the texas politics are too toxic for the national republican party. and whether it falls that way or not on partisan lines, right now more than ever. texas politics do actually happen to be our national politics as a country. and that is mostly because of the border crisis. that's why president obama was in texas today, he was in dallas today. he did not want to go to the american border with mexico in texas, did not want to go to the border itself, because trying to find a solution to the border crisis isn't theater. that's what the president said about that today, he said today that he was not interested in photo ops at the border, he's interested in solving the border problem. the president did take a big chunk of his day today to meet with both republican governor rick perry of texas and also local officials from dallas about how to move forward on this issue of what's happening on the border. you know what, having this meeting in dallas specifically out of all the cities where they could have had the president today in texas, having it in dallas t

this is the new plan in texas. happy 2014. there are something between 26 million and 27 million living in the state of texas. each of you is responsible for driving around, figuring out what looks suspicious, finding contact information for any of those suspicious businesses you might have seen while driving around, whether or not they are holding dangerous chemicals on site. it is then your responsibility to find their contact information, write to them, ask them to disclose to you their chemical inventories and whether or not they might be dangerous to you and your kids and then just sit back and wait for the safety to roll in. since then, the "houston chronicle" newspaper and local tv stations in texas have been trying to take the state's advice. asking chemicals directly -- asking chemical companies directly, hey, what do you got there? they basically found mixed result when they've been asking. a lot of companies just telling them to buzz off. those are media organizations. what happens when it's just somebody who lives d

. >> next breaking news, the president confronts the border crisis in texas. we are waiting for the president of the united states to be speaking live in any second. plus all eyes on the middle east tonight. israel warning of an imminent ground invasion in the gaza strip. and the author of a book about surviving the running of the bulls. and here's the president of the united states. >>> to talk about the steps that we have taken and need to take to address the humanitarian situation on the border. and i want to thank everybody who has been involved for taking the time to talk to me. it's important to recognize two things. first, the surge of unaccompanied children and adults with children are arriving at one sector of the border. and that's the rio grande valley. second, the issue is not that people are evading our enforcement officials. the issue is that we're apprehending them in large numbers. and we're working to make sure that we have sufficient facilities to detain, house and process them appropriately. while attending to unaccompanied children with the

attorney general of texas and the u.s. attorney's office have recently arrested an alleged terrorist in texas with ties to isis, with ties to the radical islamic terrorists who are right now wreaking havoc across iraq and syria. so the first question i would ask the senior senator from arizona is how significant does he see the threat of terrorist crossing our porous border and targeting the homeland and the second question i would ask is related. of the $3.7 billion a present upon as requested in the supplemental bill, just 160 million is directed to border patrol agents and immigration judges both. so less than 5% of the total actually goes to boots on the ground. the second question i would ask the senior senator from arizona is in his judgment is devoting less than 5% of the resources from this bill to boots on the ground a serious effort at securing the border in solving the problem? >> i would say to my colleague in answer to the second question is obviously now and it's my understanding if you break this down, this l

middle school that the law should be changed in texasstorage location of dangerous chemicals in texas neighborhoods. that's the third issue. that's the new one. but then there's also this new crisis on the border. a legitimate policy and humanitarian crisis on the border and one that is happening in texas more than it is happening anywhere else on the southern edge of our country. the thing is, politically republicans in texas used to have a reputation for being comparatively pragmatic, even compassionate on the issue of immigration. frankly, you have to be that way in texas. texas is 38% latino. but texas republicans don't have that pragmatic streak anymore. not this generation of red texas. i mean, dan patrick's whole campaign is about stopping the illegal invasion of texas by mexico. i mean, now texas republican rhetoric tends more toward texas needing to secede from the united states. the texas republican response to unaccompanied kids coming to border from central america is conspiracy theories the governor is voicing on tv about ho

the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you very much, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yield four minutes to the gentleman, the chairman of the judiciary committee, chairman goodlatte. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for four minutes. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from texas, the chairman of the rules committee, for his leadership on this issue. without enforcement of the law, there cannot be accountability under law, and political accountability is essential to a functioning democracy. we in the house of representatives who face re-election every two years under the constitution are perhaps reminded of that more often than others. and while there is at least one political branch willing to enforce the law, we will not fail to act through whatever means of which we can successfully avail ourselves. when the president fails to perform his constitutional duty that he take care that the laws be faithfully executed, the congress has appropria

virtually all of the spending we're talking about that the president wants would be in texas. that was the kind of thing that congressional delegationed used to get behind. >> they don't buy the argument that the president is not going to enforce any of the border patrols that they all want so much. so from a political point of view, whether it's green dollars to your state or making your own base happy, it would be much more sensible for rick perry to get behind this and for the texas republican delegation to get behind this. you have a very peculiar political dynamic about this president and immigration, which means all common sense is thrown out of the window, including humanitarian feelings as well. that's not healthy for anyone, especially for the people who put their kids at risk. >> to stick with the republican talking points, rick perry's list of what the president should do tonight begins with this. the president should go to the border. that's issue number one. the president should go to the border and take a look 59 -- witness the texas-mexico border to witness the b

i urged the governor to talk to the texas delegation, which is obviously at the heart of the american caucus both at the house and has great influence in the caucus in the senate. if the texas delegation is in favor of this supplemental, which by the way does not include some things that i know many of them object to around dealing with undocumented workers who have been in this country for quite some time. this is just a very narrow issue, this supplemental in terms of dealing with the particular problem that we have right now, if the texas delegation is prepared to move, this thing could get done next week. we could have more border patrol agents on the border. we could shorten the timetables for processing these children, or adults with children as the governor thinks is important. we could make sure that some of the public health issues raised in the meeting that i just had are addressed so that we got enough folks vaccinating or checking on the health status of these children to make sure not only are they safe but that our communities are safe. the things that the governor think

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the republican governor of texas, rick perry. it's where we begin our coverage of the region and this humanitarian crisis tonight. our senior white house correspondent chris jansing traveling with the president in texas. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. after days of back and forth over whether this meeting would even happen, the president is in that private terminal behind me with governor perry and about ten other officials talking about the crisis on the border. and in fact, the president and the governor is had some one-on-one time in the ride over here on marine one. all of it, part of a series of carefully negotiated compromises. but coming to some sort of common ground with congress will be far more difficult. when air force landed one in dallas, the president got an unexpected tarmac welcome from governor rick perry, but walked into a political firestorm over his decision not to travel to the border and witness the humanitarian crisis there firsthand. even something as seemingly simple as a visit to a bar to

economy in the state of texas and the rest of the cannot try but more so, this state is connected to people to who cross the river, work here, build the homes, pick the crops, cook the food, take care of kids. they have made many home builders a lot of money by working in an affordable way. there are counter intuitive politics that get in the way and make this more complicated. as hard as they are on the right, the more problems they cause them self economically with their supporters. they get the hard right vote. it is a conflicting thing, not just hard for the president to resolve, hard for everybody down here to resolve. but somebody, somehow has to do something that isn't a gross oversimplification of screaming, hollering and say, let's secure the border. you have to understand this this river is not something that is divided this region. it has united this region. there is two kul tris, two economy. these people cross the river and live together everyday. 2,000 people cross the river everyday it work in factories down there as e

. >> they are combing the floors of the texas building. >> oswald has been shot. at point blank range. >> police are working on the sum that is oswald's murder was to shut him up. >> central intelligence agency killed john kennedy. >> the story has been suppressed. witnesses have been killed. we have a rig to knht to know w killed our president and why he died. >> in dallas, preparations were already under way for extraordinary police protection when the president should arrive. >> do you expect any trouble on the president's arrival? >> what has happened here previously, we would be foolish i think not to anticipate some trouble. i don't really don't anticipate any violence. >> here comes air force number one. the president's plane now touching down. >> mr. kennedy and the crowd yells and the president of the united states. >> looking at how things actually went, it wasn't just a trip to dallas. it was a political trip preparing for the 1964 elections. >> and here come the president now. in fact, he's not in his limo seen. he departed the limousine and reaching ac

the gentleman from texas. mr. hinojosa: i am honored to yield three minutes to my olleague, congressman from maryland, mr. cummings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. mr. cummings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i want to thank the ranking member, hinojosa, for the time and i thank the chairman and ranking member miller and chairwoman foxx for their hard work on this legislation. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of 4983, the strengthening transparency in higher education act. this legislation will help prospective students and their families by providing more accessible information about the costs of attending our nation's colleges and universities. the bill before us today includes provisions that i authored that will improve a tool already available to help students and their families assess the costs of attending college, the net price calculator. currently students and families have to guess where the calculators are located on the school's web page, wh

if the texas delegates is prepared to move, this thing can get done next week. we can can have more border patrol agents on the border as the governor has requested. we can can shorten the timetables for processing these children or adults with children as the governor thinks is important. we can make sure that some of the public health issues that were raised in the meeting that i just had are addressed so that we have got enough folks vaccinating and checking on the health status of these children to make sure that not only are they safe but also our communities are safe. the things that the governor thinks are important to do, would be a lot easier to do if we had this supplemental, it gives us the resources to do them. the only question at this point is why wouldn't the texas delegates or any of the other republicans who are concerned about this not want to put this on a fast track and get this on my desk so i can sign it and we can start getting to work. i suggested to the governor he has some influence over the texas delegates and that might be helpful to c

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i would like to show our audience where they flood the united states order in texas, up by by the largest amount, 170%, big ben also in texas and el paso. as well as arizona, the yuma sector is up 39% in california, san diego and del centro up by spiraling percentages, 59% and 41%. so he said one sector. who in the world told holder? >> there is no doubts about one sector is getting the greatest pressure. that this is a problem that is occurring all across the border because the fact that the word has gotten out that this president is not enforcing our immigration laws, but also families and almost as large a number as the unaccompanied minors. so they will keep on coming. the border patrol agents are the best he would ask how to stop this. they should ask the guys on the line and they will tell them that a deterrent is the only way to stop this from happening. they need to make sure that the children, when they come, that the parents are investigated for fraud. 70% of political asylum claims have suspicion of fraud involved. but they rubberstamp the overwhelming majority of the cases. if

the texas border with mexico, 1241 miles long, as congressman flores pointed out, two thirds of the entiremexico border is in our beloved texas. let's talk about your governor -- >> oh. >> he's been spread ago conspiracy theory, so if you -- use small words, please if you meet him. perry's theory is somehow that our president -- >> sounds personal. >> that america's president is behind this humanitarian crisis at the border. today, kate bolduan calls him on it. >> do you seriously believe that the administration might be in on this somehow? you're suggesting there's some kind of conspiracy here. >> no, what i'm suggesting is that this administration and their words and their actions or the lack thereof are part of the problem. i think you're putting the words of "conspiracy" in my mouth, which you did not say. >> you did say the word "i hate to be conspiratorial -- >> and i hate to be conspiratorial. >> to quote the governor, oops. >> it is painful to see a belly flop on national television. congressman flores is with us, and congresswoman bass are with us. they are in the crossfire tonigh

the kelly files. >>> welcome to hannity and tonight we're coming to you from texas. now the immigration crisis in this country is literally at a tipping point and that's exactly why we have now travelled to one of the hotspots on the southern border to see firsthand just how badly things are unralphing. earlier today texas governor rick perry gave me a tour of the border. i joined the governor for a private briefing from the texas department of public safety. here's an exclusive look. >> welcome to the front line of the unsecured border. you're about to go on the river and go on the air and you're going to have to pinch yourself a couple of times to come back to the fact that you're in america bought ba america. because a lot of the stuff you're going to be seeing looks like you're dealing with middle eastern conflicts. 90% of our undocumented aliens that are apprehended occurs here in the rio grande valley. 84% other than mexicans that are apprehended here occurs in the rio grande valley area. last year, 201 we reached the peak of special interest aliens which are ot

the blame lies at the feet of the president. texas governor rick perry p went on wi on. >> you can unilaterally direct the department of defense to put the troops on the border to do that work. he starts talking about a philosophical issue. the same president that said al qaeda is p on the run. i don't know whether he is inept or there's something else going on. the president needs to understand that the single most important thing he can do is put the national guard on the border. >> while in texas for a fundraiser president obama tried to defect the critics saying this shouldn't be a political issue. those upset about the situation to pressure congress 3.7 billion in emergency funding he says he needs to secure the southern border. >> the things that the government thinks are important to do would be a lot easier to do if we had the super mrimeple. the challenge is congress prepared to act to put the resources in place to get this done? >> the senate takes up the president's request. there will be tough questions by the health and h

the border. even as he continues to fund raise on this trip in texas. he says that would just be political theater going down to the border, he doesn't think he should just engage in photo ops. he wants republicans to meet him halfway on a solution. republicans on capitol hill say the real problem is the president has not gotten his hands dirty, has not gotten on top of this crisis. listen. >> this isn't theater. this is a problem. i'm not interested in photo ops. i'm interested in solving a problem. >> i doubt the governor will get in a word because the president will probably just deliver another lecture. he's pretty good at that. but that's 500 miles from where the problem is. how can you have a humanitarian crisis as the white house has called this and not want to go see it for yourself? maybe you'll actually learn something. >> the president also told reporters here he was impressed with governor perry's input on how to secure the border and also how to improve the immigration judicial system to move some of the deportation cases along a little quic

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. barton: can i inquire how much time he i have remaining? the chair: you have a minute and a half. mr. barton: if it's allowed i'd like to reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. does the gentleman from idaho continue to reserve his point f order? does the gentleman continue to reserve? mr. simpson: i continue to reserve my point of order. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i would ask time in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman's recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam speaker. i just want to say, it's my understanding the gentleman's going to withdraw the amendment so we're not going to have to insist on the point of order. mr. upton: i just want to share both my friends from texas that this is an issue that this body needs to deal with. we just had two votes in the last hour that is a pretty good indication that this body supports long-term stora

the border. you're going to be in texas, you have to go to the border. president said i'm not going, this isn't a game. >> this isn't theater. this is a problem. i'm not interested in photo-ops. i'm interested in solving a problem. >> he does a fair share like any politicians, olivier, a fair share of photo-ops when he thinks it suits his purposes. >> it's a tool, my reporting indicates he was particularly interested in avoiding one kind of photo-op. i talked to a congressional democrat who is fairly close to the white house, he goes to one of the facilities with these teenag teenagers, kids who are coming across the border and the images that go back to central and south america are if you send your kid illegally to the united states, the president himself will welcome you here. this person said i don't have a lock on what the white house was thinking but that's part of the problem here. >> the republicans say stupid not to go, not leadership not to go. if that's the case, then it might be smart not to go. >> perhaps but i think the president at some po

the border. texasttorney general greg abbot joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. >> why are you sending, you and the governor sending 1,000 troops to the border? >> greta, because it's necessary. because the state of texas is doing what the federal government has failed to do. and that is to secure our border. you know, you have seen this yourself, a year or two ago. and it's just grown larger ever since then. in addition to the tens of thousands of children and women who are coming across the border, greta. we are seeing very dangerous cartel members, ms 13 gang members. some of the worst of the worse. we have had women and children in the state of texas who have been sexually assaulted by the people who have come across the border. we have had 3,000 mohammed reza taheri-azar. it's a responsibility of a government to keep their people safe. the federal government has the responsibility of securing our border. they are not doing it so the state of texas will do it. >> here is what i don

-mexico border right now, the texas-mexico border, the rio grand sector. >> and texas governor rick perry will join us in just a moment to discuss his plan to secure the border without the help of the president. but first fox and friends first co-host here with an update on a somber homecoming for the victims of the downed malaysian airlines flight 17. they were waiting literally held in the hot weather for days and now finally these bodies are being sent home. >> i know. you're right. thank you, sean. well, it was a day of mourning in the netherlands and all across the globe today. the dutch had the highest death toll from the downed malaysian airlines flight 17. of the 298 people who actually lost their lives last thursday in ukraine, 193 of them were dutch. earlier the first wave of those bodies of the innocent victims arrived there in a southern city where members of the dutch royal family as well as the australian parliament greeted those caskets on the runway, which as you can see lined with hearses and the dutch armed forces. ♪ after a moment of silence was observed by the entire n

i assume that is a little ways away. >> the texas national guard are not permitted to arrest people by law. what could they do down there? >> they would serve in a way as observers for the department of public safety. as you know, governor perry has already sent a little over 100 state troopers down to that area to work on the roadways. , we have a good, actually excellent relationship with the texas department of public safety, and friendly state and local law-enforcement across the border. we see them as value added, and we want to make sure we maintain good communications and a good relationship with those folks. >> if the border patrol is overwhelmed in texas with large familiesf children and coming over, why not ask the texas national guard to help with that? sicko actually, we are not overwhelmed. compared to what i saw the first week, right after i had been confirmed in march, things are much better. the numbers are down. it does not mean anyone should not be very concerned about the numbers that are still coming, but things are much better. the border patrol has a range of reso

on his agenda, fund-raising events and the meeting with the texas governor rick perry to talk about the immigration crisis. but will the president add a last-minute pit stop to see some of those unaccompanied children along the u.s./mexico border. also right now, israel ramping up for a possible all-out war. the president of israel, shimon peres, says a ground offensive on gaza could happen, in his words, quite soon. and right now, a u.s. marine is being held in a mexican prison for crossing the border with firearms. is that marine waiting to find out his fate, why he's now hopeful he'll be released. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. president obama confronts a humanitarian and political crisis when he arrives in texas in just a few hours. the president will focus on the surge of undocumented and unaccompanied kids crossing the border into the united states. he'll meet with a republican governor rick perry and faith leaders. but he will not travel to the border, at least not now. that, according to white house officials, to see the situation firsthand. that decision

of health and human services requested funding for an anticipated 60,000 unaccompanied minors at the texasorder. is that six month evidence that obama, the white house knew all along about the border? namely that they would be swamped? pat buchanan? >> it is an argument that fulfills what people have been saying that barack obama is asleep at the switch. he's not a hands-on president, things are going on he never knows about until afterwards, ben gaza and the rest of it, but his failure of refuel not to call an audible and go to the border when a democratic congressman said come down and is comparing him to katrina, indicates this is a serious problem for the president, but he's not running again. this border issue, john, is, this issue is goes to mistakes size, and this is -- it will kill reform, be a major issue in the republican, in the politics of 2016. >> eleanor? >> administration new for many month that the numbers of unaccompanied minors were flowing, and they were trying to put the resources in place to deal with it. he didn't go to the border. if he had gone, you'd be accusing of

situation on the south texas border. ered to stop it. quickly. this comes as the president convert as political fundraising trip into a hastily arranged roundtable briefing on this de

. >> they are combing the floors of the texas book depository building to find these assassins. >> didou shoot the president? >> i'm just a patsy. >> oswald has been shot at point-blank range, fired into his stomach. >> police are working on the assumption that oswald's murder was to shut him up. >> elements of the central intelligence agency killed john kennedy. >> a story that has been suppressed. witnesses have been killed. we have a right to know who killed our president and why he died. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> in dallas, preparations were already under way for extraordinary police protection when the president should arrive. >> do you anticipate any trouble on the president's arrival? >> because of what has happened here previously we would be foolish, i think, not to anticipate some trouble. i don't -- really i don't anticipate any violence. >> here comes air force number one, the president's plane now touching down. there is mrs. kennedy, and the crowd yells. and the president of the united states. and i can see his sun tan all the way from here. >> looking at how things actually went, it was

. 38,000 were just in the southern part of the state of texas, and that's where the flooding, where they're coming in from south texas, huge numbers. >> the president today really put the onus on congress. there's a strange situation in which it seems like republicans are telling him to act unilaterally, at the same time they're suing him for doing so. what do you think about the $3.7 billion package that, the ball is in your court in congress. will it solve the problem? will it get passed? >> the court is -- for congress, the appropriators, under the constitution, we're the ones that will be appropriating, and we're going to be looking at this very, very carefully, there are things that we need to do, there are things that we need to fund. we certainly have to look at the details. certainly the person that needs to continue working with us, so we can come up with the right approach to address not only the humanitarian crisis, but how do we return those kids and those families safely to their countries. >> this is what everyone i heard is talking about how to return them. it is possible the

>>> deep in the heart of texas. president obama says he's not interested in photo-ops on the border and points a finger back at congress to help him fix the problem. we'll get reaction this morning from a top texas democrat. >>> meantime, is fighting between israelis and palestinians growing more serious by the hour. we'll hear from israel's ambassador to the u.s. >>> plus with warren buffett in nebraska and the koch brothers in kansas, we break down how omaha and wichita became a bevy of big shot billionaires looming large in politics. and a very good morning to you from washington. it's thursday, july 10th, 2014, and this is "the daily rundown." i'm kristin welker in for chuck today. we have some developing news off the top. we just got word that the house side of the capitol building is closed because of a potentially dangerous asbestos issue. nbc's capitol hill producer frank thorpe is on the phone and he joins us now. frank, what's the latest there? >> so i'm outside of that house side of the capitol right now.

the country have been met with resistance and protest. president obama on his fund raising trip to dallas, texas, declined to visit the somewhat distant texasmexican border. and was criticized by both republicans and democrats for failing to do so. afterall, he had air force one. but he dismissed the visit nonetheless. >> there's nothing that is taking place down there that i am not intimately aware of and briefed on. this isn't theater. this is a problem. i'm not interested in photo ops. i'm interested in solving a problem. >> the president said this knowing that texas governor, rick perry, wanted the nation's leader to see the complexity of the situation firsthand. >> what has to be addressed is the security of the border. you know that, i know that. the president of the united states knows that. i don't believe he particularly cares whether or not the border of the united states is secure. >> the two men met at the dallas airport and in a meeting with other elected officials, they discussed the border problem. in a later cbs interview, governor perry likened the president's decision to not visit the border to the katrina moment, when mr.

part two, chaos on the southern bofrder. still in mcallen, texas. a moment governor rick perry will join us. there's been dozens of new developments regarding the immigration crisis and here's a quick recap of all that went down. >> all: usa, usa. >> they're illegal. >> the invasion of illegal immigrants and in particular uncompanied children is spiraling out of control. >> they're treating people like cattle. >> if we don't fix the problem in washington, d.c., this will just continue to happen over and over again. >> this is president obama's katrina. it's not a good image. >> it doesn't make sense to compare this to a natural disast disaster. this is a humanitarian situation. >> the president assured the american people that the border was secure but clearly it is not. >> the president is well aware of exactly what's happening on the border. >> we are looking at ways to create additional options for dealing with the children in particular consistent with our laws and values. >> they totally deny this allegation coming from some of us in the media

the gentleman from texas is ecognized. mr. gallego: mr. speaker, if the gentleman has anything else to say, i'm ready to close unless the gentleman has additional -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: no, sir. we have no more speakers at this time. we're prepared to close. i would urge my colleagues to oppose the motion to instruct and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas. mr. gallego: thank you, mr. speaker. let me start by in all sincerity saying i have the greatest respect for chairman miller and the work that he's been doing. i follow his comments and his remarks and his committee regularly because the issue of veterans is an issue that is near and dear to my heart as it is to so many of us. and i have great respect for his views and his expertise, and i certainly, while i may differ in my opinion, i ertainly would never, ever think that his motives are impure because they are not. he is very sincere and very driven to help. but here is w