frank norris of fort worth, texas. in fort worth opinion regarding norris is divided. one faction says he took the gun. the other says he chose to guns. many of frank's former foes, buildings covering a block, test a success and is auditorium when alterations are complete will hold 6000 with a quart of 700. crowds gather and sensations of the first order, he has created a new profession, that a church efficiency expert and is its most brilliant practitioner. heralded as the texas cyclone, he will into any city you choose to name, lay hold of some doddering dead-end live downtown church, draw crowds into, galvanize them, get the glorious revitalized institution financed. after witnessing his performance in cleveland, a business or declared the service of a business corporation, nor is his genius would be worth $50,000 a year. he understated the case. so that's what gives you a glimpse of some of the press clippings that around the country of this mean that many of you don't know but who is an emerging figure. the storytelling par three who don't know because the whole s

and it might have happened, except in the year he got in a battle with local city leaders in fort worth, texas. he is always fighting about something. the particular issue this time had to do with taxes and it was an interesting story. the first baptist church in fort worth owned the tremendous part of an entire downtown block in the city of fort worth, and also part of another block, and for the buildings they weren't using, they rented them out. in fact the jc penney store rented space from the first baptist church. the problem was the first ban baptist church was not paying tacks on that portion of the property, and so as a result of that, norris was taxed -- the church was taxed, as were some other churches in forth worth at the time, and j. frank norris resisted this and vowed to fight. so he got into a heated battle with the city leaders, including the mayor. the mayor was a man by the name of henry clay meacham. he is credited for bringing aviation to fort worth, texas, back during that team. are we okay? >> better. >> want me to keep going? >> needs another nickel. >> there you go. >>

leonard from fort worth, texas. >> this is leonard from fort worth, texas. the proud state of texas. i have been listening to the stop all morning. i am a democrat, by the way. i am speaking about republican and democrats -- there is good and bad in each party. but i am sick of this business -- what you need to do about the rich people not paying the tax. secondly, all we need to do something about term limits for democrats and republicans, congressmen and senators. we need term limits. that would eliminate a whole lot of the bickering and partisan politics going on in washington. have a good day. >> thanks for a call. representative michele bachmann is making the rounds. not only appearing sunday on "meet the press" but she will appear on "face the nation," "state of the union," and "fox news sunday." they all rare in the weekend's on c-span radio. we will get a democrat perspective from debbie wasserman schultz on "face the nation." former gov. tim pawlenty taking the stage at the soapbox. >> "the bill more and register" politics editor would like to welco

there's a press release that reads lockheed martin court lockheed martin aeronautical company fort worth texas is being awarded a five hundred and thirty five million dollars advance acquisition contract to provide a long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of thirty eight low rate and national production f. thirty five lightning two joint strike fighter aircraft for the air force that's right you heard me correctly the pentagon just spent another five hundred thirty five million dollars to buy thirty eight more f. thirty five fighter jets this week is anybody at the d.o.d. even thinking the planes are grounded now and you want to run out and buy a few more why the pentagon do something so stupid i don't know maybe they were inspired by this. i . don't know a lot of the large give make all the slick ads of flying jets and rock music that they want but it doesn't hide the fact that their jets are all currently grounded because of technical problem after technical problem now earlier in the show we discussed the new super committee formed by congress here in washington to cut

here in texas i imagine it was quite a big deal but in fort worth, adjusts airways from year festivities are overshadowed by a brewing local battle that involved political religious business and civic leaders part of a catalyst was a preacher the issues were public and personal and the citizens found themselves polarized. they talk about conspiracy and troublemakers. july 17, it came to a head when a successful businessman pretty well connected to the movers and shakers went to pay a visit on a local pastor but this was not just any pastor. far from a typical man of the coffee was multifaceted ruling over and the religious empire. more than a preacher he presided over the largest protestant congregation in america, the first megachurch. a radio broadcasting pioneer and he was viewed by many as the emerging leader of a movement called fundamentalism and arguing that the language became hot within a few minutes gave way to thunder of four gunshots. he fell and was left for dead. nobody approached him to offer help. some police arrived and then he reached a local hospital he breathed his la

fracas from the texas tornado or too many in fort worth simply as that name. the story of a path of that day six monsters to go with blakely with a call of the most famous story you've ever heard. in the story reached all right here to austin because eventually the trial of this decade, take it up with some famous trials course auckland on saturday and so forth, this trail was one of the most captivating at the time. but a footnote. unlike the folks in his story and made has ever received its full treatment. the context of courses the 1920s, which i've always found to be a fascinating time. it was a time when the world changed, when here we have just the last living soldier of world war i, 110 years old was. it arlington national military. very few are we see every day from the generation of world war ii. in the 1920s, people came back to work part-time and have a change you and influence for what they saw in europe. if you know about the 1920s, when is this tremendous wreck mission in manners and morals. they are sort of cast enough restraints. you have one e

in fort worth texas just a waste from here the festivities were overshadowed somewhat by a brewing localattle, one that involve political, religious, business, and civic leaders. the catalyst was up richard perry both public and personal. the citizens found themselves polarized. on july the 17th 1926 and all came to a head of a successful businessman, someone pretty well connected went to pay a visit to a local pastor. this is not just any pastor from the typical man of the cloth ruling over a religious empire. she presided over the largest protestant congregation in america. in an anemic -- in many ways america's first mega church. radiobroadcasting pioneer, tabloid newspaper accused by many beyond texas as the emerging leader of a movement then near its apex. as the businessman argued, became hot. with a few moments gave way to that for a shot, he fell and was left for dead. no one in the church office that day, and there were 20 people, they approached and to offer help. send police arrived in an ambulance before the man reached the hospital he briefed his last breath. dexter elliott,

host: we will go to perry in fort worth, texas. go ahead. caller: i just want to cast my vote to repair a. i concur -- to rick perry. i concur. the media thinks his statements are inflammatory, but there are so many inflammatory statements from both sides. i concur with the last caller, that if believes that in his heart, say it. it is a good read, and i would suggest that rick perry look to our neighbor, louisiana, and pick him for vice president. host: according to this resolution early gop primary poll, rick perry with 29% of the poll, mitt romney, 18%, michele bachmann, 13%. all of you can comment on our facebook page. if you go to facebook.com \ c- span. some ofon the vaccination, heree washington post." perry reversed his stance on the hpv vaccination. "that. nick in palmdale california. good morning. caller: how are you doing? host: what do you think about governor rick perry? caller: i think rick perry, on the federal reserve issue, is following ron paul. ron paul has been there, and rick perry as these issues. i did not know about t

that got ramped up around two thousand and four two thousand and five and it started in texas around dallas fort worth with the barnett clay and you know it seemed like a magical thing that we had these new techniques for drilling and you could go down horizontally and not shoot a bunch of water in there and break up some some tight rock as they call it and you have a manufacturing process rather than a drilling process for gas we just more or less continually reliably come out at a great rate. and what happened was they discovered that in this form of gas drilling that after the initial production the flows fell off very dramatic way up to eighty five percent in the first year and. they used the initial production figures to raise tremendous amounts of cash and to get to sell shares and to get borrowed money you know most of these companies were running at two hundred to four hundred percent of their their costs for doing what they do anyway they sort of front loaded the shale gas plays with high expectations and they played upon the american public's wish that we would have less energy and when the

. >> is in this next from fort worth, texas, -- susan is next. >> i have news for her, most of them do get a job as a lobbyist. during bush's time, the lobbyists tripled. there are over 4000 of them now. corporations that these republicans are so crazy about, during the reagan administration, the their salaries were about 40% of what their employees make and is now over 400%. there is something not right there. also, monopoly laws. why do we never hear of that? it is never used and they just get bigger and bigger and they buy all of these politicians. all of these guys are beholden to grover norquist and the american legislative exchange council. >> thanks for the call. there are a number of places you can go to get more information. politico has a preview, $30 a ticket to attend. the only risk harming is the need to be 18 or over and you need to have a valid iowa id including a driver's license. other than that, the candidates organizing to bring their six -- supporters. anywhere from $12,000 to as high as $20,000. it is about what 30 minute drive from des moines to ames, iowa. the re

contained at all and this fire is still growing what it is west of dallas- fort worth this is one or the burst of fire season in texasnd the weather forecast around the bay area for the labor day weekend. >> we're starting allow with a shot of downtown san francisco you conceive the fall at lifting along the coastline and the south bay forecast san jose you going up to the '80s. the fad is hanging along the coastline . our highs will talk about at the '80s we are keeping the '90s in central valley. looks like we will stay in the '60s in oakland another cool afternoon in sampras's call by tomorrow we will see a spike in the temperatures at up into the low 90s. we call the temperatures down as we head to labor day and a time right now is 05 and 30 6:00 a.m. and now traffic >> real hot spots to report looking first at the bay bridge you will see the west bound ride is building a bit and and no delays for your drive across the upper deck san mateo bridge no problems to report the volume is building up in the west bound direction golden gate bridge is fog free on the southbound 101 ryde time right now five in 36 and time

texas. born and raised in fort worth, which is a little larger than rick perry's home town. not a lot of people know this. there were a number of years were three native texans were serving at one time as governors of three different states. rick perry, myself, and a gentleman named jeb bush of of florida. this means texas truly is an expansive state. one difference -- i was accepted into the university of texas. he had to go to texas a&m. [laughter] rick perry has built a strong and consistent record as a conservative during his 11 years as governor of texas. he is a leader in emphasizing the role of states in our federal system. rick has frequently taken on the federal government cozy over reaching into our areas of state primacy. strong fiscal conservative. used his line-item veto to veto more than $3 billion of budgeted items. [applause] while cutting taxes tax rates for everybody. whether it is taking on the trial lawyers over tort reform or the teachers union over accountability, rick perry has shown himself time after time as being not afraid to use his political capi

texas. just shy of breaking a 31-year- old record. the dallas fort wortha has had triple digit temperatures for 40 days in a row. that is just a few days shy of a record set back in 1980 of 42 days of 100-degree temperatures. >> i would rather not have to survive one of the hottest and driest seasons of my times. that is nice to know we didn't break the record. >> rainy weather helped to end the streak yesterday. but despite the brief reprieve, the triple digit temperatures could return next week. >>> time now 5:24. some alarming new numbers about california high school graduation. one out of five students dropped out last year. in all 94,000 students did not get a high school diploma. that is 18%. now here in the bay area, oakland had a drop out rate of 37%. san francisco had a considerably lower rate of 11%. now the state of california says the new numbers can not be compared to past years because they are using a new and more accurate formula. this year eighth graders were taken into consideration. state-wide 3.5% of eight graders left school and didn't

texas. dallas-fort worth, going to hit 108 once again today as they march on toward that big record of mosty mark in raleigh-durham of 96 there. 90 in tampa. up north, caribou, maine, 76. 71 in minneapolis. in cleveland, ohio today, they should top out at 81 degrees. meanwhile, out west in california where it is 5:35 in l.a., 68 the daytime high. >>> it's already warming up here in new york city and that's why we have dispatched eric bolling outside. >> eric: that's right. these are shelter dogs up for adoption and beth stern, spokesperson for the north shore animal league of america is here to tell us how you can save a life and get a best friend. >> we launched our national psa reminding people to go to their local shelters, adopt. don't buy from a pet store. look at me. i'm getting pulled over by this beautiful -- >> eric: rocksy? >> he's a coon hound mix. four came in. they're seven months old. they're all litter mates and they are definitely family dogs. i have to say, if you want to adopt these dog, you have to have a big yard 'cause they have a ton of energy. they're great with kids.

texas and oklahoma. the fast-moving flames are destroying at least 20 homes in the lakeside community near fort worth and threatening more than 100 others, forces hundreds of people from the area. the texas forest service says the summer heat wave and severe drought conditions we talked so much on the show are creating perfect conditions for this crisis in late summer. we're going to be talking live with the oklahoma city fire chief in the next hour. he is live at the scene and will bring us an update on exactly what is happening. gregg: all right, some new information crossing our international desk this hour. israel is on alert, sending two more warships to its red seaboarder with egypt. israel's military getting some intel information that militants may be plotting yet another attack on southern israel from egyptian soil. now all of this coming as iran says it is sending naval ships to the red sea. iran saying it will patrol the waters and fight off pirate attacks. that's what they say. fox news contributor, former united nations ambassador john bolton joins me now. ambassador, thanks very much. let's

texas. it will be up over 100 degrees in dallas. over 100 for 33 straight days in a row. the dallas / fort worth area has all-time record high temperatures of 113 set this week. that is what is expected to happen. 12 people have died in the dallas area because of the heat. in oklahoma, 11 he related deaths. six texas counties are under a burning bans and electricity regulators are issuing warnings urging people to conserve energy. >> a man has settled his lawsuit against the city of fremont and the landlord of the shopping center where he fell. he fell 15 ft. from the roof of the shopping center when he was asked to check on a ventilator shaft by the police. the board of directors from unique voted to acquit increase taxi fares and to increase the number of taxis out there. >> a committee meeting in sacramento will be held today. this is coming after newly released documents show that the parole system failed to get accurate tabs on garrido. officials thought garrido was a reformed criminal obviously that was not the case. and there are two new videos that have been released related to phillip g

explain that he's got a ranch up in the texas panhandle in the northern part of the state and plans to build a pipeline from his ranch down to dallas fort worth, but to do that, he needs to get special exemptions because it crosses private property. the pipeline would cross private land. to make it feasible, he has to negotiate with hundreds of owners and find access to their land. it was not clear what the other way might be until 2007 when a change of state law made by governor rick perry allowed pickens to form a new water district, the roberts county fresh water supply district number one. this gave him the right to issue tax free bonds for the water pipe and electrical transmission lines, the power to levy taxes, and most important to use the power of imminent domain to claim land for the pipeline. imminent domain is a legal doctrine dating back to 1066 by william the conqueror in which the government can take or force the sale of the private property for the public good. as the full implications sank in, panhandle residents reacted with mix of anger and awe. many seemed stunned such a small district could boast such broad reach. the rob

. >>> 8:23, a slow speed chase in texas had drivers doing a double take. officers in fort wortha man driving a forklift. he was even seen sipping a beer while making obscene gestures at police. officers eventually took him into custody, charging him with dui and several other crimes. and they say that he admitted to stealing the forklift, where he had not been taking his medication. >>> time now is 8:23. some of the mystery that surrounds jobs on apple that might be lifted before the end of the year. an authorized biography of the co-founder of apple is now set to release that in november. and the 444-page book is called steam jobs, a biography. jobs encouraged everybody, including old girlfriends and people that he fought with professionally to talk with the authors. >> it should be a good book. >> yeah. >> all right, 8:24, let's check in with them to see what's happening on the road. >> all right, we have a lot of slow traffic out there. especially in parts across the county. but we're going to start here in san mateo county. and the lanes have been reopened here on southbound

texas movie theater. she says the guy in sfront of her began checking his text messages as the 15-year-old explains to the fort worth star. "the light was shining at me, and i think he will turn it off. he didn't. he whipped around and said don't ever touch me. he whirls around readyd me and says i am charging you with assault." he saw it differently. he says he got an important text and he didn't just tap him. she pushed his neck causing something like whiplash. he called the police saying he had been assaulted. how brave of him. and godwin decided to pay the $260 fine rather than to return to texas to fight the charge. did i mention she weighs 160 pounds and about 220? for more we go to the chief legal correspondent. >> we will have to see that again late -- later in the show. they could have at least had that in slow motion. if anybody is charged with something it is that guy for being a rude jerk. >> if that would have happened in new york, the result would have been different. in 2008 there was a case where two people were in spin class. one guy was being too loud and the other asked him to be quiet. the loud g

of colorado and that secret is that i to as the lieutenant mentioned am a native of texas born and raised in fort worth which is a little larger than rick perry's hometown of cave creek. in fact not to me people know this there were a number of years when three native texans were serving at the same time as governors of three different states. rick perry myself and a gentleman named jeb bush of florida. this means that texas truly is an expansive state. rick and i do have one important difference. i was accepted into the university of texas. he had to go to texas a&m. [laughter] rick perry has built a strong and consistent record as a conservative during his 11 years as governor of texas. he's a leader in emphasizing the role of states in our federal system. rig is frequently taken on the federal government overreaching into our areas of state primacy. strong fiscal conservative, used his line-item veto to veto more than $3 billion budgeted items. [applause] while cutting taxes is tax rates for everybody. whether it is taken on the trial lawyers over toward formal the teachers union over a accountabili