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Jailed? where does this go next. >> brian: did he say it happens all the time? listen, it's a private jet, they take some beer, they get covid-19, come not meet with the president, they did not accomplish anything they want. they went to portugal, trickle back and show up on monday, does a raging problem at the border, covid-19 and the state, and they are smiling on a private jet thanks to beto o'rourke who likes to stand on counters. spilling on the election bill, have they, greg, where does this go? >> greg: i think the death penalty. why are we wasting time with arresting. it is texas. you ...

The aisle from our republican partners. >> so i want to ask you about the -- that you represent austin in just a minute. but sticking with the fact that you want to work more with your republican colleagues. is there any indication that the will is there? are you hearing anything? have you reached out to any of them personally perhaps with whom you have a relationship to try to move that forward? >> so far we're not hearing that. honestly, we have pair tight elections already, we don't need an elections bill. what we need to focus is on is covid, our electrical grid here in texas and we need t...

Jillian: unbelievable. almost two dozen run away texas democrats are suing governor greg abbott for causing anxiety and distress over the separation from their families. the group claims the efforts to bring them home for a special legislative session infringes on their constitutional rights. abbott called for the arrest of the democrats who fled to washington, d.c. to block an election bill. the lawsuit names texas' house speaker and a state representative, james white as defendants. todd: i'm sorry, they're suing him. jillian: how does this hold up in the court of law? todd: 0.0% chance. the...

Present for quorum to be reached. that means 51 members cannot be absent. democrats used that to their advantage not once but twice this year killing an election bill that had voting restrictions in it during regular session in final hours of regular session and again for almost a full duration of the first special session by going to washington, d.c. and meeting with lawmakers there in attempt to have them push the federal voting rights protections over the finish line. texas lawmakers said look, democrats are in the minority, they can only keep this up so long before it is inevitable. some k...

Yep... everything hurts. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ breaking news out of texas. another special session just it did not meet quorum without democrats. republicans want to eye dress a controversial election bill. nbc's jay gray is live in austin. jay, what does the process look like now without quorum? what happens next? >> reporter: yeah, joe, what happens right now is the waiting game continues. as you talked about, they gavelled in the second special session of the summer here in austin, and then without much ado left because there was no quorum...