. >> i talked to one of the leaders from texas last night who had just arrived from dulles airport, and essentially what he said they hoped to focus the attention of members of congress to get federal action to get, you know, a vote in the senate. but as you know there are not enough votes to get a democratic sponsored voting rights bill passed in the senate. nor are there enough votes to eliminate the filibuster. so all of this talk about how texas legislators are depending on federal lawmakers to save the day, in what scenario is that actually likely? >> you know, in 1964, in the beginning of 1965 there were not enough votes to pass the voting rights act. and allegedly president johnson told dr. king and andrew young, he just didn't have

we haven't had it in the statehouse -- had it. in the statehouse, we tried to have it. the substance of the bill, the actual pieces, not the spirit, but the actual nuts and bolts of the bill matter. and when we do that, it is clear what the bill aims to in the face of absolutely nothing to justify it. >> thank you. the devil is indeed in the details. >> and fairness -- in fairness, and i know fair is on my side or your side, who cares? but i would like to engage the gentleman for 30 seconds. >> ok, take 30 seconds. >> in my opinion, this partisan is a mailing that goes out that says ask for a ballot. is that what this is in reference to? it is to me. should they not allow anyone to mail out anything? -- anything about requesting an early about? -- an early ballot. you are talking about partisan politics engaged in the election process. mr. bernal: i am talking about the details of the bill. >> we are. and what that is about is the legality for a party, political party, to mail out to someone requesting an early ballot. >> would that be allowed under the new legislation?

texas statehouse rules say, if there are missing members for whom no sufficient excuse is made, the present members can vote for the absent law members to, quote, be sent for arrested wherever they be found. it's unclear what authority texas state officials would have to arrest lawmakers outside the state. and those democrats traveled to washington to pressure federal lawmakers to pass voting rights legislation. president biden will speak about voting rights during an event today in philadelphia. >>> we're seeing new up close video of the recovery efforts at the collapsed condo in surfside, florida. crews are now focusing on the ground floor and garage of the building below the pool deck. gas spilled from damaged cars igniting small fires. 94 people are confirmed dead. 22 are missing. >>> a cleveland hospital is apologizing after a patient received a kidney meant for someone else. two care givers at university hospitals have been placed on leave pending the investigation. officials say the kidney is compatible, and the patient is recovering. the other patient's transplant is now delayed. >>

it comes after nearly 24 hours of debate in the statehouse over the weekend.kout like the one they had in may. on top of all this, a 62-year-old man who waited six hours to vote in texas on super tuesday, he got arrested last week for voter fraud because he was on parole when he voted. priscilla thompson is on the ground in austin, and also, former senator wendy davis. priscilla, give us the nuts and bolts. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, steph, hundreds of people turned out for the public testimony in the house and senate over the weekend. the majority of the folks speaking in opposition to the bills. the testimony went into the early hours of sunday morning and one of the names that came up during some of the debate is the man you mentioned, hervis rogers, last in line at texas southern university on super tuesday to cast his ballot. on last wednesday, the day before the special session began, he was arrested for voter fraud. he was on parole at the time he voted and therefore he was ineligible. he didn't know he was ineligible. he thought it was okay

and to your statehouse, thank you all and god bless you. [applause] >> yeah, and look, tommy has to cover all 50 states. and for him to spend this much time in new hampshire tells us we are a battleground state that the rnc is going to invest in. we do not know how much yet. if we give a good showing, money follows success. we do well, they will invest in us so we can win. so we have to do our part. our final speaker, i want to remind you, we have the thompson submachine gun clyde used that we will auction off for magazines when the speaker is done. that is the thompson submachine gun. steve is going to do the auction. now it is my honor to introduce a great man who has been standing up for conservative principles and the second amendment. he has no fear at all, he will take on our opponents, toe to to, you see them on tv a lot because he is not afraid to speak out. our good friend army veteran tom cotton, senator from arkansas. [applause] sen. cotton: thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you all. thank you all very much for the very warm

the truth is that we added 15 seats that agenda and we grew the majorities of the statehouse around thegreat victories, a land slide, pull off a great victory and you could give her a round of o applause, she did great and this is a winning agenda. [applause] and is an agenda that will unite our movement and went back american why am i so confident, couple reasons. that will letns you get to it. first and foremost, how we seen this movie for. okay. i was in congress, marilyn already told you that in a certain congress for 12 years, is aimed at c longer. but it was there in 2010, let me describe it to you predict some of you are too young to remember in 2010, we had a new democrat administration in the white house. the media was fawning over on a regular basis. with a democrat majority in the united states senate and nancy pelosi was speaker of the house. but as republicans we thought that we came together around and unapologetic conservative agenda we carried it to the market people, that we could win back the house and come election day, november 2010, week 163 seats in the united stat

texas lawmakers are in the spot height right now, most of the democrats in the statehouse traveled to washington this week. their absence from the capitol in austin prevents a quorum and a vote on the election bills. president biden took aim at republican efforts to make it harder to vote. >> in texas for example, republican-led state legislature wants to allow partisan poll watchers to intimidate voters and imperil -- impartial poll workers. they want voters to be in a position where they wonder who is watching them, to intimidate them, to wait longer to vote, to drive a hell -- excuse me, to make it harder to vote. so inconvenient that they hope people don't vote at all. >> the texas lawmakers got a warm welcome from vice president kamala harris who traveled to capitol hill to meet with them. she told the group defending the right of the american people to vote is as american as apple pie. >> i know what you have done comes with great sacrifice. both personal and political. and you are doing this in support and in defense of some of our nation's highest ideals. >> the texas democrat

latest flashpoint in voting rights is in texas where most of the democratic representatives in the statehouseeft monday for washington in order to prevent the republican majority from passing new voting curbs. the lawmakers will meet with democratic congressional leaders and vice president kamala harris this week, but they warned they could not stop the republican voting bill indefinitely. people have been killed in rioting in south africa. many were said to be trampled to death during looting and stores as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets. the arrest -- the unrest was triggered by the imprisonment last week of former president jacob zuma. the death toll from monday at a hospital in southern iraq has risen to more than 100 people. some are blaming local and government officials for what they call years of mismanagement and neglect. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. romaine: today, we are focused on inflation, and lumber, some

not sure i am in favor of decamping in the game of chicken going on in the statehouse.come up with is unfortunate. >> reporter: my sense from speaking to those folks is they're looking for some bipartisanship. i asked would this stop them voting for one of the democrats currently in washington, d.c. folks you heard from said it would not. we have also spoken to several republicans that didn't want to speak on camera. some shared words we cannot repeat on air. the crux of the message from them is they feel democratic lawmakers ought to come back and do their job. one man saying he would feel the same if it was republicans that fled the state. >> let's talk about what's going on in 30 minutes, field hearing in georgia. what are we expecting? >> reporter: chris, the senate rules committee is better known for giving out office space than having big hearings on policy issues. but that's what they're doing today, at least democratic members are. they're coming to georgia where democrats believe of all restrictive voting measures passed, georgia law is the one they see as the

in may 1787, the old statehouse in philadelphia saw the gathering of delegates for this convention.a meeting almost unique in history. seldom before had men assembled for the express purpose of drafting a written constitution for a nation. but these men held, in common with other americans, that the powers of government should be bound by written law. when the meeting began, the delegates faced one question, had they come to amend the articles of confederation, professionals framework of government? as medicine recorded in his journal, this was the major issue when virginia's governor randolph rose to propose a wholly new plan of federal government. in this, the virginia plan, called for a government that was national in power. the plan provided for a legislature in which representation would be based on population. this touched off the bitterest debate. how the numbers of the federal legislature were to be chosen. seeking out for popular election and strong government was pennsylvania's james wilson. >> i must insist upon drawing a most numerous branch of the legislature immediatel

but instead of celebrating this remarkable achievement, republican legislative leaders in statehouses around the country, this year have proposed and passed bill after bill after bill restricting the right to vote and restricting access to the ballot. they're doing this on the basis of lies about voter fraud and rooted firmly in the legacy of white supremacy. they continue to do so as we speak. the supreme court's most recent antidemocracy decision in the byrne -- brnovich case which eviscerated a key protection of the voting rights act will only embolden these attacks. but so far in this senate, our republican colleagues have turned a blind eye, choosing to be complicit in the outright assault on our democracy. senate republicans have refused to even open a debate on voting rights legislation. instead they prefer to abuse the filibuster to enable republican legislative leaders across the country to continue their assault. mr. president, our democracy is on the line. the unfinished work of john lewis remains. we must summon the courage to act. that's why i'm committed to passing the j

it does not come with residents running all over the statehouse.uys never forget that there is something special about you because of my job. >> he ruled zambia for nearly three decades. he oversaw a state that led to the political decline and ultimate defeat. but even in his loss, he showed grace and let go of power peacefully. >> heroes are not perfect people. they are usually people who are human beings with their own faults. dr. kaunda had his own faults, but he had committed and dedicated his life to zambia, to building zambia, and in many respects he had succeeded. >> bbc news, zambia. laura: finally tonight, people in this indian state got something of a shock when they saw a giant crocodile sauntering down the village street. a huge reptile climbed out of a nearby river and headed for a village. this video shows locals following the crocodile from a safe distance i am delighted to tell you that wildlife officials rescue the animal and released back into the river. i am laura, thank you for watching. have a great weekend and a happy narrator

let's bring in texas statehouse representative claudia ortez perez who, if anybody missed it, is oneople there to vote on this. i'm sure you saw what manchin's office or manchin said yesterday when asked what would change his mind on the legislative filibuster and he said nothing. is it all for naught? >> we're planning on meeting with him later today. i know he's anxious about this meeting. texas democrats, a few of us were here a few months ago when we first broke quorum. we'll be here to talk about specific points on why this piece of legislation is incredibly harmful, one of the most egregious across the nation. it's an attack on our freedom to vote, not only for texans, but these policies are being rammed through these legislatures across the nation. we certainly need the support. >> president biden, as you know, gave an impassioned speech yesterday defending voting rights and attacking new voting laws likes the ones you're seeing in texas. i heard those words, and i didn't hear in that speech -- and others have said this -- a plan to pass legislation at this point. have you bee

one, the texas state house democrats who left the state to keep corum from being achieved in the statehouseto avoid the debate in the vote on the voting rights bill in texas. they are in washington now, unclear how long they will be staying in washington to avoid that. here's the headline from the front page of the washington times today. here is how they describe it in the print section, runaways toasted on the left and rested on the right, and aquatic lawmakers take flight, not quite. that is how they discovered. -- that is how they describe it. caller: good morning. am i on? host: yes, ma'am. caller: one of my concerns was this idea of the senator schumer bringing up the legalizing of a marijuana and i think he should concern himself with taking care of the gun laws in this country. we do not need another problem to be handling before we fix that. you know. use a little bit of logic here. we do not need another problem, we need to solve some of these problems we have now in this country. host: is a legalizing marijuana something that you would be ok with the background -- with? caller: n

that was the culmination of a four-day march and rally from georgetown, texas, to austin to the statehousehts legislation. back in washington, where the federal voting rights legislation has to happen, it's a very different mood. yesterday president biden and vice president harris met with congressional leadership to talk about the future and the path forward there. and really what they're saying is it's going to be more of a slimmed down version. it's going to be focusing on voter access. things like early voting and same-day voter registration. but folks here, they really just want anything, something done and they're calling on president biden to do that. here's one pastor i spoke to earlier. here's what she had to say. >> it seems like in the past few years the conversation both in the statehouse and in washington, d.c., and just around people's dinner tables, has sometimes gravitated toward limiting access to letting everyone have a voice. and for us to be working together, to be in conversation with one another, everyone needs to be able to have a voice, and the starting point of tha

to be in the -- the statehouse? but i mean, is fleeing what their job is? >> it -- it seems like it's the only option that they have. they have argued it. they've debated it. they just don't have the numbers. they contested the election and lost. by the way, there was no fraud in that election. even though the republicans want it. the democrats aren't alleging fraud. this is the one weapon they have. and it is a bit of a texas two step, if you will. if they can hold off passage of this bill, until congress restores the voting rights act. there's john lewis voting rights advancement about that congress is debating. if they can hold that off, then they believe that the justice department reviewing this new, texas law, if it becomes a law, under a voting rights act, would find that it's racially discriminatory. and maybe, it wouldn't. but that's their argument is that just give us a chance to let this be reviewed the way the voting rights act reviewed -- was used to review racially-discriminatory laws for generations. >> but i mean, you -- you said they had no

. >> meanwhile, back in texas, the republican statehouse speaker just stripped one of the democrats offirst punishment doled out to a democratic member for leaving the state. that democrat, texas state representative joe moody joins me now. representative moody, thanks for joining "the reidout" this evening. i appreciate the bravery that your caucus has shown. they have basically turned you into fugitives. i'm expecting to see you guys jumping off a water fall soon to help protect voting rights in your state. but i have to ask you, getting stripped of your position while in absentia, do you think that's a warning shot on how aggressive texas is going to become? and how far do you think the punishments in absentia will be as you guys stay here for at least another three weeks to try to ride out the session? >> here's what i know. people that fought for voting rights in the past were beaten, they were bloodied, they were killed, they had dogs sicced on them. if the only that happens to me is they take a placard off my door, i'm doing just fine. >> that's a good attitude. you also spoke t

rights battle has landed at the doorstep of congress a large group of texas democrats from the statehouse fleeing the state and the special legislative session in an effort to block new voting restrictions they have touched down in washington d.c we're joined now by capitol hill correspondent tracie potts and, tracie, what do these lawmakers hope to gain >> reporter: they're hoping to have some influence beyond texas here to convince senate republicans to enact the federal voting rights law. that's their goal as they have left their home state in the middle of a special session where they were considering a voting rights law in texas that law pushed by republicans would restrict 24-hour voting, drive-through voting, require i.d. for absentee ballots. democrats say they were forced to leave the state there's a law that says there have to be a certain number of lawmakers in that special session, a quorum, to pass anything and so by these 58 lawmakers leaving and heading to washington, they have essentially put business on hold and the governor says he's going to bring them right back, arres

they need to pass new voting restrictions so the democratic lawmakers left the state denying the statehouse the constitutional quorum it needs to pass laws. if there aren't enough lawmakers in the capitol to make a quorum, nobody can vote, and one could make the argument that the democrats' action itself denies state lawmakers their ability to vote. the democrats say they had no option. they say the new voting restrictions are based on the lie that our elections are fraudulent. >> and we are not going to buckle to the big lie in the state of texas, the big lie that has resulted -- [ applause ] that has resulted in anti-democratic legislation throughout the united states. >> now, speaking of donald trump's former lawyers are distancing themselves from their original claims of voter fraud as they face very serious accusations they knowingly misled the courts by submitting false or flimsy evidence. everyone except jenna ellis, the woman in the black jacket in that video. she still claims fraud. she just quit the republican party. she said in an internet video, republicans aren't doing enough t

senate pass their bill, goes to the house but they can't holy vote, house democrats are in dc, the statehouse arms has been ordered to track down and arrest absent lawmakers the there's little they can do while lawmakers are outside state lines. >> they will get arrested if they don't come back to the capital when they hit grounds in texas. >> reporter: democratic lawmakers in dc praising the stall tactics. the texas representative say they will remain outside state lines as long as they need in order to kill the bill which they call voter suppression. the group playing of their place, one texas state rep called himself a fugitive, the group singing a civil rights movement and some on capitol hill. ♪♪ we will overcome ♪♪ we will overcome ♪♪ >> i'm appear because i don't plan to be a sitting person in that legislature. i'm not going to be a person -- i am not going to be a hostage. >> reporter: president biden call from on partisan coalition to fight election reform efforts but many his party want him to do more like pressure moderate democrats to end the legislative filibuster. todd: the figh

how quickly things can change with the right leadership at both ends of pennsylvania avenue and statehousesislatures around america, and acted on it. finally, we need to keep faith in him who has ever been but the american people, since the pilgrims first stepped off onto plymouth rock, since this great state was carved out of the wilderness, who is with us still today. who says i know the plans i have for you. plans to prosper you and not to harm you. plans to give you hope in the future. my fellow americans, i believe if we will keep the faith, keep the faith and our highest ideals, keep faith in the american people, renew our trust in him. there is a future and a home, are beyond anything we can ask or imagine, because god is not done with america yet. and the best days, for this one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all, is yet to come. thank you all very much. thank you for your stand. thank you for your integrity. god bless you, and god bless america. [applause] ♪ >> i was born free ♪ >> coming up tuesday on c-span. the house returns at 10:00 a.m. eastern to

kenneth kuanda himself, and this president does not come with little presidents running all over statehouseout people of myjob. dr kuanda ruled zambia for nearly three decades. he introduced the one—party repressive state which oversaw zambia's economic decline which ultimately led to his political defeat. but even in his great loss, he showed grace and let go of power peacefully. heroes are not perfect people. they are usually people who are human beings with their own faults, and dr kuanda had his own faults, but dr kuanda had committed and dedicated his life to zambia, to building zambia, and in many respects, he had succeeded. nomsa maseko, bbc news, lusaka, zambia. and finally tonight, people in the indian state of karnataka got something of a shock when they saw a giant crocodile sauntering down their village street. take a look at this. the huge reptile had climbed out of a nearby river and headed for the village. this video — which has gone viral — shows locals following the croc from a safe distance. well, i am delighted to tell you that wildlife officials rescued the animal and re

to lock that boat, democratic state leaders are leaving texas in order to defend a form in the statehouse. the very same democrats i called the filibuster and affront to democracy, they got on their private jet without a mask and they set off for one big expensive vacation to washington, d.c., to temporarily prevent a vote. make no mistake these images perfectly encapsulate the democratic leftist green new deal party. the rules do not apply to them. the only thing that matters is their state centralized power right there in swamp. here with more, arizona attorney general mark brenda veg who is now running for senate mark kelly. a fox news contributor y newt gingrich. i will start with you attorney general, the supreme court recently upheld arizona rules of, with professional ballots and this was a big win. for the court to finally take it up, it was too little, too late but a big win and it took that to you. >> thank you, sean for having me on. i argued this, the supreme court recognizes that election integrity measures, they are consistent with the constitution butti as the constitution

you all have a liberal governor, democrat-controlled statehouse and the slimmest of slim margins in theate. how do you outmaneuver them? >> he won well into the fall, greed dragged him to august 1st and july 1st and frankly the powers were so fast he funded abortion, eviction moratoriums, schools close and businesses, everything you could think of he took away from us and our liberty and set up a hotline to turn in people that violated the rules so it just was well well beyond what a governor should be doing so in the end, willing and able to work out a deal with house democrats to end the emergency powers against his wishes. the only legislation in the country, it was a big deal. it is about building relationships and stopping bad things. laura: this is at a time we had this enormous explosion of violence, breakdown of law and order. the racial question bubbling up. why was he trying to hold onto these powers? why was he doing it? >> taking away people at liberty was part of why we have such violence and anger through minnesota, this is a nationwide problem. i went to a meeting with 70

and to your statehouse, thank you all and god bless you. [applause]

. >> reporter: the statehouse in austin, texas, no democrats. >> that may have come from "fox and friends". there was a diner segment, what the women said, don't california my georgia. >> "fox and friends" diner segments are setting the tone for the nation and hopefully we are setting the tone for your thursday. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. carley: vice president kamala harris still fawning over texas democrats who are being compared to freedom fighters. >> of stalling tactics cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> lauren blanchard joins us from washington with more. >> the vice president said democrats are in line with the legacy of civil rights leaders and applaud their efforts to stop texas from passing their voting bill but republicans say a trip to dc isn't exactly the same as what freedom fighters have gone through. >> they took a bold courageous action in line with the legacy of everyone from frederick douglass, women who marched down pennsylvania avenue for women's rights to vote for those folks in 1965 pass the voting rights act. >> r

and to your statehouse, thank you all and god bless you.applause] >> following his remarks at the fist, senator tom cotton spoke at the annual machine gun shoot hosted by county republicans. there he talked about the second amendment and supporting law enforcement. look, tommy has to cover all 50 states. and for him to spend this much time in new hampshire tells us we are a battleground state

and to your statehouse, thank you all and god bless you. [applause] >> tonight, on "q&a" -- jessica delong was on the fireboat when it was called back into service to aid firefighters following the attacks on the twin towers. in her book, she tells the story of the community of mariners who came to the rescue of thousands. >> the maritime evacuation that delivered nearly half a million people to safety is an incredible example of the goodness of people, that what you are given the opportunity to help and have tools and skill set, you have the availability that people over and over again make the choice to put themselves in harm's way for the sake of their fellow humans, and that is very instructive and something we need to continue to remember. >> tonight, at 8 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." you can also listen as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> c-span's "washington journal" -- every day, we take your calls on the news of the day and discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, a preview of president biden's schedu

democratic representatives in the statehouse left for washington in order to prevent the republican majoritying new voting limits. janet yellen and jerome powell will discuss the financial risks of the hot housing market. they will meet with fellow regulators on friday. the goal is to make sure the u.s. is not vulnerable to a crisis like the one it suffered more than a dozen years ago. nike has lost a task bat -- a tax battle in the european union. it wants to keep the eu from investigating its tax affairs. the question was whether tax laws by the netherlands may have given nike an unfair advantage. in china what to be a huge shift for the country's consumer internet. alibaba and tencent may open up their services to one another. that is according to dow jones. beijing's recent tech crackdown makes it hard for the companies to maintain virtual barriers. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is harder to ensure american innovations are used f

sir, you all have a liberal governor, democrat-controlled statehouse, and this limit stomach slimmestmargins in the senate. how did you outmaneuver them? >> first of all, he wanted them well into the fall. we dragged him to august 1st and then finally to july 1st. and frankly, the powers were so vast. he funded abortion and eviction moratoriums and -- everything he could think of he took away from us and our liberty and then set up a hotline to turn and people that violated the rules. it just was well, well beyond what a governor should be doing. and so the end, i was willing to -- able to work out a deal with the house democrats to end the emergency powers against his wishes, and that -- we are the only divided legislature and the whole country, so is a really big deal. it's all about building relationships and stopping bad things. >> laura: this is at a time, senator, that we have had this enormous explosion of violence. the breakdown of law and order in the twin cities area. the racial question bubbling. people just want to get back to life, back to work. so why was he trying to ho

members of congress to see if you could get some influence to get the republicans controlling the statehousel, business leaders and political leaders and other civic leaders have all joined briefs and also talked to our legislators and talked to our governor about how important this is. even our governor, he initially put it in the budget and the republican legislature then took it out. so he respected the will of the people saying that if the people voted for this, i'm going to put it in the budget and then republicans took it out. i think what's also notable here is that missouri is number one in the nation for the spread of the delta variant. our hospitals in southwestern missouri are full. they are back to pre-covid levels. and that delta variant is spreading across the state of missouri and it doesn't make sense to take away health care at a time or in the middle of a pandemic because we are going to get back to pre-pandemic levels if we don't stop the spread of the delta variant because also a lot of our people, a lot of people in southwest missouri are not immunized. and have not take

most of the democratic representatives in the statehouse left for washington in order to prevent themajority from passing new voting limits. treasury secretary janet yellen and federal reserve chair jerome powell will discuss the financial risk of the housing market. they will meet with fellow regulators on. the goal, to make sure the u.s. is not vulnerable to a crisis like the one it suffered more than a dozen years ago. brazil's president jair bolsonaro reportedly has been hospitalized. according to cnn brazil, he was admitted to the armed forces hospital in brazil for tests. there's no other information. kathy wood's ark investment management has been buying tech stocks. it has plunged since february. there has been a valuation reset in chinese tech stocks. beijing has intensified its recent crack down on the sector. apple and goldman sachs are teaming up for a by now, pay later plan that would let consumers pay for any apple pay purchase in installments over time. goldman would be the lender. the firm has been apple's partner for the apple card credit card since 2019. global news

. >>> meantime, three democrats from the texas statehouse who traveled to washington, d.c., this weekonavirus. according to the caucus, all three who have not been identified were fully vaccinated. >> you might recall a group of texas house members have been at the capitol pushing lawmakers to pass voting protections and avoid a vote on voting restrictions in their state. vice president kamala harris is among those lawmakers that they have been meeting with, and although the vice president met with two of the texas democrats who tested positive, her office says that they were not in close contact. >>> up next, water from the devastating floods in western europe are beginning to recede revealing the extensive damage that's been left behind. we are going to europe with the latest next. among my patients i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. does it worry me? absolutely. sensodyne sensitivity and gum gives us a dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recomme

at least 58 statehouse democrats are involved in the plan to fly here to washington and paralyze the the lawmakers return to town or the special session ends. it is

the governor of texas won't be there, he's promised to arrest them and bring them back to the statehouse to texas. are they coming back to texas? no, not until the session is over. so effectively, these freedom fighters, these bottom che guevara fairless, these crosses of the edmund pettus bridge/support lay have shut down the government. that's a you know they are defending the democracy. brit hume covers democracy for a living, fox news 'a senior political analyst, we are happy to have them on sunday. thanks so much for coming on. you're a master of the big picture, you can kind of somethings up in the way most of us can't. when you shutdown democracy, how are you saving it? >> well, tucker, first thing i have to notice is there is some video you missed that i wish you had played, the group of those -- the group of those legislators sitting around a campfire in their hotel lobby last night singing kumbaya. >> tucker: [cackles] i don't think we can handle it! >> it's a classic! obviously, tucker, the absurdity of this is obvious on its face. you can't on the one hand shut down the actio

let's discuss now with a democratic member of the texas statehouse. representative, thank you for being a part of the show. i'm eager to speak with you, particularly as all eyes are again on texas. because as you know, republicans in texas, they want to band drive-through and 24-hour voting, they want to add new i.d. requirements and give new powers to partisan poll watchers and i just wonder, is any of this really about election integrity, that the governor of texas seems to say it is, but is it? >> no. what this is about, we just saw on the map that you put up with the congressman that there are states across the country that are enacting voter suppression laws. texas is 1 of 8 states currently targeted by the heritage foundation because of our changing demographic and because of our large impact on federal elections to pass these voter suppression laws. we know this is a national strategy and that's why it's so essential to have a federal solution and pass federal voting rights legislation to protect voters and to protect our democracy. >> there ha

they are still getting paid while away from texas and away from working at the statehouse. >> shannonread an account at a cost about a million dollars to put on the special session in texas. if you don't have people there to finish voting on legislation, there's going to be a special election or session, nothing makes it to the governor's desk. maybe it will. we'll see what happens. kevin, i want to ask about a story you covered last week. president biden walking back these comments that facebook is killing people with misinformation. i want to play a little bit of what he's saying. we'll get your reaction. >> facebook isn't killing people. these 12 people are out there giving this information. anyone listening to it is getting hurt by it. it's killing people. it's bad information. my hope is that facebook instead of taking it personally, that i am saying facebook is killing people, that they would do something about the outrageous misinformation about the vaccine. >> shannon: kevin, it sounded like over the weekend facebook was not too happy about his line of reasoning. >> listen. it

what's happening across the united states, we had members of the texas statehouse in washington.see what state legislating bodies are doing. because they know if they suppress the vote, they know we know -- to silence the progress we've made. that's why we have to come together to continue this fight. that's why the congressional black caucus is so important. i listened to majority whip jim clyburn talk about we can't filibuster away our voting rights. we know but for the montgomery march we wouldn't have had the 1964 civil rights, or the 1965 voting rights and the 1968 march for jobs. and here we are repeating history. and this time we're bringing everyone along with us to stand up. >> that's why these marches and continued fights like the texas democrats is so important. that's why dr. king's son and i call thing national march of voter rights. you've got to keep it out there, and the pressure on. congresswoman joyce beatty, thank you for being with us tonight. and for your service. >>> coming up, in the face of growing violence and political uncertainty, haitian-american leade

democratic texas lawmakers loophole in statehouse rule, the legislature can't meets if it lack as quorumns the texas voting bill is blocked for now. that is why they fled to washington. >> they could care less. we have no input. we have one value. the only value we are to them is warm bodies to make a quorum. reporter: meet today with jimcratic senator joe manchin changing the filibuster on the federal voting bill. the texas democrats want to use statehouse rules to block a bill in texas but they hope emdemocrats change procedures on filibuster. the gop finds it rich. >> it is quite interesting to see the democratic majority in the senate concerned about minority rights in the state senate in texas. i guess if you live long enough you will see almost anything around here. reporter: however the tense sass texas voting bill may be a fait accompli. joe man minute and other democrats are leery of changing the senate filibuster. neil: thank you, chad pergram in washington. you heard electric cars are all the rage but electric planes? i kid you not. united just ordered 100 of them. after this.