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>> in addition to that, however, i can and i will continue to call special session after special session after special session all the way up until election next year. and the so if these people want to be hanging out wherever they're hanging out on this taxpayer-paid junket, they're going to have to be prepared to do it well over a year. as soon as they come back to the state of texas, they will be arrested. they will be cabined inside the texas capital until they get their job done. >> reporter: now, look, the lawmakers point out that they're not going to be charged with any crimes. they haven't committed a crime. technically, they may be arrested, but they're going to be detained, really, if that were to happen. but these democratic lawmakers, jim and poppy, they told me they're in this for the long haul. representative trey martinez fisher when asked how long they could do this, whether it's one session or ten sessions, we are going to stick this out but they need federal intervention and they are in the minority in