and the state of texas. and that is where we stand united before you here today, in preserving not only the democracy in texas, but the democracy of the u.s. thank you for your time. [applause] and, i would like to, if she has arrived, call up the chair -- the vice chair of the house democratic caucus. in her absence, i would then like to call representative read about -- represent of read about -- call my colleague. >> thank you, thank you all for being here today. i used to live here in washington. i worked, like you, for the press, for pbs, and it is a proud, pleasing moment to be back here with my colleagues, as a member of the texas house. we are here in d.c., our nations capitol, because we want to protect the civil right to vote for millions of texans. we were quite literally forced to move and leave the state of texas. we also know that we are living right now on borrowed time in texas. and we can't stay here indefinitely. to run out the clock, to stop republican anti-voter bills. that is where we ne

we disagree in texas. we think anyone that comes to vote should be free of partisan poll workers engaged in an election site. we believe that texas democrats understand these bills because many of the people, several of the people here today, sought amendment to those amendments and they were accepted in the bills and the process that is have gone on. one member has been a member of the legislature for a number of years and no doubt knows that the laws of texas that are updated every two years are done in the best interest of all texans. but rather than continuing the debate, they broke quorum and they are trying to paralyze this progress that would be made on behalf of all texans. mr. chairman, i hope today that the testimony that we are going to offer today from a state representative clarity in particular will allow those elected representatives who are republicans in texas a chance to set the record straight about not only what is in these bills, but the need to make sure that texas works together and

house delegation from texas joined texas democratic state legislators to talk about the states special legislative session to vote on republican voting bills. texas state democrats have fled their home state to prevent the republican legislator from having a quorum to conduct his nist. this is about half an hour. -- conduct business. this is about half an hour. >> good morning, everybody. thank you very much for being here this morning. first of all, i want to thank all of our friends, democrats from texas legislator, for doing the right thing, coming to washington, d.c. to shine light on what's a very clearing topic and important topic, and that's voting rights. since 1965, since the voting rights act was passed in the 1960's, we have not seen this level of retro aggression in the right for people to cast their votes since that time. people need to do something about it, and this group is here today exactly doing that. they are standing up and doing the right thing. we are very happy to host this today. the first person you will hear from is the chair of the credit caucus in austin. h

the texas democrats. i'm joined by my colleague jonathan kaye part in washington. >> hi lawrence, as you know tonight is a little different than we had plans. and as you know, one week ago tonight more than 50 texas democrats effectively shut down a special session of the texas legislature in order to stop passage of the republican voter suppression bill. and they did this by coming to washington to plead for passage of to voting and elections proposals in congress. our plan was to have all of them together tonight in this room to talk about their fight to protect the right to vote. and everyone was going to be in this room, lawrence, had been vaccinated. >> and then came the saturday announcement that three texas democrats, all of them vaccinated, tested positive for covid. and today, we learned the three more vaccinated texas democrats have tested positive. tonight, we are told that those members are all isolating and experiencing mild symptoms. >> representatives julia canceled her wedding last week to

right now the texas legislature in texas is in session. the republican-led house and the republican-led senate in texas, they're trying to pass legislation that would make it significantly harder to vote in texas in a state where it is already not that easy to vote. the ways they are trying to change the voting laws in texas would disproportionately affect voters of colors and poor voters and with disabilities in particular and so texas democrats have bolted from the state. they left texas entirely tonight in a last-ditch effort to try to stop this bill from becoming law. now, those two planes i mentioned carrying texas democrats, those two planes have just landed at dulles airport just outside washington, d.c. they've landed just in the last hour. it is 51 democrats from the texas state house onboard the two planes. we are told at least seven other texas democrats are making their way to d.c. as well separately. if this sounds at all familiar to do, texas democrats pulling a big, tactical surprise move to try to save voting rights? it is

prairie, texas n the dallas-ft. worth region. as you just heard, more than 50 democratic members of the texas house have left texas to stop republicans from passing the latest iteration of their voter suppression legislation, and you're going to hear primarily from some of my colleagues today, because we have so many strong voices in our caucus. we want to give them the opportunity to speak to the public, but just for everyone's awareness, procedurally how this works is, there's 150 members of the texas house. it takes two-thirds of the body present to constitute a quorum, so 100 members, and we vote in texas and we register our attendance by use of voting machines on our desks, and minutes ago, at least 57 letters were delivered to the house journal clerk directing the house to lock our voting machines and not unlock them until we provide express permission to do so upon our return to the capitol. so with that, it is my privilege to introduce a great fighter a long time advocate in the fight for voting rights, my g

senators and texas legislators talked with reporters about voting rights, several texas lawmakers are in washington, d.c., after leaving there state to protest the governor's special legislative session to approve several republican bills. >> ok. all right. thank you, everyone. we stand here with these people of courage, with freedom fighters, who came to washington, d.c., to seek salvation because they are not going to be able to get that governor of texas to protect the voting rights of the people of texas. we know that. and instead of trying to make it easier for people to vote, the governor and republicans in the legislature have done everything to make it harder, including threatening these legislators over and over again. and they are standing their ground, just as we are standing our ground. know what the texas bill would do and why this is all about a concerted effort not just in texas, as rev. warnock will tell you, in georgia. that this is going on all over the country, to the point that we now have since the beginning of the year, the two laws to restrict voting that have b

we disagree in texas. we think anyone that comes to vote should be free of partisan poll workers engaged in an election site. we believe that texas democrats understand these bills because many of the people, several of the pele here today, sought amendment to those amendments and they were accepted in the bills and the process that is have gone on. one member has been a member of the legislature for a number of years and no doubt knows that the laws of texas that are updated every two years are done in the best interest of all texans. but rather than continuing the debate, they broke quorum and they are trying to paralyze this progress that would be made on behalf of all texans. mr. chairman, i hope today that the testimony that we are going to offer today from a state representative clarity in particular will allow those elected representatives who are republicans in texas a chance to set the record straight about not only what is in these bills, but the need to make sure that texas works together and pa

i will tell you, texas. the republican legislator decided your right to carry a gun is more important than your precious right to vo. amy: texas tech democrats flee to washington, d.c., to stop what they call a suppression session where republicans hope to pass a belt in the texas state legislature making it harder to vote in the battleground state that already has some of the toughest restrictions in the country. we will speak to one of those who left, state representative jarvis johnson, and the head of the texas democratic party. and if roe v. wade does not survive, can reproductive rights be preserved witut it? >> the right to choose reproductive freedom has never been in such dire straits. if we're going to make progress, need to quit hitting our heads agast the marble staircase and begin to depend on state legislatures, on congress, not the court because the federal courts are no longer our friend. amy: we will speak with kitty kolbert, who argued that planned parenthood versus casey before the supreme

he cared about texas. [cheers and applause] he cared about lawlessness. >> sean: i'm having a hard time and i'm sure everybody here is having a hard time with this. we are supposed to be a nation of laws and president trump, if he jaywalked, they would want to impeach him, right?ht let's be honest. but joe biden and kamala harris are picking and choosing not to enforce the laws of the land. and you don't have the authority as a governor to enforce it for them. so now what, the next best thing? >> governor abbott: the first error at the biden administration is making is they have a bend and the rule of law that they are not enforcing the immigration laws passed by congress. and hence a complete over border policy. the mistake is the apprehension of the border patrol to make but we would turn them over to the federal officials who believe in catch and release. so what texas is doing because i have declared a disaster, the penalties have increased for anybody trespassing, anybody who analyzes anything. they w

i just heard, for the 58 of the texas house have left texas to stop republicans from passing the latest iteration of voterns suppression legislation. you're going here primarily from some of my colleagues today because we have so many strong voices and our caucus. we want to give them the opportunity to speak to the public. but just for everyone's awareness, procedurally how this works or the hundred 50 met members of the texas housees protects two thirds of the body present to constitute a quorum so 100 members. we vote in texas and we register our attendance by use of voting machines on our desk. minutes ago at least 157 letters were delivered to the house journal clerk directing the house to lockot our voting machines are not unlocked them until we providede express opinion to do so upon our return to the capitol. the senate that is my privilege now to introduce a great fighter, a longtime advocate in the fight for voting rights but my good friend the next american caucus from dallas, texas. [cheering] [applause] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking span

texas has changed. texas is no longer like it was, independent. i agree with her that they are trying to limit voting for hispanics and minorities. greg abbott wants to be president or vice president so he is on the side of trump all the way. there is no problem with voting in texas. they just want to make it harder. guest: ink you for your advocacy and your inc. -- thank you for your advocacy and your encouragement. i am trying to speak with our congressional leaders and ask them to please pass legislation as soon as possible to preempt what is barreling down our face in texas. host: when you here's -- hear people say " we want to make it easier to vote, harder to cheat" what do you say? guest: how does that make it easier to vote? there is nothing in it that makes it easier to vote at all, and there is nothing that even addresses cheating at all. it is a talking point, but it does not make it easier to vote if you are going to deter an elderly person from being able to receive a mail ballot knowing that many elderly people, that is the primary w

texas capital to do their job. with regard to arresting them, listen, this is a protocol that is established by the texas constitution that empowers the house of representatives to put a call on the house that will send out texas department of public safety troopers to escort them to the texas house chamber where they they will be kept in the texas house chamber subject only to a permission slip by the speaker of the house to make sure they stay there and get the job done. maria: governor, this is partly because of misinformation about the voting bill in texas and the 14 or 16 states that have come up with their new voting laws and approach to voting after trying to clean up what they they saw to be irregularities in 2020. so let's go20 through the texas voting bill if you would, please, so people can understand the facts here. you are looking to increase l hours to vote during early voting. give people time off from work to vote during early voting. create uniform voting laws for the entire state, preventing rogue

texas for example? >> we are going to go to several other states and we are working all that out with people on the ground. all the focus now is on georgia, and we will go from there. my main goal for doing this it's to just continue to get people state by state to help us, to put pressure on the republicans, and our colleagues, to get this done. this is a concerted effort that people like reverend warnock, and he is someone who, in his own words, he decided to put his speech on the florida voting rights. as he summed it up better than i have in the whole interview, some people don't want some people to vote. that's what this is about. >> senator amy klobuchar, chair of the senate rules committee. thank you for joining us. we always appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> and coming up, mad bombers for trump. two men were accused in federal court today of plotting to bomb democratic headquarters in the hope of starting a war, for donald trump. that is next. rump that is next (realtor) the previous own

right now the texas legislature in texas is in session. the republican-led house and the republican-led senate in texas, they're trying to pass legislation that would make it t significantly harder to vote in texas in a state where it is e already not that easy to vote. the ways they are trying to change the voting laws in texass would disproportionately affect voters of color and poor voters and with disabilities in particular, and so texas democrats have bolted from the state. they left texas entirely tonight in a last-ditch effort to try to stop this bill from becoming law. now, those two planes i mentioned carrying texas democrats, those two planes have just landed at dulles airport just outside washington, d.c. they've landed just in the last hour.si it is 51 democrats from the texas state house onboard the two planes. we are told at least seven other texas democrats are making their way to d.c. as well separately.e if this sounds at all familiar to do, texas democrats pulling a big tactical surprise move to try to s save voting right

of texas. three of you are aware you are violetting tech as law by being here right now instead of being in texas during the legislative session? and it would be in order to eas you and get you back to the state house? we agree those are the facts? >> i'm not that is constitutional. mr. roy: is that the law in texas? >> i don't thinkso. mr. roy: the law is that you are supposed to be in session and supposed to carry out your constitutional duty, do you support h.r. 1 that was passed here in the house of representatives? >> yes. >> i support it. mr. roy: do you support h.r. 1? >> i would like just to say not violated the law and representing my constituents. and i'm ready to go. mr. roy: i appreciate that that's your view on the matter and that makes the case precisely. with respect to h.r. 1, each of the witnesses once said she opposed voter i.d. and i would point out and want to clarify that h.r. 1 would say that an individual -- [indiscernible] in other words federal prohibition on the use of

as the texas governor threatens arrests. >> as soon as they come back in the state of texas they will be arrested. they will be cabined inside the texas capitol until they get their job done. >>> and tennessee's top vaccine official is fired one day before the state removes all vaccine outreach to minors for all diseases including covid-19. that fired official, dr. michelle fiscus, joins me live. when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. today more than six months after the insurrection with no real precedent in american history, a transfer of power marked by violence, not by peace, the president of the united states, the man who the mob tried to stop from occupying the office, came forward to say the country is facing a major crisis. >> so hear me clearly. there's an unfolding assault taking place in america today, an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. an assault on democracy. an assault on liberty. an assault on who we are. who we are as americans. we're facing the most significant test of our democracy si

of texas. it was a foregone conclusion that it was done, until it wasn't. again, this is what happened in may, two hours before the deadline to get that bill passed in the texas house, texas democrats quietly, without any fanfare, any announcement, one by one, started leaving the house chamber. there are 150 members of the house in texas according to the rules, at least two thirds of the members must be president to hold a vote, that's called the quorum and without a quorum all house business has to stop. so eventually, quietly, no fanfare, no announcement, enough of those texas democrats left the house when buying one and said they broke the quorum. with that walk out, back in may, texas democrats were able to block that bill. they were able to run out the clock on the legislative session in texas is the. in the legislative session ended at midnight, the restriction to vote and had passed the senate, but it did not pass the house. it could not be signed into law, they blocked it. that was what

we know what the texas -- ours. we know what the texas bill will do, and this is a concerted effort as senator warren awful tell you, this is going on across the country. we now have 22 laws to obstruct voting enacted in 14 states, with the texas senate passage of sb one yesterday. a total of 32 bills to roll back the rights to vote have passed at least one chamber of the legislature. so when people ask us why we have put forward before the people act, which is the first bill to be introduced in the senate authored by senator merkley and supported strongly by the chair of the committee, we could see this coming. people ask how can i change my policies to reach out to more voters how can i reach more candidates? they said how can i stop the voters from voting? we all know the history with texas which you are about to hear, but this was a state, one of my best examples was that they had one pallet dropbox in the county where houston is located. one dropbox in a county of over 5 million. the analogy in my state would b

not just in texas but in america and beyond. you talk about the foundational net being offended by talking about the slavery aspect of things. so much of this is alsoabout individual characters . adavy crockett, it's about william travis. it's about sam houston, it's about santa ana and a lot of forgotten characters on the mexican tejano side. is anybody else you think is either the most misunderstood or the person or the character where most wrong about. and who is that and in what way. i would say for instance and i think this struck me in the book is this notion of santa ana and painted as villainous which is , sure there's villainy involved but is he one of the more misunderstood characters out of this story or are there other onesare more so misunderstood or wrong about ? >> i think we each have our own favorites. mine is clearly jim bowie was always been painted as this steve mcqueen jim bowie was across. he was a swindler who fled to texas in the face of two federal investigations into what he did in arkansas and especial

>> it's north texas. >> north texas. has been with us today. you are recognized for your five minutes of questioning. >> mr. chairman, thank you for much. i am not on the committee. i appreciate the chairman allowing me the opportunity. i represent fort worth and dallas. nicole collier, she is my neighbor, and my state representative and i appreciate her presence here today. i just want to really think my colleagues -- thank my colleagues and my friends, current state legislators, for really being courageous to take the time to be here. i know all of you are from different districts and have all sorts of political challenges. the fact that you took the time to come here to stand up for voting rights in this country really means a lot. that was one of the reasons why i started the congressional voting rights caucus. i am the chair of the congressional voting rights caucus in the house of representatives and started because i knew that we were going to have some trouble to time just because of a lot of the pretty blatant voter suppression attempt

they want to hold onto power in texas and let's also just keep in mind that texas is, already, arguably, the most difficult state to vote in even just registering to vote is a hassle unlike 40 states, texas has no online registration. anyone who wants to sign up voters must be deputized by each county he or she works in every two years, which makes statewide voter-registration drives nearly impossible in a state with 254 counties good lord. sounds like the directions to one of those board games you only find in upstate bnbs. "anybody up for a game of municipal paper chase? oh, oh, hold on. wi-fi is back on whoo, thank god. second, the only situation where i'd ever want to be deputized is as the nerdy sidekick to an outlaw cop played by bruce willis and the whole movie, i'd begging him to deputize me, and he'd refuse and then, at the end, there'd be a climactic, heartwarming moment right before we storm the bad guy's hideout where he puts his arm on my shoulder and says, "meyers, i hereby deputize me to be my deputy." and yes, in this movie i play myself, just 'cause it's easier. i don't

of texas for illegal voting. turns out when hervis rogers waited over six hours to vote in march of 2020 on super tuesday he was a few months short of the end of his parole for an old burglary conviction in the '90s. he has been out of prison for more than 15 years, but his parole did not technically end until last june. remember he voted in the primary in march. texas attorney general has charged hervis rogers with two counts of illegal voting, alleging he voted in the 2018 general election as well. we don't know at this point whether in was an honest mistake. perhaps he didn't know he was not allowed to vote. we don't know. that said, perhaps it was a deliberate premeditated scheme to wait over six hours in line to vote in a democratic primary to break the law on purpose. muah! we don't know what mr. rogers has to say. we can't ask him because the attorney general of texas has locked him up. has locked up hervis rogers on $100,000 bail. he is in prison tonight unable to pay $100,000 bail. bail is set at $100,00

in a statement, the texas house democrats said, quote, we are living on borrowed time in texas. we need congress to act now to pass the for the people act and the john lewis voting rights act to protect texans, and all americans, from the trump republicans' nationwide war on democracy. the lawmakers risk being arrested. absent lawmakers can be legally compelled to return to the state capitol. to that end the texas republican speak said, quote, the texas house will use every available resource under the texas constitution to secure a quorum. democrats are protesting two bills, one in the house and one in the senate. they include a ban on drive-through voting and 24-hour voting, new i.d. requirements for mail-in ballots, a ban on distributing unsolicited mail-in ballot applications and a limit on voter assistance that could make it harder for voters with disabilities to vote. the democrats' walkout in may was successful in killing a provision that would limit sunday voting, a day when many black congregations encourage members to take their souls to the polls after church. both bi

none of the texas democrats who left the state to deny the texas house representative quorum want to be in washington tonight, but they have made the trip to washington to resist would president joe biden today called " an assault on democracy ". when vice president kamala harris met with them today she gave them a standing ovation and then said this. >> the courage and the commitment and the patriotism that you all have evidenced by your action, in addition to your work and your words. i know what you have done comes with great sacrifice. both personal and political. and you are doing this in support and in defense of some of our nation's highest ideals. >> this afternoon texas democrats met with chuck schumer who said, everything is on the day both, that was his line, when it comes to passing voting rights legislation in the senate. which means a change in the senate's 60 vote threshold must also be on the table. here is what's senator schumer said today to reporters before his meeting with the texas democrats. hi>> these votes are going to be remembered on the right side of histor

texas is messing with democracy. many states are messing with democracy, and that's un-american, and that's the kind of message the president needs to deliver as a down payment, so to speak, on what is to come. >> damian, can he shift the narrative with just a speech in philadelphia? >> well, one speech won't do it, but it's a start, right? it has to be sharp. it has to be clear. it has to be persuasive and convincing. the president with the civil rights community and to all of his colleagues and advisers, he needs everything he needs to make a speech that lays the foundation. i don't expect the filibuster to be blown out of the water tomorrow because of this speech, but there has to be a foundation. we asked the president to use his bully pulpit and we see that's what he is doing. we will be listening and watching carefully to see what he says and how he says it. >> mike, the president has taken criticism from activist, progressives, for -- as damian, ibly, put it last week, not using the bully pulpit as effective a

once they step back into the state of texas they will be arrested and brought to the texas capitol and we'll be conducting business. >> harris: this will get interesting. texas senator john cornyn says the democrats' move is all for show. >> i would say it's a very untexan thing to do to cut and run in the face of a fight. and obviously they are not going to be successful. ultimately they have to go back and vote on the other things that are part of the legislative agenda. but they should know better. it was a stunt then and it's a stunt now. that's all it is. >> harris: and president biden in a speech today is set to be pushing for changes to the way americans vote. casey stiegel is live for us in austin, texas. casey, i'm curious to find out who paid for those jets they flew out on. i'm guessing it was taxpayer money, i don't know. >> we've been trying to get to the bottom of that and finding out how much one jet costs to charter. some did fly commercially. we should point that out. they wrapped up a press conference on capitol hill not long ago the texas democrats who say they did g

i will tell you, texas. the republican legislator decided your right to carry a gun is more important than your precious right to vote amy: texas tech democrats flee to washington, d.c., to stop what they call a suppression session where republicans hope to pass a belt in the texas state legislature making it harder to vote in the battleground state that already has some of the toughest restrictions in the country. we will speak to one of those who left, state representative jarvis johnson, and the head of the texas democratic party. and if roe v. wade does not survive, can reproductive rights be preserved witut it? >> the right to choose reproductive freedom has never been in such dire straits. if we're going to make progress, need to quit hitting our heads agast the marble staircase and begin to depend on state legislatures, on congress, not the court because the federal courts are no longer our friend. amy: we will speak with kitty kolbert, who argued that planned parenthood versus casey before the suprem

we know what the texas bill would do and why this is all about a concerted effort, not just in texas, as rev. warnock will tell you, in georgia, that this will -- that this is going on all over the country to the point that since the beginning of the year, we have 22 laws to restrict voting that have been enacted in 14 states with the texas senate passage of sb1 yesterday, a total of 32 bills to rollback the right to vote have passed at least one chamber of the legislature. when people ask us why we have put forward the for the people act which is the first bill to be introduced in the senate authored by senator merkley and supported strongly by the rules committee, why we lead with this bill. it is because we could see this coming. most political parties in the past, when they lose an election, they want to reach out to more voters and how to they change their party and change their candidates. they are wondering how we can change the votaries -- change the voters. we know the history of texas which are about to hear but this was a state, my best examples with that they had one ballo

harris county, texas. home to the state's largest city of houston, harris county was not prepared for the huge turnout on super tuesday, last march. they were crazy, long lines at lots of polling places. particularly in heavily minority communities. people in those communities, had to wait for hours to vote in many circumstances. that was men the nation met a -- was the last person in line at the polling site on texas university campus. that same in the white shirt right on the other side of the blast are. her vice rogers worked two jobs he. got to the polling site just speak for the polls close. but in the end, it took him six hours and 20 minutes to get to the front of the line and cast his ballot. he finally walked out of that polling place after 1:30 in the morning according. to some reports he may be the last person in the entire state of texas to cast his vote. he told reporters after was all over that it was worth it he. felt good. he also said he'd been there so long he had to go get ready for his

texas already has 17, 17 days of early voting on election day. good luck, texas voters. how are you going to find 15 minutes within 17 days in at least a nine-hour window each day, shear suppression. now, texas democrats will eventually have to come back and do their job. governor abbott can continue to call special sessions to force this vote. unless, of course, they plan to flee forever. so, why do they go through all that effort to stall the inevitable? because it's not just about the lone star state. the texas democrats fled the frontlines, they retreated from the voting right equivalent from the civil war. not to surrender but to draft federal reinforcement. >> we are living right now on borrowed time in texas. and we can't stay here indefinitely. to run out the clock to stop republican anti-voter bill. that's why we need congress to act now and pass the for the people act. >> we need the president and the vice president and every democrat in this senate working together to preserve american democracy. >> pete: oh, this is a stunt. this is about hr-1. this is about

of texas, doesn't bring people to texas to become cattle ranchers. he brings people to texas fully with the expectation that they're going to bring enslaved people and that slavery would be protected, and texas would take its place as part of the cotton empire. so the foundational aspects of texas are the things that we don't think about very much, a slave society. and it was clear that that was the intention when the texans break away from mexico which had declared slavery illegal even though they gave texas an exemption. the texans were never really secure about that. and so that was one of the reasons they decided to leave mexico. and when they do, they set up a constitution that has provisions that expressly protect slavery which prevents african-americans, people of african descent from emigrating there without permission, saying that they can never become citizens. so not thinking about texas as being a slave society, having been a slave society, i think sometimes from the questions i get people are confused about certain things they hear comin

oklahoma and texas share a border. texas and d.c. don't. we'll have to wait and see how it pans out. >> bill: what a sound bite from the governor. the biden administration facing another foreign policy crisis in cuba. thousands protesting the communist government over a lack of food and medicine. some democrats are blaming the unrest on the u.s. economic embargo. mark meredith picks up the story at the white house. what will the administration do now? >> as you mentioned cuban protestors are furious with their government over the country's economic crisis. protests broke out over the weekend and now reports the cuban government is starting to crack down on those protests. cuban authorities are reportingly limiting internet access social media access. associated press reporting today that cuban police are now out in force to put a stop to these demonstrations. president biden weighed in on this on monday. >> president biden: i don't think we've seen anything like this protest in a long, long time. quite frankly, ever. we call on the governme

here in texas. the question is will texans appreciate their efforts? my suspicion is that they will not appreciate what they have done. they will pay for it. there is a reckoning coming at the ballot box. i promise you that. whether it be covered restrictions, failing to do your job, there is a reckoning coming at the ballot box. >> sandra: wow. a big statement on that. always good to have you here. >> john: i thought it was interesting which had decided they are about the the breakthrough, being very, very small with this group from texas. that is 12%, which is statistically really an anomaly. >> sandra: it is. we know the vaccines work, and so as greg abbott said, we need to know, did they all have them? they have gone on the record, saying that they were fully vaccinated, but the statistics are interesting and worth noting. we will continue to ask doctors about it. >> john: a lot of people who were vaccinated maybe had a very mild case of it that they thought was a transitory's sore throat or stu

i honor the texas flag. i pledge of allegiance, one state under god, one and indivisible. god bless america. [gavel bangs] >> the chair will now hear excuses for absent members. please excuse the following congress members. [reciting excuses for absent members] the clerk will ring the bell. [bell dings] >> all members have voted. there are 80 ayes. 0 nays. the motion fails for lack of quorum. >> i raise a point of order against transaction of further business. a quorum is not present as reflected from the votes just taken. >> the quorum is not present. the point of order is sustained. mr. metcalf for a motion. >> mr. speaker, i move a call of the house to consider the following measures. i will submit it for consideration on his july 7 proclamation. >> mr. metcalf moves a call of order submitted for consideration by the governor in his july 7 federal proclamation. are there any seconds. >> 15 seconds. the clerk will ring the bell. mr. metcalf voting eye. -- voting aye. [bell dings] >> all members have voted. [gavel bangs] the motion is adopted. >> mr. speaker, i move that

frankly, the president under the texas constitution -- i mean the governor under the texas constitution, can continue to call as many special sessions as he wishes. so, we all know how this will end. they will eventually go home after the cameras leave and after the press loses interest in this book will stop. they will go home and participate in the process. but, it is telling that these democrats in this house of representatives chose to race towards tv cameras in washington rather than protect their legislature. this is not without risk to them. i'm advised that they were on federal property and deferred to a website, which is actually a fundraising site, further efforts. we all know there are limits, in fact strict limits on any fundraisers on federal property. so, they may have crossed the line unwittingly or not. but, this is ask -- but, this is simply an embarrassing dereliction of their political duty. they can't win, so they are doing the equivalent of i will take my ball and go home. or, in this case, simply running away. as texans, standing up to a fight is part of what we ar

what the texas democrats are doing, they are filibustering in texas to try and get the washington, d.c., democrats to stop a filibuster rule. that is the height of hypocrisy. all they want to do is complain. they want to spread false information about what the law really does. i can guarantee you based on what you said in your monologue as well as what the facts are, there is zero chance that the texas law, when it does get passed, will be overturned by a court of law, because what we're doing is perfectly constitutional. >> sean: talk about the coverage of people saying that you might have these democrats arrested when they land back in texas, arrested for what, under what statute? >> so what the law is, by constitution, the house sets the rules about what happens when a quorum is broken and what happens is this. and that is once a call on the house has been made, which it has been, than the sergeant at arms of representatives can work with the texas department of public safety to go arrest, apprehend, whatever words you want to choose, and bring to the capital the missing house membe

texas and flown to washington, leaving texas. leaving their legislative chamber without a quorum was the last best thing they thought they could do to preserve voting rights there and try to defeat the republican voter suppression bill. they last walked out, you will recall, back in may. last night they landed in washington will they planned a lobby of democrats in the senate to pass a voting rights law. in fact some of those in the party of these committed texas democrats might shame them into showing a little spine. >> one other place would be go where we can actually seek some relief? we're still working on behalf of the state of texas. this isn't a vacation whatsoever and we're away from those who are in charge here ino d.c., the democratic leadership push through something that is good. >> earlier tonight, to, u.s. senators of different sides of the aisle reacted to the texas democrats latest move. >> i'm unsure why they're coming here other than for publicity purposes. like i said, it's just a stunt. >> you know, the other

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we know what the texas -- ours. we know what the texas bill will do, and this is a concerted effort as senator warren awful tell you, thiss going on across the country. we now have 22 laws to obstruct voting enacted in 14 states, with the texas senate passage of sb one yesterday. a total of 32 bills to roll back the rights to vote have passed at least one chamber of the legislature. so when people ask us why we have put forward before the people act, which is the first bill to be introduced in the senate authored by senator merkley and supported strongly by the chair of the committee, we could see this coming. people ask how can i change my policies to reach out to more voters how can i reach more candidates? they said how can i stop the voters from voting? we all know the history with texas which you are about to hear, but this was a state, one of my best examples was that they had one pallet dropbox in the county where houston is located. one dropbox in a county of over 5 million. the analogy in my state would be

so in the state of texas -- what people don't understand is you have to look at the full texas. it's already the hardest state to vote in. so us imposing even more restrictions just makes it unbelievable, right? we can't vote, we can't register online. that has nothing to do with fraud. none of this has anything to do with fraud to be perfectly honest. that's sound bite they like to give. but we can't even register online. we have multiple members that actually filed legislation saying, hey, can we just have online voter registration? they wouldn't even give us a hearing on that. they wouldn't even listen to testimony on that. you know, so in this bill they keep saying you guys should negotiate. it's like, dude, it's already too bad. even that, there has to be provisions for expansion. one of the other terrible things about this, especially when it comes to minority communities, is the number of penalties and crimes that they create. as i was speaking to someone yesterday, i said, you know, when you're creating something like a crime that someone can go to prison for, it should

texas governor threatens arrests. >> as soon as they come back in the state of texas, they will be arrested. they will be cabinet inside the texas capital until they get their job done. >> and tennessee's top vaccine official is fired one day before the state removes all vaccine outreach to minors for all diseases, including covid-19. that fired official, doctor michelle fiscus joins me live. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. today, more than six months after the insurrection with no real president in american history, a transfer of power marked by violence not by piece, the president of the united states, the man who the mob tried to stop from occupying the office came forward to say that the country is facing a major crisis. >> so hear me clearly. there isn't an food ling assault taking place today in attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. an assault on democracy. an assault on liberty. an assault on who we are. who we are as americans. we're facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil wa