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All around the world. it is monday, may 31st, memorial day. were thinking of our troops and families of those troops. breaking overnight, democrats block a bill by staging a dramatic walkout. >> a quorum is apparently not present. the point of order is well taken and sustained. >> the republican-backed legislation would have made it harder to vote by mail, while empowering partisan poll watchers and overturning election results. >> really this is a witch hunt. its a witch hunt that is aimed at...

So much more than just honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this country, the president also talking about the importance of unity and democracy and saying that those soldiers, those brave soldiers who died for this country died for the sake of this idea of democracy that we have here in the united states and the president once again making one of his many appeals for unity in a country that at times seems oh so divided, especially notable just days after senate repu...

Handle this or other issues, we still dont know. >> taylor, we certainly appreciate you telling us a little bit about what is going on with the situation. taylor goldenstein with the "houston chronicle." thank you so much. >> thank you so much. joining me now, joe moody, who was one of the members who walked off the house floor. representative, thanks so much for being with us. when did this go down? how did you know that this was the plan? >> look. the idea of you can break quorum is always o...

The quorum needed to approve the bill. at least for now, governor greg abbott will add election integrity to a list of topics for a special session. he like others in florida, iowa, and georgia are using former president trumps lies about the 2020 election to make it harder to vote in future elections. democrats said theyll keep fighting. >> we used all the tools in our toolbox to fight this bill and tonight we pulled out the last one because reno longer going stand to allow them to continue pus...

Attack. of course, more than 20 people were injured, shot at. two people died. in checking around the area hospitals where the injured were taken to, at least two are in critical condition still right now. there is a considerable reward for information leading to the arrest of the people responsible for this. that includes $100,000 donation from a miami businessman, marcus lemonis, and also a $25,000 donation from atf miami. this reward continues to grow. really placing a lot of importance on ge...

Rhetorically something the supporters want to hear. but republicans in the state legislator have the votes to get this passed. why are you so confident that the you can even in a special session kill this bill? >> so look we make no assumptions number one. texas democrats have great resolve. we will fight this thing too long and nail no one thought we could break quorum with less than seven hours notice last night. as ed mentioned nobody thought we could go to oklahoma for a week. dont underesti...

A quorum, essentially it looks like the democrats left the house floor. >> now texas governor greg abbott promiseds to call a special session to get the bill passed. texas is part of this nationwide trend of states trying to pass laws restricting voters. a solution in search of a purported problem, all based on the fallacy that the 2020 election was somehow stolen from donald trump. texas democrats say theyre not giving up if and when governor abbott makes this move. >> the senate bill 7 was the...

This bill is mostly dead. i say mostly because the democrats last night were effective in being able to stall republicans on being able to vote for this bill before the midnight deadline, the last day of the session is today. that doesnt mean the bill is gone for good. in fact, democrats last night admitted that this was really the last arrow in their quiver as they fight back against this voting rights bill. listen. >> they were prepared to try to silence us. we were not going to let them do th...

California assemblyman who left that state for the state of texas. he joins me now. explain what this means for the voting bill. >> what it means is that the democrats walked out and theyll have to come back during a special session. the house lost its core. you need two-thirds of the members present in order to conduct business. some of the democrats walked out and went to a local church and did a photo op. so cant do any business if you dont have a quorum. todd: here are the key points of the ...

Column. everyone should go read it and i think you come at it from an interesting perspective, someone who grew up not as a military family but who now is part of that military family and it gives great perspective for the work that has been done. >> thank you. >> our coverage continues right now. good morning, everyone, were glad youre with us, im poppy harlow. >> im jim sciutto. blocked for now. overnight a sweeping republican led voting restrictions bill failed in texas. this after democrat...