i'm going to go to texas because i heard the senator from texas accuse this body of creating rhetoric that was divisive. you want to know what's divisive to a country that's -- that says e. pluribus unum above where the presiding person is? you want to know what is divisive? is telling people in the congresswoman's state that if you live in a predominantly minority area, we're going to remove polling places and change laws so that black folks disproportionately are waiting five, ten, 15 times longer. facts. the burden of long lines in polling places, closures in texas and the post-shelby county area often falls disproportionately on black and latino voters. congresswoman, approximately 750 sites texas has closed since shelby v. holder. 542 were in the 50 counties with the fastest growing black and latino populations. don't lecture me about jim crow. i know this is not 1965. that's what makes me so outraged. it's 2022. and they're blatantly removing more polling places from the counties where black and latinos are overrepresented. i'm not making that up. that is a fact. i'm not going t

there in texas, colleyville, texas, specifically. we have breaking news coming out of the hostage situation there at a synagogue that's been ongoing for 11 hours. governor abbott said moments ago in a tweet that everyone is out alive and safe after a hostage situation in colleyville texas just outside of dallas/ft. worth. teams negotiating all day. there have been law enforcement there, representation loathe local and national. let's go mor morgan chestky. there was noise and then a tweet. >> reporter: speaking to colleyville please in just a few minutes and more details. there was a loud boom that could be heard blocks away from the sin being to, and it was shortly therefore governor abbott released the tweet that hostages are all out safe and alive. that followed that 11-hour standoff that began this morning when authorities say they received a phone call around 10:41 that there was an ongoing situation at congregation beth israel synagogue there in colleyville, a quiet suburb outside dallas. and it was from that point forward that

. >>> en texas, se dio a conocer nueva informaciÓn sobre secuestrador en una sinagoga ocurrido el fin de semana, un oficial dijo que fue equipo de fbi responsable de disparar contra el hombre, habÍa tomado a 4 personas como rehÉns esto aÚn sigue bajo investigaciÓn una jueza en texas declarÓ inconstitucional el arresto de un ecuatoriano, la pregunta es si tendrÁ impacto en otros casos de migrantes. detenidos bajo el mismo cargo. >>> la jueza de travis, declarÓ como inconstitucional la operaciÓn impulsada por gobernador abott que permite la detenciÓn de migrantes, por invasiÓn a la propiedad. bajo este cargo han sido detenido cientos de migrantes en los Últimos meses, lo que se segÚn este abogado, tambiÉn podia verse beneficiado con este fallo. >>> la operaciÓn, estÁ llevando acabo una operaciÓn y te arrestan, quizÁs tÚ con quieres pelear tu caso de una forma similar. >>> el feets fiscal del texas anuncio una apelaciÓn y dijo el fallo era ridÍculo y que biden ha fallado en asegurar la frontera y texas tiene derecho de defender sus fronteras. y este Último caso, un g

in texas, we want to save those lives. texas hasn't only banned abortion after a foetal heartbeat can be detected but the law empowers people to sue anyone seen to help someone end a pregnancy after that time. counsellors and physicians say it effectively criminalises care and shows that roe v wade has never been enough. since this bill has gone into effect, sice the law has gone into effect, i have not been able to provide abortion care in texas at all and i have increased travelling to oklahoma to be able to take care of texans that are travelling there to get abortion care. so that's basically what you have to do now. in order to take care of people in texas who need to seek that kind of care, you need to leave the state in order to give it to them? exactly, and last week or the week before, the last time i was there, over 80% of the people i took care of were from texas, three of which from my own neighbourhood in dallas. this law makes pregnancy in texas exceedingly more dangerous, and that is for anyone who becomes p

, which is a suburb of dallas-fort worth, texas. a current ongoing hostage situation there, as you can see, on the scene, multiple police vehicles, fire vehicles, as well armored vehicles on scene there. authorities are negotiating with a man who has allegedly taken people hostage at this local synagogue. the service was, in fact, being livestreamed on facebook. the recording was continuing with muffled sounds, muffled audio, what sounded like negotiations happening ongoing between the hostage taker and possibly police, also just spoke to some local reporters who were on the scene as well trying to gain more information. they were telling me they had overheard this individual saying that they would be dying at the end of this, that they were going to die at the end of this, also asking, urging to speak with their sister. as of yet, we have no idea what this individual's motive is and/or whether or not the synagogue was, in fact, armed. we do know it's a saturday, which is shabbat services all throughout the day, so this very well ma

fischbach: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, i'm prevented by house rules from using the profanity i'd like to because i stand here absolutely outraged. i'm outraged because the democrats have outdone themselves with this lie. i'm outraged because the democrats have made a mockery of bipartisan collaboration for cheap political gain. i'm outraged because the democrats have not one ounce of respect for this constitution or the rules or the consequences of their actions in this chamber. a few hours ago, h.r. 5746 was the nasa enhanced use leasing extension act. a simple, three-page bill that was good for nasa, good for our space industry and good for our taxpayers. a bill that i was very proud to co-sponsor. mr. babin: now in the dark of night this bill has been hijack and mutilated to become the latest iteration of the democrat's federal takeover of our election system, a wolf in sheep's clothing. in fact, the only thing left on this original bill is its numb

all else equal, if someone in texas were to -- if someone in texas were to present that same request as in alabama, the fact alabama was able to provide it would be a piece of evidence, not necessarily dispositive, but at least something to the extent that alabama has a similar execution protocol and a similar execution room. justice kagan: general, why isn't the inquiry really exactly how holt laid out the inquiry? in other words, you know, in holt, the prison officials came in and said men can put contraband in their beards and we have a security interest in preventing that. and what the court said was, you know what, i mean, that might be, but we're going to look around at other states, see what other practices are. to the extent most other states or many other states can deal with the security interest in the way that also respects religious interests of the inmate, then we're going, essentially, to, you know, say to the state why not you too? and in all of that, there is an appropriate level of deference given to prison officials, but there's also an appropriate level of respect

>> the senator f from texas. >> mr. president, considering the way democratic friends talk about the state of voting rights in america, it is easy to see why some people have expressed concerns. because if you took them at face value you might be very worried about the state of voting rights in our country. but there's more to the story than that, which i will hope to explain here in the next few minutes. for example, when it comes to the alarmism about voting rights, look no further than the democratic majority whip, senator durbin from illinois, who said there is an insidious effort to suppress the rights of voters of color. senator schumer the majority leader, senator from new york has had the right to vote is under attack in ways which have not seen in generations. president biden himself has said there is a 21st century jim crow assault on the right to vote. if you were to take these at face value and accept them, obviously you would be very concerned about the state of voting rights. but there's more to the story,

escobar of texas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 860, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. escobar, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. escobar: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, chairman takano, for your continued strong, unwavering leadership on behalf of our veterans. i'm proud to represent a district that is home to a strong and growing veteran community and proud to represent fort bliss in congress, where thousands of our service members transition to civilian life. one of my top priorities in congress has been to protect our veterans and their families in the same way they have served and defended our country. today, i am honored to stand in support of this critical legislation for our nation's veterans and to present my amendment. h.r. 4673, the ensuring veterans smooth transition act, provides automatic enrollment in the v.a. for all transitioning service members. this bill is vital in that it expedite

collieville, texas, a wealthy town in the dallas-ft. worth metro area. >> very, very close knit community. most of the people know each other. that's a good community to raise a family in. s.w.a.t. teams looked like they had positioned themselves. >> jimmy: jerry moore has lived here for years. his backyard looks over the synagogue. >> our house is here, the synagogue is right back here. >> reporter: the town is consistently ranked as one of the safest cities in the state. but all that changed saturday, as rabbi charlie walker prepared to start shabbat services. the rabbi telling cbs how the man came to the synagogue to warm up on a particularly cold morning. >> i took him in, i stayed with him. making tea was an opportunity for me to talk with him. and in that moment, i didn't hear anything suspicious. >> reporter: the man he's talking about, 44-year-old british national malik faisal akram. law enforcement reports show he arrived in the u.s. on december 29th, landing at jfk airport in new york. he did not appear on any of the governmen

in texas in general. so i think that's only one in colleyville if i'm not mistaken so that is kind of -- not sure about that. going to take -- the department store or a supermarket you know why a synagogue? well, obviously, some reason whether it is hate or religious hatred or for some other reason but there was a reason why he chose this particular site and i'll be really -- interested as they go back they'll be looking at security camera, ring cameras from neighborhood to see whether the desees perpetrator had been doing drive-byes and doing a little preassault surveillance on that synagogue that would be something that would be interested in and certainly suggest there was intent to go to that particular location. ashley: and with what they said in the news conference -- where do you foresee this investigation gong from here and coming days or months? >> that really depends on what they uncover with initially. i mean, if he is bound for example, if he has some rants online, and there's no -- there's no

narratives are people who were interviewed in texas. not necessarily who had been enslaved in texas, right? so these narratives develop because during the great depression. you know when they're putting people to work, they're also putting people writers to work to collect these narratives and the work really starts with black academics who send their students out from historically black colleges to go out and interview formerly enslaved people because they realize that it's you know getting they're getting older it's you know, 60 years after emancipation and that this is a valuable resource that's fading away. and so these black academics do some of this early interviewing of people and then the works progress administration kind of takes up the mantle of that and puts writers to work and has them have them go out and interview. formerly enslaved people and they ask about all kinds of stuff. food a punishment relationships church religious practices and there's a similar thing that happens with the indian pioneer histories. but again,

jeff: james slattery with the texas civil rights project warned members of the texas house in testimony last summer. james: is easy to see the chaos and distant pride -- disenfranchisement this will create. ff: he sees it as a barrier to the ballot. james: texas is the hardest state to vote in the country and this just turbocharge is how hard it will be. these new vote by mail requirements will particularly impact certain groups of texans, because only certain groups of texans even have the right to vote by mail. in particular, people who are 65 and older have the right to vote by mail in texas and use it in large numbers. so do people who are disabled. so are people who are temporarily away from home during the voting period. jeff: is this voter suppression by design or is this benign negligence on the part of lawmakers who failed to heed warnings from folks like yourself? james: it is hard not to see this as a feature rather than a bug. there is, you know, an element of bureaucratic malpractice, just because the state's election infrastructure is so underfunded already that when you p

. >> sigue el mal tiempo en el noroeste del paios, texas se prepara para la tormenta invernal . >> abogada nos cuenta por qué hay atolladero de casos en cortes migratorias . >> (♪♪ mÚsica ♪♪) . >> y 5 superestrellas del rap estarán en el espectáculo de medio tiempo del super bowl, los pueden seguir en vivo por telemundo . >> (♪♪ mÚsica ♪♪) . >> buenas tardes, bienvenidos es un gusto saludarlos, comenzamos con la historia de la familia flores en texas, ellos pasan la peor pesadilla que un padre puede enfrentar, esto mientras tanto dormía en la seguridad de su jhogar, el disparo en la cabeza, hablaron con nosotros, en el hospital, y conectados a un respirador artificial . >> les agradezco mucho en medio del profundo dolor, nos den el tiempo para compartir la historia de su hijo, para que la comunidad nos recuerde como quiera ser recordado igiendo justicia muchas gracias por acompañarnos . >> muchas gracias a ustedes, por querernos ayudar a saber por qué pasó esto, . >> queremos justicia para mi niño, que esto no se quede así, no le hacía mal a nadie, nosotros no s

texas is had to step up with hundreds of minds of its own dollar sending texas troopers, sending the national guard, building the texas wall. he said he has to secure the board himself and that should not be texas his job, take a listen. >> deployed thousands of national guard troops and vps officers to secure the border, to correct that on the of the deadly dangerous drug offense and all to arrest and jail criminals. and now, texas is building its own border wall. >> speaking of that border wall, this was last month we were out here in governor abbott officially made the announcement of the start of construction of the border wall this is an rio grande city, the beginning of an initial 1.7-mile stretch of that border wall. the idea being that is going to connect areas where there is no federal again it's being paid for by the state of texas ever since the federal government under president biden stop building its own border wall. then take a look at his opponent this is former apostle congressman o'rourke a democrat taking a drastically different approach of the border. he said it's

david: you grew up in texas more than louisiana. darren: we moved to texas when i was a little boy. david: you went to the university of texas. darren: i did, indeed. i'm proud to say that i have never attended a day of private education in my life, from head start through law school, public education was my path. david: you went to the university of texas. how did you do there? darren: i did ok. david: were you elected president of the student government or something? darren: i was the head of a number of organizations and i was lucky because i lived at a time in this country when i knew in spite of the challenges i faced as a boy, as a young man that my country was cheering me on. i never for a moment felt that my dreams and aspirations could not be achieved and i never felt that america did not want anything for me but success. i had a great run in college and law school that brought me to new york, but the tailwinds were with me. david: you must have suffered some discrimination in texas or louisiana as an african-american. was it difficult or was it not? darren: of course. ther

it's on the books, effectively, in texas. and so assuming that the law is passed in south dakota, which we have every reason to believe that it will, given the conservative politics of our governor, abortion will become virtually impossible to have in south dakota. >> well, you mentioned the texas law, and we should note, as you do, that the supreme court has refused to block it multiple times now. legal experts have been warning of this very scenario, that other states and other governors would try to mirror what they saute place in texas. so given that, how much faith do you have that pursuing the legal avenue here will give you different results from what we've seen in texas? >> well, of course, we have an obligation to pursue the legal avenue, and we will, and we will continue to fight for our patients every step of the way. but let's not kid ourselves. the supreme court is now a very, very conservative body, and a very political body, and so what we are looking at in south dakota and, in fact, in other parts of the count

comerciales) as en mÁes de y 3 sur0 millone persona estÁn en alerta por una fuerte tormenta de nieve, en texas el temporal revive el temor a un fallo del sistema elÉctrico, cuando cientos de persona murieron, francisco cuevas tiene la informaciÓn. >> millones de persona por todo el paÍs estÁn sintiendo los efectos de una gran tormenta que estÁ dejando su huella con hielo, fuertes vientos y nieve, mucha nieve. >> siento que aquÍ el frÍo se siente como hielo en la cara >> el servicio nacional de meteorologÍa emitiÓ un aviso de clima invernal en nueva jersey y nueva york hay posibilidad de nevada, en la florida algunas playas estÁn vacÍas por el frÍo. en houston la preocupaciÓn es grande, gilberto prepara su casa y revisa bien las tuberÍas que se han roto en el pasado >> fue terrible, como aquÍ en mi casa, estuvimos... que se quebraron, calentarse con lo que se podÍa porque se fue la luz >> houston dallas y san antonio donde se cancelaron clases recibieron alertas de helada, el concilio de servicio elÉctrico, notificÓ que revisÓ toda la red y confÍa que pueda satisfacer l dema

so texas band abortion after roughly six weeks. that is the question. we know six weeks e is before viability, 15 weeks before viability. aside from the weird vigilante stuff t about your neighbor can sue your doctor and all that, at the heart of the question, can texas restrict access to t eabortion? that's a question agreed to decide. typically when the court has agreed to decide something and new case raising then' same question comes up, they put that on hold for an eventual decision in light of the first case to be decided so in the normal course of things what would have happened is the request for a stay in the texas case would have come off and the court would have stayed it, held in place to say the texas law on the verge of taking effect would not take affect but eventually the court would take that case if they felt necessary. the fact that they didn't do that says okay, there's an agenda driving a bunch of them, it takes only four votes to agree to hear ae case by five votes to grant a stay. also, it underscores the difference that amy barre

funeraria en del rÍo que se va a encargar de la ena entrega de forma personal a la mamÁ * en el rÍo texas. >> victoria lugo perdiÓ la vida mientras intentaba cruzar la frontera en compaÑÍa de su mamÁ. >> gran parte del paÍs continÚa sÍdo tiendo los efectos de una tormenta invernal * que ha obligado a cancelar cientos de vuelos, la nieve cubre comunidades enteras en nueva york y pensilvania, en texas las autoridades se movilizaron para proteger a los mÁs vulnerables abriendo albergues y repartiendo calentadores portÁtiles. >> este sistema estÁ castigando en duro a los migrantes en la frontera donde hay niÑos y mujeres enfrentando el frÍo sin la ropa adecuada para enfrentar las temperaturas congelantes para empeorar la situaciÓn aquÍ la lluvia hace mÁs difÍcil la situaciÓn. >> aquÍ todos estamos en una situaciÓn infrahumana la situaciÓn que se vive acÁ es muy difÍcil, las carpas ahora mismo estÁn llenas de agua. >> hay mÁs de 2.000 migrantes en este campamento en reynosa tamaulipas muchos vienen de honduras y no estÁn acostumbrados a este frÍo tan extremo. >> este

city of colleyville, texas, about 30 minutes northwest of dallas. this hour, nbc news can confirm the fbi and atf are on the scene. a man is holding a rabbi and potentially others hostage. the suspect is demanded the release of a federal inmate. that inmate, often called by the terrorist world lady al qaeda. a short time ago the white house confirming the president is aware and monitoring the situation. let's bring in nbc's morgan chesky live on the scene and chief investigative reporter jonathan dean. what is happening on the ground right now? >> reporter: very tense situation playing out as we speak. we are about a quarter mile from congregation beth israel's synagogue where this hostage situation is taking place. that's according to three senior law enforcement officials who say earlier this afternoon they were made aware that a man had entered the synagogue and took the rabbi and a potentially unknown number of others hostage and is asking for the release of a federal prisoner you mentioned. we have seen a large amount of law enforcement converg

and now texas is building its own border wall. bill: and speaking of the border wall, take a look at the video, this was last month in rio grande city and we were there as governor announced official construction of the border wall, 1.7-mile stretch going up. the idea behind it that it's going to plug the gaps where there's no federal wall. all being built with texas money, last thing his opponent beto o'rourke he's seizing on the border wall. he say that is texas doesn't need the border wall. that it's a waste of taxpayer money. he says the national guard shouldn't be down here and he says governor abbott doesn't know what border communities want. back out here live. the border crisis much bigger than just texas politics and what's been happening largely to play huge part in the upcoming 2022 midterms. eric: all right, bill, thank you so much. texas republican congresswoman beth vandine is here and we will ask if the migrant flow can fully be stopped. arthel: new district attorney is facing more criticism from police saying he's

what does this texas election law do. what did texas think it was necessary? >> the texas election law is very transparent, does not do a lot of things that democrats say its does, it cleans up the process, like make all of the early voting time the same across country so people don't get confuse put additional i.d. requirement on mail in ballots. there is a bipartisan commission on election that state, bipartisan by the way mail in ballots are source of a lot of different fraud, we're just cleaning up some things, so there is less opportunity for fraud. does not make is harder to vote, it makes it easier to vote, in many cases we have weeks of early voting, there are a few things, the voter suppression lie is that, a lie, a myth. no one believes that myth. 80% of voters believe in voter i.d., and 47% of americans believe we have too lacks of votes laws to prevent fraud. fraud. >> you know congressman, one reason that i like you, you never seem prone to hyperbole, you don't engage in manufactured trauma, i hear people compare these laws to jim crow laws, what

. >>> a county in texas between san antonio and austin, the county seat is new bronfils, texas. it was in the wee hours yesterday morning when surveillance video captured this. oh, dear. this woman marching up to the front door of the headquarters of the democratic party and slamming into that glass door with a shovel. twice. she is apparently trying to smash the glass door. hits it once, hits it again. we're told that the time stamp you can see in the upper left there is actually off by six hours, so it says 9:42 a.m. but this is actually six hours earlier. this happened at 3:42 in the morning local time yesterday. this woman marches up with a shovel, gives it a couple of good whacks and then walks off. here's what the damage looks like that she did. we got this photo. you can see that the attacker did not succeed in smashing through the glass door, but she got pretty close. and, look, lord knows what this was about. she's carrying a full-size shovel. maybe it was some kind of terrible gardening dispute. maybe she was mad about a parking space or maybe she thought the glass doo

the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, considering the way our democratic friends talk about the state of voting rights in america, it's easy to see why some people have exercised -- expressed concerns because if you took them at face value, you might be very worried about the state of voting rights in our country. but there's more to the story than that which i hope to explain here in the next few minutes. for example, when it comes to the alarmism about voting rights, look no further than the democratic majority whip, senator durbin, from illinois, who said there is an insidious effort to suppress the rights of voters of color. senator schumer, the majority leader, the senator from new york, has said the right to vote is under attack in ways we have not seen in generations. president biden, himself, has said there is a 21st century jim crow assault on the right to vote. if you were to take these at face value and accept them, obviously you would be very concerned about the state of voting rights. but there is

it is. >> reporter: austin, the capital of texas, is a pretty liberal town. it's a key reason republicans drew new congressional maps that took city blocks like this and progressives who live here out of their gop districts. >> here in austin, what the republicans did was pack as many democrats into as few districts as possible. the republican districts are not only going to be republican, they're going to be very republican. and the democratic districts are going to be very democratic. >> reporter: will hurd is a moderate texas republican who left congress last year, frustrated about the lack of bipartisanship. he says new gerrymandered maps in his home state and beyond will make partisanship in the house even worse. >> you have so many seats that are extreme in one direction or another. that means people are no longer forced to work together. >> reporter: more on that in a bit. but first a primer. the constitution says that every ten years after the census, state political maps are redrawn based on population changes. in recent decades, state legislatures i

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there's this whole idea that texas is going to lift their rifles and say don't mess with texas and that's all well and good until no one will land a plane in your airports and you can't explainchange currency wi other countries. it's a hugely large democratic process. that's why before violence gets out of hand, it's probably sensible because there might be a with to negotiate it while there's still good feelings. >> look. i read the book, i appreciate the book. we're just spitballing here, this is kind of a barroom conversation. we don't really think this is going to come to pass, do we? >> well, i don't know, i think when violence becomes the main way that politics happen, then when your -- when you no longer feel you're living in a democracy, when the legitimacy of your institutions are really inspect. and when the divisions become so marked. just listening to your show, somebody calling you a communist for a basic act of administration. not even an agreement on whether january 6th was bad. not even that level of agreement, maybe when marriages get to this point, you sit the kids down

on the constitutionality of the texas law the texas case was weather. we should take a basically a decision of a lower court, which was whether certain defendants in the texas case had an immunity from suit. that was a proced relationship, but you were very concerned about what it would do to people in, texas. yeah, it was why was that? for reasons that are obviously i know i think i think they would like to know because there were a lot of of women who believe they had a right to abortion and that this might discourage or prevent some from doing it and that fits into the procedural law because one of the things you take into account is weighing the equities that is to say if you issue in injunction, will it who will it hurt and how much and if you don't issue an injunction, who will it hurt and how much and in my own view it might hurt a large number of women. that's what i wrote. who wish to exercise their constitutional right to have the abortion and on the other hand? i didn't think it was an enormous harm to texas to postpone their law. okay, but t

she is serving an 86-year sentence in texas. meanwhile, around 74 million people around a winter weather advisory as storms barrel down on the southeast. people in the carolinas and tennessee and georgia could all see ice and snow. let's go to our meteorologist gene norman in the weather center. where is the storm now? where is it going? >> poppy, the storm is winding up in the south tonight. already snowing in little rock, in sections of eastern oklahoma, tulsa, they need a little light snow. ahead of it, you have the rain. that's the blue and the yellow. this is the problem because this rain will run into some cold air tomorrow morning and what falls out of the sky will be rain, by the time it hits the ground, with the ground below freezing, it will freeze up. that's freezing rain. that will be a dangerous situation. in fact, they have issued all of these winter weather advisories, winter advisories, the winter mess, including the ice storm warnings for sections of south carolina. this is a concern. because those areas could s

chip drives around texas and finds these old signs. then i make up words or people use their initials. these are one of my best-sellers. you all need any letters, call me. >> how could you not want to watch this show? tune in. >> no. >> you are already up to your antics. >> yikes. hard to watch. andrew, when you see early footage of yourself -- >> i can't. >> you were better than that. >> no, i wasn't. >> yes, you were. >> no, i wasn't. >> it's all worked out. it's all, worked out as we are here at the silos. your amazing -- >> hard to believe. >> oesh -- waco. we're here with the one and only andrew zimmern who is going to make what you call the perfect pasta. >> yes. >> why, my friend, is this the perfect pasta? >> rigatoni carbonara is like the classic. a la carbonara. it fortified all the coal miners and uses pecorino reggiano. i got this guanciale, which is a cured meat from the cheek and neck. you can use any cured meat. >> normally what do people usually use with carbonara? pancetta. >> you can use pancetta, sausage, bacon. i li

but we're going to do what we can here in texas and those states. we think there's about 15 states that would protect on board babies if the supreme court allowed them to. and we have to educate the public about the alternatives to abortion, about the humanity of the born child. and why this is really the best policy for the country. thank you so much for joining us and sharing your views with us. jo pointman, executive director of the texas aligned for life. thank you very much for your time . thank you. a peru is tackling a large oil spill on its shores that spin linked to the volcanic eruption near tonga. freak waves caused by the undersea eruptions struck an oil tanker as it was unloading his cargo, sending 6000 barrels of oil tumbling into the sea and area. the size of $270.00 football fields has been affected, including beaches and natural reserves. energy giant chevron and total energies have withdrawn from a major gas project in myanmar, citing the worsening humanitarian situation following last year's cool rice groups . welcome the decision

a hostage situation at a texas synagogue. a young man taking multiple hostages including a rabbi and three others inside congregation beth israel near the dallas/ft. worth area. he has released at least one male hostage uninjured. s.w.a.t. teams, the fbi, and hostage negotiators responding to the scene. authorities say the suspect is demanding the release of a terrorist now in federal prison. the white house closely monitoring the situation. >>> another major story we're following tonight, the entire u.s. west coast facing a tsunami threat after a massive undersea volcano erupted near the pacific nation of tonga. satellite images show the resulting plume of ash, steam, and gas rising 12 miles into the air. tonight, the advisories crossing the pacific. water levels rising in california. miles of coastline closed. >>> a dangerous winter storm set to impact 100 million americans. the midwest already getting slammed. the massive system now taking aim at the south and up the east coast. multiple states expecting up to a foot of sn

in a terror attacks in a texas synagogue. strong wind knocks out power to thousands and causes travel nightmares on the road and in the air. terror in texas, hearing from a hostage of the terrifying moment of a nearly eleven-hour standoff. >> he was going to kill each of us. >> o'donnell: and the rabbi is hailed as a hero. >> i threw a chair at the gun man and i headed for the door. >> o'donnell: what we're learning tonight about how the attacker got into the united states. on this martin luther king jr. day, his family marches in the ces an uphill legislation passed. covid's last wave? what dr. anthony fauci is saying tonight about whether omicron will be the pandemic's final surge as cases hit a new record. game, set, match. tonight the news that the world's top tennis player may be barred from playing in the upcoming french open and u.s. open because he's not vaccinated. and naomi osaka returns to the world stage after a four-month hiatus. and remembering dr. king. tonight, we'll hear from him in his own words. >> the arc

people come to texas because of our great economy. it is fear of changing what we have to make it fit into what they have already witnessed. >> todd: erica, what is next for you? >> funny he just said that, talking about california citizens running to red states. i work part time out of nashville and tennessee. i would say 80% of my new clien teleare from california. when we vet each other out everyone says i'm running from california, running away from gavin newsom and a lot of people have lost their livelihood in california and are going to tennessee to rebuild businesses and more than likely i would say 99% will vote republican. >> todd: this is not just a talking point. when you talk to people on the ground, regardless where you are, they are moving to red states. i live in a blue state and saw the numbers of people trying to get out. not good if you live in these states good, in texas and really good and in the real estate business. russell and erica, thank you, enjoy the rest of your wednesday. kevin, over to you. >> kennedy: to

morgan chesky there live for us in colleyville, texas. we'll continue to monitor the situation. >>> there were major developments in the battle over democracy this week and it was a week on paper had some signs of progress. as the week draws to a close, it becomes impossible to ignore the big wins for anti-democratic forces in this country. after a year's worth of investigation, the justice department arrested, finally charged the leader of a far right militia group and ten others for the january 6th attack on the capitol. stewart rhodes, the founder of this group, the oath deeper, is now facing up to 20 years in prison after being charged with seditious conspiracy. on tuesday, president biden and vice president kamala harris traveled to atlanta to throw their weight behind efforts to protect the right to vote in this country. after republicans spent 2021 passing new laws across the country in state after state, the very foundations of our democracy, it now seems like democrats in washington were about to strike back. they were about to g

do i have any under texas law? >> well, you really have to rely on the county elections official to try and work with you to find a way to make it be accepted. and, again, it's already very difficult to vote by mail in texas. you have to be 65 or older or disabled or out of town for the entire voting period. so these are folk who need help. they're older folks or disabled folks, and they're just trying to vote by mail and being involved in their democracy without having to go physically to a polling place. i think during a pandemic we should be making that easier and not harder. >> so the freedom to vote act failed. the john lewis voting rights advancement act failed, but there seems to be a lot of bipartisan chatter about the electoral count act. and bipartisan support is growing to reform the electoral count act. what do you think of the reforms that are being discussed? >> well, i think it's the right idea. and we talked about this before, jonathan, i don't think there should be a substitute for making it easier

the standoff continues in colleyville, texas. you are looking at live pictures outside beth israel synagogue where negotiations continue with a man who claims to be ready to die and wants dr. aafia siddiqui released from federal prison. i'm jon scott in new york. all day pain relief. aleve it, and see what's possible. and also try alevex topical pain relief. have you checked singlecare? i think you can get a cheaper price on this. cheaper meds with singlecare. stop! i should spread the word. but how? i wanna be remembered for the savings, with singlecare. you walk into the pharmacy, with great insurance. but then, (screams) singlecare beats the price of your copay. singlecare the musical. are people ready? (sings dramatically) oh, i need to get to work. telling people to check the singlecare price. better skin from your body wash? try olay body wash withrk. skincare super ingredient collagen! olay body wash hydrates to improve skin 3x better, from dry and dull to firm and radiant. with olay body, i feel fearless in my skin. >> ju

i went down to texas. you heard what the nonpartisan election official said, this is a canary in the coal mine for the midterms. do you agree with that? >> well, every state will put in place its own voting systems, their election systems. that is a state's right. we should not be federalizing our election system as the democrats had attempted to do. i am an expert when it comes to iowa elections. i did serve as a commissioner of elections. and i can tell you even iowa has been targeted by the left because they have changed their voter laws, but i will also say that even with those changes in our law, our voting election systems are much more liberal than president joe biden's home state of delaware as well as democratic majority leader chuck schumer's home state of new york. so i think -- >> let's talk about iowa. let's talk about iowa. >> -- we need to look at these systems as a whole and support our voters. yes, absolutely. >> let's talk about iowa. >> you bet. >> according to the brennan center which 1

we are following breaking news out of fort worth, texas. officials in the town of colleyville have confirmed the agency is conducting s.w.a.t. operations outside of a synagogue, currently a hostage situation, it seems. the "star-telegram" reporting that authorities are negotiating with a man who has taken people hostage. colleyville police sergeant darren nelson saying negotiators have, in fact, made contact with somebody inside of the synagogue, who they believe, in fact, is a suspect. the man could be heard having a one-sided conversation in what appeared to be a phone call during a live stream of the reform jewish synagogue's shabbat service. this was being live streamed on facebook while this was going down and we have been following this thing for the last several minutes or so. this was a congregation established in 1999, again, in the town of colleyville, which is a dallas-fort worth suburb. i want to bring in american university professor and author of "hate in the homeland: the new global far right." cynthia, welcome. i want to be

and of course not developing story in texas. my name is peter scott and i'll be back again with another bulletin in just over 30 minutes. ah.

freezing rain, sleet, and snow, treacherous weather from the texas to virginias and carolinas. carolinas, a half inch of ice could accumulate on roads, trees and power lines. power companies are on stand by as we go into the night. a ambulance slid down an icy road. the patient who was already in cardiac arrest did not survive. two others were injured. the brutal cold moving in across several states as we start this weekend. ginger zee back with us again tonight. she's tracking it all for us. hi, ginger. >> reporter: hi, david this. savage cold that we are enduring here has made it to the ground level down in south carolina and north carolina. but up higher, it's warmer, so rain is falling, but it's into this freezing surface, so it's freezing on contact, and that's where you get that ice. you can see it on the radar. from maryland back to georgia there were alerts. b ttce we about taking down power lines, obviously covering roads. the bulk of the storm happens t people are awake, but unfortunately, if you were to lose power, look at the wind chills. it will be single digits up

freezing rain, sleet, and snow, treacherous weather from texas to the carolinas and virginia. at this hour it is getting worse in the carolinas. a half inch of ice could accumulate on roads, trees, power lines. power companies are on standby as we go into the night. an ambulance slid off an icy road and down an embankment near raleigh. the patient who was already in cardiac arrest did not survive. ptwo others were injured. and then of course, the brutal cold moving in across several states as we start this weekend. chief meteorologist ginger zee back with us again tonight. she's tracking it all for us. hi, ginger. >> reporter: hi, david. this savage cold that we are enduring here has made it to the ground level down in south carolina and north carolina. but up higher, it's warmer, so rain is falling, but it's into this freezing surface, so it's freezing on contact, and that's where you get that ice. you can see it on the radar. from maryland back to georgia there are alerts. and there will be snow on the backside of this, but it is that ice we get concerned about taking down p

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we had a texas family, a mother and daughter killed by texas smugglers. they need to provide the manpower and infrastructure to the southern border and would the states, work with texas and arizona to fulfill the challenge and that remains to be seen. right now the state of texas is going to continue moving forward and we'll continue to take measures and potential threats along the southern border, we can deploy the same resources at a moment's notice. >> there have been something like a half a million got-aways in 2021. and that raises a safety issue for people that live there. we're talking about drugs, talking other illicit activity that comes across the border. >> that's what we need to shift our focus going into 2022, we understand the families, we understand the children that are coming across, the humanitarian effort behind it, but need to focus on the criminal element. the criminal organizations and fentanyl killing tens of thousands of americans. the counterfeit pills that are being manufactured by the drug trafficking organizations, we're seeing