the gentleman from texas, mr. weber, reserves. and the gentleman from texas, mr. veasey, is recognized. mr. veasey: mr. speaker, i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. veasey, reserves. the gentleman from texas, mr. weber, is recognized. mr. weber: thank you, at this time i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the distinguished dr. marshall from kansas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. marshall: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 5905, the department of energy science and innovation act, sponsored by my friend and colleague, representative weber. his bill contains the text of my bill, the low-dose radiation research act, which unanimously passed the house this past february. the language directs the department of energy to utilize $20 million to carry out a research program on low-dose radiation within the office of science. this program will increase our understanding of the health effects that low doses of radiation have on biological syste

rising era" the book dry draws back the curtain or the story of another texas. not the texas of big care and cowboy conservativism that you might social with the state but rather a history in which it's a hotbed of liberal, political organizing, civil rights activism, of trade unionism, and above all, the story i tell is how activists from different groups, african-americans, mexican americans and whites, came together and built an alliance, coalition for both the sive rights and labor rights and political power. there are four legs the coalition. mexican-americans, where most liberal militant faction of mexican-american, the most liberal militant faction of african-american civil rights actives. the most liberal wing. the organized labor which becomes under the umbrella of the texas afl-cio, the federation, and the group of white liberal democrats. we became known as independent democrats but previously in a group called the democrats of texas, the do torch. people confuse a coalition with a coalesce sense or two groups merging together and basically lose their

that is what in fact, -- this employer innant fort worth, but also north texas and in texas. behind us is the fort worth exchange building. the exchange building was in name, -- it had to do with the business of cattle. because, in fact, you had the producer of the animal, the ranch, the farmer, whoever it was. the producer had to sell the animal to someone. in many cases, they were being swift, ormour and other wrenches and individuals. this building was built -- other ranches and individuals. this was the first building built by the stockyards company, the company that built the infrastructure in this area. because infrastructure had to provide for not only the maintenance of the stalls, and there were about 80 acres of stalls, but it also had to provide the business operation, which meant that the commission oft evolved, ia mmission would connecthey the company that raised the animal to the purchaser. so they got a commission out of that. so they were connecting the two. so there were 40, 50, 60 commission companies that operated out of here. they would go out and in fact

and in texas. behind me is the fort worth exchange building. the exchange building was in had to dos very name with the business of cattle. you had the producer of the animal, which was the ranch, the farmer out there. then, that producer had to sell the animal to someone. in many cases, they were being swift orrmour and other ranches or other individuals. this building was built in 1902. it is a beautiful building. one of the first buildings built by the fort worth stockyards company, the company that built the infrastructure around this area. the infrastructure had to provide for the maintenance of the stalls, 80 acres of stalls, but also had to provide the business operation, which meant evolved,ssion, what the companies, for a piece of the action, they would connect the person who raised the animal to the purchaser. they got a commission out of that. they were connecting the two. there were 40-50 commission companies that operated out of here. they would go out and solicit business. to encourag

he then went on to teach at texas christian university. he's here on campus spoke with author james wood is better to learn about jim and other influential texans in congress. >> he was from fort worth although he grew up in a town west of here called weatherford. he served as mayor before running for congress in 1954 but probably served the people of fort worth for 30000 years in congress and made his home here after he left congress he did not stay in washington but moved back home and spent the last 20 years of his life teaching students at texas christian university. in a real sense the portrait represents jim, one the leader in congress and also appropriate placed right here in fort worth which he called home. lone star leaders was a project that my co-author and i undertook after we did a full-length study of the austin, boston connection which was the passing of power and house of representatives between representatives from boston and representatives from texas. it's a coalition that dominated politics in the us house of representa

texas would it be texas without oil. in 1901 there was a hell called the sour spring mountain.school boys schoolboys used to set on fire. it was a con man which was kind of a theme in texas history. with a deputy sheriff. and he forecast that he would drill and he would find oil at a thousand feet at a thousand and 26 feet. there was an explosion in 6 tons of drilling pipe flew over this has never happened before. they waited a moment and then kind of calledrawled back to clean up the mess. and then oil started flying out. he have wanted to find a while that would produce 50 barrels per day. hundred thousand barrels per day it was the first gusher. that was 1901. and soon he was con calling himself gateway to beaumont. this church was jesse jones church i understand. he saw the injustice of that. he built a skyscrapernd lowered learned the texas company which have been established to takeare of the oil coming out of spindle top. if you ask me what makes texas like that. it's second of imagination and energy. that has transformed texas and made into what it is. my in your opinio

chose to partner with texas tech university on a wind energy site in lubbock, texas. the facility brings together academia, industry, and the expertise found only at the national laboratories to test and develop wind energy technology. while swift's primary objectives are to improve wind turbine performance and the efficiency of wind energy production, swift also provides a test bed for supporting wind power with battery technology. researchers at swift are testing different battery chemistries and designs to harness the power of wind energy on demand. breakthroughs in grid scale battery storage technology will help incorporate renewable energy resources into the nation's energy mix, but scaling up batteries will necessitate addressing cost efficiency and size limitation problems. d.o.e. research and development can provide these solutions and bill the foundation for the next fundamental breakthrough in modern grid technology, and d.o.e. continues to prioritize the grid modernization initiative across research programs that harnesses the skill sets of individual labs

snow, texas. important not only for its role in texas history, remember the alamo, of course, but also important in terms of the development of an identity of mexican americans nationally. so, the book starts with the 1929 and runs through the 1929 through 1934 period, which is the deepest recessionary pert of the great depression, according to the national bureau of economic research. so this is the worst period for homelessness, for joblessness, for hunger, for poverty in the united states. and everyone was suffering. almost everyone was suffering. but in this particular period, also coincides with the first imposition of legal restrictions againstenting the united states without document -- against entering the united states without documents. before this there was freedom to cross the border without having any documents. in 1929 it became against the law to do this. so all of a sudden, in a place and time where people were used to moving back and forth quite freely, things were grinding to a h

the gentlelady from texas. does the gentlelady from texas yield back? ms. granger: i yield back my time. the chair: the sque on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 5 printed in part a of house report 115-783. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in part a of house report 115-783, offered by mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 961, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i offer this amendment along with congressman emmer of minnesota and i want to thank him for his continued support on this issue. our amendment would provide $250,000 to initia

you know, they really built by the 46 ranch in texas.lot of great women leaders are really built in fort worth. the stockyards in fort worth were the great cattle drive came in in the 1870s really dirty downtown. the cattle drive god out of the recession after the civil war devastating the south. the economy had been hit really hard. but then these cattle drives kind of caught on in fort worth became one of the great tops. we are coming into the historic stockyard. originally when the operation moved up here, and more than 100 years ago, this was nile city, basically a tax shelter, but quickly annexed by fort worth. we are entering one of the areas where one of the great places of commerce for cattle, not only historically, but even virtually today with companies who do virtual trading in people whose telecom from around the world. this is also an entertainment district and we are on the road where the cattle drive takes place. a lot of great restaurants. history, too. >> is a pass, on our left is still part of the stock air district. >>

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voters of texas. and they go around spreading this message of the struggle for freedom through building political power. in the organization. and they manage to first register huge numbers of people and then they turn them out. they do so through an army of black workers. people who are local precinct captains in each neighborhood that as many as 10,000 block workers. across the state participating along with the dozens of paid staff. they have trained a debt generation a political activist one of their campaign staffers in houston was a woman named barbara jordan who goes on to become the state senator and united state's congresswoman. it is part of her origin story this coalition succeeds in 1964 and reelecting them and we lyndon johnson to the presidency and ultimately they transform local politics. they redraw the map of texas elections are now today you have the blue inner-city central city surrounded by the red suburbs. they succeeded in their decades long goal of breaking down the doors of the

i did start in southern texas . the president spent time registering voters and there's still a lot that hasn't been done and the current governor in texas, things are getting better but it was organizing garment workers, spending time with hotel workers in new orleans working for the minimum wage, women working two shifts just to keep their families together. texas, african-american women in east texas where the only job you could get were the nursing home or if walmart opened up, maybethere yet these women with , they didn't have to nickels to rub together and yet they were willing to take the risk to even lose that job to fight for something better for themselves and their families and their communities and that was so inspiring. sometimes now in this work that i do, a lot of the same women depend on planned parenthood, i feel like my life has some full circle which is why congress, i'm sorry, i don't mean to keep getting political but i want to say to them, women don't come to planned parenthood to make apolitic

eddie bernice johnson of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 923, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. johnson, and a member opposed, each will control five ms. eddie bernice texas. the chair: minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the ranking member for her help on this issue. i appreciate the opportunity to speak about an issue that's very important to my constituents and of course to me. i began my career as a nurse where i provided hands on patient care for 15 years at the dallas veterans administration hospital. i actually opened the psychiatric service. i rise today regarding an issue that is prevalent in my district and more likely coming around the country. the department of veterans affairs delaying sometimes for years payments for services that have been authorized by the v.a. and performed subject it their requirements. small business vendors depend on timely payments in order to pay or their services -- pay their employees and

. >> this weekend, american history tv is featuring fort worth texas. c-span recently visited many sites. over half of the nation's paper money is printed in the city. learn more about fort worth all weekend here on american history tv. >> there's a lot to say about being located in the center of the country. we are not a major port. we are not in the middle of the mountains so in a lot of ways, the citizens who founded in place really willed it to be here. >> we took a driving tour to have city with visit fort worth vice president of marketing mitch whitten. >> if i were going to takeou on the ideal tour of fort worth, it really begins the same place it ends and that's here. we're passing over the trinity river. one of the great rivers of texas and this is really the site, near the site of where fort worth, the fort was established in 1849 overlooking the confluence of the two forks. the clear fork and the west fork of the trinity river, that come from the west as the river flows east and it's interesting because not only is this the original overlook

inn mcallen, texas. we can tell you this is the video you saw there of the first lady, melania trump at the lutheran social service facility, video taken moments ago. mrs. trump is on the move right now. she is in route to a location -- we don't know precisely where she's headed but told when we get more images and pictures we'll bring those to you. she is expected to be spending the course of the day with social services workers, with law enforcement officials as well getting a firsthand look of the effort being made on the ground. it should be noted here, it was first lady melania trump a few days ago who surprised a lot of folks by saying through a spokesman, a very short statement, quote, mrs. trump hates to see children separated from their family and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform. she believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart. president trump saying just a few moments ago ther

specifically in texas and sanctuary cities.san antonio has said against the state law passed in the last session about banning sanctuary cities. can you talk about those that are in the hands of mayors. >> i want to revert back to the traditional things the state has done that could have been done with a more equitable focus. what is the state responsible for? they don't speak about equity, but the things that actually have responsibility for have huge equity potential. public school financing, healthcare financing, correction system, these are the biggest areas of the state budget. but when estate is trying to make points on the right by making it harder to get outreach to the public school led to the high schools and higher education system, or looking the other way for responsibilities provide equitable funding, or pushing concepts -- i'm not opposed to charter schools. as an alternate to hurt the public school so that their average daily attendance declines, we have to think that through carefully. >> the party and power is

joining us from south texas is msnbc's stephanie ruhle. stephanie, what more do we know about this report. >> lawrence, the fact that we're even calling these detention centers "tender age centers" this is stunning. you and i came down here to look at this migrant crisis and when you're in these parts, it feels more like a migrant issue, we need to address the border. but what's happening? to create these centers for babies, for toddlers, for kids under the age of five, this is not about politics, this is not about policy, lawrence, it's about humanity. president trump likes to call himself a patriot. to be a patriot is someone who vigorously fighting and defends their country. this happening right now, if you're a patriot you need to stand up and fight for the name of america because american values and exceptionalism, we are the luckiest that we're born in the land of the free and the home of the brave and we take asylum seekers -- think about those moms. lawrence, you're a parent and so am i, i have a five-year-old daughter at home and

texas is the biggest wind state. so it's no surprise they have a testing site in luck bibbing, texas, only at the national laboratories to test and develop wind energy technology. while swis primary objectives to improve turbine performance, swift also provides a test for supporting wind power with battery technology. researchers are testing different designs to harness wind energy on demand. breakthroughs on grid storage will help incorporate renewable energy resources into the energy mix. scaling up batteries will necessitate addressing cost efficiency and size limitation problems. doe research and development can provide the solutions and build a foundation for the next fundmental break through and doe continues to prioritize the grid modernization initiative across the research program that harnesses the skill sets of labs for new grid technologies. the national laboratory, home to one of today's witnesses researchers are developing new power system designs that will improve the reliability and resiliency of grid

. >> good evening from mccallan, texas. i'm chris hayes from the epicenter of this crisis just a couple miles away from the u.s. southern border here in mccallan, texas at the larlgest immigration processing center in the country where children are being separated from their parents off crossing into the united states. this is the trump administration's policy and the crisis is accelerating. according to new government data released by dhs, the trump administration separated 2,352 children from their parents between may 5th and june 9th, a rate of 65 children taken from their families every single day. up from are about 46 per day over an earlier period starting in april. in just the last couple hours, the president wrapped up an immigration meeting with house republicans amid a growing bipartisan backlash across the country and across civil society to his child separation policy. this story has exploded since all-in began covering it about four weeks ago. now we're at the border on the front lines to show it you what our g

the state of texas try to rewrite the laws. the geo group brought a bilill o the e state legislature to chane the way licensising happens in texas. that effort was s beaten back to the texaxas state legislature. for nowow, these family detentin cacamps are unlicecensed. they are secure. ththey are prisonsns. i t think this is goingng to be quite the fight about the future of what happens to these children and thesese mothers. i think itit is important to recognize what is driving thiss policy is the zero t tolerance policy implememented by y jeff sessions. hastrump administration falsely said they had no choice, that the law says you have to prosecute everyone that comes to the border. this is not true. in fact, these laws were used sparingly until about 2004-2005 when operation streamline was implement it. the piece that judy and i wrote yesterday in the texas observer -- observer says if the trump administration is asking for a legislative fix, the pro-immigrant forces in congress to give the trump administration that legisla

three tender-age shelters in south texas. lawyers and medical providers -- i think i'm going to hand this off. sorry. that does it for us tonight, we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell where he's in texas. >> thank you very much, rachel, we just got word of that story that rachel was talking about and that is that the trump administration has announced that they are operating three facilities somewhere around here for what they're calling tender-age children. this is a very difficult story to process, it has been everyday but now the focus is finally on the people we've been wondering about the most, the babies. there's been a lot of questions about the girls but what about the babies. the trump administration has decided to call them "tender age children." the crisis here in our southern border is growing everyday and it becomes more grim and more difficult to bear everyday. nbc news and msnbc have sent dozens of correspondents to try to capture this story, to cover this stor

, combs, texas, and brownsville, texas. they're setting up these purpose-built locations to incarcerate babies and toddlers. the ap further reported that another location for babies and toddlers was set to be opened in a houston warehouse, which "the washington post" identified as sitting atncipation avenue in houston, texas. they planned to open that warehouse facility for babies and toddlers in coming days. again, babies and toddlers being held without their parents. as soon as we got word of that element of the trump administration's policy last night, where they were secretly holding little kids who had been seized from their mothers and fathers, last night we got this smuggled photo published in "the new york times," showing a toddler who's about 11 or 12 months old, you can see, she's in diapers, crawling across a brightly colored mat in a shelter. that is a little kid who has been taken away from her parents and is being held at this facility alone without them. according to the times, the person who took that photo

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in lubbock, texas. the scale facility brings together academia and industry only at the national lara tories to test and develop -- national laboratories to test and develop technology and to improve wind turbine performance. it also provides a test bed for supporting wind power with battery technology. researchers there are testing different battery chemistries and designs to harness wind energy on demand. this will incorporate renewable energy resources into the mix. but scaling up batteries will necessitate adding cost, efficiency, and size elimination problems. d.o.e. can provide solutions and build the foundation for the next fundamental breakthrough technology. and d.o.e. continues to prioritize the grid modernization initiative that harnesses the skillsets of individual lands to develop new technologies. home to one of our today's witnesses, researchers are developing new designs that will improve the reliability and resiliency of the grid. with the technical expertise developed through its nucle

thornberry of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 934, the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i yield myself three minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, the let me commend bill, mr. he marino, and the author of the legislation, mr. katko. synthetic drugs are a plague on this country and part of the reason is our laws have not kept up with the evolving threat. mr. katko's legislation helps the law catch up somewhat, and that is important for the safety of our people. my amendment deals with another area -- related area where the law has not caught up. many of the purveyors of these poisons will seek to evade responsibility by printing on the label, not intended for human consumption. and the reason they do that is u.s.c. 813 says, and i quote, a controlled substance analog shall, to the extent for human consumption, be treated for the purposes of any federal laws or controlled substance in schedul

the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. who seeks recognition? it's now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in house report 115-785. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number -- ms. jackson lee: amendment number 1 on the second rule for h.r. 6157. the chair: the gentlelady will suspend so the clerk can designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 rinted in house report 115-785 fered the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: my amendment indicates no funding in this act shall be used or otherwise made available by this act to end reserve officers training rps, rotc, programs at hcbu's, hispanic-serving institutions. so many of us have these colleges in our co

we planted nearly 930 trees native to texas including, pecans, texas red buds, live oak, and rusty lack of. vibernum.lack the assistance of the wildflower center, we developed a mixture of five texas native grasses for our lawn. comprised of buffalo grass, texas, curling mesquite, and job seed, this is available to plant in your own yard and you can purchase it at the wildflower -- lady bird johnson wildflower center or at douglas king growers. the bush center grounds feature an amphitheater, a mile-long walking trail, i wildflower a wildflower meadow, and a 252,000 underground cistern that collects all the runoff from a building, even from the parking lot and repurpose is it to irrigate our park. efforts to develop parks in the hearts of the cities like dallas are increasingly important and -- as 80% of our nation's population now resides in urban areas exposing more urban dwellers to the natural beauty of our country and helping them understand that we all have a part to play in conservation and is critical to maintaining the integrity of our unique, natural heritage. i like to look o

she was educated at east texas state university, now known as texas a&m commerce, baylor university, the university of exas at arlington, mccollegeon community college, texas women's university. penny was very active in our waco community. she served on associations, commissions including the following -- president of the texas central museum district, vice president of the austin avenue neighborhood association, chair of the boy scouts award committee, chair of the mccollegeon -- the waco-mccollegeon county commission, historical commission, texas state technical college board of regents, city of washingo parks and recreation advisory commission, waco visitor's bureau board, and waco buildings and standards mmission. fo past eight years, penny has been an integral part of my team that serves our district. she is one of the first three hires i made when i assumed office in 2011. since then she worked at our waco office as our office manager and caseworker. she loved her job and she lovpe being able to serve others. penny was also in charge of handling the military service academy nom

east texas african-american women in east texas were only jobs you could really get where nursing home or wal-mart opened up maybe there, and yet these women -- with, you know, they didn't have two nickels to rub together and yet therm willing to take the risk to a even lose that job to fight for something better for themselves and their families an their communities and that was so inspiring. and so sometimes now -- you know in this work i do at planned parenthood a lot of same women that depend on planned parenthood so i feel like my life has come full circle which is why congress is -- sorry i don't mean to keep getting political but they -- i just want to say to them, you know, women don't come to planned parenthood to make a political statement but because they need affordable health care and in many parts of the country planned parenthood is it. that's all they got and so -- [applause] but -- i -- i realize every day what a privilege i have had to be a troublemaker if you will if that's my career because a lot of folks doangts get to choose what they do for a living most of this

the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. poe: i come down here every year on thisype of amendment. when i came to congress, 1 years ago, i went to afghanistan and i went to iraq. i visited with our troops. and since that time, i have on my wall, 40r americans of all races and most branches that have been killed in afghanistan or iraq. and when i was there in afghanistan, i was down on the border with our troops and the british troops. and they are on the border to protect afghanistan from the terrorists coming in from pakistan. i don't understand why we continue to pay pakistan money. this legislation doesn't cut the whole fund. $700ts $200 million of the million fund to get the attention of the pakistanis that they can't keep playing it. i'm sure the pakistanis are glad that i'm leaving congress. but really, i just see it and i have great respect for the chairwoman and ranking member on this issue, but i think we should not pay pakistan to continue to hate us, because they will do it for free. and i think we should it to pr

back in south texas a brutal heat wave will follow the rains. tomorrow, forecasters say it will feel like 108 degrees. unbearable conditions to recover from a disastrous flood. ann thompson, nbc news. >>> there is late world tonight, pulitzer winning author conservative commentator charles krauthammer has died. "the washington post" called haim intellectual provocateur and a familiar presence on fox news. krauthammer was paralyzed below the neck in a diving accident as a young man and graduated from harvard and practiced psychiatry. he disclosed to the public just weeks ago a terminal cancer diagnosis. charles krauthammer was just 68 years old. >>> the new fbi warning, sexual assaults board planes are soaring. what to watch out for and how to protect yourself when you fly. >>> also, it's summertime and the box office wars are heating up. the largest movie theater chain unveiling a blockbuster bargain to lure you in. >>> tonight, the fbi is warning about what it calls an alarming increase in sexual assault cases on passenger planes. a federal cri

cnn correspondent polo sandoval is in texas. polo, what are lawmakers learn something. >> behind me some of the latest visitors of one of the centers, detention centers, in south texas. at least outside. members of the civil rights group lulac. but earlier today a delegation of congressmen and women have been traveling through south texas, one of the busiest border control sectors when it comes to apprehensions and seeing firsthand what it's like. we showed you what we assume they were able to see. we've shown you the pictures that were handed out by the u.s. government last week. of course, our cameras not allowed in. the government citing privacy reasons, but these lawmakers saying they saw some of what we've seen in the pictures, these people being housed behind chain link fencing, many of them sleeping under mylar blankets and the sheer numbers that they've been dealing with as we heard from representative jackie speier, who described inside as heartbreaking. i want you to hear what the democrat from california said about th

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to have the undergraduate degree from texas a&m. and then from george washington university please join me to welcome the wonderful henry cisneros. [applause] mr. secretary mr. mayor can i pick? okay henry. you did a good introduction he only mentioned he was head of the texas tribune but also the editor of the texas monthly before that. >> i had the job for a while. and in that particular moment cities have a lot of power and .mpact >> so this kind lady has suggested that i take this off of me. >> not a man first. it was manufactured here in san antonio. this is a wound not a bad thing but they think it i might've been a brown recluse spider bite that killed tissue on my leg so not only is this a very difficult time but with a spider strike. maybe it is the trumpmp effect. [laughter] so why are cities so important? they were doing better than they had for very long time. but it really was the transformation of the economy the jobs went away the buildings went away the capital went away but most had 30% of their jobs were manufactur

he lived all over texas during his childhood. ran for the texas legislature after his service in world war ii and served a year there. then he became the mayor of weather for texas. from the mayorship, he went on to run for congress and he was elected to congress to represent in 1954.2th district he served for 30 years, and then in 1986 became the speaker of the house of congress. the --, he designed resigned the speakership and came back to fort worth and became a professor here at tcu, where he taught in the political science department. he also offered many book and was a fixture around campus. he brought his papers here to tcu, and we have them. we usually have several researchers a year and do research on the papers on his , the politicsss of the cold war era, the 1960's the1970's, and ultimately partisanship surrounding his resignation from congress and the ethics scandal he was involved in. all of those are topics people will use the papers to do research in. have a permanent exhibit in the library that is set out in honor

from texas, up to the northeast. a boy sucked into a storm drain and surviving in pennsylvania. >>> also tonight, the protests erupting after this video. a 17-year-old unarmed, running from a car. an officer, sworn in that day, shooting and killing the teen. >>> the developing headline coming in today involving the turpin family. the parents of 13 children. what some of the children have revealed in court, put in cages for punishment, they say. and what the judge has now decided tonight. will the parents stand trial? >>> and the doctor, the woman who was dancing while she operated on patients, suspended. now fighting to keep her license. how she explains her behavior to us. the exclusive interview right here tonight. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. and we begin tonight with the first lady's visit to the border, where children have been separated from their parents. just 24 hours after her husband signed that executive order, saying families will no longer be se

i've been to mcallen, texas. i'm an air national guard pilot. there is lack of security there and there is drugs and illegal immigrants that pour across that border. we need border security but we need to fix the problems with families, we need to fix the daca issue with a long path to citizenship. i think we can do all this. if there are people that don't think we need border security or if you're coming here from a different country you have as much of a right to be in this country than somewhere else, that's an area we'll never meet in the middle. >> what have is your constituents said to you about what they've seen over this last week? these images have been indelible, people from across the political spectrum upset with what they've seen, upset in principle with what's happening here, these families ripped apart. how does that make you view your presidency and the white house? >> i've heard from my constituents, most are opposed to family separation. that's part of the reason i came out, also because of my own personal views and said we nee

/mexico border and housed in shelters like this former walmart in texas. amid the outrage, there's also confusion as president trump has repeatedly tried to blame democrats for the policy. >> i hate it. ay.e theldren beg tan the democrats have to change their law. >> reporter: not true, according to immigration analysts and a review of past administrations. under presidents obama and bush, federal authorities typically release families while awaiting to see the judge. a harsh policy known as catch and release. the trump administrationnd e gl jeff sessions called it a zero tolerance policy, stopping people at the border. that's where the separation happens. children can't stay with parents in a federal jail. >> this administration has taken a decision to apply the law in its most extreme fashion. >> reporter: doris meissner is a senior fellow at the policy institute, a think tank in washington. she's served both republican and democratic administrations. >> they're deciding to prosecute everybody that then leads to the need to separate families. the blame s

speaker, on onday of this week, i was in mcallen, texas. a beautiful community comprised of some incredibly courageous, strong, kind-hearted people in the rio grande valley in the state of texas. connected by the rio grande river to renosa, mexico. forming one of these extraordinary binational communities that distinguish our connection with mexico, with the state of texas, for the united states of america. and i was able to visit the border patrol station in mcallen, texas, which is the busiest border patrol station in the country. and i happened to be there during the busiest shift during that day in that busy station. and i was able to spend some time with the amazing women and men of the border patrol. who have one of the toughest jobs that i can imagine, of keeping our country safe, of protecting our communities and the families within our communities. and of meeting those who are at their most desperate, most vulnerable moment in their lives. people who have fled terror and violence, death and -- death in their countries to come to ou

dave and christine. >> nick there in texas.omeland secretary kirstjen nielsen taking to twitter accusing the press and members of congress of quote irresponsible and unproductive reporting. she falsely claims we do not have a policy of separating families at the border. she goes on to say there is no reason to illegally cross between ports of entry for anyone. >> cnn has a first hand look at the processing sender in texas. inside a cold and dark scene. families are brought by a facility and separated by gender. dianne gallagher has more from texas. >> reporter: dave and christine, this is the rio grande valley processing center. they have a greater intake here than any other on the border in texas. at this point, more families have been separated leaving this facility than any other since the zero tolerance policy went into effect last month. 1,774 children left the facility separated from parents. that is why senators merkley and other members of the house came to tour this facility. we did the same. i went inside and i'll be

ambas viven en texas. alison: quiero comer y despuÉs ir a la tienda. encuentra en otro centro de detenciÓn texas a 1200 millas de distancia. otras se eres separada de su madre, alison suplicaba llamar a su tÍa. su tÍa nos contÓ que alison se memorizÓ su nÚmeroelefÓnico o dos horas antes de cruzar la frontera en caso de que algo fuera a suceder. asÍ fue. el nÚmero fue útil. una trabajadora consular dentro del centro de detenciÓn ayudó a realizar la primera llamada. >> en el momento en que la niÑa estaba en ese instante jamÁs habÍa escuchado a aurelio rogar por algo tan fuerte. andrea: segÚn la tÍa, alison regaba por salir del centro. >> que les ponÍan ventiladores con aire muy fuerte. le suplicaba que la fuera a sacar por favor ya. andrea: eso no ha sido posible. alison sÓlo pensar el momento en que >> es mi prima favorita me decÍa mi hija. cuando lleguÉ vamos a jugar y a comer pizza. andrea: esas son cosas que no tienen precio en esta vida. alison aÚn no ha podido hablar con su mamÁ. le preguntÉ a su tÍa sobre la posibilidad de que ocurra una reunifica

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccaul: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from louisiana, a member of the homeland security committee, mr. higgins. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognize for one minute. mr. higgins: i rise in support of h.r. 5760. i'm a co-sponsor of this legislation. i remind my colleagues, a sovereign nation can't stand without sovereign borders. i remind my colleagues that we are representatives of the 50 sovereign states of the united states of america. we have not been elected by citizens of mexico or anything rag what orel salvador. we represent american interests. this is an america first bill. it secures america's southern borders. i encourage my colleagues to embrace their oath and recognize their service to these citizens that depend upon sound, decisive measures from this body. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. we all recognize the sovereignty of our country

rosendo which is either brownsville texas. back live to gabriel now in brunswick reports of seemed today of shelters in texas being used to house bury young children can you talk us through that one quickly if you thought this story got any worse well it just did the associated press reporting overnight that they are hearing that there are at least three maybe four shelters called quote unquote tender age shelters for children that have been forcibly separated from their asylum seeking parents or guardians these are children that are infants or newborns very very young in special shelters we've got multiple calls out to various different agencies of the u.s. government trying to confirm this we're going to keep on this trying to figure out where these shelters are try to go to them but we're told that at least two of them could be here in the southern texas region where we are now but this is part of the problem i just spoke to the a.c.l.u. american civil liberties union representative here in texas and they are on the front l