cold spring, texas. texa please go ahead. >> caller: yes. i personally experienced post-traumatic stress and the.rr after my husband was district attorney in east texas. could i felt that i could not sleep ms for months and months andas just months. i was just wondering since heo refers to having posttraumatic stress syndrome, did he have in some there?nso that is mymn queiastion... thank you very much. >> guest: i am a pretty healthy sleeper. i did have a time in the first you're so that i covered iraq when i would wake up in the middle of the night when i was back home. i would wake up at home and have no idea where i was. that is probably the most terrifying thing, the psychological effect that i have suffered. coming out of bed at three in the morning in other darkness at home in columbia, south carolina and begin sprinting around my apartment because i had no idea where i was. i think my brain has adapted to doing this kind of work, and i don't suffer this doesn't things thin and more. >> host: you know they havehey some really good pas

i love texas. i want it to be a powerful and a great place to live for my children, and for it to be that way, we have to address these issues, and not be afraid and tell the truth and push back on those who do nothing more than be fear mongers for the standpoint of oh, they're going to take your social security away. they don't have to tell that to my children. they already know that. there will be no social security for them if we don't stand up as a people and address this issue, so that is the powerful message, i think, that the 20-something and the young 30-year-olds, they want a country that is economically sound and on good powerful solid foundation. to do that, washington has to stop spending money that we don't have on programs that we don't want. god bless you all, and thank you for coming out and being with us today. [applause] >> for more information visit governor.state.tx.us. >> we are pleased now to be joined by ben, the author of the accidental billionaires, the founding of facebook

oh, my god. >> texas city 9-1-1, state your emergency. >> yes.this plant just blew up. >> it's the isom, the isom! >> narrator: it was the biggest industrial accident in decades. >> get me at least a half dozen available firemen. we got people trapped in these trailers, trying to get to them. >> it's been a sad day for the bp texas city. it's a really sad day for me, personally, as well. at this time, regretfully and with shock, i have to report to you that there have been some fatalities. >> mr. browne has spent the morning visiting our site. he's now agreed to spend a few minutes with you. this is john browne, our group chief executive. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, good morning and thank you for joining us. yesterday was a dark day in bp's history. all of us at bp are very deeply saddened by the loss of life and injuries suffered by so many people. >> narrator: lawsuits ensued. >> my name ijohnanzoni. i live in london and i'm with bp and my... >> narrator: in a taped deposition, john manzoni, head of refining, was asked about his visits

>> texans love to talk about texas, don't mess with texas is a big phrase down there. rick perry has done more than flirt with succession. i say don't talk about it, be about it. you've got your super majority, there's nothing stopping you. i think texas will miss that net flow of income from the federal government into its coffers. >> and also, the nfl moving the cowboys out and the nba moving the mavs out. >> it's going to get ugly. >> baseball teams having to leave. according to the morning news, the gop social agenda that could get fast tracked would include legislations that would allow guns on campuses. any problems with that? >> besides the obvious ones, no. i think that's not going to be for a enough for some people in this gop majority. they would probably like a war where you're required to see a gun, kind of like car insurance, but with guns. you'll be fined if you're not holding. >> and going back to revising history, have we misunderstood all these years why texas was admitted to the union. were that a prototype of iraq? did we just take them for their oil

the state of texas at some point? >> guest: um be, you're going to see a -- you're going to see at least a federal court case with amazon v. somebody because they're in court right now with new york. they've been in court, they're in court right now with north carolina, they will be in court with texas. so at some point in time there will be an amazon v. some state that gets, at least gets to a federal court level, yes. >> host: there have been several state attempts to try to collect these taxes in different ways, you mentioned north carolina, texas with amazon. colorado has tried to collect. wouldn't kind of streamlined sales tax method be performance bl to these individual state kind of attempts to do different things? >> guest: well, the states are trying to, other than colorado, the states are trying to define what is physical nexus. and -- physical presence, in essence, trying to push the boundaries and find out where the boundaries are. that's what the new york case is, that's what north carolina did, rhode isl

starting in 1940, california displaced texas. by 1970, texas rejoined the top five. in 1990, florida joined the top five. new york is the only state that has ranked among the five largest in each decade -- in fact, this is been true since 1790. what are the top five most populous states as of april 1, 2010? they are california, texas, new york, florida, and illinois. and you see there population counts there in the graphic. the identities of the five least populous states vary all little less over the decades. if we look for example at alaska, i note that it grew from 64,000 as a territory in 1910 to 627,000 in the year 2000. it has always been among the least of the populous states. we note that delaware and vermont on the east coast are also consistently among the least populous states. today, according to the 2010 census, the least populous states include wyoming, vermont, north dakota, alaska, and south dakota. i have been talking about the size of populations, so let's turn to percentage change, the rate of growth of populations over the decade. between 1920-193

the state of texas at some point? >> you're going to see a -- at least a federal court case with amazon vs. somebody because they are in court right now with new york. they have been in court -- they are in court right now with north carolina, they will be in court with texas, so at some point in time there will be amazon vs. some state that at least gets to a federal court level. >> there have been several state attempts to try to collect these taxes in different ways. you mentioned north carolina, texas, amazon. colorado has tried to collect. wouldn't streamline sales tax method be preferable to these individual state attempts to do different things? >> the states are frying to -- all of them in colorado, the states are trying to define what is physical nexus. physical presence. in essence, trying to push the boundaries and find out where the boundaries of those are. that's what the new york case is, that's what north carolina did, that's what rhode island did and has done that. so those are all within the rubric of

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i oppose this bill. the dream act is a nightmare for the american people. it insults american workers, american taxpayers and anyone who believes in the rule of law. how can we consider amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants when just last friday the department of labor reported that unemployment in america jumped up to 9.8%? this is the 19th straight month, a new record, that the jobless rate has stayed above 9%. the american people want us to focus on creating jobs and getting americans back to work. instead the democrats have brought the dream act to the floor. this bill prevents americans from getting jobs since millions of illegal immigrants will become eligible to work legally in the united states. american workers should not have to compete with illegal workers for scarce jobs. over 27 million americans are out of work, have given up l

i think people over a certain age in texas although the story. my daughter goes to west like high-school and does not. so i think there was a bit of forgetting history. just a bit of that. there was an opportunity to do this story. but the other side of it, to get to your question of structure, what i wanted to do, i wanted to tell -- what i've been talking about manny is the rise and fall of the comanches. the big picture from their roots, obscure routes to the peak of power to the fall in 1875. that is a great epic story. but what is "is inside the story there was this wonderful little human narrative of the parker family. what enabled me, one of these to the fine editors who has somehow miraculously, all of my best stories work done by brian. where was i going? the note, yes. before i said how great you work. [laughter] >> keep going. >> the structure. structure. it became, brian and die, this is what we have done for years. we talk structure. writer and editor. this should go first. that should go third. but the secret of the book, if you wil

in my other life i was a judge in texas and a former texas ranger told me, judge, when you find one of these traffickers in court, just get a rope. not that we do that, but this is how bad this crime has -- is affecting our community. in my hometown of houston, texas, we have a human trafficking rescue alliance, one of 42 in the nation. texas is a tyre one trafficking state and houston, unfortunately, is a hub for human trafficking. this means that the rescue alliance is on the front lines of the war against trafficking. they are doing all they can to combat trafficking in texas and other states. but i hear from them over and over again, they just need more resources to care for the victims of domestic minor sex trafficking. too often in our system, crime victims, those women, those young girls, who are sold into slavery, are treated like criminals. they are not criminals, they are victims of crime and it's time we as a community treat them as victims. not criminals. senator widen's bill, s. 2925, addresses the problem by authorizing the department of justice in work with the departmen

did texas execute an innocent man? explosive new charges over the execution of a man who at least half a dozen forensic experts now believe was innocent. >> narrator: in death, questions about willingham's innocence would not go away. by 2008, the controversy had ended up in a small state agency. >> the texas forensic science commission was designed to go in and figure out what happened and figure out how to keep it from happening again. >> we decided that we needed to hire an expert in the area of fire science to look at all of the data we could get pulled together, and give us a report. >> narrator: the commission hired fire scientist dr. craig beyler to investigate the willingham case. beyler agreed with other experts that there was no evidence of arson. >> the beyler report is point for point a confirmation of the original hurst report, that all 20 of the indicators were wrong. >> narrator: to the top fire scientists in the country, the implications were clear. >> the state of texas executed a man for a crime that

the gentleman from texas. mr. hall: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of a very robust basic research and ask for as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hall: this competes act is back again. it's been here before and it's living proof when one said you can hate the sand but love the center. i'm fond of bart gordon. i've worked with him. we are going to miss him when he leaves here. but i'd never like to have a bill, a great bill like competes with so many hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars piled on it that has never really been debated on either floor. i -- i've stated on this floor a lot of times this year, i remain committed to the goals of the original competes. unfortunately, the senate omnibus language before us today includes a hodgepodge of so many extraneous measures that is indeed most surprising that we're considering this five days before christmas. like the house-passed version, it continues to take us off track from what we set out to do in a bipa

host: a passer, texas, is next -- el paso, texas, is next. are you there? moving on. joyce, a democrat. caller: you know for yourself that kashmir is one of the most beautiful places in the world. it was always don't to be pakistani territory -- it was always known to the pakistani territory. help the indians to takeover and destroy and killed those pakistani that lived in kashmir. why should pakistan ever trust us when we treated them that way? we have then it almost totally out of the eyesight of the press. those of us who know what is going on and watch unit -- we're watching this carefully. thank you. guest: first off, i think the mountains of east tennessee of the most beautiful place on earth. i appreciate the call from my fellow volunteer state native. with respect to india and pakistan, there's a belief that you cannot get pakistani support in the war in afghanistan until you somehow soft not just kashmir but the larger threat perception. they are overwhelming lead oriented to the east. you put your finger on this as well. they look at u.s. relations as a seri

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to use a texas term, we pulled on the same rope. it took a village mentality to raise this team, whether it was the front office, scattered department, player development, training staff, clubhouse people, but somehow, someway, we had a mind set that there was no difference between the bad boy and the owner, and we took that through the season. we are so proud. we' are so happy to have brought this home to you. now i want to introduce the next manager of the year, bruce goatee. if you thought his head was big before -- bruce bochy. if you thought his head was big before, look at it now. [applause] >> what a feeling. first of all, i have to thank sabean for bringing me here four years ago to have the opportunity to experience this great city, this story franchise. i have to thank his staff for their tireless work, the time they put in, how devoted they were to getting this done. i could not be prouder of these guys. they play with more heart and determination. they wanted to win in as bad as much for themselves as they did for you. w

the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas continues to reserve his time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. dingell: we would be delighted to receive extra time. at this time, i yield to the distinguished the gentleman from new jersey, chairman of the subcommittee on health, committee on energy and commerce, one of the original sponsors, 1 1/2 minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, chairman dingell and all the work you have done on this bill and so many other bills. there shouldn't be any more time for delay. every time we have a food safety crisis, eggs, spinach or pepper, we shake our heads and say we don't have the tools to protect it. each year 76 million americans are sickened from consuming contaminated food and 5,000 people die. as the bill we are going to vote on today perfect? certainly not. the food safety act would give the f.d.a., the ability and the authority to protect consumers from contaminated foods. f.d.a. will ensure food safety through more frequent inspection, the

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texas -- actually if we look at some of these in here, texas has these little tomales here. >> i thatthe everything was big in texas. >> the only thing little in texas is the tomale. >> we have these big tomales from colorado, and they actually wrap them in a tortilla, which is interesting. >> our secret judge called them burritos, because they're that big. >> they call tomacos, actually, but i think it should be called a tamaritto or tamonga. tamalonga. these are the normal tomales that you normally see, and then these are from new mexico. they make it with a half chile. i'll show this on the next segment. these are wrapped in banana leaves, and then these are -- these are interesting. i just broke one right now. they're wrapped in parch meant paper. there's a company that makes goat tomales and deer meat tomales. he has a sweet tomale for next year, he says. some people wrap them up cute like this. >> i should have had my mom make them. she makes some ash tomales. she will build a fire and she grabs the ash and mixes it with i don't know what. they're very dry and bland and -- >> ar