south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country and in the state. it needs good representation and we are ready to go to work. >> who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fights you are talking about as a lawyer and now here in washington? rep. gonzalez: i was influenced by my family, by my father. a korean war veteran, a self-made businessman. when i was in law school, i spent a little time here as an intern for a representative from a self testatrix -- a south texas district. internship?t that what did you learn during that time? rep. gonzalez: i was very young and had a lot of fun. i think that is one of the things i was trying to keep in mind. the legislative process, i was in law school at the time. it was a great compliment to my legal career and my legal education at the time. it was my first time in washington, actually. i was 26 years older 27 years old. a long time ago. .t was a great experience i always recommend that two young folks that want to learn government. it is a great opportunity that is available. >> you were a

south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country in the state. it needs good representation and we're ready to go to work. >> who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fight's you were talking about in washington? was influenced by my family, my father, a korean war veteran and self-made businessman. i spent a little time in law school as an intern with congressman ortiz from the south texas district 27 at the time. these were all positive influences in my life to make me take this plunge. >> what about that internship? i had a loty young, of fun. i think that is one of the things internships should always keep in mind and learn the legislative process. i was in law school at the time so it was a great complement to my legal career. it was my first time in washington, actually. i was 26 years old, that was a long time ago. .t was a great experience i always recommend that to folks that want to learn about government it is a great opportunity available. >> you were a high school dropout, how come? >> i was in the perfect kid, that i

my mother still lives in south texas and i have a sister. my mother is from monterrey, mexico so she emigrated to the united states 50 years ago. she is a great person. she will be here for my swearing-in. emotional times. >> how will you balance your work here with your life back home? do you plan to live here in washington and if so, where? rep.-elect fernandez: we have an apartment nearby, my wife and i. we will be traveling back and forth and try to spend as much time in the district as possible to keep hearing people's problems and understand what we need to work for. we don't want to lose touch of our community and its needs. >> tell us about your wife and her influence on you. rep.-elect fernandez: well, she is a school teacher and a principal. she is my rock. she has been a great asset inshe has been a great asset during my campaign and even here, she is sitting right back there. she is a very positive influence. >> representative elect gonzales, we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to c-span. clicks june is tuesday, januar

my mother still lives in south texas and i have a sister. my mother is from monterrey, mexico so she emigrated to the united states 50 years ago. she is a great person. she will be here for my swearing-in. emotional times. >> how will you balance your work here with your life back home? do you plan to live here in washington and if so, where? rep.-elect fernandez: we have an apartment nearby, my wife and i. we will be traveling back and forth and try to spend as much time in the district as possible to keep hearing people's problems and understand what we need to work for. we don't want to lose touch of our community and its needs. >> tell us about your wife and her influence on you. rep.-elect fernandez: well, she is a school teacher and a principal. she is my rock. she has been a great asset during my campaign and even here, she is sitting right back there. she is a very positive influence. >> representative elect gonzales, we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to c-span. the publican representing 19th district. why did you decide

. >>> so again, south texas could be the first area that could see showers and storms. we will see some snow and rain showers off the great lakes. cloudy and cool throughout the region. we're theep say we will not have anything too bad over the weekend. not a lot of snow just yet. >> thank you very much. >>> just ahead, president obama tried out some new holiday humor. we'll let you be the judge. >>> then it is certainly anything but bun u funny a. man records himself driving over 115 miles an hour. things go terribly long. details next. this is for you. you didn't really have to... reate your own at walgreens... with 30 percent off photo purchases, just around the corner. walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. incredible bladder protection in a pad this thin, i didn't... ...think it would work, but it does. it's called always discreet for bladder leaks, the super... ...absorbent core turns liquid to gel. i know i'm wearing it but no one else will. discover card. i'm not a customer, but i'm calling about that credit scorecard. give it. sure! it's free for everyo

it coincides with another influx of migrants in south texas, which has seen a sharp increase in the lastouple of months. gabe gutierrez went to the border to find out why and how the idea of a wall is figuring into the debate. >> reporter: at the u.s.-mexico border, this year's onslaught is different. agents like marlene castro not just chasing smugglers. >> they drop their bundles of narcotics. >> reporter: but now dealing with more families from central america who are running to u.s. officials, not from them, surrendering and seeking asylum from violence back home. apprehensions along on the southwest border along the rio grande are rising, 20,000 more this october than two years ago, the largest spike since the massive surge of unaccompanied minors during the summer of 2014. >> traveling through here, the biggest problem would be the brush. of course the heat and humidity. >> reporter: the federal government just sent 150 more agents here to process the migrants. if the flow seems never ending, so does the debate over how best to secure the border. only from the air do you really get

it coincidesit w another migrants in south texas, whi has sn a sharp increase in the last couple of monday. gabe gutrrez went to the border to figure out why and how the idea of a wall is figuring into the debate. >> reporter: at the u.s.-mexico bord, this year's onslaught isdiff agents like marlene castro not just shayng smugglers. >> they drop their bundle of narcotics. >> reporter: but now dealin with for maems who are running to u.s. first, not from them, surrendering and seekingm from violence back home. apprehensions along the rio grandere rising, the largest spike since t massive surge of unacmpan during the summer 2014. raveling through here, the biggest problem would be the brush. of course the heat and humidity. >> reporter: the federal government just send 150 agents here to process the migrants. if the flow seems never ending, so does the debate over how best to secure the border. >> only from the air do you really get a sense of th winding scope of the river. more than 300 miles in the rio grandee valley alone. th landscape, a monumental challenge for one of president-elect do

richard ramirez from south texas is in serious condition. he's been living in berlin for 18 years. his partner was killed in the attack. his family plans to bring him back home as soon as he's able to travel. >> i think he needs to be around us. we need to be around him, and we need to come together, of course, as a family. that's what families do, especially this time of year. >> the other american injured is russell schultz of austin who was drinking wine with friends when the truck barrelled through the market. two of his friends died, but he >>> five under arrest in australia. four of the five born in australia. all of them became self-radicalized, but inspired by isis. they were allegedly planning to attack public sites with explosives and other weapons. police say the arrests have ended that threat. >>> back in this country, we have breaking news from arkansas where a suspect has been arrested in the road rage death of a little boy in little rock, 3-year-old king was killed last saturday while riding in the back seattle of his grandmother's car. there's been a man hunt since

my mother still lives in south texas and i have a sister. my mother is from monterrey, mexico, so she immigrated to the united states 50 years ago. she is a great person. she will be here for my swearing-in. emotional times. >> how are you going to balance your work out here with your life back home? do you plan to live here in washington and if so, where? rep.-elect fernandez: we have an apartment nearby, my wife and i. we will be traveling back and forth and try to spend as much time in the district as possible to keep hearing people's problems and knowing what we need to work for. we don't want to lose touch of our community and their needs. school districts, municipalities, a lot of folks affected that could use the help at the federal level. >> tell us about your wife and her influence on you. rep.-elect fernandez: well, she is a school teacher and a principal. she is my rock. she has been a great asset during my campaign and even here, she is sitting right back there. she is a very positive influence. >> representative elect gonzales,

we are watching a developing system in south texas collecting a lot of moisture from the gulf of mexico spreading up across the southeast where we desperately need the rain. the big winners will be mississippi, alabama, georgia, and at least we will be on the morning. temperatures will be close to normal kind of chilly on a sunday. not a great day to be outside with temperatures pretty close to normal. once the precipitation comes our way we will see warm air coming with it with temperatures nowhere close to freezing. there is no threat of wintry precipitation with this. but just after we get some cold air to go southward with a little piece of that by friday, saturday, and sunday we should see even colder temperatures. maybe talking about highs in the 40s or 30s but maybe close. that would be friday, saturday, and sunday of next week. today it is looking really nice with mostly sunny skies and mid- 50s. the american tobacco campus is having his tower lighting this lots of different musical groups speaking as kathy hanrahan said the first 750 guests get a lot of wand. downtown raleigh h

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but there we were deep in the wilds of south, south texas. we went quail hunting.this picture sometimes it can bore som can bothersome d i'm probably one of those people that tend to be bothered by it. i enjoyed it i know you are a hunter, tucker. i found it to be challenging. it required a lot of skill. a lot of team work. a lot of safety. and you're in the outdoors which is one of god's greatest gifts that you will find anywhere in the world. so there you have it. field and stream. >> i'm going this weekend with my son. it's the best. it's worth it for the dogs. >> do you eat what you kill? >> of course you wrap it in bacon. i would eat a pine cone if it were wrapped in bacon. appears all good. >> let me know how that goes down. >> i have done it it's great. have a great weekend. >> you too. >> parallels between brexit in u.k. and donald trump's victory here. now there is another. you won't believe what it is. remarkable story from across the atlantic ocean. stay tuned. ey choose... then they change those places every few months. quicksilver keeps it simple. with

they were here in south texas for my 60th birthday and it was all together having peter and richard of course here. and he loved to go to the island. he loved to -- they were very adventurous. he loved the island, he loved to swim. loved the sun. just loved to be outdoors. and very athletic. very outgoing. >> looking at these beautiful pictures of their smiles and everyone together, it really brings it home for people. when you heard about the attack and you knew your brother lived there in berlin for 18 year, did you everyone think my brother are could have been there? >> yes, yes. when i first art heard about it on the news, i was at work, i had the tv going and i said oh, dear lord, i hope richard and peter were nowhere near the market attack. i just said a prayer and kept them in my prayers. and then the u.s. embassy called my sister at 6:00 in the morning on wednesday and my sister called me to let me know. and then the embassy also called me to let us know that my brother was in icu and that peter had lost his life. >> we're all thinking with him, pee peter and your brother, wish

a stroll on her south texas land once brought great joy.hat is until the neighbor arrived. >> the border wall is in my backyard. >> reporter: long before president-elect trump's promise of a wall along the southern border, barriers started going up a decade ago after george w. bush signed the secure fence act of 2006. >> see the big bump there? >> reporter: a towering 18-foot tall piece of the fence casts a shadow on her house. the land has been in her family for generations. >> it was a hopeless, hopeless feeling. very emotional. >> reporter: of the nearly 2,000 mile long u.s. mexico border, about 670 miles is now walled or fenced. congress never approved additional funding for more. the program essentially went away. that was then. this is now. president-elect trump ran his campaign vowing to not only build along the entire border but also make mexico pay for it. however, some like this woman who voted for trump don't have great confidence in how effective that will be. >> more walls will not solve the problem. >> reporter: aside from kee

. >> major flooding hitting south texas this weekend.he water covering streets and homes and leaving some drivers stranded. forecasters say more rain is on the way. that will happen through tomorrow afternoon. >>> and in north dakota, authorities will back away from a key bridge near the dakota pipeline camp. they will do that if demonstrators agree to certain conditions. the backwater bridge has become a flashpoint in the ongoing standoff in the multi-billion dollar project that protesters say will violate sacred ground and threaten water supplies. >> vice president-elect mike pence saying this morning that the list of secretary of state candidates could get longer. it comes amid reports that mr. trump is moving away from the early front runners for the job. mr. pence acting as chair for the transition team. some seeing that as a sign he could be very influential in the trump administration. >> with regard to secretary of state, we've been winnowing the nk to talk to the grow a little president-elect, he's simply looking for the best me

wind gusts in south texas about 50 miles an hour. you'll feel the winds right along the front and behind it they're out of the north and they are bitterly cold backside of this, we have that cold air underneath. so you'll see freezing rain and you should see most of the rain move out of new england and the northeast by 8:00 tonight. you should be nice and clear. how about these windchills for sunday morning. oh, my goodness. 36 below in sioux. >>> if you're looking for the warmth head to miami, 83 degrees. >> that will work. >> thanks for advice, kate. speaking of warmth, how about lights and power. an ohio man giving power to the people letting you take control of his christmas light display. diane has the story this morning. >> tom hammond is not a control freak. i think we can go with that. he not only let's complete strangers stare at his house but they also control his christmas light display. his goal was to do something fun for his community, it looks like he's bringing joy to the world. ♪ >> grand parades of flashing lights a

like a shocking number of people crammed into such a small space is actually not that uncommon in south texasig surprise to us no more. we deal with it on a daily basis. >> because of la jolla's proximity to mexico and because the fence along the texas border is incomplete, illegal immigrants are able to slip undetected into the united states. >> this is the border the united states has built. apparently this is where the fence ends right here. this is how close we are to the river, you know. so there is a gap between here, the other fence, and maybe 50 miles west of where we stand at this point. >> the immigrants are sent to border patrol for processing. with so much of the border fence still under construction and a shortage of people patrolling the area, chief gutierrez knows incidents like this are bound to happen again, and he think there is really only one solution. >> i think we need stiffer punishment for these coyotes, these people transporting immigrants and trying to make a quick buck out of them. i think that can be the only way it will come to a halt. >>> it's a shocking end to a

subzero windchills stretch from oregon to maine and as far south as texas. >>> the electoral college votes today to confirm donald trump's election. they demand to see the evidence of russian hacking. >>> a fight to stop counterfeiters from cashing in on christmas. only on "cbs this morning," we will take you inside a giant government inspection facility where customs officials work to catch fake goods. b your world in 90 seconds. >>> it feels like i'm in the arctic. >> like jumping ine lakhi micgan and rolling around in the snow. >> bitter cold breaks records across the country. >> it's already very cold out there and it's only going to get colder. >> hundreds of traffic accidents caused by this extreme cold weather. >>> do you believe this is a free and fair election? >> well, i think it was -- i think it was distorted by the russian intervention, put it that way. >> john brennan and the hit job he seems to be orchestrating against the president-elect. >> the evacuation of civilians afom eastern aleppo has resumed ter an act of sabotage but the bus convoys on hold. >> among the dea

subzero windchills stretch from oregon to maine, and as far south as texas. >> the electoral college votes today to confirm donald trump's election. his top transition officials dispute the intelligence community's conclusion about russia hacking. they demand to see the evidence. >>> and the fight to stop counterfeiters from cashing in on christmas. only on "cbs this morning." we'll take you inside a giant government inspecifics facility where cuss thomas officials work to catch fake goods. >> we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> it feels like i'm in the antarctic. >> bitter cold breaks records across the country. >> it's already very cold and it's only going to get colder. >> hundreds of traffic accidents caused by this extreme cold weather. >> do you believe this is a free and fair election? >> well i think it was distorted by the russian intervention. >> there should be an investigation of the russians and also john brennan, he seems to be orchestrating against the president-elect. >> the evacuation of civilians from eastern aleppo has resumed a

wind gusts right now in south texas just rang in at about 50 miles an hour, so you're going to see those winds at the front, and they are out at the north and they are bitterly cold so, be careful because on the backside of this, we have the cold air sliding underneath, so you will see freezing rain. you should see most of the rain move out of new england and the northeast by the time we get to 80 tonight. you should be nice and clear. how about these windchills for sunday morning. oh, my goodness. 36 below in sioux falls. des moines, 29 below, and tomorrow, not much better. new york city, it will f >>> good sunday morning, a live look outside from our tower camera and boy, another frosty morning, the freeze warning and frost advisory for another hour and we'll look for a dry week ahead. temperatures in san francisco another day or two before you begin to warm up. this is wednesday's high, 60 degrees. that's not bad. low 50s today with sunny skies and light winds around thel >>> if you're looking for the warmth, head to miami, 83 degrees. >> that will work. >> thanks for advice, kate. >>

the cold made its way on south to texas. i want to show you the arctic cold numbers. uston feels like 20. south padre island dipped below freezing. kansas city at 15 below. right there in chicago itself. 27 below. we find eva pilgrim there. she wrote me this weekend, i know you have a lot of experience in the cold. i'm a south carolina gal, what do i do? >> reporter: oh, your tips were life saving. it's freezing here if chicago. actually, it's below freezing. the real temperature is 12 below zero. it feels like 27 below. the frigid temperatures are causing problems from the skies to the roads. fatal freeze. dangerously cold touch churs creating havoc on the highways. leaving at least 19 dead this morning. in baltimore, t off internate 95, exploding into flames. >> oh, my god, y'all! >> reporter: a stranded motorist watched as truck after truck -- >> stop, stop! >> reporter: drives straight into the inferno. at least 20 injured and three dead on a day where the maryland police responded to 377 accidents. in oregon, a large chunk of ice smashing this windshield after fal

but that freezing line, as far south as texas, is going to move up to almost the canadian border. the result? temperatures go from the 30s in raleigh up into the 50s. from below average to above it. david? >> temperature whiplash this week before christmas. ginger, thank you. >>> we turn to other news this evening, and to little rock now. the hunt for a driver believed to have killed a 3-year-old boy out of road rage. the little boy was riding with his grandmother on the way to the store. tonight, police want the public's help now finding the gunman, and they are offering a reward. abc's phillip mena on the scene tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a manhunt underway for the man accused of opening fire, killing this 3-year-old boy, in an apparent case of road rage. a bistander calling 911 saturday night. >> the woman's saying this little kid's been shot. >> reporter: as the boy's grandmother, kim king-macon, desperately tried to revive the child. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: king-macon says she strapped at this intersection in little rock, arkansas. the driver behind her honked. when sh

rudolph, ohio, forecast high today 36 degrees, snow, kentucky, 66, if you like it warm, head south, garlands texase mountains, like that hoo, had skiing. go out there. >> all is good today. not much happening, maybe some clouds from time to time this evening, into the overnight, looks pretty good as well. tomorrow like i said, maybe a shower or two, in some spots, overall trends, still remains, for above average temperatures, nice ridge, jet stream tuesday, temperatures well to the 50's. today 48 for the high, extended forecast, pretty quiet, couple of weak systems, then again thursday, by new years weekends cooler, lower four #'s for highs, rahel, back to you. >> justin, thank you. time now 8:18. let's go back and check in with amanda mueller at the cbs-3 traffic center. see how the roads are look, good morning, amanda. >> still looking very good out there for your christmas commute. most you'll really have to deal with is sun glare, ticking a look at the schuylkill near the belmont exit here. you can see the sun powerful around the turn. don't forget your sunglasses, still looking good, no delay

it come in sides with influx of immigrants in south texas which has seen a sharp increase in the last few months. dave gutierrez goes to the impact is affecting debate. >>> not just chasing smugglers but now dealing with more families from central america running to u.s. officials not from them, surrendering and seeking asylum from violence back home. apprehensions on the southwest border are rising, to,000 more th largest spike in the surge of unaccompanied miners. >> the biggest problem will be the brush, heat and humidity. >> federal government just sent 150 more agents here to process the migrants. if the flow seems never ending, so does the debate on how best to secure the border. >> get a sense of the winding valley alone. >> the landscape a monumental challenge for one of president-elect donald trump's signature promises, building a wall. >> would it be worth it? >> i never look at one singular solution to a very complex problem. >> sector chief says a brick and mortar wall is only part of the answer. >> it includes aircraft, it includes technology. in some cases a fence is the

the cold made its way on south to texas. i want to show you the arctic cold numbers. we have got the windchill on. houston feels like 20. south padre island dipped below freezing now. you know it's serious. kansas city at 15 below, and right there in chicago itself, 27 below, and that's where we find our eva pilgrim. she wrote me this weekend, i know you have a lot of experience in the cold. i'm a south carolina gal, what do i do? you look good. you survived weekend, eva. >> reporter: oh, your tips were lifesaving. it's freezing here in chicago. actually, it's below freezing. the real temperature is 12 below zero. it feels like 27 below. and these frigid temperatures are causing problems in the air, and on the roads. fatal freeze. dangerously cold temperatures creating havoc on the highways, leaving at least 19 dead this morning. in baltimore, this truck careened off interstate 95, exploding into flames. >> oh, my god, y'all! >> reporter: a stranded motorist watched helplessly as truck after truck -- >> stop! stop! >> reporter: -- drives straight into the inferno. at

few storms with a cold front across much of the south, so into texas watch for storms.lso going to watch for heavy rain in memphis tonight. by the time we get to tomorrow morning and atlanta. temperatures in the meantime for this day after christmas, definitely mild along the gulf coast, unseasonably so. record breaking numbers, despite the blizzard in the northern plains, look how mild it is, dallas at 70, san antonio almost 80 degrees. that is some really warm conditions all the way to florida. looking good there and mild across much of the we. betty, we have the cold air, it is coming to the east, just have to wait a couple days. >> okay, thank you, bonnie. >>> just ahead, a wifi warning for you. as you head out to the airport, beach, or a mall, see how thieves are trying to snoop through your private information. we'll show you how to protect yourself next. you're watching "msnbc live." ♪ this holiday, the real gift isn't what's inside the box... it's what's inside the person who opens it. give your loved ones ancestdna, the simple dna test that can tell them where

south carolina. before that, remember, texas, for three months, texas is in play. that means we are even and republicans win texas. even if you are a lousy candidate, you win texas. texas is republican. i had these massive crowds and for three months, they said, texas is in play and next week is very close. and remember georgette? georgia? r georgia is in play. can you imagine if i lose texas or georgia? i am saying to my kids and my wife, this is going to be a disaster. utah, i do not think of republican has ever lost. utah is in play -- against some guy, i looked at him -- my wife looked at him and said, you will not lose to him. [laughter] president-elect trump: i am telling you, she is good at this stuff. they say he is tied with me. you will not lose to them, do not worry about it. now it is, whatever time, 8:00 or 9:00, the numbers were so great. donald trump has won the state of texas. that means it was a slaughter. donald trump has won the state of georgia. donald trump has won the state of utah. and this guy that was put up there to fight me, he was -- hil

we had some thunderstorms especially down toward the south and west into texas and also into louisiana like lake charles. that area was dealing with some storms. as the system continues to move north and east, rain from toronto all the way down to miami and back towards the west high pressure bringing sunny skies. vancouver and seattle coming up on monday. here's your extended outlook. >>> our top story, once again. shinzo abe the first sitting japanese prime minister to visit pearl harbor with a u.s. president. he will visit on december 26th and 27th. and along with president barack obama, they will pay their respects to the victims of the 1941 japanese attack. abe will offer flowers at the arizona memorial and also hold talks with obama. >> in december, 1941, the now defunked japanese imperial navy attacked military bases in hawaii. abe says his visit will symbol the reconciliation between the two countries. >>> more updates and special reports at the top of the hour on "newsroom tokyo." i'm james tengqéa1ú@ñ genie: hello, everyone. this is "france 24." i'm genie godula. these are th

do not tell me be cannot win in the south, we can win in the south, we must win in the south. texasl of the county seats in harris county. good job come on in. great job. we can do more. yesterday i release my platform and the want to look at it carefully and i want you to share with me your thoughts about it. the democratic party should not to distributee staff throughout the country on . strategic basis it years ago me and members of talkedgressive caucus about making sure we drive up voter turnout in the discover the what we do. funds soo increase the help us know some of it also set up a grant program to allow every state to come forward to apply for extra money. i was talking to some state leaders that city have a plan for precinct programs. we should fund that, back that. it will give state parties and d.c. a toolkit for planning communications, technology, fundraising and more. let me tell you, donna brazil is fighting that battle on cyber security. i tell you, they are trying to attack us, you guys and we have to be really clear that we are protected. i believe state parties

south. dallas, texas, 36 degrees it's colder here than it is in philadelphia the same for memphis as 37 degrees. for this evening we don't see a crash in temperature but a slow drop through the evening. 8:00, 38 degrees, mid-30s, 9:00 and 10:00 and the low overnight dropping down to 29 degrees for philadelphia. for the bus stop for tomorrow morning, it's bright and breezy and windchills 15 to 20 degrees, bundle up the kids with air temperatures below freezing and cover all extremities. and as we go into the next three days, temperatures only hold in the 30s with harsh windchills and the coldest air in 10 months. you have to go back to february to find equally cold temperatures as we'll experience the next couple of days and monday and tuesday could see rain and snow. and we'll have the seven day in just a little bit. >> thank you. you can count on 6abc.com/weather to keep you up to date on the very cold temperatures. and that possibility for some snow. and be sure to interact with our immediate gives, each and every day on twitter and on facebook. >>> new this afternoon, police have released vi

subzero windchills stretch from oregon to maine, and as far south as texas. >> the electoral collegeay to confirm donald trump's election. his top transition officials dispute the intelligence community's conclusion about russia hacking. they demand to see the evidence. >>> and the fight to stop counterfeiters from cashing in on christmas. only on "cbs this morning." we'll take you inside a giant government inspecifics facility where cuss thomas officials work

in south texas, they grow sugarcane. right -- the federal government does some things that are not healthy for our constituents. host: gene green, the ranking member, the top democrat on the energy and commerce subcommittee on health. valerie in lafayette, indiana. caller: good morning. i just wanted to encourage you, representative green, and the rest of the democrats. i want you guys to stay strong and fight for us and these people that are calling in negative about democrats, in four years, they will probably be back around. because after president-elect trump and arrested republicans get through with us as a country, they are going to see that it was all a con game. just stay strong to fight for us and i appreciate your service. guest: thank you. and as a legislator, i like to legislate. i will legislate with republicans or democrats for the good of the people in our country. i held that is what we will do. host: marietta, florida. caller: i have a question about the bill you are sponsoring. as far as medical researc

this cold snap is bringing freezing temperatures as far south as texas, though, but there is some goodmer temperatures are expected by the end of the week. so there's a big christmas present for you right there. >>> the tap water now safe to drink again in corpus christi, texas. bathing and cooking are also okay. that's according to the epa. the tap water was off-limits for four days after a chemical leak. it's not clear where that chemical came from. they believe it came from asphalt in some way. they are still investigating, of course. >>> actress and socialite zsa zsa gabor died at the age of 99 of heart failure in her bel air home. the hungarian born actress got her break in the 1952 movie "moulin rouge." she appeared in "the naked gun 2" and you can see her there, she was slapping a police officer that. was a joke because she actually did it in real life. she was beloved by many. we say good-bye to zsa zsa gab gabor. >> "rogue one" took in a whopping $155 million in the u.s. this weekend, and $290 million around the world. that's expecting to go up significantly next month when th

south. lonestar state of texas rainy and heavy at times. that will spread east over the next couple of days. actually we have a pretty good weather pattern change that's heading this way. here's philadelphia right here. now, what happened this past week, part of the reason we had this rain. area of low pressure came in like that, tapped into the gulf, we had periods of rain. this time what happens we get an area of low pressure here, that's later next week, we get into an unsettled pattern where we get two or three straight days of clouds and drizzle and all that mess again. this will run up the spine of the appalachians and bring rain off the atlantic and the gulf. behind that low, for the first time we get a true shot of arctic air and that put high temperatures in the 30s by the time we get into friday of next week. rain chances again, nothing this weekend, saturday, sunday look good, monday looks good, tuesday, 80%, wednesday, 60. thursday, 40% chance of rain. let's put it altogether for you. windy and chilly today. highs around 49. win

in terms of security in south texas, we're one of the safest communities in the state. i feel comfortable there. i think people who come down and visit will tell you the same thing. host: have you thought much about your committee assignments in congress? guest: i have. we're trying to -- we start at the top. we know we're asking for appropriations. my predecessor was on financial services, which he'll leave a void after he's gone. transportation is a big issue. i'm very interested in trying to implement a fast rail from san antonio to the valley, border area, even all the way into monterey, mexico. it's a plan. those are important things. agriculture is huge. so these are all committee asoonments i'm asking for and hopefully -- host: thank you so much for your time. guest: hang thank you. >> the house about to gavel back in. they'll recess again until 4:30 we'll when they'll work on six bills today, including one dealing with injured veterans and tax issues. any votes will take place after 6:30 eastern time. over in the stat today lawmakers will come in at 3:00 and try