bill abbott finds it in caffeine. >> taster's choice. i'm a coffee drinker.e or six shots of coffee a day, i'm usually pretty good. that's my choice of drug. i don't know what i'd do if i didn't have coffee. that's what gets me to drawing. this is pretty much what i do all day long. i draw a lot on cards and sell them, draw anything that maybe somebody specifically might want, a portrait of somebody in their family, they buy all the material and i do it. i get paid that way. i had to put my name on the wall. that way it looks a little bit more presentable. >> abbott also uses his art to connect with his mother. >> makes her day when i send her like a "thinking of you" card. she has all kinds of pictures that i've done for her, jesus pictures, pictures of jesus, all kinds of religious pictures i like to do. >> she's religious? >> yeah, christian. >> as though his devil horn tattoos aren't ironic enough for a christian-themed artist, abbott is also serving 40 years for stealing from and burning down a historic catholic church in his hometown. and while he claim

attorney general abbott. >> you said law was noble effort but flawed. would you veto a bill from the legislature that repeals this law? abbott: frankly as senator davis was saying i think that the goals of the law are noble but to make clear, i think the flaw under the law as structured is flawed because the way that it is supposed to work is that a student is supposed to be showing that they're making progress toward establishing legal status. and that simply is not being done. here is the real deal. and that is, all these laws like the in-state tuition law, those are only symptoms of a larger problem. the larger problem, gromer, is we have a broken immigration system. >> moderator: thank you. abbott: until we fix our immigration system. >> veto, yes or no. abbott: i, say it again? >> veto from a bill from the legislature that repeals the law, yes or no? abbott: would i veto it? no. >> moderator: thank you very much. wish we had more time. like to give you opportunity to make a closing statement, based on a coin toss, senator davis, you will be first. >> the question that p

abbott agrees with my plan. the end to diversions as a bill that i filed in the last session. my plan includes a way to replace the hole that is left by ending those diversions. much of that money is going to education and health and human services. >> thank you, senator. but we need to go back to a pay-as-you-go system as a state. tolls off theake table? >> my plan does not involve any toll roads. i am not interested in adding toll roads. >> thank you. i have the next question. in the past year, texas insurance companies have imposed some very big rate increases, as much as 30% for one company. we have a system in this state that allows companies to increase their insurance rates before they are actually reviewed. do you think rates in the state are too high for homeowners? >> there is probably not a homeowner at home the does not think that the rates are too high. i do think we need to find ways to reduce homeowner insurance rates. they are going through the roof, no pun intended. we have to have a marketplace that will attract the insurance companies here to provide homeown

the bill first passed in 2001, but attorney general greg abbott said change some things, snore pba patrickuld move to repeal it. if we see a repeal, could this be devastating for the republican party as outreach to hispanic voter are? >> i don't think you'll see a repeal. i think you'll see more in line of what general abbott said. if there's corrections to be made because the body -- the house and the senate, which are going to be very different this cycle -- decide to do something and compromise is reached, it will be an amended situation. i don't think you'll see got away. >> what about you? on the ground what are you hearing from people on this specific issue? >> obviously on the ground you hear individuals that have utilized it and -- but i'm with aaron. i think general abbott is going to be more open to it as far as, like you said, don't end it but mend it type of scenario, and i think -- i was working in the leg in '01 when its passed, and tip my hat to governor perry at the time for promoting and it for signing it into law and what have you. but i think at that time it was a very,

the parliament in cambra has passed a bill banning australians from traveling to such locations. prime minister tony abbott said the new laws were needed to counter a growing threat. >> what we are seeing every day, madam speaker, is new kp exhortations on the internet urging fanatics to murder anyone and anyone who acts or thinks differently from them. this is the challenge that we face. >> tony abbott. >>> the mexican president has met the families of 43 students who went missing after clashing with police more than a month ago. the families who travel to mexico city from guerrero state gave the president a list of ten demands concerning the search for their loved ones. he promised to bring the perpetrators to justice. >>> stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come -- >> a little bayou that ran through here. >> the wetlands of louisiana are disappearing under the sea. we find out what that means for the people living deep in the bayous. left twix® is extra crisp so it stays crunchy when we apply caramel and chocolate. >>right twix has the same thing. they have packing tape like that over at rig

abbott and wendy davis. wendy davis made her name resisting this bill. do you think she is now behind by double digit doubles in her race for governor do. you think this helps or wakes women in texas up to realize the stakes at hand in november? >> well, actually the latest poll shows her within single digits of greg abbott. >> i stand corrected. >> i think it does. i really think it does. wendy understands the real life of women all over texas. and by the way, this is not just a women's issue. there are more and more men waking up and understanding this is not only a health care crisis that affects their wives, mothers, daughters, their sisters, but this is a fundamental question whether they get to decide what is best for their families or politicians and a state house or a judge gets to decide. and more and more texans are saying that's unacceptable. this is not what we elect politicians to do. >> it is worth noting 56% of american women now live in a state where abortion rights have been restricted. this is a family planning issue. ilyse hogue it's g

abbott agrees with my plan. the end to diversions is a bill that i filed in the last session. my plan includes a way to replace the hole that is left by ending those diversions. much of that money is going to education and health and human services. >> thank you, senator. >> we need to go back to a pay-as-you-go system as a state. >> would you take tolls off the table? >> my plan does not involve any toll roads. i am not interested in adding toll roads. >> thank you. i have the next question. in the past year, texas insurance companies have imposed some very big rate increases, as much as 30% for one company. we have a system in this state that allows companies to increase their insurance rates before they are actually reviewed. do you think rates in the state are too high for homeowners? >> there is probably not a homeowner at home the does not think that the rates are too high. i do think we need to find ways to reduce homeowner insurance rates. they are going through the roof, no pun intended. we have to have a marketplace that will attract the insurance companies here to p

on the republican side attorney general greg abbott says they will ended, mended, change some of the things within the billif we see a repeal, could this be devastating for the republican party outreach? , i think you will see more in line of what general abbott said. if there are corrections to be of the body in the house and senate decide to do something and it compromises, i think it will be an -- an amended situation. you hearing from people on this specific issue?, on the ground you hear individuals who have realized it . general abbott is going to be more open to it. don't ended but amended type of scenario. in 2001 when back it passed. >> what about from a workforce is it beneficial for employers who want hispanics who are getting their college degree -- what are you hearing from employers? >> when you consider what he just said, it is the lowest unemployment in the state. i think in-state tuition will stay. -- we have aed challenge on her hands with the lowest unemployment. we have to make sure we have the right workforce. retain to make sure we this brainpower in our state. deal new a texas will b

in more remote areas, abbott wrote -- again, greg abbott is running for governor against texas state senator wendy davis, who opposed the anti-choice billn an 11 hour filibuster last summer. amy hagstrom miller, your response? >> there are over one million women of reproductive age that lived more than 250 miles from a clinic. texas is a very large state both by population and by geography. for him to sort of swiped is women under the rug as though they don't matter, is really telling to how he is going to approach the governing of women in rural reason the committed to, women without health care coverage, and women who really need our advocacy the most. , thankhagstrom miller you for joining us. she is been working in abortion care since 1989. she's the founder and ceo of whole woman's health. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. return now to our next guest. we continue to discuss the crisis in abortion access as we turn to a new book that offers a new vision for the pro-choice movement. it is called "pro: reclaiming abortion rights." we're joined by katha pollitt. why "pro"? >> i chose

first rick perry and greg abbott closed down clinics that provided family planning services, cancer screening. now they've passed these billsny providers have closed down. you have women living in south texas and west texas that live hundreds of miles from the closest health care provider. it is a crisis, because these politicians have put their agenda ahead of the health care of women. >> west texas, i mean, it is an area bigger than new england. it is just, you drive. >> right. >> i drove through west texas once in my life. >> and never forgot it. >> right. you can't exaggerate what kind of distance and burden is placed on people when you say none of these are in west texas. >> correct. no, and i think this is a cautionary tale. look, we're talking about texas. but there are folks running for office in many, every single close senate race in the country who are proposing very similar things. supporting cory gardner in colorado wants person hood, that would outlaw abortion in the country. look at the race with kay hagan. i think9texas texas is a cauti tale for us. >> i go back to rience priebus where he tries to suggest th

bill banning australians from traveling to known terrorist locations. it also adds an offense of advocating terrorism. prime minister tony abbottthe new laws were needed to counter a growing threat. >> what we are seeing, every day, madam speaker, is new exhortations on the internet urging fanatics to murder everyone and anyone who acts or thinks differently from them. this is the challenge that we face. >> tony abbott. >>> the vatican has unveiled a new l.e.d. lighting system for the sistine chapel. it's designed to bring out the beauty of michelangelo's frescos, but use just a fraction of the energy of the traditional bulbs. >> reporter: the sistine chapel is surely the most celebrated place in the entire vatican. but for the last 20, 30 years, the catholic church has had a problem. no one's been able to see michelangelo's frescos properly because the windows were shut, the existing lighting was bad. now it's upgraded and changed its lighting. just have a look at what a difference proper lighting can make. you're look at michelangelo's last judgment. it's illuminated now. that and the ceiling by more than 7,000 l.e.d.s. it me

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