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News happening this afternoon. what do we know about the covid news, the three texas lawmakers that tested positive? >> reporter: exactly, joe. there were 56 texas house democrats that flew on the plane this week to washington, d.c. last night one of the members tested positive for covid. two more individuals received positive rapid tests today. thats three members total here. now -- excuse me. every single one of these members said that they are fully vaccinated. upon their departure here from ...

Controversial than i think even republicans thought it would at this point. be that as it may, lacking a quorum, republicans are kind of stuck in park, they cant proceed. democrats stuck in washington. indications right now that the federal relief to address voting rights issues might also be kind of stuck in place. lets get the representative john doocy, the texas democratic state representative, among those here in the nations capital. representative, thank you for taking the time. >> hey, tha...

A manner— donald trump is making noise down in a manner but— donald trump is making noise down in a manner but he has done. the republican— a manner but he has done. the republican party and any crisis in american — republican party and any crisis in american democracy is not done. and earlier— american democracy is not done. and earlier this _ american democracy is not done. and earlier this week the democrats in the texas — earlier this week the democrats in the texas state legisla...

Level. joe. >> josh letterman, thanks so much. we will stick with the theme of texas and the voting rights legislation that did lead more than 50 democratic lawmakers to flee the state to block a vote on it. texas democrats have been in washington, d.c. for nearly a week to deny a quorum in the states house of representatives. theyre now facing retaliation from republicans. governor abbott is threatening to arrest them once they return home and house speaker joe moody was stripped of his posit...

Activists were arrested at the hart senate office building. they were protesting the lack of momentum on two big voting rights bills in the senate, the john lewis voting rights act and the far the people act. today vice president kamala harris hosted some of the activists at a meeting at the white house to push the issue further. were now five days into a dramatic act of civil disobedience by the democratic members of the texas state legislature. 51 democratic state representatives left the stat...

Quorum. but texas republican briscoe cain says its time for them to come back. he tweeted this photo of what he calls a quorum trap. some light beer there the pull string box uses a case of miller lite as bait. dig after sitting on a bus with a case of beer. new emojis are expected to include a pregnant man. its on a list that could be approved forever use later this -- this is so insane what are they they doing pregnant man and pregnant person are new and recognize that pregnancy is possible fo...

You are in a state that over the last 50 and 65 years, we have not often had the chance to talk to someone. you are actually in a state of civil disobedience right now. you have left your state so you will not be arrested as assigned by the governor of texas so you cannot be brought back to the legislature to be present and establish a quorum for legislation that will pull back on the voting rights of your fellow texas citizens. >> yeah, thats absolutely right. first of all, thank you so much fo...

Back to the legislator to be present and establish a quorum for legislation that will pull back on the voting rights of your fellow texas citizens. >> thats absolutely right. thank you so much for having me in, thank you for covering this story. you know, it is quite disappointing we are coming up on the anniversary of john lewis, someone who gave so much of himself for the purpose of voting rights, yet instead of honoring his legacy and his sacrifice we are actually rolling back the hands of ti...

Do you believe they will? >> you know, im not serving in the u.s. senate. he knows the u.s. senate better than any of us. if he believes, he has those conversations, we believe him and have faith in him. we need to build consensus to implement some federal protections. we have seen that throughout the years. we need that type of support, again, for us in texas, a lot of us have worked across the aisle for many years in order to pass laws that help, you know, with respect to education, higher edu...

As that sort of desperate future gets closer and closer, and as the normal paths around it seem to be coming to dead ends, we are now seeing the phase in this fight where the people who care the most about it and are willing to do the most about it are trying to create brand-new paths to make progress possible. and theyre using direct action to do it. were seeing that at scale with the democrats from the texas legislature all walking out of the state capitol in austin and flying to washington th...