his colleagues from finding out. early voting centers opening today in california as well. millions of mail-in ballots already sent in. the latest on the california recall effort. also this hour, i told you it was busy, a special report. charges in the death of elijah mcclain at the hands of police this week. should it give hope that we have turned a corner when it comes to holding officers accountable? we will dig into that coming up. but i do want to start with that controversial abortion law in the state of texas. a judge has shielded for now women s clinics in the state from being sued by the largest anti-abortion group in the state. a state district judge issued a temporary restraining order against the nonprofit group, texas right to life, in its effort to stop abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. we have nbc s liz mclaughlin with us from austin and msnbc legal analyst joyce vance with us as well. i want to start with you, liz, and get the reaction first to the
in has to be locally decided in the absence of data. i believe that masks are better than having received the vaccine that didn t work new. but that s not to say that i m convinced that we can make the statements that the best way to protect kids in school is as some has advocated universal masking. better ventilation and sanitation and routine testing twice a week. reinforcing in parents they don t send their kids to school if they re sick or if siblings are sick. dana: betsy devos is standing by with her reaction to all of this and casey stiegel is live in dallas this morning. good morning. most dallas schools don t officially start until next monday but starting today anyone visiting or returning to a public school campus now required to wear a facemask. that decision was made by the superintendent here citing the health and well-being of students and staff because of the highly contagious delta variant of covid. it is a move that openly defies governor s ban on scho
step down. fallout from the scathing report he sexually harassed multiple women. protesters gathering outside the governor s new york city office. prosecutors in four new york counties launching criminal investigations. and state lawmakers now weighing impeachment. could cuomo get removed from office? terrifying moments from a workplace shooting in tennessee. the new body camera video showing police confronting the gunman. plus, chilling surveillance images and 911 dispatch audio. new details from investigators in the arson that gutted the uss bonhomme richard. documents identifying the suspect as a 20-year-old navy s.e.a.l. dropout. what we re learning tonight. the dangerous fire threat in the west. excessive heat fueling fears that raging wildfires could explode in size. in northern california, the devastating dixie fire forcing evacuation orders for 15,000 people. also another fire disaster overseas driven by extreme heat. and air travel nightmare. spirit airline
cuomo defying growing calls to step down. fallout from the scathing report he sexually harassed multiple women. protesters gathering outside the governor s new york city office. prosecutors in four new york counties launching criminal investigations. and state lawmakers now weighing impeachment. could cuomo get removed from office? terrifying moments from a workplace shooting in tennessee. the new body camera video showing police confronting the gunman. plus, chilling surveillance images and 911 dispatch audio. new details from investigators in the arson that gutted this ship. documents identifying the suspect as a 20-year-old navy s.e.a.l. dropout. what we re learning tonight. the dangerous fire threat in at raging wildfiresould size. in northern california, the devastating dixie fire forcing evacuation orders for 15,000 people. also another fire disaster overseas driven by extreme heat. and air travel nightmare. spirit airlines grounding 60% of its flights today. mo
insider reportedly wanted officials to investigate trump s big lie. the leader of the state democratic party is now joining the chorus of people calling on him to resign as the manhattan d.a. begins investigating potential sex crimes by the governor. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the worsening covid crisis in the united states and increasingly urgent efforts by the biden administration to get the current surge fueled by the aggressive delta variant under control. let s go to our chief correspondent, kaitlan collins. the numbers are not good and the they could get much, much worse in the coming weeks. that s exactly what the hecdc is worried about. they are expected to seek authorization for mandating coronavirus vaccines for all active duty troops. that is not the case now, but it is something we re expecting in the coming days, and we ll see how much time the s