u.s. history. we are also live in texas now officially 100% open, during this covid crisis the state s mask mandate gone. the move being celebrated by some, slammed by others. and in minneapolis day two of jury selection in derek chauvin s murder trial now getting started. what we know about the three jurors already seated and what it might mean for the trial s outcome. i m hallie jackson in washington with you this morning, and we are live from both ends of pennsylvania avenue with nbc s leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill and carol lee at the white house. we ve been talking about this bill for months, it is set to pass within a matter of hours but may be a few hours longer. at this point we had expected debate to have begin, that is not the case at least as of 10:01 eastern time this morning. that s right, hallie. house speaker nancy pelosi and democratic leadership are so convinced that this bill is going to pass that they held a press conference yesterday touting the
isn t going to come from the maga right. he knows it s going to come from former republicans or independents, and ultimately he knows this. by going after trump in the debate, i think he s really going to put a lot of the other gop contenders on edge, and i think they re really nervous about that. in desantis s memo, right? it says in there defend trump, and at this point, none of the other candidates are really taking this seriously. i think they re all vying to be in his cabinet if trump wins. that s why they re playing by the trump playbook and defending him on the debate stage. that ultimately is going to cost them a lot more than it will chris christie by taking swings at trump. let s talk about this desantis super pac memo suggest ago debate strategy to defend trump against christie attacks and, quote, take a sledge hammer to vivek ramaswamy. listen to ramaswamy s response stwl are you preparing to be hammered? you know, i have been prepared for that for a lot of my life, and
my next guest, democratic congressman richie torres of new york introduced the santos act earlier this year which require congressional candidates to file additional weather file their employment backers with the f b c. any candidate that knowingly and willfully lies about that it information will be fined and serve prison time, or both. congressman richie torres of new york, joins me now. congressman, it s great to see you again, they were coming back on the show. tell us a little bit about this legislation. you and congressman dan goldman introduced it. what kind of support isn t getting in the house since these charges were made? so far it only has support with democrats because republicans are intent on protecting george santos. but i find it outrageous that a federal candidate for public office can blatantly lied to voters without facing
santos to be punished if he is found guilty, because the crimes that he is accused of could actually undermine our entire political system. so we must ensure that others can t attempt to do the same. my next guest, democratic congressman richie torres of new york introduced the santos act earlier this year which require congressional candidates to file additional weather file their employment backers with the f b c. any candidate that knowingly and willfully lies about that it information will be fined and serve prison time, or both. congressman richie torres of new york, joins me now. congressman, it s great to see you again, they were coming back on the show. tell us a little bit about this legislation. you and congressman dan goldman introduced it. what kind of support isn t getting in the house since these charges were made? so far it only has support with democrats because
stage where it s not so much about the nitty gritty of getting the big picture onto the paper, it s seems to be those minutia, those details been dealt with at the moment and very much at the it s about making stage sure all of the key stakeholders are on board. before anything can be effectively presented publicly, ithink anything can be effectively presented publicly, i think we are at that stage, if a deal with a tickled as having been brought on board yet, if that support isn t already there, then it will be a very difficult road ahead for the prime minister. it will cut if they haven t been smooth out before that point. it is at a crunch stage to get these kinks are moved out. smoothed out. get these kinks are moved out. smoothed out. in scotland, divers have recovered