senator hutchinson grew up in texas and graduated the university of texas and law school at a time when law firms simply didn't hire the women graduates. as larry temple puts it back then it wasn't just a glass ceiling. there was a glass door. so she became a television reporter before going into politics and after being elected twice to the house of representatives, she was elected state treasurer in 1990 and three years later elective as the first woman to represent texas in the senate. she was elected by the chairman of the republican conference which means she is the only woman among the the top five leaders of the senate republicans. senator hutchinson leadership especially was notable in the relation to foreign affairs she serves as the share of the military construction subcommittee and subcommittee of the senate appropriations subcommittee and is the ranking republican of commerce subcommittee on aviation and is the chair of the transportation merchant marine subcommittee that enables her to set policies regarding the courts and security and we know how really important that is

we went to texas city to investigate further. bp officials gave us a tour of the refinery, but they declined our request for an interview. they referred us to their own report on the explosion, which concluded... but when we spoke to the chief government official who has been investigating the explosion, she told us that's not true. >> the problems that existed at bp texas city were neither momentary nor superficial. they ran deep through that operation of a risk denial and a risk blindness that was not being addressed anywhere in the organization. carolyn merritt, appointed by president bush to chair of the u.s. chemical safety board, has led an 18-month investigation into what happened at texas city. >> these things do not have to happen. they are preventable. they are predictable, and people do not have to die because they're earning a living. >> you think this accident could have been easily prevented? >> absolutely. >> merritt's investigators found problems at texas city just about everywhere they looked: antiquated equipmen

but from a popularity standpoint, texas is still on top. >> you go into a wal-mart in lubbock, texas where that's supposed to be like texas tech and all of that, and there is still longhorn merchandise. >> according to forbes, the texas longhorn's football team brought in $109 million last year, of which 82 million was profit. most comes from ticket sales, royalties and donors. >> you have a situation of where everything is bigger in texas, wealthy individuals and wealthy alumni. >> the two men credited with making texas football what it is today are delos dodge who held that will position and mack brown. their expertise has helped generate massive amounts of money. >> texas is a huge brand that's been known all around the world. >> jason carlbaum who runs the texas team store at the stadium isn't surprised by texas football's number 1 revenue ranking. here on game days. >> it is a madhouse in here. it's tons of people, nobody stop. >> you can go to germany and throw out the hook 'em sign and somebody will know what it is. >> that passion for texas football has led to staggering fina

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

donna in texas. >> caller: boo-yah, jim. so good to talk to you. >> same. >> caller: old man winter, i'm talking to you, it's heating up. >> let's go to work. what's up? >> caller: okay. flowers foods. >> too hard. i've got to tell you something, i think it was absolutely terrific growth company at one time, but i believe the bakery business is too hard. i've seen too many bakers, even though this is a consolidation play, i've seen too many do not that well on the end so i'm not going to recommend flowers foods even though those people are incredibly nice. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round." >> the "lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade. >>> coming up -- lonestar shining? everything's bigger in texas, especially its monster oil and gas finds. but there's more than one way to play this trend. texas capital bank shares has been cashing in on the economic boom. should you make a deposit? should you make a deposit? find out in cramer's exclusive. five tech stocks with more than a

to be like texas tech and there's still long horn merchandise. >> according to forbes the texas long horns brought in there 189 million, $82 million was profit, from ticket sales, royalty and donors. >> everything is big in texas, there's a lot of wealthy individuals and alumni. >> the two men credited with making texas football what it is today is the retired director, who held the position for 32 years, and outgoing coach matt brown. their expertise generated massive amounts of money. texas is a huge brand known around the world. >> jason, who runs the texas team store at the stadium is not surprised by the texas football number one revenue ranking. and on game days? >> it's a mad house. it's tonnes of people, nonstop. >> you can go to jeremy and through a hook and side and someone will know what it is. >> that passion for texas football led to staggering financial results, as the program tries to regain its footing on the field. >> i'll say. all that money - no winning. >> the election of iranian president hassan rouhani has brought a big change to that company. iran is welcoming

texas has. and although chairman issa did make a little progress, he did allow one democrat to speak last night. otherwise he just called on republican congressmen so they can talk about how much they hate obama care. that's what they call a hearing. there was this one amazing moment when one of the texas republicans decided to call essentially a new witness, at least to bring forth the new evidence, when he sprung a surprise on the people assembled for the darrell issa hearing and decided to play for everybody there at the hearing a little thing he saw on fox news. >> the american people are frustrated with these changes and it is simply adding to the confusion surrounding their health care. and then we haired this, and i would have you look at the screen. >> when you look up at the scene, look, it's bill o'reilly. they showed clips from the bill o'reilly show at their fake hearing. so as to get at the facts of obama care. amazing. and then at the very end of the hearing, the administration, th

i said i'm from dallas, dallas texas. the first thing they did was raise, they did this and then squeeze the trigger and then said kennedy, kennedy, kennedy over and over again. this is a long way from dallas and it really registered with me. i remember interviewing and talking with the great late author david halberstam. he told me in almost a jocular way i carefully like the dallas cowboys. i thought he had another personal preference but he said they are from the city where the president was killed. this was many years later. i think the city has recovered a lot and have eloquently addressed it. there's a beautiful museum there. if you haven't been there please go. it took a long time for the city to figure out how to heal and to move forward. and i think to grapple with the sense that we probably shouldn't let people in either extreme hijacked the microphone. >> thank you francie my questions and i want to open up to the audience now. if anyone has a question if you could just line up behind his microphone in the cent

the a's added craig gentry from texas for prospect michael joyce. arizona and texas tech and aaron goldman -- and aaron gordman. he lead the wild cats with 19. second ranked arizona is now 8 of h 0 and 79-58 the final over at texas tech. abc7 sports brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> an exciting come back. >> the warriors game was amazing. they were dead in the water and then

the a's added craig gentry from texas for prospect michael joyce. arizona and texas tech and aaron goldman -- and aaron gordman. he lead the wild cats with 19. second ranked arizona is now 8 of h 0 and 79-58 the final over at texas tech. abc7 sports brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> an exciting come back. >> the warriors game was amazing. they were dead in the water and then they cam

of texas long horns fell. current ut students missed the glory days when the long horns won the title. from a popularity standpoint texas is on top. >> you go into a walmart, loving texas. all that, and there's still longhorn merchandise. >> they brought in 109 million, of which 82 million was profit. most come from ticket sales. royalty and donors. there's a situation where everything is bigger in texas, there's a lot of wealthy individuals. the two men credited with making texas football what it is today, is retiring director, who held the position for 33 years, and outgoing football director matt brown. >> it's a huge matter. >> jason, who runs the texas team storm isn't surprised by texas football number one ranking. here on game days. >> it's a mad house. there's tonnes of people. nonstop. >> you can go to germany and someone will know what it is. it led the staggering results. even as the program tries to regain the footing on the field. >> all that money that u.s. texas raised led. 5.2 million. the mone

donna in texas. >> caller: boo-yah, jim. so good to talk to you. >> same. >> caller: old man winter, i'm talking to you, it's heating up. >> what's up? >> caller: okay. flowers foods. >> too hard. i've got to tell you something, i think it was terrific growth company at one time, but i believe the bakery business is too hard. i've seen too many bakers even though this is consolidation play, i've seen too many do not that well on the end so i'm not going to recommend flowers foods even though those people are incredibly nice. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round." >> the "lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade. >>> coming up -- lonestar shining? everything's bigger in texas, especially its monster oil and gas lines. but there's more than one way to play this trend. texas capital bank shares has been cashing in on the economic boom. should you make a deposit? find out in cramer's exclusive. ? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if

recorriendo el estado de texas, estoy en texas y recorriendo el estado, todos los dÍas conozco hombres y mujeres que han perdido su seguro de salud debido al obamacare y estÁn asustados, mujeres que me agarran y me dicen, tengo un niÑo diabÉtico y recibÍ una carta donde me cancelan la pÓliza de seguro por el obamacare, esto no funciona y la persona mÁs razonable y pragmÁtica, reconocerÍa que no funciona y comenzarÍa de nuevo. >> pero usted sabe que millones de norteamericanos que no tienen seguro mÉdico y podrÍan tenerlo con obamacare, por un lado y por otro es la ley, entonces, ¿por quÉ insiste en atacar el obamacare? >> jorge, millones de personas se estÁn viendo perjudicadas por esto, cuando recorro el estado estuve en collin mitland, tuve reuniones con lÍderes comunitarios, y le preguntÉ a la gente que estaba presente, cuÉnteme, dÍgame cosas que les preocupan a ustedes, ¿quÉ piensan? una persona tras otra, tras otra, sin que le dijÉramos nada, dijeron que la mayor preocupaciÓn que tenÍan era el obamacare, para los negocios, un caballero en odessa, me dijo cÓ

it is available for you to visit if you happen to be in that part of texas in the texas hill country. you really get a sense of the johnson's life and you're there. so she died at the age of 94. sharon cooper wants to know how the country responded to her death. >> there was an outpouring of love. >> everybody showed up. former presidents and first ladies and, as i say, members of congress and artificial people you would expect to be there, but also this wonderful response of her staff and the secret service. seeing them coming was really quite something. i think also the point we just heard that the park service make about her sense of history. it is something we can enjoy so much and that he has made a point several times, all of this is available to us. all we have to do is go to our computers and mrs. johnson has made it possible for us to see their home movies, read their love letters and most important rom my perspective, hear those johnson tapes. from my perspective, hitters -- from my perspective, here are those johnson tapes. she allowed those tapes to be open to the public w

we begin our conversation with a resource crisis of sorts in texas. oil is plenty. but water, a basic necessity is harder to come by. the problem started two years ago when the first fracking trucks arrived in town. for the people in town some were striking it rich. others realised that turning on a tap can no longer be taken for granted. >> keith has been fixing water wells in texas for 50 years. business is almost too good, and not in a good way. >> we are as busy as we want to be, i'll say that. i could stay running all day and night if we wanted to. water wells all over the county are drying up. >> i have seen shallow water, 40-80 feet go. never seen any as deep as these - they are 600 feet and they are dry. some is to do with the drought. not all of it. >> today he is working for a rancher, shutting a dead well that was used to water cattle. >> all the shallow water in this country is pretty well gone, thanks to the on. >> fracking arrived in west texas and has changed everything in this basin. stretching across parts of 38 counties it is one of the largest oil

kennedy was assassinated in dallas texas today jay of kay's iconic legacy still lives on across the globe here to discuss why that legacy is particularly important for younger americans is scott de rice author of the new book titled the power of citizenship why you john f. kennedy matters to a new generation i met by the way at a personal moment john kennedy won. i was twenty four years old driving in a car with three friends in palm beach looking at the sights has a scar from behind oh my gosh he was parked he died of a car said how could you hit me on this week and said you want to change license this is no just raise your hands from was the vote for me. and that began my new role. virginity you had of course very well you're only thirty four what prompted you to write your produce in your journey what prompted you to write this book well i think for some time now our country has moved away in some sense from the message of ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country and the first time i heard this clip as a teenager i was inspired i felt that there was

the a's added craig gentry from texas for prospect michael joyce. arizona and texas tech and aaron goldman -- and aaron gordman. he lead the wild cats with 19. second ranked arizona is now 8 of h 0 and 79-58 the final over at texas tech. abc7 sports brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> an exciting come back. >> the warriors game was amazing. they were dead in the water and then they came back. >>

not moscow, texas. i said dallas, texas. the first thing they did was miss him and the trigger. and in fact kennedy, kennedy, kennedy, over and over again. a long way from home, long way from dallas that really registered or me. i remember interviewing with the great late author, writer david halverson. he told me almost in a jocular way, i can't really like the dallas cowboys. i thought he had another personal preference. but he sat there for the city where my president was killed. this was many, many years later. i think the city has recovered a lot and now has a look at the address it. it's a beautiful museum up there. if you haven't, please go. it took a long, long time. for the city to figure out how to heal and move forward. to grapple with the fans that we probably shouldn't let people on either extreme hijacked microphone. >> thank you for answering my questions. i want to open it up to the audience. if anyone has a question, if you could line up behind the microphone in the center. >> were you just speak a little bit about w. a chris locke? i love your book. >> thank yo

kennedy was assassinated in dallas texas today jay of kay's iconic legacy still lives on across the globe here to discuss why that legacy is particularly important for younger americans is scott de rice author of the new book titled the power of citizenship why the john f. kennedy matters to a new generation i met by the way to personal moron the john kennedy one. i was twenty four years old driving in a car with three friends in palm beach looking at the sites his car from behind oh my gosh he was parked he died of a cause that how could you hit me on this week and said you want to change license this is no just raise your hands from as the vote for me. then we get to robert kennedy and ted of course very well you're only thirty four what prompted you to write your producing your journey what prompted you to write this book well i think for some time now our country has moved away in some sense from the message of ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country and the first time i heard this clip as a teenager i was inspired i felt that there was something

longhorn's athletic director say no decision has been made on brown's future of texas and texas recruiting site reported that brown denied that report in a text from florida, where he was recruiting. brown is 158-47 in 16 seasons at texas, including a national title in 2005 and another bcs appearance in 2009. >> finally, ahuge deal going down in baseball as the arizona diamondbacks had a trade involving trumbo. he heads to arizona while the white sox acquire outfielder adam eaton. the angels pick up hector santiago and tyler skaggs. >> high hopes for legal marijuana. the country that's given the green light to the world's first national marketplace for legal pot.

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same-sex marriage in texas. until the supreme court sorts this out, we will nibble around the edges on it. domestic -- i am in a 23 year domestic partnership. i've been looking forward toward the opportunity in the state of texas to mirror. i might get tired of waiting. i want to be young enough to know who i am marrying when i do it. [laughter] do you foresee same-sex marriage legal in texas? will that come through action and texas are will have to be sorted out nationally at the supreme court for that to happen? >> i think i answer that. it will have to be sorted out nationally. it is the tipping point on that. than 16 or 17 states that recognize same-sex marriage. we have -- we can't have a situation where there are folks in limbo where are marriages recognized in some states and they drive across the border and it is not recognized. he had been there before. there is only one way that this ends. -- we have been there before. there is only one way that this ends. i think the best thing i can foror the lgbt co

we begin our conversation with a resource crisis of sorts in texas. oil is plenty. but water, a basic necessity is harder to come by. the problem started two years ago when the first fracking trucks arrived in town. for the people in town some were striking it rich. others realised that turning on a tap can no longer be taken for granted. >> keith has been fixing water wells in texas for 50 years. business is almost too good, and not in a good way. >> we are as busy as we want to be, i'll say that. i could stay running all day and night if we wanted to. water wells all over the county are drying up. >> i have seen shallow water, 40-80 feet go. never seen any as deep as these - they are 600 feet and they are dry. some is to do with the drought. not all of it. >> today he is working for a rancher, shutting a dead well that was used to water cattle. >> all the shallow water in this country is pretty well gone, thanks to the drilling going on. >> fracking arrived in west texas and has changed everything in this basin. stretching across parts of 38 counties it is one of

the pledge of allegiance will be offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. mr. poe: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the claire will entertain requests -- the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady from north carolina is recognized for one minute. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. discussions about health care often turn into discussions about jobs and the economy. the two are undeniably linked. obamacare, its unfunded mandates, broken policy incentives and tax penalty structure is exacerbating the crisis of unemployment in this country. my constituent, sandy from winston-salem, knows this firsthand. she contacted me to share how obamacare is impacting adjunct profe

and so the state law of texas prevailed. and so they told us that they would have to do the autopsy their. we asked them how long would it take, and they said hours or maybe a day. and we said that's not acceptable because we need to take the president back to the nation's capital. we could have the autopsy done their and they said that that is in violation of state law and there was some additional discussion between my supervisor and the president chief aide and members of authorities bear in dallas and we finally said that we are leaving anyway. and they said if you're going to do that, please have a medical professional remain with the president through the entire process. george berkeley was volunteered to do that and he was with us. and so they placed the president's body in the casket and berkeley got in the rear and i brought out mrs. kennedy and said we could write in ride in his car back here and she said no, i'm writing in the first hearse with the president. and i said okay. so i opened the door the casket in the

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and so the state law in texas prevails. and so they told us they would have to do the autopsy there. we asked them how long it would take. they said hours, maybe a day. we said that's not acceptable. we need to take the president back to the nation's capital. we can have the autopsy done there, and they said that's a violation of state law. there was some additional discussion between my supervisor and the president's chief aide and members of the authorities there in dallas. and we finally said, well, we are leaving anyway. and they said well, if you're going to do that, we have a medical professional remain with the president through the entire process. i volunteered and with george berkeley to do that. he was the president's position and he was with us. and so the place the president's body and the casket. we brought the casket out to the hearse. berkeley got into the rear of the hearse with the casket. i brought out mrs. kennedy and said, we can write in this car right back year, she said no. i'm going to ride in the he

the new texas rules they up -- unveiled today in texas may recommend to anybody else that they sign up for health insurance. that is illegal. you can't tell anybody in texas the difference between the various plans offered to them. you can't explain the differences between the plans. so if you want to help people sign up for health insurance in texas, effectively, that is now illegal. and in missouri, it is outright illegal. missouri is being taken to federal court right now over their efforts to make it basically impossible to people to figure out how to get health insurance in that state. because the law that missouri passed flat out makes it illegal for anybody to offer anyone any advice concerning benefits, terms or features of any health insurance plan. you can't talk about that in missouri. so sure, millions of people across the country who could not get health insurance before now should be able to get it because of health reform. but republican-controlled state governments are making it illegal, or at least hopefully impossible for you to find out that there are health insuranc

i question how much time you have spechblt in texas. i mean texas is built on being a parody and they're proud of their texasness, to a point that it's hard for others to explain and understand. in steve stockman's world, it's all about guns. i would say you pick different things for different people. with stockman, it's guns. i mean this is a guy who not only doesn't want gun free zones around schools, he basically wants gun filled zones in schools. >> he's introduced a piece of legislation that would essentially allow everyone inside a school to be armed. it not sure if the students are included. i have not read the bill text in a little while. >> i'm sure he would include that with the third grade report card. so, you know, that's stockman, it sounds crazy on one level, but interestingly, the rather sophisticated people behind the senate conservative fund, you know, who are backing some tea party candidates, this is the jim demint group, that's backing people in kentucky and now maybe north carolina and mississippi and elsewhere, pic

the new texas rules they up ava -- unveiled today in texas may recommend to anybody else that they sign up for health insurance. that is illegal. you can't tell anybody in texas the difference between the various plans offered to them. you can't explain the differences between the plans. so if you want to help people sign up for health insurance in texas, effectively, that is now illegal. and in missouri, it is outright illegal. missouri is being taken to federal court right now over their efforts to make it basically impossible to people to figure out how to get health insurance in that state. because the law that missouri passed flat out makes it illegal for anybody to offer anyone any advice concerning benefits, terms or features of any health insurance plan. you can't talk about that in missouri. so sure, millions of people across the country who could not get health insurance before now should be able to get it because of health le foreform. but republican-controlled state governments are making it illegal, or at least hopefully impossible for you to find out that there are health

the tragedy unfolded on june 15th on a road near fort worth, texas. couch was driving with a blood alcohol content three times the legal limit when his car careened out of control and cut four lives short in an instant. like that of 24-year-old brianna mitchell. her only crime that night, the fact that her car had broken down. brian jennings, a father of three, stopped to help her. and so did two other good samaritans. holly boyles and her daughter u shelby. all four were killed instantly leaving families shattered. >> we had over 180 years of life taken. future life. not 180 years lived, but 180 years of future life taken. and two of those were my wife and daughter. >> there's also anguish from the family of sergio molina. he was a rising soccer star, but his life was changed that night too. >> sir, how many people are injured, do you know? >> one, two, three, multiple. >> multiple? >> i don't even know how many. >> ma'am, i'm telling you it's dark. there's four or five kids laying in ditches. >> sergio was thrown from ethan couch's suv. these days h

texas is not expanding medicaid. this is a decision by the states to do this, and again, a huge turnaround. i think no question after aurora, after newtown, after a lot of what we've seen over the last year, it's caught everybody's attention and as much as we have talked about guns, mental health is something that people are focusing on as well now, thankfully, and even at the state level. >> we hope it will make a difference. dr. sanjay gupta, thank you so much. >>> coming up next, another shot at the republican establishment as one more tea party candidate challenges a long-time republican senator. >>> plus, christmas music. it's so 20 years ago. as in that's the last time a singer actually made a holiday song that became a hit. so what's with the lack of new holiday classics? i dbefore i dosearch any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. afghan

so a rough day here in north texas, but the news we just got, the dallas marathon is canceled. >> of course that christmas pair raid as well. mark snyder thank you. >>> let's go ja leila for more. >> thanks stephanie. this is creating treacherous conditions all across i-40. it is safe to say you should be home today if you don't have to be out on the roadways. texas, arkansas, and tennessee departments of transportation are working overtime because of this system that continues to push towards the east. we'll have to continue to deal with temperatures well below the freezing mark. so off the roads here tonight we could see an additional three-fourths of an inch of ice here across portions of eastern texas into arkansas. we're also looking at rain and snow. i'll tell you about that later in the show. >> coming up on al jazeera america, what people in the philippines are doing to rebuild one of the hardest hit areas. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy, here are today's headlines. south africa will hold more than a week of memorials in honor of nelson mandela. a pu

parker county texas. we're going to take a short break more news coming out. of the book. it was a. very hard to take a. look. at that act with senator gregg there. with. the for the. good fortune artie international live from moscow the syrian army has reportedly liberated k. districts in the city of which has it seems witnessed atrocities described as the most barbaric since the war started almost three years ago local residents have told r.t. that adults and children were tortured and beheaded by a battalion of islamic rebels who tried to seize control of the area some estimates put the number of civilians killed at around two hundred across marty's arabic channel is there. when dawn was breaking over address the al nusra front and the army of islam gave a signal for their fighters to attack that they came in hundreds making use of bad weather and the element of surprise over government forces it was a year after fierce fighting with the syrian army the rebel factions achieve their objectives with the city soon falling into the hands of those who the residents of the city have du

and it will be wet on interstate 10 in texas. clear and dry most other places. >> and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in minneapolis, chicago and detroit. >>> a change in plans for the passengers and crew of that cruise ship stuck in the antarctic ice. the rescue boats can't reach them. so, they will be airlifted off the stuck ship by helicopter. >> but even that is on hold right now, waiting for a break in the weather. abc's gio benitez has more. >> reporter: eyes in the sky over that trapped ship in the antarctic. 74 passengers now told they may have to abandon ship by air. >> the chinese have just launched a helicopter to check out the water sky and see how far the sea ice edge really is. >> reporter: this is the australian ice breaker trying to tear through miles of thick ice. just listen. with just ten miles to go, the rescuers were forced to turn back. >> it's minus 1 and blowing snow. we're standing on the leeward side of the boat. >> reporter: punishing weather and heavy ice, putting the mission on hold. but

of the stories we're tracking for you today first up what the rock is up with these earthquakes in texas are two correspondent guy in a teacher can brings us a full report from texas on the business of fracking and the literal groundbreaking of the fact that it's now also big coin has a deal avenue in which to employ its purchasing power we'll tell you all about it coming up and finally we got detroit detroit destroyed the motor city had their share of ups and downs and this week's bankruptcy filing has created more questions than answers for the future of the city anthony randolph of the reason foundation helps us get through the headline letter wall rachel courteous and i paid you a picture of detroit i'll take that and this big deal is all coming up and it all starts right now. kicking off your headlines today fracking now it may be the reason why unusual earthquakes have been hitting northern texas in recent months researchers suggest that injecting fracking water deep into the ground may have caused the three point four magnitude earthquake in dallas this past october artie's gynae

are to you correspondent guy in a teacher can brings us a full report from texas on the business of fracking and the literal ground breaking a fact that it now also big client has a new avenue in which to employ its purchasing power we'll tell you all about it coming up and finally we got detroit that's right that's right the motor city had their share of ups and downs and this week's bankruptcy filing has created more questions than answers for the future of the city anthony randolph of the reason foundation helps us get through the headline letter while rachel courteous and i paint a picture of detroit artistic assets and this big deal is all coming up and it all starts right now. ticking off your headlines today for akim now it may be the reason why an usual earthquakes have been hitting northern texas in recent months researchers suggest that injecting fracking water deep into the ground may have caused the three point four magnitude earthquake in dallas this past october artie's gynae teacher can reporting from northern texas tells us more. many residents who moved into this ar

and texas is going to do whatever it takes to get nick saban. twitter has been going nuts over this. there are reports that texas who has the highest reports of any football program, as much as $10 million. everyone in austin is on the lookout for nick saban. someone at the austin airport got on the p.a. and said, nick saban, your car is waiting for you. of course, everyone ran around like crazy looking for him. >>> and imagine this, american football in the olympics. talk about a sport where you could just hand the united states the gold medal. this is a possibility because the international olympic committee has recognized football as an international sport. it's still pretty far off from happening, if it is added it would likely be seven on seven format where it's quarterbacks and receivers. >>> mike thissen is current lly

but i have a different idea for a hearing issa could be holding in texas, a state with over -- whose governor refused to expand medicaid, instead of telling officials to watch more fox, how about doing what the navigators are doing and try to get the people of texas insured. >> joining me now a multimedia reporter who's covering this story. you were at the hearings last night and man, does it sound like a strange, strange scene. paint the picture for us. >> well, it lasted about 2 1/2 hours and it was on the stage there at the performance hall in richardson, in the dallas area, you had the fife republican lawmakers, one democrat from the texas delegation and it was mainly focused on the navigators, but there was an opportunity in the opening remarks from each of the congressmen on both sides of the aisle to posture a little bit as far as the republicans outlining other aspects of the law that they don't like, and the sole democrat taking the opportunity to call out governor perry if you will and say if we need to be talking about a more pressing problem and that is expanding medicare

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of the stories we're tracking for you today first up what the crack is up with these earthquakes in texas our team of correspondents guy in a teacher can brings us a full report from texas on the business of fracking and the literal groundbreaking of the fact that it's happening now also big coin has a deal avenue in which to employ its purchasing power we'll tell you all about it coming up and finally we got detroit detroit destroyed the motor city had their share of ups and downs and this week the bankruptcy filing has created more questions than answers for the future of the city anthony randolph of the reason foundation helped us get through the headline letter wall rachel courteous and i paid you a picture of detroit on the stick and this big deal is all coming up and it all starts right now. kicking off your headlines today fracking now it may be the reason why unusual earthquakes have been hitting northern texas in recent months researchers suggest that injecting fracking water deep into the ground may have caused the three point four magnitude earthquake in dallas this past octobe

." >> reporter: it's late afternoon in mccallen, texas. air operations are about to begin. >> there are areas mcallen, west of mcallen along the southwest border that are completely out of control in my opinion. >> reporter: captain stacy holland and his team from the texas department of public safety are trying to stop drug smugglers from crossing from mexico into the u.s. >> right there, right there. one guy's gotten out. >> reporter: they are also trying to stop the violence of a full-scale drug war from spilling north. >> are there parts of this border that you would be basically lawless or run by the cartels? >> absolutely. >> reporter: smack in the middle of this 21st century version of the wild west, two young americans, david hartley and tiffany young, just teenagers when they fell in love. >> we started dating in '98. the summer of '98, and dated for quite a while before we got engaged in 2001 and married in 2002. >> what took so long? >> we were 18. >> reporter: they wound up here, in the mexican border town of reynosa, jut south

of the stories we're tracking for you today first up what the rock is up with these earthquakes in texas are two correspondent guy in a teacher can brings us a full report from texas on the business of fracking and the literal groundbreaking of the fact that it's happening now also big coin has a deal avenue in which to employ its purchasing power we'll tell you all about it coming up and finally we got detroit detroit zits roy the motor city has had its fair share of ups and downs and this week the bankruptcy filing has created what questions and answers for the future of the city anthony randolph of the reasons beyond ation help us through the headline letter wall rachel courteous and i paid you a picture of detroit. and this big deal is all coming up and it all starts right now . kicking off your headlines today fracking now it may be the reason why unusual earthquakes have been hitting northern texas in recent months researchers suggest that injecting fracking water deep into the ground may have caused the three point four magnitude earthquake in dallas this past october artie's gyna