he's currently a private attorney in houston. 66-year-old david dewhurst graduated from the university of arizona and started a successful energy company, falcon seaboard, based in houston. he was first elected as texas land commissioner and has served as text lieutenant lieutenant governor since 2003. the candidates will be answering questions posed by republican voters who have been following their campaigns and by journalists, political reporter crystal ayala from univision, texas, peggy fekak, the legislative bureau chief for the "san antonio expressious" and "the houston chronicle" and ross rams ramsey, executive editor of "the texas tribune." thank you for being here. we've agreed on rules for the debate, based on a coin toss the first question from peggy goes to ted cruz. >> mr. cruz, more than 11 million undocumented people are in this country. do you support or oppose deporting them and do you support a guest worker program for which a number of them could qualify as laid out in the state republican party platform? >> well, thank you for being here and thank you for everyone i

we start off with david dewhurst. he joins us live.ank you for your time today. >> shannon, always a pleasure. >> shannon: you have been backed by folks a lot of people would consider conservative. governor rick perry. mike huckabee. michael regan. how conservative is conservative in up to wen the race? >> -- to win the race? >> i'm the most conservative lieutenant governor in the history of the state of texas, shannon. working i'm a life long conservative businessman and working part time as lieutenant governor and with governor perry. we have created the texas miracle, the strongest economy in the entire country with the largest job creation. those are the fundamentals that i want to take to washington. create stability and help turn this country around. >> shannon: i want to give you a chance to respond to an ad that comes from your challenger in texas. he says in the ad that americans are tired of moderate career politicians. is that an inaccurate description of you? >> what would you expect from a trial lawyer. of course, not. my

conservatives in texas, and we need more conservative texans in washington, d.c., including my friend, david dewhursttexas works. texas works. our job growth proved -- >> well, you heard that booing at dewhurst. then perry actually thought the crowd was with him until a local reporter asked him about the booing. >> what about the booing, governor? >> i thought they were saying dew. >> well, he said he thought they were talking about dew as in e dewhurst, not boo. ron paul was conceding they woulden win the republican nomination. still a big announcement coming up from the son, senator rand paul. >> my father is still my first pick. but now that the process is over, tonight i'm happy to announce i'll be supporting governor romney. governor romney and i have a few similarities. governor romney's dad ran for president and was unsuccessful. governor romney then went on to support the nominee, same as dad did. i think we have a lot of same family values. >> there is a difference george romney, mitt's father, dropped out when he saw he had to. ron paul says he's still in because being a libertarian means n

former state solicitor general ted cruz faces former lieutenant governor david dewhurst in a july 31st runoff. the two participated in their first debate last week in dallas. from kera-tv, this is an hour. ♪ >> i believe in -- that the republican party is based on smaller government and less intrusion in your private life. >> what i want to see is somebody with some backbone, somebody with some spine. >> liberty is under assault in this country, and texans are rising up to say, no. >> i am the most fiscally-conservative lieutenant governor in the history of the state of texas. >> why do you think i should vote for you? ♪ >> welcome to the texas debates, race for the u.s. senate. we are broadcasting live from the kera studios in dallas and online at texas debates.org. i'm kate, and i'll be the moderator during the next hour as we bring you the first one-on-one debate between republicans ted cruz and david dewhurst. 41-year-old ted cruz is a harvard law school graduate who served in the federal trade commission. he's currently a private attorney in houston. 66-year-old david dewhurst gra

conservatives in texas, and we need more conservative texans in washington, d.c., including my friend david dewhurstxas works. texas works. our job growth proves it. >> you heard that booing at dewhurst or all through that. then perry actually thought the crowd was with him until a local reporter asked him about the booing. >> governor, what about the booing? >> they were saying dew. >> he thought -- he said he thought they were talking about dew as in dewhurst, not boo. another case i think of, well, ignorance is bliss. next ron paul's campaign released a memo this week conceding the candidate would not win the republican nomination. did we really need a memo to say that? still 2 seems to have cleared the path for a big announcement for the candidate's son, kentucky senator rand paul. >> my first choice has always been my father. i campaigned for him when i was 11 years old. he's still my first pick. now that the nominating process is over, tonight i'm happy to announce i'm going to be supporting governor romney. governor romney and i actually have quite a few similarities. governor romney's dad ra

and ted cruz and david dewhurst vying for the nomination and watch that live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. we have more campaign coverage this week end. our road to the white house program features the obama for america campaign and their political and media strategy. campaign strategist david axelrod and campaign strategist ben labolt, and the effort to target key voters in battleground states. also the day-to-day political operations and the social media and a tour of the chicago headquarters. that's sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. this past march witnesses on capitol hill said the federal government needs to put more resources into traumatic brain injury treatment and research. the house energy and commerce subcommittee health also heard from government officials who described efforts to coordinate tbi programs across various agencies. the centers for disease control and prevention says 1.7 million americans sustain a traumatic brain injury every year. this is just under 90 minutes. >> subcommittee will come to order. the chair recognizes himself for five minut

ted cruz and david dewhurst are vying for the nomination and you can see that live at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> if all of us decide at the same time we'll tighten our belts and spend less, guess what? what happens is we all end up poor because all of our spending falls at the same time. and remember, this is the kind of stuff that we're supposed to know, and this is stuff that we've known since the 1930s and because they think i've got too much debt and it's self-defeating. >> who's going to tell them the truth? we have to tell them the truth. if we don'ttel them the truth then our country fails and we must succeed in this and we will succeed in this. we will reach them through the media and through politics and through pop culture. pop culture. we shouldn't be afraid to get out there and quit preaching to the choir, but get out there and be influencers, right? in pop culture. >> the c-span networks covered the panels with paul drugman and elizabeth warren and right online discussions with michelle malkin and sarah palin. watch them online at the c-span video library. >> earlier this

david dewhurst fail to give 50% support so he faces ted cruz. this is their first debate.om the kera studios in dallas and will be about one hour long. the lieutenant governor has been endorsed by his gov. rick perry. mr. cruz has been endorsed by sarah palin, ron paul, and rick santorum. >> the texas association of broadcasters, and the freedom of information foundation of texas. >> i believe the republican party is fit based on fiscal responsibility, less intrusion in your private life. >> i want to see somebody with some backbone. somebody with some spine. >> liberty is under assault in this country and texans are rising up to say no. >> i am the most fiscally conservative lieutenant governor in the history of the state of texas. >> why do you think i should vote for you? >> welcome to the texas debate race for the u.s. senate. we are broadcasting live from dallas and online at texasdebate.org. i will be the moderator as we bring you the first one-on-one debate between ted cruz and david dewhurst. he served as the director of policy planning for the federal trade commis

. >>> david dewhurst took some heat over the weekend speaking at the texas republican party conventionthe lieutenant governor was booed when he criticized ted cruz. dewhurst and cruz will meet off in a runoff for the senate nomination on july 2 1st. >>> and "good morning america" co-host robin roberts reveals she has been diagnosed with mds, a disease of the bone and blood marrow, once known as preleukemia. she received the news more than a month ago and her doctors have given her a good prognosis. >>> romney could pick his running mate any time now. any time we should take a deep dive into the vp stakes. we have a look at risks and rewards of some of the top names floating out there. you may be surprised by whose stock is up and whose is down. >>> and why some quality names are not on the short list. you are watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintena

is david dewhurst saying he is hispanic and it could be a negative republican party?in which this is done. it actually should be -- all candidates should welcome. >> ted cruz's spanish is not good. he is a tea party candidate. the fact he forced the runoff as a tea party is an attack on the mainstream. you have to are careful around immigration. either way, it is a loser. >> another reminder for cuban americans. >> shameless plugs. >> in keeping with all things wisconsin, i had an interview with paul ryan in this month's town hall. >> errol. >> tonight on new york 1, i'll talk to him. it will be up on ny1.com. >> and? >> the men in my office are having a twitter war. they are amassing the twitter fortunes. follow me on facebook.com. >> that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." tomorrow is the big show. the results day. not just primary, but the wisconsin recall. coming up is chris jansing. stay with us. bye-bye. that's good morning, vegg style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. let's get our creativity running. then get som

ted cruz is locked in a fierce fight against david dewhurst. >> if conservatives come together, we will win this racism this runoff is a clear election between a life-long conservative businessman, a conservative leader, a washington outsider and a lawyer who has funded principally by washington special interests. >> shannon: the runoff for the republican nomination to replace kay bailey hutchison is july 31. officials in alabama will hold a press conference about a deadly shooting near auburn university, we will have more on that, next. and eric holder has testified about operation fast & furious, nine times. but is congress getting the answers it wants? randy forbes questioned the attorney general this week. he's next. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, rich dark chocolate, toasted oats. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insu

ted cruz and david dewhurst. that state holds its elections on july 31.ve women leadings looking at how women are perceived in business. panelists include bay buchanan. live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c- span2. details of fast and furious. >> the mexican people as well. there are hundreds of innocent mexican citizens who have been murdered as a result of this. the only thing that we knew was that guns from american gun dealers were going into mexico and causing all of these problems with the cartel. the government was sanctioning these sales. >> she is interviewed by major garrett. on c-span2. >> how do you approach book interviews different than news interviews? >> i think of interviewing on the news side as a gathering information. >> how difficult is it to remain impartial? >> i will try to give people as full an understanding of what is happening in this campaign. it is not that difficult to put your biases to the side. >> how has social media it changed your life? >> twitter is now a primary news source for anybody who covers politics. twitter did not e

much better in english but there's a reason he's proposing it in spanish, which is my opponent david dewhurst over the state of texas, he's been hiding from grassroots voters, so he wants to do a debate in the vast majority -- where the vast majority of primary voters doesn't understand it, he doesn't want vote attorneys hear about his record and from the beginning, this race should be decided by the people, the voters have a right to hear from the candidates. anyone running for senate should stand in front of the people and not hide from them. martha: this is sort of a little engine that could kind of situation. you've got a lot of support from sarah palin and others in the tea party in this race and he's outspent you, your opponent, by some estimates, about 5-1, and i know there are efforts 20 tase -- efforts to raise money for your side but now you've got a race to worry about and it's a runoff at the end of july. as i said, you need to raise a lot of money and by most estimates you need to figure out a way to make your opponent look bad which is what most opponents try to do and you would

i will be the moderator as we bring you the first one-on-one debate between ted cruz and david dewhurst. he served as the director of policy planning for the federal trade commission and is the texas solicitor general. he is currently a private attorney in houston. david graduated from the university of arizona and started a successful energy company based in houston. he was first elected as texas land commissioner and has served as lieutenant governor since 2003. the candidates will be answering questions posed by republican voters who have been following their campaign and by a journalist. a political reporter from texas, ross ramsey, the executive editor for the texas tribune. thank you so much for being here. we have agreed on some rules for the debate. based on the coin toss, the first question goes to ted cruz. >> more than 11 million undocumented people are in this country. do you support or oppose supporting them. do you support a guest worker program for which a number of them qualified as laid out in the state republican party platform? >> thank you for being here. the questio

senate in texas between former solicitor general ted kreuz and david dewhurst.ewsmakers," minnesota congressman john kline joins us to talk about the stalemate in congress over student loan interest rates. if no action is taken by july 1, interest rates will double to 6.8%. see that energy this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and again at 6:00 p.m. eastern. our "road to the white house" coverage will continue with a look at the obama for america campaign and their strategy. our guests are senior strategist david axelrod and then -- ben labolt. they talked about their use of soci media and their efforts to target key voters in battleground states. we will also get a tour of their chicago headquarters. that airs at 6:30 p.m. and again at 9:30 p.m. here on eastern -- eastern at c-span. this weekend, a harvard professor -- a harvard professor speaks on the civil war and the movement to end slavery. >> one of the fascinating aspects of abolitionism is that, when lincoln goes to his inaugural, the self-described abolitionists are still a tiny minority. what transforms abolitioni

the former solicitor who said crews answer david -- ted cruz and david dewhurst face-off.upported by rick perry, while cruz is being supported by sarah palin. none of the candidates got 50% of the vote to win the nomination. this is just under an hour. >> i believe the republican party is based on fiscal responsibility and less intrusion in your private lives. >> i want to see is somebody with some backbone, somebody with some spine. good >> liberty is under assault in this country, and taxes are rising up to say no. -- texans are rising up to say no. >> i am the most fiscally conservative governor in the state of texas. >> and why you think i should vote for you? perhaps welcome to the texas debates, race to the u.s. senate. give we are broadcasting live from dallas and online. i will be the moderator during the next hour as we bring the first debate. ted cruz is a former harvard graduate, and solicitor general. good he is a private attorney in houston. david graduated from the university of arizona and started a successful energy company based in houston he has served as