other confederates spoke highly of the texans as well. smith commented after the battle of -- landing, very early in the war, in the 1862, "the texans won a mortal honor for themselves, their tate and for commander general hood." could talk a week and not say half they deserve. if the regiments now organized in texas could be transported armed tomorrow, and properly led they would end the three months. north carolinian, a colonel at boysime said, hood's texas were the best material on the continent without a doubt. confederate president jefferson davis insisted years after the brigade, ood's texas "shown on many battlefields its illingness to live and die for dixie," and even fellow foot agreed. pride of t was the northern virginia. they very much earned their and that's remembered to this day. some of you have heard me talk about the texas brigade before about you don't know much the unit, the core regiments are the first, fourth and fifth regiments.try at the beginning of the war they are organized into a brigade in 1862.ring of also in

texans are overwhelmingly areederate -- white texans overwhelmingly confederate while slaves are hoping the union wins. some of them try to escape. even before the civil war, slaves from texas were trying and, in some cases, successfully escaping into mexico across the rio grande because that was freedom from slavery for them. that is going to continue through the civil war. at the union armies get close enough, which doesn't happen too but if they come close enough, slaves would try to escape to the union army, which is mainly in arkansas or in what is now oklahoma, what then was an indian territory. the emancipation proclamation goes into effect all through the confederate states. so you have new opportunities for african-americans. obviously, lingering opposition, the ku klux klan is going to appear within a short period of time, and other kinds of violent opposition to freedom is still going to linger across the state. at first, even though freedom has been granted, there is not a clear-cut set of rights coming with it. the emancipation proclamation says people are free but it doesn

there's a number of other texan campus.e driving now for the tech campus created in 1923 by the state legislature. they decided they needed a university of texas and we didn't have one and lubbock was only 6600 people at that time and amarillo was much larger. a view which is north of us is 25,000 citizens today with in times of size, plainview is larger than the butt there's a very influential state in lubbock and he and others made certain that the legislature chose what was to be called texas technological college to be in love so where not even 100 years old yet . as colleges go, it's fairly young. this is the administration building though it's the first building on campus, built in prairie in the1920s. you see the back there , was a texas governor who hailed from lubbock, the airports name is that elementary school but he was a big part of artistry. you can see through our ride these are cotton fields. you're in the of the largest continuous patch in the world so we are a plateau two feet above sea level. we have warm

and through the non-profit i founded texan by nature. you may not know that the bush center sits on a 15 acre prairie part that celebrates the needed environment of our home state. george and i work with michael, who you'll hear from next, to landscape the grounds with the native prairie grasses that once flourished right here in this part of texas. we planted nearly 930 trees pecan,to texas including texas redbud, oak and rusty black hawk. with the assistance of the lady bird johnson wild flower center, we developed a mixture of texas native grasses for our grass lawn comprised of buffalo grass, blue gramma, texas gramma, curly mesquite and poverty drop seed, this turf is available to plant in your own yard. you can purchase it at the wildflower center or at douglas king growers. the bush center grounds feature an amphitheater, a mile long walking trail, a wild flower meadow and a 252,000 gallon underground cistern that collected all the storm run off from our building. even from the parking lot and repurposes it to irrigate our native

—ism policies. of those very damaging the texan -ism policies. of these are the best figures ever? believe me, they're the best figures. to follow rachel is saying, a real hostage to fortune, not that that matters. you thought next quarter figures are going to be even greater, believe me, believe me, you know. that has raised a great deal of skepticism. also it is interesting that you raised jean—claude juncker, the ability let to put it mildly attitude to europe is really worrying —— ambivalent attitude. not to mention right—hand man steve banning launching the movement to really whack europe and whack decent relations because they don't like big international trade box. i think it is all to play. but whatever he says now, and this is fascinating in twitter, trump land at the core does not care because we are the skeptics and weekend but i'll actually you said this before but now you are contradicting, it doesn't matter at all. we are the fa ke doesn't matter at all. we are the fake new media. that is it right now. that is it. speaking of which,

it's called black texans, the history of african-americans in texas. to be a spanish colony at first in a sense on extension of mexico which is a spanish colony. the number of african-americans in texas is limited. there was slavery in mexico but there were also people who gained their freedom and so there are both some slaves but also some free blacks during the spanish period in texas -- the cool anies are not very large and there may be a couple of thousand settlers and among them people who are primarily free. free black -- some of them have mixed ancestry. may be up 20% of that 20,000 so relatively smaller group but it is beginning point of any african-american president in texas. and that continues up until the the early 1800s when mexico then revolts for its independence from spain. mexico along with most of the latin american countries that revolted against spain during that feared of revolution begin to take the first steps toward emancipating their slaves. bringing an end to slavery and -- in what are now becoming independent countries. well,

and through the nonprofit i have found it, texan by nature period --. you may not know that the bush center sits on a 15 acre native park that celebrates the natural environment of our home state. george and i have worked with c- span, he will -- michael van valkenburgh who you will hear from next. we planted nearly 930 trees, native to texas. including pecans, texas red bud, live oak, east necklace, with the assistance of the flower center, we have developed a mixture of 5 grasses for our grass lawn. comprised of buffalo grass, blue grandma, texas grandma, crilly mesquite, and poverty dropsy. this type of turf is available to plant in your own yard. and you can purchase it at the flower center, or at douglas king grower. the bush center grounds feature an amphitheater and a mile-long walking trail. a while flower meadow, and a 252,000 gallon underground cistern. that collects all of the storm runoff from our building. even from the parking lot. and re-purposes it to irrigate our native texas park. efforts to develop parks in the hearts of the city like

in the 1950's, they were purchased by a texan. it was moved to saint angelo, texas. they stomach windmills today. your larger ranches still use windmills. it is better than running 25 miles of electrical lines. they have a full-time windmill er. a motor business is in business because they kept thinking what can we do to make life easier? what can we do to make life better? they created the power mill. it would have been a different gearing system on a building outside, a barn or an out building. underneath, there would be a grinder. they would need it for their breath and grain. they were the first one to close box.irbox -- the gear they said you only had to oil your windmill once a year. probably check it more often than once a year. sawmilldmill ran a until 200. you can see the different pieces of equipment. there is a drill press, a grinder, a green crest -- a water pump. they would move it on and off the reel to send power to the real most effective. -- the wheel most effective. they were always thinking forward. thinking about the pioneer woman , if mom is home

in the 1950's, they were purchased by a texan. santhe plant was moved to where they still make windmills today. your larger ranches still use windmills. it is easier to put up a windmill for $20,000 than it is to run 20 miles of electrical lines in order to be able to pump water for your ranches. one ranch actually has a full-time windmiller. one of the reasons the air motor business is still in business today because they were always thinking, what can we do to make life easier? what can we do to make life better? they were one of the first ones to create what was called the power mill. it would have been a different gearing system on a building outside the barn or one of the other outbuildings. underneath, there would be a grinder, so they could grind their corn and wheat in order to have their flour to do their bread and grain. they were also one of the first ones to enclose the gear box. this one right here has an oil reservoir underneath it, and a bonnet on top of it. you only had to oil your windmill once a year. ast is majo

is a west texan a public high school and the university of texas. she is now the town manager of our community. we met in 2001 when we both worked at the white house. on septembere was 10, 2001. the next one was a few steps behind the secret service shouted at all of us to sprint out of the front gates of the white house because there was an inbound plane. all,he difficulties of ashley was a source of strength for president bush and for everyone in this building. through the days and sony better days, she has been a great wife and inspiring mom. i think god everyday for my family. [applause] >> tomorrow i begin meeting with members of the senate which plays an essential role in this process. i will tell each senator, i revere the constitution. i believe that an independent judiciary is a chronicle of our constitutional republic. senate, ied by the will keep an open mind and every case. preserveways strive to the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. thank you mr. president. [applause] >> the announcement official, , his wif

my wife ashley is a west texan, a graduate of abilene cooper public high school and the university of texas. she is now the town manager of our community. we met in 2001, when we both worked in the white house. our first date was on september 10, 2001. the next morning i was a few steps behind her as the secret service shouted at all of us to sprint out the front gates of the white house, because there was an inbound plane. in the difficult weeks that followed, ashley was a source of strength for president bush, and for everyone in this building. through bad days and so many better days since then, she has been a great wife and inspiring mom. i thank god everyday for my family. [applause] judge kavanaugh: tomorrow i begin meeting with members of the senate, which plays an essential role in in this process. i will tell each senate that i believe in the process. i believe an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our independent republic. if confirmed in the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and

i say the sun doesn't set on a texan because we have a texan on every region of the world supporting america. >> chief, you talked about some of your duties that involve aviation support, operating cameras and clearing vegetation, what else are they involved in? >> we've heard all kind of stories. we want to make sure the stories are not accurate. >> repairing tactical infrastructure and roads that are down there. intelligence analysis, i think they're doing a lot of different good support, a lot of roles for us right now, working in dispatch centers but specifically the cameras where we had the greatest concentration a. >> what percentage of the ones assigned to you are actually involved in operating the camera mission. >> the vast majority don't have a percentage. but we can get back to you, the vast majority of think the two areas right now that are the largest personnel is the aviation and then the surveillance. >> and they are not engaged in -- >> right and they have no contact with any of the family. >> very quickly, my last minute that i have, you have heard about the fiasco a

it's mushy just as you could hardly translate korean texan into german with today's computers and that hugh could imagine how difficult it would be to achieve a grammatically and linguistically correct translation from a string of hieroglyphics symbols into any modern language. and with. scientists and gamers are working together to solve the riddles of ancient egypt the databases are growing fast as egyptologists contribute decrypted translations to the new digital hieroglyph library. shift says walk like an egyptian. and now it's time for our shift ranking of the most googled names in twenty seventeen in fifth place is american actor kevin spacey google trends search analysis tracks the terms most often entered if many people google or give a name in a short time it flags a trend and twenty seventeen the allegations of sexual harassment against kevin spacey titillated a lot of users. in fourth place was american film producer harvey weinstein accused of sexual abuse and rape by dozens of women among them stars like selma i.x. take a stand on health ignite the need to discussions over

man: texan toppings with an egg on it. lemonis: did somebody order a texan with an egg?dy order it with an egg? you're still waiting for it? is this it? joe t.: i'll get you a burger in sec. lemonis: you got yours and you didn't get yours. that will be on us, by the way. joe t.: are you working on 41 over there? -man: i'm on 45. -joe t.: there's no 41 there? lemonis: we're waiting for a burger with an egg. joe t.: i need that firing, okay? lemonis: who ordered this one? man: we had to remake this burger. -lemonis: is this a refire? -man: yes. well, we dropped it. -lemonis: so this is a no bueno? not only have they messed up two orders, they're completely disorganized. we had another issue. different table, totally the wrong burger. when he went out there, somebody said they didn't order it. woman: that was number eight. that was the one that you wrote down. man: no, it wasn't. lemonis: we're not busy. so what happened? joe t.: sticking knives in your friends' backs, and you say bull[bleep] to other people, and expect it to go under the rug. sammy: hold up. joe t.: i'm th

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andy spent all of three years of his life in public service, and he's advocated on behalf of texans for many years. so i'm confident he'll continue to serve them and the rest of the country well, and i look forward to voting for his nomination this afternoon. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: madam president, i rise today to discuss the confirmation process for judge brett kavanaugh. by any honest measure, president trump's nominee judge kavanaugh is exceptionally well qualified to serve on the supreme court. when he was nominated to the d.c. circuit, he already had stellar credentials, keen intellect and impressive knowledge of the law. he was confirmed on the d.c. circuit court in 2006 following years of democratic obstruction. he has worked closely on that court for a decade. his record never ceases to impress. a nominee with -- should receive bipartisan support. over the years i have seen the deterioration of the judicial process. when justice kennedy announced his retirement, i knew democrats would again play politics with the supr

this is president bush the texan at the white house in crawford texas. the only place he could drive his own truck. rome --600 acres to roam. this really captures his personality. he has that twinkle in his eyes. he is a texan at heart. in chargehere he was before going back to washington. presidency the follows the president everywhere. assets.people, the there is a mini white house wherever the president goes, including the ranch. the timing of the photo is interesting as well. this is a month before 9/11. i see his sense of innocence before the world changed. photo in thee last slideshow. [applause] >> we are going to have a q&a and there will be people with microphones on the side or over here. >> this brings us to the q&a portion of the evening. if you have a question, please raise your hand. pleaserecording this, so speak clearly into the microphone. our first question right up front. >> did you guys have much of a life while you were working? are these photos yours? >> we had no life, none of us. the photos belong to american people. this was on t

folks know we need representatives to fight for healthcare. 1 in 6 texans is uninsured. 1 in 6 kids inas here go to school and rely on c.h.i.p. or medicaid for insurance. we know we're 99 days away from the most consequential election of our lifetime but know we're celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the signing of medicaid and medicare by another great texan leader, lbj and programs are so vital to so many americans everyday. we have to protect these programs and i look forward to protect opportunities to allow me to grow healthy and have opportunity. >> i assume everyone is talking healthcare out there. is that your most experienced? >> absolutely. i'm a registered nurse decided to run coming out of a broken promise from my representative. he said he would protect people like me with pre-existing conditions and he broke his word. as i travel around the seven counties in northern illinois, folks are talking about how can we afford our prescription drugs and how we pay our premium prices when folks are facing astronomical prices rising. healthcare is the forefront issue of this campaig

you're a texan. you understand -- >> i'm an honorary texan. >> you understand it's a border state. these things matter. but this crisis was created by the trump administration, this disaster in trying to reunite them is their own fault. >> so at the risk of making a cheap ideological point -- >> we only like cheap points. >> this is why you don't want the government in charge of thing because they can't actually do complicated things. >> you want private citizens in charge? >> listen, we have the technology to do this. visa, mastercard, american express. say how do you know all these restaurants? absolutely 100% accurate, right? >> i know exactly where my amazon package is at this moment. this is the most inhumane, despicable, disgusting policy that i think i've witnessed in my lifetime. republicans will pay for this -- >> where are they going to pay for it? >> i'll tell you what the judge should do. judge should figure out how the bureaucrats go to jail over this. and you'll see what it's like to be separated from your parents. >> how do family value republicans -- >> it doesn't,

. >> reporter: this small texan of 3300 residents told to get out. >> that's my only pet that i have. >> reporter: as residents were heading out, many stopped by to refuel. this station ran out of gas. >> i had to come down to work. people need gas, they need water. they need oil for their car. >> reporter: others have hundred k -- hunkered down. jean has her truck ready to go with her family's essentials having lost her home in the valley fire three years ago, she says she'll stay until the last second. >> if it gets dark and i see some big flames, yeah, i'll get out of here. >> reporter: she's worried about possible looters. five people were arrested for looting in the nearby town of lakeport including these four suspects seen here. fire officials admit more reinforcements are needed to stop the fire's progression. >> the fire's been really active all day. the temperatures coupled with the wind has madee fire behavio >> reporter: as firefighters hope to catch a break, residents are left to wait. >> it could be a week, could be a couple days zblanch sdays. >> reporter: residents don'

importantly, and as evidence of judge kavanaugh's good judgment, he made the wise decision to marry a texan. his wife grew up in abilene and graduated from the university of texas. but now that the nomination has been made, the senate will follow what we refer to here as regular order. that means the judiciary committee, led by chairman grassley, will thoroughly vet the nominee, and then the committee will debate and vote on the nomination, and then the nomination will come to the floor of the senate where we will debate the nomination and vote on that nomination. we have already heard some say that there is not enough time to that there is not enough time to but there's not enough time to carry out the process before the midterm election which should raise all of our itinerary. justicjustices were confirmed 6s after theyft were nominated so e truth is we have plenty of time to do our job under the constitution. we want to be thorough and we will but we also over ton the court and the american people to move expeditiously to fill the posts so as not to leave it vacant. t the justice said he

my wife is a west texan. a graduate of high school and university of the excess.ity —— university of texas. we met in 2001 when we both worked in the white house. ourfirst date was on september the 10th, 2001. the next morning i was a few steps behind her as the secret service shouted at all of us to sprint out the front gates of the white house because there was an inbound plane. in the difficult weeks that followed, ashley was a source weeks that followed, ashley was a source of strength for president bush and for everyone in this building. through bad days and so many better days since then, she's been a great wife and inspiring mum. i thank god every day for my family. applause tomorrow i begin meeting with members of the senate, which plays an essential role in this process. i will tell each senator that i revere the constitution. i believe that an independent judiciary revere the constitution. i believe that an independentjudiciary is the crown jewels of our constitutional republic. if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i wil

rules based global order where the united states is emerging as a texan just country and just to see how this will play out in international fora speaking about the role of the united states. trump has been very trigger happy when it comes to well you know initialising trade was with the you with china you call member of the brics what impact all those was having on the on this book i think i will take this perhaps and look at it from a south african perspective and just say that as a smaller market we stand to actually be the most hurt in these trade wars and it's actually quite put an end that we consider what what will the brics the come we have had moments where the united states was the protection of multilateralism and now it's actually the genes that have emerged protecting a rules based international order so effectively brics could now be sort of filling in the gaps left by the you know new tariffs imposed absolutely so we would urge as as research as we look at how they cooperate and. and there has been a bit of a figment of co-operation between the brics countries and the

and this is president bush the texan at the western white house in crawford, texas. the only place where he can drive his own truck. he has 1,600 acres to roam. what i like about this photo here is this really kind of captures his personality. he has a little twinkle in his eye and he's got the iconic cowboy hat because he's really a texan at heart. texas is where he would recharge before going back to washington to do the hard work, but as we know, the presidency follows the president everywhere, you know, the apparatus, you know, all the people and the assets. there is like a mini white house basically everywhere the president goes, including the ranch when the president would go there. the timing of this photo is interesting, too. this is a month before 9/11 and so every time i see this photo i see a sense of innocence before the world changed. >> i think that is the last photo in the slide show. [ applause ] >> we're going to have q & a. there will be people with microphones on the side or over here. >> hi, everybody. so this brings us to the q & a portion of the

as a texan. a lot of personal time on the wran ranch.ou'll see some of that later. >> that's the run. we ran all over d.c. and the fun part was when some guests would come, not quite in shape. had to crawl back to the van or some of the agents weren't quite in shape. and you would see them at the last van getting on board, they can't finish the run. but that was always fun, because the press is jostling for position. we've been put out on the corner somewhere waiting for them to run by us. it is a hoot. but it's some of the best times because the guy is running, he's seriously running? and the agents, they running, too. it's very, very cool. >> that's transportation secretary ray lahood. one of the things we decided or when pete was always with the president, we had a hard time getting in the chuck myself, samantha, or sonia or amanda, we tried to do other things. one of the ideas was to document the cabinet secretaries, spend like four or five days with them. this particular trip was with lahood, he went across the country doing differe

and malice this affects just shy of texans and they are this same form of commission is happening different locations so then we're going to build up this theory who is at the top. if we're working in a national crime setting usually there is a victim and a direct perpetrator under international criminal law or we're trying to find the most responsible so we have to think of who isn't at the top of the command structure or within a leadership structure that would be ordering or otherwise directing these crimes. the russia continues to deny its involvement in the armed conflict in the on the bus and use the term civil war a common practice of all the transportation through the russian ukrainian border for military equipment which was later described in there were city ports is equipment is out to market and license plates the ukrainian position on the border are regularly shelter from russia multiply launch rocket system which was recorded to many readers. the type of perpetrator that we're looking for they're the most powerful individuals and that given the context so there's a lot of press

approach well it depends where they go from here and what happens next but if not the whole business texans willing to build fit for purpose the this in the way the market is once the ones that let me ask you about. you know africa you know you mention and pay say in africa of course we know bit paisa we've been involved in for helping to finance that company and recently a bank the future are good friends a bit mari were able to raise some funds there now got a banking i guess a banking license and zimbabwe so i mean this is part of the great thing about the sinister simon is not only are you disrupting the banking industry as you've stated you know in your book when you started out but you're also changing dynamics in the global finance in a big way so africa potentially could be the whole continent certainly countries with within africa can a leapfrog and head of all these other territories and it could be a really interesting success story you would know better what do you see there absolutely and you know we're geographically diversified we think has a unique position in many different

. >> glor: the 26-year-old texan a actured his scapula and needed nine stitches above his eye. quit right there, but number 13 kept going. today, after 18 stages, garret thomas leads the tour de france. lawson craddock is three hours and 46 minutes behind, and last on the leader board, but off the charts somewhere else. craddock has set up a gofundme rais to raise money for the cycling track back home where he got his start. he has raised more than $136,000 so far for a track that was hdly damaged in hurricane harvey. >> i saw everyone supporting each other after harvey and that really touched me. >> glor: craddock has the support of his family in france. posting on instagram: so today, the more pain craddock endures, the more opportunities he opens up. the more he falls back, the more he pushes others forward. >> if someone looks back in 20 years and says oh, lawson, he was a great cyclist. i truly won't be proud of that. i don't want to be known as a great cyclist. i want to do what i can in the position i'm in to help out others and really spread the love of cycling. >> glor

approach well it depends where they go from here and what happens next but if not the whole business texans willing to field fit for purpose the this in the way the market is once once it's gone let me ask you about. you know africa you know you mention empath in africa of course we know bit paisa we've been involved in for helping to finance that company and recently a bank the future are good friends a bit mari were able to raise some funds there now got a banking i guess a banking license and zimbabwe so i mean this is part of the great thing about the senator simon is not only are you just dropping the banking industry as you've stated you know in your book when you started out but you're also changing dynamics in the global finance in a big way so africa potentially could be the whole continent certainly countries with within africa can a leapfrog and head of all these other territories and it could be a really interesting success story you would know better what do you see there absolutely and you know geographically diversified we think has a unique position in many different geograp

meanwhile cutting taxes and yawning the deficit and the debt we also have him putting on terror spree texan is tariffs which isn't conservative and then they eling out the farmers with twelve billion dollars worth of aid which doesn't really cover the problem it's not going to cover the losses that he's cut off the terrorist he's also said he's not going to do away with security in medicare now my purpose here isn't to attack trump i'm just saying that he's a more nationalist republican and i think bernie sanders followers have a lot in common with him to some extent now of course that's left populism and he's sort of a right populist in the in the case of the president so you're seeing encroachments of big government and you know we have all these terms for democratic socialism right wing populism but we may end up sort of all at the same place with more government encroachment on our freedoms you know ronnie it it seems to me the in looking at some of the races that it's still been a more of a rejection of the status quo and some people move to the to the right and some people move to the

on tuesday and another divisive incident this week to that strong huge media attention concerned a texan waiter he posted an image on facebook of a hundred dollar restaurant receipt with no tip given on the receipt was a scrawled message we don't to terrorists the way to kill had been called there the post went viral and attracted national media attention but on monday the restaurant released a statement saying that in fact the story had been fabricated however it does seem what's really bothering the us is the trumpington summit in russia alleged meddling at least if you're following the mainstream media guess debated the real roots of divisions in american society liberal politicians frequently blame russia for various things as well to believe that's the real cause of the problems in the us that there are other divisions why do you think richard. look i don't think people are blaming russia for anything that happens in the united states other than what our intelligence community concluded unanimously which with the which is the russians attacked the united states to mock recy in the w

i love crazed texan but but my point is the internet is a great place to find community are been involved in or a lot of really wonderful communities over the years that even though they're not necessarily suicide related they're extremely supportive and i've found that you can you can always find your people on the internet if you really look. at we have put in five seconds left this conversation could go on for could do a show every day. gerri the number the number that people need to call if they're in the united states telephone and have eight hundred two seven three talk and please be aware for your listeners around the world the samaritans is a wonderful resource which is around the world and i would just say that for the fourth you made earlier in the optimism that allison crush sixty three percent increase in calls since mr borden and mr myspace passed away so people are listening thank you so much we've been listening to your guests alison and jerry and clay and as i really appreciate your input tack conversation and it hasn't been going on at dorothy ends with let people know th

conn women's basketball game at this year's final four unforgettable my wife ashley is a west texan a graduate of abilene cooper public high school and the university of texas she is now the town manager of our community we met in two thousand and one when we both worked in the white house our first date was on september tenth two thousand and one the next morning i was a few steps behind or as the secret service shouted at all of us to sprint out the front gates of the white house because there was an invalid plane in the difficult weeks that followed ashley was a source of strength for president bush and for everyone in this building through bad days and so many better days since then she's been a great wife and inspiring mom i think god every day for my family. was . at. tomorrow i begin meeting with members of the senate which plays an essential role in this process i will tell each senator that i revere the constitution i believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic if confirmed by the senate i will keep an open mind in every case. and i

wner joe saladino is a walking texan-talking, american dream. joe opened with four tables, one barbeque pit and three employees. he served eight potatoes per day. four at lunch and four at dinner. i was at joe's a few weeks ago and, man oh, man, that is -- man, oh, man, has that world changed. 1,200 texans eat at joe's every single day. they enjoy 100 pounds of sausages, 80 briskets, and endless potatoes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. olson: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. payne: mr. speaker, the supreme court is supposed to be above politics. the justice is supposed to be blind. rather than a nominee, to nominate a fair and balanced jurist to the supreme court, the man in the white house has nominated a right-wing operative to replace justice kennedy. not only that, the nominee is someone who apparently b

lyndon johnson was a texan. the last five wars have been started by texans. been at war for 20 years. clear channel radio had 1500 am radio stations during the bush administration. at&t comes out of the state of texas. georgia had cnn and time warner loaded with military bases. the east coast, connecticut,your liberals, loaded with the treasury, federal reserve, silicon valley. susan: i am going to stop this because you are taking us in a much broader sense than the case. i'm going to move on to john in westlake village, california. caller: my question is, the model that is being proposed is this american model arising from the constitution. my question is, the british of her prior restraint law, they of the state secrets law, they have this very strict libel law. they seem to have a pretty rigorous, fair press. maybe even better than ours. why is the model that mr.abrams is proposing better than the other model? susan: thank you. >> i don't really agree that they have a better press or i've had for many years a better press than we do. that is a judgment cal

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my wife is actually a west texa texan, graduate of abell cooper public high school and the universityf texas. she is now the town manager of our community. we met in 2001 when we both worked in the white house. our first date was on september september 10th 2001. the next morning i was a few steps behind her as the secret service shouted out all of us to a sprint out the front gates of the white house, because there was an inbound plane. in the difficult weeks that followed, ashley was a source of strength for president bush, and for everyone in this building. through bad days and so many better days since then, she has been a great wife and inspiring mom. i think god every day for my family. [applause] tomorrow i began meeting with members of the senate which plays an essential role in this process. i will tell each senator that i revere the constitution. i believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case. and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united state