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The Lead With Jake Tapper

>> reporter: it is unusual, but this is the second time in as many months that the texas democrats in the house there have done this. now you may remember the first time was the last few hours of the regular session back in may where they simply walked out of the building. this time they are flying out of the state, the majority of the texas house democrats are going to be getting on these private planes and flying to washington, d.c. where they should be landing sometime tonight. now they said that they did this after these committee hearings over the weekend, one of them went almost 24 hours, and they felt that the republicans were simply not going to work in good faith with them. i spoke to one of the representatives, fisher said in a statement democracy is in jeopardy, we must do whatever it takes to save this country. the special session is 30 days. so they have got to sit out the remainder of that session to deny quorum. i asked them how long they plan to do that because the governor

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Fox News Live-20210531-13:06:00

>> you just heard the report. republicans see the bill as common sense and democrats agree. they say it is an attempt for blocking ballots. which is that? texas already has a toughest voting novels demi-glace in the nation. you believe this is necessary for voting security? >> you don't have to believe that the election was stolen to believe that there needs to be voting laws are in the country. for example, there's no provisions in texas that illustrates their voting but some counties in texas decided to have dropped there that may have made sense during the pandemic, but it doesn't really make sense to continue drive-through voting when there is pandemic. that is a reasonable thing for the texas legislature to decide and it's not getting rid of drive-through voting is a return

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Fox News Live-20210531-14:16:00

we watched the president reflect on memorial day when we reflect on all of our fallen heroes. >> benjamin: it is such a sacred and somber day. we had president biden yesterday say this is one day you can put aside your political differences. it's not about republican and democrats, it's about americans. the people dying serving their nation, they didn't die for political parties. they died for freedom. i can speak personally that that freedom extends around the world. it is an important event and an important thing to remember on this day. if you take one thing from this, it is unity of the american people. all races, all creeds, all religions. we see this today and we were going to hear president biden speak later. we saw the defense secretary and the joint chief of staff. it is an important event to come

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Fox News Live-20210531-13:04:00

strengthen election security. christina: as following the story for us. christina? >> high, good morning. democrats walked out last night, effectively killing this voting bill for the voting session. chris turner, the chair of the house democratic caucus, started the walkout last night. he released a statement saying in part, "it became obvious that republicans were going to cut off debate to ram through their vote suppression legislation. at that point, we had to take extraordinary measures to protect our constituents and their right to vote. republicans have only their self don't act themselves to blame for the way we have been acting." this is been culminating in the walkout over senate bill seven.

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Fox News Live-20210531-13:13:00

abolishing or changing the filibuster which will allow democrats to push through more of their initiatives without having to work across the aisle. they would change that 60 vote threshold required to pass bills in the senate. two democrats so far opposed to the idea. senators christensen event and joe manchin. we'll see where it goes from here. >> benjamin: thank you. >> julia: it is a solemn day of remembrance for america's fallen heroes today. president biden preparing to lay a wreath at arlington national cemetery. we will bring that here too you live when it happens. >> benjamin: police in the miami area on the hunt for a government in a deadly weekend shooting as crime surges in democratic led cities. what can be done to keep the public safe? ted williams, on that, coming up next. to protect people. to help them save. with a home and auto bundle from progressive.

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Fox News Live-20210531-13:03:00

times square, there are now over 200 businesses that have reopened, 18 businesses have opened, and the number of tourists continues to increase. >> julia: so looking forward to getting back to all of it. david lee miller, great to see you. >> they don't want you to know the truth on that bill and they don't want you to know that they don't see what the polls. they don't want you to know that you have rights. we are going to be your voice and we are going to be that person for you. your voice will not be silenced and you will hear from you. >> benjamin: late last night, democrats staged a dramatic walkout to block a sweeping reform bill. republicans say it is needed to

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Fox News Live-20210531-13:08:00

empowered. there would be an i.d. required for mail-in ballots and that was a much contested issue by former president donald trump. the mail-in ballots. why wouldn't there be a requirement for the mail-in ballots so we know who in fact is voting? >> exactly right. there is nothing wrong with requiring ids for voting. there's nothing wrong with a lot of these provisions. people couldn't agree or disagree. by the way, this tactic that they you to stop it, it is the same tactic that the left use to try and stop scott walker when he was passing his collective reform bill in wisconsin. the democrats walked out and want to cross the border to illinois so they couldn't be forced back to vote on the form. they eventually passed it. elected in the last election, there is a republican majority.

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Fox News Live-20210531-13:11:00

uphold that purity his goal was to take the nation back to democracy which was founded by the founding fathers. he was a patriot who loved america and wanted america to live up to its promise. >> julia: thank you very much for joining us today. >> benjamin: on capitol hill, congress is taking the entire week off despite having missed deadlines for passing key parts of president biden's agenda including police reform. >> congress wrapped up on friday getting ready for a full week after already going past the deadline president biden and imposed for police reform, the one-year anniversary on torchlight staff. it was also off the table and talks. democrats gave top billing and

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Fox News Live-20210531-13:09:00

they're trying to support the will of the majority and they will be able to do that. and by the way, this is the minority and the texas legislature. you've a lot of democrats in washington trying to get rid of the filibuster and block the rights for the minority. in this case, the republican minority to block legislation. in texas, they are celebrating the minority for a final walkout and filibustering and fulfilling this bill. there's a little bit of hypocrisy going on here. >> julia: i want to move on to another topic which is interesting. it is sort of like we are rewriting history here. the legislature in republicans controlled states across the nation are moving to redefine what race related ideas can be taught in public schools and colleges. it is sort of begging the question if students are being given a whitewashed version of history. at least 16 states are considering or have actually signed into law bills that would

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Fox News Live-20210531-13:12:00

called it we the people act. there were big campaign promises that were going broke in, talking about raising the minimum rates to $15 an hour. and the president's first budget proposal which was released on friday, president biden didn't include promises like canceling student debt. democrats say that republicans are the ones to blame. minority leader mitch mcconnell has already said that his goal is to defeat the agenda of this administration. we had a vote on the january 6th riots and only had six strong souls to vote with us. i don't think there is necessarily go to well to albino negotiations. >> despite the slow pace, at least two democrats are still opposed to the idea of

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