>> joining us now is state senator carol alvarado, representing parts of houston, chair of the texas senate democratic caucus. senator, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i want to begin with your meeting with senator joe manchin and just what you believe was accomplished in that meeting. >> thanks for having me. well, first of all, he was very gracious with his time. he sat down for over an hour with us. and he wanted to know about things that were in the bill that the legislature has taken up now twice and will take it up again, so a total of three times. but we wanted to hear about things that were important to us, and we told him having a provision in a bill that congress can pass would be pre-clearance. that's very important for a state like texas that has a long history of discrimination, of gerrymandering, intentionallile,

one of the texas democrats who was in the room with senator manchin, texas state senator caroline varadkar will join us in a moment. texas democrats made their -- to senate voting rights to protect senate voting rights which they say republicans are trying to protect the day after the meeting with the texas democrats, senator joe manchin reportedly went to texas and went there for a fund-raiser for himself. at the fund-raiser, many of the contributors are republican political contributors to donald trump, as well as republican governor, took six republicans governor and lieutenant governor who are both trying to crush the efforts of the texas democrats who senator manchin met with yesterday. the host committee includes some democrats won over to alexandria virginia, where five blackburn were arrested for the crime of applying for a library card. here is texas state representative, send phony and thompson outside the library today. >> haven't we done enough? have we not paid the price enough? what is it gonna take for us to be americans in this country. i am an american. i want to vote with

, democratic representatives from texas, us senators talk to reporters about voting rights. several lawmakers are in the nations capital after they left the state to protest governorgreg abbott's special legislative session to approve new republican voting bills . >> okay. all right. thank you everyone, we stand here with these people of courage, with freedom fighters who came to washington dc to seek salvation. because they are not going to be able to get governor of texas to protect the voting rights of the people of texas, we know that. in fact, instead of trying to make it easier for thepeople to vote , bug honor and the republicans in the legislature have done everything to make it harder including threatening these legislators over and over again and they are standing their ground just as we are standing our ground. we know what the texas bill would do and why this is all about a concerted effort not just in texas as reverend warnock will tell you, in georgia that this is going on all over the country to the point that we now have

today, the day after his meeting with the texas democrats, senator joe manchin reportedly went to texas, and went there for a fundraiser for himself. and at that fundraiser, many of the contributors are republican political contributors to donald trump as well as republican governor -- texas's republican governor and lieutenant governor who are both trying to crush the efforts of the texas democrats who senator manchin met with yesterday. "texas tribune" reports the host committee includes titans of the texas oil and gas industry, many of whom donate almost exclusively to republicans. but there is a prominent democrat along the host, mayor bill white, manchin's office did not respond for requests for comment. they crossed the potomac river into alexandria, virginia, where in 1935, five black men were arrested for the crime of applying for a library card. here's texas state representative sin phonia thompson outside that library today. >> haven't we done enough? have we paid the price enough? what is it going to take for us to be americans in this country? i am an american and i want to

the bill that's going to be on the senate floor today in texas is a very bad bill. it hinders mail ballot voting for our seniors, for the

i'm in the texas senate.four of our democrats still here in the state but we do have enough to continue to do the work of the text that we all represent but it is not the way we've done business, texas has always been known for its ability to get things done. 150 house members, 31 senators and pretty frustrating that house democrats have resorted to dc style politics. >> what is ultimately going to happen here? democrats have to stay in washington dc for 19 more days to make sure this vote doesn't happen but governor everett says he is immediately going to call another special session so how does this all end? >> it ends with them coming back. at the end of the day their families are here, their jobs are here, this is their job. . the case will be made the they vacated their elected position if they don't come back. ultimately this without ends. the government -- >> tested positive for covid 19, so many layers to this very strange situation. >> texas public schools a step closer to dropping required lessons o

in both the texas house and the senate the republican bill that will make it harder to vote in texas was voted out of committee on pure party lines. a full vote in the house and the senate will be scheduled sometime later this week and will then be sent to the governor for his signature.tu bo and so democrats are trying onef more thing. that's where the planes to washington, d.c., tonight come in. those 50 plus democrats have bolted from texas as an effort to once again deny republicans a quorum, deny them the luro opportunity to pass this voter suppression bill, by basically pulling out the last stop that they have. now, this is a little different than we saw back in may. last time democrats staged that walkout two hours before the end of a legislative session. there wasn't any time to round them up and force them back into the chamber in austin. this time around there's close i to a month left on the clock, and according to texas house rules, lawmakers, at least theoretically, can be compelled to come backre to the state capitol if they are not present during the session. in other w

when i filibuster that anti-abortion bill in 2013 in the texas senate, though it did ultimately pass fighting to the supreme court and did get it overturned. and i believe and i know a number of democrats in the texas statehouse and texas state senate now believe that fighting with everything they've got, including the possibility of walking out again, possibly leaving the state in order to keep voter suppression bills from passing awareness, and, hopefully, delaying the ultimate passage of a bill like this, hoping, praying that at the federal level they are finally going to do something to protect voting rights in a state like texas. i'm so glad that you mentioned the case of mr. rogers because the bill that is before the texas house and senate right now actually looks to increase intimidation and voter suppression through increased criminal penalties for violating some of the new provisions that are being attempted to pass into law right now. >> and raising this public awareness could absolutely blow up in greg abbott's face. he is headed for reelection. for people from texas who a

senators and texas legislators talked with reporters about voting rights. several texas lawmakers are in washington dc after leaving their state to protest governor abbott's special legislative session to approve several republican voting bills. >> i am here with these people of courage, these feed him -- these freedom fighters who came to washington dc to fight. they will not be able to get the governor of texas to protect the voting rights of the people of texas. we know that instead of trying to make it easier for people to vote, the governor and republicans in legislature have done everything to make it harder including threatening these legislators over and over again and they are standing their ground just as we are standing hours. we know what the texas -- ours. we know what the texas bill will do, and this is a concerted effort as senator warren awful tell you, this is going on across the country. we now have 22 laws to obstruct voting enacted in 14 states, with the texas senate passage of sb one yesterday. a total of 32 bills to roll back the right

our bill that we pass today, i'm a corpsman in texas texas senate, we passed out again today, it opensing opportunities. not suppress them. >> shannon: this is what "the washington post" says about that. they are talking -- texas is artie one of the toughest states to cast a ballot other than the political and millions of republicans in charge. any fair-minded legislator would seek to ease voting, not conjure up excuses to make it harder. how do you respond? >> we would say that is bull manure you found in the field. you know who altered their report that we are the top estate devoted? it was a chinese professor out of wuhan of all places. who came up with this report who actually marked as down because we don't allow felonies to vote. we got mark down for other things like photo i.d. because this chinese scientist who rode this report out of wuhan of all places marked as down for that. let me tell you i prayed we had to go weeks of early voting pair that is more than where the president lives in delaware, more than d.c., come with in massachusetts, connecticut, new jersey, maryland. g

senators and texas legislators talk with reporters about voting rights. several texas lawmakers are in washington, d.c. after leaving their state to protest texas governor greg abbott's special legislative session to root dish to approve several republican voting bills. >> i am here with these people of courage, >> we stand with these freedom fighters because they will not be able to get the governor of texas to protect the voting rights of the people of texas. instead of trying to make it easier for people to vote, the governor and the republicans in the legislature have done everything to make it harder, including threatening these legislators over and over again. they are standing their ground just as we are standing our ground. we know what the texas bill would do and why this is all about a concerted effort, not just in texas, as rev. warnock will tell you, in georgia, that this will -- that this is going on all over the country to the point that since the beginning of the year, we have 22 laws to restrict voting that have been enacted in 14 states w

here is texas state senator royce west. >> we'll do everything in our power to get a hearing on this vote, on this bill, work with republicans and anyone else in terms of taking senate bill 1 in this particular bill, the barbara jordan elections act, and see whether we can strike compromises to make certain all persons in the state of texas are able to vote, that's transparent, and that is secure. >> outside of texas, republicans have opted for other novel ways to undermine our democracy. for example, sham election audits like the ones still taking place in arizona. the brennan center for justice reports that similar partisan reviews are now taking place or being proposed in wisconsin, in michigan, in georgia, and in pennsylvania. quote, the proposed election reviews failed to satisfy basic security, accuracy, and reliability measures and the auditors themselves fail to meet

what you have learned about the texas democrats' meeting with senator manchin? ying they had a good meeting. they agreed at least in principle on the need to pass some new legislation to protect voting rights. they agreed that legislation should be narrower than the for the people act. but what they didn't get into was how best to get that done. i was told by several of the democrats in the meeting they did not talk about reforming the filibuster to allow for some kind of carveout for this kind of legislation or pressing the senator to change his position on removing all together. and therein lies the challenge. they can agree in principle on a kind of legislation that doesn't currently exist. but the timetable for the texas democrats to stop a bill that will exist in texas basically as soon as they get home is running short. and without the changes to the senate rules that those democrats told reporters they were here to advocate for, it's tough to see how this visit really moved the needle. >> we continue on the different subject. continue to get more clarity o

we are back with texas senator ted cruz. r, we were just going through all of the censorship that we have been seeing. it's really disturbing to me that facebook and all these other social media companies are censoring information that's actually true. they really are letting down the american people right before the election, censoring the hunter biden story, banning the new york post from twitter and then going on to censor early treatments of covid. we had on senator ron johnson and dr. pierre corey who went through things like ivermectin which was off patent, nobody was making any money on it because it's off patent but it actually could have been a very important treatment for early days of covid. they took all of those posts down, they wouldn't allow you to talk about hydroxychloroquine. this is not just censorship for politics. they're actually letting the american people down in so many ways. why? is this the communist party influence? >> well, listen, you're exactly right, that the censorship has been over and over a

law enforcement has not responded yet to this tip. >>> republicans in the texas senate have passed a ctions bill. it calls for a ban on 24 hour polling locations and drive through voting. more than 50 democrats left texas for washington, d.c. to try to stop passage of that bill. >>> number three, a dozen wildfires are burning across the state right now. combined flames that scorched more than 155,000 acres. the biggest the beckwourth complex fire has burned nearly 93,000 acres in just two weeks. >>> governor newsom has expanded california's drought emergency to include 50 counties including most of the bay area. everyone being asked to reduce water use by 15%. >>> number five, enjoy more sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures this afternoon. >>> number six, bringing you a live picture from the bay bridge toll plaza. we're starting to notice a trend of the metering lights coming on before 6:00 a.m. which is a pre-pandemic trend. they came on this morning at 5:55. >>> look at this. number seven. these dogs now in southern california after a flight from the north bay. sonoma county pi

rights in the state senate in texas. i guess if you live long enough you see almost anything around here. >> at this hour there are no plans for president biden to meet with the texas legislators from austin. he will head to capitol hill to meet with democrats in washington, d.c. to talk about infrastructure and voting rights is expected to come up at some point. >> bill: james freeman. assistant editor of the "wall street journal" editorial page. you were brave when you chartered the jet out of new york the other day. such courage, james. >> visiting chuck schumer does take bravery, there is no question. i apologize for my casual presentation this morning. maybe it's appropriate given how seriously we should take this completely unhinged rhetoric from the president and leading democrats in the congress. >> dana: it's interesting because of the pandemic there were election opportunities presented that you wouldn't have had before in 2020. some of those are being paired back, not all. there is more opportunity to vote tha

including helping our teachers, 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

the texas state house to stop debate on the republican voter restriction bill, texas democrats met with kamala harris and senate majority leader chuck schumer and pleaded with them to pass legislation that will protect voter rights across the country. meanwhile, back in texas, the state senate republicans who do have a quorum and are in session past their own voter restriction bill tonight along party lines. though i should note, a whole bunch of democrats in the state senate also -- state house republicans, meanwhile, voted to send the sergeant and arms to obtain the democrats that have left even though they have no authority to make arrests outside of texas. and texas governor greg abbott promised to pass republican voter restriction bills even if he has to imprison democrats to do so. >> i can and i will continue to call special session after special session, after special session all the way up until the election next year. as soon as they come to the state of texas, they will be arrested, they will cabinet inside the texas capital until they get their job done. >> joining me now live from texas, adam serwe

indeed it passed the texas senate, the bill they are combining about past the texas senate, they just in the house. my guess is it will eventually pass, the accepted and life will go on. >> tucker: yeah. i assume this is about raising money. the president shouldn't talk of a civil war. they always say trump is an extremist, the show has been [indiscernible]. responsible people don't use the phrase "civil war" and less there is actually civil war. why would the president of united states say something like that? >> particularly when that is -- that was such a painful -- a decisive but painful episode in our nations history amounting to tremendous loss of life. it was a terrible dark time, a war that i think in the end had to be fought, but to compare a dispute over what security measures should be in place in the state of texas to the civil war seems to me to be sub evident nonsense and it's hard for me to imagine the people out there hearing this wouldn't say what is he talking about? it's just -- look, donald trump is a famous exaggerator. he exaggerated everything. nobody had ever s

are no needs whatsoever because i did not see the texas senators and the texas republican senators makingpartisan plan. >> no, they're not. it's strange given that we just spent a week in the stone age here in texas with texans having to burn parts of their fences and breaking down their furniture and texans dying from hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning. so we obviously have to fix our brit. up were on the fastest-growing states and the country, lawrence. we have to invest in infrastructure. here in north texas, where one of the fastest-growing cities in the country and you think that's not a bigger draw on our water systems, on our roads, on our electrical grid? we need that federal investment and as you said we should be running on it. we should be saying hey, i brought home the bacon for my folks. i'm taking care of our state. we're paying into the system, let's get the benefits out. >> congressman colin allred, thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thanks lawrence. >> medical organizations including the american medical association are calling for mandatory vaccinations

senate very late. it still had to pass the house. the texas house had less than 24 hours to pass that bill through their chamber, in to send it to the governors desk before the legislator came to a close. in an already passed the senate, the republicans who were the majority in the house, they promised they would pass the house as well. the promised they would sign it. it was a foregone conclusion that the anti voting rights bill would become law, making it even harder to vote in the state of texas. it was a foregone conclusion that it was done, until it wasn't. again, this is what happened in may, two hours before the deadline to get that bill passed in the texas house, texas democrats quietly, without any fanfare, 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 must be president to hold a vote, that's called the quorum and without a quorum all house business has to stop. so eventually, quietly, no fanfare, no announcement,

texas and we need everybody to pay attention. >> yes attention is important. representative martinez, when you see what republicans are doing in a state like yours, in a partisan way and you hear democratic senators joe manchin and kirsten cinema in washington d.c. saying we have to be bipartisan. we have to work with republicans. what goes through your mind in texas? >> it's unconscionable to hear what's going on in texas, and would republicans are doing not only in texas but across the nation. i can tell you this session there's not anything special about. it the suppression session is exactly what it's called. our governor has not done anything to address the fundamental needs of texas. he's gone after a political ploy, he's gone after a political platform and you know this is exactly what republicans are doing across this nation and he's placed politics in front of people. he is going to restrict the vote in order to make sure republicans get what they want, and he's placed political agenda in front of what's important and that is the people of texas. it's just unconscionable, it's reckless, it's juvenile what republicans are doing. >> and judge hidalgo, it's not political agenda, if represen

but have their well publicized travel been in vain as the texas senate still planned to take up.

but have it there, well publicized travel been in vain as the texas senate still plan to take up s b one over you. the $360.00 view and tv news ratings are at an all time record low. we're going to tell you who is winning this race to the bottom as boring new cycles have produced small audiences for partisan media and desperate to cry from opposition a much desired a pipeline. well, we completed it right now on schedule, but will the, by the ministration, try one last move to stop it when chance um or go visit the white house this week. we're going to bring you the latest. scott now use in your watching news use use. right here on our t america, let's get started. ah, 2 days before the taxes house representative, it was expected to give early approval to new voting restrictions. in a special legislative session, democrats decided there was going to skip town. they bolted to washington dc on monday, stopping lawmakers from being able to vote on the bill in the house of representatives . archie correspond latasha suite has more on the southern move. texas governor greg abbott says stat

and if they do, i think we'll have a lot of gratitude owed to those texas statehouse and texas senate to washington. >> how is the democrats' trip to washington playing in texas? >> you know what, we are behind them 100%. yesterday we put the call out powered by people asking folks to pitch in whatever they could to support those texas democrats so they have the resources they need while they wage this fight in d.c. as of this moment i think we're over $450,000 raised. $5, $25, $50 at a time, 100% of which, by the way, is going to them. those who have the courage in their convictions, we're going to make sure we have their back. so those are the people of texas putting their money where their mouth is saying we support you, we know you're taking the fight where it needs to be won in the united states capitol, and you stay as long-as you need to get the job done. because if we don't have voting rights, if we don't have democracy, anything else we care about, an economy for everyone, health care for all, racial justice, confirming climate change none of that is possible if we can't vote

erin zwiener brought her three year old daughter with her to washington, some of the texas democrats met with senator joe manchin today. manc >> did you press them on the idea that you guys are trying to make a carve out on the filibuster to try to pass this. >> we didn't discuss the filibuster. >> not at all? >> no. >> a lot of people have discussed the filibuster with senator manchin, he knows everything better than we will ever know, will leave the tactics up to him. >> are you convinced that what he is trying to do will protect which are trying to do? >> yes. he believes in the same voting rights then we do. >> joining our discussion now texas taped representatives, celia israel and erin zwiener. representative israel, were you surprised that your colleagues did not ask joe manchin about the senate filibuster rule?

and the public demand for the senate to be able to pass both these laws and get them to the president's desk. >> the texas democrats also met this afternoon with senate majority leader schumer. tonight, senator joe manchin of west virginia, a staunch defender of the filibuster says that he will meet with the texas lawmakers on thursday. back in austin, republican members of the texas house voted to send law enforcement to track down and arrest their democratic colleagues now in the nation's capital. well, that may be very texas of them, it's also highly unlikely as long as they remain out of the state since texas law enforcement lacks jurisdiction in d.c.. meanwhile, members of the texas senate today voted to pass that same controversial elections bill that democrats have been trying to block. on another front, the house select committee investigating the one six insurrection is about a week away from its first hearing. house republican leader kevin mccarthy today said he's not yet decided who to name to the select committee and he has decided whether he would appoint any republicans at all. tonight, sena

the democrats remained in texas in the senate, they were able to work to make amendments to the bill that would be more to their liking. that is exactly what the texas house democrats could have done, had they remained in austin, texas, as opposed to wasting their time in washington, d.c. when they get back to texas, i will be calling another special session and put this back on the agenda as well as so many other items that are so important to their constituents. their constituents are getting mighty upset about the fact that their house member is not in the senate, doing the job they were elected to do. >> sandra: now there is a completely different story, with them contracting the virus and showing up at the white house, having access to nancy pelosi and others on capitol hill. now a staffer of nancy pelosi has tested positive and a staffer at the white house. i want to ask you about the border crisis. we have seen the numbers. they are staggering. we have seen the images of these migrants flowing over our southern border. brand-new numbers that show that that is still at a record

texas. mister royce, west, the democratic state, senator from the state of texas. great to talk to you. so thank you so much for coming on. we do appreciate it. take care. thank you. racism bye football fans in the u. k. could soon be punishable by law. the u. k prime minister bar is johnson told the parliament today, fans who make races, comments online, could be issued match bands while social media companies would be fine if they don't from the hate speech. it follows the racist abuse towards 3 england players in the euro. 2020 final the trio had missed penalties in the shootout defeat to italy right after the condemn and of all the i race the start pouring that we saw on sunday night. and so what we do is today taking practical steps to ensure that the football batting order regime is changed so that if you are guilty to speak of racist abuse on line, was that you will not be going to the match. know if you say,

senators talked with voters about voting rights. several texas lawmakers are in washington dc after leaving their state to protest greg abbott's special pledge light of session to approve several republican voting bills. >> i am here with these people of >> i am here with these people of courage, these feed him -- these freedom fighters who came

but have their well publicized travel been in vain as the texas senate still planned to take up s b one over you. the $360.00 view and tv news ratings are at an all time record low. we're going to tell you who is winning this race to the bottom. as boring new cycles have produced small audiences for parts and media, and desperate to cry from opposition a much desired a pipeline. well, we completed it right now on schedule, but will the by demonstration, try one last move to stop it when chance um, or go visit the white house this week. we're going to bring you the latest scott, you know, use in your watching news use use. right here on our to america, let's get started. ah, 2 days before the tech house representative was expected to give early approval to new voting restrictions in a special legislative session, democrats decided there was going to skip town. they bolted to washington dc on monday, stopping lawmakers from being able to vote on the bill in the house of representatives . archie correspond natasha suite has more on the southern move. texas governor greg abbott says state l

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indeed it passed the texas senate. they just don't have a quorum in the house.will eventually pass and be accepted and life will go on. statement i assume this is by raising money. responsive people don't use the phrase civil war unless there's actually aph civil war and i wih the president of the united states say something liki that? >> it was such a decisive and painful episode in our p nationt history amounting to tremendous loss of life. it was a terrible dark time, for that in the end i think he had to be fun. but to compare or dispute over what balance security measures should be in place in the state of texas at for a civil war was seems to be self-evident nonsense, i mean it's just -- donald trump is a famous exaggerator. no one had ever seen anything like it and so on. biden is giving him a run for his money. >> tucker: i was supportive of most of what trump did and i said don't talk like that. brit hume, great to see you tonight. thank you. defunding the police was never a good idea, in fact it turned out to be a worse idea than we even knew it was. t

time the democrats who did remain in the state of texas, they were able to work on a bill in the texas senate accommodate some of the requests by the democrats. as opposed to trying to negotiate with people in washington, d.c., these members of the texas house of representatives who were elected to hammer out details of bills in the state of texas, they need to get back to the texas capitol to do their job. with regard to arresting and this is a protocol that's accomplished by the texas constitution that empowers the house of representatives to put a call on the house that will send out texas department of public safety troopers to escort them to the texas house chamber where they will be kept in the texas house chamber 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 th

texas rangers were dispatched to find them, arrest them and return them to senate. the rangers even staked out the so-called queen bees spouses the spouses of the missing lawmakers. the senators evaded capture for four days. as it turned out, the stunt worked and the bill that the bees were protesting went away decades later in 2003, a group of house state law dems attempted a similar move donzs of lawmakers fled to oklahoma to block a republican redistricting plan the group specifically crossed state laws to avoid being pursued by texas rangers as the killer bees had been when they returned, rick perry called a special session they vote was again delayed when 11 democrat state senators went on the lam to albuquerque. they managed to stay away for more than a month. in that case, eventually, one of the state senators cracked and returned those lawmakers delayed the bill but ultimately it did become law. history tells us this move by texas democrats is really a sort of a crude filibuster and may end up only delaying the inevitable >>> danny fenster, a u.s. journalist

to create the pressure and the public demand for the senate to be able to a pass both these laws and get them to the president's desk. >> the texas democrats also met this afternoon with senate majority leader shoe man and joe mansion a staunch defender of the filibuster said he will meet with the texas lawmakers on thursday. back in austin, a vote was made to track down the democratic colleagues while in the nation's capitol. while it may be texas of them, it is highly unlikely as long as they are are remaining out of the state since texas law enforcement lacks jurisdiction in d.c. meanwhile, the members of the texas senate voted to passes the same controversial elections bill that the democrats have been trying to block. on another front the house select committee investigating the 1-6 insurrection is a week away from the first hearing. house republican leader kevin mccarthy today said he is not yet decided who to name to the select committee and he has not decided whether he would appoint any republicans at all. tonight's senate democrats say they have reached an agreement to try to move forward with a go it alone infrastructu

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in moments texas senator ted cruz. first, to rich edson who is live in la jolla, texas, rich. >> good asp, trace. in about 100 yards behind me, there's a few border patrol agents processing a dozen migrants. typically 100 come through daily. to my left, you have the rio grande river. to my right, a park in la jolla, texas. a border city of 4,500 people. so you have this border routine happening just steps away from where folks are playing baseball on the weekend. you have a few issues here. first off, the migrant surge over the decades is something that folks say that they have experienced. they have a problem now. police say a charity has rented an entire hotel less than two miles from here to house covid positive migrants. they say the federal government released them with only notices to report to a local immigration office within the u.s. in the next 60 days. catholic charities set up this hotel to house them and help them reach wherever they're planning to stay. >> if they want to leave and get in a car, we cannot

say, you know, the reference to fraud, and since it's texas, the current attorney general of texas, senator, respectfully, spoke recently about 500 plus different voter fraud prosecutions in texas. it isn't that it doesn't exist. >> how is that possible? democrats tell us that voter fraud never occurs in any circumstance, anywhere in the universe. >> well, of course, it has. congress and the house re-ran an election in 2019 because of it. it goes both ways. it was a republican operative committing fraud in that race in north carolina. >> that case was also ballot harvesting, was it not? >> it was. absentee have been particularly, and have always been known to be particularly vulnerable to fraudulent tactics. >> 29 states prohibit ballot harvesting. the corrupt politicians act that departments are pushing would strike down every one of those laws. would striking down the restrictions on ballot harvesting, would that protect the right to vote? >> absolutely. no itnd mines both the right and the confidence in the outcome of the election. does double harm? well, we have also seen overwrought rh