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lou: governor greg abbott iswaye for the whole country. great to have you with as governor. >> thank you lou. lou: be sure to vote in our poll night. you think any government official elected or otherwise should face federal charges for tipping off illegal immigrants to eminent i.c.e. raids? cast your vote on twitter @lou dobbs. follow me on twitter @lou dobbs and like me on facebook like me on facebook follow me on instagram @lou dobbs tonight and on wall street today stocks mixed the dow down 42 points the s&p up three and volume on the big board 3.1 billion shares. trading crude oil clays -- closing at a three-week high but not wrote high just above $49 per barrel. home sales are at the highest level in nearly a year, up 5.5% and westinghouse electric filing for bankruptcy citing cost overruns for nuclear reactors is building in georgia and south carolina. those plans approved by federal regulators in 2012 the first permits in three decades. they are the only nuclear plant under construction in the country and it's an open question as t

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tomorrow night congressman doug collins,en greg abbott among ts. -- congressman greg abbott thanks for joining us tonight from new york. kennedy: the president's pick for the supreme court on capitol hill for his first day of senatorial grilling. how did he do? president trump warning republicans against voting no on his healthcare plan. tall as massie here to explain why he's still oppose. who is in charge of the democratic party? anyone? a nepoll has some startling suggestions. grab a lawn chair. time to soak in the sun. that cold supreme court seat is warming up after judge gorsuch was able to withstand the questions from the democrats. patrick leahy tried to pin him down on the executive order making its way to the court. >> senator, he has no idea how i would rule in that case. senator, i'm not going to say anything here that would give anybody any idea how i would rule in any case like that that could come before the spreem supreme court or my court of the tenths circuit it would be grossly improper of a judge to do that. kennedy: republicans engaged in partisan foot rubs and han

tomorrow night congressman doug collins,en greg abbott among our -- congressman greg abbott is gorsuchs 49 years old. so we' going to have -- charles:e's going to be there a long time. lou's next. lou: president trump and conservatives nose-to-nose on the fate of the speaker's health care bill. ahead of a critical vote thursday. president trump on capitol hill today where he lobbied house republicans for about 40 minutes, warning of political consequences if lawmakers vote against the legislation. and president trump singled out one of the bill's chief critics urging his support. >> i like rand paul, i think he's a good guy, and he's speaking from the heart. but i think we have a bill that's going to be negotiated. i really like rand and i respect rand but i think he's hopefully going to come along. i hope so. lou: what will he do? senator rand paul has the answers. he's among my guests here tonight. >>> also tonight supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch says judges must stay out of politics, but he is caught at the center of the biggest partisan political battle in years. >> when i

tomorrow night congressman doug collins,en greg abbott among our -- congressman greg abbott nicole: breakingthis morning, just one day before house vote to replace obamacare. do they have enough votes to pass the bill. good morning, i'm nicole petallides. lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. concerns about the future donald trump's probusiness agenda leading to lock in profits, including financials and tech, well, the dow sank 237 points yesterday, that's 1.1% to the downside. futures this morning are still down 58 points.

tom rutledge of charter there, along with governor greg abbott of texas.he headline appears to be, once again, a company coming to the white house to express a commitment to create jobs in this country. this one appears to be something they talked about prior to the closing of time warner cable. >> yes. there seems to be a running stream of that, but that's it. come on, let's celebrate it. it is good. these are good-paying jobs. like to see them in the united states. that's great. it's a great media day for the president, who is changing the subject from the train wreck that's happening across town, and that's good. >> i also wonder, we've got tom rutledge there. david faber had to say that these verizon/charter talks were not moving forward a couple months ago, after they bought time warner cable, and as those in new york city now call it spectrum, the service. >> this reminds me of a time we took a gift that we -- okay, well, we'll talk about that, but it's kind of a little bit of regifting to the american people when it comes to jobs. >> let's get to ea

tomorrow night congressman doug collins,en greg abbott among our -- congressman greg abbott nicole: breaking news this morning, just one day before house vote to replace obamacare. do they have enough votes to pass the bill. good morning, i'm nicole petallides. lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. concerns about the future donald trump's probusiness agenda leading to lock in profits, including financials and tech, well, the dow sank 237 points yesterday, that's 1.1% to the downside. futures this morning are still down 58 points. nicole: failed missile launch by north korea. in south korea the kospi fell half a percent and in china down a half of 1%. lauren: down arrows continue with oil. more signs of oversupply of crude. nicole: investors bought bond and that put the yield on the treasury down, 2.11%. donald trump's first pick for supreme court heads for another day of questioning on capitol hill this morning. we are going to take a look at how neil gorsuch adoing. nicole: sears tells it may go out of business, is this retail icon going down in flames, we will have the story. lauren:

tomorrow night congressman doug collins,en greg abbott among our -- congressman greg abbott is gorsuchso we' going to have -- charles:e's going to be there a long time. lou's next. lou: president trump and conservatives nose-to-nose on the fate of the speaker's health care bill. ahead of a critical vote thursday. president trump on capitol hill today where he lobbied house republicans for about 40 minutes, warning of political consequences if lawmakers vote against the legislation. and president trump singled out one of the bill's chief critics urging his support. >> i like rand paul, i think he's a good guy, and he's speaking from the heart. but i think we have a bill that's going to be negotiated. i really like rand and i respect rand but i think he's

. >> trump administration officials disagree and so does texas governor greg abbott.has already targetedand surry with a punitive withdrawal of state money. >> i withdrew $1.5 million of funding to travis county eight. on top of that, what the state of texas is seeking to do is to make it so punishing for cities and counties that they simply cannot have sanctuary cities. >> dhs has said it is not making any decisions on withholding funding until a clearer definition of sanctuary is reached and we are told that there is no timetable for that decision. martha. >> martha: thank you. joining me now, a democrat inside the meeting with secretary kelly today, dallas mayor mike rawlings. good to have you with us. how would you characterize what went on in that meeting today? >> i think it was a good meeting. a first meeting. we are starting to understand how we work with the administration. so, it is just the first date. we don't have a long-term relationship yet and we are trying to figure that out. i was very impressed with secretary kelly. he has run a lot of great operati

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it is a frustrating situation for the governor of texas, greg abbott.ntury cities right now. am i explaining this right? the sheriff, the elected sheriff, whose job it is to uphold the law enforce the law is in fact ignoring the law in travis county, texas. is that true? >> it's exactly right and pose in great danger, because she has knowingly released from jail in travis county people who have been either convicted of pork accused of serious felonies such as sexual assault, sexual assault of a minor. b she's put right back out into the streets. this is a dangerous practice that texas is going to hammer down. we will not tolerate this. so we have taken action. we are going to take stiffer action to prohibit and ban century cities in texas. >> tucker: this is sheriff sally hernandez known as sanctuary sally. what is the motivation here, why would to a sheriff want to release dangerous people in the community? >> thiss is what you've seen sweep across the united states of america. this is a literal liberal agenda to be welcoming to those people here illeg

. >>> at the white house president trump is meeting texas republican governor greg abbott and thomas rutledge. this is moments ago. let's listen. >> thank you very much. i really appreciate you're going here. i'm delighted to welcome tom rutledge, chairman and ceo of charter communications, a great company, to the white house. i'm also very honored that my friend, texas governor greg abbott, my good friend and supporter, i love you, is here with us today, very appropriate. he's done a fantastic job in texas and we have a previous governor that did a very good job, right? where is he? he's standing right over there. first is some background. five years ago charter communications was a struggling company that had slowly emerged from bankruptcy. today thanks to hard work and unbelievable leadership, truly great leadership, it's the fastest growing television, internet and voice company in the nation. i would say that's a good job. what do you think? >> it's a good job. >> not bad. very impressive. bring him into the government. tom rutledge and his team turned the company around. they c

we are going to continue to summit, no matter what jeff sessions or greg abbott has to say.uan: sally hernandez is share for you as a council member could be arrested under the new laws they're proposing to pass? terrifying onis its face, the fact of the matter is, i believe it is not only unethical and an american, but unlawful. that is why we came together in new york these past couple of days to start planning our little strategies and litigation strategies so we cannot b be blackmaileled and s signaled ous individudual cities. they would have to be coming after huge swath of american public that live in our progressive strongholds in our cities. juan: i would like to bring lawael wishnie y in fromale school. you told in important story at the conference yesterday about a battle that occurred 10 years ago under the obama administration in terms of ice and attempts to punish the city for becoming more welcoming to immigrants. i am wondering if you could talk about that. >> it was the bush administration, should say. in the city of new haven in 2006, community organizations

. >> reporter: governor greg abbott sending dollars as to the victims family.vivors hospitalized this morning, one person in the van is in critical condition, the truck driver is stable. a witness on the road telling a local paper she saw erratic driving right before the crash. the cause of the accident still under investigation at this hour. abby: thank you. turning to extreme weather two children are dead, electrocuted by a downed power line after powerful storms ripped through fort worth, texas was the 11 and 12-year-old believed to be brothers. officials morning those in the area to steer clear of downed power lines and report them immediately. now the thread is moving east bringing hail, high wind and tornadoes, millions of americans at risk throughout the weekend. >> oh my gosh. >> reporter: several twisters touching down in texas, powerful windss 90 mph ripping apart roofs, destroying homes outside dallas and outside houston huge wind blowing strongly, metal shipping containers tossed around like toys, two people are injured. a midair tragedy on a passen

texas governor, greg abbott, extending his condolences.ed by the loss of life and our hearts go out. the remote highway, two hours west of san antonio closed down for hours with investigators wu working to figure out what caused the deadly crash. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> one more note on the accident. we learned that weather does not aper to have been a factor in that incident. that area, hard hit in the last few days by storms. >> there are tornado watches in effect from east texas up into missouri. rgely overnight. especially in louisiana and arkansas. as you can see on the weather radar. greatest threat will be in northern mississippi and western tennessee. the severe weather has claimed two more lives, in texas, two boys electrocuted by downed power lines in fort worth. in a heavily wooded area of a park. after severe storms earlier in the day. the boys were only 11old. there was also flooding and damage from tornados in the houston area. vehicles were tossed around like toys. >> today the senate intelligence committee

. >> trump administration officials disagree and so does texas governor greg abbott has targeted austin and surrounding travis county with a punitive deprivation of state funds. >> i withdrew $1.5 million of funding from the governor's office to travis county. on top of that, the state of texas is seeking to make it so punishing for cities and counties that they simply cannot have sanctuary cities print what that includes his fines that could add up to about $9 million a year. >> if any common ground were reached today, it was dhs's reassurance to mayors that the feds do not intend a broad sweep of illegals. >> we do not conduct raids. we are looking for specific people. >> dhs has not made any decisions on withholding funding until a clearer definition of sanctuaries reached and we are told there is no timetable for that decision. meanwhile, city of seattle is not waiting. it has filed suit against the administration, accusing it of using unconstitutional orders against government to enforce federal law and core cities through threats to funding. >> shannon: thank you very much. a mass

neil: governor, thank you very much, governor greg abbott. >> thank you, neil.anic selling. down 38 points. >> it's time to move on win or lose. hello, everybody, i'm cheryl casone in for trish regan, and welcome to "the intelligence report." sean spicer just announcing the vote will happen sometime in the 3 p.m. hour, maybe 4 p.m., despite the report that votes, well, just aren't there. speaker paul ryan leaving the white house just moments ago following a meeting lasting just under an hour. he was updating the president on where things are with the bill

texas governor greg abbott is pushing its own plan to stamp out sanctuary cities in its own state.o >> i withdrew $1.5 million of governor's office to travis county. that -- what texas is seeking to do is to make it so punishing that they simply cannot have the sanctuary cities. what that includes a fine that t could end up to $9 million a year. >> tucker: sanctuary cities already giving the feds plenty of problems in enforcing u.s. immigration laws. now ice must actively sabotaging their work, deal with lawmakers who one state representative in massachusetts, michelle dubois, used facebook to warn people of an i.c.e. raid in brockton. fox news correspondent molly lyons joins us with more on tha that. >> you are right, she is facing considerable backlash here in the community after putting this posting on facebook, essentially warning undocumented immigrants about a rumored raid that would be taking place by the federalal officials. a democrat from brockton published this post on tuesday. she claimed she got word on this impending raid from someone in the latin community. u.s. and imm

i'm also very honored that my friend, texas governor greg abbott, my good friend and supporter -- love he's done a fantastic job in texas, and we have a priest governor that -- previous governor that did a very good job, right? [laughter] he's here someplace. he's standing right over there. i'm very excited about the announcement we're about to make. first, some background. five years ago charter communications was a struggling company that had slowly emerged from bankruptcy. today, thanks to hard work and unbelievable leadership, truly great leadership, it's the fastest growing television, internet and voice company in the nation. i would say that's a good job. not bad. [laughter] very impressive. bring him into government. [laughter] tom rutledge and his team turned the company around, and they did it very quickly. they created a culture of customer service and excellence, and most importantly, they brought back many jobs that had been shipped overseas, something that's happening far too often, but we're changing that. that has been good for certain businesses but not good for the un

i'm also very honored that my friend, texas governor greg abbott, my good friend and supporter -- i love you -- is here with us today. very appropriate. he's done a fantastic job in texas, and we have a previous governor that did a very good job, right? >> right. >> where is he? he's here someplace. he's standing right over there. i'm very excited about the announcement we are about to make. first, some background. five years ago, charter communications was a struggling company that had slowly emerged from bankruptcy. today, thanks to hard work and unbelievable leadership, truly great leadership, it's the fastest growing television, internet, and voice company in the nation. i would say that's a good job, what do you think? >> it's a good job. >> not bad! very impressive. bring him into government. tom rutledge and his team turned the company around, and they did it very quickly. they created a culture of customer service and excellence. and most importantly, they brought back many jobs that had been shipped overseas, something that's happening far too often, but we're changing that. tha

i'm also very honored that my friend, texas governor greg abbott, my good friend and supporter -- i love you -- is here with us today. very appropriate. he's done a fantastic job in texas, and we have a previous governor that did a very good job, right? >> right. >> where is he? he's here someplace. he's standing right over there.