the texas tribune reports that the primary election approaching in texas on march 1st, quote, texas voters and local election officials have found themselves envelop in a fog of errors, delays, and miscommunications as they navigate new rules for casting votes by mail. as one election administration or in elbagir county tells the texas tribune, we are bombarded. and, nearly one year after the massive power grid failure that killed over 200 people in texas, and left millions without power in freezing temperatures, the new york times reports many of the problems that pushed the texas electric grid to the brink of a total collapse still remain, according to interviews with two dozen industry experts, elected leaders, and current and former state officials. that is republican government at work. non working power grid, 200 people dead because of it, and there's more. the republican governor of texas, greg abbott, has said the texas national guard to the mexican border where the national guard has absolutely no legal authority whatsoever. border control is the responsibility of the federal gove

texas. this man walked in, there was some communication then took four people hostage. a lot of this was captured on the live stream that the police there were monitoring. they've learned a information. they've learned some names, they're trying to run it down and trying to figure out a motive. that seems to be going okay so far. we have no reports of injuries, no reports of shots fired. authorities there working on the theory this man is armed. they're treading carefully. they're trying to most porntsly here in all of this, have these hostages freed and everyone released safely and without -- >> really taking the lead at this point, jim. they have not released anything publicly. they're trying not to do anything to upset -- all across texas as they continue to lead this investigation, jim. joining us now is ed lavandera. he's at the scene. you've got tons of experience covering situations like this. just an awful situation. what can you tell us from what you're seeing on the ground ther the

>> well, one thing i did early on, that we reduced the effect in texas, the biden administration -- texas, entities, to stop -- all illegal immigrants in state of texas pulled those licenses no locations to put illegal grants in as a result a lot of people going elsewhere, across the entire country one reason biden moved them to other regions across the country the greatest devastation we've seen in states is within 10, 0 miles of the border, homes o broken into ranches ripped apart things like that other thing we are seeing is i give you two ways in which, a person had observed devastation, but -- that is lives lost because of fentanyl also human trafficking on the rise, in texas as well as other states. a lot of -- they are there a while then -- [no audio], talked about anything, to address human traffic being i raised it first tried to open a center in downtown i said i want to be in there personally as governor to see if a victim of human trafficking biden administration said no. >> you have yeen stash houses cars so many jammed in them to get over border past agents. >> stashedr stas

southern border just outside of mcallen texas. i will be surveying the border crisis firsthand bringing you the scene from the ground here in texas but here with me this weekend 13 states attorney general from around the country they are alarmed over the impact the surge of illegal migrants having on their citizens, their states in the u.s. natural security. coming up all speaking with three of those ages representing florida, missouri, indiana brazil tells whites so fortunate for them to be with the teacher with us this weekend for my one-on-one interview texas governor greg abbott. what he's doing right now to stand up to the biden administration bad border policy protects us taking matters into their own hand to protect america with the new state funded border wall. but first other wild week on wall street. we saw the dell recover from more than 1100 drop earlier in the week by the federal reserve indicating rate hikes are coming beginning in march. plus stronger growth in the fourth quarter then we thought for the dow in the s

thank god for texas. they are doing the job the biden administration refuses to do. >> griff: last month i went down into mexico and interviewed a cartel smuggler, you and i have talked about that, and he told me they are not slowing down because business has never been better. a news worthy moment about the cartel using tiktok to recruit smugglers on the texas side of the border. how significant of a problem? >> no consequence or deterrents. border patrol says half the agents are not on the border. they are in centers processing people. so, half the border is unguarded. del rio and the haitian ands under the bridge, 240 miles open for days, and yuma, called all the agents in the process, hundreds came across, taking taxis and the busses to the final destination. cartel, look, no one celebrated this election more than the cartel, they knew they were back in business and taking advantage of this. they pushed the family groups through, border patrol has to respond to the humanitarian crisis and put the bad

host: the texas tribune reporting that texas will have 38 congressional seats. it's the only state that will get more than one. in austin, this is roy. good morning. caller: how are you doing this morning? i think our biggest problem in texas is the fact we've got a president of the doesn't care about the protection of our southern border. we live it every day with the influx of illegal immigrants. the other problem we have in texas is we are getting a plethora of california democrats and democrats mother places that voted in certain ways to ruin their state and they are moving to texas. host: the previous caller mentioned there is a growth of congressional representation because of that growth. caller: this is true. what the caller needs to understand his representation is based on population. when we are talking about west texas where you may have 10 people, it's different than houston where you've got 5000 people. he needs to understand it is totally based on population. host: as far as your governors response to the first issue, immigration it, how do you th

jorge: una juez de texas declarÓ que la operaciÓn estrella solitaria en texas viola la constituciÓn. reportero: una juez de distrito de texas dijo que la operaciÓn estrella solitaria viola la constituciÓn. >> el estado de texas interfiere con las polÍticas del gobierno federal. reportero: el estado de texas dijo que no tiene dudas que la corte de texas va revertir esta decisiÓn. texas dice que hace lo que el gobierno federal no hace en la frontera. greg abbott lanzÓ la operaciÓn estrella solitaria a mediados del aÑo pasado. la mayorÍa de los arrestos ocurren en propiedades privadas, justo cuando los migrantes acaban de cruzar. >> creo que es una persecuciÓn racial por parte del dps. reportero: a este inmigrante lo detuvo la policÍa de texas y lo acusÓ de invasiÓn de propiedad. ilia: el alguacil es sacramento, california, decidiÓ liberar 200 reclusos de cÁrceles federales para evitar contagios. las autoridades dicen que la semana pasada no habÍa un solo caso. jorge: varios estados del paÍs se preparan para tormentas invernales. hoy hubo nevadas que cerraron el trÁfico

the attorney general in texas, ken paxton joins us by phone. general paxton, do we know the motive here? >> i do not think we know the motive. for the ongoing investigation, i think there's still a lot we just don't know. jon: there were reports that there might be bombs involved, any confirmation of that or is that just another rumor? >> i think that's just another rumor, i don't think there's any confirmation of explosive devices on the grounds. obviously in evolving situation and we don't have the information. jon: local authorities, are they handling the investigation? i'm sure the fbi and atf must be involved as well ask. >> you got federal, state and local law enforcement authorities, local police, state police and federal authorities are all involved. jon: interesting some of the quotes we've heard from this hostage taker, he says he expects he's going to die but also expressed concerns about his children so it would seem he has family members he cares for and would like to obviously be around for them. i suppose authorities are trying t

interestingly enough, i just returned from texas last night, allen are, texas, where i just conducted a five-day hostage negotiation class for the negotiators, so it's interesting that now we have another incident going on in texas. but there are some negatives, of course. the fact that his brother -- on the side of the police -- this brother is, you know, convicted of being a terrorist. his sister, i understand, is in jail for 86 years. i was taking notes as i was watching earlier: i just learned about this a little while ago. so from the police side, what does he want, what is his motivation. often times when police negotiators arrive on the scene, it's lined -- kind of like the middle of a movie, the drama's already unfolded on screen, and now you have to piece together how do we get to this part of the drama in the movie, how do you get to this part of the drama in the negotiations. so the police are going to have to start to backtrack and figure that out. and they probably have a good sense of it now. from what i've been hearing on fox news so far, that there are some positives a

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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

it is good you get to see where is a texas? we got maps on saturday and there is a hearing the next week in the night before. it is not a car p.m. texas time and they released more maps that they want people to talk about at the hearing. the one hearing was going to happen out of 42 that the commission had. >> the census data was delayed this year as a result of the covid crisis. is that going to affect redistricting and how has it? ultimately, will it matter much or not at all? >> i think you already see states using it as an excuse and that is one way. in texas, they said we would have loved to have gone around the state and have lots of testimony per covid interfered, which is weird because the legislature took requiring testimony to be in person. there is no covid crisis that required you to testify in person. they could knock around the state if you are tested because of covid. the other thing that they play out is redistricting is later than normally this year and never leave less time for litigation. bob: probably more m

that malik faisal akram in the us, and this incident in texas?— this incident in texas? that is crucial, that _ this incident in texas? that is crucial, that i _ this incident in texas? that is crucial, that i think _ this incident in texas? that is crucial, that i think is - this incident in texas? that is crucial, that i think is the - this incident in texas? that is crucial, that i think is the key| crucial, that i think is the key question on the minds of so many people, but this man is a british national and appears to have arrived here in the united states through jfk international airport in new york, clearly than travelled at some point to texas, and if indeed he was on, he managed at some point to get hold of a gun. i'm hearing multiple lines of enquiry looking at his mental health, looking at the possibility that he got access to the synagogue by posing as a homeless man, and a key question for so many was the tight security that we see outside the synagogue because of the rise of anti—semitic attacks over recent months and years, security being extremely tig

the senator from texas. considering the way our democratic friends talk about the state of voting rights in america, it's 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 hope to explain here in the next few minutes. for example when it e comes to e 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 said from new york the right to vote is under attack and ways we have not seen in generations.io 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 the voting rights, but there is more to the story as i've said. if you

the white house monitoring the hostage standoff in texas. let's check in with lucas tomlinson and delaware were president biden is spending the weekend. >> we learned the president left turf church services an hour ago, did not speak to the press, he's not spoken publicly about the situation but we know he's monitoring the situation closely in texas. his press secretary tweeting a short time ago potus has been briefed about the hostage situation in the dallas area. he will continue to receive updates from his senior team at the situation. senior members of a national security team are in touch with federal law enforcement leadership. we are hearing from other members the administration the president ambassador to israel also taking to twitter a short time ago saying quote i'm closely monitoring the hostage situation at israel texas for the community gathered for services praying for an immediate and safe and. we are hearing from other world leaders the israeli prime minister also tweeting condolences saying he's also monitoring the situation

commons in dallas, texas. rabbi, welcome to democracy now! first, can you respond to what happened on saturday? actually, the horror that the reason perhaps these men escaped alive was because the rabbi and the congregation has been trained over and over again to deal with situations like is? >> thank you so much for having me today. yes, io think that it was clearly an incredibly scary situation. and i know rabbi cytron-walker are well. we have done a lot of work together. i know a lot has been made of the training he received to be able to deal with a terrorist situation like this. and that clearly came into play and was extremely important in the moment. at the same time, rabbi cytron-walker has spent many, many, many more hours training himself to understand other people, to be compassionate with people that he does not know very well and maybe foreign to him. and i think that is what led him to invite this man in in the beginning and to give him tea and to be concerned about him. i think that -- i've been

one of four hostages in a texas synagogue has just been released unharmed. the fbi continues to negotiate with the hostage taker who is still holding three people including the rabbi at congregation beth israel in texas right near fort worth. and the situation has now been going on for some eight hours at this point. cnn is working to confirm a shocking account of a woman who says s w

texas restrictive then, ballot battle. texas' restrictive new voting law sparks confusion, forcing election officials to reject hundreds of applications for mail-in ballots. >> texas is already the hardest state to vote in, in the entire country, and this just turbo- charges how hard it will be. >> woodruff: and it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart consider the legacy of supreme court justice stephen breyer, and what his retirement could mean for the high court. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by >> fidelity wealth management. >> johnson & johnson. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: pre

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 and texas exceedingly more dangerous, and that is for anyone who becomes

, synagogue there in colleyville, texas. according to local police, right now, the fbi is in communication with the person who is believed to be holding folks hostage inside that synagogue. and josh campbell, you were just saying a few moments ago that if you're looking for any good news, in any of this, it's the fact that they're in communication with this person right now. i guess the other obvious piece of good news here is that we're being told no injuries at this point, and so there is a glimmer of hope here that perhaps law enforcement can resolve this peacefully, and what are some of the things that they might be saying right now? might they be looking at already, looking at social media posts, if they know who this person is at this point? and so on? >> yeah, well, there are a number of different resources that they will bring to bear. obviously that point to point communication between a hostage negotiator and a suspect, that is that direct line into what is happening, but as you mentioned, as they elicit informatio

take texas. this past week, the supreme court once again allowed its restrictive six-week ban on abortions to stand. rebuffing requests from texas abortion providers who asked the court to send the case back to a federal district court. justice sonia sotomayor writing in her dissent, quote, this case is a disaster for the rule of law and a grave disservice to women in texas who have a right to control their own bodies. i will not stand by silently as a state continues to nullify this constitutional guarantee. already at least seven states are revving up their own copycat bills like the one surviving and thriving in texas. this summer the supreme court is expected to issue a ruling on a case from mississippi that could likely overturn roe altogether. with me now, melissa murray, msnbc contributor and professor of law at new york university, and former texas state senator wendy davis, she's also the founder of deeds not words. melissa, first, explain what this supreme court decision on the texas ab

she is serving an 86-area sentence in texas. she was convicted over a decade ago on seven charges, including attempted murder and armed assault on u.s. officers in afghanistan. with me now is the ceo and the national director of the anti-deaf mission league jonathan green blat. thank you very much. i'm so sorry it is on this news, but thank you for taking the time this evening. >> i'm happy to be here. i wish the circumstance were different as well. >> there is so mitch we don't know. we don't have the name of the hostage-taker. we don't have the names of those being held or their conditions. we don't have a motive. but one thing is very clear. this is people of the jewish faith once again in america being victimized. what is your response to what is happening right now? >> yeah, unfortunately, poppy, i feel like we have been here before. this is the first time that anyone at adl can recall a hostage-taking at a synagogue. but unfortunately, jewish sites have been targeted again and again and again by extremists over the years a

she is now serving an 86 prison sentence in texas. aafia siddiqui. >>> in australia, a federal court is hearing tennis star novak djokovic's appeal. his anti-vaxing stance imperils the health and stability of the country's people and that is why they want the courts to stand by the minister's decision to have him deported. phil black, we spoke last holiday, we were on a break for lunch. is this trial, hearing i should say resumed and where is it? >> reporter: yes, it just resumed a few years ago. the government's lawyer is continuing his arguments in defense of the immigration minister's decision to cancel novak djokovic's visa. it was based on his belief his continued prinesence, djokovic' presence could result in fewer people getting vaccinated and public demonstrations that could serve as points of community transmission and would rick to public health in that sense. the arguments in favor of that according to his lawyer, were not just to djokovic's status as being unvaccinated. it is his clear determination to remain unvaccinated.

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

but the governor of texas is holding firm. he is . texas is holding firm. he is proud of his state's new law. our creator in dallas with the right to life and yet millions of children lose their right to life every year because of abortion. in texas, we want to save those lives.— save those lives. texas hasn't only banned _ save those lives. texas hasn't only banned abortion - save those lives. texas hasn't only banned abortion after- only banned abortion after a fatal heartbeat can be detected but the law empowers people to sue anyone sent to help someone end a pregnancy after that time. counsellors and physicians say it effectively criminalises care and shows that roe versus wade has never been enough. that roe versus wade has never been enough-— been enough. since this bill has gone — been enough. since this bill has gone into _ been enough. since this bill has gone into effect - been enough. since this bill has gone into effect i - been enough. since this bill has gone into effect i have l been enough. since this bill i has gone into effect i have

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the texas national guard. the white house will face its first major test of its biden vaccine mandate. we're two days away from the supreme court hearing on that. ken paxton is joining us later in the show to take it on. dan bishop is up next. nancy pelosi's power getting weaker by the hour. 25 house democrats leaving office. we look at eroding power structure of the democrats next on "the evening edit". in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. before nexium 24hr, anna could only imagine a comfortable night's sleep without frequent heartburn waking her up. now, that dream... .

operations in colleyville texas at the congregation of beth israel there in colleyville, texas. police are evacuating the residents from the media. the white house is monitoring the situation. let's bring in shimon prokupecz, julia, josh campbell and rabbi joshua stanton, senior fellow at the national jewish center for learning and leadership who was so kind to stay with us. shimon, i understand you have new information. >> so, we believe, jim, according to authorities there, there are four hostages inside the synagogue that this man has taken hostage. they are working through some information. they believe, the fbi and the police there, believe this is an individual. they have a name of this individual. the issue is that independently, so far, they have not been able to confirm this individual's identity. so what they're doing is, is before having us come out here and say who this individual is, authorities have asked us to sort of try and let them confirm exactly who this is before we go ahead and report the person's name. so that's what's going on right now. so they believe t

they have taken over the cities in texas. major cities in texas. our borders are wide open, for instance. we've got two million illegal aliens pouring into texas in the last 12 months. they are come from over a hundred different countries. our culture is at risk, and i want to change that. this all started, really started, the catalyst for this is when we let the left replace god with government. most things in texas are downstream of the governor's office, our virtue, our culture, and we can never have true liberty without a virtuous society. i'm going to make sure that we get prayer back, in all of our classrooms in texas. i'm going to make sure we get biblical studies in our junior highs. i'm going to make sure we take control of our universities with god-fearing patriots that believe in exceptionalism of america and the free market and capitalism and flush out all the communists and the socialists that are running the universities today. >> tucker: that would be a big change and a welcomed one. appreciate it. thank you. we'll be right back. >>

allen, texas area. i would love to have the information to review to teach investigators the lessons learned. maybe things that we didn't like or they didn't like as well and just use that it as a teaching tool. arthel: absolutely. you don't know how the suspect in the case died? do you have that information by any chance? >> don't know the exact details. it sounds like it was possible intervention, they went in and either he killed himself or the team -- >> arthel: those details will come out. retired nypd hostage negotiator jack, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. eric: at the top of the hour we heard from president biden talking about the texas synagogue suspect who apparently flew from britain here to texas to try and carry out what he did. we will hear a lot more from the president on wednesday. that's when he will be holding a news conference which happens to be one day before he marks one year in office. the president of the democrats are trying to regroup after a week of big polic

you know t is ironic that i'm here in san antonio, texas, the home of the alamo, and texas is known as this state where people have a bold, independent attitude, the defenders of the alamo that will go to any lengths to defend their cause. and texas has as a senator the most weasleyest, spineless politician we have seen come along on the national stage in a long time. this is a man who won't stand up for anything. he wouldn't stand up for his family and donald trump attacks him, he wouldn't stand up for his constituents when the winter storm happened and left instead to the ritz-carlton in cancun, and now won't even stand up for himself when he correctly called what happened on january 6th a terrorist attack. and then gets challenged by tucker carlson, and immediately backs down and grovels to tucker and his audience. because he'll do anything to preserve his standing with that maga crowd because he thinks he's still going to be president one day. >> secretary castro, thank you for talking all things texas with us. >>> next, legal troubles facing the trumps. new details about the inves

much more on the hostage situation in texas when we come back. judge jeanine: welcome back to "justice." we are monitoring the situation in colleyville, texas. >> judge will be it's a good sign that the lines of communication appear to be open with one hostage released. the information should be flowing to the fbi where action is not just taking place at the synagogue, but also behind the scenes. hopefully they obtained information regarding residence of the suspect, vehicle information and hopefully searches are under way to get as much detail about this individual as possible. limits not forget that siddiqui is also in the custody of the bureau of prisons. so there is a lot of work that could be take place over there as well. judge jeanine: we determined based on reports that her blood brother indicated he's not the one who is the hostage taker. and he may are referred to her like a brother in arms, comrade in arms in terms of al qaeda. let me go to you chris. you were overall in charge of the hostage rescue. you oversaw it. obviously charlie r

bill live in la joya, texas. thanks so much. tennis star nova djokovic still in limbo waiting for a from the australian government. a decision expected in a matter of hours. that's up after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ t mike: world's best men tennis player due to have court hearing to determine if he will be allowed to compete in australian open over visa canceled over vaccination status. trey yingst has the latest. trey: djokovic will appear virtual will ever before a judge. the number one player is currently being held in an australian immigration detention hotel since thursday after his visa was canceled at the melbourne airport. djokovic had been granted medical exemption to enter the country to play in the australian open despite not being vaccinated against covid-19. the 34-year-old had coronavirus last month but australian border officials ruled he doesn't meet the criteria for an exemption. as he await it is court case that will determine his fate, supporters of djokovic gathered outside of hotel this weekend calling for the

it tells a story of texas voter id laws, and it is entitled quote,t black woman in rural texas struggles with process to vote. advocates a system is unfair. while voters across texas motor voter registration applications on monday october 4 and other november 2 statewide election, 82-year-old myra hicks worried she would not be able to have her vote counted. the oakwood texas native said she has been able to renew her driver's license for more than a year because she she's beene to present the required birth certificate need to verify your identity. in the lone star state, election laws require voters to present a driver's license, passport, mr. pai delegation card, citizenship certificate, state election identification certificate or a personal identification card to cast a ballot in person. a person does not need an id to register to vote or to vote by mail in the state of texas. from voters ages seven and over, and otherwise valid form of id may be presented when casting a ballot, even if it's expired, according to the office of the secretary of state. if a a voter does not possessr c

he believes hispanic voters in texas will keep texas red. >> and i'm proud of all the hispanic leaders who are a part of this, some of whom are from right here. others of whom are from across the entire state of texas. all of whom are doing a fabulous job of spreading the message that in the heart of hispanics, they really are republicans. and together they will keep texas red! [cheers and applause] >> let's not forget as governor, abbott has railed against basic covid safety measures, you know, like wearing masks, signed measures into law that make it harder for texans to vote, like sb-1 and the map to favor republicans. is it enough to defeat abbott in the governor's race? joining us is former hud secretary castro. secretary castro, what did you make of that announcement? secretary castro, i think you're muted. i got to get you unmuted. >> there you go. >> there we go. >> my apologies. i was saying that it is clear that greg abbott and texas republicans believe that they have an opportunity in the valley of texas, which is heavily latino, heavily mexican-american, especially after wh

. ., , ., , , in texas. it was an extremely tense 11 hours as — in texas. it was an extremely tense 11 hours as negotiators _ in texas. it was an extremely tense 11 hours as negotiators from - in texas. it was an extremely tense 11 hours as negotiators from the - in texas. it was an extremely tense 11 hours as negotiators from the fbi were trying to secure the release of those four hostages. that�*s ultimately what they successfully managed to do. it all started during a saturday morning service which was being screened online. these days, thatis being screened online. these days, that is not unusual. it is happening in many churches around the world, so many of that congregation not in person at the synagogue, and they saw, in realtime, as person at the synagogue, and they saw, in real time, as this unfolded, and they could hear the man. there is no video of him but they could hear the man acting erratically, sometimes sounding apologetic and saying sorry for what he was doing. and making certain claims

the good news for texas. _ united states? the good news for texas, the _ united states? the good news for texas, the good _ united states? the good news for texas, the good news - united states? the good news for texas, the good news for l for texas, the good news for the american people is that president biden has not given up president biden has not given up on achieving significant reform of the oppressive laws that have been passed around the nation. in fact, ijust left the senate floor and will be going back. we have not yet completed voting to be able to make a decision about what we call a rolling filibuster to allow the voting rights laws to be passed, but i think the real question is whether or not the senators who are now engaged in debate as we speak will accept the challenge for peace, equality and justice. my state of texas is the poster child for the worst kind of voter suppression. 0ne, for the worst kind of voter suppression. one, the legislator would be allowed to overturn the votes of the people. right now, as we speak, thousands of mailing ballots are

agencies were on the plane within an hour heading to texas. when you talk about 200 people in law enforcement supporting this effort, that's how they are able to sustain sort of clear focus they think it's clear that he was acting alone in this incident. we don't know his radicalization coming from an organize group or siddiqui who he was supporting, we know that now. he became animated and radicalized because she's such a cause on the internet and rad rad radical chat room. that's what the investigation will continue. there is still a lot to learn though. >> i thought the fbi saying the situation would have ended badly if not for the skills of anyway sh anyway -- shnegotiators. he said the relationship did not flow and at times intense. what did you make of that? >> so this is what we call extending the runway. that's their goal. i live in the world of cable news so we want immediate answers and we want news to go quick. what they're trying to do is the exact opposite. they're trying to extend the runway. that's going to give the fbi more opp

heart of the question, can texas restrict access to abortion. typically when they decide something when this comes up they put that case on hold, the decision in light of that, in the normal course of things what would have happened in the texas case and the court would have stayed it, the texas law on the verge of taking affect and the court will take that case. and agenda driving, takes 5 months for a study. for amy barrett's ascension to the court in ruth bader ginsburg's city, from stay, as justice sotomayor said when the court for the second time, issuance day, they get more pregnant. the constitution has been violated every day, the court refused to do that and in mississippi it is clear the mississippi law would be touted. whilst with the court have taken the case with there's no circuit, the main marker for the courts hearing a case, they only accept 70 cases out of 6000 so it is a very precious scarce -- they granted this case after considering it because they didn't like the status quo. and struck down the mississippi law had to do it

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, david, that i have never attended a day of private education in my life, from head start through law school, public education was my -- was the path. david: so, 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 very 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 didn't want anything for me but success. and so, yes, i had a great run in college and law school that brought me to new york, but the tailwinds were with me. david: but you must have suffered some discrimination in texas or louisiana as an african-american. was it