spoke to the texas delegation on party unity, national security and domestic issues during a breakfast at 2016 republican national convention in cleveland. this is a little over an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. they told me that would get everybody quiet. i won't lead you in prayer yet. let me say good morning to everybody, welcome, thank you for attending, it is a joy to have everybody together. a couple quick housekeeping comments i want to make, we are on a tight schedule and seem to be starting late every day, trying to get everyone in the room. these are not formal delegation meetings. these are optional meetings, you get to hear the speakers. someone asked me yesterday about passing a resolution. there aren't any resolutions. the only way to do that would be to have majority of delegates, a request for a formal meeting as i have been directed by this government, if you want to do that, that is fine. people come later, i didn't know this was a meeting, should have been there and get all kinds of stuff. let me quickly touch on what happened yesterday.

those are members of the police department and family members. and the citizens of texas. he has been a guest on the show often. he is very dignified and his comments are well needed. >> we welcome the governor of our great state to dallas city hall. thank you so much governor abbott for coming. he called me last night and he was out of the state at the time told me he wanted to come and deliver his goods in person and they had offered some much-needed help in this effort. at the same time, i offered him a flag of the city of dallas and he will take that back in austin and is going to fly that in honor of this. before we do that though i wanted to deliver a little bit of news that i think is relevant and everyone wants to hear. as many of you know the police released the confirmation that the deceased suspect was identified as micah johnson blackmail, 25 years old. we had been working this case throughout the night and throughout the day and we believe given the facts that we have today that mr. johnson now deceased was the lone shooter in this incident and by piecing together what wa

seeing. i'm not used to seeing people walk around openly carrying guns. even in a place like texas, people are just not used to seeing it. now, he was making a statement. he was making a statement about the second amendment and his second amendment right as he sees it to openly carry that weapon in texas but that image is certainly shocking to a lot of people. >> thank you, cal perry, in our newsroom. again, to set the scene for the folks just joining us, for the 6:00 hour on the east coast, 3:00 p.m. on the west coast, we are watching two events. in philadelphia at the convention center there, the african methodist episcopal church celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. they are in the midst of introducing hillary clinton to their plenary gathering there. in texas, we are about to hear from among others, the governor of that state, governor abbott, at this event. and we have been given a two-minute warning that this is about to begin so we are tracking both of these live events. we have craig melvin in dallas remaining in dallas for us, and craig, we are looking now at mayor

attack in texas. five of them losing their lives. patrolling what started out as a peaceful protest. correspondent rich edison has the latest tonight from dallas. good evening, rich. >> reporter: good evening, bret. and beyond that, believe there is one shooter responsible for all of this. police also believe that the dallas police department are speaking with three separate people, interviewing them for any prior knowledge of the shooting or any connection they have to the shooter. that work continues. a gunmen murders five police officers, injures seven more, and two civilians. they were watching over a peaceful demonstration in dallas, as many marched to protest two plaque men killed by police in louisiana and minnesota. then a gunmen turned his rifle on them. police say he was angry about those shootings and wanted to kill as many white people, especially police officers, as possible. >> through our investigation, of some of the suspects, it's revealed to us that this was a well-planned, well-thought-out, evil tragedy by these suspects. and we won't rest until we bring everyone

: bienvenidos a noticiero univisiÓn, vamos directo a la ciudad de dallas, texas, con enrique acevedo donde han habido novedades en torno a la violenta muerte de 5 policÍas. enrique: es fÁcil perderlo de vista, pero detrÁs de estos 5 oficiales de dallas estÁ la vida de sus esposas, hijos, a quienes padres de familia, la tragedia les toca de una manera muy personal. todo estÁ bien, papá, te llamo despuÉs, Últimas palabras de patricio, patrick para su padre ricardo. un francotirador disparÓ en contra de elementos de la policÍa de dallas matando a 5 oficiales, entre ellos un joven. entonces me dijo con la cara colorado, no enrique: un hombre humilde generoso, asÍ lo recuerdan miembros de su familia y su comunidad, amante del bÉisbol, fanÁtico de reyes texas rangers. desde hace cuatro aÑos sirve en la policÍa de dallas. >> yo querÍa que jugara fÚtbol y bÉisbol y todo eso. el hizo esto, eso... enrique: estaba muy orgulloso de Él? >> muy orgullosos de Él. >> amo a mi paÍs, texas, a mi familia a dios y a mis amigos. asÍ se despedía, como lo conocÍan su compaÑero. pat

in texas. five of them losing their lives. patrolling what started out as a peaceful protest. correspondent rich edison has the latest tonight from dallas. good evening, rich. >> reporter: good evening, bret. and beyond that, believe there is one shooter responsible for all of this. police also believe that the dallas police department are speaking with three separate people, interviewing them for any prior knowledge of the shooting or any connection they have to the shooter. that work continues. a gunmen murders five police officers, injures seven more, and two civilians. they were watching over a peaceful demonstration in dallas, as many marched to protest two plaque men killed by police in louisiana and minnesota. then a gunmen turned his rifle on them. police say he was angry about those shootings and wanted to kill as many white people, especially police officers, as possible. >> through our investigation, of some of the suspects, it's revealed to us that this was a well-planned, well-thought-out, evil tragedy by these suspects. and we won't rest until we bring everyone

that's the success of republicans in the texas house of representatives. i think dan flynn is here and maybe a few other hospitals are here and we are glad to have you. over the last three election cycles, we have grown from 76 republicans in the texas house to 99. we had-- we had a razor thin two-seat majority with 76 to 74 just back in 2009, but voters across texas how chosen republican representation for two simple reasons. number one, they believe in our principles and a number two, they trust our candidates. often, it was those of you in this room who are responsible for getting semi- house republicans elected. i want to thank you for that. we depend on your energy and your hard work and you have not let us down. that's why the republican majority is as strong as ever.

overturned a lower court's decision and invalidated the abortion restrictions law in texas, saying it created an undue burden on women seeking an abortion. following the release of the some of the participants in that appeal spoke to the news media. we begin with the founder of whole women's health. >> good morning. i'm the president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights. we are the lawyers who represented whole women's health and the other clinics in the supreme court's decision today. today women across america have had their constitutional rights vindicated. the supreme court has sent a clear message to the politicians who have used underhanded means to shut down abortion clinics. now, whole women's health and the other clinics in the state of texas will remain open. and there is a hope and possibility that other clinics can now open to represent women in so many underrepresented parts of the state. without question, today's supreme court decision is a game changer. in the unrelenting assault on women's health and rights that has been going on in state for years.s this is a tremend

the women of texas and elsewhere. the constitutionality of the dappa immigration program and the viability of collective bargaining agreements that provide for fair share fees by way of example. the term was overtaken by the passing of justice scalia and the resulting vacancy on the court. some consequential decisions were made and some are not. cases were remanded to lower courts for further consideration, some of them ended in ties, leaving critical questions on the answer. and in some case, different understandings of the law in different parts of the country. given the senate's continuing refusal to consider it the nomination of judge garland to fill the vacancy on the supreme court, much uncertainty lies ahead. but we do have an amazing guy to lead us -- guide to lead us through the discussion with a distinguished panel. a true expert on the supreme court and a friend of acs, tom goldstein. tom is one of our nation's most experienced practitioners. he has served as counsel to a petitioner or respondent in roughly 10% of all of the court merit cases for the past 15 years. per

the republican leadership to the texas delegation on party unity, national security and domestic issues . >> good morning. please your head. i knew that would work, they told me by phone that would get everybody quiet. i'm not going to leave you in the prayer yet but we will have somebody to lead you in the prayer. let me say good morning to everybody, welcome, thank you for attending, it's a joy to have everybody together. just a couple of quick housekeeping comments i want to make to you, we're on a tight schedule and we seem to be running late every day getting everyone in the room. so these are not formal delegation meetings, these are optional meetings, you come for breakfast, you get the year the speakers. somebody asked me yesterday can we pass a resolution or ... there aren't any resolutions.the only way to do that would be having a majority of delegates to give me a request for a formal meeting which i would then call up because i've been directed, i wouldn't but governor patrick would. if you all want to do that that's fine but if you don't do it that way then people co

colleagues and allies at the texas public policy foundation of which kathleen is a fellow. introducing our program and hosting our guests today is becky norton dunlop, the ronald reagan distinguished fellow at the heritage foundation. as a conservative movement leader, she serves as chairman of the conservative action project, leads heritage's restore america project, advocates for american conservative ethic -- conservation ethic and advances energy and natural resources policy in general. she also serves on numerous, as a board member for numerous public policy organizations and associations. prior to this she was heritage's executive -- vice president for external relations. prior to joining us at heritage, she served in the cabinet of governor george allen as secretary of natural resources. she has also held significant roles in the reagan administration as deputy assistant to the president for presidential personnel, later his special assistant to the president and director of his office of cabinet affairs. she also served as senior special assistant to attorney general edwin meese, a

. speaker. i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, the chairman of the science and technology committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster, the chairman of the transportation committee, for yielding me time. as congress continue working toward a multi-- continues working toward a multiyear authorization for the f.a.a. f.a.a., the f.a.a. -- f.a.a., the f.a.a. extension and security act of 2016 will ensure that safety and security research and development activities are authorized. pursuant to rule 10, the house committee on science, space and technology has legislative jurisdiction over, quote, civilian aviation research and development, end quote, regardless of the funding account from which the research and development is appropriated. earlier this year the house science, space and technology committee marked up and passed out of committee a three-year civil aviation research and development authorization for the f.a.a., the flight r&d act. this important legislation wa

, texas, we're expect to go get an update on the police shootings that happened overnight. we're hoping to hear from texas governor grebe abbott and police chief david brown. >> press conference scheduled to get underway in just couple. moments, they've been updating the situation in dallas throughout the course of the early, overnight hours, and of course throughout the course of the day today, as well, let's list never as this press conference begins. >> we're here to welcome the governor of our great state to dallas city ha so much, governor, for coming. gotch nor abbott called me last night, he was out of the state at the time, told me he wanted to come and deliver his good in person and they've offered some much needed help in this effort. the same time, i offered him a flag of the state of, excuse me, the city of dallas, and he'll take that back and austin will fly that in honor of this. before we do that, though, i wanted to deliver a little bit of news that i think is relevant and everybody wants to hear. and as many of you know, police released the confirmation that the

that's the success of republicans in the texas house of representatives. i know dan -- i think dan flynn is here and maybe a few other house members are here and we're glad to have you. over the last three election cycles, we have grown from 76 republicans in the texas house to 99. [ applause ] we had a razor thin two-seat majority, 76-74 just back in 2009. but voters across texas have chosen republican representation for two simple reasons, number one, they believe in our principles and number two, they trust our candidates. and often it was those of you in this room who were responsible for getting so many house republicans elected. i want to thank you for that. we depend on your energy and your hard work. you have not let us down. that's why a republican majority is a strong as ever.

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open. >> it just feels unnecessary to me. >> meet the open carry texas movement, toting military-style rifles in public. and at the deadly protest in dallas, people with rifles strapped to their backs confusing police amidst the chaos. we go inside the controversial pro-gun movement. >>> plus imagine someone who's a spitting image of you but you're not a twin. and that identical face belongs to a complete stranger. the doppelganger detective scouring the globe to bring them together. >>> making it official. bernie sanders endorsing hillary clinton. but as they come together to fight a common enemy, how united are they really? >> hello new hampshire! >> but first the "nightline 5." >> tired of redosing antacids? try duo fusion. new two in one heartburn relief. the antacid goes to work in seconds. the acid reducer lasts up to 12 hours. in one chewable tablet. try duo fusion from the makers of zantac. >>> your heart loves omega 3s. the omega 3s in fish oil differ from mega red krill oil which is easily soeshed by your body. the difference is easy to absorb, when you're the parent of

shooter's home? >> reporter: well, we were outside that house here in mesquite, texas, which is a suburb just east of dallas. this is where investigators, shortly after 1:00 in the morning, several neighbors told us, started appearing here in this neighborhood. dallas police officials say that during a search of micah johnson's home we were told he lives with his mother, that they found bomb making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal journal of combat tactics. and that detectives are, right now, in the process of going through those journals to decipher and learn more from the journals as we speak. that is a sense of what they found here during this search of the house here in mesquitmesqui texas. >> any political motivations? any social media contacts he may have had that may have underline political activity he may have been engaged in? >> his facebook page is riddled with things -- with black empowerment movement. the black liberation flag was the cover photo on the page. also a long list of groups connected to african-american black empowerment issues

the company? is the heart of texas balloon company ride? >> that is my understanding, sir, we've been so busy at the scene, i have not addressed that. >> can you confirm the number 16 dead? >> right now we have a number of fatalities. >> can you give us a range of what happened? >> i cannot. >> the ntsb will provide factual information through as the investigation begins full bore tomorrow when the rest of the team is here. [ inaudible ] >> you have weather. you have coordination with a number of resources here and local, state and federal, getting the documentation much like a crime scene. you only get one chance at it but i want to make sure we do everything correctly and thanks to the cooperation of all agencies we've been able to start on right foot with that. >> what constitutes a maj are event? >> significant loss of life. >> not a whole lot of information, just that it is an active crime scene and the ntsb officials and faa officials just now getting to the scene there. weather is something an important criteria in trying to determine what could happen with a hot air ballo

one state with the best cumulative score. texas. and it wins by a >> reporter: texas does everything big, big places, big spaces, big energy, nearly twice as much energy production as its nearest competitor. yet, as energy prices have plunged, texas has barely misses a beat. >> very prudently texas has one of the biggest budget reserves of any state. its rainy day fund is $9.6 billion. >> it's a far cry from 30 years ago, when collapsing oil prices december mated the texas economy. one of every seven texans lost their jobs. foreclosures soured, hundreds of banks failed. >> the most costly bank rescue ever. so big it will add a burden to the national deficit. >> nothing like that to convince texans to diversify. >> energy production including oil is still the largest industry in texas, but it's no longer the only game in town. 25 years ago, texass with relying on oil for 25% of state revenue. today it's less than half that. the statest largest employer is not an oil company, but a supermarket chain. while the energy industry has grown in the last 30 years so have other industries the

news alert as a hot air balloon in central texas has crashed. there are at least 16 people onboard with. it's unclear at this point if there have been injuries or deaths or what the situation on the ground is. according to the federal aviation administration, the hot air balloon caught fire around 7:40 this morning and crashed into a pasture neek lockhart, texas, 30 miles south of austin. the weather there hot and clear. there are authorities on the scene of this crash investigating as we speak. >>> good saturday to you. nice to be with you this saturday. >> i'm melissa prann. welcome to america's election headquarters from washington. we'll bring you more details on this story as they begin to unfold. >>> now on to politics. after the dnc, hillary clinton is road testing her campaign on a bus tour with her husband bill, former president clinton and tim kaine. her goal is to win over blue collar voters from donald trump, especially western pennsylvania, eastern ohio. investigators are working behind the scenes to pinpoint who is responsible for those embarrassing e-mail hacks that

gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. thank you. one year ago america made a momentous decision serning the best way by -- decision concerning the best way by which to deal with iran, a dangerous authoritarian regime with the history of promoting terrorism. we made a choice between war and peace. we learned something from the colossal failure of the bush-cheney go it alone war of choice in iraq. we wisely chose the path of diplomacy. now one year after these very difficult negotiations with iran, we should recognize that success has been achieved. and even though we have not limited every danger from iran, we have limited the most significant danger which is the development of a nuclear weapon. whereas before iran could have developed a nuclear weapon within a few months, it now would take a year or more if iran made that horrible decision to produce a nuclear weapon. before the agreement, iran's nuclear program was cloaked in secrecy. now we have inspectors and the opportunity for rigorous of examination of

dallas texas taking aim at police officers. five were killed, seven injured, and the entire nation is now, trying to come to terms with a massacre and find a way to deal. >>> thank you so much for waking up with us it is saturday july 9th, big story on "action news" is latest on the ambush in dallas texas. we know that a 25 year-old army veteran upset about the deadly police shootings in louisiana and minnesota was responsible for the shootings. micah johnson was wearing protective vest and used military style semiautomatic weapon. lets get to abc's kenneth moton live there from dallas texas with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning. investigators say it appears snipper took lives of five dallas police officers and injured others here had a deep racial hatred against white officers. police continued to look into his motives this morning. i can tell you that the protest against alleged police brutality are only getting bigger. this morning more scenes of protests, black lives, coming face-to-face with blue lives. demonstrations across the country moved into the night, thousands t

foundation she served a six-year term as chairman and commissioner of the texas commission on environmental quality for with regulatory jurisdiction over air quality, water quality and water right, storage and disposal of waste, she has an annual budget of over 600 million regional offices making it the largest agency in the world after the u.s. environmental protection agency. it is our goal and not too distant future to make it the first largest in the world. >> prior to the appointment in 2001 she served as then governor george bush's appointee to the texas water development board where she sat until appointed to the ceq. she also served on the texas economic development commission and the environmental flow study commission. she recently completed her term as an officer and director of the lower colorado river authority. she now sits on the and vittorio of the journal of regulatory science for the texas emission reduction advisory board in the texas water foundation. her writing has appeared in numerous publications including national review, business daily, washington exa

majority of millennials agreed with the texas laws. these are laws that require always to be wide enough for ambulatory personnel to come through. these are laws that require there to be a certain number of soap dispensers in the abortion facility. these are common sense laws. in for an go colonoscopy or liposuction, they have to have these regulations in place. today the supreme court said, we are going to put access for abortion over the lives of women. it was operating a legal abortion facility in pennsylvania for more than 4 decades. dr. stopped referring patients to him because after abortion they were coming back to him with scenario diseases because of dirty equipment he was using. no one would investigate because they were afraid it was an abortion facility. she died. facility to the late. they could not get her out of the hallways in time. now every time a woman goes into an abortion facility in america, she's going to wonder, will i come out alive? >> the supreme court term ended last monday with decisions on abortion, gun control, and public corruption. constitutional lawyers

behind a arsenal in his texas home. police say micah johnson kept bomb making materials, ballistic vests, rivals, ammo and combat journal. we know he served with the army reserves in afghanistan but was sent home after a fellow solder accused of him of second you'll harassment. a judge ordered johnson to stay away from that woman. we also learned that he followed black militant groups on social media police say he had an agenda. >> the suspect stated he wanted to kill white people especially white officers this guy lived around the corner from me and was willing to take peoples lives he didn't even know. it the is just scary. >> a monk five police who were killed a newlywed and a officer who served, three tours in iraq. >>> what is believed to be an unpress debated action police used a bomb to kill johnson during a standoff. >>> wanted police officers in three other states were shot and ambush, yesterday. one officer was shot and critically injured during a traffic stop, in st. louis county, that is not far from ferguson, missouri n georgia a shooter call 911 to report a car break

would remain a reality reality for the women of texas and elsewhere. the constitutionality of the doppler immigration ability and fair share of fees, just by way of example. but the term term as we all know was overtaken by the passing of justice scalia and the resulting vacancy on the court. some consequential decisions were made and some were not. cases were remanded to lower courts for further consideration. some ended in ties leaving critical questions unanswered and in some cases differing understandings of the line different parts of the country. and giving the senate's continuing refusal to consider the nomination circuit chief judge to fill the vacancy on the supreme court much uncertainty lies ahead. but we do have an amazing guide to lead us through this discussion with a very distinguished panel. a true expert on the supreme court and i would like to say a friend of acs, tom goldstein. tom is one of our nation's utmost experience supreme court practitioners. he has served as counsel to a petitioner responded and roughly 10% of all the court merit cases for the past 15 y

appreciate it. >> back on the final day of the republican national convention, this morning texas senator ted cruz, once a republican candidate, was the main speaker at the texas delegation breakfast. jonathan martin tweets he got a warm reception with chants of "ted, ted" despite controversy over last night's convention speech where he congratulated donald trump for his nomination win but never endorsed the candidate. during this morning's comments, senator cruz told the delegation his pledge to support the winner was not a promise to be, quote, a servile puppy dog to support somebody who attacked his wife, end quote. that led to a protest in the texas delegation. lisa mascaro told him, it's not about heidi or rafael cruz, his father, the texas delegation tells ted cruz, but the country as the room arips with chants of "u.s.a., u.s.a." we'll show you senator cruz's comments from this morning but first his entire 20-minute speech from last night's meeting of the republican national convention. s time to w. [applause] >> please welcome united states senator ted cruz of texas. cruz. [applau

cronies in texas to which matt wallace was very much involved and aware of his period wallace is an amazing way in the best way to describe this is he a 1951 he walked into a small golf course owner in austin texas and shot the man dead. you was arrested to our slader and he said to the arresting officers the texas rangers i work for linda and i have to get back to washington or within an hour or lyndon johnson's personal lawyer was defending him and he was exonerated. and then he got top security clearance working for weapons contractor in texas and had top security clearance for the next 12 years. there is a hidden story here behind the story of lbj who with all the great accomplishments he had had a dark side as well. >> host: where did ms. mellon get this information? >> guest: it's really interesting. on the day before, the day after john f. kennedy was assassinated in lyndon johnson became president that next day "life" magazine was set to release an article investigating lbj's dealings in texas with the likes of billy so less than bobby baker in washington. that article never

kills 16 people in texas. what witnesses say they saw from the ground. >>> but first -- >> breaking news. a fire on the b.a.r.t. tracks on the east bay, causing a serious backup. >>> the news at 5:00 starts right now. good evening, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm peggy bunker. a major headache for b.a.r.t. riders, the b.a.r.t. station in walnut creek just opened after being closed for more than an hour. crews are inspecting the tracks after a fire burned a portions of the third rail which powers the train. trains were stopped in both directions. it's only in the past half hour that they've been able to reopen those tracks. we'll continue to follow the situation and bring you more as we get it. good news here as it looks like it's been reopened. >> all right. this all happening as a planned weekend closure is affecting b.a.r.t. riders in and around san francisco. robert marshall is with the contra costa county fire department. can you hear me? hello, fire marshal, can you hear me? okay. we'll move on. let's talk about b.a.r.t. closing the tracks between the glen park and daly city statio

new details about a horrific hot air balloon crash in texas. officials believe all 16 people on board were killed. this happened this morning here in lockhart, texas about 30 miles outside of austin. we are hearing from witnesses and learning more information about the company that runs the balloon rides. news 4 the newsroom with details. >> a horrible situation in texas right now. 16 people feared dead. federal investigators are getting on the ground there tonight to piece together what happened and why. >> a deflated hot air balloon is the scene of a major accident. >> nobody stood a chance. >> perhaps the deadliest crash margaret watched from her front porch. >> all of a sudden there was a fireball that went up. >> the federal aviation administration believes 16 people were aboard the balloon when it caught fire, plummeting to the ground. that balloon confirmed to belong to the company heart of texas hot air balloon rides. >> the families may be watching right no and we offer thoughts and prayers for the loss and this will be a difficult site for us to work through. >> the nt

. cases dealing with whether access to abortion would remain a reality for the women of texas and elsewhere.ca the constitutionality of the top the immigration program and the continued viability of collective bargaining agreements but the term is we all know was overtaken by the passing of justice scalia and the resulting vacancy on the court.of justicea some consequential decisionsli were made and some were not. cases were remanded to lower courts threw further consideration.eration. critical questions were unanswered in some cases differing understandings of the law in different parts of the country. in giving the senate's continuing refusal to consider the nomination of d.c. circuit chief judge merrick garland tohi fill the vacancy on the supreme court much uncertainty lies ahead. but we do have an amazing guide to lead us through this discussion with a very distinguished panel. a true expert on the supremery court and i would like to say ae friend of acs, tom goldfein. tom is one of our nation's most experienced supreme court practitioners. he has served as counsel to her res

in texas, to which mack wallace was very mitch involved in and aware of. the best way to describe this is he in 1951 walked into a small golf course owner in austin, texas and shot the man dead. he was arrested two hours later and he said to the arresting officers that the texas rangers, i work for lyndon, i have to get back to washington. within an hour, lyndon johnson's personal lawyer, john coker, was defending him, and he was exonerated. and then top security clearance working for dhbird, a weapons contractor in texas, and had top security clearance for the next 12 years, which the office of naval intelligence trade to rescind and couldn't so there's a hidden story here, behind the scenes story of lbj, who for all his great accomplishments had a very dark side as well. >> host: where where did melon get the information cincinnati was very interesting. the day after john f. kennedy was assassinated and lyndon johnson became president, that next day, life magazine was set to release an article investigating lbj's dealings in texas with the likes of bobby baker, his aide in washi

, we saw moments ago in dallas, texas, a cameraman started to run along with other people running tlum the streets of dallas, where they were protesting the shooting of two different black men by police in two different cities in the past 24 hours. we saw that cameraman run to this location. then we saw what appeared to be a body, perhaps more than one on the ground. it was not clear whether the person was living or not. one of whom appeared to be wearing police gear. we cut away out of respect for the situation, and now we return to see more chaos on the streets of dallas. it is unclear what is happening, but clearly there is a confrontation. there is a confrontation under foot, and we still don't know what it is. i mean this is just volatile. this is volatile, arthur. >> and the head of the police department, the chief of the police department and the mayor's office is -- like they're caught flat footed. i can tell you it was obvious to me tonight in new york city, the police were not prepared for this. it was clear. i know we're saying everyone protested paeszfully, but in new york

, texas. as of now, 16 people died when their balloon crashed about 20 minutes after takeoff. just as it took off at sun rise, 30 miles south of austin. what we know from reports on the ground and also talking to a reporter on the ground, as you look at initial video coming in, is the balloon crashed right below very large high tension power lines you barely make out there at the center of your screen. whether the power lines had anything to do with the crash or not, we don't know. the ntsb says they should arrive there a little bit later today to begin piecing this tragedy together. no survivors on this saturday morning as 16 people took off on what had to have been a wonderful and probably romantic adventure on a saturday morning and plummeted to earth killing all 16 onboard. hour two of america's election headquarters here from washington, d.c. of course when you're talking about the balloon crash and also a lot about politics today. >> yes, i'm elizabeth prann. we saw some of the video we were showing earlier from a local reporter, marcus officer. you could see that sheriff's deputie

breaking news, the deadly shooting in austin, texas, kills one person and injures others. tonight we're learning the victim has bay area ties. >>> the news at 4:30 starts right now. thank you for joining us. >> the active shooter scare happened early this morning in downtown austin. witnesses say that someone began firing a weapon into the crowd. police now telling nbc news that five people were hit by bullets, and tonight we are learning that the one woman that was killed lived on the peninsula. nbc bay area's kristy smith is live with the latest details. tragic situation there, kristy. >> reporter: that's right, as you can imagine, her brother is devastated. i spoke with him by phone. he lives in las vegas. he says that his str was on vacation with her fiancee in texas to visit the fiancee's family, perhaps at the wrong place at the wrong time when a gunman opened fire. ricky multiri says it was his sister, 30-year-old tanika who the fatally shot. the brother says he didn't know the other victims. a man opened fire on a crowd in downtown austin after 2:00. he says his sister had

governor of texas. >> hello, cleveland. you know back in 2006 my wife, anita, and i we had this extraordinary experience. this great pleasure of touring a naval base in san diego. our guide that day just happened to be this big old tall drink of water navy seal who is recovering from combat-related injuries. now, he was a texas boy. he was pretty plain-spoken and k

. we're in downtown cleveland. you see all these people in cowboy hats and texas shirts behind me, members of the texas delegation. there was a breakfast happening. ted cruz appeared. and i will tell you what. if last night was a remarkable moment on the convention floor, this was another remarkable moment. ted cruz addressing these delegates, some of whom a vocal minority, i might say, were pushing him very hard on why he would not endorse donald trump. so ted cruz delivered some remarks. he essentially said that he didn't regret what happened. he wouldn't take back what happened. and i'm paraphrasing here. he defended his actions last night. he pointeded out he congratulated donald trump, but insists he needed to watch and listen and stick to the principles he campaigned on. here's where it got interesting, jose. some delegates started to stand up and and questions. some people asked, okay, well, who are you going to vote for? cruz would not answer. he said he would not say he would vote for donald trump. he did say that he wouldn't vote for hillary clinton. he was pressed repeatedly on

especially if texas here itself. here is what governor greg abbott had to say yesterday evening. >> we as a people need to move forward and live our everyday lives. knowing that texas is going to be greater going forward, unaltered, unaffected by this act of cowardice. like this moment, we need replicate this on an ongoing basis. showing that we as a state of every people, of every color, every back ground. that we unite behind the core principles that make the state of texas a truly exceptional state. >> joining us now, don't judge clay jenkins. i want to start out and ask how you're doing. >> i'm doing well. i was not one of the people out there risking their lives in the street that night. but they're doing well, too. and we're really feeling that support from the community. and that's helping a lot. >> i thought governor abbott's comments there, there's a key part. we've seen the ways in which mass atrocities, and we've had a number of them, can precipitate this panicked fear among people. they start on second-guess their ordinary routines. they start to move into kind of bunkers.

, his wife, nancy pelosi and texas senator, ted cruz. right now, a live look there at the tarmac in dallas. love field. air force one, just touching down. president george w. bush will be meeting all of the aforementioned here at the interfaith service, george w. bush's wife laura, live 20 minutes from where we sit in downtown dallas. both presidents are expected to speak. in addition to the two presidents, republican texas senator, john cornyn, i spent sometime spokei took sometime tk to him. he wanted to drop off a flag, a flag that he had flown a top the u.s. capitol a few days ago. i asked him what we wanted to hear, what he wanted to hear from president obama. >> we're all here to say is that the state of texas and our nation is united in our desire to not only have the difficult conversations we need to have with regard to race, but also, how really our support for the men and women in law enforcement is nonnegotiable item. >> senator cornyn, arriving with congressman james brown, from the houston area, who is standing next to him there. i'm also in attendance today, officers

company in texas, 1500, five offices around the state of texas and 1500 employees, we're very, very fortunate to have yet another company that's involved in keeping texans employed. but they've also been gracious to be one of our sponsors. at this time i would like you to welcome phillip who will come up and make an introduction. [ applause ] morning. whose idea of a sick joke was it to follow the speaker of the house of representatives? i would say the speaker deserves one more round of applause for the hard work he's doing. [ applause ] good morning, welcome to day two. how is everybody feeling? good? it's going to be a long day so stay with me here. my name is phil menardi and i have the privilege of having policy communications for expedia, hopefully many of you know the brands that make up our company, orbitz, travelocity, hot wire, home away, and many more. hopefully you've used them to search and compare and book travel for yourselves and for your families. to help you get a better understanding of the audience here this morning, raise your hand if you use one of these compan

the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm going to reserve my time and let the gentleman use his time. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. once again i'll urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so we can bring up bipartisan legislation that would allow the attorney general to bar the sale of firearms or explosives to those on the f.b.i.'s terrorist watch list. mr. speaker, enough is enough is enough is enough. the american people demand action. you know, we are supposed to be the greatest deliberative body in the world. it's time we act like it. vote to defeat the previous question and vote no on the rule and with that i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you very much. mr. speaker, my friends failed to tell you that we know of not one person, not one that has used the terrorist watch list as an excuse to buy a gun and do things. what they're forgetting to tell you

was in that shoot-out in waco, texas, when we lost four of our heroes and many wounded. and, you know, it was devastating to atf to lose that many guys. i mean it was just -- it just knocks you back. and this is -- dallas is going to have a tough time. i mean this is just really a tough time. and you got some people wounded, too. so they're going to -- they're focusing their energy on these shooters, the killers. just watching what patrol did here, those are the officers who were on the beat there. you talked about, brian, in front of the demonstration. you know, they went right to the parking garage. they were under the rifle fire. they were able to contain one of these killers in the parking garage. that's really exceptional police work to do that. a person could easily escape a parking garage in a city that size. but they were able to get in there, contain them. now s.w.a.t. is dealing with them. and likely this can be all settled with -- it may be all settled with one shot from a long rifleman from dallas police s.w.a.t. because if this killer pops up in that parking garage to sho

mostly as a hero by the texas delegation doubling down the refusal to endorse donald trump. katy tur has been covering this angle closely. katy, you've been talking with sources inside the trump campaign. what are they telling you? >> there's frustration within the trump campaign over ted cruz. they thought his speech would be more positive towards donald trump. they even hoped at the last minute they could get an endorsement out of him. there's reporting that jeff roe got a call from jason miller from the trump campaign saying we would really like ted cruz to endorse donald trump tonight. that didn't happen. but that didn't expect a report later on. there was no endorsement within that remarks. the cruz team never said they would give an endorsement. still as he went on last night. went longer than expected, talked about voting your con shengs and when the new york delegation started to boo the trump campaign seized that moment, took advantage of that moment. they're saying that it's coincidental donald trump came out in the middle of that speech but sources within the campaign say

. texas governor greg abbott has released the statement saying in part our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families as well the community. the investigation into the cause of this tragic accident will continue and i ask all of texas to join us in praying for those lost, end quote. cnn is covering this angle from -- this story from every angle. with me now is cnn aviation analyst who is joining us on the phone. i also want to bring in a former faa and aviation official with the department of justice. so first sara, to you, in terms of information we're learning the circumstances of this happening, what do we know? >> we're still learning a lot here. what we do know is this, the ntsb has launched a team. many of those members deployed from washington, d.c. and two investigators happened to be in texas at the time and they are on route to the scene. the faa is investigating. they're sending people to the scene as well. this happened just before 8:00, about 7:40 a.m. local time. the sheriff's office has said they were responding to calls for a possible vehicle accident on

. >> texas state treasurer and richards was a keynote speaker at the national convention in atlanta. at the time, she had the distinction to be the first woman elected to statewide office in texas in more than 50 years. she would become the governor some years later. her speech is 35 minutes. governor richards: thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. buenas noches, mis amigos. [applause] governor richards: i am delighted to be here with you this evening, because after listening to george bush all these years, i figured you needed to know what a real texas accent sounds like. [applause] twelve years ago barbara jordan, another texas woman, barbara -- [applause] [applause] barbara madeards: the keynote address to this convention, and two women in 160 years is about par for the course. [applause] governor richards: but, if you give us a chance, we can perform. after all, ginger rogers did everything that fred astaire did. she just did it backwards and in high heels. [applause] treasurer richards: i want to announce to this nation that i

into cnn, this is dallas, texas. we're getting reports of shots fired at a rally in dallas, texas. that's the most that we know right now. we're working to get more information but you see the emergency vehicles on the scene and law enforcement again, reports of shots fired at a dallas protest, protests again going on all over the country in at least four cities that we know of, that we have images of and we'll continue to follow that. as we follow these pictures and all breaking information coming in, i want to turn to philando castillo's family. beverly, i am so sorry for your loss. how is your family doing tonight? >> they're surviving. >> and it's tough. go ahead, i'm sorry. >> absolutely. i said we are surviving and trying to hold strong the best that we can. trying to be as peaceful as we can. >> beverly, you were very close to philando. tell us about your nephew. >> um, he's my baby nephew, the youngest, the youngest one that i have. i brought philando with me from st. louis, missouri. i brought him up here when he was about i think maybe about 3 until his mom came and then