but greg abbott sided with the company against the victim.aying the company had no responsibility. thank god this time greg abbott lost. >> well, sarah palin's new web channel is giving us unfeddered access to the tea party darling. but take a look at what happens when she tried to respond to elizabeth warren's call for a higher minimum wage. >> we believe -- wait. i thought -- fast food joints? don't you guys think that they're like of the devil or something? liberals, you want to send those evil employees who would dare work at a fast food joint that you just don't believe in, i thought you wanted to send them to purg torre or something. >> that is your scrambled politics. joining me is lynn sweet from the chicago sun times. a few days in, how deep is this divide getting between democrats and republicans over these air strikes in iraq? >> well, it is a bridge that can't be -- a gap that can't be bridged right now. it is basically some leading republicans are saying that we should be sending in more assistance to the kurdish -- to the kurdis

who is greg abbott? people are just figuring out who greg abbott is. he's incredibly conservative with a backwards view of where the state should go. this race is going to get closer as we get closer to re-election. i'm not saying it is easy. i'm not blind to the fact that we are dealing with a race in texas, but this is far from over. >> is it more difficult for women to get elected to executive positions? i know there are 16 democratic women in the senate. there is a lower number of democratic women governors. there are a number of attorney general -- or attorneys general, i should say, and there were some high-profile mayoral candidates in new york and los angeles who didn't do as well. is there a barrier in terms of executive positions that you are trying to help people over the hump with, or is it really just a fluke of the numbers at this point? >> let's not forget our mayor. i know it is not the largest city, but it is getting there. so it is -- it is a really, really good question. we are very engaged with it at emily's list. what we have found

who is greg abbott? people are just figuring out who he is. he is an incredible conservative. this is going to get closer as we get closer to the election. i am not saying it's easy. we are dealing with a race in texas, but this is far from over. difficult for women to get elected to executive positions? there are 16 democratic women in the senate. there are a number of attorneys general. high-profileme women mayors in 2013 running in new york and los angeles. is there a barrier in terms of executive's oceans? positions?e ouret's not forget about mayor in houston. it is a good question. we are very engaged with it. what we have found is once you have that breakthrough, whether it is a mayor or a governor, people think that is normal. wherell live in a country 24 states have never had a woman governor. that is across the country. they have never seen a woman governor. part of it is just breaking through. years.een working for 29 we have made great inroads. we have helped elect 10 women governors. on the other hand, we have only helped elect 10 women governors. once women and me

all members of the texas democratic delegation, yourself included, called on attorney general greg abbott to denounce militia groups along the border and clarify the jurisdiction the groups have to patrol alongside law enforcement and border patrol agents. in the absence of federal action, are we going to see more of this kind of vigilante action down in the state of texas? >> unfortunately, when there's a void in leadership by government, you're going to see this kind of lawless action where militias with semiautomatic weapons, vigilantes, are going down to the border, have these strike teams or units now. the leader of that group has said that the way you keep immigrants out of the border is point a gun at their head and threaten to shoot them. these folks are now on the border wearing ski masks and carrying semiautomatic weapons and what's very unfortunate is the leadership in texas, both rick perry and the attorney general, greg abbott who's running for governor, have refused to denounce this kind of action. they've remained silent on these militias and that's just made the problem wo

the republican gubernatorial candidate, greg abbott that is supposed to be rick perry's heir apparent, he doesn't need this. as you say in politics, when you are explaining you're losing, there's some explaining that has to be done here. >> why he was trying to deny funding for this key part of the office for district attorney lemburg. she account one d.a. that oversees this stuff that rick perry was linked to. >> the way it was done in texas is the travis county district attorney is essentially in charge of overseeing public corruption cases. for public officials whose job entails dealing with the legislature or the governor, lieutenant governor speaker of the house et cetera. and there was an investigation of the cancer prevention and research institute of texas, which was this sort of massive organization, i say massive in terms of the amount of funding they had, hundreds of millions of dollars at their disposal and they gave lots of grants and were fast and loose with the grants and didn't have -- everything was not done necessarily according to the rules and the law and there has

. >> there are reports that -- >> there have been reports the texas attorney general greg abbott hasd me they have reports of gang members and gang member recruitments. >> and they have made arrests today in texas of m.s. 13 as they prey on the young people in the centers. you've got an entire dynamic putting these young people more at risk. and ellis island, you've got people coming in. we did send people away if there was a health risk that would create an epidemic. we looked through -- we dealt with. >> they're coming in with -- they aren't terrorists, they don't have ebola. that is fear. what you're trying to do is scare people. these are young children who are escaping homicidal communities. >> excuse me -- >> they are escaping terrorists. >> all right. >> that situation. >> time-out for 30 seconds. >> thank you. >> last word. >> let me just say that you've got a dynamic here where it's fact-based. you're dealing with a lot of emotion. >> you get your shot. >> oh. 30 seconds, quick. >> i think we have to look at this in a very realistic and historically what does america do? we

i spoke with texas attorney general greg abbott about the case. >> first our hearts go out to the childrena dad here. you know, americans have thrown their hearts open to the children they see coming to the american border. their hearts equally need to go out to the children who lost a father in the cross fire of this cross border problem. it's a problem that we're seeing over and over again. states like texas have warned the administration that deaths like this will happen because they catch and release people who are coming across here illegally. i can't count the number of times we have had people, victims of crimes in this case, a murder because people just rotate back and forth across the border. >> where do you think that message gets lost? those are facts. these are things we know happen and no family should have to go there this if these guys were taken out of the country or put in jail? >> i think that the message will no longer be lost now that the obama administration has blood on their hands. the same thing happened earlier this month where a nine-year-old girl was sexually ass

texas attorney general greg abbott joins us to talk about it. nice to see you this morning. show. >> great to be back. thank you so much. >> let's dive in this. what will the national guard do, what are they prepping for at this hour? how will it look down there on the border when this next wave of illegal immigrants come? will they make arrests, what will unfold? >> you raise several points. let me address both of them. one is that the national guard are just now being deployed down to the border. this will take several weeks, maybe an entire month in order for them to be fully fleshed out around the border what they will be doing is assisting local law enforcement. they will be assisting border patrol agents, assisting the texas department of public safety providing additional man power to help all these law enforcement agencies do a better job securing the border. second thing that ties into your point, that is that we are going to see a greater influx of people coming across the border if historical patterns are consistent. in the month of august when it's incredibly hot

. -- who the conversation is greg abbott? people are just figuring out who he is. he is incredibly conservative with the backwards view of where the state should go. this race is going to get closer as we get closer to the election. i'm not saying it is easy. i'm not blind to the fact that we are dealing with race in texas -- rape in texas, but this is far from over, obviously just getting started. the texas governor's race with wendy davis, airing at 10:00 eastern time on c-span and c-span radio. , all this at the top week we're focusing on lbj's great society program. as we talk about the great society and the war on poverty, later the discussion will continue on the president's push for the voting rights act and recent supreme court decisions striking down part of that law as "washington journal" continues on this sunday morning, august 17. we are back in a moment. ♪ >> on c-span, monday, a debate on genetically modified food. tuesday, and issues spotlight on the general motors safety recall. and we hear from a cancer biologist. thursday we will look at the issu

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this is the conversation -- who is greg abbott? people are just figuring out who greg abbott is.e's incredibly conservative with the backwards view. to get closeroing as we get closer to the election. i'm not saying it's easy. i'm not lying to the fact that we are dealing with a race in texas. i really believe it is just getting started. thatu can see more of interview tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on speed -- on c-span. coming up next, another look at the freedom of the press with a news conference held by the institute for public accuracy. then the police response in ferguson, missouri to protests over the shooting death of unarmed teenager michael brown. "new york times" reporter james rising talks about being subpoenaed to testify at the trial of a cia officer accused of leaking information. he spoke with other journalists on the freedom of the press and protecting confidential sources. this is one hour, hosted by the institute for public accuracy. >> good afternoon. i am president of the national press club, and i'm pleased to welcome everyone on a day th