texas. mr. burgess: georgia, texas. the speaker pro tempore: again, let me say this, the gentleman has been from texas for as long as i can remember. mr. burgess: thank you, madam speaker. at this point i'd like to recognize the gentlelady from new mexico, ms. herrell, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new mexico is recognized for one minute. ms. herrell: thank you, madam speaker. i just rise in opposition to this and, madam speaker, i would say it is more disingenuous for this body to pretend to tell the american people that we're doing something good for their children when in fact more money in this bill is going to help one democratic district in california than it's going to help all of the covid relief efforts. we have got our priorities very wrong. our children are the future. and thank god that the senate took the $15 an hour minimum wage out of this because that was another nail in the coffin for our small business owners. but to sit here and think we're doing something special for ou

in the texas case. it relies exclusively on price signals to incentivize generators to be available in times of need whereas in california there are must run rules and so forth but. the prolonged heat in california spight energy use beyond what was available to generate in the state in texas demand also spiked as people who needed to heat their homes to stay warm and it exceeded available generation capacity because so much of the power plants were thrown off line because of their failure to winterize the wall street journal recently did a study apparently texans pay 28000000000 more for energy and it has to do with the fact the way you're talking about here that it relies on price signals and private energy suppliers and you know i'm old enough to remember when the energy suppliers energy market were referred to as utilities. basic utility providers and the idea was well you know the energy grid is something that we just want to keep up we don't want to expose it to the vagaries of market forces actual

of why the texas grid was so unprepared to weather the storm as our -- and the texas operator ercot has provided us with a written statement. i have the written statement here which i am going to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record. now i encourage all of our members if you get a chance to read, it it's pretty interesting. do i have any opposition? if not, so be we enter it. let me be clear. today's hearing is not a referendum on texas. we have seen the impact of extreme weather events to our electric grid across the country whether that be the 2014 polar vortex, extreme heat in california last summer or the extreme cold around the country last month. we need to incorporate all the lessons learned from those events into our future planning, particularly as we can expect both our energy mix and weather patterns to be different in the next decade than they were in the last decade. as part of that future planning we need to take into account the need for a diverse fuel mix with a broader right of emissions reducing technologies and include an honest assessment of where our w

but texas governor greg abbott has lost patience. with the finish line in sight, the texas governor has removed a statewide mask mandate and is allowing all businesses in texas to be 100% open with no restrictions whatsoever. the governor made that decision without consulting anyone on his team of medical advisers according to the austin american statesman, texas' top health official said he did not speak with governor abbott before he announced tuesday he would end the mask order and open texas 100%. two of the other four medical advisers also said they were not consulted ahead of the governor's decision. peter alexander asked president joe biden about that today in the oval office. >> i think it's a big mistake. look, i hope everybody has realized by now these masks make a difference. we are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we're able to get vaccines in people's arms. we have been able to move it up to end of may to have enough to get every adult american a sho

texas 100%. everybody who wants to work should have that opportunity. every business that wants to be open should be open. texans have mastered the daily habits to avoid getting covid. we now have vaccines to protect texans from covid. >> cdc says just under 7% of all texans have been vaccinated. just yesterday, the head of the agency warned about the risks of removing mandates too early. >> i am really worried about reports that more states are rolling back the exact public health measured we've recommended to help people. now is not the time to relax the safeguards. >> this all comes as the decline in u.s. cases has hit something of a plateau. and there are new concerns about another surge driven by the incoming variants. on the political front, the biden administration is regrouping tonight after its first nomination setback. the white house has dropped its nomination of neera tanden. to head the office of management and budget. senators in both parties opposed confirming her, largely because

attorney for the southern district of texas and the fbi to south texas to arrest and prosecute people who were involved and ballot harvesting that were using cocaine to buy votes through the ballot harvesting process in the state of texas. it is a way to commit voter fraud and it cannot be allowed. maria: this is absolutely extraordinary, governor. thank you for sharing this important information we have course will keep the spotlight on the subject, voter integrity, good to see you this morning, thank you very much. our prayers are with you and your leadership on this crisis of the border, governor greg abbott we will see you soon. thank you very much. we'll take a short break when we come back will stand texas for john cornyn why the cartel and criminals are benefiting the most from president biden's open border policy. you will not believe what they are charging migrants or passage into the u.s. thousands and thousands of dollars. stay with us, back in a moment. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? thank you! hey, hey, no, no, limu, no lim

california, texas and new england. last august, a massive heat wave across the west caused an energy supply shortage in california in the early evening. solar energy was ramping down and the grid operator was unable to import power as planned due to high demand throughout the west. it was forced to cut power to approximately 800,000 customers. among the lessons learned from this event are, one, the critical need for ramping resources to balance load and, second, the need for improved ways to estimate resource availability when the system is under stress. in new england, cold weather exacerbates its dependence on limited pipeline capacity and a handful of critical fuel assets. in early january cold snap in 2018 led to natural gas shortages and fuel oil was burned to preserve reliability. had that cold snap not abated when it did, the fuel/oil inventory would eventually be exhausted and iso new england would have needed to shed load. it was a classic near-miss event. insufficient and inadequate weatherization of texas an

california, texas and new england. last august massive heatwave across the west caused an energy supply shortage in californialan the early evening and solar energy was ripping down in the grid operated was unable to import power as planned due to high the west.th they were forced to cut power to proximally 800,000 customersan d among the lessons learned from this event are one of the critical need for reliable ramping resources to balance load and second the need for improved ways to estimate resource availability when the system is under stress. and new england cold-weather exacerbates its dependence on limited pipeline capacity and a handful of critical fuel assets. in early january lead to natural gas shortages and fuel oil was burned to reserve reliability. had that cold step not abated when i did the fuel oil infantry would've been exhausted and they almost certainly would have needed to shed load. insufficient and inadequate weatherization of generation in texas in the-m middle south stas have been a growing con

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stay in texas. cannot possibly stay in texas. so it does affect the rest of us who are trying to do the right thing. >> very good point. i'm glad you got that in there. thank you both for joining us tonight. that is tonight's "last word." and i want to join rachel to say thank you for making msnbc the most watched network in all of cable tv, and the most-watched 11:00 p.m. cable news show, "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. >>> good evening once again. day 42 of the biden administration. it brought the announcement of a big advance, having to do with the largest and most urgent issue facing this president and our country. earlier tonight, the president announced that vaccines would be available for all americans even earlier than he had first promised. something that could save countless american lives. >> we're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may. the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in america. we rectified th

en el río grande en texas la patrulla fronteriza rescató a 13 personas. vieron cómo se desinflaba la balsa en donde venían seis niños entre uno hasta nueve años de edad. en texas la patrulla fronteriza detuvo ayer a más de 50 migrantes sin documentos en un lapsus de seis horas. los tres grupos estaban hacinados en casas en localidades distintas. aparentemente todas controladas por traficantes de personas. en méxico las autoridades encontraron un camión con más de 200 migrantes centroamericanos, transitaba este vehículo por chiapas. 50 eran menores no acompañados. decenas de niños viajaban con familiares. >> (música). >> han habido críticas a texas por levantar todas las restricciones por la pandemia. el presidente lo considera un grave error. son sus palabras. pero no es el único estado en relajar las medidas. paulina tiene detalles. >> buenas noches a todos en casa. el que texas haya levantado la orden del uso de cubrebocas es polémico por muchas razones. en primer lugar estamos combatiendo el virus, y el segundo el total de casos registra

after graduating from the texas school of law, she served in the texas supreme court. after that she went on to represent both children and families in child protection cases before coming to the governor's office, she served as the executive director of the regional office for the national center for missing and exploited children. andrea sparks. >> thank you, governor, for assembling us today to talk about a very, very critical issue. we are very concerned about the youth and the children who are coming across the border. they are in a perfect storm of vulnerability. we have heard stories that kids as young as 6 are crossing the border alone and they are scared, they are confused, and they are very likely to end up in the hands of an exploiter, from what we know about human trafficking and how it works. our team has been at work for almost five years now, governor, to build the model, the texas model for commercially sexually exploited youth, and we have a system in place that can help any child, any child who is identified as a victim of exploitation. we work every

over all of last year, and the rio grande valley sector alone, so your viewers in texas, texas has several border patrol sectors and the rio grande sector alone all of last year they made 90,000 apprehensions. this year, the first two and-a-half months, they've made about 110,000 apprehensions including in those apprehensions are 800 criminal aliens, criminal aliens who have previously been arrested and exported from the united states. 78 sex offenders and 62 gang members which include ms-1313 gangs. in response we had to launch what i call operation lone star. what the cartels do, they surge all these people to the border and fully occupy all of the border patrol agents and when the border patrol agents are occupied they know there are gaps along the border and what the cartel does, they surge people through the gaps. operation lone star includes national guard as well aztecs as department of public safety officers to fill the gaps to prevent the cartels from bringing across the border the most dangerous criminal elements as well as the opioids that they're trying to smuggle across the bo

that it's i'm all i will tell you i think florida did a much better than texas abbott had texas kind of close down nothing like a york nothing like california but nothing like michigan nothing like illinois but still texas was a lot more closed down and a lot more masked than a south dakota or a florida or a georgia some of the states that were more relaxed so you look you did a good job out there i think the census in florida and kristi noem in south dakota did a great job but texas has this image of now bricks and rebels and conservatives that have voted it big for donald trump and it's the symbol that democrats and liberals and communists and socialists in america ate and so they're using texas as the whipping boy as it were but to me and millions of good service like the 75000000 of us that voted for president trump the most in history by the way. for a sitting president for all of us texas is a symbol of freedom and if it ever comes to an if there's ever a division of our country there's a session or what i like to call a divorce you go our way we go our way everyone separates t

is that the case in texas? i don't believe it is, but has he prioritized the kinds of workers, say, a bar back in a bar in south padre island who is going to be working through spring break in a few weeks? >> no. what he has prioritized in the distribution of this vaccine has been wealthy people and people that are a part of his -- part of the republican elite of this whole state. that's who is getting it. if you look at the statistics where this vaccine is going in the state of texas, a few key areas. here in the rio grande valley, it is very hard to get a vaccine. i was on my bike the other day and there was a line of probably a half a mile long of people in cars waiting to get a vaccine on a sunday morning. that's how bad the situation is. and the irony of all of this is that, as you saw in that film that you showed just a little while ago, all he had in front of him was a bunch of businessmen thinking this is going to economically benefit the state of texas by lifting the mandates. it's going to work the ot

in texas. i grew up about 30 miles from the here, spent many early mornings here after a few late nights in dallas. but i was talking to bill who owns this place, he said at 3:30 in the morning back in the old days, this would have farmers lined up for breakfast. this is one of the fastest growing areas of the united states. we'll be talking to texans about how they feel about the state of this state with governor greg abbott lifting the mandate. ainsley: where are did you grow up? dallas? will: sherman, texas, 30 miles north of here. up aibs what's the biggest city close? will: dallas. dallas is 30 miles south. steve: will cain, thank you for making the journey to mckinney -- brian: i don't have to google will later to find out his true background. ainsley: you want to know his social security? brian: a little bit later, next hour. steve: all right. turning now to the u.s./mexico border where more than 100,000 migrants were reportedly encountered in the past four weeks. that is the highest lev

" elected last fall to the 24th district in texas. congressman, what did you do before this job? why did she want this job? >> i appreciate the question appreciate being here. i lived in texas, iran for city council is on the city council for six years. i was mayor of the city of irving for six years and then i went on to work in the trump administration under secretary carson over at hud, which is a tremendous experiencing working from inside the be spread wide and i won this job? i've got kids, i worked in our community for decades. we realize many more people who have backbones, to have a vision and three are willing to spend their time and dedicate their time to working for theed community. seeing some of the radical programs comes on the pipe in the last few months, you need people upper who understand how to work with local officials, who listen to can spit while and understands wing of private businesses. i think you need more people are willing to spend their time working for their community working for the country. >> 42 mont

¿cuÁl es su reacciÓn despuÉs del anuncio del gobernador de texas? >> ya te puedes imaginar cuÁles la reacciÓn, para decir palabras que no se pueden decir en televisiones. imagÍnate que he estado trabajando con 149 dÍas continuos, no he tenido un solo dÍa de descanso, ayer cuando se hace esta declaraciÓn, veo 240 y ocho dÍas que se van a la basura, porque todo el trabajo que he hecho, no ha servido. en el momento que se abre, en la forma que se estÁ pensando abrir la economÍa, en el que se le dice a la persona "no es necesario, no es mandatorio que uses una mascarilla", en ese momento yo sÉ que vamos a tener un repunte de casos. ayer pedÍ una junta de emergencia con mi equipo para comprar mÁs equipo mÉdico, para estar seguros que en fines de mes tenemos suficientes enfermeras porque vamos a tener un repunte de casos. el estado nada mÁs ha vacunado es 6,7 de gente, ni siquiera llegamos al 50%, y ¿ya vamos a abrir? soy tan pasional en esto, porque me enoja. carolina: totalmente, doctor. hablando de ese tema en el que sÓlo el 7% de la po

he's the worst governor in modern texas history this will kill texans. fueling the anger is the dire coronavirus situation in texas infections and deaths have declined in recent weeks but more than 7500 new covert cases are registered daily the state has the 3rd highest death toll in the us after california and new york approaching 45000 earlier i spoke with wayne allen root a former libertarian vice presidential nominee and conservative radio host he told us that biden lashed out of texas because of the values it represents texas has this image of now bricks and rebels and conservatives that have voted it big for donald trump and it's the symbol that democrats and liberals and communists and socialists in america ate and so they're using texas as the whipping boy texas is a symbol of freedom and if it ever comes to it if there's ever a division of our country and there's a session or what i like to call it divorce you go our way we go our way everyone separates text this would be the leading state that would say look we're not going to follow bides rule

while the texas governor hits back calling the president's new immigration policy a neanderthal approach to the issue that says a study shows that biden's plans could lead to a drastic increase in america's migrant population. broadcasting live from our international headquarters in moscow you're watching r.t. quarter welcome. bullying harassment and sexual abuse that's what thousands of women have been subjected to in the british army according to testimonies given to a parliamentary committee. very hostile environment. you do find themselves in a position and it starts going wrong that's when and where you are vulnerable says one of the problems really start women are paying an unnecessarily high price for serving join the army be the best it's the height of serving your country but it turns out some women are facing horrific battles of their own imagine 4000 people a brigade that can be deployed anywhere without very same number of women both surfing and veterans have now come forward with shocking experiences in the army from voting and harassment to serious sexual assault when it's

from texas. you see, it's unfortunate that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle use race as a tool to push their agenda. where here in this country, every one of us is equal. god created us equal and thank god we have a constitution that affirms it. if we are to do anything, we should look as americans as one, because we're the citizens of this nation and all of our policies and laws should serve our american people, not divide it up by identity or politics or any other category. and it's shameful that we've come to a place after we had come so far and achieved so much . so, yes, i do agree with you. it needs to be done away with. mr. roy: a brief moment, a side step away from the issue of border security. and i know the gentleman is here and is waiting patiently. i would just ask one more question. the gentlelady was here on monday, this past monday. when we be let known our desire to not allow 13 bills, 10 democrat bills, three republican bills, to move off of the house floor by voice

other extended hours for the first time in texas history. some of these bills come directly after us, to make 24-hour voting illegal, to make drive-through voting illegal, but ultimately, the goal to make sure people of color, who republicans know often live in cities, to keep them away from the polls and weaken their right to vote. >> senator raphael warnock spoke with chuck todd this morning about defending voting rights. take a listen. i don't know that we have that sound. i'm going to read it to you instead. he said as someone who served as the pastor of congressman john lewis, who literally laid his life on the line -- okay, let's play it. >> someone who served as the pastor of congressman john lewis, who literally laid his life on the line crossing a bridge in order to secure that right for us, i'm going to do everything in my power to convince my colleagues to support voting rights. it's the only reason why any one of us is in the senate in the first place. somebody voted for us. and right now, in real time, we have 250 voter suppress

what actions did texas take immediately? mr. paxton: within days, we filed a lawsuit, which we do in texas against presidents who go beyond their constitutional abilities. [cheers and applause] we had an agreement with homeland security that if they made major changes to immigration that they would give us time to adjust to it. they completely ignored that agreement. second, they violated federal law because it is not his job to change federal law. his job is to implement the laws and execute on it. third, his constitutional role is not to make new law. that was the lawsuit. we filed for a temporary injunction, which we received very quickly, and just this week, we got a permanent injunction, which means we stopped his illegal action. [cheers and applause] ms. schlapp: just a follow-up to that question -- what does it mean when you say you cannot halt these deportations? what is the impact it is having on resources in texas and across the country? mr. paxton: that's a great question because the media does not really deal with th

texas governor greg abbott made his announcement on of all days, texas independence day and insisted state mandates are no longer needed citing a mass increase in vaccinations. texas the second largest state by population only vaccinated 6.8% of residents. one of the lowest rates in the country. both are below 8%. the backdrop to this is the rollout of the johnson & johnson vaccine administered for the first time and after news merck, a competitor in normal times will help manufacture the one-dose vaccine. it's an absolutely unprecedented action. president biden noted achievements and urged caution without referring to the news in texas and mississippi, the president said the nation needs to keep wearing masks. now is not the time to let down our guard. let's get perspective from dr. peter hotez. author of the new book "preventing the next pandemic vaccine diplomacy at a time of anti science." also with us is a pediatric surgeon. governor abbott saying state mandates are no longer needed. do you agree? >> we still need those mandates, anderson. we've got some rough sledding ahead of

it is now time to open texas 100%. >> dana: texas governor greg abbott saying his team will open soon fully. president biden scolding texas and mississippi for a lifting mask restrictions, watch this. >> i think it's a big mistake, the last thing you need is neanderthal thinking in the meantime, it's to make it still matters. >> dana: many in the media are not happy with governor abbott, either. >> governor abbott that's lost his mind. >> this is obviously a political ploy on part of the governor. >> the only reason i can see is because of what happened in texas that someone dropped the ball and they are trying to change the conversation. >> this is part of this prevailing macho mentality that strong and wrong is the way to go. >> the texas governor said covid is dead, everybody go ahead and open up. >> dana: this segment could've been the whole show, jesse, let me start with you. one thing that's getting lost is that the governor was tying his decisions to his goal of getting seniors vaccinated on vulnerable populations to a safe place before making this order. >> jesse: some state h

today texas lifted its state wide mask mandate and ended all restrictions on businesses texas governor greg abbott saying it's time to focus on saving livelihoods as well as saving lives but in a reminder of how political the pandemic remains in the us the democrat led capital city austin is defining the republican governor by demanding a citywide mass mandate stay in place in a pandemic the actions of a large state such as texas they have consequences that go far beyond the border almost 20 percent of americans have been vaccinated against the corona virus in texas only 8 percent the number of new coronavirus cases in the state is not climbing but it's also not fall and doctors say vaccination levels are still too low the chances of spreading the virus still too high unless everyone keeps wearing those masks a before you enter that establishment you need to know what's expected as it gets into office at lines and for employees to know what as guess what's coming in. the story you know the rules you know if you if you want to commit in my business you have to be respectful of other peo

new york the governor of texas is among those who fired back at the immigration plans. by the ministration was releasing illegal immigrants it legal immigrants into our communities who had coded that is neanderthal type approach to dealing with the covert situation people in the state also took aim at biden after he slammed the governor's decision to relax code restrictions in texas . in the last the last thing before i think you have somebody who's going to take it. for good it still matters after that should not be saying those kind of things it's very insulting or he. criticize everybody else again. it's. the democrats and they drove my hair in their boots on the mix of the people in this country telling them what to do oh i don't think there's anything i can for the name calling and i don't think you should be calling us neanderthals he wants to talk about you need to eat with your breasts he's the 1st thing i think you cannot call people makes you just have respect. and criticism over the use of the word neanderthal has even come from germany a museum there felt th

it's a senator from texas. a senator from texas. he used to be attorney general of the state of texas. it's texas senator john cornyn, who when he was attorney general of the state of texas, is the guy who gave officer tom coleman the texas lawman of the year award for his great work in tulia, texas. before venita gupta came in and exposed who that guy actually was before he was convicted of perjury. they all got full pardons from rick perry because of the kafka-esque nightmare that was that guy, who john cornyn named lawman of the year. i wonder. i just wonder if senator john cornyn might be at all embarrassedant this and about the young lawyer who came to texas and exposed this thing, this terrible and cartoonishly evil thing that he had helped along, that he had celebrated, that he had given an award to. it is now senator john cornyn leading the charge against venita gupta to be the number three official at the justice department. even because all the law enforcement operations endorsing her. judiciary committee is due to vote to

tulia, texas. even if you don't know the name of every little town of 5,000 people in texas, the name tulia, texas, might ring a bell for you, if, for example, you ever watch "60 minutes" on cbs. since tulia, texas, was a subject of one of the most astonishing interviews the great ed bradley ever put on tv as part of that show. >> early one morning in 1999, tom coleman's efforts culminated in the arrest of 13% of tulia's adult black population. they were rousted out of bed, paraded in front of local television cameras in handcuffs. many of them half-dressed. and charged with selling cocaine to tom coleman at various times over the course of his investigation. the town newspaper declared tulia's streets cleared of garbage. it may be no coincidence that the road led tom coleman to the town's black community. it was well-known that he had used racial slurs in front of his superior officers in tulia. >> everybody's making a big deal, oh, god, he said [ bleep ], like, oh, let's put him in the electric c

texas has this image of mavericks and rebels and conservatives who devoted it big for donald trump and it's the symbol that democrats and liberals and communists and socialists in america and so they're using texas as the whipping boy texas is a symbol of freedom and if it ever comes to it if there's ever a division of our country there's a session or what i like to call a divorce you go our way we go our way everyone separates text this would be the leading state that would say look we're not going to follow by these rules anymore because this is start to be ridiculous and so i think they've always aimed their guns at texas because it represents freedom and it scares the big government big brother bureaucrats it's ridiculous overreaction makes no sense of course there are cases of course people get the infection it's highly contagious nobody could say oh i have the key to what i will never get sick you have to weigh risk versus reward let everyone live their lives who's under the age of 75 and be very careful and spend a lot of money protecting the people who are over 75. the largest

today texas lifted its state wide mask mandate and ended all restrictions on businesses texas governor greg abbott saying it's time to focus on saving livelihoods as well as saving lives but in a reminder of how political the pandemic remains in the us the democrat led capital city austin is defining the republican governor by demanding a citywide mask mandate stay in place in a pandemic the actions of a large state such as texas they have consequences that go far beyond the border almost 20 percent of americans have been vaccinated against the corona virus in texas only 8 percent the number of new coronavirus cases in the state is not climbing but it's also not fall and doctors say vaccination levels are still too low the chances of spreading the virus still too high unless everyone keeps wearing those masts aforementioned establishment you need to know what's expected as it gets into office at lines and for employees to know what as guess what's coming in . the story you know the rules you know if you want to commit in my business you have to be respectful of other people can be ok b

the texas governor explaining why, after criticism from president biden. and alabama's republican governor saying her state's mask mandate has worked and will remain in effect. >>> what we're seeing in the senate as we come on the air tonight. the debate now under way over help for americans in this pandemic. the president's covid relief bill. vice president kamala harris and the tiebreaking moment opening the debate. times in this 50/50 senate?the - and news on those $1,400 stimulus checks. mary bruce asking the president tonight about the change now involving who will get those checks. >>> the u.s. capitol on high alert amid that new warning, a potential plot. authorities say today was the date discussed involving a militia group. and tonight, what the capitol police are now asking for involving the national guard. martha raddatz with live reporting from the capitol. >>> the former police chief and the stunning surveillance tonight. authorities say these are images of him pouring fuel onto a home, setting it on fire. and that he did it several times, tha

. >> to open texas 100%. >> texas governor is removing all coronavirus restrictions and ending the mask mandate one week from today. >> removing state mandates does not end personal responsibility. >> health experts are concerned since less than 7% of the state's population is fully vaccinated. >> a variety of coronavirus strains are not only circulating around the world but have found their foot hold in north texas. >> ene theii'm concerned. >> restaurant owners now have decisions to make. >> i'm leaning toward requiring my staff to wear a mask. >> the governor's office is getting out of the business of telling people what they can and can't do. >> mississippi ended its mask mandate, san francisco now allows indoor dining and chicago let up restrictions on restaurant and bars. >> small turns of the dial are safe to do. >> the president announced a pharmacy partner ship to give the united states enough vaccine doses for every adult by the end of may. >> johnson and johnson and merck will work together to expand the production of the vaccine. >> the president is also hoping to offer ever

next up, we go to texas where the republican governor is defined public health experts by ordering texas to fully reopen at 100% and lifting a statewide mask mandate. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "go up moses" by roberta flack. to get our daily jive just, you can go to -- digest, you can go to democracynow.org. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. the centers for disease control and prevention said monday that fully vaccinated people can safely gather together in small groups without masks, as long as everyone involved is at low-risk for severe covid-19. the new recommendation comes as texas is set to lift its covid lockdown restrictions tomorrow for everyone, not just those who are vaccinated, including lifting its mask mandate, making it the largest state to do so. at least 35 states have kept their mask-wearing rules in place with various levels of enforcement, but texas joins mississippi, louisiana, and michigan in announcing plans to lift restrictions. meanwhe, montana, iowa, north dakota, and ssissippi ve already lifted their mask-wearing mandates,

elizabeth: texas, so many businesses fleeing california to texas. people are saying it is turning texas blue, people coming in from california. talk about republicans accusing democrat michigan governor gretchen whitmer of paying hush-money to the health direct door, robert gordon. the saying that he criticized her widely denounced shut down rules. she is denying all of this? what do you say to that story. >> appears governor whitmer has a andrew cuomo type story on her hands and she is circling the wagons. she allegedly paid off the hush-money. the bottom line she shouldn't have been auditioning to be joe biden's vp. should have done her job in michigan. pay close attention to what was going on in the nursing homes. you may not have the scandal. she played politics. didn't do what is best for her constituents. now it is coming back to haunt her. elizabeth: judges have been ruling her shutdown rules have been unconstitutional. listen to the michigan governor responding to the accusations of had hush-money sweetheart exit deal, gave nine months cash