he was part of the leadership of texas, then texas became a republic. we were a re. -- reup. lick republic for ten years. they were married. there are two chapters on them because they wrote so much which was a god send for historians because it told about life and told about the early struggles of texas. but margaret was very quiet and very shy, really. she didn't even accompany general houston when he became governor, and he was president of the republic at one point. she didn't even go to austin with him very much. she was very, very shy. she had the same grit and determination. she was an alabama girl. she met houston after he won the battle when he was coming through alabama and came to the home of her brother, and after she had her second child, she had a tumor in her breast, it became very, very painful. he was in washington, she didn't want to trouble him. so she reached out to his best friend, mr. smith, who was a yale-educate physician who was also in the revolution and also a great friend. she said, i have this, i know there's something growing. t very painful, and

texas created 18,200. so this idea -- >> and in august, we created 9,700. >> there's a real disconnect here about the story that's gone on that we're hearing at this table and what the facts are. everybody in this country understands that there's something really fascinating going on in the state of texas and it's been going on for some time. how in the world would you -- what's the reasoning that you would give if the story that you're painting, stephanie, is even close to true, why would facebook, ebay, those major technology companies move to the state of texas if it was such a dark and ominous place -- >> i think governor o'malley wants to answer. >> it's great that you have those companies in texas. we have great companies in maryland. and they're great companies. but the fact of the matter is we have the number one median income in the country. you have the 25th median income. your state is tied for last place, along with mississippi now, in the percentage of your people who work in minimum or less t

worth, texas. she is expected next month to announce she is running for governor of texas. and, of course, it is an uphill battle for any democrat to wage a statewide political fight in texas, even now as texas is trending more purple and democrats are making strong efforts there. it's going to be tough for her to win that race. the reason that wendy davis is thought to have a better chance than any other democrat in texas is in part because of her national profile. and wendy davis' national profile was built, largely, on this. these are her awesome pinkish mizuno sneakers, which apparently started selling very, very well in online retail sales after wendy davis wore them for 13 hours, while she held court and filibustered in the texas state legislature. the rules in texas for this kind of thing are really strict. not only can you not sit down and not stop talking, you can't lean on anything. you can't touch your desk which you're standing right next to.

texas is not a red state. i know that we wanted to make a difference. >> help odd basic actions ma win ohio in 2012. she says texas has plenty of democrats among them, many hispanics they just don't tin out at the polls. >> if that changes and more texas sans are involved we see more competitive politics. >> chose obama over romney by 41 points. and they will be the majority population here by 2020, still, less than 40% of eligible hispanics vote. battleground plans on changing that with 3,000 volunteers statewide who are registering new voters. >> so we feel if we can get more people to vote, we can get a government that is representative of the people of texas. >> democrats hope that may be wendy davis, who energized the party this summer with a dramatic 13 hour filibuster against an antiabortion bill, she lost that battle when republicans, but some thing she won the war,ing withing the brightest hope democrats have had in decades. still, most republicans think she and battleground texas are out of step. >>

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he is born in central texas. he went through the air force, made his way to standford and finally to cal berkeley. we'll find out about him and some of his perspectives. thank you for joining us. let's take you back. where were you born and what was your growing up like? >> i was born in central texas, north central texas, named for a civil war general who was never defeated. he retreated successfully before every battle. i spent my early childhood there. i was born in 1932, so i was a depression child. and my father was one of the youngest of several siblings. and so i was the only baby born for a long period of time. and that was great for me because i was the child of the whole family. that was a delight, an absolute delight. at any rate, i spent my early days there in cleburn. my father being from texas was in oil and gas and used tires. he had a service station which he had bought just before i was born for $50, i think. that was support for us during the depression years. that was not a bad time at all. act

y usted cuÁl es el problema de que los estados como carolina del norte, texas 19, o 18 otros estadosrios estados de restringir el acceso de votos para una minorÍas y ahora es mÁ preocupante parar estos a frontera tes a nuestros derechos constitucionales >>> la pregunta es los republicanos estÁn de una forma consciente tratando de mitigar, mia mi minimizar el voto hispano? los republicanos queremos que se respuestrinja el voto, pero el partido demÓcrata dicen que quieren bajar el voto >>> pero han cambiado cambios en texas en carolina del norte en otros 18 estos para respuesta tirestringir a quÉ hora y por que >>> cada persona que tiene un voto, ese es, ese vo de esa persona es su arma mÁs fuerte en esta democracia, para hacer valer lo que ellos creen deben pasar en este paÍs. si este voto se diluye porque hay personas que no deben estar votando y hay personas que votan varias veces eso se ataca, hoy dÍa en este pais solamente el 60% de las personas votan como mucho, verdad salen a votar. este, donde tÚ no puedes ni siquiera cambiar tu cheque del seguro social sin tener una entificaci

. >>> quÉ tal muy buenas noches, yo soy marÍa elena desde la frontera de texas con mÉxico en zapata,ado anuncio del gobierno federal hoy de que tomarÁ medidas para mejorar la polÍtica que autorice el uso de fuerza por parte de agentes, y este anuncio se produce luego de aÑos de kwlejs demandas judiciales contra agentes que han sido acusados de maltratar y disparar contra inmigrantes a veces fatalmente, y juan carlos gonzÁlez viajÓ a la frontera de san diego y tijuana para informarons de estas normas nuevoas que les pedirÁn a los agente de las patrulla. >>> denuncias de uso excesivo de fuerza por parte de la patrulla fronteriza contra inmigrantes en la frontera se han acumulado a travÉs del tiempo. y algunos activistas dicen que se ha vuelto un problema crÓnico. >>> hemos tenido que lamentar documentar desde lesiones, maltratos, contacto fÍsico, y en algunos casos extremos desgracio demente lamento de la perdida de vida. >>> ante el cÚmulo del kwlejs demandas judicial la ofre del procurador general del paÍs emitiÓ recomendaciones para afinar la polÍtica que dicta cuÁndo y como agente

he's born in central texas. went through airforce, made his way to stanford and finally to cal burkely. we're going to find out -- hear from him. thank you for joining us. let's take you back. where were you born and what were you growing up like? >> i was born in north central texas in cleburne. and named for civil war general who is never defeated. he was treated successfully before every battle. and i spent my early childhood there. and i was born in 32, so i was -- i was a depression child, and my father was one of the youngest of that was really freight for me. i was the child of a whole family. that was a delight. an absolute delight. i spent my early days in cleburne. my father being from texas was in oil and gas and used tires. he had a service station which he bought just before i was born. that was saw to -- support for us during depression. and that was not a bad time at all. actually, i began my first church in that period. and that was the closest church to our area. it was the disciples of christ.

listen to rick perry it's time to mess with texas.and that's the way it is tonight thursday september nineteenth two thousand and thirteen and don't forget that you can get your message on your take my take at g.-mail dot com by simply taking your your camera your phone and pointed to your own face ask yourself the question then e-mail it to us at your take my take at g. mail dot com and don't forget democracy begins with you it's not a spectator sport requires you get out there get active tags your. form is probably the most complex of dividends. all of us are. locked. into a phenomenon of friendly fire probably extends back to the end. the gun toter. the bunch of people who don't know what their problem is there are of us people. reading. this subject shoots my brother in the leg not intentional because it is because it was night time for the morning even the best even the best shoulders. are going to make mistakes does this whole idea of brotherhood and order . and camaraderie in this set that was in this context that has absolutel

in particular, texas.hat's why. >> why do you think all these goodies having added to the bill arguing whether the democrats don't agree to oil and gas exploitation and exploration in the federal lands, they don't agree to the keystone, the federal government is going into default. i think that's an odd demand. your thoughts. >> that's what taking hostages is all about. the hostages aren't germane to the ransom that you're trying to get. if you can convince the american congress that we ought to change our oil and gas policy, fine. but you don't take the full faith and credit of the united states hostage. likewise, you don't pass a law that says that the executive branch will have so much money, but it's supposed to pay 19% more. and we do, unfortunately, borrow 19% of what we pay out and say we have to pay china but you don't have to pay social security. you don't have to pay veterans benefits. to -- >> we have to wrap, i'm sorry. congressman culberson, please come back. i like debating with you guys. it'

. >> reporter: not everything is bigger in texas.makers in the loan star state are steering clear of obamacare's medicaid expansion. that decision will leave like this cab driver right where they were before. >> life of a cab driver, man. >> reporter: tell me how things have been for you without insurance? >> it has been pretty difficult. like i said i don't have any preexisting conditions right now. i'm 53 years old. my last time for a full checkup was probably -- a full medical checkup was probably five years ago. >> reporter: the medicaid expansion that texas is rejecting is designed to help people like dave who has a wife and three kids and has an annual income of about $23,000 a year. if texas had expanded the program, a family earning about $30,000 a year could get coverage. but because texas has not expanded medicaid, dave and his family are basically out of luck. about 1.7 million texas are stuck in the middle. >> i know things such as probably prostate screening and all of that stuff at my age is recommended. i don't have th

the state fair of texas.k that snyder, al jazerra, dallas. >> and from big tex to a big duck an international sensation makes its first visit to the united states this giant 40-foot tall rubber ducky made its debut in pittsburgh to mark the start of a cultural festival. the duck has made a splash around the world making appearances in harbors from hong kong to saul paulo. a dutch artist created the duck, it will be moored in pittsburgh until late october. isn't that neat. i can't wait until it comes to the hudson river in new york. that will do it for this edition of news on al jazerra america. i am stephanie sy. ali i"well money is" is next. thanks for watching have a great night. >>> prepare for a government shutdown, some parts of the economy will suffer more than others. we will explain what it means for you. and the affordable care act may effect the care you get at your local hospitals, and plus some investors are putting a price tag on how much you are worth. i'm david shuster in for ali money." ♪ >>>

>>la ciudad el paso texas, ha sido clasificada por tres años la más segura de estados unidos, pero ahoragresistas la han puesto como una ciudad de seguridad. >>el proyecto es una condición que los congresistas han impuestos para aprobar la reforma migratoria, pero hay expertos que no estan de acuerdo >>todos fondos que van a la seguridad de la frontera, no estan apoyados por datos. el total costaria a los contribuyentes 47 millones de dólares. se cree que este es un pastel para dar la mano a las industria de la defensa, no a la seguridad de la frontera >>luego de la guerra de irak las compañías de defensa, necesitan nuevos contratos, al asegurar la frontera, tiene contratos nuevos >>más de 420 compañías estan presiónando por sus intereses en este sentido, ahí estan las 20 firmas más importantes en defensa, que pordrían competir por la construcción de 259 torres de vigilancia >>general atomic compañía interesada en ofrecer drones. también están en juego firmas de tecnología, especializadas en sistema de identificacion de inmigrantes. >>estas compañías, tienen mucha influencia en el congre

. -- he state of texas is very proud of its high school football history. any player that sets an all-time record can become a texas high school legend if that record withstands the test of time. record book, it always creates a buzz that can be heard throughout the state. former university of texas wide receiver jordan shipley set ery majo career receiving record when he was at burnet (burn-it) high school: receptions, yard and touchdowns.

texas state regulators did and. walked away and left the residence to suffer so texas is a bad case but it isn't by no means are representative of lax regulation when it comes to oil and gore has been in the last thirty seconds we have left what do you make of what's going on in colorado in these reports that we might have these fracking chemicals leaking into the flood waters. you know i think one of the things to point out quickly here is that fracking is such a new phenomenon that we are just even as the these shale plays explode sometimes literally we're we're just now the science is in the data and the research is just now catching up so i really think that sometimes we need to pause and let the data and the research catch up to the activity on the ground and so what we're seeing in texas and colorado is we're kind of having to learn a lot on the job and that's not always maybe good for the people we live with right in their backyard. forest wilder thank you both i can say thank you now in other news over the w

more on that coming up and it's been months since the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in west texas and now five other facilities storing the same chemical that caused the deadly blast have turned away the state fire marshal state fire marshal himself tells us more and tonight show. it's wednesday september fourth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching our t.v. and we begin in stockholm sweden where today president obama was asked to again make the case for military strikes in syria describe the dynamic to be a nobel peace price winner and getting ready to attack syria i would refer you to the speech that i gave. when i received the nobel prize. and i think i started the speech by saying that compared to previous recipients i was certainly on worthy the question though that all of us face not just me. our citizens face not just political leaders is at what point do we say we need to confront actions that. are violating our common humanity meanwhile the president's plans for congress to approve military strikes are on raveling on tuesday night the senate foreign

difficult only comes to really seeing the dangers of fracking you have to know what's going on in texas that story coming up and finally want to fast food workers in america in garment workers in bangladesh have in common they want better wages and they're taking to the streets to demand that they said still you take tom explains why a living wage isn't just good for working people it's good for all people. so will the government shutdown or not we'll get an answer this week as republicans in the house democrats in the senate and president obama try to hash out some way to keep the government funded beyond the end of this week beyond october first the end of the fiscal year. here if they fail then the government will shut down for the first time in nearly twenty years now at the end of last week republicans passed their spending plan it keeps in place rather large spending cuts known as the sequester and it defunds portions of obamacare so they've staked out their position in this debate and it's way the hell in right field and democrats in the senate will see where where they're going

mi ♪ (mÚsica) ♪. " >>> y continuamos en vivo desde la frontera texas mÉxico. zona de macann. >>> hace 2 dÉcadas que la forma de rastreo de los agentes de la patrulla fronteriza es lo mismo que los antiguos >>> esto es una huella de un dÍa a dos, un dÍa mÁs a menos. estaba lloviendo. >>> el rastreo que muestra que por estos lados hubo humanos >>> se ve la huella fresca >>> pero encontrar esto lejos de una zona no esserÍa posible par los agentes sin la ayuda de su compaÑero mÁs lejano >>> los caballos forman parte de uno, se, se establecen una relaciÓn, una comunicacion muy especial. >>> aquÍ roqui, y 16 caballos mÁs forman parte del escuadrÓn que conforman los mÁs de 300 grupos e quit nquinos de la pat fronteriza >>> dependiendo del terreno >>> segmentos de las 316 millas que les pertenecen en la frontera con mÉxico, la suya es una labor de raza muy especial >>> los caballos son (nombre en inglÉs) la mayorÍa fueron adoptados a la edad de 5, 6 sumaÑos >>> en sus primeros 3, 4 aÑos de vida fueron salvajes pero despuÉs aadaptados para la vigilancia >>> no veo como

the one-size-fits-all approach of obamacare is wrong for texas. if given the opportunity we can -- opportunity week designed design a better system that fits the needs of our citizens. in march of 2012 senator nelson observed obamacare creates more problems than it solves, ballooning the state budget and burdening our employers at a time they're struggling to survive. in march of 2010 senator nelson observed in texas i'm deeply concerned with the devastating

last year the iconic symbol of the state fair of texas was burned to the ground. now a bigger symbol, and we will' tell you why it's such a big deal. >> a fire that burned the 52 tall texas icon to a crisp. people mourned. almost a year later as the 2013 state fair of texas begins, a new bi big t ex is born. >> my son had just got out of the hospital. my father was in his last years of life. everybody was in wheelchairs and we made pictures of big t ex. it was a memorable time. >> i'm 66 years old. i remember the first year of big t ex. i was five years old and he scared the heck out of me. >> welcome to the state fair of texas. >> reporter: the new big t ex is three feet tall and 19,000-pound heavier, which will allow him to stand on his own and resist tornado winds. >> i think he looks great. he looks like the old big t ex but friendlier. >> i look the boots and the shirt. he looks really good. >> he looks a little more energized. think. >> why does big t ex mean so much so-so many? we asked the marketing professor daniel howard. >> big t ex came to symbolize cu

speaker, i'm from texas . and i recognize that we like freedom and opportunity and less taxes and more opportunities, by golly, we employ a lot of people. but i think the whole country sees this. what the whole country sees is, the reasonableness that the republican party comes to the floor and we are going to keep the battle going, saying we think everybody, at least every individual should be treated the same as business. we think the president of the united states made a mistake and we are politely today trying to say, mr. president, can we please fix that mistake? can we please give to the individuals of this country, men and women who pay their taxes and work hard, can we give them equal representation with what you gave to people who run businesses? now, i'm a business guy, but i'm also an individual. and that's why the republican party is doing what we're doing, mr. speaker. we are not asking for anything that's unreasonable. as a matter of fact, if i hurry up, we could get it quickly to the floor so we

home of the texas a&m aggies. a school rich with tradition like the corps of cad et cetera marching to the stadium. there's a surge in enthusiasm for this football program, thanks in large part to this man, the quarterback, johnny manzel, also known as johnny football. >> four man alabama rush, johnny, no they didn't, no, my gracious, how about that! >> last year manzel led texas a&m to victory over the best team in the country, alabama. >> what a pass, oh wow. >> johnny manzel. >> and he won college football's most press teeshz award, the heisman, the first time a freshman ever won it. >> when someone wins the heisman it can equal cash, tens of millions of dollars from anything from publicity to alumni given. >> according the an estimate heisman has been $30 million for free publicity for texas a&m. and that doesn't count jerseys, adorned with manzel's number 2. >> they do a booster of $20,000 to sit with manzel for a dinner. >> but manzel has brought more than money to the football program. he has also brought c

as for opting out, texas is not alone, about half the country has followed suit. the supreme court made that possible by shaking it optional. the results? about 11 and a half million people are left without coverage. completely unexpected, changed the political economicb amtic. >> opponents say medicaid is a standing. >> our probably is that we think there is plenty of money in the system already. it's just so poorly spent. under the new health law, the feds would foot the bill scaling years. >> there are many states in this country struggling well budget deficits and saying if this will only costs us 10% of the cost, we can't afford it some are fume being the cost they say they will have to treat anyway. >> the impact to our hospital district is $52 million a year. had we expanded medicaid, we would have got that 52 million from the federal government. instead, we are getting it from local taxpayers. >> if every state expanded medicaid, america's up uninhired could drop after the dust settles, some expect thattates like texas will ultimately end up expanding medi

texas. the role of women in history generally has been less on the market then our great nation than the state of texas. so i thought i would do something on 19th century texas women. it was for a couple of reason. number one, i love my state. number two, there is something special about texas. and i believe that the spirit of texas was created in the 19th century. there has been a lot of talk about it, as i came into the national scene in the senate. i would see people roll their eyes and we would talk about how great texas was or how big we were or how important we work, so i got used to that as well. and so i thought, you know, there is something different about us. some people like it, some people really do not. but there is a spark in the spirit. i wanted to continue my insistence that women be included in history by writing about this texas spirit. our history is different. we are the only nation that fought for our independence and became a nation. we fought for our independence from

>> yes, sure. >> so we think that texas is -- is not a red state.k there are just a lot of texans who don't vote. >> reporter: battlegrounds leader, jen brown helped obama win ohio in 2012. >> in more texans are involved in the process we'll see more competitive texans. >> reporter: less than 40% of eligible hispanics vote. battleground plans on changing that with 3,000 volunteers statewide who are registering new voters. >> so we feel if we can get more people to vote, we can actually get a government that is representative of the people of texas. >> reporter: democrats hope that might be wendy davis who energized the party this summer with a dramatic 13-hour filibuster against an anti abortion bill. some think she one at the war, becoming the brightest gubernatorial hope democrats have had in decades. >> they are still too liberal to communicate to moderate voters in texas. >> reporter: battleground wants davis to run against greg abbott who declared battleground texas more dangerous than nuclear weapons in north korea. texans for greg abbott has

i'm going to enjoy not only selling texas and selling the state of texas.h groups like this one that are going to be really pushing this debate forward across america about states' competition and how we make america stronger and a better future for our children. >> free market capitalism, the best path to prosperity. we appreciate it, sir. >>> today we had historic contact with iran. tough talk from president obama on the budget battle and still more glitches with obama care. we're about to tackle all that and more. please stay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] staying warm and dry has never been our priority. our priority is, was and always will be serving you, the american people. so we improved priority mail flat rate to give you a more reliable way to ship. now with tracking up to eleven scans, specified delivery dates, and free insurance up to $50 all for the same low rate. [ woman ] we are the united states postal service. [ man ] we are the united states postal service. [ male announcer ] and our priority is you. go to usps.com® and try it today. [ male

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in particular, texas. >> okay.hat's why oil and gas is in there. >> all these goodies have been added to the bill arguing if the democrats don't agree to oil and gas exploitation and exploration, if they don't agree to the keystone, the federal government is going into default. i think that's an odd demand. that's what i think. your thoughts? >> that's what taking hostages is all about. the hostages aren't germane to the ransom that you're trying to get. if you can convince the american congress that we ought to change our oil and gas policy, fine. but you don't take the full faith and credit of the united states hostage. likewise, you don't pass a law that says that the executive branch will have so much money, but it's supposed to pay 19% more and we do unfortunately borrow 19% of what we pay out and say we have to pay china, but you don't have to pay social security. you don't have to pay veterans benefits. to pass a china first -- >> congressman culbertson, please come back. we like to have you. i like debating

he's not originally from texas. >> reporter: exactly. he's not originally from texas. he spent time in thailand and befriend add thai family here that owned a thai restaurant. he spoke thai well. liked the to practice with that thai family. they helped him a lot. he lived with them for some time. he helped out in their restaurant. he wasn't a paid employee. he worked for tips. and the monks at a buddhist temple took him under their wing. a lot of people befriended him. he did have a specific interest in the thai community. >> how did he make it to d.c.? was this just a part-time job or had he severed ties? do you know, with texas? >> that was one of the questions we asked. as a matter of fact, i was told by a friend he was last year at this naval air station about six to eight months ago. he still had access here and they would go shop. the rest after that, according to friend s is a little bit buzz fuzzy. to their knowledge he was working with a contract tr to. it was that contractor that had him moving around. from what i have heard he didn't b have a lot of close co

and there are reports he once lived in texas. to jonathan hunt live with more on this in new york. >> this aaron alexis, reportedly 34 years old, and there is some information that he may have once lived in ft. worth, texas, also some suggestion that he had some links at some point to new york city. now, as usual in these situations, there is a wealth of information and a wealth of claims being reported via twitter. one of those is that a man by the same name, aaron alexis, who would also be 34, was arrested in ft. worth, texas, back in september of 2009. the charge there was discharge of a firearm. according to a police report that is circulating again on twitter, that firearm was shot through a ceiling of an apartment in which somebody by the name of aaron alexis was living. he apparently told police that he was cleaning the weapon and accidentally discharged it at the time. as we understand it, no charges ultimately were filed in that. all this, of course, just speculative at the moment, except the name being confirmed by u.s.

todo en al punto. ♪ >>> continuamos desde el paso texas.e familias que devide este frontera. marÍa antonieta colins nosretonpa. >>> en su habilitaciÓn en el paso texas, adgar recuerda lo que pasÓ hace tres meses. se casÓ con su novia en ciudad juares. y vievieron juntos y felices. no, no al menos en estados unidos. >>> estamos separados. >>> maricruz vive en durando. >>> eso esta haciendo mi paÍs, me estÁforzando a salir. no puede migrarla como esposa. cuando ella menor de edad, trataron de entrar a estados unidos con documentos falsos. >>> por mary fuee ron, su hermana se la trajo y ella se vino. >>> no tecÍa conciencia de lo que iba a pasar. >>> muchos paÍs tienen perdÓn para los menorer de edad. >>> esta es que el lenguaje con el que fue escrita la ley de 1996 pueda ser modificada. >>> quero que el caso de maricruz y edgar, los jueces puedan decidir. >>> el congresista beno cruz, tiene hacer que esto de marcha atrÁs. >>> tambiÉn en el caso de emily, el castigo fue vivir fuera de estados unidos hasta el 2020. >>> mientras tantos, vidas co

the 60 year iconic symbol of the state fair of texas was burned to the ground. why this is such a big deal. >> reporter: the last time we saw big tex, a analect trical short burned down tex. now a new big tex is born and the memories flow. >> four year40 years ago my sons coming out of the hospital. my father was in his last years of life. everyone was here in wheelchairs and it was a very memorable time. >> i'm 66 of years old. i remember the first year of big tex. i was about five years old, and he scared the heck out of me. >> tex: welcome to the state fair of texas. >> reporter: the new big tex is taller and heavier which would allow him to stand on his own and with stand winds. >> i think he looks great. he still looks like the old big tex but friendlier. >> i like the way the boots are coordinated with his shirt, and it has all the texas themes to it. i think he looks good. >> he likes a little more energized i think. >> why does big tex mean so much to so many? we asked smu marketing professor daniel howard. >> big tex has come to symbolize culturally how

no way i'm going back to texas! hey! hey! hey! hey![ both grunting ] give me your hands! give me your hands! webb: okay! okay! turn around! hands behind your head! behind your head! where you running to, boy? i never touched her. the only reason she's doing all this is 'cause i wanted the divorce! mr. webb, i don't know to what you are referring, but we have reason to believe that your car was used in the commission of a homicide. what are you, nuts? where were you last night? i was here, inside my house. excuse me! i'm asking the questions here! he's not your guy. what about your car? was that here, too? i have no idea where my car was. i only picked it up this morning at a depot near the airport. before then, it could have been anywhere between here and el paso. look! i have a receipt! let me see. [ breathing heavily ] here. check with the shipping office and find out... chief, i don't understand. if webb is telling the truth and someone from the depot had the car and killed the price woman... it wouldn't explain the killings out of

he's not originally from texas. >> reporter: exactly. he's not originally from texas.me in thailand and befriend add thai family here that owned a thai restaurant. he spoke thai well. liked the to practice with that thai family. they helped him a lot. he lived with them for some time. he helped out in their restaurant. he wasn't a paid employee. he worked for tips. and the monks at a buddhist temple took him under their wing. a lot of people befriended him. he did have a specific interest in the thai community. >> how did he make it to d.c.? was this just a part-time job or had he severed ties? do you know, with texas? >> that was one of the questions we asked. as a matter of fact, i was told by a friend he was last year at this naval air station about six to eight months ago. he still had access here and they would go shop. the rest after that, according to friend s is a little bit buzz fuzzy. to their knowledge he was working with a contract tr to. it was that contractor that had him moving around. from what i have heard he didn't b have a lot of close contact with t

when you grow tired of maryland taxes squeezing every dime out of your business, think texas. >> texas governor rick perry picking a fight over the airwaves with another aspiring presidential candidate. what is this really about? >> is about rick perry getting his name out there for publicity purposes so that he can maybe run for the presidential election. >> by attacking governor o'malley, another potential presidential candidate, he puts himself in the same league or thinks he does. >> now the war of words has escalated into boots on the ground. rick perry is in maryland. >> we pray for rain in texas. they tax it in maryland. >> detoured a gun factory which had considered to move to texas after the governor signed a sweeping gun-control measure. >> they have been a great manufacturer in maryland. they feel not only underappreciated, they feel under attack. >> rick perry lunched privately in bethesda. he will debate governor o'malley on cnn's "crossfire." >> i'm looking forward to a spirited discussion about the better choices we need to make in our states in order to strengthen and g

that is why texas is a hybrid scheme. using both geography, we are taking the top 10% of the high school graduates across the whole state. every part of the state has high schools. there are students who are geographically automatically admitted because great show they were competitive. at the same time, we are using race as one factor among every factor. we will your questions and answers. absolutely the admissions process needs to be changed. it is not a permanent admissions decision. they need to be changed. the periodic evaluation will inform how to improve the admissions. if race neutral does not work -- by the way, we did a thorough search and the department of justice did help. there is no legal obligation for admissions committees to test race neutral when they know they will not be affected to meet the mission of the campus and its faculty and students. you are not required to spend taxpayer money on selecting a process that you know does not work. if it has been tested by another top tier university and it doesn

>> well, in this case in texas we'll certainly stand ready to assist texas in any way.nce when texas went up on their photo i.d. law the first time by giving them statistical evidence from kansas. the argument holder is trying to make is a ridiculous argument. he is claiming photo i.d. hurts people of one skin color than people of another skin color. the evidence doesn't prove that. the evidence comes out it affects all of us equally. surprise, surprise we can get a free drirs license or free state i.d. if we don't have a drers license for purpose of voting. lou: attorney general greg abbott pointed out studies show minority participation rates overut subsequent elections have risen at a rate and participation rates are higherra than tat of white citizens which invalidates everything the obama justice department is saying. >> yeah. lou: when will we have a resolution? >> well, we're hopeful in the kansas and arizona lawsuit we're hopeful we can get at least some action out of the district court very quickly. we would like to have this, change made s weha can have our pr

he's not originally from texas. >> reporter: exactly. he's not originally from texas.spent time in thailand and befriend add thai family here that owned a thai restaurant. he spoke thai well. liked the to practice with that thai family. they helped him a lot. he lived with them for some time. he helped out in their restaurant. he wasn't a paid employee. he worked for tips. and the monks at a buddhist temple took him under their wing. a lot of people befriended him. he did have a specific interest in the thai community. >> how did he make it to d.c.? was this just a part-time job or had he severed ties? do you know, with texas? >> that was one of the questions we asked. as a matter of fact, i was told by a friend he was last year at this naval air station about six to eight months ago. he still had access here and they would go shop. the rest after that, according to friend s is a little bit buzz fuzzy. to their knowledge he was working with a contract tr to. it was that contractor that had him moving around. from what i have heard he didn't b have a lot of close contac

castro from texas. we have seen it in our home states. people have a need out there. in my case, i can cite some of the stats, 36,000 young people will not be biased against with pre-existing conditions from having insurance. take it away, why don't you? take it away and then put us at risk of defaulting with our credit rating. take it away. be harsh. we look at the 12,000-plus seniors who are receiving discounts for their pharmaceutical needs. take it away, why don't you. it's unfair. it's un-american. immoral to take it away, but we are going to use it as a pawn and device here called negotiating on whether or not the government will continue to run, whether we keep the doors opened and the lights on. whether or not we are going to pay our bills. come on, working families in this country understand it. they roll up their slives, they play by the rules, they work hard, they expect to taste success, and they pay their bills on time and expect their government to do likewise. they don't expect us to put

hot here in texas. people think there are a lot of bugs now.se guys we would been real trouble. >> i've couldn't iffage aimagi balts were -- bats were gone. we would live in a world covered by bugs. that's to me something to beafraid of. >> scarier than the bats? >> absolutely. >> reporter: turns out the bats have a lot to be afraid of. as the we waited for them to emerge that night. we noticed skunks and raccoons gathering at the entrance hoping a couple of the 20 million fall out of the sky. snakes show up at the buffet too. they don't always wait for the bats to hit the ground. matt caught this snake snag one out of the air. got one. he got one right there. even if the bats make it high in the air. there is a predator waiting for them. check out this hawk. >> dinner time. >> that's not to say some bats aren't scary. casey want to southern mexico in search of vampire bats. yes, they do exist. and just like dracula, they only eat one thing. >> what a weird animal in the sense that is the only thing they eat blood. truly. it's like the horror m

talk about shifts in texas, you are politically active, you know about what's going on in texas.t are we going to see from texas in the next coming years >> you know, if texas changes, it changes national politics. that's what excites me about being engaged in texas. i'm part of battleground texas, it's a huge voter registration initiative and it's not even about turning it blue. it's making sure everybody is represented. it's making sure that those people who are registered go to the polls and go to the veeth booths. making sure that we edge kaigs kate the community that these issues do affect you. there's other issues that you need to help have a voice on. we're doing voter education and voter registration in texas. because the demographic of texas is largely changing into a big latino force, we -- we don't say we hope it turns blue. we hope that -- >> it's kpet tef, right? >> we hope that people understand the issues whether you're red or blue that you just participate. >> that's the whole game. >> participating, making sure you exercise your privilege to vote. >> wherever you