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Other items on the governor's to do list. i want to bring in senior digital reporter jane tim, who has been following this for us. thanks for joining us. let's talk about the special legislative session number two, we should say. what is the governor looking to get done here and will it happen? >> yes, the governor abbott's wish list is long, 17 different items, six new ones from the last session. the special sessions can last 30 days. he's not going to get it all done but top of his list, the election legislation, allocating federal covid relief builders, bail reform, wants to ban mask and va...

Move forward. they're going to be able to put it all on the line. the seven-figure spend in this july special session. and as well as putting all of their memberships behind it. millions of members is the depth of their confined base. >> jane tim for us on this new push in texas. thank you. in just a few minutes we expect that news conference out of surfside, florida. right now in detroit, 30% of the city is vaccinated. how do they catch up to their neighbors in getting vaccine doses to people that need them? we're going to take you through the bold new plan, next. e bold .

About snacks and sort of water and polling places. >> right. >> in numerous state laws even if it's a little different and laws are a little different there are some trends here. >> one might be added to it obviously with what's happening in texas and the special session the governor called there recently. i want to read directly from the department of justice's lawsuit for you, jane, this he write georgia enacted sb-202 with knowledge of the disproportionate effect that numerous provisions both singly and together would have on black voters' ability to participate in the political process on ...

>> the complaint alleges that the state enacted those restrictions with the purpose of denying or bridging the right to vote on account of race or color. this lawsuit is the first of many steps we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote, that all lawful votes are counted and that every voter has access to accurate information. >> so the georgia governor responded saying the suit was born out of, quote, lies and misinformation and goes on, they are weaponizing the u.s. department of justice to carry out their far left agenda that undermines election integrity and empowers ...

Want to get rid of the filibuster. this legislation was, you know, sort of hopeful, it was i would say advocates really -- their only plan to stop these laws because lawsuits are very expensive and time consuming and don't always work out the way they hope, but it was to me that legislation was not going to go anywhere. >> jane timm thank you as always. coming up, everybody, former president donald trump is holding his first post-white house rally tonight in ohio. what we can expect from what some are calling a, quote, revenge tour as criminal charges loom over his family's organization. sou...