in texas over the last 13 years tens of millions of votes have been cast in that state. tens of millions. and the grand total of documented instances of showing up at the polls and pretending to be somebody else in texas is one. literally. not 1%. one guy. one guy for the whole state over 13 years. it's justification enough to change state law in texases so people like this lifelong texan, this judge who has been voting in the state for 49 years now has a huge hassle trying to vote in the state if she's allowed to vote at all. there are an estimated 1.4 million voters in texas who are eligible voters, who do not have the kind of documentation you're now required to show in order to cast a vote in that state. and that doesn't even count the people who do supposedly have the right documentation, they do have the right kind of i.d. like that judge, but the i.d. doesn't match in exactly the way it has to match now for you to be hay lowed to vote anymore. and this is all coming into focus in texas this week because early voting has just started in the texas november elections.

this injunction hearing is ever since june, if remember, we saw protesters on both sides flood the texas state company tolcapitol. the biggest protest on restriction. we saw protesters removed by police, and we saw state senator wendy davis campaign with her 13-hour filibuster which ultimately stopped thee restrictions from being passed. these rules ban abortion after 20 weeks, and it does require admitting privileges, which is ththethe biggest hurdle that toy those abortion providers are trying to convince the judge they are unable to meet by next week. and 36 abortion providers will be put out of work, and that leaves 22,000 women in the state of texas who will not be able to have an abortion next year. listen to what a spokesperson for planned parenthood said this restriction, what kind of an affect it would have on her patients. >> if this law goes into affect we have patients where safe, legal abortion will not be available in their communities. that puts low income women and women in smaller communities will put their health at risk because they are not going to be able to access the hel

texas state senator wendy davis with a long record of service in her state, sky-high name recognitiononal profile that any politician would want and a place for her at the head of the ballot in a year when democrats are throwing everything they have into trying to nudge the state of texas from red into purple. wendy davis has now announced that she is running for texas governor. joining us now for the interview to talk government shutdown and texas and all the rest is a proud texan, dan rather. he's anchor of the special series "the big interview" on axs-tv and also former anchor of "the cbs evening news." i do want to get your take on wendy davis announcing for governor. is it fair to see her in the light of ann richards? >> it is. not the least of reasons being she's a woman candidate. but also, listen. texas democrats are gaga over wendy davis. they really think they have a chance at winning. now, texas monthly, for one, has already decided the race is over. they and cnn have just said, listen. you're more likely to see water run uphill than you are to see wendy davis elected. >> a

state legislature, by governor perry. that's what was happening. women have had enough in texas. they're ready for change. what is fueling a lot of the energy. again, not just women, but women are really ready for a change in the state of texas. >> almost as if nationally and in texas they have forgotten the suffrage movement and women hatch the right have the right to vote. this law would restrict 22,000 texas women from having the right to choose. you look at that. you look at the conscience clause, the republicans in washington are trying to insert into the debate over a clean bill of funding for the government. i have to ask you, cecile, a football we toss back and forth all the time. why is this still anner t eran ? >> i don't understand. it was incredible. this last weekend to see. in the midst of all the issues the government is dealing with. in fact the house of representatives would pass yet another time, a bill to restrict women's access to birth control. this is, extraordinary. but of the thing that is important about all this. for planned parenthood, speaking now on part of the planned parenth

that law was designed to shut down abortion clinics across the state of texas. in a state that has already seen dozens of women's health providers close down, this new law was set to close down at least a third of all the clinics in the state in one fell swoop when it went into effect tomorrow, but then today, less than 25 hours before the law was supposed to take effect, a federal judge in texas blocked a key part of the new antiabortion law. and the ruling was kind of a doozy. look. today there is no issue that divides the people of this country more than abortion. it's the most divisive issue to face this country since slavery. wow! when compared with the intensity, emotion and depth of feeling expressed with regard to abortion, the recent arguments on affordable care act, increasing the debt ceiling and closing the government retreat to near oblivion. sincere and caring persons of both -- excuse me -- sincere and caring persons of goodwill are found on both sides of the issue, but neither side will ever change the position of the other. legislatures and court

texas, an unbelievable catch between texas and texas state. drive. out on the line wide receiver football catch. be able tonavy will play football for saturday. this caused the defense department to shut down competitive sports. reportedly funds have been found to allow the air force game to be played. interesting. the high school game going for the two-point conversion. the quarterback going down. hoisted into the air incomes down in the receiver's hand. how could they do that? currently, 16 point underdogs for saturday's game against florida state. could be worse. the denver broncos are 28 point favorites over jacksonville jaguars. sure will find out for 9:00 noon tomorrow. >> the taxpayers >> a live look outside the white house where we may soon see senate leaders and house leaders talk to the microphones to talk about what went on inside the white house. we know that they're trying to find common ground. withother warm day temperatures climbing to the middle 80s tomorrow. a fresh look at all of that tonight for you at 11:00. >> abc world news com

procedures on the ballot, section d, that section, bottom line is it may not count. >> joining me now, texas state and sarah slayman, a democratic activist in texas currently campaigning for wendy davis. senator, i have to ask you, do you know if you have the right i.d.s for voting in your state? >> well i am not sure. if it has to be exact, ascoreding to interpretation of election judges i think i will be one of the willwill -- woment will be forced to sign an affidavit. we tried several different amendments. we were able to convince our republican colleagues to do one. that is to allow women to -- to sign an affidavit if it is substantially similar. but what we have found, since we are in early voting for the november cycle, is that just today in san antonio, a retired principal who had been voting for 42 years, was required to sign an affidavit. this is really an undue burden on women. why on earth would my republican leadership. either they're afraid of women voters or afraid of women voting. >> sarah slayman. welcome back to the show. but we just heard here is a senator who is not sure. we ha

there's also stupidity in a state like texas or cash-strapped states taking these cases and wasting taxpayersney pragmatically when the money could be invested in education, in all kinds of benefits. >> not to mention stripping funding for planned parenthood and taking away reproductive health services for hundreds of thousands of low in come women in texas. to the other part of the decision, the part the judge let stand, the provision about having to use a certain medical protocol. according to an institute one-quarter before nine weeks are medication abortions. that would seem to have serious repercussions for the women of texas. >> yes. we were disappointed by that part of the ruling, but by and large this is still a victory for women. medication abortion in the evidence-based protocol is a very safe, very effective way for women to end an early pregnancy. we're disappointed by that part of the ruling. the most important part of the ruling is that which prrveserve access to safe, legal borings across texas. >> let me ask you a question as a woman in tech. when these decisions are handed do

a texas state senator who's star is rising on the national scene has her sights set on the governor's chair. best known for her filibuster to defeat restrictions on abortion, democratic state senator wendy davis officially through her hat in the ring for governor. ((take sot)) incumbent governor rick perry has said he will not run for another term, possibly to make way for another presidential run. republican attorney general greg abbott is expected to be his party's nominee. an unbelievable story out of michigan, where a home in a detroit suburb has been firebombed for the twelfth time in two months. it all started back in july - when gang members who'd been staying here were evicted from the home. they came back and took their revenge by tossing molotov cocktails into the dwelling. since then , the house has been a perpetual target--sometime s multiple times in one night. the house has bee

state is certain to the appeal. brian? >> pete williams on the texas situation from washington tonight. pete, thanks. >>> penn state university has agreed to pay out nearly $60 million to 26 different victims in that child sexual abuse scandal involving the former assistant football coach jerry sandusky who is, by the way, spending the rest of his life in prison. the settlement is on top of tens of millions already spent by the university on fines, legal bills and other costs in the scandal that badly tarnished the reputation of penn state football and the late and legendary coach joe paterno. >>> the website for the president's new health care law is back up tonight after yet another technical problem over the weekend that prevented people from signing up for health insurance yet again. for many middle class americans who buy their own health insurance, there could be another frustration and that is sticker shock after some learned they must buy new policies that cover more, but cost more as well. nbc's peter alexander at the white house for us tonight. peter, good evening. >> reporter:

. >>> today texas state senator davis is expected to announce her bid for governor of the lone star state the nearly 13 hour filibuster against a bill on abortions. on the eve of the announcement davis' trailed her main gop rival by just # 8%. no democrat has won a statewide office in the state of texas since 1994. >>> well today is the last day for the 9/11 victims to apply for compensation. the number of applicants has soared with people who have illnesses that might be related to toxic fallout from the attacks. more than 32,000 people have applied to the federal compensation fund so far. as recently as late june, fewer than 20,000 people had applied. >>> well, we claimed him as our own but his work was known all over the world. tom clancy the man who wrote books passed away. the 66-year-old died at a baltimore hospital. he went from an insurance salesman to become one of the best writers of all time. 17 of his nfls appeared -- novels appeared on the "new york times" best seller list. the cause of death has not within released and we'll keep you posted on what we find. >>> crime doesn't

states. there are seven court cases involving gay marriage and civil unions across the country. that includes cases in arkansas, hawaii, michigan, texas, north carolina, virginia and new jersey which says that governor christie has now dropped his option. >> secretary of state john kerry is, new charges again leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden. phil edner joins us and tell us about these latest accusations. >> del, these latest accusations were published in french daily lemonde, and the paper that broke the story about nsa edward snowden monitoring the program. not the least of which the announcement that apparently the nsa collect eld phone records on -- collected phone records on 70 million people in just a 30 day period. quite significant there. we have seen things like the u.s. ambassador to be summoned to the french foreign ministry to explain what the nsa mass been up to. del. >> do we expect any fallout from these latest allegations? >> the french foreign minister released a statement saying it was unacceptable, it should stop immediately and cannot be repeated. there is an awful lot of anger coming out of france no

your money needs an ally. >>> wendy davis, the texas state senator who became an overnight sensationster of a reproduction rights bill is expected to jump into the governor's race this afternoon taking on republican attorney general greg abbott. so does she have a chance? no says new republic, democratic changes might break republican siege of those poor liberals in austin but now there isn't a path to victory for progressive democrats. gives a shot, albeit a long one saying davis needs a perfect campaign and abbott needs to make mistakes. she won't get great odds in vegas but neither can ann richards. she left in 1995. red states are too daunting for gifted legislature. they note republicans have won 100 statewide elections in a row, half of white voters are evangelical christians and obama carried just 26 of the state's 254 counties in 2012. still, davis, a single mother at 19, who went from living in a trailer park to college and then to harvard law before rising up the ranks of texas politics has beaten the odds before. >> obviously when you think about doing something this big a

. >> texas state senator wendy davis is running for governor. the democrat is known for having a filibuster that temporary blocks anti-abortion in texas. rick perry, the state's longest serving governmen governor will not seek re-election. >>> california will become the tenth state to allow unauthorized the immigrants to do that when new law takes full effect in the year 2015. >>> to a story now that 28 years later, still hard to believe and the people who live it are still trying to pick up the pieces of their lives. after an intense battle with a small group. the city of philadelphia bombed one of its own neighborhoods. pit left 11 people dead including five children. a new document called "let the fire burn" put a spotlight on the strategy. >> reporter: in west philadelphia , this just isn't any ordinary -- this is ground zero far fire in may 1995. >> we necessary. >> reporter: there has just been a huge explosion here. we don't know what it means. >> 28 years a go, dropped bomb occupied by members. the fire jumped from roof to roof engulfing

they play it every year at the texas state fair.e texas state fair, the cotton bowl, since 1929. 92,000 fans. and it's a rivalry, 364 days in the making. they started playing this rivalry 108 years ago. each team traveling three hours from their respective schools. oklahoma coming from norman. texas coming from austin. three-game winning streak from the sooner, blowing them out last year, 63-21. it's such a big game, they're playing for three trophies. the hat, the red river trophy and governor's trophy. and carlos beltran provided all of the offense for the cardinals against the dodgers. beltran doubled into right center into the bottom of the third. he scored both runners. and the game would remain tied at 2-2 until the 13th inning. and two on for beltran again. and he delivers again. this time with a walk-off single. the cardinals win last night, 3-2. game two of that game this afternoon on tbs at 4:00. and game one of the tigers taking on the red sox is around 8:00 eastern tonight. i'm telling you right now, this is the biggest

texas. her popularity doesn't make her a lock in the lone star state. we are monitoring tropical storm karen which has parts of the gulf coast under a warning. bill karins has more on that. we want to start in washington. a day of high political tension in d.c., a scare where a woman tried to run down a white house barricade, shot and killed on the streets near the senate. it began with reports of shots fired near the heart senate building on constitution avenue. legislatures and their staff were told that take shelter. a woman, miriam carey tried to ram her car through a barricade and took off at speed that is approached 80 miles per hour. her car came to a stop. police surrounded her. then she backed up, took off and hit an officer. she was later killed in a hail of gunfire. she was unarmed despite earlier reports she might have had a gun. police found an 18-month-old girl found to be her daughter. the girl was unharmed. here is what we know. she was a dental hygienist living in connecticut, but recently let go by her former employer, a dentist who sa

washington, the texas state fair in full swing but the government shutdown is the talk of the town with a clear message from lawmakers. >> they need to get the government back to work and work out their differences. it is a problem of plenty in maine where a bountiful catch of lobsters is putting many in a pinch. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the low. around the globe. in italy it is feared up to 300 people drowned when a boat carrying african migrants sank yesterday. to make matters worse, diving efforts have been hampered by poor conditions at sea. they have only recovered 100 bodies so far. of both sank off the coast lampedusa after it caught fire. our editor gavin hewitt reports. >> this is the first glimpse of the migrants' boat which lies 100 feet low the service. divers believe many bodies are still inside. they are not looking for any moresurvivors area -- any survivors. this is the moment yesterday when rescue boat arrived at the site where the migrants capsized. at one point, coast guards were in the dust coast guard crews were in th

and that's just at the texas state fair in dallas. we find out where the grease goes from there. >> welcome to the state fair of texas. >> reporter: the state fair of texas mascot big t ex is a big deal, but one of its biggest draws is fried food. if you can think it, somebody lear is frying it. >> fried food is the reason we come every year. >> fried food has exploded here at the state fair. >> reporter: and this is a big reason why. he's the creator of some of the most talked about foods at the fair. >> we have a fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich. fried cookie doe. and this year fried nutella. >> reporter: of this incredible fried food generates tens of thousands of grease at the state fair, and if any of that made it down the drain there would be big problems. >> they're required to recycle it. >> even if one vendor poured that grease down the drain that would cause tremendous problems for our sewer pipes and waste water treatment plant. if we had to clean out hundreds of oil every day from our water that would be a tremendous

we spoke with a texas state representative who voted for that bill and is it supportive of it. >> it protects the baby for five months, that's a long time, and protects mothers in those earlier months b months by allom access to an emergency room. >> plannenow planned parenthoods happy to comply with that, but they're organizing with the position that any abortion doctor has to have admitting privileges to a hospital 30 miles within a clinic. that would force the closure of a third abortion clinics here, del. >> heidi zhou castro, thank you very much. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in france. he is there for talks on advancing the middle east peace process, but those meetings are being overshadowed by a new diplomatictive. france is upset about new revelations of the national security agency and it's surveillance operations. in it case it seems that they are surveilling the french. phil ittner joins us from london, what can you tell us. >> reporter: the same day that secretary of state john kerry arrived in france, an article coauthored by the same man who broke the nsa eavesdr

texas. before becoming a state, texas was an independent nation. >> being a republic certainly has made texas unique. we're the only state that came into the nation as a nation. part of the pioneering spirit is independence, and i think that that is a strain that runs through texas. so yes, i think you see it in a lot of the political figures that have come out of texas: barbara jordan, ann richards, myself, but also the present two senators. >> her praise is non-partisan. the two current senators hutchison refers to are republicans. barbara jordan, a pioneer in civil rights and a member of the house of representative, and ann richards, the second female governor of texas, were both democrats. hutchison was acclaimed for her ability to work across party lines while in office. as our conversation moved from her book on texas history back to the present day, hutchison bemoaned the current divisive climate in washington. >> it's very divided and you don't see as much bipartisanship as when i first was in the senate, that's for sure. but i do think that people are looking for more bipartisanship

washington, the texas state fair in full swing but the government shutdown is the talk of the town with a clear message from lawmakers. >> they need to get the government back to work and work out their differences. it is a problem of plenty in maine where a bountiful catch of lobsters is putting many in a pinch. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the low. around the globe. in italy it is feared up to 300 people drowned when a boat carrying african migrants sank yesterday. to make matters worse, diving efforts have been hampered by poor conditions at sea. they have only recovered 100 bodies so far. of both sank off the coast lampedusa after it caught fire. our editor gavin hewitt reports. >> this is the first glimpse of the migrants' boat which lies 100 feet low the service. divers believe many bodies are still inside. they are not looking for any moresurvivors area -- any survivors. this is the moment yesterday when rescue boat arrived at the site where the migrants capsized. at one point, coast guards were in the dust coast guard crews were in th

these screams are deafening. >> unfortunately for them, governor perry and the right wing control texas state ignored their pleas. but today a victory. the breaking news came late today. a federal judge blocked a key portion of the law calling it, quote, unconstitutional. the decision saved the state from closing a third of its abortion clinics. and while the -- and while today there was a victory, the fight is far from over. texas attorney general greg abbott says he'll take this fight all the way to the supreme court. and we'll all be watching. joining me now are krystal ball and patricia murphy. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. krystal, this fight became national news because of state senator wendy davis' filibuster fight. how big of a message did today's ruling send nationally? >> i think it's very important both in terms of the message that it sends. you know, the ruling that these sorts of restrictions are clearly unconstitutional. so it's important in terms of the message. it's also in terms of the substance. because texas is not the only state trying to take away the wom

. >> the argument that senator wendy davis made in her filibuster in the texas state senate against a restrictive abortion bill carried the day in court when provisions of that law were found unconstitutional. one third of clinics were set to close their doors when the law would have gone into effect. one provision required doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges of a hospital within 30 miles of that abortion facility. federal district judge wrote the admitting privileges provision of house bill 2 does not bear a rational relationship to the legitimate right of the state in preserving and promoting fetal life or a woman's health and in any event places a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion of a non-viable fetus and is thus an undue burden to her. the judge struck down some of the law's restriks on the use of pills used to induce apportion. wendy davis issued this warning during her filibuster of the bill. >> i'd say if you vote for this bill you're simply happy to ignore medical science and watch women and children die for no reason. >> te

perfectly reasonable to talk about it in the context of what women in texas today will face if this provision goes in place. >> state senator wendy davis is now running for texas governor after the 11 hour filibuster helped rocket her onto the national stage. in his ruling, and judge lee revisionheld another of the texas law which could have a major impact on the way abortions are delivered. the measure requires doctors to use a specific protocol for nonsurgical, pill-it is to origins. dr. say the protocol is outdated. the judge acknowledged the protocol is a surely more imposing and a pleasant angrily more burdensome to women. did he allow the provision mandating the protocol the stand. meanwhile, the oklahoma supreme court definitively ruled on tuesday that a similar restriction on medication abortion and that state is unconstitutional, saying it " restricts the long respected medical discretion of physicians." for more we go to minneapolis, minnesota where we are joined by jessica mason pieklo, senior legal analyst at rh reality check. she is co-author with rob and marty of the new book, "crow after roe: how 'sep