these ships that are going across the ocean. we are dropping them down on locations that could be crossings that would be used by these caravans to serve as a blockade to prevent them from coming across the border. brian: why not? next guest served as sheriff in the rio grande valley for 8 years. here with us right now to react. former fort bin county sheriff and texas representative troy nails. congressman, what do you think right now of that idea? i think it s a great idea, it s a tool that the governor is using to try to help slow down, curve this invasion. let this invasion that we are seeing at our southern border. the governor is look at this like a defensive position. you kind of look at my military training find a way to slow down the surge is we have a lot of area to cover. we are doing the federal government s job for them because they refuse to do it on
congressman, troy nails, the guy who tweeted law and order, he told political reporter, olivia beavers, thought he would be if they made it through the door he was trying to hold that situation, that is precisely the situation that the officer found himself in with ashli. exactly the same. for months after the insurrection, congressman nails remained on this track. in april, he approached president biden after his joint address to congress. asked to help with criminal justice reform. the next month, he and a congresswoman released a bipartisan bill. in july, nehls was selected as
one of the members of the republican party she was going to allow on the committee had, in fact, voted not to certify the election, congressman nails. that was not it. she was very clear, media who are saying that, you re wrong. take us through the significance of what we heard from the speaker. reporter: that s right, hallie. speaker pelosi was emphatic saying over and over again, that a member s vote on the night of january 6th on whether or not to certify the results for joe biden was not the deciding factor. troy nails was one of kevin mccarthy s appointees, republican from north dakota. she accepted that appointee. she did not accept jim jordan and jim banks. she cited that one statement from jim jordan and specifically pointed to his reference to the biden administration, which did not exist on january 6th as part of the reason she found it ridiculous. she used that word twice, by the way, ridiculous, she said, to put someone like jim banks and
critical companion to the gargantuan 3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, and the fate of one will have major implications for the fate of the other. joining me from cincinnati, ahead of president biden s trip there today, mike memoli. does the white house back the strategy from chuck schumer of holding the vote to just start debate today? reporter: yeah, that s right, garrett. the white house yesterday and this morning reiterating support for the schumer strategy, saying they very much support this strategy. it was constructive the way the president addressed this a few days ago speaking about the economy, he repeated twice, we shook hands on this agreement, there was implication there, we all knew the pay fors were flimsy, wants to see republicans follow through on their word to support the bipartisan deal.
skepticism, some gop leaders are shifting messaging. number two republican in the house, congressman steve scalise shared he got his first dose of the pfizer vaccine, calling it safe, effective, widely available. minority leader mitch mcconnell who to be clear continues to strongly reiterate his support for the vaccine has continued to do so again yesterday. and sean hannity and some other fox news hosts have urged people to get vaccinated. all of this comes as nearly every state is seeing a resurgence in virus, particularly states with low vaccine coverage. allison barber in one of those states, west columbia, south carolina, where hospitals have troubling jumps in icu hospitalizations. you were at a hospital you were at this time last year. what s the situation like now, is the hospital prepared for another surge in cases potentially? reporter: yes, so the numbers are not nearly as bad as they were this time last year, but