it s a big day. this afternoon an important speech from the president on voting rights and texas democrats catch a plane out of austin. they are running away to block a republican effort there to limit the ways people can vote. plus new covid cases are climbing again. the surgeon general says it s possible we ll need covid booster shots but no change in the vaccine guidelines for now. and protests in cuba saddle the biden administration with another big foreign policy puzzle. can the white house do anything as the cuban regime moves to crack down on demonstrations. first, voting rights. there s no disputing the urgency of the issue. whether the president can do much to turn the tide is a giant question. texas is the latest battle ground. dozens of democrats fled the state coming to d.c. in an effort to block legislative action in austin. the texas drama backs up the president s complaint. republicans in state after state are taking steps to make it hard tore vote. but it also highl