cases skyrocket, and students, the majority of whom are not yet eligible to be vaccinated head back to class. welcome to "mtp daily." a couple of big victories for republicans in texas with national implications. the biden administration and democrats in congress are looking on after a summer of broken quorums and bolt from the statehouse, the controversial voting bill got greg abbott's signature in the last hour. the final version bans drive through and 24 hour voting, establishes new id requirements for mail-in balloting. criminal penalties for voting law violations and empowers partisan poll watchers.