and 2007 ined those the state of texas. republicans control the house and senate at that particular point in time. this is not a partisan issue, this is a common sense issue. short eightas in a year period of time -- seven year period, we closed down three prisons and we saved $2 billion of texas taxpayer money. crime but it is also allowing people a second chance. federal level i think you can do the same thing. states need to compete against each other. you are starting to see other texas states follow each other's lead on these criminal justice reforms that are making a difference. there is being smart on how you it is what i think americans are looking for in washington is not going to be the epicenter of that. need to be a repository of best practices? yes. the talk to legislatures -- legislators about how to put these practices and to place? yes. the states compete against each other whether it is social issues or economic issues. but number one, america will be stronger and happier. >> we are that texas has a great st

. >> the bullock state texas history museum is texas' official state history museum. we were opened in 2001. we are charged with telling the story of texas. we have three floors of exhibition space where we artifacts0 original that tell the story of texas. we also had temporary exhibitions, including fly girls, which is what we are standing in right now, and two theaters that show films regularly. >> this is texas, cradle of our army push air force. buses and out of those buses step girls. women's air force service pilots. exhibition isls very special to us. it is an exhibition that we and toon veterans day tell the story of these world war ii female pilots. we thought it was an important texas story, but also in important story that connect texas with the nation. when world war ii broke out in 1938-1939, one of the women pilots of america, her name was jacqueline cochran, she was a business owner, entrepreneur, and fearless pilot. she approached president franklin roosevelt and her slaty eleanor roosevelt with the idea --using women to fly women's using women to fly. women using the air force should they be needed. in 1941 pearl h

state launched a lawsuit. attorney represents 32 texas children and 28 immigrants parents in a lawsuit filed in the state of texas. >> just like everyone else with children born in the u.s., they have a right to have a birth certificate for a child, so they can get medical certificates, so they can enrol them, baptise them. >> i asked what is wrong if the state's current policy walks in this way, and stops border crossers from giving birth. >> she says she understands the controversy, but her daughter shouldn't pay. >> the vital statistics office didn't respond to the request for comment. we went in the search of answers. >> are you aware that most people who are trying to use those are undocumented immigrants who had children born here, and are u.s. citizens, and are denied a service in. >> no, i'm not aware of that. >> basically when an applicant comes, we request the information. it is required by the state. >> texas asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit arguing a lawsuit cannot be judged. >> meanwhile as the first day of school approaches, her daughter may be denied enrolment >>> police in thailand say t

i was the governor of the state of texas for 14 years. placetionably, it is a that i will suggest, economically, one of the great places to live in the world. is that place because we freed people from over taxation and gave people the opportunity to attain anything they wanted because we gave them the opportunity to graduate from high school and go to the next stage in life. until 2013, we went innovation for high school graduation rate for second. if you are hispanic or african-american, you live in the state that has the highest high school graduation rate in america. a powerful to send message, you free up the states to make those decisions. i believe in the constitution. the constitution was created by incredibly visionary people. think about what the constitution says. powersrly delineates the to the federal government. it enumerates them. we are supposed to stand a strong military. today, we have the smallest personnel in the army since 1940. we are down to one fighter in production, the f35. 10 carriers. we should have 13 at least

represents 32 texas children and 28 immigrant parents in a lawsuit filed this summer against the state of texasthe state says it hasn't accepted it since 2008 because it is an unsecure document. but the policy wasn't strictly enforced until last summer when an unprecedented number of undocumented immigrants crossed into texas and as the state launched a lawsuit against the president obama's executive actions -- >> i'm going to ask you to stop shooting, i haven't consented to an interview. >> earlier said i spoke with a venntive from the dream action coalition, he says the argument that undocumented immigrants create security concerns is an empty argument. >> it just exploits fears, because in reality many immigrants come here to work to provide a better life for their families. it's just donald trump and many who are exploiting fear and what better not to actually enforce laws than to actually get people out of the shadows to know who they are. that's about national security. >> so far donald trump and scott walker have called for eliminating birth-right citizenship. >>> approval for the little

citizens without birth certificate, that's outrageous to me. >> lawsuit have been filed against the state of texas. the state said it has not accepted since 2008 because it is an unsecure document. but in practice the policy was not strictly enforced until last summer when an unpres unprecedented number of undocumented people crossed into texas. >> the constitution says that anyone born in this country-- >> i don't have an interview. >> heidi zhou castro. >>> the dream action coalition said that this creates security issues is simply wrong. >> it's an empty argument. it's an argument to exploit fears because the reality that many immigrants come here to work and provide a better life for their families. it's just donald trump and many people who are saying about national security are exploiting a fear. what better than now to actually enforce laws an, that's national security. >> eliminating birth right would require change of the constitutional amendment. >>> friends stand accused of being isil recruits. we'll speak who know a mississippi couple arrested for allegedly trying to join the group. >>

they represent 32 children in 28 immigrant parents against the state of texas. >> what are the kids going to do. they have no birth is it theistic. >> texas arrived a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit. arguing a state can't be sued. the imgralent's lawsuit -- immigrant's lawsuit asked another way to prove identity, like accepting a passport. whether you had a visa on the passport or not is irrelevant for the purpose of the passport. >> the court is considering whether to dismiss a case or allow it to move forward. >> she should have the same rights as a child born to american parents. and since she's too young to fight for herself, i will fight for her. >> meanwhile, as the first day of school approaches, her daughter may be denied enrolment in preschool, and the mother's desperation will grow >>> in the united states, wild fires raging across the west have killed three firefighters. they were working to contain a fire threatening a found in washington state. four others were injured. the vehicle was overcome by flames. fast-moving blazes scorched 400,000 hectares. they've prompted the

people in the state of texas agree with that. if you want to live in a place that has high taxes, regulation, and health care that seems a substantially restricted. go live in that state. that's the beauty of the 10th amendment. anybody that would pick washington over the states, we will allow them to do that. >> is your argument against -- you hear people responding -- gov. perry: the campaign is not about -- it is about ideas and solutions. that is the reason that we lay out all these. here is what going to tell you, here's what i have done. border patrol and control as a good example of that. security at the border is a good example. we know how to secure the border. some say just build a wall, that might be good political rhetoric but the focus on how you are going to secure the border. i think a better way is to put the personnel on the border in the right places in the right a border thatve has proper security and fencing in place. most likely metropolitan areas and the most important aspect is the aviation aspect, they can

. >> this attorney represents children and parents in a lawsuit filed this summer against the state of texas. the state says it hasn't accepted the i.d. since 2008, because it is an unsecure document, but in practice, the policy wasn't strictly enforced until last summer, when an unprecedented in that of undocumented immigrants crossed into texas and as the state launched a lawsuit against the president's executive actions on immigration. >> the u.s. constitution says -- >> the co director of the dream action coalition, also new york's first undocumented lawyer, which we could talk to but that, but let's talk about the issue affecting thousands of people. roughly, how many do you think are at play over this question of whether they will be able to get their birth certificates? >> this is a very complicated issue. it's ironic that many of the republican candidacy and rhetoric has been that people need to follow the law. it's a hypocrisy when texas and many of its localities are ignoring the fourth amendment, that grants citizenship to anyone born in the u.s. all of a sudden, they're ignoring

we did it in the 12th largest economy in the world, in the state of texas. we cut the tax burden. we passed the most sweeping requirement in the nation. which requires for health care opportunities and the access of desk access to health care to explode. we can do this. it is just a matter of having someone who has the experience of doing it. the reason why tell you to show me don't tell me election. a lot of people are going to stand up and tell you what they're going to do. i don't. i want people to take a look at what we have done in the state of texas. all the way down to putting policies into place to make this country more competitive. that foren engaged in the last 14 years. >> this country has a high incarceration rate, would you .ake any changes back up perry: the 12th largest economy in the world. we are the same size as canada or australia. we had a huge prison population, big prison buildup in the early 90's when we saw federal, mandatory sentencing laws were cramming a lot of young, nonviolent, drug-related offenses into our prisons. number one, we are costing a lot of

its brief nine-year history the republic of texas had multiple seats of government in its 175 plus year history, -- government. in its 175 plus year history the state of texas has had one. >> up next the c-span city store visits the texas home a writer william sidney porter. while in prison on charges of embezzlement he began writing under the name o. henry. [inaudible] >> william sidney porter was a great american short story writer. he wrote about 300 to 400 short stories and he was known for having swift endings. a good example of which is "the gifts of the magi," about a poor couple who want to buy each other christmas presents. she has this long, luxurious hair that she cuts to buy her husband a fault for his pocket watch. he sells his pocket watch to buy her these combs which she has been coveting for her long hair. a lot of people know o. henry as a new york short story writer. he cut his teeth here in austin starting right here in this house. this has been a museum since 1934. what people can find is a middle-class taos that is three rooms, a parlor, there is a bedroom, and there is a dining room and a porch that used to be called a sleepin

there are over a million women that have jobs in the state of texas while i was the governor of the stateof the state of texas. women have the opportunity to excel. when you look at the record, the first latina that was on the supreme court, i appointed the first latina to be the secretary of state of texas. the record is unparalleled from the standpoint of supporting women in the state of texas. and it will be that way as the president of the united states. what people really care about is give me the opportunity to succeed, i'll take care of it after that. >> do you pay all the women on your staff the same as their male counterparts? >> i would suggest to you when you're the chief of staff you make more money than the governor. >> is that right? >> yes. indeed. >> why is that? >> well, that's just the way the system was set up. the governorship of the state of texas was limited to a certain amount of money. and i wanted to go get the best and the brightest. and you need to pay the best and the upright ebrightest. it makes sense. that's the way the real world works and government needs t

wants to be commander in chief of the united states and he does not know that it is the federal government's responsibility to secure the border. it's not the state of texas or any other state's responsibility. now, what the state of texas did after i looked the president in the eye and told him last summer if you don't secure the border, mr. president, texas will. and we sent our texas ranger recon teams and park and wildlife wardens and put them there and our national guard to be force multipliers and saw a 74% decrease in the number of apprehensions. i don't know what donald trump is paying attention to. let me tell you that is the success that americans are looking for and when i'm the president of the united states the will to secure that border will reside in the oval office every day and the border with mexico and the united states will be secure. >> you have done more than just fire back on trump on the issue of immigration. you devoted a major speech to donald trump in which you said -- you accused him of a toxic mix of mean spiritedness and nonsense. you didn't stop there. here you are. >> let no one be mistaken. donald trump's candidacy is a ca

the state of texas sued against about and it is now wrapped up in the courts. program has been stopped, so it has not been implemented. i'm wondering if you could bring us up-to-date on the status of that court situation and let us know your views on how an outcome, whichever way it might go, might affect the immigration debate. sure, thank you for organizing this great panel. let me talk about the importance of this policy. in november, the president announced a 10 point executive action. dapa and dafca have gotten the most attention. the importance of this is really critical. on the jerseyas shore with my niece and nephew, twins, and we were talking about school. they are concerned about how much harder their science and math classes will be and whether they will be owed to balance their soccer games with her harder classes. today, there is also an eighth grader out there who is .oncerned not about classes she is concerned about whether her mother is going to be deported before the first day of school, whether her father will be there when she graduates next

these many years, it's one of the reasons that we pull the funding of planned parenthood in the state of texas realize what was going on some years ago. we are for expanding health care for women, and as i said, we did that in the state of texas, it can happen in those states, but it's not the federal government's responsibility to be funding that type of activity at all. >> would you take it so far as donald trump had said, he thinks this is worth shutting down the government over this planned parenthood, in other words, the vote that came up short yesterday in the senate, he pushed it to a make or break situation. and even risked shutting the government down. i think he was saying this on the rid owe show, what do you make of that? >> well, i think this is what's wrong with washington, d.c. that they can't find a way to work together. this idea that you have to shut government down is really outside the realm of what people outside of washington believe. we didn't shut government down in the state of texas. we work together to find solutions, and i think that's what they need to do in washin

of that. basically when an applicant comes we request the information that is required by the state. >> reporter: texas has asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing a state can't be sued without its own consent. a spokesperson for the department of state health services declined to speak on camera but wrote, dshs provides certified birth certificates without regard to the requesto requestor's immigration status. the documents used to obtain the matricula are not verified. asking for another way for undocumented parents to prove their identity. accepting a passport without a u.s. visa. >> it's the most largely accepted form of i.d. whether you have a visa is completely irrelevant. >> the court is considering whether to dismiss the case or allowing it to move forward. >> translator: she should have the same rights as a child born to american parents, juana says. since she is too young to fight, i will fight for her. juana's daughter may be denied enrollment in preschool and the mother's desperation will grow. should we emphasize that the state of texas john is not making an argument against

we didn't shut government down in the state of texas. we worked together to find solutions and i think that's what they need in washington d.c. >> is there something, some of your competitors were hinting at, governor, there are some issues, moral or otherwise that get to the point where if the other side refuses to see what's at stake, it is worth putting the running of government itself at stake. in other words, it is worth shutting down to bring these points up? you say what? >> i think this is the same kind of false narrative that you had in the iranian negotiation, it's either sign this negotiation or we go to war. there are a lot more ways to get things done than standing up and taking a stand and saying we're going to shut go of the down. find the way to make government work. i think that's what americans are looking for, whether it's dealing with the defunding of planned parenthood or whether it's the funding of our military. neil: are you surprised, governor, and we don't know how these polls will turn out and who will be in whic

starting with three-time governor in the state of texas, rick perry. >> also two-time senator from pennsylvania, rick santorum. >> two-time governor of the state of louisiana, acting governor, bobby jindal. >> businesswoman and former ceo of hewlett-packard, carly fiorina. >> the senior senator from south carolina, lindsey graham. >> former three-term governor of new york, george pataki. >> and former virginia governor, jim gilmore. >> now this debate will last one hour. we're going to have four commercial breaks. each candidate will have one minute to answer each question. and 30 seconds for rebuttal. if you run out of time you're going to hear this. okay? >> gentle. let's hear what the others are going to get later, huh? one year from now, a republican nominee will be standing on this stage in this very same arena. that person is in cleveland today. so let's get started. first topic electability. first question to governor perry from texas. welcome, governor. >> good to be with you. >> you were in charge of the 12th largest economy in the world. you recently said that four years ago you weren

coming up, the c-span cities tour gets a history of texas politics from wayne thorburn author of the book "red state and insider posterity of how the gop came to dominate texas politics -- an insider's story of how the gop came to dominate texas politics." mr. thorburn: when people think of texas politics they think of the recent presidents who have come from texas, starting with lyndon johnson in the 1960's and then the two bushes. that is probably the first thing they think of. beyond that they think of texas and how it has changed and become a very republican state. the history of texas politics is that for over 100 years texas was a one-party democratic state. the democratic party was the party of the south and it really came out of the outgrowth of the civil war where the republican party was regarded as the party of the north, the party of the yankees, the party of the blacks. during the period of the 19th century, the base of the republican party up until the 1920's was black voters. as more and more black voters were excluded, so too republican votes went down. by the beginning of the 20th c

brief nine-year history the republic of texas had multiple seats of government in its 175 plus year history, -- government. in its 175 plus year history, the state of texas has had one. city storethe c-span visits the texas home a writer william sidney porter. while in prison on charges of embezzlement he began writing under the name o. henry.

to i wear this as a badge of honor for standing up against an out-of-control official that had oversight on state elected that was in texas absolutely abhorrent in her actions against law enforcement individuals that are in custody and jail. i would not spend a dime of texas taxpayer money, i would not let a dime money go to that. we had the best week of fundraising last week that we had since june. i think most of you are making too much ado about the story. i am in iowa. i will be in south carolina at the end of the week. i will be back in iowa again. there are people who can keep a pretty small footprint. i am one of them. >> you are not going anywhere? >> i am going a lot of basis. [laughter] >> and a comments on governor walker's plan on repealing obamacare? do you think the strategy makes sense? rick perry: i have not looked at it. you'll hear a lot of people say the right things. repeal and replace obamacare. we have been seeing that for a long time. obviously, i believe the states are where the decisions need to be made, not in washington d.c. the entire idea that washington can come up with a way to deliver healt

iwant to share with you -- was the governor of the state of texas for 14 years. unquestionably, it is a place that i will suggest economically one of the great places to live in the world. it is that way because we freed people from over taxation and overregulation and over litigation. we give people the opportunity to contain anything they wanted in the life because we gave them the opportunity to graduate from high school and go on to the next stage of my. -- stage of life. we went from 27 in the nation in high school graduation rates to the second highest valuation rate in america -- highest graduation rate in america. you want to send a powerful message across this country? you free up the states to do those decisions. i believe in this constitution. our constitution was created by incredibly visionary people. you think about what that constitution says. it clearly illuminates the powers that we are supposed to do as a federal government. enumerates them. we are supposed to stand a strong military. we have the smallest personnel in the army we have had since 1

texas jail. >> get it! >> reporter: missouri was one of the 11 states that rent jailed space from texas before it pulled itsre, but the other ten states continue renting more than 4,000 jail cells from texas at the rate of $40 a day. the reason why is simple. those states don't have enough jail space to have their own. texas has a glut of empty jail cells and needs the money to pay for them. and sometimes other states actually save money, by sending their inmates here. >> reporter: tack wisconsin, for example. its prison system is already 50% over capacity, and with the courts cracking down on crime, it's only going to get worse. this facility in racine opened in 1991 and was overfilled within six months. >> we certainly can't in the short run build ourselves out of the predicament we're in. and that's more inmates than we have beds. >> so they send them to texas. 538 from wisconsin before the infamous videotape was released. since then, they've added 90 more. >> we don't have much texas. if it's not texas, it's going to have somewhere else. >> wisconsin governor scott walker, then a state representative, s

[applause] on that same day next tuesday, additional suits will be filed in the states of texas, alabama, and virginia. [applause] i pledge you that we will not delay or we will not hesitate or we will not turn aside until americans of every race and color and origin in this country have the same right as all others to share in the process of democracy. [applause] so through this act and its enforcement an important instrument for freedom passes into the hands of millions of our citizens, but that instrument must be used. presidents and congresses, laws and lawsuits, can open the doors to the polling places and open the doors through the wonders rewards which await -- wondrous rewards which await the wise use of the ballot, but only the individual negro and all others who have been denied the right to vote can really want to those doors and use that right and transform the vote in two and instrument of justice and fulfillment. so let me now say to every negro in this country, you must register. you must vote. you must learn so your choices advance your interests and the interests of our

an attorney represents children and parents in a lawsuit filed against the state of texas. >> what are these kids going to do? they have no birth certificates. that's outrageous to me and it's discriminatory. >> texas has asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing a state can't be sued without it's own consent. a spokesperson for the department of state health services declined to speak on camera, but wrote: the lawsuit asked the state to offer another way for undocumented parents to prove identity, like accepting a passport without a u.s. visa. >> the most internationally accepted form of i.d., whether you have a visa on the passport or not is completely irrelevant for the identification purposes of the passport. >> the court is considering whether to accept the case or allow it to move forward. >> she should have the same rights as a child born to american parents, juana says, and since she's too young to fight for herself, i will fight for her. meanwhile, as the first day of school approaches, juana's daughter may be denied enrollment in preschool and the mother's despera

it's not the state of texas' responsibility to do this. >> i know that but i'm just saying as the presidentthe united states, building a wall does not seem like it would be enough. inducements on the other side are so great. >> i agree with you. building a wall is not going to do it. you'll put a ladder business into pretty good high mode. >> how do we stop it? >> we know how to secure the border, charles. you guys are talking in circles here. put the personnel down there in the right places, the amount that we need, strategic fence in the metropolitan area. use aviation assets. we're not using those technologies today. you could secure the border, charles. that can be done. and the idea that, well, you can't do that, i don't believe that. i have spent more time on that border than anybody. i looked the president in the eye last summer and said if you don't secure that border, texas will. we sent our national guard. we need a president with that kind of will in the white house to secure that border. i'll do t i know how to do it. >> what about the 11 million or so ul legals already in this

state policy began in 2008. they could no longer accept it. the policy - it wasn't strictly in force when an unprecedented number crossed to texas. and as the state launched a lawsuit on the actions. >> influx of immigrants, families, mothers and children coming in. it was then that dozens of undocumented personalities steeking a birth certificate complaining of turning away. >> what are the kids going to do. they are u.s. citizens, that's outrageous and discriminatory for me. >> the cornerry represents 32 children and 28 immigrant parents. just like everyone else that has children born in the u.s. they have a right to a birth certificate. they can enrol them, they can baptise them and do all sorts of things that every parent gets to do, but not these parents. only because of their status. >> i ask what is wrong if the policy works to persuade the crossers. she understands the controversy, but her daughter shouldn't pay. >> without a birth certificate the mother is having trouble enrolling in day care, and the child was almost turned away by a doctor. what's going to happen if she's in an emergency. her. >> they were denied a birth certificate. they didn't respond to the request for comment. t

the biggest newspaper in the state of texas is going to say that he had identified the wrong that heied the wrong yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. so, what did you guys they think of the test drive? i love the jetta. but what about a deal? terry, stop! it's quite alright... you know what? we want to make a deal with you. we're twins, so could you give us two for the price of one? come on, give us a deal. look at how old i am. do you come here often? he works here, terry! you work here, right? yes... ok let's get to the point. we're going to take the deal. get a $1000 volkswagen reward card on select 2015 jetta models. or lease a 2015 jetta s for $139 a month after a $1000 volkswagen bonus. >> fort bragg is the most patriotic community, and when somebody is convicted of murder, that just stirs the community. >> any idea who this would be? >> well, she was getting some strange phone calls. >> don't you give any ideas who it might be. >> i ain't giving no ideas. >> and to defend their son they hired two young lawyers. >> i thought that tim was guilty as all get-out,

>> not only are they not happy but they are suing the state of texas. there was a lawsuit filed by the texas civil rights project claiming this is a discrimination case because it violates some of the things that jeff was talking about, the 14th amendment of the u.s. constitution and its equal protection clause and the department of health services said this is not discrimination at all. they sent us a list. this is a list of valid identification documents. it includes foreign passports, a visa issued by the u.s. state department and also has the mexican voter registration card and even a foreign identification with a photo of the applicant. they say we give people choices. we just want to make sure that the documents that are given to us are secure but this is not about discrimination, the state of texas says. >> but that's so ridiculous because the identification of the parents is not relevant to the birth certificate for the baby. that's what birth certificates are. it's a birth certificate for someone born regardless of what their parents' immigratio

listen to this. >> you act as though i'm the only authority in the state of texas who either investigates or prosecutes voter fraud. voter fraud remains a serious problem. but the voter fraud rate in texas while abbott was attorney general, was.0000053%. i mean, how do you keep fighting back against this voter fraud myth in texas, mr. chairman? >> well, i think when you have court cases like this where district judges look at these allegations being made by people like greg abbott and show unequivocally that it's a fabrication on their part, intended to allow them to enact laws to discourage minorities from going out to vote, because they know minorities normally vote for democrats in the state of texas, like they do in most parts of the country. it really shows the hypocrisy of what the republicans do. they put their hand over their heart and they pledge allegiance to the united states, and then they enact a law that prevents people from exercising the most important right that our constitution in america gives us. this decision is significant because it really exposes them for what they

going to happen in the state of texas or florida. see that guy right there. he says go to jail or get married. no, not the same thing. why one judge is forcing a man down the aisle. that's the judge that did it. >> my breast milk really works. these spots have been continuous for like six months they haven't gone away so the fact that they're white is a good sign. >> a good sign. >> vocal fry. have you heard of it. >> that's what they call that thing that women do especially young women in their 20's they do that awww. >> your voice is sort of trails off at the end of a sentence. now, guys apparently are getting in on this trend mike. >> guys are doing it. >> coming up. >> i'm going talk like that the rest of the hour. >> please. >> and it's now s'mores day. we are going to serve up the snack. >> we're doing it a different way. we got your traditional s'mores right. >> yeah. >> you could put a swift on it. we found a neff town who has come up with five different s'mores ideas. >> okay. >> all right. >> throw chocolate chips in there different little treat. >>

. >> in your new home state of texas you just had an event. should that have happened x.. >> should we do it? no. she's trying to prove a point you could get killed by doing that. i think we all know that. i think that the pushback was obscene that i didn't attend nor would i have. you have the right to do that should you? probably not. but that being said i respect that there are some things we better wake up to and that is what the ultimate goal was was wake up america there are people in the book we talk talked about 51% of american muslims belief that they should live under sharia law. 51% of american muslims and one quarter of american muslims belief silence is the way to get sharia law over the constitution. if you just look at the numbers that is putting 300 to 500000 beneath the should overthrow the constitution for sharia law. that's a problem. nobody's talking about that. >> about five years ago you held a rally in washington. do you have any similar events planned? >> guest: i do. i'm greatly concerned about a couple of things. i do

. >> new home state of texas, an event, mohammed cartoon concept. what'swhat's your take? should that have happened? >> it is america. i'm not a fan of it. i am not doing the cartoon contest i'm an alternate freedom back. i believe we all have the right to do things. should we do it? no. she's tryingno. she's trying to prove a.that you can get killed by doing that. i think we all no that. i think the pushback on her was up seen, but i did not attend, nor would i have attended. you haveyou have the right to do it. did you? probably not. that being said, i respect the fact that there are some things that we better wake up to which is the ultimate goal. wake up america. we talk about 51 percent of american muslims believe that they should live under sharia law. 51 percent of american muslims. one quarter of american muslims believe violence is the way to give sharia law over the constitution. if you just look at the numbers that is somewhere between 30,500,000 americans who believe that they should overthrow the constitution for sharia law. that isthat is a problem no one is t

. >> let me be clear in the state of texas it's done differently to select the grand jurors. where i practice in maryland and the district of columbia, the panel would be the same but it does differ a little bit in other jurisdictions. >> but the point is the kind of person that's sitting in that grand jury is similar to the kind of person that would ultimately give an answer, as to guilt or innocence. >> they would be deciding guilt or innocence, versus deciding legally whether charges are appropriate. are they equipped to make that decision? >> yes, they are at a lesser points in deciding whether probable cause to bring charges, that's a much lower standard probable cause than reasonable doubt which is what the jurors in a trial have to determine. and to answer one of the things the judge said, in preliminary hearing i'm in jurisdiction, where you could have a grand jury or a preliminary hearing, you could also have forms of hearsay where the police officer is testifying from his notes of what he heard and what the conversations were. so that's not exactly a perfect system e

it wasn't always like this, but a slow shift in state policy began in 2008, when the texas department of state health services announced it would no longer accept the document due to security concerns. the policy wasn't strictly enforced until last year, when an unprecedented number of undocumented immigrants crossed into the accident and the state launched a lawsuit against the president's executive actions on immigration. >> the timing is interesting, points to the influx of immigrants through texas last summer, the families, mothers and children that came in. >> it was then that dozens of undocumented parents seeking birth certificates for their u.s. born children began complaining of being turned away. >> what are these kids going to do? they have no birth certificates. that's outrageous to me and it's discriminatory. >> this attorney represents 32 texas children and parents in a lawsuit filed against the state of texas this summer. >> just like everyone else who has children born in the u.s., they have a right to have a birth certificate for that child so they can get medical servic

state during the 1970's and early 1980's. there was a great migration of almost 2 million new residents net migration of 2 million from other states to texas. the third phase starts in 1996 and since then it is an era of republican dominance. ever since 1996, every statewide office has been run by the republicans. texas is very important in the republican party because it provides the largest number of republican congressman. there are 25 republican house members and the two senators are republicans. no other state has as many republican congressman. in terms of presidential politics, ever since 1980 the state has voted for the republican presidential candidate, and that is the base of if the republicans are ever going to win the white house again, they need to rely on the votes from texas. without texas there is no way they can get a majority in the electoral college. people look at states like virginia and see it change, its dynamics becoming purple or even shading blue when it had been read and republican before, and ask whether or not that will happen in texas. i do not think it is for a long time. there's a lot of projections out ther

. >> host: in your new home state of texas, you had an event, the omaha led cartoon contest. what is your take on that? >> guest: it is america. i am not a fan of it. i am not doing the cartoon contest. i am an ultimate freedom guy. i believe we have the right to do things. should we do it? no. she is trying to prove the deck at that you can't get killed by doing that. i think we all know that. i think the pushback on her was -- i didn't intend nor would i. you have the right to do it. should you? probably not. with that being said i respect the fact that there are some fingers that we'd better wake up to and that is what the ultimate goal was here, wake up, america. there are people in the book, we talk about 51% of american muslims believe, under sharia law, and one quarter of american muslims believe silence is the way to get share real law over the constitution. if you look at the numbers that is somewhere from 300 to 500,000 americans who believe they should overthrow the constitution for sharia law. that is a problem. nobody is talking about that. we should address those

: that website, airbnb, also said there has been a lot of interest from international visitors in this event. here in the states, the state of texas has a lot of visitors coming to philadelphia to see the pope. i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> we are just 29 days away from the pope's visit on that saturday. check out the nbc 10 news app for answers to all your questions related to the world meeting of families. >>> a popular main line chinese restaurant could reopen as early as next week. yangming in bryn mawr was shut down after a roach infestation. radnor's police superintendent tells nbc 10 citations include keeping food in unsanitary conditions and failure to control insects and rodents. the restaurant apologized to customers, promising to renovate the site. >>> wildwood expects to reach its goals for cash this summer and probably won't have to start beach tags next year but the city expects to at least talk about it during the offseason. wildwood says new attractions helped raise money. the shore town plans to add more things next year that bring in money including passes to operate four wheel drive vehicles on the beach. most