a dynamic speaker. her book, "hood's texas brigade," a must read. one of the most important units of the army of northern virginia. ural.ah, [applause] susannah: thank you. good evening, everybody. thank you for coming out tonight. this is the time of day when i'm usually at home on my porch sipping bourbon so i appreciate you making the effort to be out here. i'm going to set my stop watch cause if i don't, i'll have you here all night. so as pete mentioned, i'm here to talk about my book, "hood's texas brigade." you have to take us back to the study of units, military units, and kind of resurrect unit histories. i know most of you have heard a one-woman speak recently on her book. she's had close analysis of civil war units that breaks away from the old tradition that's much more celebratory to one that blends military history, a traditional analysis of these men in camp, in fields, and understanding of command relationships and how that is essential to an effective unit, but also one that brings in the home front in understanding how essential th

the first texas is a slightly different regiment within this brigade. these are the guys who volunteered as early as they possibly could. they actually left texas and headed to virginia before jefferson davis had decided that he would allow texans to be recruited for the fighting, because at the time, they thought, we might need them on the western frontier. so they didn't even have approval. they didn't even know if they would be accepted in confederate service and these guys had already left. you can think of the texans as your die hard, absolutely aggressive, know aggressive of the regiments. this can be a good thing and a bad thing. you know, it's no surprise that the first texans also took the highest casualties at the battle. fourth and fifth texas are absolutely just as dedicated but they waited and drilled all summer in texas, until they got word that jefferson davis would accept more texans since the first texas would force their way in, and the fourth and fifth texans then headed to richmond in the fall. late summer and early fall of 1862. all

a great job creator. in the last quarter of last year, texas grew 5.2%. wasn't a single other state except for idaho that got into 4%. so, you know, people come to texas for the jobs. they don't come for the scenery, but there is a tremendous amount of growth, economic growth in the state. where we're falling down is we're not educating our children and we're not building the infrastructure we need for the massive amount of growth. >> you've written in the south, it went very republican in some cases, very sort of back to the future so to speak, quite right wing, quite conservative. and, you know, dragging the rest of the country with it when it comes too big elections. but you say it should actually be a blue state. in other words, democrat. how do you say that? why? what are the demographics? >> well, texas is a majority minority state. it has that in common with california. and, of course, california is the largest state and also the largest blue state, largest democratic state. and texas is the largest republican state. they're very similar demographic

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listen, texas really is, i think phenomenal state. a friend of mine in alaska points out that everybody says but you could cut alaska in four pieces and they have everything. all they have got. texas seems to have everything else. it's been remarkable in the last coming s as governor from a long line of texas governors and continue to build n the economic success of the state and i would like to thank you for hanging out with us this morning. add one just quickly point. the reason why, independent of ho is governor of the state of texas, it is the people and the heart and soul of the people of that make theexas state great. ur job is just don't mess it up. >> remarkably you do have the lament the fact that people move here and behaviors.xas like they see very surprised that a hipster moves to austin and becomes more conservative even in austin. it's a remarkable thing. thanks for taking the time. you. to see >> thanks. >> governor greg abbott. >> thank you all. thank you. [applause] . managed to kick off the morning, spill water on the

my first guest is the governor of the great state of texas. hass a really good guy who literally weathered storm after storm in texas. i have a lot of family that grew up in houston. it is one reason i never came to texas to go to college. it was my mother's family and they were all aggies. i like the long ones better. i avoided that fight and went to georgia. all of my mom's family lives in the houston area. there are houses i went to as a kid that are no longer there. texas has changed and governor abbott has weathered these storm's with the state and seen the state overcome so much in the last few years. from fires in the west to flooding in the east. to make in texas well as someone from georgia who has consistently been right about the state to do business and. texas has stole that title away from us in the past couple of years. i first questions going to be very simple. there may be someone i work with you may be a radio producer of mine who got off the plane in texas and said i just think texas is overrated. it is from montana. i actually thin

my first guest is the governor of the great state of texas. he is a really good guy who for the last couple of years has literally weathered storm after storm in texas. i have a lot of family that grew up in houston. it's one reason i never came to texas to go to college. because it was my mother's family and they were all aggies and i'm kinds of -- i like the longhorns better. i avoided that fight and went to georgia instead of coming to texas. but all of my mom's family lives in the houston area. there are houses that i went to as a kid that are no longer there. texas has changed and governor abbott has literally weathered these storms with the state and seen the state overcome so much in the last few years, i'm sure stuff he didn't expect to have to deal with as governor. yet he's done that. from fires in the west to flooding in the east, to making texas, well, as someone who georgia who has rated the state the best to do business in, to suddenly see texas steal that title away from us in the last couple of years and become again the best state to

how can you be a career politician in the texas legislature that only meets for a couple days? >> there are those who try to do it. that is where we need to take a deep breath. there is the problem with the career politician. on the other hand there is the problem with the people who amass a lot of power to themselves. we have got to find the right balance. how much unknown are we willing to take? this will frustrate every person in the room but barack obama kind of did it right. he was a community organizer which we can be dismissive of but in chicago politics, some understand chicago politics, he had the area he was responsible for, proved that he could do that and then ran for the state senate. we may hate it but he prove he was reliable in the state senate for the left and they let him run for the u.s. senate, he proved he was reliable and then they made him president of the united states. we should take a page that. it is not wrong to look at the way the other side operates and find the good tactics that work. keeping in mind the strategies we are aiming for. you don't wan

. >> a gathering of conservatives met in austin, texas, earlier this month. axas governor greg added and georgia congressman were among those speaking in the gathering. >> governor abbott will be appear in a few minutes. we will talk to you brief we about why we are doing this. i know a number of you are familiar with the rest a gallery. one of the things i really wanted to do in the last several years is really start focusing on having conversations as opposed to just the one-sided onstage, let's hear from the politician who gives us the good campaign speech, and doesn't really have to answer questions. i'm kind of a big believer in conversation. i'm kind of a big believer in conversation. and when i moved over to the resurgent in 2016, one of the reasons i chose the name resurgent is because i really think that conservatism by and large have done successfully across the country, except in the white house, with barack obama. we won everything except the presidency. down to the local level we've been winning. and we've gotten really complacent, to some degree.

, -- like yourself of not being from texas, we have in a fitted over the last 15, 20 years in texas of not being california, not being new york, not being illinois. we have gotten more right than we have gone wrong. do not confuse being the least drunk person at the bar with being a model of sobriety. [laughter] [applause] managed to, we have know which pick up out in the parking lot is ours, we got that pretty well settled. is in the corner drilling on itself muttering about the jobs it lost. better thanve done the other states which is your mom was right, do not compare yourself to other people. we have allowed ourselves to get sucked into the myth of just because we are better off than anyone else and that has allowed pr,o start bucking our own where anyone who is republican is out to do good and promote all the values and principles and economic policies. in fact, what we see is a lot of republicans as you mentioned in the texas legislature were folks marker whenh their the report card gets home to the the f look like an and d look like an r. house

there is a huge 15 page article about this. but texas has the same demographics as a california. in texas is texas. in fact we are the unique things. they wrote an article about it. is that when people moved to texas. they start behaving like a texans. they actually have an article about liberals from seattle. they buy guns and go to gun ranges. it's something they've never done before. what makes texas unique. there is something a little bit more difficult that we need to have a conversation with about the next couple of days. and that is even support and you can support and vote for the president but do you have to say yes to policies that are conservative. can you be a conservative and support the president. i think you can do that. even if you don't like tariffs for example. there is a lot of peer pressure out there. you have to hold the line on everything. i was critical of george w. bush when he was president. but there are good things that they do. there are good judges that they appoint. there is good at foreign policy they have. there are bad policies also. there was immi

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he is the project director of harvard universities and elizabeth cobb she is a professor at texas a & m university and a senior fellow at the hoover institution. what was happening in 1968? we had the escalation of the vietnam war, the political turmoil with lyndon johnson announcing he will not seek another term in large part because of vietnam and the heightened tensions with the cold war and the soviet expansion into czechoslovakia. >> bad year. it was a year where it seemed like all of these strands seemed to come together at once. north korea became more, you know, opportunistic, trying to actually launch a kind of situation where they might be able to open up a southern front, taking advantage of the vietnam war and the ted offensive and czechoslovakia, which was this moment where like so much of 1968 where it seemed like everything might change for the better and then the cold war comes in and slams it all down. >> explain what happened with the soviet moving into czechoslovakia and why that was such a significant milestone in 1968? >> well, in a way, czechoslovakia had always

and i think he used his ownership of the texas rangers as a kind of pivot point. as really meetin rove, this texas political guru, thought that bush had a chance to be governor. - rove saw someone with ilme natural political that had not been well developed and ought, you know, "i thin i cou" xa - my dream is for tes to look like no place else. for texas to be a beacon state. a state so different and unique that when people look at us, they say "that's where i want to live." - in 1994, he ran against ann richards, a very popular governor. - when he first said he was interested in running for governor, people didn't take him very seriously. he was considered a long shot. - i think that the bs of running government, uh, for good or ill, is different than running a private business. - and i think an attempt to smear my business record is simply a diversion away from trying to determine what's best for texas. listen- he won in a. - texas is ready for a new generati of leadership, and i will provide that. [cheerg] - from that night, george bush was seen as potentiaia pr

a lot of people like to do things interestingly. >> yeah. one grad photo. the internet is -- grad photo. look at that. >> that's real too. >> this is from southeast texas. >> she decided this was a is an intern at gator country in beaumont, texas. she says she has gotten pretty close to this gator named big tex. >> i really wanted to highlight what i have been doing here, my internship and say how excited i was to graduate from texas a&m. >> listen to this part though. she is actually graduated with a degree in wildlife ecology. if anybody you should know better. >> i don't know. that makes me super nervous. i will be like girl, you will get your arm eaten off and still owe your tuition. >> you don't know what that gator is thinking either. >> at least she is familiar. don't walk up to some random gator and take a picture. oh, my goodness. here is a live look outside right now. let's get out the door. temperatures in the low 60s. it will heat up again today. we'll take a look at our micro climates coming up next. >> don't walk up to ran don gators. this is what it looks like on the golden gate bridge. i do have good news. we have a pretty quiet start.

project rector for the cold war program at harvard university's and elizabeth cobbs, professor at texas a&m university, also a senior fellow at the hoover institution. let's talk about this intersection in the 1916. the escalation of the vietnam war, the political turmoil with lyndon johnson announcing he would not seek another term, in large part because of vietnam, and the heightened tensions with the cold war, and the soviet expansion into check was a voc you. caller: -- into check was a voc slovakia -- caller: bad year. the russians looking at opening thecond firm -- front with tet offensive. and at one point in 1968, it beks like everything might better. host: explain that milestone. way, was so, in a significant because czechoslovakia helps create the cold war. when they began a program of lifting censorship am a creating a more open government, the soviets come in and shut that down and what happens after -- theeonid brezhnev president of 1968, all the wonderful flowering of possibilities for greater has been cut off, and brezhnev says we will intervene any time a socialist, commun

a texas wednesday stay on the cutting edge. and texans are very keen on being number one. educational freedom, giving families more choices. in a more important in the rankings. policies are not good for the kids of texas. >> i was noticing that on every single one of the rankings on this paper, i hawaii seems to be in the bottom five for every single one. i was wondering what that was? >> first, we are exciting to have generations the here at the event. inkids are generation z their russian home appeared thank you for coming. hawaii is a regular did say all , high taxes are centralized. most tags in the state at the local level. that what local governments are doing is providing services that people want, more so than it is all centralized. hawaii is the only state with the whole state is a school district. if you do not like your school district, moved to another state. now illinois is --. why has had outmigration. 6% -- of the other states. if your job below is an tropical paradise. >> with less pride it did in the beginning of this, i am from new york. i am wondering wh

. >> that's an employee of a texas business raided by immigration and customs enforcement agents. they swarmed the manufacturing plant near dallas detaining 160 undocumented immigrants being called the largest immigration bust in a decade and came after an unidentified employee contacted authorities. >>> google is denying president trump's claim that its search engines are biased against him. the president says google and other tech companies' search results are rigged to show negative news about him and suppress conservative views although he has provided any actual evidence. an administration says the white house is now taking a look at whether google searches should be regulated. >> i think that google and twitter and facebook, they're really treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful. it's not fair to large portions of the population. >> google released a statement saying search is not used to set a political agenda and we don't bias our results toward any political ideology. >>> searching for a home near seattle there is good news. after nearly two y

. >>> new clues in the mysterious murder of a texas cardiologist. what investigators now say might be the motive. >>> and another bear locked inside a subaru. what's left of the interior once he was set free. >>> and taking a look at ocean beach. it's cool and cloudy at the coastline. we are talking about heat. another day of smokey conditions where the fires are and a red flag warning to let you know about. all that in your full forecast. the man and woman were spotted >>> new, new york police forced to fish two people out of the east river. the man and woman were spotted in the water near the williamsburg bridge this morning. the man said he went to the water to get the woman. but both were taken to the hospital and expected to be okay. >>> in texas, a man hunt for the cardiologist that treated george h.w. bush. investigators believe they're closer to understanding the motive. >> we believe that this absolutely is the killer. . >> reporter: houston police chief says new surt footage -- security footage led to a tip that pointed to joseph james papp

a texas railroad commissioner weighs in on how he plans to regulate a controversial process.is next. ♪ ♪ alix: this is bloomberg commodities edge. now it is time for all you need to know in the world of alternative energy. the trump administration is looking to freeze the fuel economy mandate. here with us from washington is stephen monroe. thank you for joining us. what happens now? >> the proposal goes into public domain for comment. and the two sides arm up and get ready for a battle. alix: who has the leverage? >> the regime in place has been in place for many years. there is a lot of momentum behind it. what the trump administration is attempting to do is upset the apple cart in a big way. the support it has is largely on the side of the automobile manufacturers who have been looking for this change, and the oil industry, that stands to sell more gasoline domestically should the efficiency standards be slashed. alix: drilling down on the electric vehicle component in california. if you look at the percentage of ev sales, you're looking at a huge jump. in 2015, it was 3%.

a lawsuit gets brought in texas by a utility district in austin called the north austin invisible. north austin municipal to his district number one. this little utility district which conducted elections in one precinct wanted to be freed from oversight of the justice department. they had asked it to be mailed out from coverage. there were counties in the virginia that a damaso they presented evidence in federal court in the attorney general's office saying we don't need the act anymore. the federal law for supervisors of elections. texas, this little texas utility district in travis county are denied by the attorney general's office. they bring a lawsuit and they go to federal court. the supreme court says you know what you are right. you should have been allowed to bail out. you have met the standards. attorney general's office is not acting in good faith toward you. you need to be allowed to bail out. but in writing the opinion that chief justice also articulated his belief that congress created a flawed law and did not update the coverage formula. here's what happens. shelby c

. >>> next is a big upset brewing in texas. a poll shows in striking distance of ted cruz. >>> a new poll in texas is giving democrats at least a little bit of hope that they can pull off an upset in this year's senate race in texas. democrat beto o'rourke is losing to senator ted cruz by just six points. he's still a long shot to be sure, but o'rourke has also raised more money than cruz and has had more cash on hand as of the end of june. o'rourke is running as an unabashed liberal in texas. he's pro-choice, wants an assault weapons ban, a path to citizenship, an obamacare public option, and cruz says o'rourke sounds like he's running in massachusetts, not texas. matt, you have a great piece in "town & country" magazine. you asked the question, can a person who looks like kennedy and sounds like kennedy win in texas? >> yeah, and you're right he does sound like he's running in massachusetts. he's an unabashed progressive. he talks about gun control in a state that is heavily armed. he talks about immigration issues, against the

he ran for the texas legislature and served a year there. then he became the mayor of weatherford texas. he went on to run for congress. was elected to represent texas's 12 the district in 1954. he served for 30 years, and then in 1986 became the speaker of the house of congress. in 1989, he 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 time in congress, the politics of the cold war era, the 1960's and 1970's, and ultimately the 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. we do have a permanent exhibit in the library that is set out in honor of him. it includes several artifact from his political life and personal life. as a hobby, he was

ray is in lake dallas, texas. a parent. good morning. caller: good morning john and hi, lily. this idea -- lily, you are spot on. where trump seems to deflect and brings up this notion as silly teachers,bout arming when they are not doing anything about the nra and the power of the lobby. we massively update and overall the way the lobby is handled in our country, this is never going to get fixed. it is down to the point where it is god-awful. we have senators and congressmen alike that stand up there and say -- that is the first words. we are so sorry for their loss. point -- itto the has gotten to the point it does not even mean anything. it is something they are saying just to say it. the lobby -- the nra and the lobby is so strong and them so much pac money going to everybody and these guys are not willing to let it go. host: thanks for the call. we will let you take his points. guest: you love anyone who says your spot on so he is my new best friend. we are not alone. that is a parent calling in. a lot of our teachers and support professionals are already in school today.

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tonight on the cbs evening news a rare conviction of a cop in a fatal shooting, a former texas officer was found guilty of murder in the death of an unarmed black teenager. >> a new study shows the true death toll in puerto rico from hurricane maria is nearly 3,000. david begnaud is there. >> and i sat down with a former p.o.w. who was imprisoned in vietnam with john mccain. he shares his memories of his friend coming up in a few seconds on the cbs evening news. >> thank you for watching tonight at 5:00. >> al, elizabeth and paul are back in 30 minutes. >> dickerson: on the "cbs evening news" for this tuesday: late today, a texas jury convicts a white former police officer of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager. a new estimate puts the official hurricane maria death toll in puerto rico at nearly 3,000. that's 1,000 more than hurricane itrina. and, i talk to former p.o.w. john fer. the man who was imprisoned in vietnam with john mccain shares his memories of an american hero. but first, the headlines in 60 inconds. >> we the jury unanimously find the defendant guil

one of the three men was a wrap concert promoter from texas -- a rap concert promoter from texas. there was an altercation that may have led to the shooting on the bridge. >> the guy was bleeding, and he was like can you help me, shirt? >> i just tied it so he would stop bleeding. >> there was another shooting about 90 minutes earlier that san francisco police are investigating. at 1 am, two men inside of a white mercedes fired multiple shots outside of a nightclub, but it is unclear who their target words. the mercedes crashed into a freeway pillow, and police have arrested those two men. sources tell me the timing and location should just the link between the two shootings. -- the timing and location suggest the link between the two shootings. >> it was possibly a silver or gray sedan or small suv that possibly fired the gun. that is all they information we have right now. >> the deadly shooting sent the suv crashing into another car. officers investigated, and chp says another vehicle, a portion was also hit by gunfire. as of monday night, a hospital spokesman says one passenge

a giant alligator. >> this texas a&m senior is giving you see you later alligator a whole new meaning. meet mackenzie nolan and her best friend, big tex. a 1,000 pound nearly 14-foot-long gator. >> i'm not scared for my life out here. i know i'm in very good hands. >> she said the two bonded in her summer internship at gator country rescue, so it seemed only natural she would take her graduation photos with tex. >> i'm very happy to work with tex every single day. i wanted him to be a part of this special moment. >> those photos now have over 4,000 likes. and mackenzie says while big tex may look scary, he's really a gentle giant. >> he's been a really big part of my summer and i hope he loves me as much as i love him. >> we'll have more on these two coming up at 7:00, with your gma first look, i'm diane macedo, abc news. >> i thought we have been through this. >> wow. >> swee have the sharks that are biting people, we had the rhino that attacks a car yesterday. >> i mean, i'm glad she didn't get her hand bitten off. wow. >> this doesn't end well. >>> moving on. a drug used to treat b

there's been a case out of texas through the city of burning case and would've argued his old evidence of behavior say 40-years-old with long sufficient grounds to create a statute. it had to be timely and relevant. this is seized upon by litigants who are challenging coverage of the voting rights act. they decide who and who is not discriminating and who should and should not have the constitutional guarantee to conduct without interfering. it doesn't sound like it is kosher with other presidents. who gets brought down in texas by a utility district called the north austin municipal utility district number one. this little utility district of conduct that in one precinct wanted to be free from oversight by the justice department. they have asked to be bailed out from coverage. there have been a set of counties that presented evidence in federal court and the attorney general's office saying we don't need to be covered by section five of the act. the. this district tried to do the same thing. they are denied by the attorney general's office. they bring a lawsuit, appeal and the court s

i was a professor at texas state university, go bobcats, the fact is that texas doesn't perform very well on personal freedom. we can go into that were in the q&a if that is of interest to you. now the overall rankings. and here we have remarked at number 46, new jersey 47, california, hawaii and, bam, new york. they are worse by far so we'll see some of that data. it's not, they are not even close. as far as the best states, florida is number one followed by new hampshire, indiana, colorado and nevada. those at the top five. florida is a new number one here based, compared to last published version of this. so that's exciting to see something interesting and different there. it wasn't something i expected from expected when we ran the data, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating and you look at the date and that's what popped up. i'm going to turn over to jason to talk about some of the implications of these freedom rankings and freedom scores. thank you. >> thanks, will. i'd like to next take a look at how some of the top and bottom states have evolved over time, and so you c

we have a thousand people per day moving to the state of texas. le talk about building a wall and we are fed up with the federal government doing a wall. texas needs to come out of our own budget and build a wall with the difference. instead of building the wall on the border between texas and mexico, build a wall and the border between texas and new mexico so we can keep all the californians out from coming in. >> watch on c-span, c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday night on q&a -- >> what that sounds like. >> we are hearing cries of children, immigrant children, who had just and separated from their parents in the border patrol potential -- detention facility. the audio i attained a month and with the helpso, of a lawyer, civil rights attorney on the border, named jennifer, and she had obtained the tape and thought it was important. and shared with me. and asked what i thought about it. we should try to publish it. it was not an easy decision for the source of the tape who felt the tape could put them at risk. fired,ng

. >>> in texas a white police officer has been convicted in the murder of a black teenager. roy oliver opened fire on a car full of teenagers, killing a 15-year-old boy. now a jury has found a officer responsible for the death. >> we, the jury, unanimously find the defendant guilty of murder. >> reporter: roy oliver convicted of murder in the death of 15-year-old jordan edward. >> been a long time, a hard year. i'm just really happy. >> reporter: the 2017 officer-involved shooting was captured on body cam. oliver and his partner were clearing a house party when gun fire rang out nearby. as high school students fled the scene, oliver's partner ordered a a car parked with with five black teenager to stop. as the vehicle pulled away, oliver fired five times. fatal shots striking freshman jordan edwards in the back of the head. oliver tol he thought his partner was going to get hit. the officer testified he never feared for his life. >> knowing you're in a a house party ending in rd the death of a teenager and now the conviction of a former police officer. >>> an explosive new c

texas. i will be doing a major rally for senator ted cruz in october. can find. as you know, ted has my complete and total endorsement. his opponent is a disaster for texas, weak on second amendment crime, border, military, and vets. the fact of the matter is that this race is closer than anyone thought it would be. texas hasn't elected a democrat to statewide office since 1994, but o'rourke is actually within striking distance. one of the reasons why from "the washington post," quote, at nearly every town hall, o'rourke speaks emotionally about the migrant families who venture to the border in hopes of finding safety for their children, something he says any human would do. although the trump administration says it has stopped separating such families, hundreds of children still have not been reunited with a parent. and there is news on this front today. the federal government updated its numbers, and they say almost 500 migrant children are still in custody. 36 days after the court-ordered deadline for reunification, and 22 them are under the age of 5.

. >> next on lectures in history, texas a&m university professor lorien foote teaches a class about popularculture during the 1840's. she talks about the importance of theater to all classes of society during this period, including shakespearean performances and minstrel shows. she also describes the high literacy rate in the united states and the rise of serialized novels and ladies' journals. her class is about 45 minutes. prof. foote: so our topic for today is popular culture. we have been talking about the social changes that go on in the 1830's and 1840's in the united states. and what we are going to do today is we are going to look at how popular culture reflects some of the conf

a bay area attorney who spent nearly a week inside a texas detention center.. says the u.s. has a human rights crisis. (justine) shikha (she-kah) hamilton just returned from the ice facility ... which holds mostly fathers and children. she talks exclusively to kron 4's hermela aregawi who joins us live from the newsroom with that story.. hermela? (justine) some relief for commuters in san francisco today as the twin peaks tunnel is now back open. the 100- year old tunnel was under construction for the past two months. and during that time, a construction worker died on the job.. kron4's gayle ong is live in the west portal neighborhood ... with how this will change peoples commutes... riders should expect faster smoother service..this tunnel connects the west portal neighborhood to downtown san francisco..muni stopped the project after that worker died..but it was completed on time..the service so far so good, buses and trains have been running on time. the twin peaks tunnel is back open saturday..after being under construction for two months..a big relief for commuters...

. >> reporter: this isr disas city at texas a&m, a massive outdoor classroom set amongin crum buildings. >> the training facility is designed to train people, search and rescue task forces and dogs. >> reporter: here dr.obin murphy and her team test robots, too. it is technology used in rescues all over the last year the front lines were close to home after hurricane dharvey roanto town. >> robots have saved lives, but it is kind of hard to capture that. they are aiding and abetting the rescuers and responders. >> reporter: during the frenzy days after harvey her team guided the drones on more than 100 missions providing rescuers on information on escape routes, damaged lees and those desperate for help. judge herbert callehe shots as emergency crews andrs voluntee rescued more than 49,000 people. he is grateful for the help from dr. murphy and the robots. >> they do things that we humans can't do. >> reporter: they are versatile with ever-evolving technology deployed in disasters like the september 1 attack, mexico city's earthquake and hawaii's eruption. >> she is one of the robors us

well, the sentencing phase in the trial of a former texas police officer convicted of murdering an unarmed black teenager will resume this morning. roy oliver was convicted yesterday in the death of 15-year-old jordan edwards. it's a rare guilty verdict in a police shooting case and oliver faces 5 to 99 years in prison. >> we are the jury unanimously find the defendant guilty of murder as charged in the indictment. >> moments after the verdict was read, hugs, tears and looks of disbelief as family and friends of jordan edwards got the justice they have been fighting for. a conviction of former police officer roy oliver. >> i'm happy. very happy. it's been a long time. a hard year. >> footage from oliver's body cameralayed duringhe tal showing oliver and his partner responding to a loud house party in april of 2017. oliver exits the house when he hears gunshots outside and then fires five rounds from his rifle into a car of five unarmed teenage boys as they were driving away. edwards was in the passenger seat. he said he opened fire after seeing the car driving toward his partner. his partn

also elizabeth cobbs, she is a professor at texas a&m university and a senior at the hoover institution. >> i want to talk about the intersection of what was happening in 1968. we have the escalation of the vietnam war, the political turmoil with lyndon johnson announcing he would not take another term and the heightened tensions with the cold war as well as the soviet expansion into czechoslovakia. >> it was a year where it seems like all of these seem to come together at once. north korea became more opportunistic, trying to launch a situation where they might be able to open up the southern front, taking advantage of the vietnam war. been czechoslovakia. it seemed like everything might change for the better. than the cold war came in and slammed it all down. >> explain what happened with the soviets moving into czechoslovakia. why was that a significant milestone in 1968? >> czechoslovakia had been important because it helped to start the cold war. when czechoslovakia seemed to start a program of reform, lifting censorship and creating an open government, the soviets came in and shut

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a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, reserving the right to object. the paul amendment is a germane amendment. it should be taken up and passed with a majority vote in the united states senate. this counterproposal asks that a 60-vote threshold be set for the paul amendment which obviously would make it much less likely that it would actually pass. i think that makes a whole lot more sense is having a vote on the paul amendment as a stand alone to defund planned parenthood with the majority vote of 50. but i also believe that the manchin amendment has problems as well. first, this manchin amendment inserts itself into pending litigation led by my home state of texas by intervening as a party only a few weeks prior to oral argument in a lawsuit pending in federal court. this is a role that's generally reserved to the executive branch, and i believe that the legislature, the senate, should exercise caution and deference to the constitutional role of other branches before injecting ourselves into a contested lawsu