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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...

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Controversial from the regular session bill that language that lowered the standard for over turning elections. it also doesn't ban sunday morning voting. that was very controversial because of course the polls would add an extra hour to sunday voting, jim. but again this is just a bill draft. there are 30 days in this session and the senate has yet to drop its version of election bill. >> we'll be watching. see what strategies they have up their sleeves. dianne gallagher, thank you very much. and democratic leaders in pennsylvania are vowing to put up a big fight after an ally of former pre...

Is less effective and it puts us at risk not just by exposing us all to delta but by serving as the place where new variants develop. >> we have to leave the conversation there. thank you both so much. appreciate your expertise. >> thank you, boris. we're also following a major developing story at this hour with huge implications. the battle over voting rights, once again, taking center stage. texas republicans mounting another push for restricting voting laws. a special session of the texas legislation just got underway in austin. this is hours after republicans introduced a new election bi...

That's what they're doing here right now, but there's no question. since joe biden and kamala harris were elected last november, so many voting laws, so many states have changed their voting laws. of course this is under the drum beat of former president donald trump inaccurately saying the election was fraudulent. that's not true. but states have rallied to pass voting rights laws, so that is what has brought us to this moment here. the white house insists president biden is focused on voting rights. we'll see if he can do anything about it actually. >> jeff zeleny, thank you very much for th...