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Has now been filed. state senate and house lawmakers are set to participate in limited debate this afternoon followed by a straight-up or down vote. gary is in austin. good to see you this afternoon. thanks for joining us on this. you got your hands on a draft version of the sb-7 bill. talk us through what's in it. >> reporter: i will absolutely do that. i just want to go to one thing, joe biden's statement just came out, president joe biden just released a new statement about this texas voting bill. he says, in part, it's an assault on democracy that we have seen far too often this year and o...

Analyst and former federal and state prosecutor alley helie ho. one viewer asks, if mel refuses to all to -- mcconnell refuses anyone to testify, do the democrats somewhere any recourse? >> this is the most important question.any recourse? >> this is the most important question. will it be an empty political formality. and democrats could be in a tough spot here. they have a couple options. they can try to go to the courts very unlikely to succeed, the courts do not like to get involved in what they call political questions. this is sort of the ultimate political question. so i would not count...

That message and to call what some 270 mayors have signed bipartisanly on a letter to say we need to pass into the senate an up other down vote on hr-8. it's very easy. we want an up or down vote on background checks, which 90% of americans agree with. 87% of gunowners in ohio agree we need universal background checks and the time is now. we don't want another city to be like dayton. >> you heard senator schummer there as i just played saying this is on two people. this is on president trump. this is on mitch mcconnell. you said this can be done. it can be done quickly, and it can save lives. ...

Articles of impeachment, is that where this is heading? >> there will be a decision at some point on whether there will be an up/down vote. there could be a decision by leadership there won't even be a vote. some public listened to the mueller testify, the five cases, five which seem more complete. there were definitely five, possibly ten. and the fact they worked with the russians in over 150 times, i think it was, to try to get information and they sought information and welcomed information from the russians interfering in our elections, they were doing as mr. mueller spoke and they're doin...

Mexico canada agreement. nafta is gone. mike blakeman at the president. hey, blake. >> described this u.s. mexico canada agreement as historic. big win for auto sector and dairy farmers. return the u.s. back to a manufacturing power house. but the reality of this going forward is that the 2019 congress will have the ultimate say on this one as they will eventually give this a thumb's up or thumb's down vote. the president today in a rose garden press conference acknowledged on that end there is political uncertainty. >> you are confident. >> not at all confident. >> explain to me if congress. ...