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Barriers. he says the stayed believes they have identified hundreds of miles of state land and private property where they can begin hundreds of miles of this border wall. he also said the state legislature has had to budget up to a billion dollars for border security. that is not fair to texas taxpayers, that they have to pay for a job the federal government is supposed to be doing. we talked about the activity down here. we witnessed it. take a look at this video from here in la jolla, this mo...

Into the neighborhood tonight and began arresting protesters as crews worked to start moving makeshift barriers and barricades. also breaking tonight: elevated tension in the middle east. youre looking at videos from the israeli defense forces of their air strikes on strikes in gaza. the first such raid since a cease-fire ended. israeli officials say that the strikes were prompted by incendiary balloons launched from gaza but started at least ten fires in southern israel. earlier on tuesday isra...

Abbott made a pretty major announcement telling the public texas is going to begin the process of building its own border wall down here. he says the state has to do it because in his words the federal government has completely abandoned its responsibility at the border. take a listen. >> we know that temporary barriers and fences wont be enough to slow the flow of the record amount of illegal immigration thats taking place. thats why today we are announcing that texas will build a border wall i...

House, thank you very much for that. meantime republican lawmakers in pennsylvania are pushing new voting restrictions, advancing a major election overhaul bill in the statehouse yesterday democratic governor tom wolf called the bill extreme and said it creates barriers for people to vote. our national correspondent dianne gallagher who has been following the right to vote all across the country knows a lot about whats going on in pennsylvania. what do we know about this direct appeal from the...

I think there are opportunities. im hoping we can sell a bit more. yeah, i am excited to see what we can do there, - work with australian customers. to have lots of wonderful english cheese sold in australia. what is new about this agreement is that it does not start from what britain already had by virtue of eu membership. the government is hoping for many more such deals to remove obstacles to trade, which could go some way to offsetting the new barriers to commerce with the eu. andrew walker,...

Who may or may not decide that a states electoral votes should go to one person or another, and when thats all done against the backdrop of large numbers of republicans having been convinced, wrongly, that there was something fishy about the last election, weve got a problem. and, you know, this is part of the reason why i think the conversation around voting rights at a national level is important. this is why i think conversations about some of the institutional and structural barriers to our ...

Perhaps hes been a senator a little too long. but i know that you are front and center in the field talking to individuals, trying to get them access to the polls. but at the same time making sure that their vote counts. talk about the differentiation that you see manchin talking about versus -- recently was one of those people also in the field. what is the difference there? >> we just experience a 2020 census, and there is a huge shift in terms of teaching demographics. and we can see that in ...

Barriers to our democracy working better, the elimination of the filibuster or the end to partisan gerrymandering, is important. but this is why it is also important for us to figure out how do we start once again being able to tell a common story about where this country goes. and that is not just the job of politicians, although i think elected officials have an important role. thats where the media is going to have to play an important role. that is where companies have to play an important r...

Access to the polls. but at the same time, making sure that their vote counts. talk about the differentiation that you see manchin talking about versus vinita gupta who recently was one of those people also in field. whats the difference there? >> you know, the reality is that we just experienced the 2020 census, and there is a huge shift in terms of changing demographics. and we can see that in the last decade. the asia-pacific islander community is extremely alarmed that just as more of our vo...

To convince voters that it is not worth the effort, to your point, about being gotv. its to convince those, who decided to show up for the first time. who, you know, decided they were going to push through those barriers, once more, thats not worth it and its trying to convince those who want to believe the big lie that there is something in it for them, on the other side. that, if they break done democracy, they get something better on the other side. unfortunately, we know that is autocracy. i...