welcome to a new hour of voices. welcome to a new hour of american voices. thank you for joining us this hour. i m alicia menendez. we kick things off in texas where lawmakers are back in austin for a special session this weekend. republicans there have one goal making it harder to vote. the gop s proposed legislation would cut voting hours, restrict mail-in ballots, and ban drive-through and overnight voting options. much of the new legislation seems to be aimed at harris county, home to houston, which we know is trending more left due in part to changing demographics. and it was innovative voting options like overnight polling locations that helped the county break an all-time voter turnout record during the 2020 election. because of that, republicans are pushing new restrictions with the bogus argument of fighting voter fraud and trump s big lie will be reverberated again when trump speaks at cpac tomorrow in dallas. he and texas attorney general ken paxton are due o
county, home to houston, which we know is trending more left due in part to changing demographics. and it was innovative voting options like overnight polling locations that helped the county break an all-time voter turnout record during the 2020 election. because of that, republicans are pushing new restrictions with the bogus argument of fighting voter fraud and trump s big lie will be reverberated again when trump speaks at cpac tomorrow in dallas. he and texas attorney ken paxton are due on stage tomorrow, both of whole have been touting lies about the election trump lost fair and square. but getting trump s supporters to face that fact, still appearing near impossible. attendants handed out fliers outlining a seventh-point plan to reinstate trump without an election. like the questionable audit in arizona s maricopa county by the group cyber ninjas. a group conducting a bogus audit that the former president continues to cheer on, an audit in which workers checked ballots
responders sifting through the rubble in surfside, florida. and summer scorcher. you know it t nearly 30 million people under heat alerts today as parts of the country brace for another potential day of record-breaking temperatures . it is sunday, july 11. we re so glad you are waking up with us. good morning. clock is ticking, isn t it? yeah, it is. in a big way because i think the whole world is watching the small town of truth or consequences, new mexico, because we are hours from british billionaire richard branson taking this trip to the edge of space. the launch of virgin galactic s unity rocket plane is going to mark the company s first test mission to carry a full compliment of space travelers. this voyage has been two decades in the making. the rocket powered space plane will fly from new mexico to the edge of space at 2,400 miles an hour. branson is hoping this will usher in a new era of space tourism. my mission statement is to turn the dream of space t
collapse showing water and debris in the garage, what it tells us about a possible cause. let s go outfront . good evening, i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. bill cosby breaking his silence speaking out hours after he became a freeman when his sexual assault conviction was overturned. cosby tweeting quote i have never changed my stance nor my story. i ve always maintained my innocence. thank you to all my fans, supporters and friends that stood by me through this ordeal. special thanks to the pennsylvania supreme court for upholding the rule of law. cosby s tweet after he was silence at a press conference tonight where his legal team hailed the decision. we said from day one we just didn t think he was treated fairly and that the system has to be fair. and fortunately, the supreme court agreed with us. he s happy. his wife is happy. the system only works if it s fair to all sides. that s the bottom line. the disgraced actor released from prison earlier today afte
that at the county level. and we will be working with our municipalities to do the same. here s new reporting from npr moments ago that a surfside official said the building was safe. the report says, quote, minutes of a november 2018 meeting show a surfside town inspector met with residents of the building and assured them the building was, quote n very good shape. and then, just in the last hour i spoke with rachel speigle, whose mom remains unaccounted for. here s what she told me. obviously, i am disappointed that there were red flags that were made and brought to light and there there wasn t action that was taken. yes, they said that there were issues, but no one said that it was unsafe to live there. well, the death toll is now at nine. 156 people remain unaccounted for. let s go to nbc s antonia hilton joining me from surfside. you are getting word that families may soon be headed to the collapsed site? that s right alex. we are hearing that families have ask