the texas attorney general made it very clear he wants the u.n. observers to stay at least 100 feet away from every polling place in texas. now the iowa secretary of state says 300 feet from any iowa polling place. listen. >> we want to make sure people knew what the law was. we were very firm in letting everyone know that u.n. observers are not aloud at iowa polls. there has been a little bit of controversy. >> reporter: to make sure that happens in iowa, pennsylvania and texas, they have more republican monitors to make sure those u.n.' observers stand clear no closer than 100 feet in texas and 300 feet in iowa. megyn: the guys on the set say

of course, the big winner is texas. over 84,000 people in texas have signed up to break way from the united states. as of tonight the white house has not issued a response to any of these petitions. rick perry has flirted with the idea of an independent texas in the past, but this time he's changed his tune. his office released a statement saying governor perry believes in the greatness of our union and nothing should be done to change it. but he also shares the frustrations many americans have with our federal government. really? believe it or not, it's good news for democrats that texas is sticking around, because it's slowly turning blue. texas has a large growing population of latinos and asian-americans who typically vote democratic. a study from the "houston chronicle" shows the number of texas democrats matching up with republicans around the year 2024. but former florida governor jeb bush has a faster timetable. he said last month, quote, four years from now, texas is going to be a so-called blue state. for more

jim henssn is the director of the texas politics project, at ut. while seriously - hh poinns out the billions in federal aid, not to mention border security pexasswould forfeit.09:40 that pould all be gone under this scenario.but texas isn't &palone. peopll ffom 24 other states have fiied siiilar &ppetitions. but only texas ha rrached the number f votes requiree for a white house pesponse.19:01 that's ridiculous to me, they have more iiporranttthings to focus &pthere are no laws either &ppllowwng or forbidding a stat to secede... for any state. and its our question of the da. day...should statee e able to ? secede? amy writes oo our faceeook page...." let themmgo." houss divvded against itself cannottstand." thaa ssuuds fami. familiar. a lot of response on this question and most people believe its a mistake for states to secede go to fox-baltimooe doo com you can also sound off through &pfacebook. send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimore. and you can text your answer to 452033 enter fox45a for yes.. or &pfox45bbfoo no. 3 &pcards this holiday season.the ne

of course, the big winner is texas. over 84,000 people in texas have signed up to break way from the united states. as of tonight the white house has not issued a response to any of t of these petitions. rick perry has flirted with the idea of an independent texas in the past, but this time he's changed his tune. his office released a statement saying governor perry believes in the greatness of our union and nothing should be done to change it. but he also shares the frustrations many americans have with our federal government. really? believe it or not, it's good news for democrats that texas is sticking around, because it's slowly turning blue. texas has a large growing population of latinos and asian-americans who typically vote democratic. a study from the "houston chronicle" shows the number of texas democrats matching up with republicans around the year 2024. but former florida governor jeb bush has a faster timetable. he said last month, quote, four years from now, texas is going to be a so-called blue state. for

it's hardly representative the whole population of texas. is it your goal to get it on the ballot in texas and referendum form or have the legislature bring it up? >> ideally what we would like to see is the legislature put it to a non-binding referendum. so the people of texas could expression their well on this issue. the polling we have done in our organization in every county in texas shows we would carry a majority of texas, but i think that takes us to the next step here. we need to begin to discuss some of these factors about why texas wants to leave and make sure we don't make the same mistakes again. i'm under no illusions there are a lot of people out there that do not understand why texas wants its independence. the fact of the matter there can't be a union those that esteem the principles of karl marx over the principles of thomas jefferson. that all political powers inherent in the people. what we have seen given on tuesday was that a majority of the people in the united states and the states in which they reside are es teaming

but a texas appellate court and the texas supreme court ruled the state had no right to take these children, despite the flds' history of polygamy and underaged marriage. except for one 14-year-old girl who was allegedly married to the jailed leader of the church, warren jeffs, they were reunited with their families. there's a famous painting called "american gothic." that's what you look like with the pitchfork. >> actually it needs to be like this. >> reporter: gloria is part of a polygamist household. she has nine of her own children. like all of the flds members on this ranch, she is observant praying at the white temple they constructed. the day we were there, ten flds members went before a judge in texas to answer to sexual abuse and bigamy charges. a week earlier, winston blackmore was arrested in canada on charges of plural marriage. all men say they were charged because of religious beliefs. others say the members of this group are frightened there could be more raids. >> you think this is a conspiracy against your religion? you think this is taking away your freedom of religion? >

texas is a unique. even though you keep order. it used to be able to. be good for you. that reason. if washington continues in. american rock that i guess he found out a little historical tidbit about texas in one of those school textbooks recently rewritten by the reactionary texas school board clearly four years of president obama has been too much for some of the loopy or conservatives across america to endure a year for the good old days when private health insurance companies could deny them lifesaving care due to preexisting conditions or when women were guaranteed to make a smaller paycheck than men for doing the same work for america were gays and lesbians are regarded as second class citizens but secession is such a drastic sure the nation might be better off without a dozen or so red states standing in the way of things like single payer health care carbon caps and employer run unions sure might be best in the long run if the rod and rand paul crazies are let loose to once and for all try to create their own libertarian paradise complete with daily pledges to the flag of i

texas so you think. he came to you eighty forty. years and. it's. good for you. that the reason. that if washington continues on its american rock. i guess he found out a little historical tidbit about texas in one of those school textbooks recently rewritten by the reactionary texas school board clearly four years of president obama has been too much for some of the loopier conservatives across america to endure a year for the good old days when private health insurance companies could deny them lifesaving care due to preexisting conditions or when women were guaranteed to make a smaller paycheck than men for doing the same work for america were gays and lesbians are regarded as second class citizens but secession is such a drastic move sure the nation might be better off without a dozen or so red states standing in the way of things like single payer health care carbon caps and employer run unions sure it might be best in the long run if the rod and rand paul crazies are let loose to once and for all try to create their own libertarian paradise complete with daily pledges to th

but a texas appellate court and the texas supreme court ruled the state had no right to take these children, despite the flds' history of polygamy and underaged marriage. except for one 14-year-old girl who was allegedly married to the jailed leader of the church, warren jeffs, they were reunited with their families. there's a famous painting called "american gothic." that's what you look like with the pitchfork. >> actually it needs to be like this. >> reporter: gloria is part of a polygamist household. she has nine of her own children. like all of the flds members on this ranch, she is observe aant praying at the white temple they constructed. the day we were there, ten flds members went before a judge in texas to answer to sexual abuse and bigamy charges. a week earlier, winston blackmore was arrested in canada on charges of plural marriage. all men say they were charged because of religious beliefs. others say the members of this group are frightened there could be more raids. >> you think this is a conspiracy against your religion? you think this is taking away your freedom of religion

they are here in austin, texas right now. >> how infiltrated it laredo, texas? >> they're everywhere. it is everywhere. >> you have heard from police. how concerned are they? >> anytime you have a situation in mexico that is very difficult -- you always worry about the spill over. and there are incidents. no one is saying that there are no incidents at all. no one is saying that. the question is -- how do we address this? how are we going to work together? are we going to spend time categorizing the problem? or are we going to figure out, how do we work with intelligence, with our i.c.e. acts? how do we work with the different officials? and the last three years, the united states has appropriated for rehab an education on drugs. $31 million. how do we work --everybody says it is about security. i agree. it is about security. what about the rehab part? what about also the $25 billion to $30 billion. and there are different figures. i've seen your numbers --of drug consumption that we have here that we send out to mexico? do you know why they are fighting so hard

but a texas appellate court and the texas supreme court ruled the state had no right to take these children, despite the flds' history of polygamy and underaged marriage. except for one 14-year-old girl who was allegedly married to the jailed leader of the church, warren jeffs, they were reunited with their families. there's a famous painting called "american gothic." that's what you look like with the pitchfork. >> actually, it needs to be like this. >> reporter: gloria is part of a polygamist household. she has nine of her own children. like all of the flds members on this ranch, she is observant praying at the white temple they constructed. the day we were there, ten flds members went before a judge in texas to answer to sexual abuse and bigamy charges. a week earlier, winston blackmore was arrested in canada on charges of plural marriage. all men say they were charged because of religious beliefs. others say the members of this group are frightened there could be more raids. >> you think this is a conspiracy against your religion? you think this is taking away your freedom of religion?

. >> now from the 17th annual texas book vessel on the capital grounds of austin texas the discussion of president lyndon johnson and first lady, lady bird johnson each ring mark updegrove and michael gillette. this is just over 50 minutes. >> hide and welcome to the texas book festival, the panel on lady bird and lyndon. my name is caroln austin and i love being a moderator at the book festival and ier particulay love this task this year, because i have had the privileg of reading two books that interlock it provided one hold 360-degree experience in reading them. before we begin, and i introduce our authors, i want to remind you all that all proceeds of book sales at the texas book festival goats the libraries of this great state. so, please avail yourself of the book tent and after a recession is over the book signing tents where you can get both of the signatures of these two wonderful gentleman on the front pieces of your books. now, our panel today, as you know, is about ladybird johnson, an oral history, and it involves a total of 18 years' worth of interviews with ladybird joh

there are some distinct austin and texas connections here. my name is mark, i am state representative from austin and member of the public education committee in the texas house and i want to start this discussion briefly with a little bit of edge occasional contacts. i got a press release from the texas indication agency a couple months ago that said that on the fourth grade science national assessment education abroad rests, texas, african-american students performed fourth best of all african-american students in the country, comparing hours to every other african american. hispanic students were the best on the fourth grade science naep. a anglo students were the eighth best of all the anglo students in the country. and i thought that is a pretty impressive record. it is a little different from what i expected actually. i went to the naep web site and found that in the aggregate, the texas student scores on the fourth grade science naep ranked 29th in this country. that is not so great. how is it possible that when you disaggregate those

hearing texas they used to be. for generations and cattle the food the from texas cow. if you save fort worth and you. say. oh no extreme. north texas. exxon mobil. looks like the fort worth structure. the crowd. and the big oil is the green jobs. hundred employees in north texas. and. a kid is. next to thanks. but the price of the fracking frenzy a wild. in just a few years drilling rigs have sprouted up through the texas suburbs like towering hills horses across from shopping centers close to schools otherwise residential neighborhoods have become industrials. when the fracking staats trucks gather round the world. the sand water and chemical mixes pushed deep underground at extremely high pressure. escaping vital drifts in the week. three dangers the sea a lot of injuries have seen since somebody actually get blown all the way back from a blowout c. one got a blow out. dangerous even deadly but lucrative. fracking is now underway in thirty four states in the u.s. . and urban cowboy tyler is just one of those cashing in on the new energy good one of four with three. r

of texas in austin. that law over 15 years has really changed the university. a third of the students now coming in are hispanic or blacks. almost all those students come in under the top 10% law. the reason it is important is justice kennedy, the middle vote on affirmative action, has always said something like i think there's a need for diversity on campus, but a race-based program should be the last resort, it should be the last option. so the question before the court in this case is, if texas has achieved a very good level of diversity using this top 10% plan with no preference is given to minority students, they got their own merits, they graduated in the top 10% of their class, can you have an affirmative-action plan that considers race? texas wants to do both. a sense of the argument was there are five justices, conservative justices are inclined to rule against texas and the hard thing to date is whether they will issue a broad decision or in narrow decision. they could write a narrow opinion th

his little town of johnson, texas. there is an opening, and the school board meets with the school teacher. they asked him, well, do you teach that the world is round or flat? the poor fellow needed a job so bad he said, i can teach it either way. [laughter] i always thought that was interesting because if you look at lbj as an historian you can teach him either way. he is so vast, the personality that you can look at him in so many different ways. i think that joe, for me, has a certain resonance. >> mrs. johnson describes the trip there she took to china to me, and on that trip she had a rare delicacy of a thousand year old egg. and her comment was, i like them not more than two weeks of myself. [laughter] >> well, another good example, i think, of lbj humor was when he was talking about how back in johnson city the old timer setting aside and played dominoes and one of them says to another, yes, he sure comes up in the world. .. and believes that they had in common. and there were three in particular that i want to

in texas he got 49% of the vote. working shoulder to shoulder with many hispanics, i can tell you that they don't like pandering either. they don't enjoy the political process, and we need to be a party that learns from that. but what's recently happened is exactly what dr. land said, is these groups that are highly financed and highly funded that have infiltrated the conservative movement. they've got us all stirred up fighting, and the very answer and their solution is no, no, no, deport, deport, deport. it's population control, it's the environment is their god, and, um, they don't have anything in common with us. they get a couple people they pay up front to be their fair-haired conservative, credentialed individual, but if you really start peeling back layers of the onion, it'll make you cry. it's not conservative at all. they've literally, i believe, hijacked the party on this issue, and they've got us fighting on this issue so much that people national -- conservative authors are claiming that immigration issu

of texas, sheridan memorably said if i owned hell in texas, i would rent out texas and live in hell. [laughter] >> when the plains indians were last overwhelmed and forced to live on their reservations, sheridan tried to defend them, too. corrupt indian agents and contractors routinely stole their supplies and exploited them. the u.s. government looked the other way. sheridan and sherman repeatedly advocated letting the army managed the reservations. but they were foiled by the indian bureau and its contractors, lobbyists and congressional supporters. in 1878, sheridan vented his frustration to sherman, writing we have occupied the country, taken away the lovely domain, destroyed its herds of game, and then up on reservations, and reduced them to poverty. for humanity's sake, let us give them enough to eat and integrity in the agents over them. sheridan questioned whether treaties, military campaigns have been the best way to deal with the plains indians. might've been better, sheridan row, if the indians had received kind treatment, ministered with steadiness and justice. in 1872, y

these are people from the small town of carthage, texas. rick really need the fabric of this story, because he is from east texas, too. he wanted to do a real authentic look at small-town texas gossip, like the people of the town. that really came through in the script. and also, another thought that went through my mind is this is something that is far away from me, very far from anything i've done in the past. the character is super effeminate and from texas and a mortician, all these elements i have never touched on before. he murdered someone. i have never played a part that had that kind of dark secret, and i have never murdered anyone. [laughter] that is one of the things that attracted me to it and also made me a little bit wary. tavis: did any of it intimidate you, or did you see it all as a challenge? >> my career has gone in a different direction. i am kung fu panda. you don't want kung fu panda to be suddenly murdering people. at the same time, it is good to mix it up and take a little rest now and then. because it is a gray area

hearing texas they used to be. for generations and cattle the forged the from texas cow. if you say ford words and you. say. oh no extreme. north texas. subsidy exxon mobil. like the whole world structure. the crowd. and the big oil is the green jobs. hundred employees in north texas and. a kid is. next to thanks. but the price of the fracking frenzy a wild bucking bronco. in just a few years drilling rigs have sprouted up through the texas suburbs like towering hills horses across from shopping centers close to schools otherwise residential neighborhoods have become industrials. when the fracking staats trucks gather round the world. the sand water and chemical mixes pushed deep underground at extremely high pressure. escaping vital drifts in the week. three dangers the sea a lot of injuries have seen since somebody actually get blown all the way back from a blowout c. one got a blow out. dangerous even deadly but lucrative. fracking is now underway in thirty four states in the u.s. . and urban cowboy tyler is just one of those cashing in on the new energy good one a foo

. >> and now from the 17th annual texas book festival in austin, texas, a discussion of president lyndon johnson and first lady ladybird johnson. this is just over 50 minutes. >> hi, and welcome to the texas book festival.d my name is carol dawson, and iw love being a moderator every year at the texas book festival, and i particularly love this task this year. task this year i have had the privilege of reading two books that interlock so beautifully that it provided one hold 360-degree experience in reading them. before we begin, and i introduce our authors, i want to remind you all that all proceeds of book sales at the texas book festival goats the libraries of this great state. so, please avail yourself of the book tent and after a recession is over the book signing tents where you can get both of the signatures of these two wonderful gentleman on the front pieces of your books. now, our panel today, as you know, is about ladybird johnson, an oral history, and it involves a total of 18 years' worth of interviews with ladybird johnson . and indomitable will come lbj in the presidency,

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hundred employees in north texas. and the. kid is. next to thanks. but the price of the fracking frenzy a wild bucking bronco. in just a few years drilling rigs have sprouted up through the texas suburbs like towering hills horsed across from shopping centers close to schools otherwise residential neighborhoods have become industrials. when the fracking staats trucks gather around the world. the sand water and chemical mixes pushed deep underground at extremely high pressure. escaping vital drifts in the we. three dangers the sea a lot of injuries i've seen since somebody actually get blown all the way back from a blowout c. one got a blow out. dangerous even deadly but lucrative. fracking is now underway in thirty four states in the us. and urban cowboy tyler is just one of those cashing in on the new energy good one a fool with three. plays. it's great money like i said it is a lot of stuff once you decide to do it once you get in full force with it you go all around you know no one else don't always that never have been able to get taste that mone

of texas sheraton memorable belie said if i owned hell and texas, i would rent out texas and live in hell. [laughter] >>> when the plains indians were list overwhelmed and forced to live on the reservation, sheraton tried to defend them too. corrupter indian agent an contractors routinely stole their supply and exploited them. the government looked the other way. they repeateddedly advocating the letting the army manage the reservation. but they were fooled by the indian bureau and the contractors lobbiest, and congressional supporters. 1878 sheraton vice presidented the frustration to sherman. we have occupied the country, taken away the lovely domain, destroyed the herd, penned them up on reservation when and reduced them to poverty. for humanity's sake let's give them enough to eat and the integrity in the agent over them. sheraton questioned whether treaty and military campaigns had been the best way to deal with the plains indian. it might have been better, he wrote if sympathy had received kind treatment. yellow stone became the first national park. sheraton shown a keen intere

the perils of a process they may not have even heard over a few years ago even in oil city texas fracking. and so this was where they were going to put it correct. just pass a second fence line. would have been about sixteen seventeen hundred feet from my front door and within about eleven hundred feet of a saw my neighbors the. neighbors like diane harris and her family yeah i think it would be i'm not going to put a price tag on the health and safety and wellbeing of my family and there is no amount of money that will convince me that we should have this in the middle of our neighborhoods. it's similar to my mind to how we found out about cigarette smoking and cancer it wasn't that we did a study and found out oh no look cigarettes cause cancer it was forty fifty years of of exposure. the process that so worries the doctor is high old by the industry is the key to energy independence. the drill holes can go three kilometers down and then push out horizontally for kilometers as well a cocktail of more than five hundred chemicals millions of liters of water and truckloads of sand is then

my meineke. >>> a real mess taking place here in the states and south texas near beaumont, texas, specifically. a pretty sizable vehicle pile-up which means it's shut down in both directions. this is 70 miles east of houston. pretty sizable wreck taking place there involving up to 50 vehicles. we understand there are first responders from every direction there trying to get to this. initial reports are it could have been fog that has caused this 50-vehicle pile-up there on interstate 10 closing both directions there. of course, when we get more information on it, we'll be able to bring that to you. we understand there are no reports of fatalities at this time. the us u.s. secretary of state is getting lots of credit in brokering a cease-fire involving israel and gaza. hillary clinton chalked up plenty of miles her shuttle diplomacy mission and cnn's foreign affairs krnlt jill dougherty has more on that. >> reporter: close to the end of a grueling trip to asia, her last international s trip with barack obama. halt the fighting between israel and hamas before it spins out of control. shu did it.

, so that's what they did, and it seems to be working in texas, but texas wants more minorities than the 10% plan, and so that's why even texas is facing a lawsuit in this area, so the texas case is going to be decided now by the supreme court. a lot of people think because there are a lot more conservatives on the court now appointed by the bush administration, affirmative action and race consideration may in fact be thrown out in this coming decision, and we may see a radically different admissions process throughout the united states. >> it is fascinating to watch this all unfold, and we're glad we have you on it. paul callan, thank you. >> always nice being with you, randi. >> you, too. >>> every 19 minutes someone dies of an accidental drug overdose. we're not talking illegal drugs. these are perfectly legal prescription drugs. dr. sanjay gupta tells us why after this. and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the firs

of texas in austin. battle all over 15 years has really changed the university. -- that law over 15 years. a third of the students now are hispanic or black coming in. almost all those students come in under the top 10% law. the reason it is important is justice kennedy, the middle vote on affirmative action, has always said something like i think there's a need for diversity on campus, but a race- based program should be the last resort, it should be the last option. so the question before the court in this case is, if texas has achieved a very good level of diversity using this top 10% plan with no preference is given to minority students, they got their own merits, they graduated in the top 10% of their class, can you have an affirmative-action plan that considers race? texas wants to do both. a sense of the argument was there are five justices, conservative justices are inclined to rule against texas and the hard thing to date is whether they will issue a broad decision or in narrow decision. they co

texas recovers is putting on this event called the big texas rally for recovery. big texas rally for recovery. wow. this is huge, because texas, of course now, is a part of promoting recovery at a statewide level. we've got people from across the state showing up to present a positive face and voice of recovery. we want you to know that recovery is possible. say it loud, say it proud, "i am in recovery!" (crowd: i am in recovery!) it's so important that this event takes place, especially in texas. for so long, people in recovery have been hidden in church basements, and they've kept their anonymity, and everybody needs to know that people do recover and live successful, productive, wonderful lives. and this is one way we can make the public aware that recovery is real, and recovery is rewarding, and recovery restores health and families. the reality of recovery is a whole, healthy community. so everybody benefits. we've got to thank everybody. it's a party out here. and that's the name of the theme for recovery month this year, is that "everyone benefits." that's

week in texas. i read a piece about this in "the new yorker." they're way ahead of the national party. >> it's not been as hostile as arizona. >> it was but they recently started to shift. >> julian castro is the mayor of san antonio, texas. thank you for being with us. if you ever want to join us in person, we have a spot for you. >> absolutely. >> tell your people, he just said yes. >>> president's health care law hasn't kicked in completely. dr. sanjay gupta will tell us what it will mean for your health plan. >>> pint sized superstar. take a lock at this guy. >> it's not a guy. >> it's a girl. i didn't know that. look at this young person. >> sexist. >> it wasn't sexist. i guess it was sexist, wasn't it? >> she's killing it. with the fidelity stock screener, you can try strategies from independent experts and see what criteria they use. such as a 5% yield on dividend-paying stocks. then you can customize the strategies and narrow down to exactly those stocks you want to follow. i'm mark allen of