history museum is texas' official state history museum. we were opened in 2001. we are charged with telling the story of texas. we have three floors of exhibition space where we artifacts0 original that tell the story of texas. we also had temporary exhibitions, including fly girls, which is what we are standing in right now, and two theaters that show films regularly. >> this is texas, cradle of our army push air force. buses and out of those buses step girls. women's air force service pilots. exhibition isls very special to us. it is an exhibition that we and toon veterans day tell the story of these world war ii female pilots. we thought it was an important texas story, but also in important story that connect texas with the nation. when world war ii broke out in 1938-1939, one of the women pilots of america, her name was jacqueline cochran, she was a business owner, entrepreneur, and fearless pilot. she approached president franklin roosevelt and her slaty eleanor roosevelt with the idea --using women to fly women's using women to fly.

. >> reporter: democrat texas state representative garnet coleman finds the comment inappropriate. >> so it seems as if because the shooter was black, it's the black lives movement that caused it. this is the kind of thing that ramps up the animosity between police officers and others. >> reporter: despite the shooting being captured on surveillance video, miles's mother says her son is innocent. jeff miles is expected to appear in court tomorrow. the relationship between police in some communities has been strained following deaths. mark straussman spoke to police and residents at the site of one incidentses, carolina, about what is being done to bridge the >> reporter: all summer police in north charleston have ticketed children for doing something good like picking up litter. that ticket is actually a voucher for something fun like snacks or zoo tickets. community outreach.

is a greatthat texas state. but what is your favorite food at the iowa state fair? mr. perry: i will have to go with a straight up pork chop. producers do a great job. not to say there are not other but ahings to eat here, good healthy protein. the pork producers did a great job of laying out some good eats. >> thank you very much. >> there was a heckler in the audience. can we get an update on your indictment? mr. perry: i wear it as a badge of honor. against an out-of-control district attorney who was three times the legal limit in driving. thank god she did not kill someone. send stateat i will money to that individual that she has control over, no way. if i had to do it over again, i would. this is a classic example of persecution by a democrat-controlled county. the legislature took away all that authority from them in the last legislature. ken star of baylor wrote a column in the last week saying, what in the world are these charges hanging around on governor perry for? anyone who has an understanding of the constitution, i vetoed legislation. that is what governo

visitrn more, /citiestour.rg >> so the texas state history museum's texas posts official state history museum. we were opened in 2001 and we are charged with telling the story of texas. we had three floors of exhibition space where we feature around 500 original artifacts that tell the story of texas. we also have temporary exhibitions, including fly girls, which is what we are standing in right now and to theaters that show films regularly. ♪ [video clip] >> this is texas. and out of those are stepping girls. girls give a new angle to the air force story. women's air force service pilots. victoria: the fly girls exhibition is very important to us, and it is an exhibition we opened on veterans day, and to tell the story of these world war ii female pilots and share that with the public was, we thought, and important texas story, but also an important story that connects texas with the nation. when world war ii broke out in 1938 and 1939, one of the women pilots of america, her name was jacqueline, and she was a business owner and entrepreneur and a fearless pilot, and she approached pr

and 2007 ined those the state of texas. republicans control the house and senate at that particular point in time. this is not a partisan issue, this is a common sense issue. short eightas in a year period of time -- seven year period, we closed down three prisons and we saved $2 billion of texas taxpayer money. crime but it is also allowing people a second chance. federal level i think you can do the same thing. states need to compete against each other. you are starting to see other texas states follow each other's lead on these criminal justice reforms that are making a difference. there is being smart on how you it is what i think americans are looking for in washington is not going to be the epicenter of that. need to be a repository of best practices? yes. the talk to legislatures -- legislators about how to put these practices and to place? yes. the states compete against each other whether it is social issues or economic issues. but number one, america will be stronger and happier. >> we are that texas has a great s

texas. as the state launched a lawsuit. attorney represents 32 texas children and 28 immigrants parents in a lawsuit filed in the state of texas. >> just like everyone else with children born in the u.s., they have a right to have a birth certificate for a child, so they can get medical certificates, so they can enrol them, baptise them. >> i asked what is wrong if the state's current policy walks in this way, and stops border crossers from giving birth. >> she says she understands the controversy, but her daughter shouldn't pay. >> the vital statistics office didn't respond to the request for comment. we went in the search of answers. >> are you aware that most people who are trying to use those are undocumented immigrants who had children born here, and are u.s. citizens, and are denied a service in. >> no, i'm not aware of that. >> basically when an applicant comes, we request the information. it is required by the state. >> texas asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit arguing a lawsuit cannot be judged. >> meanwhile

texas. the state says it hasn't accepted it since 2008 because it is an unsecure document. t the policy wasn't strictly enforced until last summer when an unprecedented number of undocumented immigrants crossed into texas and as the state launched a lawsuit against the president obama's executive actions -- >> i'm going to ask you to stop shooting, i haven't consented to an interview. >> earlier said i spoke with a venntive from the dream action coalition, he says the argument that undocumented immigrants create security concerns is an empty argument. >> it just exploits fears, because in reality many immigrants come here to work to provide a better life for their families. it's just donald trump and many who are exploiting fear and what better not to actually enforce laws than to actually get people out of the shadows to know who they are. that's about national security. >> so far donald trump and scott walker have called for eliminating birth-right citizenship. >>> approval for the little pink pill why some are so critical of the fda decision. >>> and a former student is o

those states don't have enough jail space to have their own. texasty jail cells and needs the money to pay for them. and sometimes other states actually save money, by sending their inmates here. >> reporter: tack wisconsin, for example. its prison system is already 50% over capacity, and with the courts cracking down on crime, it's only going to get worse. this facility in racine opened in 1991 and was overfilled within six months. >> we certainly can't in the short run build ourselves out of the predicament we're in. and that's more inmates than we have beds. >> so they send them to texas. 538 from wisconsin before the infamous videotape was released. since then, they've added 90 more. >> we don't have much texas. if it's not texas, it's going to have somewhere else. >> wisconsin governor scott walker, then a state representative, saying, missouri might be removing its prisoners from that terrible prison from which we saw that terrible tape. but wisconsin, we got to send them somewhere. they sent more prisoners, even after that tape came out. that

an indication of how important primary politics has become in states like texas. >> of the 31 senate seats, maybe one senate seat that could potentially swing from republicans to democrats and almost every house district and in almost every senate district, the general elections are completely meaningless. >> and that spell its changes in campaigning. >> at some point in time everybody becomes so predictably and substantively conservative, that it is no longer about substance. it's about who can grab the perception of being the real conservative. >> reporter: but that has real implications when it comes to actually governing. here's an example. right now military training exercise called jade helm 15 is taking place across the southwest. it's getting a lot of attention. the reason is because of of a rumor that's cropped up on conspiracy sites that say this isn't a training exercise at all. instead, they accuse of federal government of using jade helm to plan for a government takeover, confiscate guns and impose marshall law. it's a rumor the military rebuffed. but has gained traction

without texas there is no way they can get a majority in the electoral college. people look at states like virginia and see it change, its dynamics becoming purple or even shading blue when it had been read and republican before, and ask whether or not that will happen in texas. i do not think it is for a long time. there's a lot of projections out there by a number of people that texas is not going to become much more competitive because of the increase in a number of hispanics in our population. the demographic projections are that we will become majority hispanic sometime in the next 10 to 15 years. then the projection these people are making is, that will lead to a democratic texas. i think they are off base for a number of reasons. republicans do very well in this state among hispanic voters. we have been averaging at the statewide level about 40% of the hispanic vote. in the last election, greg abbott, candidate for governor got 44% running against wendy davis. the senator, john cornyn, got the majority of the hispanic vote. the trends are not as overwhelming as people project.

. >> at the heart of the issue, the state of texas is making it impossible for most undocumented parents to get a birth certificate by requiring i.d. documents they can't get. the state refuses to issue driver's licenses to the undocumented, and now it's no longer recognizing the government i.d. card issued by a foreign consulate. >> what are these kids going to do? they are new citizens and have no birth certificates. that's outrageous. >> this attorney represents children and parents in a lawsuit filed this summer against the state of texas. the state says it hasn't accepted the i.d. since 2008, because it is an unsecure document, but in practice, the policy wasn't strictly enforced until last summer, when an unprecedented in that of undocumented immigrants crossed into texas and as the state launched a lawsuit against the president's executive actions on immigration. >> the u.s. constitution says -- >> the co director of the dream action coalition, also new york's first undocumented lawyer, which we could talk to but that, but let's talk about the issue affecting thousands of people.

beyond that they think of texas and how it has changed and become a very republican state. the history of texas politics is that for over 100 years texas was a one-party democratic state. the democratic party was the party of the south and it really came out of the outgrowth of the civil war where the republican party was regarded as the party of the north, the party of the yankees, the party of the blacks. during the period of the 19th century, the base of the republican party up until the 1920's was black voters. as more and more black voters were excluded, so too republican votes went down. by the beginning of the 20th century, the democratic party was totally dominant. within the democratic party there were conservatives and as the 20th century went on, a number of liberal democrats. the contest became between conservatives and liberals within the democratic primary. up until about 1960, almost every elected official in the state was a democrat, and most of the elections that shows officials for public office took place in the democratic primary. you had a pattern up unt

texas jail. missouri was one of 11 states that rented jail space from texas before it pulled its inmates out of herether ten states continue representing more than 4,000 jail cells at the rate of $40 a day. the reason why is simple. those states don't have enough jail space, texas has a glut of empty cells and needs the money to pay for them and sometimes other states actually save money by sending their inmates here. take wisconsin, for example. its prison system is already 50% over capacity and with the courtsing kraing down on crime it's only going to get worse. this facility in racine opened in 1991 and overfilled in six months. >> we i don't think in the short run can build ourselves out of the predicament we're in. that's more inmates than beds. >> they send them to texas. 538 before the videotape was released, since then they added 90 more. >> we don't have much choice if it's not texas it's going to have to be somewhere else. >> wisconsin governor scott walker, then just a state representative explaining that yeah, missouri might be removing its prisoners from that terrible prison from which

basically when an applicant comes we request the information that is required by the state. >> reporter: texas has asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing a state can't be sued without its own consent. a spokesperson for the department of state health services declined to speak on camera but wrote, dshs provides certified birth certificates without regard to the requesto requestor's immigration status. the documents used to obtain the matricula are not verified. asking for another way for undocumented parents to prove their identity. accepting a passport without a u.s. visa. >> it's the most largely accepted form of i.d. whether you have a visa is completely irrelevant. >> the court is considering whether to dismiss the case or allowing it to move forward. >> translator: she should have the same rights as a child born to american parents, juana says. since she is too young to fight, i will fight for her. juana's daughter may be denied enrollment in preschool and the mother's desperation will grow. should we emphasize that the state of texas john is not making an argument against

at the heart of the issue the state of texas is making it impossible for most undocumented parents to get a birth certificate by requiring i.d. documents they can't get. the state refuses to issue driver's licenses to the undocumented, and now it's no longer recognizing the government i.d. card issued by a foreign consulate also known as the con solar. >> what are these kids going to do. they're u.s. citizens without birth certificate, that's outrageous to me. >> lawsuit have been filed against the state of texas. the state said it has not accepted since 2008 because it is an unsecure document. but in practice the policy was not strictly enforced until last summer when an unpres unprecedented number of undocumented people crossed into texas. >> the constitution says that anyone born in this country-- >> i don't have an interview. >> heidi zhou castro. >>> the dream action coalition said that this creates security issues is simply wrong. >> it's an empty argument. it's an argument to exploit fears because the reality that many immigrants come here to work and provide a better life for

. >> the mother of sandra bland, an african american woman filed a lawsuit, taking aim at a texas state trooper. they stopped bland in july for failing to signal a lane change. she was found dead in her cell. bland's family questioned the findings of an autopsy report ruling her death a suicide. the law sued alleges that bland was neglected by the gaol staff. >> we are looking for waller country and the individuals involved to take accountability. the family is frustrated frustrated because we don't feel like that has happened. >> the bland family is calling for the dismissal of the arresting officer, and want the justice department to open an investigation into the case >>> an outbreak of legion airs's disease in new york has affected 80 people. we have this report. >> reporter: new york's mayor seeking to quell fears over the largest outbreak of legion air's disease in the city. >> there's no risk to our drinking water, to our water supply from region air's disease. another crucial point. it can be treated. it's treatable with antibiotics. >> a day earlier, hundreds fronted the town h

texas. he became involved in the efforts here to gain independence, and the push for annexation and joining the united states. that issue had gone back and forth between prior president of texas and u.s. presidents. both sides at one point or another refusing. there were issues going on, annexing a state that accepted slavery was an issue. great britain getting involved. sparing the united states to an -- spurring the united states to annex texas. in 1884 it became a major issue any gets revisited. so, andrew jackson writes to his friend sam houston basically saying that it would really benefit the future prosperity of texas and the united states for this to happen. he ends the letter saying, "god bless you. is the prayer of your friend, andrew jackson." the 1900 storm for galveston is a major event in the island's history. there's been a lot written about it and said about it, but it lingers today. so, it is still very much a part of galvestonians history and lives today. this letter is a recent acquisition, and it's from francis lister, who was a railroad agent. it is written to his two sons. "dear boys."

this week at the texas state fair, they've unveiled a few glorious gut busting combinations.ht are vying for the big text award. they -- tex award. they include lobster, a smoking bacon margarita and deep fried alligators. >> most people don't have alligator on a regular basis. so the name itself is intriguing. it maying something that -- it may be something that you want to try just because we're at the fair once a year and it's so good. >> alligator is good but -- well, we'll try. only eight dishes made it as finalists after more than 50 entries. the next two chefs will take home the most creative trophy. >> i had more than my fill over the weekend. one last look at the seven day. it's definitely still warm and humid today. a high of 88 but it's not going to feel like that it's going to feel like in the 90s. the cold front moves through on thursday. it will return refreshing behind that on friday. >> you're still thinking about that turnle cake. >> oh, my gosh. i'm a fan. >>> that's it us for. we'll be >> victor: call paul williams right now. tell him all about marco annice

it wasn't always like this, but a slow shift in state policy began in 2008, when the texas department of state health services announced it would no longer accept the document due to security concerns. the policy wasn't strictly enforced until last year, when an unprecedented number of undocumented immigrants crossed into the accident and the state launched a lawsuit against the president's executive actions on immigration. >> the timing is interesting, points to the influx of immigrants through texas last summer, the families, mothers and children that came in. >> it was then that dozens of undocumented parents seeking birth certificates for their u.s. born children began complaining of being turned away. >> what are these kids going to do? they have no birth certificates. that's outrageous to me and it's discriminatory. >> this attorney represents 32 texas children and parents in a lawsuit filed against the state of texas this summer. >> just like everyone else who has children born in the u.s., they have a right to have a birth certificate for that child so they can get medical ser

a new delicacy at the texas state fair. it's called a seafood spread. chicken fried lobster tail.vy. real champagne, greg. >> i do like the lobster part. thanks for joining us. >>> "the real story" with gretchen starts now. >>> thanks so much, guys. we'll run the numbers on how much it would cost and save the government to implement the trump immigration plan. the amount of government email addresses found on the ashley madison extra marital went hack astounding. >>> we'll talk to the makers of the pink pill. >>> hi, everyone. i'm gretchen carlson. "the real story" starts right now. >>> new fallout after hillary clinton seems to try to brush aside her growing email scandal. as the former secretary of state and democratic presidential

states. georgia, louisiana, mississippi and texas. the 13 states account for half of the united states population and encompass most of the places where voting is commission is most prevalent today like florida, north carolina and texas. this formula includes the southern states that were initially targeted by the voting rights act where discrimination against african americans remains a problem. along with diverse coastal states like california and new york, which have more recently discriminated against ethnic groups like latinos, and asian-americans, reflecting the continuing changing them at graphics of this country. additionally hr2867 does not contain any carveout for discriminatory voter id laws, and requires states to get free clearance for changes that often target minority voters today. states would need to get federal approval for things like new voter id laws, and proof of citizenship requirements. hr2867 currently cosponsored by 88 democrats, but has not secured one republican vote. no republican support. lastly, congressm

. >> todd smith is a former texas house republican who served in the state legislature from 1997 until 2013. he says the real risk in his party isn't from the left. instead its from politicians who pander to fringe groups like the oath takers on the right. how primary politics have become in states like texas. >> of the 31 senate seats maybe one senate seat that could potentially swing from republicans to democrats in almost every house district and in almost every senate district the general elections are completely meaningless. >> reporter: and that spells changes in campaigning. >> at some point in time everybody becomes so predictably and substantively conservative that it is no longer about substance. it's about who can you know who can grab the perception of being the real conservative. >> but that has real implications when it comes to actually governing. here's an example. right now, a military training exercise cause jade helm 15 is taking place across the southwest and it's getting a lot of attention. the reason is because of a rumor that's cropped up on conspiracy sites and

our people in the state of texas -- if you want to live in a place that has really high taxes and health care being gostantially restricted, live in that state. that is the beauty of the 10th amendment. anybody that would rather pick washington over the state will allow them to do that. responding toople -- rick perry: the campaign is about ideas. the campaign is about solutions. that is why -- all these people -- here is what i will tell you and here is what i got. border control is a great example of that. the security of the border is grea a great example of that. let's just build a wall may be good political rhetoric but the focus is on how will you secure the border? i think a better way is to put the personnel on the border in the right places with the right numbers. you have a border that has the proper security and fencing in place, most likely in the metropolitan area. the most important aspect of this is the aviation aspect. to --an fly from tijuana and is an incredibly long border. with the technology we have today, identify activities that are clearly illegal or suspicious an

states? >> well, i got my primary and basic training out of lubbock, texas. and my gunner training in las vegas, nevada. >> lieutenant, i must say i notice one thing about you. you speak very good english. did you have to take any language training? >> i got about four months of language training out of lackland air force base in san a antonio, texas. >> and the gentleman to my left is major stallings. how do you like taking part in exercise delawar. >> sergeant, it's a real fine opportunity for me because one of the jet pilots in the squadron is an old student of mine from the united states. >> on d-day, just before the first airdrop in exercise delawar, his imperial majesty, arrived with his staff and aides at the reviewing stand. among dignitaries were representatives of england, pakistan and turkey. observing an exercise designed to prove the effectiveness of cento armed forces. at exactly h hour, the first wave was seen over the drop zone. heavy equipment was dropped first. then paratroopers of the 101st jumped nine miles north of the iranian city of des

people in the state of texas agree with that. if you want to live in a place that has high taxes, regulation, and health care that seems a substantially restricted. go live in that state. that's the beauty of the 10th amendment. anybody that would pick washington over the states, we will allow them to do that. >> is your argument against -- you hear people responding -- gov. perry: the campaign is not about -- it is about ideas and solutions. that is the reason that we lay out all these. here is what going to tell you, here's what i have done. border patrol and control as a good example of that. security at the border is a good example. we know how to secure the border. some say just build a wall, that might be good political rhetoric but the focus on how you are going to secure the border. i think a better way is to put the personnel on the border in the right places in the right a border thatve has proper security and fencing in place. most likely metropolitan areas and the most important aspect is the aviation aspect, they can

certainly ann richards, the last female governor in texas who experienced certainly her own brand of what it was like to run as a woman in the state of texas. her daughter, cecile richards, who is the head of planned parenthood is very much a role model of mine, she started an entity in texas, the texas freedom association. or texas freedom network, which stands for civil

[inaudible conversations] >> i've been noting that the texas state board covering textbooks has beenrecently considering history books in this treatment of slavery. i'm curious whether you have -- whether you have had any opportunity to talk about your book in texas or -- >> not yet. or or communications with those people and what you might recommend to those trying to -- a broader view of history seems to be reflected. >> i would recommend that ever grade -- [laughs] >> buy this book, but i don't think that's going to happen in texas. i mean, texas is still one of those places where politicians stand up and talk about succession. i mean, what are they thinking. >> two questions, the first and smallest, when this was made into a movie who would you like to play bunch? >> i don't know, i haven't really given it any thought. >> the second question is when you decided this was the person of interest, where did you start your research and what primary resources would you discover? >> we started -- i focused on bunch when i was doing this research about richard francis burden and i was go

. >> you will have to fight it out >> the texas state board covering textbooks and the approval of them has been recently considering history books and the treatment of slavery. i'm curious whether you have had any opportunity to talk about your book in texas and what you might recommend to those trying to get a broad view of history that seems to be reflected. i don't think that is great happened in texas. it's one of those places politicians stand up and talk about secession. what are they thinking? what are they thinking? stack to two questions. the first and the smallest if you were in a movie who would you like to play wax [laughter] >> i don't know. i haven't given it any thought. where did you start your research and primary resources did you discover. i was going through the dispatches at the british national archives which is a great place to work if any of you are researchers and you haven't been coming you should go. it is organized for this work anyway at the 19th century diplomatic correspondence he were were bringing out the original correspondence. so they bring it out an

, the medical examiner said it was suicide, the lawsuit naming the texas state trooper who arrested bland in a traffic stop and officials in a gaol where she died. >> britain is cracking down on migrants in a channel tunnel. landlords are pressured to check the immigration status of memphis. lauren lee reported that public opinion is firmly against the refugees. >> that's is calais over there. and lawyeries coming under the sea or on the ferries are being watched. determined to keep people out who might be held inside. the political class and popular opinion said by and large the stow aways are almost all up to no good. you hear it everywhere you do. go. >> i see the thousands that come, just for the free handouts. whatever i can get, really. they say they want to work, but i don't think that is the case. it's not far over, it's for the british. why should they come over in the first place. >> most of it is it not true. the lawry was stuck there not because of the migrants, but a strike at the officery port. >> most explained they were legitimate refugees and ha

he would have been the 11th person executed in the state of texas this year. in guatemala the supreme court , has approved a request by the attorney general's office to impeach president otto perez molina. the president has faced widespread calls for his resignation amid a growing corruption scandal, which has led to arrests of top officials, including the former vice president. the guatemalan supreme court on approved the impeachment request tuesday and passed it along to congress for approval. in afghanistan a series of , explosions at a gas terminal in the western city of herat have killed 10 children and one adult who were living in a nearby camp for displaced people. authorities say it is not clear whether the explosions were accidental or the result of an attack. meanwhile, in helmand province, two nato soldiers were killed when men in afghan military uniforms opened fire at an army base. air force officials say the united states will soon deploy f-22 fighter jets to europe, a move that military analysts see as a signal to russia amid growing tensions be

the state of texas is now making it impossible for most undocumented parents to get a birth certificate by requiring documents they can't get. documents like a driver's licence, which the state refused to. or a foreign passport with a valid u.s. visa. it was not always like this. a slow shift in state policy began in 2008. they could no longer accept it. the policy - it wasn't strictly in force when an unprecedented number crossed to texas. and as the state launched a lawsuit on the actions. >> influx of immigrants, families, mothers and children coming in. it was then that dozens of undocumented personalities steeking a birth certificate complaining of turning away. >> what are the kids going to do. they are u.s. citizens, that's outrageous and discriminatory for me. >> the cornerry represents 32 children and 28 immigrant parents. just like everyone else that has children born in the u.s. they have a right to a birth certificate. they can enrol them, they can baptise them and do all sorts of things that every parent gets to do, but not these parents. only because of their status. >> i

immediately after that happened, after the supreme court decision, states like carolina, like texas andhargia, other states started to enact provisions that made it more difficult for african-americans, for members of the racial minority to vote. >> the non-part stan ren asons counts 21 states with restricted voting laws, such as eduesing voting or requiring photo laws and preserve the vote. >> all the studies show that poor people, people of colour vote early, because they can take time off work. convenient for them. >> susan watson oft alabama a.c.l.u. predict a turn out. what then is your take on this argument that there is fraud in i there is no fraud. >> in north carolina, the n. a.a. cp is challenging that voter restriction. doing that, hope was settled half a century ago >>> joining me to begin the look at the voting rights act is michael font roy, an associate professor of political science at howard after the voting rights act was passed. did it work through the rest of the '60s, into the '70s, into the '80s. >> did it achieve what it accomplished. >> there were only 70, 7-0 af

bland was arrested on july 10 by texas state trooper brian encinia, who alleged that bland failed tosignal a lane change. dash cam video of her arrest shows encinia forcibly removing bland from her car and threatening to "light [her] up" with a taser. she can later be heard accusing police of slamming her head into the ground. authorities have said bland committed suicide in jail, a claim her family has disputed. the wrongful death suit filed tuesday argues the officer used an inappropriate level of force during the arrest and bland should not have been arrested in the first place. the suit also contends bland was placed in a cell containing a large garbage bags and exposed beams even after she told authorities she'd attempted suicide in the past. the suit names state trooper encinia, two waller county jail guards, the texas department of public safety, and waller county. meanwhile, in news from north carolina, a white police officer has begun trial over the 2013 fatal shooting of unarmed african american jonathan ferrell. he was seeking help after a car crash in 2013. randall kerric

the state of texas is making it impossible for most undocumented parents to get a birth certificate for requiring documents they can't get, like a driver's licence, which was refused to issue, or a foreign passport with a valid visa. they represent 32 children in 28 immigrant parents against the state of texas. >> what are the kids going to do. they have no birth is it theistic. >> texas arrived a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit. arguing a state can't be sued. the imgralent's lawsuit -- immigrant's lawsuit asked another way to prove identity, like accepting a passport. whether you had a visa on the passport or not is irrelevant for the purpose of the passport. >> the court is considering whether to dismiss a case or allow it to move forward. >> she should have the same rights as a child born to american parents. and since she's too young to fight for herself, i will fight for her. >> meanwhile, as the first day of school approaches, her daughter may be denied enrolment in preschool, and the mother's desperation will grow >>> in the united states, wild fires raging across the west h

i want people to take a look at what we have done in the state of texas. all the way down to putting policies into place to make this country more competitive. that foren engaged in the last 14 years. >> this country has a high incarceration rate, would you .ake any changes back up perry: the 12th largest economy in the world. we are the same size as canada or australia. we had a huge prison population, big prison buildup in the early 90's when we saw federal, mandatory sentencing laws were cramming a lot of young, nonviolent, drug-related offenses into our prisons. number one, we are costing a lot of money and we are destroying lives. excuses't to make any for the activities they were involved with. they broke the law. his destroying their life, by throwing them into prison for a long time the answer? i had a democrat judge from dallas, texas, come to me in governor, and said, thick about this. he laid it out to me and it made sense. we're putting people into prison for a long time costing a huge amount of money. there was an alternative. drug court -- dr

>> not only are they not happy but they are suing the state of texas. there was a lawsuit filed by the texas civil rights project claiming this is a discrimination case because it violates some of the things that jeff was talking about, the 14th amendment of the u.s. constitution and its equal protection clause and the department of health services said this is not discrimination at all. they sent us a list. this is a list of valid identification documents. it includes foreign passports, a visa issued by the u.s. state department and also has the mexican voter registration card and even a foreign identification with a photo of the applicant. they say we give people choices. we just want to make sure that the documents that are given to us are secure but this is not about discrimination, the state of texas says. >> but that's so ridiculous because the identification of the parents is not relevant to the birth certificate for the baby. that's what birth certificates are. it's a birth certificate for someone born regardless of what their parents' immigrati

. >> three days after sandra bland was arrested by texas state trooper brian insinia she was found deadjail cell and her death was ruled a suicide. today her mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and two jailers. the county and the texas department of public safety. >> you need to understand that we, in filing this lawsuit, are looking to hold those who are responsible for the stop and sandy's death accountable. that's what this is about. >> joining us now for an exclusive interview sandra bland's sister sharon cooper, and the family's attorney cannon lambert. sharon cooper, what i was struck by in reading the lawsuit today is this is unusual wrongful death lawsuit. you're at the stage of the information where you don't actually know how the death occurred. >> right. right. good evening, lawrence. how are you? >> thank you. thanks for joining us. >> one of the things, the primary impetus for the lawsuit is the fact that we are not getting the information we have asked for from the on set of the notification of sandy's passing in the jail cell. the things that we have