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Nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson. the priscilla, what are you hearing from republican lawmakers who are in the capitol, and what is their response to what the democratic members have done? >> well, the speaker of the house just released those republican house members a little while ago or at least the majority of them were released, and they have been at ease all day and thats because they havent really been able to get anything done today. now what i will tell you is that republicans a...

>> okay. this is a new attempt to delay the election bill in texas. thank you so much. jessa dean. dozens of large fires, record heat and drought are gripping parts of the western part of the country. stephanie ee limb is on it. >> reporter: thats right. when you talk about the fires, how devastating they are, the drought and the extreme heat, all of this happening and its not just in california. ill explain coming up. how much money can liberty mutual save you? one! two! three! four! five! 72...

Controversial from the regular session bill that language that lowered the standard for over turning elections. it also doesnt ban sunday morning voting. that was very controversial because of course the polls would add an extra hour to sunday voting, jim. but again this is just a bill draft. there are 30 days in this session and the senate has yet to drop its version of election bill. >> well be watching. see what strategies they have up their sleeves. dianne gallagher, thank you very much. a...

Is less effective and it puts us at risk not just by exposing us all to delta but by serving as the place where new variants develop. >> we have to leave the conversation there. thank you both so much. appreciate your expertise. >> thank you, boris. were also following a major developing story at this hour with huge implications. the battle over voting rights, once again, taking center stage. texas republicans mounting another push for restricting voting laws. a special session of the texas le...

Thats what theyre doing here right now, but theres no question. since joe biden and kamala harris were elected last november, so many voting laws, so many states have changed their voting laws. of course this is under the drum beat of former president donald trump inaccurately saying the election was fraudulent. thats not true. but states have rallied to pass voting rights laws, so that is what has brought us to this moment here. the white house insists president biden is focused on voting right...

My family fled communism. to me to be the chief law enforcement officer and argue to the u.s. supreme court. we dont have a national religion and people cant spell my name to be arguing to the court and making case law that my kids may read about in the future is humbling. we felt confident and felt if we argued the law and stuck to the constitution we were going to win. so often now these issues related to voting have become so highly partisan and highly political and they shouldnt be. i know d...

Start stemming the flow into this country, it isnt something that happened at the snap of the fingers. they have overwhelmed dhs and hhs facilities holding children related to immigration. undoing all of that will take significant work and amounts of time. its worth remembering, we are only 5 months in to this terrible policy if thats what it is. >> some defunding immigration agencies. isnt all of this further proof that there are a number of democrats especially in the house that want open bord...

Be oppressed or an oppressor, its inappropriate and does so much to damage the future. in this country, people can achieve all sorts of things. thats why people come from all over the world to be here and be focusing with an inaccurate look at the past in many times and not thinking about the present or the future it can cause problems. >> john: molly, thanks for your perspective. >> thank you. >> john: sandra? >> sandra: the election bill, republicans are calling it a power grab facing a key vo...

An election bill to the floor of the senate this week by democrats. chad pergram on capitol hill. does it involve senator joe manchin? >> at the center once again. this is the first real test of president bidens agenda. the senate takes a procedural vote to talk about sr1. its expected to fall short. republicans wont help democrats. that bill doesnt have the support of all democrats. but that is not stopping the white house. >> this is going to be a cause of his presidency and yes, i wouldnt say...

Racial gerrymandering, they want to make it harder for those big cities to vote, harder for black voters to cast a ballot. harder for the disabled. there is a provision in the sb 7 election bill that the governor supports that would allow texas on overturn elections based on the allegation of fraud. you saw how hard rudy giuliani tried to overturn elections in pennsylvania and georgia and michigan and theyre still maybe recounting the votes in arizona. texas can have a law, a statute that would ...