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Happening in texas. are you going back or staying? >> you know what? i am not going back. as long as congress is working and it looks like they are working very hard i will be here and well see this come to a head and hopefully see a vote in the u.s. senate before the end of next week. >> i first heard your colleague jasmine crockett talk about loving what was in the federal legislation but just needing an inch. saying making the argument publicly that something albeit narrow would be better tha...

Time for folks to early vote. so, look, that language was probably in some earlier versions weeks ago, but that language is not in the house -- >> are you sure? because im being told its in hb-3 and s-1. >> i dont know about sb-1. im not in the senate. >> but is it in hb-3? >> no. >> are you sure of that? >> i am confident. >> that under cuts the idea of making voting ability people. allowing a judiciary to take an election. and we all know that we really dont want politicians or even courts dec...

Modernizing and using the tall e p making voting more accessible and we need cob to pass h.r. 1. the for the people act. thats the only way were going to save it. >> you call this a solution in search of a problem, but we know texas has some problems that arent being addressed. this issue of voting rights is one of several sessions convened by governor abbott which also includes bail reform, social security censorship. critical race. >> dont forget critical race theory. >> yes. i mentioned that.

Of assault on our democracy and election process started last december in the lead up to the election. we are in the middle of the pandemic, real concern about physically going to pulling stations to vote. there is a flurry of people trying to vote by mail. many states trying to make voting by mail as accessible as possible. that prospect of making voting easier did not sit well donald trumps administration who railed against mail voting every chance they got. that attack on democracy appeared t...

To the election. remember, we were in the middle of the pandemic. there was concern about going to polling stations to vote and so there was a flurry of people trying to vote by mail. and many states trying to make voting by mail as accessible as possible. now, that prospect of making voting easier did not set well with donald trumps administration, who railed against mail voting every chance they got. and so, that attack on democracy appeared to manifest itself in the dismantling of the way tha...

Focused on election cyber security the def-con hackers fighting the good fight in the cyber security battles have released a report pointing out remaining vulnerabilities that are unlikely to be fixed before november sixth one example a type of voting machine currently in use in twenty six states is vulnerable to remote hacking and another machine still used in eighteen states was able to be hacked in just two minutes. maybe not for alice miller and her team but for many u.s. states making votin...

U.s. states making voting safe again remains a major challenge. so cyber security very much a concern ahead of this lets bring back our own collyer from bard college or when we talk about cyber security we also perhaps also have to talk about information warfare as well how big a threat to you see this not only to the u.s. vote coming up on november sixth but also to western democracies and again to use that word unprinted warfare as well how big a threat to you see this not only to the u.s. vot...

>> you probably need a fresh face. ill stay on as majority leader. but the one thing i found in talking to everybody, if were going to unite and be strong we need a new face to help do that. i dont want making voting for speaker a tough one. i dont want to go to the floor and win with 220 votes. i think the best thing for our party right now is that you have 247 votes on the floor. >> the question is with a debt vote looming and the house republican caucus in complete disarray who will replace m...

Reaction tonight. british prime minister david cameron sharply can dems islam. >> we need to rely confront extremism. >> why is this president afraid to do the same? >> welcome to "hannity." tonts shock wafbz through washington, d.c. as house majority leader kevin mccarthy announced hes dropping out of the race to replace john boehner as speak of the house. >> i talked to a lot of members but one thing ive always said to earn this majority were servants. we should put this conference first. ...

A reporter for "the hill," he shouted "i am." not long after the shocking news broke today, mccarthy explained his decision to reporters. >> you probably need a fresh face. ill stay on as majority leader. but the one thing i found in talking to everybody, if were going to unite and be strong we need a new face to help do that. i dont want making voting for speaker a tough one. i dont want to go to the floor and win with 220 votes. i think the best thing for our party right now is that you have 2...