san felipe de austin was the epicenter of stephen f. austin's colony. this is where the treasury was operating of the provisional government. and now we've gone from serial number 1 to number 119. these all say to joshua fletcher esqui esquire. the treasurer 69 provisional governor of texas will pay to araftis smith money out of the treasury not otherwise appropriated. this puts smith the famed texas count in san felipe de austin in january of 1836. but they needed to raise real money so they had agents fan across text from san augustin to nacogdoches to nagorda. this is a receipt for cannonballs. 46 six-pound cannonballs. it was signed at quintana january 24th, 1836 by james w. fannon jr., agent for the provisional government. james fannon signed this in his capacity as an agent for the provisional government the very day that he sailed from velasco down to copano bay and began the march to golead in which he would be dead two months later. it was his signature as an agent of the provisional government that bound the government to pay this receipt. mck

colony in san phillipa del austin. and in november 1835 there was a consultation gathered from across texas at the san phillipa del austin and they were there to select delegates for the formation of a provisional government. and they elected brezorria as the chairman and henry smith as the provisional governor. now, among the highest of priorities, it was said that money needed to be raised to finance the war for independence. because hostilities that commenced october the 2nd of 1835 culminating with 200 mexican cav'cavalry on the bank the guadalupe river which ended up being the battle of gonzales. and the texas answer, you want this cannon, come and take it. but they had to raise money to continue the struggle. so as the provisional government was formed, the founders established a treasury department. and he this established a treasury department initially with the committee on finance, then they had the offices of treasurer, auditor, and comptroller added shortly thereafter. but it was a treasury that was establi

does austin really need apple that badly? i mean, we are arguing about whether or not a government should be making this type of offer. does austin need to make the offer at all? >> they are making the offer, and what everybody is saying, and, yes, they can always use apple. it is one of the greatest companies in the history of the world, so austin could use apple. what everyone is saying, what john is saying is true. i just read an article from fox business.com, about 275 were the biggest companies in the united states now pay a 17% tax rate. why they are paying a third of what an llc pays in new york city is because they have the ability to buy off crooked politicians who are giving these tax breaks to these companies. that's why our tax code is so long. >> jonathan, hold on. we will have to go to the fox business.com to get into that side of it. jonathan, at the same time, you are making the argument here government doesn't have the right. but these communities could use big companies to come in. isn't it fair -- hold on.

his name is john austin, ira, out of belfast.of austin's partners-- known gunrunner, shane o'hanahan. actually, that might fit your call thing, right? what was it, new york...? boston... san francisco. uh-huh. definitely ira centers. started six months ago. and mazari joined the pif six months ago, and that's when the group changed how it disperses funds. so these ex-ira guys are supplying the pif's weapons. all right. so we got to find this mazari. i checked his office; it was cleaned up. but i have a residential address for him. fbi! clear. clear. clear. he's gone. colby: you guys, come around to the garage. (garage door whirring) whoa! damn. colby: it looks like this guy grabbed what he could carry and got the hell out of here. only he's in los angeles somewhere, with enough firepower to make one hell of a mess. [ female announcer ] new aveeno skin strengthening body cream helps transform dry, thinning skin, by strengthening its moisture barrier, for improved texture and elasticity in 2 weeks. reveal healthy, supple skin. avee

the echelon building in austin.e irs. >> from austin, texas a single-engine aircraft has crashed into a seven-story building. >> it was like a fire bomb. people let out a scream all around me. a few people were crying. >> reporter: stack slammed his plane between the first and second floors of the building. it exploded on impact. one man was killed. vernon hunter, an irs employee. >> the country, the city, the region in danger. >> reporter: immediately, there were fears that this was an act of terrorism. but it wasn't. it was simply one man's grudge against the irs. and then came the manifesto. before stack would die by suicide, the 53-year-old software engineer would leave behind a rambling diatribe online where he railed against the government in excruciating detail. "i choose to not keep looking over my shoulder at big brother while he strips my carcass," stack wrote. i choose not to ignore what is going on all around me. i have just had enough. ♪ >> reporter: today, that manifesto still haunts sheryl stack. what

calvin austin told a judge yesterday -- today rather, he told the court what police and lawyers wantedo say during the first trial. >> he did it to avoid a whatever she prison sentence -- harsh prison sentence. >> reporter: calvin austin seen on the right leaving court spent several hours on the stand trying to explain why he lied during the trial in 1985. he said he was 19 and facing lesser charges in other crimes. he was brought in for questioning. the now 46-year-old told the court he wasn't at the crime scene and agreed to cooperate after being told by police he could get life in prison. when asked why he was recanting now, he replied i sent innocent men to prison on a made up lie. i hurt their families and i hurt these men. i am trying to correct a wrong. >> on cross-examination, prosecutor asked him this, you were on the stand for three days, weren't you, mr. austin. >> yes. >> your plea agreement was read to the court, correct. >> yes. >> you admitted previously lying, correct. >> yes. >> you were cross-examined by seven attorneys. is that right. >> yes. >> you wrote a letter to

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austin, as you know, will begin leading settlers into texas. other impresarios will bring americans into texas. how quickly were they coming? well, by 1824, there were roughly 2,000. by 1830, there were 20,000, and by 1835, there were 35,000. someone has turned the spigot on and forgot to turn it off, just as jefferson and latour had prophesized. you know, jefferson was hoping 100,000. well, he was well on his way to getting that many people there. well, of course, you guys know what happened next. john wayne, richard widmark, lawrence harvey, sorry, steve, i prefer the original. but in any case, what's happening here is that it's exactly as had happened in the west florida rebellion. americans had moved into texas. they had not been completely happy with the situation in texas. so they began asking for concessions to reorganize the government so that it is a separate state rather than part of it. at the time they didn't realize that mexico had its own internal problems. there's a struggle between centralists and federalists. americans in texas

>> first down for the austin packers. >> reporter: homecoming in austin, minnesota. ♪ >> reporter: someere for the friday night lights. >> good job, team! >> you selling a lot? >> reporter: others are here to raise big money. >> thank you. >> reporter: the ultimate goal? 20 grand. the price tag for what they hope will be a solution to school bullying. leading the charge, parents like danielle borgerson nezvelt who started a bullying committee. >> it opened my eyes that it's happening to my own child. >> reporter: on valentine's day last year, danielle's 11-year-old son sam was attacked walking home from school. >> out of nowhere a boy grabs my arms and holds them behind my back. there was another boy who's coming, and he says that he was going to beat me up. >> reporter: sam's mom is banking on an unlikely solution. to make her community bully-free. >> hey, buddy. >> i figured it's time for the scary guy. >> i'm in charge of the brain of zach. >> reporter: this is the scary guy. a former tattoo artist. he entertains the students by playing the bully. >> check out that geek in the wheelc

for bryant austin, though, it was harder than most. following his dream was ruining his life, until he got a push literally in the right direction. from who? you won't believe. it's tonight's "bay area proud." >> reporter: it is the time of year off the northern california coast when ocean becomes highway. the traffic it carries, whales, heading from breeding ground to feeding ground. while catching a fleeting glimpse of a spout can be fun, it's hardly life-changing. for that to happen, you've got to get closer, much, much closer. >> i know every pore, every dimple. >> reporter: as in bryant austin close. bryant, he will tell you, was a man who a decade ago mortgaged his life in order to pursue his passion of photographing whales. the problem was -- >> after four years, i haven't experienced anything ground-breaking and i was beginning to doubt myself. the work had taken a tremendous financial and emotional toll and on a very difficult night, i made the decision to give up. >> reporter: give up, that is, after one more shot. and that i

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. >> there's no better place to start something like this than austin, texas. >> this is the first of stephen colbert's super-pacs to hit a college campus. the university of missouri and purdue and it continues to spread to other college campuses nationwide. >> stephen: yes, i have planted a seed in austin, texas. and i'm sure no one will take what i'm about to say out of context eye want to spread my seed around a lot of colleges. ( cheers and applause ). because folks, let me tell you something, while the amateurs over here think that they've been going after the youth vote, i have been quietly building a vast network of college super-pacs with my colbert super-pac super fun pack. it contains everything college students need to create actual super-pacs and become political king makers-- millions of dollars sold separately. ( laughter ) now, only 1,000 of these boxes were made and in less than one week, we sold out. but by today, they should all have been delivered to campuses around america. kids, here's how you recognize it. it's its thing in your mailbox that's not from val-pak, c

watching us in austin texas, play on ten, interactive mini golf holes, created by artists and architects at art on the green, austin museum of art, that is the "early today" event of the day. >> not a difficult thing to do. >>> now here's an early look at the morning headlines in entertainment. michael jackson's former british body guard launched a legal bid to prove he's the biological father of the late singer's younger son blanket. >> here we go. >> the man tells the tabloid daily star he plans to ask the jackson family for a dna test. he claims he gave jackson a sperm donation in 2001, after the king of pop said he wanted an athletic child. >> didn't need the last paragraph. >> for background. britney spears is close to signing a deal to be on the next season of "x-factor" there are reports of $15 million contract in the works. >>> people magazine reports anna paqquin and steven moyer are expecting their first child. they met on the set of "true blood" in 2007 they were married in 2010. congratulations to them. >>> demi moore is asking for suggestions on a new twitter handle from her

at the end of the third quarter and austin shot increased the lead to 21-4.it was not the most dramatic moment but he is in the third grade. earning his own place if the last seconds of "studio b." austin in keyes, oklahoma. art at he will be popular with the third grade girls. >>ndy: he will never forget that moment. >>jonathan: cool. that was cool. >>shepard: good for you, austin. that is it for the b and check out the dow, not a go day. i blame neil cavuto.

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he's right in the case of austin, minnesota.eks of scary, those who booked him are still true believers. >> his image, he's using it to help others. >> reporter: you think it's money well spent? >> beyond a shadow of a doubt. >> reporter: how will you keep this going? >> the same way we keep anything going that we teach in the schools. if we don't continue to reinforce it and implement it with fidelity, it's gone. >> teachers, are they going to be perfect? >> reporter: even the scary guy himself admits he is not a long-term solution. >> it's not the scary guy. he doesn't live here. >> good morning. i think a lot of people are just asking for somebody else to do what we need to do ourselves. >> you get the message across, okay? because you know what? i'm leaving. >> randi, what a fascinating guy. but given all you've learned about this scary guy, why do schools still hire him? >> the schools and communities, they need help. they really need a wake-up call. but what i heard over and over again is that if they brought in someone we

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because i started the -- texas book festival when we were in austin, it just seemed natural and james billington, library of congress, came straight to me and as soon as george was elected. the very first day that we lived there, i walked downstairs and saw dick, the head of the national trust on historic preservation, on his way across the downstairs cross hall towards the west wing to meet with george and -- i told him that i wanted to continue to work on save america's treasures which hillary clinton started. when she was first lady before me just because of my interest in historical preservation. and then i think things just sort of presented themselves. obviously women's rights and women's issues became very important as everyone in the world really turned to look at afghanistan. and saw how women were treated there. and i think american women were really horrified. the idea of a government that would forbid half of their population from being educated was really shocking to us and i noticed, i could tell, american women really felt very strong sense of sisterhood with women in a

i live in austin, texas. my sister, carol ann harris, lived in austin, texas. on july 25th, 1994, she was in her own home. she was asleep. around 3:45 in the morning, a young man by the name of timothy franks, he was 19 years old. he walked up on her porch. he made just enough noise for her to get up and go to this door. when she headed toward the door, he opened fire. she never opened the door. she took two bullets and died on the other side. i am honored to be here today with the 32. we are going to congress. we're going to demand that they change this law. those of you at home, if you go on to bradycampaign.org, see what you can do to help us. the people in congress, this hasn't happened to them. they don't feel what we feel. that's why they're not willing to change the law. thank you. >> is there anybody that we missed? yeah, say something. yes. >> just real quick. my name is suzanne verge. i'm from santa monica, california. and i'm here in memory of my brother, who's 18. i was 15 when he was murdered. no family should experience this. these 32, none of us

. >> joe actually flew in from austin this morning. he is going to fly back this afternoon.ing but he will be back july 29th at club of a lan in santa clara. come out. we will be back with more little joe. stay with us. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >> we are back with little joe and little joe la fam milla, "comunidad del valle," my quincinera. you have an affinity for the american veteran. i was never brave enough to sign my name on the dotted line. talk if you will briefly about your honor and respect toward the american veteran. >> well, i think -- my family has been very military, starting with one of my uncles that fought in world war ii and then my oldest brother is in the

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. >> maxwell austin is a toledo resident who follows politics closely and takes them to task.e broke a pledge of ethics not to run for mayor. >> he said i plan to stay my term, i'm going to do what i'm going to do, not running for mayor, only a few weeks later to come out and say, you know what, i'm going to run for mayor. >> this is an important issue. >> austin is not happy when he sees him campaigning literally at his front door. >> i was sitting on my porch one morning. people showed up. someone approached me to let me know who was going to be coming, and would i want to put on a t-shirt and come dunn and join. i let him know what i thought and told them no. >> his staff updates him on the situation. >> i think there was some indication that there was a guy there who was, you know, a bit ornery, but we decided to go forward with it. >> we have a situation in toledo. >> as he launches into his talking points about faulty water line, austin makes his voice heard. >> run for mayor somewhere else. i seized my opportunity to boo him and call him a liar. >> liar. >> over and ove

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