got any aggies in the crowd? we got to have some aggies in the crowd.aggie over there. i'm pretty sure. he may not be an aggie fan. we need to create a country where everyone who wants to can work and find a job. i'm very happy of what we've done in the last decade. over half of the jobs created in america during periods of time in that decade were in the state of texas. 40% of all the jobs created in america from june of 2009 until present were created in texas. i know how to create jobs. you let the private sector free them up from overtaxation, free them up from overregulation, free them up from overlitigation, then government, get out of the way! let the private sector do what the private sector knows how to do. i just want to say thank you for the hospitality. this is like going home for me. rural, small town farming and ranching people are some of the great backbone of america. it's men and women like you. north america is exceptional. we still believe if america kk loose from overregulation and overtaxation and overlitigation that we again can be

once, roland is not going to say something bad about a republican, because rick perry is a fellow aggie actually, that's incorrect. first of all, that wasn't an intelligent conversation and i'm quite sure when rick perry goes to the folks he wants to give money to his campaign, those bankers on wall street, those petrochemical companies in texas, who depended on those credit lines from those various investment banks, i'm sure they will say, no, thank god ben bernanke did what he did. it's also amazing that the policies of ben bernanke, who's frankly following a pillar of conservatism. milton freed friedman, and this is a fundamental problem here. you know, rick perry wants to throw out these crazy kind of comments that sure, gets a reaction, but if you ask these people, what does the federal reserve do? they couldn't even answer the question. we have a financial crisis globally and we don't need people popping off, sounding like an arrogant texas cowboy, who wants to be president. have some sense and talk with common sense, not more cowboy talk, governor perry. >> i have never heard rol

. >> qualify to have some aggies in the crowd. that may not be an aggie over there. i'm pretty sure. >> saying he has private sector experience, and -- >> okay. what you did not see before that is a guy heckling in the crowd. he's very smooth on the campaign trail, high-fiving kids, kissing babies, is this something we have not seen so far in the field of republican candidates? is that why it seems to be so refreshing? >> i don't think so. i think governor romney is certainly a very engaging person -- >> but does she connect? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. >> michele bachmann? >> first of all, req perry is smooth, but i would call it a smooth operator, he seems just like the one thing they have in common is that they both seem to choose their politics based on the poik tickets of the moment, not necessarily a core set of beliefs, which i think is problematic for them. michele bachmann, yes, you're right, she's done a very good job of staying on message. she's said a lot of insendancy and frankly some people considered crazy and unreasonable, and she's done a

. >> i have never heard roland speak ill of a fellow aggie. were you a cheerleader? have yell leaders. at your school, youf cheerleaders. but you're a t stamp, so that's what i would expect, will. >> mark, let's have a nontexan conversati conversation. you've been around rick perry this week. he hasn't backed off. >> no, he actually brought it up himself. he said the president was lecturing him. he was speak to business and political leaders. and he wouldn't back down. now, what's interesting that is that this is kind of clouded his whole message this week which was just about the economy. he was talking about the economy in very macro terms and taking a lot of credit for the jobs he's created in texas. you and i spoke this past week several times that has come into question. is rick perry really responsible for all the jobs down in texas. i'll leave that to the three of you to figure that out. >> once you declare these statements, there are some issues about whether the population growth reduces the percentage growth of the jobs he's created, but the bottom line is

: perry's texas swagger is his calling card, bred of a hardscrabble boyhood on the family farm and aggie roots at texas a&m. perry's chief claim to challenging president obama is the texas jobs record. perry says his state produced 40% of all the jobs created across america in the last two years. with an unemployment rate at 8.2%, well below the national average, partly because of the oil and gas boom, partly because of growing trade with mexico and federal defense spending in texas. critics point out that texas has the highest percentage of residents with no health insurance and ties mississippi for the percentage of low-wage jobs. still, those who know perry say don't underestimate him. >> anybody who sells him short and thinks that he's a lightweight is making a big mistake. >> reporter: perry had repeated opportunities all day today to back off his comments about the president and the fed chairman and he did not, clearly showing how he plans to separate himself from the other candidates, like fellow tea party-supported candidate michele bachmann and clearly, mitt romney. brian? >> al

in this campaign that really there are no surprises and it just goes to demonstrate the gaps that aggy's out state interest groups an ability to keep the majority that they currently have in the state senate but i can tell you that the volunteers that are helping our campaign and the other for i can't act candidates that are running against republican state senators are filing tears are energized we have never seen such synergy search strategy for coming from people in our communities and many people this is the first time you've got involved in a campaign and i have served in the legislature for ten years and i see new faces at many events and i asked them what has motivated them to come out and be engaged and you know they simply say we don't like the told us what's happening in madison we don't like the dysfunction you don't like the tenor and we certainly cannot agree with this extreme agenda that is it's true that we want our voices heard liar elected officials to listen to us it's great i understand over the weekend that one of the one of the groups working to unseat the republican

just about an hour aggie, police chief paid a surprise visit and we were there. >> we drought we dropped some on the little guy. >> the chief came with gifts for the 9-year-old. >> america's past time. it's family goesing to baseball. and they should be able to make it home okay. so we'll go see him. >> the boy was struck by a hit and run driver. ryan and his family in town from philadelphia. they had just left the game at at and t mark. police say the toyota pick up driven by the 21-year-old andrew vargas hit the boy at mission and new montgomery as he walk add cross the street them say vargan plowed into several cars as he fled the scene. and what happened next. >> a young patrol officer walked up, put out the license plate. next thing you knew we knew he was in oakland, then, they're asking for witnesses to make an ikd. >> officers from hayward armed with a description spotted it with its front end damaged. vargas was arrested after he was given a field sobriety test. >> at the time they gave him pads, which is an alcohol screening and he was over the legal limit at this point. >> the

. >> you mean as texas a & m -- part of the aggie education program is to tell you that texas is allowed to secede from the union? >> it's hyperbole, political talk. >> republican candidates for the most part have kept quiet about perry, but here's mitt romney seeming to make a veiled statement about the governor. earlier this week in new hampshire when he talked about his poll strength in texas. let's listen. >> you know, there was a poll about a month ago that was surprised. it had me as the only republican candidate who in texas could beat president obama. i think i was ahead by eight points. no one else was ahead of him. >> hint hint, and here atim pawlenty this week -- everyone brings certain strengths and weaknesses, and there's an early face with people getting an initial buzz, and then things settle in. so, eric, is this a little jab, threat to perry that he's in for tougher business? >> of course it is. i think romney is worried and he should be. you know, frankly they'll lose, but being a texan, texans do say big things, but they don't talk about secession and it's not a joke.

>> well, they are looking for 250 votes, the americans for rick perry, and by the way, he is an aggies a&m guy, and they have been all walking around with burnt orange t-shirts which is the longhorns, and that not going to work in my colleague mark murrayle could fill you in a little bit more on that since he is a u.t. grad, but they are getting maroon t-shirts from what i have heard, but he is not going to wind up placing well here. i think that there is a little bit of a push. they have been prominent here, and they want to make sure that they keep iowa as something that he definitely has something on the front bunner, arner, and it difficult line to walk, because you didn't want to step on the straw poll and irritate iowa, but you need to campaign and get some buzz. >> domenico montonado, thank you. for more on the straw race, let's join our political panel karen finny from los angeles, and in here in the studio msnbc contributor joy ann reid. and karen, let me start with you, an important contest tomorrow, but what are the consequences of coming out of the straw poll tomorrow? >>

he's a graduate of texas a & m, the first aggie to become former.signed budgets to reduce the general revenue spending in texas. on education, he introduced the largest teacher incentive pay program in the country. and on immigration, governor perry initiated a boots on the ground strategy. it coordinates local, state, county and federal law enforcement efforts. rick perry is a conservative who is against abortion and same-sex marriage. cnn political correspondent jim acosta joins us now from charleston. we've been following him there. any moment now he is to take to the stage. but interestingly enough, his website has already made the announcement for him. >> reporter: that's right. actually, i have a perry for president press release in my hands right here. it says at the very top, perry president. and it also goes on to deliver some pretty withering attacks on the president, bringing up the recent u.s. downgrade of u.s. credit. it says, quote, this is just the most recent downgrade going on here -- the fact is for nearly three years, president ob

it has everything to do with rick perry being an aggie and for that i can't blame paul at all. >> that is true, i would root for like iran state against texas a&m, believe me. >> i can root against them in my own conference. >> we finally agree on something. >> paul, do you see -- paul, do you see rick perry, though, changing -- if rick perry got the nomination, how does he change in a general election? he just had this big prayer rally. do you still see him -- i mean, how does he change? >> i think -- >> to gain independents. >> i think that governor perry has left dpooft move to the center than say a romney does and i think that he could be trapped on the far fridge frin the right but he's been astonishingly successful in the second largest state in america. but he doesn't have that same maliability or flexibility as say a mitt romney. conservatives will say that as a good thing, as a more principle thing but i've never been within to say i'm a using opponent. but i don't believe in like saying -- i remember the carter people when i was a kid saying, we want ronald reagan. well, by g

it has everything to do with rick perry being an aggie and for that i can't blame paul at all. >> that is true, i would root for like iran state against texas a&m, believe me. >> i can root against them in my own conference. >> we finally agree on something. >> paul, do you see -- paul, do you see rick perry, though, changing -- if rick perry got the nomination, how does he change in a general election? he just had this big prayer rally. do you still see him -- i mean, how does he change? >> i think -- >> to gain independents. >> i think that governor perry has left dpooft move to the center than say a romney does and i think that he could be trapped on the far fridges s fringes of the right but he's been astonishingly successful in the second largest state in america. but he doesn't have that same maliability or flexibility as say a mitt romney. conservatives will say that as a good thing, as a more principle thing but i've never been within to say i'm a using opponent. but i don't believe in like saying -- i remember the carter people when i was a kid saying, we want ronald reagan. w

each season, the texas longhorns face the sooners or aggies. the tougher foe is the intense heat.method the trainer stresses. he applies methods like the core temp pill. the pill is ingested six hours before training begins. that is what i did before my longhorn workout. all right. let's play ball. the heat index? 105 degrees. a quick warm up run and body temperature reading before practice starts. >> it has to be a cool 98.6. >> 98.6. try 100.23. >> kenny will pull a player from the field when their body temperature reaches 103. >> that is when you can exhibit signs or symptoms of heat stress. when they get to 104, that is when we pull them from practice or the workout and cease the workout or practice and hydrate them. >> to replicate conditions, kenny puts me through drills. >> one, two, three, four, five. let's go. go through again. come on back. finish through the line. finish. finish. finish. 100.81. that's not bad. hit the next one. go. strike. extend. go. strike. extend. 101.7. >> this is me after 20 minutes of light workout in the 105 degree heat. longhorns will go throug

he was at aggie college. he carries a pistol with him, laser lighted pistol when he jogs. not necessarily texan,he's a man of trust in his family. his father-in-law actually did his vasectomy. he's a man who trusts his family and lives big in texas. >> wayne slater, you get the details. i will give you that. as you mentioned, you know, you have referenced rick perry as george w. bush on steroids. let's listen to rick perry addressing a tea party movement rally on april 15, 2009. >> gives me that thrill of my leg when i see all the people standing out here on a city hall of austin, texas with liberty in their hearts. and independence on their mind. i'm talking about state's rights, state's rights. state's rights. >> now, we know state's rights, that whole thing has some loaded connotations. but talk about the likeness with bush. if you close your eyes, you lower the volume a tad, you almost think you were listening to george w. bush. do you, wayne slater, think that that would hurt him? >> i think it will hurt him. i think it's a problem. i think the rest of the country wil