night. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening rachel. you know when you re watching the rachel maddow show. and she s going on this. then you have no idea where she s going. she is just going down this trail. for example when she s talking about grand isle s dan, and i m going what the, what is she talking about? and rachel, i don t want to date myself. but all of my experience, was before they had a liquor license. so, so, when we discover, we meaning me. and i guess america. that this little barr in harvard square, made supreme court history through of course, the trial. that is the most important thing i have learned about the texas law. is that law, dated by the supreme court states that a private entity cannot enforce the laws, in the way that this texas abortion law wants private citizens to enforce the law. it does seem that there are several paths to the end of that texas law. in the one about that bar in cambridge, made me, one if not
when you add xfinity mobile. get started today. brand new hour. good to be with you. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. sources tell cnn top health officials are considering whether to revisit guidance on masking for all of us, even americans who ve tried to protect themselves and their communities by getting vaccinated. the unvaccinated and delta variant are causing cases to spike in most states. as for deaths and hospitalizations, it s almost 100% unvaccinated people. the delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains. it is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of and i have seen in my 20-year career. cdc advisors are meeting to determine if some immun immunocompromised people need a booster. we start with cnn s sara sidner in las vegas. she is with the health and human services secretary javihajavier besara. reporter: we re seeing more and more people go to the hospital due to this delta
for them and their family. last night alone, three mass shootings. 18 people were shot. many teenagers including a 14-year-old boy. he lost his life as well. hours before, eight people riding in a party bus were also shot in a drive-by. obviously this is a situation that needs solutions. the white house after originally saying that crime spikes tended to happen in the summer, now it s clear that action must be taken. today the attorney general in chicago is taking part in a listening session on how to cut down on the number of guns on the street. gun trafficking strike forces will be deployed in chicago and d.c. and in these cities across the country in yet another federal effort to stop the blood shed. the question remains, will this work? ken cuccinelli was from dhs when president trump cracked down on crime when operation legend was underway. that initiative was credited for 6,000 arrests while in existence. joined by raymond lopez here to address the leadership of mayor l
flight to fight demanding congress do something, the farthest they ve gone literally and figuratively to block gop voting restrictions, even as texas republicans predict they re delaying the inevitable. once they step back into the state of texas they will be arrested and brought to the texas capitol and we will be conducting business. we are live in philadelphia where president biden will head soon to deliver this long promised big speech one that some democrats say is also long overdue. our new reporting exclusively here on msnbc on what to expect from president biden today, as his party pushes for more. i am hallie jackson in washington with the voting rights fight front and center. mike memoli is in philadelphia, sahilkapur on capitol hill, and reverend al sharpton joins us as well. thank you all for being here. sahil and mike, let me start with the reporting. sahil, you have texas democrats, you are inside the capitol, about to deliver a news conference i think at a