he didn't get his money from dan patrick. even after he pointed to additional evidence of voter fraud. again in his home state yes, there was the dude in 44, pennsylvania. that was a read real state. he did get arrested for forging an absentee ballot and his dead mother's name, so he could cast a fraudulent vote for trump with her ballot. but he was not the only one. there was another pennsylvania guy, this one in delaware county pennsylvania. he filled out a voter registration of application for his mother as well. although his mother had been dead for a dozen years. >> the guy then requested and submitted an absentee ballot in her name with a vote for donald trump for 20 president in 2020. when the state of pennsylvania flagged his mother's voter registration as belonging to an obviously the person, this guy and get up signed-ing signing and sending about a letter to the states wearing that she was in fact, still a light. he did that all in order to deliberately cast a single fraudulent vote for donald trump. he pled guilty

lieutenant governor dan patrick was ready to pay up to $1 million to anyone who could find evidence of the supposed voter fraud that president trump said had cost him the election. and this $1 million prize was not just for people in texas. it was an offer valid in all 50 states. quote, whistle-blowers and tipsters turn over their evidence to local law enforcement. anyone who provides that leads to an arrest and find conviction of voter fraud will be paid a minimum of $25,000 but up to $1 million. wow. and wouldn't you know it, soon after texas' lieutenant governor dan patrick threw that chum into the water. he got a bite. oddly, he got it from somebody who has the same job he has in a different state. the lieutenant governor in pennsylvania, john fetterman, said he had taken on the challenge frommen dan patrick and, bingo, instantly he hit pay dirt. he said he had bang-up sure-fire evidence of a instance of real voter fraud in the 2020 election in his home state of pennsylvania and it was maybe not the kind of voter fraud his texas counterpart was hoping for, but john fetterman tried

you wrote that lieutenant governor dan patrick affected free speech. bullet museum proves that it's a propaganda outlet. as for his factory comment, while a dozen people professional historians disagree. and you have to of course forget the alamo texas legislature. please tell me the story of how you're book event with their co-offers bryan borough and jason stanford caught scheduled and then canceled. >> well, they reached out to us as soon as they found out that we were doing this book. we had spoken to the program manager months in advance once we had a publication in june 8th. we talked about it again and said yes we want you here. we had a lot of demand for speaking including one from the rioters fleet of texas so we thought let's do a joint events. let's get these two groups together. we're gonna do it virtually anyway and the bullet said okay. will supply the website and register the attendees and we will make this happen. then, a right-wing extremist group called the texas public policy foundation starts tweeting about it. they are particularly

texas governor dan patrick is standing by to talk to us. let's go to casey stiegel from austin. >> good morning to you. today marks one week since the special legislative session began here in austin. but as we know by now, it was fairly short lived with only four days into the session, the democrats pulled another disappearing act. we should tell you that work is still being done here in austin at the state capitol. the senate has been voting and passing bills but with no quorum in the lower chamber zero legislation can become law. the house speaker is calling for any lawmaker intentionally missing the session to return their $221 daily per diem while the governor continues to vow calling as many special sessions as needed once this one expires. >> they have a job to do. let me tell you something texas voters are going to be extremely angry at the texas house members for not showing up and not doing their job. >> a handful of democratic state senators, at least nine, have joined their house colleagues now in d.c. some have indicated they b

this guy is quite questionable, this dan patrick, who was -- who is out of the state american -- state of maryland, who has a shaming background and is coming to texas and had a talk show alex jones. is very racist and race -- it is very racist and anything beyond what democrats would give people their rights. he would tax the attorney general, who has been under federal indictment since 2017, i believe, maybe earlier than that, on criminal fraud charges and so forth. and of course trump's justice department did not want to press the issue. these are people who are the worst kind of criminals you can possibly have. host: mr. cook? guest: my dog is in a nearby room and is not happy. host: we understand that. we get television. guest: when i am not talking, i will be muted. under the texas constitution scum of the lieutenant governor really does have more power, constitutionally, than the governor does. with the legislature and all this. so that is absolutely true. and the only exception to that is if you have a governor who is very assertive, and like george w. bush, a democratic speake

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dan patrick was asked about it. i want to may his response and hear what you have to say about it. here's what lieutenant governor dan patrick had to say about what would happen if democrats walk out en masse again. take a listen. >> if they leave, they're stuck. because i think that when you look at the '22 election, november a year from now, independent voters, democrats may stick with some of them. even democratic voters will be upset. it's one thing having anarchy in the sfreets but when you run for office and win you have a constitutional duty to show up. she should show up. if they walk out again, that will be on them. i believe them stay but we'll see what actions they are. the price would be too huge with the voters, i believe. >> so that should be -- that -- i know what that sounds like as a political reporter. that is -- that's the sound of i am poe tense. he's saying there's nothing we can do if you walk out again, the voters will punish you. can you stop it again? >> yes and no. i'll be perfectly honest. the law is not clear on how far the speaker can go. so first of al

i have to read your response to dan patrick because i retweeted a comment on it and literally dm me and come on my show. that is one of the reasons you are here. i need to book you immediately. you wrote that lieutenant governor dan patrick takes credit for oppressing free speech and policing thought in texas. a dozen people historians disagree. and #forgetthealamo. please tell us how the story with the book event got scheduled and then cancelled. >> well, the board reached out to us as soon as they found out we were doing this book. we had spoken to their program manager months in advance. once we had the publication date of june 8th, we talked to them again. they said, yes, we want you here. we had a lot of demand for speaking, including from the writers league of texas. we thought let's do an event. we're going to do it virtually anyway. the bullet said okay, we'll supply the website. we'll register the attendees and we'll make this happen. then a right wing extremist group called the texas public policy foundation starts tweeting about it. they are particularly incensed by the conte

patrick. dan, i'm going to believe it when i see it, but at least rhetorically, this is a huge course correction and admission of failure from the biden ministration. is it too little too late? >> it's much too little too late , laura, it is still bursting over the dam like a flood coming into the united states. i think the reason they did this , this goes back to trump policy is they are worried abou covid. right now, a lot of these peopl are coming from guatemala, i think their vaccination rate is about 12 percent or 14 percent, under a seven or 8 percent, so you have a lot of potential covid cases coming in and of course, that's an issue for the as you talked about at the top of the show, this has gotten ou of hand. i think that's what it's about. >> it's a massive percentage. we're not being told everything but apparently it's a very high percentage of the illegals that are coming into the country hav tested positive for this delta variant. you can't tell americans vaccinated, unvaccinated

tonight, republican lieutenant governor dan patrick telling our station ktrk, democrats are abandoning their responsibility. >> that's not how you conduct business in government. that's anarchy at the capitol. >> reporter: but vice president kamala harris cheering them on. >> i applaud them standing for the rights of all americans and all texans to express their voice through their vote, unencumbered. >> all right, rachel scott. tonight, those texas lawmakers are heading to the nation's capital. they say they're willing to stay there for weeks, if they have to, all to block this texas bill? >> reporter: yes, and david, these democrats are trying to make a point that this is much larger than texas. already, we have seen 16 states pass laws that make it tougher for people to vote. this is about putting pressure on congress to pass voting rights legislation and tomorrow, president biden will be in philadelphia to make the case. david? >> rachel scott live in washington. rachel, thank you. >>> and now to those rare and historic images from cuba. protesters in the streets, angry over the la

joining me down is texas lieutenant governor dan patrick. did i leave anything out? >> i am happy to debate any democrat on senate bill 1. senate bill 7 failed when the democrats walked out. tomorrow we will pass this bill probably tuesday next week. there is nothing this this bill that has anything to do with voter suppression. i am offended when any democrat says to me the republicans are trying to stifle their vote. it's not true. you never hear this, but here are the facts. when we passed photo voter i.d. in 2011, they said the same thing. what happened since 2011? texas has increased voting turnout more than any other state in the union. we have increased gubernatorial turnout 76% and in 2011, only 58% of registered voters voted. in 2020, 68%. we are leading the nation. beto o'rourke and castro lies about it. these are lies. this jim crow 2.0nonsense, if anyone understands jim crow it's the democrats because they held african-americans down decade after decade. >> laura: dan, what they say is if it wasn't broke, why are you trying to fix it? why put new provisio

that was welcome news to texas lieutenant governor dan patrick. >> much too little too late, they are worried about covid, right now a lot of these people are coming from guatemala. there vaccination rate is 12%, 14%, honduras, 7% to 8% a lot of potential covid cases coming in. >> the health provision protecting americans from covid, 750,000 migrants this fiscal year is the rio grande valley secretary sing-along hundred% spike among migrant detainees and that full worries tom homan. >> the us government released hundreds of covid positive people into the interior bye-bye filibuster, plane ticket, us citizens held accountable in the southwest border is wide open. jillian: some members of congress led by representative iona presley are demanding the administration immediately lift title 42 and when asked about it she had little to say. >> what about the spread of covid? the cbp confirmed the 900% increase in that but you are not worried? are you asking secretary mayorkas to ignore? >> border patrol agents arrested two game, members and two, migrants convicted of sex crimes. >> a lot of

joining me is texas was in the governor dan patrick, did i leave anything out? horrific anti-voting rights legislation you guys are pushing, just shocking. >> i'm happy to debate any democrat any time on senate bill one, we passed senate bill 7 throughout the senate but it failed in the house. we have our hearings beginning tomorrow and we will pass this bill tuesday or wednesday next week on the senate floor and there's nothing in this bill that has anything to do with voter suppression. i'm offended when any democrats is to me the republicans are trying to stifle their vote, just not true and you never hear this but here are the facts. when we pass photo voter id in 2011 i was one of the authors of the bill, they said the same thing. what happened to 2011? texas had increased voting turnout more than any other state in the union. we have increased gubernatorial turnout 76%, presidential elections, 41% and in 2011.58% of registered voters voted. in 2020 nearly 68%. we are leading the nation 95% of all texans, democrats are independent, republicans that it is ea

. >> reporter: as the special session gaveled in, governor dan patrick made it very clear elections were a top priority. i will tell you that although the text of the bill has not been made public yet, the senate has scheduled a public hearing on it on saturday. not much time for the public to read up. the house filed an elections bill last night. i will tell you it's similar to the bill the democrats drafted, killing it during the regular session. we're talking about things like banning dhruv-through and 24-hour voting, making it a felony for them to send in a solicited ballot. noticeably missing are some items that have been shoved in during the regular session a at the last minute by banning sunday morning voting thus making souls to the polls useless. neither is lowering the threshold for overturning an election. some see it as a small victory that came from their walkout. but they came to fight. everyone that i have spoken to with the democratic party here in texas has said that every option is on the the table, that they're not going to let the governor basically force their hand o

patrick. >> too little too late. they are worried about covid. a lot of these people coming from guatemala, it is 14%, honduras 7% to 8% so you have a lot of potential covid cases coming in. >> the administration has title 42, 750,000 this fiscal year as the hardest hit sector seeing a spike among migrant detainees. we asked tom home and about the pose to americans. >> the us citizens, the southwest border is wide open. >> the members of congress led by anna presley demanding the administration lift title 42 but when asked about it she had little to say. >> are you concerned that it would increase the spread of covid, if the cdp confirm there's 900% increase, you're not worried it would do that? are you asking secretary mayorkas to ignore? >> reporter: in the rgb, arrested two gaining members convicted of sex crimes over the weekend. todd: i like it. i don't think ayanna presley would enjoy. the question, is this reversal too little too late, why are they reversing course at this point. i think they are trying to hav

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want to bring in texas lieutenant governor dan patrick. you've been listening there. dana and i were watching this, too and reflecting on arizona and supreme court ruling from two weeks ago. can these democrats show where a voter in texas was disenfranchised or could be disenfranchised based on this law or the laws of yesterday? >> great question, bill. the answer is no. this is a bill about verification of signatures in the mail and allowing people to mail in their ballots to track their mail-in ballots and about transparency. livestreaming voting centers and expanding voting hours or adding voting hours, not being hooked up to the internet so no would be can be hacked. a paper trail to verify votes. nothing to do with voter suppression. what you just heard were not only lies, these were damn lies. this idea they're fighting for texas, give me a break. you don't run from a fight. they have a constitutional obligation when they are elected for office to show up. instead they take their case of beer, wine, whiskey x go on a plane and go to washington, d.c. who by the w

this dan patrick, who was out -- who is out of the state of maryland, who has a strange, shady background and it is coming to texas and had a talk show like alex jones. and it's very racist and anti-anything that would be democratic or would give people their rights. he along with paxton, the attorney general, who has been under federal indictment since 2017, i believe, maybe earlier than that, on criminal fraud charges and so forth. and of course, trump's justice department did not want to press the issue. and these are people who are the worst kind of criminals you can possibly have. >> mr. cook? >> i had to mute the thing. the dog is in a nearby room and is not happy. >> we're totally fine with that. we understand zoom television. >> when i'm not talking, i'm going to mute. factually speaking, the caller is exactly right. under the texas constitution, the lieutenant governor really does have more power constitutionally than the governor does. with the legislature and all this. that is absolutely true. and the only sort of exception to that is if you've got a governor that is like very

texas lieutenant governor dan patrick joins us live in just minutes. the health

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texas lieutenant governor dan patrick joins us live in just minutes. the health department and one north carolina county is knocking on doors offering vaccines to people right there on the spot. convenient or creepy? our panel standing by, plus the continued division of vaccine mandates for kids. and there are new questions and i about the u.s. navy is ready for war. i could say i focus on diversity training is threatening the country's security. texas democrats vowed to stay in washington as long as it takes rather than vote on a bill they oppose. kevin corke is following the story for us tonight. >> good evening. the irony of irony, especially if the party that has repeatedly claimed that our democracy is under assault. it is curious that its members in texas would more or less thwart the will of the people by flaying and refusing to do their jobs. the very same party, mind you, that while here in washington, is hoping to abolish the filibuster while more or less using a similar tactic back home. >> democrats from the texas state legislature are in w

wrote that lieutenant governor dan patrick takes red credit for oppressing free speech and policing thought in texas. bulluck museum proves it's a propaganda outlet. tell me the story of the book event, how it got scheduled and canceled. >> bullock reached out as soon as they found out we were doing this book. had spoken to program manager months in advance once we had the publication date of june 8th, we talked to them again, said yes, we want you here. we had a lot of demand for speaking, including from the writers league of texas. thought do a joint event, get the two groups together, do it virtually anyway, and bullock said we'll supply the website and register attendees and make this happen. then a right-wing extremist group called texas public policy foundation starts tweeting about this. they're particularly incensed by the content of our book. so we checked in with the bullock, no problem, we've done controversial stuff before. besides the "wall street journal" had smu history professor talk about how great the book is, ut professor said this is old news, most interesting part is th

texas lieutenant governor dan patrick says republicans are not backing down. insisting these bills will be passed. >> we do have senators in washington. but i have a core in the senate. we'll pass out this bill today.c >> we're going to do our work all week. >> joining me with the latest is abby livingston. abby, good to have you with us. i'm curious, first of all, to just get a quick readup on the situation. as it is playing out inside the texas state house. what can you tell usid about th? >> it is getting uglier by the hour. the texas republican party has been deeply divided since -- for about five years, since donald trump took over. and republicans are effectively united in a way i haven't seen against the democrats. theret are threats to arrest them. the i talked to some of the legislators, the democrats on the capitol -- u.s. capitol today. they were pretty ready to go to jail. that is not doable i wouldn't think in the district of tr columbia. it's a different jurisdiction. the folks are pretty on stinant. thafr escalating by the day if not the hour. a

it is interesting, here is what dan patrick said a bubble would happen if democrats walk out in mass again. out i >> if they leave, they are stuck. but i think that when you look at the 22 election, november, a year from now, independent voters -- democrats may stick with some of them but even democrats will be upset. they will say that this is anarchy. it's one thing to have anarchy in the streets, but when you run for office and when you have a constitutional duty to show up and they should show up, if they walk out again, that will be on them. i believe that they will stay. we will see what their actions are. the price they would pay would be too huge with the voters, i believe. >> so that to me, i know what that sounds like as a political reporter, that's the sound of impotence. he's saying basically that there's nothing we can do if you walk out again, voters will punish you. am i right that if you just walk out again, can you stop it again? >> yes and no. i'll be perfectly honest. the law is not clear on how far the speaker can go. so first of all the lieutenant government has

representative hinojosa, "the new york times" reports the tag team of governor greg abbott and dan patrick have one of the hardest right turns in history. can you give context for folks who might not be as familiar what is happening with texas state politics, what exactly it is you're up against in your home sfat. >> right now, our governor is out of control in retaliation for our act of killing his bill that would make it harder to vote, that would infringe upon the freedom to vote, he defunded our entire legislature. so we have staff members right now who don't know if they'll be getting paid in august. we in the last six months in our regular session, we essentially banned abortion, we essentially criminalized or we did criminalize homelessness. we removed the requirement to have a permit to carry a gun in public. before this legislation, you needed to pass a background check and have training to get a permit to carry a gun in public. that's gone. so yes, this has been a radically right legislative session, and now what they have done at the end of that session is make it harder for tex

patrick at the conservative political action conference over the weekend, telling the crowd that if they lose texas, they'll lose the entire country. >> in texas, we are the last man standing there are a lot of conservative and red states around the country, but if we fall, america falls. the electoral votes of new york, california, and new york, combined together, means we could never elect a conservative or republican to the white house ever, again. i can tell you, that, as the lieutenant governor of this great state, that i am blessed and honored to serve, we're not, ever, going to let that happen >> seth: why do these guys always sound like overexcited larpers in the park? "by order of the queen, i shall not allow this heresy. "calm down, dan. you work at hobby lobby. so now, though, they're just admitting it they don't want to lose texas. that's what this is all about. and it's one thing to say we can't lose texas, so we have to work on our message and our policies it's another to say we can't lose texas, so we're changing the rules. it's like subway deciding between actually u

., former homeland security security text chad wolf, texas lieutenant governor dan patrick, and congresswoman of colorado and the former president himself is set to give the closing speech tomorrow. let's go to nbc's alley ali vitali. what are the themes you're hearing this weekend? >> reporter: a lot of this are things we talked about over the course of the last few weeks and months as i've been attending these conservative rallies. there's a juxtaposition by being in texas, cpac is here and the special legislative session happening in the capital where they're working through issues trying to make them legally tangible as opposed to just ideas that are talked about in spaces such as this. the special session taking into play things like banning critical race theory. there's also the restrictive voting bill that we've been following for the last few weeks as it's been blocked by democrats there, but republicans hope to push it through over the course of the next few days during this special session. all of those ideas are things that are talked about in rooms such as this one. donald trump j

through the end of the session early august, texas lieutenant governor dan patrick says they have to return home at some point. >> if they come back to texas they don't come back to the capitol the state troopers will bring them to the capitol. i've held the democrats in the senate. we have a quorum in the senate and we're working every day. >> bill: yesterday vice president kamala harris met with the texas house members. more than 50 of them praising their work and offering her support. as for the democrats' response about abandoning post yet continuing to still be paid, listen. >> fighting four our constituents being here and not allowing the republicans in austin to steam roll the voting rights of our constituents. that's exactly what we're doing. so we are working harder doing what we're doing right now than if we had stayed in the chamber. >> still not clear at this point if they'll get a sit-down with president biden himself. >> bill: casey stiegel in austin. >> dana: let's bring in texas senator john cornyn. if it's the most important issue since the civil war you would imagin

lieutenant governor dan patrick and attorney general ken paxton, however, some notable texas republicans that are here. a big weekend, no doubt, in texas. jacqui: all right. casey stegall, thank you so much. griff? griff: joining us now fresh off his appearance at cpac, republican senator if tennessee, a member of the senate appropriations committee, bill hagerty. senator, thank you for taking time. let's start with your address to the folks at cpac. what did you tell them? >> well, griff, it's great to be back with you. we talked a lot about the threats that face our nation and the fact that the biden administration is opening the door to so many of the adversaries that we had done such a good job under president trump's leadership of showing strength and the fortitude of america. what we're seeing right now are the knee-jerk policies that biden has used, collapsing our border, kowtowing to the w.h.o. and refunding them, nord stream 2, letting the russians have that pipeline, entering the s.t.a.r.t. deal with the russians, getting nothing in return and, certainly, if you look at what we

here is lieutenant governor dan patrick trying to fight for more resources for your area. take a listen here. >> what do these people do when they get past the border check and they go into america? where do they go? where does the 15-year-old go who doesn't speak english and three grade levels behind? how does he get a job? he is not a citizen. how about adults? where do the people go in the community? what happens to them? nobody follows their trail of what happens to these people. >> dana: the other thing is, sir, that can anyone justify the hypocrisy of keeping canadians coming in from the northern border but leaving the southerner border more open. >> that's one of the issues we were talking about. we know we have problems. i like to say that it is not a border issue, it's an immigration issue. they need to take care of it in washington they haven't been able to. we keep on imploring let's do it. we talked to the white house through the governor's office and trying to get them to do something. even though it's still not affecting us too bad a couple weeks ago it is ge

brian: do you really think after talking to dan patrick and the governor, do you really think they want to get rid of minority -- you could tell racism when you see it, do you think they are being racist in putting any of these things together? do you think they don't want minorities to vote? >> well, i know that it seems to me that having a smaller tent is what they're after. and, in fact, i had to argue that we have an expression of intent in the bill and what it's supposed to do. i raised the point yesterday with them that shouldn't the intent be to increase access to voting, which is not in there at this point? and so the author -- that should be one of the provisions in the bill regarding intent. and so, i don't call them racist. i don't say that but i do know in the application of the provisions that they are advocating, it has the disproportionate impact on minority. and black folks and brown folks. brian: i have not seen the stats that say minorities need to drive threw. i would just like to add this. you have confirmed that you are in talks with trying to work this out. but you

this guy is quite questionable, this dan patrick, who was -- who is out of the state american -- state of maryland, who has a shaming background and is coming to texas and had a talk show alex jones. is very racist and race -- it is very racist and anything beyond what democrats would give people their rights. he would tax the attorney general, who has been under federal indictment since 2017, i believe, maybe earlier than that, on criminal fraud charges and so forth. and of course trump's justice department did not want to press the issue. these are people who are the worst kind of criminals you can possibly have. host: mr. cook? guest: my dog is in a nearby room and is not happy. host: we understand that. we get television. guest: when i am not talking, i will be muted. under the texas constitution scum of the lieutenant governor really does have more power, constitutionally, than the governor does. with the legislature and all this. so that is absolutely true. and the only exception to that is if you have a governor who is very assertive, and like george w. bush, a democratic speake

having expedited removal is a positive step it is just a step according to the lieutenant governor dan patrick. >> much too little too late, laura, it's still bursting over the dam like a flood coming into the united states. i think the reason they did this, laura, this goes back to a trump policy is they are worried about covid. right now a lot of these people are coming from guam, i think their vaccination rate is about 12%, 14%, honduras 7% to 8%. they have a lot of potential covid cases come in. and, of course, that is an issue for them as you talked about on the top of the show. this has gotten out of hand. he said he would control this. i think that's what this is about. >> he makes a great point, as the administration says right now regarding covid, the pandemic is with the unvaccinated and 99% of the people coming in on our southern border are unvaccinated. we are still restricting international travel unless you want to come into the united states of america and that come on in here and you probably have covid. brian: 671 new covid cases reported on monday in hidalgo county on

meanwhile lieutenant governor dan patrick they are flying to have d.c. on a private jet with a case of miller lite. steve: not even texas beer. lawrence: abandoning their constituents while the senate still works. ainsley: how about what the governor said. the governor said when they come back, they will be arrested, listen to this. >> they are the most untexan thing have you ever heard? texans running from a fight? they are quitters. like during a football game or baseball game, taking their equipment when they are way behind and just leaving the field. that is not the way that texas -- texans do things. once they step back into the state of texas, they will be arrested and brought to the texas capitol and we will be conducting business. steve: and they will be arrested under procedure known as a call of the house which allows law enforcement to track down lawmakers already fled. lawrence: with the state police which is why they went to the district of columbia to handle that. if they went to another state the state police coordinates with other state o

dan springer on the toll it is taking and still could be taking. dan, what's the latest? reporter: neil, the latest the temperatures came down in western washington and western oregon thankfully. on tuesday they moderated. we're past the worst of it by far but each year 700 americans die from extreme heat. this summer is turning out especially deadly with the pacific northwest heat wave, this record-setting heat wave that saw temperatures soar 40 degrees normal this time of year. oregon was hit the hardest. portland saw temperatures on sunday and monday of 112 and 114 degrees. before this event the previous high was 107. of 63 heat related delts this week ha were in multnomah county which includes portland. most were in their homes found without air-conditioning and fans. this heat wave was accurately predicted days in advance. hundred of cooling stations were set up in oregon and washington. millions of people took advantage of them and all the cool water in the region. most of those who died, were i am possible and had underlying health problems. >> we were aggressive i