the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, the federal courts and clarification act brings more clarity to the operation of jurisdictional -- and the appropriate state or federal court in which action should be brought. i support this legislation and appreciate the bipartisan effort that has been made on the part of mr. scott, the gentleman from virginia. i ask unanimous consent that the rest of my statement be made a part of the record, and i'll yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3114 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended. the bill is passed, and without objection, the most to rec

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas. ms. johnson: i rise in strong support of h.r. 5282, a bill introduced by the gentleman from georgia, mr. barrow, to provide a five-year authorization for the corps of engineers veterans occuration program. h.r. 5282 is a worthy piece of legislation. it provides job training for our veterans. it helps to record and protect our nation's cultural resources and it assists the corps in fulfilling its obligation to protect our nation's cultural and historical legacy. thousands upon thousands of artifacts rests on catalog in hundreds of museums and federal depositories across the country. these objects represent our past and help to describe who we are today. it is therefore a cultural imperative that we preserve and understand these pieces. it is also a matter of law and policy that we do so. the program located at labs in georgia, the district of columbia and missouri provides veterans with a skill set to preserve the many cultural and historical artifacts encountered by the corps of engineers

. >> hello and welcome to the texas lyceum "great debate" series. i'm krys boyd with kera and the texas lyceum. how can healthcare be affordable for texans? it's a question how we craft public policy, set community priorities and make personal decisions. joining us to talk about what texans will have to consider in taking action to make healthcare affordable we have four panelists, lovell jones is director of the center for research on minority health at md anderson cancer center. paul keckley is the executive director of the deloitte center for health solutions the healthcare research arm of deloitte llp. pauline rosenau is the professor of management policy and community health at the texas school of health and andrew von eschenbach is director, senior director for strategic initiatives at the center for health transforms. great to have you all with us. we have to start a discussion like with some definitions what does it mean for consumers of healthcare that it is affordable? >> we serve thousands of consumers. and when we ask that question, they

it's happening in austin texas, on the university of texas in austin. about 8:25 gunfire at the library. we know that there is one gunman who has a self-inflicted wound that killed him. he's dead. the question is whether or not there's a second gunman out there. multiple shots were fired. we've heard from some witnesses who said perhaps as many as seven. as far as we know, there's just one gunman and that gunman is dead. but police are looking for or checking to see, actually, if there is a second gunman. that has placed this campus on lockdown. i want to bring in professor garcia at the university of texas. professor garcia thank you for joining us. let me start out by asking you if you heard, saw anything this morning when this took place? >> good morning. actually, no i didn't see anything. we first received word across campus via a text message alert system that the university has in place and that was approximately at 8:30 this morning. shortly thereafter we started hearing the campus sirens going off and that's the moment when we knew the campus w

by texas tech." several minutes into the interview, we watched the stowe- morales relationship dissolve. morales walked out, then came back to disavow stowe. >> morales: scott, scott. yeah, you know, i think that just in the sense of... of using, you know, his... you know, using him to try to bring me down, i think that that is inappropriate. >> pelley: well, sit down and talk to me about it. legal experts tell us that both stowe and morales have broken u.s. law, committed fraud, by making a false claim. it doesn't matter that the procedure is done in another country. we wondered why the f.d.a. is not acting against the many stem cell con artists whose web sites are up for anyone to see. but the f.d.a. commissioner, margaret hamburg, declined to talk with us on camera about any aspect of stem cell quackery. many experts believe that the f.d.a. is outmatched. >> larry goldstein: patients need to beware. >> pelley: larry goldstein, a prominent stem cell biologist, and researcher doug sipp, are with the

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas. . gentleman from texas. mr. reyes: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to include extraneous material on this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. reyes: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: jarkt. mr. reyes: i'm proud to rise in support of my motion to concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 2701. this bill has been a long time coming. it has been almost six years since an intelligence authorization bill has been signed into law. year after year, the intelligence committees have marked up authorization bills and tried to get them enacted and year after year, these efforts have fallen short. authorization bills are critical to the smooth functioning of the intelligence community. with an innovative and aggressive adversaries and the intelligence community needs the flexibility to adapt. but the authorities and institutions of the intelligence community are to a large extent set by statute. only acts of congress trad

it was ordered for texas and first published in 2002. it's still used today in second grade classrooms. two thanksgivings might be the standard in el paso but fox news reporting discovered this 2003 edition in a small town in new jersey. >> if you were to think that a child would believe that there are two thanksgivings for the whole country, i think that's highly unlikely that the way that the book is written. >> here on pages 46 through 49, we live together says the first thanksgiving was all about a lack of water for people walking up the el camino path in 1598. the pilgrims in the may flower aren't mentioned pages 136 through 139. >> they came to america for a better life. the pilgrims built a colony built plymouth. >> we are trying to make sure everybody has an equal opportunity in this country so the textbooks reflect that. james banks a leader in that area. >> james banks is the lead author of "we live together." he says banks was a prominent consultant for 1993's reflecting diversity. multi cultural guidelines for educational pub

cindy posy from the university of texas. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> also the other story we're following here, the other breaking news out of oaxaca, mexico. a hillslide collapsed on to a rural mexican community where there are roughly 300 homes and initial reports from the regional governor there are saying that roughly 500 to 1,000 people could be feared dead. again, this was roughly 300 houses in the area that were buried. we understand that there have been heavy rains and also swollen rivers in that area that could have led to this hillside collapse and rescuers having a hard time reaching the area. as soon as we get pictures on the ground and more information that we can confirm to you we will bring to you right here on msnbc. >>> north korean leader kim jong-il is laying the ground work to keep control of the country and keep it in the family. he made his youngest son and favorite son kim pyjong. no one knows what he looks like and this is the first time his name was mentioned in north korean state medi

this will impact not just texas because of the number of books that texas purchases. they have a great influences on textbooks throughout the country, right? >> well, they can. they have to pay attention to texas because they have the largest single market. the texas school board handles the largest student pop lag. they dpds what every student in texas in the public school system can and cannot study. that market is so huge the publishers really have to pay attention to the sensitivities. >>> in less than seven hours the state of virginia will execute a woman for the first time in nearly a century. theresa lewis is scheduled to die at 9:00 p.m. by lethal injection. she was convicted of capital murder for hire for the murders of her husbands and stepson back in 2002. her defense attorney has argued that she lacked the mental capacity to plan the murders. maria interviewed theresa lewis. she joins us by phone. her i.q. was tested twice. she scored 73 and 70, which qualified her as mentally disabled, according to the supreme court. what does the governor say is the reas

bill: in the state of texas, austin, texas, university of texas reports a gunman is inside the campus library in austin, texas. our local fox affiliate now headed to the scene. more as we get this: an alert has gone out campus-wide, stay in place, lock your doors. we are in touch with the people in austin. more on that story in a matter of moments. martha: in the meantime outrage after scuba divers discovered that a piece of world war ii history had been vandalized. the u.s. s. yemens was attacked off the coast of observing now wra -- okinawa. with it when it sank were the bodies of 60 american sailors. veterans say to touch this ship on the floor of the ocean is like robbing a grave. unknown thieves have been lieutenanting collectibles from the ship. we have the u.s. service warfare officer. good to have you with us, sir, welcome. >> my pleasure. martha: what has been taken from the ship? martha: they are still doing an investigation on that, the naval criminal investigative services. we know the ship's plaque was taken, and it's date of commissioning, its name which is always a bras

>>guest: in texas, i cannot speak for the other border states, for texas, mexico is our number one trading partner. we are intertwined with them. we marry each other, we do business with each other. the idea there is some kind of animosity with the people of mexico is foreign in texas. we have problems with people that want to come into to state of texas illegal and harm our citizens including the drug dealers and drug cartels. we are on the lookout for them. that is why i sent the texas rapingers to the -- rangers to the border. >>neil: this did not hurt you among the hispanic community that thought this would hurt republicans. >>guest: the hispanic voter in the state of texas, they are no different than anyone else. they want a good job. they want to live in a safe community. they want better educational opportunities for their children. that is what they know they can get in the state of texas and they want the federal government step up and do their job and secure the border. they have friends and neighbors across the border that are in a war zone along the border. >>neil: domestic iss

texas debe un hispano conservador reemplazarÁ otro polÍtico hispano. hoy ciro rodrÍguez nos dice altopor quÉ reelegirse, pero su contrincante al pundice que ya hora de un cambio en texas, y washington. la congresista demÓcrata de california ya estuvo aquÍ hace dos semanas, acusÓ a su contrincante republicano de ser antihispano, y antiinmigrante. >> puntoal punes muy antiinmigo >> hoy viene al programa y responde a las acusaciones y nos dice por quÉ deben terminar los 14 aÑos de loreto -loreta sÁnchez en el congreso. el presidente barack obama hablÓ con don francisco, tenemos parte de la entrevista, para discutir las noticias de la semana, y las elecciones de venezuela nos acompaÑa el corresponsal de la revista time, y rubÉn de h@la raza en chicago. y tenemos una entrevista exclusiva con ingrid betancur que estuvo secuestrada por la guerrilla deuntoal ph@al habla de clara rojas, de su ex esposo, de cÓmo fue atacada por los guerrilleros, al punÉal p ayudtounto ph@al puntoal puntoao premio a tountola ingratitud" e dijo. >> sÍ, y esas palabra

>> no es cierto, pienso que texas maneja sus asuntos de la manera texana. yo lo que no me gusta de las leyes de arizona es que gente como nosotros que se vean como nosotros, que tengan los aspectos como nosotros puedan estar discriminados Únicamente porque son hispanos y eso me molesta mucho. en texas manejamos las cosas distinto, y no estoy en favor de una ley como tienen en arizona. pero respeto el derecho de arizona. >> los republicanos, los senadores republicanos acaban de votar en contra de la posibilidad de que el dream act fuera aprobado, ¿usted cree que muchos votantes hispanos tengan la percepciÓn de que algunos republicanos son anti hispanos? >> no lo creo, pero dÉjeme nomÁs lanzarme sobre un punto muy importante, en 1986 el presidente reagan pasÓ una ley migratoria comprensiva, y lo que aprendimos despuÉs de esa ley y es que no trabajÓ, falló, y aprendimos dentro de los 20 aÑos que la primera cosa que necesitamos enfrentar es soberanÍa de nuestras fronteras, la protecciÓn de nuestras fronteras, una vez que tenemos esas fronteras prote

pero la continuamos desde méxico los restos de hermine provocaron inundaciones que en texas cobraron la vida de dos personas, desde dallas sandra nos habla del panorama de destrucción. a su paso por texas la tormenta hermine dejó varios muertos inundando casas negocios y vehículos dejando sin vivienda a decenas de personas que tuvieron que ser rescatadas en medio de la lluvia entre ellos un bebé de 9 meses. >>> me dijo que el agua había subido y que no podía salir. >>> ella describe lo rápido que subió el nivel del agua lo que hizo imposible salir del apartamento donde vive en arlington cons los residentes buscaban rescatar parte de sus pertenencias pero los daños sno sólo causado por inundaciones repentinas la aparición de tres tornados en el norte de texas tomó a muchos por sorpresa >>> fueron minutos que. >>> daniel pérez asegura que 15 minutos antes del toro na había cerrado su negocio en dallas. >>> fue lo que historia que colapsara la pared, como él este hombre también fue víctima de un segundo tornado. >>> según describe se encontraba fuera de la caza con un

peter marshall has been to texas to meet her. ♪ ♪ [singing "amazing grace"] >> death row texas, the state with the busiest execution chamber. since the bet kelsey was restored -- death penalty was restored, texas has put together -- put to death numerous people. ♪ >> next in line for the lethal injection is linda. >> it is a song that means -- it puts a smile on my heart. >> what is life like in here? >> hellish. in it is a nightmare. it is basically a place you don't want to be. sometimes you hope you can just blank and it would go away, but it is also reality of the situation. >> dacron have been in a houston suburb 10 years ago -- the crime happened in a houston suburb. three armed men gathered outside this complex and burst in on a neighboring family. this is what the prosecution says. amen pistol whipped the tenant and his cousin -- the men pistol whipped the tenant and took a telephone call from linda. they abducted the man's wife and her baby. the scene shifts to the following day 20 miles across the city. back then this was said to have been the headquarters. this was the drivew

together we'll go far. ♪ >> texas. it was the 28th states to join the union and the second largest in the country. many battles wasn't waged here, from the heroic last stand of davy crockett and 200 texas settlers at the alamo to general blackjack pershing's pursuit of poncho villa. and the range wars. >> we're the largest consumer of textbooks with the single statewide adoption. so, for many publishers, whatever texas wants the rest of the country gets. ♪ >> in the beginning, in particular, our efforts were to monitor, expose and counter the efforts of the radical right in texas. >> there's a famous couple in texas, mel and norman gabeler, and there was more copy on marilyn monroe in the textbook than there was on george washington. >> they passed away but passed the organization onto a man, neil frey who runs educational research analystes. >> we do not object to this but we object to political correctness. >> we object to the use of group grievance to segregate and divide and alienate. >> people call up and say my

all the way up the texas coast. well into texas, with the problems that will be texas flooding. here's a look at the rain. look at the yellow, the heaviest rain. and the center of circulation is west of corpus christi. there has been a big move on the storm toward the north. let's show you why it's not going to go away quickly. four to eight inches of rain. from laredo to corpus christi. austin, a little south of dallas as well. big-time texas flooding. watch hermine interact with this stalled front that's north. look at oklahoma, north texas, in the hill country here. we could have a good, solid of 10, 12 inches of rain that just stays put. nothing is going to kick this out until about thursday. we'll go over all the weather patterns. and again, watching the tropics, active. there's a little wave off the coast of africa. gaston has weakened. not a lot to talk about. we'll watch them all. george? >>> we're going to go now to the wildfires in colorado. firefighters worked through the night, trying to contain them as they spread rapidly through the rockies. high winds are kicking

the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: i yield to mr. forbes of virginia, a member of the judiciary committee, who has introduced a similar bill in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia voiced for as much time as he may consume. mr. forbes: thank you, mr. speaker, and i'd like to thank the gentleman for yielding to me. like the other two members, i rise in strong support of senate bill 1132, the law enforcement officers safety improvements act of 2009. as has been mentioned, the senate companion to -- the senate bill is a companion to legislation i sponsored in the house. s. 1132 improves the current federal law that authorizes active and retired police officers to carry firearms throughout the united states. the premise that have law was simple. allowing trained, active duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry firearms worked to enhance public safety. further, the law provides clear, nationwide uniform rules to go over the current laws as to whether an officer may carry a firearm w

coming up, tense moments at a texas university after a shooting into the library. the danger might not be over. a freak accident on a subway killed the man who owned the company. details are coming up. and we answer your gardening questions. e-mail them to us at wba >> a gunman on the list apple -- by gunmen on the belly is at the university of texas is -- a gunman on the loose at the university of texas is now dead from self-inflicted wounds. the university remains on a block down -- lockdown. the owner of the segway company has now died after accidentally writing a -- riding a segway into the water. >> it has been quite an active whether morning. we had tornadoes on the eastern shore earlier. since then, that activity has moved on to delaware and the north. we will have your 7 day forecast coming up. right now, it is 79 degrees downtown. >> one of our favorite people >> one of our favorite people from valley view farms is h four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable compa

battleground texas round two. in 2009, fox news reporting rtin coverage of the state board education had a heated debate. >> somebody has to stand up to experts. >> this is a fox news alert. hello, any moment now we expect to hear from the american hiker who spent 13 long months inside an iranian prison. share raw shored is -- sarah shourd is her name, and she is about to hold a news conference at her hotel. she arrived back in the u.s. this morning after stopping off in oman. she leaves behind, however, her fiancee and their friend. booth -- both are being detained in tehran. it is a charge that they and the u.s. government deny. the three americans insist they were simply hiking along the iraq-iran border, and if they crossed into iran they did so accidentally. shourd was freed on tuesday after they poked a $500,000 bail, the source of which has not been disclosed. let's listen. >> i would like to introduce everyone. nora? >> after 410 days in a prison, sarah is free at last. i am filled with joy and relief that

not the best of beach days along the texas coast. quiet conditions in the northeast, moving into new england, chilly to start. 64 in atlanta. denver checking in at 56 degrees. denver today 72 degrees. washington, d.c. a high of 84, 81, km forthable conditions in new york city. bostpacific northwest. all in all you can see cloud cover in portland, 67 for the high temperature. san diego, upper 60s with a mixture of sun and clouds." that's a look at your regional weather. lynn. >> scott, thank you. >>> well, the issues ahead this week on wall street. and a former hp big shot checks out the competition. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the critics learn this weekend at the box office never underestimate the drawing power of the heavy weight hollywood star. >>> red sox try to avoid a sweep, a bizarre ending for the rangers, and a tradition that has ruffled a few feathers. you're watching "early today." ot >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headli

texas is the largest buyer of textbooks. what goes into a texas textbook will show up in other parts of the country as well. publishers are watching closely what texas wants. >> charles hadlock, thank you. >>> well, crossing the line? you tell me? did my home state go too far with this one? go to tamron.msnbc.com to vote. that wraps up this hour. i'm tamron hall. chris jansing will pick up coverage after the break. we ne. pearblossom highway? it's just outside of lancaster. sure, i can download directions for you now. we got it. thank you very much! check it out. i can like, see everything that's going on with the car. here's the gas level. i can check on the oil. i can unlock it from anywhere. i've received a signal there was a crash. some guy just cut me off. i'll get an ambulance to you right away. safely connecting you in ways you never thought possible. onstar. live on. at liberty mutual, we know how much you count on your car... and how much the people in your life count on you. that's why we offer accident forgiveness

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iversity of texas -- i will say this. you do not get to play the university of texas. i want to say a word about why i am here. iversity of texas -- i will say this. you do not get to play the university of texas. i want to i love the opportunity to travel to universities, but i am here because pete domenici is an icon. [applause] no one fought harder or made sure that new mexico was in the game and taking care of them pete domenici. he was more than that. he was the person everyone looked to when there was an economic issue, a finance issue. he was a renowned chairman of the budget committee. he was the one at that led to a balanced budget and to have a fiscal responsibility. so, when he called, and with all of the things we work on together, i would never be able to say no to people amenity. you are very lucky to have hit -- to pete domeneci. you're very lucky to have him associated with this university. i also want to mention sam nunn. pete and sam worked on so many budget and national defense issues. domeneci. you're very lucky to have him associated with this univ

she's a texas state representative. debbie riddle. she is the one who first brought the idea to our attention when we had her booked to talk about illegal immigration and the 14th amendment. i hadn't heard of louie gohmert's claims yet when i interviewed debbie riddle on august 10th. >> you told my producer that pregnant women are coming here as tourists, having babies and coming back with ay in farruous purpose of turning them into little terrorists who will then come back to the u.s. and do us harm. you said it's part of an organized terrorist element that can cost us lives. where did you hear that? >> that is information that is coming to my office from former fbi officials. >> what former fbi officials, i mean, what evidence is there of some sort of long-term plot to have american -- babies born here and then become -- raised as terrorists overseas and then come back here? >> well, at this point, i don't have the hard evidence right here in front of me. however, this is something that is being talked about by various members of co

as the texas/mexico border braces for a growing storm. sex for sale. the web site craigslist shuts down its adult services section but those adds just won't go away. and surf's up. they don't only hit the waves for fun, it's to kee them alive. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> mitchell: good evening. katie is off tonight. eight weeks from tomorrow, americans will vote in the congressional midterm elections. the state of the economy first and foremost on their minds. and with polls showing his party struggling, president obama went on the road this labor day, beginning a new push to retake control of the economic debate. he proposed spending $50 billion to improve the nation's infrastructure and create new jobs. he also called on congress to approve new tax credits for small businesses while allowing the bush-era tax cuts for high- income earners to expire. senior white house correspondent bill plante begins our coverage. >> reporter: fired up by a cheering crow

texas appropriated 465 million this year. while the three largest publishers pearson, holt and myth heart court and mcgraw hill they declined our requests for interviews. >> back in march fox news reporting approached a rep from mcgraw hill. he said he was instructed not to cau talk to the media. we returned to austin in three-days our camera captured 340 hours of discussion as they continue to grapple over a seemingly basic question what do we want the next generation of americans to learn? >> i don't think we should be sitting here cherry picking. >> we are making a mockery out of everything. >> nothing simple about it. >> the original standards were written by committees that had content specialists. >> state board education appoint what they call expert reviewers. we will make our recommendations and they will vote on what changes they want to make and in history you have different interpretations. one person's view may be different from somebody else. >> those differences are at the core of the battle hitting the democra

en texas se espera que puedan caer hasta doce pulgadas de agua y no solo en texas sino a medida que se vaya debilitando pueden dejar lluvias en oklahoma. va a continuar dejando estragos a medida que avanza rnillos estados unidos. vemos lluvias intensas, tambiÉn mÁs de 5 pulgadas de agua acumuladas ayer, hoy se espera menos precipitaciÓn. este sistema frontal se muedÉ mueve por el medio oeste de la regiÓn. >> continÚe con mÁs informaciÓn. (publicidad) >> recientemente comenzaron las clases para los niÑos y jÓvenes pero sabÍa que usted como adulto, lleno de responsabilidades, padre de familia puede empezar un nuevo ciclo especial. >> estudiantil. >> le vamos a recomendar la escuela nocturna. >> para hablarnos de los beneficios que traen las clases nocturnas estÁ la doctora... gracias por acompaÑarnos. >> hola, mucho gusto. >> cuÁles son los beneficios de tomar los cursos de noche. >> quisiera aclarar una cosa, las escuelas para adultos no solo tienen clases por la noche, sino tambiÉn por el dÍa. en el condade (...) de miami, tenemos clases los sÁbados y domingos para las

in texas, where i grew up, if that is a tossup -- texas is south carolina on steroids, politically. if that is a tossup, it is not a way or the republicans. bill white, democratic candidate, former mayor of houston, popular, successful mayor, taking not rick perry, who has been governor along with -- taken on rick perry, who has been governor longer than any governor in texas history, and they are tired of them. bill white as the perfect response, that he is the anti- perry. he will spend 99% less time fixing his hair. [laughter] perry is just out of step with the times. when sarah palin resigned as governor as first- c-span.org -- governor of her state, rick perry became the dumbest and prettiest governor in america. we have a chance of picking up a big, big states. >> i always hate when i agree with begala. it makes me feel like a loser. [laughter] i like to think of him as the biggest loser. which he is. he primarily, harold and i can testify, was responsible for 1994. [laughter] my memory of election day 1994 was that i was the last dope standing in the white house driveway. eve

, and the texas police department. i have never seen a response as i saw this morning when i got here within minutes of this incident unfolding. the students did their part. they cleared the streets. they cleared the grounds in a very quick manner. i think it speaks volumes as to what you do to prepare in your communication system. our hats off to you. right now we have apd-swat. upd. traffic is county pd. and swat elements that are conducting secondary searches of the building in the inner perimeter. we have explosive dogs that are going to be searching the buildings inner perimeter to eliminate the possibility of any explosive ordinances that might have been left behind by one or more suspects. although there are reports of a second suspect, what we're doing right now is being methodical to eliminate the second suspect. as you all know, the first suspect did commit suicide in the library building earlier this morning. no shots were fired by any members of law enforcement. and we have not identified or have found any

autoridades ma horaulhdultimh >> un estudiante de 19 aÑos protagonizÓ una balacera en la universidad de texas, no hiriÓ a nadie y despuÉs se quitÓ la vida. >> hay fracciones tras reabrirse la investigaciÓn a un agente que dijo ver sido herido a balazos por narcotraficantes mexicanos en el desierto de arizona. algunos lo comparan con pinocho. >> por segunda vez en menos de un mes se produce un evacuaciÓn en la torre eiffel. horaultimaa >> buenas noches a todos, bienvenidos a Última hora. el deslave ocurrido en una zona rural del estado de oaxaca ha dejado muertos y desaparecidos. pero no en la cantidad de que oficialmente se dijo en un comienzo. debido a las dificultades de acceso, no hay oraultima horauld informaciÓn. ulti >> la tragidia en la comunidad de santa marÍa de chapultepec. ante el cortado de los caminos, la fuertes lluvias se especulÓ de casas sepultadas y cerca de 600 personas como vÍctimas. luego que llegaron los primeros ultima horaulhdultima horaultimr desaparecidas, incluso al llegar a oaxaca entrevistamos al gobernador y nos confirmÓ la cifra. >> cuatro personas fa

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

consent that the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee, would like to control the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the distinguished gentleman from georgia and let me thank him very much for his very important statement on this important resolution and as well i'd like to thank the chairman of our full committee, mr. berman, and the ranking member of our full committee, ms. ros-lehtinen, and the manager of this legislation for the minority for the words that i believe are enormously important. let me indicate to my colleagues that this may be the most important -- one of the most important and devastating humanitarian crisis that we have faced over the time frame that we have been in congress. and let me say this. we have gone through hurricane katrina and rita. as i stand here today, there are a number of hurricanes that are in the gulf region.

battle ground texas round two. in 2009 fox news reporting covered the state board's heated by the -- debate over science. >> somebody has to stand up. >> tucker: this year board members were back butting heads once again over who and what should be included in the state's social studies standard. in an explosive update we take you inside the dramatic finale >> you can put 'em where the sun doesn't shine. >> i will not be part of this. >> tucker: as one of the nation's two largest buyers of textbooks what texas decides impacts schools across the country. the three largest publishers in this 9.5 billion dollar industry, pearson, houghton, mifflin, harcourt and mcgraw-hill have once again declined our interview request. more on this later from 1985 to 2009 the student population of public, elementary and high schools rose from 39 million to 50 million. that pool is estimated to grow another 9% by 2017. there's good news for kindergarten through 12th grade the average teacher's salary is now $51,000, overall ratio of t

the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i'll continue to reserve at this point. we only have one speaker on this side. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now yield a minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. maffei. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. maffei: i thank my distinguished colleague from new york. september 11, 2001, the day we'll never forget. many people lost family members and neighbors, but alongside the sorrow and loss we witnessed incredible acts of heroism and bravery. thousands of emergency responders and volunteers risked their lives and came to our country's aid when we needed it the most. many of them are my constituents, even though i'm from upstate new york, many came down in the months following and the weeks following. thomas from marietta, new york, was one of the heroes that day. he was working on a police officer on 9/11 then, and he actually trained with

the texas board is comfortable with the resolution. and let me read to you a statement. a republican in texas, he doesn't like it. he says the problem with the resolution, it's not legal. under the law, the state board of education cannot legally say what should and should not be included in textbooks, is he right? >> right. i think he may be right. he may be right. sort of missing the point and the point is that this is a problem. and that these members, while they may not have the power to shape what is specifically in texas textbooks have a valid concern, they're not paranoid. they're not crazy, they've been jumped on in texas and around the country. and there have been a number of columns written accusing them of being deranged and paranoid. flip it around. if there was a study that indicated there was widespread racism in american textbooks and the school board said look, we don't want any of that in ours, would they be denounced as paranoid? of course not. and these people aren't paranoid. whether or not they have the right to pr

hermine's aftermath reeks havoc in texas and oklahoma. >>> burning backlash. the state department tells u.s. embassies to prepare for the worst. two days before a florida preacher plans to burn islam's holy book. >>> and spears sued. a former bodyguard hits the pop princess with a lawsuit and some disturbing allegations. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, september 9, 2010. >>> and good morning, everyone. good to see you. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. remnants of tropical storm of hermine are still carrying heavy rains and the threat of flooding today. strong thunderstorms poured heavy rain into oklahoma and there are reports of at least two tornado sightings in texas. an eyewitness grabbed this shot of a tornado on his iphone. several twisters touched down causing property damage. at least one person was injured. a truck's whose rig was slammed into a paint warehouse. the lone star state got at much as 10 inches in the lone star state. don teague has more. >> reporter: a dramatic scene in arlington, texas, where torrential rain turned a cre

, y se extiende más con este aviso de tormenta tropical desde la cruz hasta texas también, posibilidad de vientos de 60, 75 millas incluso posibilidad que el viento entre más tierra adentro, san antonio no viento pero sí lluvia que tanto sufrió con alex. el resto centro del país buena condición de tiempo, lluvia, inundando gran parte del sur de texas hasta 12 pulgadas de lluvias, alertas en el norte de este estado. en la florida tormentas esta tarde en todo el estado, orlando, tampa, el oeste de miami, el noreste con buena condición de tiempo, pasó este sistema pron tal re fres carne las temperaturas pero están ahora modera das para ustedes mañana en "la gran manzana" 87 pudiera haber algún chubasco, centro mal tiempo, actividad de lluvia que pudiera afectar a ustedes también ha llovido en minneapolis y 30% de chubascos en la coso a oeste buen tiempo lo principal la niebla, no solamente san francisco, temperaturas frescas día y noche y también para gran parte del sur de cli foro na, los Ángeles 75 y 57 un poco de otoño en el noreste del país y bastante calor en el sur.

que fuera la tormenta tropical hermine, continÚa debilitÁndose pero causado más daÑo en el norte de texas que en el sur de ese estado. >> ha causado daÑos y al menos dos muertes. esta noche en alta las calculan los daÑos que dejaron tornados que tocaron tierra, un panorama pasado por agua y por el viento. >> ayÚdenme a salir! >> asÍ pedía auxilio la mujer, la desesperaciÓn no era para menos, autos flotando pasaban cerca. sumergidos quedaron calles, parques y personas, todo parte de los resultados del paso de la tormenta hermine. >> mi hermano se metiÓ a ayudar al hombre a sacar unas cosas y el agua le llegÓ por aquÍ. >> noviembre esto una inundaciÓn como Ésta se 20 aÑos. >> vinieron los bomberos a decirnos que si querÍamos salir o promoviÉramos unos carros. >> un hombre de 40 aÑos se ahogÓ luego de que su camioneta fue arrastrada por el agua cuando pasamos por un arroyo. cerca de austin, otro hombre tambiÉn muriÓ. 1000 residentes fueron en los cuadros rotos en dallas no alcanzaron a resguardarse. los otros tornados tocaron Áreas rurales. >> hermine causÓ la evacuación

teams rush to the university of texas. a man armed with an assault rifle opened fire on campus today. çÑ four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >>> right now new at 5:30, chaos on the campus of the university of texas after a gunman randomly fires near the school library. >>> donations for the deaf. how dozens of area children are now able to hear their own voices with a very -- for the very first time. >>> and how to best go hands- free. we go shopping for the best devices to help drivers keep their hands on the wheel while they talk on the phone. >>> a possible tragedy was averte

the storm is now aiming at south texas. hermine is already churning up the waters from brownsville to galveston along the texas coast and it's already created dangerous conditions for beachgoers. the storm is packing heavy rain and winds up to 65 miles an hour. forecasters say hermine will drop up to a foot of rain in some spots today. >> good luck to those folks today. >>> it will also be plenty wet along the rest of the gulf coast today, with showers extended from louisiana into georgia, along with most of florida. rainy conditions in the pacific northwest and the great lakes. we'll get winds up to 45 miles an hour along with some showers. >> and it will be hot today along the entire east coast. mostly in the high 80s. 10 degrees above average in some spots. another major hot spot, the southwest. >>> in other news now, president obama is set to unveil his latest proposal to boost the nation's sagging economy. the president will propose that businesses be able to write off all new investments in plants and equipment throug

by all accounts he grew up in a very middle class environment in laredo, texas. he went on to become a small- time marijuana dealer on the northern side of the border in the u.s., in texas. then he got in with the mexican cartels and really took off from there. his ability to move between the two worlds was quite effective. officials here say that when he was captured yesterday, he was moving a ton of cocaine into the united states. he moved very rapidly through the ranks. originally he was with one cartel and then when the belltran-lavas broke away he came with him and was one of their leaders of a group of hitmen that they had called loz negros. he's known as one of the most brutal men in this drug war in a drug war in which tens of thousands of people have been killed. he's accused of orchestrating the murders of hundreds of people through this group, those negros that worked for the belltran-lavas. when arturo was run down he was trying to split off and run his own cartel. >> woodruff: and trying to set up his own drug operation. i was reading that there were

tropical storm hermine, texas coming along the shore of the texas/mexico border. we will hear from don teague. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. winds fueled this fast moving fire. but the winds have calmed down a bit now and leaving a lot of smoke in the air. at least this gives firefighters the opportunity to try to get the upper hand. a billowing plume of smoke blanketed the denver metro area. wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour quickly spread the blaze. burning 3500 acres. more than 500 residents have left their homes and 3,000 more are under mandatory evacuations. >> come back out. >> reporter: fire officials say that dozens of homes were lost. including four that belonged to those fighting the blaze. >> there were homes lost and did belong to firefighters here working this afternoon. they have been notified and been released from the inci . >> reporter: tom and anna's home was completely destroyed. >> i left. it was so close. here to the trees. wall of fire. >> reporter: 100 firefighters and 35 engines are on the scene. the fire continues to bur