for everyone's awareness, procedurally, how this works, there's 150 members of the texas house. it takes two thirds of the body present to constitute a quorum. 100 members. we vote in texas and register attendance by use of voting machines on our desks. minutes ago, at least 57 letters were delivered to the house clerk, directing the house to lock our voting machines and not unlock them until we provide permission to do so upon a return to the capitol. with that, it is my privilege now to introduce a great fighter, a longtime advocate in the fight for voting rights, my good friend, the chairman of the mexican american legislative caucus from dallas, texas. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] so i also speak english. [laughter] i will offer you a few words. i represent dallas. i have the honor of representing the 40 plus members of the oldest and largest latino legislative caucus in america, which is the mexican american legislative caucus. you will see prominent members of our caucus standing with me today who have fought for voting rights over the decades. i just want to offer that

two hours before the deadline to get that bill passed in the texas house, texas democrats quietly without any fanfare, without any announcement, one by one, started leaving the house chamber. there are 150 members of the house in texas according to the rules at least two-thirds of the members so a hundred must be present to hold a vote. that is called a quorum. without a quorum all house business has to stop. and so eventually, quietly, no fanfare, no announcement enough of those texas democrats left the house floor one by one that they broke the quorum. and with that walkout back in may texas democrats were able to block that bill. they were able to run out the clock on the legislative session in texas this year. the legislative session ended that night at midnight. the republican bill to restrict the right to vote in the state of texas, yes it passed the senate but did not pass the house, it could not be signed into law. they blocked it. that was what happened in may of this year. right away the republican governor of texas promised he would haul the legislature right on back. he said h

my name is chris turner, i am the chair of the texas house democratic caucus. i am from san prairie, texas in the dallas-fort worth region. as you just heard, more than 50 democratic members have left texas to stop republicans from passing the latest iteration of their voter suppression legislation. and you are going to hear primarily from some of my colleagues today because we have so many strong voices in our caucus and we want to give them the opportunity to speak to the public. and just for everyone's awareness, procedurally, how this works as there are 150 members of the texas house. it takes two thirds of the body to constitute, so 100 members. and we vote in texas and reregister our attendance by use of voting machines on our desk. in minutes ago, at least 57 letters were delivered to the house journal clerk directing the house to log our voting machine -- lock our voting machine and not unlock them unless we provide express permission to do so upon our return to the u.s. capital -- to the capital. it is my privilege to introduce a great fighter in the fi

right now, the texas legislature is in session. the republican-led house and republican led senate is trying to pass legislation that would make it significantly harder to vote in texas, in a state where it's already not that easy to vote. the way they are trying to change the voting laws in texas would disproportionately affect colors -- voters of color, and texas democrats have left the state, they left texas entirely, tonight. in the last if -- ditch effort to stop this from becoming law. the texas democrats planes landed just out of washington d.c. in the last hour. it is 51 democrats from the texas state house on board those two planes. we are told at least seven other texas democrats are making their way to d.c. as well, separately. if this sounds at all familiar to you, texas democrats pulling a big tactical surprise move to stop voting rights is because this is the second iteration of this we've seen in a few weeks. it was in may, when republicans in the texas senate jammed through an earlier version of the voter suppression bill. they passed that

. >>> well, texas house democrats are, in the words of a great texas lyricist, on the road, again. after blocking the republican-voting bill by staging a walkout in may, today, at least 58 democratic members of the texas house of representatives left the state capitol to deny republicans the quorum needed to move ahead with a vote on their voting-restrictions bill, that could have happened as early as tomorrow. according to nbc news, 51 members traveled to washington on two charter flights. while at least seven others traveled separately. texas state representative julie johnson tweeted this photo from one of those planes. with our first guest tonight, state representative. last week, on this program, representative inahosa gave us a tiny hint of what was to come. >> representative, did -- do the democrats -- do you have a strategy, going into this, that you can share with us? or -- or might you have secret strategies that you can at least acknowledge but not share with us? >> well, right. so, um, our strategies for gamesmanship purposes can't be broadcast on national tv. but um, y

right now dozens of texas house democrats are in washington, d.c. after leaving texas by plane to block new voting restrictions being pushed by republicans. the move is part of a push to break quorum when the texas house reconvenes the special session in less than an hour. if you don't have enough legislators present you can't pass legislation. those texas democrats are hoping to speak with senate democrats who they want to do more to protect voting rights nationally. >> later today, president biden will lay out the moral case for the fundamental right to vote in a major speech set in philadelphia. le launch a pressure campaign we're told to try to combat republican efforts in state legislatures to restrict access to the ballot. as for the texas democrats, once they return to the lone star state, greg abbott said they will be arrested. let's begin with our dianne gallagher outside of the hotel where the lawmakers are staying. it will be 30 days until that happens. in the meantime what can they get done in d.c.? >> reporter: so, poppy, the main thing

, they were voted relief today by the texas senate but they are not going to get it because the texas house members are not there. we voted out of the texas senate today property tax relief that the people of texas will not get because the democrats were not in the texas house of representatives. so they have a job to do and let me tell you something. texas voters are going to be extremely angry at the texas house members for not showing up and not doing their job. if you didn't show up and do your job and other people who are watching your show right now did not show up and do their job, they would be losing their job or losing their pay. that is exactly what is going to happen to the members of the texas house of representatives. >> sean: so in other words, it's not an arrest in the traditional sense, but texas law allows for law enforcement to escort them to do their job, which is mandated by law, is that a correct statement? >> i will add to it. so they will be brought to the capitol. they will be brought to the texas house chamber and the house chamber doors will be locked and no one c

i just heard, for the 58 of the texas house have left texas to stop republicans from passing the latest iteration of voterns suppression legislation. you're going here primarily from some of my colleagues today because we have so many strong voices and our caucus. we want to give them the opportunity to speak to the public. but just for everyone's awareness, procedurally how this works or the hundred 50 met members of the texas housees protects two thirds of the body present to constitute a quorum so 100 members. we vote in texas and we register our attendance by use of voting machines on our desk. minutes ago at least 157 letters were delivered to the house journal clerk directing the house to lockot our voting machines are not unlocked them until we providede express opinion to do so upon our return to the capitol. the senate that is my privilege now to introduce a great fighter, a longtime advocate in the fight for voting rights but my good friend the next american caucus from dallas, texas. [cheering] [applause] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking span

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

safety troopers to escort them to the texas house chamber where they will be kept in the texas housember subject to permission slip by the speaker of the house to make sure that they stay there and get the job done. maria: governor, this is partly because of misinformation about the voting bill in texas and the 14 or 16 states that have come up with their new voting laws and -- and approach to voting after trying to clean up what they saw to be irregularities in 2020. let's go through the texas voting bill, if you would, please, so that people can understand the facts here. you are looking to increase hours to vote during early voting, give people time off for voting and counties creating their own rules which certainly happened in 2020. ban drive-thru and mail-in ballot. there's speculation that democrats will create more of a lockdown going into 2022 congressional races so that the mail-in ballot situation can be the standard once again. tell me about that and the ability to use your id to vote? governor: so the word you chose to say that what they were saying about it was a misrep

after their massless flight to dc, texas house member donna howard tweeted this comment while sharing a post on the american academy of pediatrics updated guidance for schools sh wrote we need to follow the science here, texas needs to change course and allow for universal mask wearing to prevent the spread of the highl contagious delta variant, especially in children under th age of 12 could not get yet. look at the red circle, the far left, the one they're out of th sixth texas democrats who teste positive for the virus. our team confirming that. your reaction to that? >> i'm not going to be lectured by someone who was flying aroun in a private jet massless, let alone somebody that needs to do they're job and thinks that the sacrifice we need to make decisions based on science, not fear. >> leslie, real quick. >> i agree we need to make decisions based on science, the state legislature is not going

s newest asylum seekers, the members of the texas house of representatives, the democratic representatives. but the only oppressive force that these men and women are facing is the expectation that they would actually do their jobs in the texas legislature, the job they campaigned for and were elected to do. following unsuccessful attempts to pass an election integrity bill during the regular legislative session earlier this year, governor abbott has now called a special session for the texas legislature to consider that and other matters. that special session kicked off last tuesday -- excuse me, last thursday, but the chamber is already being held hostage by a minority of house members who are unwilling to do their job. now, democrats have raised concerns about the current draft of the bill. and make no mistake, that's why the legislative process actually exists. that's why it's important that they be there and debate the issues and actually vote on a bill. the purpose, of course, is for all sides to be able to debate, potentially amend, and vote on legislation. but rather than do their

joining me us, senfronia thompson, the dean of the texas house democratic caucus, and state representative nicole collier, from the ft. worth area, chair of the black caucus. represent sif collier, do we have confirmation that republicans are going to pull the revirgs? >> that's the first time i heard that. i had not been in contact with them. they had not reached out to me. in fact at the hearing, the 23-hour -- more than 24 23-hour hearing that miss t, the dean of the delegation was at, they offered amendments to the bill and they were all rejected under party lines. so this is just another play they did in the regular session where they made promises and commitments but they were all unfulfilled. so i hope they could keep their

. >> as texas house democratic chair chris turner aptly said, you just can't make this up. republicans are passing anti-voter legislation overnight to prohibit texans from casting a ballot overnight. and while republicans claim they're fighting for so-called election integrity, the author of the bill admitted during his this weekend's hearing that he didn't know of any voter fraud that happened in 2020. >> i know that we heard testimony that there was difficulty getting election workers and poll watchers, but i don't know about evidence of fraud. that's pretty recent election. >> joining me now is former hud secretary julian castro who is now an msnbc political analyst and texas state representative john bussey iii who joins me by third. i first want to welcome you to the msnbc family. i still want to call you secretary castro. >> great to be with you joy. >> let's talk about this. in 2020 you saw the highest voter turnout i think in nearly

. >> desjardins: state representative chris turner is chair of the texas house democratic caucus and led the walkout in may that blocked the voting bill. and he joins me now. representati turner, republicans say they are determined to pass new voting laws. can you block them this time and how? our audience likes specifics. >> as you know democrats were successful in blocking the same type of legislation at the end of our regular session, as you've already told your viewers. and what i can tell you is that today on the first day of this special session that democrats

texas house speaker issued a statement saying, texas house use every available resource under the texas constitution and the unanimously passed house rules to secure a quorum to meaningfully debate and consider election integrity. >> the texas tribune reports, quote, even if democratic lawmakers stay for the next two weeks, the governor could continue to call 30 days sessions or add voting restrictions to the agenda. when the legislature takes on the redrawing of the states political maps later in this summer. during a discussion of voting rights today in michigan, vice president kamala harris said this about the topic texas democrats who have left the state. >> i applaud them standing for the rights of all americans. and all texans to express their voice through their vote. unencumbered. they are leaders who are marching in the path that so many others for dead. they fought and many died. all right to vote. i do believe that fighting for the right to vote is as american as apple pie. it is so fundamental to fighting for the principles of our democracy. so i applaud them. >> leading off

[video clip] >> today more than 50 members of the texas house left austin, left texas. not because we want to, it breaks our heart that we have to do it. but we do it because we are in a fight to save our democracy. nationwide, the republican vote suppression efforts, anti-voter efforts, is coming to a crisis point in the state of texas right now. we have, we are at the beginning of a s >> the necessity of passing before the people act. and how we need to work together with civil rights organizations to overcome the worst challenge to our democracy since the civil war. host: good morning, where are we doing too little? caller: the scientists all agree on it. it is just that trump now has all of the republicans thinking they know more than the scientists. we had record high temperatures about two weeks ago. and, as of now we have a higher all-time temperature than austin texas. i moved up here in 1990. there were no tornadoes appear in 1990. -- up here in 1990. now, we have at least two or three within 20 miles of portland every year. last year during the pandemic, i had

the texas house chamber subject only to a permission slip by the speaker of the house to make sure theythere and get the job done. maria: governor, this is partly because of misinformation about the voting bill in texas and the 14 or 16 states that have come up with their new voting laws and approach to voting after trying to clean up what they they saw to be irregularities in 2020. so let's go20 through the texas voting bill if you would, please, so people can understand the facts here. you are looking to increase l hours to vote during early voting. give people time off from work to vote during early voting. create uniform voting laws for the entire state, preventing rogue counties from creating their own rules which certainly happened in 2020. you want to ban drive-through and 24 voting and prevent voter fraud in mail-in ballots and application. there is some speculation now that the democrats are going to create more of a lockdown going into the 2022 senate and congressional races so that the mail-in ballot situation can be the standard once again. tell me about that and the ability

my name is chris turner, chair of the texas house democratic caucus, a state representative from grand prairie, texas n the dallas-ft. worth region. as you just heard, more than 50 democratic members of the texas house have left texas to stop republicans from passing the latest iteration of their voter suppression legislation, and you're going to hear primarily from some of my colleagues today, because we have so many strong voices in our caucus. we want to give them the opportunity to speak to the public, but just for everyone's awareness, procedurally how this works is, there's 150 members of the texas house. it takes two-thirds of the body present to constitute a quorum, so 100 members, and we vote in texas and we register our attendance by use of voting machines on our desks, and minutes ago, at least 57 letters were delivered to the house journal clerk directing the house to lock our voting machines and not unlock them until we provide express permission to do so upon our return to the capitol. so with that, it is my privilege to introduce a great fighter a long time advocate in t

it started in january, it became clear to me and many of my fellow democratic colleagues in the texas house that republican leadership would attempt to pass some sort of harmful voting suppression legislation that was based on the big lie. that somehow donald trump actually won the election in 2020. and when we spoke up about it,

there were 56 texas house democrats that flew on the plane this week to washington, d.c.t night one of the members tested positive for covid. two more individuals received positive rapid tests today. that's three members total here. now -- excuse me. every single one of these members said that they are fully vaccinated. upon their departure here from texas to washington, d.c. but, as we know, there is still the risk of transmitting covid here even if you are vaccinated. but i want to let you hear from james talarico, one of the texas house dem members here, because there's still a greater mission here despite the three members testing positive. they plan to be in washington, d.c. for weeks to come because of that 30-day special legislative session here at the texas capital. this is a group of lawmakers that broke quorum, headed to washington, d.c., to essentially cause a stalemate and keep those house and senate bills, those voting restriction measures that they say from passing. but i want to let you hear from representative talarico, who says what they intend to do here

joining me now, texas state representative chris turner, chair of the texas house democratic caucus. representative turner, which parts of this legislation were you most understanding? you have a lot to choose from. >> that's right, alicia. thank you for having me on. the latest version of the republican anti-voter legislation in texas looks unsurprisingly familiar because we've seen a lot of it before. so in no particular order, some of the most onerous provisions of this new bill include enhanced powers for partisan poll watchers who republicans have used in texas to intimidate voters and election officials in usually predominantly minority neighborhoods. it includes new restrictions on the vote-by-mail process, both in terms of limiting who can send in an application, and also making it more difficult for the voter to actually cast a ballot by mail by including a voter i.d. requirement now for mail-in

texas house democrats have fled the state and landed in washington, d.c.r fleeing texas to stop republican backed bill that mix of harder to vote in the battleground state that already has some of thtoughest restrictions in the country. this comes after hundreds of texans waited in line for hours over the weekend to speak out against the changes, which would include a ban on 24-hour polling places and drop boxes and stop drive-thru voting. the texas house is set to reconvene in a special session today, what critics are calling a "suppression session," but without the democrats it won't have enough members present to reach quorum. meanwhile, president biden is set to deliver his first major speech on voting rights since republicans deployed the filibuster to stall the sweeping voting rights bill, the for the people act. speaking in philadelphia, he will lay out the moral case for voting rights and denounce donald trump's big lie about a stolen election. for more, we go to washington, d.c., to speak with jarvis johnson, texas state representative for distric

house is ordered is that correct? >> that is correct. >> parliamentary inquiry. >> state your inquiry. >> article three, section 10 of the texas constitution states a smaller number than quorum may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalty as each house may provide. is that also correct? >> that is correct. >> according to article three, section 10 of the texas constitution in the previously adopted motion for a call of the house i moved that as means to compel attendance as secure quorum any member names not recorded as present in the journals by wednesday, tomorrow at 12:00 p.m., shall be subject to the following penalties without exception and i want to make sure the people know not removing them from committees but removal of appointment to the positions of speaker pro tem, chairwoman of any committee, and vice chair of any committee. >> you cannot make the move from the back microphone. >> i will move forward, mr. speaker. >> mr. myers, for what purpose? >> parliamentary inquiry. >> state your inquiry. >> is there anyway for those members who have left the capital to conduct the busines

house may provide. is that also correct? >> that is correct. >> mr. speaker, according to article three, six, and 10 of the texas constitution, in the previously adopted motion for a call of the house, i move that as a means to compel attendance and secure a quorum, any member names not recorded as present today, tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. should be subject to the following penalties without exception, and i want to make sure the people know, not removing them from committees but removal of appointment to the position of speaker pro tem, chairman or chairwoman of any committee. >> you cannot make emotion from the back of the microphone. >> mr. speaker, i will come forward. >> mr. myers, for what purpose? >> parliamentary inquiry. >> please state your inquiry. >> is there any way for those who have left the capitol in the state to conduct business on the behalf of the people of texas? >> there is not. >> parliamentary inquiry. if a quorum is not present, and those of us who have stayed in the capitol to do the jobs we were elected to take up bills on the floor? >>? >> that is not allowed under the rules. >> mr. speak

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house is ordered. is that also correct? >> that is correct. >> parliamentary inquiry. >> what is your inquiry? >> article three section 10 of the texas constitution states that a smaller number of a quorum can tell the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. is that also correct, sir? >> that is correct. >> according to article three section 10 of the texas constitution and rule five section 16, and the previously adopted motion, i move that as a means to secure a quorum, any member name not recorded as present in the journal by wednesday, tomorrow, july 13, at 12:00 p.m., should be subject to the following penalties without exception, and i want to make sure people know not removing them from committees, but removal of appointment to the positions of speaker pro tem, chairman -- [indiscernible] >> you cannot make a motion from the microphone. >> mr. speaker. i healed back -- i yield back. >> for what purpose? >> parliamentary inquiry. >> please state your inquiry. >> is her anyway for those numbers who have left the capital and the state -- there any way for the numbers who hav

host: shawn thierry represents house district 146 in texas. representative thierry is here with many of her democratic colleagues from texas. guest: good morning. thank you for having me. host: tell me why you and your fellow democrats left texas and came to washington. what was your purpose? guest: we are here to protect the voting rights of millions of texans, elderly texans, disabled texans, lower income presidents, -- residents, because the legislature seeks to turn the clock back on voting rights. host: the legislation being considered in texas is happening in an emergency session in the capital called by the governor, greg abbott. is it your sense that you and your colleagues can write it out -- ride it out in the capital and the legislature will not have a quorum to take up that bill and others? guest: for those who are listening, we were not successful. we did what we called " reverse quorum," which means there were not enough senator -- representatives present. it is a valid procedural remedy. we had to pull out every tool in the tool

. >> the president's speech comes as most of the democrats in the texas house of representatives haved texas and flown to washington, leaving texas, leaving their legislative chamber without a quorum was the last-best thing they thought they could do to preserve voting rights there and try to defeat the republican voter suppression bill. they last walked out, you will recall, back in may. well, tonight they landed in washington where they planned to lobby democrats in the senate to pass a voting rights law. in fact, some in the party are hoping these committed texas democrats might shame them into showing a little spine. >> what other place could we go to where we could actually seek some relief? we're still working on behalf of the people of the state of texas. this isn't a vacation whatsoever. we're away from our families, we're away from our jobs. so the only thing that we can do is now apply a full-court press to the senate. we have a democratically controlled u.s. house, a democratically controlled u.s. senate, and we also have a democratically controlled white house. all we are

house press briefing today. we wanted to get the links together. the aide from pelosi's office that met with the texase at the white house and on and on we go. critics roasting the news agency reuters for count them nine tweets about congresswoman ocasio-cortez and her selling t-shirts. they point out that it seems like reuters was promoting the sale. one user tweeted this. this is not news. former white house press secretary sean spicer pointed out a socialist is using capitalism. ocasio-cortez with a snarky clap back. with this tweet. transactions are not capitalism and the money goes to charitable efforts. joe concha, media and politics columnist for the hill with me now. joe, what is this? >> well, it is interesting, right? if you put those tweets up again, you see one of the tweets there is literally meg phones next to one of the messages on it regarding tax the rich. i'm wondering exactly are we supposed to be looking at the twitter account there of an objective prominent wire service and should reuters allowing interns to -- reuters tweets this news out nine times, harris, nine times and that's

right now dozens of texas house democrats are in washington, d.c. uorum when the texas house reconvenes the special session in less than an hour. if you don't have enough legislators present you can't pass legislation. those texas democrats are hoping to speak with senate democrats who they want to do more t

s newest asylum seekers, the members of the texas house of representatives, the democratic representatives. but the only oppressive force that these men and women are facing is the expectation that they would actually do their jobs in the texas legislature, the job

. >> around the time those texas democrats finished speaking, texas house republicans voted to send law enforcement to track them down under warrant of arrest. texas law enforcement has no jurisdiction in the nation's capital, so that remains a performative exercise. republican governor greg abbott has vowed to have them arrested when they return to the state. the texas democrats plan to stay in washington as long as it takes to kill the new voter suppression measures back home and to push for federal voting rights legislation in congress, meeting with senators today. and vice president kamala harris, the administration's lead on voting rights. but neither president biden nor vice president harris addressed the elephant in the room when it comes to federal legislation today, the filibuster. even as some texas lawmakers echoed calls for a carve-out to advance federal voting rights legislation. biden called on congress to restore parts of the voting rights act gutted by the supreme court in 2013 and again just two weeks ago. >> puts the burden back on congress to restore the voting rights

in a statement, the texas house democrats said, quote, we are living on borrowed time in texas. we need congress to act now to pass the for the people act and the john lewis voting rights act to protect texans, and all americans, from the trump republicans' nationwide war on democracy. the lawmakers risk being arrested. absent lawmakers can be legally compelled to return to the state capitol. to that end the texas republican speak said, quote, the texas house will use every available resource under the texas constitution to secure a quorum. democrats are protesting two bills, one in the house and one in the senate. they include a ban on drive-through voting and 24-hour voting, new i.d. requirements for mail-in ballots, a ban on distributing unsolicited mail-in ballot applications and a limit on voter assistance that could make it harder for voters with disabilities to vote. the democrats' walkout in may was successful in killing a provision that would limit sunday voting, a day when many black congregations encourage members to take their souls to the polls after church. both bi

and they're subject to arrest if they return to texas, to be forcibly returning to the state house. could make the argument that the changes to vote in texas is democracy in action, people are voting on it and the democrats deny their colleagues the right to that vote. >>> donald trump's former lawyer facing accusations they misled the court as they tried to convince judges the election rigged. they never got any judges to agree. when you are an officer of the court of a lawyer, you can't show up with depositions that here is a guy that's carrying a bag that may have some ballots in it. that's one of their claims. first when you put it together confused the abbreviations of michigan for minnesota. the court released new video of the attack on january 6th. this is a video released by the court at the request of media organization including nbc. the man holding the red flag, michael perkins of florida had been mill valley man accused of attacking officers. the case has been under sealed until recently. the prosecution argued the judge lifted the seal so the public can help tracking him

democratic process because of the law on voting how it's to be conducted that has been passed by the texas house is headed texas senate and headed for the texas house. to protest interference in the democratic process they are, guess what? interfering in a democratic process and then they fly up here and come down a bunch of them come down with covid which is extremely embarrassing. soft whole trip, i think, is a total loss for them as a political matter. >> brian: right. speaking of total loss, every time the vice president takes on a mission, they seem to be raising eyebrows. for example her latest mission to get everyone vaccinated she tapped into the bible. let's listen together. >> very essence of what the bible tells us when it says love thy neighbor. and in the face of that stranger you see a friend. that's what this is about. and so by getting vaccinated, you are loving your neighbor. >> brian: now i get it what's your reaction to reverend harris? >> brit: well, look, if you want to get a shot, on the theory that you won't be likely to contract the disease and you will be unlikely to spr

>> doing well after staying up late saturday night to testify before the texas house on the same billocrats in texas being touted as brave, can you explain what is so brave about doing this when it seems to be just a waste of taxpayers money and time to be quite honest? >> the constitutional rules in the state of texas required 2 thirds majority to conduct business in the house and that is a check to make sure you don't have a majority pull a fast one and try to do something while a minority is out of town. when you leave in the middle of a special session and you leave over an issue like election integrity, specifically id for mail in ballots which is supported by 81% of texans it is not hard to understand why at 2 to 1 margin texans disapprove the democrats leaving, private jet with a case of beer. jillian: this is the second time they've done this in a matter of months to try to stop republicans from granite this past. is this ever going to get pushed through? disputes happening? >> i do because again, texans support democrats doing the job itunes one margin, they don't like the fa

. >> president speech comes as most of the democrats in the texas house of representatives have fled texas and flown to washington, leaving texas. leaving their legislative chamber without a quorum was the last best thing they thought they could do to preserve voting rights there and try to defeat the republican voter suppression bill. they last walked out, you will recall, back in may. last night they landed in washington will they planned a lobby of democrats in the senate to pass a voting rights law. in fact some of those in the party of these committed texas democrats might shame them into showing a little spine. >> one other place would be go where we can actually seek some relief? we're still working on behalf of the state of texas. this isn't a vacation whatsoever and we're away from those who are in charge here ino d.c., the democratic leadership push through something that is good. >> earlier tonight, to, u.s. senators of different sides of the aisle reacted to the texas democrats latest move. >> i'm unsure why they're coming here other than for publicity purposes. like i sai

in texas a major bill at the state house will potentially come to a screeching halt, the second lawmakers gavel in the start of the day's business and that could happen any moment now. we just heard from the dozens of texas democrats that took off to washington, d.c. on private jets. the urgent message they just delivered to congress on the steps of the u.s. capitol and the consequences they could face once they get home. >> once they step back into the state of texas they will be arrested and brought to the texas capitol and we will be conducted business. >>> meanwhile, president biden expected to leave the house in a few hours to philadelphia to deliver the highly-anticipated speech on voting rights, and the president expected to blast the gop for the voting restrictions. and we will go to colorado this hour where we are seeing the real world consequences of restrictive voting laws. the major league baseball all-star game is there tonight after the league yanked it out of georgia in response to that state's new voting laws. >>> later this hour i will ask the person in charge of colorado

the texas house of representatives no longer has enough lawmakers to conduct business. the governor has threatened them with arrests upon their return after school. after special thousands of fish have been dropped from the sky into a lake in the us state of utah. aerial fish stocking helps to restore population in lakes where fish no longer naturally reproduce. the plane can drop up to 30000 fish in one single flight. and now the united states has denied cuban accusation that it is to blame for an extraordinary wave of protests. in the caribbean island, people across cuba took to the streets on sunday, venting their frustration over food and medicine shortages and record covert 19 infections. president miguel de canal said that u. s. economic sanctions were soaking the rest. the. these are the images, the cuban state tv broadcasts of sundays mass protests. the country is going for, it was a comic crisis in decades. they look at the 1000, talk to the streets of her mom and elsewhere, the process, food and medicine shortage in cuba. as president negro l. d of canal said