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love in the air. we begin, though, right now. with the lengths that texas democratic state lawmakers have just gone to try to block republicans there from passi restrictive new voting law. they have left the state entirely, and are just minutes away from touching down at washington's dulles airport. we're expecting to hear from them, shortly, and talk to one of the top-democratic lawmakers as well. cnn's dianne gallagher is there for us now. what is the latest on this flight to d.c. and what texas lawmakers hope to accomplish? >> well, anderson, the first of those two private planes that's carrying the democrats who are breaking quorum, by leaving the state, just landed about-two minutes ago. and the second one should be landing, before i finish talking to you tonight. they are on those flights because they feel the only way that they can prevent legislation that they think will restrict voting rights and be harmful to their citizens is to break quorum. because they told me that they simply don't think that the republicans are playing fair.