so then they sent an agent to new orleans, where sam houston was recuperating from his leg wound in the opulent home of william christie, who was the notary who drafted the loan documents, and said general houston, we'd like to name our city, our new city in your honor 1/4 wehono honor, and we'd like to pay you a $2,000 retainer for helping us to promote it. and he undoubtedly said something like where have you guys been all my life? so that's how the city of houston dame came to be where it is. henry smith and sam houston searched for solutions to the debt problems of texas. he said, well, how did we do, henry in henry smith prepared this report. he said, well, we had $850,000 in military expenses, $157,000 civil expenses, 605,000 audited claims. we've got $1,612,000 in outstanding debt after the war. well, what did we bring in? we've got $1569 and our own paper back. he said, well, how are we going to do that? so what smith did, what he did was say why don't we call in all this outstanding debt, let's consolidate it into a fund. first he wanted to raise taxes. he said let's raise taxe

on that exact day, sam houston issued a proclamation that made its way through the anglo settlements. at first, this appears innocuous enough but close inspection reveals some odd inconsistencies. since delegates did not confirm houston as commander in chief of the army until march 4th, this march 2nd proclamation appeared more than a little presumptuous or at least peremptory. still, it was typical of houston's large and in charge style. if one reads the body of the document, houston's intent seems clear. and let's do that. war is raging on the frontier bears the siege by 2,000 under the command of general sesma. reinforcements are on the march to join with the besieging army. by the last report, our force was only 150 men. the citizens of texas must rally to the aid of our army or it will perish. let the citizens of the east march to the combat. the enemy must be driven from our soil. our dissolution will accompany their march upon us. independence its declared. it must be maintained. immediate action united with valor can alone achieve the great work. the services of all are forthw

he was a long-time friend of sam houston's. and he was there as sympathetic a man they could ever find to chair this meeting. so the commissioners, austin, archer, and wharton, had this meet examining they tried to raise funds, and they had it in the ballroom of the hotel. and it probably wasn't much bigger than this room. and they had real estate speculators here. there were financiers there. some of these were just lodgers from the hotel who'd been following the texas cause and wandered in on the meetings. and austin and archer took turns railing against the mexican government. we have no representation in satulio. they have suspended the constitution. they put garrisons up at the borders. they're having these criminals coming in here. and they're collecting these tariffs. and we ought to be free. they suspended immigration. and they were sympathetic. we need to raise $250,000 in building a navy and outfitting an army. and they said wait a minute. okay. that's like $20 million back then. that was a lot of money. and the idea

one in 30 chance that is a piece of sam houston's bone. that's why they were able to put us on tv and make that story. they didn't act like it was true. they just said, a, there is a possibility. this was another site that we stumbled across, there was a guy named gary wiggins, whispered in our ear he knew where some artifacts had been found and the friends of the san jacinto battleground, we are starting to call ourselves, what its it, david? i forgot nethe new name, that's right we're going to be conservators. it is a wonderful organization. and this organization has done so much, but january duvalt, i don't know how she did, got a $50,000 grant from battlefield protection. we never dreamt we would get it. we ended up in the terrible woods on a hint that there might be artifacts. and we started finding artifacts like crazy, a mile and a half south of the battleground. talk about lost texas history. talk about saving texas history. the reason i can, i know the date, this picture was picture is taken december 4th, 18 -- 19 -- 1997, because

sam houston were mexican poncho and it picks embraer wrote and leaned back and carved little hearts and handed them off to the ladies in the gallery during debate. so that is what it was like. the second type thing about it was that everybody in the house and senate shoot plug tobacco or took snuff. this is not remarked upon in any newspapers or any contemporary accounts from american authors, but every single foreigner that i ever encountered their pro-memoirs are wrote stories about this was one of the first things they commented on. charles dickens said when you go to the senate it's a lovely room. but if you drop some names, make sure you don't reach for it without a pair of gloves. and so, the place was sort of a mass and needed a little help and a little expansion. this is the house of representatives, currently has most of you ensure in this room know, statuary hall. there is one good thing to say about the house of representatives. it was generally regarded and still is regarded today as an absolutely beautiful room. there was one really bad thing to say about the house of repre

do i believe that on the day of the battle sam houston wants to build a floating bridge and retreat across the buffalo bayou? i do. and here's why. a battle fought at san jacinto, even if a victory, even if a victory is not going to achieve houston's political goals, which remember, is to bring texas in to the united states. if gaines had engaged santana on texas soil, gaines defeats the mexican army. i think we can know that's going to happen. texans secure their independence. what had formally been a texan war now becomes an american war. having spent their blood in treasure, americans have an investment in texas. texas joins the union much sooner than it did historically and the bottom line, houston finally achieves his long-term ambition of bringing texas into the union. but that didn't happen. why didn't it happen? because of the soldiers, themselves, and t.j. rusk who doesn't get much credit at all. so what's the takeaway? what happens if houston had gotten his way? the texan army marches into east texas? santana pursues houston across the natchez river and gaines intervenes. the bat

in the summer of 1916, as a newly promoted first lieutenant, stationed fort sam houston, texas, he marriedof denver. forging a new phase of life for the whole world. world war i gave men a future general his first experience with combat. but young eisenhower was not among them. world war i brought him instead, command of a tank training center, at gettysburg, pennsylvania where he prepared troops of the new tank corps for overseas duty. his performance won for him the distinguished service medal. before he was able to got to europe, the war ended. ♪ in the late 1920s, after graduation from the command and general staff school, major dwight d. eisenhower was asigned to france to prepare a guidebook on europe. it was his first direct experience with that continent. with the '30s came other assignments, climaxed by service under general douglas macarthur in the philippines. for four years he worked with macarthur, commander unchi-in-cf the philippine army to help the government work out a plan for its military defense. ordered back to the states in december, 1939, lieutenant colonel eisenhowe

now, 30 years later, sam is back, performing at the apollo theater. ♪ >> reporter: and it is where he is reminded of whitney houstonater was the site of a memorial after her death. a death sam knows all too well was tough to prevent. >> if they want it, they're going to get it. don, you've got enablers. you've even got parents. they know that their child is doing it. that person is the cash cow. so what are they going to say? >> reporter: and making it even more complicated, joyce's belief that whitney's own family helped fuel her habit. >> members in whitney's family, immediate and extended, that had their problems with drugs. >> reporter: it's a claim supported by monique houston, whitney's former sister-in-law. the family declined to comment and did not respond to our questions about these claims. >> i feel that if they had addressed the problems and gotten the proper support about how to take the tough love steps, all this -- these addiction issues wouldn't have snowballed. it came to a tragic ending. >> reporter: tough love that sam moore hoped he could have given whitney that fateful night one year ago. but h

sam is tracking the new danger zone. >>> and brand-new details on the final moments of whitney houston. the star found facedown in a foot of scalding water in her hotel bathtub. the shocking evidence, now revealed just a few feet away. >>> hollywood downfall. how did this sitcom star from "that '70s" show, go from blonde bombshell to rock-bottom. now, she tells her side of the story on "gma." >>> and snake on a plane. the sudden surprise in the cockpit and right into the pilot's lap, forcing an emergency landing just ten minutes after takeoff. how did he end up with such poisonous company in the cabin? >>> good morning, everyone. robin, on vacation this week. glad to have katie here for a couple more days. and i'm learning something from you every day. got your tweet about an hour ago. it's national fun at work day? >> that's what i proclaimed it. i needed something to inspire me this morning. >> you remembered. thursdays are the toughest day. >> what's that you told me. and i think you're right. >>> do you ever get up in the middle of the night? do you have that problem? >> every day.

houston we have a problem every time you make an error on your computer. down loads space related free at nasa.govern. >> after serving chinese food for more than 100 years, institution is closing tomorrow. sam'sstaurant opened year after the 19 06 earthquake in the city china town area. it has been a fixture on washington street ever since. narrow sandwich between 2 buildings. customers enter through the kitchen and go upstairs to eat. >> hard for us to kind of part with it because it has been in our family for such a long tim time. we share such such bond with the customers and it's uses i don't know we spend most of our time here. we are open from 11 in the morning to 3 in the morning. so it's just we spend a lot of time here. >> here's is what happening. shop lease coming up soon so the owner decided to make a clean break at this time because the public health department says the building needs a complete make over as does the kitchen. certainly a shame to see such historic place go. >> more to bring you tonight. doctors say it is the achilles heel in fighting heart disease. when we continues tonight, one hour after having a heart attack the 3 things you can could to save you've life. >> a

sam? >> katie, george, josh. good morning, everybody. we're going to start with where the storms yesterday causing trouble are moving today. watching it shift east. houston, you're in it earlier in the day. then, later, new orleans, jackson, little rock, nashville and louisville, as well. there's a punchy pocket around raleigh, where the storms will be tough today. new york city, east coast areas start mild. by 2:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon, gusty winds pick up. there's your falling temperatures. enjoy the 71 early in the day philly, you won't have it later. we have considerable cloud cover across washington. you that from the camera. there are some polls and the clouds here and there. have breaks throughout the day. fairly great. comfortable. than yesterday. 47 at dulles airport. 60 in hagerstown. 55 in the district. 53 in lexington park. 70's later on today. of ance >> we'll go through all of america's weather again in the next half hour. katie? george? josh? >>> meanwhile, operation puppy rescue started like any other distress call. firefighters racing to the scene of a fire with unexpected victims trapped in a burning home. and pictures we couldn't s

sam? >> katie, george, josh. good morning, everybody. we're going to start with where the storms yesterday causing trouble are moving today. we're watching this cold front shift a little east. houston, you're in it earlier in the day. but afternoon looking at stronger storms in new orleans, jackson, little rock, nashville, louisville as well. there's a punchy pocket around raleigh, where the storms will be tough today. new york city, east coast areas start mild. by 2:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon, you'll notice very gusty winds pick up. there's your falling temperatures. enjoy the 71 early in the day philly, you won't have it later. >> we'll go through all of america's weather again in the next half hour. katie? george? josh? >>> meanwhile, operation p >>> sam, thanks very much. >>> meanwhile, operation puppy rescue started like any other distress call. firefighters racing to the scene of a fire with unexpected victims trapped in a burning home. and pictures we couldn't stop watching. take a look. at first glance, it looks like any other emergency call for these volunteer firefighters. but look closely. the lives they are frantically trying to save from the thick smoke filling this n

and of course, sam houston is a paradigm of honesty. you will no doubt do ample justice to the motives which prompts this communication to you. and i should censure myself if i were to conceal from you the knowledge of any facts which would enable you during your administration -- during your administration to acquire texas. so houston wants to acquire texas on jackson's watch. during his administration. if it is in accordance with the policy of the united states, if you want it, i want to make it happen for you. it is probable that i may make texas my abiding place. in adopting this course, i will never forget -- and that's houston's emphasis, that's not mine -- i will never forget the country of my birth and he never did. so let's recap. there's old hickory himself. okay, houston arrived in texas intent on fomenting the evidence. john wharton, a prominent member of the war party, invited houston to texas and wrote openly of an anticipated rebellion as early as june 1832, according to albert pike who overheard the chin comment, houston

now, this is before sam houston has ever set foot in texas. and he's already thinking about becoming president of a nonexistent republic. now, this is a letter to his friend james prentice. my opinion is that it would be of vast importance to have persons there, texas, who could look at matters with a view to make changes, to make changes, which are necessary and must take place before long in that country and without which it could never be what it ought to be for the benefit of those interested. several persons have said to me that i was looked for. well, we know who that was. and earnestly wished for by the citizens of texas. dr. dillard, a highly respectable gentleman, was one of the numbers. the people looked to the indians on the arkansas river as auxiliaries in the event of a change. he's being kind of coy here. so i will pass that way and see my old friend. i will ride -- he's still in the united states when he write this is -- i will ride to the hermitage this evening and see the old chief, general jackson. salute our friends. so, aga

looking at the life and career of sam houston and his military strategy during that conflict. this is 35 minutes. >> thank you. we're going to get started again. we're finally getting to the blood and guts of the thing. it is my pleasure to introduce dr. stephen hardin. dr. hardin is a professor of history at mcmurray university in abilene. he's the author of "the texas rangers," the award-winning "texian iliad," "the military history of the texas revolution." "the alamo 1836: santa ana's texas campaign." and "texian macabrar:p the melancholy tale of a hanging in early houston." additionally he's the editor of the book "lone star: the republic of texas 1836 to 1846." and is the author of more than a dozen scholarly articles enjoyed by readers on both sides of the atlantic. recently "texan iliad" earned the distinction of being a basic texas book by mike cox, who updates that list now. when not teaching in the classroom dr. hardin can be seen on a&e network, the history channel, nbc's "today" show. he's known for his readable style of history. he's an inductee of the texas inst