texas, going back to the republic of texas days and earlier than that.ee collection of some of the most iconic and important documents from our collection. they document our texas freedom and the struggle of various groups in texas for freedom, quality [video clip] -- for freedom, equality, and civil rights. an original portrait of stephen f austin, who is considered the father of anglo colonization. we believe this portrait was painted from life before his death. . this was an important map researched and compiled by stephen f austin. he and his father knew that if texas was to be successful, they would have to have a good map of the area. he worked with tanner publishing company in philadelphia to create this map. the earliest one was in 1830. they issued several editions, the last being in 1836. this is an original imprint of that 1936 map. it still has the mexican eagle and the cartouche because at in 1836,, even though at the time of the publication it was still a part of mexico. this book was actually a publication of the proceedings of the convent

the history of texas politics is that for over 100 years texas was a one-party democratic state. the democratic party was the party of the south and it really came out of the outgrowth of the civil war where the republican party was regarded as the party of the north, the party of the yankees, the party of the blacks. during the period of the 19th century, the base of the republican party up until the 1920's was black voters. as more and more black voters were excluded, so too republican votes went down. by the beginning of the 20th century, the democratic party was totally dominant. within the democratic party there were conservatives and as the 20th century went on, a number of liberal democrats. the contest became between conservatives and liberals within the democratic primary. up until about 1960, almost every elected official in the state was a democrat, and most of the elections that shows officials for public office took place in the democratic primary. you had a pattern up until about 1960

texas institute of culture in san antonio said the second-most well-known thing in texas is the texas rangers, the first ring the alamo. but they have a legacy and we are talking 200 years of that heritage of upholding values of law and order and justice. >> later, we will visit the dr pepper museum as we hear about the humble beginnings of this unique soft drink invented in waco impacted the local economy and gave way to national success. >> waco is the home of dr pepper. it started in 1885 when a pharmacist named charles alderson was mixing together some different concoctions in the back of the old corner drugstore where the pharmacy was located and he came up with a fragrant smelling mixture that he liked very much. he probably used it in some medicine, but eventually, it was sold as a syrup with carbonated water in it across the soda fountain counter. >> first, we travel to baylor university to find out about its gospel music restoration project which is working to archive gospel records in an effort to learn about the role this music played in the civil rights movement. ♪ ♪ >> i

the city began in 1837 after "q&a texas won -- after texas won its independence from mexico. since galveston was already a major port, they wanted to start a city here. so a group of men were entrusted with the task of setting up basically a city on the island. the next document is actually from the james morgan papers. it was also an early founder of galveston. it actually lists the original stockholders of the galveston city company. here you can see mckinney and williams, who actually were in partnership together and had their own business. mckinney and williams were actually businessman, and they were cotton traders. and they really wanted to establish themselves as the primary route for cotton growers in texas to transport their cotton out of the republic of texas. they pretty much wanted to have, be the primary transporters of that. so, they are businessman, merchants, primarily. the next letter we are going to look at is a letter written from andrew jackson to sam houston. andrew jackson at this point is in retirement at the hermitage in tennessee. and sam houston is p

of texas politics. the first one from about 1960 to 1978 that first phase of change was one where the republican party became competitive at the top of the ticket. we had a period of competitive races for the presidency, for the united states senate and some of the governor's races. below that, everything was democratic. in the second phase, starting in 1978 through 1996, is really what i call an interlude of two-party competition. from 1978 through 1996, the government changed every four years from democrat, republican. the two senators during most of that time comprised of one republican and one democrat. other races, republicans were becoming more competitive. the republican party during that period of time the 1970's and 1980's, was reliant heavily on immigration of people to the state. the early growth of the republicans were from people moving here, much like myself. there was a later movement in the 1980's and 1990's when people were shifting from being democrat to republican. much of the growth

and so texas was -- texas's primary link to the rest of the confederacy was by sea. galveston was the best natural harbor on the texas coast and galveston was the largest city. and so a lot of -- everything that involved trade and later blockade running went through galveston, for the most part, and other small ports along the texas coast. but galveston was the primary one. even before the confederates fired on fort sumter, in april of 1861, in charleston, the union was preparing and thinking about what happens if this becomes -- if secession becomes a shooting war. one of the things they considered was establishing a blockade of southern ports. the idea of a blockade is it's an old traditional technique used in warfare to blockade an enemy's port, to keep ships and vessels from coming in and out, to prevent the enemy from getting support from outside. the union forces declared a blockade in 1961, just two days after jefferson davis had declared the confederates would authorize privateers to go after union shipping, which is itself an act of war. the union blockade w

the texas maritime academy. was and war ii, it u.s.s.vessel named the queens. >> the texas clipper, which is that it goes by now, is now an artificial reef off the texas.f right near the texas-mexico border. about 30 here for years. and it sailed. there were generations of students that sailed on it. the first training ship. there was texas clipper 2 and clipper 3 afterwards. but it was the first training ship. not born as the texas theper but it was born as u.s.s. escambia. an attack transport during the second world war. 1944, there was tremendous tremendous shipbuilding program out of maryland, not far from baltimore, outside the inner harbor. it was one of those ships that was built in that tremendous shipbuilding program. it was not one of the 90-day wonders. ship,as a high-class because it was intended to a cargo transport passenger carrier after the war was over. so it was built to the specifications of the american export line. the ship comes out in december 1944. it is launched. by this time, the war is

i wasn't going to go to texas a a&m. texas a&m, i applied as a backup. i was a computer science major. i got accepted to stanford. i got a pretty significant scholarship to go. and i went to texas a&m because i had a counsellor at my high school, a big aggie, and he said -- he kept badgering me to go for a campus tour. i had friends that lived there. i said okay, if i go to texas a&m for this visit, will you leave me alone? and he said yes. i went up for a tour and watch a football game and fell in love with the place. fell in love with what we call the undereducation, the opportunities to get involved. and, you know, there is something special there at texas a&m. on the side, i decided to run for student body president because i was involved in campus. i thought there were problems that needed to be fixed. my mom said i'm part of the solution. i decided to run. my buddies who i knew i would need to help me, they said yes. we decided to do it. >> how did that experience train you for running for congress? >> well, it is a big school. at the time it was 4

people in texas agree with that. if you want to live in a place carehigh taxes and health that is being substantially restricted, go live in that state. anybody that would rather pick washington over the state, we will allow them to do that. >> is your message sinking in with iowaans? campaign is about ideas. it is about solutions. here is what i'm going to tell you. here is what i have done. border control is a great example. security of the border is a great example. we know how to secure the border. someone said, let's just build a wall. that is good rhetoric, but the real focus is on how do you secure the border. i think a better way is to put personnel in the right places, in the right numbers. you have a border that has proper security in place. most likely the metropolitan areas. the most important aspect is aviation aspects. 1900 miles is a long border. 24-7, identifying activities that are illegal or suspicious. we know how to secure the border. , a lotsecure the border of other issues people are talking abo

about the history of texas. up next on the c-span cities tour, the director of the texas corrections shares some of the items. >> can see there are numerous mountain ranges that crop up and there aren't these mountain ranges. the problem with the misrepresentation is that many of the map makers would not have to texas and they would earlieried or used cartographer's information. relayed from an earlier one. now, you can see how beautifully done the eastern part of the is with the mountains in the proper place and the when youan area but get to the center of the country, it certainly is wilderness. another thought is that this is early maps that begin to show the concept of manifest destiny, the going west growing. this next piece that i want to really a travel diary or journal. by mary austin holly who is the niece of steven f. austin. and when she travels to texas, 1836 andrinted in there is a beautiful map. it's small. it's a foldout map. but it's a map of the state of you can and texas and see what you would

feature with on how austin became the texas capital. the book i have written is about the founding of austin as the capital of the republic of texas. it is also the story of the rivalry between the two political titans of the age. have same hand, you houston, who everybody knows spirit he was a larger-than-life texas frontiersman, large man physically, very handsome, love to dress nicely, and love to speak. people drove from miles around to come hear him speak. mirabelle lamarr was short, andpy, not a ladies man, somewhat shy. he spoke slowly. many people who met him for the first time came away thinking he was not very bright, which was not the case. was the only president to be inaugurated in the city of houston, which he hated for the name alone. sam houston was the only president to be inaugurated in austin, a city he fought against. only political rivals, but personal enemies who hated each other. between the first rumblings of independence in 1835 and the spring of 1837, the seats of government of the republic of texas shifted sev

invade texas? gives him credentials to be reelected in a very competitive state. >> first of all, i did some work for governor abbott, i have a lot of respect for governor ab botd for who he iabbott as a pea grade background story. for what he's doing for texas is you have to realize texas is the mother land for all conservatives. if i'm going to take a candidate to anyplace for fundraising, a conservative, i'm going to take them to texas. you have to look at the extremes. greg abbott is doing a great great job in everything he's doing for texas. is he trying pander to special interest groups to be reelected? no. because texas is one great special interest group, the land of conservatism. >> you take out california you take out texas, the home land for political idealogues. having to deal with this for the last 18 months you get back to the middle so you can actually get elected as republican in this country? >> wow, that is such a good point. because how do you appeal to all these interest groups

the texas home a writer william sidney porter. while in prison on charges of embezzlement he began writing under the name o. henry. [inaudible] >> william sidney porter was a great american short story writer. he wrote about 300 to 400 short stories and he was known for having swift endings. a good example of which is "the gifts of the magi," about a poor couple who want to buy each other christmas presents. she has this long, luxurious hair that she cuts to buy her husband a fault for his pocket watch. he sells his pocket watch to buy her these combs which she has been coveting for her long hair. a lot of people know o. henry as a new york short story writer. he cut his teeth here in austin starting right here in this house. this has been a museum since 1934. what people can find is a middle-class taos that is three rooms, a parlor, there is a bedroom, and there is a dining room and a porch that used to be called a sleeping porch. he moved to texas in his early 20's from greensboro, north carolina, partly out of wanderlust and pa

it thinks it can -- that it is texas and so it will always be texas. i thousand people from california alone moved to texas every single day. i had a meeting with about 200 ceos that move the companies to texas. you know what you move your company in texas, but do your employees? have you made a point to tell your employees we can no longer do business in new jersey, no longer do business in california? no. you just moved to texas. allall the employees, their like to my like texas but i really like california and will vote for the same things and fundamentally change texas. >> final question, do you expect another september 11? >> i think it's only a matter of time before we are greatly attacked. i don't thinki don't think it's going to be necessary lee like september 11. my worst fear is what happened in bedlam. that is what america should be worried about, what i believe, something like that , and i think -- especially with greece and everything else. t10

he will become the new texas governor. >> rick perry only got the job of texas governor because his predecessoro become president. and that's a very unusual thing. but it turns out for the big long list of governors who are running this year for president, it's not actually even that unusual. rick perry is not the only one of them to have ascended to the job of governor without actually being directly elected to it. >> arkansas has a new governor this morning, but it took a little longer than expected to get one. on monday, democratic governor jim guy tucker said he change his mind and would not resign as promised following his white water conviction. that's when the state's lieutenant governor promised to impeach him. finally, tucker did step down and mike huckabee was sworn in. >> mike huckabee. nobody really remembers this about him, but he only became governor of arkansas because he threatened to impeach the sitting governor who had only been in office for a hot minute, but he'd gotten wrapped up in the strange clinton era white water scandal. becoming governor because the previous guy had

that's the reason texas is more successful. alix: texas is awesome. thanks so much.ck evans, chairman and c.e.o. ♪ alix: "what'd you miss" earnings are out tomorrow morning, one of the biggest miners and traders of commodities in the world. look at margins for their trading segment. this is where it could bite. aluminum premium over the last year and see that huge dipdown. joe: anything you do not want to miss, the german vote on the greek bailout. they are going to pass it. how many of the party members ill merkel lose? >> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." charlie: the american flag flew over the american embassy in cuba. the flag-racing the latest step in the process by the obama administration. we have a senator who attended the ceremony and the director of the cuba documentation project at the national security archives in washington. i

first as texas ag commissioner, then lieutenant governor and ascended to become governor of texas.d to that job in an unconventional way. >> this is governor george w. bush. this is the senate chamber in austin, texas. he is about to, with a wave of a pen, resign and he is going to shake hands here with lieutenant governor republican rick perry and his wife anita. there he will become the new texas governor. >> rick perry only got the job of texas governor because his predecessor had to leave to go become president. and that's a very unusual thing. turns out for the big long list of governors running for president it's not actually even that unusual. rick perry is not the only one to aascended to the job of governor without being elected to it. >> arkansas has a new governor. it took longer than expected. monday jim guy tucker said he changed his mind and would not resign as promised following his whitewater conviction. that's when the state's republican lieutenant governor promised to impeach him. finally tucker didstep down, and mike huckabee was sworn in. >> mike huckabee, nobod

you just moved to texas. so all the employees come, and they're like well i like texas, but i really liked california. and they'll vote for the same things, and it will fundamentally change texas. >> host: final question. >> guest: yeah. >> host: do you expect another 9/11 attack? >> guest: yeah, i think it's only a matter of time before we are gravely attacked. i don't think it's going to be necessarily like 9/11. i mean, i -- my worst fear is what happened in -- [inaudible] i think that's what america should be worried about, what i believe, is something like that. and i think we are in a -- i don't think americans realize especially with greece and everything else. i would just ask them to remember what they felt on september 11th. we all felt the same thing my gosh, this is fragile. it's been 15 years of taking a beating. our country has taken a beating over the last 15 years financially, morally spiritually, politically, beating. and it stood. you can't keep doing this. somebody's going to take advantage

the decision came down, texas passed a stringent voter i.d.aw that had an impact. under section five of the voter i.d. law, it was blocked. after the county game down. the voter i.d. law went into effect. and we had to have two years of the lit quakes, including a 2014 midterm election in which the discriminatory voter i.d. law was in place, and recently the court of appeals upheld a finding that texas i.d. law violated the act. because section 5 was gone, we had to have the discriminatory measures in place for midterm elections, and that's the landscape we are facing. >> let's stay in texas. when results of 2010 sensis came out, there was a large increase in the population. >> the lion's share of the increase came from the increase in the side of the community in texas. people watching the things, it's a remapped crowd. they said how many seats. how many will be places where it's possible for latino to take the elections. they were shocked after latino had majorities, supermajorities in them. would that have been possible before preclearance

it thinks it can -- but it's texas and will always be texas. a thousand people from california alone moving into texas every single day. and i've done -- had a meeting with 200 ceos that have moved their companies into texas and i said, you know why you moved your company to texas. but do you employees know? have you made a point to tell your employees we could no longer do business in new jersey? we could no longer do business in california. no. you just moved to texas. so all the employees come and they're like, woe, i like texas but i liked california and they'll vote for the same things and it will fundamentally change texas. >> host: final question. do you expect another 9/11 attack? >> guest: yeah issue think it's only a matter of time before we are gravely attacked. i don't think it's going to be necessarily like 9/11. my worst fear is -- that is what america should be worried about what i believe is something like that. and i think we are in a -- i don't think americans realize especially with greece and everything else, we just have to

. >> it is texas's official state history museum. 2001.n we are charged with telling the story of texas. we had three floors of exhibition space where we feature around 500 original artifacts that tell the story of texas. we also have temporary exhibitions, including fly girls , which is what we are standing in right now and to theaters that show films regularly. ♪ [video clip] >> this is texas. and out of those are stepping girls. girls give a new angle to the air force story. women's air force service pilots. victoria: the fly girls exhibition is very important to us, and it is an exhibition we opened on veterans day, and to tell the story of these world war ii female pilots and share that with the public was, we thought, and important texas story, but also an important story that connects texas with the nation. when world war ii broke out in 1938 and 1939, one of the women pilots of america, her name was jacqueline, and she was a business owner and entrepreneur and a fearless pilot, and she approached president franklin roosevelt and first lady eleanor roosevelt with the idea of usin

that is the reason why texas is more successful. alix: texas is awesome. joe: we'll be right back.ix: do not miss this. it glencore earnings are out tomorrow. traders ofe biggest commodities in the world. you have to look at margins. take a look inside my terminal. you're looking at the aluminum premium over the last year. you could see the huge debt down. joe: and the german the on the greek bailout. they are going to pass the vote. how many party members will merkel lose? that is the one to watch. watch. alix: ha ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage, all of taylor swift's music videos, interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. emily: tech investors get worried about china. thed the following u.n. be tip of the iceberg? i'm emily chang. this is bloomberg west. comcast and nbc reach for a younger audience with buzz feed. theal media is ripping up election playbook. all of that ahead on bloomberg west. first of our. turmoil returns to

. >> decenas de familia hoy estÁn demandando a texas por que aseguran que se niega a darles los certificado nacimiento de los hijos por ser indocumentado. >> el gobierno mexicano se ha unido al reclamo diciendo que esta decisiÓn viola los derechos de tos niÑos que han nacido en estados unidos. >> enseguida mÁs detalles pero ahora otros titulares. >> regreso a estados unidos, comienza el regreso de los indocumentados que firmaron una deportaciÓn voluntaria, ahora podrÁn pelear su caso en corte, les vamos a decir quÉ pasos tendrÁn que tomar para ello. >> indignante abuso hay conmociÓn en mÉxico donde una niÑa fue lanzada varias veces a una piscina hasta que la pequeÑa se ahogÓ. >> y florece la flor cadÁver, miles llegan al jardÍn botÁnico de chicago donde estÁ flor esta apunto de hacer su debut, estamos ahÍ. >> este es noticiero telemundo con josÉ dÍaz-balart y maria celeste arrarÁs. >> hola ¿quÉ tal? muy buenas tardes hoy telemundo investiga el escÁndalo que hay en texas donde el departamento de salud fue demandado por negarse a dar certificados de nacimiento a hijos de indocumentados. >> ah

we have been talking about texas today. that was where this happened, it was in the top three of where this happens. i am wondering if you can talk to us about how the department would justify spending taxpayer money on this, as well as if there will be any changes made. >> their question is specifically about over-income families -- your question is specifically about over-income families? >> yes, in public housing. >> it is important to note the law allows for housing authorities to serve over-income families if upon admittance they were under the income limits. in fact, having over-income families help to do -- helps to diversify incomes. the families living in public housing developments. in fact, the programs we support in terms of redevelopment have that component to it in large measure trying to mix incomes as well as uses to create diverse neighborhoods. while there is some disagreement between the oig and department about the benefits to having a diverse income group living in a particular development, we will cont

it's the texas senate and the texas house, but we did get it through. western so excited to place this bill on governor perry's desk. governor perry received pressure from companies like kroger and macy's who wanted him to veto that bill and he vetoed that bill in favor of the pressure he received. this is happening not just in texas, but elsewhere where these bills aren't making it. we've got to make our elected leaders feel that they own the same responsibility to us that they feel they own to people who are potentially mega donors to their campaigns or to their future campaigns. this is why voter apathy is so upsetting to me. when we don't vote, we do show people like governor perry that acting in in ways like that will go uning taccounted. they're not held accountable to it. we are as powerful as some of these folks who can write the big checks. >> ultimately, politics is powerful, but we need to change culture and change the way we see these issues from i aa moral lens. >> how do you determine your political platform? who educates you on the issues

texas are formidable. they have fortifications. mobile striking power on horses, and they can also rebuild fortifications. the spanish don't have clear military advantage in places like texas. that explains why there's sort of the spanish moving to texas but why it's not many. mexico, the other key spanish salient in north america at this time, we'll talk about california on wednesday, new mexico remains, as you see from the map, relatively similar to what it's been throughout the course. it doesn't have the massive extension in the 1700s. new mexico, as was the case in the 17th century, is never a big revenue generator for the spanish empire. french, louisiana, they're convinced they're trying to get to it but it never is. new mexico is a poor frontier colony at the end of a long supply route from mexico. i doesn't find the silver lines the spanish were hoping for. it's up in the north. 1765, there's only about 10,000 people of spanish decent. it's relatively poor and small in terms of population. isolate

tambiÉn hay dos senadores rus de texas y rubio de florida.os 10 mÁs populares en las encuestas clasificaron para el debate que por ser el primero es doblemente importante. >> es el que mÁs hablan los medios y del que se genera mÁs espectativa, la gente estÁ esperando ese debut de todos los aspirantes. >> el debut mÁs esperado es el de donald trump que lo pusieron primero en la supuesta por sus Ácidos comentarios. >> para presidente los estados unidos le dijera que construyeran un argumento una conversaciÓn con el pueblo para demostrar que visiÓn tiene para sacar al pueblo delante. >> pues ser mesurado y explosivo y pone oponentes como bus a la defensiva y cambia la dinÁmica del debate. rump tiene otra ventaja. >> no compite con los polÍticos tradicionales. la gente le pone una expectativa mÁs alta a los polÍticos que han participado en debates. el es un debutante en materia polÍtica. >> todavÍa queda por ver si trump aprovechas aventaja y el debate comienza en forma exclusiva cuando reÚso decirse a posar y al nominado su partido si no fuera e

law in texas. the latest on that active shooter scare at a tennessee movie theater. and the anti-spanish rant caught on tape is going viral, and it reveals a lot about the immigration debate in this country. >>> welcome to "politicsnation." we begin tonight with what might be the most fascinating conversation of the 2016 race. "the washington post" reporting today that bill clinton called donald trump right before he launched his campaign. in a phone call in may, clinton reportedly encouraged trump's effort to play a larger role in the republican party, and while clinton never urged trump to run, he did tell trump that he was striking a chord with frustrated conservatives and was a rising force on the right. the former president was also said to be upbeat and encouraging. now, we've known trump and the clintons used to be friendly. they even went to trump's wedding in 2005. but we had no idea they spoke just before trump blew up the 2016 field. and boy, has he blown it up. with just a day before th

en houston, texas. tennessee habrÍa pretendido causar una explosiÓn con combustible y encendedor. la dificultad para detectar este tipo de atacantes solitarios lleva a muchos a exigir guardias armados y detectores de metales en los cines pero otros creen que serÍa injusto convertir en sano entretenimiento en una experiencia estresante. lourdes: vicente david de 29 aÑos sembrÓ el terror en una sala de cine en tennessee estaba armado con una pistola que usaba como arma automÁtica solo -de forma superficial un hombre con el hacha antes de que la policÍa lo cultivara a balazos. sÓlo hace dos semanas un hombre entrÓ a este teatro comprÓ boletos y el poco tiempo de comenzar la pelÍcula empezÓ a disparar, matÓ a dos personas, y a nueve y se suicidÓ. >> de verdad me miedo ir al cine una no sabe si entra un loco todo el mundo bien tranquilo y le va a disparar. reportera: las encuestas reflejan este temor y nadie parece tener idea clara de cÓmo se podÍa evitar que esto se repita. un tercio de los estadounidense o

who are wples >> host: move to texas. >> guest: texas seems to be america 2002. it thinks it can weather the storm. it tha prs -- it will always be texas. 1,000 people from california alone moving into texas every single day and i have had a meeting with 20be into tewps, you know why you moved here your company to texas. to your employees know? have you made a point to tell your employees we could no longer do business in new jersey, we could no longer do business in california? you just moved to texas of the employee's come and i like tewps but i really liked california and fable vote for the same things and it will fundamentally change texas. >> host: final question. do you expect another 9/11? >> guest: i think it is only a matter of time before we are gravely that act. i don't thi pr it will be like 9/11. my worst fear -- that is what america should be worried about, what i believe, something like that and i think we are -- i don't thi pr americans realize, we ask them to remember what they felt on september 11th. we all felt the same thing. this is fragile.

but as i said, texas is home now. >> brother, sisters? how many?>> i'm the youngest of six. >> and what -- what is it like in your -- at a family reunion, thanksgiving, a lot of different political points of view? >> yeah. we have been supportive of one another. all my brothers and sisters have been supportive of my desire to get involved in politics. and we're supportive of me during the campaign and so i continue to stay close and talk to them as much as i can. again, i have a limited amount of free time these days, but we try and stay as close' as we possibly can. >> would your friends in high school be surprised you were in politics today? >> it wasn't something i did, was never a class officer, i never ran for class office. it wasn't really until later when i was in college i got involved with students for reagan, bush. reagan was a figure that inspired me. he was, you know, president during the time i was in high school and in college. and really sort of shaped my political beliefs. but i don't think my high school friends really saw me as a

some look for refuge with the spanish missions in texas. but they are driven away essentially by the comanches who become this dominant horse on the southern plains over the course of the 1700s. it's important to know that they can raid but that trading pont is important as well. in some years the comanches or groups like them will show up at a trade fair and it will be peaceful. they'll exchange buffalo items. other years they'll raid the spanish. it depends on a variety of factors. there's altercation between violent rinteractions and rathe peaceful interactions. one of the great ironies, it extends to a number of different plains peoples over the course of the 1700s. as the horse moves north, different peoples adopt horses. the sioux will eventually adopt horses. you get a lot of tumult on the plains. some grops profit from horses. some groups are terrified by groups that have horses. you can see some of the consequences of people beginning to move easily across the plains and raid one another. one of the great ironies of this. who are t

[video clip] >> this is texas. and out of those are stepping girls. air force service pilots. victoria: the fly girls exhibition is very important to us, and it is an exhibition we opened on veterans day, and to tell the story of these world war ii female pilots and share that with the public was, we thought, and important texas story, but also an important story that connects texas with the nation. when world war ii broke out in 1938 and 1939, one of the women pilots of america, her name was jacqueline, and she was a business owner and entrepreneur and a fearless pilot, and she president franklin roosevelt and first lady eleanor roosevelt with the idea of using women to live american military aircraft, should they be needed. at the time, they were not, but they thought it was a great idea, and then pearl harbor was attacked by japan, so men immediately enlisted and were sent off to the european and pacific fronts of america, and at that time, by 1942, america was experiencing a really severe shortage over north africa, so thinking back to the proposi

texas revolution and served as the provisional capital of the republic of texas. today it's visited by over six million tourists. with the help of our cable partners, we'll learn about the history of this coastal city from local authors. we begin with casey greene on the 1900 storm that decimated galveston. ♪[music]♪ >> the 1900 storm struck galveston saturday, september 8 1900. the storm began at noon increased in dramatic intensity and then finally tapered off toward midnight that evening. this hurricane was and still is the deadliest recorded natural event in the history of the united states. the destruction totaled about $28 to $30 million. certainly it was a destructive hurricane. there was major damage. but the death toll was why we remember the storm more than anything. it can happen again. saturday september 1900, people thronged to the beach. and the rising tide, the rising wind certainly drew them. they watched in amazement as pottboth of these physical factors battered the beach structures. at that time we had wooden bath houses out over the gulf of mex

the other thing is my family is from texas. my family came from mexico to waco. .y great-grandmother came >> for 50 years, we were basically open for business. in the last decade, people said .ait a minute said waithappened, we a minute. we have a real challenge. of the little flavor fair there he des moines, iowa. texaserry, former governor, working his way through the crowd, speaking with reporters and others. we will hear from you and your thoughts. 202-7 48-8921 for republicans. 202-7 48-8924 democrats. james in south holland, illinois, on our republican line , go ahead with your comments. caller: hi. i listened to the whole speech of governor perry, and i thought it was terrific. he is saying we need competition. we need competition among the states. we need to give power back to the states. and he has a plan. ourink we ought to give him support. he can grow the economy. he can grow jobs. i say go governor perry, and help our country be number one again. he also believes in sacrifice. he has done this for our country. i am

. >>> on this episode of "death row stories," a brutal murder in texas. >> he went crazy. i started shooting all over the place. >> lands a 17-year-old offender on death row. >> young people were committing very adult crimes. >> but with questionable evidence. >> there are no guns, no blood. >> and a death sentence looming. >> it was midnight in those days. >> a d.a. has doubts. >> i was horrified by what i saw. >> a boy's life hangs in the balance. >> evil people are never going to change. they should be executed. >>> there is a body in the water. he was butchered and murdered. >> many people proclaim their innocence. >> in this case, there are a number of things that stink. this man is remorseless. >> he needs to pay for it with his life. >> the electric chair flashed in front of my eyes. >> get a conviction at all costs, put the truth forward. >>> on the south side of san antonio, texas, late on a fall evening in 1984, a murder was about to take place. >> the neighborhood was very tough. there were street gangs all over the place. people talk about mexican mafia. >> in

the texas rangers really seem to have fired people's imaginations. since the 1840's, they have been a part of american culture, both as a pop culture item and a real thing. the reason the museum exists is to kind of perpetuate the heritage that the rangers bring to us. you know, it's sort of like gary cooper's high noon. they are regarded as the few people taking on overwhelming odds and, you know, in the cause of what is right and just and should be done. people come here to the texas ranger hall of fame and museum because they want to see the pieces of this history to kind of immerse themselves in it and there is always a chance since we have a texas ranger company on site here that they can meet a real, live texas ranger, which is what a lot of them would like to do. >> in 1993 the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms raided the branch davidian compound outside waco, texas. after a fierce gun battle, a 51-day standoff ensued and ended with a fire on the religious compound that killed 76 people. as the c-span cities tour of waco continues, we t

there may be a gene that you unique to people that are born and live in texas.rammed to believe that the death penalty is a necessary part of our criminal death system. we love a good execution. >> since 1976, texas has executed well over 500 people, more than the next six states combined. >> since i've been governor, we have put 45 people to death. it is not something that anybody wants to deal with. they won't commit another crime. >> the governor during ruben's clemency appeal was the colorful leader of the texas democrats, ann richard. >> poor george. he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. >> in texas, even liberal icon, ann richards, would not dispute the death penalty. on august 23rd, 1994, the day before he was to be executed, ruben cantu received the reply. clemency denied. >> a san antonio man continues to claim innocence just hours before he is set to die by lethal injection. >> on the day of his scheduled execution, local stations aired an interview with ruben where he again declared his innocence. >> by law standards, my case i barely legally s

you just moved to texas. all the employees come and they say i like texas but i really liked california. they will vote for the same thing and it will fundamentally change texas. >> do you expect another 911? >> yes, i think it's only a matter of time before we are gravely attacked. i don't think be necessarily like 911. my worst fear, that is what america should be worried about. that is something like them. i don't think everyone realizes, especially with grease and everything else, we just asked them to remember what they felt on september 11. we all felt the same thing. oh same thing. oh my gosh, this is fragile. it has been 15 years of taking a beating. our country has taken a beating over over the past 15 years, financially, morally, politically and spiritually. we can't keep doing this. somebody is going to take advantage and i think there is a lot of people who want to take advantage of this time. if we don't heal ourselves we will fall. lincoln was right. it won't come from the outside, it will have

also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. he's the author of four essential reads on the civil rights era, including "parting the waters: america in the king years 1954-1963," which won the pulitzer prize for history, as well as acclaimed books on two topics that couldn't be more timely in 2015, college sports and the clintons. he's taylor branch. this is "overheard." [applause]. >> actually, there are not two sides to every issue. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. i guess we can't fire him now. the night that i win the emmy. >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. >> it's hard work and it's controversial. >> without information there is no freedom and it's journalists who provide that information. >> window rolls down and this guy says, hey, he goes to 11:00. [laughter]. >> taylor branch, welcome. nice to see you. >> thank you. nice to be back. >> appreciate you being back. so, here we sit 50-odd years from the

it's a republican majority in both the texas senate and the texas house. but we did get it through. and we were so excited to place this bill on governor perry's desk. governor perry received pressure from companies, like kroeger and macy's who wanted him to veto that bill. and he vetoed that bill in favor of the pressure that he received. this is happening not just in texas, but elsewhere, where these bills aren't even making it, as i said earlier, to the governor's desk. and we've got to make our elected leaders feel that they own the same responsibility to us that t

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