a booster shot. and the united states is more urban, more multiracial, and less white than ever, new census data triggers a consequential rewrite of our political map. we begin the hour with a crumbling afghanistan, and the question of whether president biden is guilty of a tragic miscalculation. the pentagon is rushing troops to the region to severely evacuate americans at risk of being stranded in the middle of a terrorist advance, that as a stunning taliban takeover continues. afghanistan s second largest city, its third largest city, fifth largest city, half of its provincial capitals fallen this week. the footage is stunning. taliban fighters marching with rpgs in the middle of city streets and parading around in u.s. military equipment. the president is said to be surprised by the pace of the taliban gains but unyielding in his belief withdrawing american troops now is the right call. he insists, despite what is happening in plain sight a taliban takeover is not inevi
to a test. first by the pandemic, then by a desperate attempt to deny the reality and the results of the election. with recount after recount after recount, court case after court case, the 2020 election was the most scrutinized election ever in american history. in every case neither cause nor evidence was found to undermine the national achievement in administrate. the big lie is just that, a big lie. and america, if you lose, you accept the results, you follow the constitution, you try again. you don t call facts fake and then try to bring down the american experiment just because you re unhappy. it s not statesmanship. that s selfishness. the president s been under pressure from members under his own party to make a speech like this, but his rhetoric cannot overcome the reality that two democratic bills meant to expand the voting rights currently have no pass to get to his desk. and today s address gave no mention calling for an end to the filibuster, the rule calling f
welcome you to this beautiful campus for such an important conversation on government oversight and accountability in conjunction with the launch of our new student publication. oversight projects.org. this project is yet another example of this telework of our student leaders in creating a go to source about the work of federal oversight, accountability and ethics watchdogs. we could not be more proud of our students, the effort and enthusiasm here at washington college of law. and our law school community is especially grateful that the launch of this project is made possible and is elevated with a cadre of leading experts who will sha theirhtn oversight and accountability with us today. so my warm welcome to all of you again. please join me in welcoming the organizer of today s event, professor fernando look order, the faculty director of the washington college of law, law and government program. thank you, fernando. [applause] thank you very much, dean nelson. welcome e
i am right here. you can be right here, congresswoman. mayor. hi. thank you. nice to meet you. okay. there we go. six-hour technical difficulties. good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much for being here afternoon. i am a national political reporter forrt politico. i am thrilled to be here in austin with you. at the texas tribune festival. we will have a great discussion this afternoon on border politics immigration and the 2020 presidential election. love to welcome our panelists. right here next to me is congresswoman sylvia garcia. a freshman democrat from texas. must ve her district is eastern houston. next we have the mayor of san antonio. on a maria coexecutive director of the center for popular democracy based in new york city. for those of you joining fee of the live stream, you can also follow the conversation on twitter using the #. immigrants about lawmakers of color and have frequently use the term invasion. when describing them what is going on at the
and progressives in a very public standoff, despite this, speaker pelosi is standing firm, she says, in holding a vote on the infrastructure bill today. the plan is to bring the bill to the floor. are you worried you may not have the votes? one hour at a time. one hour at a time. well, progressives remain defiant, willing to sink the bill over their push to strike a deal on that $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. if we do have a vote, then we ll vote it down and we ll continue the negotiations so that we can actually deliver the entirety of the president s agenda as he himself, the president himself said he wanted us to do. we need to do it. but the problem is if we pass that bill tomorrow we lose the leverage that we have here. so senator sanders doesn t want to lose the leverage. speaker pelosi wants an agreement with the senate on the spending bill before holding a vote on infrastructure. so just, you know, spoiler alert here at 9:00 a.m. eastern time, senato