to get this man who she doesn t know. just somebody who came into the hospital, but she s, you know, for her, it s very personal and we need to do better by folks who are doing this. thank you, i really appreciate it. some big cities in texas are in open revolt against governor abbott as orders barring mask mandates. joining the growing list of counties against abbott and a harris county judge tonight has ordered a mask mandate for all county schools and childcare centers. i want to bring in a political voice. b beto o rourke joins us. how do you square governor abbott deploying additional workers to hospitals, which is needed, but at the same time, fighting in courts against a mask mandate? it s interesting. he s issued a mandate as the governor of the state of texas, preventing local jurisdictions like school districts or cities or texas counties from issuing
joining us, now, former texas congressman beto o rourke, and the reverend dr. william barber. gents, thanks very much for being with you. congressman o rourke, i am going to start with you because you have been in congress and you have your texas state representatives who have been testifying, talking to, meeting, having zoom meetings with, begging, pleading, cajoling, the the the your federal colleagues, members of the house of representative, in particular senators, say save us. we can be the tip of the the sword here but we need backup. we it s like the alamo. you ve got to come and help us. we can t hold out forever. you re right. these texas-democratic legislators have done more than we could have ever asked them to do. they have now left their offices in the capitol. they ve left their their families. sometimes, with very young children. they have left their homes. and they ve taken this fight to the one place it can be won, our nation s capitol, specifically, the u
pastors and clergy and low-wage workers but i want to say this, also. we don t need a narrow bill. we need a constitutional bill. we need what is right. we need don t settle for just anything. let this pressure happen because if it doesn t happen by august the 6th, the anniversary sixth anniversary of the signing of the voting rights act, we are going to state capitols all over this country, starting in west virginia. i am tired we are tired of poor people and low-wealth people and black people and brown people and disabled people and native people and asian people and women and and elderly people being treated like things and corporations being treated like people. they get when they ask for trillions, they get every trillion. when we want something that s constitutional, it s always cut narrower. we have to stop doing this. we can make we can break that filibuster. they break it, when they want to break it. we need to i love what my brother beto o rourke just said. you
there will be some interesting reading for you and your fellow committee members. congressman raja krishnamoorthi. much more to get to on this friday night. including a live conversation with beto o rourke and reverend william barber. up next, we are going to be talking with an emergency room doctor from one of the states hardest hit by covid right now. stay with us. hardest hit by covid right now stay with us battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide hygienic clean free. it s gentle on her skin, and out cleans our old free detergent. tide hygienic clean free. hypoallergenic and safe for sensitive skin.
the biden administration, immediately, threatened federal action with attorney general merrick garland calling abbott s order dangerous and unlawful. now, this evening, the justice department has followed through. suing the state of texas to try to stop that executive order from going into effect. this federal intervention is a positive sign for texas democratic legislators, who are hoping that the federal government will aid them in their quest to fight back against attempts, by texas republicans, to push through a restrictive-voting law. three days ago, former-texas congressman beto o rourke, and civil rights activist, reverend dr. william barber, set out with about 100 other activists on a march to protest republican attempts to roll back voting rights in that state. through that march, they ve made clear what they think the only that they think that s the only way to protect voting rights in texas. and it s for lawmakers in washington to enact new federal voting rights legislatio