why does greg abbott matter to ted cruz?se greg abbott has put $50 million into a statewide get out the vote campaign. people who watch these numbers carefully say there is probably a 2.5 to 3 point buffer for ted cruz because of greg abbott's get out the vote. many machines are still aligned that way. they're moving away from that, the proclivity, the history of that is still real. the key in texas to me in the o'rourke, cruz race is much more greg abbott than the two cont d contenders or the president. >> let's talk about last night, ted cruz was the candidate but donald trump was the star lat last night's rally. is that star power transferable to candidates he's campaigning with eli? >> it may be in some places. in places where the president is more popular than the candidate it probably works a little bit to help juice republican turnout, and that's why you see the president's travel schedule mostly sticking to a lot of places that are red states, typically red house districts, senate races where republicans are likely t

>> you know, i think the best messenger for ted cruz down in texas is greg abbott.s going to be on the stage with ted cruz, with donald trump tonight. he's a very, very popular governor. his approval ratings are something like 60%. he's going to be the one who is identifying the voters, running a massive re-election campaign. in texas, it's basically straight party line voting. that's what people are going to see when they get into the voting booth. basically being able to vote all the way down the ticket republican. so that i think the sort of embrace from greg abbott, i think, is much more important to ted cruz in the state of texas than donald trump because greg abbott is obviously on the ballot and he's much more popular than ted cruz, a little more popular than donald trump down there. he's all over the state over these next couple of weeks, encouraging people to get out and vote, encouraging those republicans to stick with the party. i think that's much more important, a critical component for ted cruz down in texas. >> as we take a look, obviously, a lot of f

words they stand up to donald trump and in the case of austin texas governor ultra conservative greg abbott. on the way from boston to interstate thirty five the route that cuts the united states into from texas to minnesota we see several immigrant detention centers. there are twenty two in texas and plans for that number to increase. city has no place in the world with music shows. a university city and it's the state capital. it's also a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants. somebody. has to find it was born in mexico she's twenty one years old and remember any. documented immigrant. test against approval of. the republican majority has pushed forward and sure. among other things it allows for a local agent to be jailed for failing to report an undocumented immigrant. is the dismissal of any sheriff who supports century policies even one that's democratically elected finally it also allows the blocking of state funds to municipalities and sanctuary universities. welcome any city some people use the word sanctuary city to describe violating federal law. respect and would not be a sa

governor greg abbott calling for an investigation into the alleged crime last week.the republican governor slamming a college professor for offering extra credit to students who vote for democratic senate candidate beto o'rourke, greg abbott saying people like this don't belong on the state payroll. number college officials giving no extra credit will be given and the professors post was not made on behalf of the college. o'rourke is trailing ted cruz by 7% in the latest poll. 25 after the hour. many democrats calling for open borders. >> i think we should get rid of ice. >> we need to re-examine ice and think about starting from scratch. rob: thousands of migrants marched with the us. is this a wake-up call for those on the left? coming up. >> you don't hear about the blue wave, you don't hear it so much. are you talking about the blue wave? jillian: campaigner in chief until the midterms, donald trump in an all out rally. the multibillion-dollar plan to keep it read. todd pyro joins us next. oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about t

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greg abbott is going to win by a large margin.hen you have groupie sales, get behind a bigger ship. that's what a candidate like cruz can do. if you have one of those, it can help you a lot. democrat >> dana: tomorrow on the podcast, i will talk to you about droopy sails and who has them across the country. i want to know. chris stirewalt, thank you. >> you bet. >> dana: israel is threatening all out war on hamas, amid continued violence along its border. we have a live report from jerusalem ahead. plus dave bratt was an upset when he pulled off a stunning win four years ago, but now the virginia congressman may be in a fight for his political life. peter doocy reports live from virginia. i'd like to take a moment to address my fellow veterans, because i know so many of you have served our country honorably. one of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is the eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. if you need cash for your family, call newday usa. with automatic authority from the va, we c

greg abbott, i just took pictures with him back stage. do you like him more than trump? oh, yes, i do. he called me up. we had just given billion dollars to the state of texas. he goes, mr. president, could i ask you one small question? what? >> he said, sir, we would like to build a dam. it's not very much money, but it would really help us for the next hurricane to keep the waters of houston. you know where he is talking about? he said it was a small favor. but i would like to ask you for that money. how much is it? sir, it's only $10 billion. i said say it again. listen to this, it's only $10 billion with a b! i said that's the most expensive dam i have ever heard of. he loves texas. he is here some place. he loves texas. >> [cheers and applause]. >> he loves texas. he loves the people of texas. he is a great man. he did a fantastic job under a lot of pressure. that hurricane was pressure. you got all a-pluses. everybody. the responders and the lieutenant governor dan patrick. >> [cheers and applause]. >> finally i see them. they are over here. it's hard when you have

texas governor greg abbott announce an investigation saying there will be consequences if this is found to be a crime as there should be. but what this really tells you is that democrats are getting desperate. attorney and democratic strategist and his ra booth. what is the saying in illinois, you vote early and often. in texas you vote whether you are american or not. >> the public interest legal foundation is the one that brought this attention to officials in texas and they said they have seen thousands of people who have later admitted to voting that were illegal immigrants in new jersey, and pennsylvania. governor abbott says he's on this. and the best way into sure nothing like this happens again is to follow through and if they broke the law to make sure the punishment fits the crime. trish: are you seeing signs of desperation? >> immigration is an issue in the mid terms. the "new york times" ran an interesting article saying the center for american progress, this liberal think tank, sent a memo out to democrat candidates saying to avoid the immigration issue. that it was a losin

well robbed. >> the thing that makes ted cruz the luckiest texan of the year, if he did not have greg abbotthim, his situation with beto o'rourke would be that much -- and that is a fact with what bob menendez is struggling with in new jersey. there is no reason for new jersey democrats to go to the polls except for the individual house races. in texas, ted cruz can say every day, thank god for our governor, he will get voters out. >> shannon: has wildly popular in texas. thanks very much, come back soo soon. >> just 65 races to go. >> shannon: thank you. we have been reporting tonight on the migrant caravan from central america heading to the u.s. it comes at a time that border processing crossings were already surging. we will take you to the border to see for yourself what is going on. plus, top fbi attorney, one that reportedly told lawmakers that brought rosen rosenstein s not joking about wearing a wire. catherine herridge it chasing him down in the halls, what did she dig up? coming up next. ♪ [ engine revving ] take me to her! ♪ coming, flo! why aren't we taking roads?! flo. [ horn h

bush and the end of the cold war, when the world seemed announcer: now, republican governor greg abbott debates democratic challenger lupe valdez at the lyndon b. johnson presidential library in austin, texas. this is about an hour. >> in the texas constitution, it says texas is a free and independent state. the governor holds's the state highest office. >> all political power is inherent in the people. >> and it is up to the texans, from the rio grande to the red river, the panhandle to the gulf -- >> when you can't find a way, you go out and make a way, make it happen. >> they will decide in november who leads the lone star state over the next four years. >> make sure that texas will remain a premier state in the greatest country in the history of the world. >> tonight, candidates debate the issues, setting the course for texas on immigration, taxes, and how we help those in need. listen close tonight. see if you like what you are hearing from your candidate. or are you willing to change her mind and your vote, like an independent texan can? >> good evening. we are coming to you live

i don'tnd of the day, think this will look like wendy davis versus greg abbott. i think this will be different and it will show that democrats are making inroads in texas. part of the reason it will look that way will be because of the cruz-trump dynamic. a red statet still or is it purple or changing? guest: i would say it is probably sort of a deep magenta. more red than purple or blue, but there are areas where you are going to start seeing changes. i think some of that is demographics. you obviously have a large hispanic population. it has tended to be a conservative population. i think there are things the republican party has done -- >> we will break away and take you live to the center for strategic and international studies for the first with bobnt -- schieffer leading panelists during a discussion about u.s. global leadership. live coverage here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> we f

we begin with incumbent governor greg abbott, who is seeking reelection.nd his challenger, former dallas county sheriff lupe valdez. before we get started, we want to let you know this debate will be seen on-air and online in every nexstar media market from el paso all the way to texarkana. we also have broadcast partners tonight airing this debate in dallas-fort worth, san antonio, and houston. let's introduce you to some of the partners here with us tonight. he are the panelists. we have steve spriester, an anchor in san antonio. norma garcia, an anchor representing telemundo stations in dallas, fort worth, san antonio, houston. julie fine is a political reporter at nbc 5 in dallas-fort worth. and andy cerota, anchor and political reporter at kprc in houston. here is a rundown of the rules. each candidate will get 60 seconds to answer the main questions, 30 seconds for rebuttal, and if needed 30 seconds for follow-ups. the sound of the bell will ring when their time is up. there are no opening statements and candidates will get one minute for closing rem

coveragegn 2018 continues with the texas governor's debate, greg abbott debated his democratic challenger, lupe valdez at the lyndon b. johnson presidential library in austin, texas. this is under one hour. >> in the texas constitution, it says texas is a free, independent state. >> the governor holds the state's highest office. all political power is inherent in the people. >> and it is up to texas -- from the rio grande to the red river. the panhandle to the gulf. >> when you cannot find a way, you go out and make a way. make it happen. >> they will decide in november who leads the lone star over the next four years. >> to make sure texas will remain a state in the greatest country in the world. >> tonight, two candidates debate the issues, setting the course on taxes and how we help those in need. >> listen closely. see if you like what you're hearing from your candidate, or are you willing to change your mind and your vote like an independent texan can. >> good evening, we are coming to you live from the lbj presidential library on the campus of the university of texas at austin for t

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da the end of the day i don't think that this is going to look quite like wendy davis versus greg abbott. abbott. a lot of people thought it would help set and it will show the democrats are making inroads in texas but part of the reason it's going to look that way is because of the cruise trump dynamics and not necessarily on the lane in texas per se. >> host: is a red state or purple or is it changing? >> guest: it is a deep magenta at this point. there are areas you are going to start seeing changes in some of the demographics you have a large hispanic population is intended to be a more hispanic collation but with that being said there are things the republican party has done to alienate the voters at large whether they are conservative or not. you have a lot of companieshi tt attract highly educated talent into texas. highly educated voters do seem to be going more towards democrats these days then perhaps in the past so perhaps that is another demographic change that is going to shift but it will be for both parties toe be cautious about those thy are trying to recruit. texas has a

i will ask greg abbott that. let's hope he answers.ternet in the home i would have to give up more time with my kids. which is the main reason i left the military. everybody wants more for their kids, but i feel like with my kids, they measurably get more than i ever got. and i get to do that. i get to provide that for them. ♪ steve: quick monday morning headlines for you. first up, president trump awarding the medal of honor to former staff sergeant ronald j. shuerii. he saved soldiers from enemy fire in afghanistan by using his body as a shield. he joined the army after the sent 11 terror attacks. >>> president has a make america great again rally in tennessee. he will show support for the republican senate candidate, marsha blackburn. he has four rallies in four states as you can see right there. >>> fir lady melania trump heads to africa for the first major solo trip overseas. she is spreading her be best campaign starting in the country of ghana. brian: a lot going on this week. senator ted cruz facing a tight midterm race against

[laughter] - - greg abbott. [laughter] he has gone to court repeatedly over voter id. this is racially discriminatory to have a racially discriminatoryri impact as well as the intent and he says we have voter fraud massive rampant voter fraud. how many? massive. how many? massive. really? yes. show me. and he appointed two aces. so when these advocates cannot even bring those cases before a judge it begins to tell you what a lie that is to emerge out of that crazy election in 2000. we remember that election it just happens in st. louis with republicans talking about massive rampant voter fraud because it had illegally purged 50000 voters it is supposed to be a democratic precinct but when people went to vote the poll workers send them downtown it was a hot mess in legal term terms. >> we do have a lawyer who has entered the house. [applause] . >> i wouldn't dare deny him this opportunity because he has been waiting for so long. but a woman got it done until then. [laughter] [applause] . >> i love your conversation about sex and one thing is when we look around you migh

greg abbott declared a state of emergency in 18 counties.ommunity on edge over bombs was officials morning homemade explosives that look like this could be planted around bucks county, pennsylvania. authorities believe they were left behind by david sermon and his girlfriend who are charged with setting off several bombs earlier this year. louis farrakhan will not be suspended by twitter for an anti-semitic tweet. the nation of islam leader writing, quote, i am not an anti-somebody, i'm anti-termite. in june he said this. >> the satanic jew and the synagogue, which has many races and it. >> despite that backlash, the most recent tweet does not violate any current policy. from hackers to diplomats, that is what happened to juliana sons and a plan to move him to russia, and the political counselor for ecuador's russian embassy to move him out of their london location where he is under asylum. british authorities stepping in vetoing his diplomatic status. republicans may try to repeal obamacare of they win enough seats, mitch mcconnell saying a

his name happens to be governor greg abbott. where is he? [applause] where is he? he is the greatest guy. where is he? there are a lot of people in this room. .ou know greg i took pictures with him backstage. the we like him more than trump? yes. i do. he called me up. we have given billions of dollars to the state of texas. he said can i ask you one small question? sir, we would like to build a dam, and it is not much money, but it would really help us for the next hurricane to keep the waters out of houston. was a small favor, but i would like to ask you for that money. greg, how much is it? sir, it is only $10 billion. i said, state again. it is only $10 billion. i said, that is the most dam i have ever heard of. he loves texas. he is a great man. he did a fantastic job under a lot of pressure. you got all a's. governor, dan patrick. [cheering] finally, i see them. they are over here. is hard to find one person in a room of 20,000 people. guy, who is an incredible senator. he represents you so well. he is always fighting for you. he was the one who asked dianne f

most important race in texas, and tune cruz, the luckiest texan of the year is if he did not have greg abbottthis situation would be harder. they don't like him and no reason for new jersey democrats going to the polls, and crews a thank god for our governor because he will get that. shannon: he is popular in texas, come back soon. thank you. we have been reporting on the migrant caravan in central america heading to the us edify border crossings were surging. we will take you to the border so you can see what is going on at the top fbi attorney reportedly told lawmakers rod rosenstein wasn't joking about wearing a wire to talk to the president, he was back on capitol hill and so is katherine heritage chasing him down in the halls, stay with us. i'm ken jacobus, i'm the owner of good start packaging. we distribute environmentally-friendly packaging for restaurants. and we've grown substantially. so i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. that's right, $36,000. which i used to offer hea

governor greg abbott tweeting a response, the complaint is the texas democratic party asks noncitizenser to vote sending applications with citizenship box pre-checked. this is being investigated. if true, there will be consequences. finally in the ugly. nebraska honestly not for everyone. the tourism commission releasing a new slogan with sarcastic ads like this being sarcastic. showing people enjoying the outdoors, there is nothing to do here. it is getting mixed reaction online. this is awesome. speaks to who we are, honest and quirky. wasted money, sean says they are not wrong. that wraps up "fox and friends first". have a great weekend, "fox and friends first" continues right now, bye-bye. >> the crazy democrats refuse to support any form of border security legislation to fix our absolutely horrible, old-fashioned loophole ridden immigration laws. rob: it is friday, october 19th, the president railing against democrats threatening to call on the us military tcle

his name happens to be governor greg abbott. [cheers and applause] where isis he? where is he? the greatest guy. where is he? i think i he is here. there's a lot of people in this room. but you know, greg, i just took pictures with him backstage. do we like him more than trump? yes, right? oh, yes. i like him more. but she called me up with. we had just given billions and billions of dollars to the state of texas. he says mr. president, could i ask you one small question. what? he said sir, we'd like to build dam. it's not very much money, but it would really help us. you know where he is talking about, right? and he said it was just a small favor, but if i could, i would like to ask you for that money. greg, how much is it? i said how much is it? sir, it's only $10 billion. listen to this. it's only 10 billion with a b. i said greg, that's the most expensive dam i've ever heard of. but i tell you, he loves texas. he loves texas. he loves the people of texas. and he's a great man. auntie did a fantastic job under a lot of pressure. that hurricane was pressure. and you got all a

dan patrick has said consistently is not only is he tough, and greg abbott the governor on immigrationnd the border, but they get a disproportionate percentage of hispanic voters because they are growing the economy, no the low taxes and texas, tough on crime, and he said laura this issue works. we can he can expand the base of the republican party. i think dan patrick is exactly right and the trump has said that. the question is who is after trump? >> well that is the big question. when you see a turn out like this, in the midterm election, think of this. this isn't a president at the scene myth of his power or a president on the stump just out of the gate. this is a guy people have been looking at and listening to for years. >> laura: the media have been trashing i am. >> there were tens of thousands of people outside that couldn't get in. some went home. some stood out there and watched on the jumbo tron and almost 20 thousand people in the how will. it was quite an event. the reaction was almost like being at the republican national convention where we were. it was that level, and

texas governor greg abbott announce an investigation saying there will be consequences if this is foundbe a crime as there should be. but what this really tells you is that democrats are getting desperate. attorney and democratic strategist and his ra booth. what is the saying in illinois, you vote early and often. in texas you vote whether you are american or not. >> the public interest legal foundation is the one that brought this attention to officials in texas and they said they have seen thousands of people who have later admitted to voting that were illegal immigrants in new jersey, and pennsylvania. governor abbott says he's on this. and the best way into sure nothing like this happens again is to follow through and if they broke the law to make sure the punishment fits the crime. trish: are you seeing signs of desperation? >> immigration is an issue in the mid terms. the "new york times" ran an interesting article saying the center for american progress, this liberal think tank, sent a memo out to democrat candidates saying to avoid the immigration issue. that it was a losing is

coveragegn 2018 continues with the texas governor's debate, greg abbott debated his democratic challenger, lupe valdez at the lyndon b. johnson presidential library in austin, texas. this is under one hour. >> in the texas constitution, it says texas is a free, independent state. >> the governor holds the state's highest office. all political power is inherent in the people. >> and it is up to texas -- from the rio grande to the red river.

texas governor greg abbott declared a state of emergency in 18 counties.hey are not out of the woods yet. the flooding in texas is insane and we have more rain on the way. >> even though they will get a couple inches on top of saturated ground, it is not a good situation across the state of texas and it is because of this frontal boundary that has not budged in this area and we are getting moisture from the gulf of mexico and the pacific as well. there is future radar. may not look like a lot but it is over the same areas which means more flooding and flash flood watches and warnings in areas across texas into oklahoma but texas is the real concern as a lot of rivers continue to rise and have not crested, flood advisories are posted in parts of central texas and that will be an ongoing story we will monitor. in other news it is cold. so cold we have temperatures in the 20s with wind chills in single digits across the great lakes towards the northeast and the ohio river valley. freeze advisories, freeze warnings posted where temperatures will be below 0 for

people in texas really like greg abbott. they think he's a good governor.y think he's been successful. he has high approval ratings. he's probably going to help save ted cruz and he will do some good for pete sessions for sure. >> dana: all right, chris stirewalt, thank you. >> you bet. >> dana: i'll be interviewing both candidates in that tight texas congressional race that we were just talking about. that will be monday. that will be on back to back. daily briefing will be live from dallas, so be sure to tune in there. battle over immigration now a key issue in the arizona senate race. plus two candidates in the north dakota senate race facing off in their first debate. the campaign issues that caused the most heated exchange, ahead. >> you didn't go down to the legislature and say, wait a minute, when i was elected this was the salary. please don't give me additional money. ok everyone! our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition... for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and

texas governor greg abbott has already issued disaster declarations for 18 counties affected by the flooding least two flood-related deaths have been confirmed. and authorities say they may open more floodgates over the next few days --- which would cause two other lakes in texas to flood. temperatures warming today as compared to the past couple of days. the coast will feel temperatures rise back into the 70's with less fog than yesterday with 70's and 80's along the bay and solid 80's further inland. plenty of sunshine to start the weekend before an increase in cloud cover to finish the weekend sunday and take us into next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) thursday was the great calfornia shake out. kids in class rooms all across the state practiced their earthquake safety skills. as kron 4's charles clifford explains - this is also good opportunity for everyone to make sure they are earthquake ready as well. earlier thi

. >> laura: dan patrick has said consistently that not only is he tough and greg abbott the governor,igration, but they get a disproportionate percentage of hispanic voters because they are growing the economy, the low taxes in texas, tough on crime and he said this issue works. we can expand the base of the republican party. i think dan patrick is 100% right and trump has demonstrated that. the question is, who is beyond trump? who was after trump? >> that is the big question and when you see a turn out like this, in a midterm election, think of this. this isn't up president at the zenith of his powers or president on the stump just out of the gates, this is the guy people have been looking at and listening to for two years. >> laura: the media have been trashing him. >> laura, there were tens of thousands of people outside who couldn't get in. some of them went home, some of them stood out there and watched on the jumbotron and you had almost 20,000 people in the hall. it was quite an event the reaction, it was almost like being at the republican national convention where we were. i

governor greg abbott is beating his democratic opponent by nearly 20 points. let me throw one more poll number at you. among hispanics in texas, cruz has 34%. o'rourke 60%. super important part of the electorate. and you were saying that latino turnout can sometimes be a deciding factor. >> it's the challenge. texas is going to be california one day. the demographic tides are such that -- but the question is when? we've now seen successive cycles where everybody has predicted in going back now four or five cycles, this is finally the one texas is going to turn blue. it's a really conservative state. the only counterbalance to that would be unprecedented voter suppression by the hispanic population. and every democratic candidate will tell you that's the issue they confront. how do you get those voters registered and get them to the polls on election day. no democrat has cracked the code on that yet. one question will be whether beto o'rourke is the one to do that. they're spending an unprecedented amount of resources. there's also no precedent for getting the

at best greg abbott was able to come up with two cases in all of texas. and so protecting the integrity of the ballot box then is not the issue, because the ballot box is not under siege by voer fraud. and so what we get then is a kind o sonding reasonable with we need voter i.. but fowhat. and the way the voter i.d.s are crafted is like north carolina looked at the data by race and the kinds of i.d.s that african-americans had and didn't had and then crafted the law to go for the ones thate african cans did not have. and that is what we'rseeing. in alabama, for instae, abama said a government-issued photo i.d. >> woodruff: professor anderson, i'm hearing you say this is a problem around the country then, because often we talk aboe it li's in the south. but you've named a number of states where your studies have shown is occurs. and we'll have the reeve it there for now. professocarol andersonf emory university. thank you very much for your. ti >> thank you. nawaz: stay with us, coming up on the newshour: pridential historian micha beschloss discusses his

. >> now, republican governor greg abbott debates democratic challenger lupe valdez at the lyndon b.ohnson presidential library in austin, texas. this is about an hour. >> in the texas constitution, it says texas is a free and independent state. the governor holds the state's highest office. >> all political power is inherent in the people. >> and it is up to the texans, from the rio grande to the red river, the panhandle to the gulf -- >> when you can't find a way, you go out and make a way, make it happen.

. >> but you have greg abbott at the top of the ticket on the gubernatorial side. >> i think that is part of what democrats as well are counting on and i don't think we count beto out quite yet bought we haven't factored in the 1.8 new registrations that will not factoring in these polls. and it is going to pull some of those democrats through in these key states. >> have we seen any poll, i know they have been close, where beto has been ahead? i think the vast majority, ted cruz has been ahead. so i just don't see -- look, ted cruz is zboig wgoing to win but should be winning by two digits. and i think that is the story in texas. >> the beto story is that it has energized the democratic race across the country and not just in texas. >> with the polling, it is very hard to factor in new voters into the polling because they are not part of the screens and i could get super wonky, but i don't want to, and here is the point, we don't really know how that is factoring in, but the democrats will call it a win if he only loses by five points. >> and donna, what kind of number does he need

greg abbott the governor up for re-election. >> katie: republican. >> leading among hispanic voters inhispanics i know in texas are republicans even the ones who live on the border. >> maria: a lot of republicans don't like ted cruz. i remember boehner having choice words about him. it seems they are rallying around him. >> katie: beto o'rourke has made ted cruz a sympathetic figure. [laughter] i like ted cruz i think he is doing a good job. >> miracle worker. >> katie: beto 2020 it's happening. >> maria: is it? >> katie: i don't know. beto tried to act like he was this middle of the road democrat. and he is an extremist. on the border he doesn't believe that crossing the border illegally should be a crime. he thinks it should be able to be open without any consequences for people doing that in texas there are real life and death consequences when it comes to border security. his record shows is he uninterested in putting america first when it comes to these issues. >> maria: we will continue to watch the case. outnumbered coming back in just a moment. here ya go, hon. hello! i'm an id

. >> greg abbott the texas governor has declared disaster in several counties. >>> we are waking up withfog this morning and patchy dense fog over the north bay, frank mentioned a moment ago, another fad this mostly sunny skies and warm weather. i'm actually receiving messages from folks saying enough of the warm weather, let's cool it down. here's a look at visibility when it comes to getting out to the highway, be careful, highway 101 stretching over to the napa valley, you will find it there and shades of gray indicating patchy dense fog, visibility a quarter-mile, even less. to be very hazardous out there for you as we stretch through the morning hours. it will finally begin to bring back probably around 9:30 or so, takes a while sometimes. partly cloudy skies turning mostly sunny as we get into the second part of the morning, still hugging the coastline at lunchtime. pacifica half moon bay heading to you have great weather coming our way. local start to move back in across the bay into the overnight hours. i'm taking into the overnight hours, perhaps interested the meteor showers th

. >>> in central texas ravaged by flood, has governor greg abbott adding many more counties to the floodingisaster declaration. >> if you live along or near a river or waterway that could be the subject of flooding, prepare for evacuations no >> you need to expect flooding to continue for perhaps another wee >> fema is working with the governor's office to help effected homeowners and more resources are on the way. >>> a ski resort in north lake tahoe decided to open its extended ski operations. it is continuing to operate through today, however that is only if you have a season pass. look at that. there is snow. we are excited because it is mid october! 17 new snow-making machines are pumping out the powder making this opening possible. it is the earliest, yes, the earliest resort to open in 65 years. the re-opening will resume as weather and conditions permit. . >> it is a great resort, kind of forgotten. a lot of reno people go up there. >> it is a great local spot. >> a great vertical drop and beautiful view, as well. >> i feel like i am skiing looking at the video, right? >> exactly! [

when greg abbott who was at the time the secretary of state in texas, and who s is now governo, was arguing for texas voter id law, he was arguing for judge ray most that we have massive, rampant voter fraud. she said okay, how many? how many as massive? how many rampant? how many? and he said two. [laughing] so when you have, and when kris kobach can't produce massive rampant voter fraud before a court where he's arguing that we have to have the loss that he wants, because of massive rampant voter fraud ande he cant produce the evidence rex so when you have the voter suppressors unable to produce the evidence, tells you that voter id is not needed. it is another obstacle barrier. >> host: next call for professor anderson is theodore, maryland. you are on booktv. >> caller: first i would like thank you. second of all i i wanted to the people in audience, look around, michael anton, , hillsdale colle riso wrote an article saying that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional and have republican governors with if they did have to have constitutional movement. your mother father they will mak

at the end of the day, i don't think this is going to look like wendy davis versus greg abbott.ot of people thought it would at the outset. i think this is going to be different and show that democrats are making inroads in texas. part of the reason it is going to look that way is because of mp dynamics. host: is texas still a red state? visit purple? is it changing? guest: i would say it is probably deep magenta. it is more red than purple or blue. there are areas you will see changes. part of that is demographics. you have a very large hispanic population in texas. it has tended to be a much more conservative hispanic population, but there are things the republican party has done that have alienated hispanic voters. whether they are conservative or not, i know conservative hispanics that have always voted republican that are not this election. having this economy under rick perry and greg abbott, you have a lot of companies that have attracted a lot of highly skilled and highly talented and educated workers to texas. tend toducated voters vote for democrats more than they have

texas governor greg abbott says if it's true, there will be serious consequences.anding girls only time at public playgrounds u an anonymous woman writing "the washington post" saying she asked another mother who live a public playground with her son but she said no. the woman adding, quote: we live in a world where boys get everything and girls are left with the crumbs? the post reporter answering back saying what she did was terrible. and a small town store is making big bucks selling all things president trump. the president trump store is the only one of its kind and has things like make your birthday great again cards and adorable deplorable shirts. >> i am a very conservative republican. and i like people to know that that's who i am. and i feel proud to wear it. carley: the arizona store original lay trump campaign headquarters opened after the president was elected in 2016. adorable deplorables shirt. how execute that. ainsley: we should have shopped there and gotten a card for steve and said make your birthday great again. carley: we can say it again. make

texas governor greg abbott has declared a safety emergency in 18 counties. the boston red sox grab a 3-1 alcs lead after a thrilling 8-6 win over the houston astros. >> dives. and he makes the catch. carley: and the crowd goes wild. making incredible catch to steal the final out. astros robbed of a home run earlier when a fan interfered in the stands. in l.a. the dodgers beat the milwaukee brewers 5 i 2 in game 5 of the. one game away from the world series. those are your headlines. brian: one of the most controversial things ham in a world series. ainsley: fan tries to grab a ball. brian: to me, it was over the wall. i think that is a home run. ainsley: the fan was behind the wall. carley: you get so excited you want to grab the ball. steve: knee-jerk reaction it's coming at me. brian: they have replays you can't say anything. steve: carley, thank you. the state where i live, new jersey, has not elected a republican to the senate in 50 years. marine vet bob ho hugin is closing the gap with bob menendez. mr. hugin is going to join us next. ainsley: favorite

he can't show the judge viable cases let's take greg abbott. judge ramis has said this is a racially discriminatory. it has a racially discriminatory impact. they come back. this is a racially discriminatory intent. texas comes back. we have voter fraud. show me. and he will point to two cases. what a lie that is. it emerged out of that crazy election in 2000. this happened in st. louis. where you had republicans talking about we have massive ramp it voter fraud. they purged 50,000 voters mostly in democratic precincts. and when they went to vote their names aren't on the list. the coworkers send them downtown. [applause]. i would not dare this keep that opportunity. i get it. but a woman got it done. i love your conversation about texas. one thing we may be don't know that i want to ask you about. when we looked at that area. i think they might want to know how much texas actually voted. one of the key pieces. they have a rule that only primary. it was not voted for the republican. with the white primary. texas took the lead. only white people

governor greg abbott is. he caused hardship concerning planned parenthood and women being able to continue to get as breaste, as far cancer checks, and checks for cancer of the cervix. he says there are a lot of places they can get health care. not affordable health care. women are dealing with poverty and need the assistance. as we have talked about others in political fields, if they brought in those with the battered women's center, there are specialists that recognize you could work with planned parenthood. it is a hard disorder to understand, concerning battered women's syndrome. some of that could be manipulated from guys on the outside pressuring them to get abortion. they have helped them get to transitional housing. they can help them carry their child to term and get away from an abusive guy. he could be manipulating them. they do not physically walk into planned parenthood. abbott is in a stronger position than ted cruz is. part of it is that at that has a significant resource advantage over lupe v

on the structural disadvantages he faces, greg abbott, the republican governor, is running 20 pointslls. here you have beto o'rourke 5 or 10 points down. he's shifted 15% from the republican voting in the governor's race. that's a big hill to climb. i think when we look back about why he did so well, he has done two things at the same time that most politicians don't do. he has taken clear positions but he's been very open to people who disagree with him and he has not been divisive. that nfl clip where he defended kneeling nfl players, what's really important about that is not only his position but he respected the questioner, the whole beginning said, i respect your view. i understand where you're coming fr from. i think people want politicians who have conviction but can respect other people. that's what beto o'rourke conveys day after day. let us be charitable. again, ted cruz is not quite so good at. >> quickly, jeffrey. >> the word here is authenticity. president trump is authentic. he is true to himself. beto o'rourke is authentic, he is true to himself. people know when the p

governor greg abbott says emergency officials are keeping a close eye on rain-swollen rivers. on friday he added three dozen counties to the state disaster declaration in addition to the 18 named earlier in the week. many roads remain impassable. some reservoirs are now completely full. >>> the polls are open through outmost of afghanistan this morning as voters cast ballots in today's parliamentary elections. but the voting is overshadowed by security concerns after this week's deadly ambush attack on the police chief in kandahar. charlie d'agata is in the capital. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. already here in kabul there have been multiple explosions, including homemade bombs, even mortars. dozens of people have been taken to the hospital including one child who was pronounced dead on arrival. they boosted the number of orfr 70,000, but there have been some technical glitches that havement that some voting will be carried over into tomorrow. they made repeated threats to security forces and to shut down roads leading to these polling stations, but it appears that

liberty ♪ kristin: texas governor greg abbott extended 36 counties impacted by heavy flooding over theled in connection with the funding and abbott reminded all texans to be safe. >> you have the ability to save your own life. you can be better prepared if you take action now. at least a plan on what you do in the event you receive an electrician notice. leland: of pennsylvania the pre- court decision to redraw congressional district have many sitting commitment according to voters in new districts. last week 17 district commitment matt cartwright joined us but he is running for the seat in the eighth district. most recent new york times poll shows cartwright meeting gop candidate [inaudible] 52-40 but the vice president will be in the district that week to try and change those numbers. republican joining us now from pennsylvania. nice to see you. vice president pens will it be enough to make up 12 points? >> we don't know what the actual deficit is at this point. i stay focused on talking to the voters about the issues and i have read this campaign about poor things. if you want highe