the texas legislature, we are not talking about a bunch of red roaring liberals, are we? texas. texas legislature said it will simply be intolerable if we have a public institution and the numbers of latinos, the number of blacks is miniscule. so they said, what we're going to do is we're going to pass a new law and we'll pass a law that says if you're in the top 10% of your high school class, you automatically get in the university of texas. no matter what your test scores are, no matter how you would fare in competition. so if you go to, let's say robert e. lee high school, i'm choosing the name of the high school advisedly. if you go to robert e. lee high school and your in the top 10%, you automatically get him. at the same time, if you go to, let's say booker t. washington high school, i get from the laughing you see what i'm talking about. and the legislators new -- they knew what they were doing. they knew that in texas, robert e. lee high school is going to be predominately white. partly because of what you were talking about. partly because of, you know, housing. anyone

texas legislature is not talking about a bunch of reporting liberals, are we. texas legislature said you will simply be intolerable if we have a public institution and the numbers of latinos, number of blacks is minuscule. and pass a new law that says if you are in the top 10% of your high school class, you automatically get into the university of texas no matter what your test scores are, no matter how you would fare in the competition, so if you go to let's say robert e. lee high school, i am choosing the name of the high school advisedly, if you go to robert e. lee high school and you are in the top 10% you automatically get in. at the same time, if you go to let's say booker t. washington high school. the legislators knew what they were doing. they knew that in texas. they knew it would be predominately right partner because of what you talking about. and the black kids will be at booker t. washington high school. we will get the numbers of latinos and blacks, latino kids go to latino high schools and black kids in black high school. the top 10%, that will

>> the law does represent the will, certainly the texas legislature and in texas we understand that the supreme court is the final word on the issues, but people feel strongly, including me, about the importance of protecting unborn life. so we will see how the supreme court deals with it. >> we will watch just a couple blocks from here to see if it ends up on their step. in the meantime, has the -- has everyone made up? >> it is peace, love and harmony in the senate. the age of aquarius. everybody realizes that republicans and conservatives are stronger when we are united. i think we learned an important lesson over the shutdown. when we are divided it em boldens and empowers our political opponents and that is not good. what we need to do is act responsibly and do the job we have been given and we have important elections coming up in 2 stwrr 14. the -- 2014. the only way you can govern is win elections. we need six seats in the senate. the last two years of president obama's second term as president , that will really shift the balance of power in washington, d.c. i think it will be

, delay was the house majority leader and used his muscle to push the gop to power in the texas state legislatureto push through an unprecedented middecade jagerrijair gerry man scheme. in that texas state legislature has only gotten more conservative and more republican in the decades since then. which is why when the supreme court struck down key parts of the voting acts earlier this year, the texas legislature acted almost immediately to institute an onerous voter i.d. law, one drawing national headlines for all the long time voters who are suddenly being denied ballots. which brings us back to jim wright. 90-year-old jim wright, 91 next month, understanding he needed a vote -- a voter i.d. card to participate in last week's local elections, jim wright went down to the local department of public safety office and handed over his old driver's license that had expired in 2010, and he doesn't drive anymore, he is 90, after all, and he was told, sorry, those don't meet the requirements. he had to return the next week with his certified birth certificate and then and only then get the document nece

. >> i want to point out especially the great work of the texas legislature in a bipartisan way. they came together, collaborated, put their best minds together, and came up with a plan that was fiscally responsib responsible. i'm very, very delighted that not only did we pass the bill in the legislature by a huge margin, but the people of texas today validated our good work with an overwhelming vote of support. >> reporter: all right. despite that bipartisan support in this, there were critics who said they don't like the fact that a three-member panel appointed by governor perry gets to decide what to do with this $2 billion. they would have liked more oversight. john. >> mark schneider in texas. mark, thank you. >>> shocking new allegations in the miami dolphins bullying scandal this time involving the coaches. that's next. >> a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. [[voiceover]] they risk never returning to the united states. >> grounded. >> real. >> unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >> an escape from the expecte

when we go to the texas legislature and talk about basic things like can workers hatch rest breaks? work outside in 100 degree heat. the last two legislative sessions they said no. >> deon't want to give breaks i 100-degree heat. >> don't want hem them to have legal right. and over a third don't get waume water. employers don't provide water on the work sites. >> how does that compare to other states? >> other states have rest breaks. only thing in austin, the city where one of our offices is lope kated, we have been able to get 60,000 workers through a local ordinance, the right to paid rest breaks. we are going to be freeing tryi it in dallas and houston. in dallas, 225,000 construction workers go out to work in the summertime, 100 degree heat, 112 even don't hatch tve the right break. shouldn't be partisan issue whether workers get rest breaks or paid for their work. but we are up against an industry the largest donor to the republican party in texas. it is a -- as people know is currently a red state. they're one of the most important special interest groups in the state. so, th

we saw the texas legislature pass that very strict abortion bill and it is a red state. is there anything to be learned from wendy davis or -- >> i think so. look at the attention. look at the attention that she got and then the pushback in texas which you would think of the tendencies, the thing of it is as a right-wing state. there was a lot of support for her and her filibuster in texas. there is a shift in this country on social issues. the country is becoming far more tolerant. it doesn't mean that people are in favor of abortion and it doesn't mean that people don't want to go backward on these soesh issues. >> let me bring in terry o'neal. good morning. >> good morning. it has seemed to me and i've covered a lot of elections that there has always been this passion and almost an evangelical fervor on the side of the right when it comes to the abortion issue, but in the end people rarely seem to vote on it in a way that really was significant, but when you see 20% of people in those exit polls in virginia who say a abortion is their number one issue and mcauliffe wi

first there was the texas state legislature who tried to pass reproduct rooifgts restrictions in juneas governor rick perry who made sure that legislation passed when he forced taxpayers to foot the bill for a second special session to get the restrictions through. this week, there was a federal judge that found that those medically unnecessary restrictions constituted an undue burden on women seeking an abortion. days later, a higher federal court ruled late thursday that the restrictions could immediately go into effect. so 114 lawmakers and the texas legislature, one governor, one federal judge, now one three-judge panel all making choices for texas women. you know, i have an idea. how about letting women, their families and their doctors decide what is best? joining us now from austin, texas, is fatima gifford, the director of marketing and public relations and whole women's health. thanks for being with us, fatima. >> thank you so much for having me. >> so how are you feeling this week given the extremes of the judicial rulings that you've had to encounter? >> you know, we are co

workers appalling wages, the most of workplace conditions and do it with the blessing of the texas legislature a helluva way to market your statement that is how rick perry did it. that is what near poverty means to me. >> i will try to channel rush limbaugh's listeners. this is scary. somebody help me out. why should we care about these folks? life is tough for an awful lot of people in this country. why not just what the pork people fend for themselves? >> poor people i neighbors, relatives, friends, could conceivably be us because we live in a world of economic insecurity. i yale political scientist wrote a great book called the great mystery chef and he analyzed in the last four decades a huge amount of risk that used to be borne by corporations are shifted onto individuals. go to the 1980s, most workers had defined benefit pensions. the back end of a 35 or 40 year career they knew they would retire with a degree of security. fast forward today almost no worker has a defined benefit pension the same happened with health care, tremendous number of workers lost their health insurance. every

texas's voter i.d. law. he was a part of the legislature when that passed in 2011. thanks for being with us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. >> tomorrow's going to be the first statewide test of the i.d. law in texas on election day. we've already seen one of the implications of early voting. one in four voters in texas need to file an affidavit to get their vote counted. how are you feeling about election day in your home state? >> rachel, greg abbott has made a mess out of texas voting. there was nothing wrong with our voting system in texas previous to this voting i.d. law that was passed in the legislature. texas had great voting laws. we have a very nice early vote period. you can vote for almost two weeks during early vote. senior citizens have the right to vote by mail. we made it easy to vote by texas. but because of the numbers that you talked about earlier, republicans are seeing the growing numbers of latinos in the state, the growing numbers of african-americans, and they are beginning to be concerned because they haven't made any sort of outreach to the bl

texas's voter i.d. law. he was a part of the legislature when that passed in 2011. thanks for being with us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. >> tomorrow's going to be the first statewide test of the i.d. law in texas on election day. we've already seen one of the implications of early voting. one in four voters in texas need to file an affidavit to get their vote counted. how are you feeling about election day in your home state? >> rachel, greg abbott has made a mess out of texas voting. there was nothing wrong with our voting system in texas previous to this voting i.d. law that was passed in the legislature. texas had great voting laws. we have a very nice early vote period. you can vote for almost two weeks during early vote. senior citizens have the right to vote by mail. we made it easy to vote by texas. but because of the numbers that you talked about earlier, republicans are seeing the growing numbers of latinos in the state, the growing numbers of african-americans, and they are beginning to be concerned because they haven't made any sort of outreach to the bl

what is now happening, i think, and some of the shots you were showing from the texas legislature withnd on -- i think what's happening now is finally people are beginning to see that the opposition is having success. and if they want to be sure that women do have access, they're going to have to be politically active because the opposition has managed to get more people opposed to abortion elected. >> sarah weddington, thank you so much for your time today. >> thank you, richard. >>> was a lunchroom prank the final straw for the miami dolphins' jonathan martin? the offensive tackle walked off the team monday. his breaking point, according to published reports, bullying. a source tells nbc news martin endured a year and a half of bullying and hazing. as a result it affected his playing level. the nfl players association is looking into the matter. martin says he still wants to play football but in a less contentious environment. ♪ [ ding! ] losing your chex mix too easily? time to deploy the boring-potato chip decoy bag. then no one will want to steal the deliciousness. [ male announce

texas previous to this voting i.d. law that was passed in the legislature. texas had great voting laws. we have a very nice early vote period. you can vote for almost two weeks during early vote. senior citizens have the right to vote by mail. we made it easy to vote by texas. but because of the numbers that you talked about earlier, republicans are seeing the growing numbers of latinos in the state, the growing numbers of african-americans, and they are beginning to be concerned because they haven't made any sort of outreach to the black community or the latino community, and so, they're trying to skew the elections their way. i think this is a tragedy. and rachel, i'll tell you that it's so bad that you -- i'm sure that you saw earlier that wendy davis actually had to file an affidavit to vote. greg abbott, her presumptive opponent in the general election in 2014, he actually had to file an affidavit to vote. but the former speaker of the house, jim wright from ft. worth, he went to go and try and obtain a voter i.d. card, and he couldn't obtain a voter i.d. card. that's how absurd th

>> he got a special deal from the texas state legislature. if you were any kind of business, if c-span built a building there, you would have to pay property taxes. jerry jones doesn't pay any. based on my book i researched, other comparable businesses in the same county, he should be paying $6 million to $8 million a year in property taxes. he doesn't pay anything. >> senator john mccain is talking about another aspect of taxpayer money. >> spent $5,6 87,002 to repair the anaheim stadium score board. the good people of anaheim enjoyed this and certainly enjoy watching this new score board, but i don't believe such a repair is a federal responsibility. anaheim stadium charges admission, i would assume it strives to make a profit, but i heard no one offering to pay back the federal government for the investment in the score board. >> this is a democracy, a republic where the voter has something to say about who's in office. isn't this what the taxpayer want s? >> if they want to be for the sports. is there a choice? give another example. senat

>> he got a special deal from the texas state legislature. if you or any other kind of business -- if c-span built a building there, you would have to pay property taxes. jerry jones doesn't pay any property taxes. based on other comparable businesses in the same county, he should be paying $6 million to $8 million a year in property taxes. he does not pay anything. >> here is a clip from 1996 with senator john mccain talking about another aspect of taxpayer money. >> fema spent 5 million dollars to repair the anaheim stadium scoreboard. i'm sure that the good people of anaheim appreciate this federal largess and will enjoy watching this new scoreboard but i don't believe that such a repair is a federal responsibility. anaheim stadium is an entity that charges admission. i would assume it strives to make a profit. yet i have heard of no one offering to pay back the federal government for its investment in the scoreboard. >> this is a democracy, a republic where the voter has something to say about who is in office. isn't this what the taxpaye

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, the texas hospital association and others in the medical industry pushed, and they pushed pretty hard in ways that i had not seen them push republicans in the 10 years i spent in the legislature almost a special case because republican incumbents including governor perry feel like they have so much wiggle room in the november elections that they can ignore even some of their traditional allies. i think that's what you saw in his refusal to expand medicaid. to joy and david's points, the language these folks are using is very disturbing. ted cruz in the press conference he had with rick perry when he talked about medicaid expansion compared people who need medicaid to drug users and compared giving these folks medicaid to giving them a hit of drugs. that is extremely disturbing for a united states senator to be talking in those terms. >> i think basically everything ted cruz does and said is extremely disturbing but i think that was fairly -- that was very fair of you. texas congressman joaquin castro, we look forward to a change-of- governors sooner rather than later. also former senior adviser to president obama david axelrod, thank you for being here. >> >>> a new report ab

and i found out barbara jordan was a senator in the state legislature in texas. and i said, god, and i said to the president one night at dinner. i said, mr. president, i know you want to do something for this politician but this is really a complicated, difficult area. and i'll get -- i'll give her -- get her on another task force. and he just exploded and he said, let me tell you something. barbara jordan is either going to be the first black governor of the state of texas, or the first black senator from the state of texas. he's got more brains and common sense in her little pinky than all those great financial experts have in their whole brain. and that's how i met barbara jordan. he loved barbara jordan. >> moore pierce is our producer for this installment of our 41-week series. and special thanks to former first lady lady bird johnson for opening up her family home to us and for the national park service for their help in allowing us to show this to you this morning. let's take our next telephone call on lyndon johnson. brad bradenton, florida. good morning

what works inew jers right now with the democrati legislature that he has is not going to work in texason't think it will work anywhere in america. lou: does this man have a point? >> i think he is just a larger-than-life personality, a great character. it is like mayor guiliani, but once he got out into the midwest, the heartland, that ball i thatna shop rough new york politician di n play ..3 a lot of guys like that speaking at their dinners. when it comes down to pulth lever, they don't pull the lever for thoseuys. >> excuse me. i have a different view and slightly different from mark. i think the reason -- lou: we don't have room for more than two fus here. [laughter] >> a right. i will shut up. >> i think the reason that he did so well in new jersey and that he can do well in other places is because he has demonstrated that h is a leader. for a conservative, ultra-nservative, tea party, moderate, the republican a wing of the democratic party. they guy gets it done, and that is what people looking for. >> he gets it done in new jersey, not other rts the country. >> how do you know?

course that i went through and i was elected to the legislature and then state treasurer and in the united states senate. >> wanted your family come to texas? >> my family came to texas in 1828 and they signed a texas declaration of independence and they came from england and made their way to texas and they were actually trained in the law and you had to be catholic to land in texas and he was a natural catholic. i say actual because many declared catholicism on the land. and he was part of this and he became the chief justice in this includes a great friend of sam houston and thomas rusk and my roots to go way back. >> kay hutchison is our guest and pioneering women who shaped texas, sally, good morning to you. you're on booktv. >> good morning. >> caller: my question for the senator is about the mexican women. we talked about the southern belles that came from the east and the women who are already there. >> yes, there were very brave mexican women who are part of mexico in the early days especially and many of them stay, but it was hard for them, because there was a revolution and there was a hardship that yes, there were, and the earl

, 12 states have similar abortion bans on the books, including texas, where it was part of the abortion bill pushed through the legislature after wendy davis' famous filibuster. the anti-abortion groups have been throwing their weight behind the 20-week ban, as the very standard set by roe v. wade. part of the reason they think it is a winning strategy is because of the idea of selling americans on late-term abortion. but that was a test. >> albuquerque voters struck down the late-term abortion ban. >> yesterday in albuquerque, new mexico, voters defeated a ballot measure that would have banned abortions in the city after 20 weeks. >> we were happy that we were able to get our people out and support. and that the voters of albuquerque took a stand. >> the question put on the ballot with 20,000 signatures was based on the junk science that underpins this whole debate are. >> when i learned that babies feel pain at five months, even though i'm pro choice it helped me re-think how i feel about abortion. at a point when the baby feels pain shouldn't we all say that is just too far? >> that from the susan b. anthony list, the

texas or south carolina. this is in only states where the republicans happen to control the legislature. >> besides reapportionment, the shrinking white majority claims to power through this. one of president obama's is picks was blocked. the vote was 56-41. sorry. that's enough, enough. you didn't get 60. that's the new tactic. i want to start with ron, get back to you on this question. it's not just they try to keep the other party out of power, but if they get into power through some hard-work being effort by the obama people to win again, winning enough votes despite all these efforts, they make sure they don't get to do anything. they use the 60 vote requirement on every little antsy thing. so they're hamstrung, so they win by not letting the other side win when they win. >> i think it's making sure that elections don't have consequences unless the republicans are winning. this is an unprecedented use of the filibuster by mitch mcconnell. in lyndon baines johnson's tenure he faced one fill buster. and about half of the executive appointments that have been filibustered, about half of them have come under the

legislature has been pushing extreme anti-woman provisions. just today you have greg abbott, the attorney general in texas.'s running for governor of texas on the republican side asking the courts to go forward with shutting down a third of abortion clinics in texas. in texas, a state where a lot of women are already having to go to flee markets and across the border to mexico in order to have the legal procedure of abortion. >> yeah. and when you look at the data, polls are saying that when they were asked if it was a good thing for women to be elected more women to congress, 60% of democrats said yes. just 23% of republicans agreed. not saying much for empowering women. >> right. but that also speaks to having an older, more male base. right? and this is how parties become increasingly marginalized. i do think there is a bigger issue for republicans in general which is if you're going to say you're the party of individual freedom, of american freedom, then -- and small government, you've got to ask yourself why are you trying to intrude on women's lives so much? people aren't stupid. they understand this

texas fever i mentioned. suddenly drovers were confronted by vigilance committees of local farmers and prohibitions enacted by the missouri legislature banning texans in indian territory cattle from the premises. drovers took their herds up the eastern edge of kansas for a while. but, began, increasing opposition from farmers who induced their territorial legislature pass a protective law in 1859 thwarted these efforts. during the civil war, the shawnee trail was virtually unused. but in the spring of 1866, trail traffic resumed and an estimated 200 to 260,000 longhorns trekked northward. although some herds were forced to turn back, others managed to get through. while still others were delayed or diverted around hostile settlements. with six states enacting laws in the first half of 1867, against trailing, texas cattlemen realized the need for a new trail that would skirt the farm settlements and thus avoid the trouble over tick fever. in the spring of 1867, dealer joseph g. mccoy built market facilities at abilene, kansas. negotiated a favorable freight rate. and persuaded the kansas pacific railroad to build a sighting at abilene