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

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

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

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

texas capital with you. c-span cities to her continues with a visit to the presidentialn museum in austin, texas. tour fromr gives us a the 60 from the 60's exhibit. >> the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. >> i have a dream that one day -- >> and we shall overcome. [applause] >> ♪ come gather round, people wherever you roam and you have grown and accepted that thing you'll be drenched to the bone is your time worth saving? you better start swimming or you will sink like a stone the times, they are a'changing' ♪ here at the lbj gallery we are featuring the 60 from the 60's exhibit. within the exhibit itself, as the title suggests, we highlight americans who had a great impact on the nation. and are still relevant with the 21st century. some of these people are bob dylan, president lyndon johnson, barbra streisand. we have science. we have the apollo 11 crew. being the first humans on the face of the moon. we highlight marshall nuremberg, who not only cracked the genetic code back in the 1960's, but also won the nobel prize for his work. charles schultz, one of my favorite par

dime ofnot spend a texas taxpayer money. i would not let a dime of it go to that agency. >> how do you stay in the race and be competitive? mr. perry: we have the best week of fundraising last week that we have had since june. i think some of you are making too much ado about the story. i will be in south carolina at the end of the week and in iowa again. there are people who can keep a small footprint. i am one of them. >> you're not going anywhere? mr. perry: i am going a lot of places. i am not going away. >> any thoughts on governor walker's plan be released yesterday on replacing obamacare? do you think the strategy makes sense? mr. perry: i have not looked at it. but again, you will hear a lot of people saying, repeal and replace obamacare. we have been seeing that for a long time. believe that the states are where the decisions need to be made, not washington, d.c. the idea that washington can come up with a way to deliver health care that is efficient for new york state versus new mexico or washington, this is, on its

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

the first one was as a draftsman at the texas general land office. he drew maps for them and he was known for drawing little themes and characters on the parameter something his coworkers thought was pretty clever. a second job was as a teller at the first national bank of austin and it is there where his life sort of took a twist for real. he was found to be embezzling money, about $850. some people said he was guilty. some people said he wasn't. some people said he was not equipped to be a teller, he was preoccupied by the teller cage. in any case he was sentenced to five years in federal prison in columbus, ohio. it looked like he came up with the penn name concurrent with being in prison. he was really embarrassed by the whole ordeal and try to keep a low profile in prison. that was his way of masking his identity a bit. he might have toyed with the name prior to prison but i think he really adopted it in earnest once he got there and transformed himself into becoming a full-time writer. there is a biography on him called "time to write." it says

viajarÁn a reunirse con familiares que viven en el norte de texas. tes indocumentados y a delincuentes en la frontera con ayuda de naves no tripuladas. hoy fue el dÍa mÁs caliente del aÑo en phoenix, se registrÓ una temperatura de 117. juan: ni el intenso calor ni el sol que los consume detienen los sueÑos de quienes en pleno verano buscando mar al suelo estadounidense. sin embargo, una cosa es lo que escucharon y otra lo que viven cuando el agua y los alimentos escasean. la temperatura sube, y no encuentran un poco de sombra. el pasado 4 de agosto, tres inmigrantes desesperados, llamaron al 911 pidiendo auxilio. en medio del gigantesco desierto de arizona. ante la urgencia, se enviÓ a un aviÓn no tripulado con la misiÓn de encontrarlos. >> la patrulla fronteriza va a pedir esos rescates al departamento de aire y marina. juan: la nave los ubicÓ en minutos y pasÓ los datos a una patrulla terrestre que llegÓ a prestarles auxilio y ordenar su traslado aÉreo de emergencia. >> son mÁs de 550 rescates, desafortunadamente lo que va del aÑo fiscal 30 personas

chance since we have a texas ranger company on site here that they can meet a real, live texas ranger, which is what a lot of them would like to do. >> in 1993 the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms raided the branch davidian compound outside waco, texas. after a fierce gun battle, a 51-day standoff ensued and ended with a fire on the religious compound that killed 76 people. as the c-span cities tour of waco continues, we talk about the branch davidians with the religion professor from baylor niversity. [gunshots] >> bring the tanks and stuff around here, i tell you what. being an american first i'm the kind of guy that i'll stand in front of a tank. you can run over me but i'll be biting one of the tracks. no one is going to hurt me or my family. that's american policy here. you could have arrested me any day as i jogged up and down this road. you could have arrested me going to town or going to walmart. waco is going to bear witness against the a.t.f. and i do not appreciate it and never will i ever appreciate

texas. but do you employees know? have you made a point to tell your employees we could no longer do business in new jersey? we could no longer do business in california. no. you just moved to texas. so all the employees come and they're like, woe, i like texas but i liked california and they'll vote for the same things and it will fundamentally change texas. >> host: final question. do you expect another 9/11 attack? >> guest: yeah issue think it's only a matter of time before we are gravely attacked. i don't think it's going to be necessarily like 9/11. my worst fear is -- that is what america should be worried about what i believe is something like that. and i think we are in a -- i don't think americans realize especially with greece and everything else, we just have to remember what they felt on september 11th. we all felt the same thing. my gosh, this is fragile. it's been 15 years of taking a beating. our country has taken a beating over the last 15 years financially, morally

in 23, covering a sloth of west texas, and flipped back and forth between the representatives, and theast several election resist. the way that it had a chilling impact was not that people had the i.d. to vote. but they knew it would be harder to vote. and more could be expected they would not meet the standards. if they had the idea. it should have been harder, that's the point. in places like georgia and tennessee, after voter i.d. laws get into effect. it doesn't prevent voting for fraud. there's more going on. what it is, it's become a partisan fight. most of the american people support it. it enhances voter confidence. i don't feel strongly of that, we need voter i.d. a majority of blacks. >> sure. first of all, there's no constitutional right. early voting, expanded voting, there's no correlation between which states or parties control them or have the features. for example, in new york, a very blue controlled state. it does not have voting. others states that are red have easier registration requirements, for whatever reason. similarly, early voting does not correlate to who com

then the projection these people are making is, that will lead to a democratic texas. i think they are off base for a number of reasons. republicans do very well in this state among hispanic voters. we have been averaging at the statewide level about 40% of the hispanic vote. in the last election, greg abbott, candidate for governor got 44% running against wendy davis. the senator, john cornyn, got the majority of the hispanic vote. the trends are not as overwhelming as people project. the second thing is to look to the future, 10 to 15 years from now, and prognosticate on what is going to happen is very iffy and uncertain. i'll give you three reasons why i think trying to portray the state becoming democratic because of the increase in hispanics is wrong. first one is assimilation intermarriage, and suburbanization. all those three factors make it questionable about how hispanics are going to vote in the future. intermarriage is the first link. the two candidates -- her name was better pure. both of them are hispanics. what are their children and grandchildren going to

texas. he is about to, with a wave of a pen, resign. shake hands here with lieutenant governor republican rick perry and his wife anita there. he will become the new texas governor. >> rick perry only got the job of texas governor because his predecessor had to leave to go become president. and that's a very unusual thing. but it turns out for the big long list of governors who are running this year for president, it's not actually even that unusual. rick perry is not the only one of them to have ascended to the job of governor without actually being directly elected to it. >> arkansas has a new governor this morning, but it took a little longer than expected to get one. on monday, democratic governor jim guy tucker said he change his mind and would not resign as promised following his white water conviction. that's when the state's lieutenant governor promised to impeach him. finally, tucker did step down and mike huckabee was sworn in. >> mike huckabee. nobody really remembers this about him, but he only became governor of arkansas be

texas. in 1884 it became a major issue any gets revisited. so, andrew jackson writes to his friend sam houston basically saying that it would really benefit the future prosperity of texas and the united states for this to happen. he ends the letter saying, "god bless you. is the prayer of your friend, andrew jackson." the 1900 storm for galveston is a major event in the island's history. there's been a lot written about it and said about it, but it lingers today. so, it is still very much a part of galvestonians history and lives today. this letter is a recent acquisition, and it's from francis lister, who was a railroad agent. it is written to his two sons. "dear boys." it is a letter basically describing what happened to him and his family during the storm. it goes into great detail about the water rising and the wind picking up and what happened to them through the night of september 8. it's basically letting the boys know they are ok. he had already sent them telegraph's, but i guess he wanted to go into detail and let them know what happe

this latest shooting at a texas car dealership. we will have details on. ahead a major environmental disaster in colorado, the governor declaring a state of emergency after 3 million gallons of toxic water accidentally released in to the river. yellow, sludge, making its way to new mexico and threatening arizona's lakes. we will have details on. that plus gm a at money how to save big on back to school supplies, the average american family is expected to spend hundreds of dollars per child, we have all of the tips you need to know to slash your back to school spending. >>> and, it is one of the hottest songs of the umer, they are here to perform their heat, lean on, and you can see robin right here, right here in times square. it was a dj, i really nailed that. >> yes. >> i got caught dancing, i love that song. it makes you happy. >>> yes. >>> all right. lets take a look at the road. we have sunshine that will greet you and slow you down sitting on the 30 bypass. this is at 322, eastbound traffic jamming from 340 to 113. it is slow go on the 30 bypass. here

a precaution. >>> tonight growing outrage over shooting in texas. what police are revealing led up to the death of an unarmed college football player. >>> plus taking a stand. a local mother is being praised for her response to some homophobic graffiti. >>> the phillies can climb out of basement with a win against the padres. highlights are coming up in sports. >>> a deadly police shooting in arlington, texas is attracting national attention. a police officer is on leave after shooting a football player at a wreck at a car dealership. taylor was not armed. he was at a soft more in texas. >>> a former math teacher is sentenced to prison time for having sex with teenage student. just how many time she'll have to spend behind bars. >>> case of vandalism turned into a positive message. now it's making national headlines. we'll explain. >>> a beautiful start to the weekend. we'll have a nice end as well. we're tracking showers and the return to 90s in your seven day. we'll look at that. machine . >>> a former math teacher from bucks county will spend time

i thought perry did a good job? texas. >> he is he a genius. he is he gandhi. i'm glad i'm alive during his era. i hope fox has some monitors over there at the big game to make sure nobody has deflated the balls. i picked up a rosetta stone app. today to make me figure out jibber irish to english so i can watch the debate. christie snuck in. did you ever think you would hear yourself say that christie snuck in? if i was christie, i would show ups a landmark bridge over in cleveland called the main avenue bridge, he ought to shut that bridge down, too so nobody else can make it to the debate. that should be his mo. just keep on shutting down bridges so he he is the last man standing. >> so no one can get to the

night, captured, a party say they arrested the man guilty of a texas department. desperate journey. they're coming by the thousands. refugees in serge arch of a bart life. dos ctor shortage, nurse practitioners filling the widening gap in health care. why there are new questions tonight about their training. ten years later, it was the deadliest hurricane in history. devastating new orleans and the gulf coast. why hardships remain years later, and see how man's best friend is teaching kids a new trick. it has something to do with stop, drop, and - roll over. nightly news begins now. >> from nbc world questioned quarters in new york. >> we begin with breaking news in houston texas. a suspect is in custody charged with capital murder for the execution style murder of a department. he had just finished refilling his patrol car and he was shot to death. the surveillance video captured it. jaken >> reporter: tonight authorities say the man who gunned down a houston sheriff's department has been caught. charged with capital murder. >> we have identified the suspect responsible for the sens

a lawsuit. attorney represents 32 texas children and 28 immigrants parents in a lawsuit filed in the state of texas. >> just like everyone else with children born in the u.s., they have a right to have a birth certificate for a child, so they can get medical certificates, so they can enrol them, baptise them. >> i asked what is wrong if the state's current policy walks in this way, and stops border crossers from giving birth. >> she says she understands the controversy, but her daughter shouldn't pay. >> the vital statistics office didn't respond to the request for comment. we went in the search of answers. >> are you aware that most people who are trying to use those are undocumented immigrants who had children born here, and are u.s. citizens, and are denied a service in. >> no, i'm not aware of that. >> basically when an applicant comes, we request the information. it is required by the state. >> texas asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit arguing a lawsuit cannot be judged. >> meanwhile as the first day of school approaches, her daughter may be denied enrolment >>> police in thailand say t

have a clear military advantage in places like texas. that helps explain why there's a spanish movement to texas and why it's relatively limited. mexico is also an interesting case. the other key spanish salient in north america at this time of our course. we'll talk about california on wednesday. new mexico remains as you see from that map, similar to what it's been throughout the course. it doesn't have a massive expansion in the 1700s. new mexico as was the case in the 17th century, is never a big revenue generator for the spanish empire. french in places like louisiana are convinced it is, but new mexico is a poor frontier colony at the end of a long supply route. it never finds the silver mines, for example, the spanish were hoping for. it's a poor saliaent up in the north. in 1765, only about 10,000 people of spanish descent in pueblo, new mexico. it's relatively small and poor in terms of population. isolated at the end of a long supply route and doesn't have any big earning commodity. there's some trade idea how new mexico as a co

texas. it is also the story of the rivalry between the two political titans of the age. have same hand, you houston, who everybody knows spirit he was a larger-than-life texas frontiersman, large man physically, very handsome, love to dress nicely, and love to speak. people drove from miles around to come hear him speak. mirabelle lamarr was short, andpy, not a ladies man, somewhat shy. he spoke slowly. many people who met him for the first time came away thinking he was not very bright, which was not the case. was the only president to be inaugurated in the city of houston, which he hated for the name alone. sam houston was the only president to be inaugurated in austin, a city he fought against. only political rivals, but personal enemies who hated each other. between the first rumblings of independence in 1835 and the spring of 1837, the seats of government of the republic of texas shifted several times. they started incidentally be with a convention in 1835. in 1830 six they signed the declaration of independence in the town of washington. subsequently, the alamo fell. everybody fled east, including the government. the government

it's at an all-time high. >> you taught at texas a and m for a number of years and in new york. if we were in class right now, what kind of questions are the students asking about this and what answers are they looking for in regard to immigration. >> great question. students take my classes for a wide range of reasons. some of them are immigrants themselves or the children of immigrants and they want to understand their family's experience and put it in a larger context to see how their experience compares to those who came before them. that's one set of motivations. others approach it from a policy standpoint. they're interested in american government. they're interested in a legislative responses, and the history of the presidency, and they want to understand how immigration policy has changed, and what is the appropriate course of action. i think we're all in agreement that we're at a moment in our history where we need to reconsider our immigration policy. and we're not in agreement about what that should look

we have no personal income tax in texas. it is a job friendly market. like business print we like to grow. that is the reason why texas is more successful. alix: texas is awesome. joe: we'll be right back. alix: do not miss this. it glencore earnings are out tomorrow. traders ofe biggest commodities in the world. you have to look at margins. take a look inside my terminal. you're looking at the aluminum premium over the last year. you could see the huge debt down. joe: and the german the on the greek bailout. they are going to pass the vote. how many party members will merkel lose? that is the one to watch. watch. alix: ha ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage, all of taylor swift's music videos, interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. emily: tech investors get worried about china. thed the following u.n. be tip of the iceberg? i'm emily chang. this is bloomberg west. comcast and nbc reach for a younger audience with buzz feed. theal media is ripping up election playbook.

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

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

researchers at texas a&m joined a washington state based traffic organization to compile the study. they examined 471 urban streets across the country and the average commuter was delayed 76 hours a year. the situation will get worse, all that time waiting in traffic costs you money in wasted fuel, lost time and money. drivers loose $1,700. researchers blame an improving economy. more local commuters are riding officer's to and from work. ridership increased 8% in the last year, and in peak times the vallejo line was 90% filled. >>> tourist from thailand was robbed at gun point, then he was shot and wounded after he went after the robbers,. >>> crooked local ward street a- - lombard street attracts tourist, and apparently crooks. >> the victim tried to get his items back, a chase transpired. >> that's when a second suspect showed up, shots were fired. other visitors are shocked. >> unbelievable. >> we found it safe here so far. >> police found to get away car and followed it to oakland. it ended near the emeryville line. a police dog tracked the second suspect. >> officers recovered

they don't establish a dominating spanish presence in texas. they're as a rulable as a rule to indians. a spanish effort to move north, well beyond san antonio. what happens is, at the request of apache indians, the spanish build a mission in 1757. spanish mission, 1757. in 1758, one year later, a group of indians, most likely an alliance of other groups from the north, annihilate the san salva mission, which is a bad way to start out. it's an indication on even the spanish fortified places in texas. viewing that as unacceptable, the spanish try to pursue the comanches and their indian allies north. what they find is a well fortified indian camp. stock aid, ditch and walls. it's pflying a french flag. the spanish who attached this fortification name there were all kinds of guns and ammunition, and there was a lot of french there. there is no evidence for that. they claim there were people carrying french flags and wearing french uniforms. the spanish are repelled. the key point is, again, the weakness of the spanish in texas, and also the fact t

so you had a worker shift and because of the growth in texas, we continue to see good growth. mean it's not 3%. joe: basically one month from now or a little less, we could get the first rate hike since the financial crisis. what do you think about monetary policy? is this the right time, should they wait? guest: they have been too loose, too long. you keep rate waiting for the perfect data which seems to be what they do, i don't think you ever get there. joe: we have had no inflation or anything. why should they have gone at this point? guest: the strauss in the wind show that there is a lot of opportunity for this country to grow. there is a lot of backlog. and if you look at texas, the number one problem is skilled labor. we need more of it. there's plenty of jobs. overregulation has limited growth. and so there's opportunity to build and go forward. alix: how would a rate hike help you with that? guest: it's not going to make that much difference except to give the ability that if we have another problem and even though the fed says they kgb low zero and i'm sure they figur

authorities say they've arrested a suspect for the brazen murder of a texas sheriff's deputy. why it's being called a cold-blooded assassination. >>> desperate journey. they're coming by the thousands. refugees risking death in search of a better life. richard engel is on the front lines of this growing crisis. >>> doctor shortage. nurse practitioners using their signature touch to fill the widening gap in primary health care. why there are new questions about their training. >>> ten years later. it was the deadliest hurricane in u.s. history, devastating new orleans and the gulf coast. why hardships remain all these years later. >>> and ruff lesson. how man's best friend is teaching kids a new trick. it has something to do with stop, drop and roll over. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, thomas roberts. >>> good evening. we begin with breaking news tonight in houston, texas. a suspect is now in custody. charged with capital murder for the execution-style killing of a uniformed sh

there was already a warrant begins the gun man for an assault on a family member. >>> in arlington, texas a medical examiner has rule the shooting death of a black college football player by a white police officer a homicide. the fbi and arlington officials are investigating the death of the unarmed teen which happen during a burglary call in the car dealership. authorities say officer brad miller shot 19 year-old christian heyward several times during the early morning incident on friday. officer miller is describe as a rookie nearing the end of 16 weeks of field training. >> no real problems, you know, just a good man. >> christian take already played defensive back at angelo state university. the football team has acknowledged taylor's death on his twitter page. >>> new york city officials say a a it looks like legionnaires disease out break has been contain. they say even though five more buildings in the south bronx tested positive for bacteria, there is in sign of anyone in those buildings have contracted the disease, and buildings have had their cooling towers cleaned. ten people hav

texas. he's from somewhere else. watch. >> katie, up until a ago missouri was one of several states renting jail space in texas. you may recall a video surfaced showing prisoners being abused. missouri took its inmates home. it was thought others would do the same. as jim reports that hasn't happened. >> first, there was this videotape that graphically shows sheriff deputies and jailers using tear gas, stun guns and attack dogs. on missouri inmates in a texas jail. missouri was one of 11 states that rented jail space from texas before it pulled its inmates out of here but the other ten states continue representing more than 4,000 jail cells at the rate of $40 a day. the reason why is simple. those states don't have enough jail space, texas has a glut of empty cells and needs the money to pay for them and sometimes other states actually save money by sending their inmates here. take wisconsin, for example. its prison system is already 50% over capacity and with the courtsing kraing down on crime it's only going to get worse. this facility in rac

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

a fire breaks out 30 miles south of dallas at the magnablend chemical plant in waxahachie, texas. aze ignites thousands of gallons of liquid chemicals and within minutes transforms acres of buildings into a sea of flames. >> once it got to the products, typically the mineral oil and the hydrocarbon based products petroleum products, that's going to light off and continue until there's no more fire load. >> fireballs explode while a thick black blanket of smoke spews hundreds of feet in the air. the morning sky grow so dark local resident chris dillinger believes a storm is brewing on the horizon. >> at first i thought, man, is that a rain cloud? i thought the skies were clear. i take a second look. that's not a rain cloud at all. it's absolutely huge. that's crazy. this is insane. absolutely enormous clouds. the first thing that pops in your mind is somebody's house is on fire. then you realize, oh, that's not a house. that's something a lot bigger. look at that, dude. >> i doesn't even look real. >> no, it don't look real. >> like we're sitting here looking at some crazy -- >> loc

a new study from texas a&m says d.c. drivers waste more time and fuel than traffic in either new york and l.a. >> and we posted it with the washington app about whatever comes out of that meeting. >> today, a judge will formally sentence james holmes to life in prison without parole. the colorado movie theater shooter killed 12 people and hurt dozens more in 2012. >>> and in the washington monument, the elevator broke with 50 people at the top last night. the elevator is closed until it's fixed. >>> and it's wednesday. that means you're already thinking about the weekend at the beach, if you're heading down to the coastline, perfect weather, friday, saturday, sunday. water temperature, 80 degrees. are you kidding me? great weather until then. >>> ramp from southbound gw parkway to inbound key bridge. again, we're shut down today through friday. the alternate can't take key bridge but roosevelt. >> that is the broadcast this morning. thanks for waking up with us. >> what a musical morning. the "today" show is next. until t

night, captured, a party say they arrested the man guilty of a texas department. desperate journey. they're coming by the thousands. refugees in serarch of a bart life. doctor shortage, nurse practitioners filling the widening gap in health care. why there are new questions tonight about their training. ten years later, it was the deadliest hurricane in history. devastating new orleans and the gulf coast. why hardships remain years later, and see how man's best friend is teaching kids a new trick. it has something to do with stop, drop, and roll over. nightly news begins now. >> from nbc world questioned quarters in new york. >> we begin with breaking news in houston texas. a suspect is in custody charged with capital murder for the execution style murder of a department. he had just finished refilling his patrol car and he was shot to death. the surveillance video captured it. jak >> reporter: tonight authorities say the man who gunned down a houston sheriff's department has been caught. charged with capital murder. >> we have identified the suspect responsible for the senseless and

i would not spend a dime of texas taxpayer money, i would not let a dime money go to that. we had the best week of fundraising last week that we had since june. i think most of you are making too much ado about the story. i am in iowa. i will be in south carolina at the end of the week. i will be back in iowa again. there are people who can keep a pretty small footprint. i am one of them. >> you are not going anywhere? >> i am going a lot of basis. [laughter] >> and a comments on governor walker's plan on repealing obamacare? do you think the strategy makes sense? rick perry: i have not looked at it. you'll hear a lot of people say the right things. repeal and replace obamacare. we have been seeing that for a long time. obviously, i believe the states are where the decisions need to be made, not in washington d.c. the entire idea that washington can come up with a way to deliver health care that is effective and efficient for new york versus new mexico versus washington, this is not common sense. let the people in the country the side -- decide. in the state of texas, we do

mark fainaru-wada a response to what herb had to say from texas? .. roper tackling is obviously important in teaching that and having kids were not in over their heads is a huge peace of it. the end it comes back to whether you can really figure a way to legislate your way out of this. >> host: good afternoon. >> >> has anybody ordeal have any data related to natural turf the hearses synthetic? is seen as the synthetic increase is the speed as well as a harsh surface to come in contact with. do you have data related to that? >> it is the really good question and i don't think we came across data for the reporting but there was anecdotal discussion to talk about what it was like to play on astroturf when it was relieved as hard as cement but at that time it did make them faster but consequently when you fell and hit your head there hurt a lot more so reheard players and families talk about that whether there is data analysts said a decrease of these issues since he had gone to a different turf remains to be seen. >> host: we have some more calls. joe fr

everything is big in texas. a spider web is attracting a lot of attention. this communal web is nearly as long as a football field, that's 100 yards, and about 40 feet high. it's rare for hundreds of speeders to cooperate like this, which is why spider experts and nature enthusiasts are stopping by. experts say the speeders are not harmful to humans, just trying to catch a large number of insects. >> good night, folks. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- kristen stewart, jim belushi,

and getting hotter in texas, a windy dangerous weather in the northern rockies. and a new storm system will kick down from the northern planes. and watch out rochester, down to des moiness, possible isolated storms, hail, and could move into chicago and the great lakes into sunday afternoon. that's your national weather, now a closer look at your day ahead. so, that rain that we're tracking through the new york city area this morning will be exiting through new england and should be a pretty dry afternoon most spots. that's not the dpras the southeast where the front will trigger additional storms in the afternoon. kilo in hawaii, something to watch. >> oh, really. thank you, bill. >>> still ahead, why authorities searched kiss rocker gene simmons' . >>> welcome back this friday morning. so, history is being made today. two female soldiers will become the first ever to graduate from the grueling and prestigious army ranger school. we'll hear from the two later in the show. >>> crews are were building chemistry labs when a torch hit a line and it blew out windows o

short eightas in a year period of time -- seven year period, we closed down three prisons and we saved $2 billion of texas taxpayer money. crime but it is also allowing people a second chance. federal level i think you can do the same thing. states need to compete against each other. you are starting to see other texas states follow each other's lead on these criminal justice reforms that are making a difference. there is being smart on how you it is what i think americans are looking for in washington is not going to be the epicenter of that. need to be a repository of best practices? yes. the talk to legislatures -- legislators about how to put these practices and to place? yes. the states compete against each other whether it is social issues or economic issues. but number one, america will be stronger and happier. >> we are that texas has a great state and have spent times here several times. what you think of the iowa state fair and what is your favorite food? gov. perry: i will have to go with the straight up pork chop. they do a great job down there. as such a say there are not lots of other good t

this baby, born in a texas hospital in november 2013, is a u.s.itizen, yet any child, now one, has been unable to get a birth certificate. her mother asked us not to use the family's last name or show their faces. she is undocumented, and she says that's the reason why her daughter has been denied her proof of birth. >> translator: she should have the same rights as a child born to american parents she says. >> reporter: at the heart of the issue, the state of texas is making it impossible for most undocumented parents to get a birth certificate, by requiring id documents they can get. now it is no longer recognizing the government id card issued by a foreign consulate. >> what are these kids going to do? they have no birth certificate. that's outrageous to me. >> reporter: this attorney represents 32 texas children and 28 immigrant parents in a lawsuit filed this summer against the state of texas. the state says it hasn't accepted it since 2008 because it is an unsecure document. but the policy wasn't strictly enforced until last summer when an u

at least, that was the theory until a scientist in texas found a way to test cremated remains. and in so doing, made forensic history. ♪ >>> san angelo, texas, known for its oil, cotton fields, and extremely hot weather. >> it's great country. there's a lot of rural area to it. of course, the biggest problem they have out there is you don't get a whole lot of rain. >> olgie and leita nobles ran the town's air conditioning business, and they had no shortage of customers. perhaps it was the strain of both living and working together, but the two didn't always see eye to eye. >> it was that kind of different relationship where there was love involved but you couldn't tell it from the outside. >> mr. nobles had a real drinking problem, and they argued like cats and dogs. >> at the age of 70, olgie died after a lengthy illness. >> shortly after the funeral, his wife leita checked herself into a hospital. she hadn't been feeling well for weeks. >> i was just sick. just vomiting all the time. just deathly sick to my stomach and i just get weaker and weaker. >> leita blamed the stress o