the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas -- the gentlewoman from texas rise? ms. jackson lee: meask. -- mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for five minutes in support of her amendment. >> mr. chairman, i reserve a point of order on the gentlewoman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman reserves a point of order. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, i've served on the homeland security committee tragically since the formation of the select committee and ultimately the full committee. for many of us who were here in the united states congress and watched the planes attack the pentagon and ultimately visited ground zero in the early stages are well aware of the need to protect america. as the ranking member of the transportation security committee, working with my colleague from alabama as the chairman, we well recognize the importance of transportation facilities and modes.

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. gonzalez: i yield myself as much time as i may consume, mr. speaker. first of all, i'd like to address some of the remarks made by the proponents of this particular bill. first, i know it was not intentional to mischaracterize the words of mr. hoyer. he did not state that the e.a.c. should have an eternal life. what he said, it was essential in its present form and the functions that it provides. i think he also indicated that everything is not a simple budget or mathematical problem. there is cost benefit to look into and see what the true benefit is for the investment of that federal dollar. much has been said about the national association of secretaries of state coming out with a resolution. that is not news from the very inception they opposed the creation of the election assistance commission. and on a regular basis they will pass a resolution in such opposition, expressing that opposition. but i do wish to point out that the president of the national association of sex of state,

food and politics and life in general the aptly named trillin on texas, published by the university of texas press, is in bookstores now. he's calvin trillin. this is overheard. >> calvin trillin, welcome. >> thank you. >> nice to see you again. >> thank you. you too. >> nice to have you back in texas where apparently you've written a ton of pieces about uss did you even know that there was enough.i, i cculdn't believe there were enough to fill a whole book. >> no, i didn't know, actually. >> yeah. >> when the ut press asked me about it i said, i don't think i've written that much about texas. it turned out there were a number of pieces that aren't in there. >> you had to actually leave stuff out. >> yeah. i left stuff. >> we think that texas is enormously interesting, and we don't necessarily expect everybody else does. and so the question is what, what made you come and do pieces in texas as often as you have over the last number ever years? >> well, for one thing i was doing pieces everywhere. >> what? >> no. >> yeah. >> i, it comes as a shock, i know. >> it kill

[laughter] and, and i think the first one was when lloyd bentssn of texas was appointed secretary of he treasury and i wrote a po clea orhiory of lloyd bentsen's relations with special interest groups, which was the man is known for pro quo quidness. in texas, that's how folks do bidness. [laughter] iinof knew bidness was coming actually. [laughter] >> $50 a line. >> $50 a line is not bad. >> no, no. >> that's pretty gooo. ad,ouno a wha two bush presidents, one of them got a two-line poem when his colge anri.. >> i remember that, right. >> ...from ale, you know, to no appare effect onhe campaign. anitas obliviously, on he sails, with marks not quite as good as quayle's. [laughter] >> also $50 a line. >> fifty a line. [laughter] got our money's worth out of that one. >> i had kind of a soft spot for george h.w. busho wre. >> sure. >> ...i wrote a longer poem about him when he left the white house, which was, fair. you know, george bush is not a good rhyme. >> you'd think it would, a lot of things would rhyme with bush... >> exactly, but... >> ...you'd think. >> tush rhymes with... >> n

it's a real pleasure to be drafted by the texas rangers. one of my favorite teams. the video games. it's a real pleasure. i thank the texas rangers organization. >> how did you find out that the rangers drafted you dean it come as a surprise to you? >> it was around 12:00. i was eating lunch with my mom. the coach called me. i missed the first call. i was like i was wondering why is he calling me. i called him back later on about 15 minutes later and he's like congratulations you got drafted by the texas rangers. i'm like for real? yeah. congratulation, man. i was like okay appreciate it. >> you know the teammate that you collided with, zach combs was also drafted by the rangers. what did you say to each other? >> the day on wednesday i got drafted he came up later that night and said what's up, baby? we're on the same team once again. man this, is awesome. so, him just coming up that day, unexpectedly, that was really special to me. >> you know, ryan, you've watched jonathan since his high school days. what did you see in him then and what do you see in him now. >>

this week the texas rangers picked jonathan in the 33rd round of the tradraft. me earlier along with the scout who lobbied for him. i asked jonathan what this gesture means to him in tonight's "what matters." >> it's a real pleasure to be drafted by a major league team after all i have been through. i'm just very shocked. the first day the coach called me, i was like -- i didn't believe him for a minute but when he told me that -- and then my trainer told me, too, i was like i can't believe i got drafted after all i have been through. >> so, jonathan, since this is the first time you're seeing ryan since your injury, what do you want to say to him? >> i want to say, thank you a lot. it's a real pleasure to be drafted by the texas rangers. it's one of my favorite teams. i played with them on the video games and it's just a real pleasure and i thank the texas rangers organization for what they have done for me so far. >> how did you find out the rangers drafted you and did it come as a surprise to you? >> i was -- it was around 12:00, i was eating lunch with my mo

way too much rain and snow in the north, almost none in the south. texas suffering, as you may know, under severe drought conditions and now the wildfires that have been hitting hard. nbc's tom trong is with us in grimes county in east texas tonight. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hey, brian. the extreme drought here is jeopardizing the livelihoods of countless cattle ranchers and it's making the difficult task of fighting wildfires even harder. rain finally fell today on parched areas of texas delivering temporary relief to communities threatened by wildfires. >> we just pray that none of our houses are burned down there. >> reporter: firefighters are attacking 17 wildfires across texas. since the start of wildfire season, more than 3 million acres have been scorched in the lone star state. today's rain will help the containment efforts, but the fires rage on. >> the next few days, we're anticipating more hot weather and it's going to be dry. we're not out of the woods yet. >> i'll take whatever we get and glad to have it. but this is by no means a droug

leave the checkpoints well in texas they go to the texas state surplus superstore according to the us an american statesman in two thousand and ten texas is general fund was enraged three hundred thousand dollars by the storefront sales and its own small way the stuff travelers leave behind is helping ease the state's financial woes leave behind. texas still has a budget deficit under the steel and spend policies of governor perry somewhere between fifteen and twenty five billion dollars but a a few more snow globes and pocket knives and that will be cleared up in no time now supposedly the state of texas and the t.s.a. don't always get along and alex jones has been leading the charge in austin to get the state to stand up to the t.s.a. and impose some rules of basic civility but the state in the t.s.a. seemed to agree that stealing from the people is passengers and then selling them back their confiscated items as surplus shoppers is good for business all right joining me now is michael but derek author and former nominee for president of the libertarian party and the first man that

it's a real pleasure to be drafted by the texas rangers. ne of my favorite teams, i play with them on the video games and it's just a real pleasure. i think the texas rangers organization for what they've done for me so far. >> how did you find out the rangers drafted you and did it come as a surprise to you? >> i was actually -- it was around 12:00. i was eating lunch with my mom, you know, and then coach called me. i missed the first call. i was like, i was wondering, why is he calling me? then i called him back later on. about 15 minutes later and it was like, congratulations, j.t., you got drafted by the texas rangers. i was like, for real? he was like, yeah. he's like, congratulations, man. i was like, okay. appreciate it. and then mike dylan called me too, said the same thing. saying congratulations to me, too. so that was really surprising if are me. >> it was a very cool way to find out. the teammate that you collided with, zach cone, was also drafted by the rangers. you're close friends. have you spoken with him since the draft and

the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. smith: madam chair, the conyers amendment to tie the changes proposed in the american invents act to future changes that would be made in foreign law is unworkable. i oppose providing a triggering u.s. law that leaves our patent system at the mercy of actions to be taken at a future date by chinese, russian, french, or any other conterrorism it is our constitutional duty to write the laws for this great land, we cannot delegate that responsibility to the whims of important powers. . i know that this idea has been part of the past. in working in patent legislation in past congresses, especially this one, this type of trigger idea is simply not workable and counterproductive. the move to a first inventor file system creates a more reliable patent system that benefits all inventors including independent inventors. it provides a more transparent and certain grace period, a key feature

the gentleman from texas. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. culberson: the chair: the gentleman has yielded back. do you yield back your time? mr. culberson: mr. speaker, i would like to -- we are waiting for an amendment to be completed drafting but it's important i think to re-emphasize -- the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. culberson: in the time i have remaining, it's important to emphasize the scale of the problem the nation faces. this is not just a record deficit and record debt we face. it's actually a whole lot bigger than that. as we make sure our men and women in uniform are taken care of, with their housing, we made sure the marine -- the marine -- all the b.e.q.'s for the bachelors' enlisted quarters are funded, the army, navy, air force are fully funded, we've had to do this in a way that's fiscally responsible because we are ever mindful of the scale of the problem the nation faces financially. it's difficult to even begin to comprehend how huge the problem is that's been created by so many years of previous congresses, p

>> they are not going to shut down the airports in texas. st the federal government bullying states. look, i want our skies safe for my family to fly, for everyone to fly. only 2%, don, of people are subjected to this invasive touching. these are people pulled out at random from the metal detector who decide not to go through the ait screener and then they are subjected to this invasive search. first of all, a person can say no and no fly if they choose to, if they don't want to subject themselves to that, but the tsa needs to come up a new way to be sure our skies are safe without this invasive groping. >> look, hang on, right there. you said the tsa -- let me get in here. i'll let you finish. you said the tsa needs to come up a new way. what are you proposing then? how should they screen people if they can't pat them down? >> first of all, remember, it's less than 2%, so suddenly this 2% that they are picking out at random is going to make our skies unsafe. if they pell someone out at random and they don't want to go through the ait scanner

. >> reporter: meet the little critter that is terrorizing the texas oilustry. it's only about four inches long and spends most of its day buried in sand, but -- >> it's godzilla. >> the biggest threat facing the oil business in memory. >> the rigs will keep working. >> reporter: the problem? the federal government is the about to place it on the endangered species list. good for the lizard, because its habitat will be protected. but bad for the domestic oil industry, which has 500 billion barrels of texas and new mexico oil could be put off limits. >> i've been doing this for 27 years now and we've never run into a situation like this that could virtually crumble an industry. >> reporter: officials at the fish and wildlife service told us that's an exaggeration. but they couldn't tell us how much oil drilling would be affected. what if it curtails some oil and gas exploration? >> well, we don't know that yet. that's what -- >> reporter: does it matter if it does? >> sure, definitely. >> reporter: would that be a reason not to list it? >> the law says we n

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. poe of texas. at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to parole an alien into the united states or grant deferred action of a final order of removal for any reason other than on a case by case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam chair. what is taking place is under the guise of granting deferred action. deferred action is a procedure, an administrative procedure by the administration that is used when a person is detained who is illegally in the united states. and that person's action, the criminal action, or the action to deport that individual, rather, is deferred to some unknown date. the person is released, and what occurs is that person is never deported and never has a hearing. it started -- this procedure started years ago with a few hundred people a year. but last year in 201

the gentleman from texas has 3 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from texas voiced. mr. smith: mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from ohio. ms. kaptur: yes, i'd like to yield a minute to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry. thank you. mr. terry: thank you. the chair: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for one minute. mr. terry: mr. chairman, since the founding of the republic, our patent system has been based on the premise that an inventor is entitled to a patent for their work and not simply the first person to file a patent application. indeed article 1, section 8, clause 8 of the constitution specifically states that to promote the progress of science and useful arts, congress shall have the power to secure to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. nowhere does it say filers have that right. under no rule of construction or interpretation can this clause mean anything other than what it says. and, mr. chairman, i find it comforting to know that certainly i'm

republicans around the country are proclaiming himself a genius talk about that. apparently in texas he's known as governor good hair and not for much else what are the claims that he's making about how wonderful he's made taxes and one of the realities and early and late might this have to do with the koch brothers. the claim is that texas has created more jobs than any other state union and that is because along with the koch brothers mind we do not tax corporations we do not regulate corporations we do not only corporations st anyway from creating prosperity for texas what he doesn't tell you is first of all we have now we're about. twenty third in the country in terms of unemployment. no that's all right is better than average but a stunning thing enormous after all new york has a better record for example in unemployment and then texas does but also his job creation record is much lower than what george w. bush head when he was governor of texas and it's about the same as any richer the democrat in the ninety nine here in texas but here's the most important thing what he doesn't

is still groping we've got alex jones with us tonight on the latest failures of the texas legislature to stand up to big sis and the t.s.a. to the scanners exposed as having a somewhat less than texas size. resistance we've got more from my space a lot more bridge from china predator drones kicked out of pakistan justin timberlake sprad business this is in california trying to kill online commerce and obama's addict oh yeah and this one time at boot camp i had this crazy dream that one day i would be on television hosting a show called adam vs the man. a what's one more war at this point we've got our rock afghanistan pakistan and yemen libya and now some mali yes resentment is soaring we're on the verge of default our dollar is worthless no one can find a job and we have way too many bullets on hand to do something with them so why not smaller apparently a us drone strike on the militant group al-shabaab to targets but they skate their lives but don't worry the ammunition did get spent. the u.s. suspects that also bob is expanding its operations outside of somalia as this becomes ano

the last two years. [applause] yeah, i got a bragg a little bit on texas conservative values. we're the number 1 exporting state in the nation. we have a balanced budgetto boot. [applause] let me tell you -- that is what happens when conservative leadership that is willing to take a beating from the liberal left and their friends in. the media we happen to be a bunch of happy warriors working together and sticking to our guns and those conservative values. [applause] i have distilled my economic agenda down into what i consider to be some pretty simple guiding principles. number one is don't spend all the money. [applause] #two is keep the taxes low and under. control [applause] 3 is have regulations that are fair and predictable so business owners know what to expect from one quarter to the next. [applause] #four, reform the legal system so that frivolous lawsuits don't paralyze employers that are trying to create real wealth. [applause] that is what we have done. over the last 10 years, we have followed that simple recipe. we have stopped lawsuit abuse. we have one of the low

but it's not the only state in the hot spot. texass largest fires ever. we go live there, next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] thanks to advanced natural gas turbine technology from ge, the power that will help make our nation more energy independent is right here in america. [ crickets chirping ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] advanced gas turbine technology from ge. ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ [ male announcer ] want to pump up your gas mileage? come to meineke for our free fuel-efficiency check and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> an all-out battle is under way in east texas against one of the biggest wildfires in that area's history. the so-called bearing fire has burned more than 14,000 acres. karen staffer is on the phone from lufkin, texas. she's with the texas forest service. tell us what's happening right now with this fire, karen. >> hi. currently right now our fire is pushing 15,000 acres, which is go

nine here in texas but here's the most important thing what he doesn't want you to know is that these are not jobs these are jobs it's. we have created during his tenure tenure here in texas more with minimum wage jobs then every other state in the union combined but that i don't think is a model for what most people in this country would think of as economic progress do you think the rick perry is going to jump into the race for the white house or it just came out today apparently rick scott the governor of florida is with rick perry with the koch brothers at this very exclusive meeting. could it be that it's really not about presidential ambitions at all it's about helping out the governor's his popularity ratings are in the tank because their people their own state's know what they're up to and burnishing or something i don't know what do you think we have just a minute here while it's kind of your seats are meant to three of the worst governors in america rick rick snyder and michigan who has the tyrannical law that allows. him to take over cities and school districts and dismiss

the site seems to be quardonned off at that small rural property in texas. this is being looked at by the police. they are assisting the local sheriff's office there in this particular part of texas. even though this report, this tip-off has come from a psychic, this is being taken seriously from law enforcement agencies in this part of texas. >> tom, thank you for that. bbc news. still ahead, three men, one mission. the international space station. >> the japanese government has updeprade the -- upgraded the leak at fukushima. they say they were not properly prepared. >> explosions at the fukushima plant in the days after the earthquake. there was a meltdown in reactor number one, according to japan's nuclear industrial safety agency more quickly than briefisly thought. the same thing happened in two other reactors two days later. around 80,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes due to regulation. they have now more than doubled their estimate of the amount of radiation released. since the disaster in march, the japanese authorities have been cri

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: i yield one minute to the gentleman from new hampshire for purposes of a colloquy. mr. bass: i want to discuss legislative history and how two sections will wk together. i think we can set down a definitive clarity. mr. smith: one can issue for clarity and actions und the two sections and intend there to be an identity if it is such that it attributes and inherently has the grace period. mr. bass: the legislation has action between 102 a and b and will not stumble into a bar. such inventors will have to be diligent and le within the grace period if they trigger 102 a and if an inventor striggers that, they have trigred the grace period under 102 b. mr. smith: i yield myself an additional 0 seconds. contrary to current precedent, inorder to trigger it, it mismake the subject matter before the filing date. section 102 b is designed to make a strong grace period for those who have made a disclosures and are protecte during the combrace period not only from the disclosure but from a

if you know anybody from texas, you know just how much they love the lone star state. efining mercier ease, ed gives us a glimpse into that texas pride. >> reporter: texas pride is as subtle as getting smacked in the face with an iron skillet. >> if you are not from texas, that kind of swagger probably rubs you the wrong way. texas is the state the rest of the country loves to hate. >> i think most of the country thinks people in texas wears a hat and rides a pony everywhere. >> reporter: business is good here. >> the texas golf balls. texas swimsuit there. texas note cards. magnets, as you can see, tons and tons. >> reporter: he thinks this t-shirt says it all for those of you that think texas is not the center of the universe. whatever. >> many could be offended by the t-shirt, but it's the way we feel for sure. >> don't mess with texas. >> reporter: these commercials have solidified the texas mystique for generations. >> we love texas. >> that's how we do it here. this is our motto, basically, everything is texas is bigger and better to us. >> reporter: the rest of t

stormy from the texas panhandle to colorado springs. scattered showers in the southeast. evening showers in the pacific northwest. >> 77 in seattle. 85 in sacramento and a scorching 113 in phoenix. mostly 80s from the twin cities to indianapolis, 83, very comfortable here inn new york. 93 in atlanta. >>> coming up -- a new study about the nation's doctors. >>> plus, the big launch from microsoft coming up tomorrow. that's all in your business news, straight ahead. >>> and another week getting under way in the casey anthony trial. the question is, just whose side is her family really on? >>> asian markets are mostly down today, this time amid worries about the state of banks in italy. tokyo's nikkei average lost 100 points today. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow lost 69 points last week and the nasdaq index gained 36 points. >>> microsoft office 365 launches tomorrow. providing a virtual environment for various devices to store and share software. 90% of workplace computers use versions of microsoft office. the company needs at least some of those

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: i yield one minute to the gentleman from new hampshire for purposes of a colloquy. mr. bass: i want to discuss legislative history and how two sections will work together. i think we can set down a definitive clarity. mr. smith: one can issue for clarity and actions under the two sections and intend there to be an identity if it is such that it attributes and inherently has the grace period. mr. bass: the legislation has action between 102 a and b and will not stumble into a bar. such inventors will have to be diligent and file within the grace period if they trigger 102 a and if an inventor striggers that, they have triggered the grace period under 102 b. mr. smith: i yield myself an additional 0 seconds. contrary to current precedent, inorder to trigger it, it mismake the subject matter before the filing date. section 102 b is designed to make a strong grace period for those who have made a disclosures and are protected during the combrace period not only from the disclosure b

the whole ride. they were like a junkyard dogs on a bone. they would not let go. to use a texas term, we pulled on the same rope. it took a village mentality to raise this team, whether it was the front office, scattered department, player development, training staff, clubhouse people, but somehow, someway, we had a mind set that there was no difference between the bad boy and the owner, and we took that through the season. we are so proud. we' are so happy to have brought this home to you. now i want to introduce the next manager of the year, bruce goatee. if you thought his head was big before -- bruce bochy. if you thought his head was big before, look at it now. [applause] >> what a feeling. first of all, i have to thank sabean for bringing me here four years ago to have the opportunity to experience this great city, this story franchise. i have to thank his staff for their tireless work, the time they put in, how devoted they were to getting this done. i could not be prouder of these guys. they play with more heart and determination. they wanted to win in as bad as much for

the fire, so big now, it's visible from space. and in texas, dry conditions have allowed simple sparks to turn into flames. north of houston, a 14,000 acre blaze is among the largest east texas has ever seen. and tonight, across seven states, the wish is the same. >> we need rain. we really need rain. >> and so we want to turn now to our team in the fire zone tonight. cynthia cisneros with our station ktrk in houston is inside the davey rocket national forest tonight, that's just outside of dallas. cynthia, i know you are battling the high temperatures. we appreciate this. what is the situation inside the park right now? >> reporter: by the numbers, it seems to have gotten worse. 14,000 acres on fire yesterday. 15,000 acres on fire today. however, the texas forest service saying they have gone from 20% containment to 40% containment today. that largely has to do with the amount of manpower that is out here. at least 12 fire departments, half a dozen helicopters capable of dropping about 500 to 600 gallons of water each onto this fire. the gras

-- the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, on which further proceed wrgs postponed and on which the nays prevailed by a voice vote this eclerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be downed. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 167, the nays are 252 the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 23 printed in the congressional record offered by the gentlem

he once mused about the possibility of texas seceding from the union. and of course some insiders i spoke with say one of his biggest hurdles might be that americans might not be ready for anotherer governor from texas in the white house after george w. bush. his advisers say he's 50/50 about getting in. >> there's a lot of rumbling out there, as we've been saying. thank you, john. >>> now that new study about a kind of secret weapon in the workplace. it turns out older employees are trouncing younger ones in terms of energy, attitude, even productivity. we're talking about workers 55 and older. nearly 29 million of them. including one 80-year-old who just landed a very big job. bianna golodryga explains. >> reporter: this is your grandfather's baseball team. maybe even your great grandfather's. meet jack mckeon, the new interim manager of the florida marlins. at a feisty 80 years old, he's the second oldest manager in major league history. an honor he's unapologetic about. >> why should experience get penalized? 80 doesn't mean a thing. i'm not 80. my b

he made a mess out of the state of texas. it is non-comprehensive he would ever become the president. i noticed the establishment is desperately trying to find someone who can run against president obama, unlike your previous calller, i will vote for obama. i am disappointed there was no public option and a few things, but here is a guy doing the best he can, and we have republicans doing the best they can to restore the middle -- the story the middle class and wreck the economy just so they can elect somebody. it is outrageous. host: back to texas. toby. what do you think? caller: i am a first-time calller. they keep for c-span. they keep for c-span. they're trying to gerrymandered this. we try to educate our kids about science instead of witchcraft in schools. also, teachers are getting fired here in texas. rick perry is trying to fire teachers. there is no talk about honoring and administrators or anything else. and i have kids in the school. the kids are overcrowded. the only good thing about rick perry running is it would

the show. liberty county, texas. authorities there now say they have no evidence of deceased bodies at this site where there are media reports of up to 30 bodies discovered initially. those primary reports, preliminary reports said the bodies had been found and were of children and possibly dismembered. one media count said authorities were looking for -- waiting for a search warrant to go through that home. offering its help. fox news is continuing to follow this story throughout the evening. at this point the liberty county sheriff's department is saying that they have no evidence of deceased persons at this point despite the initial reports of 25 to 30 bodies

will have their dance of the texas capitol building the texas two step there and no word on whether or not the state senate will bring in the t.s.a. to first the bad dancers at the state houses in denver colorado columbus ohio madison wisconsin lansing michigan rally north carolina in carson city nevada they will all. so be rock says americans harness their rights to free expression again at noon but that's just what we know of here in the united states let's bring of the world wide map all right our canadian friends have heard all about this event and they'll be partying up in ontario at the northwest corner of victoria park eleven am and as i said across the pond in paris in france our fellow revolution is once again will lend support for american liberties they'll be jammin out as they have their own thomas jefferson statue that will be at six pm tomorrow and on the other side of the world we have a actually still in europe where we have a party in finland and another one from down under in australia so remember this is going to be a celebration of liberty respect the

because of the fight that you've got going on now to get the texas state government to stand up to the department of homeland security is really no one are you hopeful that you're going to win that fight that this texas state government is going to stand up well we didn't win it unanimous vote in the house near unanimous in the senate but rick perry's minion the fake republican to hers killed it this right and then perry said oh well i supported it too bad will do her season political trouble put asked for to be on the special session and perry a week and a half into this will not put it was special session rick perry mr nafta superhighway gardasil shots on little girl jeff goldberg rip attendee he is as phony as a three dollar bill but hey he worries a kid who has a must be good so the prognosis is bad here because we have a globalist like rick perry here we have a cia black op could enter into her if the lieutenant governor you know who ran over throws of elected government a lot of brothers alex need keep up the present people the good fight reall

the patient? we'll start with mr. millwee from texas. >> well, i think you're right. there are integrated care models out there, and none of these are mutually exclusive. there is no best answer. we have the star plus program because it works for us. we also have pace. star plus and pace can coexist, or they work well together. i'm familiar with the north carolina model, and it could work very well for texas in a rural or area where we have star plus in urban areas. so i think the answers are out there. i think states have done a lot of innovative work on this very important issue for us because of the medicaid expenditure and also medicare is going to benefit from that too. so the models are out there. >> yes, mr. bloom. >> yeah. i think that's exactly the answer. i couldn't agree more. the only thing i would add is that if you look at commercial health plans which typically are an approach to integrating care for the duals, they attempt through their contract network to integrate care, but they do a wonderful job, i think, in improving the coordination of care for th

the heat was the worst here in northern texas, it wasn't fun in areas of the valley. but you expect to go through spells like this in this summer, texas does not. l.a., it hasn't been the warmest of springs and summers. boise was nice. nothing too dramatic. a change in the weather pattern. an unusually strong storm system is coming down out of the gulf of alaska. it will kick in to the shoreline, not so much today but tomorrow will be the worst of it. maybe showers around portland. medford looks fine today. tomorrow will be wet. promise you that. >>> coming up, we'll give you a look that forecast for tomorrow that will feature thunderstorms and rain for the west coast. >> not good. all right. thanks, bill. >>> greece keeps investors on edge. big tobacco sues over packaging rules. and the vatican takes another leap into the 21st century. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus jennifer aniston gets inked for the first time. whose name is she sporting now? >> also, doc holliday is a perfect ten. >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today," i

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. flores of texasat the end of the bill, before the short title, add the following section, none of the funds available in this act shall be rable to enforce section 526 of the energy independence and security act of 2007, public law 110-140, 171-42. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. flores: my amendment is quite simple. during the 110th congress there was a section added to the energy independence and security act that bans federal agencies from entering into contracts unless the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions are less than or equal to such emotion missions from a conventional fuel produced from conventional sources this amendment would simply prohibit the government from enforcing this ban on the federal agencies funded by the underlying bill. i was not yet in congress when the energy independence and security act was considered. it raises concerns over national security, economic security and it creates bureaucratic uncertainty. section 526 was added to thi

they stay five back of the texas rangers in the american league west. >>> the cal beers staying alive at the college world series. david esker named the national coach of the year today, and his bears rode that momentum and got to work against texas in the college world series. it's double elimination. bears lose sunday to virginia, they've got to come back today. nice play by derrick campbell and then campbell with the bat delivering the goods here and cal has a 2-1 lead and they took it from there. next up for cal, they're going to play 4:00 our time thursday a rematch against virginia. matt phlegmer came out of the bullpen to finish things off. david esker and the cal bears, they move onto their third game in the college world series. again thursday against virginia. >> some teams look for one hero to take them the distance and we don't need that. we need 27 heroes. we need everybody playing their role and piecing it together because that's who we are. >> bobby row is a good friend of the mets former owner. various jobs for the golden state warriors. they announced they are parting

in the nhl the phoenix coyotes, last year the texas rangers. they went on to play in a world series. is there something wrong with the pro sports business model though. >> no, there is something wrong with dealers who feel like president pro sports franchise will get them out of whatever trouble they have in their other businesses. the situation in texas, the phoenix situation, undercapitalized. they needed to deploy more money not franchises and the commissioners take care to protect their ability to control the future of those franchises. >> tom: so if it is about cash flow for pro sports, lots of pro teams have as corporate parents publicly traded company. cat nicks and rangers are owned by madison square gardens. the 76ers and flyers owned by comcast. liberty capital owns the braves, rogers communication the toronto blue jays. so is the message, beware if there a pro sports team because they can suck cash out of the company. >> the message is you run the sports franchise independently and you sell it for more than you bought it and you make

not only in the douglass killings, but in texas as well. f those two fellows in texas. did ake tell you about that or about why he pulled the trigger then? >> he said that he had to do it because steve hatch was just too weak to do it. >> reporter: he was afraid to pull the trigger? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: did either one of them express remorse in these statements? >> the only remorse that i got was ake said that i want the death penalty. >> on all this here i want the death penalty. and i want injection as soon as possible. after i'd like to have a little bit of time, i'd like to see my parents and my nephew, then i'm ready to get executed. >> reporter: he knew what he had done. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: for brooks and leslie douglass, the capture of the killers appeared to put an end to their ordeal. little did they know. did you have any idea how much you still had to go through even though they caught them? >> oh, heavens, no. no idea. >> reporter: you figured it was sort of done at that point. >> yeah. >> reporter: naive little you. >