election, in texas. the state's biggest county used 24-hour voting for a single day, just a single day, on the thursday before the election. "the new york times" described some of the middle-of-the-night voters as fast-food workers, nurses, construction workers, night owls, and other-late-shift workers. texas republicans do not want those people to vote, again, because they might vote for democrats. some of the restrictions on texas voting proposed by the legislature would apply only in counties with populations of more than 1 million. that means, of course, the big cities of texas. the places, where democrats live. texas-based companies, such as american airlines and dell technologies say they are opposed to restrictions on the right to vote, like banning drive-through voting, which was used by 127,000 voters in the state's biggest county. texas is the biggest state where the legislature is trying to restrict the right to vote. there is no more forceful opponent of restricting the right to vote in texas

texas hasn't voted for a democrat for president since carter in 1976 but it seems texas republicans are now very afraid of texas becoming the next georgia, the next southern republican state to go democratic. and in an interview with the dallas morning news, former obama administration attorney general eric holder sharply criticized pending legislation in texas that would limit voting hours, restrict the number of voting machines at county wide polling places, ban officials from sended ballots to voters and provide more access at election sites to poll workers. the what the hell does that have to do with election integrity holder told the dallas morning news. they have come up with diabolical ways in which to cripple people from getting the polls and get there in a really easy way. texas had its largest voter turnout in decades in the last election when 66% of texas 17 million registered voters cast a ballot in the presidential election. according to the brennan center for justice the texas legislature is considering right now more than 100 proposals to severely restrict vote rights and

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this is about texas, and texas elections. we had democrats testify under oath about cheating, with mail ballots, with people claiming to offer assistance. we responded to what democrats told us under oath in front of the senate committee. >> are you really saying that this bill is predicated on what democrats had testified to? democrats have come out and said that it will disproportionately hurt minorities in texas because more than half of those voting at those drive-through locations were minorities, according to one democratic lawmaker. >> i'm not -- >> on why these voting methods are insecure or are unsecure, or where you see the fraud in these voting -- can you show us -- >> i certainly can. when i say democrats, i don't mean the politicians repeating talking points from washington. i mean on the ground process, i'm talking about law enforcement. in my district let me give you an example. in my district in east texas i have a county commissioner under criminal indictment with some other folks for mail ballot fraud. now t

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what do you think that's going to mean for texas and what will the texas the republican texas legislature do to try to assure that those are republican seats? >> it makes the fight to secure voting rights, the ability for any eligible texan to cast their ballot, that much more important because lawrence, i'm convinced with 40 electoral college votes, texas now clearly becomes the biggest swing state in the country, and could very well decide the next presidential election, or perhaps the next 10 presidential elections. and as population growth that has produced these new two new congressional seats, has been brought about by young by people of color. and by those who've chosen to come to this state. it's it's the future knocking on the door of this country. and republicans in texas are trying to bar the door shut before these folks can get in and cast a ballot nearly 7 million texans in 2020 did not vote because this is the most voter suppressed state in the union. 750 polling place closures the racial gerrymander that you talked about at the top of the show the most onerous voter id laws

in texas. the state's biggest county use 24-hour voting for a single day, just a single day, on the thursday before the election. the new york times describes some of the middle of the night voters as, fast food workers, nurses, construction, workers night owls, and other and late shift workers. texas republicans do not want those people to vote again, because they might vote for democrats. some of the restrictions on texas voting put posed by the legislator were put only in counties with populations of more than 1 million. that means of course, the big cities of texas. the places where democrats live. texas-based companies, such as american airlines and dental technology say they are opposed to a voting, drive-through voting, which was used by 127,000 voters in the state's biggest county. texas is the biggest state, where the legislator is trying to restrict the right to vote. there is no more forceful opponent, of restricting the right to vote in texas, then our first guest tonight, leading o

joining us now texas governor greg abbott. governor, let's start with the surge of illegal immigration across the border. in march more than 172,000 border stops across the state and that is the highest in 20 years, more than 20000 unaccompanied minors now in federal custody and there is a report in "the new york times", governor, that the government now projects more than 35000 unaccompanied minors in federal custody by june. one, could it get that bad and two, what is the biggest single thing that president biden could do to stop the surge? >> first, chris, i will tell you that candidly expect the number to be far higher. i do want to go back to something he said initially. you talked about the conservative critics of the biden administration and this is a bipartisan response. this is a bipartisan response to the biden administration. democratic members of the congress and democrat members of the state legislator, as well as democrat local officials who are pushing back against the biden administration as much as conservativ

to my left is texas governor greg abbott. his state has the second highest gdp growth in the last quarter. that's because he put his constituents and their economic well-being first. along with us is iowa governor, kim reynolds because her state was one of the first to open up schools for in-person learning. also here, nebraska governor, pete ricketts. his state has 2.9% unemployment rate. our final red state trail blazer, mississippi governor, tate reeves. his state could soon ease restrictions on all indoor activities as well. these are your red state trail blazers. let's give them a round of applause, all five. [cheers & applause] all right. so tonight this is going to be kind of wild. we're going to talk to them about how they led their state, the way they led them, the strategies that they decided to use, communication, policy-wise all to preserve economic freedom and advance the freedom that we've become accustomed to having and others were eager to take away. it's not just limited to covid. we'll discuss how they plann

not in texas. i've got a lawsuit here and will sue biden if he threatens texan's second amendment rights. so let's just be clear, these tweets came on the day of a shooting in texas, and on the day that biden announced he's taking executive action on gun legislation. here's what he said. >> whether congress acts or not, i'm going to use all the resources at my disposal to keep the american people safe from gun violence. but there's much more congress can do to help that effort, and they can do it right now. they've offered plenty of thoughts and players, members of congress. but they have passed not a single new federal law to reduce gun violence. enough prayers. time for some action. >> well, there are more prayers after he said that. another shooting today. cedric richmond joins me now. let me just ask you, this comes on the way of this horrific shooting. and, you know, as joe biden made that announcement, the governor of texas says you can't take away our guns, not in texas. and then, of course,

>> that's exactly what the texas department of public safety as well as the texas national guard are doing. they are enforcing the law by going into these stash houses, by making arrests, making apprehensions. doing everything the biden administration is supposed to be doing but even more than that. because what happens is these cartels know exactly what they're doing and the distract the border patrol so they can try to sneak into the u.s. drugs are people from terrorist sponsor nations and that's exactly why we need texas law enforcement filling the gap so that we can detect and crackdown on crimes like that there may be coming across the border. >> sean: exit question. can you send them right back and take it out? >> that's up to the federal government. >> sean: wow. that's unbelievable. are they going to pay you all the money you have to now spend? i doubt it. >> we are asking the federal government to reimburse texas for the costs that we are incurring because of this. >> sean: sue them if they don't give it to you. thank you, governor. coming up, biden, democrats continued to u

lawrence: i'm always texas. texas rangers. jillian: there are two teams in texas. lawrence: there's two teams. as troughs -- astros. jillian: good morning, i'm jillian mele. lawrence: i'm lawrence jones in for todd piro. we start at the border, members of the biden administration plan to travel to guatemala and el salvador today. jillian: doug luzader joins us live from washington as the surge of immigrants increases by the day. >> reporter: we have republicans talking about the crisis along the border, what's happening there and then you have the biden administration talking about trying to go after the root causes of this crisis, with administration officials traveling this week to guatemala and el salvador. what's happening at the border is really alarming. some of the new numbers bear this out. this is the biggest surge we have seen in decades with preliminary figures showing some 171,000 immigrants were caught along the southern border just last month. >> we're going to continue to see the surges and the great numbers of children, especially children here at o

texas was about 200,000 people away. host: our question for our viewers this morning's did you move to a new state in the last 10 years? you write in your piece another quote from your story, we continue to see movement to the sunbelt but not quite as dramatically in the past. the great recession held it up a little bit in the giving of the decade. people are leaving coastal costly places, i think california is a piece of that. that is from william fray. what did you find, what did he find in these numbers? guest: one of the things that really stood out to me with these population numbers over the last decade is just how much of a hangover we are still feeling in the great recession. one of the things they said is the u.s. population grew by 7.4% over the last decade, seconds lowest growth rate for any senses since we started counting people. the only other one that was slower was the decade of the 1930's, lori dealing with? the depression. the hangover from this, these economic disasters we go through could last decades

work in texas right now. we need to support them, but you're right. in the united states senate, we need to amend the rules to the filibuster so we can pass democracy bills on a simple majority. and here's my opinion on the senators manchin and sinema. i believe ultimately they'll put country over party and put our democracy over any self-interest. they will do the right thing, because i think they also understand that this is the single greatest attack on our democracy in their lives. at least in their political lives. and they're going to do the right thing at the end of the day, but they need to hear from all of us and especially their constituents in west virginia and arizona. >> i do hope you're right. we'll have to leave it there. beto o'rourke, thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> the backlash to georgia's repressive voting law extends beyond the words of a few corporate ceos. today, following the major league baseball players association saying they would be open to moving the al

texas hasn't voted for a democrat for president since carter in 1976 but it seems texas republicans are now very afraid of texas becoming the next georgia, the next southern republican state to go democratic. and in an interview with the dallas morning news, former obama administration attorney general eric holder sharply criticized pending legislation in texas that would limit voting hours, restrict the number of voting machines at county wide polling places, ban officials from sending out unsolicited ballots to voters and provide more access at election sites to poll workers. what the hell does that have to do with election integrity, holder told the dallas morning news. they have come up with diabolical ways in which they are trying to cripple people from getting to the polls and get there in a really easy way. texas had its largest voter turnout in decades in the last election when 66% of texas' 17 million registered voters cast a ballot in the presidential election. according to the brennan center for justice the texas legislature is considering right now more than 100 proposals to

in texas, former harris county clerk chris hollins writes, quote, it's harder to vote in texas than any other state. in these bills becomes law, texas would be codifying the most regressive election policies since the racist jim crow era. communications director of move texas, charlie, you testified against the voter suppression efforts this week in the legislature. what is your message to lawmakers? >> well, thank you so much for having me. it's been a very long week. that testimony happened at about 1:00 a.m. after about 20 hours of colleagues testifying at 4:30 in the morning, spending almost a full day at the texas capitol, which is not something i would wish on anyone. but, you know, there's so much happening right now with these racist jim crow era laws being passed across the country. but in texas we still have a chance to stop them. what we're seeing from these corporations speaking out is they're seeing what's happening in georgia and they're not waiting until it's too late. but there's still more that they can do. there's still more that all of us can do. we have to be speakin

>> that's exactly what the texas department of public safety as well as the texas national guard are doing. they are enforcing the law by going into these stash houses, by making arrests, making apprehensions. doing everything the biden administration is supposed to be doing but even more than that. because what happens is these cartels know exactly what they're doing and they distract thein border patrol so they can try to sneak into the u.s. drugs are people from terrorist sponsor nations and that's exactly why we need texas law enforcement filling the gap soro that we can detect and crackdown on crimes like that there may be coming across the border. >> sean: exit question. can you send them right back and iktake it out? >> that's up to the federal government. >> sean: wow. that's unbelievable. are they going to pay you all the money you have to now spend? i doubt it. >> we are asking the federal government to reimburse texas for the costs that we are incurring because of this. >> sean: sue them if they don't give it to you. thank you, governor. coming up, biden, democrats giconti

texas wants the wall. how much money is that? how much more would -- how much would it cost to complete the wall to texas's satisfaction? guest: $500 billion is the estimate we have based on conversations we have had with leaders in texas, jessie. let me say that texas will get the money. really, the point of the piece that i wrote, just passing this along for an explanation, is that texas is getting the money. we really do not want all of the money coming to us from congress, $30 billion, most of which with strings attached, but part of that funding that has fewer strings would be the funding dedicated to infrastructure, roads, highways, wall. this is a decision that we need to be making this year. we need to be making a not only for the people of texas and the united states, but frankly, for the people who want to come here. we want them to come legally through a process that is transparent and efficient. this country and this state have been based on immigration since our founding, and to honor that and

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barrios of el paso, texas. originally now there were federalized in november of 1940 and moved to brownwood, texas and as more mexican americans arrived in the 36th division. they were placed into company e and they maintained a 100% all mexican-american unit all the way until they started taking casualties in world war ii next slide, please. here's a roster of of the men now. i'm not sure we can zoom in or not. but all of the officers in company e were anglo and every enlisted men was of mexican-american descent. next slide so here's here's a photo that was sent to me by ruth romero her father eduardo romo was a sergeant in in the unit and here's just a photo of them. training it also in brownwood, texas. next slide please. the unit continued to train in in the states, they were at camp blanding florida. they were taking part in the carolina maneuvers. they went to camp edwards. they trained at camp edwards. and eventually they would make it to north africa in april of 1943. and while they were at north africa

you have a sworn oath to uphold the laws of texas. i know you have put your rangers and guard on the border and they are doing their job. but the federal government is now facilitating aiding and abetting lawbreaking. my question is, what authorities governor of the state of texas do you have did not facilitate and partake in what a clear violations of the law? >> the state of texas has done in our approach to the migrant center set up is they are all completely run by federal authorities. the federal government have leases or otherwise own the land in which they have these child migrant senders. the state has no involvement so this is basically a federal run operation. that said, it doesn't matter on who property it is, it's a state crime in the state of texas that occurs we will put the elite investigative team in charge of it which is the texas rangers which is exactly what i did do to make sure that if a crime has occurred it will be investigated and be discovered and prosecuted. >> sean: anything you can do to stop the overcrowdi

i got in with two texas rangers. they are tow elite investigative force in the state of texas. child protective services and other agencies are not being allowed into this facility. i got to tell you looking at the facility from the inside and outside there was one thing apparent to me. there were absolutely no security, no guards, no law enforcement. no one who would be responsible for preventing something like this from happening. there were massively overcrowded facilities. there were so many people in there one of the complaints is that there are not enough adults who are there to supervise the children because the children far outnumber the superviseors and as a result they can give rise to allegations such as what we've seen with regard to sexual assault of a minor in addition to the other allegations that include exposing other minors to the spread of covid-19. the numbers that were provided to me by the staff at the location were roughly about 15% of these young children have covid with challenges about being able to contain the spread of that covid because these childr

joining us now, texas governor greg abbott. governor, let's start with the surge of illegal immigration across the border. in march, more than 172,000 border stops across the state, that's the highest in 20 years, more than 20,000 unaccompanied minors now in federal custody and there is a report of "the new york times," governor, that the government now projects more than 35,000 unaccompanied minors in federal custody by june. one, could it get that bad, and two, what's the biggest single thing that president biden could do to stop the search? >> governor abbott: first, chris, i will tell you that candidly i expect that number to be far higher. i do want to go back to something you said initially. you talked about a good conservative critics the biden administration. this is a bipartisan response to the biden administration because you have democrat members of the united states congress, you have democrat members of the state legislature as well as democrat local officials who are pushing back against the biden demonstration as

have the world series in arlington, texas where the texas rangers play. only to see they are now taking positions against the state of texas and against the state of georgia. let me tell you something, we have so many businesses from across the globe and across the united states who want to come here, we won't be helping out businesses that are criticizing texas leadership. we're creating an environment that's the best environment in the united states for business. what we did to help major league baseball to have the world series here last time we won't do anything like that again either for major league baseball or other businesses that want to criticize the leadership that has led to texas being the best state in the united states for business. >> bill: you mention the ceos of major companies. i didn't here united airlines. they are not based in texas. dan crenshaw, congressman from texas mentioned them and their policy in a tweet. travelers 18 years of age or older are required to have a valid current u.s. federal or state issued photo i.d. that conta

in the texas state house voted to advance one of those bills. we will have more on that development in just a moment. but of course, ground zero for the entire fight over voting rights has been georgia, which last month enacted a sweeping new law that limits absentee and early voting, gives the republican state legislature the authority to take over local election boards, and even criminalizes the act of giving snacks or water to voters waiting in line at polling places. georgia's governor is now defending that part of the law by reassuring georgia voters that folks waiting in long lines at polling places can just order food and water from grubhub or uber eats. problem solved. in case there is any doubt where all these restrictive voting laws are coming from, yesterday georgia's republican lieutenant governor admitted, he admitted on camera that his state's new law is the result of lies and misinformation about the 2020 election spread by donald trump and rudy giuliani. but if there is an enduring image that will stick with us forever from this

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the texas rangers. laura: this is one upmanship. >> two days ago yankee stadium had 10,400 people at a baseball game, mississippi state, we had 13,300 at a college baseball game. these great events are awesome but we work hard to make sure the support happens. we had kids moving from other states to florida because they weren't allowed to play in california or michigan, coming to high school here to play football or something and the amount of opportunity taken away from kids in these lockdown states has devastating consequences. >> some are basil and we have 95% of the team that started complete, we did safely and responsibly and we had people moving to iowa to play too. >> president biden got on the air and said we want everybody to be playing sports again, we were doing that last summer. together on the fourth of july, we were doing that last summer too. he's completely out of touch with what is going on in our state. he does not know what is going on. he should talk to governors more often and find

what we are seeing in texas and georgia is no surprise. it's encouraging that corporate america is speaking up and letting folks know that they don't want to have these voter suppression bills spread across the country. 47 states right now, 47 states are trying to implement restrictive provisions. so we need corporate america to speak up. we need voters to speak up and let people know that they want it easier to vote. it was so challenging in the middle of a pandemic to figure out how people were going to be able to vote in 2020. but i do also want to pull on the historical context here. so in texas and georgia, we are seeing these state provisions but those are both states that were covered under section 5 of the voting rights act. there are pieces of legislation in states we need to stop but also pieces of legislation in hr-1, and hr-4, john lewis advancement voting act that could be passed into law right now that could help expand access and protect the vote. >> you're talking about in congress, that law would supersede these state piec

texas republicans, we'll see. but they're well on their way to passing their draconian anti-voting rights bill as well because they can. which is going to put these big, powerful, influential corporations like coca-cola, in a place to decide what they're going to do next because just speaking out against bad bills and bad laws in republican-controlled states after those bills become law or when they're inadvertently on their inevitably on the way to become law, that doesn't put you on the right side of history if nat republicans in these states keep passing these anti-voting rights rollbacks, the only thing that's really going to save voting rights in those states and elsewhere, in fact, all around the country is senate bill 1, the for the people act, which is a voting -- which sets a voting rights floor for the whole country which no state could go below. as you know, the for the people act passed as h.r. 1 through the house. it's now senate bill 1 in the senate. if the heaviest hitters in corporate america have

texas public schools and not just the suburban variety either. when i came back here 20 years to start my career studying child development and educational inequality, i was really invested in the idea that texas might be a special place and in the broad topic. i wanted to say something else that what i read in this book and what i'm going to talk about today or what we are going to talk about today is very young children going to school. i don't know if anybody has been in a preschool setting recently but it is controlled chaos and it's hard to describe that. it takes a writer much more narrowly skilled than i am. when you're in a preschool classroom. as you know, and there's something about it that works and you feel it too. get bogged down in specifics and things like that, i force myself to remember the magical mayhem and what it feels like and what it sounds like and what it looks like and that's what keeps me going. >> yeah, i would agree with that. that's a wonderful term. i do want to mention to the audience right before we get into our c

>> at the texas rangers are doing, they're the lead investigative agency in the state of texas and they are going to get a bottle of this real quick they have been involved in assault allegations in the past and they always are able to prosecute it when it occurs in their undertaking the investigation as we speak right now regardless of any type of blackout that the biden administration tries to put on this issue. >> sean: do you agree with me, governor, when we show these videos of the cages, as we call them, pods, some plastic, some are wired. you know, we see such overcrowding. when i look at that, i see abusive conditions in the middle of a pandemic with a high positivity rate of covid-19 and these kids are on top of each other and they are there for days and weeks at a time. your child protective services is not even allowed in. do you see what i see? you see these kids abused? because i see that -- these are abusive conditions for kids that i see. >> we know for a fact based upon allegations that come from within side that center there in san antonio about the abuse allegations bu

american has a problem with the new texas rules to secure texas elections. american airlines is rebuking the texas voting bill which will become law. what is your answer to american airlines who has a problem with you and is headquartered in dallas? >> the left changed voter suppression, replacing border security with that term. we passed a strong bill that is voter security. we have two weeks of early voting. everything being said is a lie by the left. american airlines had the audacity to call my office and say we want to let you know this is not personal against the lt. governor or the governor but we are coming out against senate bill 7. they said we have not read the bill. has the ceo read the bill? no. the nerve of american airlines like these other corporations coming in and getting their nose this politics and they don't take the time to read a bill. i co take it personaly on behalf of the 18 senators who voted this out and the government's support. when they talk about voter suppression, they are talking about there must be racism. americans are so

of mcallen, texas. we brought you here to get a view of the river, how close it is to mexico. maria: what kind of narcotics volume are you seeing? >> here in this sector, we account for 40% of all narcotics seizure between the ports of entry. maria: what about the human trafficking, the smugglers taking people across. tell me about that, what kind of volume are you seeing there? >> okay. so last year we saw 90,000 entries, 90,000 the entire year. this year we're already close to 200,000. maria: they're coming here in boats and, what, swimming? how are they getting ayou cross? >> right now, there's a high likely chance that there's a smuggler in that brush just across us. this is a real popular spot. what they'll do is they'll pay a smuggler. when i mean they, the smuggler, the cartels, they pay these kids. usually they're juveniles. to stay in the trees all day and they're just scouting. that's what they call scouting. they're viewing where the agents are at. i'm sure they're calling there's an agent fu

in the texas state house voted to advance one of those bills. we will have more on that development in just a moment. >>> but of course, ground zero for the entire fight over voting rights has been georgia, which last month enacted a sweeping new law that limits absentee and early voting, gives the republican state legislature the authority to take over local election boards, and even criminalizes the act of giving snacks or water to voters waiting in line at polling places. georgia's governor is now defending that part of the law by reassuring georgia voters that folks waiting in long lines at polling places can just order food and water from grubhub or uber eats. problem solved. in case there is any doubt where all these restrictive voting laws are coming from, yesterday georgia's republican lieutenant governor admitted, he admitted on camera that his state's new law is the result of lies and misinformation about the 2020 election spread by donald trump and rudy giuliani. but if there is an enduring image that will stick with us forever from t

airlines in texas as well. in the past half hour or so, we're also hearing from at&t. a huge corporation also headquartered in texas. they also put out a statement telling texans to back off what they're trying to do. the statement from at&t is not as blunt as what we got from other corporations today, but still, this is happening quickly now and it's worth watching. and again, in terms of what's going on with the republican party and the republican party post trump, part of what's important here is in these republican-controlled states, this is republicans in the legislature being cleaved from business interests in those states. they would very much like to see themselves on the same side as those big interests, but they can't unless they decide they want to be on the right side of voting rights, and republicans in these states have decided the opposite. this could be consequential in a lot of ways. >>> on the democratic side of the ledger, today president biden held his first cabinet meeting. this, of course,

nehls, texas 22, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. nehls will vote yea on amendment number 4. thank you very much and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congressman cardenas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that congressman cardenas will vote no on amendment -- on the amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? ms. tenney: as the member designated by ms. stefanik, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote yea on amendment number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? ms. stevens: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. slotkin, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. slotkin will vote no on the miller-meeks amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. moore,

. >>> a maxima capacidad, los r rangers de texas estan en el primer juego de la klliga, adelantan la fecha al 19 de abril. >> (♪ música ♪) (♪ música ♪) >> cifras records de familias y niños migrantes los menores se enfrentan al drama de encontrarse solos en un poaís desconocido. así son recibido los niños y adolescentes migrantes que enfrentaron un viaje desde sus países de origen. >> hola buenas tardes-gracias por acompañarnos las desaparicierones forzadas siguen a la orden del día. iban en un auto por el estado de jalisco no hay pistas sobre su paradero. >> así es continúa un operativo par alocaloizar a una familia desaparecida de cinco personas, personas, quien desde el pasado 24 de marzo no se sabe nada de su paradero. la familia desapareciÓ en una de las carreteras del estado de jalisco. >>> la familia habÍa viajado a la ciudad de mÉxico para tomarse uno dÍas de vacaciones y desaparecieron cuando iban a guadalajara se tratan de 3 adultos y dos niÑos una importancia de solo un aÑo de edad >>> venÍan de mÉxico y les estuvimos marcando y en un coso tentar

we haven't always talked about texas. you're from texas. you live this. you know what it's like to be a black person in texas and right now all of these laws are actually focussed on black and brown people in texas. >> that's 100% true. i'm registered to vote in texas. and the reality, there's no -- democracy in the united states than the republican party. to listen to the gutless leadership of governor greg abbott and lieutenant governor dan patrick shows how sick and demented these people are. there was a news conference where patrick said how dare you request his integrity and that 18 republicans in the united states senate. well, we can. it's based upon a lie. you have to understand what is going on in texas. democrats have been highly successful in harris county, houston, dallas county, dallas, san antonio, the larger counties in texas. they have decimated the republican party in the suburbs. so this is what this was about. the democrats were five seats away from taking control of texas house in the last election. they didn't because any of those rep

this is not a new problem n. 2017, texas passed senate bill 5. a mail ballot passed with bipartisan support n. 2019, i introduced a bill last session. it didn't make it through the house. just like every other area of the law. when we see problems, we tie to improve them. so the system works better for everyone. >> just to be clear, are you not disputing the fact that again the attorney general in texas didn't find a single count of voter fraud, in fact, he only found 16 minor cases across the entire state. you say this bill makes it easier to vote. those are your words, it's strange credulity because it limits voting hours early from 24 hours to 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. maximum, totally bans ballot drop boxes and also completely bans drive-by voting. how does that make it easier to vote? >> the bill says if are you in line to vote and the polls close, you republican allowed to vote. that wasn't clear before. >> it's been clear. hold on, it's been clear since 1986. i went back. >> it's not been clear. >> it is a part of texas state election code si

so i really don't believe that it was anything to do with texas. it was just kind of like it was my time to get it, i don't know. >> reporter: are you going to get the vaccine? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> no, absolutely not. me and my husband are like hippies at heart. we're very cautious to what we're putting into our body. just seeing how strong my body was to fight off covid was so empowering. i'm not afraid to get it again. like, i'm just not afraid. >> reporter: being young and healthy puts you at less risk for serious complications. but covid-19 can have long-term health effects. clinical trials show vaccines are safe and effective, and recent polling also shows that vaccine resistance is declining as more americans are safely vaccinated. the political culture doesn't matter to everyone. sometimes it's just the policy. in october caroline moved so her daughters to go to school in person and play league soccer. >> my kids love sports and they didn't know what to do when they couldn't. online learning, they did it, but sitting in front of a

texas civil rights project. another tentacle of the organizing fight is the work that we do at the texas organizing project is we take it to the streets. for the second time, just yesterday, we were outside the dallas headquarters of at&t. demanding accountability and answers. and there is absolutely a role for businesses to play. businesses, especially, like at&t, that align themselves, following the uprisings, with the black lives matter movement. there -- this is time for the end of lip service and for companies, like at&t, to use their economic and political influence to help us bend history. there is, still, time on the clock, in texas, for these laws not -- for these proposed bills not to become laws. and it's going to take the totality of that organizing effort for that to happen. >> well, i know that georgia's a scary proposition, because it could be a window into the future of what happens with texas. and, brianna brown, you mentioned at&t, several times. and i will mention, once, but loudly, and defini

we will not allow this in texas. after the shooting in bryant, texas, the governor saying, he promises, quote, any help needed to prosecute the suspect and said he's praying for the victims. and president biden is calling for the senate to pass more substantial gun control, but that's unlikely any time soon. >>> there are several new developments in the sex scandal surrounding florida congressman matt gaetz. a close associate of gaetz is now expected to cut a plea deal. joel greenberg faces sex trafficking charges, and he could potentially serve as a witness against gaetz, who is under investigation for allegedly paying for sex and sleeping with a 17-year-old. and now "the daily beast" reports financial transactions show gaetz sent $900 to greenberg, and the next day greenberg reportedly sent that same amount of money to three young women. now, abc news has not verified "the daily beast" report and there's no evidence as to what the money was for. but greenberg's lawyer claims gaetz should be worried. >> i'm sure mat