when he was on the el paso city council, he voted three times to increase property taxes in el paso.e voted in favor of a "rain tax." i don't know what that is. a tax on rain? i'm not sure. he voted in favor of a pool tax. as a member of congress, he has voted in favor of the death tax. he voted against the tax cut. and by the way, this tax cut has cut taxes on americans all across texas and doubled the child tax credit. if you are a parent, it doubled it from $1000 a child to $2000 a child. that is real money. and, by the way, that is refundable and in your pocket. and yet his answer, he doesn't want to cut taxes. he wants to raise your taxes. understand what beto o'rourke is promising you. if he is elected, he will fight to raise your taxes. that is not consistent with what the people of texas want. >> representative? congressman o'rourke: those six years on the city council, every \years on the city council, every year, we balanced the budget. we did not see each other as republicans or democrats. we saw each other as el pasoans with a common interest in delivering for the taxpaye

paso. the city in which i was raised. [applause] the city where i met amy on a blind date. , i probably took her over to have a drink in the kentucky bar. things have worked out, we are about to celebrate 13 years of marriage. >> we are raising three extreme area children. all of whom are being educated at the same amazing public school that i got to go to as a kid. , i coming back to el paso always feel this way. so proud of this community. , ofroud of those students those amazing public school educators and teachers in the classroom, the counselors and therapists, vice principals and principles. the bus drivers, those who work in the cafeteria, the janitors and custodial staff who clean up . this community, making the most of the fact that we are one of, if not the largest binational community anywhere in the world. as far as the approach of this ad, him speaking to a crowd , not necessarily a tailored or manufactured at, what do you think? >> it is in line with what the campaign style has sought to be from the beginnin

paso. the city in which i was raised.ause] the city where i met amy on a blind date. , i probably took her over to have a drink in the kentucky bar. things have worked out, we are about to celebrate 13 years of marriage. >> we are raising three extreme area children. all of whom are being educated at the same amazing public school that i got to go to as a kid. , i coming back to el paso always feel this way. so proud of this community. , ofroud of those students those amazing public school educators and teachers in the classroom, the counselors and therapists, vice principals and principles. the bus drivers, those who work in the cafeteria, the janitors and custodial staff who clean up . this community, making the most of the fact that we are one of, if not the largest binational community anywhere in the world. as far as the approach of this ad, him speaking to a crowd , not necessarily a tailored or manufactured at, what do you think? >> it is in line with what the campaign style has sought to be from the beginning whic

. >> currently we have some of the safest cities along the border, el paso, mcallen, brownsville, haveall been seen as some of the safest cities on the border, yet we take 800 million and put troops on the border, we militarize the area, i would just hope that if he continues to do this he gets the money from the federal government. this is a federal government issue. >> the federal government is paying for the tab, for the national guard on the border. second, the reason why i'm work to go make sure that we do secure the border is because i want to go after the human traffickers, the sex traffickers and cartel members, those who threaten us like gang members, the rise of ms-13 of gang members in the state of texas, i want to do something to put a stop to that. jon: latest polling show abbott leading the race by 19 points. still ahead emotional homecoming from one soldier, how long he had been deployed before giving his daughter the surprise of a lifetime. and high tensions remain on capitol hill over supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and we will take a look at how this is playing

. >> so el paso, this town that i was born and raised in, where amy and i are raising ulysses and mollie and henry, happens to be one of, if not the safest cities city of immigrants and we treat one another with respect and dignity. i think that's fundamental to security, to success, to safety. ( applause ). >> stephen: do you want-- do you want to see-- do you want to see the dreamers protected? >> absolutely. >> stephen: chuck schumer was willing to trade president trump the wall for the dream act. would you take that deal? >> no, i wouldn't. and i think the people of texas can lead on this. i'll give you an example. republican senior senator john cornyn and i worked on a bill to improve border security by investing in our por entry, so facilitating more legitimate trade and travel and vague better idea of who and what is coming in to our country. we don't need walls. we is can have smart security solutions. and we can free dreamers from the fear of deportation by making them u.s. citizens today so they can contribute to their maximum capacity, to their full potential. ( applause ) and we can move forward in that manner of making sure that we

. >> so el paso, this town that i was born and raised in where amy and i were raised in. it happens to be one of if not the safest cities united states of america. and what makes us so safe is that we are a city of immigrants. and we treat one another with respect and dignity. that's fundamental to security, to success, to safety. >> do you want -- do you want to see -- do you want to see the dreamers protected? >> absolutely. >> chuck schumer was willing to trade president trump, the wall, for the dream act. would you take that deal? >> no, i wouldn't. >> from texas town halls to late night talk shows, the democratic candidate for senate, beto o'rourke is spreading his message. his opponent ted cruz is worried as polls show a narrowing margin. a point stephen colbert made last night before interviewing the democratic candidate. >> in order to save the cruz campaign, texas lieutenant governor dan patrick showed up in washington to deliver an urgent plea to white house officials. send president donald trump. you know it's bad when you need backup from a man with a 36% approval rating. here's how scared ted cruz is of bet

city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ariana grande, nick kroll, musical guests aerosmith, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 915! el pasoers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, welcome, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much for being here. welcome, everybody. welcome, welcome, welcome, to "the tonight show." this is it! [ cheers and applause ] you're here! you're here, you made it. guys, ariana grande is on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] she is here promoting her new album, "sweetener." and honestly, it's just nice to talk about a recording that wasn't made by omarosa. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] that's right. today omarosa released another secret recording. eritrump's wi lara, offers omarosa $180,000 so she won't say anything negative about the white house. then melania said, "hey, that's way more than i'm getting." [ laughter and applause ] you go -- lara offered omarosa 180 grand to keep quiet about her time in the administration. listen to this. >> i think we can work something out where we keep you right along those lines. we're talking about, like, 15k a month. >> yeah. >> $180,000. does t