[applause] >> that was texas state representative trey martinez fischer, this morning at the state capital in ox than texas and joining us now. democratic texas state representatives, trey martinez fischer and jessica gonzÁlez representative martinez fisher, the focus on joe manchin and senator cinema seems to be more vivid every day as you fight this battle in texas. what would you ask of them if you could speak to them tonight? >> thank you lawrence, we're in the fourth quarter this is a now or never moment for voting rights in america. we need every men and women to stand up for america with a senate deadlock at 50 50, the ballots of our democracy lies in the hands of senators manchin and senator cinema. this is time to take a step forward for our country, our democracy depends on you. we need you to be here for our democracy. let's end the filibuster, let's

. >> texas state representative, trey martinez fischer, we appreciate it. >>> how some are looking to block vaccine mandates for schools. and the first excerpt for what's billed as an explosive new book on the final days of the trump presidency. including how the big lie started. and new cnn reporting on the assassination of haiti's president, how some of the suspects were previously u.s. informants. "new day" brought to you by clear choice. party health starts with better dental health. get started with dental implants.

representative from the state of texas, a fellow called trey martinez fischer spell that out for us. she moved eating solid in an airport. it's pretty much like the civil rights leaders of old. across the bridge in alabama taking transient blows to the head. heat wants. >> this is a risk that you take standing up to democracy. we are talking about voting rights here, people that were beaten by clubs and attacked by dogs and people were murdered to protect themselves from the finger-pointing. >> edmund pettus bridge, aaa, same idea and different error. as you can expect kamala harris wants in on the action. since two years old she's been demanding freedom that she said so now she's going to meet with these freedom fighter sometime

democratic state lawmaker trey martinez fischer posting this photo of himself and others and his colleagues on a flight to the nation's capital it's one of two charter jets carrying 50 democrats.0 democra. martinez a source telling nbc news. martinez fischer also asked volunteers and voters to help fund their hotel rooms and flights with donations by leaving the state, they are breaking the quorum in the legislature and they could face arrest the republican governor there, greg abbott, slammed the move in that statement saying texas democrats' decision to break a quorum of the texas legislature and abandon the texas state capitol inflicts harm on the very texans who elected them to serve. at the end of may, democratic lawmakers through national attention when they staged a walkout on this very same bill priscilla, you spoke with one of these democrat lawmakers earlier. what did you hear? >> those lawmakers are expected in washington, d.c., within the

according to trey martinez fischer -- cannot name be real? we are going with it. eating salad in an airport is very much like the civil rights leaders of old, crossing the bridge in alabama taking trench and blows to the head, you watch. >> this is the risk we take to stand up for democracy. we are talking about voting rights here. there are people who were beaten with clubs and attacked by dogs and people were murdered to protect the sacred rights. this threat in this finger-pointing by the governor is not going to intimidate all of us. we are strongly united and we want to bring, you know, voting rights home to this country. >> tucker: same idea, different era as you would expect. kamala harris wants in on the action. she's been protesting for civil rights since growing up as a child in canada -- sorry, america. since two years old she's been demanding freedom, she said so she announced she's going to meet with these freedom fighters sometimes this week.

amy: thank you for being with us, texas tech representative trey martinez fischer of san antonio, who together with democratic state representative jasmine crockett and a few others led the fling democrats who left from anywhere from houston in san antonio and dallas to dulles to washington, d.c. come to stop state representatives for approving another voter suppression bill. we will continue to follow the developments. after months of decline, covid cases are rising again in the united states. we will speak with a leading epidemiologist about why this is happening, about the vaccine gap in the world as well. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

trey martinez. representative martinez fischer.sorry for what is you're going through. >> it's okay, it's for democracy, so it's worth it. >> we let me ask you first, how are you feeling. i know you said publicly that you are fully vaccinated, so this is a breakthrough infection, obviously, everyone is hoping you are fine, technically, if you get a breakthrough infection, once you've been vaccinated, you are much less likely to have a serious bout of illness, but how are you feeling tonight? >> it's a little surprising. i tested positive on sunday morning. i woke up early, had my routine, i exercised, i drink coffee, i read my newspaper. and then right before a staff meeting i took a rapid test and had a positive result. and i couldn't believe it. i actually waited 15 minutes and tested again because i felt terrific and, in fact, in the days since i've been quarantining, i'm feeling a low grade fever, maybe a little sinus from time to time, but it really goes to show you that this vaccine is really gotten in front of this variant,

i state representative trey martinez fischer of san antonio. in one of those two chartered flights and the bus that left goalless -- dulles. can respond to governor abbott singh when you return he will arrest you, have you all arrested in cabin, keep you in the capital until you vote? they can't go after you in washington, d.c. but the republican representatives don't seem to understand that. they voted though you have broken arm so does not really hold water -- broken the corinth so it does not hold water, they can hold you wherever you are. can you respond? >> i don't appreciate the language. i don't like beintold i'm going to be corralled like i'm a piece of property, especially for minority lmakers that is especially sensitive i would ask the governor to maybe get out a the source and use another word. we're not going to be bullied or intimidated by anyone, including the governor or our colleagues. we have a job to do. i represent 180,000 hard-working men, women, mostly blue-collar workers from san antonio texas, latinos and i am their voic

. >> representative trey martinez fischer, i don't know if you have a handheld phone or a laptop that you're talking on. is there any way you can lift it up so i can see your colleagues on the bus? i want to get a sense of who -- hello texas democrats. it's rachel maddow here. hi. i'll tell you, the whole country is watching. the whole country is watching right now and what you are doing is something that could not be done with your commitment to do this in the way that you have done it, putting yourselves on the line. thank you for helping us understand and good luck in these next few days. good luck. >> thank you rachel. >> thank you. democratic state representative trey martinez fischer, we'll get you on the union roster for that little bit of camerawork there. i appreciated my friend. >> i'll give you my senate card, that's for sure. >> exactly, that's right. all right fascinating. texas democrats, we get more than 50 of them have left the state of texas tonight and it is a tactic that -- listen, texas democrats did this in 2003 ahead of a radical partisan redistricting of the sta

texas democratic state representative trey martinez fischer.at you are going through. >> you know what? it is okay. it is for democracy so it is worth it. >> let me ask you first how you are feeling. i know that you said publicly that you were fully vaccinated so this is a breakthrough infection. obviously everybody is hoping that you are fine. technically if you get a breakthrough infection once you are vaccinated you are must less likely to have a serious bout of the illness, but how are you tonight? >> you know, rachel, it is a little surprising. i tested positive on sunday morning. i woke up early, had my routine. i exercised. i drank coffee, i read my newspaper, and then right before a staff meeting i took a rapid test and had a positive result. i couldn't believe it. like i actually waited 15 minutes and tested again because i felt terrific and, in fact, you know, in the days since i've been quarantining i'm dealing with a low-grade fever, maybe, you know, a little sinus from time to time, but it really goes to show you that this vaccine

one of the two newly confirmed cases is state rep trey martinez fischer.ment that says the provide daily rapid tests for all staff in d.c. for the week. the first positive case was on monday. two more were confirmed yesterday. the democratic delegation left texas on july 12th to block republicans in the state house from enacting new voting restrictions there. at least 51 representatives have fled the state. today the general lÉvesque murphy warns that misinformation is key to fighting covid. he's biden is calling for facebook to do better. he says that the misinformation on the social media platform is killing people in response to a question from peter alexander. yesterday, the company shot back that it's not facebook's fault that he missed his july 4th goal to get 70% of adults vaccinated. facebook defended itself using data collected -- withheld from carnegie melanin aversive and the university of maryland. the data shows that 85% of facebook users in the u.s. said that they have been or want to be vaccinated against covid-19. the company added that it'

man of modesty obviously but another representative from the state of texas, a fellow called trey martinez fischerr us. she moved eating solid in an airport. it's pretty much like the civil rights leaders of old. across the bridge in alabama taking transient blows to the head. heat wants. >> this is a risk that you take standing up to democracy. we are talking about voting rights here, people that were beaten by clubs and attacked by dogs and people were murdered to protect themselves from the finger-pointing. >> edmund pettus bridge, aaa, same idea and different error. as you can expect kamala harris wants in on the action. since two years old she's been demanding freedom that she said so now she's going to meet with these freedom fighter sometime this week. the governor of texas, greg abbott, will be there.ac so are they coming back to texas? no. so effectively these freedom fighters, these crossers have shut down texas democratically affected government. brit hume covers democracy. you are a master of the big picture, when you shut down democracy how are you saving it? >> the first thing i have

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trey martinez fischer, thank you and good luck. >> thank you, sir. >> all right. so if republicans were serious about election integrity, they would follow what arizona's secretary of state is calling for, a criminal investigation in the face of mounting evidence that trump allies pressured maricopa county election officials for months to announce voting irregularities in the 2020 election. wouldn't that be by definition fraud? recall what clint hickman, the guy at the center of this, said on this show. >> i told people that were close to the trump campaign, with all this litigation that was going on, i said just hey, just do me a favor, i can't talk to anyone while this is being litigated. and that stayed true all the way up till that new year's weekend. i got a phone call from the white house switchboard. >> arizona's secretary katie hobbs joins us right now. secretary of state, thank you very much. any indication that the republicans in your state want to move away from the fraud farce and deal with any actual fraud that involved anything to do with trump? >> w

democratic texas state representative trey martinez fischer i will get you on the union roster for that little bir of camera work there. thank you. i appreciate it my friend. fascinating. texas democrats, again, more than 50 of them, have left the n state of texas tonight. it is a tactic that, listen, texas democrats did this in 2003 ahead of a radical partisan redistricting of the state of texas.ctmo they left the state and as i said, governor at the time sent state troopers after them and i was a huge stand-off and it was a big deal and ultimately the redistricting plan went through but the eyes of the nation were upon it. in this case they haven't just fled the state because that denies the quorum. they have fled the state specifically to come to a washington because washington ie the one place this disaster in texas and this disaster in every other state where republicans are rolling back voting rights can be fixed. if there is a federal voting rights backstop at the federal level, then states will not have the option to bring their voting rights down below a floor set at the federa