sam houston is one of them. what we should do, we should take our troops and this is my plan. there is so much infighting tha nothing is getting done. >> after the alamo is taken and he is asked to cover he's released with the promise to no fight again, but that promise i ignored. with forces on the arriving, sa houston gives orders to no longer hold the alamo recognizing it would be wise. but travis, foley, and crockett decide otherwise. >> they are holding it because of the town. that's the part that often gets left out. the alamo is important, but it' because important because of where it is. the town of behar has to battle spots there. one that's in december of 1835 where the texans capture it, an then it sets up sort of a logic where if rebels attached to something, the government has t recapture it. >> they say go income until these guys to move out. davy crockett and others are fortified. >> they feel pretty good about it. they feel pretty safe. when buie gets there, he looks around and says this place is

let's watch sam houston and the alamo avengers. this is how it aired on fox news. 1776 america independence, the united states was born. almost six decades later, another daunting fight for freedom loving independence-minded americans, the odds of success, just as long, stakes just as high. this time it was mexico and the battle for texas. in the 1830's, texas was an independent state of mexico. and santa ana took power. these guys were ready to fight. >> whoever would control san antonio would control that interpart of texas. with once you started having colonel travis and james, and at the alamo with the volunteers, santa ana thought it was an easy one. texas army, disorganized would take over. and the general, he was at the revolution before it could take root. and they would decide to stay along with colonel william barry travis. and one of the most famous men in america, davy crockett was under his command. and davy crockett and travis decided it's freedom or death. >> courage is something that's different in every person, but

houston wanted to preserve himself in texas. the formations and strategies at which time we come to. [inaudible] sam houston and his texas army, go through the american border record rest my guys or you can make this decision follow that and ribs santa ana and the mexican army would be waiting. after much thought sam houston decide to finally fight the first and only time that santa ana and sam houston would square off and hooted take you better through this battle scooby moore. >> tat the time it took for texas to overwhelm, completely surprised mexican army. it would on for two hours but it 18 minutes to achieve total victory. what is agatha group that got annihilated at the alamo, got massacred, took 18 minutes to win santa ana? so they achieve the ultimate surprise. >> sam houston led the texas right for freedom resulted in an ultimate victory and soon change the world. >> i think it's pretty clear etwe have to get our reenactors in better shape. [laughter] these were lean muscular john wayne type characters for it i give th

after much celebration, sam houston decided to finally fight the first and only time santa ana sam houston when square off. who better to take this matter and the author of 18 minutes. >> that some amount of time that took them to overwhelm, it's that time it. >> the group highlighted the alamo massacred, takes 18 minutes. >> to achieve the ultimate surprise in american history. is sam houston, led by freedom, his army courage and resilience and victory change our country and soon changed the world. >> one thing is pretty fair. we have to i get in better shap. [applause] these were lean, muscular characters i give him credit for showing up that day i know you have to suspend logic but santa ana would be captured and incentiveou pay them from the highest tree, they decide to tell santa ana over texas and also wallop your reinforcements. courage has to be cap related and revenge has to be calculated and they end up in santa ana, bring them to andrew jackson in washington they would oversee and go back to mexico. it haunts them for 20 more years but that was the story. that is sam houston, th

. >> this is houston. say again please. >> houston we've had a problem. we've had a main bust on a volt. >> standby 13, we're looking at it. >> april 11, 1970, launch day. the crew of apollo 13, commander and veteran of three previous missions, he had orbited the moon christmas 1968 on apollo 8. fred hayes, his first time up, lunar module pilot. jack swaggert, command module pilot. mattingly had been dropped from the mission because he'd been exposed to german measles. he would watch the mission from houston's mission control. >> roger. >> we're on internal power. >> how's it look? >> ignition. >> roger. >> how's it look? >> looks good here. >> booster, how do you look? >> look good. >> we're go flight. looks good here. >> looks good, mike. >> you don't see a problem do you? >> not yet. all engines are a go. >> the next step of lunar flight was to burn out of earth orbit toward the moon and pull free of the third stage and dock with the lunar module. at the command of module. they pull away from the saturn third stage, the s4b. >> i can see the s4b hatch

"houston, we13 have a problem." this 1970 documentary tells the story of the crisis which nearly left three astronauts stranded in space. >> this tape recorder has been a big benefit to us in our transit opt to the moon. it's odd to see if floating like this. it is playing the theme from "2001." narrator: april 13, 1970. the mood could only be described as relaxed. apollo 13, man's fifth lunar mission. the third scheduled landing on the moon. >> we've got one more item for -- this is the crew, ready to close out aquarius and get back to a pleasant evening in odyssey. good night. 13, we've got one more item for you. we would like you to stir up your cryo tanks. >> ok. standby. >> houston, we have a problem here. >> this is houston, say again. >> we've had a main b bus undervoltage. >> we had a pretty large bang associated with this. as i recall,b was the one that had a spike on at once before. announcer: april 11, 1970. launch day. , jimrew of apollo 13 level, the commander of three previous missions. he had orbited

welcome to south houston. >> okay.o a warehouse to show me his strange inheritance. what is it exactly? >> it's a full-size railcar -- 44 feet long, 12 feet wide. it weighs 50,000 pounds. it sat here for 41 years. it belonged to judge roy hofheinz. judgewho,you ask? roy hofheinz, a boy wonder who had his own law firm at age 19, became a county judge, pioneered fm radio, and was elected mayor of houston in 1952. from the mayor's office, "the judge," as he was known, promises to transform houston from an oil-boom town into a big-time metropolis. a fellow entrepreneur named welcome wilson befriends his honor. >> he was a bigger-than-life person. he was flamboyant, tall, good-looking. >> but after two terms of knocking heads with the city council, hofheinz is ousted from office. so the fast-talkin', cigar-chompin' promoter begins channeling his boundless energy into something new -- major league baseball. >> i think the judge saw the recognition you could get from other cities when you were part of that league. part of bei

he wrote there's every reason the virus could pick houston as its next target.e're similar demographically, referring to louisiana, new orleans. he's concerned about where diabetes and hypertension rates are high and people are living in crowded conditions. ben, as somebody who has been dealing with this a little longer than everybody in houston, any advice for amy? >> act now. get that stay at home order in now. it needs to be in every state in the union. the president needs to lead on that issue. when this started, we were in double digits for the number of cases, the number of people affected and hospitalized. it's not a matter of if. it's a matter of when. and the more you do early, the more likely you are to have that flat curve where you don't have to worry about anybody dying. kristin: ben, let me ask you something about governor cuomo. he's taking his authority, he's decided to use his authority to take ventilators and other critical equipment, readies tribute them as he sees fit. is that helping at all? >> here in the city, we've actually started to see

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how is houston right now? >> well, you know, we recognize that this was a crisis and we recognize that the numbers can change dramatically on any given day and any given time. and so we're taking those necessary steps that need to be done right now. we're not waiting for the numbers to shoot up way up into the, you know, several thousands. we have our stay at homework safe order in place and we've been taking some intentional steps since march 5th. so we started closing down conferences and conventions then. the following week we shutdown the largest rodeo in the world. in the following week we stopped our restaurants, our clubs, and all the dining room facilities. and then after that we put the stay at home safe work order in place. we certainly are bracing for the peak of this virus. we're not assuming anything. we are taking a look at what's happening in cities all across the country. we are being very, very intentional and we are telling people to do whatever we can to stop the virus. >> it's interesting t

big ber viinterview hour the company is saving their dividend protecting that we have the mayor of houston as texas gets set to reopen the ceo of dunkin brands on how that company is add justing this this age of coronavirus. kelly, over to you >>> thanks i'm looking forward to all of that after today we'll have heard from half of s&p 500 companies on their earnings. let's get to bob with more on that and the market's reaction this far bob. >> maybe all of them are equally important. we have roping hopes in my book, that's the most important. secondly we have expanding test and treatment possibilities out there. we heard that in the last couple of days. we had this massive fiscal the low rates have made stocks are lot more attractive than bonds. the problem what we have is earnings because we're not getting any guidance at all. all companies are declining to provide any forward guidance that we got here that's bit of a problem. in place of guidance, we had these green chutes that are out there. we had the vague hopes and comments that maybe may june was bottom april things started picking u

peoplely there were lining the tracks all the way from houston.robably 80 or 90 miles from houston here and there were people lined up all along the tracks. i was in a bus and we follow the path of the train. we could see the people all over the tracks. the train ended at the university about a mile from here. andcasket was brought here the kids who are in the corps cadets here. there's a walkway on the other side of the break. the cadets lined the walkway all the way here. the funeral service here was just family. service andmemorial saint martins in houston, the here.as brought people lining the path all the way. once the body got to the library museum it was just family. it was a family service. early after the library was put here. was pretty early. the reason was because they love being here and they love the students. they love the university. around allto be these young people. the town's bryan and college station and the whole university were so welcoming to president and misses bush i think they thought this was appropriate for their fina

up until yesterday, we have four approved sites in houston. we were given enough supplies, for example, for 250 tests per site, which would have been 500 for the entire city of houston and 500 for the county. as of yesterday, we were informed that fema is approving, doubling the number of tests that could be run at each one of those sites. now instead of 250, it's 500. those are the public sites. there are some additional testing that's taking place with the -- in the private sector. congresswoman lee, for example, they have been very helpful in providing additional testing sites. but we need more. we know that there is more community spread. as of today, in the city of houston, we have about a 2,200 positive cases. but i know there is a lot more. in fact, i use the fact you take those 2,200 and multiply, let's say, by three, four, five, six. we know there is a lot more. so we -- and then i'm particularly sensitive to our vulnerable communities, communities of color, people who may not have the ability to get to those two testing sites. for ex

weree in college station really invested in it, the train came up here from houston.y were proud of the fact that the first lady and president were very dear. a lot of that was incorporated into the exhibit. you can see the life-sized statue of sully, president bush's service dog. at a ceremony a couple of months ago we installed sully, and the to thefe sully came ceremony. the dog is now at walter reed. the iconic photo in the exhibit is of sully in front of president bush's casket. president bush got sully in june for aboute served six months until the president's death on november 30, 2018. so we have a picture of him as a ,uppy, and with president bush and he did everyday tasks and added quality to the last months of his life. the memorial exhibit itself, we have the flag that flew at half staff at the white house, and we also have the flag that flew over the capital. one of my favorite items in this exhibit is the ship's wheel that was built by the crew of the uss 77, which bush, cvn will be the last nimitz-class aircraft carrier. the crew built it and it was 201

and houston, a large hispanic population?> so the hept department actually released the numbers by race and ethnicity here in houston this week. and what they found, african-americans make up 23% of the population but more than 50% of the deaths related to covid-19. so about 9 of patients who have died have been black out of the total 16 patients that have died in total. and so that is certainly a concern. you look at dallas county, where 72% of the cases are african-american or latinos. but another thing to note here is that in dallas county in particular, 35% of the cases have no racial or -- or data around race and ethnicity. that is an issue statewide. i spoke with state health officials. and 11,000 cases across the state of texas, they don't have a racial data for about 1800. and you know, researchers tell me it makes it hard to not only track the virus but figure out how to target resources to communities. take a listen to what researcher told me. >> we can't tell whether there is a function of the pattern of infection

the hospital system in houston is world class.t has not yet been tested to the degree that has been the case in east coast cities. a lot of people feel there's room for houston to absorb what they think is coming down the pike here. the x factor is if the testing catches up and we see a much worse problem happening in houston, that changes the computation in every day. >> well, you'll be here to talk us through all that. we hope for the best for that great scity and that great stat. garrett haake, thank you for spending time with us. >>> up next, after the debacle we watched yesterday in wisconsin, the push is on to get more people voting safely. not everyone is on board. president trump is now all but admitting that when more people vote, republicans lose. this comes as bernie sanders exits the presidential contest setting the stage for the general election ahead. that's next. but you're not because you have e*trade which isn't complicated. their tools make trading quicker and simpler so you can take on the markets with confidenc

and welcome home. >> thank you. >> odyssey houston, standing by, over. >> >> odyssey, houston. it really looks great. >> apollo 13, apollo 13. this is recovery, over. >> >> recovery, and your shoot looks good. >> we have heard (inaudible) apollo 13, over. >> (inaudible) (inaudible) (applause) (applause) >> i recall, captain, that when i spoke to you on the phone you regretted that you are unable to complete your mission. i hereby declare that this was a successful mission. from the start, the exploration of space has been hazardous of an adventure. the voyage of apollo 13 dramatized its risk. the men of apollo 13, by their poise and skill, under the most intense kind of pressure epitomized the character that accepts danger and surrounds it. there is the spirit that filled america. your mission served your country, it serves to remind us all of our proud heritage as a nation, to remind us that in this age of technicians or scientific marvels, the individuals still count, that in a crisis the character of a man would make a difference. >> okay, i'll flight controllers, let's play

it's probably about 80 or 90 miles from houston here. and there were people lined up thealong the tracks, all way here. i was in a bus. we kind of followed the path of train. and it was just amazing. you could see the people all tracks,l over the places likeoe, that. ended at thetrain university about a mile from here. ad the casket was put in hearse and brought here. there's a walkway on the other the gravesite. lined the walkway all here.y the funeral service here was just family. service,was a memorial and -- at st. martin's in houston. that was a public ceremony. then the body was brought here. like i said, people lining the inh all the way, up here and college station, people all along the tracks. got to thehe body library museum, it was just family. a -- likewas mrs. bush's service, it was just a family service. chose early, after the here, they --t the gravesite was pretty early. think the reason was because and theyd being here loved the students. they loved the university. great to be around all these young people. the towns, co

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and houston said, say again, please? i say, houston, we've got a problem. we have a main b bus -- that was a case of the electrical system. about that time, hayes yelled down, he said, you know, during training, we had a problem with one of those fuel cells, this might be our big problem, it's an electrical problem. so we looked at the fuel cells, we were looking to see, and pretty soon, they got back online and all of a sudden they died again. and then, one time, the oxygen tank gauge went full high, then it went full down. and we didn't know, is that an instrument problem? because obviously we couldn't lose all the oxygen. this went back and forth. and another thing we tried to do, we didn't know if something hit us. the first thing we really did was, tried to put the hatch back between the lunar module and the command module because we noticed the command module was ok, but if the lunar module got a hit, we would slowly lose all the oxygen in the spacecraft. i said, close the hatch. jack clyde -- jack tried to close it, he couldn't do it. so i tried, i c

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. >> this is apollo control houston, 17 hours, 23 minutes and now under the flight, apollo 13.isplays presently show the apollo 13 spacecraft at 79,919 nautical miles away from earth and traveling at velocity of 6300, 50 feet per second. >> the mood was light. >> did you finish your income tax? neil: he had not. [inaudible] >> things going to happen real fast down there. i do need an extension. >> he got exposed to the resource and backup jack swigert took his place. >> we will see if we can take the agent out in the pacific when you come back. ♪ neil: the only problem on houston's radar choice of confidence. >> just made myself a hot dog sandwich we can -- with ketchup. >> you are supposed to put mustard on the hot dog and not ketchup but we will overlook that. neil: monday april 13th. >> apollo control, 147,103 nautical miles from earth, traveling velocity of 3,960 feet per second. neil: day 3 for apollo 13 was to be tapped by a live tv tour directed by lovell and his crew. [inaudible] >> through the tunnel and back up. neil: odyssey was command imagine all, -- module and aqu

. >> this is apollo control houston, 17 hours, 23 minutes and now under the flight, apollo 13.isplays presently show the apollo 13 spacecraft at 79,919 nautical miles away from earth and traveling at velocity of 6300, 50 feet per second. >> the mood was light. >> did you finish your income tax? neil: he had not. [inaudible] >> things going to happen real fast down there. i do need an extension. >> he got exposed to the resource and backup jack swigert took his place. >> we will see if we can take the agent out in the pacific when you come back. ♪ neil: the only problem on houston's radar choice of confidence. >> just made myself a hot dog sandwich we can -- with ketchup. >> you are supposed to put mustard on the hot dog and not ketchup but we will overlook that. neil: monday april 13th. >> apollo control, 147,103 nautical miles from earth, traveling velocity of 3,960 feet per second. neil: day 3 for apollo 13 was to be tapped by a live tv tour directed by lovell and his crew. [inaudible] >> through the tunnel and back up. neil: odyssey was command imagine all, -- module and aqu

in houston alone, over 250,000 in the oil sector. for more let's bring in sergio chappa who's been tracking the economic toll the collapse is having on the economy. what do we know? >> so here in houston we have had about nearly 250,000, quarter of a million unemployment claims. what we're on track to see by the end of april is 10% unemployment figures here in houston. that's double digits those type of figures haven't been seen here in houston since 1980s so definitely the situation is bringing up memories of the 1980s oil bust and the affect here in houston you know, a number of companies issued guidance on layoffs seems so far the hardest hit are oil field service companies and oil field equipment manufacturers. they're taking the brunt of those layoffs right now. >> the houston economy is more diversified, health care is a big part, but comparing to the 1980s collapse, no one wants to hear that. the tricky thing is yes they're hit by the same coronavirus that other sectors are hit by but what if the price of crude doesn't come ba

browne to houston. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i want to thank the houston museum of natural science for inviting me. as someone who served on the boards of several museums and galleries i have a deep appreciation for the role that institutions like this play in the local community and indeed in society more generally. as a window on the path and an explainer of the present and as a guide to the future they are indispensable resources which go above and beyond what you can read in books. houston is fortunate to have this place and it is a great pleasure to be here. as a natural scientist and subsequently an engineer i've always sought to maintain a board perspective about the arts and being involved in cultural organizations that go beyond our core discipline. when i applied for scholarship to the university of cambridge in england i had to submit an essay about something completely different to my main area of tuudy so i submitted a piece about the -- architecture of -- and i can explain later

and houston tried to attack him on the floor. he's a former member of congress, but then waits for him with what else, a hickory cane and canes him, almost killed him. and he is tried before the house. james k. polk defends houston and they give him a tap on the wrist. i'll tell you if anybody was anybody in history -- >> let me do this quickly because we are running out of time go back to north carolina. do you go to macklenburg county? >> i did not. just go quickly through polk's life up until he became president so we can get it on the record. >> he was born in macklenburg county into a little sugar creek. he had a varied upbringing. he went to sort of seasonal schools. when he's 8 hisograph has moved to middle tennessee and found really a paradise. so sam, his father and his mother go over the mountains and settle in middle tennessee. and there he grows up. again, very sickly child and he's not able to do all the work in the field and what he really wants is an education. and after the operation his father finally sends him t

so joining me now is houston's mayor, sylvester turner.ng. >> thank you. good morning to you. >> so in the simplest terms on this question of testing and reopening, is it safe to reopen cities like your own without widespread testing to see who exactly has been infected? >> well, i think that's the precursor to opening up our city, quite frankly too, opening up this economy. the more the testing is widespread, robust, as the word i have used, ubiquitous, that will give us a better sense of where the virus is and how prevalent it is within our community. look, jim, we have gone through, let's say hurricane harvey. everyone remembers that. you can look on the radar and knew where the storm was, when it was going to hit, when it was going to exit. for us with this particular challenge, the radar happens to be testing. it needs to be widespread and it needs to be robust. >> the texas lieutenant governor doubled down on his earlier argument for reopening as being even worth the potential loss of life if you reopen too soon. i want to play his s

john: at that time, houston was living with the indians, and houston was accused by this member of congress of using it for financial gain. and houston tries to attack him on the floor. he's a former member of congress. but then waits for him with a -- what else? a hickory cane, and canes him, almost kills him, and he is tried before the house. james k. polk defends sam houston and they give him a slap on the wrist. i'll tell you, everybody -- anybody who was anybody in history intersects with the life of james k. polk. brian: let me do this quickly, because we are running out of time. go back to north carolina. did you go to mecklenburg county? john: i did not. brian: you did not. just go quickly through james k. butjust go quickly through james k. polk's life, up to the time he became president so we can get it on the record. john: he was born in mecklenburg county. brian: near charlotte? john: yeah. a little sugar creek. he had a very agrarian upbringing. he went to -- he went to sort of seasonal schools. when he was 8, his grandfather has moved to middleton, tennessee and founded really

and houston tries to attack him tonight floor. he's a former member of congress but then waits for him with a what else, a hickory cane and canes him, almost kills him, and is tried before the house. james k. polk defends sam houston and they give him a tap on the wrist. i'll tell you, everybody who is anybody, james k. polk. >> go back to north carolina. >> did you dgo to mecklenburg county? >> i did not. >> but just go quickly through james k. polk's life, up to the time that he became president, so he can get it on the record. he was born in mecklenburg county, >> near charlotte? >> yeah, a little sugar creek. he had a very -- agrarian upbringing. he went to -- he went to sort of seasonal schools. when he's 8, his grandfather has moved to middle tennessee and found it really a paradise. so sam, his father, and sarah, his mother, go over the mountains and settle in middle tennessee. and there, he grows up. again, very sickly child. so sickly that he's not able to do all the work in the fields that other children are expected to

rodeo in houston. that was seen as a big step at the time. it may look like a very prudent one when all said and done in texas. >> with us now, the director of colombia university's national center for disaster preparedness. doctor, very nice of you to join us yet again. the american people i would believe are optimistic by nature. yet, we crunch the math last night. we have tested .6% of americans in a nation of 327 million people. where do you think and it's guesswork, where do you think we are in this? >> i hate to keep using the cliche we're at the tip of the iceberg. there is some multiple of that. what multiple? we don't really know. actually, it's really important and it's really important that we get a really good handle on how many people are actually infected and then how many people are actually immune to the disease? because they had mild cases and built up antibodies or severe cases and they recovered. those numbers, that data is not just academic, brian. of course, those numbers will help

polk defends sam houston and they give him a slap on the wrist.ill tell you, everybody -- anybody who was anybody in history intersects with the life of james k. polk. >> let me do this quickly, because we are running out of time. go back to north carolina. did you go to mecklenburg county? >> i did not. >> you did not. >> i did not. >> but just go quickly through james k. polks life, up to the time he became president so we can get it on the record. >> he was born in mecklenburg county. >> near charlotte? >> yeah. a little sugar creek. he had a very agrarian upbringing. he went to -- he went to sort of seasonal schools. when he was 8, his grandfather has moved to middleton, tennessee and founded really, a paradise, and so sam, his father, and sarah, his mother, go over the mountains and settle in middleton, tennessee, and there he goes up. again, very sickly child. so sickly that hes not able to do all the work in the fields that other children are expected to do. at one point, his father wants to make him a merchant, young boy, puts him in a sto

do you as mayor of houston have any authority to put stricter measures in place in your city?> we do not. we do not, wolf. we cannot put forth any orders that would be more restrictive than what the governor has imposed. he stated that yesterday, himself. and i agree, he pretty much sets the ceiling. like at the very beginning when we started putting in measures, we were not precluded in cities and counties to put in the state home safe work safe orders, and closing down our restaurants, the dining facilities, bars and clubs. we had the discretion and we moved forward. but at this point, on the back end, the governor is pretty much setting the stages of when things will open and we -- the local government, the local leaders, cannot be more restrictive. that doesn't mean we can't put forth recommendations. and it doesn't mean that we won't be doing a lot of monitoring and testing ourselves. but we cannot put forth an order that's going to be more restrictive than the one he's put forth. >> hypothetically, if you could have done so, would you have done so, put some more restrict

in texas, the houston hospital capacity, believes they can handle a surge if one comes here. andrea? >> thanks to you, garrett haake. and gadi schwartz in california. california is at the forefront because of the governor and mayor of l.a., mayors in san francisco and elsewhere having people shelter at home and also bringing testing to their people as much as they could. what are they saying there now? >> yes, andrea, we are seeing a lot of good news and bad news happening all at the same time. yesterday we saw the largest number of deaths in a single day. above 60 deaths. but the good news is as grim as that sounds, that's still a fraction of what we are seeing in new york city. just to put things in perspective, here in california we've seen about 450 deaths total. in new york where you are, we're seeing upwards of 600, 700 deaths every single day. so there's some projections mondayliand modelling coming out of the university of southern california, they may not pop over 100 deaths a day, so we may avoid what we're seeing on the east coast. however, they're cautioning we st

doctor, appreciate you being here today, you are in houston and in harris county. when you listen to the governor of new york who believes he's at a plateau. the death numbers are staggering. there is no good news in the story. when you do hear the encouraging or less discouraging news. the number of intensive care units needed down and hospitalization number is down. what does it tell you, you are behind new york in terms of the bill, what do you learn from that? >> there is light at the end of the tunnel for new yorkers. i wish to all my friends in new york practicing there and folks i know from medical school being a medical student and nyu myself. >> where are you in houston as you go through this and what are you seeing? you have been able to see what's happening in new york and new jersey and other places that have developed faster and more quickly than your area. what are you seeing now and how do you compare notes? >> i would say what is like in houston right now is the calm before the storm if i can use the hurricane analogy what we are used to in the gulf

the city of houston is just under a quarter black. over half of the covid-19 deaths. hispanics and whites in houston are dying at a lower proportion than the white people. is this what houstonians is always saying and we're noticing it nationwide or is this disparity something new? >> you know, the mayor was asked about it this week, when hurricane harvey hit we saw that some communities of color and people who are on the margins were certainly the most impacted and you mentioned those numbers out of houston and in all, houston has around 16 total deaths and nine of those have been black patients. which is a fairly small sample size. what you really want to look at is what's happening across the state. but the problem is that data across the state is largely incomplete. of the more than 12,000 confirmed cases that you mentioned state officials told me this morning they have only compiled data on race and ethnicity for around 1,800 of those. so there's a long way to go in terms of getting that data out to figure out what's going on. >>

there was a new mayor in houston. i had come back in 1974. in 1976 he was elected again, fred hoffines was his name. he was under great deal of pressure by women's groups in houston. he had created this position of women's advocate. part of the reason was because a woman had never been elected to city government in houston and so they were all men and were making decisions about the lives of women. >> i got the job in 1976, yeah, '76. i was hired by mayor hoffines and i had a job description that was very general, very big, i was suppose today help everybody out doing everything and there was no line about authority ahead. there was no authority, so, you know, in that sense i say it was a token position. >> what were some of the issues that they were dealing with? >> they weren't dealing with any issues. the issues that were out there was women were making far less than men. women made about 55 cents an hour compared to what men for every dollar that men were making at the time. women held virtually none at the high level, management position

el inicio de las profesiones en la bolsa de valores, el profesor de finanzas de una universidad en houstondeshacerse del petrÓleo que habÍan comprado y como no hay lugar dÓnde ponerlo, hay que pagarlo. pedro: y el pronÓstico es menos alentador, los aviones permanente en pista de despegue, los barcos en los puertos y la ciudad reirÁn muy poco trÁfico, además del precio de la gasolina en washington se ubica en 1.39 dÓlares por galón. el presidente indicÓ hoy que no se puede abandonar a la industria. autoridades tejana anticipan fuertes pÉrdidas en ingresos. un experto dice que la raÍz del problema se centra en que antes de la pandemia se producÍan mÁs de 100 millones de bares diarios en el mundo y el consumo bajo un 40%. >> tenemos gente que trabaja a medio tiempo, hay gente que trabaja hasta el 20% su salario. pedro: oscar hace ahora voluntariado junto a otros expetroleros. enrique: al desplome en los peces del petrÓleo arrastró hoy a las bolsa de valores en su segundo dÍa de caídas, estos sombrÍos pronÓsticos asegura que posiblemente el paÍs de cerca a una profunda recesiÓn. patricia: un n

[applause] thank you for your time [inaudible conversations] >> welcome to the houston museum of natural science i am the director of adult education here at the museum we have the honor this evening to host mr. brown on his discussion his new book make think imagine also here at the museum if you're watching through c-span. this evening we have a wonderful presentation and then followed by a discussion with professor minnis cini from washington university so now i will handed over to laura brown help me to welcome john brown houston. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen. i want to thank the houston museum of natural science for inviting me to spend some time here this week on the board of several museums and galleries i have a deepo appreciation for the role of institutions like this play in the local community and in society more generally. into a window of the past and the failure of the present and a guide to the future those resources that go above and beyond what we read in books houston is fortunate to have this place and it is a great treasure to bees here. as a natural scientist a

in my region koku alone pours a big price taker singapore is a big price taker calgary houston these are all big price takers going to see a lot of pay and a lot of support industries not just necessarily the people who pull it out of the ground but a lot of industries that go to support this industry it's going to be a lot of pain throughout the market suspects in unemployment there that that is the employment area i want to bring bob into that conversation that was actually my very next point is what is this i believe talk to a lot of business and a business is significant obviously what does this mean for the average person that as a worker and the oil and gas the energy industry what does this mean for them. well here's to becoming a layoff city you know we're one of our largest industries in houston the universe for us production and here there's hundreds of thousands of jobs that are tied to either directly producing crude or the ancillary services around it so that companies are already walking thousands of employees now unemployment claims in texas are through the roof. all t

well here's to it's becoming a layoff city you know we're one of our largest industries in houston houston to the universe for us production and here there's hundreds of thousands of jobs that are tied to either directly producing crude or the ancillary services around it so that companies are already walking thousands of employees now unemployment claims in texas are through the roof. all the companies now except for a few operations centers are operating remotely and a lot of companies a lot of companies have just shut down we've lost quite a few rigs that have been just laid down drilling stops all those drilling crews are now laid off production crews pumpers engineers they go it goes for the whole gamut from executive down to the back office folks this is a this is a catastrophic price drop it's going to take and the thing about about these kinds of cycles normally it takes about a year and a half 2 years to come back from one of these down cycles 200-120-0920 extension 15 this because you've got the drop in demand that may never come back in terms of coming back to the 9095000000 bar

houston is fortunate enough to have this place it's a great pleasure to be here. as a natural scientist i have always sought to maintain to be involved in cultural organizations and when i applied for scholarship at the university of cambridge i had to submit an essay about was completely different to my main area of study. and a piece about the architectures i can explain later to anyone who is interested what that actually means that my first bonus check and the more senior executive such as the folger shakespeare library in washington dc the british museum today it's one of the great joys to spend even more time with these organizations. but something is always troubled me. i have heard people assert again and again culture is that the foundation of civilization. certainly it is essential for understanding the only have to visit the chapel here to appreciate. but in my view it is preceded by a great engineering which is the true foundation of which true civilization is built that's why i wrote think imagine that it is the lifeblood. today i have four stories wh

he's asked to join the newly created national aeronautics and space administration, nasa, in houston.nd stout was a man of the cloth, but he was also a man of science. >> space historian robert pearlman. >> the reverend's official role at nasa was as senior information scientist, but he was also a chaplain and fulfilling his spiritual role as well. >> was religion a part of the astronaut's life? >> there were some that were very religious. they had their own belief system separate from what they were doing for nasa. >> stout's religious and scientific faith are tested in 1967 after tragedy strikes the apollo 1 mission. >> the apollo 1 crew of gus grissom, ed white and roger chaffee, they were in the final preparations for their launch when a fire broke out in their capsule. >> all three astronauts are killed. >> that had a profound effect on reverend stout. >> carol mersh has written a book about stout's biblical quest called "the apostles of apollo." >> and stout decided to form what's called the apollo prayer league. >> the league, created under the auspices of a presbyterian church

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i'm mia gradney, reporting from the khou 11 news studio in houston. worldwide, coronavirus deaths now top 107,000, and today, the united states surpassed italy as the country with the most

doris: now going to go back to the worst moment in my child and has to do the houston astros.as you know the new york giants were way behind the brooklyn dodgers in 1951 and i think maybe your 14 games ahead speed. bud: fourteen to 15. doris: in there was a butcher shop in my neighborhood who are only giant fans and they had kept a running tally of everything that was going on that summer. it is so exciting, every time we would go there would be on top and the giants would be laid out and all of a sudden by mid august he started climbing and climbing and climbing. and they finally caught up to us and it was a three-game playoff and in that last game bobby thompson is the famous home run against ralph is called a shot around the world embarrassing lived in concord for 42 years and we go to the minuteman statute and take people all of the country to see the minuteman statute and the shots were heard around the world. an unthinking bobby thompson and i think something is wrong with this but anyway, years later, this guy josh did this book and wrote his story in which he discovere