en un momento dado hubo hasta 25 avisos de tornados entre michigan y texas, decenas de ríos obligan la evacuación de miles de personas y en algunas áreas la agua pasa a 15 pulgadas, la universidad de tennessee los estudiantes quedaron atrapados. >>> los gobernadores de arkansas, y tennessee también declararon emergencia esta noche el presidente obama declaró emergencia en alabama gran ti cuando de esta manera la ayuda federal >>> cambiando de tema un grupo de ciudadanos en arizona quieren que el departamento del alguacil del condado de maricopa dé respuestas por el uso indefensa bid de amaseindebido de cien millones de dólares, donde el propio alguacil joe arpaio dé las respuestas, mary tiene el informe. >>> dónde está el dinero? es la pregunta que esta organización de grupos de ciudadanos del condado de maricopa para la seguridad y responsabilidad tienen para el sherif joe arpaio ante el reporte de el mal uso de fondo, por ellos hoy hicieron una petición formal a través de una carta en la junta de supervisores del condado >>> este asunto de los cien millones de dólares qu

olson of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas, mr. olson, will be recognized for three minutes. mr. olson: i thank the speaker. i thank my colleague, the chairman from the committee. madam speaker, i rise in opposition to this amendment. h.r. 910 was casmey written to provide the -- carefully written to provide the auto industry with better certainty by sthreemline -- streamlining the regulatory process with only one fuel economy standard regulator. ntsa. from 2017 onward. this amendment would remove that provision by requiring that we continue to have three straight regulators, the e.p.a., ntsa, and california, setting fuel economy standards, this is wasteful and duplicative spenting at a time when government should be more efficient -- spending at a time when government should be more efficient and providing greater certainty for customers. this amendment would allow the e.p.a. to set low-carben fuel standards that would equate -- low-carbon fuel standards that would equate to nothing more than a carb tax at the pump. at -- carbon t

. >>> texas tinderbox. bad fires on the run tonight in the lone star state. firefifighters have their hands full, and we'll take you to the fire line. >>> setting the stage. a big change in the way doctors will diagnose alzheimer's. and tonight, how this news could affect a lot of american families. >>> making a difference for friends and neighbors who are victims of a staggering natural disaster. >>> also here tonight, why the plane carrying the first lady is in the news. plane carrying the first lady is in the news. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. while it's early yet and there are no established candidates on the gop side, donald trump is running first or second in a lot of the early polls. he is among the best-known names in this country, in part because that name is all over the place, on everything from buildings to tv shows on this network. trump's message in large part is that he could do in government what he has done in business. and tonight we have a look at some of what he's done in busine

texas republican governor rick perry hinted at the possibility of a texas secession. "i believe the federal government has become oppressive. i believe it's become oppressive in its size, its intrusion in the lives of its citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state." rich, what do you think of the condition of the union? >> i think it's pretty strong, john. i say vermont. >> why vermont? >> definitely. vermont other texas any day of the week. >> i say -- >> so the union is okay? >> right. >> this is semi-comical but semi-serious question. lot of movement, but there's going to be no geographic secession, that's out of the question. it was decided in 1865. but there are a lot of movements. you mentioned hawaii, there's a movement to establish and went through part of congress to establish a state legislature which was people of hawaiian blood alone because the state had been taken away from them, you get a lot of these movements like this, vermont is the small movement and stuff. league of the south. but it's not gone anywhere in terms of seceding and b

but there's that whole texas pride. and what you see on that flag is the independence of texas. >> reporter: tipping my hat to texas, i'm kristen with flag facts. >>> a recent study found that americans eat 156 pounds of added sugar each year. a lot of it is hidden in foods that we eat every day. jax hubbard is a nutritionist at long island college hospital. jax, what sort of foods are hiding sugar? >> sugars are hidden in many foods, including sweetened yogurts, jellies and jams. even in breads, crackers, ketchup and tomato sauce. the more obvious foods are actually beverages like sodas, ice teas and lemonades. a 20-ounce bottle of soda contains about 16 teaspoons of sugar. an eight-ounce bottle of chocolate milk contains about eight teaspoons and even sports drinks have almost 11 teaspoons of sugar in a 24-ounce bottle. remember to read the ingredient list. corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup are two forms of sugars that sneak into lots of the foods that we eat. >> who knew sugar could be so sneaky? thanks, jax! >

from graham texas, tonight, here's seth doane. >> reporter: sunny miller grew up here in texas, his wife and one-year-old have already fled their home but he wants to stay. >> it's my home. i live here. this is not a weekend place for me. >> reporter: wildfires reached 70 to 80 feet in this recreational area called possum kingdom lake just 75 miles west of dallas, ground zero today for this inferno. the flames destroyed 50 homes, charring as much as 120,000 acres and doubling in size overnight. >> we have wildfires every other year that we consider big, but this one out here is catastrophic. >> reporter: sheriff brian wells tells us he hasn't slept in days because of the fire. >> all we can do is feel helpless and write their numbers down and their information. and if the home does burn we know where they are. >> reporter: all of this black area around me was farmland that's been scorched by the fire. and look at the fuel for this fire. all of this dry brush and grass. more than half of the state of texas is in extreme drought. it's the worst drought here in 44 years. hundreds of firefig

pitchers and texas. the helicopter is over a street or highway and there is a structure that is blocking the road. thunderstorms brought high winds to north texas breaking windows, knocking trees down. national weather service says the storms that move through got wind up to 80 mi. an hour. a lot of people are without power, even more without power this morning. this damage coming to us from dallas-fort worth is really bad. a monitoring the situation bring you information as it comes in. >> darya: around the bay we are talking about the chance of rain james has the latest. >> james: nothing as severe as texas. the sun begins to pick up right in the sky for us, let's break down what we're looking at. the changing forecast we have the chance of sprinkles for the north bay not a lot but is there. tuesday sunny, mild, warmer to more than today. the system will give us a greater chance of sprinkles. that one even looks to be fairly light and simple system. as for temperatures right now, is cool but we are 2-7

. >> more jobs left california for texas. and there is a delegation headed to the lone star state to figure out how it's luring company as way from california. >> costa mesa based tickets.com announced it's shutting down it's call center. a texas firm's software will handle jobs 125 californians

amigos quizás era algo que se podría esperar, en texas se asegura que muchos de los nuestros no fueron contados >>y lo que la demanda busca es que los datos del censo no sea utilizada para la distrubicion de los distritos electorales en texas >>los demandantes estiman que más de 200 mil personas no fueron contadas mas en el sur de texas quiza por la movilidad de los inmigrante >>el hecho es que ha disminuido el conteo de latinos, muchos de los cuales deciden no participar en el proceso >>y se dan casos que varias familias comparten un apartamento y no quieren dar a conocer este dato >>y sabemos que en la comunidad latina hay mucha gente que no tiene documentos y tienen temor >>la batalla será campal, ya se presento otra demanda en que se pide que se excluya en las votaciones a los que no son ciudadanos. >>esto afecta en todo, las escuelas, oportunidades politicas. >>y es posible que se vean más demandas en otros sectores del país >>y las mujeres hispanas son el grupo más vulnerable al cáncer de seno en el pasi >>el no hablar (hablan el idioma, no tener medios economicos [ motor p

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

you know, you have the notion that the texas authority, texas and any agency of texas government would have cleaned the ship channel, which now is a better story. you know, no one is swimming in a gap but you know it is not a cesspool. , undertaking the cleaning out of their french limited superfund site. that was going on under the supervision of the texas water quality commission. there's a notion for you. for six years. it required federal intervention a required in many cases one remarkable judge whose career, whose career arc was defined by many of these cases and the one texan in the room is nodding yes because he knows it is judge william wayne justice he died two years ago. he was an activist judge. .. in 1970. in 1993 -- in 1993i was following a justice case to east texas town. it was a some downtown. a legacy -- have a legacy of racism that persists to this day. there was a tom -- there was a sign in the 60's that said's don't let the sun set in your texas because the emotional impact that that had on an african-american person who had to drive through that city. the case to

. >> grupo de legisladores republicano , irán a texas para hablar con compañías que se fueron de texas , la idea es saber que hizo texas para atraer negocios . >> difusion de cable de wikileaks ecuador delcaro a perrosna no grata a consul de estados unidos en ecuador, donde habla de corrupcion . >> en bolivia manifestación termino de manera vioenta la policía reprimio a los inconformes que pedian aumento de salario, ya se había subiso 10 % <>> ventaron y hace frío mas frío en las proxima horas . >> en esta imagen vemos donde esta ssitema , frete frío que trae humedad y lluvias , los nublados legan y en las proxima horas lluvias . >> temperatura en los 57 cuidado al manejar ,además pasa el sistema y sale el sol a partir del viernes , temperatura sube a 61 , en san josé también lluvias , fin de semana mas agradanle . >> buenas noches . >> aquí esta enrique con acción deportiva . >> hola . >> real saint lake y ganaron los regiomontanos . >> en minuto 80 falta de waldo ponce y chupete suazo vence a corona . >> monterrey en finalista . >> basquetboll de la nba los lakeers , las c

i am scared. >> now the buyers are getting close to one of texas's. -- one of texas's largest cities, fort worth. other u.s. states have also been hit by nature's destructive power. >> tornado! look at that spinning in there. >> oh, my god. >> tornadoes tore through missouri and illinois, the latest in a series of storms that killed dozens and wrecked everything in their path. thousands of homes have no electricity. more storms are predicted in the coming weeks. nature will not let up just yet. >> a year after the deep water horizon disaster in the gulf of mexico, the environmental and economic costs are still being counted. the 5 million barrels of crude oil released from the reagan may be doing untold and unseen damage. may be doingeaig untold and unseen damage. >> i think that was always going to happen. remember the huge cost of bp, forced to put $20 billion aside for compensation. there are tens of billions more to pay for the cleanup operation. the obama administration blamed not only bp, but trans ocean and halliburton as well. they said that this was a huge bill. no one will p

tornado watches and warning stretch from texas to michigan. one massive tornado pummeled a town in western iowa. twisters were also reported in tennessee, wisconsin, and minnesota. powerful storms thought to include a tornado hit southeastern minnesota sunday. it tore a farm apart. the wind so powerful that parts of the barn blew through another building. last evening two twisters slammed down in wisconsin. at least 50 homes were severely destroyed. >> there was rotation, came out that way, and then the other one, as i was getting in the house for the two of us to go to the basement, there was rotation here. and that's the one that came through here and did all this damage. >> many of the damaged homes are vacation properties and were unoccupied. no injuries are reported. >>> it was more of the same in tennessee. they're picking up the pieces this morning after at least three twisters struck on saturday. several homes were destroyed, power was out for thousands. one person was killed by a downed power line. but the weekend's worst damage was i

. >> this has been the largest fire i believe texas has ever seen. the size, the scale-- you're fighting a monster. >> reporter: now, there is that slight chance of rain in the forecast, which would most certainly be a welcome relief for folks here, but would also bring new worries. the rain could bring thunderstorms and lightning, which could spark more fires. harry? >> smith: seth doane, thanks. a second round of tornadoes has cut across the nation's midsection, part of a powerful storm system moving in east tonight just days after deadly twisters hit the south. a church was ripped open by one of the three tornadoes to hit indiana. no one was hurt. yesterday, storm chasers caught another twister on tape churning through the fields of central illinois. new developments today in a case that focused national attention on suicides by teenagers bullied for being gay. it began when an 18-year-old college student in new jersey killed himself after his amorous encounter with another man was broadcast online. today, elaine quijano reports, the student's for

you know, you have the notion that the texas authority, texas and any agency of texas government would have cleaned the sh channel, which now is a better story. you know, no one is swimming in a gap but you know it is not a cesspool. , undertaking the cleaning out of their french limited superfund site. that was going on under the supervision of the texas water quality commission. there's a notion for you. for six years. it required federal intervention a required in many cases one remarkable judge whose career, whose career arc was defined by many of these cases and the one texan in the room is nodding yes because he knows it is jge william wayne justice he died two years ago. he was an activist judge. .. in 1970. in 1993 -- in 1993i was following a justice case to east texas town. it was a some downtown. a legacy -- have a legacy of racism that persists to this day. there was a tom -- there was a sign in the 60's that said's don't let the sun set in your texas because the emotional impact that that had on an african-american person who had to drive through that city. the case to win

sí bárbara una comunidad de texas está consternada porque niño hirió a varios compañeros. natalia con los detalles. >> buenas tardes <.> >> lo más alarmante que el nifrp portaba un arma de juego y asiste al kindergarten. >> el caos y incertidumbre que reinaba en houston. algunas madres no podían controlar el llanto al enterarse del tiroteo en el plantel al cual asisten sus hijos 3 niños resultaron herid heridos. cuando se disparó accidente mental y quién llevaba consigo la estudiante de kinder muestran a los 3 menores siendo llevados a la ambulancia para ser antendidos emergencia. >> no es posible que los padres no pongan atención lo que cargan para ir a la escuela está muy mal. >> los niños se encontraban en la cafetería de la escuela cuando el arma cargada se cayó de la noche la del menor y se disparó y lo hicieron a él como a una niña de 5 y ambos impactados en el pie. >> afortunada amento ... se rep que lo sucedido ha dejado a padres de familia y las autoridades que iniciaron una investigación criminal para determinar como el pequeño obtuvo el arma. >> e

more growth than texas. >> reporter: a semableyman lobe says the texas jobs aren't just minimum wage jobs. ebay is hiring a thousand pay pal employees in austin, not california. in sacramento, nannette miranda, abc 7 news. >>> not all jobs are going away. hundreds of jobs coming to silicon valley. dell plans to open a campus that will house a number of companies dell already owns but another 800 people hired over the next five years. you tube is planning to create a number of premium channels featuring original programming so they will be ready for the time when we get television from the internet. >>> according to the jump, youtube is pouring $100 million into the effort. a spokesman tells us that while they are "always working on updating youtube we do not have any plans to dramatically change the site in the near future." >>> one of the company's best known broadcasters is out of a job at fox news. glen beck will be leaving after advertisers abandoned him in droves. as john berman reports, beck will hardly be fading away. >> reporter: with his black board and booming voice glen be

presidents have come from texas. several national legislators have come from texas. >> why did you want to write this book? what was the interest to get you started? >> my impetus to get started on this book really was an interest in how we as a society decide it's a good kid learned that kids are and what is to be done with them. i initially began looking at popular culture and representations and then i became dissatisfied with that and decided i needed to look at real kids and real policies and institutions that affected them. >> so, after all your research where do other states go from here? have you seen improvement since you've written a book or after you were writing a book? >> there's been a lot that's changed since i finished the book. as we sit here, the legislature is considering abolishing the agency that oversees juvenile justice in texas. several of the large facilities have been shut down as that was finished in the book. lots of kids have been sent back to their communities and there really is a movem

look at texas, scattered showers and storms today. mostly in east texas. the west texas area will remain mostly dry. >> that's why i'm in an allergy fog this morning. robin? >> that makes sense. sam, thank you. >>> we're showing you the queen at westminster abbey. and she is not there for wedding rehearsal. today is queen elizabeth's 85th birthday. and she is counting down to next week's big wedding with an all-important lunch yesterday. nick watt is in london and has all of the details for us. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, it was just a beautiful moment. the queen just came out of the abbey, right at the moment one of those open-top tour buses was going past. perfect. and on your left, the queen. my favorite fact of the day is that will and kate have been together for around nine years. and you know what? her parents have never met the queen. yesterday, they did. and according to a royal courtier, it was, i quote, warm and convivial. they met for launch at windsor castle. a little wine, a main course, and dessert. nothing fan

of the boom in south texas is staggering. according to the study, under modest assumptions, by 2020, the shale is expected to account for close to 11.6 billion in close state product, $21.6 billion in economic output impact, and support close to 67,000 roughly 68,000 full-time jobs. the haynesville shale in texas was not commercially viable until a few years ago, but it is now thanks to advancing technology. i recently went to a drilling rig outside of texas that represents the latest improvement on horizontal drilling using more energy efficient engines, leading to shorter drilling times and reducing the impact on surrounding areas. the proliferation of these domestic resources has contributed to texas' ability if not unique nearly unique in this recession to actually add jobs to our economy. yet the job creators and workers on the particular rig were anxious about what they could expect from washington in terms of additional and dupe liukative regulation. it has been used in tens of thousands of wells already. it has been s

george bush was born the oldest child before they went to texas. and when they were in texas unfortunately experienced great sadness. following george w. bush, the sun jab was born then a daughter named rabin and she had leukemia. and there is a wonderful interview generally about barbara bush but one part of the interview is george bush and he says we were told by the pediatrician to come to talk to her and she said this child has leukemia and he said quoting directly "i did not know what the house she was talking about in the early 1950's. what is the key man? the pediatrician said your daughter will not live very much longer. they made a decision to take her to sloan-kettering in new york where she was treated with experimental protocols and died in nine months later and barbara bush to no one's surprise had a very difficult time and had depression for awhile and then eventually emerged with two other bush children another boy than much to the great happiness dorothy bush, either of the daughter born in 1959 lowered at -- known as doro. barbara

if -- you know, you had the notion that the texas authority -- texas government and any agency of texas government -- would have cleaned the ship channel which now is a better story. no one is swimming in it yet, but, you know, it's not a cesspool. or undertaken the cleaning out of the french super fund site, that was going on under the supervision of the texas government -- of the texas water quality commission. there's a notion for you. for six years. it required federal intervention, and it required in many cases, one remarkable judge who's career -- who's career arc was defined by many of these cases and the one texan in the room is nodding yes, it's judge william wayne who died two years ago. he was an activist judge. now on liberals are activist. you can be a conservative and have an activist agenda, but you are not an activist judge. wayne justice was an activist judge, and he believed in it aggressively in enforcing federal law and aggressively imposing the constraints of the constitution and the case law by which the south was integrated on states like texas. you know, last you

we're going to texas. interestingly -- so they went to texas. it was 1948, i think. 1949. and mrs. bush's mother was so appalled that they were going there and she was so convinced that texas in 1949 was just a frontier town, that she used to send barbara packages that contained ivory soap and tissues because she wasn't convinced that they had stores there that sold those things. they did. however, being in the oil and gas business in odessa and midland texas in the early '50s maybe was not so much removed from the reality of a frontier town. george w. bush had been born -- their oldest child. he was born before they went to texas. and when they were in texas, they, unfortunately, experienced great sadness. following george w. bush, their son jeb was born and then a daughter named robin. and it was found that robin had leukemia. and there is a wonderful interview with the -- it's generally about barbara bush, but one part of the interview is george bush, and he says -- we were told by the pediatrician to come and talk to her, and she said to us, this child has leukemia, and he said

texas and notre dame, daniell adams was a forced to be reckoned with down low. tyra white nailed a huge three in the final minutes to put the aggies up by five. the once all-boys school texas a&m won their first national championship in women's basketball, 76-70. >>> to the diamond, a's squandered a five-point lead but appeared to be in the lead in the tenth to put oakland back on top. but no lead was safe in this one. escobar hit his first home run of the year. blue jays rallied to win it, 7-6. >>> to new york, the twin completed a comeback in the 10th. minnesota rallied from 4 down to win it 5-4 in ten. >>> nationals, donny murphy ripped an rbi single into the gap and that scored the winning gap. florida won it, 3-2. do you see a trend here? >>> royals and white sox needed extras. tied at six in the 12th. royals have won four straight in their final at-bat. they beat the white sox 7-6 in 12. >>> finally, back to college hoops, the uconn huskies returned home to a hero's welcome after winning the national championship monday night. and kemba walker's jersey was

more growth than texas. >> assemblyman said the texas jobs aren't just minimum wage jobs. he said that ebay recently announced it's hiring one thousand pay pal employees in austin, not california. in sacramento, nannette miranda, abc7 news. >> what they hope will be a new beginning for a blighted area of san francisco has begun in ernest one day of a supervisors approved a plan to keep twitter from leaving the city, a company executive, the mayor, and another toured the new neighborhood and announced another high profile tenant is also moving in. >> it's time for twitter to meet the neighbors. the company is expected to transform san francisco's mid-market corridor, which has been down-and-out for decades. >>> it's been a challenge for everybody to activate this area. now we've got what i consider a powerful tool. >> the tool is what san francisco supervisors approved a six year moratorium on payroll taxes for new employees. >> the city has laid out very cleanly the benefits it will have for the entire community, the benefits it will have for all businesses. to move into t

more growth than texas. >> assemblyman said the texas jobs aren't just minimum wage jobs. ebay announced they are hiring pay pal employees in austin, not california. >>> abc7 news. >>> what officials hope will be a new beginning tore a blighted area of san francisco has begun in earn e one day of a supervisors approved a plan to deep toyter from leaving the city. others toured the neighborhood and announced another high profile tenant is also moving in. >> its time for twitter to meet the neighbors. the company is expected to transform san francisco's mid-market corridor, which has been down-and-out for decades. >> it's been a challenge for everybody to activate this area. now we have what i consider a powerful tool. >> the tool is what san franciscos supervisors approved a six year moratorium on payroll taxes for new employees. >> the city has laid out railroad cleanly the benefits that it is going to have for the entire community. the benefits it will have for all businesses that moving to the area and adding new employees. >> in fact, there is another tenant. burning ma

severe storms are battering nearly a dozen states today, from texas to pennsylvania. this massive tornado tore through farmland in illinois. today, powerful winds and large hail could hammer several major cities, including philly, washington, d.c. and atlanta. >>> the government's color-coded terror alert system officially bites the dust today. the department of homeland security will announce the new system, which will involve sending out alerts via twitter and facebook. we'll get full details this morning on "good morning america." >>> as we mark the first anniversary of the worst oil spill in u.s. history, federal officials are presenting some updated information today about the safety of the seafood from the gulf. >>> there's new hope this morning for an idaho miner trapped since friday. rescue workers late last night discovered there's an open space near where he was working. but they've not heard from that miner since friday's rock fall. >>> president obama visits facebook's headquarters in california today. he'll participate in a live town meeting, taking quest

>>> making news in america this morning -- >> texas infernos. monster-sized wildfires, burning across 70% of the state. now, firefighters are helping turning the tide. >>> a developing story overnight. a person who left a bomb at a denver mall, found just before it exploded. >>> and a 4-year-old blood alcohol beyond legal limits because of hand sanitizer. >>> and good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us today. weary firefighters in texas are heading back to the front lines this morning to battle fires burning across that state. more than 1 million acres have been scorched so far. >> two volunteer firefighters have been killed. and more than 150 homes have been destroyed. now, federal crews are being brought in to help. alex stone reports. >> reporter: west texas has been a raging inferno for weeks now. parts of 36 counties are on fire, burning with such intensity that teams from half a dozen agencies have been brought in to help on the ground and in the air. for the second time, crews from the national park service, the forest service, a

it was very, very long in the texas at the time. it detailed every, all the rare plants, specimen plants, horticultural, introducing them to texas. i was so excited about all of this. i used to say to my brother, this apple thing, you have gotten from your grandfather who had a reverence. he would say that is ridiculous. when my brother announced he was going to give up his life as a trial lawyer to be an apple orchardist. my father said i have one thing to say, jews don't farm. but they did. his father clearly did. >> just to wind up, then, what are you working on next? >> i have become fascinated with the personal. this is the most excruciating difficult book. >> so you are going to turn around and do it again. >> i have been spending a great deal of time in india every year my next book is a memoir of going through india and what this has done to transform my own life. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> [applause]. >> patricia leanne caldwell born in tennessee. daughter of robert and irma. at age of 3 moved to missouri and

. >> more jobs left california for texas. and there is a delegation headed to the lone star state to figure out how it's luring company as way from california. >> costa mesa based tickets.com announced it's shutting down it's call center. a texas firm's software will handle jobs 125 californians did. >> i will go to timbakt fu. it will put people back to work. >> there is a bipartisan group to texas to find out why the lone star state is adding more jobs than california adding that texas added jobs from 2008 to 1010 -- 2010. >> if we don't get into the game and realize golden goose is being slain in california we're going to have to pay off thousands of teachers. and law enforcement. >> does texas hold the answer to problems? >> no california has a two trillion economy. >> leaders say texas ranks last in the country in adult was a high school diploma. california, on the other hand attracts the most venture capitolist investment, $12 billion last year. >> don't under sell the home of google and clorox. home of the aerospace in

everything in texas is 200 or 300 miles. in west texas, our state reps, their districts may be 500 miles from one end to the other. and you have to drive because there's not airports available in the rural towns and communities. so people need to be able to drive to get there in a timely manner. >> the bill to okay this 85 mile an hour limit still has passed one hurdle. it heads to the state senate and the governor. >>> up next tonight, here comes the bride, and the next time we see her, about a billion people will be watching. >>> unlike the wedding of charles and diana, this groom isn't the next in line for the throne, and this bride has been living with this groom, by the way, for a while in a decidedly present-day british relationship, but like charles and diana, because of that thing so many americans and other people around the world have for british royalty, their wedding 18 days from now will be a global event. today was their last outing before the big day, nbc's michelle is in london for us tonight. >> reporter: br

los estados unidos bajo patrocinio no solo se ha hecho de phoenix arizona, sino también de houston, texas. >> según sus siglas en inglés encabezó esta acción, desde ambas ciudades como nos explica pedro rojas, pedro está en houston. >> en esta calmada zona comercial del suroeste del área metropolitana de houston funciona oportuna de luna de lay hoy su representante legal confirmó que la compañía participó desde el 2006 en un programa federal que permitió vender armamento sin mayor verificación. >> todo lo que ellos sabían que estaban cooperando con la agencia federal en respuesta a su petición, agregando que la responsabilidad de la empresa era solamente notificar a la entidad federal sobre las ventas hechas a sospechosas. >> por su parte en matamoros en méxico, expresan serias reservas. >> están mal porque están armando a los grupos que andan, apodo an andan haciendo delitos. >> la revelación del abogado pon de manifiesto que el controversial programa rápido y furioso. >> agentes de houston iniciaron la petición a la empresa. >> (en inglés). >> yo no creo que los fun

texas a&m with the lead! >> and with the win, texas a&m stuns stanford to advance to the national title game for the first time in that school's history. >> we talked to the men's volleyball team before we came out to indianapolis and they said that the most important thing isn't the end, isn't what -- either what you're striving for or what happens. it's the journey there. and i, i wouldn't pick anyone else in the world to spend this journey with. like kayla said, i would lose with this team any day over winning with another team. >>> kim coyle will be on game day with a complete wrapup tonight. >>> one of tomorrow's national championship teams was ranked in the preseason polls. it was uconn. butler is back in the national championship game for the second year in a row, and they are america's favorite underdog. >> only time we address the butler way with our team is in this regard, is that people know they have seen and felt something special. they just can't put their finger on it. >> these two programs, mi

tornadoes touched down in texas and oklahoma. days of relentless rain forced evacuations and rescues from arkansas to illinois. more storms are expected today, with another major system moving in later this week. >> this is the worse i've ever seen. i talked to two or three people who have been here and they said this is the worst since '82. >> nowhere is the flood greater than in poplar bluff, missouri, entire communities are headed to higher ground after officials warned of catastrophic failure on a levee on the black river. if it collapsed and officials say it's in imminent danger of doing so, 70,000 residents are displaced. it's so dangerous, sandbagging is not an option. >> if the levee is to break, you will have a very, very short time to get out of the way. >> the red cross and national guard are already on the ground. shelters are set up and evacuations are continuing through the night. worried residents have little choice but to wait and hope for the best. >> i'm overwhelmed, very overwhelmed. and i'm scared and i've jus

and even though it was about the great plains, it was really about texas mostly. and inside this book there was a chapter or even a subchapter about the comanches, and it put forth this premise that there was this enormous force sitting in the middle of the continent that determined how everything happened. and i'm a yankee. i'm going, what? wait a second. i mean, i might know a pequot or the odd algonquin, but i didn't know comanches at all. comanches that are something in john wayne movies was code for, uh-oh. [laughter] oh, we're in trouble now, that's a comanche arrow. so what happened was that's what set off my interest. and then i did all the normal things you would do if you're interested in comanches. beyond that, though, it was really about, i think, a yankee's love affair with the state of texas. when i was time bureau chief, i traveled all over the state, when i was a writer at texas monthly, i traveled all over the state. we all at texas monthly, we all looked forward to getting assignments where you had to go to amarillo or lubbock. [laughter] i know

and texas a&m knocks off two top seeds and stealing the inbound and heartbreak city and texas a&m stump them 63-62. >> you know, their overall team speed and athleticism tip the balance. i definitely give them kudos for the defense. it was really hard to get open, and we tried our best. >> it is an awful feeling but -- i am going to choke up. it is not hard -- the hardest part is not losing the game, but losing these girls. >> in the final a and m will meet notre dame. the two-time defending champion 72-63. it will be texas a&m for all of the marbles and even more painful for stanford. >>> let's tee it up and phil mickelson has not won a tournament since last season's masters. he is getting tuned up and he became the mast you are. -- master. this girl gets a new callaway golf ball. the good karma was working for lefty. up to speed and he nail itself. the first of five birdies in a row. into the 14th hole and tied. but the short putt and he falters down the stretch and finishes three back. this shot on the par 316. and nearly holds it. he taps in putt to seal the deal. his first win sinc

in texas with four deaths. and hundreds of homes are destroyed. on top of the fires, texas is dealing with storms. near dallas. rising waters of the red river that runs between north dakota and minnesota crested at 40 ft. near for goal. the u.s. coast guard has been brought and to protect near-4 fargo. >> these floods and a very and extend each year and they have a lot on their hands out there. >>catherine: i would patrol the to close 60 mi. of highway really helping. through the midwest more rainfall expected. stay with us, more news after this break. (music) >>pam: mit romney said it is putting america back on its course of greatness. a growing economy, good jobs and physical discipline in washington. he came up short and 2008. and 2008. >>jacqueline: he came up short in 2008. >>jacqueline: the clouds are breaking apart and we're seeing clearing skies this evening. temperatures are going to be on the chilly site. 30's, 40's are around the bay area chilly side. cool, breezy, with the very similar tends to today. perhaps if you degrees warmer in s