battleground texas. the problem there is that latinos, while they are a growing population there, 30% of them can't vote because of their immigration status, and even the ones who are registered to vote don't show up at the polls. it's something like 40%. so that's a real challenge, but i do think we are going to see in the south more generally a real effort for democrats to really capitalize on the demographic changes that are happening. >> nia malika henderson, thank you for your time. cecile richards, nice to be with you as well. right back to "hardball" after this. i'll have a final word to offer about race relations. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kid

the gentlewoman from texas is -- the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. neugebauer, chairman of the subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. neugebauer: i want to rise in support of h.r. 1256. one of the things people, i think, demand out of our government is transparency and regular order and one of the things about this bill is there's been a lot of transparency and a lot of debate and discussion about it. in fact, it was marked up in the previous congress both in the house agriculture committee and the house financial services committee and you would have thought we would have brought that bill back here and put it on suspension but that's not what happened. it was sent back to the house financial services committee, sent back to the house agriculture committee and in fact during that process in the financial services committee, some issues that mr. frank the ranking member last year brought up and it was incorporated into this markup. when it was over in th

vast minority in both the texas and the texas senate. republicans have almost a supermajority in both bodies. every statewide elective office, the state is, as you said, not just red, it's blood red. obama has done, president obama has done very poorly in the '08 election, worse in the 2012 election. democrats have had no action here for a very long time. it was the first moment, really going back to ann richards, that you saw the democratic party spring to life, the kind of periscope came up. we're actually here. the first individual figure in wendy davis to really get traction among the democrats. it was an amazing moment. i watched the legislature for more than two decades. it was like nothing i've ever seen before. >> he's the great paradox. there are about 10 million hispanic people living in texas. expected to rise close to 20 million by 2040. the number of white people is expected to decrease slightly by 2040. you're looking at a state that is tailor made to trend in a direction that would favor the democratic party. the gap betwe

dear republican texas legislature. all america is talking about that bill that would have virtually banned abortion and closed nearly every clinic in your beautiful state and how y'all missed the voting deadline due in to small part of a filibuster by wendy davis of forth worth. she spoke 11 hours and wore a back brace since the rules prevented her from leaning back for support. but you all got to watch one woman suffer for hours. it was widely reported that you guys in the conservative majority had these flyers on your desk that read psalm 139 which reads in part, you covered me in my mother's womb i will praise you because i'm fearfully and wonderfully made. i respect that you want to protect the unborn, but the bible does not come out against abortion. they all stated life does not begin until human draws their first breath and give bizarre abortion rituals when a woman is impregnated by another man. and sending a flood of every unborn child at the time of noah god is the least pro-life person in the bible. and jesu

this week the texas state house was scheduled to vote on a controversial unprecedented bill that many have called an outright assault on women's reproductive rights it's called senate bill five which was all but certain to pass until it was thwarted by an epic thirteen hour long filibuster done by a little known state texas state senator wendy davis shortly before midnight deadline davis was forced to stop speaking by lieutenant governor david duke hurst but that move prompted hundreds of demonstrators in the state house to erupt in outrage. this protest effectively delayed the vote and though it was the texas bill the filibuster has brought the issue into the national spotlight to get a better grasp on how exactly it all went down i spoke earlier with one of the demonstrators who was on the floor at the texas state house katie hope i first asked her what it was about this bill that had people so riled up. in texas we have a legislative session every two years for and one hundred forty days and we had special session called originally about redistricting in texas and halfway through t

or unemployment in texas at 6.5% and in terms of infrastructure, 38% of texas roads are considered to be in poor condition and 8,680 bridges in texas are considered functionally obsolete. why is it that conservatives aren't spending their time, energy and passion on those things and instead, trying to harm the health of women in this state? >> during the regular session, during regular rules, all of these very egregious bills about women's health didn't get passed. so in the special session, and now the second special session, there are different rules or they have gone to -- thrown out the rule book. and we can't stop them parliamentary wise in the senate. but what has happen said that we did concentrate on jobs, education. we are trying to concentrate on water infrastructure and roads. but when republicans sink so low that all they really want to do is address dress the very local miare in the that goes to their primary vote, then you get very devisive issues and this is a red meat issue. >> terry, i want to you weigh in as well. h th is a similar pattern we see in republican contro

he came on a texas plane. this is a trip that's funded by the texas state government. and that's fine because what he's doing is trying to go and get jobs for his state. but what the president is doing is a couple things. one, he's trying to make our case in emerging democracies that american investment is the right way to go. and two, he's showing our american leadership in the world. it's something that only the president can do. only the first lady can do what she's doing. it's something that all presidents have done before them. and the costs associated with it are standard, as the bush

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ordered texas redraw their boundaries. and then taking a sledge hammer to predeuce racial equality by considering the race of the people at issue. he was said to feel vindicated. he turned his attention to smaller battles in 1997, and he led a bond effort to kill a houston program pushing for more workplace diversity. >> today houston could become the first city to kill affirmative action, voters will decide. bond under writer says that's wrong. >> we know government cannot grant a preference to an individual based upon his race or gender without discriminating against somebody as a consequence. >> in 2000 he moved to washington, d.c. and floated around conservative organizations and working on a campaign to encourage people not to check the race category on the u.s. census. >> it's amazing to me that the office of management and budget in the clinton administration will recognize during the tabulation that a white mother can have a black child, but a black mother cannot have a white child. this is a throwback to jim crow

texas is a complicated state. it's a huge part of our immigrant population but it does send some of the most conservative members of congress to congress. ted cornyn, rick perry is now saying he's delaying whether he's going to run for governor after the special session. people are saying maybe wendy davis will run for governor for texas. it would be a logical move how she she has a sudden celebrity. you wrote the book on this. what would you say in red state texas. >> first of all, it's a purple state. wendy davis needs to continue the stand she took for the voting rights act which the supreme court got this week, and which by the way saved her senate seat to begin with when she was running for city council in fort worth, and only to a challenge of the roting rights act was that community able to come together and have a district in which wendy davis could even be serving in the senate. she has to make a voting rights argument. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for voting rights. we wouldn't have any civil rights w

texas is working. their states are not. so -- they have high taxes and have budget problems and they have -- high unemployment. mr. cuomo is part -- part of his response is -- making excuses for my taxes can be cut here and i think that's the power of the texas example to say without an -- state income tax, look at all the prosperity. >> this could be a prelude to rick perry running for president in 2016. didn't do very well in 2012. he had would ons. don't do it if you are injured. he had surgery. don't get in late. if he gets in he will get in early. is this a good idea? there are more blue states than there are red states. you have to win more states to win the presidency. is this the -- a good feed? >> i think that the theme of economic success is a good one to run on. even in blue states. these are average people that are jobs and good jobs. that, i think, works. i would have one going to rick perry's concerns. participate something presidential primaries. >> little trouble speakinge -- >> not more blue states. more po

votes in the state of texas. if this group is successful and texas can actually become competitive and becomes a blue state, what does that say for presidential elections every four years forward. >> what i think of is california. we used to think of california as an extension of the sun belt and then voted republican consistently from '66 to '88. in 1994 proposition 18 4shgs pete wilson got behind it, republican party got behind it, denying public sveervices toile legal immigrants, children of illegal immigrants. california has not been competitive since. abby, do voters in texas appreciate the distinction between the rhetoric of like a rick perry and the rhetoric of the national republican party? >> i think republicans in texas have been much more sensitive to what's happening in their state more than national republicans have been. that said, you can look at two things. one is support for schools and sment for obama care. on those two issues, which poll extremely high with latino voters, republicans in texas a

plus, turmoil in texas. a marathon filibuster watched by hundreds of thousands of people across the country as democrat state senator wendy davis takes

back in 1960, this texas ranger memorandum says you expressed guilt to the texas rangers about killing irene garza, is this true? do you ever have trouble sleeping at night? can you just answer that question? the mcallen police and texas rangers believe you killed irene garza. are you worried about that, sir? are you concerned? >> feit would not answer our questions, but when we interviewed him five years ago, feit had more to say. did you commit the murder of irene garza. >> interesting question. the answer is no. >> he also told us what he thought of dale tacheny, the former monk who says feit admitted murdering irene. he says you told him you committed the murder. >> i think he's demented. >> what about the priest, father o'brien. murder, too and knew you well. he says you committed the murder, too, and he knew you very well. >> [ speaking latin ] >> what does that mean, sir? >> look it up. >> he was speaking latin. with a reference to the late father o'brien. it means do not speak ill of the dead. now 80 years old, feit has done volunteer work at this local catholic food bank. >> i

so i think you already have a wisconsin moment in texas. it is likely to get more intense as the coming week plays out. and the thing about perry's presidential cab candidacy, this is a different game. he is essentially inviting wendy davis to take him on. and if she does so, i will remind you. we've spent a lot of time over the last ten years, 15 years talking about that moment when texas might make its shift. i think the wendy davis/rick perry race, even if perry does prevail will be so intense. it will take him down a few pegs. i don't think he is helped. >> jim moore, your thoughts on that comment. >> i think there is no question. she moved the needle significantly the other night with what she did. there are a bunch of single mom and suburban house wives, to have a difficult time to ever vote for a conservative white male in conservative office. there is a window between 2014 and 2018 when it looks like probably the mayor of san antonio or his brother, the congressman, the castro twins, are well poised to run for governor. there is a m

for "cbs this morning saturday," doug miller in houston, texas. >>> the fbi is questioning a texas couple in connection with the mailing of letters containing ricin. a deadly poison. letters sent to president obama and new york city mayor michael bloomberg. the couple lives in the small town of new boston in northeastern texas. ter el brown reports. >> reporter: for next door neighborhood, the appearance of postal inspectors police and fbi was hard to believe. >> i figured it wasn't the truth. you don't hear of that in new boston. >> reporter: the woman who lives here told the police that her husband may have sent the ricin-laced letters to president obama and mayor michael bloomberg. the husband accused his wife said he was set up and knew nothing about it. she knows specific details about the letters. source who's have seen

texas, who knew. we'll keep you posted. i think farmers care more about the land than probably anyone else. we've had this farm for 30 years. we raise black and red angus cattle. we also produce natural gas. that's how we make our living and that's how we can pass the land and water back to future generations. people should make up their own mind what's best for them. all i can say is it has worked well for us. (girl) w(guy) dive shop.y? (girl) diving lessons. (guy) we should totally do that. (girl ) yeah, right. (guy) i wannna catch a falcon! (girl) we should do that. (guy) i caught a falcon. (guy) you could eat a bug. let's do that. (guy) you know you're eating a bug. (girl) because of the legs. (guy vo) we got a subaru to take us new places. (girl) yeah, it's a hot spring. (guy) we should do that. (guy vo) it did. (man) how's that feel? (guy) fine. (girl) we shouldn't have done that. (guy) no. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. vo: i've always thought the best part about this country is that we get to

james carville, texas is -- texas is a fascinating state. we're going to see changes over the next five or ten years. on this issue of abortion, abortion has moved the opposite way of same-sex marriage which has become -- americans have become more progressive on that social issue. you look at polls over the past five, ten years. i see you wincing. it's just the numbers, baby. >> no. >> no -- >> americans have become more conservative on abortion. >> the numbers on same-sex marriage have move considerably faster than the numbers on abortion. that's not a fair comparison. certainly the numbers -- the pro choice numbers has not moved up like the pro gay marriage number has moved up. i'll concede that. but it's not a subtle balancing. >> but i mean, are you not surprised when you see pew polls that show more americans consider themselves pro life than pro choice. >> i've looked at these polls a thousand times. it's the way you ask the question you can get the answer you want. i am saying this, i agree with you -- >> i've never seen the numbers

and then there is texas, and what is going on in texas is almost impossible to believe. even if you are not the biggest sports fan, it was game seven of the nba finals, and you would think everybody in the texas would be glued to a tv set watching the spurs. but a lot of texans spent the night of game seven buried inside a state capital building until 3:45 in the morning. now, what is going on here has been odd politics from the beginning. we should have known something weird was going on when we started to see headlines like this back in may. texas lawmakers put down their swords. and then they decided they were going to stay away from all the hot button abortion issues they spent so much time on it, and this time around they are not going to leave it be and put down their swords. why would they change all of a sudden? oh, turns out they didn't change all of a sudden. it was a scam. they did not try to pass new anti-abortion legislation during the regular session this year. and that bought them months of coverage about how republicans were putting down their swords and

texas has a huge population. 26 million and growing. to educate all those texans, texas has three dozen public universities. full four-year schools. they have more than twice that many community colleges. and these ones all belong to the lone star college system. it's part of greater houston. because all of those are public colleges, they are governed publicly by publicly elected officials. the lone star college system has nine elected trustees. people who run for office has public officials. it might not be the most exciting exercise in democracy, but it is, people voting for a government official to represent them in governing. this particular district in texas got ready for an election in 2006, they got a letter from the justice department in washington, d.c. justice had noticed the district had made some changes from how elections had been held there in the past. one of the things the district wanted to do was cut the number of polling places from 84 down to 12. oh. that's a big change. how did they pick the 12 sites when narrowing

davis put a spotlight on texas. others have done it. it does return to the idea that the power of the individual still matters. >> 15 seconds. >> roe versus wade was a 7-2 decision, the supreme court wasn't close. but for 40 years, the division over it has grown and infected the rest of our politics. what we heard from perry, when people called her a terrorist for speaking or the floor of the texas state senate, the un-american divisiveness, we are not ideological pragmatists, we do deals. and abortions -- cannot do a deal. >> thank you, great conversation. thank you very much. >>> and now we're going to honor our fellow americans who served and sacrificed. this week the pentagon released the names of three soldiers killed in afghanistan. and that is all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. check out "world news" with david muir tonight. "gma" tomorrow. and have a safe and happy fourth. >> in the news, tensions heat up as negotiations break down. we are one step closer to a bart strike this morning. and watching

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of the "texas tribune." so give me a sense about how this went from being a local showdown to being a big national story. >> you know, it's amazing how in the world of technology things this never would have gotten the attention of people outside of austin let alone outside of texas become national and international stories. we live stream it had senate debate last night. the senate live streams the debate themselves but we put it out there in a way that other media could embed the video. and very quickly we had more than 100,000 and ultimately almost 190,000 people from around the world watching this story. more than anything else, social media and youtube made it possible for this story to go international and for wendy davis to be the latest folk hero to come out of texas. >> ifill: let's go back a moment. tell us a little bit more about what this legislation would have done. it would have closed 32 of 42 clinics that currently exist, practically? >> well, that's not entirely clear. it would have required

as the news creeped into texas i was in texas as it was breaking, i literally broke down and cried. i didn't force it. i didn't expect it. i didn't expect a surge of emotion. i am still at that state. i am intertwined with the voting rights act of 1965. i know the three civil rights workers -- when i say i know them, i was alive obviously as their bodies were being found. i worked for the southern christian leadership conference. more importantly, i've seen leaders like president lyndon baines johnson who was in my lifetime who worked meticulously after the movement led by martin king and unknown soldiers, pushed the idea of voting rights act to 65. if you read the story of lyndon baines johnson you'll find out he went one vote at a time, republicans and democrats and brought a bipartisan house and senate together to vote for that act. you will find out as a senior member of the judiciary committee in 2006, we painstakingly, painstakingly collected 15,000 pages of testimony, people pleading from all of the states that were covered and said we need the voting rights act of 1965. what

>> reporter: jodie laubenberg from texas is the bill's sponsor. >> this does not prohibit an abortion for any reason including rape and incest up until five months. at this point looking at a baby that's very far along in its development... >> reporter: hundreds of texans on both sides stayed in the state capital all night. this morning the house overwhelmingly approved the bill the state senate is expected to vote later unless democrats can filibuster until tomorrow's midnight deadline. scott, if that happens, governor rick perry can call another special session and try again. >> pelley: manuel, thank you. in south africa, former president nelson mandela remains in intensive care. over the weekend his condition was downgraded from serious to critical. mandela's nearly 95 and battling a lung infection. one of the great blues singers has died. we'll remember bobby "blue" bland when we come back. >> ♪ i can't even close my eyes. ♪ for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created... a wide range of new choices. developing smaller p

texas decisions based on race were knew answer. they took each individual into account had is what the supreme court said ten years ago you got to do. they may be looking for a government enltty that uses race far more for a proxy than other stuff. tavis: on the other side, what case to the extent they have to deal with this and in this society multiculture, multieth nick america ever, it's going to have to be dealt with some place, what's the optimal case they were looking for 1234 >> in ways texas was optimal for them because it featured a person that couldn't say this was an injury to me. the standing question all it's about what is the injury to you that university of texas race conscious admissions when there is no evidence you would have goten in at all. what is sobering is they didn't say anything about the standing question but more orless confirm the idea she has something to complain about. her dignity was undermind by having a compete in a system which race has some kind of value even though she might not have gotten in.

the texas case. >> that was a punt. it was a short punt.it did not actually go all the way down field. it will be back. the court decided in a week where they would essentially legalize gay marriage they made enough news, so they would not overturn affirmative action. i think this is a continuation of everything that has happened. the courts do not want to rule on this. they give ambiguous decisions that are inscrutable. we chug along, make compromise, and pretend it is diversity, not reparations, and overall it works, and that is where the court wants to be. it can be radical in other areas. i do not think it will be radical here.>> nina? >> i do think there is an elitist element. universities are the core of the upper crust of our society. they provide all the talent for everything from computers to big business. you saw in this case most of the fortune top 200 corporations filed briefs pleading with the court to keep affirmative action in place because the world is a diverse place and they need a diverse workforce th

the candidate will go to texas a&m or texas tech. is your position they will be inferior military officer if he went to one of those school? >> the point of educational diversity, the point what the university of texas trying to achieve is create an environment in which everyone develops appropriate citizenship. everyone develops the capacity to lead in a racially diverse society and so it will benefit every rotc applicant from the university of texas. it's a very significant source of our military leadership. >> general, what is your view on how we tell whether when the university has obtained critical mass? >> i don't think. i agree with my friend that critical mass is not a number. i think it would be very ill-advised -- >> i'm hearing a lot about what's not. i like to know what it is. our responsibility is to decide whether use of race is tailored to achieving under achievement critical mass. >> may i answer? i think -- i don't think that this is a situation in which the court simply affords complete deference to the university's

in texas, even the state itself, when that voter i.d. law was passed, conceded that 800,000 of their citizens would be disenfranchised, because they didn't have the i.d. necessary to vote. in fact, texas allowed individuals who had concealed/carry permits to vote, but students with valid i.d. couldn't. so the assumption that voter i.d. simply requires you to produce a picture i.d. is absolutely false. and i want to say something about kenji's point about the 98-nothing issue that justice scalia seemed to ignore. in fact, he was confirmed by that same vote, 98-nothing. one would think that that raises questions under his standard about how efficacious his confirmation -- >> oh, that's very good! >> but also, you know, what still strikes me about this opinion is that when you read it, it is interestingly myopic and revisionistic about history, because what it doesn't talk about is the last two years. all of a sudden, there's nothing about the texas voter i.d. law, there's nothing about the fact that we had in south carolina, florida, all o

>> we have work to do back in texas. that's a long time until 2016. i am greatly appreciative of his interest. special session is within a couple of days of being finished in texas. i will make a decision about whether i am going to run for re-election in 2016 -- it will -- it will still be out in front of us and we will make an appropriate decision at the appropriate time. >> shannon: i wanted to ask but the new law -- the merry christmas law, dealing with religious freedom in texas. >> it's fascinating that you valid to pass a piece of legislation to give comfort and frankly to protect people from doing what we have done for -- decades in the state of texas, which is to say, happy chanukah or merry christmas -- to protect religious freedom. why we had to do that is, really kind of reflective of where the political correctness has gone in the country. our legislator felt it was important to protect the young children who wanted to have a christmas tree, who wanted to be ornaments on and a nativity scene, whatever it might be. that is now allowed in t

it's there, and people are moving to texas. silicon valley businesses are starting new businesses in texas because of the ease of operation. >> right. >> has nothing to do with energy. it's ease of operation. >> got to get out. great stuff. you made the list. nothing but praise. >> it's a tough state in minnesota. >> i know, i know. let's move on. apple was the focus of the tech heads today and the stock market, was there anything at the apple developers conference that made a big impact? we have that story for you next up on "the kudlow report." join us at projectluna.com >>> all right. apple held its worldwide developers conference today. let's go over to bertha coombs for a look at what apple showed off. good evening, bertha. >> reporter: good evening, larry. apple ceo tim cook and co unveiling new products in getting better battery life for devices. cook showed off a new sleek macpro desktop and amped up graphics performance. meantime, the battery on the new mac book air laptop will reportedly run all day without a charge,

now this case will go back to the court below in texas to look at university of texas's plan under the articulation that the court made today, which really requires the court to determine whether the university had available to it any workable non-race conscious factor or standard that they could use in order to achieve diversity. we think that the university of texas's pln will paan will passn remand and we currently think many universities throughout the country are using a standard that will satisfy the precise concerns articulated by the court today. we're pleased. >> but, ben, to you then, che l cherylyn as well, do either of you believe it's weakened the cause of affirmative action and make universities more cautious going forward because of the language in the ruling? >> no, not at all. i think it is just a reality that folks on the far right wing will try to bully universities as they've been trying to bully them for months leading in to this and years coming out of grudder. what happened today is pretty clear. the court affirmed race has place in college admissions and the cou

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. >>> a texas showdown over abortion rights, including an 11-hour filibuster and the vote. >>> plus, key testimony in the george zimmerman murder trial. the latest on nsa leaker edward snowden and michael jackson's son, prince, prepares to take the stand. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for wednesday, june 26th. >>> good morning. we begin with late word out of texas in an attempt to pass one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws. wendy davis spoke for 11 hours before being ruled out of order. republicans eventually forced a vote on the bill, but it came after the session ended, so now governor rick perry will have to call the legislature into a special session and the bill supporters will have to reintroduce it. the measure would ban abortions without exception for rape and incest. >>> civil rights activists are calling it a devastating ruling. in a 5-4 decision on tuesday, the superior court shut down the most important piece of civil rights legislation in history. the reaction, it is spreading across the country, ruling resets voting rig

i think texas has been careful. i think many universities have been careful in how they've done this. i think you see the tension in the court. what i would say is that there's still a need for affirmative action. it's still a very important thing. we've come a distance in this country but as the national urban research league indicates the gap between african-americans and whites remains large and we have a compelling interest i think to continue to try to close them. so this decision just bears a continued watch. we will have to look as the professor has indicated another decision next term. it seems like affirmative action is back on the agenda at the court and we're waiting as we talk about this decision, for what the court will do with the voting rights case, the shelby v holder case. >> when you look at texas, mr. mayor, and you made the point rightfully they've been careful about this, is the worse case scenario in the interim, as all these other cases are being looked at and this goes back, gets taken down t

battleground texas. the problem there is that latinos, while they are a growing population, 30% of them can't vote because of their immigration status. and even the ones who are registered to vote don't show up at the polls. it's something like 40%. so that's a real challenge. but i do think we are going to see in the south more generally a real effort for democrats to really capitalize on the demographic changes that are happening. >> nia-malika henderson, thank you for your time. cecile richards, nice to be with you as well. >> thank you. >> we'll be back with "hardball" right after this. i'll have a final word to offer about race relations. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] the house caught fire and we were out on the streets. [ whispering ] shhh. it'

valspar signature, look for it only at lowe's. >>> lawmakers in texas in the >>> lawmakers in texas in the senate there failed to pass a pill that would have forced nearly every abortion clinic in the state to close. state senators cast their vote late last night after a ruckus session in which one democratic state senator staged a ten-hour filibuster, but the vote on the abortion bill came after midnight, too late to pass. the bill would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and requires procedures to take place in a surgical center. governor rick perry may now have to call a special session. >>> in florida a police officer testifying in george zimmerman's murder trial recounted his desperate attempt to save trayvon martin's life. jurors also saw pictures of martin's body the night he was killed. susan mcginnis reports. >> reporter: a neighbor who witnessed part of the confrontation between george zimmerman and trayvon martin testified about what she heard and saw the night martin was killed. >> it sounded like "no" or "ugh." i saw figures and arms flailing. >>> they tried to disc

we can't permit that in the state of texas. bill: the vote would have been 19-10 had it been official. that tells me this measure is going to pass. hang on one moment here. we may have lost our connection down there in texas. hopefully we'll get him back, the lieutenant governor speaking to us out of austin, texas. 19-10 was the vote, so not recorded officially. after the special session is called back in at some point there will be another vote. if there is a vote expect the phebs you are tit to pass in texas. it would mean only five of texas' 42 abortion clinics to stay in operation. part of the reason why we brought the lieutenant governor on is to figure out if the law is signed into law how would it change abortion in the state of texas. our apologies for that satellite connection, that is unfortunate. we'll try and restrab th re-establish the connection. if and when we can we'll bring it to you. heather: it was really interesting to watch that unfold. it really didn't look like -- it looked like it was possibly happening

thornberry of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 260, the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry and the gentleman from washington, mr. larsen, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: i urge the members to vote for the amendments en bloc and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. larsen: mr. chairman, i rise in support of the en bloc amendment and encourage our colleagues to support it and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: i yield one minute to the gentleman from lorida, mr. posey. mr. posey: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i'm pleased that my amendment is part of the en bloc amendment. my amendment simply allows the department of defense to transport on a space-available basis goods supplied by nonprofit organizations to members of the armed services who are deployed overseas. we ensure that the secretar

we'll talk about texas. they've had such issues with their starting rotation with injuries and they're not getting wins lately. >> three of the top five guys who start for the texas rangers only two months ago people were talking about how the texas rangers had the best team in baseball and you could really make case for that. but until they get their starters back, the starters, keep in mind, have won one game in june. until then they've got to hold the fort down. >> the cardinals have been racked with injuries in their rotation but they keep calling kids up and the rookies have pitched brilliantly so far. >> the rookie pitchers are the envy of baseball, 18-8 on the season. one of those rookies you'll see work tonight with an earned run average that's third in the national league. >> so there you go. there's the matchup before we have baseball. and obviously we look back at 2011 and one of the greatest world series we've ever covered and game six one of the greatest world series games anyone has ever seen.

. >>> el senador de texas seque Ôo que no han tenido tiempo para leer y entender la masiva propuesto. tanto asÍ, que Él y otros republicanos, enviaron una carta al liderazgo demÓcrata. >>> fue un colega republicano, quien respondiÓ que la propuesta la tiendes de abril y que la enmienda de seguridad fronteriza, se puede leer en 30 minutos. >>> como decÍa el senador robert menÉndez demÓcrata de nueva jersey, la votaciÓn de hoy era importante, porque les darÍa por primera vez una indicaciÓn de cuan fuerte puede ser el apoyo republicano a la reforma migratoria ahÍ en la cÁmara alta. y creo que esta tarde estÁn bastante complacidos. >>> lori montenegro desde washington dc muchas gracias y esta enmienda, sobre la seguridad en la frontera, es muy larga, tiene muchas cosas, les quiero simplemente mostrar algunas de las cosas que incluye. fÍjense en la frontera 86 torres de alta tecnologÍa. >>> y 4. 595 censores bajo tierra para sentir y percatarse de cuando alguien estÁ cruzando 27 helicÓpteros. estamos hablando de los helicÓpteros de la mÁs alta tecnologÍa, la universiduh

also joining us, texas democratic state senator la tee shah vandepue. thank you all for joining me. >> thank you. >> i want to go first to the state senators. if senator thompson could start off, explain to us the bill that started all of this. what was actually in the bill? i sort of gave a quick description of it but why were women in the state senate in such great objection to it? >> i'm in the texas house of representatives across the hall from the state senate. it was restricting the right of women to be able to have an abortion and limiting the abilities for that. for instance, they would not have the opportunity to get an abortion unless if they were 20 weeks out. they would have to go and have a sonogram, whether they are 20 weeks out or not right now. and they say that the child feels pain and they were trying to implement the fetal pain act within this particular bill. and they were only going to allow certain exceptions in this bill to the abortion, and it had to be something that was going to really take the life threatening to the mother or

it was an amazing moment for democracy in texas yesterday, it truly was. >> what was it like? standing for that long, speaking for that long, not going to the bathroom, just -- i mean, what is it like to filibuster for 11 hours? >> i under estimated how difficult it would be both physically and mentally. about two hours in i realized i was in for a long day. my back started hurting pretty early on, and began to really hurt as the hours ticked by, but there were so many people in the capital yesterday, anderson, a record number of people. they literally had to lock the doors because they had filled our enormous texas capital to capacity, and their energy kept me going throughout the day. they were amazing. >> it was a remarkable scene. thousands flocking to the state capital and tens of thousands joined online including the president who tweeted about it, the protesters in the senate chamber. did you have any idea that it would grow like this? about the kind of reaction that might happen? >> i had absolutely no idea, and i was amazed by it. when i started the filibuster that mo

it all started in the house of texas. they approved legislation that would ban abortion past 20 weeks and require abortion clinics to get admitting previous ledges at hospitals. and many hospitals don't want to grant clinics admission. this would shut down all but five in the state of texas and you can imagine a lot of people in rural areas would not have access to abortion as a result. now after it passed in the house it headed to the senate, and the democrats and the senate were not about to let this pass. they decided they wanted to filibuster the bill, and senator wendy davis was in charge of filibustering that bill. we have more on that story. >> members i'm riding on the floor today to humblely give voice to thousands of texans. >> with no food, no water, and no bathroom breaks allowed davis hoped to run out the clock on the legislative session to block the closing of every abortion clinic in texas. but she also could not change the subject. but her opponents said she did just that before the midnight deadline. igni

floresed of texas. insert the following section,be used to enforce section 526 of the energy independence and ecurity act of 2007. public law 110-40. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. the chair: madam chairman, i rise to offer an amendment which addresses a misguided regulation. the chair: the gentleman will suspend. members will take their conversations off the floor, the gentleman deserves to be heard. the chair: section 526 -- mr. flores: section 526 prohibits federal agencies from entering into contracts for the procurement of alternative fuels unless its life cycle greenhouse gas emissions are equivalent or less than those produced from conventional petroleum sources. my amendment would stop the government from enforcing this ban on all agencies funned by the department of homeland security appropriations tpwhism initial reason for this was to stifle department of homeland security's plan to buy coal-based fuel. this is -- we must ensure our military has adequate f

juan josÉ nos cuenta. >>> texas se prepara para una ley. el gobernador afirma que este tipo de medidas protegen el derecho constitucional. >>> aunque soy un fiel defensor nos cercioraremos que cumpla con su objetivo, dijo. la nueva medida permite las armas siempre y cuando la universidad lo autorice, el portador tenga una licencia, eso sÍ, el portador debe dejar el arma y sus municiones guardadas. esto en cualquier estacionamiento de la universidad. >>> de acuerdo con la conferencia de legislaturas texas es uno de 22 estados en no permitir a maestros o estudiantes en portar un arma de fuego con licencia dentro de cada instituciÓn, y el aÑo pasado trataron de implementar medidas asÍ varios estados. >>> el presidente de la universidad de texas, a la que asisten 50 mil estudiantes se pronunciÓ en contra. >>> cada persona con arma tiene que tenerla donde vive, pero aquÍ estamos protegidos. >>> aÚn cuando apoyan la ley, dicen que es para prevenir lo que pasÓ en connecticut, lo que pasÓ hace 40 aÑos aquÍ. y padres de familias dicen que

with martin during the last minutes, compelling testimony and cross examination by the defense and the texas lawmaker who is a hero to some over the fight for abortions spoke for hours with critics saying it would make abortions unavailable in most of the states. wendy davis joins us tonight. >>> we begin with the supreme court's two decisions on same-sex marriage. one striking down a key provision of the federal defense of marriage act. the other effectively allowing same-sex marriage in the state of california. here is how it look and sounded in the high courts moments after the ruling came down. [ cheers ] >> jubilation there and among equality supporters as word spread of the two decisions. in one the court by a 5-4 majority striking down doma which among other things barred same-sex marriage writing for the majority in texas, justice anthony kennedy declared doma in violation of the fifth amendments equal protection cause and called it an act of cruelty. the federal statute isn't valid for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose to injure those by the state's marriage laws sought to