from california. who signed on to the letter to president biden to focus on hunger. so we'll talk about what needs to happen and why a lot of democratic lawmakers are now largely silent on this matter. you expect that from the republican party since they're focused on phone records. but this isn't really a strong point for the democratic party as well. plus i'll be talking to the shameful texas abortion ban. the attempt to control women's bodies, aly feels like we went to sleep and woke up in gilead. talk about that. you know i love talking about supports. we're talking about the spart of the football season what the nhl is up against entering another season with covid. because you know some of the stadiums don't have mask mandates. you look at the college football games. it's frightening. we're just minutes away from a very packed cross-connection. and i hope you'll be watching. >> i will. >> back from vacation i want to you stick around. >> i love being back with you. tiffany cross be sure to watch the cross connection right after velshi at 10:00 a.m. eastern.