attack. so many more questions to be answered. matt rivers, thanks very much. and still to come this hour, as the delta variant surges in this country, researchers have pinpointed five significant clusters which happen to be under vaccinated areas in the u.s. that experts warn could put the entire country at risk. this is why getting those shots are important. details next. and voting rights fight, the texas legislature gavels in for a special session today on the agenda a so-called election integrity bill that frankly would make it harder to vote in that state. we re going to speak to a texas democrat who walk out t. and speaking to crews at the site of the surfside collapse.
he says he fears for his family s safety. the council will meet today to appoint a new mayor pro tem. super star tom brady could soon beat another record. this rookie card is expected to sell for more than $2.5 million at auction. that would make it the most expensive sports card ever sold. ainsley? ainsley: all right. good deal. thank you so much, jillian. texas democrats sending the media into a frenzy as they block the passage of an election integrity bill. lawmakers last stand texas democrats staged overnight walk outout in the state legislative tunchts we kill that bill. governor greg abbott vowing to push through one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country. one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country. democrats say the bill, one of the strictest in the country, specifically targets minority communities and growing democratic strongholds. republicans don t like what they are sees so they want to change the rules to make it
tucker: so unfair. do you expect to be punished and you expect your state to be punished for this? actually i don t think so, tucker, because i think what we ve shown not just with this, but we did strong election integrity bill in florida, actually stronger than georgia and we just made it clear, we are standing with our folks, we are going to do the right thing, and so corporations want to come in and tried to bully us around, they are going to go nowhere. it s going to be like hitting their head against a brick wall. the result has been we had very little to do with that elections bill and i don t think we are going to have very much to do at this point here because we leaned into it and we stood strong. tucker: yet. if they know they can t push you around, they don t even try. that s a really good point, i hope you inspire other governors. governor ron desantis of florida, thank you very much. thanks, tucker. tucker: so one of the main reasons we know as much about ufos a
but it was shoved down our throats. these negotiations occurred behind closed doors. and ultimately, at the 11th hour on the 139th day of the 148th day of our legislative session, they chose to bring this bill to the floor without discussion, adding provisions that were in either version of the texas or senate version of the bill. so we were just hoping to have that conversation. we understand that the governor it s well within his power to call a special session and we know he ll eventually call one in order to address this election integrity bill. we re just hoping we can have a real conversation and, you know, maybe have a law that, you know, makes it easier for people to vote, not make it more difficult. following what happened in texas this weekend, president biden said, our democracy is in peril. do you feel that president biden is acting like democracy is in peril? you know, we did our part to stop this horrible voter suppression bill in texas.