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Some other grounds and things you are covering for us. what is the latest on your second story? >> yeah, we are talking about these texas democrats who kind of have been holed up here in d.c. the governor of texas, greg abbott, has called for a new special session on saturday. that is going to start right after the current one ends. he says he is going to keep doing that until the texas state house votes on an election bill. the texas democrats who fled the state do risk arrest if they do not re...

Loses when these people take control over every aspect of peoples lives. >> anita: no one is thinking about the landlords here, just a quick answer on this one, rashida tlaib said there was 40% of residents in one city and her district, people who had not paid their bills during the pandemic, the water bill, the utility bill, because she says its not that they did not want to, its that they couldnt. do they need some help with that? quick answer. >> absolutely, and there is no greater help with ...

Year. i think it will be prout, quite pronounced. it will be felt all across the country. >> bret: of a majority of voters decide to oust the governor, the challenger with the most votes will take office. the latest polls suggest the election will be close. texas state lawmakers will hold a second legislation stash session tomorrow. they fled the state during the first session in order to stop a g.o.p. election reform bill. the republican governor says he will keep pushing. the story tonight. >>...

Be -- rest on how long can the democrats stay away. they have to come home to their families and businesses eventually. if there is space in between the special sessions it gives them rest -- respite to gear up and leave the state. >> bill: governor abbott has vowed to call special session after special session to get a vote on a gop backed voting bill. starting saturday another 30 day special session will begin. if democrats stay away they wont legally have enough members to make a vote on anyt...

The fox football analyst led the cowboys in the early 90s. thats look at your headlines, steve? steve: congratulations to him. all right. thank you very much. jillian. as a number of texas democrats continue to flee their home state, hold up in d.c. in an attempt to buck republican backed election bill, state representatives jessica gonzalez and julie johnson reportedly jetting off to a vacation in portugal with their significant others. while the rest of their democratic colleagues remain hold ...

Dr. vin gupta, thank you very much for being on this morning and being on this issue. another texas democrat has tested positive for covid, six members now of the texas house democrats have now tested positive since arriving in washington d.c. after fleeing the state in order to avoid voting on a republican-backed election bill. a spokeswoman for the texas democrats said the undisclosed member is self-isolating. its believed those who have tested positive have also been vaccinated. a 38-year...

And texas and tennessee and idaho. i think its a mealy mouthed week statement. were in a red state like kansas parents are demanding clarity and transparency and demanding that racially divisive theories are not being implemented onto their kids. >> bill: kansas board of education by way of the kansas city star. critical race theory is misunderstood and not in state standards. so thats what we have there. on it goes, chris. please come back soon, okay? christopher rufo with us today. thanks. >> ...

Constituents as well. but for them its a matter of principle. they want to keep these people from participating fully in texas democracy and american democracy, and thats why theyre going all the way forward with this. theres another factor here of course, which is that abbott has stayed in trumps good graces and the more he pushes this election bill the more he stays in trumps good graces, which of course is relevant to a potential primary challenge. >> adam serwer, that was really great. thank...

There in austin texas. and priscilla, the democrats are keeping a busy schedule, but what about the republican counterparts where you are. walk us through where you are. >> yeah, geoff. we are well into day two without a quorum here. the house has convened, but they are currently at ease, and the republican lawmakers are telling me they that are having meeting and working on the legislation, but of course, they cant get any action done on that, and any bills passed without that quorum. what we a...

Adam, abbott seems -- i mean, the uniform intensity and focus on this agenda, not just in the state of texas but other states. were seeing it obviously in texas. is always so striking to me. theyre more focused on this it seems than almost anything else. and you can see that abbott views this as like a challenge that he seems happy to take. >> i think there are a couple of things going on here. one is that you know, texas republicans did very well in the last election. they have no reason to be ...