there? brian: also the music is appropriate too. ainsley: it s country? brian: and? our last guest is going to close the show. i think it s also important to point out that ainsley lived there for a while. unlike what she did yesterday, adopting my area as her hometown, you have not said my state of texas. ainsley: it depends on the story we are talking about. because i have lived in texas. i have lived in massachusetts and i have lived in new york. brian: just adopted and rolled. ainsley: everyone adopted me when i moved to texas they made me a part of texas. resident there, paid taxes there they welcomed me. texas is so fun. two things i love to have fun. [laughter] and i love god. brian: you are pro-fun. ainsley: i am pro-fun and love god. both of those big part of texas. will: both of those make you unique in the state of texas. who else loves texas and happens to be in texas is our lawrence jones who is having breakfast with friends in fort worth cpac. look at that he ha
days after his election victory. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. thousands of people in england are self isolating. the vast majority don t have covid they were pinged by the covid app. and perhaps they got a surprise today. here s the times reporting that investment minister lord gerry grimstone told one employer the track and trace app that s right an advisory tool . also today, the business minister, paul scully, did a series of interviews. he told times radio that self isolating after being pinged was a matter for individuals and employers, and that, in a further interview on the bbc, mr scully added this. the legal position has not changed, you have to isolate if you are contacted by the nhs test and trace or if you are collecting isolation payments. not everyone has the app for example and so it is not mandated. but look at the national health service website and that distinction isn t there. it says should self isolate immediately
what they plan to do to safeguard the right to vote. democracy is under vigorous, vicious, and sinister attack, beginning with the events of january 6th at the capitol and cascading like a tsunami through state legislatures across the nation. we are going to build a movement around this country to resist that, what is clearly a move to try to disenfranchise people of color from voting, the methodical way this has been laid out in the state legislatures and at their state legislation is geared toward robbing us of the vote. the movement from the ground up is starting to be the only way that we can preserve our right to vote. we informed them that this is going to come not from the white house down, but from our houses up. according to the brennan center for justice, since january, 48 states have introduced at least 389 bills to restrict voting. 17 states have signed 28 new laws curbing access to the vote. another 61 bills are moving through 18 other state legislatures. t
flooding. ginger zee with the newest track tonight. also this evening, president biden at the white house, saying all american combat troops will be out of afghanistan by august 31st. saying, we did not go to that country to nation-build. to his critics, the president asking late today, how many thousands more americans, how many daughters and sons, are you willing to risk? and the president is pressed on the taliban. what happens if kabul falls to the taliban? news on the coronavirus here in the u.s. tonight, the head of the cdc, dr. rochelle walensky, saying the rise of the delta variant here in the u.s. is, quote, troubling. this variant now behind 80% of cases in parts of the midwest and the plains. and news tonight on whether millions of americans will need a booster. what pfizer is now saying about a possible third shot, a booster, and when. there will be no fans with the olympics set to begin in just two weeks in tokyo. tonight, a state of emergency declared in t
good morning. and welcome to way too early. the show that is marking national wine day just not quite yet. i am kasie hunt on this tuesday, may 25th. we ll start with the news. today marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of george floyd, under the knee of former police officer derek chauvin. floyd family attorney ben crump tells nbc news the family will meet with house speaker nancy pelosi and congresswoman karen bass this morning as well as several senators from both parties before their meeting at the white house with president biden. crump told nbc news he views the white house visit as, quote, an opportunity to pay proper respect to george floyd with a president who has been in continuous communication with the family. crump said he hopes the visit will keep momentum going toward a passage of the george floyd justice in policing act. today also marks the deadline set by president biden for congress to present that police reform package. and while they are going t