supreme court last month heard oral argument in the case moore versus texas. a case questioning that state's criteria for determining of an intellectually disabled person can be sentenced to death. in 2002, the supreme court ruled that executing a quote mentally retarded person violated the constitution's eighth amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. this argument is an hour. >> argument this morning, moore versus texas. mr. sloan? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, in atkins versus virginia, this court held that the eighth amendment prohibits executing people who are intellectually disable end in hall versus florida this court reiterated that the inquiry into whether somebody is interlecture little disabled for that important eighth amendment purn shou should be informed by the diagnostic framework and by clinical standards. texas has adopted a unique approach to intellectual disability in capital cases in which it prohibits the use of standard and relies on harmful and inappropriate lay stereo types including the so-called pri si

if the texas court is erring. texas is not prohibiting the use of current standards. the case quoted and cited -- >> why go to so much trouble saying it wasn't going to use current standards. that it was only going to use older standards. >> because the aada -- it was a second alternative holding. that was the main reason why the cca said trial court, you're not following our precedence. that's error. >> if it has no support anywhere, would that have been a valid reason for discounting the current clinical standards? >> well, that was a second alternative holding here. it's facially valid for texas or any other state to have related in this requirement. that's in the dsm v. it talks about needing something to be directly related but it doesn't flesh that out. what we're talking about is the application of that. this would be an odd case to decide that. there's not state consensus on this causation point, the coleman case. we are not aware of any case 23467 the relatedness inquiry was the dispositive point on which an adkins claim was denied. >> well, i'm not sure how

although property owners in texas would not concur with that. some of you are shaking your head and smiling. you know exactly what i'm talking about. although we don't have an income tax in the state. and as i said the state is sig right now. and as i said, the state is looking at an lppf approach to try to look at provider fee approach to funding that. and so that kind of concludes my prepared comments. i would end kind of with this quote which i found very helpful throughout my career. everything looks like a failure in the middle. everyone loved inspired beginnings and happy endings. it's just the middle that involves hard work. and i think we as providers and as a nation have a lot in front of us to try to figure out what our funding for our medicaid health system looks like. and as one individual who counseled me years ago said, most things in life aren't as bad as they look or as good as they look. somewhere in the middle. you just have to figure out how to work your way through it. that is our challenge moving forward. so i'll end that. i

sloan, there's no doubt about what texas court said, its marching orders for texas court. it said the habeas judge erred by appointing clinical definition of intellectually disabled in that respect rather than the test we established in briseno. the test we established in briseno is stated sharply and clearly as the test that must be applied by texas courts. is that how you read it? >> yes, exactly, your honor. >> on page 6a. >> that's right. and i think it's helpful here to consider how atkins adjudications -- and obviously this is a vitally important life or death issue that goes to the human dignity of the intellectually disabled and how these adjudications will proceed in texas after this opinion in light of the passage that justice ginsburg just quoted, the critical passage is that to judges, the lawyers and to clinical experts testifying in texas the message is clear and unmistakable. you may not consult or rely on current clinical guidance. think about that from a clinician's perspective. a clinical expert trusted with evaluating and making this vitally important ev

so in texas, for its uc program, the state of texas does not provide any funding for the uc program. its state portion is generated through public hospitals and other governmental organizations that have the ability to put up -- in our case, we put up 41 cents and we were able to draw down $1 or 59 cents from the federal government on that. a lot of that funding has occurred through a model called community benefit model, where it becomes a partnership or where it becomes a relationship between various private and public entities. and in that case, the private entities -- or the public entities are, because of that relationship, are able to put up an igt. that particular arrangement has been in place for about ten years, and it has been under fairly significant scrutiny for ten years. and most recently, it rose to another level where the arrangement in the dallas-ft. worth area was disallowed and is now going through the appeals process. that occurred on september 1st. texas filed an appeal on october 28th, and now they're waiting for the response from cms. that's a significant issue

supreme court last month heard oral argument in the case moore versus texas. a case questioning that state's criteria for determining of an intellectually disabled person can be sentenced to death. in 2002, the supreme court ruled that executing a quote mentally retarded person violated the constitution's eighth amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. this argument is an hour. >> argument this morning, moore versus texas. mr. sloan? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, in atkins versus virginia, this court held that the eighth amendment prohibits executing people who are intellectually disable end in hall versus florida this court reiterated that the inquiry into whether somebody is interlecture little disabled for that important eighth amendment purn shou should be informed by the diagnostic framework and by clinical standards. texas has adopted a unique approach to intellectual disability in capital cases in which it prohibits the use of standard and relies on harmful and inappropriate lay stereo types including the so-called pri si

before that, remember, texas, for three months, texas is in play. that means we are even and republicans win texas. even if you are a lousy candidate, you win texas. texas is republican. i had these massive crowds and for three months, they said, texas is in play and next week is very close. and remember georgette? georgia? r georgia is in play. can you imagine if i lose texas or georgia? i am saying to my kids and my wife, this is going to be a disaster. utah, i do not think of republican has ever lost. utah is in play -- against some guy, i looked at him -- my wife looked at him and said, you will not lose to him. [laughter] president-elect trump: i am telling you, she is good at this stuff. they say he is tied with me. you will not lose to them, do not worry about it. now it is, whatever time, 8:00 or 9:00, the numbers were so great. donald trump has won the state of texas. that means it was a slaughter. donald trump has won the state of georgia. donald trump has won the state of utah. and this guy that was put up there to fight me, he was -- hil

tillis: your family back in texas. >> -- tell us about your family back in texas. >> i lost my dad and had a sister a mother is from monterrey, mexico. she immigrated 50 years ago and is a great person she will be here for my swearing in. emotional times i guess. >> how will you balance your work out here with your life back at home? do you plan to live here in washington? >> yes. we have got a little apartment nearby. we will be traveling back and forth to spend as much time in the district as possible and keep hearing people's problems in knowing what we need to work for and work at here in d.c. and never lose touch with them community and their needs. school districts, municipalities, a lot of folks who are affected that could use help of the federal level. >> tell us about your wife's influence on you. a school teacher and principal. .he is really my rock she's been a great asset during my campaign. she is a very positive influence. >> we appreciate your time thank you for talking to c-span. >> thank you. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1970 nine, c-span was created as a pu

so in texas, for its uc program, the state of texas does not provide any funding for the uc program. its state portion is generated through public hospitals and other governmental organizations that have the ability to put up -- in our case, we put up 41 cents and we were able to draw down $1 or 59 cents from the federal government on that. a lot of that funding has occurred through a model called community benefit model, where it becomes a partnership or where it becomes a relationship between various private and public entities. and in that case, the private entities -- or the public entities are, because of that relationship, are able to put up an igt. that particular arrangement has been in place for about ten years, and it has been under fairly significant scrutiny for ten years. and most recently, it rose to another level where the arrangement in the dallas-ft. worth area was disallowed and is now going through the appeals process. that occurred on september 1st. texas filed an appeal on october 28th, and now they're waiting for the response from cms. that's a significant issue

jackson lee: -- texas is -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much very much. i thank congresswoman kuster for her leadership on this legislation. and then to make mention of a bill just an hour or two ago that bears mentioning, that i want to take note of the importance of its passage. and that is s. 1632, it was house bill h.r. 2726, which is now passed. a bill to require regional strategy to address the threat posed by boko haram. as i begin to discuss this bill, the issue of security is on all of our minds, certainly the tragedy of the boko haram onslaught in nigeria and the missing girls should be on our mind and this bill that i just mentioned, that was passed and supported by congressman wilson, will be a very, very important initiative, one of which i co-sponsored and will continue to work on this issue. . i rise in strong support of promoting travel, commerce and nurelt act of 2016. it would establish jurisdiction over offenses committed by federal employees in canada. in so doing, it will strengthen our nati

erika querÍa comenzar con usted que hizo esta travesÍa hacia texas por quÉ? con dos hijos. >>> bueno, por lo que toda la familia decidiÓ salir, huyendo de tanta delincuencia, al papÁ de mis hijos le dieron dos disparos venimos hu yendo. >>> quÉ tipo de posibilidad tiene erika y su familia de quedarse en estados unidos. >>> lo que encontramos es quema mÁs como erika ya tienen muchos chances de ganar suzu sus caso. >>> legalmente quÉ puede pedir erika de estados unidos >>> las personas estÁn pidiendo como ella, asilo polÍtico, ahorita que ya estÁn fuera va tener que presentarse en una corte de migraciÓn donde un juez va decidir sobre el caso de asilo de ella. >>> erika hÁblame de esta travesÍa entre honduras y estados unidos cÓmo fue. >>> pues, nosotros tardamos 40 dÍas para llegar, para lograr llegar, venÍamos viajando partes en autobÚs y partes en tren. >>> cuando llega a texas, inmigraciÓn separa a la familia. >>> si, entramos por el puente y nos entregamos los 4, al entraron nos separamos y desde entonces hasta la fecha que yo estaba en la h

randy comes from a part of texas . and i would like to say everybody from texas might be this way but it's not true, but with a handshake and a word makes a difference. mr. neugebauer, the entire time he was here didn't oversell and didn't underdeliver. he did the things that were necessary as proper representation of not only the texas delegation, but a man of distinction from lubbock texas, the high plains. but he brought with him the professional attributes that were very necessary within the texas delegation to be successful and very early on, he championed those ideas. and they were ideas of bringing forth representation from ar group of people in lubbock, texas and north texas, who strongly believed in america, who strongly believed that america's greatest days laid in its future. and randy spoke of not only of the ideas he had but the people he represented in terms of real admiration for those people, admiration for hard work. admiration for an honest day's work and honest day's pay. so you can see, mr. speaker,

apply for enrollment at texas western college now know as the university of texas at el paso. and her application was rejected solely based on her race. so mildred and her friend, thelma white, and a few other students teamed up and with the help of the naacp and an attorney thurgood marshal and took this issue to a federal court and thanks to the wisdom and judgment of our federal judge at the time, not only was it found that texas western's ban on african-american students was unconstitutional, his ruling and their effort and mildred acourage effectively desegregated the institutions of higher learning in texas for every single texan and as i was sharing with some of my colleagues yesterday as i was introducing barbara lee, this took incredible personal sacrifice. and i can only imagine the difficulty that mildred faced on that day and yet it was so incredibly important for this country. and that's the kind of story we are telling about these courageous young people who we want to continue to allow to flourish. i want to at this time introduce the gentlelady from california,

my mother still lives in south texas and i have a sister. my mother is from monterrey, mexico so she emigrated to the united states 50 years ago. she is a great person. she will be here for my swearing-in. emotional times. >> how will you balance your work here with your life back home? do you plan to live here in washington and if so, where? rep.-elect fernandez: we have an apartment nearby, my wife and i. we will be traveling back and forth and try to spend as much time in the district as possible to keep hearing people's problems and understand what we need to work for. we don't want to lose touch of our community and its needs. >> tell us about your wife and her influence on you. rep.-elect fernandez: well, she is a school teacher and a principal. she is my rock. she has been a great asset during my campaign and even here, she is sitting right back there. she is a very positive influence. >> representative elect gonzales, we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to c-span. the publican representing 19th district. why did you decide

i see my colleague from texas. texas,my dad was born in but how did i get invited? [laughter] >> thank you. >> thanks, gary. [applause] >> thank you congressman palmer. congressman olson, have you voted? you're ok. so, we can keep going. thank you. just want to make sure we are all coordinated here. now i have the distinct honor of introducing mike lee. mike lee is somebody you know well. he would make a supreme court justice, but my goodness, that would be a terrible loss in the united states senate. he has become in the united states senate a think tank unto himself. the man is an entrepreneurial conservative who is trying to think ahead to where we are right now, trying to tap into what we need to tap into as conservatives. he is putting together right now an agenda that centers on federalism or subsidiary or localism. but what i like about what he is doing is i think he has identified the major force of what needs to drive the conservative movement over the next decade. we have an opportunity now as conservatives to bring a lot of these new voters who came into

i see my colleague pete ae aols from texas. my dad was born in texas but how did i get invited? thanks, tim. [ applause ] >> congress olson, have you voted? >> i'll miss the votes -- >> you're okay, we can keep -- >> good, great, thank you, just want to make sure you're all coordinated here. now i have the distinct honor of introducing mike lee to all of you, mike lee is somebody you know well. he would make a great supreme court justice but my goodness that would be a terrible loss in the united states senate. he has become in the united states senate a think tank unto himself. he is kind of an entrepreneurial conservative who is trying to think ahead of where we are right now, trying to tap into what we need to tap into as conservatives. he's putting together right now an agenda that's centered around federalism or subsidiary or localism, you can describe it a lot of different ways. i think he's identified the major force of what needs to drive the conservative movement over the next decade. we have an opportunity right now as conservatives to bring a lot of new voters who cam

he represents the 21st district in texas. he serves as chairman of science, space and technology committee, which as you all know has jurisdiction over a lot of the things we're talking about here today. the committee oversee agency budgets of $39 billion. congressman smith continues to serve on both judiciary committee and homeland security committee as well and he's a former chairman of the judiciary committee and ethics committee. he was ranked as the most effective member in the house in 112th congress in a study jointly conducted by university of virginia and vanderbilt. he also was named policymaker of the year by "politico" for his work on patent reform legislation during that same congress. we are very lucky to be able to hear from the congressman today. congressman, please come up and give us your thoughts. [ applause ] >> tim, thank you for that introduction. and before i say anything else, let me put that study that had to do with effectiveness in perspective. when that study came out, that was the first time i eve

he was governor of texas for 14 years, the longest serving governor in texas s history. but rick perry is not exactly a details guy. he is not a policy guy. though he was in offffice for really long time, actually, his record of a congressman in terms of really big initiatives that he was responsible for, that you concert lycee rick perry's was on this program or policy, is quite short. i was thinking back about what were his major proposals. most of what i thought of were basically kind of pretty big failures. some won't be known outside of texas, but here there were big deals. for example, the trans-texas corridor was a proposal to build this very expensive network of toll roads and highways been involved public/private partnerships. amy: i'm going to interrupt because i want to give kiah collier a chance to respond and then we will continue this discussion of post it online. kiah collier, if you could talk about rick perry's close ties to kelcy warren, certainly, the center of a massive national controversy a around the dakota access pipeline. >> right. perry i think

most especially, we want to welcome our friends from texas. the texas public policy foundation is the genesis of this conference. we are delighted to be be cosponsored with them. i will not take much of your time before inviting their president of the texas public policy foundation to the podium, but i want to make a couple quick points. policy isehind good good politics. if you want to do something that is good politics, you come up with good policies and advance them. and you help people understand why good policies are good for people. the reason that is important is we believe people are our most important, unique, valuable assets. and the reason we care deeply about the management of natural resources, the wide management of natural resources, and the development of our energy resources is why -- because it is good for people. we think principles need to guide our policies. goodrincipal policies are for people. that is what conservatives are all about. our job at the heritage is to help create the atmosphere so people who are in office, e

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. matsui: i yield five minutes to representative spear. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. say eier: let me first what a joy it has been been to work with my colleague mike mccaul on this issue and with chris van hollen as well. the passion, the compassion and the commitment to this issue is one that i have not seen replicated many times. let me comment by talking about the letter i received from sylvia decorsi in my district. her son tyler was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma for about a year. and she had written to me, as a pediatric cancer patient, i want to thank you for introducing the star act. this has the potential to make a huge difference for my son tyler and his fellow warriors. in august, we lost two little buddies to this disease. to think this -- to think if this act was already in place, that may not have happened and the heartaches of their family nd friends could have been pr

south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country and in the state. it needs good representation and we are ready to go to work. >> who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fights you are talking about as a lawyer and now here in washington? rep. gonzalez: i was influenced by my family, by my father. a korean war veteran, a self-made businessman. when i was in law school, i spent a little time here as an intern for a representative from a self testatrix -- a south texas district. internship?t that what did you learn during that time? rep. gonzalez: i was very young and had a lot of fun. i think that is one of the things i was trying to keep in mind. the legislative process, i was in law school at the time. it was a great compliment to my legal career and my legal education at the time. it was my first time in washington, actually. i was 26 years older 27 years old. a long time ago. .t was a great experience i always recommend that two young folks that want to learn government. it is a great opportunity that is available. >> you were a

actions in vietnam, let the white house christmas tree, and celebrated the holiday with his family at his texas ranch. the white house naval photographic unique produce this, which are now archived at the lbj presidential library. ♪ winter to the hill people of west texas is mostly wind and dust. it is a time when the hardscrabble land is at its harshest. when pastors are brown and dormant to the horizon, and the ponds and streams are low. this time of year, particularly an election off year has been a difficult time for presidents as well. most particularly, when it follows a heavily carried presidential election. high policy decisions must be labored out and laid before congress in the forthcoming federal budget statement and the state of the union address. this responsibility would be awesome enough. but coupled with a vietnam conflict that must be continually explained to the american people, a troublesome economy, an in danger of becoming overheated, and the upcoming divided congress, this would be unpleasant. added to the burdens was the uncertain future of the great -- the summit had n

make texas mexico again. because texas is amazing. texas is amazing and pushy and creative and adorable. the official state tourism campaign in texas tells you straight up it's like a whole other country. and that's not just a slogan. a significant number of texans think of their membership in the union as a little provisional. this past summer when asked if they would like to secede if hillary clinton won the white house, 40% said, yes, if clinton wins they'd like to secede. to that point you can find entertaining pockets of that sentiment all over the country whether seceding because of clinton or to go back to mexico. in northern california tea party and libertarian types that have been pushing to secede from the rest of california. they want to break off and be in their own state called jefferson. they want to be jeffersonians. since donald trump was elected president, not hillary clinton, but donald trump, certain pockets of liberals in california have started to talk texas style by seceding. but they don't want to secede from ca

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he covers politics and border affairs from the texas-mexico border for the texas tribune. one of the things you wrote recently talks about the two way force -- porous border issue. you wrote about guns going from the u.s. into mexico more than 73,000 from 2009 at 2014, as well as the two way contraband stream. you write in one story the steady demand for people and illegal products nourishes a giant international smuggling ecosystem. until policymakers reduce american demand for latin american supply, experts say the 2000 mile you a site in mexico border will remain porous." tell us more about that. guest: that is another issue, the southbound traffic of cash, weapons and the united states' desire for illegal narcotics and various other contraband coming north. compared to what country -- the country and the state of texas spent on treatment versus incarceration and security, the gap is so wide. they cringe when people write the stories. they say mexico is only turning over the weapons will be traced active united states to make united states look bad. that is a fair point

. >> we hear argument this morning is 15797, moore versus texas. >> mr. chief justice marriott please the court. in atkins versus virginia, this court held that the eighth amendment prohibits executing people who are intellectually disabled and in hall versus florida this court reiterated that the inquiry into whether somebody is intellectually disabled for that important eighth amendment purpose should be informed by the medical communities diagnostic framework and by clinical standards. texas has adopted a unique approach to intellectual disability in capital cases in which a prohibits the use of current medical standards, it relies on harmful and inappropriate stereotypes including the so-called% real factors. it uses an external ordinary and clinically unwarranted causation requirement. fundamentally it challenges in disagrees with the court's core holding in at cans. namely the entire category of the intellectually disabled, every person who is intellectually disabled is exempt from execution under the eighth amendment. >> that is a long laundry list

from texas to mississippi, a wet weekend. this flooded street in texas city. and rob marciano is here tracking it all. we've got more rain on the way. >> reporter: and already, this has been the wettest december day on record in galveston. over nine inches in spots. flash flood watches up. southeast texas, over the next 24 hours, will see quite a bit more rain. and hw could to see six to eight-plus. and this does get into the tornado and fire zone, as well. let's time out the rain. we get another pulse of it rolling across the deep south, getting up into louisiana and alabama, mississippi and georgia. but look at the snow getting into chicago. you may wake up to snow in chicago and detroit throughout the day tomorrow. this moves to the east on tuesday and wednesday. >> okay, thanks, rob, good to see you. how about a golf story? you like golf. >> let's do it. >>> a comeback story in the world of sports. after several injury-plagued years, tiger woods is back on claiborne has more. >> reporter: it was tiger woods. looking a whole lot like the tiger woods who onc

i said, how are we losing texas or how are we tied in texas? they said texas was in play, like we were doing badly. opened,as the polls they go breaking news, donald trump wins the state of texas. donald trump wins. this is like, immediately. utah. georgia, we won did you see my competition in utah? this guy came out of nowhere. my wife said, trust me, he is not doing well. with me had him even and me maybe not winning utah. as soon as the real polls came it in a massive landslide. and i do not know what that guy was trying to prove, all we could do is potentially lose the united states supreme court. by a lot, it was not even close. but let's assume that we needed utah, which frankly we thought we needed. we really thought we needed utah. let's assume we did not win utah. you know what he gains? i will not say the name of a magazine guy who works so hard. so many of these guys miss read us for two years. they misread us and are still miss reading us, and i love it. they are still miss reading us. -- misreading us. then ohio came in and we were

by the way, texas now puts president trump over the top. [applause] >> congratulations texas electors. >> now, pennsylvania electors cast their vote for president and vice president at the state capitol in harrisburg. donald trump and mike pence received all 20 electoral votes. pennsylvania secretary of state and governor tom wolfe spoke at the proceedings. this is one hour and 10 minutes. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. torres, executive deputy secretary of the commonwealth. it is my honor to welcome you to the 58th electoral college of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. all cell phones and all other electronic communication devices. at this time, would you please rise. i would like to present to you, the honorable pedro a cortez, secretary of the commonwealth. the honorable robert, deputy chief of staff to the governor of the commonwealth. the reverend canon davis w lovelace.

of people going in and out of the immigration here in the state of texas. earlier this year, a named walton bets who was killed by someone deported and he was killed and they went on a rampage. we are not sacrificing our lives at the hands of people who are here illegally. >> good for you, i know the citizens of texas have got to be grateful to you for taking this action and i want to just say to you, as an attorney general, you are remarkable as a governor and you are remarkable. in case i have not made it clear, i am a fan of governor abbott, he's one of the greatest public officials in the country. but, i struggle and i know a lot of people do to understand why there is this around laws. you cannot pray in a school. you cannot pledge allegiance from some schools and you got to follow all these from washington or in the case of public education. you don't have to worry a about the federal law if you want to smoke pot in various places and you passed the state law. can you just explain that to us how we gotten to this point? >> well, what you described lou

and i did that in texas, too. the difference is there's not a cabinet form of executive government there so they were boarding commission members volunteer sts sentence doing parttime governance as opposed to full time secretaries and undersecretaries for this that and the ortsdz. >> did the former president give you any advice on how to win the seat that he lost? >> his best advice was leading by example and what it did to impress upon me how one should lead, how one should govern, w one should approach public office. i think he had a tremendous regard for the office of the presidency and so i looked at it with great esteem. i think it was his dad that said that public office is a noble calling and public service is a noble calling. so i think that was his greatest contribution to me and the tact that he supported me fibblely, he and mrs. bush -- financially. he and mrs. bush meant a whole lot to me. he's very popular and i think he's become more popular as time has gone by and i think history has proven that his

film which is now archived at the lbj presidential library. >> winter into the hill people of west texas is mostly wind and dust. it is a time when the land is at its harshest. the once green pastor is brown and dormant. the streams and the ponds are low. this time of year, a particular -- in particular in an election off your, has been a time of trouble for candidates, especially when it follows a presidential election. two major documents must be laid before the congress, the forthcoming federal budget statement and the state of the union address. this responsibility alone would be awesome enough, but coupled with a vietnam conflict that must be continually explained to the american people, the trouble of the economy, and an upcoming -- and he divided congress, this created something that is not a -- not always pleasant. the future of the great society programs that swept the country. the summit had not yet been reached. a cautious congress, budget comebacks -- budget cutbacks created evidence that this crusade against society's greatest enemies may be slowed, or worse, may level off a

texas, florida, ohio and pennsylvania, where the bible belt and where the rust belt. but we're american. not deplorable, just americans. and finally, that means something again. have a great weekend, everybody. . >>> good evening everybody, it is been just over three weeks since donald trump became president-elect trump. he's already leading and capturing only he can the attention of the left wing media that seems to ultimately impressed and dismayed that mr. trump is in command and working diligently to staff the white house and administration with top talent choices and already hard at work to make good on a hard list of campaign his purpose to prevent the appearance of the conflict of interest is president of the united states. trump this morning tweeted this. >> i will be holding a major news conference in new york city with my children on december 15th to discuss the fact that i will believing my great business in order to fully focus on running the country in order to make america great again. while i am not mandated to do this under the law, i feel it is visual

texas. they said for three months texas is in play. texas, that means we're, like, even. and republicans win texas. even if you're a lousy candidate, you win texas. [laughter] texas is republican. and it's great. and the people are great. and i had these massive crowds. and for three months they're saying texas is in play, and next week it is very close. texas is in play. and georgia, remember georgia? georgia is in play. and i'm saying, man, can you imagine if i lose texas? i'm saying to my kids, my wife, texas is in play, georgia is in play, this is going to be a disaster. and then they said utah. i don't think a republican's ever lost -- have they ever lost utah? i don't think so. utah is in play against some guy that i looked at him and say, there's no way. my wife looked at him and said you're not going to lose to him. [laughter] i'm telling you, she's good at stuff. i said, yeah, but they say that he's tied with me. and she said, no, no, he's not tied, you're not going to lose to him, don't worry about it. so they said utah is in play. now it's whatever time, 8:00,

that is the giant texas shaped pool on the top of the marriott marquis in houston. it opened up today and the pool takes up most of the roof. houston is hosting super bowl 50 one the hotel will serve as nfl headquarters for the game unless you have $20 billion you will never get to go. >> i just saw it then and that's about it.>>> pokemon go is now available on the apple i watch. the smart watch version lets can connect to the mobile game and collect the items and senior by monsters. >> good luck with that. >>> a local holocaust survivor shares his personal miracle during the jewish festival of lights. >>> a military veteran walk into four >>> rescue crews recovering fragments of a russian military jet from the black sea. the plane carried members of the russian military choir and crashed yesterday near sochi on the way to syria. all 92 people on board believe dead. investigators believe technical issues or pilot issues and not terrorism are to blame. >>> a preliminary investigation confirmed the plane that crashed in colombia with the brazilian soccer team aboard r

and then i hear these states that were in play, texas. we have breaking news, donald trump has won the state of texas. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: and i could not understand. when we went to texas, we had massive auditoriums and stadiums packed with people, lines that were 20 blocks along, you could not get in. thousands of people left outside. so i won texas, they said it would be close, but it was a landslide. and then they have another one, georgia. they used the word in play. that means it can could go either way. donald trump, breaking news, has won the state of georgia. right? [cheers and applause] mr. trump: this is like, in the first two seconds. this is the one that they are saying, for two months, georgia is in play, texas. that's a great state. and then they had this character nobody had ever heard of before, from utah. i love utah, and they had him light, tied with me and beating hillary. and i said, who the hell is this guy? [laughter] mr. trump: and as a republican, you never lose your touch. i hate to say it, has anyon

texas senator ted cruz said he wrote to the pentagon to demand answers about jade helm. senator rand paul, of course, a presidential contender at the time, said he was looking into the issue. suddenly, along with legitimate policy issues like guns or abortion, the fantasy military takeover of texas became some sort of sleeper litmus test in republican politics. how seriously you took the threat of this takeover of texas was a litmus test for the gop presidential primary. that is just nuts. now, president obama has cited this very case study, which you may or may not remember, as exactly what was wrong with the modern gop. >> we did a military exercise, texas and suddenly all of the folks in texas are like, they are going to take over right now. i'm serious. and then the senator down there said, yeah, we better look into that. and the governor says, well, i don't know. what do you mean you don't know? what does that mean? really? you think that like the entire pentagon said, oh, really, you want to declare martial law and take over texas, let's do it under the guise of ro

websites, it was a martial law takeover of texas and maybe other states. jade helm was the military setting up prison camps for american citizens and also something to do with aliens hiding underground. jade helm was all about a network of underground tunnels with mysteriously closed down walmarts. the tunnels went into deep military bases, dums for short. you can see the network of underground walmart tunnels where the chinese troops would set up their headquarters or stash all of the texas patriot guns after the jade helm troops

he covers politics and border affairs from the texas-mexico border for the texas tribune. one of the things you wrote recently talks about the two way force -- porous border issue. you wrote about guns going from the u.s. into mexico more than 73,000 from 2009 at 2014, as well as the two way contraband stream. you write in one story the steady demand for people and illegal products nourishes a giant international smuggling ecosystem. until policymakers reduce american demand for latin american supply, experts say the 2000 mile you a site in mexico border will remain porous." tell us more about that. guest: that is another issue, the southbound traffic of cash, weapons and the united states' desire for illegal narcotics and various other contraband coming north. compared to what country -- the country and the state of texas spent on treatment versus incarceration and security, the gap is so wide. they cringe when people write the stories. they say mexico is only turning over the weapons will be traced active united states to make united states look bad. that is a fair point

and reveal which schools in texas are doing it right.. when it comes to protecting their young players from head injuries. doctors say that as data come in.... they'll be able to work with school officials on when young athletes can or should return to the wildfires that raged through tennessee cost five- point-five million dollars to fight. the fires also caused more than 500-million dollars in damages. officials blaze charred more than 17- thousand acres and destroyed or damaged nearly 25-hundred structures. country music legend dolly parton is stepping up to help the victims of the tennessee wildfires. at least 13 people were killed and thousands of homes and businesses damaged or destroyed in the gatlinburg area. parton -- along with other singers will perform in a telethon tonight. nasa plans to launch tiny satellites to measure hurricane winds. the launch is a rocket into space, where it will deploy eight small satellites into orbit to provide better hurricane predictions. the satellites will be able to see through clouds and heavy

, chris. >> and a chilly texas, clearly, from the looks of it. thank you so much, jacob soboroff. let me bring in wisconsin republican elector brian westbray in madison and chairman of the wisconsin third district republican party. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i keep hearing and reading about how unlike years past, electors have been inundated with phone calls, with e-mails, with letters. what's it been like for you? >> yeah, i mean, it has been unprecedented. it is, in fact, the word. over 90,000 contacts between e-mail, texts, foecphone calls. and i applaud the people being engaged. if nothing else, millions of americans who understand the electoral college system better than before this cycle. >> what's the point that people are writing to you about? >> as you said, i'm just a normal guy. so i have a family and a job. i'm a volunteer this this capacity, so i've not had the opportunity to read the 90,000 contacts, but i have read sample lgs and responded to safmplings and a lot asking me not to vote for donald t

thank you for that. >> one graduate of texas a.m. says the university community as has a responsibility to capture white nationalism and supremacy. there were plenty of protesters. university officials saying they didn't invite him or endorse his message j but the texas of the university saying the right of free speech must be respected. i want to bring in this chief marketing and communications officer at the university. amy, thank you for coming on. this is an important subject. the university is being blasted for allowing richard spencer for coming to speak. what's your response to this criticism? >> don, no member of our campus, our students, our faculty, professors, student groups, invited this speaker to campus. he was not invited by us but by a private citizen who booked a public room that gets booked for boy scout meetings and things like that. and i think this is part of their m.o. they go in with a private citizen quietly. i think this is not the end for public universities throughout the nation. >> how do you feel about th