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i mean, the wendy davis campaign, she's running against him, been able to hold him to account on this to make this an issue that they're going to be able to run with? >> you know, some democrats in the legislature have raised questions, have gotten pushback this summer on a legislative panel about whether we ought to tighten up these regulations. some other groups say we need to do something. wendy davis begins tomorrow a five- or six-day tour of several cities in which she says, look, we have the right to know. the legislature meets in january, to change the law to make it clear that families and people and homeowners and those living around chemicals do have the right to get this information. the key here is part of the wendy davis campaign against greg abbott has been to say that he is a texas republican business-minded insider who protects his friends, but that's not really necessarily good enough because i think, frankly, rachel, a lot of people think that politicians of all stripe protect their friends when they're in office. the problem for abbott here is if this episode, if th

wendy davis begins tomorrow a five- or six-day tour of several cities? which she says, look, we have the right to know. the legislature meets in january, to change the law to make it clear that families and people and homeowners and those living around chemical s do hav the right to get this information. the key here is part of the wendy davis campaign against greg abbott has been to say that he is a texas republican business-minded insider who protects his friends, but that's not really necessarily good enough because i think, frankly, rachel, a lot of people think that politicians of all stripe protect their friends when they're in office. the problem for abbott here is if this episode, if this decision suggests not only that he's protecting his financial donors, his cronies, his friends, but he's doing so in a way that could affect your children, your family, your neighborhood, then maybe wendy davis is on to something. >> wayne slater, senior political writer for the "dallas morning news." a have to admit i had no idea the footage we had of greg abbo

lou: and democratic congressman of illinois, and gubernatorial candidate wendy davis coming for to blast president for not going to the border as well. we will be taking this up with the appropriations committee member john culberson of texas. also benjamin netanyahu stepping up the airstrikes in gaza with hamas now firing rockets further into israel. on your screen i know, some of the 80 overnight strikes by israeli warplanes on hamas targets. president obama condemning the hamas rocket attacks and reaffirming at the same time israel's right to defend the south with mr. netanyahu. we will be taking all of that up with the israeli ambassador to the united states or tonight. and sergeant andrew timmer racey finally able to tell his story in court but it's unclear whether anyone was listening he joins us here live and we begin tonight with the warnings from homeland security secretary jeh johnson, who testified before the senate appropriations committee. >> it there will be approximately 90,000 unaccompanied children across the border in fiscal 2014, and 100 worry bows and in fiscal 15. at

we've got wendy davis, democratic candidate for texas governor, here tonight for the interview.e you will stick around for that. >>> but we start with this. second terms are tough for american presidents. in bill clinton's second term, he got impeached. in richard nixon's second term, he was about to get impeached and then he had to resign the presidency. ronald reagan's second term he had to come up with the "i don't remember anything" answer to make the iran contra scandal go away. although 14 members of his administration got indicted in that scandal including his defense secretary and two of his national security advisers. and in george w. bush's second term, it was clear very early on in that second term that that second term for him, like most other modere

. >>> we will have much more on the border crisis straight ahead with wendy davis' running mate at the top of the texas ticket for 2014. and later chuck has a tdr 50 look at the billionaires of heartland who influence u.s. politics with more than just money from their home bases in omaha and wichita. but first a look ahead at today's planner. the president is in austin, texas, where he will speak on the economy, and he will tout what he says are some of the accomplish 78ments of the execue orders he has passed. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. we'll be right back. thlook what i got.p. oh my froot loops! [sniffs] let's do this? get up! get up! get up! get up! loop me! bring back the awesome... yeah! yeah! yeah! with the great taste of kellogg's froot loops. follow your nose! where you can explore super destinations and do everything under the sun. 12 brands. more hotels than anyone else in the world. save up to 25% and earn bonus points when you book at wyndhamrewards.com. save up to 25% and earn bonus points that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve.. at huma

you know, i think we've got a fighting chance with wendy davis and leticia van deputte.ve so many people from the left and the right who are advocating for reform. the chamber of commerce, for example. yet, the house of representatives won't even take up a bill. >> immigration reform would be a kind of civil rights initiative in the sense of 12 million people coming out of the shadows who are presently contributing to the country. >> yeah, and i think -- the way i see that, i think that in the debate, you know, the country is struggling, trying to be honest with itself. if we're honest with ourself, we have to acknowledge that there are four or five or six major american industries that wouldn't exist the way they do but for immigrant labor. >> last night was also about speaking to another key part of the obama coalition, latinos via san antonio mayor julio castro, introduced by his twin brother joaquin. >> my mother fought hard for civil rights so instead of a mop, i could hold this microphone. >> we know the latino community is going to be large. that we know. we're go

production that couldn't make it in the book that now seem like kind of obvious choices, for example, wendy davis who's now running for governor of texas. you know, her filibuster on the state senate floor happened when this book was already being copy edited, but she seems like she would be a natural fit into the book in terms of what she did and what she's doing currently. so, you know, unlike a blog which you can update whenever you need to, a book is really a more the sixth object, and that can be somewhat frustrating when you want to keep up with the times. >> yeah. we talked a little bit about there's a lot of references to movies and tv. a couple shows that i haven't thought about about in a long time are rhoda and murphy brown. even cheers is something i was brought up on. these are all movies and tv with strong female leads. but as i'm thinking more about movies, what about, you know, you took a web -- you took a blog, and you turned it into a book. what about taking a book and turning it into a movie or a tv series? >> this book, you mean? >> this book, yeah. >> someone else asked me th

when it comes to governor races, wendy davis may be a big fund-raising draw but emily's list is boosting, massachusetts and rhode island in addition to new hampshire where governor maggie hassen is the incumbent. they are supporting to rising stars. florida's gwen graham to north carolina's alma adams. stephanie schriock is the president of emily's list and she joins me now. >> good morning. >> obviously this ability that democrats believe is going to drive a wedge between women voters, particularly moderate women, republican women, on the issue of contraception in particular, the hobby lobby case, i hate to be crass, was it more important to lose it politically than to win it? >> it is a terrible loss for women and that is the most important thing we have to remember in politics. this is about actual change in people's lives and it's going to hurt women's lives. but we've seen today and in fact planned parenthood action fund today is rolling out a poll that shows that women are really opposed to this decision. 72% of women in the poll say this is a very important issue to them. a majori

abbott, a republican who is also a candidate for governor in the lone star state facing democrat wendy davis reaction to the speaker not bringing in any immigration issues, not mentioning the dreamers order of 2012 in his proposed lawsuit? i would imagine that would be a bit disappointing? >> well, what's disappointing is the fact that just yesterday, the president was here in texas, here in austin, just a few hundred miles away from the border and he turned his back on the border. he called this place a crisis. just a week or two ago. and he could not respond to a crisis by himself showing up and trying to address this issue. this is a huge challenge for the state of texas, jake. we expect the president to live up to his responsibility and the federal government's responsibility to secure our border and to address this is unprecedented influx of immigrants everybody central america. >> that's my point. wouldn't you want that to be in the lawsuit that speaker boehner is bringing up then? >> here's the deal, jake. yeah, and that is i have no control over any litigation that the house leader m

you pointed out kind of showboating his political ambitions and suddenly rick perry i mean when wendy davis was running for governor you know she maybe didn't go as extreme as governor perry who wants to have national guardsmen she called for having sheriff's deputy in texas she's going to dance but i think a lot of i think you have i think you have mainstream liberals and democrats who are also playing up this angle of you know we have to. here is the low in my hypocrisy here you know i have to call you on that with the pollution of this from both sides not enough folks and when the dates but you know the federal probe to how do we do this to me a humanitarian crisis and not a definite think best the best way to deal with refugee children from honduras at the same time the inability of the federal government to clean about ministration to seriously look at this issue and treat it as it is minutes here in crisis and deal with it appropriately but how do you do that when you last twenty republican governors grandstanding by saying no way you can bring me to my state and then you got you know

. >>> more ethics issues coming out for wendy davis, the democratic candidate running for governor ofs was convicted of stealing the former rnc chair's credit report back in 2006. michael steele was lieutenant governor of the state of maryland at the time and he was running for a senate seat. lauren wiener, the staffer, used steele's social security number to get an on line credit report. she got that number off a public court document and then looked into that information. >>> new jersey governor chris christie was in iowa campaigning for fellow republicans. he raised money for other republican lawmakers, including the governor of iowa. >> all of you are part of the choir for the republican team in this state. i'm here to preach to the choir so you'll sing to your family and your friends. >> he refused to comment on his possible 2016 white house bid and those are your headlines from here at home. >> before when we decided as a country to send ukraine when this whole crisis happened and we had the russian invasion, and they took crimea, we decided as a country to send in nonand regula

caller: i haven't seen polling on wendy davis at all. i would like to see that. she should be president in four years or something. host: carl in oklahoma watching the texas race. we are talking campaign 2014. what races are you watching? also talking about polling in this segment of the washington journal. this coming from a new york times story. with four months to go, perhaps the only thing clear about the fight for the senate is that it will pose a challenge to public polling. there is always the possibility the polls could miss the outcome in close contests. this year is particularly challenging heard the rapid growth of partisan polls has contaminated the polling averages and states where surveying public opinion is already difficult. any of these partisan polls employed dubious waiting and sampling practices. accommodation company shall make it even harder for polls to nail the results this year. that story in the new york times. let's go to kevin and i our line for democrats -- in iowa on our line for democrats. i am watching the senate race in iowa. i ha

wendy davis, you know that name, state senator in texas who had that filibuster against an abortion legislation is running for governor and she tweeted out proud of those fighting back on hobby lobby. we should trust women to make their health care decisions, not their bosses. we're talking to women only this morning about which party represents you. we'll go to jo ann in san diego, california. hi, jo ann. >> caller: hi. i think religious liberty is just as important to women as men in our country. that's why i think the hobby lobby decision, which bonnie described as being misrepresentative against birth control, it was for abortion causing drugs, and now we know that americans don't have to surrender their freedom when they open a family business to the federal government. i think that definitely this decision is more about religious liberty, which of course women care b. it's our first amendment, i just think hobby lobby decision should have been more than just about the religious restoration act, but it was unconstitutional. it was against our bill of rights. and my main reason why i'm repu