Of migrants illegally cross every day. in texas alone, in this fiscal year already we have already set a new all-time record for the number of people who have been apprehended coming across the border. just the scale of this in terms of the stress on public resources, school, medical, all these other things, this is going to greatly impact communities. todd: republican governors across the country sending reinforcements to help with patrols, this as officials say distress calls for migrant rescues are up a whopping 81%. ashley. ashley: thanks, todd. five of the texas democrats who fled the state to block the passage of a pair of election security bills have now tested positive for covid-19. my next guest isn t brig buyit and wants to see proof of the positive tests. joining us live is republican chair of the committee is bringo
Is facing increased scrutiny. it s over her ties to a 1989 tree spiking plot. republicans are accusing tracee tone manning of lying about key details around her involvement. tree spiking is when activists hammer metal rods so trees can t be removed. she said she was not a target of a criminal investigation and she did not have advanced knowledge of the 1989 scheme. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is among gop lawmakers calling on biden to pull her nomination. todd. todd: ashley, u.s. surgeon general vivek murthy doubling down on the criticism of social media platform, specifically how social media companies are handling information about covid-19. i acknowledge they re taking steps and i appreciate that but i m clearly saying it s not enough. it s hurting people. i think it s got to stop. todd: joining me to discuss senior research fellow for the
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Olympics and i hope there will be many more chances for me to make this come true in the future. in addition to goff, two soccer players and a video analyst from south africa tested positive in tokyo and are you now in isolation. the soccer players became the first athletes to test positive while staying at the olympic village which was set up in hopes of keeping athletes and staff in you bubble. despite the covid cases, olympic officials are determined to have the games go on as planned. all the concerns of the people were immediately isolated and in this way they do not pose any risk to other participants or the japanese population. reporter: another complicating factor, the sweltering heat. tokyo is expected to be one of the hottest olympics on record with temperatures averaging 90 degrees fahrenheit. organizers are urging athletes
Kaye. the first question i have for you, the democrats, the flew off on this adventure, on this private plane about a week ago. when do they they have to come back, if ever, to get this work done? i said it once, i ll say it again. this seems like a huge waste of time for the taxpayers of texas. yeah, ashley. it is a giant waste of time. i call what they re saying about covid being more of a gimmick. look, our rules here in the texas legislature allow for people to have contracted covid, they can come to the gallery, they can be in hearings virtually. we just need them present back inside the state or in the capitol and i think they use it as an excuse to shirk their duties to their constituents and the people of texas. why else would they have talked about it, other than to use it as a delay. the main thing they re lying about is the legislation here in texas, they say they re running from, they re not running from