governor, the texas house, the texas senate and the attorney general of texas are saying is, before we go any further, let's see what the real facts are. let's see, has texass a regulatory entity through the texas council of environmental quality, tceq, failed in its obligation under the clean air act to implement the terms of that act? i think the answer is texas has not failed, i think the answer is -- and if you look at the record, air quality and the criteria pollutants that are specifically regulated by the clean air act is improving in texas. we have two, three or four -- i guess we have the d.f.w. is a nonattainment area, el paso is a nonattainment area and beaumont, port arthur are listed. we have four areas that have been in nonattainment under the specific criteria of the clean air act and all four of those in the state of texas have submitted what they call state imprehen station plans, s.i.p.'s, and those have been accepted i think with one exception by the e.p.a. regionally and nationally. and under those s.i.p.'s, and if the e.p.a. were not to keep changing the standard

half of the jobs created in the country this year were created in texas. since 2005 until present four out of five jobs, 80% of all the private sector jobs created in the united states, were created in texas. and the jobs that were created by texas -- texans who, it was by people who risked their capital, who got up every day and went to work, and they worked long hours. in a fiscally-conservative environment. there's four simple principles that we adhere to in texas. first, we don't spend all the money. [laughter] we left upwards of $8 billion in a rainy day fund. second, we have defended a predictable and a table regulatory climate so that employers know what to expect, and they can take the risk at that particular point in time when they know what those costs are going to be. we reformed our legal system so that we would cut down substantially on that plague of junk lawsuits that had employers and doctors tied up at the courthouse instead of creating wealth and doing good. and fourth, we put into place accountable public schools which sends a clear messa

by 2008, the controversy had ended up in a small state agency. >> the texas forensic science commission was designed to go in and figure out what happened and figure out how to keep it from happening again. >> we decided that we needed to hire an expert in the area of fire science to look at all of the data we could get pulled together, and give us a report. >> narrator: the commission hired fire scientist dr. craig beyler to investigate the willingham case. beyler agreed with other experts that there was no evidence of arson. >> the beyler report is point for point a confirmation of the original hurst report, that all 20 of the indicators were wrong. >> narrator: to the top fire scientists in the country, the implications were clear. >> the state of texas executed a man for a crime that they couldn't prove was really a crime, and the evidence says, "this was an accidental fire." and if it was an accidental fire, it doesn't matter how many posters of iron maiden cameron todd willingham had on his wall, or led zeppelin, or whether he liked to play darts or drink beer, or whether he smack

the whole ride. they were like a junkyard dogs on a bone. they would not let go. to use a texas term, we pulled on the same rope. it took a village mentality to raise this team, whether it was the front office, scattered department, player development, training staff, clubhouse people, but somehow, someway, we had a mind set that there was no difference between the bad boy and the owner, and we took that through the season. we are so proud. we' are so happy to have brought this home to you. now i want to introduce the next manager of the year, bruce goatee. if you thought his head was big before -- bruce bochy. if you thought his head was big before, look at it now. [applause] >> what a feeling. first of all, i have to thank sabean for bringing me here four years ago to have the opportunity to experience this great city, this story franchise. i have to thank his staff for their tireless work, the time they put in, how devoted they were to getting this done. i could not be prouder of these guys. they play with more heart and determination. they wanted to win in as bad as much for

the texas transportation institute at texas a&m conducts the annual survey.ou can find the entire study on our website abc7news.com. reporting live in the news room, jenelle wang. >> a positive economic sign this morning. fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. the labor department said the number of people asking for benefits fell by 37,000 and that's a bigger drop than experts anticipated. applications must continue to falcon sis tently to 375,000 or fewer to reduce the unemployment rate. >> a serious warning from the university of california. u.c. president mark udoff says campuses will have to turn away tens of thousands of students over the next decade because of its financial crisis. the board of regents is discussing how it will tackle governor brown's proposal to tackle $500 million in state funding. u.c. will have to lay off employees next and cut financial aid. >> the truth is however we cannot cut our way into growth while the issues now take some greater urgency, it still won't be enough to bridge the gap. >> they have given the

the texas transportation institute at texas a&m conducts the annual survey.ou can find the entire study on our website abc7news.com. reporting live in the news room, jenelle wang. >> a positive economic sign this morning. fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. the labor department said the number of people asking for benefits fell by 37,000 and that's a bigger drop than experts anticipated. applications must continue to falcon sis tently to 375,000 or fewer to reduce the unemployment rate. >> a serious warning from the university of california. u.c. president mark udoff says campuses will have to turn away tens of thousands of students over the next decade because of its financial crisis. the board of regents is discussing how it will tackle governor brown's proposal to tackle $500 million in state funding. u.c. will have to lay off employees next and cut financial aid. >> the truth is however we cannot cut our way into growth while the issues now take some greater urgency, it still won't be enough to bridge the gap. >> they have given the

texas i traveled a lot this day. i heard comanche stories. i love the planes. we all let texas monthly look forward to times we could go do amarillo or lubbock. but it was true. >> we love you equally. >> it was a bit of just understanding that what the planes were and what a plains indian was and to me it was all -- i think a lot of that comes to the book this oh wow big yankee is learning some stuff about this idea. i think that informed a lot of the book because none of this is normal to me. it was like wow. >> let me push him that a little bit in terms of what is it that you learned that her haps we didn't know about the comanches? one of the things that struck me toward the beginning of the book was the way you were able to frame the way the comanche existed so might one cheat sheet is because i have a sentence from the book. the surprise me because i never thought of it in such an ordered structured way. you write a 1750, colonial times iraqis, the comanches comanche had carved out a militarily and diplomatically unified nation with remarkable precise boun

[applause] >> the san diego padres -- the atlanta braves, the philadelphia phillies, the texas rangers, they are all otta here! [applause] -- outta here! i came to this organization in 1982 and i only knew the couple of things about it. one, it had a really bad ballpark. it used to have a center fielder by the name of willie mays. its current center fielder was some guy named chilly. i also knew that it had not won a change in ship. my daughter started in 1982 and i am happy to say, thanks to these gentlemen here, the torture is over! [applause] how great was that parade? i know everyone up here felt it. i know you felt it. everyone here today, you are standing here, and you are not standing alone. you are standing with the person who taught you the great story of the san francisco giants, whether it is your dad, mom, friend, a sister, grandpa. they taught you right. they thought you had to be loyal. you have to love your team. to a man on this team, to a man back in august, you fuel and energized this group all the way through september, and through the epic month of october, and what

what did you find about that, including one of the classic texas stories. it was a big story at the time. people talk about it and memoirs were published in newspapers reported what happened but tell us about cynthia ann and quanah. >> i can sort of merge those two questions together so i will get to structure in a minute. basically this was a story, you know when you are writing a book it helps if you have something nobody has ever heard of before and cynthia ann parker and cynthia ann quanah and the stories of the comanches have been kind of laws. people of a certain age in texas on that the cynthia ann parker story. might daughter does not. she goes to westlake high school. there was a bit of forgetting history, just a bit of that so there was an opportunity to do this story. but the other side of this and begins to your question of structure, what i wanted to do, i wanted to tell what i've been talking mainly about is the rise and fall of the comanches, the big picture rise and fall from there at your roots in wyoming to the peak of their power to their

the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from iowa, mr. king a senior member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from texas, the chair of the judiciary committee. it's a pleasure to serve on this committee and speak in support of the repeal of obamacare. it's something i have worked on every day ince it passed last march, it's legislation i introduced, i asked for the draft the same day it passed. people thought we couldn't get to this point but we are. the bill didn't go through judiciary committee, we didn't address the tort reform that's so essential if we're going to do something to put health care back on track in this country and when i look at this, serving on the commrk i believe it was 2005, we passed legislation in the house that addressed the lawsuit abuse that drives up the cost of our health care, it didn't get taken up in the senate. here we are with a huge obamacare bill, ready to vote to re

our own janet shamlian is with us tonight from the texas medical center. janet, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. late today giffords' husband, astronaut mark kelly, told "the houston chronicle" that his wife could be transferred from intensive care to the rehab unit sometime this week, perhaps as early as wednesday. however, that move could be delayed by what's being called a side effect of her injury. a buildup of fluid on her brain. in a recovery that seemed to exceed expectations, a setback for gabrielle giffords.çó her transfer to the rehab center of a houston hospital has been postponed, and for now she remains in the trauma unit, where dr. john holcomb, a retired army colonel, oversees her care, bringing expertise from the battlefield of iraq and afghanistan. >> there's a little fluid collection that the docs put a drain into around her brain and that drain is still in place. with that drain in place, she can't leave the icu. ok >> reporter: experts say it's not uncommon to have the fluid drain in place for several weeks, but it doesn't

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> madam speaker, i rise to offer a privileged resolution and did for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 33. resolved that the following named members be and are hereby elected -- mr. hensarling: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> we'd like to have the resolution read if possible. the speaker pro tempore: the objection is heard. the clerk will report the resolution. without objection, the gentleman withdraws the objection on the resolution -- and the resolution is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that it shall be in order at any time in the legislative day of january 12, 2011, to consider in the house without intervention of any

the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from iowa, mr. king a senior member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from texas, the chair of the judiciary committee. it's a pleasure to serve on this committee and speak in support of the repeal of obamacare. it's something i have worked on every day ince it passed last march, it's legislation i introduced, i asked for the draft the same day it passed. people thought we couldn't get to this point but we are. the bill didn't go through judiciary committee, we didn't address the tort reform that's so essential if we're going to do something to put health care back on track in this country and when i look at this, serving on the commrk i believe it was 2005, we passed legislation in the house that addressed the lawsuit abuse that drives up the cost of our health care, it didn't get taken up in the senate. here we are with a huge obamacare bill, ready to vote to re

i got to texas 29 years ago. one of the things that i observed about texas -- well, texas is a lot like the rest of the united states, only more so. and in one respect i'm thinking of in particular, there is a lot of swagger in texas and a lot of people who did like president george w. bush, just the way he carried himself. he swaggers like a texan. well, there is in texas, and i go ahead and use, the texas national character, there is a combination of these swagger, but also a closet inferiority complex. in that, you know, the rest of the country thinks that texans are bumpkins or cowboys, or something. and texans can't help but be influenced. so part of it is great pride in being texans, but there's also a sneaky suspicion that the rest of the country or world is not as impressed as the texans like to profess to be. and i would contend that this is something going on in the late 19th century. in fact, i would carry more until today in some regard. and that is there is of course the strong current of american exceptionalis

the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, who is actually a member of three subcommittees of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, never before in the history of our great country has the tax been levied on individual americans by the federal government with the purpose of forcing citizens to do something the government wants them to do. and never before has the government self-righteously ordered americans to buy a product or pay a punitive fine. in my opinion the constitution does not give the federal government, even well-intentioned government, the authority to make citizens buy any product, whether it's a car, whether it's health insurance or even whether it's a box of chocolates. the individual mandate provision of the health care bill is unconstitutional. the author of the constitution, james madison, said, the powers delegated by the constitution to the federal government are few and defined. those that remain to state governments are n

texas. we're at the george bush presidential library at texas a&m where just a few hours ago in this very room, a group of men who helped to write the history of the world 20 years ago now met for what could very well be the last time. president george h.w. bush and his circle, his commanders, all at one table, at one time. we'll show you some of that just moments from now. but again tonight, we begin in tucson, arizona, and again tonight another positive progress report on the recovery of congresswoman gabby giffords. leaving the hospital tomorrow, actually coming to houston for rehabilitation, we begin tonight with nbc's kristen welker in tucson. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the congresswoman's husband said he chose that rehabilitation center because it is top-notch and close to where he lives and works. the astronaut, like this community, now preparing for the next phase of his wife's recovery. on a day when religious leaders gathered for a prayer service at the crime scene, mark kelly announced his wife is ready to be moved to houston for rehabilitation. >> she'