border. and i haven t been to europe. and i don t understand the point that you are making. i m not discounting the importance of the border. republicans have certainly come at you on this. democratic congressman cuellar has said to you and the president come. i care about what is happening at the border. bill: this will get a lot of attention. and that might be an understatement. with regard to henry cuellar from texas. he has been on our program an awful lot and big on this issue. his district runs south of san antonio to the mexican border and he has pleaded for people to come down there and give the border attention he says it deserves. dana: she fumbled the dismount here. first of all, she laughed about a question about when she would go to the border which is how she got the assignment to take over the root cause issue in the first place. it took them five days to say she is not doing the border, just the triangle countries. then she says i haven t been to eur
will join 14 other states that have already passed laws that make it harder for people to vote. that s according to the brennan center for justice. right now there are 18 states attempting to push through 61 voter restriction bills all aiming to make voting harder not easier. in texas tonight the new bill moves to the house for a final vote before seeing the governor s desk. dianne gallagher joins me. this is becoming a hugely important story. coal country is watching how this is unfolding. walk us through what s in this bill, what s next? let s start with what s next. in the next hour or two we expect the texas state house to begin didn ting senate bill 7. now, they have a midnight deadline to vote on this. and this is the final step of potential approval. if the house votes to approve senate bill 7, then will it go to the governor s desk. he has indicated that he will sign it. texas already has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country without sb 7. this lit
running these social media platforms are practically communists, they re common carriers, they aren t companies, they re countries. we need to regulate them just like we regulate telephone companies and utility companies. harris: how are republicans going to respond to all of this? i will talk with congressman ken buck on that question moments ago. he has been part of this conversation to protect conservatives and their first amendment speech rights. we ll get into it. first to gillian turner with much more on the top story. before i go to you i want to point out facebook didn t have to listen to this board. it was advisory. they took their advice. i m curious to know how it works its way into story. that s right, harris. let s start with this. the decision from the oversight board is a big deal not just because it is going to impact the former president s ability to connect with his own hundreds of millions of followers but also sets a precedent for the power of big spee
win the election, that he clearly lost last november. and yes, that means you must accept the false premise that led a violent mob to seize the u.s. capitol on january 6th. because if you don t support the big lie, you get stabbed in the back. that s what happened to the third highest ranking republican in the house today, congresswoman liz cheney, who was double crossed by house minority leader kevin mccarthy just hours ago. in remarks that were captured on a hot mic and leaked to axios, mccarthy appeared to back a new attempt to oust cheney from gop leadership, telling fox news personality steve ducey that what he really thinks of her. here s that audio, which was later obtained by mediaite. i think she s got real problems. i ve had it with i ve had it with her. you know, i ve lost confidence. well, someone just has to bring a motion, but i assume that will probably take place. nbc news sought comment from mccarthy on that audio. however, despite the fact that he s ha
about the attack on the capitol. in fact, cheered it on in social media. former vice president pence was hiding in a secure room from those who wanted to hang him. urgently and desperately demanded the acting defense secretary, acting because the country didn t have a confirmed one at the time, to, quote, clear the capitol. nbc news reached out to pence who declined comment and separately in a call with pentagon leaders, general mark milly pleaded they, quote, must establish order. something that wouldn t happen for many hours. and this week the inspector general of the capitol police is appearing before lawmakers to testify about the preparedness and response to the attack and he reportedly doesn t have good things to say. separately, the house subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis is holding a hearing this week with dr.s fauci, wolenski, and kessler examining the biden administration. as we ve learned over the past year a rise in deaths following several weeks later. a