Make you clear the red lines are. I have met with him. It is bright, he is tough, and i found that he is a week when we used to play ball, a worthy adversary. Every World Leader here is a member of nato that spoke today and most of mentioned, thanked me for meeting with putin now. One issue the White House says definitely will be on the table At Their summit, the recent ransomware attacks, which authorities say originated from russianbased hacking routes. But insisted thAt The u. S. Will respond in kind, if russia refuses to cooperate on cybersecurity. In his exclusive interview, and d. C. News Carrie Symonds put this question directly to putin. Mister president , are you waging a War Against America in the cyber . There is evidence, where is proof . It is becoming farcical. We know it well. We have been accused of all kinds of things. Election interference, cyberattacks, so on, so forth. Not once, not one time, did they bother to produce any kind of evidence or proof. Just unfounded accusations. Tonight, Axios Reporting the team preparing the president for the Putin Meeting includes a group of outside russia experts including Former Trump officials said, to be amongst the dozen or so participants, fiona hill, Former Trump national Security Council Official who testified at his first impeachment trial. Group reportedly included to obama ambassadors to russia including our own michael mcfaul. Isnt It Great thAt The president is preparing for this meeting . Because if you remember the last time putin met with a former president , President Trump, it was clear to me, i was At That one as well, working for you, are not for the u. S. Government, just to be clear, that President Trump was not prepared for that meeting. Axios reporting it this way, quote, the group urged biden not to hold a joint Press Conference with putin or for him any opportunity to try to upstage the private talks with new public proposals. And thAt The experts probably agree on the approach a biden shirt adopt, blunt talk leaving No Doubt for putin on where biden stands, from hacking to human rights. Back in washington, there is more fallout from revelations that trumps Justice Department secretly seized personal data of reporters and democrats in congress from phone and think companies during an investigation in leaks. Tonight House Judiciary Committee says thAt Theyve launched an investigation in this. Matter valve innings, whos challenging Marco Rubio for his Florida Senate Seat spoke out tonight about the need for an inquiry. The american people have a right to know the full extent of the abuses of power by the former president of the united states. We have some serious constitutional concerns. When a body who provides oversight is then being surveilled under the guise of a criminal investigation by the administration thAt That buddy prove was over a salute over. Same thing for the media as well as god knows who else is out there. Yesterday the New York Times reported apple also turned over data from unaccountable longing to, trumps own white House Counsel don mcgahn. The times reports its not clear if he was the specific focused of any investigation. Again, Youll Recall recently that he testified lawmakers with the efforts with the mueller. And we see reached out to apple and mcgahn, and received a sponsor. Our Inspector General has already opened investigation, and today, Attorney General Merrick Garland midwith News Organizations whose reporters have been targeted by the trump administration. He also issued a statement noting the Justice Department was quote, working on servicing potentially problematic manners deserving a Highlevel Review to evaluate and strengthen It Departments existing policies. And procedures for obtaining records of the legislative branch which we think means he was angry about it. There is one other story were watching closely tonight, prime Minister Boris Johnson made an Announcement Today that many in the uk were angry to here he is pushing back the next phase of their reopening by another four weeks because of the rising number of cases of the Delta Variant of covid. This first emerged in india, well have much more on the danger of this lead off our coverage today, pulitzer prizewinning Washington Correspondent for the Washington Post Barbara mcquade, veteran federal prosecutor, former u. S. Attorney for district of michigan, who worked with the doj during the biden transition. She is a professor at your Ship Ghost of the Podcast Sisters In Law along with other friends of ours. Joe winebanks, and kimberly atkins. Also back with us, rick single. Former Secretary Of State for public to and public affairs, for managing dinner time magazine, and rick, Given You history in this area with the summit two days away, does his time with the G7 Help Joe Biden and going into this summit with putin and if so, how . Sure, brian. I think it gives him some wind. He has a kind of united front. Confronting putin is his main interest. I doubt its the interview with Putin Kind of turned around and said he conferred with the g7 beforehand. I think it empowers biden. I think they the administration has done a deft Job Telegraphing much of what will come out. Its much easier to raise something in a dialog that youve set in advance. I think its all been very smart. Phil, given that Bidens Agenda is right now stalled in the legislature to put in gently some new regard. Is any of this, presupposing is a good outing against putin At The summit, it looks like positive reviews from the g7 is any of this convertible to the president upon arrival back home . You know brian, yes, and no. I dont know the performance on this foreign trip assuming it continues to be as strong as it has been in the last few days. I dont know if it will win him additional. Votes for that Infrastructure Deal at least, for example, for the new Spending Package over changes in the tax law. But it certainly helps build political momentum watching this president for the first six months of his presidency. Like he would be seen terms of the Calmness And Restoration of normalcy here in washington. And in the united states. To see him abroad At The g7 at nato Making Friends you know, reporting himself in a different way than President Trump did, would be a side of reassurance a thing for many of the americans of how the president s performing so far. You are viewers, the working in the background is one Axle Worker who we have decided just doesnt like when his dad and i have conversations on television. So, we are going to give him that. Hey, bark, what do you want to find out about how the Trump Doj was operating and when people like barr and sessions say something like, we had nothing to do with this, how, procedurally, do we find out if theyre telling the truth . But i would like to see, brian, is would lisa Monaco Deputy Attorney Generals called for an investigation by the office of Inspector General. It doesnt sound to me like any laws were broken in these investigations. But because of the sensitive nature, it is required that doj lawyers comply with the very strict guidelines. And it sounds, at least from these denials by Jeff Sessions and william barr, thAt Those guidelines through violated. The guidelines required and notice to the Attorney General in the case of the Media Subpoenas and approval from the Attorney General. I think that irregularly alone begs the question of what happened . Did they violates the rules here . Where they failing to notify the chain of command . Id like to see that, number one. And then, number two. If there was a violation, how do we water the consequences very violation . How do we ensure that people are notified of whAt The correct procedure is . And you those procedures need to get more teeth in them so that People Cant Abuse these roles in the future . Rick strangle, i have one for you. Trigger where to all, im going to play for you some of the greatest here is here. Here is Donald Trump here on the topic of nato. We have nato, and then we have countries with a free ride. Nato is obsolete. Its old, that, sloppy. We are protecting europe, and we are paying for almost the entire cost of nato. We are the piggy bank. It helps them, they are in europe. It helps them a lot more than helps us, we are very far away. The abuse that was given to our country through nato, where they wouldnt pay and we are paying for everybody rick, you worked At The state department. You dont need the reminder. But think about putins Wish List At The top of the trump presidency. Get involved in an american president ial election, get involved in an american Social Media trying to divide us, drive us apart, drive apart the atlantic alliance and maybe some day, a far off fever dream, get american troops out of germany. Think of it this way, Donald Trump delivered. Ryan, you summarized very well, better than i could have. And it is painful to watch those clips about trump talking about nato. I mean, i go back to the interview from today. Putin today said that nato was absolutely doing whAt Theyre doing. Why are they countries . I think were going to see in this summit is something which is kind of a return to normalcy. And if i were still editor of time, Id Caution my reporters to say, dont put this, dont construct this look at some great big heavyweight boxing match. Its not. Tony blinken has said thAt This is the first of many meetings. I dont think it will be conventional, traditional meeting between countries but sometimes cooperate, sometimes compete, sometimes confronted trailer. And both sides have telegraphed that in advance, and i think that were going to see a meeting that is actually successful on all those fronts. We will have some tension, but it will come out with people saying, we know what to expect. We know that we believe in Reliability And Predictability even putin said that in his interview today. Phil rocker, i have something for you and by extension axle. Here is Mitch Mcconnell in comments this afternoon, we will discuss them on the other side. Attorney barr served on and with integrity. His latest attempt to tarnish his telltale signs of a Witch Hunt in the making. Im confident thAt The existing inquiry will uncover the truth. There is no need for a partisan service here in congress. Of course, phil, when you think of barr, you think of honor and integrity. Here is the question though, knowing how mcconnell is going to be on this, what is the chance that democrats play this aspect of the Investigation Wrong while as we said, so much of their agenda is stalled in it very chamber where Minot Mcconnell spoke . You know, brian, theres certainly a chance of that. Weve seen democratic leaders of the senate in the house become quite exercised in the last few days with the revelations about what is going on. Surveillance going on At The Justice Department. It is personal for them. Some of them, chairman Adam Schiff for example where the ones being surveilled by the Justice Departments. They consider it a personal thing they want to get answers. They want to investigate this. They want to get to the bottom of it. They want to hold people accountable for what happened in the trump administration. That personal drive can certainly get in the way of the legislative progress thAt Theyre hoping to make in advancing president Bidens Agenda. But Senator Mcconnell said thAt Theyre having the back of these longtime friend and ally, bill barr. The former Attorney General, and its interesting lee using that Witch Hunt, which is the way that we heard again and again, against President Trump, in reference to virtually any investigation into trump or his administration. He called it a Witch Hunt, were now seeing the republicans in the senate applying the same language to try to discredit the investigation by the congress into what was going on At The just disappear. Es into what was going on At Th im gonna charge it up to coincidence that during our discussion of mcconnell there was lightning over the capitol dome. Barb, back to your front the fbi naturally normally plays a role in something like this when the allegation is electronic spying. Forget about journalists, a lot of them are constantly expecting it and keep their communications to that standard but elected democratic members of congress unelected members of the staff and at least one minor child, do you think we will be hearing more from the fbi on this front and should we indeed hear more from the fbi on this front . Absolutely, i think thAt The public is appropriately alarms thAt There appears to be a potential abuse of some very powerful tools and the Grand Jury subpoenas are a powerful tool for prosecutors in there to be used together and protests against leaks of classified information, thats a very legitimate use. But here i think theres some are Warning Signs thAt There wasnt just use but abuse. The subpoenas were being used not as tools but as weapons. The sheer number of people who have been included in the subpoenas, the number of members of congress and their family members, i think that numbers around 12. Weve got something like eight reporters that were included. And now we hear about don mcgahn, the white House Counsel being included in all of this who is of course an attorney and communications are protected by attorney client privilege. And so i think that creates this Red Flag that although these tools may be used appropriately in some circumstances, there is really i think some evidence of abuse here that needs to be investigated. Were much obliged to our Big Three on this Monday Night as we start a new week together. Philip rucker, barbara mcquade, ricks tangle our thanks for being with us. Coming up for us, staying true to form mcconnell suggests hes not about to let President Biden pick a Supreme Court justice anytime soon. Well ask our two political insiders about the many gop hurdles the democrats now face. And later, protesters in the uk may be done with covid restrictions but a fast Spreading Variant of the virus is putting people in hospitals. We have one of our best positions standing by to talk about all of it. All of it as the 11th Hour just getting underway on this Monday Night as we look at Beautiful Geneva and switzerland, the side of this Weeks Summit. Of this Weeks Summit [ ] looking to repair dry, damaged hair without weighing it down . Try pantene daily moisture renewal conditioner. Its Colorsafe Formula uses smart conditioners to microtarget damage helping to repair hair without weighing it down. Try pantene. We face the World Head on. Never hide. Lets get to work. Yeah whoa. Thats what im talking about. Not quite trouble in paradise, but its close. There is as they say growing concern among democrats about the future of the president s agenda. Political sums up the challenges this way and we quote, senate democrats are publicly divided over infrastructure strategy. The caucuses most conservative senator openly rebels against the Party Signature Elections Bill and chuck Schumers Member keep clashing on military sexual Assault Reform there is a growing feeling on The Hill that democrats are already running out of time to deliver on the years of promises. Thoughtprovoking. Meanwhile, if democrats lose the u. S. , Mitch Mcconnell unsettling that he will block any biden supreme Court Mix in 2024. He told the conservative radio host, Hugh Hue it. Its highly unlikely that heat allow a Confirmation Vote in election year. Back with us again tonight to talk about all of it, democratic pollster who were both on president Obamas Campaign and with a number of House And Senate democratic candidates. And amy stoddard, veteran washington journalist. Associate Editor And Columnist for real clear politics. Good evening, welcome to you both. Amy, i will serve you a kind of Question Salad to see which one makes you bite. How are the democrats doing it handling mcconnell in the Minority Leader Role . Do the democrats have the right Majority Leader for these times . And what happens if the republicans win the majority back . Well, brian, it really doesnt matter who Majority And Minority leaders are. We do not control a majority of the senate, and we preside over it and control it. Theyve been able to get a few things out using this procedure we now know as reconciliation. That with 51 votes as the Vice President made it a tie but its a chamber where you need 60 votes to get any where through. And the house, they have a four seat majority. Democrats are going to have a very difficult time looking passed the covid relief bill, and passing any of the things thAt They have promised to progressives. And to the voters who turned out, but dont usually turned out in those elections, and who are not likely to print out next year, to help them hold on to power. If the republicans get the house, and i think thAt They probably will, and possibly the senate. Were gonna see Mitch Mcconnell stick to his threats and warnings that he controls the Supreme Court, and he will lock down the senate and not pick any of the Sentence Picks on the house side. Well see a push for an impeachment of Joe Biden for any various and sundry reasons and retaliation for the two trump impeachments. Some of them will want trump to be speaker because the speaker does not have to be a member of congress. And there is a quite a hill scape to imagine in terms of what we are looking at as we look At The 2024, down the lane At The 2024 elections and whether or not youre going to see majorities the republicans, congress refused to certify. A joe again. So, cornell, as democrats watching head for their nearest available window, do you concur with any or all of that . Have you any good news for them . [laughs] [laughs] well, thats really frightening scenario. [laughs] that was just laid out. I dont think that its that farfetched. I think theres a couple of things that are happening that are fundamentally different. One is, i think schumer does have to give this these ten senators who are working on bipartisan ships. Joe manchin just praised schumer for giving them a chance and, Senator Romney is looking at being open to the conversations. Think they can show that off or shut that down, you do have to give bipartisanship a chance. But also, the clock is pretty much still ticking. I will pivot back to the point you made earlier about Mitch Mcconnell. Mcconnell saying that he is not going to allow a supreme Court Pick by biden. Because i think that It Encapsulates what is wrong with washington. A lot of it has to do with Mitch Mcconnell. Mitch mcconnell basically saying, i dont care whAt The constitution says, i dont care with the norms and rules and precedent of the senate says. Im not going to allow this to happen because i am about power more than i am about upholding the constitution and rules of law. And this is a consistent pattern. This is, more than anything, this is why the senate is broken. This is the man who is saying, im 100 percent against bidens moving his agenda, and as someone from the obama world, i remember very clearly Mitch Mcconnell saying, my name one priority is making for the presidency. So, this is the threshold that democrats are trying to get over in a time where many democrats and many voters, brian, are wanting democrats to be bipartisan even in the face of Mitch Mcconnell and what he is doing in this to really tear bipartisanship apart. These two friends have agreed to stay with us, and its a perfect time to work in a break. Coming up, when we continue our conversation, any warning from Vice President Harris Today On Voting Rights as democrats from texas bring their fight to protect the vote to washington. 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Were talking about fundamental rights that are being trapped upon in many states and this is not a democrat or republican issue. This is literally an american issue. Its an issue a free and fair elections are one of the most important pillars of our democracy and were seeing an effort to weaken it. The Vice President is leading the Administrations Effort to protect Voting Rights so far federal legislation appears doa and the water in the senate Democratic State lawmakers who stays that walk out to block that Texas Bill Voting in texas. Theyll be in Washington Tomorrow to lobby for the passage of the for the people acts. They will meet with the Senate Democratic Caucus before a meeting with Vice President harris on wednesday. Still with us, Cornell Belcher and a. B. Stoddard. So core now this, is a non key way to put it but the texas democrats might as well commiserate with the senate democrats. They have Righteousness And Virtue on their side. Whats both of them lack is the math. Well, i think thats right but i also think Theres Something more fundamentally problematic, brian, and this is something that President Obama used to talk about all the time is how do you get the swath of america to have skin in this game . Poll after poll shows americans, the majority of americans are for the voting Rights Bill and this new legislation to protect the sanctity of our democracy but can democrats flip that return Republicans Obstruction of it into a win going into the midterms . The greatest trick that Mitch Mcconnell has done is in fact, and we saw it under obama two and many democrats are saying thAt This smells like 2010 coming all over again which was a catastrophe. Its simply to block everything the democrats try to do into earlier point. You know, have the base of the democratic party deenergized and frustrated and not turn out the question is can democrats finally turn and use this offensively like the vast majority of americans actually want to do. Can we hold republicans feet to the fire for blocking this . For flat Blocking Voting rights . And ill say this my last point on this brian is democrats have to make this not a minority issue. I think too often the Talking Points around this are about minorities being blocked from the ballot box. Democrats have to take a page from republicans and Middle America has to be scared as hell about with the consequences are gonna be for them and their children. If we lose on these fights. If Voting Access is blocked and we have elections overturned and we know are legitimate. The day that Middle America is scared is how thats the day that democrats will prevail all of this politically in the midterms. A b, thats a man whose life s work has been to understand voters and to tailor the message to if theyre smart will listen to those words just spoken. To you, a. B. , because i know Joe Manchin is your favorite topic. Your reaction to pelosi saying she is, quote, not giving up on getting mention the support the for the people acts. Well, i think its impressive thAt The House Speaker recently said she wasnt gonna give up on senate republicans either are getting behinds a commission to investigate january six and the worst assault on the capitol since the civil war. And surely they walked right off the cliff in lockstep and refused to back it but i appreciate her sunny optimism. Joe manchin is side, as we discussed last week, cornell is right. This whole problem is for the people act and dealing with all the Voting Restriction bills by State Legislation but republicans is that we really cannot be looking At The vote. A lot of democratic messaging has focused on the Vote Counting and how Corrupt A Bull It would be with the passage of these bills. How partisan and potentially rage it will be. Theres a lot of talk about water bottles, closing windows are closing their ballot and how that disenfranchise voters. The problem is thAt They have allowed this process to be completely partisan and corrupt double. And we might have looked At The last free and fair election is the result. I think cornell is right, you need to alarm voters about this in that way and they told you last week, why dont the democrats in campaign just passed a component last week in just talk to the american people about whAt The different components are and how the corrupt politicians take over the process in the state and dont have lawfully passed votes. Thats with the focus has to be right now democrats, while the house is on fire, the burn is on fire, the whole farm is letting a flame for fussing about the perfect firefighter if they lose a passable voting Rights Bill, the lose the Midterm Election and they wont have to worry about Infrastructure Bills from now on because they wont be back in power. Wow. A lot to react to. A lot to think about from two really smart people, friends of this broadcast both Cornell Belcher, a. B. Stoddard, cant thank you enough. Well do this exact same thing again. Coming up, new information on how effective vaccines are against this new Delta Variant that devastated india and has had to the uk. More on that when we come back. Come back when you have nausea, heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach. Diarrheaaaa. Pepto bismol coats your stomach with fast and soothing relief. And try new drug free pepto herbal blends. Made from 100 natural ginger and peppermint. Start your day with Crest 3d white and from mochaccinos to merlot, your smile will always be brilliant. Crest 3d white brilliance. 100 stain removal, 24 Hour Stain Resistance to lock in your whitest smile. Crest. The 1 Toothpaste Brand in america. The variants of covid that first started in india is now but 10 of all of the cases in the u. S. And it some point its going to become the majority. If youve been vaccinated, the vaccines are highly effective and you dont really need to worry. For the unvaccinated, Health Experts warn thAt This Delta Variant is already more contagious and more lethal. A new study out of scotland says it doubles the risk of hospitalization and this is not good at a time when were not doing so well that at least theres. This Uk Officials say that two doses of the covid vaccines have been highly affective back again with us Tonight Doctor Vin gupta, critical Care Pulmonologist in seattle who specializes in these illnesses and who is also in the faculty of the university of Washington Institute of health metrics and valuation. And doc, again, its sad and alarming because otherwise cities are about to have a Ticker Tape Parade for his first responders two weeks from now and all were hearing about is this Delta Variant. How much in the real world of the united states 2021 does it worry you . Good evening brian. I think it worries us owe that Public Health is clinical because it happens across the country two weeks ago and unvaccinated young people are requiring Intensive Care and they have Chest Admission i want to show all your viewers here we go. That is the image of a 30 or old patient that i took care of 30 weeks ago. That is something i just didnt see. My colleagues typically did not see one year prior anything thats white in the lungs, those lungs and those Pie Shaped Figures in the middle of the image should look black on a chest xray. The areas that are white and should otherwise look black thats passed from covid19. Thats what were seeing with young people coming in unvaccinated. And unvaccinated people are peppering hospitals across the country and so we all say is that clearly is possible we need to make clear thAt Those that are unvaccinated At The Threat Level to the threat has changed. Maybe its no longer calling it covid19, we call it covid 21. I dont know. But the remaining and vaccinated folks in 2021 is fundamentally more dangerous than the remaining unvaccinated when your prior. Lets widen our focus. I want to play for you some of the Comments Today by the Director General of the world health organization. More than 10,000 people are dying every day. During this Press Conference alone more than 420 people will die. This community needs vaccines and they need them now, not next year. Doctor weve just been told for over four years that were all about America First and its gonna take some time to change our focus back to being a member of a Global Community the way we thought of ourselves. Are we doing our best vaccinating the world . I think were getting there. So they announced this weekend by the g7 by President Biden where a tremendous step forward. A billion doses by the end of the year. Vaccines produced in g7 countries. Were seeing novavax now in the pipeline with a great vaccine. 100 effective against some of these variants was tested at keeping people out of the hospital. We need more of that. We need more international vaccines, brian. Something you stick up into your nose thats effective At Keeping Covid out of your body we need some of those innovations quickly across the world. We can do more. I say we talked about this in the past and we had lotteries stateside. I think its a temporary short term play. We get the excess supply that were trying to option, get that to brazil, get that to Central Asia and get the to india when they need it now. Youre confident that in short order, will be north of 70 of our population vaccinated . As an aggregate, maybe. But if you look At The math right now, brian, most of the heartland and most of the south just having an Alabama Tennessee less than 20 vaccinated. So youre gonna see two different realities come to fall, winter, that carris and Public Health. Youre gonna see these emerging variants become more dominant and you can see Cold Dry Air which is a friend of covid, a friend of Cold Dry Air. Youre gonna see counties that had frankly just really an uptick with hit hard because the individuals are not gonna be protected with a hospital. Theyre going to be regional search, is not a national one. Were not gonna Hit 70 across the country just select parts of the country. A friend of this broadcast has become vital to our viewers in the area of Public Health, Doctor Vin Group that has been our guest yet again tonight. Doctor, thank you for taking our questions. As always. Just ahead, remember all the jokes about infrastructure. Well the only thing not funny is all of the bridges and highways way below the standard of what is supposed to be a worldclass nation. Worldclass nation no, hes not in his room. Dad, why didnt you answer your phone . Your mother loved this park. She did. Isnt it disappointing when your plugin fades . 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The focus now on this roughly trillion dollar plan, give or take proposed by that bipartisan group of ten senators, Mitt Romney among them discussions over Infrastructure Spending have been going on for weeks and its perfectly in keeping with washington, to forget thAt There are real people At The other end of their actions and real people depending on them to act as we see in our Report Tonight from nbc News Correspondent tom costello. Theyre the most caring examples of underfunded infrastructure, those potholes. Kelly navarro flew to tires in texas. We shouldnt have to drive on highways like this. Roads are anything i mean its just ridiculous. And its widespread. Civil engineers give an overall grade of c to the Nations Infrastructure but much lower grades to aviation, dams, mass transit, Water Systems and yes, roads and bridges. Its up to individual states to prioritize which bridges to fix when. Here in Rhode Island 16 to 20 of the bridges are structurally deficient among the worst in the country but look At This one. Although by wouldnt creeping because the concrete above is crumbling, the rebar is rusting and the stick gets it get City Minus for its a hundreds of roads and bridges are on the list which makes the federal Infrastructure Money critical. The longer you wait to do it, the less safe it becomes so certainly peoples lives are in jeopardy overtime. The longer you wait, the more costly the repair is. More Road Projects also mean more jobs. But its not just roads and bridges. The Mississippi River is a 2300 Mile Interstate of water with Aging Locks and dams that required constant work just to keep critical bars and Ship Driving moving. 500 Million tons of Cargo Move on this massive river including half of all u. S. Grain exports. The Army Corps of engineers is constantly drenching the river to keep it moving but some dams are now decades old and need replacing. And the waterways get a Deep Plus for the countries dams and levees get a deal. Meanwhile, further down river the Port Of New Orleans is the sixth busiest but it cant accommodate the worlds newest, biggest ships. With 90 of international goods arriving on trips, this port is spending one and a half billion dollars on a second terminal to handle ships that carry twice the cargo. But really were only as efficient in half the capacity thAt The roads in the railways and the bridges have that connect to our ports. To compete with the worlds it all has to connect and work. Where we free people up to think about the things they actually care about instead of worrying about whether they can hit home. The better off theyre gonna be. For drivers like kelly, its not fair that it comes out of my pocket because they dont want to fix the street. That pothole is personal. Tom costello, where Week Island and bc news. 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And while i know you know texas, the kind of rooting tooting texas, the everything is bigger and texas, the dont mess with texas, the Voter Suppression is bigger in texas, you know that texas. But lately, and under their Trumper Governor Greg abbott, texas is way more like a contestant on the bachelorette. Sensitive, putting itself out there, being all vulnerable. First, there was the winter storm, new investigation by buzzfeed showed the Death Toll from that storm revised up at around 700 souls. The entire Texas Power Grid failed. Ted cruz flew the coop for cancun until he was reminded that he represented texas in the senate. Well, theres trouble in texas once again. Texans are being warned right there in big oil country, the Energy Cradle of america thAt They must cut back on electricity this week or the lights are gonna go out again. By the way, the Utility Provider there is called ercot. And to prove that texans have a sense of humor, ercot stands for the electric Reliability Council of texas. But because the electricity is not reliable in texas, people there are being told to set thermostats to 78, turn off lights and pool pumps god forbid because of the Power Plants that are off line and the grid that remains endangered. And then just tonight enter Blair Or Skin and if you dont know her stuff you should. Shes a writer and a comedian who usually within hours of a measuring news story, especially there if there are officials to be parodied, she is up with a new video and then tonight she did not disappoint. So here now, Blair Or Skin, fake spokesperson for the Texas Power Grid. Thats right thank you so much for having me. You know, we have a tight hot little grid out there. And we have to take care of it or its gonna bust, Okay . We cant be having that. It will be a mess. So were just asking people texas to make small sacrifices. Just a little sacrifices, no Blood Or Anything like that. You know, you cant have the rainbow without the rain. Right . Well you cant have light without, until we figure out whats going on out there. Because texas is set up on a Power Grid and water Power Grid does wouldve Power Grid is, is something different to everybody and thats what you gotta understand. I mean would you have to have ac or would you have other have aoc . And think about that for a little bit and it will start to make sense. And so really all were asking the people of texas to do is to unplug. Just unplugged. Just relax, you know . Everyones Got Unplug sometimes. And if you dont unplug, gods gonna find a white way to make you unplug and you know in this scenario, we are god. Suddenly, a ton of People Tonight thought that was real. The essential Blair Skin to take us off the Air Tonight as we start a new week. Thats our broadcast for this Monday Evening without thanks for being here with us on behalf of all our colleagues At The networks of nbc news, goodnight. Tonight on a limb. Prosecution of Capital Rioters continues in the republican senate selling the big Lie Start cashing in again. Tonight, the latest turn in the Slow Motion insurrection. Then, first it was the medias on the democrats and now its only the white House Counsel . Who wasnt Donald Trump spying on with a reporter who broke the mcgahn news. Plus everyone in that Room Today understood a shared appreciation. Quite frankly, that america is back. As the Biden Nato Tour continues, a reminder just how far weve come in for years. And Doctor Peter on the Covid Setback abroad, even as Life Returns to normal for so many here in