bus somewhere in the washington, d.c. area. representative, thank you very much for joining us tonight and you have now made last week s hint on this program, into today s breaking news. what happens, next? well now, we go to the u.s. capitol. and we urge the u.s. senate, we urge congress to pass federal-voting rights legislation to to use all of their power. to protect texans, to protect americans, and preserve our voting rights and preserve our democracy. now, can the speaker of the texas house send texas law enforcement to washington to track you down and bring you back? well, it s my understanding that they do not have authority in washington to do that. and so, um, we are here in a safe place to do the work advocating for our constituents.
he s still trying today to muddy the waters as to whether or not russia really even did anything at all let alone worrying about punishing them to it. nobody expects anything from the president, himself, in terms of the will to resist, let alone the will to respond. the will to harden us as a target. let alone retaliate against russia for coming after us. but it s interesting. as worrying as it is and as unpleasant as it is for us as a country to be so eirredemly polarized in our culture and politics right now, there actually hasn t been a 100% partisan divide on this issue of russia coming after us. there s a partisan cast to how the two parties have responded, but even in this ramshackle and at times ridiculous u.s. congress, you have had some republican support. you have had some bipartisan-supported legislation to, for example, up our election security efforts heading into the next presidential election since the fbi says russia s
the president is expressing his frustration. let s take marc short at his word. if the president is not moving to fire mueller, he is trying to poison the well and soften the target so nothing is believed. what will republicans do? what will leadership do if the president makes a move on mueller in your estimation? that s a good question. we don t know if they will do anything at all. the republicans in congress often split with the president on this issue. they want mueller to stay and to do his job. you sue rubio and graham say leave him alone. paul ryan s team says mueller should do his job. when it comes to these things, there is a lack of will power especially in the house republican conference to pass legislation to, you know, exercise their constitutional authority to check the white house. even in the house, you see republicans have been calling on
it just within the last hour. would he ever consider using president obama, for example, got some criticism over the years for adding signing statements to legislation to, you know, indicate where he disagreed with the signing. president bush did the same thing on a number of occasions. does this president intend to ever use that option? i m not aware of that. it s something i would have to check on and get back to you. sara, thankyou. you were talking a minutego about states wanting flexibility. do you know which states are likely to seek a waiver on preexisting conditions? not yet. that was something ahs would probably have a better handle on. i would refer you talk to them. before the summer travel season kicks off, we re seeing more of these airline incidents. we saw delta apologize with their ohio flight, we saw the united incident.