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>> hold your applause. first, i love you guys. okay? >> we love you too, wendy. [ applause ] >> so the lieutenant governor has agreed that sb 5 is dead. [ cheers ] >> the official vote, which was recorded at 12:03. this has got to continue, because we have started something here that they can't stop. we have more fights ahead. >> that was cecile richards, head of planned parenthood, standing at the rotunda announcing to the crowd earlier that they had won their fight.

Sonogram law, again off topic. davis's filibuster fell short of the midnight vote deadline but her fellow democrats appealed the decision causing chaos in the chamber. >> at what point must a female senator raise her hand on her voice to be recognized over male colleagues in the room? >> for the next 15 minutes, supporters of davis drowned out any further senate debate. republicans tried to pass the bill before the midnight deadline but failed and in front of a packed capitol building of supporters, the announcement by the lieutenant governor that the bill was dead was read allowed. >> the lie...

>> the lieutenant governor has agreed that sb-5 is dead. >> the bill would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and forced the closure of most abortion clinics in the state and the governor rick perry was expected to sign that bill if it passed. the filibuster absolutely dominated the internet last night. at its poke, more than 100,000 people were watching this online and the #stand with wend duh took twitter over. president obama said something special are is happening tonight. >> claire mack caskill said, texas, the eyes of texas are upon you. comedian sarah silver man tweeted...

The chair recognizes senator for a motion. >> retire senate bill -- house amendments to senate bill 5. >> just an amazie ining environ. republicans did not have enough time to pass the bill before the legislature special session ended at midnight. when he announced the vote occurred too late to be signed into law, a crowd supporters erupted outside. >> the lieutenant governor has agreed that sb-5 is dead. [ cheers ] >> our political editor joins me for more. this is an amazing story that overnight blew up. over 200,000 people one point watching the live stream of a filibuster in the texas stat...

Ohio among white voters. so we have in ohio obama doing 7 to 11 points better among white voters and white men specifically than he does nationally in part because of this. >> so 850,000 jobs related to the auto industry in the state of ohio. one in eight jobs in ohio is an auto related job. that's huge. and when you add to that the mobilization against sb 5, the anti-collective bargaining bill that did pass the legislature but then the ballot initiative reversed that, that brought together a coalition of white union members with african-americans and latinos that did not go home after that ba...