tolson whether she thinks voter i.d. laws are racist. here s part of the exchange. so it depends. one thing we have to stop doing is veeting owl voter i.d. laws the same. your answer i want to move quickly. it depends is your answer? yes. so what voter i.d. laws are racist? apologies, mr. cruz. your state of texas, perhaps. okay. so you think the entire state of texas is racist. what about requiring an i.d. to vote is racist? i think it s reductive. not the entire state of texas you said my state of texas. you tell me absolutely. so the fact that the voter i.d. law was put into place to diminish the political power of latinos with race as you are inserting that. what is your evidence? the federal district court that first resolved the constitutionality of texas voter i.d. law. your view is voter i.d. laws are racist. how about you, mr. yang? i agree.
hurricane harvey. so far nbc news has girled that 43 people have died as a result of the storm. 32,000 are living in area shelters and 436,000 have requested assistance from fema. president trump made a second visit to the state over the weekend veeting a relief distribution center in houston. mia rodriguez is joining us now. we were talking about how others are getting back to their homes. this is a tough situation that is in no way near to being over. that s right, katie, not everybody is obviously able to go home. specifically on the west side of houston, the mayor issued a mandatory evacuation for 4200 homes that flooded during
a systemic record of voting for liberal outcomes. veeting to undermine the second amendment right to bear arms. i think the people went to the polls and didn t want a justice who hillary clinton promised. don t want to litigate that. it s been back and forth. it s not cnn newsroom, he s confirmed with a lot of republican support. washington and republicans not cnn newsroom but don t dwell on that. washington gets a lot wrong. talk about the executive order barring travelers from seven muslim countries. you support the order but during the campaign when then candidate trump called for ban for all muslims, you said it wasn t the policy. is this a muslim ban to you? describing it as muslim ban is not accurate.