and he was part of this and he became the chief justice in this includes a great friend of sam houston and thomas rusk and my roots to go way back. >> kay hutchison is our guest and pioneering women who shaped texas, sally, good morning to you. you're on booktv. >> good morning. >> caller: my question for the senator is about the mexican women. we talked about the southern belles that came from the east and the women who are already there. >> yes, there were very brave mexican women who are part of mexico in the early days especially and many of them stay, but it was hard for them, because there was a revolution and there was a hardship that yes, there were, and the early women and came in and helped to settle them were at war with mexico and it was a tough situation for them. >> we have lena in norwalk, connecticut. please go with your question or comment. >> i just want to tell you how much of an inspiration you are and i thank you for the weight you are bridging the gap between people and that you are a peacemaker and that being said, i wanted to know if you are involved at all with

sam houston who is president of the time point to that as a reason to tempered poll government out of austin. when he gets of the population shrank from about 1000 to about 200 people. the people of austin didn't want their city to die so they formed an archives committee that started searching backings leaving town to hold onto the land records and keep them from leaving town and that was their last hold on government. houston sent someone over here to collect the records and they got chased away, and then he sent another group that was a little craftier. somebody rang the indian alarm bell to clear all the fighting men out of town and then they came in and write up here on the east side where the land office was they started loading up the records. the few people left in town at the hotel at six and congress saw what was going on. a very tough frontier woman named angelina eberly started shaming the men that were congregated down into some sort of action. and she pointed across the street at a shed and said what's the canon in that shed for? they wielded this can out in the middle o

he was assigned to fort sam houston for basic and specialist medical training. he was awarded the medal of honor during the vietnam war. he became a u.s. citizen and he later served as director of the united states selective service system. the list of stories of noncitizens who have serveded in the u.s. military is a very long list. enlistments by immigrants are highest during times of war. at the end of the last decade, madam speaker, there were over 100,000 foreign-born individuals serving in various aspects, in various capacities, in our armed forces. that's why it is so important to recognize the contributions of immigration to our national security. on social media, through twitter and facebook, i made it known at i was at this ceremony on veterans day in san antonio. where not only where were honoring veterans, but there was this citizenship, naturalization ceremony at the same time. and there were many comments about how is this possible? well, it is and it has been. in the years since 9/11 and the wars in iraq and afghanistan, we have in fact relied on

. >> world war ii, my dad -- i was born at fort sam houston in san antonio, texas when my dad was already my mom and dad met at a uso dance in 1940. he left in early 1943, didn't come home until '45. gone for two years. total time in combat for the 95th infantry division is less than six months, even though they were gone r two years. korea average time in combat 11 months. vietnam average time in combat 13 months for a single term. today, i'm a marine talking about the army. third infantry division of the united states army, one of the best units that's ever been, three 15-month tours for your average 60-month enlistee. it's unheard of. there's never been a military asked that much of those volunteers. >> you're going to meet some of theseterrific volunteers and those who have served the nati so gallantly and have sacrificed so much as you point out for all of us. thank you, colonel oliver north. the book is "american heroes on the home front" on sale now online and at book stores all over. >> up next, extortion. capitol hillhieves off of your money so of which by votes, some ending up i

he got his degree and then went down to high school -- to a high school in, i think, sam houston high school in houston, texas, where he taught speech and debate. for a brief period of time before he was hired on by mr. clayburg to work for him in congress. so he really didn't -- he got kind of a late start but once he got started, there was no stopping him. >> went to congress as a congressional aide. >> as a secretary to the congressman. >> and then made a bid for the house himself? >> yes, began his house career and served six terms in the house and then two terms in the senate. he was 13 years, i believe in the senate, at the time of the -- or he had been 13 years in the senate at the time he was -- became vice president. >> let's bring our third and final guest from texas into the conversation. we're going to introduce you to lyndon nugent who joins us inside the family room of the texas white house here which we have said many times is still the private family home of the johnson family. thank you so much for joining us. you flew your plane in to this landing strip we've heard s

sam. >> i had to come outside. i saw the folks standing outside in times square. i wanted to say hi. give me shouts and where your hometowns are. >> south bend, indiana. >> baltimore. >> houstonit's a deal. for me, it's a steal. i usually walk off with half of it. all right. get to the boards, one or two things going on this morning. i really don't. tory wouldn't let me do that. maybe one-third of it. here's a boston live shot. you can see there's clouds in the way. we have a front moving through. there will be showers in most of the northeast and the mid-atlantic, at some point during the day today. and behind that is a temp drop. get ready for new york city, washington, philly, all to come down a few degrees as we step into the weekend. here's one place where it gets better and better. and nicer and nicer. take a look at the southwest. nicest place on the board today. san diego at 76 degrees. absolutely gorgeous. take it to phoenix. take it to vegas. beautiful, beautiful, da >>> good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco with your bay area microclimate forecast. partly sunny and mild again today. the cooling trend is still slated for the weekend as is light rain p