states versus texas. the case challenging president obama's executive actions on immigration that would shield nearly 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation and allow them to work. 26 states have brought their case, which the court agreed to hear in january. but with the absence of justice scalia who died in february, a 4-for deadlock is a possibility in which case the rulings from lower courts would stand on block the president's immigration executive action. also arguing before the court today representative for republican lawmakers and the u.s. house after the house in an unprecedented move filing an amicus brief in support of the state in this case that the president that would allow unauthorized immigrants were parents of citizens or lawful residents to apply for programs that the deferred action for parents of americans which was expanded to the deferred action or childhood arrival. a lower court but those programs on hold in february last year. first the courthouse whether or not they've been harmed in some way by the president planned before deciding deciding on the

minutes. >> is a pleasure to have them back. he is assistant professor of history at texas university. -- texas christian university. he received a phd in history from duke university. and he has a forthcoming book. he will discuss his just about to be released book. entitled "blue texas." to be published by the university of north carolina press. professor. [applause] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. and for having me here again today. it is a real honor. it is especially an honor since the book is not yet out. since -- like some of my esteemed colleagues, it got delayed, it will be out in august. although it deals with the chicano movement. it's a multi-relational study. it is also good to be here and that my work, is a relational multiethnic study. that is an important part of the field and i am glad to be here doing that part. there is my cover, new title. i'm excited about it. i'm going to give a quick overview of the book. focusing on the mexican american wing of the story. 28, 1963, much of america nervously watched the march on washington. nearly a thou

history at texas university. -- texas christian university. he received a phd in history university. and he has a forthcoming book. he will discuss his just about to be released book. entitlediscuss -- ."lue texas [applause] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. and for having me here again today. it is a real honor. it is especially an honor since the book is not yet out. since -- like some of my esteemed colleagues it got , delayed, it will be out in august. it deals with the to condo oovement -- with the chican movement. it is also good to be here and that my work, is a relational multiethnic study. that is an important part of the field and i am glad to be here doing that part. there is my cover, new title. i'm excited about it. i'm going to give a quick overview of the book. on august 20 8, 1963, much of america nervously watched the march on washington. nearly a thousand demonstrators gathered in texas to march towards the state capital in 102 degrees heat. from across the state, groups of white college students and mexican-american activists also joined. the protesters ass

, before we got to march 6th, texas dropped off that list. it's very interesting. texas wanted to be on super tuesday, but they were embroiled in a court fight over just exactly how racist their redistricting could be in that state, just how much the republican legislature in texas would be allowed to dilute all the hispanic and black votes so the hispanic and black representatives would never get elected in texas. because of a court fight, an ongoing court fight over that, because nobody was quite sure what the congressional districts or the legislative districts were going to be in the state of texas, they couldn't hold their primary when they wanted to. they were initially supposed to hold their primary with everybody else on super tuesday, march 6th, but in texas they had to push that primary back and initially got pushed back about a month, instead of march 6 th they were going to vote on april 3rd. then they still hadn't settled it enough to hold the primary so they got pushed back again. ultimately the texas primary didn't happen in 2012 until really, really late and it had a

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>> reporter: democratic state senator john whitmire, who chairs the texas senate criminal justice committee, sponsored the junk science bill. he says his state's reckoning with d.n.a. testing paved the way for the law. since 1993, texas has exonerated 57 people, mostly convicted of murder and sexual assault, who appealed with d.n.a. evidence. the highest number of any state. whitmire says that was a moral wake up call. >> i hope it keeps everybody up at night if they think one person is wrongfully convicted. junk science has proven we have numerous people, maybe large numbers nationwide, wrongfully convicted. >> reporter: when texas adopted its junk science law in 2013, it was the first in the nation. last year, california, became the second. junk science appeals are finally making it onto court calendars in texas, but there is no deadline for decisions. >> reporter: so far, only one case has resulted in a new trial. a handful of other cases, including sonia cacy's are waiting to be heard. >> reporter: but the number is

orders on immigration in the case of u.s. versus texas. president obama holds a joint news conference with british prime minister david cameron. in london later an interview with what has economic advisor jason berman. house economic advisor jason berman. >> the supreme court heard oral apartments in the west versus texas, a challenge to president obama's executive actions on immigration. in 2014, the president ordered a policy of deferring deportation of undocumented immigrants with children who are u.s. citizens or legal residents. texas and 25 other states are challenging this action as unconstitutional. here is the audio of monday's supreme court proceedings. this is an hour and a half. chief justice roberts: we'll hear argument first this morning in case number 15674, united states v. texas, et al. general verrilli? general verrilli: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, the secretary of homeland security has decided to defer removal of the class of aliens who are parents of u.s. citizens and lpr's, have lived in the country continuously since 2010, and not committed cr

texas. that is a mouthful. but we will then here from the president of four us command finally, to my immediate right here from steve murdock, director of the hobby center for the study of texas and rice university. let's begin. >> thank you. try to waive my way to the podium. in fact, i was talking to her house legislative caucus and found out they had a 28-inch podium. i was away from the steps. i decided i would jump up there and discovered i had a 26-inch vertical leap. and i was already back. i have to be honest with you. it is great to be here with you. i appreciate you being here. i will not say how long. steve murdock and taught and jesus. i appreciate everyone who put this together. it is a very important issue before i do talk about it, one more littlelittle thing about myself because you did not say enough about me. i just recently got a little award i am proud of. a thousand people, and a distinguished alumni award. love that. it is all right. i had not been there a while my wife asked me what it was like. i told her the wonderful things about it. over the challenges? i

. >> on monday, this ring court heard oral arguments in the case of u.s. versus texas, a challenge for president obama's executive action on immigration. in 2014, the president ordered a policy of deferring deportation of undocumented immigrants with children who are u.s. citizens or legal residents. texas and 25 other states are challenging this action as unconstitutional. here is the audio of monday's supreme court proceedings. this is an hour and a half. chief justice roberts: we'll hear argument first this morning in case number 15674, united states v. texas, et al. general verrilli? justice, and may it please the court, the secretary of homeland security has decided to defer removal of the class of aliens who are parents of u.s. citizens and lpr's, have lived in the country continuously since 2010, and not committed crimes. that policy is lawful and respondents concede it is lawful. it is fully justified by the fundamental reality that dhs has resources only to remove a fraction of the unlawful aliens, the aliens presently present unlawfully in the country now. this class of alien

. mask or call spoke about activists in texas that developed from the 1930's through the 60's which brought mexican-americans, african-americans, labor leaders and others together. his remarks are 20 minutes. our next speaker was at the conference in 2012. assistantsor is the professor of history at texas christian university. here's fugitive phd in history from duke university, and he has a book co-authored with one of the giants in the area titled the day of america's politics. his discussion is about to be the released book is entitled blue texas. labor, civil rights and the making of the democratic coalition to be published by the university of north carolina. [applause] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. and for having me here, again today. i do not think i have ever been call that. it is a real honor. it is especially in our to and so the book is not yet out. i some of my esteemed colleagues, it got delayed. it will be out in august. it is also good to be here, although it feels like with the it is a relational mostly ethnic study. as mario said, that is an importan

remarks are about 20 minutes. is a pleasure to have them back. professor ofnt history at texas university. he received a phd in history from the university. book. has a forthcoming he will discuss his just about to be released book. [applause] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. and for having me here again today. it is a real honor. sinceespecially in honor the book is not yet out. it got delayed, it will be out in august. it is also good to be here and is a relational multiethnic study. that is an important part of the field and i am glad to be here doing that part. cover, new title. i'm excited about it. i'm going to give a quick overview of the book. on august 20 8, 1963, much of america nervously watched the march on america. nearly a thousand demonstrators gathered in texas to march towards the state capital in 102 degrees heat. , groups of the state white college students and mexican-american activists also joined. ,he protesters assembled listening and cheering to leaders as they gave a series of speeches. so in an unusual manner. never separate the latin american and ne

spoke about a coalition of activists and texas the develop from the 1930's into the 1960's that brought mexican-americans, african-americans, labor leaders and others together. his remarks are about 20 minutes. >> he is a professor of history at texas university -- texas christian university and he has a forthcoming book entitled " dean americans of chicano politics." his just about to released book. this will be published by the university of north carolina press. [applause] >> thank you, mario for that wonderful introduction. thank you for having me here again today. i do not think i have been called out among many things, so it is a real honor. it is especially in honor because the book is not yet out. like some of my esteemed colleagues they got delayed and it will be available in august. my work deals with each economy movement, is very much relates , and astiethnic study mario said in his opening comments, that is an important part of the field and i'm glad to be here. this is my cover, my new title and i'm very excited about it. give a quick overview of the book, focusing

the folks who does not have a high opinion of the texas senator. >> i am not endorsing ted cruz, i hate ted cruz and i think i will take the sideline if he every gets the nomination. >> new york polls opened until 9:00 p.m. tonight. we got all the actions and our fear less team of reporters have spread across the states. i do want to call your attention behind me here. you will notice a fairly thick cloud of smoke. we can tell you that this is a brush fire. this is a brush fire in new jersey as it was being placed under control. >> it was being placed under control and another large brush fire broke out this afternoon, from the big bellowing smoke. we are told it can be seen for miles. at this point, we are keeping our eye on it. again, we can tell you it is a brush fire and no injuries to be reported and nothing terribly significant just yet. back to politics. the most competitive that new yorkers have seen in decade. >> kris jansing is in new york. what kind of reactions are you seeing? >> reporter: a lot of people are taking the day off from work and determined to come here. sti

george h w bush. with mr. perot and austin, texas in may of 1992. earlier in the year, he said he would run for president if supporters got his name on the ballot in all 50 states. announced he, he had exceeded the number of signatures needed to place his name on the ballot in his home state. this is about 10 minutes. [chanting] >> thank you. you are so enthusiastic. it is wonderful. we had a memento here from the grassroots movement of texas that we would like to present to mr. perot on the half of all of you who have worked so hard. let me read the inscription to him and to those of you who have not had a chance to see this. texas, joinle of the millions of fellow americans who buy our volunteer efforts have secured an overwhelming number of signatures area place the name ross perot on the presidential talent of the great state of texas. we congratulate you and wish you the best of luck in your bid for the presidency of the united dates. we will do our utmost to continue our effort to achieve that goal. thank you. [applause] [chanting] >> thank you, very much. thank you very muc

and knocked out power to thousands have turned deadly in east texas. a woman and her four grandchildren were swept away in the middle of the night by rising floodwaters and that threat is not 10 million sturbing though. >> reporter: 64-year-old lenda asberry and four children were swept away in the floodwaters. >> she had four kids trying to lift it up out of the water and it got too strong for her. >> reporter: water that kept rising, over mud and mailboxes. firefighters saved this woman's life. >> how close were you from being under water. >> i was this this close. >> reporter: in lind dale, texas, two drainpipes forced roads apart. >> and after tornados ripped through a town in a sporting goods store, people took >> moments later the wall and the roof collapsed on the building but everybody got out alive and everybody is okay. >> reporter: across texas and oklahoma, seven reports of tornados in the last 24 hours. >> we were inside of the storm shelter at the school and never would have thought that -- not have a house to come home to. >> reporter: this mattress flung in

border that stretches from texas all across to new mexico, arizona and california. anybody who gets across, if you claim asylum, you can be a refugee and this federal government will roll out the welcome wagon. michele bachmann and i stood on the banks of the rio grande river a summer and a half ago and watched as they inflated a raft, two coyotes and they helped a lady into that raft, unday afternoon, broad day lit -- daylight. she had two bags of her property and brought that across the river and under the eyes of the city police and the border patrol, but it was shift change and they helped one of the coyotes got out of the raft, helped the pregnant lady out of the raft on to u.s. shores and then handed her two little ditty bags and they got back across the river, deflated the raft and put it in their car, knowing it was a coyote car and the lady stood there. she and her unborn baby and her two bags, waiting for the border patrol to show up. takes a little longer during the shift change. they show up. and i didn't follow this case any further and they preferred that i didn't. she

thank the gentleman from texas, mr. hurd, who will be speaking in just a moment, for offering the amendment, mr. speaker, during the markup regarding the authorization of public-private partnerships. his leadership on this issue has been absolutely vital to bringing this legislation to the floor today. and certainly i also want to thank chairman shuster and representative barletta from the transportation and infrastructure committee tore working so diligently with us on this particular provision. lastly, -- for working diligently with us on the particular provision. obim will be funded for the first time. since 2003 biometrics has been part of the border security efforts and the biometric service obim provides is not limited to any one component. it's a department and governmentwide asset and we believe it should not be located in one compon component like the c.b.p. will it could be siloed to the deriment to other components. in order for the biometrics to be used to the fullest potential, we should fund and modernize the data systems that power the matching and collection of bio

. one surprise to many. lisa: how much is oil priced lunch the texas state economy. david: 10 million. that's of any videos snapchat users are watching per day. the company monetized the new content trend. what will it mean for the user experience? markets close in about two hours time visited julie who has a look at the latest. julie: we had a mixed picture today. we had overnight news about the bank of japan and then investors shifted their attention. we had so many deals coming out in the u.s. today, as well as so many earnings. we are seeing the nasdaq with the lows of the session with the facebook effect dissipating. it was off slightly lower. all three major averages now the lowest of the session. unless something really, really dramatic happens in the next 24 hours today we are matching the second-longest bull run ever for u.s. stocks. tomorrow we will have surpassed it and be the second-longest bull run ever. here are the longest. the white line is the current run we have had a goes back to march of 2009. then you have the run in the 50's and you give the run in the 2000s. tho

obama's executive actions on immigrati immigration. the texas and 25 other states are challenging the executive actions as unconstitutional and a violation of federal law governing how agencies can make regulations. the case will be decided by the end of the supreme court term. >> we will hear arguments today in case number 15-674, united states v. texas. general perrelli. >> thank you, mr. chief justice, and may please the corporate consecutive homeland security has decided to defer removal of a class of aliens who are parents of u.s. citizens and lprs, have lived in the country continuously since 2010, and not committed crimes. that policy is lawful in response conceived it is lawful. it is fully justified by the fundamental reality that dhs has resources only to remove a fraction of the unlawful aliens present unlawfully in the country now. this class of aliens is the lowest priority and there's a pressing humanitarian concern and avoiding the breakup of families that contain u.s. citizen children. >> couldn't the government simply come as was suggested in one of the briefs, have g

back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. waters: i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from washington, a member of the financial service committee, mr. heck. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for three minutes. mr. heck: thank you, ranking member waters. . speaker, this is a strange day. i almost feel like we're existing in parallel universes. on the one hand, today, today is the deadline for the rules committee to meet to structure debate on a budget resolution, but it is clear by now that there will be no floor consideration of resolution today or tomorrow or the day after or very possibly ever. instead, the headlines in capital hills news publication after publication are all about how the appropriations process has descended into, and i quote, chaos, chaos, and so we have that on the one hand. and then on the other hand, we have a bill on the floor that subjects the financial stability oversight council to that very same

laps at martinsville. this weekend he's going to run 800 miles this weekend here at texas. >> hey, guy, it's a package deal, though, with this 18 car. i go back to martinsville last week. adam stevens, they've done the same thing with this car tonight,look right there. almost every stop they've added tape and threw our eagle out through pit road have been making adjustments on that every time he's been to pit road. >> there's the man. makes some great calls and they're having some great success. the guy that kyle wanted to be his chris buescher. >> the best suggestion you can make is aerodynamics. >> wasn't he complaining about that car? he didn't like that car at all. >> but, again, that goes back to how amazing, you know, this transformation has been for him over the years and how he's improved and become a better l all-around race car driving knowing even if he's making those kind of complaints he's still constant lly getting bett and giving 100%. >> great driver, great team, great equipment. 316 laps tonight, the joe gibbs owned cars led -- >> wow. >> joey logano, now 1.9 seconds b

tornados, torrential rains and knocked out power to thousands have turned deadly in east texas. a woman and her four grandchildren were swept away in the middle of the night by rising floodwaters and that threat is not over. 10 million people remain under a severe weather watch across several states tonight. nbc's jay gray begins our coverage. >> reporter: violent storms that have battered texas and oklahoma all week -- turned deadly overnight in palestine, texas. >> i don't know how it happened or why it happened, but it is disturbing though. >> reporter: 64-year-old lenda asberry and four grand children were swept away in the floodwaters. >> she had four kids trying to lift it up out of the water and it got too strong for her. >> reporter: water that kept rising, over mud and mailboxes. firefighters saved this woman's life. >> how close were you from being under water when they got here? >> i was this far from being under water. my head was like this from being under water. >> while in lyndale, texas, two drain popes split apart a rode. lyndale also cleaning up after tornados ri

. texas has utilized and provided massive amounts of money to help us defend our border. the number one area through which people are coming in through the united states from arizona into texas and i had occasion to be on the boat with officers.d.p.s. they have got fantastic equipment that allowed them -- they were able to utilize to spot people that were getting ready to cross the rio grande from the mexico side into the u.s. it appeared they were people that were going to be brought across. maybe they were drugs. we don't really know. after we had spotted these boats cruising down the river on the d.p.s. boat and there were a couple of boats much smaller and other assets that allowed them to focus where these people were so the federal border patrol would know, after we stayed silent for a while, we got radio message asked us to return back to the dock where on down the so they could try to intercept these folks. fine. i know the department of public safety, if they see a raft coming across, they will stop them and will destroy the raft so ets the coy oathey and the d.p.s. would do th

: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the question of adopting amendment number one on h.r. 3791, may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 671, i callp the bill h.r. 3791 to raise the consolidated asset threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 360. h.r. 3791, a bill to raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and submit remarks extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 671, the bill is c

immigration. the eight sitting justices will hear in united -- hear argument in united states the texas. ifch will determine president obama can shield millions of immigrants from deportation. before that happens, we are opening up our phone lines this morning on the washington journal. to hear from our journals ahead -- viewers ahead of the opening arguments. we set up our phone lines a bit differently. if you are a recent legal immigrant, phone number (202) 748-8000. illegal immigrants you can call in threat to show (202) 748-8001 , all others (202) 748-8002. you can also catch up with us on social media on twitter @cspanwj , on facebook, facebook.com/c-span. a good morning to you. four blocks or my studio location on the east said in united dates capital, the supreme court is the focused today. crowds are expected to gather this morning throughout the morning i had of those arguments that are expected to begin around 10:00 a.m.. the supreme court in that case the focus of the headlines. here is the wall street journal. supreme court will challenge to obama move to limit deportation of mill

and bulk chronicling -- and book chronicling texas jakarta history. the professor discusses the relationship between anglo-americans and mexican americans. and accident -- texas representative's does improvement of the she can't a movement. prof. garcia: the professor has-- welcome him back, my good friend and colleague. professor montejano is one of the most distinguished scholars and historians in the country. it is an honor to have him as the keynote speaker for the conference. histive texan, he received phd in social of the from yale. he also chairs the center for social change at uc berkeley. prior to teaching at berkeley, he was associate professor at texas, also a director for the center of mexican-american studies. his research on borderlands history, comparative history, and recent ethnic relations. inhas been published widely and books. he won numerous awards, including the frederick jackson turner prize in american history. his book on the chicano movement includes a local history of the chicano movement 1966-1981, which also won numerous awards. he was awarded the be

, the clean-up continues after a monster hailstorm in northern texas that had families huddling together fearinging for their lives. abc's phillip mena shows us the incredible images. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: terrifying storms blasting up to softball-sized hail. families running for cover outside dallas. >> get in there. find the cat. >> reporter: donna ruth cole getting her son to safety as giant hailstones shatter windows. >> i was a little bit worried, but i didn't have any clue it magnitude. on here. rter: that same livin room shredded.tng the church in el dorado. and this is all that's left of the church, burned to the ground and reduced to rubble. the storms also bringing flooding to mississippi. >> that might be a totaled car. >> reporter: but by far, texas was worst hit. sara correa and her daughter trapped in their car out in the open. >> and then the back window just completely shattered through. it was the scariest thing i've ever been through. >> reporter: daughter addison's carseat covered with hail. thankfully, both are okay. here in north texas, they are still

does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the obama administration recently released a report that tried to tie extreme extreme weather events to climate change. this is an to scare the public. the report ignores science in order to justify the administration's dire predictions. mr. smith: the administration's report says that hurricanes are projected to increase, but hurricanes have not increased in intensity, frequency or damage since 1900. the same can be said for almost all other extreme weather events. the administration continues to incite fear so americans will believe that extreme weather events are due to climate change. the administration should not push costly regulations on americans when there is no good reason for them to do so. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and resize and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for o

research chronicling texas chiquano history. he discusses the relationship between anglo-americans and mexican-americans, the brown berets and henry gonzalez's disapproval of the chiquano movement. it is part of a daylong conference at the university of california santa barbara. >> it is my privilege to introduce my speaker for the conference. it has the distinction of having presented in all of the three south castro memorial conferences. we should give him a special badge for that. mr. montejano, it is an honor to have it for our key speaker. he is professor of ethnic studies at uc berkeley he has also chair the center for research on social change. prior to teaching at berkeley, was an associate professor at the university of test in austin. his major areas of research have been comparative history, race and relations. he has published widely in journals and books. his books on the chicano movement include a local history of the chicano movement, which also won numerous awards. that book was followed by another book called "ponchos journal. both of these books were" published by the

obama. una sesiÓn historica para tom quien re presentÓ a 3 mujeres de texas. >>> fue un momento histÓrico a causa de la esperanza de la gente afuera de la corte que tienen, que piensen que la corte va a decidir que el presidente puede proteger a estas familias >>> la mayorÍa de las preguntas se centraron si texas junto con otros 25 estados tienen fundamento legal para haber demandado al gobierno por daca y dapa >>> el gobierno de texas dijo que estos programas convierten una conducta legal en una ilegal >>> el mgistrado anthony kennedy pareciÓ coincidir con el estado cuando el presidente fija la polÍtica y el congreso la ejecuta. pero al salir de la corte muchos estaban optimistas donde la magistrada sonia sotomayor puso en duda los daÑos que texas darÍa al darle licencia de conducir a los beneficiarios de los alivios migratorios. >>> texas se fija en el costo de la licencia, otros jueces como el juez ryan preguntÓ y sotomayor quÉ otras cosas pueden hacer ellos para contrarrestar el costo de la licencia >>> sotomayor apuntÓ que nos guste o no los se millon11 mill indocu

[beep] is insane. we will examine a local news story from tyler, texas. it's about this man wayne probst. like to point out he's wearing this shirt. this guy needs a beer. it's been crudely retrofitted replacing the word "beer" with "jesus." now it says this guy needs a jesus. which you will agree with after you see this piece. knowing this man defaces his own tee shirt to make him more religious. what is this news story about? steve. >> local man ruins shirt. chris: big story. doug benson. >> the kind of story i change the channel. >> chris: alright. here is what it's actually about. >> my front yard, how much better can it get. >> wayne is stunned he was helping his aupt lay dirt in tyler when he found this. >> a petro tide snail. >> and this. >> a heart. >> it was interesting to me, we're talking about the largesn ka tafcatastrophe known to man. >> chris: the snail is petrofied because it's in tyler texas. he thinks you found fossils from the noah's flood in his aunt's creepy front yard. what do you think wayne credits the second greatest catastrophe known to man. >> obama. [ a

, the untold story of 7000 on the border of the empire. i am martin davies from texas. here is a rundown of the session. we will talk about with our office, have a conversation with our office and open up for questions and have a microphone, this is being recorded by c-span on april 30th on c-span2. everyone can enjoy it, wait for the microphone to come to you and do it that way. first, a couple observations. the border is currently in this time, presidential politics, there is a lot of attention being paid to border security, national anxiety about what is happening on the border and people are wondering what is going to happen and we are having a national referendum what happens on the border, people automatically think people think rightly so that the border is where two countries are set apart, the line of demarcation between two borders and that is true, but also the border is where two countries come together. that is a fundamental paradox of the border and it is more pronounced on the us/mexico border, two countries that are so different but were birthed together with the

deferred status that isn't working under texas law do they get driver's license's? >> under texas law, this is our texas statute, if someone is authorized to be in the united states, they're eligible for -- >> they don't have to have any work authorization? >> that's right. they need to be authorized in the country but to give some context how this works we have to rely on the federal government's immigration classifications. we determine whether someone is eligible for driver's license. we run that through the federal safe background system. we ask the federal government is this individual authorized to be in the country. they say yes or no. >> the government also says you don't have to do that or maybe you don't have to do that, maybe not they won't sue you but why don't you go ahead and not give them driver's license? >> i think as your honor had suggested before he are in a catch 22 here. either we have to not incur millions of dollars of financial harm which is went essential article three injury are or we have change our law. somehow we have to come up with a different background chec

year on the day van dyk was charged. >> an election for the texas state board of education is making headlines because of what a can't dade has been saying. as jesus castillo reports, the results could affect what children across the country read in their textbooks. >> she's outspoken. she's one step away from shaping what children in texas and potentially around the country learn in public cools for years to -- schools for years to come. >> if you are teaching... >> reporter: she is running for a spot on the texas state board of education. she received the most votes in the texas republican primary, coming in under 50%. now the race is headed to a run off. if she wins, she'll join the board and have a voice guiding the consent of texas textbooks. >> we have 5 million kids and if we teach things that are not sound facts. >> due to the outside purchasing power, the same textbooks may be sold and used in other states. >> some of the things she said are right fully frightening to think of someone having a microphone and the status of an elected official in texas. >> thomas is the

texas but if you talk to new yorkers, they like don't even think about messing with new york. each state is proud of what the state has done. so you wouldn't go to texas and say austin, texas is liberal. all those musicians is horrible. >> didn't help when secretary kerry called bam bow field lambert. >> texas has sheila jackson lee and lots of liberals in houston, castro bothers. not like texas saul conservative, right? he goes to new york and he has this kind of a disaster yesterday in the bronx if i were he would say i misspoke. this is the home of joe torre. bill buckley made this his mommy. there are great conservatives. this state is going to have great leadership when i'm president. i'm going to be president of all th9i from from texas busy want to be the president of blue state and new england states unlike president obama who i would argue gave short change to the red states. >> i don't think that donald trump is anxious to let him off the hook. here is what he said today. >> everyone the values in new york city media. >> i saw something that no place on earth could have h

escombros. recomienda quedarse en casa en texas, las inundaciones son una amenaza a la vida. univisiÓn conoció una grabaciÓn, donde un candidato a la gubernatura, de veracruz mÉxico, habla con su hijo, sobre la compra de una propiedad nueva york, evaluada de mÁs de 75 millones de dÓlares. comenzamos. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> este es su noticiero univisiÓn, con jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. ♪ ♪ marÍa: buenas noches. confundÍa clave para saber el futuro de millones de inmigrantes. se escucharon los argumentos a favor y en contra, de las acciones ejecutivas del presidente obama. su decisiÓn final no viene hasta un par de meses expertos estÁn tratando de anticipar lo que podrÍa ser un dictamen, basÁndose en las preguntas que hicieron los jueces a los abogados de ambos partes. ♪ ♪ >> los primeros en salir de la audiencia, dijeron que unos jueces cuestionaron la queja, del estado de texas, de que costarÁn dinero. >> esencialmente le dicen no vamos a dejar, que cualquier estado que se queje por dinero o por un tipo de programa, que gaste dinero localmente, ven

texas. every time he goes out we live in fear that he's going to be deported and families shouldn't live like this. >> sreenivasan: congressional supporters also turned out, to defend the president's acting without congress' approval. >> the president of the united states has taken actions that were clearly established today in the court that ronald reagan took.ha that george bush took. >> it was made abundantly clear the ability of the president to grant deferred action is of long standing and based in statute and regulation. to deny that at this point would be an extraordinary departure from law and history. >> sreenivasan: but texas and 22 other states have mounted the legal challenge to dapa. they argue the president did overstep his constitutionalit authority. >> if we allow a president, whether it's this president or a future president, no matter what political persuasion or their party, to make changes in their law without congressional approval, then we will end up with a perverted constitution. >> sreenivasan: a small group turned out today to support that position, includi

continue. >> parts of texas will receive rain over the coming day. arts of texas may not get any rain. however, they will still be subject to higher pricing monitor and still ongoing flood. nicole: added has declared a state of disaster in nine counties. the latest details from fox meteorologist maria molina just ahead. lauren: very tragic that the supreme court evenly divided on the president on his immigration plan. justices of waning support in 4 million undocumented immigrant whose children are u.s. citizens. the court has eight members and the death of conservative justice antonin scalia after extended arguments yesterday as possible the panel could be deadlocked florida for and would effectively kill the immigration plan for the rest of president obama's remaining time in office. tree into earnings beat wall street expectations but investors focused on easter growth predictions in shares fell about 8% in after-hours trading after netflix said it expects to have less than half as many subscribers as it did during the first quarter. it expects about one fifth of those from the u.s

-span3. today the supreme court heard oral arguments in the immigration case, united states versus texas, which looks at president obama's executive acts on immigration. after the case was heard, members of congress, activists, and texas officials spoke to reporters from the court steps. here is a look. is louis gutierriez. i am a member of congress from the fourth congressional district of the state of and the case has been cemented to the supreme court. i think we did really well. we did well on the law. we did well because the american people support this. noay, clearly, they had argument. the fact is, millions of people live in the united states in the shadows and they drive. they should drive with drivers licenses. and with insurance. the fact is, millions of people in the united states work. they should work and pay taxes to the federal government and work under the rules, so they don't undermine american markers workers. it seems to me that today clearly, the law was on the side of the people. the president of the united states has taken action. it was clearly established today in

gets under way. >>> texas faces new concerns as aging dams holding back walls of water are deemed extremely high risk. >>> plus, a home on the brink of falling right into ray swollen river. >> and happy birthday, your majesty, the queen of england turned 90 pictured proudly with the youngest members of the royal family. >>> good thursday morning. white house and the front-runners looking to the general election after crushing their rivals in new york. >> the other candidates, though, are not giving up. they're also hitting the campaign trail today hoping to score some more crucial delegates in the next round of primaries. it's "your voice, your vote." we get the latest from abc's bazi kanani. good morning, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, diane. morning, ryan. donald trump says his campaign is evolving. he is hiring new staff and working to change his tone. hillary clinton also moving on from the bitter battle for new york. hillary clinton turns her focus to the general election attacking her potential republican challengers' rhetoric. >> what they say is not only offensive but do

, the scene of a massacre at sandy hook elementary which left 26 victims. >>> a texas teenager is the tenth american whose death is blamed onta cat that air bags. the 17-year-old killed in a car scratch after the air bag ruptured. honda sent it sent the registered owner a recall notice for it but the repairs were never completed. more than 28 million of those inflaters are under recall. >>> well, many honda owners are learning the dangers of automatic bill pay. they deducted monthly payments twice from customers who overwhelmed customer service lines. honda blames the payment processing error and promises affected customers will begin receiving refunds today. >> not cool. >>> when we come back, secret recording on the operating table. a patient shocked to hear what the doctors were saying about her. >>> remembering merle haggard. the tributes pouring in for the country music legend overnight . ome? mmm that is tasty. is it real? . are you? nope animated attack. takata. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes t

do it. >>> it's tuesday, april 12th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." on texas with the same system slamming parts of arkansas. this morning the south is bracing for more wild weather. >>> primary problems. new york heads to the polls one week from today, but not donald trump's own children. why eric and ivanka won't vote for dad next tuesday. >>> new zika fears. u.s. health officials say the virus is scarier than they thought and could cause premature birth and blindness in babies. >>> and calling all cuddlers. if you're looking for a little love and a friendly face, we've got the gig and the goats for you. >>> good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs headquarters in new york. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. it's another morning of potentially dangerous and destructive thunderstorms across parts of the south. after north texas got pounded by damaging hail. severe thunderstorm watches are posted in northeast texas and of large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes exists. baseball-size hail plastered north texas late yesterday. some pieces measured more than four