a south texas beauty queen sexually assaulted, killed shortly after going to confession.picion turned to the priest but nothing stuck. police, though, they never gave up. so, now, 53 years later, evidence points only to the man who heard irene garza's final confession, the man they still suspect took her life. cnn's gary tuchman has the remarkable story. >> she had beautiful, shiny hair. she had this natural effervescence. >> she had the most musical type voice. >> she had a way with children, and she smelled like flowers. >> reporter: in 1960, irene garza was raped and murdered in mcallen, texas. >> one thing i remember is just screams. >> there was a suspect. who do you believe killed irene garza? >> father john bernard feit. >> father john feit. back then, a catholic priest. >> no evidence in this case right now points us in any other direction. >> so why is he still a free man? by all accounts, irene garza was a remarkable young woman. >> she kind of broke the mold. >> irene's younger cousin, naomi sigler. >> at that time, hispanics stayed on one side of town, anglos

one of them is the south texas detention complex the pearsall where nearly 2,000 men are held. this massive ice facility south of san antonio is praited by geo. -- is operated by geo. >> it's not much to be here. not much to be here at all. just like jail. >> nas, or mohamed mustaco, is a singh forian are national. in 2007 naz warvetion sentenced to years in prison. there he met and eventually married his wife, hope. their future seemed bright but that changed abruptly on march 30th, 2011. >> i went to the door and opened and this ice agent with badge and gun and i was like well what's going on and they say are you a citizen, i say no. okay you have to come with us, you know, you have to be detained. >> and he said immigration police are here and i opened my eyes, why and who are they looking for? and he said me. they said that my felonies, my plea bargain violated my green card. >> i don't know how long the consequences or the action in my past are going ostay with me. >> his attorneys say we're trying okeep you out of prison. they didn't say nasri you understand you will be d

one of them is the south texas complex where 2,000 men are held. this massive ice facility south of san antonio is operated by geo. >> just like jail. >> he is a legal permanent resident in the u.s. in 2005, he was arrested on charges of drug possession. he was sentenced to 10 years probation. he went through rehab, quit drugs and got a job working at a homeless shelter. there he met and eventually married his wife, hope. their future seemed bright, but that changed abruptly on marsh 30, 2011. >> i went to open the door and this ice agent pull add gun and i said what's going on. he said are you a citizen? i said no. he said ok, you have to come with us. you have to be detained. >> he said immigration police are here. i opened my eyes, said who are they looking for? he said me! they said that my plea bargain violated my green card. >> i don't know how long the consequences of the actions of my part are going to stay with me. >> his attorney said we're trying to keep you out of prison. they didn't say do you understand you will be deported. >> he was

actually happened was that people are pretty savvy, a lot of people in places like north dakota, south texas, pennsylvania, these are agricultural communities, they understand the value of the land, they're not going to sell away their land for nothing, they have for generations used the land to support themselves. so there was i think more savvy than you probably expect. >> this group was about a great many things and covers a whole lot of ground, but i want to think about two people in particular, one is aubrey mcclendon, formerly of chesapeake, the other is the late recently deceased george mitchell, talk about them as they play out as characters. >> let me start with george mitchell. i had the honor of having dinner with him, and a son and grandchildren down in galveston awhile ago, george mitchell is a fascinating american character, he enters the houston of the 1940s, there was a lot of drilling on hunches and he brought science to bear. he was -- he wanted data. he wasn't going to lease land, he wasn't going to drill land until he had data. and he was the first person to lease up all

mexican americans, at least in south texas, worked voting in any significant -- worked voting in any significant numbers. it cost $1.75 to vote, and they weren't making enough money to be able to afford to do that. wages were very low, and one dollar 75 does not sound like much to us, but it was a lot to them. there was a campaign to organize clubs that would support the kennedy ticket. dr. garcia and his contemporaries were leading the effort to talk to the populace and get them to understand the importance to vote and to vote democratic. they continue to relationship between dr. garcia and president kennedy. once kennedy was in office, dr. garcia began to feel that there was still no representation of mexican-americans at the federal level, programs efforts to better the mexican american condition. this was at the time that blacks were beginning to achieve some success in gaining civil rights. dr. garcia was appointed to several positions by kennedy and by johnson. his -- this tie, which johnson continued throughout the presidency, you can see some correspondence from and to johnso

federal judge south texas, brownville right?. >> he says one federal judge the president of the united states does not have the executive order power to change the immigration law. is that what happened? that's what happened. he franted preliminary injunction which is stopping president obama. like a david and goliath moment in his tracks n. his tracks immigration order. the standard is would the states be likely to succeed and would there be be irreparable harm if he did not step in and grant this injunction. >> the states are suing mr. obama. how many are suing? >> 26 total. >> 26 suing. they went in particular. >> they like this judge. texas. >> so texas led the way here. >> yes. >> they dher were -- cherry picked a judge. rule in our favor. what does the obama administration do. >> the department of justice is going to appeal. probably has done it even as we speak tonight. they are going to appeal the fifth circuit there in new orleans. set up a three panel judge. >> probably overturn the south texas judge. >> whatever happe

stay close. >>> officers regaining control of a prison in south texas after a three-day rebellion. some 300 inmates in raymondville texas are being transterred. the trouble began on friday when prisoners set fires and vandalizing buildings. they were complaining about living conditions. now three officers and inmates with minor injuries. >>> an elderly woman forced to go from bank to bank withdrawing money in a huge scam. it is our top story as we go across america. >> arizona, here are the suspects, two women. they approach the victim who is 81 years old while she was shopping at a costco in phoenix. convinced her to quote/unquote invest $30,000 with them so they can share and profit, a total scam according to police. the victim drove the women to the bank and with drew $15,000. she drove to a second bank to withdraw another 15 but an employee advised her against it. when she returned to the car the suspect and her money were gone. >>> california, a dramatic ending to a four-hour long standoff. people in this neighborhood were evacuated as a s.w.a.t. team surrounded an apartment bu

violence broke out at the correctional center in far south texas we're talking the tip of texas.es are upset over their level of medical care so refused to take part in their work duties and set fires after breaking out of their housing units. officials say two correctional officers and three inmates have minor injuries. >>> men in turkey are standing a violence against women by wearing mini skirts. they're taking part of a huge protest in istanbul. it's reaction to the rape and murder of a student earlier this mom the outpouring of support is now taking over the country on the streets and online. many men are tweeting pictures of themselves in skirts at the sign of respect for the victim and support for women. >> good for them. >>> so welcome by the way to year 4712. >> so says the chinese calendar and lunar new year has arrived. ♪ >> today is philadelphia's chinatown quite the celebration the year of sheep or ram or goat goat. according chinese traditions are creative sensitive calm and charming. happy new year. >> credit card that expired what, 20 years ago. but people are app

i couldn't get into south texas. let's assume these hypotheticals. professors love hypotheticals. the next president, whoever it is decides, i am going to postpone the individual mandate in obamacare indefinitely. so be it. the next president decides, i am going to postpone the implementation of epa regulations indefinitely throughout the fruited plains. sends out a memo. i have decided that in all fairness, some people should not pay income tax. so i am going to tell the irs not to enforce the irs code to a certain group of people that i think should not have to pay income tax. we could go on indefinitely. if everything stands like it is with the courts, the president executive issues -- orders, is this a possibility that these kinds of executive memos from future executives may happen? mr. blackman: with respect, we are already in that era. i think it is a very, very scary time. if we don't have enough agents to enforce the capital gains tax, we are not going to enforce it -- we can tell people the corporate income tax is too high. for any corporat

windchills are a real threat from 40 below in north dakota to below freezing as far south as texas and louisiana. let's get the latest from cnn's tom sater. so if you were unfamiliar with cold temps, yeah, meet the cold. >> is anybody unfamily? >> not anymore. it's in your face. >> this is bad. we could see the coldest advisories and warnings in effect. reports will get shattered. we have broken hundreds of record low temperatures back in the 30s, back to the 1800 current windchill minus -- minus 19 and it's going to get worth. albany minus 12 tomorrow morning and it's going to get worst. another blast of siberian air. it will be well down to the south. not quite as bad as last week's but it's going to set the stage for a storm system in the four corners area warnings in pink snow already in denver but the problem will significant sleet and freezing rain maybe 2 inches of sleet in the dallas area. so again, as you see the freezing line, that would be sleighting southward. we'll watch this for a while. it will be with us and this is not the only one this week fredricka fredricka. >> sto

south texas and most of florida. >>> well an updayton 0 the murder trial of former new england patriots star aaron hernandez. jurors were shown surveillance video yesterday showing hernandez dancing at a gas station about an hour before the murder of odin lloyd. >> a bartender testified he ran up a nearly 250 bar tab earlier in the day and was smoking weed. the prosecutors say the same car seen at that gas station was later spotted near where lloyd's body was found. >>> appealing a federal judge's ruling which overturned the suspension of star running back adrian peterson. the judge says nfl commissioner roger goodell acted outside his authority last november when he suspended peterson because of a child abuse charge. the decision says the league can't retroactively apply its conduct personnel policy because it occurred before the policy was in place. >>> disaster averted thanks to the quick thinking of a connecticut police officer. that suv clears the tracks just seconds before a commuter train comes barreling through. moments earlier, the officer noticed the vehicle was stuck on the t

all the way south to texas, but is there finally some relief in sight? >>> and a 911 emergency. a stunning investigation why cell phone calls for help are ending in tragedy. what's preventing first responders from getting to the right place? >>> "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. >>> it has happened before. a deadly terror attack on a crowded modern shopping mall. and so it might be hard to dismiss entirely out of hand a new threat issued by the terror group al shabaab that identifies major malls by name inside and outside this country as targets. as it often does in these cases, the u.s. government's walking a careful line here insisting tonight that there's no specific credible threat while at the same time urging the public to exercise heightened awareness. it's a threat especially hitting home in minnesota. nbc's kristen welker is outside the famous mall of america, one of the threatened targets, with more for us. kristen. >> reporter: lester, good evening.

the rio grande valley in south texas is where agent ram garza works. ram is the he's the acting patrol agent in charge of the rio grande valley sector of the u.s. border patrol. in the rio grande valley where ram works is the epi center of that humanitarian crisis that we witnessed last year. that's because most of the migrants were from the northern triangle of central america were fleeing violence, fleeing economic desperation and fleeing a sense of hopelessness in guatamala, honduras and el salvador. they had to travel the shortest route which runs up the east side of mexico from central america to the texas border. many of the people on that trek did it on top of a train a series of trains, not passenger trains but freight trains. people get on top of the trains and try to hold on for a 1,500 mile trip. some succeeded. some didn't. some fell between the trains, cars and lost their liessments some made it -- lost their lives. some made it to the border. some fell off the train. some got hurt. some got on another train. some did not make it. but many

all the way back in south texas their experience and plenty of rain fall. in talking about more snow over the next couple of days for these calls. in our area is beautiful. and so little bit of a disturbance that are bringing lot of fuel lower level called squalled across the coastal location. the east bay this still has mild temperatures. much warmer and napa it is 75 degrees. coming up direful forecast dry weather will continue on and we could potentially see some rain in the 74 test >>pam: an international news tonight a no atrocity from isis as the islamic militant mode to the shores of the mediterranean. and in europe, sorrow and anger after all loan wrong terror attack in copenhagen. tens of thousands of days gathered at torch lit memorials around the country on monday. commemorating victims of deadly attacks on the sentence at a dock and a meeting promoting free speech. on the senate got a and a meeting promoting speak free speech. synagogue.... >>catherine: for the first time into this using military force against the district extremists. egyptian t

there did seem a little bit of forum shopping and going to a judge who is in south texas who has had it up to here with immigration problems and i don't think they were surprised they got this ruling out of him and they knew whatever was going to happen would be appealed by one side or the other anyway. >> who is doing the forum shopping? >> there were 26 states who filed this lawsuit. interestingly, the judge said only one of them actually have the standing, the right to bring this lawsuit and that was texas. and he said basically that the problem for texas is they will be issuing driver's licenses to all these new people and that costs texas a lot of money. gwen: so this ruling is narrower than it looked? >> yes. he said maybe the other states have standing, i'm not going to get to that. i am saying that for sure texas has standing because of the license plate issue. that is the basis of the ruling. >> you described a lot of legal twists and turns. what does this mean for the appeal? where do you think things stand in terms of the appeal? >> i would say the next few days the govern

a prison uprising has turned into a standoff in south texas. officers are negotiating with nearly 2,000 inmates who have taken control. part of the correctional facility in raymondville, texas. the prisoners say they are upset with poor medical care. and still ahead, when the going gets tough, the people of boston take to twitter. and when an inferno breaks out at a skyscraper, how do they put it out when the cbs evening news continues. you know... ...there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious... and a good source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy sup

. >>> a federal judge in south texas temporarily blocked president obama's policy on immigration. 26tates opposing the order filed a lawsuit. the decision puts on hold an order protecting millions of immigrants here illegally from deportation. part of the program protecting those who were brought to the u.s. illegally as children was set to take effect tomorrow. >>> in west virginia, a massive train derailment has forced hundreds of families from their homes this morning. the train with more than 100 tankers of crude oil jumped the tracks monday and burst into flames in boomer in the southern part of the state. bryan hughes of our charleston affiliate of woko-tv shows us the dramatic accident. >> reporter: a line of flames lights up the night sky along the canal river in boomer, west virginia. fueling the fire, thousands of gallons of crude oil spilled during a partial derailment of the train about a mile long. the csx train carrying more than 100 tankers skipped the tracks and exploded about 1:30 in the afternoon. >> that is hard to believe. wow! you feel that heat? >> reporter: off

we are expecting pretty significant icing event for dallas texas, south of the oklahoma city area.this region for business you want to consider this will be a major problem going forward, especially sunday in to monday morning, just in time for rush hour traffic on monday. george? >> more snow goody. >> more snow. >> thank you. >>> a teenager from new york city is headed back home from vacation in hawaii. he's got a pretty incredible story to tell. look at this. the 16-year-old hooked a half ton blue marlin off the coast of the big island. a handful of people spent a half hour reeling in the 1,000 pound fish. the teen says he's been fishing since he was just 2 years old and before this massive marlin his biggest catch was 55 pounds. >>> new research suggests the strongest material on earth is teeth. >> the common -- unassuming unremarkable until now. inside of these tiny teeth what's believed to be the strongest natural material found on earth. the lied scientist who made the discovery. >> this is the underside and as you can see the mouth there. the limpit has developed a unique w

and i lost them in a fashion very different from any predator that we have in south texas. 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. >> shirts 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 once. >> it appear

federal prison officials in south texas will relocate near her a thousand inmates after a majority ofing a lockdown and set several small fires. the correction center says the inmates refuse to participate in work duties and some are unhappy about the medical services. 2,000 of them broke out and wen to the recreational center. none breached the outer fences. >>> new secretary of defense ash carter is in kuwait today visiting u.s. troops. carter is scheduled to leave the country tuesday morning. >>> and tensions between bobbi kristina's family members, as brown fights for her life. gordon is accusing the brown family of preventing hem from visiting bobbi kristina when is the daughter of singers whitney houston and bobby brown. the family fired back saying gordon did not meet their conditions for a visit. today gordon's lawyers insisted bobby brown has rejected the multiple attempts to meet with him to discuss those unspecified conditionses. bobbi kristina remains in an induced comma joining us is radio and television entertainment report kendra gillance. what more do you know about th

enter hanen in south texas has block the president's orders for now. coalition of 26 states is suing to permanently stop the president's orders. the judges move by some time to pursue that action. the president's orders could allow as many as 5 million people in the u.s. illegally to avoid deportation. >> brace yourself for another blast of winter. it is partly february. the season's first major snowstorm to blast the south and reach washington, d.c. early tuesday. poised to go up the east coast. the storm blanketed several southern states monday when many schools and businesses were closed for presidents' day. it moved into the mid-atlantic states early today, prompting the federal government to close washington offices until easter -- i'm kidding. six to eight inches of snow were expected in washington. metro new york and see three to five inches of snow. where men are men and women go to aspen or wherever olivia win. come on, it is february. >> have you seen the pictures of south boston? >> amazing. >> eight feet of snow. >> individual will warns do

it's cold as far south as you mentioned texas where they had ice and snow and freezing rain and a mix this morning that caused lots of problems. it's on the move through arkansas mississippi louisiana, in towards alabama and georgia overnight tonight. if you live in georgia be prepared as we watch this. difficult travel overnight tonight. certainly and into tomorrow. freezing rain advisories along the gulf coast here as well as up towards the carolinas. watch what happens as we go overnight tonight in atlanta, georgia. a couple years ago they got about an inch of snow on the roadways. it out is the city down. we are expecting the potential for snow, maybe measurable snow especially north of the atlanta area. south of it is where we are going to get that chilly rain. we are going to be worried about that mixture of freezing rain and/or ice and snow in areas that don't typically deal very well with the wintry weather. just keep that in mind. it's going to remain cold. we have wind chill advisories out for the great lakes and the northeast greta. look at the wind chills. diving into the

mexican americans, at least in south texas, worked voting in -- were not voting in any significant numbersit cost $1.75 to vote, and they weren't making enough money to be able to afford to do that. wages were very low, and $1.75 does not sound like much to us but it was a lot to them. there was a campaign to organize clubs that would support the kennedy ticket. dr. garcia and his contemporaries were leading the effort to talk to the populace and get them to understand the importance to vote and to vote democratic. they continue to relationship between dr. garcia and president kennedy. once kennedy was in office, dr. garcia began to feel that there was still no representation of mexican-americans at the federal level, programs, efforts to better the mexican american condition. this was at the time that blacks were beginning to achieve some success in gaining civil rights. dr. garcia was appointed to several positions by kennedy and by johnson. this tie, which johnson continued throughout the presidency, you can see some correspondence from and to johnson, kennedy, and dr. garcia on various

. >> who is going to pick the onions in 110 degrees in south texas? 70 percent of the agricultural workers are undocumented. and we know that. so let's not kid ourselves. the folks are already here working. >> reporter: senator sessions wrote asking for a full account be for the parents of americans will ultimately cost the taxpayers, jenna back to you. >> doug, thank you. >> day two in the american sniper murder trial now underway. emotions over flowing in testimony yesterday. chris kyle's widow breaking down and telling the jury about the final moments with her husband hours before he was killed. chris kyle texted his friend over the way over to the range saying the suspect riding with them at that time was straight up nuts. ing in heather hanson. and ashley merchant is with us. a criminal defense attorney. apparently the three men are riding to the gun range in the truck and chris kyle texts his friend sitting next to him and trying to have a silent conversation over text message and said this dude is straight up nuts. does that help the defense or

cited with the coalition of 26 states, led by texas, most of the others in the south and midwest, which filed a lawsuit back in december arguing that president owe pa ma stepped oob outside his presidential powers. some legal scholars have said the u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit would quickly suspend any order to stop the president's actions. laura? >> we'll follow the appeals process as well. thank you. >>> it is time to check your microclimate forecast this morning at 6:46. live look outside right now, that of course the historic iconic golden gate bridge on a historic iconic day. it's fat tuesday. does this mean we can eat as much as we want and feel guilt free? >> the beginning of mardi gras, big, big celebration in san francisco and if you're going to be headed out and about but you're making me hungry, sam, i go the to tell you right now, make sure you bring a jacket with you. big parade happening, san francisco, also they're going to have a little bit of a block party out there in the fillmore district. maybe you want to avoid those areas, maybe you want to at

protection from deportation to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants but the federal judge in south texas sided with the coalition of 26 states most of them in the south and midwest, led by texas, by the way, which filed a lawsuit in december arguing the. the has overstepped his presidential powers. immigration groups are calling this a temporary setback. >> very important that the community does not lose hope. it's important people understand this is temporary, this is light at the end of the tunnel and as we've been saying for the last several months people should continue to prepare. >> the question now is whether that judge's ruling will stand in for how long. some legal scholars said the u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit would quickly suspend any order to stop the president's actions. 12 states including california and the district of columbia support the president's executive action saying undocumented immigrant workers coming out of the shadows would result in increased wages and taxes, so a lot going on here. coming up in half an hour immigration groups say this is a set

as we get into wednesday and thursday, that cold air is going to seep even further south. texasand the desert will start to get in on the cooler weather as well. it is going to be the strongest from the ohio valley off to the northeast. this is going to be dangerously cold as we get into thursday friday and even saturday. we'll be looking at the coldest weather of the season. we say that every week but we'll definitely see it on friday. especially saturday. the new england area could be looking at temperatures in the single digits come saturday morning, so this is going to be cold. with that french snowpack it is certainly doing to be very dangerously cold with windchills as well. there's that storm. that's the pineapple express causing more rain for the pacific northwest from seattle all the way down to medford in the northern portion of california. there you have it, alex. >> pineapple express storm system is awesome. we could just keep saying that through the hour. thanks dominica. >>> coming up a ten-time grammy winner uses music's biggest stage to take a stand against injus

a south texas beauty queen sexually assaulted, killed shortly after going to confession.st but nothing stuck. police, though, they never gave up. so, now, 53 years later, evidence points only to the man who heard irene garza's final confession, the man they still suspect took her life. cnn's gary tuchman has the remarkable story. >> she had beautiful, shiny hair. she had this natural

on friday prisoners at a federal prison in south texas refused to participate in work duties and complainedut medical services. prison officials ordered a lockdown then about 2,000 inmates broke out of their housing units and went into the recreation area. officers used tear gas to bring the situation under control, but a wild situation there at that texas prison. >>> rudy giuliani is facing backlash but instead of giving you, he's digging deeper about barack obama's patriotism. ♪♪♪ [ aniston ] when people ask me what i'm wearing, i tell them aveeno®. [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients. [ aniston ] because beautiful skin goes with everything. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™. >>> 25 degrees in cold chicago, but that's a warm day there. we are getting more reaction from the controversial comments from the former mayor of new york city rudy giuliani. at a dinner for a potential candidate, he said that barack obama does not love his country. as will ripley reports, giuliani is not backing down. >> reporter: new york's

his prognosis is good. >>> and a tense situation at a federal south texas prison. inmates seized control of part of the facility. the disturbance that started on friday rendered that facility uninhabitable. the inmates are protesting what they say are poor medical services at the prison. >>> finally, a trip to the mall turned into magical trip for shoppers in new york's long island shadowed by some famous characters. check this out. ♪ one guy tries to show up mickey with his dance skills. that was a bad idea. mickey watched and busted out his own moves. as you see there. the characters hid behind this lit-up screen disguised as a store window. has more than 2 million hits. after its debut earlier this week. disney, the parent company of abc news which employs all of us. >> so, did you -- are you sore from doing all that dancing, ron? >> it wasn't me. >> i would have gone for the robot. >> it requires the smallest amount of coordination. smart. >>> let's talk politics now. two prominent republicans taking heat this morning for comments about president obama. first,

but like the rest of the south, texas was 100% blue not all that long ago. in the 1960s, when the democratic party embraced the cause of the civil rights movement, texas and other states in the deep south went through this whiplash, right, where they had been lockstep democratic states, but their party loyalty was no match for their hatred for civil rights. and so texas and all these other states started flipping from the solid blue they used to be, to the red that we know them to be today. and the guy who led all of that at the statewide level in texas was a senator tamed john tower. and he led that in the sense that -- in the sense of his election in 1961. john tower was the first republican elected to be a u.s. senator from texas since the reconstruction era after the civil war. john tower served as a republican in the senate for more than 20 years. he ended up making history after his time in the senate, when he became the only nominee for secretary of defense who has ever been rejected by the united states senate. george h.w. bush, poppy bush, nominated

but like the rest of the south, texas was 100% blue not all that long ago. emocratic party embraced the cause of the civil rights movement, texas and other states in the deep south went through this whiplash, right, where they had been lockstep democratic states, but their party loyalty was no match for their hatred for civil rights. and so texas and all these other states started flipping from the solid blue they used to be, to the red that we know them to be today. and the guy who led all of that at the statewide level in texas was a senator tamed john tower. and he led that in the sense that -- in the sense of his election in 1961.

. >> the federal judge in south texas sided with the coalition of 26 states led by texas along with state mostly in the south as well as the midwest. they filed a lawsuit back in december arguing that the president had overstepped his presidential and legal authority. the judge adding that the executive branch was single-handedly changing immigration law in a virtually irreversible way and placing the financial burden on states. the white house saying the department of justice will appeal this decision. it will go to the fifth u.s. circle court of appeals in new orleans. as for the programs immigrants groups say they expect this to cause a four to eight-month delay. >> that affects a lot of families, certainly. >> this morning in sunnyvale, police are investigating how a car wound up in a pond overnight, sending one person to the hospital. this is video moments after the car was pulled out of the water right in front of the sunnyvale community center. this happened after 1:00 this morning. one person did end up in the hospital. we're not sure yet of the extent of any injuries. >> san jose

. >> well the justice department is asking judge andrew hain and federal judge in south texas to put his hold of the president's executive action on immigration on hold itself. that seems unlikely at this point, but that is the next step in the legal process. meanwhile as congress is wrestling with a way to fund homeland security, a key national security republican says let's of course sort out the president's executive action. >> the texas district court judge ruled it unconstitutional let's put all our energy in 150u79ding supporting the court case, and for god's sake don't shut down the premiere homeland security defense looin calledine. if we do we'll get linked. >> meanwhile joe manchin says he believes the president overreached when it came to his executive action but he sdwn believe it is worth shutting down the department of homeland security with so many threats that we know about. >> what is he careful of the mall saying now saying about the risk of a shutshutdown? >> he is sounding the alarm saying the clock is ticking with no apparent solution here on capitol hill. secret

. >>> and security officials have regained control of a south texas prison after inmates took over part of the facility setting fires, causing significant damage. some of the 2800 inmates are now being transported to other federal facilities so repairs can be made. >> congress returns from its break tomorrow with a major problem on its hands, a looming budget battle over the department of homeland security. the dhs funding deadline is set for friday, just five more days, to keep the department up and fully running. but the senate and the house right now are locked in a stalemate. and at the center of it all, president obama's unilateral actions on immigration. >> what is going on in congress is there are some who wants to defund our executive actions and do it in a way that holds up the entire budget of homeland security for this nation. >> it's in the final analysis we cannot shut down a national security agency when the threat environment is so high out there. i think that would be an unwise and dangerous course of action. >> that's republican mccall. who also said the house has done

and federal judge in south texas said essentially it would be impossible to put the genie back in theottle. once legalized it is virtually irreversible action. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell praised the judge's actions, saying quote the ruling underscores what the president acknowledged publicly 22 times he doesn't have the authority to take the kinds of actions he once referred to as ignoring the law, and unwise and unfair. this comes as there is a major showdown on capitol hill over funding the department of homeland security. house republicans included in a funding package language to stop the president's executive action which is now stuck in the senate with democrats blocking the bill. homeland security funding expires a week from friday, february 27th. speaker john boehner said today hopefully senate democrats who claim to oppose executive overreach will let the senate begin debate on a bill to fund the homeland security department. supporters of the president's plan call it a temporary setback. an appeal would be heard about it fifth circuit court of appeals in new orle