is not okay but a gun permit is. >> welcome to texas. jon: it surprised me you're having a tough campaign. you guys are down a little bit. in the rest of the state, so you say that here and in austin and everybodyless, boo, in the rest of the state they go, yeah. for voter i.d. how conservative a place is texas and what is the demographic? we've heard a lot about it's flippin' blue but it looks like it ain't even flippin' like a cool azure it's not even -- what's going on? >> it really on its way. what we have suffered from here for quite awhile is two decades of republican led redistrict can that have created very purely drawn republican districts and few very truly drawn democratic ones. so all of the conversation and elections take place during primaries. it was one of the reasons i was so committed to this race. making sure that we were going to force in to a general election a real conversation about the things that really matter to people and invite texans to decide whether this republican-led legislature truly is reflective of the

we should not be having earthquakes in texas. country. this is reno, texas. population 3200 and just 13 square miles long. if anyplace is small town america, reno is. residents know each other and they know something's changed in their town. >> see it's right here. look, actually let's kind of creep in here. right there see how my foot keeps -- >> yes. >> barbara brown is a community activist and a long time resident of reno, texas. >> yeah, this is definitely a concern. >> and reno is not alone. colorado, arkansas, oklahoma, ohio and the rest of ear eastern texas, not known for seismic activity are sunlt o surnld on e earthquake map. magnitude 3.0 and larger, compared to 20 quakes from 1970 to 2000. data that is beginning to show stories like barbara's are all too real. >> the earthquake came and went through the center of the house. everything shook. i went out my front yard and said, where did my yard go? >> she believes this is the cause of the quakes, hydraulic fracturing more commonly known as fracking, a process where water mixed with sand and chemical

required by the new texas law. and because the supreme court has said that the election can proceed, even though a federal court has found that that photo i.d. law discriminates against black and latino voters. >> yes, the judge in texas ruled that it was unconstitutional. and yet last saturday the supreme court said, "let the election go forward." what was their rationale? >> i think the rationale, the most charitable rationale we can give to the supreme court's decision is that it's consistent with other decisions they've made in which, essentially, their view is if it's very close to the election -- and certainly this was close to the election -- early voting started this week. -- that they shouldn't disturb the status quo, that you don't change the processes of election so close to an actual election, and -- >> and what's your objection to that? >> we have a federal judge who found that this photo i.d. law was created to intentionally discriminate against black and latino voters, in violation of the united stat

texas and california. if you look with all the taxes on income i think california there was 5000 separate taxes before i stopped. there was more to go. if you look at all the tax rates and you will just have to believe me, tax rates are higher than and texas that not only higher but the effective marginal tax rate on a unit of in, is 65% higher than the effective marginal tax rate in texas. you have to believe me there is the income-tax in texas. no capital gains taxes but did he take all those together on economic activity is 65% higher than california. wants to look at this higher marginal tax rate you know, there'll be some leakages. in the late 40's or early 50s then david measure the horsepower of the cars. as you know, it is not effective measure he is wanted on there we are axle. between the engine and the we are axle is paris six leakage. so i will take that concept if you look at tax rates if you go from tax rates to tax revenue you have parises it leakages. so the unemployment rate was much highe

whether they're economic, environmental, political, texas is in the mix. >> when we think of texas we think big oil, not earthquakes like we're thinking of california. but they're experiencing seismic activity. >> so we got to see how one small town in texas is dealing with this big national issue. let's check it out. >> we were sitting in the living room one night watching tv and there was a tremendous explosion, it sounded like, and then the whole house shook. >> and the next day there was another one and then just kept coming. and that's whenever we realized we definitely have a problem. we should not be having earthquakes in texas. >> this isn't earthquake country. this is reno, texas. population 3200 and just 13 square miles long. if anyplace is small town america, reno is. residents know each other and they know something's changed in their town. >> see it's right here. look, actually let's kind of creep in here. right there see how my foot keeps -- >> yes. >> barbara brown is a community activist and a long time resident of reno, texas. >> yeah, this is definitely a concern. >>

to our texas schools. in dallas, in houston, and the rio grande area in el paso. and we do that because we understand the power of education. it is said that people who go to college are most likely 80% more to give into taxes. also, for people who are -- the majority of the immigrants, their average income is $36,000. and if you don't give them the opportunity to pay in state, usually that's about $20,000 a year that they would have to pay. nobody, no family could be able to afford that. so i think that the arguments for the education part are there. i don't really think that anybody that loves their country, loves where they live, their community, would be against anybody that has the heart and desire to either serve in the military or go into college and receive an education, that they can be against somebody wanting to fulfill that dream. >> commissioner, the 2014 republican party of texas platform calls for the repeal of the texas d.r.e.a.m. act. do you support that, or are you against that? >> i thin

now, the question for texas tech. when they brought pressure on third down, they exposed the corners. and they've been beaten deep. >> mark: young corners. >> rod: yeah. now, do they try that once again? or do they play coverage here and help them out? because if they play pressure, russell can take a shot. >> mark: they set up a middle screen. and incomplete. over the middle, looked like he was trying to hit gus penning. seem like it was a little indecisive between two different receivers. >> rod: sometimes when you rush, you're not all on the same page. >> mark: so, the field goal unit comes in, led by chris callahan. this field goal will come from about 36 yards out. straight away. college football hopes, hanging by a thread. you can ring up three more, make it eight. but a win for the red raiders. within a touchdown. how much emotion is in this game? it's bubbling over. with 3:44 to go. baylor with everything to play for. the new dell venue 8 tablet with the remarkable power of intel inside ... syncs to other devi

that was texas attorney general greg abbot who was just elected governor of texas, explaining no texas longer believed it should post information about people in the state. just drive around and figure it out yourself. regulate yourself from any dangerously stored chemicals in your neighborhood that could explode. texas. the largest city, the fourth most populous city in the whole country is houston. about 25 miles east, you will find the city of la porte, texas. and one of the businesses you will find there is this dupont chemical plant. >> my son called me and said dad, there's been an accident at the plant. >> a horrifying phone call. two of his sons killed during a chemical leak at the dupont facility. >> gilbert learned that the leak killed four people and later a fifth. >> two of that man's three sons were killed. what killed and injured these people was a leak of a chemical that's used mostly in pesticide, but it's also used in jet fuel and plastics. dupont manufactures the chemical at that plant. but when the leak happened and four people died in quick succession, when the supe

texas a&m has to get off a clean snap. but the worst case scenario for auburn coming out of this is that they have the football with 1:30 at midfield. >> carter: kaser gets it away. gray from the 49. quan bray driven back to the 44 yard line. 1:28, three-point game. auburn doesn't have a time out. daniel carlson, the redshirt freshman, his long 46. we asked gus malzahn how much confidence do you have in your freshman kicker who hadn't attempted a fieldgoal the last two weeks. he said, my confidence level of carlson is, quote, very high. will he have chance to tie it or will nick marshall and offense take care of business in dramatic fashion again. louis on the sweep. turns the edge, gets inside the 35. you're looking right now ratty bout 50 yard fieldgoal. >> aaron: remember auburn burned all of its timeouts if they don't get first down that clock is going to keep ticking. >> carter: right at the 28. as soon as he makes the grab for first down hits the deck. clock stops to move the chains, 1:05. >> aaron: i think texas a&m

. >> democrats salivating over flipping texas, solid red, to blue. >> i thought texas was going to be blue in 2012. >> jon: really! listen to me, texas has been a conservative state since dinosaurs roamed it 6,000 years ago. (applause) according to the state's high school textbooks. (cheers and applause) if tax has a right to turn blue, how does texas candidate for governor gregg abbott carry a 20-point lead over wendy davis? i assume that popularity comes from abbott maybe starting to sell himself to texas voters as an enlightening centrist. he sued the obama administration 30 times. >> and at a time democrats pose add greater threat to texas than north korea. >> posted an ad that shows a gun and bible and reads, two things every american should know how to use, neither of which are taught in schools. >> that's why gregg abbott is opening his howdy jesus, bang! bang! academy! (cheers and applause) isn't it time your kids' teachers ask the question, what would jesus shoot? (laughter) so texas is not quite ready for a blue governor -- or a moderate governor or anyone who even a decade

let's look at dallas texas. i call it when i'm traveling the dna exoneration capital of the world not just the united states but the world. nationally the numbers i'm going to give you more than 315 people have been exonerated by dna evidence nationwide but it is texas, my native texas that has had more than any other state in the country and of those 49 men, 24 have been exonerated by dna evidence in dallas, the single jurisdiction in the nation that has had more than any place else on earth. that's mind-boggling when you think about it. the dallas. how did we get here? and i hope to delve into some of that this evening. i would also like to address the case is because i can ask all the of time that is the difference between the case and dna case and how many have there really been? there've been more than 1400 exoneration because america proposed dna and non- dna. the non- dna cases the of course have no biological evidence and are much more difficult to prove. so we may never know how many truly innocent peop

he was governor of texas. should have been president but they only had one delegate and couple million dollars wasn't nearly enough. i've had so many things that people helped me because i was a democrat and then when they helped me because i was republican. but i've always got along with -- neither one of them were many love with me but neither one of them really hated me. >> did it give you some bargaining advantage that you -- >> i think so. i've had to knock on the door of the white house and imply -- one time, i said that i think the president wanted me to vote a certain way, and i said, well, i got a brother that always wanted to be a federal judge. he turned and the guy who was standing there, he said hall, this isn't a place to ask him for this. i said hell, he's asking me for something, i said i'll ask him for something. he turned and asked them if he could get confirmed. i said wait a minute, mr. president. he's not a lawyer. that brought a big laugh. every time i saw him after that, he laughed becau

joining us now texas governor elect greg abbott the former attorney general of texas and a man well versed on this issue. congratulations. good to have you. >> thank you so much. >> this is going to be on your plate in a very big way as you take office as governor of texas. you saw the way that governor perry protects it the new surg as they consider action. >> for one we are concerneded there will be a new surge of border activity in part because of the potential action the president may take. as they showed earlier this year that is nothing that is new in the state of texas. we have had people crossing the border for years. we have been involved in the sporadic surge operations by the texas department of public safety to stop the flow of cross border activity. necessitating texas open up its checkbook and pay for this. we are expecting the federal government to do is to is for the president not to open the blood gates of the border but two for the federal government po pay for the cross that texans incurred. >> he talked about not having a heart if we don't understand the flight of famil

joining us now texas governor-elect abbott and also former attorney general of texas and a manuel-versed. congratulations on your election, sir. >> thank you so much, martha. >> thank you so much for being here. this is going to be on your plate in a very big way as you take office as governor of texas. you sided with governor perry dealt with it. do you expect you're going to see a new surge of illegals trying to cross that border as the president considers executive action? >> martha, for one we are concerned in part because of the potential action the president may take. but martha, remember this, that is the border surge that all the national cameras showed earlier this year, that is nothing that is new in the state of texas. we've had people crossing the border for years. and we've been involved in these sporadic surge operations by the texas department of public safety to staunch the flow of cross-border activity. necessitating texas open up its checkbook and pay for this. what we are expecting the federal government to do is to, for one, the president not to open the flood gates o

i want to head to texas to talk the latino vote and some texas politicians. msnbc contributor -- what a pleasure to see you. >> like wise, jose. >> thanks. there's so much talk in the latino vote in the lead up to today. one estimate shows there will be at least one million more latino voters across the country compared to four years ago. what does it really mean? >> well, in terms of seeing a greater latino turn out we are already seeing indication through early voting counts that latino has stepped it up in terms of coming out to the polls. in terms of turning texas blue. it's going to take awhile. we know abbott has a commanding lead across the board. the little known fact he's in a statistical dead heat with wendy davis. latinos here are lending their support to the gop gubernatorial candidate. part of that reason is because he's asked for for their vote and he stemmed with latinos cea ceaselessly. he wants to make his vote with latinos going forward. >> that's important. i want to more about texas the state with 4 1/2 million eligible latinos. let me ask

one bitter race, texas. good evening sir, congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> tell me, how does immigration impact you now? are things going to change? texas going to play a bigger role, how are you responding to the president's comments? >> texas will continue to play a big role. there's something interesting that happened in this election that i think is powerful for the country. one of the issues i ran on and won on is ensuring that texas will step up and do what the federal government has failed to do, that is to secure our border. i also got more than 44% of the hispanic vote in the state of texas and more than 50% of the male hispanic vote. it shows you can run on an issue of being tough on border security while at the same time including the hispanic vote. >> is your policy on immigration and securing the border going to be any different from governor rick perry? >> what governor perry had to do was in the short term send the national guard to the border to ensure we were able to deal with the t

i went to a texas-tcu game at texas last year. i almost fell asleep. texas was good, tcu wasn't. [laughter] not at all. >> wow. >> you've namedropped your chancellor so many times today. >> contract's up. >> but i really think that college basketball, if you look at the ratings, are completely flatlined right now. regular season. the regular season is completely irrelevant. i had a coach tell me this summer that they had their league meetings and the espn came in, and basically said the maac football wednesday night game of the week basically outrates carolina-duke. so we're an event-driven culture. every saturday there's an event on campus at tcu, texas, etc. there's so much oversaturation and one of the negative reverberations is everyone is on tv. so it's not special anymore. most nights in january i can watch nine or 10 games. i find myself watching less because if you can watch vcu during the regular season -- >> you have some serious west coast hoops if you're watching less. >> i like college basketball. i think it's a compelling sport in a lot of different ways, but there'

gamet to the texas-t.c.u. at texas last year. i almost fell asleep. the atmosphere was -- texas was good. t.c.u. wasn't. not at all. >> wow. spahn, we're great. >> you name dropped your chancellor so many times, she must be watching. it's a he. contract's up. >> i really think that college basketball if you look at the are flat-lined right now. >> the regular season. >> when you go regular season. completely season is irrelevant and atlantic 10 coach tell me this summer at a recruiting event that they had league meetings and the espn person came in and said the mac football wednesday night game of the week, toledo-bowling green throwing the ball around, out carolina-duke. n event-driven culture. there's so much oversaturation it's one of the negative reverberations of all these media contracts is that on tv and it's not special anymore. the second cable tier and i can watch nine or 10 games. can watch v.c.u. 26 times in the regular season -- >> you are missing out on serious west coast hoops. >> and i like college basketball. i grew up in this busines

. >> austin texas. here is more on democrats line. >> hello. thank you for taking my call. i have two points to make. the first one, the first one has to do with immigration. and being from the state of texas, we are very sensitive to illegal immigration down here. texas has flagrantly disregarded the federal immigration law by allowing a great number of illegal immigrants into the state to the point where u.s. citizens -- i have four university degrees and i can't find a job. and they are in the stem disciplines and i can't find a job. so first of all, i do support the progressive movement.

the gentleman from texas. mr. green: we'll continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas continues to reserve. the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: mr. speaker, at this point i will yield two minutes to the vice chair of the subcommittee, mr. latta from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, mr. latta, is recognized for two minutes. mr. latta: well, thank you very much, mr. speaker. and i appreciate the gentleman from michigan, the chairman of the full committee, mr. upton, for yielding. i rise today in support of h.r. 5728, the stela re-authorization act of 2014. i'm pleased to see the bipartisan and bicameral effort that took place to bring forth this must-pass legislation. through the leadership of chairman upton and chairman walden and with the bipartisan support of ranking member waxman and subcommittee ranking member eshoo, this legislation underscores the commitment to ensuring that our communication laws maximize the potential for investment, innovation and for

this is a genuine part of who we are in texas. as my first appointment in texas, secretary of state is not a position that is elected. it's a position that is appointed by the governor. i appointed the chief administrative officer from the county on the rio grande valley, the southernmost part of the state of texas, carlos cascos, i who was born in mexico but became a united states citizen as my secretary of state to demonstrate this outreach to the hispanic community is not something that ends on election day but will continue for generations to come, ensuring that we unite two constituencies that genuinely agree on most of the issues. that is the republican party constituency and the hispanic community. once we marry those two communities the same way i have been married to my wife for 35 years, we will have lasting republican majorities not just among governors across the united states of america for decades to come. [applause] >> thanks, greg. good for you. charlie baker? we went a long way for years ago in 2010. tell us how y

(laughter) (cheers and applause) bear in mind we're talking about texas. deregulation capitol capitol of the solar system. the i imagine to get texas on the voter regulation train they have got to have a pretty serious problem. >> there have only been two proven cases of voter fraud in the past decade in texas. >> since 2002, of the millions of votes passed in texas during that period,-- . >> jon: actually 20 million votes, 20 million votes cast and two of them were fraudulent. that is .1 parts of a million. or less than how much cockroach we allow in ourio gurt. and -- -- our yogurt. (applause) >> that happens to be cockroach honey yogurt. >> texas is one republican states that centre stronger voter restriction after the supreme court got not voting rights act. like north carolina. risking its reputation as [bleep] carolina. >> the new voter law includes a photo i.d. requirement. a ban on same-day registration. no out of precinct voting, and a reduction in the number of early voting days. over the last few weeks there's been a flurry of court appeals and

and from the texas legal board of specialation. board-certified in your community, experienced, respected and tested. and by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy and by the alice foundation and viewers like you. >> i'm evan smith, his credits include the looming tower, an examination leading up to 9/11 and going clear, a deep dive into the church of scientology that was a finalist for the american book award. his latest book is 13 days in september. he's lawrence wright. this is overheard. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now? >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. >> it's hard work and controversial. >> this guy says, hey, he's goes to 11! [laughter] >> write. >> write write, nicjust as the d which you write, it's a historical piece but none the less, kind of in pieces, now we have this bit of wisdom. >> it's always well timed when writing about the middle east, unfortunately. >> at any given moment, if you write a book about the middle east it's perfect timing. >

as the attorney general of texas, about to be the new governor of texas, what harm, what harm will texas suffer as a result of the president's actions? >> texas suffered direct consequences from the 2012 daca. >> that was the deferred action that allowed a lot of the dreamers to state in the country. >> that's when we begin to see 1,000 people coming across the border, often tells agents -- not hiding when they got here, but turning them in into border patrol agent, because they believed the 2012 daca allowed them to come here. we believe also in the aftermath we're going to face the same challengings in texas, same as 2012. >> even if the president said you're not covered. >> the president also said the same thing after the 2012 daca. the people coming from central america are typically not legal scholars who look into the depths of what the president is saying. remember this also, chris, and that it was the cartels in mexico selling this to the people in central america, using them and extorting from them the passageway toward texas. so we are going to -- the state of texas will contin

was half of all white men in texas were members of the clan in 1924. throughout this, james kennedy is out dollar condeming the clan and their politics and saying why they are unconstitutional and unlawful. letting them know why it is wrong and they had an opportunity to do better.

. >> austin texas. here is more on democrats line. >> hello. thank you for taking my call. i have two points to make. the first one, the first one has to do with immigration. and being from the state of texas, we are very sensitive to illegal immigration down here. texas has flagrantly disregarded the federal immigration law by allowing a great number of illegal immigrants into the state to the point where u.s. citizens -- i have four university degrees and i can't find a job. and they are in the stem disciplines and i can't find a job. so first of all, i do support the progressive movement.

this is about the texas law. the texas voter i.d. law may prevent more than 600,000 registered texas voters, about 4.5% of all the voters in that state from voting in person for lack of a compliant identification. a sharply disproportion nativity percentage of those voters are african-american or historic. did that -- or hispanic. did that come true last week. >> no. the british center for justice which files these things say some people were prevented from voting about 12. >> 12 people? >> that's the list that they have. >> 12 people? >> they say more than that but they have the stories of 12. the texas authorities say they are isolated but, look, you have got look at the number of people who tried to vote. 16463 provisional ballots. >> in texas? >> in texas. if you don't have an i.d. those are the ones who try provl ballot. so what happens to the 584,000 that are supposedly suppressed? they don't give a diddly squat. you were right in the talking points. they don't care of. they don't go and vote. that is the dirty secret in this v