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Takes and also bail bond reform. democrat judges are letting criminals on the street on the 13th check for retired teachers. all the legislation is important. we'll do it again. we gavel at noon tomorrow and we'll have our work wrapped up a week from today. if they come back great, they can pass it in the house. if they don't, we'll do it a fifth time and a sixth and seventh time until we pass it. >> dana: also want to ask you about the back and forth between the white house and governors of texas and florida about mask mandates and schools. take a listen to secretary cardona who runs the educ...

Washington by exploiting a loophole in texas state house rules. when they got to d.c. they were all for democrats blowing up the u.s. senate rules to pass a federal voting bill. you got all this? all right. 2021. brand-new hour begins now. i'm bill hemmer good morning at home. >> martha: i'm martha maccallum. great to be here today. dew -- dew dana perino is off. texas republicans have time on their side in this one. for now they're doing the people's work with a long to do list as they wait for the democrats to return. there they are on the chartered flight to washington, d.c. a couple of day...

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 can't get any action done on that, and any bills passed without that quorum. what we are seeing here is a narrative emerging or a message emerging around what the democrats are walked o...

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 that's because they haven't really been able to get anything done today. now what i will tell you is that republicans are changing the messaging around this a little bit so within the next hour they are actually going...