headed up by the travis county district attorney and one-time drunk driver rosemary lindhberg. >> i verylearly, very publicly said that as long as that individual is going to be running that agency, i had lost confidence in her, the public had lost confidence in her, and i did what every governor has done for decades which is make a decision on whether or not it was the proper use of state money to go to that agency and i vetoed it. >> they think he's being a bully and there are allegations of abuse of power go deeper than just the veto threat. here's why. >> it's not about the veto. we believe he had the right to veto it. it was about his intimidation. i was using the veto of the co-version tactic to get her to do something she didn't want to do which is quit her job. >> since governor perry -- the special prosecutor working on this case has told local affiliates in texas that he predicted the governor will turn himself in and when that happens, the man who wants to run for president in 2016 might have to have a mug shot taken. >> really two parts to this story, as you mentioned, the le

. >> reporter: governor perry said the public lost confidence in district attorney rosemary lindhberg in reference to her drunk driving case. >> do you believe the indictment alone affects the public's confidence in the officer of the governor is. >> here's what i think is important. >> reporter: the governor shifted the focus back on the district attorney. >> i think americans and texans who have seen this agree with me. that is not an individual who is heading up an office that we can afford to fund. >> 26 million woke up not facing two felony indictments and their governor did. this is unbecoming of the chief law enforcement official in texas. >> reporter: executive director of the texas democratic party is one of the texans who doesn't agree with the governor. >> his ambitions are to run for higher office and in the process he has abused his constitutional authority and his power in texas and that's why he needs to step down. >> what effect this will have on possible political ambitions for the governor has yet to be seen. >> kevin swaller reporting there. >>> in the week ahead yo