hervis rogers lives in harris county. he voted in harris county. but the texas attorney general has chosen to file the charges against him in neighboring montgomery county. we asked the attorney generals office why they follow these charges in the other county. they told us essentially, because we can. they told us the laws allowed them to fight these charges in any county that abuts harris county, if they want to. they wouldn't tell us why they picked montgomery county to pressley's charges specifically. i can tell you though, that according to the most recent u.s. census data, of the eight possible counties that about harris county -- of the eight possible counties, they could legally have charged hervis rogers in -- of the eight counties from which they have the option of joined a jury poll if this case goes trial, montgomery county is just about the white house. and has the lowest proportion of african american residents of any of those counties. attorney generals office will not tell us why they chose this county. i will tell you the aclu of t

what is it about harris county? how do you convey i guess one of some of the obstacles in harris county and why some of these measures are needed to help people be able to vote? >> so i'll take drive-through voting. you can do anything else from your car right now. that's where the idea came from. you can bank from your car, buy food from your car and do all kind of curbside things and especially with the pandemic raging on, we wanted a method that was safe and secure, families could stay in the car together and access their sacred right to vote. what we found after using drive-through voting for elections it is more often used by black, latino and asian voters. they suffer for systemic racism and other barriers in voting in other ways. we see that with 24-hour voting and mail ballot voting and the intimidation of poll watchers. so it's much more than a partisan political fight at the national level because of these conspiracy theories in real life. these options are being tan away from you and your viewers as voter

one, you mentioned how harris county did this and it was harry county alone and for your viewers, and harris county is where houston, texas is located. let's go back to article one, section four of the united states constitution where it says in there that it is the states, not counties that have the authority to regulate elections. despite that constitutional mandate, this past election, harris county, a countying tried to create its own election system that had never been used in the state of texas. chris: why not let it go on? >> i can -- chris: if 24-hour voting worked of, why not continue it? >> well, first i'm going to answer your question specifically. but you need to go back to elections before now. because the same allegations were made when texas passed a voter id law and everyone said this bodiesen franchise people of color, it would reduce voting. after we passed voter id we saw every election cycle more people go vote. it didn't make it harder to go vote, it was easier to vote. the same thing applies here. that is, with 24 hourg one thing we want to make sure we have is i

harris county decided to have 24-hour voting. allow people to vote for 24 consecutive hours which is not allowed under state law. they had one day of that. this law that has been proposed in texas would make it clear that's not allowed. it's expensive. you have to put in election officials, volunteer election judges, the parties have to nominate people and that will be hard for a lot of counties to do one county out of 254 did it. the other one is drive-thru voting. texas has a law that says people that can use drive through voting are for people that are unassisted. who is in the car checking while you vote? that's why we don't like that. those are the two big issues here. why do we have the democrats saying this is needed? because they say if we don't have these laws, it's voter suppression. the problem is this: harris county is the only county in the state of texas that had these 24 hour votes and drive through voting. harris county turnout is smaller than the statewide average. if this is so important, why are they below the

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soon thereafter soon thereafter that cdc mayor turner and harris county judge established the housing stability task force led and overseen by texas state representative in retired president and ceo. the task force included regional leaders with a broad-based of experience and expertise. housing advocates and community-based organizations, landlords , legal aid agencies and representatives from the city anden the county. through this collective effort it was decided theor best way forward to effectively serve tenants and landlords we needed to create one program for the entire region with a single point of enrollment from landlords and tenants. that decision in my opinion was a catalyst that pave the way for the ultimate success of the houston harris county emergency rental assistance program. baker ripley assumed initial responsibility for the city of houston harris county but despite the best efforts it was clear the economic impact had continued in the need for rental assistance was ongoing. we knew any additional resources need to be distributed quickly and a effectively that's a

in harris county. there's a limit there now. you can only vote between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. according to this house bill, the senate bill. that's a limit. that's not what they want. >> it's 7-7 from 6-10. we've increased 107 to 109 hours of eligible voting. and i'm telling, we had a great relation with 107 hours. we've really been on the forefront and made it easier for people to vote, but we'll continue to make it harder for people to cheat in texas elections. >> where's the fraud on making it harder for people to cheat in this last election? where is the evidence of that? >> thank you, pamela. because what you don't see and what the national media is hyperfocused on, is this national elections in november and every four years. we have elections every six months in texas. and all the election laws are -- >> well, gosh, then, why wait nearly a decade to make this comprehensive legislation? >> we've been vigorously prosecuting and investigating these claim. we have seen a really serious trend develo

these are all heavily used in your county, harris county and heavily used by people of color. you don't believe that's a coincidence, do you? >> no, that's right. here in harris county we have these innovations. the largest turnout we had seen in 30 years. we are home to houston, 33 other cities. beautiful voters of both parties, it was incredible. and of course now republicans in the state level are trying to fend these innovations under the guise this idea of this line there is massive voter fraud. what's happening is after the representative and his colleagues courageously walked out to stop that from passing in the regular session, now the governor has called the legislator back into session, into special session, a suppression session and he is trying to extort the legislators. saying he will not fund the legislative branch. not their sellers or staff salaries unless they pass these bills that allow poll watchers to get as close to voters as they want and a crime for poll workers to ask these poll watchers to leave that drive-through voting, 24-hour voting and the situati

did this, and it was harris county alone and for your viewers, harris county is where houston, texas is located. let's go back to article one, section four of the united states constitution where it says in there that it is the state's not counties that had the authority to regulate elections and. despite that constitutional mandate this past election, harris county, a county tried to create his own election system that had never been used in the state of texas, it was not using other parts of the state of texas. and so what governor of texas is why not let it go on? governor can give you some again. the question is, if 24 hour voting worked, why not continue it? wolf first i can't. i'm going to answer your question specifically, but you need to go back to elections before now because the same allegations were made when texas passed a voter i d law, and everyone said the exact same thing. this is going to disenfranchise people of color. it will reduce voting, and the fact of the matter is after we pass voter id, we increasingly saw every election cycle more people go voted did not ma

four million people live in harris county. the third most populace county in the united states. a number of harris county voters showed up. biden won there by 13%. republicans are trying to ban many of the early voting options that allowed so many people to vote last year. they staged a walkout. what do they plan to do to stop this latest effort? i'm joined by democratic texas state representative jasmine crockett. representative, it's great to have you. first let us understand the weirdness of the special session and the ways of the texas legislature work. this session has been called for a bunch -- to focus on a few issues. what are those issues and what happens now? >> focus is an interesting word to use as well, because it definitely does not seem like there's a focus. you know, one of the things that i realize is that a special session is supposed to be for extraordinary measures. yet our governor did not call a special session when we were in the middle of a pandemic and people were dying. he decided now to call a special session so he can deal with things like critical ra

harris county let people vote drive-thru, holding places 24 hours to take care of people that couldn't get away from the work place or arrange for child care. the state legislation wants to ban counties from doing all those things. harris county sent people something that in lots of vote by mail states like california, which is every year you get an application. if you want a mail-in ballot, you send the application back and get the ballot. >> on paper, makes it harder to vote. it's neutral on paper as in there's no race mentioned or socioeconomic status mentioned. what is the practical reality? >> i think nobody is entirely sure about that. one thing that they're sure of taking aim at. longer hours, vote by mail, drive through voting are guess proportionately used by black and latino voters. thinking is if you put these in effect, they'll make it difficult for black and latino voters to vote. this is important. rural republican voters rely heavily on mail-in ballots. there's a possibility the texas republican party shooting itself in the foot with this. it may make it more difficult f

that is all that they were offering in harris county to address the pandemic. but under the bill, they would allow untrained, partisan poll watchers to observe close enough in violation of cdc guidelines. at the governor is prohibited local officials from requiring masks. so that means the delta variant that is going around spread even easier under the election coming up, if we don't have precautions in place. chair raskin: thank you. ms. perales, representatives bernal and thompson talked us through this remarkable obstacle course that would be imposed under the texas legislation, making it extremely difficult for people to navigate all the twists and turns of the law without subjecting themselves to criminal prosecution. my looking at this correctly? it looks like a permission structure put in place for bureaucratic extremism in areas where you have official authorities that are resistant to people's right to vote, but that also empowering partisan actors to overcome officials when the officials are trying to protect people's right about -- right to vote. ms.

do deputies in the harris county sheriff's office need preapproval from you before making arrest? >> no. >> it is my understanding that these restrictions on ice enforcement removal operations particularly preapproval is having impact in the field. i have learned that in one instance, officers requested permission to place a retainer on a suspect who has had previous arrests. the detainer was denied by senior leadership. the whole procedure seems crazy to me. does this seem like a reasonable way to proceed? >> hearing that, it does not seem reasonable. if confirmed, i would want to understand better about that case and to understand why the local field decision to perhaps not pursue action. like to better understand. i do understand your concern. >> in conclusion, i appreciate your answers. i think they put you in significant tension with this administration's policies. i hope you will go and enforce the law vigorously. i am heartened by what i've heard so far. >> the chair recognizes senator carper. >> thank you. i have a couple of yes or no questions. i'm going to ask about thre

in 2016, the people of harris county elected me to serve as their sheriff. harris county sheriffs office is the largest in texas and third largest nationwide with over 5000 employees protecting 4.5 million residents within a 1000 evan hundred square mile area. in that role, have been no stranger to serious challenges and bleeding are agents this perkins rescue operations in 2017, and leading our office efforts to manage it the covid-19 pandemic in our communities and in our jail system since 2020. as sheriff, i partner with ice in the nei and u.s. marshals service u.s. attorney's office and other federal agencies in order to investigate, and prosecute crimes and expand multiple jurisdictions and counties and countries. if confirmed his eyes director i look forward to make our communities safer while working closely with community to ensure the ice is able to carry out its mission it and if confirmed i look forward to working with this committee under the direction of secretary and in pursuit of these missions while upholding the highest principles of law enf

they see what's happening in harris county. they're afraid of black and brown communities voting at record levels and they want to engage in this voter suppression point shaving system, whether it's banning drive-through voting or 24-hour voting or other ways to expand the franchise. they're carrying out the big lie of donald trump. >> yeah. representative bussey, you would all have to stay out, there's more than 50 of you. i think 51 of you got on planes and headed out, i know that you are driving out of texas. y'all would have to stay out for about 30 days throughout the whole special session in order to deny a quorum. is that the plan? is the plan to stay out of the state for 30 days? >> it absolutely is. we're committed to being gone as long as it takes. that's in fact why i drove. we wanted my family to come with me, which i think shows the commitment that we're making. we're going to be in d.c. and putting pressure on congress to act and we need them to act. it's not just texas, it's happening all over the south. it's tim

>> as we look at the number of areas, cities or counties like maricopa county which is phoenix or harris county which is used in atlanta in the suburbs, we found the majority of eviction filings were by the large corporate landlords. not mom-and-pop landlords but the larger corporate landlords that were driving the evictions we looked at this a few different times so just after the cdc in action moratorium was put in place. >> the chair recognizes doctor green. >> thank you to the witnesses for being here today comes a few days before the moratorium and i say allegedly because it has already extended the band multiple times let me be clear the moratorium is on the most play in power grabs we have seen in the course of the pandemic with cdc has assumed it has the authority to do whatever i wanted no matter what the law said and how tenuous to public health the moratorium of two fundamental cornerstones of our republic. federalism in states rates congress never passed a law allowing the cdc to be in evictions but there is more than that congress cannot delegate the power to the federal gov

collier: harris county had drive-thru voting. >> any other states other than texas? ms. collier: that's the state that i am aware of, texas. >> no other of the 50 states. i think that what we have seen here -- now, correct me if i am wrong. you called this bill jim crow 2.0? ms. collier: i have not made that statement today. >> have you made it in the past? ms. collier: no. >> i've never -- you've never said it? ms. collier: it does have a disparate impact on people of color. >> you believe that people who support this bill are practicing racial disco nation -- discrimination? ms. collier: i think the outcome would be a disparate impact. >> are you calling your republican colleagues racist in any form by supporting this? ms. collier: they are uninformed. >> you said that there were proud boys that were practicing intimidation. i've never meant a proud boy. -- met a proud boy. they were criminals who breached the capital and i wasn't too happy about it. what do they look like? ms. thompson: let me tell you what the people look like that i talked about, the poll watchers t

county arizona. 53% of the filings in hillsborough county florida and harris county texas. since last september some of the world's largest asset managers that manage trillions of dollars filed including morgan stanley, eaton vance, greatest all real estate partners, the carlyle group, starwood capital, credentialed and cbre. while many faced hardships during the pandemic many corporate landlords have done extremely well and are growing in buying more housing. private equity firms that own rental home companies, progress residential together filed at least 1700 eviction actions since last september. it's run by a former goldman sachs banker who made a fortune during the 2008 financial crisis betting against the mortgage market getting rich is millions of homeowners lost their homes to foreclosure. in april of 2021, the company is filing evictions and he purchased a $25 million mansion in miami beach. the publicly traded investment homes is the largest in the u.s. and more than 880 since last september and the hardship declaration for several residents the stock price increa

whether you look at a place like harris county, it did what it was supposed to do. that was frightening to republicans. they see the power is dissipating and black and brown people are voting. the growth in the last ten years, 80% of it in the last decade has been because of people of color. that is what is scary in texas. >> and the bill sb 7, correct? >> the old bill was sb 7. >> sb 7. >> we've got hb 3 and sb 1. >> okay. well and sb 7 and these, some of the other ones would have made casting mail in ballots harder and ban drive-through centers. >> absolutely. >> end 24-voting tactics in hah haec -- harris county and effectively out lawed black churches souls to the polls, get out the vote push and more. that's what is at stake here and that's why democrats are doing what they're doing. listen, good luck. [ laughter ] >> good luck. >> be optimistic, don. we can do this. >> it's not up to me. i'm just saying good luck. it a huge under taking for what you're doing. >> it is. >> and for the amount of time. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> th

we have a pandemic in harris county. i am sure it's all over the country as well. it's time to get a grip on the ramifications. judge jeanine: it's all over the country. let me say we are not going to forget this. this judge should be removed. the commission on judicious conduct is investigating her. >> judge, wouldn't you love to have one of these judges actually come on your show and explain to the public why they think it's in the best interest of public safety to continually re -- continually release habitual felons? judge jeanine: ways the latest lying about pushed by the liberal media? it has to do with red stiets versus blue states. ashley: welcome to fox news live. i'm ashley strohmier. firefighters in northern california are struggling to contain a wild fire * in the sierra nevada. tearing through sphwoanl dry timber and brush, it's only 8% contained. there were 20,000 new cases of covid-19 while positive cases doubled to almost 8%. 242 people died of covid in florida last week. former president carter and his wife are celebrating their 75th wedding annive

we have a pandemic in harris county. i am sure it's all over the country as well. it's time to get a grip on the ramifications. judge jeanine: it's all over the country. let me say we are not going to forget this. this judge should be removed. the commission on judicious conduct is investigating her. >> judge, wouldn't you love to have one of these judges actually come on your show and explain to the public why they think it's in the best interest of public safety to continually re -- continually release habitual felons? judge jeanine: ways the latest lying about pushed by the liberal media? it has to do with red stiets versus blue states. headlines, o foxnews.com. >> if there are lower vaccine rates, chances are good. they are more likely to vote for republicans and more likely to be sceptical. >> this will cause economic disparity. you are a business, and you have a chance to move into a low tax state where vaccinate rates are higher. or a state where vaccination rates are lower, you are going to move your company where vaccination rates are higher because it wil

but harris county is a pretty large place. that's where houston is. so is dallas county. and what we are seeing in our urban centers is that we are growing, so fast. in fact, the dfw area added over 160,000 people, just in the midst of the beginning of the pandemic. um, we grew faster than any, other urban area in the country. we are picking up two congressional seats, because we are growing so fast. so, what the legislature is trying to do is say, no, no, no. in those urban centers, we want to make sure that they have those long lines that they have to stand in line for four and five hours because that's where all the black and brown people are. they don't want them to have open -- open and easy access to the ballot box. so when you saw chris hollands decide, hey, we're going to do drive-thru voting. well, it's really no different than curbside voting and we have had curbside voting for quite some time, now. and so, this idea that we are going to take this away, especially once we saw the statistics and we saw that the majority of people that used that -- that drive-thru

the county judge in texas has raised the covid threat level for harris county which includes houston, the fourth largest city, to a significant level of danger, and the judge will join us in a moment. but we start with nbc news correspondent antonia hilton from provincetown, massachusetts, and morgan chesky from dallas, texas, and also, dr. vin gupta, and it is great to have you with us. and antonia, there is a disturbing trend of unvaccinated people there in provincetown. tell us about it. >> yeah, geoff. that is right. look, they have a outbreak of 256 confirmed covid cases, and of that number, according to the town manager here in provincetown, 70% are people who are fully vaccinated. they went out and got their shots. so for many of the people who own the businesses here, and live here year-round, this is a major cause of concern, because many of the folks went out and got their vaccines is, thinking that it made them nearly invincible, and realizing that in a tourist town in a very popular tourist town like p-town where people come from all over the country unvaccinated, they are

we have a pandemic in harris county. i am sure it's all over the country as well. it's time to get a grip on the ramifications. judge jeanine: it's all over the country. let me say we are not going to forget this. this judge should be removed. the commission on judicious conduct is investigating her. >> judge, wouldn't you love to have one of these judges actually come on your show and explain to the public why they think it's in the best interest of public safety to continually re -- continually release habitual felons? judge jeanine: ways the latest lying about pushed by the liberal media? it has to do with red stiets versus blue states. ashley: welcome to fox news live i'm ashley strohmier. the number of confirmed dead rising to 86 in surfside, florida in the condo collapse. earlier today a lightning strike briefly stopped recovery efforts. a nearby historic courthouse has been evacuated after engineers discovered quote safety concerns. the city of charlottesville, val, removing the statues of robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. the fence that was put around th

harris county attempted to do last year before the effort was blocked by the texas supreme court. in florida, senate bill 90 also prohibits local and state officials, they double down on what was already prohibited in florida by saying that mail ballots could not be sent to voters unless one was requested. ms. perales, can you explain how communities of color are particularly affected by a restriction like this on mail-in voting? ms. perales: well, in texas, we have mail-in voting available, just to be clear, for those who are disabled, can't get to the polling place, and those who are over 65. so we're talking, generally, among all communities about predominantly older population. and -- ms. wasserman schultz: sorry. just to be clear. i'm asking you about a restriction on not being able to proactively for a local official to not proactively send out a ballot? ms. perales: yes. and my point is when you are an older individual, it can be particularly challenging to navigate the request of a mail ballot. a lot of folks don't have access to online. and the process can be confusing. t

harris county knows there was no maximum. so they took advantage of that and they are the most populist county in the state of texas and one of the most populist in this country. they made voting accessible during the pandemic. that meant first responders had an opportunity when they would get off a 24 hour shift, they would not have to stand in a long line -- which oftentimes larger urban centers have because they have more people. instead they were able to vote at their convenience. they were able to vote in drive-through voting. the fact it would to take away drive-through voting when the statistics showed the majority of the people that took advantage of drive-through voting were black and brown tells us the intent of this bill. i don't care how you slice it, the intent has nothing to do with integrity. our secretary of state appointed by the governor of the state of texas specifically said there was no election fraud. the attorney general that wants to get up in arms who had the opportunity to prosecute election fraud, h

harris county is right there and around houston. so there are these emerging majorities in texas and texas is really a textbook example of what's going on here because the legislatures had been republicans. if they go the second year, they just gerrymander and gerrymander the next time, such that they can forestall whatever happens. texas has been the real model of what republicans are trying to do nationally. that needs to be a priority for the administration, too, particularly for the doj. >> i want to point this out. that is great point and we'll show this in another segment. if you look at some of the congressional district in texas, dan crenshaw's district is absolutely ridiculous. it is written in a way to try to suppress and choke out and limit the voices of republican voters. i want to play a sound and get your thoughts on the other side. >> i think it is certainly up to the president to push and pass hr-1 and john lewis' act making it as a high priority as anything else on the agenda. >> so, we are hearing it from the state

harris county, of course, is texas's largest county. its population leans heavily minority and heavily democratic. "washington post" takes a deep dive into those early voting practices there from its reporting. quote, chris hollins, the former harris county clerk who oversaw those programs last year, said that 130,000 voters too advantage of drive-through voting and an additional 10,000 voters cast ballots during the 24-hour voting marathon. the county offered in the final week before election day. an analysis of the harris county vote showed that voters of color made up more than half of those who used drive-through early voting and the 24-hour early voting window. that was a higher share than an early voting overall, but black and latino voters accounted for just 38% of all voters he said. in her speech yesterday announcing $25 million in new funding to help democrats with voter registration efforts, vice president harris specifically called out the lone star state. >> you know what is going on in texas right now. this all is designed

much of the new legislation seems to be aimed at harris county, home to houston, which we know is trending more left due in part to changing demographics. and it was innovative voting options like overnight polling locations that helped the county break an all-time voter turnout record during the 2020 election. because of that, republicans are pushing new restrictions with the bogus argument of fighting voter fraud and trump's big lie will be reverberated again when trump speaks at cpac tomorrow in dallas. he and texas attorney general ken paxton are due on stage tomorrow, both of whole have been touting lies about the election trump lost fair and square. but getting trump's supporters to face that fact, still appearing near impossible. attendants handed out fliers outlining a seven-point plan to reinstate trump without an election. even if he runs again, it could be easier for him to win if states don't act to protect his attacks on voting rights, like the questionable audit in arizona's maricopa county by the group cyber ninjas. a group conducting a bogus audit that the former president

county. one dropbox in a county of over 5 billion people. the analogy in my state would be one ballot box in the entire state for drop-off ballots where people would have to go. this is not right and that's why the for the people act is about ensuring the rights of people to vote, getting dark money out of politics and making sure they are ethical standards that politicians have to live up to. this is about basic national voting standards. what i love about this bill is that it is firmly grounded in the constitution. the constitution of the united states says that the congress has the right to make or alter federal election laws. as we pursue this bill and the positive negotiations we have passed, the houses taking the lead with the john lewis voting rights bill. it will then come to the senate in the fall. these are serious efforts. we are not just standing in the hallways of this place. we are actually going out on the road for the first time in over two decades. the senate rules committee

harris county judge lena hidalgo says the region is at the beginning of a very dangerous potential fourth wave and the covid-19 positivity rate is doubling roughly every two weeks, and if the county doesn't act now it will be too late. pamela? >> that is not a good trend. athena jones, thanks so much for bringing us the latest. well, when asked repeatedly today about the possibility of new mask guidance, even for those fully vaccinated, the response from the white house leaves that option open. take a listen. >> that's not the advice of the cdc at this point in time so that is not a message we are conveying to people. >> but they didn't rule it out. this as the biden administration is getting pushback on even the talk of masks required for children in schools. cnn's kaitlan collins has more from the white house. >> reporter: the biden administration is weighing next steps as the delta variant causes a spike in coronavirus infections nationwide. >> there has been no decision to change our mask guidelines. >> the president's top aides and federal health officials are considering whether the

he voted in harris county. >> it's clear they're trying to create fear. there is a difference between massive voter fraud which doesn't exist, and innocent mistakes. we're still running down the details of this case. fundamentally what they're doing is tearing down our democracy, strengthening this idea that there is massive fraud, that weakens trust in our democracy. i don't want people to think that the law that is being proposed, the bill that is being proposed during this special session, is any better, that it's a watered down, somehow more palatable version. anything that builds on this lie to pass laws in order to make it harder to vote is threatening to democracy. it obviously makes it harder for certain groups to participate. but it is just a terrible path to go down. i'm so proud of these democrats. the situation is dire. we need support from the federal level. these guys deserve it. all of us in harris county and these brave, courageous legislators. >> it is horrific to see people being jailed for voting when they're registered to vote and beli

county judges are now reluctant to revoke or issue felony only bonds. texas lawmakers introduced bills to address concerns. organizations like the texas chapter of the aclu and the texas law foundation argues it would punish the poor and trample on texans' rights and freedoms >> it would only worsen the outcome with those with mental illness. >> theresa evidence is earlier this year to raise awareness about what she says is a failure in the system. >> you can't help but think that if that person were in jail my brother would be alive today. >> we are trying to bring back some type of balance and reasonable thinking and common sense into the criminal justice system because what we're doing now is not working. >> concerned houston citizens are now gathering at homes like this one to learn more. >> this is pr bond, violent offenders who are given a get out of jail free card. >> she will continue to speak out for her brother. like her brother, they never got a chance >> what's the plimt? is murder enough i don't know the man accused of murdering theresa's b

county, texas, officials say the damage from the bail reform is clear. here's cnbc's valerie castro. >> we have a sibling rivalry he always looked up to me and had the utmost respect >> reporter: he may have been a lot taller, but he was theresa's little brother >> a positive person loved to be around people >> >> reporter: last september, he was gunned down outside his houston home during an attempted robbery. police would eventually arrest and charge this man, darian caraway who allegedly committed the crime while out on numerous felony bonds for previous arrests. >> seven times we had the chance to hold him, seven times. >> reporter: the ceo of crimestoppers houston says it's a common scenario that contributes to the city's rising crime rate. >> 222 murders already this year, up by 42% just this year 91%, up by 91 was when we compare that statistic to two years ago. >> she says after a 2016 civil rights lawsuit against the courts reformed misdemeanor bail practices harris county judges are now reluctant to revoke or issue cash-only bonds, even in felo

the sheriff harris county texas, the largest sheriff's office in texas and third largest nationally. he began his law enforcement career as a a civilian employeen the houston police department where he later became a police officer and rose to the rank of sgt. and served on the elite hostage negotiation team assigned to the homicide division as an investigator. after serving 18 years with the houston police department, sheriff gonzales retired in 2009 to serve three terms on the houston city council, elected by his peers into thousand ten to serve as vice mayor pro tem helping to manage the workforce of the city of houston. sheriff of harris county and city council member, gonzales spearheaded innovative efforts to expand social services in order to reduce risk, divert crime and improve public safety. welcome, you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> chairman and distinguish members of the committee, i am honored to appear before you to discuss my nomination to lead u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, ice. i want to thank president biden for nominating me. secretary for co

so they're targeting harris county, houston, dallas county, baer county, travis county. guess what? a lot of white folks live in the suburbs. so i need white america to realize this is not just a black thing. this should be freedom summer 2.0. >> what is the way you make people realize that? there's two reasons to join the fight, right? one is because you don't want your black and latino friends or fellow citizens disenfranchised. the other one is you cannot call yourself a democracy if everyone is not entitled to that same democracy. then it's not part of the deal. >> when congresswoman barbara jordan, my sister from texas, the first black woman elected from the south since reconstruction gave her watergate speech, this is what she said. my faith in the constitution is whole. it's complete. it is total. and then she said she was not going to stand by and lie for the diminution and destruction of the constitution. when you only see black folks protesting, you only see black folks writing letters, you need to have people who are public. i need to see senator kristin gillibrand gettin

with large gatherings throughout houston and across the country, harris county judge lina hidalgo is concerned. >> beneath the surface of all of that is a threat, the delta variant of covid, which has been growing and growing throughout the country. it's more contagious. a year ofcaled-back usually there are tens of thousands of people in this downtown park for a weekend of live music and fireworks. the park will be open but this year it's the fireworks only, shot higher so they can be seen from a distance. major.tance. >> janet shamlian, thank you. tonight a team of federal investigators has been sent to hawaii to find out what caused a transair cargo jet to lose power and crash in the ocean off honolulu. the plane sank to the bottom of the pacific but both men on board were rescued. here is cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: the pilot looks alert as paramedics wheel him in, head bandaged, one of the two crew members flying on this cargo when it crashed into the ocean off oahu. problems began 130 in the morning. >> we'll lose the other engine, too. >> reporter: they're just trying you

elections are being stolen in harris county. get ready to lose the state. my community is suffering and they cheated in the last election. he witnessed $22,000 in pay and ballot harvesters were soliciting thursdaying home. and the fact of the matter is there is fraud in electrics. the fact is the legislature is putting a good faith effort to reform our laws in the state of texas and texas democrats fled texas to washington and asking washington to step over the interests of the voters of texas. mr. raskin: i now will recognize ms. norton for her five minutes of questioning. ms. norton: i appreciate the words about bob moses. i have worked with him in mississippi and much appreciate you remembering him. my question goes to -- and i would like to put up a slide, according to records obtained by the local houston press outlet khou-11, the texas attorney germ received 197 complaints of voter fraud from 2015 to 2020, during which over 44 million votes were cast. that's 4,000th of 1%. only 23 of these complaints pertained to the 2020 election and there is another

or at least in harris. the largest populated county in texas. so we have 4 million eligible people to vote. not everybody is registered because it is hard to register. we have to get everybody that is eligible to vote and registered to vote in that period of time. i wanted to do it by mail but we are not allowed to. i do not care with the id is. i would just like to be allowed during a pandemic to be able to vote by mail. it is safer. host: since you are from texas, two questions. what do you think about the proposed senate bills that have a letter debate with even texas democrats going to washington -- lot of debate with even texas democrats coming to washington? caller: the senate bill and the hospital in austin. both of them -- i listened. they walked out also in may. at that time, you would not believe the provisions they put into the senate bill after everybody had looked at it. they only had two hours to look over it. a 60 page bill. they had included in their -- there that they could overturn an election based on not just if it was fraudu