but texas is not, texas is really really really red. texas legislature is almost entirely republican. and with their grip on texas state government, republicans in texas have taken some of the most radical steps in the nation to keep texas voting patterns exactly the way they are now, no matter how the demographics keep changing. they want to keep voter rates nice and low, particularly among the growing populations in the state, who might not be inclined to vote republican. texas republicans have finetuned their laws to make sure that texas keeps voting the way it has been. for example, when texas republicans passed new requirements. they made sure that if your i.d., your documentation you were going to try to show, was a student i.d., or let's say your medicaid card or your social security card, that would not count. you cannot show those if you wanted to be able to vote in texas. can you show your concealed handgun permit in order to vote in texas. >> what's the material difference between your student i.d. and your medicaid card? the

let's talk about why texas needed the fracking ban. denton is the only town in texas. it's not the only phenomenon there are people in your state that thing the federal government will invade and you get biker gangs, this doesn't rate among the things you need to be concerned about. >> we have seen that we have people providing misinformation about what oil and gas extraction is doing today, saying that fracking is causing environmental problems when we have studies conducted in the area. they said the public is protected, the water quality is protected. so i think it's this misinformation that led to this. i want to admit up front, i think operators need to do the best job we can to communicate to public. industrial action provides discomfort to everyone we want to be good neighbours. >> it strikes me i love the state a great deal, and spend as much time as a can. i'm fascinated texans are about home rule. the idea that the state tells a municipality that it can't do something. as a texan, if you were from denton, would it sit badly with you. >> the cities are created

but texas's new law is banning the city's ban on fracking. it shows how important the oil and gas has become in texas and how far the balance of power has tilted. david ariosto has our report. >> in texas, energy is king and oil and gas boom recently helped the lone star state's economy expand as twice the rates of the u.s. now texas maybe in danger of transitioning from america's job engine to its anchor. in march, texas lost 25,400 jobs, the most in the country and the state's biggest job loss in more than four years. big reason, the price of oil plunged by more than half since its peak last summer. many here in texas say they need to do everything they can to keep the oil industry thriving. not everyone feels the same way, particularly those in the town of denton just outside of dallas. this is oil country, platforms like these used to have rigs on them in which they were churning out oil around the clock through fracking. but that got residents a little concerned. they voted on it and voted essentially from fracking to take place inside t

this is not just about texas making money. though texas does make money. this is all about the state of texas not wanting to place the stamp of approval on certain messages. and a speaker is not entitled to the state of texas on whatever message that it will wish to put on the license plate. thank you mr. chief justice thank you council. the case is submitted. >> coming up onesies on c-span remarks by president obama on the shootings yesterday at a church in trusting, south carolina. than members of congress holding a prayer vigil for the victims. the justice department has opened a hate crimes investigation. we will hear from attorney general loretta lynch later. here are some of our featured programs this week and on the c-span network. on c-span saturday night at 8:00 a.m. -- 8:00 p.m. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg and the production of a new movie about her life and career. sunday night at 6:35 p.m., a profile interview with presidential candidate, texas senator ted cruz. on the tv on c-span2, saturday morning at 10 -- at 10:00 eastern, we

i've seen it from the red dirt of a west texas cotton field, from a campus in college station, texas, from the elevated view of a c-130 cockpit, and the governor's office from the texas capitol. [ applause ] >> i had the great privilege to serve a rural community in the texas legislature, and i led the world's 12th largest economy. i know america has experienced great change, but what it means to be an american has never changed. we are the only nation in the world founded on the power of an idea that all, that all are created equal. that they are endowed by their creator unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. instead government is subject to the people. it's always been the case that there's been this social compact between one generation of americans and the next. to pass along the inheritance of a greater country. it's been protected in great sacrifice. it's never more clear to me than when i took my father to the american cemetery that overlooks the bluffs at omaha beach. on that peaceful setting there lies graves. a father and a son. t

yes, i said texas. texas is not, you know, changing their rules to vote early this year along with iowa and new hampshire and those other early states. texas isn't an a early state. texas is still as yet a very red state. so even if texas does matter towards the nomination on the republican side, there's no reason texas will be an important state to win on the democratic side. hillary clinton, though, going two days to texas this week. and the reason secretary clinton is visiting texas of all places, at a time when there are all these other, you know, really high pressured demands on her time, when she is otherwise trying to spend every available minute in the early primary and caucus states at this important time in her campaign, the reason hillary clinton is leaving the well beaten campaign trail instead and spending two days in texas this week is, i think, money. no matter the elect to recall calendar, big time candidates who are trying to raise big time money, they must find time on the campaign to

of people and i either have texas at my disposal or mexico because i'm on the border. there's nothing closer or in between. >> it's just a half hour's drive for mellisa to get to mexico where she bought the misoprostol. we wanted to see what her journey looked like, so we headed there with a local health activist. >> how far is the border from here? >> it is probably around 15-20 minutes away. >> that's it? >> yeah. >> that's really close. >> are there several groups you work with down here? >> no, i think people do things individually but there is no organized movement. >> that must make it really hard? >> yeah, because you want to do stuff like last year there was a lot of momentum and it kind of just dies off until the next you know horrible thing happens. >> within 20 minutes we'd crossed into arrived in nuevo progreso, a small border town. >> this entire street is full of pharmacies. >> this is the big business here. this is why a lot of people come here? to buy cheap drugs? >> it was really easy to get it, misoprostol, it was just 31 dollars. >> hi do you have mi

i learned those lessons right here in texas. registering voters in south texas, down in the valley in 1972. now, some of the people i met were understandably a little wary of a girl from chicago who didn't speak a word of spanish. but they wanted to vote. they were citizens. they knew they had a right to be heard. they wanted to exercise all the rights and responsibilities that citizenship conveys. that's what should matter. because when those rights are denied to anyone, we're all the worse for it. it doesn't just hold back the aspirations of individual citizens. it holds back our entire country. that's why as a senator i championed a bill called the count every vote act. if it had become law, it would have made election day a federal holiday. aunt mandated early voting opportunities -- [applause] -- deceiving voters, including by sending flyers into minority neighborhoods with false voting times and places would have become a federal crime. and to many americans with criminal convictions would have finally gotten their voting

look at what is happening in texas. texas exports more than $289 million last year, up 146% from 2004. let's look at the number of couldn't companies that export. they're not the big companies. 93% of those exporting companies 40,737 that export, 93% of them are small and medium-sized businesses. i ask you to please support t.p.a. it's good for texas, it's good for the united states and it's a no brainer to allow taos export to those countries. thank you so much. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlen from wisconsin continues to reserve. the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: thank you very much. the people of this gat nation are watching us todayand they are begging and pleading with us to please vote down this bill. this bill, allyou have to do, whonows better than the american people who live in the towns and the cties where they've seen their manufacturing pl

texas survived the recession that a lot of you and the rest of the country, we here in texas survived as well as we did because of the oil and gas economy. since oil and gas is on the turn down, we suffered. a president has to preside over among other things the economy and one knock against president obama was he didn't have any experience running anything and so when it came time to steady the economy in bad times, he didn't really have the chops to do it and perry will argue, look, 15 years, almost 15 years as governor, the net job growth in texas exceeded the other 49 states combined. jeb bush creating jobs in florida, as well. we're not going to not hear perry talk about that. the biggest challenge as you talked about, people have got to forget about what happened in 2012. perry said today the most optimistic person on earth is the dry land cotton farmer. no, that's someone who wants to run for president after pratfalling the way he did. you have to figure out how to have a second chance to make a first impression and if he can't do that, none of the rest of this stuff matters. >

. >> texas governor greg abbott gave the commencement address at the university of north texas in denver. -- in denton. he talks about the importance of responding like challenges relaying his own experiences of becoming partially paralyzed at age 26. governor abbott was elected in november. this is 60 minutes. -- 15 minutes. [applause] governor abbott: thank you. this university is fortunate to have you at the helm of this university as you begin the next 125 years for the university of north texas. [applause] i'm deeply honored to get to participate in this celebration for this commencement of the north texas mean green. now, i know firsthand the caliber of the students who attend the university of north texas. my nephew, ryan abbott graduated from north texas five years ago. in 2010, with a degree in emergency administration and planning. he now works with the philadelphia office of emergency management. and the university of north texas would be proud of him today because of what he did earlier this week, when he put his degree to good use helping to respond to the tragic amtrak cras

has a history of honoring confederate vets and heros day is a state holiday in texas. falling and january 19th the birthday of general robert e lee but scott keller says they make the plates and own them and they are government speech and are not protected by the first amendment and texas has its name on every license plate and car owners remain free to express any message they wish by attaching bumper stickers and specialty license plates are big business for texas bringing in over $17 million last year. the state has approved over 400 different messages on specialty plates from fight terrorism to choose life. >> the real question is whether texas really has to allow every license plate and so the oral argument a bunch of examples were raised for example do you have to have a license plate that says jihad or a swastika and they said yes you would have to allow it and it troubles the justices on the court. >>> this morning the search is resuming for a toddler who may have drown in flood waters in oklahoma. she and her father were caught in a rising creek when she was s

[applause] >> texas governor gray gavin gave the commencement address at the university of north texas in denver. he talks about the importance of responding like challenges, relaying his own experiences of becoming partially paralyzed at each 26 -- age 26. [applause] governor abbott: thank you. this university is fortunate to have you at the helm of this university as you begin the next 125 years for the university of north texas. i'm deeply honored to get to participate in this celebration for this commencement of the north texas mean green. now, i know firsthand the caliber of the students who attend the university of north texas. my nephew, ryan abbott graduated from north texas five years ago. in 2010, with a degree in emergency administration and planning. he now works with the philadelphia office of emergency management. and the university of north texas would be proud of him today because of what he did earlier this week, when he put his degree to good use helping to respond to the tragic amtrak crash that took place just outside of philadelphia. now, i also got to know recentl

and we will go to texas where a federal appeals court upheld harsh anti-choice provisions in texas, threatening to leave the state with fewer than 10 abortion clinics. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the white house has confirmed plans to increase the u.s. military presence in iraq. on wednesday, the obama administration announced the deployment of up to 450 u.s. troops to train and back iraqi forces in the fight against the self-proclaimed islamic state. the new u.s. contingent will operate out of a military base in anbar province. white house press secretary josh earnest announced the move. >> i think what it represents is a conclusion by the president and his national security team that the situation on the ground in iraq would benefit from more trained iraqi security forces and more sunni tribal fighters that are operating under the command and control of the iraqi central government who are -- who have received advice and assistance and equipment from the u.s. military. there is no environment in which i

so long as it's a texas? >> the only question here is whether this is texas speech on a debate is texas speech all of these things can be said tampa bay parks and all the things on the license plate -- >> texas speech by itself and is not joint speech because -- >> this business and they look very significant issue. if that's all of you are concerned about. so long as texas is it okay but if you put on a license plate what has to i've understand what the theory is. >> the state has created a very successful money racing program in which it solicits people to come in and submit their design for their license plate so they can come they have to submit the design. they have to put up the money to make the plate and then the plate doesn't ever get published to anybody until the person, somebody, orders it from the -- >> suppose the message, the applicant said we want this design, and the design is a swastika. is about speech that -- whoever is in charge of the license plate, do they have to accept that these on?

if you look at texas, it's hard to say. we talk about the shifting of the power, it's hard to say hispanics are over-represented. 25% of districts in texas are hispanic. they are 6 million people. they don't have a hispanic district north of san antonio. but you raise an interesting point. the one person, one vote is rooted in the civil right movement. in the fact that when you had the portion that existed. it really hurt fern voters. today -- fern voters. it would hurt hispanic places like in texas. >> it's ironic that part of the argument is based on the overarching votes, it's their votes putting them into a supermajority district in the first place. >> whether they were naturalized or not. there are a lot of problems with how they plied. indeed there's an interesting dynamic where the black community, which is typically aligned with the hispanic community has not been vocal. relatively speaking. there would be more power in black communities. they were a high percentage of citizens >>> michael, what is the counter argum

we are broadcasting from addison, texas, tonight. earlier today, former governor rick perry announced he is run forring ing for the white house. he'll be our guest tonight. here is how it all went down earlier today. >> i know that america has experienced great change. but what it means to be an american has never changed. we are a resilient country. you think about who we are. we've been through a civil war. we've been through two world wars. we've been through a great depression. we even made it through jimmy carter. we will make it through the obama years. [ applause ] >> we will do this. we can get back up. we dust ourselves off. we move forward. and you know what? we will do it again. [ applause ] >> to the one in five children in families who are on food stamps to the one in seven merge americans living in poverty, to the one in 10 workers who are unemployed or underemployed, i hear you. you are not forgotten. we have the power to make things new again. to project america's strength again and to get our economy going again. [ c

the gentleman from texas. do you yield back? the gentlan from texas elds back? mr. culberson: s, yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee. those in favor say aye. those opposed no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment isgreedo. for what purpose does the gentleman frocalifornia seek recognition? >> mr. chair, i have an amendment at the desk. thehair: the clerk will eport the amendment. the clerkendment offered by mr. lieu of lifornia. page 33, line 5 after the fit dollar amount, reduce by $9 milon. page 38, line 9 after the dollar amou iert, increased by $4 milln. page 38, line 24, aft the dollar amount insert, incas by $4 million. pe 47, line , after the dollar amount insert, increased by $3 million. the air: pursuant house resolution 287, theentleman from california and a member opposed will ch control five minutes. the cairrecogniz the gentleman from california. mr. lieu: thank you, mayor mr. chair is amendment takes- thank you, mr. chair. this amendment takes9 mlion outthe d.e.a. agenc

poe of texas. insert the following section, a, except as provided by subsection b, none of the funds made available by this act by the department of justice or federal bureau of investigation may be used to mandate or request that a person as defined in the section of the foreign intelligence act of 1978, 50 u.s.c. offer the product or service of the person to permit the electric tronning surveillance -- the chair: is there an objection to the gentleman. the reading is dispensed with. pursuant to house resolution 287, the gentleman from texas and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. poe: i have a simple amendment to protect the fourth amendment of the constitution and this passed the d.o.d. appropriations last year. i thank representatives lofgren conyers, polis and labrador working on this amendment. the director of the federal bureau of investigation recently asked congress to update the law to ensure that federal government can access infor

host: and you in texas -- do you think he will get many votes in texas? caller: i think over time, with support, i really do. host: all right. let's take a look -- rick perry running for president. "shrugging off 2012." he says he appreciated it, but he says it turned into a political disaster that left him humbled and weekend announcing that he will run again, exuding confidence while making no specific reference to his unsuccessful bid. after he appeared, he was going to be going on for a number of events in iowa, a lot of them dealing with veterans issues. also meeting up with joni ernst in iowa. let us know what you think about the presidential field that is starting to shape up. jamie is on the line in monahan texas, democrat. are you there? caller: hello. host: go ahead. caller: i wanted to comment about how rick perry doesn't look good as a public figure. sure, he has people coming up to his elections and i comment -- he is a great figure. social lives, we haven't seen much about him taking bribes from halliburton. the whole education process in te

in texas. i think when you hear the word texas and politics, you don't necessarily think hillary clinton. and i wonder if you can tell us how much of an appetite there is in the state of texas, the lone star state, for the kind of progressive politics that hillary clinton has been espousing lately on the campaign trail. >> alex remember no democrat has been elected statewide in more than 20 years in texas. this is not a place where democrats have found much success running for president. but hillary clinton has roots that go back to the campaign which she coshared in texas back in 1972. she and her husband have friends in texas. she won the primary in texas in 2008. and i think that she'll be popular here as far as it goes. as far as it goes. the reality is nobody expects this state to be a democratic stronghold or even competitive in the next election. so she'll get a listen but that's pretty much it. >> kristina i think it's really interesting hillary is down there talking about voting rights

today. >> reporter: texas attorney general ken paxson warns any clerk, justice of the peace or other administrator who declines to issue a license to the same sex couple could face litigation or a fine. but he says lawyers are on stand by to deeven if those workers for free, still some legal experts hope that won't be necessary. >> if somebody has a conscious objection and is there somebody in the desk next to him to take care of it, that is what we should do both in private employment and public

in texas, hoping the second time is a charm. this as another former governor jeb bush sets a date for his announcement announcement. chief political correspondent carl cameron is in addison, texas with rick perry the presidential candidate 2.0. >> reporter: former florida governor jeb bush will announce his decision to run for president the afternoon of june 15th at miami-dade college. bush is tied lead nationally with wisconsin governor scott walker in the latest fox poll. bush will officially join the race upon his return from a trip to europe. the news partly overshadowed are rick perry's big day. >> we have the power to make things new again. to project america's strength again and to get our economy going again. and that is exactly why today i am running for the presidency of the united states of america. >> reporter: in an airport hanger with his name on the side of a c 130 such as he flew in the air force and flanked by taya kyle which had toe of chris kyle and and a half yie seal marcus la trel author of loan survivor pe

in texas. halfway between abilene and the end of the earth. [laughter] then one day, he decided to run for state representative. he ran and he won. around that same time, we welcomed griffin and then sydney into the family. family has always come first for rick and me. but it is not just about bloodlines with us, it is about the family you adopt over time. friends that come into your life , cause you to live differently because of the mere fact that you met them. one such friend is with us today. >> [applause] [cheering] anita perry: marcus has been very kind in describing how we were there for him. but in reality, we learned as much from markets as he could have ever -- marcus as he could have ever learned from us. he taught us the importance of perseverance. of never giving up. >> [applause] [cheering] anita perry: never quits. we learned this when he came to us broken from having borne the brunt of battle. the other thing that marcus always reminds us of is it is not about us. it is not abou

enrique: las inundaciones continÚan ocasionando estragos en texas. ilia: las aerolÍneas tienen ganancias. enrique: y se consume agua embotellada tiene ♪ ilia: la situaciÓn provocada por las intensas lluvias no ha mejorado en texas que declarÓ estado de emergencia. la inundaciones han derribado estructura, puentes, avenidas cerradas. edwin: las inundaciones continÚan generando estragos en texas y el centro del paÍs, colapsando puentes debido a las lluvias. residentes aseguran no haber visto un fenÓmeno de tal magnitud. >> el niÑo, quiÉn sabe que se le ha perdido, es algo extraÑo. edwin: la fuerza del agua fue tan grande que derribÓ un puente, conductores se vieron obligados a usar una soga para rescatar a una pareja. >> este punto es el nivel de lluvia que viene de un huracÁn, es el sistema que tuvimos en un huracÁn, la diferencia es que por lo _1 sabe cuÁndo viene y estÁ preparÁndose todo el equipo, esto cada semana tenemos mal tiempo. edwin: las autoridades han tenido que recurrir a sistemas de bombeo. por otra parte, las mÁs de 12

i've seen it from the red dirt of a west texas cotton field, from a campus in college station, texas, from the elevated view of a c-130 cockpit. and from the governor's office of the texas capitol. [applause] i had the great privilege to serve a rural community in the texas legislature. and i led the world's 12th largest economy. [applause] i know that america has experienced great change but what it means to be an american has never changed. we are the only nation in the world founded on the power of an idea that all, that all are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable right that among these are life, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. [applause] our rights come from god, not from government. our people are not the subject of government but instead government is subject to the people. it has always been the case that there's been this social compact between one generation of americans and the next. to pass along an inheritance of a stronger country, full of greater promise and possibility. and that social compact, it's been protected at

stitch fix opened an office in austin, texas and a distribution center in dallas. >> texas is a supportive place to open an office so the chamber of commerce was excited to meet with us it felt like we had a lot of support in growing there. >> reporter: still, lake isn't ready to leave the san francisco bay area. >> it is a high price to pay to live in san francisco, but it is worth it for us today. i mean i can't speak to what will happen in the far future but we love austin and we love texas but san francisco from a talent perspective is unparalleled in terms of who we are able to attract here. san francisco is our home. >> reporter: they say they didn't receive government incentive to expand to texas, but the lone star state is actively wooing businesses including this 2014 pitch to california ns. >> texas is number one for doing business. why? our taxes are lower, our legal system is fair. and our energy is affordable. >> reporter: since 2003 a texas state funded incentive program awarded almost $600 million in grants to companies from around the country, including silicon valley power

in texas, hoping the second time is a charm. this as another former governor jeb bush sets a date for his announcement announcement. chief political correspondent carl cameron is in addison, texas with rick perry the presidential candidate 2.0. >> reporter: former florida governor jeb bush will announce his decision to run for president the afternoon of june 15th at miami-dade college. bush is tied for the gop lead nationally with wisconsin governor scott walker in the latest fox poll. bush will officially join the race upon his return from a trip to europe. the news partly overshadowed are rick perry's big day. >> we have the power to make things new again. to project america's strength again and to get our economy going again. and that is exactly why today i am running for the presidency of the united states of america. >> reporter: in an airport hanger with his name on the side of a c 130 such as he flew in the air force and flanked by taya kyle which had toe of chris kyle and and a half yie seal marcus la trel author of loan

texas is now -- every state. texas is now at the epicenter of the country's ongoing battles over voting rights. four years after becoming law, the voter i.d. rules some of the strictest in the nation are under review by the fifth circuit court of appeals. the supreme court just decided last week to hear a conservative dhoolg challenge to texas' redistricting. the clinton campaign fired the opening shots in what promised to be a very aggressive perhapsecedentedly aggressive legal strategy against voting restrictions nationwide. a lawyer filed lawsuits last month in ohio and wisconsin. two keep presidential battleground already. "the new york times" reports georgia, nevada could be next. joining us deputy director at the brennan center for justice. brennan center has done a lot of litigation around these issues. you're from spoon. -- from texas. she went down there. clinton laid out a policy agenda on voting access that was the most radical, far-reaching sweeping expansion of the ease of the franchise that i've hea

texas is the perfect place to do it. they have the strictest voter restriction rules, i guess you could call it on the books. >> the other state everybody wants is is florida. we look at florida, strict laws there that increased the turnout. people were mad about what it ent meant. could we expect that in 2016? >> states rushed in to pass laws aimed at reading of civil rights groups reducing the turnout of minority voters. it produced a backlash. people were more determined. i think it was determination to re-elect president obama as well. i think the more laws restrict the more angry people get. they're not always successful. people in texas have a hard time getting this. >> i want to show you a poll that hillary clinton is under water when it comes to a trust fak tomorrow. we have -- trust factor. take a listen. >> any time you're running for office at local level or any level, trustworthiness is major concern of voters. seeing those poll number it should be concern to her. those poll numbers and that perception of unt

texas ownsentially $650 million worth of gold and the university of texas management company started dying gold bars a few years ago after the great recession. and inore it in new york texas, there is a great interest in bringing it back right now largely because the state is concerned -- there is a fever here now where people want to make sure that the federal government does not have their hands all over anything texas. that now involves gold. matt: i have heard reports that texas intelligence got word that federal troops were moving forces inside the state and then the governor mobilized local militia as a precaution. what the hell is going on there? lauren: this has spun out of control. word came out that there was a u.s. military exercise taking place across the u.s. called jade helm a couple of months ago. are playing to this rising sentiment in the state that the federal government is out to get them. the governor said we will deploy error state forces or keep them on call to keep an eye on the federal government. a lot of it is politics. that is basically what is happening wi

in texas, a few years ago, we saw a lawsuit to reduce the minimum age to get a permit. we have to understand the bigger picture where things are going, and understand that this is a dangerous idea, that really is promoted by people who sell fear and firearms, and try to force more places in our society allowing guns in the areas to be something normal, which the vast majority of americans do not agree with. >> quick response. >> i would rebuttal the fact that you said that it's from people who are trying to promote fear. which i feel that you are doing the same thing when you are using instances that are individual, and in this case that do not have to deal with concealed carry licensed owners, and this is what we are focussing on with students for concealed carry, that we want 21 years of age and older, those with c.h.l. licences, those with background checks to be the ones that have guns on campus, to be the ones that are going to be there, in situations where law enforcement has not arrived yet. >> antonio, the campus leader of students for concealed carry at the uni

schools, 20 ban it. >> in order to contain a concealed licence, you must be 21 in texas. many students would not qualify. >> jonathan martin reporting. >> in california a landmark legal case in a city known as one of the dangerous. students and teachers are suing the compton unified school district accusing schools of not dealing with students suffering drama. they say it's a problem in a city plagued by violence and gangs. >> these gangs attend different schools. all experience traumatic events from shooting to beating to homelessness. i meet 18-year-old kimberley at a park near her high school. >> i was sexually assaulted on the bus. >> reporter: on your way to school? >> on my way home. >> reporter: they say their schools failed to provide health care and educational programs for students coping with drama. -- trauma. >> i felt i should have gotten therapy, i felt awful and wouldn't go to school. it made me lose my credits. i wasn't getting good grades. >> reporter: students are part of a landmark first action against their district in a lawsuit. it tests americans wit

but first, rick perry of texas. in the moment -- in a moment, we will get to the good bad, and ugly of rick perry's announcement event. but for now, here is the red white, and blue. >> we don't have to resign ourselves to death, decay, and slow growth. we have the power to make things new again, to project america's strength again and get our economy going again. [applause] and that is exactly why today i am running for the presidency of the united states of america. [applause] mark: he flamed out in 2012 like a box of cheaply made fireworks. did today move him forward on his path to redemption? john: i thought that speech was pretty good. it was energetic, strong, funny at times, but i don't know whether it will be possible for him to dispel the memory of the flameout, which was more like the towering inferno than a cheap box of fireworks. he made himself a joke for too many people. even with a speech like that, i don't know if he will make it back. mark: much better today than he might've been. he showed some of h

texas lost 25,400 jobs. the most in the country from the state's biggest job lost in the last four years. the price of oil plunged by more than half from its peak last summer but they said they need to do everything to keep the oil industry thriving. but not everyone feels the same way. particularly those in denton outside of dallas. >> we're in north north texas and platforms like these used to have rigs on them but that got residents concerned. they voted on it and voted to essentially prohibit fracking from taking place inside this town. they banned it. but that is all about to change. governor greg abbott recently signed a bill into law that all but makes sure that no texas town could ever ban fracking again. the law largely strips local zoning boards of their power to regulate oil and gas and hands that power over to the states. governor abbott said its necessary to protect an energy city that accounts for nearly one fifth of the state's economic output. >> we're forming a patchwork quilt of bans, rules