texas governor, greg abbott, says he will call another special session the state s legislature beginning this weekend, after democratic lawmakers fled the state during the first one blocking bills they say will restrict voting rights. the new special session will begin just about 12 hours after the first one ends. those democrats effectively stalled any action on new voting bills by leaving pretty much as a group for washington. more than 50, as you know, democratic lawmakers have remained out of the state since mid-july. they spent time meeting national democratic leaders, pressing for national voting rights legislation. it remains unclear whether the democrats will return to the state or if their stalling tactics will even eventually succeed. the news continues. want to hand things over to chris for cuomo prime time. chris? all right. thank you. i m chris cuomo. welcome to prime time. the covid command center. the government is moving in the direction of getting us ready for bo
carley: vice president kamala harris still fawning over texas democrats who are being compared to freedom fighters. of stalling tactics cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. lauren blanchard joins us from washington with more. the vice president said democrats are in line with the legacy of civil rights leaders and applaud their efforts to stop texas from passing their voting bill but republicans say a trip to dc isn t exactly the same as what freedom fighters have gone through. they took a bold courageous action in line with the legacy of everyone from frederick douglass, women who marched down pennsylvania avenue for women s rights to vote for those folks in 1965 pass the voting rights act. reporter: today the group of texas democrats will meet with moderate senator joe mann s
investigation. push back on that argument if you can or tell me why it might be right. well, honestly, we would have preferred to have all the witnesses that are relevant to this question come before us but we re not going to fall into a trap where the white house gets to use stalling tactics and essentially prevent us from taking any at all. they can continue to dangle witnesses out there. the president sort of has tried to have it both ways. nothing new to him. where he says he would love to have these witnesses testify but then has them under direct and specific orders to not cooperate in any fashion at all. and forces the courts every level of the courts to adjudicate that question before they re free to go. so look, this case is pretty clear. the evidence that we ve receive ed in open testimony is very clear. even by the president s own admission. i think we have what we need in order to proceed. would i like to have more? sure. but this president is not going
i m john vause. two major stories on opposite sides of the atlantic. the first vote of the trump articles of impeachment delayed by republican stalling tactics. the house judiciary committee will resume in hours. i m in london where election results are giving boris johnson s conservative parties one of the most dramatic victories in decades. that is where we re beginning this hour because if there ever was any doubt that majority british people favor brexit, this election has put it to rest. boris johnson, conservative, assured brexit will happen january 31st. the prime minister took a big gamble calling a snap election and it seems it s paid off. at this stage, it does look at those this one nation
defense at the conclusion of the presentations. after that, the white house may then consult with senate republicans, provide its own briefing to republicans, about the next steps it would want to see in the trial including possible witnesses it would like to be that the white house would like to be called, these sources said. we should note the white house is also planning, wolf, a possible direct response from president trump on the day of the house vote on the articles next week. something beyond a tweet or comments at trump s rally on wednesday, should the vote occur on that day. these discussions are ongoing. wolf? pamela, we ll get back to you, as well. let s assess what s going on as we await the start of this historic hearing and this vote that s upcoming in the house judiciary committee. dana bash, you re looking at this very, very closely. what do you anticipate we will see? more stalling tactics, potentially by some of the republicans? maybe, but the judiciary chairman h