already, the state of texas has provided texas department of public safety officers, texas rangers, forensic specialists to aid in the efforts of responding to this challenge. we need to understand, also, there will be ongoing challenges, as a result, my office is extending aid and support to the dallas police department for counseling, for their officers, for issues and challenges that they will be facing for some time. now to respond to what has happened in the past 24 hours. the past 24 hours in dallas has been a veritable tale of two cities. on the one hand, it's been the tale of heroism of police officers. at the same time, it's within a tale of cowardice by an assassin. we are so proud, even in our mourning today of the men and women who wear the yooumpl, of the dallas police department, as well as the dallas area rapid transit, for their heroism in the face of remarkable danger. running toward danger to aid those who need it the most. fulfilling their oath to serve and protect and do everything they can to help the citizens of this city. for every man and woman of the dallas police de

that idea was born in texas supported in texas and still calls texas home today. as the popular of the short term rental community to grow, it's important all levels of government craft effective laws for property owners and short-term rental platforms alike. some municipalities such as galveston and national have been successful at crafting sensible short-term policies while unfortunately other cities like san francisco and portland have implemented over reaching burdensome and restrictive laws on communities and homeowners alike. in the final analysis home away and expedia are supported of reasonable and effective regulations that can achieve compliance and protect property rights. now is the time for leadership on this important issue. now is the time to point innovative policy solutions to this most innovative travel industry. but enough of that. let's get to the main event. this man needs no lengthy introduction. he served the state faithfully for over three decades as a district judge, a member of the texas supreme court, your states ag. and for the past 14

in texas is one of the prime places. how do you answer those people are out of work and what you say we are going to drill more. can you talk about that? >> i am glad we are indeed on this. i'm glad were ending on this. from 2007 through 2012 or so we doubled the amount of oil and gas production in this country. over a five-year. we doubled the production. and all of the net new jobs in the net increase in gdp over barack obama's first term were all attributable to the oil and gas industry. so when i give talks in the oil and gas industry i was in texas i said congratulations you are the people who reelected barack obama, didn't like that but it's true. without the shale oil and gas revolution barack obama would not had been reelected. the economy would've still been in a recession. so what happened now just as you said, that big boom turned into a bust. this is a whole history of the oil industry. it goes through the boom and bust cycles and it's in a bust cycle right now although it's gone from $30 to $50 in the last c

already, the state of texas has provided texas department of public safety officers, texas rangers, forensic specialists to aid in the efforts of responding to this challenge. we need to understand, also, there will be ongoing challenges, as a result, my office is extending aid and support to the dallas police department for counseling, for their officers, for issues and challenges that they will be facing for some time. now to respond to what has happened in the past 24 hours. the past 24 hours in dallas has been a veritable tale of two cities. on the one hand, it's been the tale of heroism of police officers. at the same time, it's within a tale of cowardice by an assassin. we are so proud, even in our mourning today of the men and women who wear the yooumpl, of the dallas police department, as well as the dallas area rapid transit, for their heroism in the face of remarkable danger. running toward danger to aid those who need it the most. fulfilling their oath to serve and protect and do everything they can to help the citizens of this city. for every man and woman of the dallas police de

already, the state of texas has provided texas department of public safety officers, texas rangers, forensic specialist to aid in the efforts of responding to this challenge. we need to understand also there will be ongoing challenges as a result my office is extending aid in support to the dallas police department for counseling for their officers for issues and challenges that they will be facing for some time. now, to respond with what is happened in the past 24 hours. the past 24 hours in dallas has been a tale of two cities. on the one hand it has been the tale of heroism of police officers at the same time, it has been a tale of karis by an assassin. we are so proud even in our morning today of the men and women who wear the uniform of the dallas police department as well as the dallas area rapid transit. for their heroism in the face of remarkable danger, running toward danger to aid those who need it the most fulfilling their oath to serve and protect and do everything they can to help the citizens of the city. for every man and woman of the dallas police department as well as any la

the litigation began in texas and texas one in the district court preliminary injunction and issued a nationwide injunction. so this case very quickly turned into a very interesting federal courts case. that you have issues of jurisdiction, of standing, of the scope of the district court's power, the scope of the president's authority of the clause of the constitution. there were apa standing questions for law students in the audience i suspect you will see these on exams for many years to come. unfortunately you will not have supreme court to give you guidance because it ended four- four. so it is obviously a case of enormous importance, having weighty questions that go to the heart of the president's constitutional powers i think for everyone is disappointed not to know what the answers are for the majority of the court. so i would offer a few comments. one thing i think this is my own perspective i would not be entirely confident that we know that the votes on standing with the same as the merits. i think there's an assumption that people have but i would not necessarily be too con

texas argued 50%. if they had prevented 50% of women from getting an abortion, that many -- that they could strike that down. i am happy to say that the supreme court struck down those arguments. again, the court said they had actual evidence that the law sustained evidence. flimsy rationales on along siena -- are no longer enough. and they also said that the benefits of the law must be weighed against the vertebrate -- weighed against the -- must be weighed against the burdens. the court said this is an application of planned parenthood. this is not something, in a test that they created. it was what courts were supposed to be doing all along. and the other thing that is worth noting, this was joined by full by justice kennedy. after the last couple of opinions, critically and gonzales versus carr, people had questions on where justice kennedy stood, whether he stood behind his opinion with planned parenthood, whether he would protect the right of women to have an abortion. and i think that we got our

the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. weber, chairman of the energy subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. weber: i rise in support of h.r. 5640, the electricity storage innovation act. this directs the department of energy to focus on the basic research that provides the foundation for technology breakthroughs in battery storage technology. in the field of electricity storage there's a lot of excitement about batteries that could operate for longer dureations with decreased charge times. but not enough people are asking how can we have battery systems that move electrons at the atomic level a key to increasing battery power. this will use the foundational study of elect ro chemistry to build a better battery from the ground up. mr. speaker, in congress, we must take the long-term view, we must be patient. we must make smart investments in research that can lead to the next big discovery. h.r. 5640 authorizes the fundamental chemistry and materials research that can lead to advanced electr

it happened about four hours ago 30 miles south of the texas capital. our fox affiliate reporter on the ground who works for fox 7 in austin. give us a sense of the area you're in and what you know about how this crash happened. >> thanks. we are about the 700 block of jolly road. it's just outside lockhart in between lockhart and austin, texas. it's a huge field. there is a lot of emptiness. there are a lot of police cars here. you can see where the police have the area roped off. they are trying to piece together what happened. >> i'm looking at some of your pictures and twitter and working on getting those pictures for our viewers. sometimes it takes time to pull them off social media. there appears to be large high-tension power lines there on the scene. has anybody been talking about those? have police said anything about the power lines? >> reporter: what we did here, we hear fire, hot air balloon and crash. we get here, where the police line is marked is underneath these massive power lines. police have not confirmed or said anything, but based o

already, the state of texas has provided texas department of public safety officers, texas rangers, forensic specialists to aid in the efforts of responding to this challenge. we need to understand also there will be ongoing challenges. as a result my office is extending aid and support to the dallas police department for counseling for their officers for issues and challenges that they will be facing for some time. now to respond to what has happened in the past 24 hours. the past 24 hours in dallas has been a veritable tale of two cities. on the one hand, it's been the tale of heroism of police officers. at the same time, it's been a tale of cowardice by an assassin. we are so proud even in our mourning today of the men and women who wear the uniform of the dallas police department as well as the dallas area rapid transit, for their heroism in the face of remarkable danger, running toward danger to aid those who need it the most, fulfilling their oath to serve and protect and do everything they can to help the citizens of this city. for every man and woman of the dallas police department a

texas argued 50%. if they prevented 50% of women from getting an abortion, that could strike that down. i am happy to say that the supreme court struck down those arguments. they had actual evidence that the law sustained evidence. flimsy rationales on along siena -- are no longer enough. it also said that the benefits of the law must be weighed against the burdens. this wasd that unconstitutional. the court said this is an application of planned parenthood. this is not something, in a test that they created. it was what courts were supposed to be doing all along. and the other thing that is worth noting, this was joined by full by justice kennedy. after the last couple of opinions, critically and gonzales versus carr, people had questions on where justice kennedy stood, whether he stood behind his opinion with planned whether heversus kc, would protect the right of women to have an abortion. and i think that we got our answer on monday. so, where do we go from here? this is terrific news and a number

already the state of texas has provided texas department of public safety officers, texas rangers, forensic specialists to aid in efforts of responding to this challenge. we need to understand there will be ongoing challenges. as a result my office is extending aid and support to the dallas police department for counselling for their officers for issues and challenges that they will be facing for some time. now, to respond what has happened in the past 24 hours. the past 24 hours in dallas has been a variable tale of two cities. on the one hand it's been the tale of heroism of police officers. at the same time it's been tale of cowardice by an asassin. we're so proud. for their h running toward danger to aid those who need it the most. fulfilling their oath to serve and protect and do everything they can to help the citizens of this city. for every man and woman of the dallas police department as well as any law enforcement officers in the state of texas. i want you to know, you have the respect of a grateful state and you have a governor who has your back. as it concerns the cowardice, it

en dallas, texas, pedro ultreras, univisiÓn. en que antes de despedirnos, una alerta de viaje para los ciudadanos negros. enrique: regresamos a los estudios, fÉlix. fÉlix: a pesar de la tragedia ocurrida el jueves en dallas continÚan protestas a lo largo y ancho del paÍs en contra de abusos hechos por agentes de la policÍa. claudia: las protestas regresaron a las calles, en varios estados a lo largo del paÍs se vio el caos. varias personas fueron arrestadas en nueva york el viernes en la noche, docenas de personas bloquearon las calles de la ciudad, la policÍa intentaba controlar a los manifestantes. en arizona la tensiÓn aumentó luego de que mÁs de 1000 personas marcharon al centro de la ciudad gritando:" manos arriba, no disparen". policÍas echaron gas pimienta a los manifestantes que intentaban bloquear el acceso vehicular. el descontento obligÓ al presidente obama hablar desde la Última cumbre de total. presidente obama: por mÁs dolorosa que haya sido esta semana creo firmemente que estados unidos no estÁ tan

texas is home to the controversial open carry texas movement whose members walk around in public with their guns on full display. my "nightline" coanchor byron pitts goes inside the group for our week-long series "america in black and white." ♪ ♪ glory glory hallelujah >> reporter: today the city of dallas taking time to mourn. gathering to remember the lives of five officers killed in last week's horrific attack. putting politics aside, president obama and the first lady, hand if hand with former president george w. bush and first lady laura bush. the president delivering a sermon of sorts. >> i'm here to insist we are not as divided as we seem. and i know that because i know america. i know how far we've come against impossible odds. >> reporter: his poignant observation that in the audience, mourning of all sides. >> i see people who mourn for the five officers we lost, also weep for the families of alton sterling and fill lawn dough castille. i see what's possible when we recognize we are one american family. >> reporter: thousands having paid their respects over the last few

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.

united with the city of already the state of texas had a provided texas department of public safety officers, texas rangers, forensic specialists to aid in the effort of responding to this challenge. we need to understand, also, there will be ongoing challenges as a result my office is extending aid and support today dallas police department for counselling, for officers for issues and challenges that they will be facing for some time. now, to respond, what has happened in the past 24 hours. the past 24 hours in dallas has been a tail of two cities, on the one hands has been the tail of heroism of police officers, at the same time it has been a tail of cowardice bias as >> in the morning today, of the men and women who wear the uniform of the dallas police department, as well as the damn as -- dallas area rabid transport, for their heroism in remarkable danger, running toward danger to aid those who need it the most. who fulfilling their oath to serve, protect, do everything they can to help the citizens of this city for every man and woman of the dallas police department, as well a

. >>> first we are following 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

abc's kenneth moton joins us live from dallas texas. kenneth, what have officials learned if anything more, about that gunman. >> reporter: well, good morning, gray. it a peers that according to investigators the snipper who took the lives of five dallas police officers and injured others here's had a deep racial hatred against white officers. police continue to look into his motives, while the protest against alleged police brutality are only getting bigger this morning more scenes of protest, black lives, coming face-to-face with blue lives. the demonstrations across the country moved into the night. thousands took to the streets to protest police killings of alton sterling in louisiana and castille in minute so the a in atlanta, they shut down major roadways. in phoenix police used pepper spray to control the crowd n rochester new york more than seven arrests including two tv news reporter. >> justin carter being arrested. >> reporter: officers across the country are on alert. after the shooting rock dallas, five officers killed whil

polis: the gentleman from texas is recognized. effectively, rather than actually finding resources to develop a vaccine against zika they basically said we're going to be taking the money from ebola, which, by the way, still exists, still is a threat. we need to be ready for the next threat of an ebola or ebola-like danger to our citizens from a public health perspective. in addition, the initial republican attempts included things that they long wanted to do like remove dangerous insecticides from the list of insecticides that are prohibited due to their harm to human health as well as ecosystems and animal health. the solution is straightforward. we need to develop a vaccine. we need to increase our public health infrastructure around this menace, and the bill fell short on that account because effectively it said we might be able to not deal with ebola and deal with this instead. the truth is, the american people want a public health infrastructure that keeps them safe from ebola and zika, and every other potentially biological

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 grow

these are pictures, again, from dallas, texas. you see the police officers, the flashing lights on the scene. our affiliate there is ktvt. you see the reporter there on the scene getting ready for a report. why don't we listen in. >> we just noticed officers getting shields and starting to move towards this building. it seems like some officers are inside. we saw some of the officers pointing up at the building, as if somebody were possibly up there trying to gain some sort of vantage point. the mood definitely changed here in the last five minutes. it got a little bit more serious. the officers started to focus a little more on their personal safety than they were more concerned about keeping this perimeter contained. we saw some shields pulled out and it looked like they just entered that building. it seems like there might be somebody in there or something in there they need to find or figure out or retrieve, and the officers now are getting a little built even lowit even lo. it seems like they might be getting close to somethi

that idea was born in texas, supported in texas and still calls texas home today. as the popularity of the short term rental community continues to grow, it's important that all levels of government craft effective laws for property owners and short term rental platforms alike. some municipalities such as galveston and nashville have been successful at crafting sensible short-term rental policies while unfortunately other cities like san francisco and portland, have implemented overreaching burdensome and restrictive laws on communities and homeowners alike. in the final analysis, home away and expedia are supportive of reasonable and effective regulations that can achieve compliance and protect property rights. now is the time for leadership on this important issue. now is the time to apply innovative policy solutions to this most innovative travel industry. but enough of that. let's get to the main event here. this man needs no lengthy introduction. he served this state faithfully for over three decades as a district judge, member of the texas supreme court, your

a hot air balloon crash 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 ab

and, again, one of the great cities in this country, dallas, texas. hard to believe it's the site of what can only be called urban warfa warfare tonight. certainly the assassination attempt of uniformed police officers. robert, thank you so much. our condolences to everyone there. and be strong in the days ahead. this story has reached its way around the world obviously. our white house correspondent ron allen is traveling with president obama, and the president perhaps, for those of you who saw his remarks, has landed in warsaw, poland, for a nato summit. ron, i understand, though, it's a long day of travel for the president, for all of you. not only had he been briefed on the deaths of philando castile and alton sterling on his way over, resulting in his remarks, he's now up to speed on what has happened in dallas. >> reporter: yes, brian. and the white house has offered its full support to the dallas p.d., the dallas community. anything they can do. as a practical matter, that would mean the fbi, the atf, and other federal law enforcement agencies

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 tremendous victory, and we will go forward in making sure that all of the laws that are blocking women's access to the constitutional rights will be overturned. we will not stop fighting and we are here today because cold women's health and the other took then this lawsuit brave step forward to say to the state of texas, enough is enough. and because of that, we are here with this stupendous reinvigoration and this reaffirmation of the promise of roe versus wade for future generations. i now present to you amy hagstrom miller. amy: i am beyond elated. every day whole women's health serves women with respect and passion and dignity and the compassion they deserve. today the supr

but arlington, texas, is today handling security in dallas, texas. so members of the dpd, police officers throughout the city, could if at all possible, be there to mourn and to grieve. if you've been watching our coverage, you saw that we were just talking with joshua dubois, the president's former spirits wall advisor, and "the president's devotional" the inspirations that inspired president obama. a little bit more, you talked about this with craig melvin earlier. there comes a moment when the president, who has been forced to do this all too often, you talked about the face-to-face dynamic with loved ones of the lost. appropriately, and i hope it always remains the case, cameras have never been allowed to intrude upon this moment, which the president has called one of the most important things he does as president, what transpires? what can he possibly transfer to them, given the sadness he is having to soak in from them? >> yeah, he meets them where they are, brian. you know, some family members, they want to talk. they want to share about the p

south of austin, texas. accord together faa, the hot air balloon was carrying at least 16 people when it caught fire around 7:40 this morning. that would be about three hours and 20 minutes ago. the faa reports it crashed into a pasture near lockhart, texas, just south of the college town of austin. the bull ten coming across from associated press said that there are no survivors. authorities are on the scene investigating as we speak. a rural area when you look at pictures there. a hot, dry and relatively clear day in central texas. will carr following the latest developments. it seems at times like this, there are precious few details other than we know this is a serious tragedy. >> that's right. a lot of questions right now. not many answers. you just mentioned the reports coming out that 16 people were killed in this crash. something authorities on the ground will be keeping in mind is when you're dealing with hot air balloons, they are dictated in their direction based on the weather. you mentioned that

texas. we have a number of people looking into this and we talked to a few experts along the way. ed lavandera is in dallas and renee marsh who is our aviation correspondent joining us. let me begin with you ed lavandera. not a whole lot from the ntsb. it's still early in the investigation. >> we know from local first responders the sheriff's department there near lockhart and where this accident took place, they got a call of a fire just before 8:00 this morning and that's what they were responding to. the sheriff's office there says when they responded it turned out what was on fire was the basket from this hot air balloon. as you mentioned and as you heard there from ntsb officials, this considered a major accident. faa officials have told us there were 16 people on board that hot air balloon that have died. this is a significant crash, obviously a horrific crash and demands the investigation that it will get here apparently will take some time for those ntsb investigators to get fully on

frank, from houston, texas. caller: i want to give my heart out to the families of the officers that were killed in dallas. i would like to say the last caller was spot-on. black lives matter movement grew out of the frustrations that was fanned by the media to get convictions on men, officers that were doing what they should withdone -- not so much zimmerman, but the rest of them, there were no convictions. they were tried by a jury of their peers, they were leaned on by the department of justice. they were leaned on by the president of the united states. black lives matter movement is a frustrated fascist movement. they go around disrupting demonstrations. you, being a community organizer, should know that when you let the media fan the flames, you say you know the man was shot and killed in louisiana. but you do not have any evidence of that. you are doing -- you are going by what the woman said. let the facts come in, let the trial be held at then do your protests. thank you. began by calling your group a fr

in the deals he made with 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 washi

but the reality in texas we've believed in the second amendment. we believe that law-abiding citizens have the right to protect themselves. in this case, people that are willing to murder people are not going to follow other laws anymore they're going to follow a law that prevents them from killing people. we've believed in law-abiding citizens being able to protect themselves. i stand with those people. >> especially in the state of texas where the open carry law, sir, where do you stand with that? >> say that again. >> open carry. if you can speak to open carry laws in the argument of the open carry laws in texas. >> you know that was recently passed here, and again, it's designed to protect law-abiding citizens. so open carry is something that we have passed in the last year or two, and i think it's working just fine. and, again, for those who are not going to follow the statutes related to killing people, they're not going to follow any law related to guns. it's designed to protect law-abiding citizens. >> but as far as access, some will argue

much more from dallas, texas, in a moment. first, more eyewitness account to last night's ambush of 12 dallas police officers. >> i was walking and a sniper just started shooting. all the cops were getting shot. i saw cops bending over. there were five or six cops. it was right after the rally. we were just walking to the car. then all the cops. u saw three. we were running. they just kept shooting. we don't know where it's coming from. i didn't see anybody else. it was just the cops. one of millions of orders on this company's servers. accessible by thousands of suppliers and employees globally. but with cyber threats on the rise, mary's data could be under attack. with the help of at&t, and security that senses and mitigates cyber threats, their critical data is safer than ever. giving them the agility to be open & secure. because no one knows & like at&t. staying in rhythm, it's how i try to live, how i stay active. and to keep up this pace, i need the right nutrition. so i drink boost®. boost® complete nutritional drink

you got a lot of guns in texas. a lot of people own guns legally, and now all of a sudden they start having alcohol, and next thing that happens, they start firing guns. it could be really, really dangerous. >> we don't know anything about alcohol or anything like that in this case. he or she had a rifle and that there were several shots. we could hear them on the television, and then you could hear the eyewitness talk about -- one said upward of a dozen. the other said it sounded like about 20 shots. then there was a pause, and then the gunfire resumed. and we simply do not know what the condition is right now of the shooter or whether they have this person contained. what would be the protocol at this point, bo, as we see a group of police officers? >> well, the way it looks, megyn, is they had a place where they felt as though the shots were coming from. they're going to try to find this shooter. they're going to try to keep that shotter in that area. i'm sure they have the helicopter overhead with a light trying

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. [

but it was peaceful protests tonight, opposed to what happened in dallas, texas. >> that's absolutely correct, jim. hundreds of people gathered at the convention center. they marched down to the federal detention center before ending here at the united methodist church. again, like you said, their protests were peaceful but powerful. >> peacefully hundreds marched. poignant were their words. >> we are speaking out against police brutality. here to declare our lives matter. >> local activists and faith leaders in town for a convention took to the city streets. >> i believe that we must win. >> whatever happened in baton rouge and in minneapolis, you have to say and do something. >> did you see the videos. >> i saw the videos. they are very graphic and hard to watch. >> this kind of killing and double standard and police official racism has existed for years. >> david goldman says incidents like this impact everyone. >> we should all feel hurt when this happens -- white, black, hispanic. >> if you think you are that department that can't be impacted by that, you just hope iffing is it t

balloon rides of san marcos, texas. investigators will be looking at many factors, including weather conditions to see if they factored into the crash. >> earlier in the morning it was foggy. but at the point in time that the balloon went down i isn't really see that much haze. >> reporter: a local balloon pilot tells nbc news he believes power lines were involved in this accident. people who live nearby are stunned. >> you think wow they are having fun. it's unfortunate. >> reporter: the texas governor said in a statement, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. i ask all of texas to join us in praying for those lost. >>> two years ago, the national transportation safety board warned the faa of the risk of deadly balloon crashes. but nothing ever came of it. they recommended stronger regulations on balloon companies but the faa declared they were not needed. >> reporter: trump on the defensive. the republican presidential nominee facing backlash after criticizing the family of a fallen soldier

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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san marcos, texas. the facebook page says the company offers breathtaking hot air balloon flights. investigators will be looking at many conditions. >> earlier in the morning, it was foggy, but at the point in time when the balloon went down, i didn't see much haze. >> reporter: a local pilot says he believes power lines were a factor in this accident. people who live nearby are stunned. see them up there and everything, you think, wow, they're having fun and everything. but it's just so unfortunate that this happened. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott said, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. i ask all in texas to join us in praying for those lost. >> well, a new jersey grandmother has the national guard to thank for saving her life after making a wrong turn down the road. she was headed to marylando celebrate her birthday with family but went off course and wound up stuck in the woods. she was traveling with her cat and didn't have food, water, or a charged battery

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he got a lot of pushback from the texas delegation on that. there's a lot of people at this convention who believe he should have fallen in line for the sake of the party, for. so far the cam spain people are saying ted cruz is serving his political ambitions, has unify it had party for donald trump. >> i want to play a snippet of not last night but ted cruz a short time ago before the hometo hometown. here it is. >> i am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and my father. that pledge was not a blanket equipment that if you go and slander and attack heidi that i'm going to nonetheless come like a servile puppy dog and say thank you very much for maligning my wife and father. can anyone imagine our nominee standing in front of voters answering questions like this? >> so clearly the texas senator took all of that personally. he came into the convention hall with a chip on his shoulder. why is the campaign saying they allowed him to speak in the 9:00 hour -- this is prime time wednesday night before the vp pick, why let him sp

texas could appeal. it says it hasn't made a decision yet, but the only place to appeal is to the u.s. supreme court and with the court out for the summer and divided 4-4, it's not immediately clear texas would get the kind of relief it wanted. by the way, the appeals court opinion came out yesterday. that was the last day that the u.s. supreme court had had said the appeals court has to decide the case in order for there to be some kind of change or some kind of rule put in place in time for the general election in texas. nonetheless, advocates for citizens' voting rights said the decision was a very strong one and in their favor, jose. >> pete williams in washington, d.c. thank you very much. that wraps up this hour of "msnbc live." thank you for your time. be sure to check the rnc at 7:00 p.m. eastern tonight here on msnbc. convention coverage continues all day here in cleveland. and my colleague, tamron hall, picks it up down the street. tamron, a big air kiss. >> jose, thank you very much. >>> good

texas is one of the prime places. we report on this all the time, how the time, how do you answer, those people are out of work and what you say, were going to drill more, can you talk about that. >> that's a great question. i'm glad were ending on this because it's the new development. the oil and gas shale and oil gas have been victims of their own success. so it's an amazing story. from 2007 through 2012 or so, we doubled the number of oil and gas production in the country. over five your. we doubled our production in this revolution that happen. all of the net new jobs in the net increase in gdp over brock obama's first term were all attributable to the oil and gas industry. so when i give talks i was in texas is a congratulations you're the people who reelected barack obama, they didn't like that but it's true, without the shale and oil gas revolution brock obama would not have been reelection. the economy still would've been in recession. so what happened now is as you said, that big boom that has turned into a

more details emerging about the mass shooting in dallas texas. we'll have the latest from dallas when we come back. hey guys lunch is here! it's on me fellas. with the chase mobile app, stephen curry can send money to more people in less time. thanks, steph! no problem. even to friends in a growing number of other banks. ya'll ready to go? come on fellas let's go! easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. >>> welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world. i'm michael holmes of the cnn center in atlanta. >> and i'm george howell live here in dallas, texas, the back drop behind me, the dallas police department headquarters. you see this memorial that has grown and continues to grow. i would like to cut over to a shot on the side of me. there are so many people here, many people who came together to sing, to chant, to hold hands. to remember these five police officers who were killed in the line of duty. in the meantime, we're learning much more about the mass shooting that played out just less than a

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 washington. that article never saw the light of day. and the senate intelligence committee was doing an investigation of lbj also. that, too what stopped immediately. you can say lbj is one over the luck