., because virtually nobody lived in washington, d.c. but today there is a conflict. the number of registered voters in d.c. today is larger than the entire number of voters who participated in all of the elections for all of the conventions that ratified the constitution in all 13 original states together. on any constitutional -- that takes representative government seriously, that's a serious problem. and given the importance that the founders attached to representative government, it would be strange to conclude that their vision requires us to maintain a situation in which so many american citizens lack representation. and fortunately it doesn't. the constitution they adopted gives congress a tool for solving the problem. that tool is the power to admit new states and give representation to americans who currently lack it. so s-51 is not at odds with the founders' vision. it helps fulfill what is most important in that vision. before i close, i should say a word about the ideas expressed in the written testimony of two witnesses with

nbc news, new push for washington, d.c. statehood hits the presidential campaign trail, imperative democrats say to add two more votes to the united states senate for them. new york magazine. d.c. statehood is the democrats' only option. vox. 11 ways to fix america's fundmently broke democracy. d.c. statehood to add two more democrat votes to the united states senate. indivisible says making democracy reform a priority has to be d.c. statehood. all of this, the prejudice of all of these articles, which are very candid, is that democrats think they won't be able to control the united states senate in the long-term. they need to add two more democrat seats to control the senate so it's really, really important. if they think it's really, really important, does the constitution give them the authority to override what is actually written down in that text with the law? can they do that? >> let me get on the record an important point. it is often thought that we, on this side, are opposed to giving the district residents the vot

washington, d.c.'s delegate to the house of u.s. representatives, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton and former senator and former chairman of this committee, joe lieberman. i appreciate your attendance here today and i just want to recognize your incredible leadership on this issue over many years. it's wonderful to have you here before the committee. for decades, you both have served us strong advocates in the conversation to give d.c. residents an equal voice. and for the first time in nearly seven years, this committee will continue that discussion in here from the mayor, policy, legal and civil rights experts on how those lawmakers can finally, finally give d.c. residents the same representation in congress as their fellow americans. the lack of representation for the residents of the cities, which serves as a beacon of freedom and democracy around the world, is a stunning contradiction. since 70 -- 1791 president washington signed into law the permanent governance act, dede -- d.c. is our natio

you for hanging with us through the delay as we followed chief robert contee on the streets of washington, d.cate seeing you today and hope you have a great weekend. >> you too, thanks. spin on top story now, fall out from the shooting in d.c. we may get another update from the police chief in just moments. plus the white house says they have not made a decision on updating mask guidance, but there are local leaders asking folks to mask up again following the science. ♪ ♪ address my fellow veterans. one of the benefits that our country gives us as veterans is the powerful va home loan benefit. it lets us refinance 100% of our home's value, not just 80% like other loans. that's a big difference. and it can mean a lot more money for you and your family. and this is the best time in history use it because home values are now at record highs while mortgage rates are near record lows. the newday 100 va cash out loan lets you take out $50,000 or more to use as you wish. improve your home, pay down debt, or just put it in the bank for the financial security every veteran deserves. ♪ born to be wild ♪

i moved to washington d.c. in 1970, for nearly as long as i can remember, the tidal basin and the cherry trees, have been an important part of my springtime ritual. my earliest memories with my family, are coming down and seeing the trees, i volunteered for the national cherry blossom vessel prayed when i was in high school, and continue to look forward to cherry blossom season, unlike any other time of the year. spring in washington dc's grandes springtime tradition when the cherry trees are out. there is no blue. there is no red in washington. everyone is pink.

they looked away at the violence in chicago or washington, d.c. you can't relate to those people. the media elite are scared to go in there. you have written many books and you know the details of the deep state in washington. what can we do? that's the people who live in these cities in the inner cities that matter and we must confront? >> we make our voices heard at the ballot box. the raging crime in urban areas across america, victimizing innocent people of all colors, this is political kryptonite for democrats. it's weakening their party. they allowed it to commandeered radical progresses who championed the defund the police movement sending the message to criminals can you do what you want. democrats pretended it wasn't happening. these are just peaceful protests. nothing to see her. americans were seeing it and feeling it.w. americans were seeing it and feeling it.. americans were seeing it and feeling it.w. americans were seeing it and feeling it.. americans were seeing it and feeling it.e. americans were seeing it and feeling it. they will

the washington, d.c.ice chief those were crocodile tears. he only walked the street because it was a rich part of the neighborhood. as a black man and an american, the democrat party don't care about people of california. today in washington, d.c. the police chief tried to make peace and not in the area where the crime is rampant in minority areas. m it's a shame. >> we see that everywhere. not just d.c. but chicago as well.ee that's where the media is comfortable going. that's where the media offices are. it's in the little areas. if it effects them it's bigger news. is that rough or accurate? >> no, it's like the weather. when snow hits new york city, the people in colorado are why are you so upset. going back to cleveland. an nbc affiliate in cleveland did a poll on what fans wanted the new name to be. most fans didn't care about the indians. they loved it very, very much and didn't want it to go. they felt the cleveland spiders was the fan favorite because there was a team called the spiders. my team

president, something new happens here in washington, d.c. all eyes are now on d.c.'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

and 2021, the texas legislature came to washington, d.c. [applause] >> pete: mr.th comes to washington. who knew that 2021 texas legislature on par with frederick douglass and the suffrage movement. put it in the textbooks right now. apocalyptic. we are not talking about voter ids, voter identification for mail-in ballots. beefing up criminal penalties for election workers who break rules. we know dems don't like penalties, especially when you burn things. and adding an extra hour for early voting each day from 8 hours which is to 9 hours at a minimum. keep in mind. texas already has 17, 17 days of early voting on election day. good luck, texas voters. how are you going to find 15 minutes within 17 days in at least a nine-hour window each day, shear suppression. now, texas democrats will eventually have to come back and do their job. governor abbott can continue to call special sessions to force this vote. unless, of course, they plan to flee forever. so, why do they go through all that effort to stall the inevitable? because it's not just about the lone star stat

library of congress as we know it today but it does begin here but a lot of the things that went to washington, d.c. are burned when washington is burned in the war of 1812. we lose a lot of those early things. that's one of the challenges with a building like this that you don't necessarily have all the things but you try to make due the best you can to give people that sense when they come in to see them of what it looked like when men like james madison or young andrew jackson were sitting in this room as members of the house of representatives. well, we are in the senate chamber here at congress hall in philadelphia. the room as you are about to see is quite a bit more grand than the roupts would have been. there is a couple of reasons for that. our roots as a nation go back to when we were british of course, the british have a parliament with two houses an upper house, the house of lord's, the lower house, the house of commons and there's definitely parallels with our congress today, the house of representatives is very similarly set up to the house of commons and then the senate would, theref

a lot of the things that went to washington d.c. are burned one washington is burned, in 1812, we lose a lot of those things. so, that's one of the challenges with a building like this is that you don't necessarily have all of the things, but you try to make do the best that you can to give people that sense of when they come into see the building, what it looked like one man like james madison and young andrew jackson was sitting in this room is member the house of representatives. >> well, we are in the senate chamber here at congress home in philadelphia. the room, as you can see, is a bit more grand than the house of representatives would. and there's a couple of reasons for that. a roots as our nation when the british were here. the upper house, house of lords, lower house, house of commons and there is definitely parallels with our congress today the house of representatives is very similarly set up to the house of commons. and the senate would therefore be left to be based on the house of lords. we aren't going to duke's and r

the telephone number is in washington, d.c. host: one of you are asks, one get -- one way of going around that, would you hire deforestation workers and support these jobs? guest: yes. the problem, believe it or not, i don't think the problem is there. the problem is this growth of kind of an industry of lawyers that file lawsuits trying to stop the implementation of forest plans to allow folks to enter the forest. so what you see -- in fact, when you look at a forest service plan now, you had better bring a wheelbarrow to carry it out the door. it is huge. why? because the good folks working for the forest service are doing their best to anticipate every possible legal argument, and all they are doing is creating a more fertile environment for lawsuits. as you write more and more and more, you provide more and more opportunity for there to be a conflict between what the standards are and that which the plan provides. so the challenge really is how in the world do we get those people we are talking about hiring into the woods.

and this morning our camera is at the vietnam memorial here on the national mall in washington d.c. lawrence roberts, our cameras are looking out along the wall of the vietnam memorial with a view of the washington monument in the background. you talked about the camping out. where did that take place in relation to the national mall, and where were these law enforcement -- where was the extra law enforcement put in washington, d.c.? >> well, the campground was not far from where the vietnam war memorial is. it was essentially in this area of west potomac park between the jefferson and the lincoln memorials on some playing fields and some other park land over there, right along the river's edge. but you could see the washington monument in the distance. so, it was very much a feeling of being near the heart of washington. when the police deployed and the military deployed on the morning of may 3rd, rush hour, they were sent all over the city. now, you may have noticed in the film that the police produced to show what a great job they were doing, they had a picture of this tactical ma

capitol and washington, d.c.. which they were to work on, at least olmsted and his firm, for the next 18 years. this is the rendered presentation plan they offered for the united states capitol grounds, the details there are quite wonderful and some of them, for instance, there is a little sketch you see on the right. a refreshment grotto for the visitors, very common in washington, d.c. in the summer. one of the very few small drawings we have attributed to olmsted's hand himself. well, in 1979, the year after the partnership split up and fred moved to box and -- to boston, the mayor of buffalo asked vox if he would design a park. in niagara. he invited olmsted to join him. together they develop the park. great landscapes and scenery of america, something olmsted felt strongly about preserving. not just bringing nature into the cities. in 1882, before the first presidential term of abraham lincoln, congress authorized the development of colleges in the states and territories in the west to encourage teaching to b

what do those moves mean on how well is washington, d.c. responding to the pandemic threat right now? do you feel that you need additional help? >> well, al, i will tell you i couldn't be prouder of the response of our government, our department of health, homeland security. i'm even more proud of the sacrifices that d.c. residents and business made to put us in the position that we're in. i am very happy that the cdc reports that 70% of adults not just in d.c. but in surrounding maryland and virginia have been vaccinated that means we have driven our case counts down, and we have driven our vaccination rates up. and that has allowed us to be open and to stay open. so the end of the public health emergency is just a culmination of saying we don't need the emergency public health powers to close our businesses, but we do still need the public emergency to interact with the federal government on reimbursements and the like and should we need to dial up any of our measures. this emergency gives me that authority. >> mayor, last weekend a drive

don't sit back to let washington, d.c. come up with some deal.rs of the united states senate, tell them to actively oppose this measure. we're doing far more than what even the word infrastructure actually means. all the democrats are trying to do here is funnel their agenda into a word that polls well with the american people. but when the actual spending comes do it will be hard-working men and women of our country will be left holding the bag while members of congress slap, high-five themselves and pat themselves on the back for doing something absolutely awful for the american people. elizabeth: well, house democrats reportedly vowing to work against the senate democrats to just undermine this. doctor, excuse me, representative peter defazio, you had a congressman also from california, they were trashing this. they're saying this whole thing is bs. you know, so here is the other thing going on. they haven't written the bill yet. there is no legislation with details yet. even larry kudlow says this feels like obamacare all over again. you have

elizabeth: let's welcome back ti the show we missed them and wanted him to come back on washington, d.c police push is backfiring in a spectacular way dozens of shootings over the weekend and philadelphia, washington, d.c. and chicago and the democrats said defend the police, now the running away from that, what do you say. >> they should run away, as you noticed defunding movements started out in minneapolis with the death of george floyd out there and they tried to move the d from the police department and then they started thinking about whether they wanted the deep fun and now they're leaning towards defunding when you look at washington, d.c. they've taken $25 million away from their budget and what i defined as a defunding movement and you havew to look at what's happening over the weekend in washington, d.c. we had the national baseball game a big shootout right outside of the game where three people were hit with bullets and the night before on a friday night we had a 6-year-old child who was shot and killed, thiss defunding the police is not working in the major metropolitan ci

and andrea, most people in washington, d.c., feel unsafe. in one of the most exclusive and prestigious tree lined enclaves in the entire capital surrounded by mansions with clawed iron gates and guards and dogs. she even lived near a castle. an actual castle is a few doors down from her. so she takes the chauffeured car to the nbc news studio and she goes back and she doesn't go to those neighborhoods. so she feels safe because alan greenspan is a very tough guy. but that's not the problem. i have another problem with these people in the city here. the suspect from new jersey who smashed the guy, i don't like people in new jersey committing crimes first of all, but punching an officer. to call robberies, terrorist threats. all these lazy d.a.s, they plead these things down because they don't want to waste time and trial and this guy only serve a couple of months and gets paroled and smashes an officer in the head. if they would stop focusing on trying to go after the cfo of the trump organization for a tax issue, maybe actually lock up crimi

some of the democrats in washington, d.c.we speak right now have said from the floor of the texas house of representatives that mail-in ballots is the easiest way to engage in fraud. republicans and democrats have been clear on the record that mail-in ballots is a way that cheating does take place. we all have to agree that if there's cheating in the election process, we need to stop that cheating and the best way to stop the cheating is to tighten up restrictions concerning mail-in ballots. maria: but governor, this misrepresentation, this lying bold-face lying is starting at the top. it is president biden who keeps coming out calling all of the laws jim crow laws. should the president come out and show honesty on all of the voting bills rather than trying to push the democrat party hr1 bill through which, of course, tries to do the opposite, no id and making mail-in ballots the standard? governor: so this is the same president who called me a neanderthal and now calling jim crow. this is diminishing to the people of the uni

what you have is police officers leaving the washington, d.c., police department in droves.tter fact, between now and last year this time, they've had 386 officers leave. 40% of those officers have actually resigned. morale is very low. they don't believe that the city council has the officers back. so that is creating a problem within the ranks of the metropolitan police department. >> mike: here is the view from the white house. >> d.c. is one of the five areas nationwide where a doj launched forces just yesterday. which we are going for -- keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. >> randy come is not going to help? >> you just heard the lion left. that is their tactic. it is an absolute lie to the american people. what they are proposing is preposterous. they will have no impact on crime. if you want to impact crime, you have to confront it head on. you have to understand that it is criminal gangs that are responsible for the violence. it is not the gun sellers and legal establishment. so here is what really needs to be done. we need to go back to old-fashioned policin

we'll have the latest from texas and washington, d.c., after headlines.in iraq, at least 64 people were killed and over 100 others suffered burns and smoke inhalation after a fire ripped through a covid isolation ward at a hospital in the city of nasiriyah. monday's fire was fueled by an exploding oxygen canister. a similar blaze in baghdad killed 82 people and injured over a huned others april. the latest disaster came as iraq recorded its highest daily infection rate of the pandemic. and as iraqis have been holding anti-government protests amid shortages of electricity and water during a blistering summer heat wave. oxfam warns a there has been a six-fold increase in people around the world facing famine-like conditions since the start of the pandemic. conflict was the main driver behind the increase, exacerbated by the climate crisis and covid-19's effect on the economy. meanwhile, the wealth of the 10 richest people grew by $413 billion last year -- 11 times more than what is needed to fund the u.n.'s global humanitarian assistance. israel began offer

limits to that are in the state of texas, which is why the texas law enforcement are up there in washington, d.c., or some other location trying to pursue these house members. so here's the deal. as long as those texas house members remain in washington, they say we are not going to have a quorum. but know this: a special session in texas last 30 days, once this 30 day special session expires, if the member's return, will call another one and we will be back in session unless they leave again, in which case i will continue calling special session after special session after special session, so they will have to be gone for the state of texas all the way up until the next election. [indiscernible] -- >> sean: [indiscernible] maybe they get paid [indiscernible] -- go ahead, sir. >> this is the point the democrats have not thought of. what is their end game? they haven't thought about that. and i can tell you what end game is. we are going to have a special session where these and other issues are going to be on, including doing a better job of securing our border, including cutting our property ta

the media will allow him to, one in washington, d.c.n you talk to regular people, they are laughing. >> tammy: we know it's a disconnection but it really is, going with them thinking $0.16 would rock our world, it's insane during the pandemic, what continues to rock our world is $1200 which would maybe last a week or pay a couple of bills or is going to get you through may be two weeks. this is where americans are realizing that they have no idea what is happening in our lives, in our cities, because as rick noted, because of the insula are dynamic. or do you think it's possible they genuinely simply do not care at this point what is happening to us? >> no, i think they are totally out of touch, just as you and rick have talked about. i think they've totally misread the american people. they think the american people are stupid, that we would actually be excited about $0.16. but they misread the american people on cops, they misread the american people on the border, they misread the american people on critical race theory. and you know

we have poverty in washington d.c.d who's 13, or when, say, 6 or 7, he or she's behind because they didn't have the chance to go to preschool. maybe the mother's 20 and had the child very young and didn't have opportunity. i often go and i talk to mo, and mo is from guinea, and we talk about african things like this before i go home and start reading and writing. and young kids will come into the store, 4, 5 and 6, they come in to get candy when they should be in preschool, but they're not. and so that person is 6, their mother is, what? maybe 20, 22. and then their grandfather maybe 42. great grandfather maybe 62. so it's not just a generation. it's the generation that preceded them that may not have had opportunities. and, of course, 70% of african-american men never went the high school. so duboise is doing this study. but we've not learned about this study because we have not engaged in -- try to understand it's not enough to say what the social problems are, one must try to solve it. duboise also founded these org

d.c., the diplomat. people probably heard of it. it's on 14th street northwest washington. just a few blocks north of that at another restaurant we believe there was some kind of shooting that occurred here. you personally looked at video of one got shot victim being wheeled out of that restaurant on a stretch we are gunshot wounds in the chest. personally also witnessed somebody who is on the ground being treated by first responders. i'm not sure why that person was being treated. but there was a bloodstain on the car behind the person. much as he was leaning up against the car. we saw that ambulance speed out of the area very quickly. but this is a very popular, very, i think, you know, very well traveled pretty dense area of northwest washington, d.c. we're constantly seeing people in this area going up and down 14th street it is close to the white house. we're five or suchl blocks from the white house. as far as this restaurant shooting apparently occurred, that also is a very popular restaurant. to hear gun shots in the area is unsettling. as i was sitting down to eat,

and that's what sent people fleeing up and down 14th street in washington, d.c. ebody, i grew up in this area, i've worked in this city for a long time. this part of d.c. does not see this kind of crime, this kind of shooting activity. obviously other parts of d.c. you see this kind of crime, this kind of shooting activity. that's equally as important as what we're seeing tonight. but because of the density of the people walking around in this area, this had the potential to be very serious and to have many more casualties in the area. >> jim acosta, more to learn. we'll continue to follow the story throughout the hour. appreciate it. appreciate you being there. >>> now covid and what the director of the cdc calls, quote, another pivotal moment in this pandemic. that's what dr. rochelle walensky put it today. reflects a new urgency from the white house on what's increasingly called -- on what is increasingly calling, the whouls, a pandemic of the unvaccinated. as the delta variant continues to spread at what is certainly an alarming rate. one administration offici

they can't go after you in washington, d.c.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 voice. when people wa to take away their voice at the ballot box, i'm going to stand up and pushed back. i am going to say no and use every tool in my pocket to defend them. the tool i have today is in the texas constitution. for anrepublican, including the governor, if they are so

you from the washington d.c.ou from the washington d.c. thank you to united health group for making this conversation on strengthening health care accessibility and the future of providing care possible. welcome the our audiences on facebook, youtube, twitter the, linked in and on axios.com. you can join the conversation with hashtag axios events. i will be joined by my colleague and senior editor sam baker. we will unpack how the pandemic has shifted the conversation around is access to care from telehealth to evolving hospital operations and take a closer look at care accessibility and the future of providing care. up first is the administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services joining us from washington d.c. if welcome, administrator. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here with you. >> you have been on the job for about a month now. what have you been spending the most time on so far? >> it's been such a pleasure to be the cms administrator, and what an honor and a privilege. most of my time,

and we will look at a book about washington, d.c. and the struggles, and it's a study of just winning one neighborhood. and duboise went in this whole city. you know, i'm doing a study for the city on washington d.c. i'm trying to find about why so many african-americans have been forced out. but the problem is that the city government and the planners and people who keep the statistics have no systematic way of keeping it. it's almost as if they didn't care. i suppose they do, but so many african-americans are being forced out, and the city's changing so much, and people who decry gentrification yet in some ways are happy with it because it creates a neighborhood where there are more young, well-off. but what about the people who have been forced out? duboise was the first to look at that day by day. you see, people talk about property, and often it's not understand we have poverty in washington d.c. yeah, you have a kid who's 13 or say 6 or 7 and he's behind or she's behind because they didn't get the chance the go to preschool. wh

organic import the prevalence of sexual violence by native americanen reservations she livs near washington d.cr moderator today is director of the international human rights law clinic at the uva school of law. his research focuses on post conflict scenarios, and government and peacest building and corporate accountability for human rights violation. alec, amelia, thank you, for joining us today. camilo, it's all yours. >> thank you very much and thank you for these books. it's been a pleasure with your work, now much about the topic tis important timely so i'm vey glad for you not only to do the research to get this book out but for the panel. a couple of questions, i'm going to a take some questions tonigh, let me start by asking about the process of completing the book. at what time and how did you realize all of those hours of research were book material? you had, let's start with alec. >> i'm glad to be here, thank you for organizing this. for me, the book began not about amazon's but it began as a book about regional and aquatic, growing gaps between place in america. i'm a reporter who

i'm not up here to take a vacation in washington, d.c.hen i look at the american museum, i thought about the struggle of my people starting this country to get the right to vote. that right is sacred to my constituents, and i represent them back in houston, texas. i am up here because i don't plan to be a sitting person and that legislature -- in that legislature. i'm not going to be sitting -- i'm not going to be a hostage. [applause] but my constituents ought to be stripped from them. we have fought too long in this country. president lyndon b. johnson in 1965 fought so that we had the right to vote. this legislature may have changed the messiah from jesus to trump, but i haven't, and i'm going to make sure that everything that i can do, that my constituents' rights are stripped from them because of what they believe, the lie, that -- they believe, the lie. trump lost the election. [applause] >> let me hand it back to our members of congress. that is going to be a difficult act to follow, with all due respect, congressmen. >> chris, thi

the democrats there in washington, d.c. having a quorum so you can't continue with a vote. want to bring in texas lieutenant governor dan patrick. you've been listening there. dana and i were watching this, too and reflecting on arizona and supreme court ruling from two weeks ago. can these democrats show where a voter in texas was disenfranchised or could be disenfranchised based on this law or the laws of yesterday? >> great question, bill. the answer is no. this is a bill about verification of signatures in the mail and allowing people to mail in their ballots to track their mail-in ballots and about transparency. livestreaming voting centers and expanding voting hours or adding voting hours, not being hooked up to the internet so no would be can be hacked. a paper trail to verify votes. nothing to do with voter suppression. what you just heard were not only lies, these were damn lies. this idea they're fighting for texas, give me a break. you don't run from a fight. they have a constitutional obligation when they are el

so authorities there in washington, d.c. are offering a $60,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the death of little naya courtney, an innocent bystander that was in a crowd when a car pulled up and opened fire. in this video you see a silver vehicle driving through an intersection. and then from one second to another once it approaches the intersection you see the muzzle flashes as they open fire. d.c.'s police chief says officers were actually nearby. there's that moment there, fred. it's pretty dramatic stuff. police officers with the washington, d.c. metropolitan police department were nearby. they rushed to the scene. and they desperately tried to save this little girl. even at one point rushing her in their patrol car to the hospital. and sadly she did not survive. five other people, all adults, were injured. their injuries, however, not life-threatening. but really we listened to the update from investigators here and you can hear the outrage in their voice here. the police chi

they plan to be in washington, d.c. 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 in these coming days. >> all we're asking them to do is make one exception to one senate rule to save american democracy. it is not that hard. it is a pretty light lift when you consider what is at stake. our national democratic peers hold majorities in the house, in the senate and they hold the white house. there are no excuses not to pass the voting rights bill to ensure that millions of americans in texas and in georgia are able to access their sacred constitutional right to the ballot box. >> reporter: now, the republican governor here, governor abbott, has said as soon as those lawmakers wil

there were 56 texas house members that traveled to washington, d.c.c members, 65 in total. what we have now in the last few minutes is three of the members, three of the texas house dem members who traveled to washington, d.c. tested positive for covid here. but you and dr. redlener were talking about what does it mean for individuals who are fully vaccinated and are not showing symptoms. cdc guidelines currently say that you are able to go about your daily life. that is where now these other members, we expect them to continue on as planned. they were already planning to stick around in washington, d.c., but at least three members have now tested positive. what does this mean for the future? well, they were going to stay in washington, d.c. as was already planned. of course, they were trying to run out the clock of the special session here at the texas state capital, trying to hold up those voting restriction measures in the house and the senate here from being passed into law and signed by the governor. well, the question is where do they go from he

that's one reason amazon put a second headquarters in washington d.c. new right now the main threat is more from the federal government then it is other corporate rivals. >> very much the chapter on washington d.c. and how they intend date created their own firm. which i think when we check how. it's something real. it's how much pressure we get from this. were moving to her audience questions, i wanted to just talk a little bit about our role as users, as buyers, as consumers of these cheap products crazy cheap halloween basket that was don't really need. , actually said maine in china grounded on record. that knowing our actions have dire consequences. buying untold merchandise. is something we just cannot help it. but what richard says about human nature, about our witnesses about this phase of depression what do you tell about human nature found that our brains light up when we see a really cheap price for a product really wants. we feel like we're getting a big bargain deal for some studies showing during the critical moments leading up to a consum

they have come to washington, d.c. because we have a responsibility to senators in this building to set basic, national standards to protect the right to vote across this country. the assault on the right to vote is not just a texan child is under assault in state after state, motivated by the big lie that president trump put forward and supported by a corrupt search for power at the expense of principles. so we're going to fight in this chamber to establish basic national standard to protect the citizens of texas and the citizens of every single state. yesterday, president biden spoke to the nation and he made it very clear that we have to act in congress to defend the right to vote and that is exactly what we are going to figure out how to do in partnership with citizens across this land. >> thank you we will hear from senator warnock next. >> i will take senator and reverend. [laughter] let us be very clear. the single most important thing that the congress and president can do this congress is to pass voting rights