texas. mr. burgess: georgia, texas.the speaker pro tempore: again, let me say this, the gentleman has been from texas for as long as i can remember. mr. burgess: thank you, madam speaker. at this point i'd like to recognize the gentlelady from new mexico, ms. herrell, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new mexico is recognized for one minute. ms. herrell: thank you, madam speaker. i just rise in opposition to this and, madam speaker, i would say it is more disingenuous for this body to pretend to tell the american people that we're doing something good for their children when in fact more money in this bill is going to help one democratic district in california than it's going to help all of the covid relief efforts. we have got our priorities very wrong. our children are the future. and thank god that the senate took the $15 an hour minimum wage out of this because that was another nail in the coffin for our small business owners. but to sit here and think we're doing something special for our

in the texas case. it relies exclusively on price signals to incentivize generators to be available in times of need whereas in california there are must run rules and so forth but. the prolonged heat in california spight energy use beyond what was available to generate in the state in texas demand also spiked as people who needed to heat their homes to stay warm and it exceeded available generation capacity because so much of the power plants were thrown off line because of their failure to winterize the wall street journal recently did a study apparently texans pay 28000000000 more for energy and it has to do with the fact the way you're talking about here that it relies on price signals and private energy suppliers and you know i'm old enough to remember when the energy suppliers energy market were referred to as utilities. basic utility providers and the idea was well you know the energy grid is something that we just want to keep up we don't want to expose it to the vagaries of market forces actual

california, texas and new england. last august massive heatwave across the west caused an energy supply shortage in californialan the early evening and solar energy was ripping down in the grid operated was unable to import power as planned due to high the west.th they were forced to cut power to proximally 800,000 customersan d among the lessons learned from this event are one of the critical need for reliable ramping resources to balance load and second the need for improved ways to estimate resource availability when the system is under stress. and new england cold-weather exacerbates its dependence on limited pipeline capacity and a handful of critical fuel assets. in early january lead to natural gas shortages and fuel oil was burned to reserve reliability. had that cold step not abated when i did the fuel oil infantry would've been exhausted and they almost certainly would have needed to shed load. insufficient and inadequate weatherization of generation in texas in the-m middle south stas have been a growing con

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of why the texas grid was so unprepared to weather the storm as our -- and the texas operator ercot has provided us with a written statement. i have the written statement here which i am going to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record. now i encourage all of our members if you get a chance to read, it it's pretty interesting. do i have any opposition? if not, so be we enter it. let me be clear. today's hearing is not a referendum on texas. we have seen the impact of extreme weather events to our electric grid across the country whether that be the 2014 polar vortex, extreme heat in california last summer or the extreme cold around the country last month. we need to incorporate all the lessons learned from those events into our future planning, particularly as we can expect both our energy mix and weather patterns to be different in the next decade than they were in the last decade. as part of that future planning we need to take into account the need for a diverse fuel mix with a broader right of emissions reducing technologies and include an honest assessment of where our w

california, texas and new england. last august, a massive heat wave across the west caused an energy supply shortage in california in the early evening. solar energy was ramping down and the grid operator was unable to import power as planned due to high demand throughout the west. it was forced to cut power to approximately 800,000 customers. among the lessons learned from this event are, one, the critical need for ramping resources to balance load and, second, the need for improved ways to estimate resource availability when the system is under stress. in new england, cold weather exacerbates its dependence on limited pipeline capacity and a handful of critical fuel assets. in early january cold snap in 2018 led to natural gas shortages and fuel oil was burned to preserve reliability. had that cold snap not abated when it did, the fuel/oil inventory would eventually be exhausted and iso new england would have needed to shed load. it was a classic near-miss event. insufficient and inadequate weatherization of texas an

but texas governor greg abbott has lost patience. with the finish line in sight, the texas governor has removed a statewide mask mandate and is allowing all businesses in texas to be 100% open with no restrictions whatsoever. the governor made that decision without consulting anyone on his team of medical advisers according to the austin american statesman, texas' top health official said he did not speak with governor abbott before he announced tuesday he would end the mask order and open texas 100%. two of the other four medical advisers also said they were not consulted ahead of the governor's decision. peter alexander asked president joe biden about that today in the oval office. >> i think it's a big mistake. look, i hope everybody has realized by now these masks make a difference. we are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we're able to get vaccines in people's arms. we have been able to move it up to end of may to have enough to get every adult american a sho

that it's i'm all i will tell you i think florida did a much better than texas abbott had texas kind of close down nothing like a york nothing like california but nothing like michigan nothing like illinois but still texas was a lot more closed down and a lot more masked than a south dakota or a florida or a georgia some of the states that were more relaxed so you look you did a good job out there i think the census in florida and kristi noem in south dakota did a great job but texas has this image of now bricks and rebels and conservatives that have voted it big for donald trump and it's the symbol that democrats and liberals and communists and socialists in america ate and so they're using texas as the whipping boy as it were but to me and millions of good service like the 75000000 of us that voted for president trump the most in history by the way. for a sitting president for all of us texas is a symbol of freedom and if it ever comes to an if there's ever a division of our country there's a session or what i like to call a divorce you go our way we go our way everyone separates t

attorney for the southern district of texas and the fbi to south texas to arrest and prosecute people were involved and ballot harvesting that were using cocaine to buy votes through the ballot harvesting process in the state of texas. it is a way to commit voter fraud and it cannot be allowed. maria: this is absolutely extraordinary, governor. thank you for sharing this important information we have course will keep the spotlight on the subject, voter integrity, good to see you this morning, thank you very much. our prayers are with you and your leadership on this crisis of the border, governor greg abbott we will see you soon. thank you very much. we'll take a short break when we come back will stand texas for john cornyn why the cartel and criminals are benefiting the most from president biden's open border policy. you will not believe what they are charging migrants or passage into the u.s. into the u.s. thousands and thousands of into the u.s. thousands and thousands of ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (deborah vo) i was hesitant to get the hearing aids because of my short hair, but nobody even sees

a senator from texas who used to be attorney general of the state of texas. it's texas senator john cornyn, who, when he was attorney general of the state of texas, is the guy who gave officer tom coleman the texas lawman of the year award for his great work in tulia, texas, before vinita gupta came in and exposed who that guy actually was, before he was convicted of perjury, before every single one of those cases was overturned because that guy made them all up, and they all got full pardons from rick perry because of the kafka-esque nightmare and disaster that was that guy, who john cornyn named lawman of the year! i wonder. i just wonder if senator john cornyn might be at all embarrassed about this and about the young lawyer who came to texas and exposed this thing, this terrible and cartoonishly evil thing that he had helped along, that he had celebrated, that he had given an award to. it is now senator john cornyn leading the charge against vinita gupta to be the number three official at the u.s. justice department. even against all of those law enforcem

over all of last year, and the rio grande valley sector alone, so your viewers in texas, texas has severalorder patrol sectors and the rio grande sector alone all of last year they made 90,000 apprehensions. this year, the first two and-a-half months, they've made about 110,000 apprehensions including in those apprehensions are 800 criminal aliens, criminal aliens who have previously been arrested and exported from the united states. 78 sex offenders and 62 gang members which include ms-1313 gangs. in response we had to launch what i call operation lone star. what the cartels do, they surge all these people to the border and fully occupy all of the border patrol agents and when the border patrol agents are occupied they know there are gaps along the border and what the cartel does, they surge people through the gaps. operation lone star includes national guard as well aztecs as department of public safety officers to fill the gaps to prevent the cartels from bringing across the border the most dangerous criminal elements as well as the opioids that they're trying to smuggle across the bord

is that the case in texas? i don't believe it is, but has he prioritized the kinds of workers, say, a bar back in a bar in south padre island who is going to be working through spring break in a few weeks? >> no. what he has prioritized in the distribution of this vaccine has been wealthy people and people that are a part of his -- part of the republican elite of this whole state. that's who is getting it. if you look at the statistics where this vaccine is going in the state of texas, a few key areas. here in the rio grande valley, it is very hard to get a vaccine. i was on my bike the other day and there was a line of probably a half a mile long of people in cars waiting to get a vaccine on a sunday morning. that's how bad the situation is. and the irony of all of this is that, as you saw in that film that you showed just a little while ago, all he had in front of him was a bunch of businessmen thinking this is going to economically benefit the state of texas by lifting the mandates. it's going to work the ot

en el río grande en texas la patrulla fronteriza rescató a 13 personas.niños entre uno hasta nueve años de edad. en texas la patrulla fronteriza detuvo ayer a más de 50 migrantes sin documentos en un lapsus de seis horas. los tres grupos estaban hacinados en casas en localidades distintas. aparentemente todas controladas por traficantes de personas. en méxico las autoridades encontraron un camión con más de 200 migrantes centroamericanos, transitaba este vehículo por chiapas. 50 eran menores no acompañados. decenas de niños viajaban con familiares. >> (música). >> han habido críticas a texas por levantar todas las restricciones por la pandemia. el presidente lo considera un grave error. son sus palabras. pero no es el único estado en relajar las medidas. paulina tiene detalles. >> buenas noches a todos en casa. el que texas haya levantado la orden del uso de cubrebocas es polémico por muchas razones. en primer lugar estamos combatiendo el virus, y el segundo el total de casos registrados en estados unidos, más de la mitad se concentra en nueve estados uno

other extended hours for the first time in texas history.e of these bills come directly after us, to make 24-hour voting illegal, to make drive-through voting illegal, but ultimately, the goal to make sure people of color, who republicans know often live in cities, to keep them away from the polls and weaken their right to vote. >> senator raphael warnock spoke with chuck todd this morning about defending voting rights. take a listen. i don't know that we have that sound. i'm going to read it to you instead. he said as someone who served as the pastor of congressman john lewis, who literally laid his life on the line -- okay, let's play it. >> someone who served as the pastor of congressman john lewis, who literally laid his life on the line crossing a bridge in order to secure that right for us, i'm going to do everything in my power to convince my colleagues to support voting rights. it's the only reason why any one of us is in the senate in the first place. somebody voted for us. and right now, in real time, we have 250 voter suppression

texas 100%. everybody who wants to work should have that opportunity. every business that wants to be open should be open. texans have mastered the daily habits to avoid getting covid. we now have vaccines to protect texans from covid. >> cdc says just under 7% of all texans have been vaccinated. just yesterday, the head of the agency warned about the risks of removing mandates too early. >> i am really worried about reports that more states are rolling back the exact public health measured we've recommended to help people. now is not the time to relax the safeguards. >> this all comes as the decline in u.s. cases has hit something of a plateau. and there are new concerns about another surge driven by the incoming variants. on the political front, the biden administration is regrouping tonight after its first nomination setback. the white house has dropped its nomination of neera tanden. to head the office of management and budget. senators in both parties opposed confirming her, largely because

stay in texas. cannot possibly stay in texas. so it does affect the rest of us who are trying to do the right thing. >> very good point. i'm glad you got that in there. thank you both for joining us tonight. that is tonight's "last word." and i want to join rachel to say thank you for making msnbc the most watched network in all of cable tv, and the most-watched 11:00 p.m. cable news show, "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. >>> good evening once again. day 42 of the biden administration. it brought the announcement of a big advance, having to do with the largest and most urgent issue facing this president and our country. earlier tonight, the president announced that vaccines would be available for all americans even earlier than he had first promised. something that could save countless american lives. >> we're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may. the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in america. we rectified th

today texas lifted its state wide mask mandate and ended all restrictions on businesses texas governor greg abbott saying it's time to focus on saving livelihoods as well as saving lives but in a reminder of how political the pandemic remains in the us the democrat led capital city austin is defining the republican governor by demanding a citywide mass mandate stay in place in a pandemic the actions of a large state such as texas they have consequences that go far beyond the border almost 20 percent of americans have been vaccinated against the corona virus in texas only 8 percent the number of new coronavirus cases in the state is not climbing but it's also not fall and doctors say vaccination levels are still too low the chances of spreading the virus still too high unless everyone keeps wearing those masks a before you enter that establishment you need to know what's expected as it gets into office at lines and for employees to know what as guess what's coming in. the story you know the rules you know if you if you want to commit in my business you have to be respectful of other peo

after graduating from the texas school of law, she served in the texas supreme court. after that she went on to represent both children and families in child protection cases before coming to the governor's office, she served as the executive director of the regional office for the national center for missing and exploited children. andrea sparks. >> thank you, governor, for assembling us today to talk about a very, very critical issue. we are very concerned about the youth and the children who are coming across the border. they are in a perfect storm of vulnerability. we have heard stories that kids as young as 6 are crossing the border alone and they are scared, they are confused, and they are very likely to end up in the hands of an exploiter, from what we know about human trafficking and how it works. our team has been at work for almost five years now, governor, to build the model, the texas model for commercially sexually exploited youth, and we have a system in place that can help any child, any child who is identified as a victim of exploitation. we work every

texas governor greg abbott made his announcement on of all days, texas independence day and insisted state mandates are no longer needed siting citing a increase in vaccinations. texas the second largest state by population only vaccinated 6.8% of residents. one of the lowest rates in the country. both are below 8%. the backdrop to this is the rollout of the johnson & johnson vaccine administered for the first time and after news merck, a competitor in normal times will help manufacture the one-dose vaccine. it's an absolutely unprecedented action. president biden noted achievements and urged caution without referring to the news in texas and mississippi, the president said the nation needs to keep wearing masks. now is not the time to let down our guard. let's get perspective from dr. peter hotez. author of the new book "preventing the next pandemic vaccine diplomacy at a time of anti science." also with us is a paid pediatri surgeon. governor abbott saying state mandates are no longer needed. do you agree? >> we still need those mandates, anderson. we've got some rough sledding ahe

tulia, texas. even if you don't know the name of every little town of 5,000 people in texas, the name tulia, texas, might ring a bell for you, if, for example, you ever watch "60 minutes" on cbs. since tulia, texas, was a subject of one of the most astonishing interviews the great ed bradley ever put on tv as part of that show. >> early one morning in 1999, tom coleman's efforts culminated in the arrest of 13% of tulia's adult black population. they were rousted out of bed, paraded in front of local television cameras in handcuffs. many of them half-dressed. and charged with selling cocaine to tom coleman at various times over the course of his investigation. the town newspaper declared tulia's streets cleared of garbage. it may be no coincidence that the road led tom coleman to the town's black community. it was well-known that he had used racial slurs in front of his superior officers in tulia. >> everybody's making a big deal, oh, god, he said [ bleep ], like, oh, let's put him in the electric c

the texas governor explaining why, after criticism from president biden. and alabama's republican governor saying her state's mask mandate has worked and will remain in effect. >>> what we're seeing in the senate as we come on the air tonight. the debate now under way over help for americans in this pandemic. the president's covid relief bill. vice president kamala harris and the tiebreaking moment opening the debate. times in this 50/50 senate?the - and news on those $1,400 stimulus checks. mary bruce asking the president tonight about the change now involving who will get those checks. >>> the u.s. capitol on high alert amid that new warning, a potential plot. authorities say today was the date discussed involving a militia group. and tonight, what the capitol police are now asking for involving the national guard. martha raddatz with live reporting from the capitol. >>> the former police chief and the stunning surveillance tonight. authorities say these are images of him pouring fuel onto a home, setting it on fire. and that he did it several times, tha

today texas lifted its state wide mask mandate and ended all restrictions on businesses texas governor greg abbott saying it's time to focus on saving livelihoods as well as saving lives but in a reminder of how political the pandemic remains in the us the democrat led capital city austin is defining the republican governor by demanding a citywide mask mandate stay in place in a pandemic the actions of a large state such as texas they have consequences that go far beyond the border almost 20 percent of americans have been vaccinated against the corona virus in texas only 8 percent the number of new coronavirus cases in the state is not climbing but it's also not fall and doctors say vaccination levels are still too low the chances of spreading the virus still too high unless everyone keeps wearing those masts aforementioned establishment you need to know what's expected as it gets into office at lines and for employees to know what as guess what's coming in . the story you know the rules you know if you want to commit in my business you have to be respectful of other people can be ok b

while the texas governor hits back calling the president's new immigration policy meander thall approach to the issue that says a study shows that biden's plans could lead to a drastic increase in america's migrant population. broadcasting live from our international headquarters in moscow you're watching our i'm donald quarter welcome before we go. bullying harassment and sexual abuse that's what thousands of women have been subjected to in the british army according to testimonies given to a parliamentary committee. very hostile environment. you do find themselves new position and it starts going wrong that's where and when you are vulnerable it is when the problems really start women are paying an unnecessarily high price for serving join the army be the best it's the height of serving your country but it turns out some women are facing horrific battles of their own imagine $4000.00 people a brigade that can be deployed anywhere without very same number of women both surfing and veterans have now come forward with shocking experiences in the army from boating and harassment to serious

in texas.grew up about 30 miles from the here, spent many early mornings here after a few late nights in dallas. but i was talking to bill who owns this place, he said at 3:30 in the morning back in the old days, this would have farmers lined up for breakfast. this is one of the fastest growing areas of the united states. we'll be talking to texans about how they feel about the state of this state with governor greg abbott lifting the mandate. ainsley: where are did you grow up? dallas? will: sherman, texas, 30 miles north of here. up aibs what's the biggest city close? will: dallas. dallas is 30 miles south. steve: will cain, thank you for making the journey to mckinney -- brian: i don't have to google will later to find out his true background. ainsley: you want to know his social security? brian: a little bit later, next hour. steve: all right. turning now to the u.s./mexico border where more than 100,000 migrants were reportedly encountered in the past four weeks. that is the highest level

the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i now yield to the gentleman from texas, mr.fallon, for the purpose of unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fallon: i ask unanimous consent to call up h.r. 682, the reopen schools act to get our kids out from behind screens and back in the classroom. the speaker pro tempore: the chair understands that the gentleman from massachusetts has not yielded for that purpose. therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i yield to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. cawthorn for the purpose of unanimous consent request. mr. cawthorn: unanimous consent to call up h.r. 682 the reopen schools act to get our kids out from behind screens and back into the classroom. the speaker pro tempore: the chair runses that the gentleman from massachusetts has not yielded. the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i yield to the gentleman from texas, a valuable member of the doctorso caucus, ronny j

texas, we all know texas has a history of discrimination.were under purview 6 since its inception and currently is not because the law got overturned. that doesn't mean the bad actors don't exist still. >> and let me just point out that these bills, in texas it will bar counties from sending absentee ballot forms to people who didn't ask for them. it will limit a county's authority to expand voting hours. it will require faster purges of voter roles. in georgia they've made it illegal that if someone is standing in line, you cannot give them food or water for them to keep standing in line. these are things that historically have been used to disenfranchise voters and i know there was a lot of effort here to debunk that, unfortunately our lived experience says otherwise. i will thank you, latasha brown for the work you are doing and congratulations on you on beating back soft of the voter bills. chuck and jessica, thank you both. jessica, i'd love to have you back on the show sometime. thank you all for having a very spirited discussion. >>>

ni siquiera saben que han llegado texas, que estÁn en el estado de texas.ta. >> el joven de 17 aÑos cuenta que durante la travesÍa por mÉxico a Él y el resto de sus compaÑeros les robaron las pocas pertenencias que traÍan. aunque ya nada de eso es importante. >> quiero estudiar, nada mÁs. >> segÚn Él, antes de irse de guatemala se aprendiÓ de memoria el telÉfono de su tÍo que vive en el estado de washington. su rostro se iluminÓ cuando le dijimos que podÍa usar nuestro telÉfono para llamarlo. >> tÍo . ya lleguÉ aquÍ, sÍ, ya lleguÉ. >> antes, como miles de menores reciÉn llegadosdeberÁ pasar dÍas o semanas en un centro de detenciÓn. donde revisarÁn si tiene antecedentes penales y confirmarÁn la relaciÓn con su tÍo. >> ya lleguÉ hasta aquÍ, era mi sueÑo llegar hasta aquÍ. >> al final de este camino la patrulla fronteriza lo estÁ esperando. la vida que tanto anhelopodrÍa estar a punto de comenzar. locutor: cuando regresemos, a lo largo de la frontera se agotan los recursos en los refugios para migrantes. >> ahora sentÍ una desesperaciÓn. >> comparte sus mensaj

" elected last fall to the 24th district in texas. congressman, what did you do before this job? why did she want this job? >> i appreciate the question appreciate being here. i lived in texas, iran for city council is on the city council for six years. i was mayor of the city of irving for six years and then i went on to work in the trump administration under secretary carson over at hud, which is a tremendous experiencing working from inside the be spread wide and i won this job? i've got kids, i worked in our community for decades. we realize many more people who have backbones, to have a vision and three are willing to spend their time and dedicate their time to working for theed community. seeing some of the radical programs comes on the pipe in the last few months, you need people upper who understand how to work with local officials, who listen to can spit while and understands wing of private businesses. i think you need more people are willing to spend their time working for their community working for the country. >> 42 mont

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¿cuÁl es su reacciÓn despuÉs del anuncio del gobernador de texas?Ón, veo 240 y ocho dÍas que se van a la basura, porque todo el trabajo que he hecho, no ha servido. en el momento que se abre, en la forma que se estÁ pensando abrir la economÍa, en el que se le dice a la persona "no es necesario, no es mandatorio que uses una mascarilla", en ese momento yo sÉ que vamos a tener un repunte de casos. ayer pedÍ una junta de emergencia con mi equipo para comprar mÁs equipo mÉdico, para estar seguros que en fines de mes tenemos suficientes enfermeras porque vamos a tener un repunte de casos. el estado nada mÁs ha vacunado es 6,7 de gente, ni siquiera llegamos al 50%, y ¿ya vamos a abrir? soy tan pasional en esto, porque me enoja. carolina: totalmente, doctor. hablando de ese tema en el que sÓlo el 7% de la poblaciÓn de texas, de un estado que tiene casi 30 millones de personas, solamente 2 millones se ha vacunado. ¿cree que esto es suficiente para haber tomado esta decisiÓn? obviamente estÁ en desacuerdo. >> ni por equivocaciÓn consigue acuerdo de que la ec

from texas. you see, it's unfortunate that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle use race as a tool to push their agenda. where here in this country, every one of us is equal. god created us equal and thank god we have a constitution that affirms it. if we are to do anything, we should look as americans as one, because we're the citizens of this nation and all of our policies and laws should serve our american people, not divide it up by identity or politics or any other category. and it's shameful that we've come to a place after we had come so far and achieved so much . so, yes, i do agree with you. it needs to be done away with. mr. roy: a brief moment, a side step away from the issue of border security. and i know the gentleman is here and is waiting patiently. i would just ask one more question. the gentlelady was here on monday, this past monday. when we be let known our desire to not allow 13 bills, 10 democrat bills, three republican bills, to move off of the house floor by voice

texas we hear you you didn't want to be part of our electrical grid and now you've removed your mask mandate and there are large crowds together we hear you code it is a hoax so you don't need our precious vaccine we'll send it to people who are saving lives by wearing masks this isn't dangerous the entire country and beyond where in the pandemic it's dangerous why are we wasting vaccinations on texas if texas has decided to join the side of the virus what abbott is doing is extraordinarily dangerous he's the worst governor in modern texas history this will kill texans earlier i spoke with wayne allen root a former libertarian vice presidential nominee and conservative radio host he told us that biden lashed out at texas because of the values it represents. texas has this image of now bricks and rebels and conservatives that have voted it big for donald trump and it's the symbol that democrats and liberals and communists and socialists in america ate and so they're using texas as the whipping boy texas is a symbol of freedom and if it ever comes to it if there's ever a division of ou

so all of us all about texas what about the rest of the country want to people think about what texas is doing. well there is certainly a lot of criticism in particular when it comes to the fallout of course of lifting the masked men date so even in texas if you go to the bigger cities there and especially in austin the capital people are very critical off that move and texas is also not the only state that has lifted the mask mandate there is mississippi and wyoming also following suit that might others might be other states coming soon and then you have some states that never really had a mask mandate like south dakota which by the way we've traveled there as well to cover the situation there has suffered more than the other states with a higher death rate of course and a higher rate of infection so it really does come down to the republican strongholds and there is of course a lot of concern and we've seen that also in the report that lifting the mask mandate now would lead to another spike of new infections also especially with the variants right now spreading and that is also som

elizabeth: texas so many people are fleeing california to texas people are saying it's turning texasrnia let's talk about republicans gretchen whitmer painga #the silence health department director who resigned the allegation she doesn't want him talking because he wasn instrumental in building her severe and widely criticized shutdown roles, she's denying all of this, what do you say to that story ? >> it appears governor witmer has an cuomo nursing him skin on her hands and it appears she's trying to circle the wagons ande unfortunately she paid off this hush money in the bottom line she should've been auditioning to be joe biden vp and done her job in michigan and pay close attention to what was going on in the nursing homes and you might not have a scandal but she played politics she did not do what was best for her constituents and now coming back to haunt her. elizabeth: judges have been ruling or shutdown rules unconstitutional. let's listen to the governor responding to the accusations of the hush money sweetheart where she gave nine months cash paying health benefits to the

there are three detention centers in the state of texas. one in south texas.s outside of midland. in corrizzo springs we learned there is an outbreak of covid in that location outside of midland texas. there is no available clean running water at that midland cam. a report by the associated press showed 10% of the kids at that location tested positive for covid and we are trying to get updates on the positivity rate on the kids in dallas. open border policies are always catastrophic and challenging for the united states. to have these open border policies during a pandemic is a disaster not just for texas, but the entire country. jesse: i agree. it seems you in texas are doing everything you can as a state to make sure the border is secure. the feds are in charge of the border. and what's happening now is a disgrace. i wish you and your citizens good luck on that battle. it looks like it's just getting started. thank you for your time, i really appreciate it. thanks to biden's open borders, cartels are dominating our immigration system. completely dictating mi