ms. davi ms. davis has responded by attacking the media and her current rival. late today, conservative filmmaker james o 'keefe, who claimed to have gotten cameras in a meeting where the issue of greg abbott and his handicap came up. we are still vetting this tape but we know what it says and so does our guest. joining me now, republican candidate for governor, greg abbott, thank you for coming on, we have continued to vet this tape, we've seen it. and in the transcription a and the videotape of it you can clearly hear these women who purport to be a part of a group called "battle ground texas," turning texas blue, talking about your being a paraplegic, laughing saying you have no sympathy for anybody in any way, you may have a personality disorder, you don't speak well, you don't have a good personality. and you're in a wheelchair, to have the audience cackles with laughter, your response? >> well, megyn, denigrating is unworthy. texans really look at depth of character. megyn, there is a reason why i have been elected statewide in texas five different times.

>> dana, according to this account, ms. davis said about greg abbott, who she believes planted this story or released this -- >> or opponent. >> he hasn't walked a day in my shoes. can't walk. >> turns out he's in a wheelchair. that's probably not the best choice of words. she should tighten her language up so he doesn't have another one of those loose-lipped problems. he's my concern. the ferocity the right as come after her about the holes in her story plays right into the trap of what elizabeth warren did, which she said, then you are against women. so republicans go right after her, now, there are legitimate things to talk about here, but i think that if we as a people are going to actually have policy debates, i would actually be more concerned, what is she going to do in the state of texas? what would she do differently? the abortion piece is one of them. also, economically, that state is doing great. what would she do that would be different? how is she going to improve upon that? one thing you might not realize, i actuall

given ms. davis is running for texas governor, this is information relevant to voters, though it would have been better having it back when the media was glorifying her. >> matt? >> the mayor of our town made the centerpiece of his campaign a tax increase on the rich to fund pre-k programs and he said he would push back against charter schools. well i wouldn't give a hit to the governor of new york state, a fellow democrat named andrew cuomo who had plans that would expand pre-k programs without a tax increase and putting the mayor in his place. >> thank you. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching. hope to see you right here next week. >>> we now know who was responsible for yesterday's deadly shooting at a suburban mall in maryland. welcome to "america's news headquarters." i'm greg jarod. police identified the suspect as 19-year-old darrian marcus aguillar. he arrived at the mall at 10:00 a.m., one hour before the first 9-1-1 calls began. aguillar is accus

. ~ >> thank you, ms. davis. oh, [speaker not understood], just come right up. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is [speaker not understood] and i'm here in my capacity as policy advisor for the national center for lesbian rights. thank you, supervisor kim, for sponsoring this crucial piece of legislation. as a former public defender for almost 12 years in the city and county of san francisco i can only tell you how crucial this type of legislation is for those who are formerly incarcerated. i wanted to underscore that although we appreciate that there are so many supervisors in support, we believe that for the entire board of supervisors to unanimously support this legislation is -- would be a show of leadership for the rest of the state and for the rest of the country. in addition, i wanted to underscore the fact that 47% of african-american transgender people have been incarcerated and this illustrates the disproportionate impact that employment discrimination based on criminal history has on the transg

. >>> tonight, concerning the girl scouts, and texas state senator wendy davis, ms. davised a controversial effort to block a bill that would provide new guidelines for abortion access, it would have stopped abortions after 20 weeks. so imagine the surprise of some when the girl scouts of america recently endorsed her as their candidate for the person of the year. not exactly, but i'll tell you what they did. let's go back to our panel, along with ellisson barber, wendy davis was in favor of allowing abortions past 20 weeks as they are now in texas. and she was a champion of this and did a filibuster. she argued that healthy fetuses ought to be allowed to be aborted after 20 weeks and thought that anybody opposing it was against women's rights. well, she became a hero on the left. and many thought it was a discussion on whether or not she should be the person of the year or woman of the year. do i have it right? >> right, not only did they re-tweet it, the argument is re-tweets are not endorsement. i would say it is a tweetout. but i looked on girl scout's frequent app que

. >>> and maria shriver with ms. davis of the funniest women in the history of tv. >> get out! >> savannah is one-on-one with julia louis-dreyfuss, wednesday, january 15th. >> happy birthday, babe! thanks for watching the kids so i could be here in new york. >> go kentucky! >> my kids are in dallas. dad's in new york. >> i came to new york to see al for my birthday! >> hi to my sisters from new york and the "today" show. woo! >>> welcome back to "today" on this wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, carson daly. >> i didn't know you did that. >> you didn't? >> like a ballerina. >> see what i deal with on a daily basis? hello, folks. how are you? i'm okay. it's beautiful out here, isn't it? >> you know how it's above freezing? >> how? >> by taking a look at joey's legs. look at that. he even waxed. wow, that's really nice. >> good to have you back from florida, joe. >> tanning bed working out well, joe. >>> let's move inside and check of this morning's top stories. natalie, good morning to you. >> i'

ms. welna. >>> good afternoon, i'm machaela davis i'm a staff attorney at the aclu in northern california. one thing we do is work on alternative to incarceration around the state. we really are focusing on counties redirecting resources to strategies that strengthen communities and make our communities safe and healthy. decreasing barriers to employment and housing as everyone knows is one of those key strategies to keeping our communities safe and healthy. as the state continues to undergo the changes under criminal justice realignment, county level reform is all the more important. and we're looking forward to san francisco continuing to serve as a positive example to other counties around the state. so, i want to express our strong support of the legislation and thank supervisors kim and cohen and the rest of the board for their support. >> thank you, ms. [speaker not understood]. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ernest stokes. i'm a long time resident of san francisco, i live in the bayview district. basically i'm here because i'm in favor of the fair chance ordinance beca

ms. lillian drummond, mrs. wear, mrs. irene norwood, representative collins. mrs. davis. mrs. boone. deeds, olph record of mayor perkins of maywood, illinois. ms. barbara miner, ms. gus cunningham and countless other women who have provided leadership and have been actively involved in the struggle for self-direction, community improvement and self-determination. erlene went to city hall, the state house and the white house. through her interactions, she walked with kings and queens but never lost the common touch. erlene's two main issues were health care and education. she was a founding member of the mile square health center and the national association of community health centers. i remember meeting we were having at the university of illinois school of public health and its people introduced themselves, they'd always be introduced as doctor or they'd say john smith, m.s.w., or joy jones, fach. when it came erlene's time she said, i'm mrs. erlene lindsey, csta. there were a group of medical students present. one of them raised their hand and said, could i ask mrs. lindsey a quest

ms. lee: thank you very much for your leadership and for being here with us tonight, congresswoman davis. i would like now to yield to the gentleman from new york, someone who has been a fighter and a warrior for many, many years and who continues to remind us of our moral obligation, our religious obligation, for many, to ensure that we continue this fight. in the war on poverty. mr. rangel. mr. rangel: thank you, madam chairman. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. let me first thank the gentlelady from california for carrying this torch during a time that it seems to be such a lack of sensitivity to the call. as with lyndon johnson, there was a concentration of those people who vote, that's the middle class. and somehow, even now, 50 years later, we have a lot of concerns and rightly so about the middle class, but somehow the poor have just been written off and the gentlelady from california and our minority leader together have reminded us that we have a basic obligation here that if you want to take care of the country and our spiritual needs, the poor cannot be e

ms. amy myers jaffe, executive director of energy and sustainability, graduate school of management, transportation studies area, university of california at davis. mr. daniel weiss, senior fellow, director of climate at the center for american progress. we welcome all of you. we will make your prepared statement a part of the rugged. thank you -- i think there's great interest among senders and you'll plenty of time. mr. hamm, welcome. [inaudible] >> okay. i'll start again. good morning, chairman wyden, ranking member murkowski and members of the committee. my name is held in. i served as chairman and chief executive officer of continental resources in oklahoma city. we do not have refineries. based -- it i is in our to addrs today on the critical substance of exports and where the barrels of go, -- summit and the same with his critical product we're talking about, crude oil. we need to lift this restriction sooner rather than later. as chairman of message producers alliance, ceo of a company that could develop the first appeal ever drilled exclusively with horizontal drilling, and the country that is the largest leasehold and most after drilli