when houston mayor sylvester turner asked me to lead the houston rnc bid committee. i accepted the challenge because i believe the 2028 convention will shine a spotlight on the state of texas and on our nation's fourth largest city houston and we will present the rnc with an extraordinary convention experience. a lot of hard work has taken place in securing this bid over the last year. and i'm thrilled that this effort has been rewarded. we anticipate the republican national convention will bring over 50,000 attendees and over $200 million in economic impact to houston. not to mention international media attention. truly, this is an event unlike any other, we are proud to have broad support from both state and city leadership starting with governor greg abbott. i want to specifically thank mayor sylvester turner, who has been instrumental in this bid process in collaboration with houston, first chairman david mins and ceo michael heckman and the entire team, it took a real great village to get this over the finish line for their efforts to win this bid. i want to par

i am president of the houston first corporation. on behalf of mayor sylvester turner, our organization, and our entire community, it is important for us to let you know this morning how honored we are to be selected as the host city for the 2028 rnc. our team, with the leadership of ira, put together a competitive and superior bid. k the rnc for recognizing that and selecting us. it's our job at houston first to book events of all sizes, from super bowls to conferences and international events and to keep houston on the global stage so that we can continue to be top of mind as a destination. the republican national committee convention does just that and we believe we can create a major party convention experience unlike any other as the nation's most diverse and inclusive city. we believe houston represents the future of the united states and our aspirations as a country. we're excited to show off these attributes and our hospitality. we do it every day and we look forward to doing it again in 2028 for all the delegates, media and

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antonia hilton and houston.books and education in texas and across the country is exactly what i have been exploring for the last year and a half. now i have a brand-new podcast for it. the velshi banned book club. the first two episodes are out right now. you can scan the qr could on your screen to listen to wherever you get your podcasts. still ahead, an outpouring of bipartisan support for senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, after an incident at a press conference in his home state of kentucky today. we will have more details on that when we come back. come back oh, hello! hi! do you know that every load of laundry could be worth as much as $300? really? and your clothes just keep getting more damaged the more times you wash them. downy protects fibers, doing more than detergent alone. see? this one looks brand new. saves me money? i'm starting to like downy. downy saves loads. [sneeze] (♪♪) astepro allergy, steroid free allergy relief that starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take ho

here's antonia hylton. >> cherries and blueberries. >> reporter: houston mom jessica campos has spent the entire summer dreading the return to school. >> i feel like i've spent my entire summer fighting, so coming here, it kind of -- i can breathe. >> reporter: ever since her daughter's elementary became 1 of more than 28 schools in the houston independent school district replacing their library with a center for work and discipline >> what's happening to the houston schools? >> it feels like they're being taken apart, dismantled, destroyed. >> reporter: this summer the state of texas took over hisd, a district of almost 200,000 kids in a red state. they replaced the elected school board members and swapped the superintendent for a charter school owner and former leader of dallas schools some like houston mayor sylvester turner say it's a hostile takeover >> houston has been its own state government for years, okay, so let's not be fooled. >> reporter: everyone agrees houston schools needed to change some were failing. many students fell behind in reading and math district leaders tri

>> houston has been in conflict with its own state government for years. what's happening here cannot be viewed separate and apart from the greater picture, okay. so let's not be fooled. >> reporter: for years a number of houston schools were failing. parents pleaded for more resources as large numbers of students fell far behind on reading and math. former district leaders tried to implement new programs, and the state gave them a "b" rating in 2022. the texas education agency took over hisd anyone. the superintendent knew the model would emphasize instruction time in the classroom and use team centers like these for the kids who are excelling and the kids who need a time out. he understands families are anxious about change. he believes it was necessary. what message do you think is sent to kids, though, who see classmates in other parts of the city who still have functioning staffed libraries? >> so i think kids like to learn. i think kids focus on their schools, and so i think -- i think the kids are going to be fine. i think they're very flexible, ada

some like houston mayor sylvester turner say it's a hostile takeover. >> houston has had their own stateyears, so let's not be fooled. >> reporter: everyone agrees houston schools needed to change. some were failing. many students fell behind in reading and math. district leaders tried to improve, and the state even gave them a "b" rating in 2022. they took over anyway and laid off employees and replaced libraries in underperforming schools, so they could give some teachers higher salaries. >> i can't afford a laptop for my kids, so books is where we get to travel, you know, to dream. >> reporter: jessica's daughter sophie is starting fifth grade at one of the new education system schools. >> i barely know how to read. i just started reading in fifth grade because my english teacher helped me a lot. >> reporter: she says >> strike. the library was a place where she could practice. >> i say and -- >> reporter: superintendent mike miles understands families are anxious about change, but he argues books will still be available on shelves, and these team centers where they will go will help

some like houston mayor sylvester turner say it's a hostile takeover. >> houston has been state governmentin reading and math. district leaders tried to improve and the state even gave them a b rating in 2022. they took over anyway and laid off employees and replaced libraries in underperforming schools so they could give some students higher salaries. >> i can't afford a laptop for my kid. so books is where we get to travel, you know. to dream. >> reporter: jessica's daughter sophie is starting fifth grade at one of the new education schools. >> i barely know how to read. i just started reading this grade because my english teacher helped me a lot. >> reporter: she says the library was a place she could practice. the superintendent mike myles understands families are anxious about change but he says books will still be available on shelves and the centers where students can work where they are disruptive will help her catch up. in a district where there are so many kids struggling to read, why disrupt the library of all places? >> so reading is key. we may not have librarians but even in

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right wing of that plane, flying over houston. shortly after takeoff, flames shooting out from the engine of the southwest jet bound for cancun. with one engine down, they were forced to turn around, making an emergency landing at houston's hobby airport tuesday night. >> you are clear for the runway approach. you still have one engine down, is that correct? >> reporter: the plane landing safely. the airline tonight saying the jet experienced a mechanical issue shortly after takeoff and was taken out of service for review. and in miami, another scare in the skies. a pilot suffering a medical emergency in the middle of a flight from miami to santiago, chile, monday. there were three pilots onboard when the flight diverted to panama. the airline saying the crew tried saving the pilot's life mid-flight. medical teams standing by when the plane landed, but the pilot died. the airline said the pilot had been with them for 25 years. the cause of death has not been released. and tonight, the faa says they will investigate that southwest

houston chronicle, new yorker, the new york times and new england journal of medicine. have appeared in short stories and biology and the new england review which awarded him an article emerging writers award. his debutic broke to talk about today the people's hospital follow the lives of five uninsured houstonians us survival leading them to the hospital where insurance comes second. thank you for being here. >> thank you all for coming. [applause] >> as we are in conversation, who will have time to be in conversation so please flag questions in your mind as you listen and we would take abraham specifically in the sure over here and we will move the microphone around the room. i want to bring the book into the room and get started readina to bring your book to life. >> i'm going to read from the beginning of the book from chapter one history first page from the people's hospital. the rumor we've heard are hospitals marked by treasure. nigerian lady whoes responded, e boy with the black curly hair the grandmother the guardrails pain, real chest pain. and we wrote down t

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agrees, houston schools needed to change some were failing.ts fell behind in reading and math district leaders tried to improve. and the state even gave them a b rating in 2022 they took over anyway and laid off employees and replaced libraries in underperforming schools so they could give some teachers higher salaries >> i can't afford a laptop for my kids. so books is where we get to travel, to dream >> reporter: jessica's daughter so much see starting fifth grade at one of the new education system's schools >> i barely know how to read i just started reading this grade because my english teacher helped me a lot. >> stripes >> reporter: she says the library was a place where she could practice >> i say and-- >> reporter: the superintendent understands families are worried about change but argues book also still be available on shelves. in a district where there are so many kid whose are struggling to read, why disrupt the library of all places in. >> so, reading is key. we may not ahave librarians. but even in this room, books are on the she

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in houston, that came about because there was a voter referendum in the 1960s. at that time, there was only one charity hospital. it relied on funds from the county in the city and each of them tried to dump it on the other. it was called jefferson davis hospital. mostly, it was african americans and immigrants, patients who came and had to go to that hospital. atrocious conditions to the point where op-eds started to be written about it and there was a voter referendum to fund a public health care system. that is the sea that was planted in the 1960s. what comes about from that is a health care system a lot like what you have here in bexar county. there are clinics outlining -- there are specialty clinics, hospitals. it is a local system that has been cultivated by public leaders over the years. the big texas cities have it for a lot of different reasons because the state does not want to take, want to give dollars to health care and allow the county to do that. as the counties have grown in the urban centers, they have realized something. in order to keep peop

i want to thank you for coming houston again. and most importantly, thank you for for what you do to kind of help the world know what the reality of the cartel violence is. thank you very much. thank you. thank

i want to thank you for coming houston again. and most importantly, thank you for for what you do to kind of help the world know what the reality of the cartel violence is. thank you very much. thank you. thank >> we are live with s.c. gwynne who will take your calls and questions to email, and social media. his books include "empire of the summer moon" , "rebel yell" , and his latest "his majesty's airship: the life and tragic death of the world's largest flying machine" ." >> you open your book in 1930, what was hpe

he says it was stolen from this tesla service center in houston.ince then he's had a front row seat to the thief's travels, tracking the car's movements on his phone. for the last week. i can see everything happening. >> i can see where it's driving, but i can't do anything about it. >> he put a stop to the thief's joyrides by remotely disabling the vehicle. as a result, it's been sitting in this parking lot outside an apartment complex ever since the cops actually told me, do not go to the place . >> do not drive up to the to the where the car is right now. so don't go there. >> now, he says he can't convince police to help him retrieve the car. our houston station visited the lot about a week after the car was stolen. it's still there. the driver's side window smashed there. >> should be an effort. it it's like it's like they're not taking me seriously. >> houston police say the car is no longer in their jurisdiction, saying it's in the nearby city of bel air. and no comment yet from police. they're molina says he's worried the car will be furthe

and in houston, that came about because, there was a voter referendum in the 1960s. it at that time, there was only one charity hospital. it relied on funds from the county, the city, and each of them were trying to dump it on other. it was called jefferson hospital and and it mostly african-americans and immigrants were, the patients who couldn't afford health care at the time. and had to go to that hospital. atrocious conditions, you know, to the point where op eds started to written about it. and then there is a voter to fund, a public health care system, the seed that's planted in the 1960s. and what comes about that is a health care system. a lot like what you have here in bear county right there is that there's count that there's, you know, outlying it there specialty clinics there's hospitals and it's a it's a it's a it's a local system that has been cultivated by public leaders over over years very specific to texas like the bigger tech the big texas cities have it for a lot of different reasons because the state doesn't want to take, you know, one want to gi

in houston that came about because there was a voter referendum. and at that time there was only one parity hospital that relied on funds from the county and city and each of them were trying to dump iton the other . it was called d jefferson davis hospital and mostly african americans and immigrants for patients who couldn't afford healthcare had to goto that hospital. atrocious conditions . to the point where ads started to be written about it and there's voter referendums to fund a public health care system. that's the seed that's planted in the 1960s and what comes about is the healthcare system a lot like what you have in bear county. there's clinics outline in their specialty clinics, fiddles and it's a local system that has been cultivated by public leaders over three years. very specific to texas. the big texas cities have it for a lot of different reasons because they doesn't want to take, doesn't want to give doctors to healthcare and allow the county to do that but as the county has grownin the urban centers , they realized something, in

what's happening to the houston schools?his summer, the state of texas took over hisd, a district of almost 200,000 kids, a blue city in a red state. they replaced the elected school board members and swapped the superintendent for a charter school owner and former leader of dallas schools. some like houston mayor sylvester turner say it's a hostile takeover. >> let's not be fooled. >> reporter: everyone agrees houston schools needed to change. some were failing. many students fell behind in reading and math. district leaders tried to improve and the state even gave him a b rating in 2022, they took over anyway, and took over libraries in some schools. >> i can't afford a laptop for my kid. books is where we get to travel, you know, to dream. >> reporter: jessica's daughter sophie is starting 5th grade at one of the new education system schools. >> i barely know how to read. i just started reading this grade because my english teacher helped me a lot. >> reporter: she says the library was a place where she could practice. su

some like the houston mayor said it's a hostile takeover.n schools needed to change. some were failing. many students fell behind in reading and math. district leaders tried to improve and a state even gave them a b-rating in 2022, they took over anyway and laid off employees and replaced libraries in underperforming schools to give some teachers higher salary. >> reporter: i can't afford a laptop for my kids. so books is where we get to travel. you know, to dream. jessica's daughter sew fee is starting fifth grade at one of the new education system's school. >> i barely know how to read. i just started reading because my english teacher helped me a lot. >> reporter: she said the library was a place where she could practice. the superintendent understands families are anxious about change but he argues books will still be available on shelves and these centers where students will work or go when they're disruptive will help kids like sew fee to catch up in a district where there are so many kids why disrupt the library of all places? >> so,

once it was back in houston it made a successful landing at houston's hoby airport. >> the pilots areh such a situation, so it's terrifying for the passengers, but it's something that pilots deal with on a regular basis in training and the passengers' lives were not in imminent risk. this is an abnormal situation. but it's one we're train for. >> reporter: that plane has been taken out of service according to the airline and a different airplane came to finish the flight. the faa is investigating. >> you hear the air traffic controllers. what about this other case, the flight from miami to chile, forced to make an emergency landing. a tragic ending for that one. >> reporter: another terrifying incident here, a pilot aboard the flight to chile died mid-flight after leaving miami. thankfully there were two pilots onboard. they were able to divert that plane to panama, and passengers onboard that flight applaud the crew for landing. they were given hotel rooms for that unexpected layover, before they went on their way. the airline tells nbc news assistance was given to that pilot who was

chronicle and the houston press in the nineties and 2000. that really talks about a lot the issues in shelton's court. he got caught charging parents, attorneys when they were indigent, which against the law he he had an atlas that he would keep at the bench and he would ask latino families who were in front of him where they came from and look at it on the map and say well, that looks like a great place. why don't you back there? so there was like overt racism in the court and. it was also just like everyone who knew him recognize that. he really wanted the cases to be fast like he wanted the cases out of the docket and. ultimately, what that ends up looking like is parental rights, termination. it's sometimes in cases. so like in dante's case, he's the older brother. he wasn't adopted, but his parent, his rights to his parents were terminated. so he was basically made a orphan, which is like an awful position to be for someone who was ten when they were moved from home. so they remember their family, he wanted to be back there with his fam

or that a houston methodist might find yourself fortunate enough to have a robot on your prostate andtv ads there in spanish too. it is possible at night our patients look out their windows and behold the sparkle of so many new glass buildings, some of them named after the billionaire who sell the oil that becomes their gas. more likely, they're looking out in the direction of the zoo. toward the parking garage in bus stop, wondering how they'll get home. >> that is the first few pages by page 14 i put down -- [laughter] it was simultaneously pulling my heart out. and putting words to an experience in the american healthca care system that i have had that i have witnessed that i didn't know it needed words to e put to them. and even more so, by someone who is a doctor. and the first question i have for you is then, i know what the book meant for me. i think i'm still processing the death and depth of what it means to me and i'm processing who the intook for. >> i dedicate the book to the people whowh work at ben hospitl because we feel like such underdogs. i feel like that -- because

[applause] houston, york city of houston with its manned spacecraft center will become the heart of a large scientific and engineering community. during the next five years the aeronautic and space administration expects to double the number of scientists and engineers. to increase the outlays for salaries and expenses to $60 million a year but to invest some $200 million and laboratory facilities. and to direct contracts the new space efforts over $1 billion from this set up and this is city to be sure all of this cost us a great deal of money. this year's space budget is three times what it was in january of 1961. it is greater then the space and budget of the previous eight years combined. that budget now stands at $5,400,000,000 a year. a staggering sum that somewhat less than you paid for cigarettes and cigars every year. space expenditures. [applause] space expenditures will soon rise from 40 cents per person per week to more than 50 cents a week for every man woman and child in the united states. for all we have given this program a high national priority. even those i realize

houston, your city of houston, with its manned spacecraft center, will become the heart of a large scientificnd engineering community. during the next 5 years the national aeronautics and space administration expects to double the number of scientists and engineers in this area, to increase its outlays for salaries and expenses to $60 million a year; to invest some $200 million in plant and laboratory facilities; and to direct or contract for new space efforts over $1 billion from this center in this city. to be sure, all this costs us all a good deal of money. this year s space budget is three times what it was in january 1961, and it is greater than the space budget of the previous eight years combined. that budget now stands at $5,400 million a year a staggering sum, though somewhat less than we pay for cigarettes and cigars every year. space expenditures will soon rise some more, from 40 cents per person per week to more than 50 cents a week for every man, woman and child in the united states, for we have given this program a high national priority even though i realize that this is in s

for him, it was actually driving around houston.are known for being able to drive themselves, but that's not what happened to albert molina's car. he says it was stolen from this tesla service center in houston. and since then he's had a front row seat to the thief's travels, tracking the car's movements on his phone for the last week. >> i can see everything happening. i can see where it's driving, but i can't do anything about it. >> he put a stop to the thief's joyrides by remotely disabling the vehicle. as a result, it's been sitting in this parking lot outside an apartment complex ever since that cops actually told me, do not go to the place. >> do not drive up to the to the where the car is right now. so don't go there now, he says he can't convince police to help him retrieve the car. >> our houston station visited the lot about a week after the car was stolen. it's still there. the driver's side window smashed. >> there should be an effort. it's like it's like they're not taking me seriously. >> houston police say the car is

houston. [applause] >> reporter: or city of houston with its manned spacecraft center, will become the heart of a large scientific and engineering community. during the next five years, the national aeronautics and space administration expect to double the number of scientists and engineers in this area, to increase its outlay for salaries and expenses to $60 million a year, to invest some $200 million in plants and laboratory facilities and to direct a contract forefforts over one billion dollars from this center in this city to be sure all this costs us all a good deal of money. this year space budget is three times what it was in january of 1960 one handed is greater than the space budget of the previous 8 years combined. that budget now stands at 5,000,000,004 a year. a staggering sum, though somewhat less than we pay for cigarettes and cigars every year. space expenditures -- [applause] >> space expenditures will soon rise some more, from $0.40 per person per week to more than $0.50 a wee

my name is jayla in houston, texas. we meet for high school students in active numbers of the march for our lives movement, a student level advocacy group, all a good fighting for better gunbar. like many around the us, they have demands that they believe create a safe classroom environment. i would say if we were to do 3, which is the 1st part of those which is the universal background checks, raising the age of bar on purchase from $18.00 to $21.00. if i do ever support bathing assault rifles, not only are students with teachers are concerned, dallas space art teacher, katrina rasmussen believes that current safety precautions are not enough. and without gun control, it's only a matter of time until the next school shooting. i feel like we're playing russian roulette. i think it's only a matter of time. i don't think that the safety measures we have in place are enough to prevent something from happening in a sense. it's like security theater. in response, texas governor greg habits signed a new security mandate law s

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