sales after wendy davis wore them for 13 hours, while she held court and filibustered in the texas state legislature. the rules in texas for this kind of thing are really strict. not only can you not sit down and not stop talking, you can't lean on anything. you can't touch your desk which you're standing right next to.

certainly the texas legislature, the house, has us looking at a number of things. we are creating a map to help citizens know where these facilities are. all of that will be completed by november. there is a lot of activity going on. certainly this will help the policy determination where we go forward. certainly i would give credit to the committee for these various charges we are working on right now at the state fire marshal's office because certainly we do not want another west to occur. it is too tragic. lives lost. millions in property. no doubt things can be done better. we are working to achieve that. >> after west, we learned of these major gaps in the federal regulation framework. i think the plant was not inspected until the 1980's. it is not possible for federal inspectors to look at every plant given the staffing and funding issues. it relies on these state inspectors. until there is a legislative fix that allows these facilities to be inspected, is this a public safety issue? >> we are working to minimize that right now. the fire marshal says they agr

the regulatory requirements and so we're all working collectively together and certainly the texas legislature the house homeland security committee. has us looking at a number of things we're creating a map as well to help citizens know where these facilities are in the state. all that'll be completed by november so there is a lot of activity going on and certainly this will help out a help in the policy terminations to say where we go forward but certainly i would give a lot of credit to homeland security committee for these various charges that we are working on right now in the state fire marshal's office because certainly we all not one another west to occur is to tragically between lives lost on a million dollars worth of property that you know there's no doubt there's things can be done better and we're all working collectively to achieve that goal after west you know we learned of these major gaps these holes in sort of the federal regulation framework care of of inspectors i think the plant was and inspected it until like mid one nine hundred eighty s. have been inspected in and it's

he and sam houston were best friends, bonded, and they were both elected by the texas legislature to be the first senators from texas after the ten years of the republic, and texas came in to the union. i'm going to digress for a moment and say that texas did come to the united states first under a treaty. because we were a nation, of course, and the treaty was signed, but they couldn't get the two-thirds vote in the senate to ratify the treaty. so president tyler said, all right, i'm going introduce a resolution. we'll pass a law to let texas in to the united states. well, john quincy adams, who had come back to the house of representatives by then -- after being president, filibustered the entry of texas in to the united states for days on end. every day he filibustered until finally he was worn out, and at the end texas came in to the united states by one vote in the house and one vote in the senate. so i like to tell my friends in texas when i'm going back and we've had all the wars and -- that we've been fighting in the senate for texas that it's not new that they don't love us i

corporate money through the republican national committee to help elect gop candidates to the texas legislaturen 2012 -- actually 2002. delay was sentenced to prison on conspiracy charge and five years for money laundering, remains free while appealing his case. texas court of appeals appealed 2-1 there was not enough evidence to sustain the convictions. [ female announcer ] we lowered her fever. you raise her spirits. we tackled your shoulder pain. you make him rookie of the year. we took care of your cold symptoms. you take him on an adventure. tylenol® has been the number 1 doctor recommended brand of pain reliever for over 20 years. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. ever for everything we do, we know you do so much more. ybody has different ideas, goals, appetite for risk. you can't say 'one size fits all'. it doesn't. that's crazy. we're all totally different. ishares core. etf building blocks for your personalized portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their e

media is interesting when a texas state senator rails against an abortion rights bill, in the texas legislaturee hero. this guy in this the mainstream media railing against the health-care law is the zero. i will let you decide whether that is fair but filibusters are part of the process and they're not the end of the world. dennis: harry reid is calling what senator ted cruz did a big waste of time. give us the other side of that trade. lou: you could argue this is a big waste of time. i want to hasten to add, it has not changed the time line harry reid was working on, pushed back as late as we can in the senate, at the last possible minute, back in the house without the health care thing trying it on, put the pressure on them to put up something fast where the government shuts down, it is the republicans' fault, it will look horrible. be careful what you wish for because you end up getting exactly that. it might not be on the republican shoulders here. nothing senator ted cruz did was going to delay the timetable and nothing did. the eleventh hour dealsmaking will carry us into sunday and mon

sales after wendy davis wore them for 13 hours, while she held court and filibustered in the texas state legislature. the rules in texas for this kind of thing are really strict. not only can you not sit down and not stop talking, you can't lean on anything. you can't touch your desk which you're standing right next to. nobody else can touch you. you cannot have anything to eat. you cannot have anything to drink, meaning you can't have a sip of water. but still, senator wendy davis stood there for 13 hours and in so doing, she won. what she did worked. and she wasn't just standing there talking for 13 straight hours, because she had 13 hours of stuff she wanted to get off her chest. she was doing a specific tactical thing. she was trying to run out the clock so texas republicans couldn't take the vote they wanted to take on their new radical anti-abortion bill. so very specific tactical goal. and she was talking for a reason. if the republicans couldn't come up with some procedural way to get her to stop talking before the clock struck midnight, they wouldn't get to take their vote. and then that bi

was convicted of funneling money to elect republicans to the texas legislature.he ruling overturned a five year prison sentence for money laundering. the washington navy yard reopened this morning three days after the mass shooting in which a gunman killed 12 people. it is the regular day except for building 197 where the shootings occurred. investigators are trying to determine why former reservist aaron alexis gunned down those people before being killed by police. the storm the devastated, regenerated inter hurricane man well with category 1 strength, expected to move slightly inland and dump rain on fishing villages. the death toll is at 80. fifty-eight still missing. those are your news headlines on the fox business network. dagen: not my problem. the message sent by ben bernanke, tightening the spigot on all this cheap and easy money will be his successor's problem. bob auwaerter is here to talk about that, managing 3 quarters of $1 trillion. great to see you as always. is that he essentially what happened yesterday? >> the timing of the fed meeting will co

. >> as it was under construction, the texas legislature changed the age at which a person could marryheard about the ranch, too. she wondered if any members of her family had lived there. she checked with the local sheriff to see what he knew. nothing, it turned out. but he did begin using rebecca as a sort of interpret ter. he would call me periodically and ask me, can you tell me about this or what this means to them? >> then on an early spring day in march of 2008, authorities in nearby san angelo got a call from a woman who said her name was sarah barlow, claimed she lived at the ranch, was being abused and held at will against her husband. >> she was a young girl. i think at the time of the phone call 16. she had already given birth to a child, and with her age, we were able to do the math and recognize that would have been a sexual assault of a child. >> so what was the plan then? >> to find sarah barlow. >> on april 3rd, 2008, the rangers, child protective services in tow, arrived at the rampbl. >> and the women were in prairie dresses essentially. most of the buildings were co

prosecutors claimed he redirected corporate donations to candidates for the texas state legislature.n an eight-year prison sentence, but was allow to remain free during the appeal. prosecutors say they will now take the case to the state's highest court. >>> caroline kennedy is being considered for the post of u.s. ambassador to japan. if confirmed kennedy said she would strengthen ties between the u.s. and its fourth largest trading partner. >> if confirmed i look forward to working with american business, to expand and promote american exports and trade. in addition i will work to increase exchanges between american and japanese students, scroll lars and citizens, so that future generations will understood our shared history and continue to bind our nations closer. >> if confirmed kennedy would be the first woman to hold that post. >> okay. joie chen what is coming up at the top of the hour? >> good evening, jonathan. on "america tonight" broadway is responding to a late night call. broadway calls it the actors chapel, cradled between broadway and 8th avenue, every saturday night,

funneling corporate money via the republican national committee tell but republicans to the texas legislatureng overturns a five year prison sentence for money laundering. the washington navy yard reopened three days after the mass shooting which a gunman killed 12 people. it is the regular day except for building 197 where the shootings occurred. they're still trying to determine why former reservist aaron alexis gunned down those people before being killed by police. hurricane man well soaked the northwest coast with heavy rain prompting evacuation this and rising the threat of more flash floods. 81 people have died so far from those forms but another 58 still missing. those are your news headlines on the fox business network, get you back to lori and adam. lori: the countdown to a possible government shutdown marches on as house republicans plan to tie funding the government with defunding obamacare. to rich edson with the latest. rich: we have to figure this out in 10 or 11 days and we have an impact here as you look at what democrats and republicans are doing. tomorrow the house of repre

embarked on an 11-hour filibuster in an attempt to block an anti-abortion bill from passing in the texas legislaturemocratic govern since ann richards in 1990. >>> and because i believe you need sweetness in your life this is my gift to you. sleeping baby, but wait, a baby who laughs in his sleep. just watch it and enjoy. >> ooh, can you stand it? >> i want to know what the baby is dreaming up and what is funny to a baby. >> a lot of stuff. often my face, whenever a baby sees me. i can't stand it! >> this on a friday. you love it, america. >> you're welcome, america. >> thank you, michaela. >> you're welcome, katie. >>> straight to indra petersons keeping track of the weekend forecast for us. >> i'm just still gel us of the baby sleeping. are we not stuck on this? it's the weekend we're getting there. tomorrow, saturday, the big day i sleep in. all right, weather wise for the weekend, northeast down to the southeast, this is water vapor, all this brown stuff means it's dry. we are not talking about rain. the only place we may see a hint would be the typical afternoon thunderstorms in through florida

today we received the welcome news of support from several of our friends in the texas legislature who are backing our effort to fund the government and to defund obamacare. the texas conservative coalition and 67 members of the texas legislature released a letter which i would like to read. it begins dear senators cornyn and cruz and texas members of the house of representatives, representing the state of texas with its 26 million people we write at this most urgent hour for you to do all you can to defund obamacare and fund the federal government. we have done all that we can to help stop obamacare from harming texans. number one, we refused to create the obamacare health exchanges and number two, we refused to expand the medicaid program under the false pretense of taking federal money now while burdening taxpayer with billions of dollars in new costs later. some of the most pernicious parts of obamacare can only be stopped at the federal level. only you can stop the federal government from enforcing the individual mandate. only umbrella stop the government from creating a new budge

branch of that states' government earlier this year conservatives in the state legislature have turned the tar heel state into texasnorth passing extreme voter suppression laws raising taxes on the poor cutting taxes on rich people and restricting reproductive choice similar republican plots are afoot in wisconsin and michigan for tea party extremists have started to roll back the clock on a century's worth of progress ultimately rick perry's hustle about texas is just that a hoss the red state taker model is as a growing number of americans are beginning to realize one giant scam to benefit the billionaires and the corporate elites who fund the republican party that's why north carolinians gather every monday outside the state capitol in raleigh to protest the republican hijacking of their state legislature as people in raleigh have caught on because they're trying to stop the spread of the texas model. marylanders and americans everywhere. listen to rick perry it's time to mess with texas. and that's the way it is tonight thursday september nineteenth two thousand and thirteen and don't forget that you can get yo

texas. with huge tea party grass roots. he's got that backing. of course, the 42-year-old was elected on the promise to shrink government, especially the new health care legislature. cruz was the youngest solicitor general of texas and argued cases before the supreme court. he got his start at princeton as head of the debate team. then honed his skills at harvard law school. cruz has hinted of a possible presidential run in 2016. >> yep. this talk of the town, boy, the talk of the town is the right word for it, too, he's been called a fraud and a whacko and that by some of his own republican colleagues. let's have a look at some of the highlights, if that's the right word. >> i intend to speak in support of defunding obama care until i'm no longer able to stand. most americans could not give a flying flip about a politicians in washington. who cares? what the american people care about is their own lives. on a saturday or sunday morning when your dad's making pancake, it's very cool when he can make them do a flip high in the care and then catch him. he also, i will credit my father, he invented, this wasn't for the restaurant, he invented green eggs and ham. i d

months ago we saw a lot of democrats celebrating another texan doing a filibuster in the state legislature of texasm talking about wendy davis, she became a hero to the progressive movement through that filibuster. this is not unsimilar except for the fact ted cruz is wearing black sneakers instead of pink sneakers. >> that's a strong point, ana. i want to be again. >> we can switch if you want, i'll be you, you be me. i'll go fishing. >> such a step down for you, i wouldn't allow it. is that a fair comparison? >> both of these are going to wind up being folk heroes. ted cruz, i don't debris with him but is he trying to show some leadership but again i think the problem is why are we doing obama care in the first place? we've lost the plot. there are three things big insurance companies were doing to us that everybody hated, number one they were denying coverage to people who needed it. number two, dumping people off of coverage after they paid in for any excuse at all and duping people about where the money was going et cetera. on january 1st, insurance companies can't do that to you. 85% are plo

in texas, the state legislature sought to pass a photo id measure recognized by federal court as the most discriminatory measure in the land. it would not allow for the use of student ids, but would allow for these of concealed handgun licenses. we represented black voters who only had a student id, and we just those student ids privilege to vote but couldn't vote under texas new law. the voting rights act, section five in particular, rejected texas photo id measure as discriminatory. what the supreme court did, from its opening point, the supreme court decision ultimately reflects their proximity to the harm, or put it differently, the distance from the harm. because what we know about the voting rights act as we think about our history as we recognize the moment in commemorating certain important watershed moments after certain laws, is that those past practices inform our present it in very recently the supreme court, a significant departure from its own practice in shelby county case did not think about the ways in which voters of color, black folks in places that recovered by se

texas. by trying to channel nearly 200-thousand dollars in corporate donations to republicans running for the state legislature. he was sentenced to three years in prison. he was free on bail. pending his successful appeal of his conviction and did not serve any time. delay resigned in 2006 after 20 years in congress. they believe i ronald's to develop nuclear weapons. >> we will be able to resolve and settle the nuclear issue. he spoke in new york this morning. he said the meeting between world powers was positive and the conversations revolving around, and neutral ground. also added that there are no rooms for weapons of mass destruction. insisting the country's nuclear program will remain peaceful. an advance team of experts from the world's chemical weapons watchdog group will head to syria monday to set up a base for weapons inspectors. syria agreed to allow the u-n to oversee its chemical weapons supply after the u-s threatened to attack the country for allegedly killing 14-hundred people with chemical weapons. the u-n security council could vote on a resolution on syria's chemical weapons sometime today

texas an undue burden? >> absolutely, chris. i mean, this bill was so extreme of course rick perry couldn't get it passed through the regular session of the legislaturelled two special sessions, finally jammed it through. it would have a devastating impact on women's health care in texas and that's why planned parenthood joined today with the center for reproductive rights and the aclu and filed in federal court in austin. the women in texas, this is just yet another blow to their access to health care in the state. >> well, if a woman is considering an abortion, considering terminating a pregnancy and she thinks about her options and obviously, lots of moral reflection in most cases and thinks about it and then has to do how to go about doing it. geographically, what will this law now do? >> literally, this is going to result in the closure of dozens of health centers in the state of texas. it's a state of 26 million people. and we're going to be reduced to a point in which women are going to have to travel hundreds of miles and already, restrictions on women are so heavy in texas, that means two trips to a doctor's office and for so many women, tha

legislature. but in this case, cruz planned to stop at noon. he had to. let's call this a sue dough filibuster. here is the abridged version. ♪ >> the senator from texasadam president. [ lone ranger theme music ] >> the hour of noon having arrived. >>> he had a few stunt men filling in for him. bill clinton's practically a rock star. but even rock stars want to be like him. bono made his best effort at impersonating the former president. take a listen. >> when i first met bono, he walked into the oval office, and actually, i thought it was a member of his own road crew. wasn't really dressed right. actually, i felt like the rock star on that occasion. >> i must be really easy to make fun of. >> almost better than the real thing there, don't you think? >>> coming up. hillary clinton lays out her plans for the future. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers abo

if this ship goes down, women have less -- the woman who held up the legislature in texas won with the combination of black, brown, white votes. progressive white women, blacks, latinos, i issue the balance of that. we should not get locked in to save us. we cannot save us by virtue of the proposition. the second issue is that i want to really question this is this about the need to have the constitutional right to or the state's right to vote? it seems to me as oppose to the state right -- he left the car in the driveway and took away the key. without the key, the car can't move. what is going to happen? watch -- real fast. and they have file suits to keep the state, it's going to be expensive fights. you may lose to in arizona right now. you take districts like -- [inaudible] 25% that's gone. it's like columbia to johnson. it's a long wait. it seems to me what we're looking at come january -- the republican legislature are going come back for redistricting schemes. they have to fight. we have to go to judges that may not be our allies allies in those suits, and -- we gate fight to ge

texas appeals court today tossed out the money-laundering conviction of former house majority leader tom delay. in 2010, he was found guilty of illegally channeling $190,000 in corporate donations to republicans running for the state legislaturee appeals court ruled the state never proved the money was illegally obtained. prosecutors plan to appeal. j.p.-morgan chase will pay one of the largest fines ever, for one of the largest trading losses ever. the fines total $920 million. u.s. and british financial regulators said the bank is also admitting that weak oversight allowed london traders to lose $6 billion. more on this, in a moment. the death toll in mexico's disastrous flooding hit 97 today, amid major new destruction. a massive mudslide buried much of a village, located deep in the country's southern mountains. officials said 58 people are missing there. one survivor told a harrowing story. >> ( translated ): i was walking down the street, near a store, when i heard a loud noise and i just stood there. i saw how the dirt and dust began to billow up. it was like black smoke and it turned like a windmill. when i saw that it was coming down to the field, i left running. i didn't see anymore. >> woodruff: the flooding and mu

texas, michigan voted to take it. they have a republican governor and republican legislature. here's what's going to happen -- in those states, working people with incomes of between 138% and 400% will be able to buy insurance on the exchange with subsidies. but the exchange is not for the state of the federal government. but lower income working families with incomes of 138% or less, some of the people below 100% of the poverty line are eligible for nothing. so you get the worst of all worlds where you say, i'm sorry, you're working 40 hours a week, but you're too poor to get health, not too rich, too poor. and this is a serious problem. there's going to be a big jump in uncompensated care, especially in urban medical centers like houston, miami, cleveland, and pittsburgh, amazing medical centers and they treat everybody, they do wonderful work. and they're going to get hurt. taxpayers money they're uncompensated fares will rise. that's why several states with republican governors, and most of the republican legislatures are taking the medicaid expansion money. because of the

texas, michigan voted to take it. they have a republican governor and republican legislature.- in those states, working people with incomes of between 138% and 400% will be able to buy insurance on the exchange with subsidies. but the exchange is not for the state of the federal government. but lower income working families with incomes of 138% or less, some of the people below 100% of the poverty line are eligible for nothing. so you get the worst of all worlds where you say, i'm sorry, you're working 40 hours a week, but you're too poor to get health, not too rich, too poor. and this is a serious problem. there's going to be a big jump in uncompensated care, especially in urban medical centers like houston, miami, cleveland, and pittsburgh, amazing medical centers and they treat everybody, they do wonderful work. and they're going to get hurt. taxpayers money they're uncompensated fares will rise. that's why several states with republican governors, and most of the republican legislatures are taking the medicaid expansion money. because of the supreme court decision, this is

texas, ohio, and pennsylvania so far are rejecting the money. michigan voting a couple of day ago to take it. they have a republican governor and republican legislature. here is what is going happen. in those states, work people with incomes between 138 and 400% will be able to buy insurance on the exchange with subsidizes. whether the exchange is of the federal government. but lower income working families with incomes at 138% or less some of them even blow 100% of the poverty line are el eligible for nothing. so you get the worst of all i'm sorry but you're working 40 hours a week but you're too poor to get help. not too rich. too poor. and this is a serious problem. there's going to be a jump in uncompensated care, especially in urban medical centers like houston, miami, cleveland, and pit burg. they have amazing medical center and they treat everybody -- they do wonderful work, and they're going get hurt. their taxpayer's money will be spent in other states. the governor gas tax analogy reminds us of the uncompensated care will arise. that's why michigan, new mexico, arizona, iowa, new jersey, north dakota all with republican governors, and most

legislature. he gave me a start so there was an obstacle course that i went through. state treasurer and then to the united states than it. >> host: windage or family come to texas? >> guest: my family came to texas in 1828. my great grandfather signed attacks ... -- texas -- he was actually trained in law and he was catholic. you have to be catholic to own land in texas and he was a natural catholic trade a lot of people and i say agile because a lot of people married a catholic woman or declared catholicism to be able to own the land. he was real so he was part of the settling. he signed the declaration of independence. he became the chief justice of dutchess county and was a great friend of sam houston and thomas rusk. my memories here go way back. >> host: kay bailey hutchison is her guests in her most recent book is called "unflinching courage" pioneering women who shaped texas. the first call for her is sally in menlo park california. good morning to you. you are on booktv on c-span. skal company good morning. my question for the senator is about the mexican women. we talked about the southern belle seeking from the east but what about the mexican women and