he gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. crenshaw: i would like to torres small oman aware that i have no further speakers and i am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the recognized.is ms. torres small: i have no more speakers and i am prepared to close after the gentleman from texas closes. the peaker pro tempore: gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. crenshaw: mr. speaker, i rge adoption of the bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. torres small: thank you, mr. speaker. h.r. 1494 seeks to facilitate department ween the of homeland security and hbcu's and m.s.i.'s on how to find to build pportunity more productive partnerships. collaborating with these diverse is not only economically and culturally beneficial, it is necessary to to current, espond emerging, and consistent homeland security threats. ask my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation, and yield back the balance of m

jackson lee of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested, those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 404, the nays are 18. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 16 printed in part b of house report 116-392 by the gentleman from california, mr. rouda, on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 16 printed in part b

so it is almost like the isolation of the ranching history, the texas texas texas, but one of the things we talk about at the show, we pitched it at looking without rather than always looking within. >> we are in the panhandle plains historic museum. the museum is the largest historic museum in the state of texas if you cannot buy the number of artifacts. the exhibition title cattle, cowboys and culture, kansas city and merlot, building an urban west. so michael bauer, the full-time curator when we set up the show, both of us are native to kansas city. were always interested in why this space felt so familiar to us as having grown up there. and michael started looking at the number of objects in the panhandle plains permanent collection that related to kansas city and it turns out there were over 1000 objects on a database he pulled out. so we started looking at what kinds of objects there were. we found such a good array of a variety of objects we thought we need to do a show that told the sister city hood of kansas city and amarillo. people might expect amarillo grew up looking to dall

in texas? >> i am one of the few political consultants who actuallyorked in texas and old enough to remember because i was paid to work in a race for ann richards when democrats still won statewide. the state has gone through lots of transformations and has come red. this demography, this whole growth of latinos in the state. what you have been the difference between them and california, there's been a direct investment in california to register educate, internet latinos. kind has never been that of investment into texas. that is why you saw someone like bush, who when he ran for governor, got 44% of the latino vote. i have lived there and studied this, but what is happening is the growth is so exponential and getting there so fast -- guess what? young folks, young black and brown kids, young kids overall, they are not scared to buck the system and they feel like there should be a real change. guess who speaks to that real change was running for president? bernie sanders. just this last week an

the isolation of the ranching history as texas, texas, texas, but one thing we talked about in this show, we pitched it as looking without rather than always looking within. we are at the panhandle-plains museum, and the museum is the largest historical museum in texas if you count it by the number of artifacts. the exhibition title is cattle, cowboys, and culture, kansas city and, real on the building of the urban west. the curator and us are both natives of kansas city. we were always interested in why this place seems so familiar to us. and michael started looking at the number of objects in the museum's permanent collection related to kansas city and it turns out there were over 1000 objects on the database he pulled up. we started looking at what kind of objects there were, and found such a good array of a variety of objects, we thought we needed to do a show that told the sisterhood of kansas city and amarillo. a lot of people might expect amarillo corrupt looking to dallas or houston, but this is around the train system and the cattle industry that drew those two cities together.

coming from all over south texa texas.metimes they come to work the fields as this is an agricultural area or the railroad or things of that sort and that would've been in the 19 twenties because a lot of our churches were established around that time. and they were close knit grocery stores schools because of the animosity because of the population here matthew bones was instrumental in his own dogie club because african-american cannot join the white club. and for those that have handed down histories. at the time we put the book together meet with the citizens and young men and understand the importance of families with the most - - with the most work ethic with african-american boys and all throughout the years. was specially during the civil rights era with the naacp. and and they have to reach out and then and that campus that 1 percent of that population were african-american very small population and there were things going on that were discriminatory to find in other areas that we were stationed in the past. but w

lubbock, texas? yes, i know. >> appreciate it.

you know texas has 415 or sorry california has 415, texas 228. it's going to be critically important that latinos show up in nevada and the candidate that wins the latino vote is going to have a good super tuesday. >> just picking up on what my ra was just saying, which issues does nevada put in focus? >> it certainly puts in immigration in focus and the lens of communities of color. this is the first state where people of color are really going to be deciding this and i think after what happened with iowa and new hampshire, not only how white they are, how the debacle of the i've what caucus, i really think this is a chance for people of color to say that they're the most important voters in this primary. and i think that's what this caucus is going to do. >> myra, when you talk about latino voters, the chronic under investment in building the infrastructure in some of these states to turn those voters out. how much of this is actually about the issues, about the message and how much of it is about the basic mechanics of what it takes to get peo

we went to right after i got elected we went to texas. i say we there was 30,000 people there and it was a day to say thanks to the world war ii heroes, the men and women who served in the pacific theater, it was the 50th anniversary of the end of the pacific theater. my mother, my dad was there laura was there. i was asked to speak. i took it seriously because it was a chance to say thanks on behalf of the sons and daughters of my generation to the moms and dads of my parents' generation for the incredible freedom we have. it's a great generation. it really was. so i got up to speak -- [applause] >> i got up to speak and i said, mr. president welcome to fresh and there was a nice ripple of applause. and i said mother. and the place went wild. and i said mother it is clear the people still love you here and so i do i. but you are still telling me what to do. and i got a true story and i got a big cowboy hat and strode right out in the middle of and he screams you'd better listen to her too, boy. this is an enormous thing. this is not like

i know it is early, but you know something i have learned in texas politics? you don't get a vote unless you ask for it, and that is why i am shaking your hands, i look you in the eye that not only do i care about your vote, i care about your families and i care about your future. somebody says what if it doesn't work out? well, if it doesn't work out, but is just the way it is meant to be. i will take one of those hats and go fishing for the rest of my life. >> [laughter] >> governor bush spent 90 minutes at the hadco industries plant in derry, new hampshire this past tuesday. on his way out, he spoke to several local reporters covering his visit. >> just to start off, your wife had said you know, if things don't work out you will have a , life down in texas. there have been reports of you being reluctant to run. why are you running? gov. bush: i want america to be prosperous. that is clearly not a given in the 20th century. i have a plan to reduce regulation. i believe in reform and free trade. but i want to make sure there is a purpose to prosperity as well

texas will play an enormous role. if we win here in texas, trump is finished!, andrew, how do you see it if he does get a texas victory? what is the message sent? >> well, first of all, without a doubt, if republicans have to be concerned about texas going blue, then it's all over except the shouting. and the same is true, by the way, here in the state of florida. bernie has, through his nevada win, has shown the country that he's been able to pull together a pretty diverse coalition of people. and i will say that i don't think these are voters who are simply trying to be on a suicide mission. their number one concern is beating donald trump. they're not willing to take just any candidate in the process of doing that. they're simply communicating to us that they believe bernie sanders is offering the best alternative for what we face through donald trump, and i will tell you, i think there is sommer som some merit to this conversation that it will take a candidate who has the ability, the capacity to bring more people to the electorate in order for a democrat t

because again, i aa texas kid. and every texas kid has been to the grassy kno. (laughing) we have those images, and so i remember. [smith] you remember. [jones] yeah! so the joy of the breakthrough was tempered, and look at us now! the years after rms of a black president. look at how americthresponds to these breughs, it's complicated. [smith] we seem to be worse than we were before, or at least we're saying the quiet part out loud. [jones] it's almost like we're being punished for the breakthrough. i think that's how some people feel. [smith] can you talk about the south again? [jones] (laughing) [smith] sense of place in this book is so important. if you had grown up in lewisville, maine, or lewisville, washington state, would the story be the same story, necessarily? [jones] no, it couldn't, it couldn't. sothing i'm struck by, andwas s here last night that the thing about texas, of course, is that it was once a country. [smith] right. [jones] and so it rightfully has this outsized relationship to history that most states don't have, right? it has a very diff

supporting the great recruitment of candidates in texas. the final headline of texas is closed. this is a record really investment for us at the lcc. we spent significantly in virginia and making sure democrats stayed out of the super minority to support the governor. and so in so many of these states, we are the only national group, to build out this campaign infrastructure to make sure. candidate recruitment still happening in many states, so many of our races still break very late. a lot of the spending still happens post labor day in our races. we are trying to move that timeline up to make sure there are excellent staff, we are doing things that will have a multiplying effect like investing digital fund raising and making sure candidates are trained on how to secure resources they need to win their campaigns and going out and talking to voters early. so why does all this matter? we are not just here to put numbers on a page. we are here because of the impact state legislatures have in folk lives. if you care about voting rights, voter suppression or redistricting, you care

center ofo is in the the texas panhandle. we affectionately call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. we are approaching 200,000 people, in this next census we will cross the 200,000 mark. one of the unique things about amarillo, i really think our superpower here is that we think regionally. while we do have geographic boundaries that define how many people live inside our city, we truly don't think that way. we think regionally. we think of these world communities, they belong to us. we are there city. in theow we are standing santa fe depot. when you think about building the entire city of amarillo, the materials for building the city came through this depot. they arrived by rail right here. has grown and restarted as an agricultural town, now we are an urban center. so, none of fact could have happened without this location being right here by the rail. so much of our industry and .aterials came right here of course, the depot was vacant. we are not using it today. we don't have passenger service anymore. we

[smith] come from texas. [jones] and she plains that lawrence vtexas which i mention at some point in the book, that was the law, my junior year of high school, until my junior year of high school it was still technically legal for police officers to arrest men for having sex with men, my junior year! so i say all of that to say i think texas's identity in relationship to the rest of the country and my desire to write a book that was not just about my story, that was very self-aware and understanding that my story is a vital element of the american story, just as texas is a vital element of america's identity, right? and that's complicated. i think that's where i got that from. when you're growing up in texas, and you're just living, you're always beingtyreminded n [smith] but don't you think though, that your story is part of the american story but the reason thbe it hasn't been told isuse . you've stepped up to tell . there are saeed jonses other places. [jones] true. [smith] who had similar stories and who

they were coming from all over south texas.metimes they would come to work the fields, the cotton fields. this was an agricultural area, or they can work on the railroad or things of that sort. that would probably have been around the 1920s, because a lot of our churches in the black community were established around that time. the black population was, even though they were few in number, they were very close knit. they pretty much had to establish their own resources, grocery stores, churches, schools, because of the animosity served towards them at the white population here. matthew bones hooks was also instrumental in certain what was known as the dalton club here in amarillo because african-american boys were not allowed to join the white organization. there was a maverick club, boys and girls club even at that time but african-americans were not allowed to go there so matthew bones hooks started the doggie club. members of the club through the years are the ones i handed it down, those oral histories. at the time that we

one of the oldest parks in texas and across the nation. they got here in the summer of 1933 and set up their camp. one of the first projects they worked on was the road into the canyon. obviously, you cannot build the rest of the facilities until you have access to it. it is a reminder i give myself all the time when i come through the canyon, when i'm driving down every day, that they built this road by hand basically for $30 a month, $1 a day. it changed their lives in that they were able to feed themselves, provide for their families, and they learned a lot that served them well later in life. it also provides for us today because we have so many amazing historic structures, the road into the canyon. without their work, we would not have everything we have today. >> you know, being up here in the texas panhandle, there is not a lot of written history. there is not a lot of history you can go back to and look at. this is one of those places you can go back and look at some of the history of the mortar stones. there is a rock that had ind

position at west texas state normal. she was here in two little stems. she was from wisconsin sisters interested like it midwest farm life. she grew up on a farm so she had some exposure to middle america, and the broad spaces of the west really struck her. it changed her aesthetic. we think this is her sort of first exposure to some of the stuff she sought out as part of her lifestyle. several underdeveloped areas of the okie o'keefe scholarship, s arriving, like treating her as a writer, a maker of paintings and works of art. there have been some great letter books that have been published but the majority of people who love her yet don't appreciate what a good writer she was. the other thing we have done a lot of work on that my book tries to do is her opinions about the war. we just think she's a pacifist because her art is about nature. she wasn't making direct -- she does a piece that is a flag but that's the one piece directly connected to patriotism but when you really look at the depth of what she is writing, and she wrote daily so we can trace

in states like texas, the texas democratic party is very focused on winning back the state legislature. additional resources in the state, additional bodies, people knocking on doors. all those things are great for us, because we view turnout as mechanical. a lot is having vote planning conversations with marginal democratic voters, moblizing people. and if it's a presidential battleground there's going fb a large operation to do it. we have had the ability to start early and that puts us in a great position to engage with these coordinated campaign efforts. >> i've noticed that west virginia is there so i'm curious to know what you see in the state there and how much you're investing in it going into 2020 and what you think you expect out of it in the long term? >> i think we're only three seats away from tripping flipping the state senate. and so as a result we're looking at these we look at these three seats to see, are these seats specifically winnable. the margins are very close. if so we'll work to make investments. we've been talking to state legislative leadership in west virgi

he certainly is hoping to do well here in texas and win here in texas. south carolina is what comes next a week from yesterday. after that is march 3rd where there's a huge cache of delegates at state, along texas and california. those are the biggest delegate prizes. a sign of the confidence that sanders has in his campaign, he came here to texas yesterday. he had that victory speech after that big night in nevada, he gave it at a rally in san antonio, was at a rally in el paso. he woke up in houston and will end the day with a rally in austin. this campaign is confident they have the resources, energetic and i think that's one of the things that's most interested here. can they expand their coalition after iowa, new hampshire, mostly white states. how will they do when the map moves to more diverse states? will sanders show what he can do in nevada, 30% latino. sanders won the latino vote in nevada. he will do better among black voters, joe biden won black voters. he did five points better there, sanders did, than he did in 2016. he also won every segm

and to finally turn texas blue.cheers and applause] and capture those 38 electoral votes and flip the texas house. [applause] now, i know we can do it. my friend, beto, showed that we're getting close. but to get it done, we need to nominate someone at the top of the ticket who can build a broad coalition that rallies democrats and attracts independents and moderate republicans. and that's what i've done in all the three races that i've run in new york city and i've would be -- and i have won them all. so i know how to do this. [applause] i am not a typical politician. i think i showed that a week or so ago in a debate. [laughter] i didn't ever work at a place where everybody talks on top of each other. i couldn't believe it. my mother would have shot me if i'd done that. i've never worked in washington. and i don't make pie in the sky promises. and i don't talk until the cows come home. and as you've seen in the debates, i'm not someone who just yells slogans, even when they're not true. that's what they did -- two

let me wish everyone a very happy texas independence day. we do not celebrate that in new york, surprise, surprise. that's on monday and the next y is super tuesday and nominate a candidate who will liberate us from the insanity of donald trump. this is my fourth visit to houston since christmas, so this is like my home away from home. and i considered waiting a couple more weeks to return but e combination of rodeo was tempting. i couldn't wait for another box of shiply's. before i talk about this campaign, i want to say about the crisis that's facing our country and the world. he fired the entire white house team in charge of response to pandemics and he predicted this whole thing is going to be over in two months. the president is not a scientist. he doesn't even believe in science and not leading and reacting and much, much too late and his incompetence does put us at risk. in times like this, we need proven leadership in the white house. we need somebody who has led during a crisis, who believes in science and invests in preparation and

visit tok at our amarillo texas. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> the pantex plant in texas is the final facility for dismantling and maintenance of nuclear weapons. for approximately 30 years the , safest method for transportation of this material was by rail. we begin our look at the history of the pantex plant with a look at the railroad museum were several cars once used by the plant are now on display. >> we are trying to preserve the rich railroad history of the texas panhandle. most of these towns would not be here if it was not for the coming of the railroad. we realized quick that railroads were evolving and changing. we were seeing new locomotives. we were seeing so many changes. we said we need to preserve some of that before it disappears. we incorporated as the amarillo railroad museum as that goal to preserve it. we bought this property here in the northeast part of amarillo, and it already at the railroad track on it. we have been keeping our eyes open for

he grew up in texas. apparently, he saw bulldogs catching balls -- bulls by biting them on the lip and holding them in place. he said, i could probably do hat. mike: you probably would not have said that, would you? no. most folks wouldn't. that's what bill pickett started doing. it was a form of entertainment. for a while, he did it and people passed the hat and stuff like that. that's how he begins to do this. this gained a degree of fame and recognition. what happened was, at some point in time, bill pickett came in contact with a couple of promoters who essentially took him around and began to have him gain more and more reputation. tickets -- pickett perfected the style. if you go to the rodeo today it is still called bulldogging. mike: there are photographs of him standing there and he is biting the steer's upper lip. he has his hands out, holding him in place. he really did do it. if your girlfriend asks you who you been kissing, you might not want to say, i've been kissing steer. mike: in 1888, th

24 in suburban texas. stop.s rated as a top listbridget said, emily's back and could be a signal to people who are paying less attention to races across the country but want to get involved in a candidate that is worth watching and something who can bring something to the table. the final process unfolds, if it is pete buttigieg or former vice president joe biden, or senator sanders, it seems to indicate from her that they almost have to select a woman as the running mate. shehat was the message's sent for sure. democrats tont for bring women into the full. that would be an important part of the ticket. can win in, women these races. it will be interesting to see how that would play out. 2016, i thinkk to politically it becomes more imperative for them to have a woman on the ticket, whether it is as the nominee for the vp nominee. building off of all of the women that want seats in the house in 2018. i think it would be politically tricky to have two men on the ticket. the both of you, thank for joining us

and flip the texas house. [applause]. i know we can do it. my friends show that we are getting close. but to get it done, we need to nominate someone at the top of the ticket who can build a broad coalition of valleys democrats attracts independents and moderate republicans. and that is what i have done in all of the pre- races that i've run in new york city i have one them all. i know how to do this. , i am not a typical politician. i think i should than a week or so ago in the debate . i never worked at a place where everybody talks it over into the predicament believe it. my mother wouldn't shock me if i would've done that. i've never worked in washington . i don't make pie-in-the-sky promises and adult talking to the cows come home. and as you've seen in the debates whom i am not someone who just yells at slogans even when they're not true. that is what they did. they had the same answers no matter what the question was. i don't know how you do that. i believe we need a leader, one who is ready to be commander-in-chief. not the college de

casey stegall is with sanders in texas today. and he's there live now with more. reporter: sanders taking a bit of a victory lap in texas, this time at a rally happening in and antonio that is wrapping up as we speak. he thanked his supporters for that big win in nevada. then he candidate texans for support. this was his second rally in texas just today, making a stop earlier in el paso where we are. tomorrow the senator from vermont will make stops in houston and then austin. the campaign trying to keep this momentum going ahead of super tuesday when texas and 13 other states vote or caucus. his messaging so far to his base has hit on everything from gun rights to immigration, climate change' and education. he says the recent victories prove' americans support his vision for the country. >> we won the popular vote in iowa. we won the new hampshire primary. and according to three networks and the a.p. we have now one the nevada caucus. let me thank the people of nevada. their support. our volunteers are prepared to knock on hundreds of thousands of doors. there is

[cheers and applause] over the last several months i've been all over texas. we went from san antonio to austin to waco to dallas and along the way i picked up one of the most celebrated justices in american history. i'm talking about the one and only judge judy. [laughter] mike: i'm honored to have her support and i can just tell you, if republicans in the senate were half as tough as she is, they would have convicted president trump on the impeachment charges. [cheers and applause] but since they didn't vote to remove him from office, we are going to do it in november. [cheers and applause] i can also tell you that judge judy and i ate more brisket than i ever have in my life. across all of texas we have built a campaign team led by houston's own ashley turner. [cheers and applause] and we've got almost 20 field offices and 180 staff on the ground across texas. and everyone is hard at work. early voting is in full swing. and we now have only five days until supertuesday. so when we need clutch city to come through, we need to wrap up here this morning and i

diana and debbie show me photos of their grandpa, a larger-than-life texas lawman.1933, he led a posse that ambushed that infamous outlaw couple, bonnie parker and clyde barrow, and nearly caught them. as kids, diana, debbie, and their brother, steve, are fascinated by grandpa's 8-inch-thick scrapbook, full of vivid crime-scene photos. wasn't that creepy? >> very, very creepy. >> we thought it was the greatest thing ever. >> there are original mug shots of bonnie and clyde and news clippings about grandpa smoot's failed ambush in sowers, texas. you think he regretted the fact that he didn't get them the first time? >> i'm sure he was probably disappointed that attempt did not work out, but he was a legendary hero after that. >> so, who was this legendary lawman? richard allen "smoot" schmid, born near garland, texas, in 1897, soon becomes the image of a long, tall texan. how did smoot get the name "smoot"? >> in high school, he was 6'4" and wore a 14-size shoe. i don't know what smoot has to do with that. >> smoot studies law in college but never goes on to practice

this weekend we travel to amarillo, texas. >> amarillo's been the center of the texas panhandle. we kind of affectionately call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. i really think our superpower here in the city of amarillo is that we think regionally. >> with the help of our sudden link cable partner, we'll learn about the history and literary life of the city and the surrounding area, as we talk with local authors and visit historic sites. >> the state park today is a lot like it has been for thousands of years. all of aed is you come across this huge -- all of a sudden you come across this huge drop in the earth. it's the second largest canyon in the united states besides the grand. >> she was here in amarillo teaching for the public school system of am rillovement then in 1916 to 1918 she came back and got a faculty position here at west texas state normal. sometimes artists don't write so we don't know what they thought and said. o'kieffe wrote prolifically. this letterbook can teach us so much more about this artist. she's struggling with just the things you c

they were coming from all over south texas. sometimes they would come to work the field, the cotton field, because this was an agricultural area. or they came to work on the railroad or things of that sort. and that would probably have been around the 1920 because a lot of our churches in the black community were established around that time. the black population was, even though they were few in number, they were very close-knit. and they pretty much had to establish their own resources; grocery stores, churches, schools. because of the animosity shown toward them by the white population here. matthew boneses hooks was also instrumental in starting what wassen known as the dogie club here in amarillo because african-american boys were not allowed to join the white organizations. there was a maverick club, maverick boys and girls club even at that time. but african-americans weren't allowed to go there. so matthew bones hooks started the dogie club. and members of that club through the years are the ones that handed down those

candidate bernie sanders claimed victory in the nevada caucuses to supporterseech in san antonio, texas. he thanked the nevada for their support and urged texas to vote for him march 3, the primary day known as super tuesday. ♪ [applause and cheers] [chanting "bernie"] sen. sanders: thank you. [applause and cheers] sen. sanders: thank you, san antonio. [applause and cheers] sen. sanders: and let me introduce to you the next first lady of the united states. [applause and cheers] sen. sanders: you will be very proud of her as first lady. [applause and cheers] sen. sanders: you know, based on what i have seen today in texas, we were in el paso, we are here now, don't tell anybody -- i don't want to get them nervous, we are going to win the democratic primary of texas. [applause and cheers] sen. sanders: and this is also important, the president gets very, very upset easily, so don't tell him we are going to beat him here in texas. [applause and cheers] sen. sanders: and now, i am delighted to bring you some pretty good news. [applause and cheers] sen. sanders: i think all of you know we wo

he is now in san antonio, texas.d to move onto the next eight and he is about to address his supporters there stop chanting: bernie, bernie, bernie! thank you! thank you, san antonio! let me introduce to you the next first lady of the united states! cheering. you will be very proud of her as first lady. you know, based on what i have seen today in texas, we were in el paso, we are here now, don't tell anybody. i don't want to get them nervous. we are going to wind the democratic primary! —— win. cheering. and you know, you know, this is also important. the president gets very, very upset easily, so don't tell him that we are going to beat him here in texas. and now i am delighted to bring you some pretty good news. i think all of you know we won the popular vote in iowa... cheering. we won the new hampshire primary. cheering. and according to three networks and the ap, we have now won the nevada caucus. cheering. chanting: bernie, bernie, bernie! so let me, let me thank the people of nevada for their support. in neva

but they're east texas folks.> a gang just getting by in a region that's struggling to make it. >> a lot of drugs, a lots of methamphetamine outs there. if someone makes money out there, has extra money, they just hand it out to each other. >> meeting with investigators, billy earl was a man on a mission. he wanted to cut a deal and fast. >> 49 years old of i have grand kids that i want to spend the rest of my life with. i want to be free and i want out this weekend. >> billy told the cops he knew things about the shooting that they did not. including the identity of the hit team. he played hard ball even as he mixed his metaphors. >> i got the big ace in the hole. if you want this murder solved, you need to work with me. you want it. i'll give it to you in a [ bleep ] golden basket. >> if the comes didn't want to play, then billy earl would zip it. >> i'm not giving up nothing until i got something solid on my end. >> he thought he was in control. >> he was sitting on an important piece of information. >> oh, yea

my first senate race in texas a was richards. i know people in texas love bernie sanders.s weekend we had 28,000 people show up in houston, austinel paso. texas is ready for a revolution. there is lots of working-class americans who have been looking for a voice and bernie sanders is that voice. laura: there are many vces in the democratic party who say he is dangerous, he cant win the presidency. is he ready for the kitchen sink to be thrown at him in bae tomorrow? chuck: they will be coming from evecy don. i think mike bloomberg may have called over th office today to tell us what we have coming. the grassroots have propelled us to this int and we are not going to lo back and we will lean on our grassroots support to make sure we get through the nomination.nd all the way to bernie sanders never backs down from a good fit. laura: wha if centrists manage heto get act together and co. will -- coalesce behind one candidate? nochuck: i would hop whoever goes into the convention the nominee.t votes should be i would hate to go and look at the american people and s bernie sande

of texas. the chair: pursuant to house the gentleman from texas, mr. crenshaw, and a member opposed, each will minutes.ive the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. crenshaw: thank you, madam chair. i rise today to support the from the great state of texas. it's been 2 1/2 years since harvey. many of my constituents are still struggling to finance their rebuilding, and it's not texans simply waited on federal aid. we've -- we passed a local bond $2.5 billion to address recovery and future prevention. many took out s.b.a. loans, a low-cost loan to get themselves back on their own feet. here's the problem. my constituents never thought that taking out an s.b.a. loan, loan they would be paying back, would prevent them from federal iving other aid. benefits wasof duo addressed in law addressed by of louisiana. but the fix came too late for some. many victims of disaster who for federal ible aid -- aid are not able to that aid. this amendment will not be able to provide the estimated nearly billion that the texas general land office believes ould b

polling in texas. he has tried very hard to flip other seats in texas, including mine.campaigning for my opponent's as well who tried to flip a state house seat. i don't know how much attention this got by national media. this was an important seat for democrats. they thought this was the signal that texas was trending. a special election. republicans won it by eight points last time. so beto was out there, knocking doors national campaign, money was flowing in. a lot of people came in to flip it. guess what happened? republicans won it by 16 points. it's not what they think it is. texas -- texans don't like it when you talk about taking away healthcare and destroying the texas medical center and creating a green new deal that would destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs in houston. turns out we don't like it when you talk about removing our guns or border walls or banning flavored tobacco. we don't like the socialist policies. >> martha: it's interesting. here's a look at the texas primary among the candidates. bernie sanders is leading among this group. so the ideal th

borja: univisiÓn publica una encuesta sobre texas, de los 14 estados que tendrÁn primarias en el superas estÁn motivados para votar en noviembre, de todos los electores registrados estamos hablando de que el 74% dice que si votarÁ. si hablamos de los latinos, es un poco mÁs bajo. el 65% dice que acudirÁ a las urnas. de cara a las presidenciales, la gran incÓgnita es si texas cambiarÁ del rojo republicanoal azul de los demÓcratas. el partido demÓcrata no gana unas elecciones presidenciales desde el 1976. aunque en elecciones recientes los demÓcratashan ido ganando terreno poco a poco. de un 38% en el aÑo 2000, a poco mÁs del 43% en el aÑo 2008, que fue por ciento el punto mÁs alto de los demÓcratas. entre los votantes registrados en texas, el voto demÓcrata es de 46%, sin embargo el republicano es de 45%. es sÓlo un punto de diferencia. la balanza hacia un lado o hacia el otro lo inclinarÍa el 9% de votantes independientes. la cuenta de univisiÓn y la universidad de houston, muestran que el Índice de aprobaciÓn a la gestión presidencial es alta en texas. estamos hablando que un 52% de t

he runs a music factory in pearland, texas. that small business was started 50 years ago. 5-0 years by his dad steve. i was overwhelmed by the guitars, ukuleles, cellos, keyboards and drums. i asked him, why do you do this? what keeps you going? he said, it's a harry potter and the wand moment. there's that divine light coming down from somewhere, there's music out of nowhere. rock on, chase. rock on. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, madam speaker. on friday i was grateful to travel on air force one to charlotte with my colleagues from south carolina, ralph norman and william timons, along with our colleagues from north carolina, ms. foxx, mark meadows, mark walker, ted budd, dan bishop and greg murphy. w.i.s. television news of colu

host: to a passive texas, good morning. texas, goodo morning. caller: we cannot forget about the fast news cycles of what happened august 3, 20 19 in el paso, texas at the walmart. and the fact that person was enabled by the current administration of the way people think about latinos in general and the fact that there was a manifesto saying that mexican americans needed to be eliminated along the southwest border because we were corrupting america. if that isn't enough to motivate a vote against them, this is about voting against him. spanish anding getting beaten up in public places and all that, that should be a motivator to show people that we are a growing population and we will still be a growing population and we will be in some sort of election and i hope it is this one. thank you. guest: a recent survey found the majority want to see stricter gun laws and that is something that is a pattern over the past 10 years among the tino's for stricter gun laws nationally. it is also important to note that one in five adults are gun owners themse

reportero: se desarrollar las elecciones primarias en texas.dice que lo harÁ. >> la comunidad latina estÁ más dividida y es menos leal a los partidos. pueden votar para republicanos y demÓcratas. reportero: hay mÁs de 16 millones de votantes registrados y cifras de las votaciones adelantadas revelan una alta participaciÓn. ilia: supermartes la jornada mÁs intensa hacia la nominaciÓn presidencial. tendremos un programa especial el martes 3 de marzo. >> hacemos una breve pausa. la corte de apelaciones, invalida la polÍtica del presidente trump que obliga a solicitar de asilos esperar en mÉxico. ilia: la administraciÓn trump proyecta triplicar las tarifas de tramites migrat mi gente, es nuestro momento vamos a votar por bernie sanders por nuestros valores y nuestras familias por nuestros trabajos y nuestros sacrificios por toda persona con voz pero sin voto por todos los que han llegado con la esperanza de vivir mejor, vamos a elegir a bernie sanders como presidente salgamos a votar. nuestro futuro. nuestra lucha. i'm bernie sanders and i approve

i grew up in south texas, the border patrol was everywhere in south texas. there was police activity for other reasons. i never saw as much crime in one place as my percent weekend in the ivy league, right? my first weekend in college. all right? and, i assure you that the police could have smelled their way, this was before i wanted legalization, the police could have smell their way to federal crimes and they weren't interested in doing that. on the contrary all right. so that kind of immunity that comes with being primarily privileged, wealthy white person is not something that communities of color can count on. and so until we get beyond that racist disparity in the criminal justice system, then, i don't think it is ever justifiable to tack on a secondary punishment, a a secondary consequence, the fact that a large group of people doing what they shouldn't be doing, some of them have the misfortune getting caught, others don't, a lot of time it is just because of the skin you were born into, the wealth that you, that you have come to benefit from. >> can

bernie sanders now has healthy leads in california and texas. clear proof he has a super tuesday chance to open up a big lead in the delegate chase. >> i feel very good. i've worked hard to earn these votes, and i think i'll do well. >> a lot of ground in striking distance. if there are people who haven't, come out and vote. i think we have a shot to win this. >> back to 2020 politics in a few moments, but we begin the hour with the coronavirus. the second day of wall street panic, an effort of time still undermined by the president's tone. he's trying to show the full force of the federal government machinery is at work and at his disposal. an expanded task force, a morning briefing with lawmakers, calls with front line governors, daily sessions with reporters to give updates on the response. top administration officials leading a capitol hill briefing a bit earlier today confident a bipartisan deal on a coronavirus response plan will be released by early next week. members of congress left those meetings grateful for what they were told but al

this is where everyone had their first or last meal in texas. it was an exceptionally busy and successful cafe because it was conveniently located in the middle of nowhere. people could pull up their bellies, there cars, and if they were tired they could get a room at the motel in the back. town rio was a happening in the 1950's. we had a lot of fun photographing this. i had a lot of fun writing about it. this was truly a busy place along route 66. it is hard to imagine that cars five truly be stacked up and six at the gas station, especially since it is so quiet today. all we have to do is look at the freeway a quarter-mile north, and that is where everyone is. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to amarillo, texas, to learn about its rich history. to learn more about amarillo and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> next, history and environmental studies professor ryan black tells how world war i led to a dramatic increase in the production a