state of texas. the vote happened in the dead of night, 3:00 in the morning last night. democrats threw every legislative maneuver at the kitchen sink to slow it down but it passed just after 3:00 a.m. one of the most striking moments of the night came when a democratic lawmaker confronted one of the sponsors of the republican voter suppression bill, confronted him to ask him if he understood what he was doing when he and his colleagues wrote one particular clause into this bill. watch this moment. >> you chose a peculiar term in drafting this bill, and you talked about preserving the purity of the ballot box, is that correct? >> yeah, that's a quotation from the texas constitution, article 6, section 4. >> right. and are you aware of the history behind that provision of the constitution? >> i'm -- i'm not. >> what was your motivation for using that term "purity at the ballot box," because that's a specific set of words that has a lot of meaning in state history? >> well -- >> what was your intention

the state of texas. chrystia adarius said she got dressed up to go vote, she was a voting rights advocates, she was something who had been agitating for women to be allowed to vote, she was there. when she got to the poll she was not allowed to cast a ballot. this is chrystia dara in 1977 explaining what exactly happened to her on that day. watch this. >> they would go to vote and we dressed up and went to vote and when we got out there we couldn't vote, they gave us all different kinds of excuses why. finally one woman misses simmons said are you saying that we can't vote because we are -- and he said yes, -- don't vote in primaries in texas. so that just hurt our hearts real bad. >> negroes don't vote in the primaries in texas. let's throw that picture back up again. those texas women in their cute hats and their long skirts all registering to vote, those women are all white, because in 1918 texas held all white primaries. no person of color in texas was allowed to vote or run for office in a primary e

he did not win in texas. president trump won in texas. and a lot of people say we're unhappy about the 2020 election in texas. republicans did great in texas in the 2020 election. we held the texas house, held the texas senate, held every seat in congress. and so, if we were concerned about that, this wouldn't even be an issue. this is about making the system better. we do thisvery time the legislature meets. >> alcindor: the bills also limit the number and location of polling places in only a handful of counties in texas with populations of at least one million people.

so you might think that as presidential elections here in texas get closer and closer that texas republicans would become more moderate. but that's just not what we have seen here in the texas capital.

is not staying in texas.e officials have seen 70 pounds of fentanyl since october, 100 pounds of heroin, 1000 pounds of meth since october, these narcotics make their weight all over the country into places like new york, and chicago happens within two days a gift to the destinations, joining me too discuss the impact all of the illegal activity of the open border policies and the architect of president trump top border policy, former white house advisor stephen miller, it is great to see you, thank you for being here this morning, i hope you got a chance to see our exclusive coverage this week and i would like you to connect the dots, give us the impact of all the illegal activity is. >> i think the fundamental issue for the country is this, you can have a large growing class or you can have on indian illegal migration, you cannot have both, california has one true goal, the place everyone wanted to be in wanted to live into pursuit your middle-class dreams and the american dream in decades of illegal migrat

, western texas and colorado. the spurs, hanford is actually based here in kansas city for example, and then out of london, rocking chair ranch for example. -- in canyon texas. which will talk about in just a minute. the key is that kansas city plays a role in where these businesses were established. and to have a fine place where the high salaried managers lived was recognized by john kerry who eventually manage the company in wyoming. here in kansas city, the kettle barrels in here not only but several miles away. -- not only investment and capital but also the animals themselves. eventually they bring in germs and short serums. we know that by 1982 probably the first drums are brought in from dodge city. it was a mixed heard brought to the l.a. tea ranch which will talk about in just a minute in the western panhandle by the prairie cattle company. they change the herd for its almost immediately because nearly all the dorms died. they were not hearty and up to survive the winners of the texas plains. so i think

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what is coming into texas is not staying in texas.gs told me that officials have seized 70 pounds of fentanyl since october, 100 pounds of heroin, 1,000 pounds of meth, all since october.in these narcotics make their way into the interior of the country, into places like new york and chicago. it happens within two days it t gets to those destinations. joining me right now to discuss the impact of all of this illegal activity, because of these open border policies is the architect of president trump's tough border policy, former white house advisor, steven miller. great to seey, you. thank you for being here this morning. hope you got a chance to see our exclusive coverage this week and i'd like you to connect the dots, give us the impact of all of this illegal activity. >> thank you. i thinkdo the fundamental issue for the country is this. you can either have a large stable and growing middle class or youan can have unending illel migration. you can't have both. california used to once be the true golden state, the place everyone want

there in southern texas. . �*, , , southern texas. my people here in south texas _ southern texas. what's my people here in south texas and _ southern texas. what's my people here in south texas and in - southern texas. what's my people here in south texas and in the - southern texas. what's my people here in south texas and in the rio | here in south texas and in the rio grande valley specifically concerned about is that we have a fair election process and really right now they are most concerned about what is happening on the border. we are having millions of illegal immigrants coming to our border because the biden administration refuses to secure borders that keep american communities safe and, really, that is foremost and at the forefront of our concern here in south texas.— forefront of our concern here in south texas. one argument that theole south texas. one argument that people have _ south texas. one argument that people have often _ south texas. one argument that people have often made - south texas. one argument that peopl

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from re-texas reserves -- the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from texas, mr. green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. green: madam speaker, those who tolerate hate perpetuate hate. brief story. i saw the picture, the film, the depiction of the lady in new york when she was approached by a man who kneed her in her stomach, forced her to the ground, kicked her with his feet on multiple occasions. that kind of hate we cannot tolerate. and he happened to have been a person of color. it must be known that regardless as to who you are, regardless as to your race or your color, if you perfect that kind of hate, you should be prosecuted to the fullest extent that the law allows. those who tolerate hate perpetuate hate. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: reserve.

we see so many businesses coming to texas and that is one reason why texas was recognized by the ceosis country and ceo magazine for doing business and why texas ranked number one of the nation last year for the most new economic development projects and one last factoid is what happened over the course of the covid year, texas moved from tenth to ninth globally as the ninth largest economy in the entire world. maria: that is terrific i know you're seeing a lot of people and businesses move to texas look at the income tax, no state income tax and that's one of the allures as president biden efforts raising taxes, pretty significantly for businesses and individuals, wages texas voting law stand you mentioned ceos had a lot of ceos blocking over the voting laws going on in other states, i want to get your take on what you're doing in texas and when you'll sign it, let's go through the election bill that passed the texas house on may 7 prohibiting unsolicited ballot applications by election officers, banning paid vote harvesting activity protects poll watchers to observe what is happenin

here's what he had to say. >> the texas law is shameful and republicans clearly in texas and throughout the country want to make it harder to vote and easier to steal an election. that's the only way that i can interpret the voter suppression epidemic that we see working its way from one state, georgia, to arizona, to texas, and all across the country in so many different ways. >> now, the republican sponsors of this legislation say that this is about securing the ballot, thats in about uniformity amongst all the counties in the state and restoring confidence in elections, jim. of course that confidence was in great part shaken by the former president's big lie about the 2020 election. now, we mentioned, there is a midnight deadline here for the texas state house. i have spoken with democrats who tell me they are going to do everything they can to try and stop this but we should mention that they are outnumbered in the house. >> absolutely, diane gallagher, thanks for all the hard work spending hours and hours covering that process in texas. just incredible to watch. >>> the elections b

own constitutional and texas own codes and regulations for standing in cases and not just texas i mean universally you have to have standing you have to be harmed or injured party and so and so i see at the very least that provision that allows basically anybody in the state of texas to sue a doctor for an abortion that this person might not have any sort of attachment to i don't quite see that being upheld not just in and federal courts i don't see that it can be held by the texas supreme court now of course there are a lot of other provisions on this bill but i don't see it being upheld at least that provision on allowing anybody to sue that might not even have standing or an injury you know there are still a couple of amendments of course to be passed which we'll talk about a bit later if we can have if we have time reese all republican lawmakers who are pushing through this bill simply given voters what they're off for in polls in texas showing more than 2 thirds of republicans 68 percent are in favor of an abortion ban i mean isn't this what people want. even if that were absolute

that really put texas on the map and started the texas gusher age. that would of course culminated in many ways in the east texas strike of the 1930s. the story does not end there, of course, it goes to west texas and elsewhere as you all know. but i would like to pause now and just, again, flush out what this wildcat christianity look like on the ground. i have talked at length about the executives and the managerial class, but i want to just give you a brief sense of what i think are for constituent of facets of wildcat christianity entity. as they appeared in east texas in the 1930s. i know we have at least one person here from east texas and the audience somewhere. so how did wildcat religion come to define the western oil patch in such a potent and lasting form? well, let's take a look at this briefly. how did it start first of all? well, it started with daisy bradford, a christian woman who recruited wild cat columbus to find oil on her form. a self made profit from alabama who's only education came from the moore alight -- memory easing the ol

so did texas cattleman.d then to get into some of the other markets in new york city there were they fulton market, catherine market, where people living in the tended markets went to buy their food. so a great meal for them was when they could afford to buy beef. beef became more prominent in their giants, especially after advances in creating the slaughterhouses like allerton did. they were able to mass produce more beef than ever before by like 200 butcher shops that one time populated this slaughterhouse district of manhattan. so yes, the poor working class people started being able to buy beef on a more regular basis. the cuts were cheaper though. texas longhorn beef was never sold or served in the monaco restaurant. that never would've happened. it never had the fat, marbling, or anything. longhorn, at best, they sailed them and weighed over 900 pounds. it was a pretty small animal. so the cats were also leaner. even though the illinois stock market tried to put more fat and weight on the cattle before

texas leadership is out of sync with the population of texas. texas is an incredibly diverse state.sad to say, but i think it's true, it's a lot of republican white males that are trying to hang on to power. they're trying to do anything they can in a diverse of state to do that. >> they are definitely in sync with the trump vote. we have a poll showing that 53% of republicans believe that donald trump is the president. that means 53% of republicans fail a basic mental competency question. who is the president of the united states? carson castro, the texas legislator seems to be in service of those people only, at this point. >> donald trump owns the republican party in this country. he owns the texas republicans. not only is it a matter of self delusion, these people are delusional, but they've also got to be very dangerous to texas and the people of this country. >> as we go forward, what is your expectation of how you will counter, in the next election, what they're legislating now about how the election will be held in texas. >> there will be legal challenges that will hold up s

of texas.dibly diverse state and the republican leadership in texas is not. it's very sad to say but i think it's true that it is a lot of republican white males that are trying to hang on to power. and they're trying to do everything that they can in a diversifying state to do that. >> well, they definitely are in sync with the trump vote. we have a new poll showing that 53% of republicans -- 53% -- believe that donald trump is the true president. so, that means 53% of republicans fail a basic mental competency test question, who is the president of the united states. and congressman castro, the texas legislature seems to be in service of those people only at this point. >> donald trump owns the republican party in this country. he owns the texas republicans. and not only is it a matter of self-delusion -- i mean, these people are delusional -- but they've also gotten very dangerous to the people of texas and i think to the people of this country. >> as you go forward, what is your expectation

. >> reporter: texas lawmakers are wrapping up a legislative session and donna howard is surprised even by texas standards by the red are meat agenda that has been pushed in the months since the november election. >> it has a lot to do with what happened this in the last election. there's some bitterness there. that they want to see some of the democrats squirm. >> reporter: remember are all that talk about democrats turning texas blue in 2020? republicans crushed those dreams. for now. >> they said that president trump will win the state of texas. >> in 2012, barack obama beat mitt romney by 16 points in 2016, trump beat hillary clinton by 16, and as president ally elections are getting closer and closer that texas republicans would be more moderate. that is not what we have seen.

state of texas, the governor just signed a permitless law. that anyone without the commission of that business, that church, doctors office, that school, at least by perceived by the public, whatever fine points have been made the public doesn't read it. they just say -- it's a free for all. in a back drop of the tragedy of el paso 22 of our fellow texans were killed because someone said they didn't like mexicans. so today the sub committee turns to the all too common place tragedy that is gun violence. and times since our committee last held a hearing, focused on gun violence, many more americans lives have been heartbreakingly and unnecessarily lost to gun violence current circumstances escalated problem and gun sales have surged and more children at home, but firearms have not been properly secured. it is -- late or is many years back i served on houston city council. first gun law they ever passed was the requirement that parents would be responsible for securing their guns. because two-year-olds were being shot by guns they found in the

well, he's going to shut texas down.going to want to come here anymore, and our state is going to suffer economically if he continues to take us down this road to where we're a state that discriminates against people because they're black and just allows anybody to just wear a gun on their hip without any sort of trainingr any sort of safety mechanisms put in place. it's absolutely ridiculous and it's unnecessary. >> i mean, when the rest of the country takes a look at texas this week and sees them making it easier for everyone to carry guns but harder for everyone to vote, i mean, is that the kind of message that texas wants to send? and if so, who in texas is potentially happy about sending that message? >> if you're jerry jones and you want that cowboy stadium full with ncaa tournaments and other sporting events, if you're in charge of a visitors and convention bureau anywhere in this state, you have to be thinking to yourself, how much longer are the good times going to last in texas with this sort of backwards think

we have a texas constitution that really stands up for law making make no mistake the texas house is different than the senate and the governor's office. our speaker is elected by democrats and republicans. he needs to decide does he represent the republican party in the chamber or represent the house? and if the interests of the house are what's important, we can come up with a pragmatic response to this solution looking for a problem. but there is a problem out there. the problem is people are voting. and republicans don't like what they see. they want to caning the rules to make it harder to vote. >> let's separate politics and policy. you ask about representation and representing the people. you also say you killed the bill. you may have the maneuvers not the votes. when you say you killed the bill that may be something rhetorically something the supporters want to hear. but republicans in the state legislator have the votes to get this passed. why are you so confident that the you can even in a special session kill this bill? >> so look we make no assumptions number one. texas d

let's talk now with texas state rep chris turner, the texas house democratic caucus chairman. this was really your idea. tell us about this. what did you say to democrats as you told them about this plan to walk out? >> good morning, brianna. thank you for having me. you know, look, democrats in the house and the senate in texas have been working all session long to kill these republican vote suppression measures, and senate bill 7 was the worst of the worst. and so we were determined to kill this bill in any way we could. we had a midnight deadline yesterday to pass all bills, any bills that don't pass by midnight yesterday effectively die. and so we were determined to either kill it by talking on the bill to prevent a vote from coming up, killing it through a procedural maneuver, and as a last resort, leaving the chamber to deny the necessary quorum. we are required to have 100 members on the house floor of a 150 member house. so it became clear republicans were going to resort to an extreme tactic to shut off debate, even though we were still fighting the bill, they were go

jessica gonzalez of texas. >>> joining me from tulsa, oklahoma is roland martin and roland is from texas, let start there. there are all sorts of things that happened already in texas, which discouraged voting in certain areas and among certain demographics and looks like that's about to get worse. >> absolutely. the republican party in texas and across this country is a complete trash party. i'm not going to mince any words because what you're seeing is you're seeing a naked abuse of power. it is gros lygrossly undemocrat. they did not care about black and brown voters. they're targeting white voters, young white voters that are on college campuses, as well and there has to be an absolute response to this that is massive. you heard the representative saying all we can do is file a lawsuit. not the case. rich democratic donors need to fund massive efforts to register the 2 million unregistered latinos in texas. they can do in texas what stacey abrams did in arizona who passed raphael warnock in georgia in terms of how they were able to bring the folks to the polls. they can do the exact

and now in texas, texas republicans appeared to have stepped on a rake with their new draconian votingghts rollback, which is rocketing through the texas legislator. today a huge group of major texas businesses stepped to the four to say they are against what republicans are trying to do to rescind and radically rollback voting rights along our state. texas republicans, may in theory, decide that they don't care about that, i guess. but have you seen who's on this list? of big texas companies that just came out to criticize them? i sort of think they are going to have to care i think they might have scored this up. that story in detail is next, stay with us. this is our block. our place. our people. our block, it's just like yours. full of the people who shaped you. they all deserve care and access to the vaccine. no matter their address, income, or skin color. not having a ride to get the vaccine. can't be the reason you don't get it. you wanna help? donate a ride today. front desk. yes, hello... i'm so... please hold. ♪♪ i got you. ♪ all by yourself. ♪ go with us and get millions of

he did not win in texas. president trump won in texas.e're unhappy about the 2020 election in texas. republicans did great in texas in the 2020 election. we held the texas house, held the texas senate, held every seat in congress. and so, if we were concerned about that, this wouldn't even be an issue. this is about making the system better. we do thisvery time the legislature meets. >> alcindor: the bills also limit the number and location of polling places in only a handful of counties in texas with populations of at least one million people. what do you say to the criticism that, regardless of the intent of this law, that it will make it harder for some people, including people of color, ack people, disabled people, to vote? >> well, so i hear that generalization, but no one has shown me any evidence of it. this bill says that in those ban counties, that the polling places have to be distributed evenly across the county. now, that's just straight up fairness based on where the voters live, regardless of their race, of their party, of t

what about in texas? i don't have the figures - rates. what about in texas?s from taxes, which is actually my home state, in front of me. but it is clear the vast majority of americans want abortion to remain legal and accessible. great. elisabeth smith, chief counsel for the states centre for reproductive rates. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we report from japan where opposition to the games is intensifying with the country facing growing numbers of coronavirus cases and stretched medical facilities. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so, it's become the first country in the world to approve the change in the national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far! - but suddenly, the police - are

especialmente en texas.ur de la carretera 10. seguirÁ lloviendo entre dallas, san antonio, nueva orleans, la mancha muestra que caera mucha mÁs lluvia. el jueves se mantiene la lluvia en houston, una ciudad que con poca lluvia se inunda. con mÁs de un pie de agua serÁ grave. de aquÍ que termine el dÍa maÑana en la madrugada las tormentas. nos queda dos dÍas largos con acumulados que pueden ser excepcionales. de 4 a 5, 6 pulgadas de lluvia. puede hacer que rÍos desborden. es importante no estar cerca de ellos. y si nos encontramos una vÍa inundada dar la vuelta y buscar alternativa porque seguirÍa dos dÍas mÁs. ilia: muchas gracias. vamos a cambiar de tema. esos 300 dÓlares de beneficio federales por desempleo que reciben cientos de miles de texanos serÁ hasta fines de junio. lo dijo el gobernador que piensa que la ayuda perjudica a empresas y comercios que necesitan mano de vrobra. — obra. vemos otros estados que tomarÍan decisiones similares. janet: texas se une al nÚmero de estados gobernados por republica

to my left is texas governor greg abbott. his state has the second highest gdp growth in the last quarter. that's because he put his constituents and their economic well-being first. along with us is iowa governor, kim reynolds because her state was one of the first to open up schools for in-person learning. also here, nebraska governor, pete ricketts. his state has 2.9% unemployment rate. our final red state trail blazer, mississippi governor, tate reeves. his state could soon ease restrictions on all indoor activities as well. these are your red state trail blazers. let's give them a round of applause, all five. [cheers & applause] all right. so tonight this is going to be kind of wild. we're going to talk to them about how they led their state, the way they led them, the strategies that they decided to use, communication, policy-wise all to preserve economic freedom and advance the freedom that we've become accustomed to having and others were eager to take away. it's not just limited to covid. we'll discuss how they plann

so you might think that as presidential elections here in texas get closer and closer that texas republicansld become more moderate, but that's just not what we've seen here in the texas capital. texas republicans have pass add heartbeat bill banning most abortions as early as six weeks. a permitless carry bill will allow texans to carry a handgun without a license or training. republicans are pushing an election overhaul with new voter restrictions. another bill aims to control how systemic racism is taught in schools. but bills aimed at fixing the state's power grid system that failed during february's deadly winter storm have not yet passed. brendan stein houser is a veteran republican strategist in texas. he said while predictions of the republican downfall in texas went up in smoke, republicans felt emboldened to push further to the right and toward donald trump. >> there is no real political incentive for those in the state house or nat state senate who are republicans to do anything but appeal to the base. >> reporter: he just helped run the campaign of michael wood, an anti-trump rep

joining me now, texas state representative joe moody. sir, thank you for being with us. you represent an area that has seen some of the worst of this violence, some of the most horrific. the 2019 shooting in walmart that was just terrible. and the nation watched as that happened and yet here we are. texas lawmakers have approved allowing people to carry handguns without a license and the background check and training that go with it. what do you think. what is that going to look like on the ground in texas as far as people walking around carrying handguns? >> permitless carry is bad policy. but it compounds the problem in our law now. we don't have back ground checks. we don't have safe storage laws. we don't have really basic safety measures in our law and so when you add permitless carry to the top of that, it exacerbates the problem that already exists in texas which is people that shouldn't have

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the state of texas, the governor just signed a permit list law that anyone without the permission of that business, that church, doctor's office, school at least perceived by the public whatever points have been made, the public doesn't read it they just say it is a free-for-all. in the backdrop of the tragedy of el paso, 22 of our fellow texans were killed because someone said they didn't like mexicans. so this p turns to the common pleas tragedy that is gun violence. the time since the committee last held a hearing focused on gun violence, many more americans lives have been heartbreakingly and unnecessarily lost. current circumstances during the pandemic gun sales surged and more children at home with firearms that haven't been properly secured. as late or as many years back i served on the city council the first gun law they ever passed was the requirement that parents would be responsible for securing their guns because two-year-olds were being shot by guns they found in the home. on top of these frightening dynamics there's been an uptick where families and communities are torn

and now in texas, texas republicans appear to have stepped on a rake with their new draconian voting rights rollback, which is rocketing through the texas legislature. today, a huge group of major texas businesses stepped to the floor to say that they are against what republicans are trying to do to rescind and radically roll back voting rights in the lone star state. texas republicans may, in theory, i guess, decide that they don't care about this, i guess. but have you seen who's on this list of big texas companies that just came out to criticize them? i sort of think they're going to have to care. i think they might have screwed this up. that story in detail is next. stay with us. (vo) right now at verizon, buy iphone 12 pro with 5g, and get another on us to give. because the only thing better than getting a new iphone 12 is giving one. get the 5g network you deserve with the 5g iphone you want. the network is just the beginning. the ups and downs of frequent mood swings can take you to deep, depressive lows. or, give you unusually high energy, even when depressed. overwhelmed by

so certainly it's not just texas. governor abbott for his part says he is going to sign this bill regardless of what's in it. >> people are saying by texas standards, this has been the most conservative legislation -- legislative session there in the state. governor abbott is also set to sign another controversial bill any day. this one would loosen gun restrictions in texas. what more do we know about this? >> reporter: yeah, right now you do need a license or permit to own a firm in the state of texas, to use a firearm in the state of texas. this would change that, make anyone 21 years or old without a prior conviction be able to do that without a license and permit. the licensing process takes weeks to months. so this would get rid of that completely. but it should be noted that texans for their part are not fully in support of this according to a "texas tribune" poll out this month. they say 60% of texans want there to be a license or permitting process before people own a firearm. governor abbott said he will sig

he called this texas bill that democrats walked out on in the texas legislation an assault on democracy. he obviously feels very strongly about this. there is only so much the white house can do, though, on that front. that is really up to congress and that is not an area where there is any sort of bipartisan coalesce around that topic. there is not a votes or a bipartisan deal and unlike reconciliation, you can't get that through with 50 votes you need ten democrats to come over in the senate and they don't have that right now. >> thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> and joining our decision, president and ceo of vote latino and jonathan alter columnist for the daily beast and msnbc political analyst author of his very best jimmy carter a life, the latest book, the latest of many. maria teresa, shannon set it up for us, the biden legislative agenda beginning june 7th, when congress returns from this current week's recess, it seems like infrastructure is their number one and i don't sense -- it is hard to tell what they -- what they're pushing afte

the leaders of texas's biggest county took a forceful step to rally the community against what texas republicans are trying to do to texas voting. one of those leaders joins us live here next. stay with us. here next stay with us [sfx: bikes passing] [sfx: fire truck siren] onstar, we see them. okay. mother and child in vehicle. mother is unable to exit the vehicle. injuries are unknown. thank you, onstar. ♪ my son, is he okay? your son's fine. thank you. there was something in the road... it's okay. you're safe now. >>> in 2020, harris county, texas broke all-time voter turnout. more people voted early this year than all of 2016. they set that record in large part because the county made a huge push to give access. they did a bunch of innovative stuff like offering 24-hour polling, drive-thru voting, 8% of those in the county used the drive-thru option. those things paid off big time. now republicans who control the texas state legislate your will make sure that doesn't happen again. aiming at big counties stopping at things put in place. yesterday, 175 business leaders from the hou

all of texas endured it. their power got shut off and the back up power for their wind and solar grid were natural gas pumps. unfortunately they are electric powered. and they chose electricity is to come below the emission standards. guess what, ladies and gentlemen. when your electricity is off and the sun is not shining, the electric pump doesn't work either. in is insanity. we are choosing this and doing this by design. mr. roy: human life expectancy if you track it on a chart it is correlated to the availability of abundant energy and we have seen the life saving advances that sambs people's live and advancement for medicine and spread it around the world and three billion people in the world who are not living with abundant energy. and what are we doing? we want to slam the brakes on with this great economy with this magic dust with how we are going to have energy policy and allow china to pollute what they want to. and human beings suffer. mr. perry: not only just allowing china to pollute. for people

[laughter] texas hostedas the first 100 percent capacity major league baseball game with the texas rangers baseball game we all work hard to make sure youth sports happen we had kids moving from other states to florida they were not allowed to play in florida or michigan so they want to play football or something so the amount of opportunity for these lockdown states is devastating. >> some were baseball 95 percent of the teams that started we did it safely and responsibly w now we have people moving to iowa to play. [laughter] >> the biden administration is so out of touch. >> we want everybody to play sports again. we were doing that last summer.r >> we were doing that last year also. they are completely out of touch what is going on in our state he doesn't know what's going on that he should talk to governors more often to find out what's going on in the middle part of the country outside of his bubble in dc. >> i return $95 million they sent additional to the state of iowa to get her kids back in theom classroom and i said we've been in the classroom since august. here's a $95 million

. >> and joining us now is texas democratic congressman mike veasey and a former member of the texasf representatives. welcome to you. thanks for your time. greg abbot says this bill will come up again during a special session. will democrats in texas still be able to use the same tools to block it, as well? >> it will be interesting to see what democrats decide to do then. before i was in congress and became chair of the voting rights caucus here i spent eight years in the state legislature and understand the rules very well and the republicans have bent the rules over the years so they can pass racist pieces of legislation like this and the perfect example of that is that the texas senate used to have a filibuster rule. it was the two-thirds rule and you had to have two-thirds of senators present to advance any piece of legislation while the current lieutenant governor completely abolished the filibuster rules and raised it to where there aren't enough democrats now to block a bill and so we know that they can change these rules on a whim and if greg abbot does bring it back up, we

to right here in texas.ouston area, is silent. >> that is the top elected official in harris county texas. singling out the largest chamber of commerce in the houston area, for their silence, and texas republicans attacking voting rights, even when so many other texas business leaders are standing up saying they will not abide by them. joining us now is harris county -- the chief executive of harris county, the most populous county in texas. judge, it's nice to see you, thanks for making time. thank you. how important is business support for voting rights? how going to be in the end. as republicans and the legislature take aim at voting rates statewide. and seem to be taking aim specifically at things like your county. >> it's very important for all of us, to stand up against this. but the business community is uniquely positioned, to make a difference. this is not a transience quote unquote, political partisan issue. this is about are you willing to stand up, for and fight for american democracy. do you bel

in texas we see some of those same elements. texas already has the most restrictive voting laws in the country and this would have just made it more restrictive by adding new requirements and adding criminal and civil penalties to the voting process here. like, for example, making it a crime for a public official to send an unsolicited mail-in ballot application. it also banned drive-in voting and would bar voting past 9:00 p.m. as well as before 1:00 p.m. on sundays, thus eliminating a large portion of souls to the polls. you mentioned that allowing judges to basically void elections if the number of fraudulent votes cast could change the result. so it lowers that threshold on the burden of proof. it also, again, expands penalties and creates them for more than a dozen election-related crimes and it expands powers for those partisan poll watchers, something that we have seen across the board in these election bills, also stripping local officials of some of their power. now, democrats here in texas have been trying to reduce th

even though he attended texas a&m university. then he served his nation in the united states air force for 20 years. upon moving to lubbock in 1996, eddie immersed himself into our community. served on numerous boards including the texas association of business, work force solutions for the south plains, and convenant hospital. for decades eddie has served with excellence and integrity, always putting our communities -- community's interest above his own. congratulations on an outstanding career and thank you for the bottom of our hearts for your service and contribution to lubbock and to west texas. we wish you the very best and for your wife, your children, and the entire mcbride family, god bless you and go west texas. madam speaker, i rise today to recognize sergeant jared burn net, a true west texas hero. on december 27, 2019, vast fog surrounded him as he investigated a series of crashes due to zero visibility in lubbock county. after checking on a bystander along the side of the road, a fast moving tractor-trailer lost con

that's where texas is changing.s the suburbs are really, really moving away from republicans in texas and that's why this district is so, so key and why you had some real surprises and some really close surprises or almost surprises in texas last time. so, you know, this will be one to watch. it's like you know, tip o'neal used to say all politics is local. well, that's sort of not so true anymore when you get into these suburban districts. rural, yes. urban, yes. but suburban like this, this is a competitive, competitive race absolutely. >> we'll keep an eye on the results. again, we're not -- there are so many candidates. we're not expecting to have a winner tonight. but at the moment, based on the 41% that are in thus far, democratic candidate sanchez is leading the votes we've received so far with about 16%. susan wright, the widow of the late incumbent ron wright has about 14.6% of the vote that is in so far. >>> charlie cook of the cook political report and abby livingston of the texas tribune, appreciate you

and now in texas, texas republicans appear to have stepped on a rake with their new draconian voting rights rollback, which is rocketing through the texas legislature. today a huge group of major texas businesses stepped to the floor to say that they are against what republicans are trying to do to rescind and radically roll back voting rights in the lone star state. texas republicans may in theory, i guess, decide that they don't care about this, i guess. but have you seen who's on this list of big texas companies that just came out to criticize them? i sort of think they're going to have to care. i think they might have screwed this up. that story in detail is next. stay with us. n detail is next stay with us no-no-no-no-no please please no. ♪ i never needed anyone. ♪ front desk. yes, hello... i'm so... please hold. ♪ those days are done. ♪ i got you. ♪ all by yourself. ♪ go with us and find millions of flexible options. all in our app. expedia. it matters who you travel with. to celebrate salonpas day and our mission expedia. to improve people's lives through topical pain relief w