should bey in texas as big as the texas sky. i want to bring that to texas. god bless you. god bless texas. [bell] gov. abbott: we live in a state where anything is possible. a state where a young man's life can be broken in half and he can still rise up to become governor. you can succeed no matter your circumstance. texas evento make better. we have elevated texas to new heights. texas is number one in the nation for doing business and job creation. our schools are better. graduation rates are at all-time highs. we have arrested thousands of dangerous criminals and taken them off the streets. if you reelect me as governor, i will never stop fighting for you and your family. together, we are going to keep texas the premier state in the world. >> we want to thank the foundation for being our venue tonight. a special thank you to our candidates again. thank you for helping us put this all together this evening. coverage continues right now with a special postdebate program. see how our focus group rated the answers tonight. 6 early votinger opens october 22. get out there an

in the state of texas. for me, i am incredibly honored to have received the formal endorsement of the national border patrol council. the union of the men and women who risk their lives keeping our nation safe. i will note at this debate, i am very pleased we have brandon judd and paul perez, both of the national border patrol council. the reason they are supporting me is i have led the fight to secure the border building the wall, using technology and increasing boots on the ground. we can keep our communities safe. congressman o'rourke not only opposes a wall, but he has said that we have too many fences and walls already on the border. he wants to tear down the ones we have. i will note he brought up el paso. el paso is right across from juarez, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. 3000 murders last year. there is a wall there. that wall is one of the tools you use to protect us. let me give you an example of just how extreme congressman o' rourke is on immigration. case law, common sense legis

texas voters say immigration is their number one most important issue in this election here in texas. it's especially personal, of course, here in mcallen, very close to the border. the first question comes from carlos garcia. he's an immigration attorney working on family reunification. carlos? >> congressman, this weekend, the president indicated that he's open to resurrecting his family separation policies. for the most part, the amazing people of south texas, regardless of political or religious affiliation, stepped up to the plate to help those in need because, well, that's what we do in south texas. what is the most important piece of legislation that you plan to introduce to make sure that this doesn't happen again? >> carlos, thank you for your question. and dana, thank you for having me here today, cnn and the city of mcallen, very grateful to be with you. i was here in mcallen in the wake of the president's disastrous zero tolerance policy, which meant that every family that attempted to come to the united states seeking asylum between our ports of entry was separated in rea

opportunity in texas should be as take as the texas sky. i want to bring that to texas, .o i humbly ask for your vote god bless you, god bless texas. gov. abbott: we live in a state where anything is possible. lifete were a young man's can be broken in half and he could still rise up and become governor. in texas, you can succeed no matter your circumstances. four years ago i promised to make texas even better. we have elevated texas to new heights. thes is number one in nation for doing business and job creation. our schools are better. high school graduation rates are at an all-time high. families are safe to -- safer. ofhave arrested house and's dangerous of criminals and taken them off the streets. if you reelect me as governor, i will never stopped fighting -- stop fighting for you and your family. together we will keep texas the premier state in the greatest nation in the history of the world. we want to think the lbj foundation for being our host venue. a special thank you to our candidates. -- coverage continues right now with a spe

in the texas constitution, it says texas is a free, independent state. the governor holds the state's highest office. all political power is inherent in the people and it is up to texas -- from the rio grande to the red river. the panhandle to the gulf. when you cannot find a way, you make away. will decide in november who leads the lone over the next four years. >> to make sure texas will remain a state in the greatest country in the world. >> tonight, two candidates debate the issues, setting the course on taxes and how we help those in need. listen closely. see if you like what you're hearing from your candidate, or are you willing to change your mind and your vote like an independent texan can. , we are coming to you live from the lbj presidential library on the campus of the university of texas at austin for the only texas gubernatorial debate this election season. i am the anchor at kx a and news news in austin and i will be your host. let's introduce you to our candidates. we begin with incumbent we have an anchor from san diego -- from san antoni

opportunity and texas should be as big as the texas sky. i want to bring that to texas, so i humbly ask for your vote. god bless you and texas. >> governor, 60 seconds. governor abbott: we live in a state where anything is possible, a state where a young man's can be broken and he still can rise up and be governor. in texas, you can succeed no matter your circumstances. four years ago, i promise to make texas better, and since working together we elevated texas to new heights. we are number one in the nation for doing business, and job creation. our schools are better. high school and college graduation rates are at all-time highs. families are safer. we have arrested thousands of dangerous criminals and taken them off the streets. i promise you this, if you reelect me, i will never stop fighting for you and your family. together, we will keep texas the premier state in the greatest nation in the history of the world. >> governor and sheriff, thank you for the with us. we want to thank the lbj foundation for hosting us. thank you to our can

and here's good news for texas. good news for texas. because just today, germany's chancellor, angela merkel, has announced that her country will now purchase massive amounts of lng, which is great news for your state. [cheers and applause] and i told all of the european nations, it's not fair. we have all of these horrible tradee imbalances. under republican leadership, america is winning again. america is respected again because we are putting america first. [cheers and applause] we are putting america first. it hasn't happened in a lot of decades. we are putting a them first. we are taking care of ourselves for a change. thank you. i like that guy, but not that much. but radical democrats want to turn back the clock. have the rule of corrupt power hungrily globalist. you know what a globalist is. a globalist is a person that wants the globe to do well, frankly, not caring about our country so much. and you know what? we can't have that. you know, they have a word. it sort of became old-fashioned. it's called a nationalist. and i say

[cheering] hello texas. we are both happy to be back home in texas. [cheering] i want to explain something. everybody is the army of the trump. this is how donald trump will say president for four more years. everyone in this room is the army of trump. i want you to pull out your texas 288022 and you can win free trump signed a gear. this phone is how we connect with you and turn you into the army of trump and talk to people and get you involved. wants to be involved to help donald trump win for four more years? it is important for you to take your phone out and dial. i do not see a lot of phones out. there they are. texas 2880 22 and we will pick a winner's tonight to get trump here. i imagine you are ready for us to get off the stage and see trump. [cheering] we have senator cruz coming out. we are all going to vote for him because we need to increase the majority in the senate and hold the house so the trump agenda can attend -- continue and we have two more years of the record pacing agenda he has done. i want everyone to take their hats off and g

here's dana, live from texas. ♪ >> dana: we are coming to you live from dallas, texas, one of the most talked about states ahead of the midterm. democrats hoping to turn what was a safe haven into a battleground. we have an all-star lineup ahead including candidates from two congressional races here and a few other faces you may recognize from "the five." but first we turn to our southern border. do we have william? we don't have him yet. we're gonna go to our first guest. dan crenshaw. dan crenshaw, you're the republican candidate for the 2nd district of texas which is in houston. thanks for making the trip here. the caravan is moving north. we were talking right before the show. they are actually going to demand entry into the united states. is it too much for the president to be warning people about the dangers of this? >> it's definitely not too much. when you have 5,000 and 7,000 people demanding entry. that's what they're doing, demanding entry. it hurts the case for legal immigrants. in texas we have a relationship between latinos and tech san. my stepmother is a legal immigrant

for united states senate in texas! [cheers and applause] [applause] moderator: gentlemen, welcome tonight. senator cruz, he won the coin toss. we start with you, congressman o'rourke. welcome. 21 days away from the election and there is still insecurity about ballot boxes. several attacks were reported against several states, but misinformation online can be just as dangerous, as men people know. the question is, can congress make a legislation to protect voters? mr. o'rourke: thank you for posting the debate and thanks to the people of san antonio for helping us being here, and for the people in texas watching and participating in one of the most important decision of our lifetime. of our ballotrity boxes, 240 two years into this experiment. the american democracy, the exception and not the role in world history, is sacred. tois essential we continue protect it. attacks, like any other time, thus it is under attack, more than any other time in history. the intelligence committee has which the conclusion that the russi

and the texas g.o.p. has been launching personal attacks on o'rourke, like two weeks ago, when they tweeted, "maybe beto can't debate ted cruz because he already had plans," alongside this photo of beto from his punk rock days. yes, his plans were being smoking hot in a naughty but approachable sort of way, like your best friend's older brother who smells like weed and listens to radiohead. "read us your poems, beto!" ( laughter ) people online seemed to like the fact that beto was in a cool punk band, and pointed out that ted cruz played adam in a mime performance of the christian creation story when he was in high school. ( laughter ) and they included this picture. ( laughter ) how do you do a mime performance of the creation story? "in the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth, and god said... nothing, for he was trapped in an invisible box." ( laughter ) the g.o.p. tried again by tweeting out this mug shot of his drunk driving arrest 20 years ago. now, there's no excuse for drunk driving,

he loves texas. he is here some place. he loves texas. >> [cheers and applause]. >> he loves texas. he loves the people of texas. he is a great man. he did a fantastic job under a lot of pressure. that hurricane was pressure. you got all a-pluses. everybody. the responders and the lieutenant governor dan patrick. >> [cheers and applause]. >> finally i see them. they are over here. it's hard when you have 22,000 people in a room, it's hard to find one person. it's hard to find one person when even when he is tall. another tall guy who is an incredible senator, he represents you so well. he is always fighting for you. he was the one that asked dianne feinstein, did you leak? remember? so, he was the one. he looked over to her during the hearings, those horrible hearings where they were so nasty and horrible to a great gentleman who will go down as one of our greatest supreme court justices ever. he got outside and he is on the committee. he goes, did you leak? no, no! wait a minute, let me check. did we leak? no, we didn't leak! that was the worst body language. she was so get of leak

saved in texas more than any other place. in texas, the u.s. coast guard saved 15,000 lives. -- 16,000 lives. think about that. these are great people. i said let me ask you a question. what happens? they want to go out and play at the edge, but there was no edge. it gobbled them up. how big is a thing like that? you are looking at -- they said butave the greatest boats, if we hit that wrong, we go down just like anybody else. crest, they come in and save a lot of people and go back out. , their brand has appreciated more than any other brand in this country. the u.s. coast guard. they did a great job. [cheering] guys come all you when there is a hurricane, do not take your boat out. get out of town for a little while. that was brutal. fema was great. first responders was great. incredible. we are honored to be joined this evening by many great republican leaders. who isnight is a man incredible. he is a man with tremendous spirit. he asked me for more money than any other human being have asked. his name happens to be governor greg abbott. whe

texas hates that. the fact that he wants to make it a social media campaign and appeal to a national politics, he doesn't understand texas. >> juan: oh, imagine donald trump running a social media campaign. >> lawrence: he is the president. you are making the point. >> jesse: saying that i hear texas is its own country. up next, a massive migrant caravan headed to the u.s. nearly doubles inside as president trump promises to get stuff to -- get tough to stop i it. i know that every single time that i suit up, there is a chance that's the last time. 300 miles per hour, that's where i feel normal. i might be crazy but i'm not stupid. having an annuity tells me retirement is protected. annuities can provide protected income for life. learn more at retireyourrisk.org annuities can provide protected income for life. hello! i'm an idaho potato farmer. did you ever notice that the very first bite of every great meal is always the potato? that's why it should always be an idaho potato. only genuine idaho potat

he went into the texas national guard. there is more of a story to that because he, like the sons of other texas politicians, went into a special texas national guard unit that was really for politicians' sons and members of the dallas cowboys. this was during the vietnam war. it meant that he really didn't have to fight. there have been disputes going back decades about how much calm was used -- how much pull was used. i found in researching the book that no one has ever found his father, george h.w. bush, intervening or making calls to get him out of the guard, but friends of his father and texas political leaders did so. brian: where did he apply for law school? and again, why wasn't he accepted? james: i am having trouble remembering that. it is probably in my own book, but -- >> brian: i thought it might be university of texas. james: that is correct. bush at first when he was applying for college, actually, kind of asked to go to austin and see the university of texas. it might have been a wish, but he ended up at ya

opportunity in texas should be as big as the texas sky and i want to bring that to texas so i humbly ask for your vote. god bless you, god bless texas. >> thank you. you have 60 seconds. >> we live in a state where anything is possible, a state where young man's life can be broken in half and yet he can still rise up and become governor. in texas, you can succeed the matter your circumstances. four years ago, i promised to make texas even better. we have elevated texas to new heights. texas is number one in the this destination for business and job creation. our schools are better. high school and college graduation rates are at all-time highs and families are safer. we have arrested thousands of dangers terminals and taken them off the streets. promise you this, if you really me, as governor, i will never stop fighting for you and the family. together, we are going to keep in thehe premier state greatest nation in the history of the world. being with us,r we want to thank the lbj foundation for being our host venue and a special thank you to for puttinges and together. see how our f

we produce more winded texas than all five countries. we also had some other things that gave incentives to change out from old inefficient engines. and we had this massive switchover from older inefficient power plants to natural gas plant and that really drove the emissions down. we had a 14% reduction of our emissions in the united states since 2007. >> host: why'd i just merged the epa in with you? >> guest: why don't you mind your own business. last month >> you're doing so well. >> the point is there some great stories out there about what the department of energy is involved with that is really outside of the historic concept of fossil fuels are renewables or nuclear power and we are trying to make nuclear power cool again. when i was a kid starting school at texas a&m in the late 1960s, almost markets further going into nuclear engineering or aeronautical engineering because it was cool. the idea of this ability to create power with nuclear materials. and we think it is really possible again to do small modular there is more fasc

re-election campaign for senate in texas. "the houston chronicle" editorial endorsement of beto o'rourke did not just make the case for o'rourke, it condemned senator ted cruz who they endorsed six years ago. ted cruz, a candidate the chronicle endorsed in 2012 is the junior senator from texas in name only, exhibiting little interest in addressing the needs of his fellow texans during his six years in office. for cruz public office is a private quest. the needs of his constituents are secondary. the editorial quoted former republican house speaker john boehner when he described ted cruz as, quote, lucifer in the flesh. the chronicle's editorial board said, quote, we enthusiastically endorse beto o'rourke for u.s. senate. the west texas congressman's command of the issues that matter to this state, his unaffected eloquence, and his eagerness to reach out to all texans make him one of the most impressive candidates this editorial board has encountered in many years. imagine how refreshing it would be to have a u.s. senator who

extremists on a national level, instead with the people in texas and jobs of texas. moderator: that is time. sen. cruz: texas leads and energy across the board. moderator: this question is about immigration policy. we know your position and dreamers, and we know that you are adamantly against extending the existing border fence. this question is specifically about border security. if we don't need a border wall, can you please look at the people of texas and tell them what we need? rep. o'rourke: i would be happy to. i don't know if there is another person who has a greater stake in the issue than i do. amy and i are raising our children in el paso, texas. one half of the largest defining -- largest by national community on the border, the defining border community. i care about the safety of every single person in the state of texas. el paso is one of the safest if not the safest city in the united states, because we have world-class law enforcement, police and sheriff deputies, but also because we are a city of immigrants. a quarter of those i represent were born i

i call him texas ted. he is a very smart guy. he loved the people of texas. rob: politics. carly shimkus with serious xm 115. this is what politicians do. >> nickname here, nickname there, that is what donald trump does. speaking of the rally you were talking about with pete, there was a major party that happened ahead of it yesterday. the trump campaign hosting a tailgate that included food trucks, live music and appearances from campaign spokespeople, 5 times as many people rsvp did it is a to the rally, the worst seat in the arena, the big screens were set outside so people attending could watch the president's >> a lot of people on social media talking about the outpouring of support. when twitter user writing texans know how to throw a party, and on facebook, then on twitter says 100,000 plus, that is not a political rally, that is a donald trump state fair. no more lying ted nickname, we are at beautiful ted or texas ted. whatever you want. >> we should remember who started this booming economy. >> former president obama hit the campaign trail to rally support for dem

but when you're representing texas, it has to be 100% texas. like the parent of a teenager, we're not mad at ted cruz, but we are disappointed. >> and on the positive side, when you're talking about beto o'rourke. you're making the case that. >> beto has the ability to go out to where politicians haven't gone in years. he listens to people, and creates these sparks of civic engagement where folks who have never really talked to each other, but live in the same neighborhoods discuss what they want the public to be like, and what they want their government to be like. and he goes and listens and brings that up to washington. i think that's something that will benefit people, no matter where you are on the political spectrum. >> and when you go back -- when you're looking at senator cruz and considering how he failed the state, what would you say were the principle ways in which ted cruz made it impossible for you to endorse him? >> well, senator cruz is incredibly smart, he's a smart man, he's ambitious and he has political skill, we saw him use

and then in texas, big news for first time in history of the texas two hispanic women from the seven hispanic woman elected to texas to serve in u.s. house and there will be two. the former el paso county judge and state senator sylvia garcia, as national naleo president are very likely to prevail in the races and become the first two latinas from texas to serve in the united states house. and then there are latinas in highly competitive congressional contests around the country. in arizona congressional district number two, peterson is waging a competitive race for that seat. in california we have two races with very competitive candidates in orange county and southern california. there's a very competitive race again in florida district 26 with incumbent carlos been challenged by powell. in florida 27, maria is the republican candidate seeking to replace diana ros-lehtinen. in new mexico, an attorney taking on the republican bear to try to be the second latino elected to congress from new mexico. state senator in west virginia, and in the race to replace speaker ryan, ironworker ra

tech. >> texas ted. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 with reaction. i'm sure there's a lot online. >> a big party going down ahead of the president's big rally, the trump campaign planning a major tailgate to complement the president's big speech, live music and appearances by campaign spokespeople. kaylee mcinerney was talking about how many people wanted to attend this thing, how many wanted to go and there were seats available in the arena so the trump campaign set up a big screen so people could watch his speech outside. a lot of folks talking about outpouring of support and excitement for this speech in texas. one twitter user says there is a gigantic red wave happening outside the toyota center at donald trump's rally, people are everywhere and so-called celebs, mike on twitter writing you won't the crowd like this at any rally or speeches by obama, biden or clinton and another twitter user chiming in writing over 100,000 people showed up for a 90,000 seat venue, a stadium wouldn't have said them

that's not texas. we have accomplished an enormous amount in two years, far more than anyone reasonably thought we could. >> sean: biggest tax cut in history. >> lowest unemployment in 49 years, lowest african and hispanic unemployment ever recorded. biggest military rebuild since ronald reagan. this election is about two roads, if we have a good election, if we hold the house and grow our majority in the senate i think we can in addition even more in the next two years than we did in the last two years. >> sean: we've watched you twice run out of a restaurant. you see the comments of hillary clinton, we can't be civil, kick them, maxine waters. >> there is an ugliness that's really scary and i'm concerned it's going to turn into violence, the rhetoric is right on the edge of violence. that's the next step. the problem is the left is so filled with rage that facts don't matter. they just want to burn it all down. that's not good for our country >> sean: senator it's great to be at your town hall. thank

the kem graphic changes have been pretty dramatic in texas. those have to in some way affect the political landscape, haven't they? >> sure, but if you look at the demographic changes, you have lots of people coming to texas for jobs. that, in turn, makes people value the policies that produce those jobs. we don't want to screw it up, and high taxes, high regulations, hammering small businesses is really bad for texas. >> senator cruz, who polls say has a slight lead here, also telling us he thinks the battle over brett kavanaugh's confirmation is energizing conservatives. we turn now to the disappearance raising alarms around the world. a saudi journalist, a "washington post" contributor who entered the saudi consulate in turkey last week and hasn't been heard from again. there are growing fears he was f foreign correspondent, richard engel. >> reporter: protesters today converged on saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul, demanding answers after the mysterious disappearance of journalist jamal kashogi. they're convinced the saudi royal family

more on texas poll texas with you in just mo. the battle ground tracker s were heldtoda crnd win 226 seats, eight more than they need to retake the house. however, the margin of error is 14 seats which means rep in harris county will play a huge role in this election. polls say that nine-term republican john culver son is in a dead heat with democratic challenger lizzy fletcher. today we spoke with both candidates and voters. >> this is a dividing street for the congressional district. >> reporter: richard murry has been teaching texas politics for half a century. he took us on a tour of the texas 7th, a district that has only elected republicans for 50 years. now, it's a toss-up. >>> is the 7th a good place to use as a lens to look at the rest of the country? >> yes. >> this district was for a long time largely white, middle to upper middle class. now it's less than half white. about a third are hispanic, 14% african-american, 11%babl about t's a lot. >> yes. >> the texas 7 has been first won by the gop since a his race here in

>> texas yo creo de que una razÓn por elegir texas es de, pues texas es un estado muy diverso especialmente para los latinos en la ciencia y eso fue muy visto cuando fui a la organizaciÓn, habÍa preocupaciones por como estÁ texas de como la protecciÓn de los individuos de parte de la comunidad lgbt y los indocumentados pero eso fue, pero hicieron que estÁn al lado y estÁn apoyando a estos individuos y el estado de texas tambiÉn estÁ apoyando. >> bueno es una gran labor es necesario, estamos en una Época en que deberÍa ser mÁs natural que no importo e el color, la procedencia que todos podemos entrar en las distintas Áreas para ayudar a este mundo, gracias. >> muchas gracias. >> miren china acaba de inaugurar un puente que marca un antes y un despuÉs en la construcciÓn de esta clase de estructuras fÍjese bien tiene una longitud nada menos de 34 millas que lo convierte en el puente sobre el mar mÁs largo del mundo, une las ciudades de hong kong, han hecho falta 400 mil toneladas de acero y ha costado 20 mil millones de dÓlares, ya ven que todos son cifras colosals como el pro

i know texas well. do not forget, they tried to convince you on election night that texas is in play. i would go to a thing and room or the lines i would have for the speeches. remember the lines? i hate to tell you, i think the lines are bigger tonight than two years ago. because i produced. [cheering] because i produced. the lines are bigger tonight and it is easier. two years ago, i had to say, we will give you tax cuts, we will cut regulations. it was all words. now i have produced so this is easy. [cheering] in fact, some of those guys will say i produced more than i promised, which is true. which is true, actually. o'rourke voted against the tax cuts and went against tax cuts with job killing regulations and taxes that were really hurting jobs and companies. beto supports a socialist takeover of health care. it will triple your taxes and it will not be enough. and it will be lousy health care. you will end up waiting for five weeks to see a doctor. i heard ted say just before it went on, this is t

he's going to win handily. >> now you are spending money in texas instead of turning texas into a fundraising state, you are spending money there. trish: democrats are shying away from that because i think as lou and i were discussing at the beginning of this show, common sense will tell you, you can't have open borders. so given that you are looking at 4,000 people approaching our southern border at this very moment. what does your party say that will make people across america feel safe? >> we have laws in this country. trish: the laws aren't working. >> you have the house, you had the senate, you have the president, now you have the supreme court. pats laws and enforce the laws. you don't do anything because the republican party is bad at governing. the gop. the gop. trish: the gop right now. >> the gop. trish: hasn't done anything despite the fact that you have an economy at 4.2%. >> thank you president obama. trish: don't give me that. >> i am giving you that. he saved the economy. >> trump tried to solve the immigration issue. a majority of the americans are with him when it comes to bo

perry: i tell people, the 7ate of texas, we added million people to the population to texas. that means a lot of pickup trucks. think about it. nonpoint source pollution had to be going through the roof. we have all of the refining capacity on the gulf coast. call donald trump and say we have emissions of? sec. perry: we didn't. reduction,%, 60% total carbon dioxide footprint down. the reason is number one we led the nation in the production of wind energy. we produce more wind in texas then all five countries. we have other things that gave incentives to change from old, inefficient engines. we had a massive switchover from old power plants to natural gas plants. that drove emissions down. this can happen in the world. it is happening in the united states. we had a 14% reduction in the united states since 2007. >> why not just merge the epa in with you? sec. perry: why don't you mind your own business? [laughter] the point is there are great stories about what the department of energy is involved with that are outside the historic concept of fossil fuels or renewables or nuc

i call him texas ted. >> reporter: we traveled to texas to ask the senator about his complicated relationship with the president. you have said that he is utterly amoral, that he's a serial philanderer, a pathological liar. are those things not true anymore? >> look, i have no interest in revisiting the comments of 2016. >> you've moved on? >> i've got a job to do, and my job is forward-looking. >> is he your friend? is he your foe? how do you describe the relationship? >> he's the president. >> reporter: cruz is banking on trump to rev up the republican base, because his rival, congressman beto o'rourke, with his cheering crowds, is energizing democrats. >> we justiterally show up everywhere, all the time, for everyone. >> reporter: he's raised a record $38 million in just three months. using some of it on ads all shot on an iphone. >> just human becomes, real people making this happen. >> reporter: it's been nearly 25 years since a democrat won statewide in texas. and o'rourke is pro-gun control, pro-abortion rights and pro-immigration. you say you want to secure the borders. can you do tha

that's not texas. on immigration, there are no rates in the country with a starker divide on immigration than the u.s. senate race here in texas. on my part, i am honored to have the formal endorsement of the national border patrol council, the union of the men and women who risk their lives keeping the border safe and protecting our country. we need to build the law. so he says we have too many border walls and fences already and means to tear down the border walls that we already have. he supports sanctuary cities, and he has said he is "open to abolishing i.c.e.." that is radical and reckless and that is not the state of texas. not only this, baidoa o'rourke is the only democratic senate nominee in the country, coming out explicitly for impeaching donald trump. he said he would vote right now, today, to impeach president trump. baidoa o'rourke in this state is running to the left of elizabeth warren, to the left of bernie sanders, and the state of texas is not going to stand for it. in texas, we sup

law in texas i think as an impact. if you compare that to the number of latinos who say that they're being discouraged to vote i think there's a correlation, that there is suppression tactics happening in texas that is making this difficult for latinos to vote in that state. [speaking spanish] >> thank you very much. i want to ask two questions. i'm actually picking up on what he just asked. i looked at the latino shaping the political landscape sheet, and i noticed that the only states where you'll see a national decrease in the turnout is new mexico. and i'm curious to know if you have data that shows why, particularly because this is the state that has highest percentage of hispanic population, the highest percentage of hispanic elected officials. and you have a candidate for governor who was the former secretary of health of that state in a year that the democrats are saying that the top three issues are healthcare, healthcare, healthcare. >> right. well, actually we have looked at those numbers in new mexico much

voting starting today, could texas turn blue? and tonight mega fever. americans hoping to hit it big in the country's largest jackpot ever. the mega millions now a record-setting $1.6 billion, but money create mega problems? but first here tonight "the nightline 5." >>> we're going to take you inside the human caravan heading north through mexico to the u.s. border. the images have become part of the often overheated political rhetoric as america barrels towards the mid-term elections, but as abc's matt guttman shows us, on the ground tonight there is intense human drama involving men, women, even children putting their lives on the line. >> reporter: tonight the mexican government saying it won't allow this caravan of thousands of foot sourced central americans march further towards the u.s. and president trump calling it a national emergency. >> take your cameras, and go into the middle and search. you're going to find ms-13 and middle eastern, you're going to find everything, and guess what, we're not allowing them in our country. >> reporter: so we

according to the state of texas do not have the i.d. they need on election day and this new law will impact mostly black latinos blacks latinos put the poor seniors and kids christina sanders the from spread the vote thank you very much for speaking with us today so there you have it merriam signs from workers on the ground that this atmosphere is changing and that more people are prepared to vote and there could be big changes here in texas on election day november sixth thing in a sense of renewed momentum there is enough thank you very much rob reynolds in houston texas well every to me is a bottle of none of balance and coordination takes place in spain this year thirty one teams took pot in the human talent competition at the arena placa and tarragona and. catalan region education that dates back to the eighteenth century al-jazeera followed one of the estella's or human tower builders as his team strives to win the contest for the first time in eighteen years i believe because i only want to know my name is nine martina i live inv

it is kind of like here in texas. when our state board of education wen all know who they are, decided to call the black panthers, but not the klu klux klan a terrorist organize. it just seemed to me to gary, that the rage that you captured from the civil war forward in white rage has something to do with your find pgz or conclusions in your newest book, one person, no votes. can you descrus whether it did or not? >> carol: absolutely. in fact, "one person, no vote: how voter suppression is destroying our democracy" emerged out of white rage. when i was going around the country and giving talks on white rage, and i'd get to the last chapter, how to unelect a black president, and there was a section in there on voter suppression because one of the things about obama's victory is that he brought to the floor from his incredible grassroots ground game in organizes 15 million new voters to the polls who were african american, eggsian american, young and poor. [applause] and the wave of voter suppression laws that we saw r

thank you, texas! thank you. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> president trump wrapping up his massive rally in houston, texas. he is campaigning for senator ted cruz. many house members in texas. we will show you the best moments from what was a raucous rally and the full coverage of the looming crisis at our southern border. a caravan with as many 14,000 illegal immigrants marching through mexico headed right to our southern border. lured by democrats by open borders and free healthcare in california. they are weeks away from causing a massive showdown on our border. the president vowing to block the their entry. we will break down the risks and costs posed by this caravan of illegal immigrants. also tonight more examples. the latest examples of liberal, radical democratic mob rule from over the weekend. we will highlight another glaring double standard on the left. will democrats apply the kavanaugh standard to keith ellison or cory booker. sit tight and bubbling up. -- buckle up. a lot to cover in tonight's

texas lost its voice in the u.s. senate in senator cruz. >> the showdown will continue for another three weeks in a race that is captivated a state not used to this kind of political clash. >> erica and john, cruz is focused on conservative voters across the state and he feels if he can turn out those voters that will be enough to carry him to victory, and o'rourke is focussed on generating new voters and frustrated perhaps trump voters disappointed in the administration, and cruz feels confident that o'rourke is too liberal for texas voters, and a campaign manager said a few days ago that beto o'rourke made his liberal bed and tucked himself in it. >> there you have it, and it's taking that metaphor -- >> yeah. >> be sure and watch the live town hall tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. a similar invitation was made to senator ted cruz. >>> and then there's a similar state for republicans like texas. stick around. >>> and then apologizing for a campaign ad, and one of the women named in the ad joins us ahead. alrigh

that is because today is the last day to register to vote in the state of texas. this year has seen a surge in registered voters a jump of 1.6 million since the last time texas held a midterm election in 2016. o'rourke trails ted cruz by five points in the latest polling. a super pack released this ad directed by an oscar nominee attacking cruz. >> somebody left open my door the other dash ted cruz, tough as texas. if somebody called my wife a dog and sad my daddy was in on the kennedy assassination, i wouldn't be kissing their ass. you stick a finger in their crest and give them a few choice words or you drag their ass out by the wood shed and kick their ass, ted. come on, ted. >> joining me now is texas congressman and democratic senate candidate beto o'rourke. congressman, i should be clear you do not approve of that message. that is an independent group spending on your behalf. we're running this one with people. no packs, no spreshl interests, no outside interests, going to everyone in the 254 counties of texas, today at texas southern university here in hous

for example, in texas, because texas is a republican state the last 20 plus years, people in my district who voted 70% for hillary clinton, that 73% did not help because the electoral that would be assigned to my district would vote for a republican. i think that's not democratic. steve: you have seen a lot in the last 25, 26 years. , 9/11 the impeachment of bill clinton, the war and i -- war in afghanistan,. donald trump what stands out? rep. green: 9/11 is probably the biggest impact. not just because we experienced an anniversary of it. that was the first time in my generation we were attacked. same with pearl harbor. i saw us work together. we did some right things to protect our nation, but we've done some things we should have probably waited in going into iraq, with saddam hussein and take care of the folks who actually started 9/11, who were in afghanistan. we split our forces and haven't done very well in either country. steve: was iraq the wrong enemy in the war? rep. green: yeah, iraq was in iran more. we were actually helping iraq against iran years ago. but there's saddam hu

midterm elections near at hand now the state of texas has found itself the political at the center of the crucial poll examining how encouraging voters as one of the state's democratic party hold water jacqueline. never before have the u.s. midterm elections gotten so much attention and they're now just weeks away this november election is more important than any midterm in our lifetime they have to know that going out for the midterms is very important almost like going out for the twenty twenty election that's coming up we have a chance to restore some sanity in our politics. such hype in the states is usually only reserved for presidential elections or black friday maybe but this time around we're seeing politicians grappling over every last voter and the great state of texas is no exception texas is traditionally a staunch republican state but this year the democrats are stepping up efforts to paint it blue our mission of the texas democratic party is clear fire the base permanent infrastructure and of course when elections that means aggressive communications and smart messaging

as everybody in texas likes to remind me. let me just start with texas. you heard senator cruz there, was that a confident senator cruz? is that a guy that feels like he's going to get re-elected? or does he feel a real race? >> i think that senator cruz, whether he's confident or not is always going to run like the underdog. he has said that all along, he's basically said you can't take anything for granted and i think he's running a very, very strong, hard race right now. he's doing two or three events a day. beto has been traveling through texas for a long time now, ted cruz has a bus tour. he's not running like he feels overconfident. a poll will show him ahead five, six, nine points. >> abbey livingston, if 10 years ago, i don't think we would have expected an incumbent senator to be doing bus trips across the state in october. >> i don't think it was ten years ago, i think it was two years ago. i think donald trump has just reset the politics of the state of texas just like everywhere else. we saw the rural vote come out in 2016, and in 2016 in texa