you're in wimberley texas, actually. going back to what garrett said, how much of this is going to be about president trump? how much of this anti-trump wave do democrats expect is going to lift it? >> exactly, craig, i think -- i should note i was down near san antonio two weeks ago and now we're closer to austin, san marcos, wimberley now. when you're talking to republican voter, there's a separation between what the white house and administration is doing and then these congressional members. for a lot of these voters, they have personal relationships, have become acquainted with who their representatives are. where republicans are looking to -- there's four hillary clinton won districts here which are being represented by republican incumbents and where democrats think they have a chance to pick up. when you're talking to republicans, they remind you, hey, a last time a democrat was elected statewide was 1983. they said also at the same time there's some enthusiasm and excitement on the democratic side and an increas

i love my friends in texas. governor, i wish i lived there with you a lot of times. >> join us. >> sean: i'm sorry you're going through this. i want to get back to -- this is now an acceleration. i don't know if -- i look at the daily news. i used to deliver the daily news. i read the newspaper my whole life. if that is a social posting, that would be a big clue for law enforcement. >> i don't know if it's accurate or not. as i said earlier, i think we're getting close. the fact that he's continued to accelerate is only providing us more information to track him down. so i do not think this is going to go a long like the zodiac killer. we're going to find him and we're going to find him quick. >> sean: i hope so. manny? >> if this is our guy, it's great because we get to know more about him. his motives, his -- >> sean: like the son only sam case. the unabomber case, the manifesto got him. >> if it's a fake person trying to be this guy -- >> sean: arrest him. >> obviously arrest him but maybe flush out the real

congratulations to texas police.eather: they have been working together to make this arrest and resolve it quickly. donald trump hosted a roundtable for federal officials talking about what he wants to do and what needs to happen, to ramp up pressurizing to worry cities. what do you think of what he said yesterday? >> absolutely right. the first delegation of government is to protect the people. leadership in this state has abdicated its responsibility is in that regard. the sanctuary state idea is opposed by just about every law enforcement agency in california. not only puts the public at risk but puts law enforcement at risk and that is a serious thing. we see what is going on in texas. our law enforcement officials risk their lives every single day in defense of the people and we should be applauding that. we should not make their job more difficult. this is being done by politicians to cover up the mess and mismanagement in california. that will change when i am governor of the state. heather: these numbers were

texas.e are underneath interstate 35. we saw chief manley from alongside interstate 35. it was four or five miles to the north of where we are as the chief just detailed, last night about 9:00 they had used all sorts of cell phone evidence and video from that fedex store and they found out hot guy was. it turns out he was hold up at a hotel in round rock, texas, not far from where we are right now. they were waiting for a tactical team before they engaged him but for some reason the guy got in the car and they did not want him blowing anything else up, so they went for a little while and then he pulled over on a frontage road. the police engaged him, apparently there were shots fired. and then the guy who was a suspected bomber, who has caused this wave of terror here in austin blew himself up. we don't note motive at this point. the chief says that's way too soon. we don't know whether he acted alone. he was identified as a 24-year-old white man. ainsley: as brian was saying yesterday, they

state, the texas cattle. they are neighborhoods on lockdown. people are afraid. one of those blasts was a tripwire. in other words, bomber put a line across the two random guys triggered, that was one of the earlier blasts. now this one at a goodwill, my goodness. you can understand why there is panic here in austin. austin, the capital, very different politically speaking than the rest of texas. it's a sanctuary city, maybe the guy's got a about that. they style themselves as "weird," cool town, obviously, the main campus of the university of texas is here. back at me '60s, you remember which men come with a texas tower, first of the mass murder. they are no stranger to these kinds of tragedies. it's been happening. you get this in austin, they have the sxsw festival here, sean. just concluding now. maybe it had something to do with that. all we know is that for goodness' sakes, here he is again, despite the best efforts of the united states government, the government of the state of texas, and the city of a

let's face it, texas is a gun culture. how can you win in texas with that rating? i think a lot of texans are wondering who it is that ted cruz represents in the senate. he's taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nra. as people are begging us to take action and dispense with the prayers and thoughts and make sure we have comprehensive universal background checks and save the lives of our fellow americans and fellow texans. as they ask us to ensure that we don't allow people to buy weapons of war designed for the sole purpose of killing people as effectively and efficiently, they're going to see in us a campaign that is responsive to only people i want to serve and represent in texas. you're right, we have a great tradition and culture of gun ownership and gun safety for hunting, for sport, for self-defense. i think that can allow texas to take the lead on a really tough issue which is country is waiting for leadership and action on. and so i'm just -- i'm grateful that the people of texas are going to give us a chance to do that. i'm following their order

texas is a death penalty state.re are federal death penalties if it can be connected to terrorism. the bottom line, if they catch the person or persons that did this, you can expect at a minimum they'll be going away the rest of their life. >> julie: we haven't we heard anybody call this terrorism? it's domestic terrorism. we haven't we heard that? >> it's what you have said, bob. they're being overly cautious. they don't want to label it -- >> julie: or politically correct. call it like you say it. there's terrorism. there's no need for politics. we have to go. >> politicians don't want to label it. could have more down the read. >> julie: we'll have more here on fox. jon? >> jon: fox news alert. we told you vladimir putin has been reelected president of russia. fox has confirmed president trump called the russian president to congratulate him on his re-election. vladimir put vladimir putin re-elected and he got a phone call from the president of the united states. more ahead. it can power your apps with public ser

writer for the texas observer.e, give us the highlights. >> as you mentioned, the democrats have reason to be enthusiastic after yesterday's primary. early vote totals showed a pretty big surge in n democrats coming out to vote in that party's primary. amy: something like one million democrats and 1.5 million republicans? >> right. election day totals were a than democratsr were hoping for, but we're still 2014,ecord turnout over think in particular, something like double at least the amount of primary voters in the democratic primary we are saying. this is still a red state. this is still texas, after all. , bike seeing that growth sure numbers standpoint, not as much growth on the republican side, but they are still something like one point finally republican primary voters in texas. -- 1.5 million republican primary voters in texas. it is kind of an indicator how enthusiasm democrats have going into the general election. that could be for a number of reasons. that could be because texas is changing. texas in the

texas.dle. i think he's strong for re-election. >> the middle? >> the middle, like the center. he would be a moderate zephon no way. >> yeah. i lived there for a whole year, and i promise you, katy. >> there hasn't been a democrat elected in texas since 1993. how does a democrat, forget liberal man, how does a democrat run a successful campaign in texas. after all, there are 50 women, a lot of women running in texas. >> i think you have to take a look at what you see happening in texas as well as around country. you do see a higher level of enthusiasm around democrats. that's really important. you're also seeing some things in texas that are also problematic when you look at the suburbs around texas. when you have in texas is a state that is at the center of diversification, growing more diverse. and you also see suburban college-educated white women breaking away from republicans and their reaction to trump. that's problematic. trump only got 52% in texas last time around. that was five poi

to those that claim that god made texas, one may say figuratively crockett invented texas. his blood in the blood of those who died with him transformed the alamo into an american cultural icon affecting economic and political conditions in texas and beyond. the often used battle cry, alamo, used by sam houston to inspire his force when they defeated the mexican army at sam has until still -- at san jacinto still reverberate through history. those three words conjure words of patriotic heroes, unabashed sacrifice, and love of liberty. the alamo remains the most instantly recognized battle in american history, with the possible exception of gettysburg. it is said not until the battle of little bighorn and the death of armstrong custer 40 years after the alamo what americans have a more vainglorious event to rally aroubnnd. texans use the alamo in the revolt against mexico to establish a republican state that they believe more unique and special than any other. in1845, when the republic of texas gave up its sovereignty to become the biggest state in the union, it did so with

and considering what's happening in texas right now, consider that donald trump won texas by about that same margin that he won in ohio, single digits. this is -- he is not a beloved figure, necessarily, the way that a republican normally would be in texas. how much of a drag is he on the party? you're seeing the democrats actually contest these republican seats and have numerous candidates running in this primary and you look at, i think, they're up by about 102% in early voting, compared to republicans who have, you know, just a slight bump and actually white male voters early voting turned out less for republicans this go-around. >> i want to put you on the spot. you're a republican. is it better, given who's in the white house for you as a reasonable republican, i think you describe yourself, to say that i would rather have a democrat in office? >> i do not support political strategies that are based on segregation. and that's essentially what donald trump is pursuing right now, political segregation. and if we continue to try to politically segregate the vote with incendiary langua

trump's approval rating in texas sitting at 46%. look at this one, ted cruz not particularly popular in texas, 40% approval rating. by the way toe uric you'rourke you're probably saying this is going to be a midterm climate for democrats. my oh point not that popular, the president not that popular. the question is that enthusiasm of the party eluding the question of the out last night. this is interesting, number one, look at the turn out in the democratic side yesterday. over a million democrats are happy about that but there's two sides of the story, look across the aisle there, the republican turn out of such an all-time record in texas for republicans there. over 1.5 million. that gap between narrows a bit from what it's been in the past. if your flat democrats, we've been talking about energy, it also reflects how did the party in texas the last couple of elections. the republican base doesn't look like it's going to roll over in texas either. >> steve kornacki. thank you too much i appreciate it. >>> bringing in from austin,

rob: we have breaking news out of austin, texas.ey are about to give us an update after the suspected bomber, the austin bomber who has terrorized the city for the last few weeks was finally tracked down sometime overnight near a hotel on i 35. >> i'm chief of police of the austin police department. the special agent in charge of atf, and the special agent in charge of the fbi, austin mayor steve adler and several other members of the austin police department executive team. you are aware it has been a long three weeks for the community of austin as we have dealt with package bombs and other places throughout the community. we have seen members of the community who lost their lives and others whose lives were changed due to significant injuries. we have talked over the past few weeks about the level of partnership that has taken place with federal officials, local officials and the police department to bring this to a end, and for all the hard work we identified several leads throughout the course of the weeks but beginning in the p

in 1845, texas is annexed by the united states, but the texas boundary claim now becomes an american problem. >> and, it turns out, an opportunity for president james k. polk, a slaveholding tennessee democrat who believes god has ordained the united states to expand across the continent. many opponents of war with mexico condemn this idea of manifest destiny as simply the conquest of territory for new slave states -- including a fresh-faced freshman congressman from illinois. >> abraham lincoln is an opponent of this war. he gives a series of speeches blasting the polk administration. >> the war -- the first in history documented with photographs -- breaks out in april 1846. mexico surrenders in 1848, losing half its national domain. >> the united states acquires not just the american southwest, but also california. >> left unresolved -- where slavery will be allowed in those territories. >> the debate over whether those territories are going to be slave or free is going to be so contentious and so divisive that it's ultimately going to lead to the civil war in 1861. >> patrick's bo

i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding to me. i also pay my respects and give honor to ron johnson, the senator from wisconsin, who championed the bill in the senate, gave us a superb bill, and also to chairman walden and his committee that worked hard to give us this bill today. and also my original co-sponsor on the bill i introduced, mr. fitzpatrick from pennsylvania. now, i want to address a couple of things that i think are really intreeings to me because it -- intrigues to me because it sounds condescending to me saying, i won't support this because it gives false hope that people might be taken advantage of by bad actors. they cannot identify the bad actors but they might be taken advantage of them. that's a fallacious and specious argument to make when you're denying people who have a terminal illness, who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness who have gone through all the already-approved f.d.a. processes in order to get and petition a pharmaceutical company for a drug that might prolong their life and might heal t

that was before this bombing down in texas at scehertz, texas. for communities in austin, texas. brian: obviously governor abbott, the president of the united states, it does matter. they have a great relationship. there is probably great communication between them, especially coming off the tragedy which was the hurricane oaf the summer. now they're saying in sce -- schertz, 22 miles from san antonio and 23 miles from austin. in terms after facility this is a 100,000 square foot facility, it is big. i note too, first is safety, i get that, but if you're fedex, a global operation they have to have a system is in place, where you say safety first, they also know this is devastating to their business. and they have to also say okay, we have to keep calm, so packages still get delivered. at same time being cautious. so at 1:00 in the morning they had to make that corporate call. ainsley: whoever is responsible for this is very brazen. brian: i agree. ainsley: before there might not be any evidence of him or her. there might not have been cameras in

beginning the next week the commission to rebuild texas and the texas department of emergency management will hold a series of workshops to develop lessons learned and focus how best to restore, redevelop, rebuild a more resilient texas. these listen an learn sessions will inform a comprehensive report delivered by the commission outlining that changes that the state must make. federal regulations also pose a problem. because disaster recovery across multiple agencies and multiple layers of government, government is saddled by redunn dan sip of government. government has opportunities to simplify the process and it must be streamlined. too often individuals passed between separate agencies with different paperwork and different rules. disaster response and recovery administrator to long said is best executed under local level. but under the current process local governments are buried on layers of government regulations. disaster response can not be executed at local level if it is micromanaged from washington. the second lesson we must rebuild texas stronger. we know harvey was the bigg

and that's a big topic in texas as well. and -- and not really. i mean, the reason that it happens in mexico is a lot of it like i said is politically motivated. it's -- parties that are running gns each other that are backed by organized crime. organized crime is vooch intill traited politics. so it's more to the area that doesn't over here to this side. there will be occasionally a kidnapping by you won't see a gun battle in the streets or o anything like you would see over there. >> is unique or is it like this along all of the border cities now? >> well it depends on what part. it is in most of the texas is bordering and tomalipa had toughest problems in a lot of violence in the last few years and it's gotten no attention whatsoever. it hasn't gotten any attention from mexico city. not really paid much attention to by the u.s. either. there's a high degree of censorship and media can't report on what's happening because they'll be killed. it is completely controlled by organizeed crime so one of the toughest parts of the mexico border. over t

i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding to me. i also pay my respects and give honor to ron johnson, the senator from wisconsin, who championed the bill in the senate, gave us a superb bill, and also to chairman walden and his committee that worked hard to give us this bill today. and also my original co-sponsor on the bill i introduced, mr. fitzpatrick from pennsylvania. now, i want to address a couple of things that i think are really intreeings to me because it -- intrigues to me because it sounds condescending to me saying, i won't support this because it gives false hope that people might be taken advantage of by bad actors. they cannot identify the bad actors but they might be taken advantage of them. that's a fallacious and specious argument to make when you're denying people who have a terminal illness, who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness who have gone through all the already-approved f.d.a. processes in order to get and petition a pharmaceutical company for a drug that might prolong their life and might heal t

that's 40% of the nation's border with mexico just in this one district in texas.n this vast congressional district that stretches from san antonio to el paso we meet democrat gina ortiz-jones. >> there's a lot more that we could be investing in in this district, in this country. right? i'd rather be investing in smart healthy kids, not a smart wall. >> reporter: she could be the first iraq war vet, the first lesbian, and the first filipina-american to represent texas. >> as a first generation american what do you make of some of the president's comments on immigration? >> it's unfortunate when the commander in chief does not understand, does not appreciate that we are a country of immigrants. >> we're all from somewhere else and we need to appreciate strength and that will continue to be a strength in this country. >> reporter: a year ago jones, a career civil servant, was working for president trump's administration. today she's running against his agenda. >> i think we're being tested as texans. we're being tested as americans. is this the kind of country you wa

in texas.investigated 254 counties and 165 unlawfully registered voters. those noncitizens had cast more than 100 illegal votes before they were caught. it makes you wonder, what's happening in the states other 250 counties? we don't know, we can guess. if you even mention the possibility of illegal voting in the left pretends that's not real, it's not even possible. of course they know they're lying. better. again, it's happening. voter fraud benefits them. this is what foreign interference actually looks lik. in an election. democrats are openly pushing its when they aren't making it easier for illegal immigrants to register to vote, their fighting efforts to identify fraudulent voters. then they are demanding outright amnesty, would make the whole scheme legal if it passed. republican's are helping with that for some reason. brand-new electric from a different country. j christian adams is president and general counsel of the public interest legal foundation. trying to obtain voter informati

amarillo, texas, big election in texas today. thank you for joining us on tuesday morning.he other big story, donald standing firm on his steel and aluminum tariff plan despite the onslaught of backlash from both sides. kelly right is live with us for how canada and mexico could be major factors if this goes forward or not. >> if they don't renegotiate nafta they could be facing those tariffs but donald trump hadn't mentioned that and canadian minister justin trudeau spoke about these tariff issues, has every country angry about the plan. the president says he is not backing down, it would impose a 10% tariff on aluminum imports and 25% tax on steel blue she believes it is imperative to america's national security. >> people have to understand our country on trade has been ripped off by virtually every country in the world whether it is friend or enemy. china, russia, people we think are wonderful. we may have friends but remember this. we lost over the last number of years, $800 billion a year. not half $1 million, not $.12, we lost $800 billion a year on trade. not going

a lot of people involved were in texas. they chose to have the trial in austin, which was fascinating because you have the trevino family, the whole family there from a trial of jose. >> host: the american side of the family. >> guest: the american side of the family and jose is the brother of two of the most notorious kingpins in mexico. it's difficult to see how you would see them operate and get a sense of more who they are and it's a very secretive cartel. it's not one that's very well-known here in the u.s., so it was covered quite a deal by media in texas, especially. and so i covered that for the texas observer and then reached out to the fbi and said i'd like to do something bigger. and that was a bigger thing because they hadn't done sentencing yet and i went through fbi academy and shooting a gun and learning about their investigation techniques and working with the irs a little bit. i didn't realize that irs has criminal investigators who are really tough because they're like-- they carry a gun, but they're accou

according to that texas attorney general ken paxton, there is already ample evidence of voting in texas investigated 254 counties and 165 unlawfully registered voters. it makes you wonder, what's happening in the states other 250 of counties question what we don't know, we can guess. the left pretense, that's not real, it's not even possible. they're lying. voter fraud benefits them. this is what foreign interference actually looks like an election. democrats are openly pushing it when they aren't making it easier for illegal immigrants to register to vote, their fighting efforts to identify fraudulent voters. it would make the whole scheme legal if it passed. republican's are helping with that for some reason. let them input and was never that ambitious, by the way. christian adams is president -- he joins us. thanks for coming on. when you hear people say this doesn't happen, there are so many questions. we know what happen. the real question is why aren't states, why isn't texas specifically not doing anything? >> there's a lot of reasons. sometimes the left gets involved in litigati

over 100,000 are in texas.ommunity organizer jessica azua. >> there is a lot of uncertainty. i don't know what to do. i always try to be very positive. we don't know what's going to happen. it creates a lot of fear. and that's what we feel. >> so we've come across another stretch of the border here. as you can see, this river is all that's separating the u.s. from mexico. and this is what people in washington need to understand. what they don't understand that for so many here the border is quite literally their back yard. >> reporter: the voters we met in texas regardless of political party all agreed on one thing. change is needed in washington. do you think washington understands the concerns of voters like you? >> no. >> no. >> probably not. >> no. >> no. >> without hesitation. >> you have to be corrupt. you have to play their game. >> you think the whole system is corrupt? >> yeah. don't you? >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm mary bruce in san antonio, texas. >>> up next, how this real-life dr. mcdreamy bec

great state of texas. mr. wesley -- director of division of emergency management for the state of florida and finally honorable josephine menendez ortiz vice chair on federal and international relations and status for the common wealth puerto rico and ms. johna m ae, senior director of save the children. thank you all for being here today and i guess we will start with mr. clay. >> good afternoon. ranking member thompson, chairman mccall, thank you for holding this hearing and o opportunity to share lessons we've learned from hurricane harvey in texas. let me quickly offer three key messages. the first is thank you for your partnership. governor abbot in the state of texas are grateful for the strong partnership we have shared with federal counter parts today. president donald trump, vice president pence, multiple members of the cabinet and brock long showed their commitment to texas even before the storm made land fall. they pledged their full resources and continue to show their commitment to the state to th

breaking news, though, straight off the top out of austin, texas. police may have caught their first big break in the hunt for a serial bomber in austin, texas. two new packages were discovered tuesday, one exploded at a fedex sorting center near san antonio injuring one. another was found intact in austin that could be a critical break because police now have a blueprint and possible dna on the inside of an exploded device. >> a federal law enforcement source tells cnn police believe the austin bomber's motivated by mayhem and death and does not appear to be targeting any one specific group. according to authorities, the level of bomb-making skill is something commonly found in the anarchist's cookbook. a goodwill worker was injured by a flare in a donation box. we can tell you there's a large police presence now in austin. we're watching for any kind of developments here from the austin police department and the fbi about developments in this case. >> there is a development just 15 minutes ago. the austin police department tweeted this -- "adp, au

of texas. mr. wesley now, drop to division's emergency management management for the state of florida in front of the honorable joe says eve melendez-ortiz, vice-chairman of the the committee on federal and international relations for the commonwealth of puerto rico. and ms. -- i guess we'll start with mr. clay. >> good afternoon. chairman mccall, ranking member thompson and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for what in the series and the opportunity to share lessons we've learned from hurricane harvey in texas. that may quickly offer three key messages. the first is thank you for your partnership with governor abbott in the state of texas are grateful for the strong partnership they shared with their counterparts today. president donald trump, vice president pence, members of the cabinet and fema administrator law showed their commitment to texas before it made landfall. they continued it show commitment to the state today. congress deserves her deepest gratitude. within days o

after harvey in texas. ten days after irma, hurricane maria devastated the island, nate was not far behind impacting on september 7th. despite one of the largest storms, florida stood ready to support. in support of texas efforts with hurricane harvey, the division coordinated deploy mtd of three rescue teams and voluntarily liaison. to prepare for the gulf coast impacts associated with hurricane nate, we prestaged imt and made sure ambulance, swift water rescue and teams were on stand by. the aftermath of hurricane maria in puerto rico unique challenges by the storm. however, fl stood ready to help our neighbors. we did requests for law enforcement, national guardian utility professionals in response of the effort. worked closely with staff and govern governor rozelle low administration and florida based resources. florida remains the only state to host into agreement directly assist. to provide tens of thousands of maria in florida with one stop shop for available survive or resources. at the request of g

kristen holmes is in texas with the latest. kristen holmes/ round rock, tx: no transcription available a bombing spree rattling people in texas came to an explosive conclusion. investigators say they tracked a serial bombing suspect to a hotel outside of austin.when the swat team approached -- police say -- the 24-year-old man killed himself.chief brian manley / austin police department: "the suspect is deceased and has significant injuries from a blast that occurred from detonating a bomb inside his vehicle."since march 2nd -- five package bombings killed two people and injured several others.police say the suspect was skilled and made sophisticated devices. but what investigators don't know is why.chief brian manley / austin police department: "we do not understand what motivated him to do what he did president trump tweeting "austin bombing suspect is dead. great job by law enforcement and all concerned!" but investigators warn -- more bombs may be placed in the region.fred milanowski / special agent in charge, atf houston f

a fedex facility in san antonio, texas.es on the ground have not been able to yet tie this to the suspected serial bomber in austin. this explosion is the latest part of this investigation. authorities are on the ground there search looking for any answers. can see the microphone gathering there. this will be a very important update. anything they're learning on the most recent explosion. >> eric: it would be the big break authorities are hoping for if the suspicious package is a bomb device that did not go poch it could give authorities and investigators clues about the possible identity of this mad bomber who has now caused five potential bombs the trip wire and a potential bomb and package at the fedex facility after the one in san antonio exploded. so authorities obviously we're expecting to hear if they'll announce they have a break in the suspicious package that is intact. that could help this investigate. >> sandra: the austin police made everyone aware of the most recent incident in austin, texas. it's a suspicious

to every single part of texas.'ve seen a campaign like that in texas in my lifetime. >> thanks for making time tonight. one last big piece of news, you can get my latest back "a colony in a nation" in paper back. it has donald trump's rhetoric in law and order. you do want to check it out. i think it's worth reading. >>> tonight, another adult departs from the west wing, the president's chief economic adviser is leaving, hours after the president said everybody wants to work in the white house, and denied those words of chaos. with the heat on from mueller, the president admits to russian meddling but not the kind that affected any vote. and not just by them. >>> stormy daniels sues donald trump the president saying he never signed their nondisclosure agreement, proving again, it's never boring during the 11th hour. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. day 411 this was. it brought us a number of

they could get some in texas. but bigger picture here, something democrats have been talking about for a long time and think they might have a shot at this week, winning statewide in texas, turning the state blue. ted cruz, republican incumbent senator will be challenged by beto o'rourke. to put in perspective the scale of the challenge the democrats face, this is no ordinary task in terms of flipping a state. the last time texas went blue in a presidential race, you've got to go back to 1976. most of the pictures were black and white back then. jimmy carter, one-term president, democrat from the south, that's the last time democrats won a presidential race in texas. last time they won a senate race, remember this pair, dukakis, benson. they lost that election, but on the same day lloyd benson was re-elected to the senate from texas. the last democratic victory there, 30 years ago. the last time any democrat won any statewide race in texas, 1994, a full generation ago. that's what they're up against. why do they t

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not the kind of issues that get strong support in texas. on that every chance he gets. >> they would love to see the state of texas have an anti-gun, big government, pro amnesty, liberal democrat represented. now, i don't think those are the values of texans. >> reporter: republicans who have seen him campaign in the reddest parts of the state like tim o'hare, a republican party chairman in tarrant county, aren't nervous. >> i know democrats like to think they got a chance and they do this every two years. beto is going to lose. the same song, different dance. ♪ >> reporter: beto o'rourke knows making punk rock mainstream in texas isn't easy. but he'll head out on the road again, hoping to make it happen. now, despite the recent fund-raising push, ted cruz does have about a million more dollars of cash on hand than beto o'rourke as they both head into the primary. they're both expected to win here tonight, setting up the general election race back later this year. we reached out to senator ted cruz, tried to interview him for this story, bu

to every single part of texas.we've seen a campaign like that in texas in my lifetime. >> thanks for making time tonight. one last big piece of news, you can get my latest back "a colony in a nation" in paper back. it has donald trump's rhetoric in law and order. you do want to check it out. i think it's worth reading. "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >> thanks, my friend. >> you bet. >>> happy tuesday. just had to throw another show out the window tonight. i shouldn't even -- the thing is, i need to change myself. i need to change my own expectations. we made it as far as dinner time tonight with an actual show we worked on all day and planned and produced and the whole thing and i was like oh, scott

texas then was a republic. it was successful because the alamo defenders believed death was preferable to tyranny. today we honor their sacrifice on the altar of liberty. that's just the way it is, eye yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and rhett let's -- and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. last week i was invited to the white house to meet with president trump and his advisors to discuss trade and the renegotiation of nafta. my district is the eighth largest agriculture district in the country. for districts loik mine, the freeh trade is crucial to ensuring that there are new markets for our farmers an manufacturing, to sell their products and goods. that is why i urge the president to maintain and strengthen our existing trade agreements including and a half tafment not withd

griff jenkins talking to them in fort worth, texas. good. >> reporter: it is good. i have pancakes but an exciting day because they are kicking off the national midterms in texas. we are at the westside cafÉ and they expect a possible blue wave, they have an early voting turnout, smashed records. 885,000 people turned out, nearly double what it was in 2014. last time they had a turnout, the joke in texas is democrats will fall 500,000 votes short, they really think they have a chance with this massive turnout but there is no correlation from early turnout to general elections but we are at the westside cafÉ, talking a lot of politics, tracy stanford, the westside cafÉ for 21 years, talking a lot of politics today. >> buzzing about it i'm sure. >> reporter: we have seen immigration, rise in the polling, what do you think about immigration? for business owner like yourself? >> it is hard to get -- whether it is mexicans, syrians, unemployment is very low and few people going to work today. >> reporter: you would like to see making it eas

on the ground in texas. i'd like to talk about infrastructure challenges in the continental united states versus puerto rico. but regarding the process for reimbursement to the states for domestic response, mr. long, what do you believe is an acceptable time frame for reimbursement and how can fema improve the process for reimbursement to states that at their own expense sometimes tremendous expense immediately participate in sheltering and rescue operations in the wake of a natural disaster? >> we started to look at something we've implemented kind of after, post-katrina was expedited, public assistance payments down, take what if there is liquidity issues or issues to pay for the emergency services right off the bat, which i believe is a success. we need to continue to do. we have to protect against waste or inaccurate funding and that type of thing. >> do you think the reimbursement process that we hope to improve would be included in your vision for reform and streamlining and, the operations of greater

the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from missouri, mr. luetkemeyer, who is the chairman of the financial services subcommittee on financial institutions and a real leader on our committee for proper regulation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for three minutes. mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, mr. chairman, for all your hard work and leadership on our committee. i want to first thank the gentleman from colorado, mr. tipton, for being such a champion for this initiative and others to bring about a more responsible, effective regulate regime. for years members on both sides of the aisle advocated for tailored, commonsense approach to federal banking regulation. we've all said time and time again that rules designed for large institutions shouldn't apply to community banks and smaller credit unions. we press the financial regulators to take into consideration the risk profiles of institutions. in th

that plays well in texas.emocrats -- hillary clinton ran closer to trump in texas than she did in iowa. in the last 80 elections that we had since donald trump was inaugurated, the president has run ahead of the republican. if that trend holds true in texas, we're going to pick up some seats here. in one in four seats are own. if we can steal four or five way, it will go a long way. >> dana: another state we're talking about, senator thad cochran of mississippi says he will retire april 1. he's not well. so the governor is going to appoint somebody. >> that's right. >> dana: and that person has to run again. they would serve until january of 2021. likely a same republican seat what do you think will happen there? >> very safe. just like alabama. >> dana: a good point. >> what i would point out, the governor is very popular, governor bryant. there's some rumblings that he might appoint himself, which would make that seat impossible for the democrats to get. keep in mind, another mississippi senate race going on

trump is doing an excellent job. >> juan: jesse, you had a situation in texas, whether or not texas maynger of things to come. every seat, every one of the 36 congressional seats in texas now has a democrat challenging. >> jesse: the texas democrats are getting very organized. there's a lot of people from blue states moving to texas for tax purposes. there's a lot of young americans going to college in texas. a growing hispanic population. i don't think they are going to turning blue. i've been think that's a -- i think it's a pipe dream. i think ted cruz has a competitive race. he will keep the seat. the national party is going to have to spend a lot of extra money to make sure he secures it. takes money away from other more competitive senate seats. >> juan: kimberly, we are a week away from a special election in pennsylvania. you have rick saccone, the republican. conor lam, the democrat. former marine, four-door prosecutor. >> kimberly: and opposite to grow up so there would be bad. it would be a blow to the white house, especially the timing now is not fortuitous. to suffer a loss.

in the great city of chicago and you still forgot texas where it's texas from there yes where's the down there in boma it's circled there yeah they're from denver. everyone is convinced a brilliant until right now. run eight excuse me the. need to. do this all the time snooze. so looked like they were saying this was there were personal of what we're doing now i was rehearsing we went from here. bulls we did here is a houston area specifically the beaumont texas area you look a little smile when you're in and getting my timing on that was because i'm in the right there zach. and then from texas already. dead it looks real we're in chicago. right. no. one from texas to mt rushmore appear here oh there's a reason to become an actor because i don't know any of this stuff and now you're having fun ok. i go. but you tell me. our heroes say goodbye to texas and hello to the open road as they set their sights north on one of america's most iconic when we seriously drove from there up there i thought you know i'm going to die in a flaming wreckage not rush far better to do it than see them all.

women did well in texas last night.to be a little bit of movement in a very deep red state. >> yes. what i've been seeing and this is nationally, that -- white suburban married women who we republicans use to give the house and the senate from 2010 on have started to move away from the republican party in 2017 and 2018. they helped to switch many races from the local to national levels in all of the elections last year. the special elections and special elections this year. if we -- while we've never been able to capture the women's vote as the party, that is the one reliable area. if you flip that by a few points, the house of representatives and the majority we republicans have will be in jeopardy. at the same time, we're seeing millennials, which is the second key group here, they're the largest section and they don't identify with republicans. normally they don't vote. in 2016, they didn't. they're showing signs of actually wanting to vote. 62% of millennials are looking forward to voting in the mid-terms in 2018. b

if everybody goes and looks at battleground texas, the group formed a few years ago to try to turn texase and ultimately blue if their dreams come true. i have to give it to them. they are trying. they are trying hard. they come no a trump era where a lot had a tough time speaking the trump language. most of texas is not having a problem with that. he remains enormously popular. steve found some districts that may flip. houston used to be bush country. george p. is clinging to the trump presidency as no other member of his family seems willing to do. on your question about the early voting, there's big democrat enthusiasm for what may happen. the republicans know that ted cruz ain't going to lose and their congressman ain't going to lose. >> what do you see in terms of the shifting population? the latino population is increasing, the number of latinos in the state rose from $6.7 million. that's a 60% increase. what might that mean tomorrow? >> well, tomorrow it might mean some margins -- tomorrow in the primaries, quite frankly, not much. in the general, ted cruz who is likely to face el