before becoming a state, texas was an independent nation. >> being a republic certainly has made texas unique. we're the only state that came into the nation as a nation. part of the pioneering spirit is independence, and i think that that is a strain that runs through texas. so yes, i think you see it in a lot of the political figures that have come out of texas: barbara jordan, ann richards, myself, but also the present two senators. >> her praise is non-partisan. the two current senators hutchison refers to are republicans. barbara jordan, a pioneer in civil rights and a member of the house of representative, and ann richards, the second female governor of texas, were both democrats. hutchison was acclaimed for her ability to work across party lines while in office. as our conversation moved from her book on texas history back to the present day, hutchison bemoaned the current divisive climate in washington. >> it's very divided and you don't see as much bipartisanship as when i first was in the senate, that's for sure. but i do think that people are looking for more bipartisanship

time, if i lived in texas and that's where i was marrying my john, the state of texas would have required me to change the name on my i.d. to effectively declare maddow to be my new middle name instead of ann. these days in most places you have a choice as to whether or not you want to do that. but in texas by law, well into the 20th century, well into the time a lot of our moms were getting married, the law required me to be rachel maddow boehner. that was just the way you had to do it. and under texas law as of this week, that would mean that i would not be allowed to vote there. if i'm registered under the name rachel ann maddow or rachel maddow or rachel boehner, that would not exactly match what was on my i.d. because my i.d. by law had to say rachel maddow boehner. and therefore under the brand new texas voter i.d. law that has just gone into effect for the first time this week, as early voting starts for the november elections this year in texas, women in texas who have never done anything weirder under texas state law than get married and get the married lady i. that texas require

that came out yesterday in texas. by last night this was the local news in corpus christi. >> good evening, everyone. katia is off this evening. at the top, the state's new voter i.d. law may be causing delays at your neighborhood polling place. especially if the name on your driver's license differs from the name on your voter registration card. even a little bit. the county election officials say it's often a problem for women who use maiden names or hyphenated names. the problem came to light yesterday when a local district judge had trouble casting a ballot. the story is first at 6:00. >> what i have used for voter registration and for identification for the last 52 years was not sufficient yesterday when i went to vote. >> 117th district court judge sandra watts has voted in every election for the last 49 years. the name on her driver's license has remained the same for 52 years. and the address on her voter registration card or driver's license hasn't changed in more than two decades. imagine to her surprise whe

-- augustine, texas. now, it was pretty primitive back then, but she wrote this letter that just touched my heart. out in this new country she wrote, he was writing to her sister. dear lou: out in this new country i see no one but strangers, but they are the kindest people i have ever met. the society is as good as in any portion of tennessee. there seems to be as much refinement as you meet with at any place. there is no such thing as fine houses or furniture. they have very comfortable houses but can't get furniture. we are too far from navigation to get such things. by the time we make the money, they will navigate the sabine river, then we can all get the little notions we fancy we need. if i had been in tennessee, i would have thought the house we occupy would not do at all. we live in a small house with two rooms and a passage. out doesn't even have a plank laid overhead. but with all these inconveniences, we are getting along finely. i mean, just a positive spirit that that shows in a new place whe

time, if i lived in texas and that's where i was marrying my john, the state of texas would have required me to change the name on my i.d. to effectively declare maddow to be my new middle name instead of ann. these days in most places you have a choice as to whether or not you want to do that. but in texas by law, well into the 20th century, well into the time a lot of our moms were getting married, the law required me to be rachel maddow boehner. that was just the way you had to do it. and under texas law as of this week, that would mean that i would not be allowed to vote there. if i'm registered under the name rachel ann maddow or rachel maddow or rachel boehner, that would not exactly match what was on my i.d. because my i.d. by law had to say rachel maddow boehner. and therefore under the brand new texas voter i.d. law that has just gone into effect for the first time this week, as early voting starts for the november elections this year in texas, women in texas who have never done anything weirder under texas state law than get married and get the married lady i.d. that texas requi

as for schools in texas. i don't think it has better helping outcomes and this is the one state where we are still improving equity rather than seeing it destroyed. to me what i'm looking at the politics of the state and thing at about the outcomes and the effects if not more as much as the intentions. >> to violate the objection i got both of the books this past summer not knowing you would both be here and they were both spectacular i thought. in the sense that they provoke provoke -- they both provoke a lot of new thinking around topics where people think about all the time. one small editorial comments. i've lived in the northeast along time and moved to austin three years ago and i still work in new jersey. texas understands the rest of the country far better than the reverse. a principle principle reason maybe the editors of "the new york times" who devote a lot of attention to hammering on texas schools in particular and i agree the data are far off. thank you. >> all right let's get to the next one. >

so we will see that impact in texas. judge yeakel defended his decision by saying because the fda protocol is in place and is one alternative for doctors to use, there is not a ban. even though it may be burden some and difficult for patients who need the procedure and in some case cut off access earlier to some patients, that it is burdenn an acceptable for those patients to bear. >> and the oklahoma ruling? >> the supreme court essentially ruled the opposite, which was was one state law there constitutional because it took away positions in trading their patients, and placed -- tippie discretion away from physicians treating their patients. as a result, created a system of unnecessary burdens that became unconstitutional. the language in the oklahoma bill a slightly different, but both oklahoma and texas get to the same goal, which is trying to make medication abortion if not impossible to access, so difficult that women will give up. >> jessica, your article suggests this ruling in oklahoma set the new president. in t

>> this year in texas we have been blessed with battleground texas. phase one initiative has been registering voters and i.d. education we have been talking about. this is especially important for all the young new millenial voters you were talking about. hispanics in texas are two times likely not to have a driver's license, student ids will not be accepted. if the student has a concealed carry license they can vote. with student id, they will not be able to. that's not something the average college student will know. the wendy davis campaign, battleground texas, league of women voters, these are going to be central to the voting education that sadly unnecessary. as you referenced and the senator referenced, our attorney general, greg abbott can't find a factual brief. he references absentee ballot fraud. we are talking i.d. fraud. another example of failed state leadership. i help that every citizen in texas makes use of these organizations that i just mentioned, battleground texas, league of women voters, reach out to the folks they will help you l

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voting, it doesn't matter, especially if you're a woman in texas. this is amazing, but due to freshly adopted, strict voter i.d. laws in texas, even wendy davis, even state senator and gubernatorial candidate wendy davis had to doubly, even triply prove and swear an affidavit stating today that she is who she is when she tried to cast her vote. >> like many women who are voting in texas today, i was required to sign an affidavit, because the name on my voter registration card is slightly different than the name on my driver's license. my driver's license includes my maiden name. my voter registration card does not. >> early voting has started in texas for next week's elections there. and for this election, texas voters are being forced to show documentation in order to be allowed to vote that they have never had to show before. even wendy davis got held up at the polls today and had to swear an affidavit as to her identity since her actual texas i.d. showing her actual name and her actual picture are no longer enough to just let her vote. this is ex

current with texas politics and follow texas politicians. i have interviewed governor perry over the years many number of times and i'd like some others thought he could be a very presentable candidate. if you think of what i just said about being a bad fit for the republican party rick perry was a perfect fit for the current republican party. he sort of had a perfect pitch with a tea party even before the tea party became as prominent as it was, a successful southern governor who had been in office for a long time etc. etc.. so when he got into the race there were a lot of people who thought that he was going to be a very tough challenger to governor romney including governor romney and his team took this very seriously and really went after him. they did what they could to knock him down but he obviously helped them. [laughter] so the perry campaign was notable for several things. one was his real lack of preparation for running for president. second was just the woeful performances in those early debates. third obviously is that loops mom

>> this year in texas we have been blessed with battleground texas. phase one initiative has been registering voters and i.d. education we have been talking about. this is especially important for all the young new millenial voters you were talking about. hispanics in texas are two times likely not to have a driver's license, student ids will not be accepted. if the student has a concealed carry license they can vote. with student id, they will not be able to. that's not something the average college student will know. the wendy davis campaign, battleground texas, league of women voters, these are going to be central to the voting education that sadly unnecessary. as you referenced and the senator referenced, our attorney general, greg abbott can't find a factual breief. he references absentee ballot fraud. we are talking i.d. fraud. another example of failed state leadership. i help that every citizen in texas makes use of these organizations that i just mentioned, battleground texas, league of women voters, reach out to the folks they will help you

, texas would be more purple. texas is a purple state, we just can't quite see it yet. and you're going to have the candidacy of wendy davis creating this great alliance between latinos, women, young people. it may not be enough to do it, but ted cruz is taking texas as well as the country on a course of demographic suicide. it feels good to the people terrified of what the country is becoming. but not good for them in the long run. >> i remember what general custer said before the battle of little big horn. he said some day we're going to outnumber you, but not today. >> not today. >> and right now here's what's going on in texas right now. republicans running for office in texas are vying to be the most cruz-like and are making appeals to get the furthest to the right in republican primaries. all four lieutenant governor candidates support repeal of the state's landmark 2001 law offering in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants. lieutenant governor david dewhurst said that obama should be impeached not onl

first down at the texas tech 47. finch -- wesley says, all right, little fella, we're going to put that to an end right now. >> charles: watch wesley right in the middle working against ikard and irwin. they had irwin pulling and he came right through the gap where bronson irwin danced out for the pull and wesley buries him in the backfield. >> gus: he'll lose four yards on the play. make it second down and 14. here's the handoff. and brennan clay will get to the 45. kerry hyder with the tackle, a six-yard gain. that makes it third down and eight at the 45. time-out called by texas tech. with 4:00 to go. tech with one time-out remaining. 35-30, big third down coming up. one more! one more! let's go! ♪ one more. ♪ one more. [ coach ] one more time! c'mon. [ panting ] ♪ one more! one more! one more. let's get it. let's go. [ male announcer ] proven hydration to help replace what you sweat out. one more team. one more championship. let's go baby. ♪ that's awesome!staurant. let♪s go baby. i know, voice activate

earlier the same day, cruz spoke to the texas medical association in austin, texas. just a quick recap, in case you found that confusing. senator cruz, having flown in from the foreign country of washington, d.c., to his home state of texas, is right now celebrating his great big homecoming in his home state of texas. the houston tea party is more than willing to offer up its adoration, but cruz has become one of the most polarizing figures in national politics. he almost single-handedly shut down the government. and this weekend he showed no regret and no recalibration. >> the house republicans marched into battle courageously, and the senate republicans should have come in like the cavalry to support them. unfortunately, a significant chunk of senate republicans instead came like the air force and began bombing the house republicans, our own troops. >> however, even on the home front, there are signs that all is not well. as "the houston chronicle" notably unendorsed the senator. "when we endorsed ted cruz in last november's general election, we did with many reser

the gentleman from texas mr. conaway, the gentleman from texas mr. hensarling, and the gentlewoman, ms. waters each will control 15 minutes. mr. hensarling: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the record on h.r. 992 currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hensarling: i yield myself four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hensarling: america's economy remains stuck in the slowest, weakest, nonrecovery recovery of all time. millions remain unemployed or underemployed. many, because of obamacare, have hadder that hours cut. millions lie awake at night wondering how they're going to make ends meet. those who create jobs for america are drowning in a sea of red tape preventing them from hiring new workers. i still vividly remember the day when one of my constituents in east texas came to me as he shut down his small business cue to -- due to red tape and said, congressman, it got to th

it will be an old texas, old-time texas political knife fight. it's certainly odds against wendy davis. but you know, i've been around long enough, i'm not predicting she'll win. if you have to bet the trailer money, you bet she loses. but overnight's a long time in politics. a week is forever. and we're talking about an election that doesn't happen a year from now. so let her rip. >> it will be interesting to see if she runs a campaign, no matter how close she gets, her chance of win, if she's able to maximize every last democratic voter in the state of texas, what that -- what kind of effect that will have down ticket. that might change politics. >> it could. >> itself, yeah. >> it should be mentioned that this will be a campaign nasty enough to gag a buzzard. they're already trying to paint her as, one, an abortion barbie doll. she also, quote, hates guns. and if they have to go onto the dark side, she's a single woman who's been single for quite a long while. you can bet the negative research people are playing on this. it will be a down and

to the texas quality. >> this last weekend we talking about flooding in texas, heavy rains. will it help, will it make a difference? >> people in that part of the texas may be the only people wishing for a hurricane. they talk about the need for biblical rain. 40 days and 40 nights, to begin to replace what has been lost from the aquifer. every day the oil companies are in there, pulling up tens of thousands of gallons, dropping the aquifer further. >> yesterday we did the other part of the report on the fracking boom. we are in south-western pennsylvania, and up there - look at the challenge. it's so lush and green. >> beautiful. >> the cow, the pastoral life. again, communities making choices between the wealth underground and the wealth of their lifestyle. >> in texas many feel as a communicate r -- community, they don't have a choice. they went to them and said, "do you have to put the storage into the town", there's open land, but that's where it was decided they would go. in some cases, yes, there's a lot of money. there's a lot of people feeling that their lives are r

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texas politics right now. she was already pretty well known, but having recently announced her candidacy for governor, it's now part of her job in texas to make sure people know who she is. that said, in texas right now, even if everybody knows your name and knows your face, when it comes to voting, it doesn't matter, especially if you're a woman in texas. this is amazing, but due to freshly adopted, strict voter i.d. laws in texas, even wendy davis, even state senator and gubernatorial candidate wendy davis had to doubly, even triply prove and swear an affidavit stating today that she is who she is when she tried to cast her vote. >> like many women who are voting in texas today, i was required to sign an affidavit, because the name on my voter registration card is slightly different than the name on my driver's license. my driver's license includes my maiden name. my voter registration card does not. >> early voting has started in texas for next week's elections there. and for this election, texas voters are

women have had enough in texas. they're ready for change. i believe that's what is fueling a lot of the energy. again, not just women, but women are really ready for a change in the state of texas. >> almost as if nationally and in texas they have forgotten the suffrage movement and women hatch the right have the right to vote. this law would restrict 22,000 texas women from having the right to choose. you look at that. you look at the conscience clause, the republicans in washington are trying to insert into the debate over a clean bill of funding for the government. i have to ask you, cecile, a football we toss back and forth all the time. why is this still anner t eran ? >> i don't understand. it was incredible. this last weekend to see. in the midst of all the issues the government is dealing with. in fact the house of representatives would pass yet another time, a bill to restrict women's access to birth control. this is, extraordinary. but of the thing that is important about all this. for planned parenthood, speaking now on part of th

the women of texas have watched as governor rick perry and other texas politicians have forced the shutdown of 76 women's health centers around the state in the last two years, slashed hundreds of thousands of dollars of family planning funding, and created really dangerous consequences for real women and women are paying attention. >> melanie from planned parenthood center for choice in houston tech texas. thanks, melanie. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >>> coming up, russian president vladimir putin kind, a sort, a changes course on gay athletes at next year's olympics. we'll discuss just ahead. [ male announcer ] pepcid® presents: the burns family dinner. why would i take one pepcid® when i could take tums® throughout the day when my heartburn comes back? 'cause you only have to take one... [ male announcer ] don't be like the burns. just one pepcid® complete works fast and lasts. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] with five perfectly sweetened whole grains... you can't help but see the good. ♪ ♪ if i was a flower growing wild and free ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to be my sweet ho

texas tech. you can't let the clock bleed out and up more than a field goal. anything more than that and that's it. a field goal gives you a chance for a tie game with a touchdown and two points. >> gus: clock still running. first down. >> charles: let's see when they snap the ball too now. the clock is on the run. you want to snap it inside of five seconds on your play clock, preferably around three. >> gus: tech with only one time-out left. >> charles: the rushing yardage for oklahoma in the second half. >> gus: and a time-out by ou. two time-outs left for bob stoops, his team up by five. 'cuz unless you're usin' your truck to deliver pizza's... you ain't gettin' anything done without it. torque is power. it pulls trailers. hauls dirt. drags boulders. torque is what gets the cap off your beer. and only the ford f-150 with ecoboost has the best combination of torque and fuel economy. think about that. this is the 2013 ford f-150. >> gus: welcome back. 35-30, 2:13 here to go here in the fourth qu

the gentlewoman from texas is recognized or for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, we in texas know that when the cattle starts stampeding, you're really in trouble. so my friends on the other side of the aisle haven't realized that the cattle in the united states are stampeding. 57,000 seats at head start are gone. veterans centers will be closed in a couple of days. federal courts are looking at whether or not they can stay open past october 15. u.s. attorneys are laying off various u.s. attorneys across america. up to 4,000. and we actually have rules in this house. the rules that brought about the agreement in the beginning of the year when we actually billion a $9886 number that the republicans have. we agreed to the tax reform that the republicans had and democrats agreed. now they want to throw on us another supercommittee, fool's folly, talking about discretionar

minutes to my colleague from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. speaker, i ask to address the house, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent. let me thank the managers of this bill, the gentleman from washington, and the gentleman from, as, my colleague we would say on the floor, the great state of texas. this is a very important measure that i've had an opportunity to engage in. couple years back, i would say more years than i'd like to remember, former congressman mike andrews, and myself were co-chairs of the foster grandparents program in houston. and it drew me to the importance of both foster care and adoption. i've also spent some time with senator mary landrieu, which many know, is a very strong advocate of the idea of adoption and legal guardianship

this week, texas senator john cornyn released this ceem ad as a warning. >> join the fight to keep texas red. >> reporter: norah, the election is still more than a year away, but radio ads against davis will start airing this weekend in both english and spanish. >> manual bojorquez, thank you. photo journalist bill eppridge died today. among his assignments was covering new york senator robert f. kennedy, as he ran for the democratic presidential nomination in 1968. perhaps his most famous photo is of a dying kennedy comforted by bus boy juan romere orb moments after the senator was shot in los angeles at the ambassador hotel, the night of the california primary. bill eppridge was 75. america reaches a milestone in energy production but folks in this town are not celebrating. that story is next. >> people who lived through the gas lines of the 1970s during the arab oil embargo might be surprised by this. today's "wall street journal" says the u.s. has overtaken russia as the number one producer of oil and natural gas. u.s. production, much of it from shale, has hit the equivalent of 22 m

california would be a much safer place for women to be compared to texas. i do want to temper the optimism. not all the provisions were challenged. there is still the 20 week abortion ban which were not challenged. so the supreme court has said that you can't put an undue limitation on women but there are still so many loopholes. >> i read what the judge did on the medication abortions. it seemed to me that he re-opened some possibility for the physician's discretion in how to handle that. >> yes. i mean, i have to agree with crystal. we are disappointed with that portion of this ruling. but on balance, this ruling is still a victory for texas women. >> this is snot the only state and the obviously where this is going on it is not the only part of our politics. i want to listen to what rand paul said in virginia today. >> in your lifetime, much of your potential or lack thereof will be known simply by swabbing the inside of your cheek. in the process, will we perhaps eliminate something, some part of our humanness or specialness if we seek perfection? will

texas, heavy rains. will it help, will it make a difference? >> people in that part of the texas may be the only people wishing for a hurricane. they talk about the need for biblical rain. 40 days and 40 nights, to begin to replace what has been lost from the aquifer. every day the oil companies are in there, pulling up tens of thousands of gallons, dropping the aquifer further. >> yesterday we did the other part of the report on the fracking boom. we are in south-western pennsylvania, and up there - look at the challenge. it's so lush and green. >> beautiful. >> the cow, the pastoral life. again, communities making choices between the wealth underground and the wealth of their lifestyle. >> in texas many feel as a communicate r -- community, they don't have a choice. they went to them and said, "do you have to put the storage into the town", there's open land, but that's where it was decided they would go. in some cases, yes, there's a lot of money. there's a lot of people feeling that their lives are r