Texas governor orders police to find and arrest Democrats who fled over redistricting

T MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE DEAD. >> THERE ARE SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE ESCALATING FIGHT OVER THE CONGRESSIONAL MAP REDISTRICTING IN TEXAS, AND THIS COULD HAVE SOME NATIONWIDE RIPPLE EFFECTS. THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, GREG ABBOTT, IS NOW THREATENING TO ARREST DEMOCRATIC STATE LAWMAKERS WHO LEFT THE STATE IN ORDER TO DELAY THAT CONTROVERSIAL REDISTRICTING VOTE. REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO REDRAW THE STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL MAP IN A WAY THAT IS FAVORABLE TO REPUBLICANS, AN EFFORT PUSHED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO INCREASE THE GOP'S SLIM MAJORITY. THE NEW DISTRICT MAPS COULD HELP TEXAS REPUBLICANS WIN FIVE EXTRA HOUSE SEATS IN NEXT YEAR'S MIDTERMS. DEMOCRATS ARGUE THAT THE PLAN BREAKS TRADITION AND TARGETS MINORITY COMMUNITIES, DILUTING THEIR VOTES AND THEIR VOICE. >> THESE DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO SHOW THAT HISPANICS AND BLACKS, AS WELL AS OTHERS, ARE VOTING FOR REPUBLICAN AND REPUBLICAN IS THEIR CANDIDATE OF CHOICE, AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT WILL BE ACHIEVED AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. >> I HAVE NEWS FLASH FOR REPUBLICANS IN TEXAS. THIS IS NO LONGER THE WILD WEST. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE OUR DEMOCRACY BEING STOLEN. A MODERN DAY STAGECOACH HOIST BY A BUNCH OF LAWBREAKING COWBOYS. >> SO THAT'S GAVIN NEWSOM, THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA. YOU JUST HEARD FROM KATHY HOCHUL, THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK. THEY ARE SAYING IF TEXAS OPENS THIS DOOR, THEY WILL WALK THROUGH IT, TOO. BUT IN THEIR CASE, PUSHING FOR