the people oflled austan traders and the people of austin did not care what sam houston thought about it, and till houston found two men willing to go over to austin and get the records themselves. their names were john hall and buck pettit. they evidently did not know what they were up against because they came into town and in plain view of everybody started loading up these wagons at eighth and congress. the retired into the nearest saloon, had a few beers, went to bed good when they got up the next morning, there stood all the people of boston armed with clubs-- austin armed with and guns and knives and everything else and a loaded cannon pointed at them. buck pettit said, john, you may have a letter. they have a canon. the cannon won. left without the records. in the middle of the night someone had snuck into the stables, shaved the manes and , in whattheir horses was evidently a very high insult, and these men had to write out of home on these ride out ofcks -- town on these laughingstocks of animals. then he sent two more guys. he saw this as a threat to his authority and there

sam houston knew andrew jackson from his time back east. he had served under andrew jackson in the military. he was involved in politics in tennessee. and so, he and andrew jackson's knew each other from before houston' time in texas. circumstances pushed houston to texas. he became involved in the efforts here to gain independence, and the push for annexation and joining the united states. that issue had gone back and forth between prior president of texas and u.s. presidents. both sides at one point or another refusing. there were issues going on, annexing a state that accepted slavery was an issue. great britain getting involved. sparing the united states to an -- spurring the united states to annex texas. in 1884 it became a major issue any gets revisited. so, andrew jackson writes to his friend sam houston basically saying that it would really benefit the future prosperity of texas and the united states for this to happen. he ends the letter saying, "god bless you. is the prayer of your friend, andrew jackson." the 1900 storm for galve

work done by sam houston who had had a close relationship with the cherokees.ce of this was texans wanted to try to be sure the cherokees and other bands of native americans would be either neutral or on the side of the texan colonists. they did not want them to side with mexico. this had been worked on for months. there was urgency to get it signed. the stipulations of the treaty were not honored. the cherokee did not get their land eventually. the major signatory here for the colonel,as a killed in 1839 any battle in northeast texas. the cherokees had to cross the border into indian territory, now oklahoma. this contains the signatures or marks of indians who participated as well as texans, sam houston and others. after texas gained its independence in 1836, the battle jacinto, there was some belief it would be and next by the u.s. once it became apparent texas was not going to be quickly annexed, it became about the battle of establishing relationships with other nations. one of the most obvious was with the u.s.. establishes the between the u.s. and texas,

. >> the first to respond to the call is rocky carol, a patrolman from sam houston university. >> i mediallyft out of the driveway with lights and sirens. >> a fellow officer follows carol. his dash cam is also trained on the chase. >> i'm in a green ford expedition. i don't want to kill anybody. >> i tried turning the ignition. it wouldn't work. i tried the dashboard. that wouldn't work. i tried all i thought i could do to try to get the car stopped. >> as patrolman carol's car sets out to find jeter, jeter is facing a life or death decision. how to keep from hitting somebody and killing them and himself. what would you do? would you drive off the road at 60 miles per hour? and purposely ram into something, or stay the course and risk dozens of lives, hoping that someone, somehow figures out how to safely stop you. >> my thoughts were to swerve off the road, hit a tree and hit something. to try to get the vehicle to stop and hope for the best. >> while officer carol's car races in hot pursuit, he is haunt bade fatal accident in san diego two years before. >> i remember a youtube video with

sam? i mean, look, you have got this huge radio show in houston., i mean, you know, you get callers all the time. you have got your -- you know, you have got your ear to the ground. does this surprise you? >> absolutely. we would never expect something like this to happen in the great red state of texas. we have heard stories from around the country but not here. i want to tell you something. here is the message. don't mess with texas. don't mess with texas cost. they got this supposed dirt bag suspect within 24 hours. throw in #all lives matter bucko. >> that's for sure. be interesting how this plays out. death penalty eligible case. clearly no defense that anyone could imagine. i mean, he came up behind him, shot him. when he fell down he kept shooting him. so what do you say to young people today about this kind of thing and how do we stop young people from thinking that law enforcement is the enemy? >> well, first of all, there is a lot of this hatred towards the cops. we covered a story on wednesday in texas of an internet radio show calling f

houston. jarred haney, 55-yard run for the touchdown. anyoners leading in the second quarter. a's and orioles went 13 last night. third inning, sam fuld goes yard. later, josh reddick, his 14th 14th of the year, 3-0 a's but the orioles fighting fire with fire. chris davis. this guy is an a's killer. two-run shot. then in the sixth. parta, solo shot. ties the game at 3. that's where we're at, currently in the eighth. giantsgiants and nats tonight at park. >> thank you. >>> next at 6:00, the star star -- the "star >>> join us tonight on kofy tv 20. the story behind an unusual crowd of visitors who marched across the going bridge today. and then on abc7 news at 11:00 on channel 7 the health benefits of playing tetra. the video game can helpup get rid of bad habits. >> today disney announced a theme park expansion and the news has "star wars" fans flipping out. today at d-23, our parent company introduced artist renderings of what the expansions will log like, days anyland in ann home and disneyworld in vlad will get a 13-acre "star wars" theme park. the theme will be a trading port. one ride putt you behind the controls of the mille

houston. jarred haney, 55-yard run for the touchdown. anyoners leading in the second quarter. a's and orioles went 13 last night. third inning, sam fuld goes yard. later, josh reddick, his 14th 14th of the year, 3-0 a's but the orioles fighting fire with fire. chris davis. this guy is an a's killer. two-run shot. then in the sixth. parta, solo shot. ties the game at 3. that's where we're at, currently in the eighth. giantsgiants and nats tonight at park. >> thank you. >>> next at 6:00, the star star -- the "star >>> join us tonight on kofy tv 20. the story behind an unusual crowd of visitors who marched across the going bridge today. and then on abc7 news at 11:00 on channel 7 the health benefits of playing tetra. the video game can helpup get rid of bad habits. >> today disney announced a theme park expansion and the news has "star wars" fans flipping out. today at d-23, our parent company introduced artist renderings of what the expansions will log like, days anyland in ann home and disneyworld in vlad will get a 13-acre "star wars" theme park. the theme will be a trading port. one ride putt you behind the controls of the mille

houston. >>> the eagles and ravens hold a head to head practice in south philadelphia and square off tomorrow night. coach chip kelly says he doesn't know if quarterback sam bradford will see his first action as an eagles. marcus smith will have an mri today on his injured hamstring. >> a kayaker's close call, a shark tries to shred the boat with the kayak kayaker watching. >> caitlyn jenner could face manslaughter charge for her role in a crash in malibu. he was known as bruce and reended a car and the driver died. the district attorney recommended manslaughter charges against jenner. if convicted he could face up to a year in jail. >>> jeb bush and donald trumps seem unaapologetic for using the controversial term anchor babies, it is used to describe children who are undocumented immigrants. two years ago, bush's charity asked conservatives not to use the term. trump is expected to have his largest campaign event tonight is vowing mass deportations of illegal immigrants. >>> a kayaker had an encounter with a shark off the coast of california. he said he was fishing in his kayak when the shark emerged into the water and bit into the front of the kayak it

sam. we will get back to you if it changes. for now that's the latest live here in ferguson. >>> the man charged with killing six children and two adults at a houstonome was set to make his first court appearance today. police say david conley has a violent criminal history. he had been previously in a contentious relationship with one of the victims. authorities say conley confessed to breaking into that home, handcuffing some of the victims and then shooting them. a neighbor says he warned people about conley. >> i always told them just to leave this crazy man alone. >> i called cps back to get the kids away from there. >> that's all we could do. >> the victims have been identified as valerie jackson and her husband duane jackson and six children ranging in age from six to 13. one of the children is a boy believed to be conley's own son. >>> opening statements later today in the trial of two teens accused of killing a santa clara county paramedic. they are being tried as adults, they were 16 and 15 at the time of the deadly shooting two years ago. both boys are being accused of shooting quinn bowyer in the head during an attempted carjacking in t

they were given to sam houston by his friends in cincinnati. at the time of the revolution, many in ohio and especially cincinnati supported the cause of texas independence. so those who chose to came down to fight. and the remaining people raised funds to sent cannons here. two of them, called the twin sisters, came and were involved in the decisive battle, which saw the texans win their independence from mexico. this inscription says general sam houston from your cinci friends. it's an abbreviation for cincinnati. then the date of texas independence 1836. >> what i would like for people to take away when they visit here is a little piece of history. so many people come here with the connection to galveston, looking for a piece of family history or a connection. we play a very important role for galveston. we're the keeper of the history here. >> the tall ship elissa is a merchant sailing vessel built in 1877. when sailing ships were beginning to be replaced by steam ships. but the elissa is still a fully functioning vessel. today it's owned b

on the one hand, you have sam houston, who everybody knows spirit he was a larger-than-life texas frontiersman, large man physically, very handsome, love to dress nicely, and love to speak. people drove from miles around to come hear him speak. mirabelle lamarr was short, thumpy, not a ladies man and somewhat shy. he spoke slowly. many people who met him for the first time came away thinking he was not very brigh