is stepping in to the texas abortion rights battle. the united states has the authority and the responsibility to ensure that no state can deprive individuals of their constitutional rights through a legislative scheme specifically designed to prevent the vindication of those rights. the justice department suing texas while a big u.s. company offers to relocate its staff out of that state over the abortion ban. president biden is headed to the west coast to join california governor in the final campaign stretch. we re days away from the recall vote and democrats are ramping up their turnout efforts. football fans rejoicing, nfl sundays are back. and as a first big weekend of the season kicks off, many are saying the league is setting an example for how to successfully navigate this pandemic. we do say good morning, everybody. it is a football sunday, september 12th. you are a football fan? like the halftime. yeah, during the super bowl. that s how much of a ma
towards her desk. beto o rourke tweeted this show of support. unlike the filibuster in the u.s. senate, the filibuster rules in the texas senate requires senatoring a have a al alvarado not able to eat, drink, use the restroom. we re with you. ultimately the senator s long-shot effort ended with this plea my friends, voter suppression anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere. as we have drawn this sdougs an end it is my sincere hope that simple acts by everyday texans from the senate floor to the ballot box can help to shed the light on all important issues. what do we want our democracy to look like? do we want our state to be more or less inclusive instead of making it easier to vote? this bill makes it easier to intimidate. instead of making it harder to cheat, it makes it harder to vote. republicans true to their brazen commitment to rolling back access to the polls and totally impervious to the fact there was no fraud, ignored alvarado s plea and passed the res
fencing around the u.s. capitol that was put up after the january 6 capitol insurrection. or congressional correspondent ryan nobles is joining. six months after the insurrection there are now some major developments unfolding in the investigation and the security perimeter regarding the u.s. capitol. reporter: yeah. that s right. this is significant. it is the final temporary security structure put up in the wake of the insurrection and finally coming down. it is the fencing that wraps around capitol square. the capitol building itself. the u.s. capitol board, the group that oversees security here on capitol hill, making the announcement today in an email to those affected parties saying quote please know that the architect of the capitol has the ability to and will reinstall the temporary fencing should conditions warrant. and though the temporary fencing will be removed the building access restrictions implemented in response to covid-19 are still in place and will be en
responders sifting through the rubble in surfside, florida. and summer scorcher. you know it t nearly 30 million people under heat alerts today as parts of the country brace for another potential day of record-breaking temperatures . it is sunday, july 11. we re so glad you are waking up with us. good morning. clock is ticking, isn t it? yeah, it is. in a big way because i think the whole world is watching the small town of truth or consequences, new mexico, because we are hours from british billionaire richard branson taking this trip to the edge of space. the launch of virgin galactic s unity rocket plane is going to mark the company s first test mission to carry a full compliment of space travelers. this voyage has been two decades in the making. the rocket powered space plane will fly from new mexico to the edge of space at 2,400 miles an hour. branson is hoping this will usher in a new era of space tourism. my mission statement is to turn the dream of space t
breaking out at a sushi restaurant in los angeles police investigating as possible anti-semitic hate crime amount right leaning consumer group launches a million dollar advertising campaign to shame a corporation for politics. which company made the list many we begin in israel with prime minister netanyahu defiant in face of increasing pressure to seek a cease-fire. greg is live again there as thursday morning begins to dawn in tel aviv. good morning greg. absolutely shannon early thursday morning here and more hopes of a possible cease-fire, just in the past few hours or so the dow jones news agency quoting egyptian officials as well as israeli officials saying we could see a cease-fire between israel and hamas as early as friday. we have no independent confirmation of that and have confirmation that all through the night fighting within on in fact, past 24 hours hamas rockets rained town on southern and central israel, some of them getting through the iron dome defense