i mean, i knew it was texas but was the texas press association. instead i was faced with a room full of very conservative newspaper publishers. from across the lone star state. now, undeterred by the demographics of the group, i went ahead with my plan. after a short intro, the lights went down and let's see here the lights went down. to have a typical sort of liberal cartoon slideshow. welcome when the presentation was over, 20 minutes later and the lights were turned back up half the audience was gone. [laughter] i mean it was pretty humbling if not downright humiliating experience. i think even an optimist who still would've seen the room as half-full might have even been discouraged. the only comment i got afterwards that even came close to being a complement was when one of those publisher walked up to me and said well, that took guts. [laughter] and i will take that as a compliment. now, my nerves aside, i'm pretty sure nothing like that will happen tonight. you guys, this is the d.c. after all, right? and you guys are a told the crowd. besi

texas. host: she is the homeland security reporter at the associated press. has previously reported on the drug war. we have her for the next 20 minutes. we are on the line for democrats in texas area --. caller: good morning. i am talking about this executive order. abraham lincoln was a republican the. he passed the emancipation proclamation by executive order and freed the slaves. obama hasn't freed anybody. he's just postponed. when something is wrong the country, if you tell a lie long enough, it's true. that is what they do, they attack obama until his term is over. host: tag has a question or you on our twitter page. can you talk about morale at the dhs? guest: it's the lowest in the government. we have known that for years. there is a r survey. it has come in rock-bottom or very close to the bottom. there is no getting around it. when you are at the airport and your interaction with tsa, we have different versions of that. they have a very difficult job. it's the same with the border patrol. they are driving two hours just into a patrol section and the

first wife in 1982 and in 2003 his acquittal in another texas murder, were detailed in that hbo documentary the jinx. >> and the associated presso deal with crick correction after mixing up the troubled millionaire with rocker fred durst, there is fred right there, in wire story they printed yesterday. one part of the story referred to robert durst as quote unquote the former limp biscuit front man. are you kidding me? not only mix-up his first name, they really thought he was from limp biscuit in the nine's. somebody could had to to have been fired, fred, but don't relate him to the band. >> certainly meeting after that, i'm sure. >> oh, yes. >> okay, so 8:06. check your pantry, may be something in there that's part of a new recall. >> yes, lauren. >> i have to say i'm big fan of mac and cheese. >> i am too. but kraft foods is voluntarily recalling some of its boxes of the original flavor mac and cheese. some of the box haves small pieces every metal inside, some six and a half million boxes affected by the recall. check the boxes, best use by date until october 11 of this year, and it is mark with the code c2, craft says it i

fifth circuit court of appeals to end a texas judge's temporary block on the president's immigration actions as they continue to sit in legal limbo. associated pressrrested were protected under the president's immigration action, not in legal limbo, known as daca. thank you for being with me. from the lawsuit to now, supposedly protected folks by the president and executive orders, how much confusion is there in the community? >> there's confusion on both sides. confusion on the side of i.c.e. and on those detained. it is important to get the word out there is prosecutorial discretion. there are there are reliefs still there. this confusion can be unravelled and people can stay while this injunction gets resolved. >> is it possible for someone who would qualify for daca to say if they are caught and would qualify under daca say listen i qualify, don't deport me? seems as though that's not carrying a lot of water. >> i would say that in addition to i want to see counsel, i want to see a lawyer i want to see a judge, have my day in court, as well as equity they have. prosecutorial discretion occurred before it didn't appear just with the main date i

texas. host: she is the homeland security reporter at the associated press. e has previously reported on the drug war. we have her for the next 20 minutes. we are on the line for democrats in texas area --. caller: good morning. i am talking about this executive order. abraham lincoln was a republican the. he passed the emancipation proclamation by executive order and freed the slaves. obama hasn't freed anybody. he's just postponed. when something is wrong the country, if you tell a lie long enough, it's true. that is what they do, they attack obama until his term is over. host: tag has a question or you on our twitter page. can you talk about morale at the dhs? guest: it's the lowest in the government. we have known that for years. there is a r survey. it has come in rock-bottom or very close to the bottom. there is no getting around it. when you are at the airport and your interaction with tsa, we have different versions of that. they have a very difficult job. it's the same with the border patrol. they are driving two hours just into a patrol section and t

of the "associated press," ron fournier of the "national journal," here's a sentence i thought i would never speak. ted cruz is joining obama administration obamacare. he's the conservative texascampaign. his wife to her credit, is taking a leave from her job to help him in his campaign. she's giving up her health insurance. the big government shutdown two years ago was over trying to defund obamacare. here he tells cnn's dana bash i'm about to sign up. >> we'll be getting new health insurance, we'll presumably do it through my job in the senate. we'll be on the federal exchange like millions of others on the federal exchange. >> you will be getting obamacare effectively? >> it's one of the good things about obamacare is that the statute provided that members of congress would be on the exchanges without subsidies, just like millions of americans. >> i'm almost speechless. i'm almost speechless because he said one of the good things. by his view look i'm going to defend him for a minute. like i said to her credit, his wife wants to commit to the campaign that she's giving up her job. he's got two young kids of course he needs health insurance, he's signing up and saying there'