governor desantis, governor abbott have doubled down on their base. their base is telling them that mandates on vaccines, mandates on mask, public health measures that have been recommended by the experts are in fact unpopular with the republicans. they're working to appeal to. they have greater support, they're working against the larger public opinion, which annually supports mandates. not by huge members. i saw a poll by the associated press, and lower than 48% -- only about a third oppose it. it's not overwhelming, but it is a majority. and it is significant. it's a difference between a pro and con. what we're seeing in desantis, abbess, and these other republicans, they're playing to the republican base. which is overwhelmingly against it. that's a calculation that they're making, it's good politics at this point. even if they don't win, when it comes down to sometime a court showdown with the biden administration. >> we should admit to ferc and viewers, who are used to seeing three initial guess on this hour, that we do indeed have three. it's j

abbott has a primary first. has to survive that to get to the general so that's topic "a" for him. >> so "the houston chronicle" set out abbott is facing his first serious primary challenges who have made covid-19 one of the biggest issues. i'm going to call the governor tacking right, tacking to where the base of the party is. there's also this if you look at his recent history, tried to position himself, the governor of florida ron desantis is i'm the anti-bidench they have some hope that trump dis-austin powers and if you look recently texas governor abbott's were banning vaccinations and the texas abortion law in the highlights there, abbott promised that the border agents not be punished by the biden straights. joe biden says yes so i say no. >> every step of the way. governor abbott has been against joe biden in every step of the way with every covid restriction. this is something that sets up, you know, possibly a legal challenge that they can take into next year's mid--term. >> we'll watch the courts and

so it feels to me like what abbott is doing is purely performative. he gets the benefit to the far right fever swamp of saying what they want to hear but knows the businesses won't do it so there won't be an additional outbreak of covid. do you see it that way or is there something else going on? >> i think part of it is performative but as our fellow guests will testify to, the real world application is past performative, all of the things he's done. i listened to the previous segment that was awesome. we have to go from -- we need to protect the democracy to what is actually the real world application of all of these anti democratic things we've done and why we've arrived here. greg abbott launched all these things endangering texans' lives and taking away the rights of both people of color and women in this state. all those things. they have practical applications where people die from them. right? as you led into the failure of the grid, not 200 people died. 700 people died and they didn't do anything to fix it. we had 68,000 people in texas die f

in texas, governor greg abbott just doubled down. now no one, not even private companies, can mandate covid-19 vaccines for staff or customers. vaccines, he says, must always be voluntary for texans. new york city mandates vaccines for pro athletes, so the brooklyn nets just announced kyrie irving won't be playing. he could have played away games but says the gm, we will not permit any of our team to participate with part-time availability. >> we don't like to be telling people what they need to do with regard to vaccines, but we know that mandates work. we've seen that they are working. they're working in schools, universities, and colleges. >> reporter: in wisconsin, a mom whose son caught covid is suing the school district which will not mandate masks. she claims they're throwing students into a covid-19 snake pit. >> i am just hoping that they will start masking and take some responsibility to keep our kids safe at school. >> reporter: and at a school board meeting in virginia. >> i was sitting next to my healthy daughter's death

remember governor abbott tried to do this weeks ago with schools. he said that schools cannot mandate vaccines for covid. but this is upping the ante because the president's executive order mandating the vaccine for both federal workers, federal contractors and also for businesses that have over 100 employees comes into play here and is now in direct contravention of that federal law. i think you should look for the justice department to intervene here and say, wait a minute, when federal law is in conflict with state law, typically federal law trumps. so we'll see how this plays out in court. he's already been sued, the governor has already been sued about what he tried to do with this in schools. we'll see where this one goes. as you mentioned, irerica, ther is a lot of businesses headquartered in texas now, essentially in limbo. american and southwest, also oracle, at&t, dell, we're talking about major corporations here essentially now with what to do with exactly how to comply with this order and also comply with president biden's executive orde

not to be outdone, in florida, governor ron desantis is following abbott's lead on covid, asking the legislature to block the blight biden administration's vaccine mandates. still with us, don calloway, mark mckinnon, mike this is so on brand i don't know how immersed you are in the minutiae of texas politics these days. but what should we know, what should be to think about this new guy i bet is put up as secretary of state, and if we weren't in polite conversation we'd probably ask, is he a student who would fold with one phone call from abbott's boss? >> well sure he would, he's one of the lawyers who made the texas appeal on behalf of donald trump. so, he's bought and paid for by donald trump already. so this is fascinating to watch, the back and forth between abbott and desantis to see you can kiss the shoots faster in china better, this is an interesting thing on the texas front, on the elections front, because admin is responding to the pressure to audit the state of texas, which trump won by a lot, which is abbott offered to audit the four largest democratic counties, so i th

you have greg abbott. you have ron desantis. you have other republican governors that are actually stepping in and stomping on them, taking away their freedom as a private enterprise, as a free enterprise business to do what they think is best for their companies. to keep their doors open. to keep their restaurants open. they're taking away that choice. it's like a socialist government not letting a private business, a family business do what they think is best. i don't understand it. mike barnicle, now you have the biggest corporations saying the same thing. the biggest corporations that understand they need their people working, they need their people back at work doing their jobs, getting their company going, getting the supply chain running again. and who is stopping them? republican governors. why? not because of science. >> no. >> not because of any medical advice. it is all just playing to the lowest common denominator and the dumbest conspiracy theories on the internet and on facebook. they are at war against private ent

and abbott offered to audit the four largest, of course, four democratic counties. that was not enough for donald trump. let me note the lieutenant governor dan patrick offered a million dollars award for any example, anybody could find a voter fraud. today it was reported or yesterday that he paid $25,000 for somebody from pennsylvania who found one example of voter fraud and it was someone voted fraudulently twice for donald trump. >> amazing. don, here we are in 2021, did you ever think you would see this race to be all things trump, two grown man who are willing to do just about anything to get the love of the crowd that loves him? >> no, we started along this path perhaps in 2015 when donald trump descended from the escalator talking about mexicans sending their worst people. i think it was long before that. i remember being shortly out of college, reading books such as "the end of reason" by al gore. i gave a lecture at north carolina to environmental justice students and none of them almost knew who al gore was. congratulations, gentlemen, we are all old. we

i wanted to talk about abbott's ban on vaccine mandates. as we talked about the other extreme policy texas is now pushing, it feels like banning vaccine mandates should fit in that group. how are businesses in texas handling that? >> well, first of all thank you very much for having me on tonight. governor abbott loves to say texas is open for business. but the ban on vaccine mandates is about as anti-business as it gets. it strips away choice from businesses who are trying to make tough decisions about keeping employees, customers most safe during this pandemic. because of other executive orders the governor has issued tying local officials hands. what we have seen is throughout the state, you have seen chambers of customers, business groups, seen large institutional businesses like southwest airlines or american airlines, come out and say we're follow what the federal government told us to do. we're employers with more than 100 employees are to mandate the vaccine. i think this was exactly what the governor wanted put the businesses in to

abbott says that the covid-19 vaccine is safe. he says it's effective and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced. well, that's happening as texas republican gubernatorial candidate alan west, known for being an anti-vaxxer, comes down with covid. cnn's ed lavandera is here. ed, good evening to you. so abbott is really flying right in the face of president biden. and it's not the first time. talk to me about the governor's decision. >> well, i think everybody here in texas is looking at the governor's decisions really through very much a political lens. the governor is facing two primary opponents in the republican race for governor. that election is next year. both of those candidates running to the right of him and pushing against vaccine mandates and that sort of thing. so a lot of people here looking at the governor's actions simply as politically motivated. and also remember, the governor has issued bans on entities, local entities issuing mask mandates. and many of those -- many schoo

it didn't take long for abbott to feel the pressure. on the same day releasing an audit on harris, dallas and tarrant and collin counties. >> isn't it a waste to do this? >> it is fundamental to our democracy. >> earlier this year, telling the committee there were no problems with the election. >> in spite of all the circumstances, texas had an election that was smooth and secure. the former president said jump and abbott said how high. >> it is about identifying stricter election laws to make it harder for people to vote. >> this is just jumping around to play into that narrative to please president trump and to set the table for what this is really about, which is passing laws to make it harder for people to vote. >> the governor has denied the request for an interview but has picked two democratic counties and two republican counties. dallas and harris vote democratic. republicans have been losing ground in tarrant and collin. in 2020, trump lost tarrant by half a percentage point after winning by eight points in 2016. in and collin,

the latest executive order coming out of the governor of texas, governor greg abbott. he said no entity in texas can compel the receipt of a covid vaccine by an individual, including employee or consumer who objects to such vaccination for any reason, including prior recovery from covid-19, i hereby suspend all relevant statutes to the extent necessary to enforce this prohibition. he said it is yet another instance of federal overreach. the biden administration is now bullying many private entities into imposing covid-19 vaccine mandates, causing workforce disruptions that threaten texas's continued recovery from the disaster. this could be a potential legal battle between osha and the state of texas, could it not? guest: there is so much wrong and what he said, the list is extensive. first of all, it is clear that federal rules and regulations preempt or trump in state law or regulation, whether or not the texas legislature passes it or the governor just pronounces it because he thinks he can. this a premise he clause of the constitution -- the supremacy clause of the

he's one of the people running against governor abbott. and it was allen west who spent from the hospital bed especially saying that this experience has made him more convinced to be against vaccine mandates. so it's interesting to see governor abbott's announcement tonight coming a day after allen west was railing against vaccine mandates. >> yeah. ed lavandera, thank you, sir. >>> i want to bring in dr. jonathan reiner. good evening to you. we know that vaccines work. right? how do you explain the on going republican resistance to life saving public health measures while we're in the middle of a pandemic still? >> it almost like these politicians are trying to sabotage our recovery. there is some interesting stats that relate -- that i think answer some of these questions. april 19th vaccines were made available for all americans. and on that date, texas and new york had very similar numbers of deaths. new york had about 52,000 deaths, texas had i believe around 49,000 deaths. and since that time, since vaccines were available to all adu

it didn't take long for abbott to feel the pressure. on the same day, the republican governor announced an audit in harris, dallas, tarrant and collin counties. >> isn't it just a terrible waste of taxpayer money to have an audit in a state that everybody says went fine and that president trump won by 600,000 votes, and aren't you contributing to this undermining confidence in our election process? >> why do we audit everything in this world but people raise their hands in concern when we audit elections, which is fundamental to our democracy? >> reporter: earlier this year, the state's election administrator told a legislative committee there were no problems with the election. >> in spite of all the circumstances, texas had an election that was smooth and secure. >> president trump said jump. the governor said, how high? >> reporter: dallas county judge clay jenkins, a democrat, says the audit is about undermining democracy and to justify stricter election laws that will make it harder for people to vote. >> this is just jumping aroun

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well, texas governor greg abbott banning any covid-19 vaccine mandates in the lone star state, abbott signing an executive order prohibiting employers from pressuring texans with medical or religious exemptions to get the shot. he's authorizing any business that fails to comply they be fined to the maximum allowed. abbott says the vaccine should remain voluntary. maria, you've been talking about this this morning. americans are feeling the pain at the pump. gas prices jumping more than 5 scenes from a week ago -- cents from a week ago, this as oil is reaching a seven-year high right now, only eight states have prices under $3 by the way for gas. the average price of regular gas, $3.28 a gallon and, maria, you were talking about this. oil is above $80 still. it's up 68% year-to-date, that contract, maria. so this is really a serious energy crisis we're looking at now. maria: yeah. not good going into the important retail season of the holidays, cheryl. it's going to cut into our spending power for sure. thanks very much. meanwhile, more than $100 million of border wall material rusting

abbott's speech was the latest casualty of canceled culture in academia and he talked about this, the chilling effect and this kind of atmosphere of free speech being squelched on tucker carlson today. >> what you do for a living does not intersect with american politics or cultural transfer? >> nothing. in fact to me this sort of science is supposed to be a secret garden where you can retreat from all of those types of activities. over the last 5-10 years, everything has been introduced into the science. there's been a politicized nation of science. if only a few of us are standing up and asserting principles of academic freedom, maybe we can turn the tide. >> will: joining me now is keith whittington, princeton politics professor and academic freedom alliance chair. thank you so much for being with me tonight. let me ask you this, professor abbott has been canceled now for a speech at mit, i believe he's also suffered cancellation at uc berkeley. what is it that he has said that is so controversial that students simply cannot tolerate? >> he just spoke out about affirmative action p

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so even greg abbott right now is going to have a more conservative challenger. he's going to get primaried from the right in 2022. a lot of people think that's part of the reason why abbott is doing what he's doing. and that is a kind of metaphor and probably won't happen, but it's a thing that drives and animates the impulse. all these republicans are terrified. and the reason they're terrified in particular is what drives that primary dynamic, which is the second factor. and that is donald trump. republicans were going further and further in this state all the way from the early '90s to the late 2000s. and the fact trump still hovers so large in our political conversation and all these texas republicans are terrified if they were to do what you just suggested, which we used to do back in the 20th century which is to moderate their policies, trump will come after them and they will get primaried and lose their jobs and their power and all the perks and that stuff. it really is the perfect microcosm of the dynamics that had been polarizing our politics and drive

that same, poll finds the approval rating of governor greg abbott, is at 41%. the lowest since february 2016. here is what matthew dowd, a former republican who's running as a democrat, for texas lieutenant governor, told the host of the circus. >> we've lived over 30 years? 30 years? do you sense that there is a palpable awareness, within texas, of how bad it's been for the last year here? outside, we all look at texas and go one. it's a nightmare. but to texans feel? that >> i've talked to a lot of people, including disinfected republicans who think they can fix the party, but they don't like what's happening. i've talked to independents, i've talked with them all over. i would say the most consistent way to say it is, i'm proud of my state, and i love my state. but what they're doing is embarrassing. republicans, independents and democrats, democrats may state it more well, independents might say it and slightly different, way but republicans were disinfected, they all say basically the same thing. this is embarrassing. >> joining us now, the nbc news an msn

greg abbott is bullying family's businesses and entrepreneurs. people that drives not only the texas economy but the american economy for doing what they think is best for their own private enterprise, it means it's private that the government should not be able to comment and tell people how to run their business in a way that actually hurts their business. i think the craziest example of this as we say months ago, they could not require vaccine mandates. they let anybody on with or without a vaccine. it was just a business disaster, forget the healthcare disaster. i know these people don't care about people's health the way they act. think about just the business, the crisis that they're causing. if you are a small business and if you work with your family your entire life to keep a small business open to make payroll every two week, the dealing of everything you had to do and you have a governor saying you can't protect yourself, your family and workers and customers the way you want to protect yourself? that's insanity. there is nothing conse

president biden's vaccine mandates are getting a lot of push back from governor abbott who has signed an executive order banning all vaccine mandates. this as we're getting new information about moderna and johnson & johnson's booster shots. >> reporter: a texas showdown in what could be the first in a wave of red state challenges. texas governor greg abbott banning any entities in the state from requiring vaccines for employees or customers, saying in part the covid-19 vaccine is safe, effective and the best defense against the virus but should remain voluntary and never forced. today the white house accusing the governor of choosing politics over science. >> it's not based on what is in the interest of the people you are governing. it's perhaps in the interest of your own politics. >> reporter: the biden administration is finalizing orders requiring all private companies with 100 or more workers to require vaccines or frequent testing. many corporations have already issued mandates. >> this is a known hazard. so we really can't afford to have people among our employee base who are h

. >> reporter: the new executive order from texas governor greg abbott is not subtle. he accuses the biden administration of bullying private entities into imposing vaccine mandates. and then he threatens to fine any texas companies that comply. >> our patience is wearing thin. >> reporter: it was one month ago that president biden announced all companies with more than 100 employees would soon have to require workers to either get vaccinated or submit to regular testing, with even stricter rules for federal contractors. >> if you want to work with the federal government and do business with us, get vaccinated. >> reporter: since then, republican attorneys general from roughly two dozen states have threatened to sue the administration. texas is one of them. >> and we're extremely concerned about the vaccine mandates from the federal government. >> reporter: the conflict is sure to breed confusion for employers. several major texas-based companies have already announced vaccine mandates. american airlines said today it's reviewing governor abbott's executive order but b

governor greg abbott banning any covid 19 vaccine mandate in the lone star state, signing an executive order for pivoting employers from pressuring texans with medical religious exemptions get key shot. also authorizing maximum fines for any entity that fails to comply writing, quote, the covid 19 vaccine is safe, effective at our best defense against the virus but should remain voluntary and never forced. todd: the afghan interpreter who helped rescue president biden after an emergency helicopter landing finally states the taliban controlled country, he was among the government employees who drove the group to safety during the blizzard. he pleaded for help after being stranded following the us withdrawal. the purple heart recipient with the arizona national guard joined us next hour to discuss the successful rescue mission. >> today a wyoming corner will give an update on gabby petito's final autopsy report at a new york, broke -- can ground in grand teton national forest. her death was initially ruled a homicide. the final autopsy is expected to include the time and cause of death.

you think that would mean something to greg abbott or henry mcmaster or ron desantis, instead, they are giving in to anti-vaxxers. i don't think there is a single thing these clowns would not do or say if it meant took across and would say nice things about them on fox news. it doesn't matter who dies as a result. that is the thing about republicans nowadays, unless you have a big checkbook or could give them something, they could care less about you pay -- they couldn't care less about you. my friends, president biden and the democrats in congress offered a monthly tax cut because they knew it would be life changing for working and middle-class families. a couple of weeks ago, i was talking to courtney driver on my podcast, welcome to the party. you should listen for yourself where you get your podcast, that is my plug. courtney is a u.s. marine corps veteran who lives in georgia. because of the child tax credit, she could get childcare for a five-year-old over the summer, and she knows other parents who benefited as well. folks who have been able to buy school supplies for the kids, a

what is your reaction when you hear texas governor abbott, the biden white house denied texas request to issue federal emergency disaster declaration for the border. we got panama morning 60000 migrants are coming and seeing apprehended al qaeda, people with al qaeda ties inside panama trying to come to the u.s. when you put that all together, what's going on here? >> it's understandable governor abbott asked for federal emergency declaration after the del rio experience 15000 migrants appearing suffering by living the water, food and shelter. border protection immigration is a function of the federal government, not the states and get texas class pick up the bill, they've devoted $3 billion fighting the border crisis and get fema good night the request when fema granted other requests at a rate of ten a month but different's request from texas would be admissions the biden administration policies created an emergency. >> we've got republican texas congressman gonzales putting out press releases say panama is morning migrants with al qaeda ties intend to cross. that's dangerous we are

reporting in la joya, texas, bill melugin. >> shannon: meanwhile, greg abbott says the texas national guard is gearing up at the border in response to a large migraine caravan approaching the rio grande. talking about the state of it tonight with evan or dan patrick. great to have you back. want to start with where bill melugin finished up and what he also added in his reporting is that there is often reports of people coming across. he talked to panamanian officials who said they'd stopped several people with ties to al qaeda who were planning to head north to our border. what you make of the situation question mike >> when you have an open border, anyone can come in and they're coming from all over the world. week keep track of the country they come from. name a country, they are coming here from there. i look at this comparing it to afghanistan and afghanistan the president left the taliban in charge and are border the president is leaving the drug cartels in charge. in afghanistan, americans were left behind. and on the border, americans are being left behind here because he doesn

you think that would mean something to greg abbott or henry mcmaster or ron desantis, instead, they are giving in to anti-vaxxers. i don't think there is a single thing these clowns would not do or say if it meant took across and would say nice things about them on fox news. it doesn't matter who dies as a result. that is the thing about republicans nowadays, unless you have a big checkbook or could give them something, they could care less about you pay -- they couldn't care less about you. my friends, president biden and the democrats in congress offered a monthly tax cut because they knew it would be life changing for working and middle-class families. a couple of weeks ago, i was talking to courtney driver on my podcast, welcome to the party. you should listen for yourself where you get your podcast, that is my plug. courtney is a u.s. marine corps veteran who lives in georgia. because of the child tax credit, she could get childcare for a five-year-old over the summer, and she knows other parents who benefited as well. folks who have been able to buy school supplies for the kids, a

oh, they are more afraid of joe biden then they are of greg abbott. over the white house, by the way, joe biden's top flag is doing what she does every day, lie in, lying, lying. here are more lies about what is happening at southwest. >> i know there was a little hubbub over the course of the last few days about southwest airlines. we now know that some of those planes were absolutely false, and actually the issue ws clearly unrelated to vaccine mandates. >> tucker: oh, you live. they are not completely unrelated to vaccine mandates. talk to the people who called in sick, they were a direct result of the vaccine mandate. you did this, joe biden white house, you are wrecking our interstate travel system. over christmas, you are going to make it impossible for people to travel. you did that. at some point, it is going to be very obvious to the whole country. of course, southwest is not the only institution that has been burdened with these mandates, so has the l.a. county sheriff's department. the sheriff in l.a. county, alex villanueva, says he will n

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where's this disconnect coming from abbott? >> well of course sexual violence is a serious, serious problem and one that it would be good for him to have an agenda around and that would start with probably addressing the culture that tolerates sexual violence, addressing policing. you know, addressing the many, many problems that survivors face when they try to come forward. the numbers don't even tell the story of the many people who never come forward. but the outrageous and inhumane ban that texas has would not do anything to address sexual violence and it would put survivors, it would put rape and incest survivors in a terrible, terrible situation. one that is far worse than the one that they are in with no remedy, no relief, and a really difficult way forward. >> let me share some more of the reporting about the state of rape prosecutions in texas. this is from nbc news. the lack of rape prosecutions in texas has been of such concern that abbott's office sponsored a study at the university of texas at austin that will be p

governor greg abbott has issued an executive order blocking vaccine requirements including for private businesses. the question is how will the biden administration respond? >>> and paul mccartney sets the record straight about why the beatles broke up. now more than 50 years later, the question is what really happened to the fab four? it's "way too early" for this. ♪♪ >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show that's prepping for a hard day's night. i'm jonathan lemire on this tuesday, october 12th. we'll start with the news. almost a year after america led joe biden out of covid t president may have hit a wall, troubling scenes at the southern border and a delta variant surge. the president's ratings have tumbled from the low 50s in february to the high 30s in a recent quinnipiac poll. strategists are reporting a common trend to politico. they write in part, quote, reports from leading party operatives all point to biden needing to get a handle on the virus to claw his way out of the muddle. in a focus last week, pennsylvania democrats one after another articulated

governor abbott in texas accused the administration of bullying private companies into those mandates cnbc's seema mody is here. seema, what happens now? >> the focus now turns to the major corporations that are based in texas, like oracle and dell, that are headquartered in texas to see what they will do next despite the governor's ruling, both american airlines and southwest say they will continue to request their employees to be vaccinated american air spokesperson says, quote, we believe the federal vaccine mandate superseeds any conflicting state laws and this does not change anything for american experts say businesses could pursue legal action in florida where vaccine mandates are already band the nor weej on cruise line launched a legal fight del rio's argument, it's not safe to cruise without requiring all crew and passengers to be vaccinated a federal judge bought it and granted the cruise line a preliminary court injunction. >> we felt a sincere obligation to protect our guests, our crew, the communities we visit we're in the hospitality business that's job one, to keep eve

governor abbott has sued our schools, biloxi school district and i see what on the local news, a handful of parents actually hired an attorney to speak on the behalf of their children not wearing masks. where does it end? guest: again, mask mandates are something we don't take a position on, but we do take a position on the ability of parents or others to be able to argue that we should or should not have mask mandates. one thing that people can do to make their speech more we do take a position on the ability of parents or others to be able to argue that we should or should not have mass mandates. one -- mask mandates. one thing people should do to make their speech more effective is to hire an attorney if necessary or spokesperson. we related to campaign-finance or something. -- relate it to campaign-finance or something, saying you should speak on your own. a lot of times speeches made it more effective by the ability to hire someone to do it for you. some people don't know how to stand up in a public meeting or make effective radio ads area often by allowing people to come together a

chris: what do you think of governor abbott? >> well, i'm not going to make an opining about my personal opinion of any person in office like a governor except to say that from a public health standpoint, that is really unfortunate because we know how effective vaccines are in preventing not only illness for the individual, but for diminishing the dynamics of the infection in society. the data are very, very clear. it doesn't matter what i think or not think of governor abbott. the fact is, look at the data and look at the difference between people who get vaccinated versus people who are unvaccinated. in caseses, in hospitalizations, and in deaths. the cdc just came out with their recent data and the data are really striking, chris, about the risk associated with being unvaccinated versus the protection that you get when you are vaccinated. i would have to just -- you know, go ahead. chris: go ahead, finish your sentence. >> no, i was going to say, so unfortunately i can understand perhaps what the govern for is trying to do bu

abbott and 10 republican governors will visit the border this afternoon. bill is at the border for us. hi, bill. >> dana, good morning to you. right now we're inside of a texas dps operations center. in a short amount of time the 10gop governors will arrive and get a private briefing on the board are and hold a press conference with governor abbott later this afternoon p. look at this compilation video showing some of the highlights of what we've seen here down at the border throughout fox news's coverage over the last 6 or 7 months. we're talking massive non-stop numbers. over 1 million encounters at the southern border so far this year. more than 400,000 known gotaways. you look at the last two months, more than 200,000 encounters at the border each month. in the last two alone. you are talking record numbers for the past 20 years. nothing has been slowing down. administration says it was seasonal, it would slow down in the summer heat. it didn't turn out to be true. the crisis has only gotten worse. the 10gop governors trying to figure oust potential ne

even before governor greg abbott signed these new maps in the, law a group of latinos advocacy groups and citizens sued to try to stop these new maps from taking effect, after he signed the law yesterday, abbott got another lawsuit, he handed to, him over these new maps. this one was run by democratic voting rights attorney marc elias, who you've seen here on this show. so, he's going to have a legal fight on his, hands for these unbelievably racially regenerated maps. unless those lawsuits succeed, they are set to take effect next year. watch this space. effec next year. watch this space watch this space ru presents... the underdogs. they may have lost an eye, or their hearing, or their youthful good looks. but there's a lot of things the remarkable dogs haven't lost... like their ability to lick, wag, and love with the best of them. join subaru in helping underdogs find a loving home and celebrate all dogs during our third annual national make a dog's day. [ sneeze ] and care you ok?l dogs oh, it's just a cold. if you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. unlike other

yesterday texas' republican governor greg abbott signed in the new congressional district map. texas got two new congressional districts added this year. two new members of congress added from texas because of a huge population boom driven almost entirely by non-white people. 95% of texas' population growth. it's new residents over the last ten years for people of color. 95%. texas gained 1 1 new residents who are hispanic or latino for every one new white resident over the past ten years but that doesn't mean they get represented in congress. texas' new congressional map gives both of its new districts to white majority voting populations. the new map reduces the number of hispanic majority districts from eight to seven despite the huge growth in the latino population. the new maps illuminate texas' only congressional district where black voters were the majority before governor greg abbott signed the maps into law, a group of latino advocacy groups and citizens sueed to try to stop the new maps from taking effect. after he signed the law yesterday abbott got another lawsuit h

after he signed the law yesterday abbott got another lawsuit handed to him over these new maps. this one was brought by democratic voting rights attorney mark elias that you've seen on the show. so, he's going to have a legal fight on his hands for these unbelievably racially redone maps but unless the lawsuits succeed, the new maps are set to take effect next year. watch this space. regina approaches the all-electric cadillac lyriq. it's a sunny day. nah, a stormy day. classical music plays. um uh, brass band, new orleans. ♪ ♪ she drives hands free... along the coast. make it palm springs. ♪ cadillac is going electric. if you want to be bold, you have to go off-script. experience the all-electric cadillac lyriq. - grammarly business turned my marketing team into rock stars. (diana strums guitar) maya swears by grammarly business because it keeps her work on brand and error-free. fast and easy. - [announcer] learn more at grammarly.com/business. >>> all right. that is going to do it for us tonight this fine tuesday evening. see you again tomorrow. "way too early" is up nex

abbott says vaccines are strongly encouraged, but quote must be voluntary for texans and quote he has been vaccinated and later tested positive for covid 19 new at noon from south san francisco. a shortage of substitute teachers as forced the superintendent and her staff to fill in all schools in the south san francisco unified school district have reopened staffing levels in some areas have not been able to rebound that includes substitute teachers. the district says it has been advertising positions but that response has been low. this is the case in a number of districts nationwide. in the meantime, the superintendent, district office staff and the district assistant superintendents have been filling into health still to come. at noon, a santa claus shortage looming for the holidays. the reason organizers of san jose's christmas in the park or having a difficult time finding people who want to put on the red suit. around the bay area this afternoon. the dry, gusty conditions continue in a red flag warning until five o'clock this afternoon. we'll check in all those current condition

this week, the brooks county sheriff met with greg abbott to request more support. this comes as counties near the texas border are seeing a higher number of migrant deaths as more people seeking asylum tried to cross through the desert to avoid points of entry where people are now blocked from applying for refugee -- for refuge a are eelled without due process. the cris is documented in the new film, "missing in brooksounty." >> theederal govnment inks -- th is notrue. the boer patro staon is mang these people walkn the ep san witvery ttleater >> sheff's office, how my i he you? i'm trying toave some inrmatioregardina family memr who missg. >> tre's been a lot of missingeople. >> we realized, there was a oblem alg the border. i don't think ybody alized jt how g it wa thsands of people ha ed. aillegaalien osser is an illegaalien crosser >> we e in a w zone here. >> thiis the tas human rights center. li likyou ju walkeoff the ear. if yodidn't exist. amy: "missing in brooks countyfollowtwo famies as ty go to cksounty to fd out wh happened their ved ones o they ink we

i have known professor abbott for about a year now. he's a geophysicist and professor at the university of chicago where i'm currently a senior and at the university of chicago i cofounded the chicago sinker which is a student newspaper where on the editor-in-chief and we are dedicated to challenging the mob's crusade against free speech and i have to say that professor abbott is a seen as one of the few faculty members willing right now to put his name and career on the line in order to defend free speech and he's always said that he's not a particularly political person and has never thought of himself as a political person, but he's extraordinarily brave and really, really leading the charge right now against the cancel mob and i'm so grateful for that. >> university of chicago and princeton usually not pushing back against the cancel mob, usually joining in, not this time. here's an excerpt from the newsweek editorial he put out, the words diversity, equity and inclusion are often supported by well-intentioned people but the effect