thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] we're also joined by senator john cornyn and several members of want to thank you all for being here. john, thank you very much. most importantly, to the families of our heroes, you understand better than anyone the difference your loved ones have made in the lives of so many americans. we treasure you and we really do thank you from the bottom of our hearts. again, thank you very much. great job. one month ago america witnessed horror beyond belief. on saturday, august 3rd at a walmart in el paso, texas, the soulless and bigoted monster killed 22 innocent people and wounded 27 others. happened very quickly. it was a racist attack motivated by pure evil, hatred. the next day in dayton, ohio, a vile and wicked murderer stole nine lives and injured 34 others. our nation is shocked and enraged by these inhuman and sadistic acts of blood shed. we fail to comprehend how any person could be so warped by malice and contempt. every heart breaks for the family who lost precious loved ones and every american grieves for those who were so cruelly taken from u

i by the way had chance to talk to texas senator john cornyn of the president's outreach. >> as you canl, there's a strong cultural of indian americans, maybe 400,000 indian americans alone that make tremendous contributions to the community, so it's very exciting. >> john cornyn, texas senator a live look here at nrg, we are awaiting the president's remarks and those of the prime minister and, of course, as soon as it happens, i promise to bring it to you, but for now, back to you. >> kevin corke in houston traveling with the president. >> the president behind schedule a little bit, meantime we bring in democratic michigan congresswoman chief deputy whip of the house democratic caucus, member of the houses ways and means committee, we can go on and on but we will bring dan ahead. all right, congressman, adam schiff if the trump-ukraine calls are true, impeachment in his words, quote, maybe the only remedy. you agree? >> well, it's possible, i think the only way we can make that determination is if the whistleblower as prescribed under law is able to report to the intelligence committee

. >> on wednesday, texas republican senator john cornyn chastised house democrats for their pursuit of impeachment inquiry against president trump. >> mr. president, our friends in the house, led by speaker pelosi, have adopted a new strategy for handling allegations of wrongdoing. it's a dangerous approach, one in which opinions count for more than the facts and politics trumps everything else including the law. yesterday evening speaker pelosi announced the house is now moving full steam toward impeaching president trump. when the announcement was made, the only information they had at their-- in their hands was press reports. no report of the transcript, no facts, no evidence, no nothing. and that's really all they needed. any hook, any angle, any straw they might be able to grasp in order to justify this unju unjustifable action. and press reports. and impeaching the president and 0 so-called whistleblower complaint that they hadn't read which detailed a call they hadn't seen the transcript of. meanwhile, we know the media eagerly reported that the quote whistleblower didn't even h

i think john cornyn is still ofored, i would not die shock if he lost on election night. it depends on which democrat faces in. texas is going to become a swing state. when texas becomes a swing state, which could happen in changehat is a landscape for the united states when texas aves from a red state, to light red state which it is today, and to a purple state. [applause] >> the electoral math is harder if republicans don't count on the electoral votes from texas. >> knowing that there might not senate,l trial in the and the house proceedings being the best case for the democrats to make the case to the public, you talked about how they would like to move speedy, but knowing that people like rudy giuliani privilege,executive what is their strategy to get the best testimony to the public versus speed? >> you have officials of the administration refusing to comply with subpoenas. when i grew up, who thought you could decide just not to comply with a subpoena? >> take that man into custody. >> how do you get access to the information you want? russia, youhings have a 200 p

. >> senator john cornyn talked recently about the gun background checks bill and improving mental health treatment. the texas republican urged the senate to pass consensus legislation. >> mr. president, one of the most poignant moments of my life and certainly of my career here in the senate came in 2017 one a gunman opened fire on a sunday service and little baptist church right outside sutherland springs texas. 26 lives were lost that day 20 people were injured. and the entire community that small little community outside san antonio was shaken to their core by the state's lack Ãb well it didn't take us too long to learn about the shooter, the man with the record of domestic violence, animal cruelty, and mental illness, he'd been court-martialed by the air force and convicted of a serious domestic abuse. which is a felony. by law the shooter should have been prevented from purchasing or even possessing a firearm. but he wasn't because the critically information critically important information about his criminal background had not been uploaded into the relevant background check databa

democratic senator klobuchar on her thoughts on gun violence legislation followed by chuck schumer and john cornyn majority whip. >> think about the incredible courage of the people who were in dayton and el paso and odessa. literally shielding her baby from death and she perished herself from gunshot wounds that she kept that baby alive. or how about the grandpa who died shielding his wife and granddaughter for the off-duty soldier who carry children away to safety. all that happened in that store. as we approach the anniversary of 9/11, i think also of the first responders and all of these mass shootings and dayton ohio who got there in one minute but still be lost nine people in 30 seconds but they were there in one minute and saved so many lives. that is the courage of ordinary people doing extraordinaryd things. and i believe in this place of extraordinary power that they are courage must be matched and must be matched to that mom and grandpa and soldier in those first responders. these are ordinary citizens who stepped up to save a life it is the least we can do to ematch their courage. the

john cornyn and several members of my cabinet. most importantly to the families of our heroes you understand better than anyone the difference that your loved ones have made in the lives of so many americans. we treasure you and thank you from the bottom of our heart. thank you. >> america witnessed horror beyond belief. saturday, august 3 at a walmart in el paso texas, the soulless and bigoted monster killed 22 in his people and wounded 27 others. it happened very quickly. it was a racist attack motivated by pure evil. the next day a wicked murderer stole nine lives and injured 34 others. our nation's shocked and enraged by these sadistic acts of luncheon. we fail to comprehend how any person could he so warped by malice and content. hearts break for the families who lost precious loved ones and americans grieve for those cruelly taken from us. in the midst of ingress anguish, when evil showed its hideous face americans rose up, they did, they rose up, they stared down death to protect the innocent, and stand tall they did for ri

if john cornyn and his campaign are spending money and trying to keep numbers up.e hopeful that can help them here. here in texas 24, you got to stand it while candidates ran last time for agriculture jobs and running here in this district so she's a little more well known. you can have a major dog fight of two big and expensive markets to the country's biggest city. it could be fascinating. >> garret haake, thank you very much. >> let me bring in wendy davis. thank you very much for being on with us senator davis, i know it is a lot going on in texas right now. you as our viewers shall know, you campaigned the governor of texas. you lost to abbott several years ago. what is different now and what changed? >> the republican party have failed to reflect the value and concerns o f people who elected them to serve their interest. people like my opponent like ship roy who have the highest percentage of unensured people in the country have continue to vote in ways making sure we are protecting the existing healthcare coverage. they are voting against protecting preexist

he is slated to meet with republican john cornyn as well later tonight from texas.e dems, he's meeting with or has met with senators mark warner, richard blumenthal and maria cantwell. to hillary vaughan, were you chasing him there in the hallway? >> yeah, we have been chasing him from office to office as he's been putting a lot of face thyme with lawmakers -- face time with lawmakers today. he finished a meeting with senator josh holly, one of the loudest voices who have been calling for a crackdown against the company for what they see as conservative bias on the platform. holly has called for a third party audit of facebook to prove that they aren't biased against conservatives. right now, though, he is meeting with senator tom cotton, another senator that has been vocal on these issues. he wrapped up earlier today a meeting with senator mike lee. mike lee spokesperson gives us this statement saying that they talked about a lot of issues including antitrust enforcement, data privacy and of course conservative bias. last night zuckerberg spent a lot of time with d

positive impact on saving lives, texas senator john cornyn says new laws alone won't prevent crime. he says he supports further discussions on legislative solutions what can. >>and what should we do to try to stop. incidents like these in the future. but virginia senator mark warner urges lawmakers to take action 93% of americans agree that we ought to put in place universal background checks in addition to examining background checks. lawmakers say they're weighing red flag laws as another option to help keep guns away from dangerous people in washington bree jackson. >>coming up another day of drama on capitol hill says president trump announced on twitter that he had fired. it's national security adviser john bolton plus oakland's may be losing the raiders but there's a new football team you can soon cheer on on details on the oakland panthers and the involvement of marshawn lynch. ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app

senator john cornyn who's an ber of thepowerful m senate.here was a surge soting in sutherland springs and it seemed to rock him. he made changes but nothing sweeping. pete: the agencies giving dills qualifying information for ckground checks. but what about him? >> we've seen this with himit better in the immediate aftermath, his first instinct is think about gun ls. rom new york. he has been a democrat in the past. i don't think this is aed lineis for him. he was open to the idea. after timeasses, after the. r.a. weighs in after the poll sters weigh in and what his bthe ks about it, he may back off. i think abby is right.ht if it didn't happen in major way after parkland, after baseball game, what makes now any different? pete: every time something like this happens, the speaker says enough is e this will be different. do you get any sense at the white house that thiill be different ever will be after one of these? >> the president was really strong in the first couple of days after the back-to-back shootings after that tragic weekend wher

senator john cornyn who's an tremely powerful member of the senate.utherland springs and it seemed to rock him. he madees cha but nothing sweeping. pete: the agenciesie giving dil qualifying information for background checks. but what about him? >> we've seen this with him better in the immediate aftermath, his first instinct is think about gun ls. he's from nework. he h been a democrat in the past. i don't think this is a red line for him. he was open t the idea. after timeer passes, a the. sters weigh i and what his base thinks about it, he may back off. i tbby is right.ht if it didn't happenaj in a way after parkland, after newtwt, after the congressional baseballame, what makes now any different? pete: every time something like this happens the speaker says enough is enough. this will be different. do you get any sense at the white house that things will be one of these? r will b after >> the president was really strong in the first couple of days after the back-to-back shootings after that tragic weekend where there were shootings in both ohio an

>>but what actually not have a positive impact on saving lives, texas senator john cornyn says new laws alone won't prevent crime. he says he supports further discussions on legislative solutions what can. >>and what should we do to try to stop. incidents like these in the future. but virginia senator mark warner urges lawmakers to take action 93% of americans agree that we ought to put in place universal background ihecks in addition to examining background checks. lawmakers say they're weighing red flag laws as another option to help keep guns away from dangerous people in washington bree jackson. >>still ahead on the kron 4 morning news after being bitten twice by a homeless for and just outside of a shot one bay area business owner says that he's now considering closing his business. how about we take a little peek outside and check in on conditions around the bay area here is the golden gate in that big yellow truck that's a different rug footing around the configuration get ready for the morning commute looking good in both directions so far of course, we'll have a complete weathe

i think john cornyn is still favored. i don't think -- i wouldn't die of shock if he lost on election night. it depends on which democrat runs him, but texas is soon going to become a swing state and one that -- when texas becomes a swing state, which could happen in 2022, there's a movement in 2020, i think that's a landscape change for the united states when texas moves from a red state to a light red state to a purple state. and ultimately, texas will be a blue state. it makes it harder to do the math. [applause] the electoral math is harder if republicans don't count on texas every election, fisher. -- for sure. >> knowing that there might not be a legitimate full trial in the senate and has proceedings being the best case for the democrats to make a case to the public, you talk about how they would like to move speedy, but knowing that people like rudy giuliani might cite executive privilege, what is their strategy to try to get the best testimony and case to the public, versus speed? >> the fact is right now, you ha

>>and a texas republican senator john cornyn called the bill a show vote that won't save lives. so are you suggesting we ought to pass a law just to pretend like we're doing something president trump is it clear policy changes, he'll support. and mcconnell says he will call a vote only if the president backs the plan. and whington recall martin. look outside a beautiful day and sunny san francisco, beautiful day in the bay area for a football game raiders playing tonight in oakland. >>god we we mentioned all the time us traitors fans re going are you okay, yeah, not so much. i'm still recovering from the weekend can you see that i mean the drama that it's been up and down but you know what i think we're better off without him, let's go let's play some football tonight, some rackover yeah, yeah let's let's go hey you know the game should be great if you're going out there monday night football opening weekend and get much better than that. and the weather just about perfect to play ball out there. if you're headed out to the game. so going out there to see the raiders and the bro

his job performance was between 49% and 50% and that brings us to john cornyn who is not despite his years around is not particularly well-defined and seems to be go along, get along, special interest guy. not particularly popular and is vulnerable. host: do you have appearn estimate of how much you will raise and spend? guest: i don't have a dollar figure. we will -- we were lucky to be successful raising funds last cycle with the super pak that i manage raised $167 million. would like to get there, early to say that but we are lady -- ahead of our figures and that is a excited base. >> in 2018 so many candidates running for congress didn't talk about trump at all. he will be on the ballot 2020. do you expect him to be up more? guest: it is hard not to talk about the elephant in the room. i think he certainly will be talked about more in senate races because i really do believe for this set of in incumbent most vulnerable because they have been there one term and they are not well-defined. the subtle conversation underneath is are these republican senators any kind of answer back to

his job performance was somewhere between 49-50%, and that brings us to john cornyn, who's not, despite his years around, not somebody who is particularly well defined, and seems to be go along, get along, special interest kind of guy, not particularly probably learn -- popular. steve: do you have an estimate of how much he will raise in spending? j.b.: i don't have a dollar figure. -- lucky toe lik be successful raising funds last cycle, the super pac been -- i'm in. we'd like to get there again, a little too early to say that. but obviously, one, we're ahead of fundraising figures and two, that's a very excited and hopeful democratic race at their. -- base out there. >> candidates didn't talk about trump at all. he's going to be on the ballot in 2020. do you expect him to come up because he's a force? j.b.: it's hard not to talk about the elephant in the room. i think he's certainly going to be talked about more in senate races because i really do believe for this set of incumbents, most of them are vulnerable because they've only been there one term or they are not particularly well

. >>> senate minority leader chuck schumer and majority whip john cornyn yesterday came to the floor to discuss gun violence legislation and background checks. here's a look at their remarks. >> one issue of particular importance looms on this upcoming senate work period, that is gun safety. in the months of august, more than 50 mernz americans were killed in last shootings. the latest barrage in litany of mass shootings that have become all too rue seen in our country. to say nothing of the american lives lost in everyday gun violence in our community. it's on the minds of the american people. i was at the airport, someone i didn't know, grabbed my arm and he said, senator, do something about gun violence. i lost my nephew to gun violence last year. it's on so many people's minds. that's why our first order of business in the senate should be to take action on hr-8, the house passed bipartisan background checks act. we must grapple with the stark reality that gun violence is becoming an all-too routine occurrence and that we in congress have both the ability and responsibility to do

right now john cornyn, a very weak candidate for re-election as united states senator, there are fourhe democratic primary to try to defeat him. you look at all the congressional races in texas, where we have, where it's a competitive race, women are in all of those races and so it is to me what's happening in texas, it is a microcosm of what we're seeing across the country, which is women, people of color, young people saying i want to get off the sidelines, put me in. i want to be part of changing what's happening in this country. >> i have a couple questions on this, one of them is i'm glad that you mentioned the women who are running on to defeat john cornyn. what tends to happen in the democratic party, they get their sights fixated on one person, that is the person who can win this race. right now, the eye of soron is on beto o'rourke. only beto. he is amazing, in his advocacy of gun reform, i don't think anyone is better other than the parkling kids, but is it possible the party needs to expand its vision in georgia? they're up in arms because stacey abrams does not want to be

they had control of the house and the senate for two years and john cornyn said it wasn't worth it.raham said it wasn't worth it so he stole money from their states and they couldn't stop him. they were too weak to stop him. i will tell you what, i don't care who it was -- well, actually, newt gingrich did try to take some money from some of my military bases and it did not end well. i got all the money back and i was just a lowly congressman. so these senators -- i forgot about that. i swear to god, handed into he a piece of paper and he said -- he said here you go, congressman, now, you tell me where you want the money to go in these five -- on your five military bases and we will put it there. that was the end of the story after he gutted my military bases. and i was a lowly freshman and these senators, thom tillis, how long have you been there? he just stole $80 million from your state. how weak are you? unbelievable. >> joe, this has a two-fold implication. this has obviously political implications with thom tillis in north carolina, which is not exactly a rock solid republican

hager, just to mention three extraordinary women, any one of whom will be able to defeat john cornyn and any one of whom will make an excellent u.s. senator. and lastly, joy, if i am the nominee, not only can i win the 38 electoral college votes in texas, which will firmly and finally put donald trump away, if he's on the ballot in november 2020, i could also help whoever the nominee is against john cornyn to ensure that they are successful in that race as well. it's going to help us all up and down the ballot, from president to senator to every office below. this is the way that we bring this country together. this is the way that we defeat donald trump. this is the way that we win elections through texas in this country. >> let's go back to donald trump and his administration. we know that in the case of richard nixon, which is the closest sort of analog that we have to the situation that we have now, even though the watergate break-in, there was an american operation, there were no foreign entities involved. i think that's a very important difference between this and then. but in

on twitter ted cruz and john cornyn offering thoughts and prayers saying they stand with the people inmunity. abc news, new york. >> fairmont hotel in san jose is open again after evacuated. hazmat team sent in to clear floor of toxic chemicals in what may have been death by suicide. anser has more. >> you can see the hotel has opened back up. 19th floor remains closed. air in the hotel and area is not toxic. san jose police are now in charge of the ongoing investigation. total of seven staff members and two motel guests had to be decontame nated after toxic chemicals were found on the 19th floor. >> initial reports were saying that somebody attempted suicide using chemicals. >> reporter: in email to abc7 news, confirmed death by suicide, victim adult female. chemicals were found in her room. >> what they are or how many, i don't know. hazard was contained to one room. >> reporter: in email to abc7 news the hotel says we continue to work closely with local ems and our own safety officials to ensure the safety and security of guests and employees. captain mattlo says people were investi

john cornyn writing, we are one with the midland-odessa community.says he is heartbroken about the heinous attack. greg abbott writes, we will not allow the lone star state to be overrun by hatred and violence. the candidates from texas shared their feelings. >> i don't know what the motivation is. don't know the firearms that were used or how they acquired them. but we know this is [ bleep ] up. >> we don't know what happened tonight in midland and odessa. but we do know it is time for politicians to act. >> sweeping, new gun laws will make it easier for places. susan pe susan pearson, and joining us from odessa, texas, msnbc's garrett haake. garrett, we're going to start it with you. bring us the latest from odessa, on a day we have this shooting and new gun laws taking effect. >> hey, alison. we have learned more about the victims in this case, including a high school student from the odessa area, a 17-month-old girl who was injured by shrapnel. we don't know anything about the suspect himself. police haven't released his name if they know it. it

are working with your great governor, greg abbott, lieutenant governor dan patrick, and senators john cornynruz. thank you for working hard together. my administration will not rest until you have fully recovered, restored, and rebuilt. i know you will come back with the same tremendous spirit we have shown every single time, every time there has been a problem. it is called houston strong. [cheers and applause] i haveinister modi and come to houston to celebrate everything that unites america and india. our shared dreams and bright futures. i have also come to express my profound gratitude to the nearly 4 million amazing indian americans all across our country . [cheers and applause] pres. trump: you enrich our culture. you uphold our values. you uplift our communities, and you are truly proud to be americans. we are proud to have you as americans. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: we thank you, we love you to know, my administration is fighting for you each and every day. you asto recognize , andsador to india minister, of india, thank you both very much. joint byso probably -- nasa deput

>> reporter: i actually spoke to john cornyn. i asked him specifically if he wanted to see that whistleblower handed over to congress. he said he was mixed on that one. >> the whistleblower complaint, do you believe it should be handed over to congress? >> i think we'll get access to that information in due course, but i am troubled by the fact the initial reports came from somebody who didn't have firsthand knowledge and then it sort of took off by wildfire. a lot of speculation. i prefer to wait until we can get access to the real information to make a judgment, but i'm on the select committee, and we'll get ak sets to the information and find out what it is. >> he lobbied for a potential rival in 2020. cornyn said he didn't want to speak for rudy giuliani and he wanted to wait until all facts are in, martin. >> boris sanchez down in houston. thank you very much. >>> the ukranian president has yet to comment on the whistleblower complaint, but he is still expected to meet with president trump on the sidelines of the u.n. genera

thank you. [ applause ] we're also joined by senator john cornyn and several members of my cabinet an i want to thank you all for being here. john, thank you very much. most importantly, to the families of our heroes, you understand better than anyone the difference your loved ones have made in the lives of so many americans. we treasure you and we really do thank you from the bottom of our hearts. again, thank you very much. great job. one month ago america witnessed horror beyond belief. on saturday, august 3rd, at a walmart in el paso, texas, the soulless and bigoted monster killed 22 innocent people and wounded 27 others. happened very quickly. it was a racist attack motivated by pure evil, hatred. the next day in dayton, ohio, a vile and wicked murderer stole nine lives and injured 34 others. our nation is shocked and enraged by these inhuman and sadistic acts of bloodshed. we fail to comprehend how any person could be so warped by malice and contempt. every heart breaks for the families who lost precious loved ones. and every american grieves for those who were so cruelly taken

texecutive director f texas's democratic party says, quote, we will win the white house, take out john cornynd our texas congressional delegation, break the supermajority in the texas senat senate. last week congressman bill flores became the first texas republican to announce his retiert thr retirement this year and there might be more coming. the retirements have given them enormous political opportunity. what's behind this? what's making the public lawmakers decide now is the time to go? >> it's a little bit of everything, morgan. in these republican lawmakers who have retired, some have been in congress for decades, just ready to do something else. but others you've seen blowout races get closer and closer and closer over time. as they look ahead to 2020, they z a see all the same factors, changing demographics, donald trump turning off suburban voters and the possibility of being back in the minority in 2020 where no one wants to be and now you've got these democratic candidates coming on board, the party had a pretty thin bench in texas for a long time, but they're starting to be able t

>> well i got to chance to speak to senator john cornyn who was here today in houston honoring indianme minister modi and i asked him specifically if he believed that congress should get a look at the wh whistleblower's complaint. he sounded optimistic. listen to what he said. >> whistleblower complaint, a number of democrats have demanded access to that. do you believe it should p handed over to congress? >> well i think we'll get access to that information in due course, but i am troubled that apparently, some of the initial reports came from somebody who didn't have firsthand knowledge then it sort of took off like a wildfire. a will the of speculation. i prefer to wait to get the access to the real information to make a judgment but i'm on the select committee on intelligence and i'm sure as part of our oversight responsibilities, we'll get access to the information and find out what the facts are. >> i also asked if he thought it was appropriate the president's personal attorney tried to lobby the ukrainians into launching an investigation into joe biden and his son. the senator

>>so why is the erime minister in houston texas senator john cornyn says energy and natural gas would be key components of a trade deal between the us and india. >>damian needs access to low cost. >>the united states is the number one producer thought. >>but not everyone welcomed the show of friendship between the us and india. protesters gathered outside the nrg arena criticizing modi's hindu nationalist agenda. we all standing here. humanity in no matter who is a professor and we had against that members of congress say fueling the relationship between india and the us is a good thing for both countries we share >>is the >>i'm david daniel reporting. well acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire is expected to brief the senate intelligence committee this week. >>on the whistleblower complaint whistleblower filed a complaint with the intelligenhe community. inspector general michael atkinson last month. a source says the whistleblower said president trump. press the ukrainian president in a july 25th phone call to investigate former vice president joe biden's son hunte

on twitter texas senators ted cruz and john cornyn offering thoughts and prayers and say they stand with people in the midland, odessa community. cor in, a mitchell, abc news, new york. >>> one victim was 17-month-old anderson davis. she was hit with a bullet fragment. as you can see this go misunderstand me page set up for her has raised almost $106,000. its goal is $200,000. that family is asking for donations to help pay for medical bills. her mother said apps shrapnel in her chest, a hole in her lung and her front teeth were knocked out. >>> switching gears to developing news. hurricane dorian making its way northwest to the bahamas where it's expected to make landfall today and now it's a category 5 storm. the bahamas could be hit with more than 2 feet of rainfall in some places. officials warn those that refuse to move are putting their lives at risk. they are making the last plea to residents and tourists to seek shelter before dorian hits. >> we made it clear to category 4, there's only a window of sis answer. the police will not be coming for you in the middle of a hurricane. yo

look, there's a lot of talk about beto probably not going to winin the nomination bt challengingha john cornyn from texas. if republicans had the slightest worry about beto running for senate in texas, they're not worried anymore. he's made himself unelectable in the state of texas >> laura: the best schooling of the rhodes scholar goes to julian castro. mayor pete was a little shell shocked here. >> this reminds everybody about what they cannot stand about washington, scoring points against each other, poking at each other, and telling each other that your plan, my plan look, we allhave different visit government. >> it's the democratic primary election. it's called an election. it's called an election. this is what we're here for. it's an election. >> laura: mercedes, mayor pete looked like he should have been filming a got milk ad or something.he looks like a schoos very young. they were being mean to each other. this is politics. i'm a big fan of castro, but that was a good moment. >> the exchange was intense. for pete to get intense, it doesn't happen too often. he kind of mumbled his way

i also believe john cornyn will be reelected.th will have a serious race in the state of texas. >> what do we make of that, and what do we make of this new ted cruz? he streamed live on facebook the other day, he met with actress alyssa molano to talk guns. >> i think they're trying to talk more about guns in texas so they won't be caught off guard. >> what's happening at the state house level is also very important. i think he's trying to sound the alarm. republican donors need to know texas is not the safe place that it was. >> it also looks like he's keeping his options open. if his base shifts in texas a little bit, maybe another national run makes more sense for him. >> keep our eyes on it, for sure. >>> up next the president had his own stage last night at the republican retreat in baltimore. he had more on his mind than his 2020 opponents. >> the bulb that we're being forced to use, number one, the light's no good. i always look orange. screen light... sunlight... longer hours... eyes today are stressed! but ocuvite has vi

>>so why is the prime minister in houston texas senator john cornyn says energy and natural gas would be key components of a trade deal between the us and india. >>damian needs access to low cost. >>the united states is the number one producer thought. >>but not everyone welcomed the show of friendship between the us and india. protesters gathered outside the nrg arena criticizing modi's hindu nationalist agenda. we all standing here. humanity in no matter who is a professor and we had against that members of congress say fueling the relationship between india and the us is a good thing for both countries we share >>is the >>i'm david daniel reporting. >>victims displays from hurricane dorian are now being forced to vacate a good samaritans home here in the u s details ahead. >>plus we will go live to hollywood as we are on the purple carpet for this year 71th annual emmy awards will talk about the big winners and snubs from the ceremony and see whose uh going into the big parties tonight. >>i mean a warning people border report dot com we're kicking off our border tour. right here in

on twitter texas senators ted cruz and john cornyn offering thoughts and prayers and say they stand withe in the midland, odessa community. corina mitchell, abc 7 news, new york. >>> one victim was 17-month-old anderson davis. she was hit with a bullet fragment. a gofundme page has been set up for her. you can see it right here. it's already raised $108,000. its goal is $200,000. that family is asking for donations to help pay for medical bills. her mother said anderson had shrapnel in her chest, a hole in her bottom lip,. and her front teeth were knocked out. >>> switching gears to developing news. hurricane dorian upgraded to category 5 storm. it's making its way west to the atlantic and hitting the bahamas right now. the eyewall is expected to make landfall later today. the bahamas could be hit with more than 2 feet of rainfall in some places. officials are warning those that refuse to move are putting their lives at risk. we will have a live report in half an hour from daytona beach, florida, on the latest conditions. >>> you can keep track with hurricane dorian with abc 7 news app.

. >>> we're also joined by senator john cornyn and several members of my cabinet and i want to thank you all for being here. john, thank you very much. most importantly to the families of our heroes, you understand better than anyone the difference your loved ones have made in the lives of so many americans. we treasure you, and we really do thank you from the bottom of our hearts. again, thank you very much, great job. one month ago america witnessed horror beyond belief. on saturday august 3rd at a walmart in el paso, texas the soulless and bigoted monster killed 22 innocent people and wounded 27 others, happened very quickly. it was a racist attack motivated by pure evil hatred. the next day in dayton ohio a vile and wick ed murderer sole five lives and injured many others. we fail to comprehend how any person could be so warped by malice and contempt. every heart breaks for the families who lost precious loved ones, and every american grieves for those who were so cruelly taken from us. in the midst of such profound anguish. one memory fills us with hope. when evil showed its hide

here's senator john cornyn. is it a whistleblower or a leaker? i don't know which. we do know which since there is a law that explains what you need to do if you're a whistleblower and this whistleblower follow it. this is senator kevin cramer of north dakota. there's a lot of hysteria over very little. how do we know that? next, i don't -- this is richard burr. i don't even know if the complaint even deals with the intelligence community. i mean, you can see that they're sort of struggling to figure out what to be angry about. >> yeah, there's this sense that, well, you know, maybe nothing is knowable in the trump era and maybe accountability is impossible. here's a real simple standard. if barack obama did it, how would you act? if you can't apply the same -- no matter what party is in power, you're a hack, and you're part of the power. burr should have this report. we know it's a whistleblower, we know they went through the correct steps. >> he's somebody who fought for whistleblower rights in the past. >> that's right. this whistleblower came forward the right a

john cornyn said is it a whistleblower or is it a leaker? i don't know which.kevin cramer says i think as is often the case it's a lot of hysteria over a little. and richard burr said i don't even know if the complaint even deals with the intelligence community. what signs have you seen that your republican colleagues in any way might support an investigation? >> i see very little signs of the republicans having the guts to come forward and doing the right thing and saying the right thing, so we should live so long. in the meantime, an impeachment inquiry should proceed so at least the american people will know what the heck this president has been doing and what he's been saying so that the american people can make a decision if nothing else. i'm really saddened by the state of the republican party and the republican members, and by the way, when the funds to ukraine were held back, there was a bipartisan group of senators who expressed grave concerns about that, including by the way, lindsey graham who wanted to know why this money that congress had appropria

afternoon and the first chance to look at this whistle-blower clant this afternoon according to senator john cornyn of texas. topic of discussion internally at a closed door lunch earlier today. also senator lindsey graham indicated that the senate intelligence committee members would get a chance to look at this as well. we do expect that the house intelligence committee would review this at the same time. now, ultimate question is how much of this will be publicly releasened and the membersble able to say, how much, afterwards. new reporting where things are going on the impeachment front, plays into how democrats plan to move forward on impeachment. nancy pelosi made clear to her members she wants to keep the focus on the impeachment focus narrowly looking at the issue of ukraine. the whistle-blower complaint. how the president handled this phone call, the transcript. they believe that's the clearest message they can dliv herb eliv american public what is wrongdoing by this president. the allegations of obstruction of justice laid out in the mueller report, while still an issue to focus on by co

reporter: he will also be meeting with senator john cornyn at some point later this evening. data privacy, antitrust concern. there is looming question. cryptocurrency. a lot of lawmakers are not friendly to the fact that facebook wants to get into their own cryptocurrency with libra. melissa: hillary, thank you very much. connell: draw as crowd, that mark zuckerberg. melissa: libra is the last thing they would let them do right now. they're so worried about everything going on the site, whether it is bots or privacy or everything else. let's let them have a currency now. what a great idea. connell: doesn't seem like a lot of fans out there. whether or not they would be forced to spin off instagram. i don't see that but we'll talk about that coming up. >>> muddling through the middle east tensions from the u.s. and iran. fall out from attacks on saudi oil facilities reached new heights. we'll have that. phil flynn talked about it at the top of the show. remnants of tropical depression imelda slammed into texas, threatening the southeastern part of the state with up to 40 inch

of these republicans both in the house and senate especially these folks like cory gardner and john cornyn who know that they are living in states that, you know, they could lose their election next year. this is all substantive, but there is also of course a political element to it. why don't they tell the people that president behaves like this deserves to be in that oval office. >> 10 that >> so that is the essence of how this compares to thing. republicans were not in favor of pressuring richard nixon but as hearings came out and evidence brought to bear, people understand their political friendship, never mind doing the right thing, but people were made to understand their political fortunes were now tied to making the right decision. for some reason, republicans have to the come to that conclusion. there is no republican calling for an impeachment inquiry, not articles of impeachment, but an impeachment inquiry as a result of this. >> what may be happening, there is some evidence to suggest that even though those politicians, the republican politicians have not yet seen the light, th

i notice john cornyn says well is it a whistle-blower or leaker?t they see. >> i'm reminded by former speaker ryan's comment he would wake up every morning and prete pretend not to see tweets from the president. i think you're so seeing reserved judgment, hold back. the president was apparently willing to release a transcript of the call or notes from the call. there are suggestion we may see the whistle-blower report. at least senate intel obviously will because senate republicans did not object. so it's sort of an odd moment for house democrats to have moved into this new sort of fake impeachment phase when they were getting cooperation -- i think they're doing exactly what they were already doing, they're combining the reports all their committees and jurisdictions are doing, sending them to the judiciary. that's not impeachment. that's collating. >> but it does put them in a position -- >> but it does seem to be getting the president to act, right, which is what he wasn't doing. he was stonewalling and not cooperating at all. and now he's movin

it's fascinating too, john cornyn, who is up for reelection to the united states senate, a re weak incumbentur women are challenging him. that's the name of the game in texas, and we're seeing it across the country, women are on fire politically. they are the majority of voters, increasingly the majority of activists, donors and candidates. >> and the president's approval rating among women voters, let's look at that, the quinnipiac poll, approve 33%, disapprove 62%. women's disapproval of donald trump is higher than the national total. so they are kind of the leading voting force against the president. >> absolutely. i mean, that is why super majority, we are finding all across the country, women who are raising their hand and saying, i've never been involved in politics, i've never registered voters or knocked on doors, i want to learn how to do it, and that's what we're doing. we're get on the road, actually on september 15th, starting with stacey abrams in georgia and going all across the country. these women are desperate to find out how can they actually turn things around in this coun

>>and a texas republican senator john cornyn called the bill a show vote that won't save lives.to pass a law just to pretend like we're doing something president trump is it clear policy changes, he'll support. and mcconnell says he will call a vote only if the president backs the plan. and washington recall martin. >>national rifle association is firing back at san francisco for declaring them. terrorists. the lawsuit claims the city's infringing on their free speech rights and and seeking to blacklist anybody associated with the nra the san francisco board of supervisors approved that declaration last week following recent mass shootings, including the garlic festival. >>state attorneys general have launched an investigation now into google to see whether google is a monopoly that is violating us antitrust laws. the probe will look into. it's so google's advertising practices to see if it harms both consumers and business owners that are highly dependent on online sales other big tech companies could be drawn in by this is well either is targets of the investigation or as witn