so in his case what ended up happening, he went into the texas youth commission. we can't connect our data necessarily to names but given his crime it's likely he may have committed or participate in a capital offender treatment program. and then when it came time in 1996 for his first termination hearing -- determination it. this was the initial point remember some texas youth commission and others, prosecution, come before judge, discuss his progress and then make a recommendation of what to do with him. at that point while the members and actors, administers and therapist who worked with him in staff recommended that he be released with supervision, he could potentially serve the balance of this lengthy sentence under juvenile parole supervision. and the judge who we discussed in the book, pat shelton actually, decide to override that and transfer him to the adult side. and the judge provide to these two just really poignant quotes that illustrates this pendulum swing at the time from sort of the rehabilitated intent of that system accountability of the juvenil

so texas mr. royed the approach to provide education and keep them in group homes and community service. when we saw crime start to rise, and the mid to late '8s today and early '90s and texas mirror the effort to figure out what to do. crime is increase everything and what are we going to do to try to a -- aappease society to oath the youth accountable. in texas day struggled with this shift in accountability-based justice. so it's a juvenile system that is supposed be conditionable and say it's our sort of responsibility to get you back on the right trajectory. but then then adult system, increasingly the juvenile side, shifted towards this personal accountability and the -- instead of offender driven system of the juvenile court, whiff who is this youth, what this background do they have a support network? swung into an offense-driven system. we're not interested in what the youth its but we're interested in what they did and pun u-them authority. but the texas legislature had both sides of the

i am not from texas. when i thought about texas history i thought of the alamo i am not sure i want to be a texas historian. but i should not say that here. [laughter] but this is important. i was trying to trace the character i did not know where he was from and tracing aback by found myself in san antonio. so in retrospect of course, where else would african-american be from with mexican culture that can only be from texas? at the academic level what are trying to get across thinking about the history of slavery that one of those tensions us sold. the slavery was booming and then to move down. you cannot grow cotton in kentucky. so they all come down to participate in a cotton boom . but then the more it grows the closer you get to the of border then the closer that slaves can escape. and then as they do escape across the border into mexico so i came away from this completely that texas history that almost all of the most important issues of american history could be found in texas. i don't know what i

colburn and i took was not to texas, was not to south texas, was not to southern arizona. it was to the country. it was what was best needed to be done to protect the country, the united states, in the best way we could. that's what we're looking for now to move forward. >> you talked about the goal being to impede, to deter. in israel, theirs is about a 15-foot fence. and the whole design -- first of all, you can see through it, which is an important design consideration. i think that's important. but the whole purpose was to give them about a five-minute response time. >> exactly. >> that's what they have, about a five-minute response time. so it's built with very thick rebar, it can't just be clipped. you would have to have a pretty good saw. it takes time, so you have enough time for the border patrol in israel to respond. is that basically what you're -- the primary goal of the fencing? >> absolutely. is to deter and impede the flow and create that time and distance is so critically important. depending on where you're building the fence, it could be minutes, it could

texas tribune. they look at u.s. department of justice data, and actually, corresponding roughly with about the time of the war in mexico on drugs by president calderone, the border cities began to see a precipitous drop in violence within those communities. so that's, you know, fence, how can you problem the fence works when in fact we had a partner in mexico, right, dealing with some of these criminal organizations. and what has happened is is crime has dropped on the u.s. side of the border. >> when you were commissioner of customs and border protection, mr. aguilar, i think you ranked personnel first, infrastructure second, and technology third. it's my understanding that you would now rank technology first, personnel second, and infrastructure third? >> the ranking now is technology definitively first just about anywhere along the boarder. >> right. >> infrastructure and personnel will be going back and forth depending on the area. >> where you are. >> where you're going to be placing it. >> wo

i'm not from texas and i had actually, when i thought about texas history at about the al-anon and ithought i'm not sure i want to be a texas historian.i should i shouldn't say that here, i'm sorry.gh there's a but which is important to get across. initially i was just trying to trace his character and i didn't know where he was from.as i've been tracing him backward and i found myself in san antonio and then victoria texas. in retrospect i thought of course that makes sense. where would in a after american be from who would be really familiar with mexican culture and with spanish. what i'm trying to get across to in the book, we need to bring it to the history of the border much more than we've done. tensions us sold. the slavery was booming and then to move down. you cannot grow cotton in kentucky. so they all come down to participate in a cotton boom . but then the more it grows the closer you get to the of border then the closer that slaves can escape. and then as they do escape across the border into mexico so i came away from this completely that texas history that almost all o

city in the state of texas. austin, texas is in travis county, travis county declared sanctuary city policies so i withheld money from them. importantly is the way that i did it. the state of texas has grant contracts with travis county in those contracts we put in there the terms that in order for them to receive grant money they had to not have any type of sanctuary city policy. what i don't know is what type of arrangement like that the trump administration already what i do know that the trump administration has those similar contract terms, they will be able to withhold money to those cities. however, maria, that's a smart part of what we have done. we have spent a bill in the capital behind me. one it can expose them to very high fines about $25,000 per day if exposed them for jail time for any sheriff or official and can also subject the county or city or whichever political body it is to legal action in the event that they release somebody . think of kate stanley, this would be allowed the people to sue.

this is illegal. - welcome to texas. - why's this blurred out? though it was illegal, jin's rebellious dildo protect caught fire and spread like an std on a college campus. students proudly showed off their dildos to show gun activists that-- ooh. oh, my god. he just throwing all the dicks in the air. that is a lot of dicks. - bringing dildos onto a college campus, it's very vulgar, it's very obscene, and i think waving a penis around is quite immature. i mean, we are talking about college students who probably haven't matured yet. - [sighs] this dude is gonna give me a migraine. should you have a gun if you haven't fully matured? - yes, immature people can still be very responsible. - but grisham still had more to prove. - the left has this obsession with male genitalia. they say that because i carry a gun, i'm obviously compensating for something. - what you packing? - i carry a normal-sized-- or average-sized .45. - why'd you say "average"? - it's about average. it's about four inches. barrel length. - you ever thought about extending that bar

. >> texas republican congressman joe barton held at townhall meeting in waxahachie texas last week. constituents asked him about health care, immigration, voting rights and his relationship with oil companies. >> so this is the mayor and this is a county commissioner. [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you all for coming. you don't think it's on? you are probably right. is this matter likes all right. thank you. welcome to my townhall meeting. i do want to thank the mayor for letting us use the city hall. we've done several town halls here. we're going to be very interactive for the next hour or so. i have a few announcements. all these cameras you see around the room are from c-span television. they are not televising it live but they are going to tape it and show it sometime saturday. so you might be a c-span celebrity this weekend. we have some rules about our townhall. thithis is a conversation betwen you the constituents and me the congressman. this is not a debate between the gentleman on the front row and the lady over there with the american flag t-shirt. if somebody says somet

esto segÚn una encuesta de la organizaciÓn a partidista de texas.s viviendas, la posibilidad de construir un muro entre ambos paÍses. pedro: la inminente construcciÓn del muro font erizo -- fronterizo, se ha convertido en el tema que inquieta el trabajo del gerente del resort en texas. >> los precios de las propiedades caerÍan drÁsticamente. ese hecho ya sucediÓ en el 2009. luego de un intenso debate een cortes federales. >> el gobierno tenÍa que consultar conmigo otra vez. lo ignoraron por completo. pedro: el abogado se estÁ comunicando con propietarios de tierras fronterizas. >> si muchos de los propietarios piden un juicio ante un jurado, eso toma meses. pedro: la construcciÓn del muro fronterizo Éticamente aislarÍa el campÓ de golf y decenas de viviendas de estados unidos ya que serÍa edificado sobre el dique de contenciÓn de agua. cinco- decide construir el muro tal y como lo ha indicado, prÁcticamente todo este campo de golf quedarÍa al sur de la cerca fronteriza, generando serias pÉrdidas al propietario de estas tiendas. >> nos han tratado di

when i go to vote the texas voter i.d. laws says just provide identification i and a citizen of texas. and in those cases it could be licensor some government issued photo identification. when i show up 1/2 to prove true i am. igo through security i have to do that. i don't agree with you on the premise that we have the voting problem in texas. you can yell and scream all you want. that will not do a lot of good. we have had a good meeting so far. this is the last question. you can ask me in private. >> this is all the time you have your constituents? >> this is not enough. >> there will be another meeting this. yelling and screaming does not make it better. we could not have had a fair system on who got to ask questions. i am totally indifferent to get to ask questions and want to give as many people and opportunity as possible. i hold myself to the same timeframe that i gave each of you. mr. trump's taxes, i have no problem if he wants to release them. think that is an issue between the people and him. thanks to the city

you have a ranch in texas and you actually consider texas to be your principle-- - it's, it's only. - your only residence. i think about richard linklater, another texan who works successfully in hollywood but actually this is where he lives. once upon a time that would have been an obstacle. in fact, for a long time the cliche was that you had to pick. you couldn't have that life back in the states in flyover country. you had to be out on the coasts. and you've been able to make this work. how's that, how is that possible and why have you made that choice? - i made the choice in 2001. after my disney deal ended, there was a little bit of a drought in getting like good roles and and, and so in 2001 my business manager, 'cause i had a big house in la. i had the ranch. and you know my business managers, we sort of like kinda gotta you know cut bait our fish on this deal, wanted me to sell the ranch. and i said you know what? i grew up all over the state of texas. when we moved to loredo, my very first job was working on a big ranch down there. the, one of the biggest ranches in webb cou

that i am a citizen of texas. [applause] in most cases, it can be a driver's license, but it does not have to be. it just has to be some sort of government issued photo id. i am a united states congressman. when i shop, i have to prove that i am. when i go through security at dfw, i have to do all that. i don't, i don't, i don't see -- i don't, i don't, i don't agree that,ou on the premise that we have a voting problem in texas. i don't agree with that. ok. ok. 'all can yell and scream all you want. it's not going to do a lot of good. we've had a good meeting so far. this is the last question, and you had two or three others. no, no, no, sir. you can ask me private. you can ask me in private. >> {indiscernible] rep. barton: there will be other meetings. there will be other meetings, ok. yelling and screaming does not make it happen, folks. >> {indiscernible] rep. barton: we could not have had a fair system on who got to ask questions. [applause] ?ep. barton: you know i am totally indifferent to who gets to ask que

reportero: por su parte el vice gobernador de texas, justificÓ su razones., y quieren esas polÍtica y por eso las estoy impulsando de manera muy clara". reportero: mientras continua el debate en la cÁmara de representantes de texas, la ley que prohibirÍa las ciudades santuarios en este estado, estÁn considerando quÉ opciones legaless podrÍan detener por medio de o cortes federales >> vamos a considerar todas las opciones hsh opciones. reportero: los jefes de policÍa que se opongan a cumplirla podrÍan ser cansancionados con cÁrcel. marÍa elena: algunos de los deportados fueron whllevados inmediatamente por ha pero reingresado ilegalmente al paÍs. el senador republicano de texas ted cruz quiere que el chapo guzmÁn pague el muro de trump. oye llamÓ "ley del chapo "y no es un chiste. reportero: el muro de la discordia, primero presidente donald trump dijo que lo pagarÍa mÉxico, luego el gobierno, y que mÉxico reembolsorÍa el dinero. pero ahora el senador republicano ted cruz, afirma que de ser declarado es usted el pablo, el joaquÍn "el chapo" guzmÁn loera debe

not only texas and not only republicans. [applause] when i went in the army, i was not a representative of just a specific group of people of the united states. i represented all of the united states. when we start talking, you hear that some of the ideas of the other side are good, some of ours are good. when we work together and get the things we agree on in a bill, then we can work on the things we are a little bit far apart on but the things we are usually far apart on, we leave these out and try that bill. and we give it a try and we get rid of the stuff that doesn't work and we work on trying to resolve the big differences. and that's what working together will get things done. >> all right. [applause] all right. he says republicans and democrats should work together and i don't disagree with that. he says i'm a united states representative, that means i represent the whole country, correct on that. i'm also representative of the district, the whole country is not identical to the sixth district of texas but let me you

the first is about the system of blended sentencing in texas and its effects on the juvenile youthoffenders. >> i wrote my book "sex, drugs and rock and roll: the rise of america's 1960's counterculture" . my book focuses on kind of the whole of americanbohemia , and i go back and talk about early progenitors and talk about figures like edgar allen poe and walt whitman. >> i talk about members of the liberal left and the early 20th century,john reed , his client. i talk about the hipsters. >> and then i practice on feet. >> again, figures of the cast of allen ginsberg and jack kerouac who are two of the sensors of biographical in this book. and then i go on and talk about some timothy., can casey and a whole array of characters who of course through the decade of the 1960s. when we think of the counterculture of the 1960s, we think of the hippies, we think of literally millions of participants. >> in one capacity or another. and they were individuals who were disenchanted with matters as they were in some facet. they were concerned about a stain on the american body republic, the continuanc

i'm from arlington, texas. you said -- are you going to consolidate -- lower the top individual income tax rate to 33%. this actually only affects those urrently making over $413,000. doesn't reduce taxes on the average american. made in america projects so that our -- i would like to know more details on it. i don't believe foreign made parts should fit into this category. epeal the death tax. the estate tax would only benefit those with an estate valued at over $5.4 million. i also believe that doesn't affect the average american. you want to cut tax on small businesses by creating a low rate of 25% but you want to lower the corporate tax rate to 20%. i don't understand why you want cut the rate to 20% for corporate but only down to 25% for small businesses. you're now making small businesses compete with corporations for business. rep. barton: ok. fair question. first of all, there are three individual brackets, the top bracket would go to 33%. the middle bracket goes to 22% and the bottom bracket goes to 10

>> we did. >> this is a map produced by the texas division of emergency management.an hold it up. these are stretch -- it's important that you understand what this is a map of. these are three different stretches where tornadoes touched down. the kind of yellow color is the swath of where the tornado touched down. the blue, and this is the important part, according to information that we have, each blue dot on there indicates an address where there was a building of some type, it could have been a home, a business, something else, but a building or facility that was impacted by these tornadoes. there are more than 5,000 addresses that are impacted by these tornadoes. which shows the urgency that we have today to make sure we get to all 5,000, really about 5,100 of those locations to find out if there is anybody who remains in danger. also if you look at the longest swath, we've heard some reports yet unconfirmed that there's a possibility that one of these tornadoes was on the ground for up to a 50-mile stretch which would be the longest stretch of a tornado on the g

for instance, one of the focal for focal points is on austin, texas, university of texas, people would question why that would be included. austin and the university of texas were epicenters in their own fashion, the antiwar movement, with the women's movement, we use that as a microcosm examining the process, focusing on hate not surprisingly from 1967. earlier in scope, the appearance at columbia university, the small circle of friends referred to in that manner, ginsberg and jack kerouac and their bodies were challenging the institution that was columbia and challenging the literary establishment and questioning moloch as goods are referred to it as he does in the famous epic poem howell, as jack kerouac does on the road. the delivery presented in public the first time in 1955, the publication of on the road, those who accompany those seminal moments serve as triggers. the appearance, the emergence and harvard believe it or not which involved timothy leary, richard albert and brought in young people to serve as guinea pigs as it were, proved enormously controversial, surprisingly wh

it's unusual to have a long track tornado in texas. especially east texas.ver reason, the tornadoes that generally hit this area are the light ones. the ones that just touch down for a mile or so. but for one to be on the ground for that long is very unusual. in fact, the mayor says that this track perhaps was a mile -- perhaps a half mile wide and 15 miles long through parts of the county here. van sant county. mayor lou ann everett took a tour of the damage here earlier. here's what she had to say about it. >> the damage was extensive and the fact that -- in the effective areas. i have driven through some of it and it is heart breaking and upsetting to say the least. there was a hasty search done last night. but they were extremely hampered by the multiple tornadoes, the rains, and the lack of excess -- >> people in east texas were warned about this storm yesterday. so they were expecting some trouble. in fact, at this venue here this is called the rusted barn. it's place where receptions are held. last night, they were holding a prom here that was to begi

some of the largest consumers of electricity in texas call themselves the texas industrial energy consumersed a brief against this transaction. the truth is these businesses don't really care who owns oncor. but they see this as a chance of getting additional money. in the brief, these industrial energy o energy -- and they want the company to share the wealth of that to consumers. if they have to share those gains, though, well, i mean too much of them? there's not that much point in doing the deal. that's why hunt consolidated walked away from oncor. the tpcu insisted their share their profits with customers. to what happens to nextera energy if this transaction gets blocked? next term the oncor deal could be worth 25 cents per share. in short it's worth about $5 a share, which isn't the end of the world for a $129 stock. but longer temple, if nextera lets this deal fall, it's the third time it's happened in two years. in late 2014, the company tried to buy hawaiian electric utilities. but the high wan electric utilities blocked that option. maybe nextera can't deliver the deals they prom

middle of west texas. >> ranger texas, a once thriving oil boon town that at its peak had a population00 has now dwind eled down to 2500. some parts of ranger have had lead readings that were 28 times the federal limit, rivalling the worst parts of flint. many residents here are forced to live off of bottled water. >> you want me to get the water. >> yeah, go ahead. >> res dnts like vietnam veteran bill blisser. >> my wife carries more of that. get some more than of that. >> 450er you go. >> you know, question get it, if you come back we can get it-- somebody's got to get the door. >> it just smells like garbage kind of. >> yeah, that's why we don't drink tment we drink bottled water. >> sure, it looks clear but it's what you can't always see that hurts you the most. lead, copper bacteria, that's what gets you. >> there you go. >> is this for me. >> no, that's for my dogs. >> you have the dogs. >> i drink dasani my dogs do, that is what i do every morning at about 4:00, so if you are ever up early you can have some coffee. >> 4 a.m. >> yeah, i don't get up at 4 p.m. >> all right, ready

ne reporter: texas governor greg abbott responded on twitter saying, "yes, texas will appeal the erroneousoter i.d. ruling by a liberal obama judge, and we should win. supreme court has already approved voter i.d." toyd carrier now has a valid picture i.d., and hopes no one else is denied the right he fought to protect. >> to me, you have your right to go vote. s, reporter: if this latest elling stands, scott, there are consequences. texas elections could go back under federal oversight. >> pelley: omar villafranca, thanks. a nine-year-old boy shot in his classroom is recovering well, according to his family. fe monday, a gunman in san bernardino, california, shot his estranged wife who was a teacher, but he hit two children as well. the teacher and one student died. tae gunman committed suicide. the violence recalled the horror at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. ea's been four years since 20 first graders and six educatores were murdered. recently, "60 minutes" returned to newtown to speak with parents who can never move on but are finding ways to move forward. among

firing up more in western texas lifting up in the portions of north texas as well. weather as it moves across the state. heavy rain, perhaps a tornado or two is going to spin up. there it is running from the western side of the state over portion in -- reality portions of new mexico as well. that's the system we will be paying close attention to. how much rain are we talking about? in some areas we could be getting out if it stalls 4 to 6-inches. this is going to be a big win and spring showers and warm air continues toolinger to everyone. back to 80-degrees, guys. heather: they need rain in florida. the time now is 20 minutes until the top of the hour and cosmopolitan taking diet fads way to far. jackie: why california needs to stop deciding everyone else's values. >> it's possible it was tracking everyone where you went. >> it can do that? >> it depends on the privacy settings. >> that's so cool, how do you turn that thing off there's nothing more important to me than my vacation. so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what

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speaker, i rise today to congratulate my alma mater, texas wesleyan university, on march 21, 2017, texas wesleyan's men's basketball brought home their second naia title to fort worth, texas. from the start, texas wesleyan rams were up against a tough fight, as they faced off with life university in the championship match. rogers scored 28 points in the final match and with another 21 points scored by ryan harris, the rams were led to victory. but the road to the championship wasn't easy. the rams showed true perseverance, heart and dedication to win five games in six days against the toughest competition in the nation. congratulations to the rams and the coaching staff, parents, families, and the city of fort worth for this hard-fought victory. go rams. and, mr. speaker, the rams were not the only team making fort worth proud. just nine days later, texas christian university, across town, also won a championship. and my colleague, kay granger, who represents west fort worth, is here to tell that story. mr. speaker, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the

texas and people would kind of question why that would be included as often and the university of texas were epicenters in their own fashion for the new left, the end of war movement, for the counterculture, for the women's movement so i use that is kind of a microcosm examining concept, just as i focus on a and not surprisingly when you get into 1967. earlier in scope you can talk about the appearance at columbia university of this small circle of friends who were referred to as ginsburg and kerouac. and their buddies who were challenging the institution that was columbia and they were challenging the literary establishment. and they were questioning morlock as ginsburg referred to it. as he does in his famous epic poem howled. as kerouac does in on the road so the delivery of howl which was presented to the public for the first time in 1955, the publication of on the roadyears later , those were a couple of those little moments. and they serve as a trigger. the appearance, the emergence of the silicide and project, believe it or not which involve timothy leary and then eventually rich

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a federal judge has again struck down texas' voter i.d. law, ruling that it is actually meant to keep minorities from voting. the state is expected to appeal. and omar villafranca has more on this. >> reporter: 86-year-old floyd carrier served his country in the army, but in 2012, he wasn't allowed to do his civic duty. he was denied the right to vote at the polling place near his beaumont, texas, home. you felt like you weren't a citizen. >> i wasn't a citizen anymore. i wasn't. >> reporter: carrier says he wasn't ato vote because of a voter i.d. law passed in texas in 2011, which required one of seven types of approved picture i.d.s to cast a ballot. for more than 50 years, carrier had used his veterans administration card that had no picture, but suddenly it wasn't enough. in 2012, federal judges ruled that the law violated the voting rights act but republican lawmakers fought repeatedly in federal government to keep the law in place, saying it prevented in-person voter fraud. but again this week, a federal judge ruled that want law was

under $50,000.n, i don't believe in the flat texas. believe we should have it graduated income taxes based on ability to pay. i like paying income tax, that means i've got a job and i am making money. i think it's be based on ability to pay. host: basically, your income level than? caller: that is right. i am making a my taxes today. host: why did you wait in till today? caller: just the way the guy set me up. my accountant set me up for today so i am paying today. .ost: good luck with it tax day 2017, asking you your thoughts on how you would change the u.s. tax system. here are the lines. also news this morning as we are coming on the air. " -- new york times center, next up in greenville, north carolina. good morning on our line between $50,000 and $100,000. caller: good morning. i just want to say, the tax structure really favors the upper income, married folks. you really only penalized for being single. it is like, i feel like when i do my taxes and i work very hard at two jobs in a very good income but i am working very hard for

pedro: el vivir cerca del muro fronterizo que existe en el sur de texas es un grave desafÍo.drante y luego regresar al incendio. pedro: la seÑora relatÓ como no pudo impedir que su casa se quemara. asÍ luce ahora la estructura, la familia tiene mÁs de 100 aÑos cultivando los campos fronterizos de texas, diva d dividiÓ su propiedad y dejo la casa al sur del muro. uno de los trabajadores que se encarga de cerrar la puerta del muro fronterizo, ¿cÓmo se siente despuÉs que fue construido? >> antes era una tierra libre, y ahora no lo es. pablo escobae pedro: este es el Único punto de acceso para sus residencias nsync caso-- en caso de emergencia es muy complicado. >> no tiene que ser un muro y poder nosotros movernos y hacer una tÁctica para prevenir. pedro: aunque las normas del muro fronterizo que promueve el presidente donald trump, tienen que tener una labor activa para ver que su labor sea de igual forma a los dos lados de la estructura. es toda la informaciÓn, regresamos a los estudios. marÍa elena: para finalizar el noticiero. vamos a hablar de la copa mundial de fÚtbol, la

>> shannon: i have to ask you about cecil bell pushing the texas sovereignty act. a state measure there that would allow texas to ignore federal laws and rulings from federal courts. do you think it goes anywhere? >> i've been in the legislature for 12 years and seen a lot of interesting legislation. i would just tell you my job is to defend the constitution and i've been doing that the last 2 1/2 years and defend whatever constitutional authority i have i will stand on that. >> shannon: other states are trying to do similar things. let us know how it plays out. >> bill: 9:30 in washington busy day on the hill. congress getting ready to vote on a budget extension to keep the government running for another week. dave brat will talk about that next. >> shannon: why former president obama is catching criticism for an appearance in new york this week. some of it is coming from his own party. >> bill: they were protesting at uc berkeley last night even

eastern texas will be dry the rest of the day.e shift our focus to portions of new mexico and portions of west texas where again today we'll be talking about heavy rain. some of this could be getting up to severe levels. good news, it's not where it rained yesterday. this is still an area where we pay close attention. here's your forecast. rainfall widespread. 4-6 inches of rain coming don't in a short amount of time. enough to leave standing water. this gives us a chance of seeing severe weather. tornado possible. more so we're looking at straight line winds, heavy rain and possibly hail with this as well. certainly spring. when you think spring, you think of these situations where you get big thunderstorms. we're getting that across the south today. for the rest of us, it's all about the warm temperatures. here's what we're looking at across the country. another day where it's feeling good. temperatures running close to 80 degrees. 61 is a high in chicago. take a look at new york city. running back to the middle 70s. another rea

first we learn about the system of blended sentencing in texas and the affect on juvenile youth offender. >> name of my book is six, love, and rock 'n' roll. mitt book focuses on kind of the whole of american bohemia. to a certain extent. so i go back and talk about early progenitors. i talk about figures liked governor allen poe and walt whitman. i talk about members of the lyrical left, and i talk about the hipsters, and then i focus on the beats. i get to figures of the cast of allen ginsburg and jack care walk who are two of the central biographical elements in this book. and then guy on and talk about timothy leery, tim kissee and then a whole array of characters who course through the decade of the 1960s. when we think of the counterculture of the 1960s. ment ... to be enlarged in scope and scale. i think you have the backdrop of that. i think you have that feeling and that reality that i referred to earlier i think the demographic matters came into play also. the large pools of young people congregating together often on or near college university campuses. and then you have those

host: joining us this morning from texas a&m university in texas, former ambassador ryan u.s.er who served as ambassador to six countries including afghanistan, syria and iraq. welcome this morning. we had you on this morning to talk about our recent efforts in syria and afghanistan in particular. the military efforts, the tomahawk launch in syria and the bomb dropping in afghanistan. the military saw it early on as the from foreign policy. sense from where you sit and people who you talk to in the trunk administration are seeking to do on the diplomatic side with regard to syria and afghanistan? guest: thanks for having me. it has been a fascinating 100 days. we have not had a president this internationally engaged this early in the presidency since the george herbert walker bush. ran on hisvidual who america first policies, he has been a very international president. today, you've got vice president in east asia, you have the national security adviser in south asia, and you have the secretary of defense in the middle east. it doesn't get much more intense than that. host: the new york ti

. >> we're going to take it back to texas, back home to the good ol' boys where it can have a lone stareer and make a lot of noise. >> you really wanted it back, dave. why? >> maybe they messed with the wrong tombstone owner. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] >> i jamie colby, and today i'm iving down the street in dallas where president john f. kennedy was shot on that horrible day in november 1963, and i'm about to meet a man who was left with a dilemma tied to jfk's assassin. >> my name is david card. my family's not related in any way to lee harvey oswald, so i don't know what's stranger -- the story of how we inherited his grave marker, or the story of what happened after. >> hi, dave. i'm jamie. >> jamie, david card. such a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. same here. >> yeah. >> thanks for having me in. great bar. >> since the late 1970s, dave card has owned and operated poor david's pub, a bare-bones downtown dallas club that provides a stage for up-and-coming singer-songwriters. >> is it here? >> if you're talking about the tombstone, yes, it is

mÁs de 1 millÓn y medio de documentados en texas puede ser perseguido si posible mete deportados, trashibiciÓn de ciudades santuario aprobada por el congreso estatal. dice que quiere dividir a sus jueces, aunque el juez que bloquea su orden contra ciudades santuario, no sirve de esa corte. marcha atrÁs de sus amenazas de retirar a estados unidos del trato a lo de libre comercio. dice ahora que lo renegociarÁ luego de hablar con los jefes de estado. ♪ locutor: Éste es su noticiero univisiÓn con jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. ♪ marÍa: muy buenas noches, comenzamos con la angustia y los temores de los indocumentados de texas por la prohibiciÓn de sida de santuarios en el estado aprobada por el congreso. la medida los deja vulnerable por la potencial deportaciÓn. les da poder a la policÍa para aplicar medidas de inmigraciÓn y los jefes policiales que rehÚsen a hacerlo, podrÍan ser sancionado. pedro: asÍ, con 93 votos a favor y 5:04 en contra, se aprobÓ en la cÁmara de representante de texas el proyecto de ley que prohÍbe las ciudades y entidades santuario para indocumentados. para much

he will be sent to the 10th cavalry ultimately in texas and serve at fort davis, texas. he is the second lieutenant -- you all know if you have been in the military, they are like a nice hat, but you have to care and feed them, because they might go feral. as a second lieutenant, he is charged with a lot of nonmilitary duties that have to do with keeping the books for the commissary and other things. he messes up. he tries to cover it up. is found out, write up on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentlemen and other best vacations. he is put under arrest. the norm in the military is you are an officer and gentlemen i the act of god, congress, and your taylor. he cannot stay in his quarters. he is placed in the guardhouse, which is unheard of. no other officer would have gone with the same. he is tried and convicted, found guilty, and he was guilty. he made some errors. no one in this room has ever done that, but he did. who hadany officers done more devious deeds including george custer, who, some of his men died because of his cavalier attitude and his place

and texas i give texas a lot of credit, that law, they ought to focus as you said, on the mayors, onicials who are tying the hands in most cases of local law enforcement. these guys got to be thrown into jail, again, the federal funding needs to be taken away. charles: danine, tomorrow attorney general jeff sessions will be in long island, we know that ms 13 hasse terrified a large swath of that place. will it take ground to ground business from administration to hammer home the idea this has gotten out of hand. >> it has totally gotten out of hand, i was reading the stories with the recent ms13 gangs on long island. this is not far from where i live, they could pop up anywhere. something needs to be done, they targeted young individuals, high school students, that were murdered at the ands of these people, something does need to be done. those on the left who think they are doing a good thing for american citizens by promoting san carr san cities that is out rage out -- that is outrageous, i don't understand their logic. charles: earnings were phenomenal, we had big tech winners aft

are you seeing that in texas?d do you think that may be the better solution than building the wall? >> well, this is definitely one of thences to the problem. i know talking to border agents myself they're excited they are allowed to do their job. it is showing up in numbers, pretty quickly, january, february, march, all numbers are much better than they have been. that is part of the solution. i don't think it is only part of the solution. i don't think it is. it is certainly part of the solution. you will find good results if we keep going on with this. cheryl: what if texas is asked, pony up, pun intended for funding? >> we've been doing that, ponying up, year and years. our argument is the federal problem. it is federal government is required to take care of it and they should pay for it. we have stepped up and we will step up if we need to but it should be the federal government that does this. cheryl: again, some of your colleagues, your texas representatives there in the state are concerned about that and t

host: the next call is from texas. what do you think? do you support or oppose allowing guns on college campuses? it.er: i absolutely support say thatd that teacher just commented about a person having a gun on the campus if someone came in there with an ak-47 and started shooting and somebody did not have a gun to stop him and he killed several of his students and maybe him? you know, if somebody has a gun and it is legal and he is carrying on campus and he is able to stop fatalities, why does that not make sense? we have sales all over this country out here training with do47s and nobody can anything about it what do you think they are training for? they are training to do something and nobody can do anything about it, and we don't want guns on people? it is silly, don't make any sense. skypejoining us now via with an opposing view from our first caller, we have michael newbern, the assistant director of public relations at students for concealed carry, and he is here to talk about that group and what it does. michael, good morning. th

he was a strong character and a proud texas lawman. for chief greenwood -- texas prays for chief green wd's family. our men and women who wear the badge are the best we have. chief greenwood's life may be gone but his memory serves as a reminder of all those who give their lives for the thin blue line. back the blue, mr. speaker. back the blue. and that's just the way it is. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. tonight i'm pleased to announce the electric reliability and forest protection act of 201, co-sponsored by my colleague, mr. schrader, of washington. mr. lamalfa: thousands of miles of electricity lines run through our national forests. unfortunately, existing forest service rules hinder effective removal of hazardous trees and safe management of transmission right of way. in too many cases the inability to address hazards in a timely fashion results in blackouts, damaged

he is also a professor at the university of texas austin. call from massachusetts on our independent line. caller: it is actually an honor to speak with professor joseph, because i frequently watched him on our local obligate affairs and called " basic black," i know he was a professor at tufts. i admire his career and respect a majority of his views. but i wanted to approach this from a slightly different angle. about anted upcoming book that will be released called "locking up our own: crime and punishment in lack america." pbsas on npr and the newshour. his thesis cuts to the core of my experience. i grew up in the civil rights era, the late 1960's. my parents were not activists. they were fairly conservative, family a greatur deal of sensitivity and respect for the struggles of african-americans at that time. i lived in baltimore, and remember when dr. martin luther king was assassinated, my father brought us all into the living room and made us get down on our hands and knees and pray because we knew our city would erupt in massive viol