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rick perry's joins me now. governor, what do you make of that? ms. davisl well and good, but she clearly is the mainstream media enticing candid. in not did it. >> not in the mainstream of texas' stock. i am for greg rick folbaum, a very strong, pro-life, pros second amendment, just a great attorney general for the state of texas. they will have the opportunity to talk about their vision for our state. i will suggest to you that the last ten years leading the nation in the creation of jobs, the last ten years in a 30% of von's of st. america were create texas. neil: now, the longest serving record. the economic when they your back. no one denies. i guess i just find this a clear double standard. every political point of view. why would she feel as a hero and he is zero? both were arguing in chambers with the other party held the cards, both where the chief executive a your case, in texas, president obama's case nationally. they held all the advantage in nothing was going to move. the kneele was not going to move. she moved people. he turned people off. we

wendy davis has announced her candidacy to replacer requiring governor rick per. >> i i am proud to announceidacy to be the 48th governor of this great state. >> davis shot no national fame this summer after staging an 11 hour fill bust tore defends abortion rights. she's facing an uphill battle. republicans have held the governor seat in texas for the last 19 years. >> i think if she can get to 45 or 46%, in the general election, that will be a huge victory for her. but i think that's about as much as she can get. >> davis says she's not worried because she's used to being the underdog, so far she's raised $1 million in campaign funds ora point texas attorney general greg abbott has raised $20 million. conservationist say a surge in elephant poaching is putting the biggest land mammal on the brink of extensions, marches are planned in 12 cities around the world hoping they can put an end to poachers stealing elephant tusks for their valuable ivory. craig is in hong kong with more. >> reporter: sadly this is checking an all too common sight here at the hong kong customs department. this is t

rick perry's joins me now. governor, what do you make of that? ms. davisl well and good, but she clearly is the mainstream media enticing candid. in not did it. >> notn the mainstream of texas' stock. i am for greg rick folbaum, a very strong, pro-life, pros second amendment, just a great attorney general for the state of texas. they will have the opportunity to talk about their vision for our state. i will suggest to you that the last ten years leading the nation in the creation of jobs, the last ten years in a 30% of von's of st. america were created texas. neil: now, the longest serving record. the economic when they your back. no one denies. i guess i just find this a clear double standard. every political point of view. why would she feel as a hero and he is zero? both were arguing in chambers with the other party held the cards, both where the chief executive a your case, in texas, president obama's case nationally. they held all the advantage in nothing was going to move. the kneele was not going to move. she moved people. he turned people off. we k

were among the toughest in the nation, and gained national attention after wendy davis' high-profile filibuster. governor rickat's your reaction to this? what is the -- the political -- how damaging is this to the conservative movement? >> well, it's particularly interesting, one of the p provision attention struck down because it would have prohibited doctors who do not have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital to perform abortions. texas isn't the only place where abortion clinics are having visiting doctors to perform these procedures. totally unnecessary restriction. i find it encouraging news, because we have a lot of the same stuff going on in ohio right now. which governor kasich, by the way, refused to veto. he could have vetoed. it was rolled into the budget bill here, as you know. and let's keep in mind what governor perry said. weeks, perhaps months ago. he wanted to make abortion a thing of the past. a legal abortion, which is still the law of the land in this country. he wants to make it a thing of the past. and that's what's driving all of these efforts in texas. >> clarence page, what does

. >> state senator wendy davis announced her candidacy to replace retiring governor rick perry. >> i am proud to announce my candidacy to be the 48t 48th governor of this great state. >> davis shot to national fame after staplinging an 11 hour filibuster to defend abortion rights. she faces an uphill battle. republicans in texas have held the seat for the past 19 years. >> i really think if she can get to 45 or 46% in the general election, that will be a huge victory for her. i think that's about as much as she can get. >> davis says she's not worried, and is used to being the underdog. she has raised $1 million in campaign funds. her opponent, texas attorney general greg abbot has raised $20 million. >> new orleans is known as the birth place of jazz. for many musicians there, life is hard, few have health n. some residents are working to support the city's music scene. >> new orleans is one of the planet's unique cities, shaped by diverse cultural history, perhaps best known for this. ♪ ♪ >> here you'll find musicians on almost every corner, but many in the big easy, despite obvious

. >> if you're wendy davis -- >> this is the thing that can speed that up. rick perry, the state that is number one in lack of health insurance, it's like one out of four people in texas has no health insurance, this is going to matter in that state. >> the numbers on the republican governors and states that obama won, who have been either helped or hurt by medicaid expansion is pretty telling. we talk a lot about the future of the republican party. one area where there is perhaps a glimmer of hope is in the state houses where republicans are governors and have to compromise and actually run their state governments. they can't just shut things down when they don't like things unless they are scott walker who is happy to shut things down. nonetheless is that a point for the republican party are they going to absorb. >> there's two kinds of governors, corbetts and snyders. then places like mississippi who are like a lot of house members, hooz main concern is the republican primary. that's true of texas for now, too. any texas politician is thinking ted cruz won his

. >> democratic state senator wendy davis was announcing her bid for governor, taking on rick perry's first filibuster wasn't her pink running shoes wearing stance over the abortion bill. it was for education. under the able leadership of the perry abbott tag team texas has dropped to dead last in high school graduation rates and remain dead last in the percentage of people with health care. it makes sense that governor rick perry would call the affordable care act a, quote, criminal act. despite perry's claims to the contrary, state spending on education, according to politifact, has actually decreased by 25% from 2002 to 2012. with these and many other facts on her side, the question is can wendy davis convince texas to go blue? filling the first open gubernatorial seat in texas since 1990 when none other but ann richards pulled off an upset victory. for more on whether wendy davis can turn texas blue i'm joined by msnbc contributor victoria defrancesco soto and reporter for the texas tribune, alana rocho. thank you for joining me. i want to start with you, alana. looking at the dem

davis is running for governor of her state. the democratic candidate is best known for her filibuster in which she attempted to block legislation aimed toward restricting abortion-based freedoms. current governor ricknnounced he's not seeking another term in office. that means the republican davis is most likely to run against is greg abbott, texas' attorney general. twitter reveals its billion dollar i-p-o but the financial statement shows the social media network lost 79-million- dollars on almost 317- million in sales in 2012. the company is on track for an even steeper loss in 2013. it's already racked up 69- million-dollars in losses during the first six months of this year. but sales are also rapidly increasing: the social media network was founded in 2006...and it's mobile business is currently booming. take your time looking at all of the bells and whistles on these classic rides. the 4th annual car and craft show is underway. terry handerhan from calvert hall classic car and craft show is streaming now for this mornings hometown hotspot. - what will we see at the event? - how many cars are you expecting? -what crafts can we see? the 4th annual calvert hall classic car and calvert hall clas

rick perry will not run for reelection. >> we want every child the matter where they start to receive a world-class education. davisember her, wendy she filibustered against sweeping abortion restrictions. she is running for governor of texas and she has a great personal story. >> she does, she was a teenage mother whose marriage broke up, living in a trailer home then later went on to harvard law school and received her degree and is now age 50 and had an accomplished career and what we have seen happen with her is something similar to what we saw with elizabeth warren in massachusetts. she vaulted from obscurity to the national stage by being seen as a passionate and articulate defender of liberal values. i would not say that is typically the best way to get elected statewide in texas i being up passionate defender of liberal values but it is why there is interest in her. she has become a national figure, not simply at texas figure. >> texas is changing, also. cast as extremist on the left come a she expects that, i think. because of her position on the right to choose but the numbers are changing on the ground i

davis is running for governor. the democrat is known for having a filibuster that temporary blocks anti-abortion in texas. rick perry, the state's longest serving governmen governor will not seek re-election. >>> california will become the tenth state to allow unauthorized the immigrants to do that when new law takes full effect in the year 2015. >>> to a story now that 28 years later, still hard to believe and the people who live it are still trying to pick up the pieces of their lives. after an intense battle with a small group. the city of philadelphia bombed one of its own neighborhoods. pit left 11 people dead including five children. a new document called "let the fire burn" put a spotlight on the strategy. >> reporter: in west philadelphia , this just isn't any ordinary -- this is ground zero far fire in may 1995. >> we necessary. >> reporter: there has just been a huge explosion here. we don't know what it means. >> 28 years a go, dropped bomb occupied by members. the fire jumped from roof to roof engulfing an entire neighborhood in flames destroying 61 homes. the bloody encounter that left 11 dead eu1

republicans led by governor rick perry pushed through one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. it came after a marathon filibuster by state senator wendy davisich thousands of pro-choice protesters made it known they did not want their rights restricted. >> the vote is being taken right now. this is what it sounds like inside the rotunda. these screams are deafening. >> unfortunately for them, governor perry and the right wing control texas state house ignored their pleas. but today a victory. the breaking news came late today. a federal judge blocked a key portion of the law calling it, quote, unconstitutional. the decision saved the state from closing a third of its abortion clinics. and while the -- and while today there was a victory, the fight is far from over. texas attorney general greg abbott says he'll take this fight all the way to the supreme court. and we'll all be watching. joining me now are krystal ball and patricia murphy. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. krystal, this fight became national news because of state senator wendy davis' filibuster fight. how big of a message did today's ruling send nationally? >> i

davis said following the federal judge's ruling yesterday. which prevented the closure of these clinics, that, of course, the texas governor, rick perry had beenshe says, texas families are stronger and healthier when women across the state have access to quality health care. i'm not surprised by the judge's ruling. but didn't that ruling expose the singular lie of that whole campaign, that it had absolutely nothing to do with women's health? >> well -- >> none -- nothing whatsoever. >> right. quite the opposite. >> yeah, i mean, i think the judge did a great job, at least in acknowledging that there is absolutely no valid reason, no medical reason, no scientific, public health reason, to require these things. these -- >> admitting procedures, is what we're talking about. >> yes. very similar laws passed in virginia, as well, and states around the country. i think when you actually evaluate this, besides their phony pretext this is to protect women. as crystal pointed out in her monologue in "the cycle" there are women now already seeking the equivalent of back-alley abortions by going to mexico. this is not about a concern for women's health.

current governor rick perry has already announced he's not seeking another term in office. off for that means the republican davis likely to run against is greg abbott, texas' attorney general. secretary of state john kerry will sit in for president barack obama at the upcoming economic summits in indonesia and brunei. this is video of kerry's arrival for the asia pacific economic cooperation in indonesia. kerry had been in tokyo for security talks and was already planning to attend both meetings but only in a supporting role for obama. obama has decided to stay home while there's a partial government shutdown. the president was suppose to leave tomorrow for bali for the meeting.apec-us-kerry twitter unveils its billion dollar initial public offering. one of the most anticipated of the year. the big surprise. big losses as twitter user growth is slowing. and they warn of slowing revenue growth. as twitter is on track for steep losses. in fact they lost 69 million dollars in just the first 6 months of this year.even though they had 254 million in revenue twitter does have 218 million active users. but a major conc

rick perry look like a liberal and ted cruz look like a moderate. he has his own story of overcoming adversity. so that's the reason that the so-called smart money says wendy davis has no chance. now, if wendy davis has a chance, if she has a chance, it will be that she persuades the moderate republican women and moderate independent women that enough is enough, and she's going to hammer home, listen, we can't afford to get into the kinds of political stalemate that we've been in one party. for example, her opening slogan has been "every kid deserves a fair shot." the state legislature and led by her opponent, among others, just whacked the hell out of the public school budget. $5 billion or something. while giving a multimillion-dollar test contract to some of their crony friends. anyway, the economy and education and appealing to moderate women. i will say this. this is going to be a very expensive race. it may be the most expensive gubernatorial campaign in the history of the country. remember texas has so many television markets that have to be bought. >> and so few campaign finance rules. >> and very few. it will be an old texas, old-time texas political kn

wendy davis first cause the attention of the rest is across the country back in june when she filibustered for nearly eleven hours against a restrictive new anti-abortion bill that governor rick perry and lieutenant governor david do verst were trying to force through the state legislature her heroic efforts stalled a final vote on the bill. and shine a spotlight on the lone star state's in battle the local liberal minority texas legislature has since passed that anti-abortion go but davis isn't given up yet on thursday she confirmed months of rumors and announced that she is indeed running for governor in two thousand and fourteen. it sure is friday when it by everyone star and that's why today i am proud to announce. my. forty eight governor and then. a democrat running in the home state of ted cruz as liberals are excited but it's important for the davis faces an uphill battle to get to the governor's mansion in austin texas hasn't had a democrat as its governor since one thousand nine hundred five and ann richards the last democrat to hold that post served only one term before losing to george w. bush in the ninety four group an authorial race this is likely opponent of t

rick -- i know there's a third federal agency i'd close -- perry. so i thought it would be a good time to address a letter to wendy davis' likely opponent and currenthe race, texas attorney general and republican candidate for governor, greg abbott. dear greg, it's me, melissa. how you taking the news of wendy davis' bid? now, i remember how you responded to this assessment of her potential candidacy from one of your subpoepporters when he this tweet in august. "greg abbott would absolutely demolish idiot wendy davis. run, wendy, run." your response? ignore it. maybe express a little outrage at such incivility and sexist name-calling, you know, take the highroad. mope. you tweeted back, "jeff, thanks for your support." but who wants to be judged by their lowest social media moment? i'm going to let that one slide and talk about your record. you like to describe your job as attorney general by saying i go into the office, i sue barack obama, and then guy home. well, in texas, they say go big ore go home, and you have certainly been going big on that suing barack obama self-mandate. 27 lawsuits since president obama took office at a cost of more than