in the 1870s to prevent the texas legislature from passing a bill to outlaw buffalo hunting. and it turns out that philip sheridan as i discovered in working on this book and never even gone to austin to testify before the legislature there. the texas legislature, has always struck me as suspicious which is why i looked . the texas legislature had never considered such a bill. but that explanation that appeared in this memoir by buffalo hunter became the explanation that historians and journalists used for the next century really to explain what had happened to all these animals in the west. what actually happened is we just let the market work. the federal government had never passed a law to inhibit any kind of wildlife hunting in the united states. and we didn't do so until 1900 . and so, sort of like the south, deciding after the civil war, that the civil war was not caused by slavery was caused, a lost cause to preserve states rights that made everybody feel better about the civil war. blaming the government made everybody feel better for what we actually had done. indivi

if the texas legislature -- it is their responsibility to take it down. should they take it down because of the factual inaccuracy? absolutely, and i will be working with the legislature on that issue. but because the legislature was the body that put it up, it is the legislature's responsibility to take it down. i don't think a governor should unilaterally have the authority to be dismissive of an act of the legislature. if you can do that with one issue, you can do that with virtually any issue, and i think that raises questions. >> sheriff valdez, if you were elected, would you take down this plaque? ms. valdez: i come from a family that was needlessly abused by law enforcement, so i understand that oftentimes when someone has been hurt, there is distress and tension. first, do no harm. that is the first thing we have to look at. first, do no harm. then change the circumstances. lastly, change the outcome. if that plaque is doing harm to someone, then we should come to the table and do something about it. whether it is the legislature or somebody that p

steve: how did the texas legislature prepare you for congress? rep. green: it prepared to negotiate, having people from different walks of life. i come from an urban area in houston. and in texas, we have a large rural area. i had no idea of agriculture except i like to eat. you get to know them. lature meetsgis only every two years for 130 days. whenever the house is in allion, everybody's there, 150 house members and senators. in congress, we have committees going on, floor debate, but we all go and vote. its different. much different way to deal with legislative process. steve: you came to washington in 1993. we had a new president, bill clinton. what do you remember of those first months? rep. green: the first months are tough on a new member. each are different. back then, i used to joke with it under two different constitutions in texas and washington because the house of representatives was organized so mr. finley in the statehouse -- so much more differently than in the statehouse in texas. so much of the community was education and labor. i wa

steve: how did the texas legislature prepare you for congress? rep. green: it prepared to negotiate, having people from different walks of life. i come from an urban area in houston. and in texas, we have a large rural area. i had no idea of agriculture except i like to eat. you get to know them. lature meetsgis only every two years for 130 days. whenever the house is in allion, everybody's there, 150 house members and senators. in congress, we have committees going on, floor debate, but we all go and vote. its different. much different way to deal with legislative process. steve: you came to washington in 1993. we had a new president, bill clinton. what do you remember of those first months? rep. green: the first months are tough on a new member. each are different. back then, i used to joke with it under two different constitutions in texas and washington because the house of representatives was organized so mr. finley in the statehouse -- so much more differently than in the statehouse in texas. so much of the community was education and labor. i wa

texas, california, others? uniquecalifornia has a admission process, so it is almost impossible for them to appeal to their state legislatures. the members of the texas delegation in the u.s. house, they go back to their legislature and say you are doing redistricting, what are you thinking about in terms of my district? states,the case in most pennsylvania, michigan, new york, florida. california is unique in that regard. next is bill in newburgh. it seems to me the republican party lost control. they want to keep people voting. that tells me they have a -- a lot of it is like a dictator. they cannot control it. it is bad when they have this in kansas, georgia, other places, where they redraw the district. why not let the people vote as to what district they want to be in, instead of carving out to suit themselves? that is an interesting concept of having the people vote on how to do the districts. in a way, you do, because you can choose the legislators, you can ask them when they are campaigning, how do they want to do redistricting in the next cycle? how committed are they to their party versus other interests? the mecha

wright, i knew him because he was a house member because he was a member of texas before he was speaker. i met him in the legislature. he would come by. he was an active on the congress when i got elected. lloyd bentsen was very different. senator bentsen was almost a mentor for me. he ran for the senate in 1970. i supported him then before i was a state legislator. that as a u.s. senator, and then i got elected to the state house in 1970 and into the state senate over the years. i campaigned with lloyd bentsen. he was my ideal of an elected official. he was moderated, but he could get things done. steve: he will be forever remembered in that line in the debate with dan quayle in 1988. rep. green: i think he also was influenced by lbj because i've been a fan of lyndon johnson since i was in high school in the 60's because congress worked then. when you think about the great things that happened in 1965, voting rights act, first public aid to education, civil rights act, you name it. even after 1968, when there was an open housing deal that passed the congress to make sure people aren't segregated based on their race

texas, california, others? uniquecalifornia has a admission process, so it is almost impossible for them to appeal to their state legislaturesthe members of the texas delegation in the u.s. house, they go back to their legislature and say you are doing redistricting, what are you thinking about in terms of my district? states,the case in most pennsylvania, michigan, new york, florida. california is unique in that regard. next is bill in newburgh. it seems to me the republican party lost control. they want to keep people voting. that tells me they have a -- a lot of it is like a dictator. they cannot control it. it is bad when they have this in kansas, georgia, other places, where they redraw the district. why not let the people vote as to what district they want to be in, instead of carving out to suit themselves? that is an interesting concept of having the people vote on how to do the districts. in a way, you do, because you can choose the legislators, you can ask them when they are campaigning, how do they want to do redistricting in the next cycle? how committed are they to their party versus other interests? the mechani

so when you've got republican control of the legislature and the state government, like republicans have in texas, they know it's to their own advantage to keep the voting process, to keep the voter registration process slow and screwy. because that works for them just fine. more people trying to register and trying to vote? that's scary to them. today in the great state of georgia, it was day three of in-person early voting in the state's third most populous county, in cobb county, the line to vote today was more than three hours long all day long. accord to be the "atlanta journal-constitution," people were lined up to vote more than an hour before that voting site opened. it opened at 8:00 a.m. people were lined up at 7:00 a.m. that was a rational decision honestly. who has more than three hours to wait in line to vote on a wednesday? well, the republican-led state government in georgia is hoping it's not too many of you. bottleneck the voting process as much as possible, put up as many hurdles as possible, make it uncomfortable, make it vaguely threatening, weed out people who might not have

legislatures to help them share ideas across states. so if you've got a great idea in rhode island, the people of texas can learn from you. if you've got a great idea in texas, the people in south carolina can learn from you. we also have an office in washington. we have a washington office that helps advocate for the state to the administration and to congress and to make sure the state interests are being looked after in washington. you know, washington protection is for more gridlock, regardless of how this election turns out. so the states are really active and taking the lead on a lot of issues that not much is happening at the street behind your shoulder, so they are trying to help lawmakers make good decisions and do what's right for their people and their states. >> frank is next in west virginia. >> yes, sir. am i on? >> yes, sir. >> i have two questions. out of west virginia, over the last 10 years, we have lost population. from what the gentleman said, the census is how you go by the amount of representation you get in washington. that's my first question. my second question is about maine. maine revised our ba

legislatures and help them share ideas. if you have a great idea in rhode island, the people in ifas can learn from you, and ou have a great idea in texas, people in north carolina can hear from you. we have a washington office that the states ocate to and to the administration and to congress to make sure the are being terests looked after in washington. projection shington s more for -- is for more gridlock. the states are taking the lead on a lot of issues that not much up the street here behind your shoulder, and so -- ncsl is trying to do what is good for their people and their states. next in west virginia. caller: am i on? >> yes, sir. caller: i have two questions. virginia over the have lost ars, we population, and from what the census is aid, the what you go by to get representation in washington. that's my first question. my second question is about maine. maine revised their ballots, i'm not sure about this, something like one to two, whatever they to have some sort of say of what happens in their state. will take your answer off the air. god bless you. have a good idea. the usualtence was in -- sensies was -- census was in o

legislature trying to unseat ted cruz is still difficult. it's going to be an uphill fight. they are fighting. we're in the high plains of texas. amarillo is one of the reddest spots on the very red spot of texas. you're looking at counties where president trump won with 60, 70, 80% of the vote. beto has been up here six or seven times trying to drum up votes. votes that have not typically come out in elections. that's what we'll see with a heavy focus on the early vote. >> thank you. we're going back to pittsburgh after the break. looking at the rise of an anti-semiti anti-semitism. we'll talk to one rabbi who said this could have been his synagogue. >>> as we look at how other presidents have responded to senseless acts of violence. here is president obama after the shooting in charleston. ♪ amazing grace ♪ how sweet the sound (upbeat dance music) (upbeat dance music) (bell ringing) whenshe was pregnant,ter failed, in-laws were coming, a little bit of water, it really- it rocked our world. i had no idea the amount of damage that water could do. we called usaa. and they greeted me as they always do. sergeant baker, how are you

we bought the first and mobile unit in texas. week and i used to tool around town study, covering accidents and murders and the state senate the state legislature and that was probably the biggest crime scene in austin. udience laughs) but anyway that fall i had a deep, profound experience i still have a hard time describing it. and i decided that politics wasn't, and journalism wasn't going to satisfy my instincts and my intuitions, or even be a healthy place to work. so i decided to go and teach at a religious institution, i'd get my phd first, so i went to the seminary four years. and i was graduating in late december of '59, judith and i, my wife, were packing our boxes to move babe to austin where i ha accepted to do my phd in american civilization and had a teaching assistantship at baylor university which is a baptist scho in waco halfway between dallas and austin. and the phone rang, it was two days after christmas and it was lyndon johnson, i hadn't talked to him and the phone rang, it was two in two and a half years. u said, "bill how are ing?" "i'm fine, mr. leader." "what are you doing," he said. "i'm packing to go back to auin." an