in south texas and west texas covered these are water served areas. eva birdwell takes for 5 million gallons of water, fresh water. want to use briny water? when i eat salty water? is a simple answer when you ask the industry. the answer is we never did so he worked at the chemistry for fresh water. there's absolutely no reason you can't do with briny water. the good news is the industry is starting to move in that direction. slowly, but they are starting. one of the things i would say is yes, there's a huge amount of love, a lot of jobs, and lot of good news about this. not just that, but when you talk about the people first, we import so much less oil than we ever used to. lots of security benefits accruing to the united states. at the same time, but states have been asked the question one of hand-me-downs to make sure the wells are safe in the boom does not leave the legacy we don't want it to. the speed that we will talk about the global energy economy in a few minutes. i want to stay on some of these environmental issues because we live in a low

. >> reporter: out here on the seemingly end less planes of south texas is lot of folks are countingw industry to take flight. >> it has been a lot of work, sometimes a major headache, but it has been fun because i'm on the leading edge of this. >> reporter: he runs the program at texas a&m corp pus christy university. out of 25 fiercely competitive bids submitted by states hoping to become the silicon valley of drones, these six sights have been selected to what may seem fan taste -- fan taste call today into the future. >> it didn't show how the amazon helicopter is going to avoid colliding with the domino's helicopter. >> the faa estimates as many as 7500 commercial auvs could be flying by 2018. merican aerospace advisors works with texas a&m on their operations. while door drop deliveries may be years away, he says lucrative missions already exist. >> the aircraft can be flown without putting a pilot within harm's way, and these aircraft can fly for 12 to 16 hours on a gallon and a half of gasoline. >> betting that the test sites will soon become boom towns, they have already set

we have a severe thunderstorm watch, and another severe thunderstorm watch is down into south texas, including corpus christie and brownsville. large hail, damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes, the main threats as we head through this evening. another more powerful storm system reloads and works its way across the west this weekend. big weekend, mother's day plans, lots of folks heading outside. this produces a foot of snow in the mountains of the rockies and severe weather firing as some of that energy leaves the mountains and heads out into the plains. sunday a day to stay very weather aware. in yellow, the highest rich, severe storms likely, large hail, and, jeff, some tornadoes we'll be watching at the end of the weekend. >> glor: eric fisher in boston, thank you very much. angry protests follow a string of police shootings. and a sinking street threatens to swallow traffic when the cbs evening news continues. marge: you know, there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious, and an excellent source of fiber to help support reg

in south texas a lot of the problem is air pollution. heir investigators called out to a home in carnes county, which is south texas, a family there was complaining about toxic smells and weird acrid fumes emanating from the drilling rigs by their hour, the investigators from the state head up. they turned on their monitors. and then the investigators themselves reported that they evacuated the area quickly because they were afraid of their own exposure to what they just realized they were standing in the 34iding of. which this family lived in the middle of. that brings us back to the one race in texas this week where the tea party guy actually lost. the tea party guy on the ballot was favored. he had the backing of all of these conservative and tea party groups. right to life. take back america. north texas tea party. a whole bunch of other tea party groups. he was the tea party guy. and this is texas. he was a double-digit favorite heading into this race because he was the tea party guy. but the one race in texas where the favored tea p

, a processing center in south texas is no place for a child.think that we have to work with the government of central america on migration from the countries. i plan to go to guatemala myself in the month of july on this issue. and there are a number of other things that we think we can do. i'm sensing a fair amount of receptivity from those governments to work with us on this. i think we all recognize, including them, that we have a problem in this area. we need to more aggressively address. and that's one of my priorities and i personally invested in it. >> take it very much. i see my time has expired. >> the chair thanks the gentleman. recognizes mr. franks for five minutes. >> well, tranone. and thank you, secretary johnson, for being with us here today. mr. secretary, i know -- >> nights to see you again. >> i'm sure you've heard about the case regarding marian ebert team, the sudanese christian who was since to death. her husband is a u.s. citizen and she has two young children. one of which was just born two days ago in her mother's pris

spreading now to south texas. elizabeth prann has more. >> the chairman of the house veteran affairs representative jeff miller wrote a letter to president obama this week. he says there needs to be an independent commission to investigate whether patients are dying because of botched care by the department of veterans affairs. this after new concerns about shady practices adding to the scrutiny of hospitals across the country. one official told a number of media outlets the hospital in texas provided life saving tests late and intentionally tests such as colonoscopies. another whistle p blower at san antonio clinic said he and others were told to manipulate scheduling data so it appeared there were no wait times. miller as well as others are outraged. >>> what i am very concerned about now is the flood gates are open. we are not going to have an office of inspector general that has the capability to do what needs to be done. it appears to be systemic much more widespread than what we originally thought. >> the de

don't send your child or send for your child through south texas. a processing center in south child.s no place for a i think that we have to work of centralvernments migration from their countries. guatemala myself in in july on this issue. are a number of other things i think we can do. sensing a fair amount of receptivity from those onernments to work with us this. i think we all recognize, including them, that we have a in this area and we need to more aggressively address, of my priorities. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. expired.time has >> the chair recognizes recognie gentleman from arizona for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you secretary johnson for today.ere with us mr. secretary, i know -- >> nice to see you again, sir. about thee you heard case regarding miriam ibrahim, sudanese christian a was sentenced to death. her husband is a u.s. citizen and she has two young children, one of which was just born two days ago in her mother's prison. both of these children are u.s. citizenship. and this case has become so hi

she was traveling along u.s. 77 in south texas last july to attend her mother's funeral. she witnessed an suv spin out, landing on its side, ejecting three people. instinct kicked in. >> to take this decision to help, or not help. there was no one else on the road bus bu us. having had four kids it pokes you a little bit. >> she saw something alarming her, an unborn baby head and arm visible on one of the victim s. >> she wanted to make sure her baby was fine. she gave me the name of the baby. >> she delivered that baby along the side of a highway. the trooper responded from 50 miles away. >> i would say for 30 miles without houses for emf to arrive took them a good 40 minutes to get on the scene. >> the six pound 11 ounce girl was saved, however, the mother died at the hospital. a first responder glad she knew what to do. >> i would be grateful to those people that young lady that was adjacent to mom, holding the baby comforting the baby until we got there. >> two texas lawmen flew to san jose to honor her. >> without the actions that morning both live woz have been lost

house, who died in the line of duty in south texas. yesterday we lost another one, border patrol agent alexander giannini, age 24, who died in the line of duty in what appeared to be a one car accident in arizona. and i'm sure that the members of this committee join in mourning his loss and expressing condolences to his family. thank you for the opportunity to be here. as i mentioned, i know a number of members of this committee from other contexts, from the house armed services committee, from private life, and it's good to see you. let me begin by saying that in my judgment, counterterrorism must remain and should continue to remain the cornerstone of the nation of the department of homeland security. as the president mentioned yesterday at west point, core al-qaeda has been largely decimated, but in the last several years we've seen the rise of al-qaeda affiliates, al-qaeda adherents and other al-qaeda like organizations around the world. we have to be vigilant in regard to those organizations. we are concerned, i'm concerned about

. >> reporter: out here on the endless plains of south texas where wind turbines out number people, a lot of folks are counting on a new industry to take flight. >> it's been a lot of work, a major headache at times, but it's fun. i'm on the leading edge at the university of this. >> david bridges runs the unmanned aerial bridge programme at corpus christy university, a lead organization of a test site set up by the f.a.a. out of 25 fiercely competitive bids by states hoping to be the silicon valley of drones, these six are selected to make what may seem fantastical today a reality for the future. >> a lot are familiar with the amazon video. it was cute. the video didn't show how the amazon helicopter was going to avoid colliding with the dominos hipt and the target helicopter bringing groceries. >> it's called sense and avoid - one of the unperfected technologies that researchers at corpus christy and other sites need to improve in order for civil yap use to grow -- civilian use to grope. as many as 7800 could be flying by 2018. >> reporter: here are two unmanned crafts. >> david yoe

a flash-flood watch for south texas. the radar, the clouds across the southeast, severe weather yesterday with the number of wind and hail reports coming in, wind damaged cars there in parts of pennsylvania. it's clear now, and the area of severe weather will be pushed a little farther south, along north and south carolina today, where the best threat of severe weather is. the warm and cool air boundary over north carolina, goes down from 79 to 71 in richmond, virginia. the rain across the southern means, but cooler air is moving in to where the storms were yesterday. and that trend will continue this weekend. it will be dry, just a little cooler. memphis, 68 right now, and high pressure will dominate the weather here over the next fuse days. high pressure in control, and the skies will be clear. clouds across the south and the northeast. but there's a meteor shower tonight. it could be an impressive meteor shower. after tonight, skies area clear. >> the problem is we get a lot of rain on the parched dry land. >> dave wa

and the potential for storms away, too. 90 in atlanta, 96 if you get all the way down south in south texas, down around brownsville. 88 in new orleans, 89 in tampa and 91 down in miami. for tomorrow, things look wet again across parts of the plains. this is your saturday afternoon in the heat of the day. that's why the showers pop up here. there won't be as many showers in the morning. then 72 for new york, 76 for d.c. and 86 in atlanta. for your memorial day weekend, not too bad. we go to 72, 76 and 82 for new york city. now, believe it or not, chicago's actually going to be warmer, and even san antonio 87, 85, 86, and orlando pleasant there, a couple of showers in the afternoon, as always. d.c., a few miles farther south than new york but significantly warmer, five degrees warmer every single day. st. louis all the way to 88 for your monday and pretty decent beach weather down across parts of the southeast. atlanta, you'll see a shower or two on monday. that's it. john, christine, back to you. have a great day. >> all right, you know, and chad, we need it. we need it. it was such a bruta

texas, in florida, involved with the sale and transport of large amounts of marijuana from mexico, south texasetectives could find no connection between the mexican mafia and the murders. and despite investigators' best efforts, the trail of the killers eventually turned cold. >> there was a lot of frustration in this case, wondering, are we going to catch this person? or it's got to be this western right in front of us. >> the families wanted answers. they deserved answers. >> after three years, the families started to believe the case would never be solved. >> your raw instinct is you want to find them yourself. and pulverize them. >> the only real evidence investigators had were the composite drawings. >> it was clear that the people who made this sketch that gave our sketch artist the information, these were going to be great witnesses. >> so rachael's father turned his grief into action. he helped raise $100,000 reward for anyone who could provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers. some of that money was used to put the composite drawings of the suspects on b

. >> reporter: the south texas va office made a statement saying that the allegations were false, but would not immediately provide data on how long patients wait for help. the va must acknowledge that it has a widespread problem. >> you have the scheduler. his supervisor is putting pressure on him and all the way up to stay within this 14--day window. it's long that arer than 14 days. more providers are needed, more staffing, more funds to get veterans the care they need. >> as for craney he said despite the problems with his va medical care he remains proud of his country. >> standing tall, do the best you can and go on from here. >> reporter: he says he only hopes that in his next time of needle' get better service. >> that's al jazeera's heidi zhou castro from texas. >>> the pentagon could be getting ready to make an unprecedented move for chelsea manning once known as bradley. published reports say she may be moved to a civilian facility and treated for gender treatment. she says she wants to live out her life as a woman and asked for treatment. >>> four couples all gay challenge

. >> out here on the seemingly endless plains of south texas, where wind turbines easily outnumber people- many are counting on a new industry to take flight. >> it's been a lot of work, sometimes it's been a major headache but it's been fun because i'm on the leading edge here at the university of this. >> david bridges runs the unmanned aerial systems program at texas a&m corpus christi university - the lead organization behind one of the drone test sites set up by the faa this past january. out of 25 fiercely competitive bids submitted by states hoping to become the silicon valley of drones, these six sites have been selected to make what may seem fantastical today. into a safe everyday reality of the near future. >> a lot of people are familiar with amazon video, it's rather cute. what that video didn't show was how the amazon helicopter was going to avoid colliding with the domino's helicopter which is bringing your pizza and the target helicopter which is bringing your groceries >> it's called sense and avoid and is just one of the still unperfected technologies in drones that resea

it happened last july along highway 77 in south texas.rea woman stopped to help the fatally injured 19-year-old woman to deliver her baby girl. >> she kept asking me, ma'am how's my baby how's my baby? i thought she was referring to her toddler it was her unborn kid she was referring to. >> officials from the texas department of public safety flew to san jose today to recognize her for her help. the mother died of her injuries, but her baby, amylin is alive and well. >>> a third bay area city has decided to monitor the license plates of vehicles the come into town. alameda city council approved $80000 for license plate monitoring cameras last night. but unlike the stationary cameras, alameda scammers will be mounted on for police patrol cars. civil liberties group still oppose the cameras citing privacy concerns. >>> more than 100 million ebay users are being advised to change their passwords because of the data breach. the san jose -based e-commerce company isn't saying how many or if any of its 140 million accounts are affected. but the

people believe that if you completely wall off the fence from san diego down to brownsville in south texas, that will magically stop everybody from coming across. that is one of the biggest myths of all. you have drug cartels coming up with the most innovative strategies every single day to get drugs either around it, over 165 border tunnels have been discovered just in the last decade. they are launching drugs over the fence using a catapult, sliding packages between the fence and shaping them so they can go through the tunnels. then you have another myth regarding illegal immigration, one of the biggest controversies we have going on right now, that terroristsers and and illegal immigrants can be categorized together at the same vel of threat, and that is not the case. you have hundreds of thousands of people coming here to the u.s. every single day they do not pose a threat to national security, yet we believe that it is a one-size-fits-all strategy where we can just go after everybody in the same way and that will suddenly make the border more secure. that is not really a smart strateg

it was in the low 60s all the way in south texas yesterday. it was 92 in d.c. extreme across the country. and out ahead of this next storm, there's plenty of moisture. we will see some rain today along with some severe storms. it's not going to be horrible, maybe isolated tornado or two, but if you're in the yellow from pittsburgh to much of ohio, right down through louisville, nashville, back into areas of alabama and mississippi, we will see a chance of some isolated strong thunderstorms today. forecast for the eastern seaboard. cooler today in d.c. 79 offer that 92 yesterday. but yeah, kind of extreme out there. you know, we'd like to level things out a little bit. >> really has been nice for us, but it is surprising to see those temperatures for southern california, especially san diego. all right, bill, thank you, sir. appreciate it. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," karl rove explains his brain damage remarks about hillary clinton. how he managed to backtrack and double down all in one statement. pretty crafty right there. >>> when we

and i lost them in a fashion very different from any predator that we have in south texas.terested in the meat as much as it was the blood. and in all instances, it was all opened up just in this thorax area, and there was no blood at all. and everybody's saying, oh, my gosh, that's the chupacabra. >> remarks were made, and it was all over the town. >> the myth of the chupacabra is a big story here because we have a high hispanic population that has believed in this for a very long time. >> the story spread through spanish speaking publications and the internet over the 1990s and into the 2000s. >> legend has it the chupacabra is a vampire dog said to inhabit parts of south america and texas. >> a chupacabra in spanish means the goat sucker or the sucker of goats. >> in all the stories that i have read about the chupacabra and it had fiery red eyes and stood on its back legs and appeared to have some spine down its back, or do that and the chupacabra's going to get you. >> dr. canyon's blood-thirsty predator kills 28 chickens over a 15-month period, showing its face only on

. >>> and a south bay woman was honored today in san jose for her heroic actions in texas. idia womack was driving in south texas to her mother's funeral when she saw an suv crash, three people were thrown from the car, one person was severely injured and pregnant. well, idia could see the baby coming through the mother's stomach. she was able to deliver the baby but sadly the mother died at the hospital. a texas lawman says if it were not for what she did both would have been lost. >> there was no one else on the road but us so we stopped and assisted the people. >> both lives would have been lost. so today on behalf of the texas department of public safety, we want to recognize ms. womack with the director's award. >> fantastic. she has four kids and she says her maternal instinct kicked in. it happened on the way to her mother's funeral and she was still able to save lives. >>> and tonight, we chronicle a journey sent by a note. and a person who found it later. >>> also, one of the oldest buildings in san francisco revitalized. >>> and we'll have quite a warmup coming ou

and this week federal authorities detained the illegal immigrants in south texas.der officials say that can't handle the surge. and so ice flew them to el paso and tusson and that is simply dropped off with the bus station. >> it is going to another country. it is it another country, not arizona. and they picked the wrong country. if they are here illegally why are they coming to arizona? >> federal authorities said they are not putting them in detension center. they are not criminals. and so mexico will not take them and that takes the deportation process lengthy and eric, they are supposed to report to local ice offices and where ever they end up. and how many will do that is anybody's guess? sounds astounding. thank you so much. >> a new arrest in the boston marathon bombing probe. and your mother told you to wash your hands with soap to stay healthy. we have that next. what if a photo were more than a memory? what if it were more than something to share? what if a photo could build that shelf you've always wanted? or fix a leaky faucet? or even give you your sa

a very serious threat extending from south texas up to the great leaks. gusty winds could prompt more wildfires danger with the cold front moving through. look at this. 34 in denver right now with snow and 82 in dallas and 82 in san antonio and warm in the southern plains as the front pushes through and continue the threat for severe weather in the mississippi river valley tomorrow. and the snow as well. it is extreme. >> what a way to begin a week. >> thank you. >> select committee on benghazi playing a waiting game. democrats are deciding if they participate in the panel. or will they boycot it altogether. republicans are forging ahead. the chairman said it will be fair and extensive. chief intelligence correspondent kathryn harris has more from dc. >> reporter: they responded to the idea of it being a political stunt. >> they know better. i hope they will appoint five serious people. i have seen the intelligence committee work nothing a bipartisan way to get the facts. my mission is clear. to get to the facts of the deaths. >> five of them are lawyers

. >> out here on the seemingly endless plains of south texas where wind turbines easily outnumber people a lot of folks count on a new industry to take flight. >> there's been a lot of work, sometimes a major headache, but it's been fun, because, you know, i'm on the leading edge of this. >> david bridges runs the unmanned aerial system's program aat corpus christie university. >> a lot of people are familiar with the amazon video, it was rather cute. what that video didn't show was how the amazon helicopter was going to avoid colliding with the.com knows helicopter bringing your pizza. >> it's called sense and avoid and still one of the unperfected technology in drones that researchers in corpus christie and other test sites need for the industry to grow. >> here we have two unmanned aircraft. >> american aereo space advisors works on the drone operations. while drop deliveries may still be years away, lucrative applications already exist from drones that detect when and where a field might need fertilizer and water to unmanned planes checking watering. >> these aircraft can fly 12-16 h

parts of louisiana, down through deep south texas. have to look out for that heavy rain.want to quickly talk about the cold front moving through. that's what brings the rain but much cooler temperatures. look at dallas, 57 today. after the rain comes through, it will be cool. we have to get to the local forecast. >>> good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco with your bay area microclimate forecast. dangerous heat, that's what's coming today and tomorrow, with poor air quality and the surf will kick up tomorrow. our hottest day. if you want to head to the coast, watch out for rip currents and a strong southerly swell. this weekend, back to where we should be. 80s along the coast. low to mid-90s through most of our other neighborhoods and tonight we only fall back into the low to mid-60s in most neighborhoods. accuweather seven-day forecast, the heat peaks tomorrow. have a good day. >> i'm just going to do all of my weather casts with my eyes closed like this. i can't or i'm going to fall. >>> coming up, the latest on that video, making global headlines. beyonce

. $260 million of that in south texas alone with 1200 new jobs created in the region.ion coveraging drone use and officially opens air space the industry remains grounded with possible delays to come. industry analysts suspect the drone market could double to $12 billion over the next decade. >>> the nba has appointed a new ceo for the los angeles clippers. richard parsons, former chairman of citigroup and time warner and his employment comes as the result of the donald sterling scandal. the league announced it would appoint a ceo to oversee the team's operations. >>> some football fans are celebrating while others are thinking about what could have been. after the first round of the nfl draft, clowny was the first man picked. the big loser is the most pola polarizing figure in the draft, johnny manziel fell to 22. he was picked by the cleveland browns. forbes estimate the slide cost manziel $12 million. >>> some of us had babies in 2013, and the most popular baby names for that year are out. and while there is a new number one for boys, an old favorite kept its spot a

down to the south. texas drying out. the frontal boundary moving to the east. this is what it looks like, all the way down from parts of alabama and georgiou. new york will be a messy day, albany a messy day. deteriorating in boston. this is a cool pool of air, chicago 58 degrees. you'll stay cooler as we go through the rest of the week, down the east. 84 degrees there. that will have a cool down. that's a look at your weather. your news is coming up after this. >>> a landmark ruling against google by europe's highest court says that google will have to remove outdated links from the web. jacob ward has more. >> europe's highest court gives individuals a right to be forgotten. and that makes sense. who would not want to get rid of old photos being drunk. >> up close the ruling is difficult to enforce and act on the the ruling which cannot be appealed says that certain information can be removed. a spaniard wanted google to stop showing a page about debt he ode that led to a property being auckland auctioned off. >> it was a matter of public record, google said

down to the south texas dries out. it moves to the east. this is what it looks like going towards wednesday. heavy rain from ohio, to alabama. flooding will be a problem. making its way east. it will be here in new england by the time we get to friday. albany will be messy. boston will deteriorate. this is the cooler pool of air. chicago only 58 degrees. you'll stay cooler, down towards the east and washington. 84 degrees there. it will have a cool down by the time we get to friday. >> that is the weather. news after this. >>> before the break, fel ooep, high wire artist talked about walking across the twin tours. how did he prepare? he said his stunts from paris to australia led to this day. >> i do not leave anything to chance. certainly that's why i reject the title of the dare devil or stuntman. i'm a writer in the sky. i spend a lifetime purifying, editing and trying to become an artist in the art of walking. it takes a lot of practice. to do - to make the people forget that the wire exists, when actually each time my feet hit the wire

we've got a heavy front that is sitting from south texas to north texas and east.g to get a lot of rain over the next couple days. >> very quickly, are you going to be -- will you be able to endorse the republican nominee, no matter who it is, if it's not you? >> i have always supported -- i mean when ted cruz won in 2012, i immediately called him. i wekt out and campaigned for him and hosted fund-raisers for him. >> so if you don't win today -- >> this is a very for voters. who has the most ability and who has the most integrity. i ran 21 positive spots and two spots where we define my opponent strictly with quotes from newspapers. i've run a positive campaign. i want to win for texas, not for myself. and so that's what we're working hard to do. >> lieutenant governor david dewhurst on the ballot today. as you mentioned, it's very rainy there. you will be driving a lot, i imagine, so stay safe on the campaign trail. >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. >>> let me turn to texas congressman ralph hall. he joins me now on the phone. congressman hall, good voting day to

. >> if you look at where fracking is going on, west texas, south texas, these are really dry areas where the drought is very severe. it's become a real issue. >> the issue now is finding enough water to satisfy farming, population needs, and a growing energy sector. in neighboring texas a rent studrecentstudy shows that the d for fracking doubled between 2008 and 2011. while agriculture consumes a lyon share of the water, a third filters back in the land and fills the aquifer. by contrast, after fracking water is largely unusable. >> the question we need to be asking ourselves. what makes more sense, oil and gas extraction or agriculture. >> reporter: one possible solution is brackish water. oceans of the briany ground water extend across large parts of the southwest. and energy companies like pal halliburton are looking to use it. >> why should they use fresh water when they can use the brackish water when you can't use it to feed people and cattle. >> but it's expensive and hard for implement. >> the chemistry is easier to do hydraulic fluid with fresh water. that's why the technology

but a little farther south a different effort is under way. welcome to texasp of democratic volunteers has dubbed it, battleground texas. these volunteers led by former obama for america staffers are fanning out across the lone star state trying to register new voters with hope that say they will turn out in the fall for a democratic gubernatorial candidate wendy davis. this effort is not just about 2014. battleground texas is hoping for something much bigger, texas-size big. they hope that by tapping the large unregistered population of latino texans, they might change the state's political landscape, flipping texas from solidly red to battleground purple and eventually to bright, shiny, pt blue. if that seems farfetched just remember that speculation about a blou texas was a headline grabber in 2012. "the new york times," "the washington post" and "forbes" all speculate about how the state's demographics might change its destiny. no shift is imminent because even so latinos are 38% of the texas population and 44% of latinos are eligible to vote, that makes m

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. >> the south texas va office released a statement saying the allegations were false, but would not provide data on the wait for help. the american allegiance says the va must acknowledge it has a widespread problem. >> there's the schedule, his supervisor putting pressure on hip, and his supervisor putting pressure on him. if it's longer than 14 days we need to know, because that indicates more providers, staffing funds are needed to get veterans in to get the care they need. >> as for crany, despite the troubles with his va care, he is is proud of his country. >> it's a standard, you do the level you can and go on from here. see what happens. >> he says he hopes that in his next time of need he'll get better service. >>> a video has been leaked from a cairo prison showing contained al jazeera arabic correspondent abdullah al-shami. it was recorded last week, five days before he was taken from his cell to an undisclosed location. he has been on hunger strike for 114 days. two days ago his lawyer ask he be transferred to a hospital. blood tests show he may be close to dying. he's be

right now the rain very heavy across parts of mississippi and down towards new orleans and parts of south texasready for big storms here and a lot of rain and maybe localized flooding. then we watch the next storm. expect snow from sunday and monday across the denver area and colorado rockies still talking about some snow. today the severe weather where you see the yellow parts of texas and mid mississippi river valley tomorrow the next storm ejects from parts of nebraska through eastern kansas, much of the state of missouri and towards oklahoma city. the biggest threat for severe weather on sunday. we could see a tornado or two all the way through parts of wisconsin down to texas. tornado alley that is what we are dealing with unfortunately for mother's day. "shepard smith reporting" will be right back. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. but if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify t

manipulation of these appointment times in places like austin where i live, harry harlingen in south texas, in san antonio and waco. for that matter, a former harlingen v.a. doctor named richard krugman told "the washington examiner" that up to 15,000 v.a. patients in south texas were either denied colonoscopies -- of course, those are cancer-screening examinations -- or they were forced to endure long, pointless delays. dr. krugman fears that many of those patients simply died waiting their cancer screening or awaiting treatment. if the problems with the v.a. are just a fraction as serious as what they appear from the news reports that we see day in and day out or stories like i have recounted here today, if they are just a fraction as severe of what they appear to be, we have a national scandal of the highest order. and let's be clear about what's happening. u.s. military veterans are literally dying because of bureaucratic failures, and in some instances, bureaucratic fraud. there is simply no good excuse for what reportedly happened in harlingen, in phoenix or in any of the cities wher

tornadoes tearing through north dakota as heavy rain soaked south texas.y bad day today for millions. welcome back to "early start," everyone. we'll tell you all about this. i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. 32 minutes past the hour. >>> let's start with new details we're learning about the final moments of flight 370, satellite data that families of missing passengers have pleaded for for months now. those satellite records have been released. the fate of the plane and those on board still unknown. could this be the data that unlocks the mystery? saima mohsin is live in kuala lumpur with more on this newly released information. so, now this information that so many people wanted is available, what does it do? does it clear the picture for us, or is it just more data to add to the mystery? >> reporter: yeah, that is the concern, isn't it, christine? just this time last week, you and i were talking about how the families are desperate to see this data because so much is hinging on it. the entire multinational worldwide search for the plane is relyin

in south texas, since there's no money for maintenance, they are talking about turning good roads intol to secure water projects for the future, water is jobs. that's why. and when you have a governor that says no, no to health care for more than 6 million people, it affected them. >> wayne, where do you put the likelihood of texas turning blue any time soon? >> well, it depends on what you mean by any time soon. this year it would be very, very difficult. but this whole effort and zach is really on to something here, these training academies and this canvassing effort. there's a lot going on behind the scenes that will play out in 2014, 2016 to see if texas is competitive in the primary and beyond in which the democrats are trying to remake the ele electora electorate, have more of your guys show up than would normally show up and persuade voters. the effort especially in the wendy davis campaign with la tis ya as a secret weapon to appeal to young latinas who could be a significant voting bloc to the extent that you build those voting bases, even if wendy davis would lose in november

. >> all of this comes as overwhelmed border authorities in south texas set up an emergency shelter at lackland air force base in san antonio to house about 1000 children who were detained while migrating alone. johnson said the crisis had "zoomed to the top of my agenda" after he visited aboard a virtual station where young children were being held am a of whom was just three years old. >> for more we're joined in our new york studio by pablo alvarado, director of the national day laborers organizing network, which has called on obama to take executive action to immediately stop deportations. he was just on capital hill thursday in meetings with lawmakers. welcome back to democracy now! the obamahis news at administration, for fear of antagonizing republicans, will not change the policy for now, though they are reviewing it? angry.community is very we believe it doesn't make sense to continue supporting our community for the next three months because of the belief that by doing that we will get immigration reform done. 14t is the logic of the last years and it has not worked out at al

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now. >>> danger and destruction, tornadoes tear through parts of north dakota as heavy rain soaks south texase bad again today for millions of us out here. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. great to see you today, about 30 minutes after the hour. >>> and we have new details on the final moments of flight 370 based on just-released satellite data. this is information that families of missing passengers have pleaded for for months. the fate of the plane and those on board still unknown. could this now log, this log of released data, be the key that unlocks this mystery? saima mohsin is live in kuala lumpur with more on this newly released information. saima, what's in here? what does this tell us? >> reporter: well, john, to you and i and most people, this will just be a bunch of numbers, a series of crucial numbers, of course, that are the data communication logs between the plane and the satellite. and crucially, those numbers that are leading to the multinational search in the southern indian ocean. and it's so important for the families to ask to s

>> gas prices are about 70 to 80 cents cheaper in texas than the rest of the south. >> the top marginal 30.2%. >> and in texas? >> 0%. >> that would get anyone's attention. >> that's why you have seen texas really be the job creation star in the united states over the last decade, and also creating the middle class jobs, but the national economy in california has not been creative. >> that's a good point, this middle class point, a lot of people look at california and they say, look, this is silicon valley's booming, the tech mecca and so on and so forth, but a report that you've looked at, talks about california having a barbell economy. explain that. >> particularly outlay which is really kind of a microchasm of california's economy. you have the really rich on the one side, and then you have a growing group of poor people and really a shrinking middle class, whom blue collar people who used to work in manufacturing, industrial output, that has since disappeared from l.a. entirely almost. >> so the boom in high-tech, which affects the rich, that hasn't spread out to the rest of the st