they have access to health care in the state of texas. made the decision in the state of texas that this is how we're going to operate our state that we don't count as a big success, the number of people that you put on government assistance, we allow them the freedom to -- >> where are they getting their care? >> they get health care in a multitude of different places. >> did they pay for it? >> some do, some don't. but the fact is they do have access to health care. it's a bit of a misnomer for them to say they don't get health care. we don't want to participate in obama care. we know it's a broken system, even the expansion of medicaid was one of those things that we said we're not going to participate in. the reason is because even the president himself in 2009 said medicaid is a broken system. and i agree with him, medicaid is a broken system. and why would we want to put thousands -- tens of thousands of people on a system that is broken because it would be tantamount to putting another 1,000 people on the "titanic" knowing how that

retail 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.

texas icon to a crisp. people mourned. almost a year later as the 2013 state fair of texas begins, a new bi big t ex is born. >> my son had just got out of the hospital. my father was in his last years of life. everybody was in wheelchairs and we made pictures of big t ex. it was a memorable time. >> i'm 66 years old. i remember the first year of big t ex. i was five years old and he scared the heck out of me. >> welcome to the state fair of texas. >> reporter: the new big t ex is three feet tall and 19,000-pound heavier, which will allow him to stand on his own and resist tornado winds. >> i think he looks great. he looks like the old big t ex but friendlier. >> i look the boots and the shirt. he looks really good. >> he looks a little more energized. think. >> why does big t ex mean so much so-so many? we asked the marketing professor daniel howard. >> big t ex came to symbolize culturally how a lot of texans look at themselves. and big t ex a has come to summarize a lot of emotional experiences that these people have had at the affair. >> reporter: big t ex

at every plant given the staffing and funding issues so it's it relies on these on the state inspectors here at texas given until there's a legislative fix that allows all of these facilities to be inspected is this a public safety issue. well we're working to minimize that right now hence doing all these sponsoring inspections state by marc klaas has agreed to do annual voluntary inspections as i stated to provide feedback to these various. entities that have ten thousand pounds or more money nitrate to make sure they are where the best practices ballet sions the fire code that we alert them to that and strongly encourage them to make those fixes challenging this league say from our office park sex farm insurance and there are some other things that they are insurance commissioners looking at during the interim study of this. review of wes before going to two thousand fifteen session with ledger comes back and we'll have a lot of. answers and feedback of what we think should be done and be ultimately up to the legislature charmin it will be just an answer we'll keep an eye on what goes on there chri

the state fair of texas. that snyder, al jazerra, dallas. >> and from big tex to a big duck an international sensation makes its first visit to the united states this giant 40-foot tall rubber ducky made its debut in pittsburgh to mark the start of a cultural festival. the duck has made a splash around the world making appearances in harbors from hong kong to saul paulo. a dutch artist created the duck, it will be moored in pittsburgh until late october. isn't that neat. i can't wait until it comes to the hudson river in new york. that will do it for this edition of news on al jazerra america. i am stephanie sy. ali i"well money is" is next. thanks for watching have a great night. >>> prepare for a government shutdown, some parts of the economy will suffer more than others. we will explain what it means for you. and the affordable care act may effect the care you get at your local hospitals, and plus some investors are putting a price tag on how much you are worth. i'm david shuster in for ali money." ♪ >>> t

hands off lax regulation environment putting the safety of many texans at risk joining me now is texas state fire marshal chris chameleon chris welcome to the show thank you just so we're clear how this works you're the state fire marshal you have a job to inspect these facilities but you're being turned away and prevented from doing that is that correct well of the sixty two inspections that we've completely zavala here inspections we like that clear for those of you stay there is not a state what park and we were requesting permission to do a code inspection to see how it was still to. compares to the park and up. by did not want to come on the property now since the. one has changed. and we have back we were supposed to inspect them today gotcha so the vast majority of plants are being inspected just these five and now now for what might be a reason for these plants to turn you away that you know wouldn't be a safety issue i guess. well we're hoping it's not a safety issue begs the question of why they not laos was it a miscommunication on our part or what whatever it was we want to make

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 in washington. they never have. but thomas rusk was the first senator along with sam houston, and because they were in the revolution, i thought he wrote something in the report to president of the new republic about the battle that, again, told the tale of the greatness of texas women. the member, -- men, he said, the men of texas deserve much credit. but more was due the women. armed men facing a foe could not but be brave. but the women, with their little children aro

a 52 foot tall mascot returns to the texas state fair. he's bigger than ever. a season classic in georgia. michael eaves has stories about the top 10 showdown in sports. that's next: >>> and welcome back. a huge symbol of texas pride is back. a year ago big tex the 60-year-old icon of the texas state fair burned to the ground. it was a sad day in dallas, now a bigger and better big tex has been unveiled. schneider tells us about the revealing. >> when we first saw big tex, a fire burnt the icon to a crisp. people mourned, someone formed a big tex grief support group on facebook. a year later a new big tex is born, and the memories flow. >> four years ago my son got out of hospital, my father in his last years of life. everyone was in here in wheelchairs , and we made pictures. it was a very memorable time. >> i'm 66 years old, i remember the first year of big tex. i was about five years old. he scared the heck out of me. >> the new big tex is three feet taller, and 19,000 pounds heavier, allowing him to stand on his own and withstand hurricane force winds. he's

texas high school legend if that record withstands the test of time. record book, it always creates a buzz that can be heard throughout the state. former university of texas wide receiver jordan shipley set ery majo career receiving record when he was at burnet (burn-it) high school: receptions, yard and touchdowns.

piri actually wanted to show people the real texas is ad would go something like this when you wrote tired of struggling to make ends meet and wacky liberal stateslike maryland think texas where we're number one and low wage job growth come to texas where if you're poor you have to pay taxes on everything you buy every penny your income but if you're a billionaire you know those federal breaks and don't have to pay a state income tax at all come to texas where you might have to drive more than four hours to get birth control pills because our state's new abortion laws of forced most women's health clinics to close down but our billion dollar mega church industry has its arms wide open to teach your little lady how to be happy in the kitchen come to texas where we have some pretty good hospitals and you won't have to mingle with those smelly poor people because our state has the most people without insurance in the nation come to texas where if some uppity person of color bothers you we know how to deal with them we lead the country in executions in fact we've executed more than five hundred people since one nine hundred seventy six we haven't ex

all is right with the world, this world, the state fair of texas. >> big tex was built as a giant santaclause in 1949. it was purchased for the state fair for $357. >> from big text to a big duck. an international sensation makes its first visit to the united states. a 40-foot tall rubber ducky made a debut in pittsburg. the duck has made a splash around the world, making appearances in harvard, from hong kong to south paulo. it will be moored in pittsburg. the rubber duck is so popular it has its own facebook and twitter accounts. >> that will do it for this edition of news. real money with ali velshi is next. thank you for watching. have a great morning. >>> prepare for a government shutdown, some parts of the economy will suffer more than others. we will explain what it means for you. and the affordable care act may effect the care you get at your local hospitals, and plus some investors are putting a price tag on how much you are worth. i'm david shuster in for ali money." ♪ >>> this is "real money" and you the most important part of the show, so join our live conversation for the n

growing up in central texas, and your marriage and working on the railroad and teaching at north texas state and coming through and going through the business school at stanford, and then opportunity opened at the school of business fortunately because it was the only one you applied to. what was your field? what did you engage in? >> i had been doing research in the hottest topic of that time which was managers, leadership, attitudes. i had done that in what was then silicon valley and that was about five firms at that time. 1962 or so. and hewlett packard for example had two divisions in palo alto and they have now got 140 or something like that, so, it was another time. the -- but, companies were -- because it was another time, companies were incredibly cooperative. they were very eager to link with universities on the search, and they were excited about learning which was partly the product of ever depression. partly the product of world war ii when leadership training had been so good that the managers who came back went through on the g.i. bill. they were flooding into firms and bringi

, there were over 4500 jobs lost in maryland, in the same month 18,200 were created in at the state of texasded in different directions from the standpoint of the health of their economy. the ceo of the magazine picks texas to be the second in the nation to do business. marylands is 41st, so businessmen and women, the decision has been made. if you want to grow and have the prospect of really growing your company you want to be in a state with the red state policies like texas, rather than a state like maryland, which is blue and blue state policies. >> neil: all of this comes at time when you indicated you don't want to run for re-election, and many are looking at this job pushes as something that could be a credible wind at your back should you choose to run for president. are you going to -- >> happy it's a wind at the back of this country as we have a discussion. i hope that we have a conversation about what is the best national policies for america. i do believe that it's really pretty simple. if we had the leadership in this country, put a flat tax into place, open that pipeline out of

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to test just to test their air and in the process we also did open records requests with the state of texas and what we found was that the state of texas actually did some investigating in response to the cerny families and other residents complaints and what they found was that yes there was much to be concerned about pollution levels so high that the investigators themselves evacuated the area. but afterwards they did not. penalize the company responsible nor did they warn the residents who are in close proximity to the polluting facilities or why we do not know why we can tell you only what we found in from these open records requests. maybe when you talk to forest spoke to the regulators themselves he has a bit more but basically when they responded they they gave a response that was not an explanation for us what what mechanism here is broken when you have a this family that seems to be doing poison to live here and they appeal for someone to help them in no help comes. well frankly if this is not too unusual for the texas system of environmental regulation we see this in a lot of area

this map from greenpeace high risk chemical plants are located all over the country but no state has more than texas however because there is no state fire code the state fire marshal cannot force its way into businesses or conduct unannounced inspections in the lone star state now at a state legislator here in state fire marshal chris connelly said that his office has completed sixty inspections but by facilities just won't let the inspectors in and neither has one of the railroad companies that transports the fertilizer chemicals now connelly declined to name the factory that won't let him into his navy factories that won't let him in he said quote in their defense they may have a very good reason the people who live close to and work in these factories might want to learn what that reason is though. and speaking of factor is are you interested in learning the latest on the workers' rights and struggles then ten tonight at seven pm for the special edition of the big picture called labor picture the entire show will focus on the state of labor in america so tune in for this very special post labor

texas state regulators did and. walked away and left the residence to suffer so texas is a bad case but it isn't by no means are representative of lax regulation when it comes to oil and gore has been in the last thirty seconds we have left what do you make of what's going on in colorado in these reports that we might have these fracking chemicals leaking into the flood waters. you know i think one of the things to point out quickly here is that fracking is such a new phenomenon that we are just even as the these shale plays explode sometimes literally we're we're just now the science is in the data and the research is just now catching up so i really think that sometimes we need to pause and let the data and the research catch up to the activity on the ground and so what we're seeing in texas and colorado is we're kind of having to learn a lot on the job and that's not always maybe good for the people we live with right in their backyard. forest wilder thank you both i can say thank you now in other news over the we

yesterday the texas state fair revealed their top fried food. it's already going to be a good fair. drum roll here? it is -- can you tell what that is? cuban egg roll. wanton rapper stuffed with pickles and cheese. >> usually tastes better than it looks. >>> wis wirks grocery store holding the title of world's largest brat. evidently have the title with a f 50-foot brat from last year. this year 150. >> that's a good sized brought. need some beer to go with that. >> perfect for football season. >>> time for a look back. new benefits begin at the defense department. >>> the lava lamp was introduced september 3rd, 1963. >> i never had one. >> no. actually, i did have one for a little bit. the ultimate psychedelic accessory was first sold. >>> charlie sheen is 48. >>> meet the actors who will star in the fifty shades of grey film and adriana performs live. for bill karins, i'm richard experience and i'm really excited about it. and i'm not going to miss it. >> it is the first morning commute with the new span of the bay bridge. it is now underway. a live look at the eastern span. it is

of the texas state board of education, and i am in the stream. >> welcome back.king about declining diversity in traditional public schools and the impact on charter schools. do you think that the success or failure of traditional schools and charter schools are mutually exclusive? or is there success tied to each other. >> they are certainly tied to each other. if we learn from each other, what the best practices are, then all schools can succeed, in addition we have always had a diverse pallet of school types. since -- and we often forget during reconstruction, the missionary groups that gave money to various groups they respond a great deal of traditionally black colleges and universities. and so it goes back to what are we going to do to get quality teachers and good teaching in these buildings so you can have a charter school with those things, and have success or have a charter school without those things and have failure. >> richard, what are we seeing in the youngest years? >> that's the encouraging news, more importants of all races are interested in div

texas, or so the saying goes. it is true in this case. the 60 year iconic symbol of the state fair of texas was burned to the ground. why this is such a big deal. >> reporter: the last time we saw big tex, a analect trical short burned down tex. now a new big tex is born and the memories flow. >> four year40 years ago my sons coming out of the hospital. my father was in his last years of life. everyone was here in wheelchairs and it was a very memorable time. >> i'm 66 of years old. i remember the first year of big tex. i was about five years old, and he scared the heck out of me. >> tex: welcome to the state fair of texas. >> reporter: the new big tex is taller and heavier which would allow him to stand on his own and with stand winds. >> i think he looks great. he still looks like the old big tex but friendlier. >> i like the way the boots are coordinated with his shirt, and it has all the texas themes to it. i think he looks good. >> he likes a little more energized i think. >> why does big tex mean so much to so many? we asked smu marketing professor daniel howard. >> big

. >> the texas law has for a long time band corporations from giving directly to texas state candidatestom delay wanted to do that. he allowed the money to go to a branch of the republican national committee. he got corporations to give $190,000 and told them it was going to individual candidates which is illegal. they wrote checks totaling $190,000. the court said but he technically was ok because even though the corporations said they were giving to individuals they could have given the money for other purposes. just for access to talk to tom delay which raises its own questions whether politician should be selling access but it could have gone for something else. therefore there was not sufficient evidence. they said as long as you follow all the technicalities right you can basically ignore this law. >> he pretty much got off on a technicality. you worked on the hill when tom delay was rising to power in the republican party. can you talk about the kind of influence he wielded? >> probably one of the most powerful members of congress in the last nerdy years. he was called the hammer

states. in particular, texas.hat's why. >> why do you think all these goodies having added to the bill arguing whether the democrats don't agree to oil and gas exploitation and exploration in the federal lands, they don't agree to the keystone, the federal government is going into default. i think that's an odd demand. your thoughts. >> that's what taking hostages is all about. the hostages aren't germane to the ransom that you're trying to get. if you can convince the american congress that we ought to change our oil and gas policy, fine. but you don't take the full faith and credit of the united states hostage. likewise, you don't pass a law that says that the executive branch will have so much money, but it's supposed to pay 19% more. and we do, unfortunately, borrow 19% of what we pay out and say we have to pay china but you don't have to pay social security. you don't have to pay veterans benefits. to -- >> we have to wrap, i'm sorry. congressman culberson, please come back. i like debating with you guys. it'

the vehicles will be built in arlington, texas, and featured at the texas state fair september 27... critics say it's overdue. the all-new suvs are the first from the automaker in 6 years-- still to come. the wall street firm paying a record dollar figure in legal fees.. plus -- bill moller bring us the inside secrets of big business. how corporate america dictates excutive pay and attempts to run the white. and, a look at the toronto film festival highlights in "movies and money"... in its more than 80 years as a global management consulting firm advising governments and corporations alike, mckinsey and company has established, well, quite a reputation for its influence, secretiveness and its scandals. it's all told in the fascinating book, the firm: the story of mckinsey and its secret influence on american business. financial journalist and fortune contributing editor duff mcdonald wrote it. duff, why don't you give us a couple of the highs and lows over the years from this firm. > > sure, mckinsey has been instrumental in helping companies both organize themselves and-- in partic

retail 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

will eliminate jobs, balloon the state budget and most importantly stretch to the limit our already overburdened health care system. senator nelson also observed texas is a large geographically diverse border state with challenges that are unique from other states. the one-size-fits-all approach of obamacare is wrong for texas. if given the opportunity we can -- opportunity week designed design a better system that fits the needs of our citizens. in march of 2012 senator nelson observed obamacare creates more problems than it solves, ballooning the state budget and burdening our employers at a time they're struggling to survive. in march of 2010 senator nelson observed in texas i'm deeply concerned with the devastating

texas a&m,. >> i don't know if it was possible for sam houston state to beam texas a&m but last week texas stated six upsets, we could conceivably see it again, sam houston state is two time national champion in the fcs, there is definitely a shot but i think a&m is going to be wary of sam houston state and they're going otake this game a little more seriously than they would when playing an scs opponent. >>> notenotre dame and sc? >> while they did take some time off i think that notre dame needs this game. we're going to a playoff next year so you need to stock your schedule with as many like tough teams as you possibly can and getting rid of a michigan doesn't bode very well for notre dame to get their way into a four team playoff. it is going to be very playoff. >> pac 12, what are the chances that a team from that conference could make it to the championships? >> we saw oregon leapfrog, they beat nichols state. but what we saw from okay we have always seen from oregon that high powered offense. what i'm looking is to see stanford play, matches up with the sec, two good lines on both sides o

joe texas law has for a very long period of time banned corporations from giving directly to texas statecandidates and tom de lay wanted to do exactly that but he knew that it was against the law so he very secretly allowed the money to go to a branch of the republican national committee he got corporations to give one hundred ninety thousand dollars to them he told us specifically it was going to individual candidates which of course is illegal then the postmaster many wrote checks to seven candidates totaling one hundred ninety thousand dollars and the court said well but he technically was ok because even though the corporation said they were giving it individual candidates they could have given the money for other purposes they could get the money just for access to talk to tom de lay which of course is raises its own question of whether or not politicians should be selling access for having much metal money but because it could have gone for something else therefore there was an insufficient evidence and though the twelve jurors found beyond a reasonable doubt it was true basically

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texas, so the saying goes. it's at least true in this case. last year the 60-year-old iconic symbol of the state of texas burned to the ground. now big tex is revealed. >> when we last saw big tex, an electrical short in a boot burned the 52 foot icon to a crisp. some formed a grief support group on facebook. at the 2013 state fair of texas begins a new big tex begins. >> my son had just gotten out of the hospital. my father was in his last years of life. everybody was in wheelchairs and we made pictures out by big tex it was a memorable time. >> i'm 66 years old. i remember the first year of big tex. i was five years old and he scared the heck out of me. >> the new. >> bruce: big tex is three feet taller and heavier. he is fire resistant. let's talk about his face, that hasn't changed too much and people around here say, they wouldn't have it any other way. >> he looks great. looks like the old big tex but a little friendlier. >> i like the way the boots are coordinate wednesday the shirt and it has a texas theme. >> he looks a little more energized i think. >> why does big tex mean so much to

texas. lawmakers in the loan star state are steering clear of obamacare's medicaid expansion.t decision will leave like this cab driver right where they were before. >> life of a cab driver, man. >> reporter: tell me how things have been for you without insurance? >> it has been pretty difficult. like i said i don't have any preexisting conditions right now. i'm 53 years old. my last time for a full checkup was probably -- a full medical checkup was probably five years ago. >> reporter: the medicaid expansion that texas is rejecting is designed to help people like dave who has a wife and three kids and has an annual income of about $23,000 a year. if texas had expanded the program, a family earning about $30,000 a year could get coverage. but because texas has not expanded medicaid, dave and his family are basically out of luck. about 1.7 million texas are stuck in the middle. >> i know things such as probably prostate screening and all of that stuff at my age is recommended. i don't have the money to do that. >> reporter: medicaid provides health care coverage to low-income p

parenthood and a dozen other women's health providers filed a federal lawsuit today against the state of texasthey want to block key provisions of the state's new abortion law. that law bans abortions after 20 weeks and only allows abortions in surgical centers, which is severely restricting to most women. my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. >> this is something that we have long sought. and the fact that we now have a framework that will be voted on perhaps as soon as today, perhaps over the weekend or monday that would be legally binding, that would be verifiable and enforceable where there would be consequences for syria's failure to meet what has been set forth in this resolution i think is a potent

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,

battleground texas says the crowd is playing to. >> isn't as tough as it seems. >> so we think that texas is not a red state. i know that we wanted to make a difference. >> help odd basic actions ma win ohio in 2012. she says texas has plenty of democrats among them, many hispanics they just don't tin out at the polls. >> if that changes and more texas sans are involved we see more competitive politics. >> chose obama over romney by 41 points. and they will be the majority population here by 2020, still, less than 40% of eligible hispanics vote. battleground plans on changing that with 3,000 volunteers statewide who are registering new voters. >> so we feel if we can get more people to vote, we can get a government that is representative of the people of texas. >> democrats hope that may be wendy davis, who energized the party this summer with a dramatic 13 hour filibuster against an antiabortion bill, she lost that battle when republicans, but some thing she won the war,ing withing the brightest hope democrats have had in decades. still, most republicans think she and battleground texas are out of step. >>

but texas state senator wendy davis who became a national media darling for filibustering against a ban on abortions after five months, she became the susan b. anthony of suction. the joan of ark of abortion. she is what the media thinks is brave. and she raised $1.2 million after that filibuster. and if she wins and become governors, she should thank the fetus. of course, they won't be able to hear her. >> before i go to dana, and a lot of people say what was so great about it? why does it have to be a 21-hour talk-a-thon? i said it forced the liberal media, it forced cnn to headline. it's forcing cbs, abc and nbc to talk about it. had he done five or six hours, no one would have heard about it. >> plus it proves he knows more about obamacare than the people who voted to pass obamacare. they were so tired of it, they wanted it out the door. one of the things i liked was he talked about single moms and dads who are trying to raise families that are going to have them raised by so much and he used anecdotal evidence which i think is the most persuasive form of persuasion. also the media

texas state university came up with a protocol in 2002 that's been adopted by the f.b.i. and d.h.s. and they've trained over 40 state and locals. they have a protocol. how you respond, how you have a unified command. what everybody's responsibility should be. how you clear room to room. how you rescue people. they walk police officers and xhanld staff through this. how the information will flow. where's everybody going to be. if something new pops up. and they table top these exercises. the united states has gotten very, very good training, active shooter response. a lot of the cities, new york, washington, l.a. actually practiced this in a unified space with others, with other federal and local partners. so they've learned quite a bit on how timely you need to get there. you have to get there quick in order to save lives. how to get through the building as quick as you can. it's about getting there, taking out the adversary and saving the rest of the people there. that's what the training goes to >> rose: and it's extraordinarily different from how we were raised. the protocol throu

rolled by cruz and are livid, with one leadership aide telling a reporter and i'm quoting, that texas state senator wendy davis has more balls than ted cruz. i can say that because it is a quote. perhaps the person who summed up the events is chief eric ericsson who tweeted holy cow, the meltdown from republicans is astounding. joining me, the ranking member of the house budget committee, what is going on down there? >> well, chris, that was a great lead-in. look, two things happened today. the first thing is that john boehner went eyeball to eyeball with the tea party folks in his caucus and john boehner blinked. now the news is official, john boehner has turned the gavel of the house over to the tea party faction. that is one thing, the second thing is, really they want to turn this thing over in senator ted cruz' lap, saying the monkey is in your lap. you watch it. it would be fun except the consequences could be really bad for the country and the american people. >> i want to make an argument for why the consequences may be good in a moment. but first, in terms of the pre-emptive blame

neither isthe state of texas or other states that passed voter i.d. laws. her as a group in court? >> well, in this case in texas we'll certainly stand ready to assist texas in any way. we provided assistance when texas went up on their photo i.d. law the first time by giving them statistical evidence from kansas. the argument holder is trying to make is a ridiculous argument. he is claiming photo i.d. hurts people of one skin color than people of another skin color. the evidence doesn't prove that. the evidence comes out it affects all of us equally. surprise, surprise we can get a free drirs license or free state i.d. if we don't have a drers license for purpose of voting. lou: attorney general greg abbott pointed out studies show minority participation rates overut subsequent elections have risen at a rate and participation rates are higherra than tat of white citizens which invalidates everything the obama justice department is saying. >> yeah. lou: when will we have a resolution? >> well, we're hopeful in the kansas and arizona lawsuit we're hopeful we