[inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible] >> welcome to the 21st annual texas book festival. you're here for a panel on the art of the campaign. my name is paul sessionler, and i've been unnaturally obsessed with american politics my entire life, and i'm hoping, i'm hoping the panelists today can give me a reason to keep going on, because this campaign is making my head explode. [laughter] [applause] we've had an october surprise nationally with the fbi. but here in texas, as you guys know, we've had a different kind of october surprise. that surprise was the announcement by the national press that texas was in play. [cheers and applause] i think that's actually a surprise to think about that actually knows anything about texas politics, but i think the biggest surprise for me living here in texas is why has there not been more talk about we're in texas, and two new yorkers are running for president? i don't think that should be allowed. last time since duy versus -- dewey versus roosevelt. one book, how texas might eventually become a two-party democracy -- [laughter] [applause] wi

for texas, the take away for the longhorns. >> mike: they're going to be disappointed. they came in thinking they could run roughshod and they have not done that. they're in a close hard fought game. it will make them bowl eligible if they can hang on. they're not going to feel really good about this game. >> allen: fourth and five if they can convert here. if not, they can get a chance for a big scramble. foreman will be a yard shy of the first down. kansas is going to get the ball. 58 seconds to go. trailing by three. >> mike: all they need is a field goal to tie this up. i thought foreman ran tentatively there maybe being afraid to fumble. >> allen: the kansas field goal kicker matthew wyman is a senior. his long this season is 50 yards. that means they've got to get the ball to the 40, got to get no time-outs. >> mike: you practice this all the time. you practice the two-minute situation where you have 58 seconds. no time-outs and on your own 29 yard line. let's see how well they can execute. first downs out of bounds or touchdowns. >> allen: texas dropping inbounds. that's kinn

have to move back just to move forward. is this it for charlie strong at texas, b.j.? watch this poor angle. what are you waiting on, go get it, no, kenny hill, second score of the day, t.c.u. up 17-9. >> adam: all the boosters with the money and the noise. his players love him but they're trailing t.c.u. at home, 17-9. and the man that so many thought would go to texas now linked to the l.s.u. opening, tom herman and het >> rick: trying to complete the job at houston. memphis had other plans. 19 seconds left, you can see a big celebration for the tigers and is this the last game in the tom herman era? >> adam: at houston at least. big numbers in the game but that's the kind of game that we've seen charlie strong lose before as well. the question where does tom herman end up? a lot of reports link him to the group of five destination, herman is going to go somewhere. the question is, is it l.s.u.? if texas is open will heind endup there? >> brian: it's good to be wanted and he's sitting had a good seat, power teams like l.s.u. and texas in the hunt, if i'm texas, forget that you are t

purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, the liberal media tried to destroy donald trump. instead, they destroyed their own credibility. their extreme bias is provable. the network media's coverage of mr. trump was 91% negative. and 96% of campaign contributions from journalists went to hillary clinton. by a 10 to one ratio the american people felt the media were trying to elect mrs. clinton. a gallup poll the people's trust in the media has hit a record low. has the media learned any lessons? will they show any humility? will they now try to be objective? not likely given the last few days' headlines and commentaries. until news reporters give the american people the facts rather than expressing their own opinions, there is no reason to believe what they say or write. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pa

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. at home, 17-9. and the man that so many thought would go to texas now linked the l.s.u. opening, tom herman and he lost today. >> rick: trying to complete the job at houston. memphis had other plans. 19 seconds left, you can see a big celebration for the tigers and is this the last game in the tom herman era? >> adam: at houston at least. big numbers in the game but that's the kind of game that we've seen charlie strong lose before as well. the question where does tom herman end up? l.s.u. job. >> rick: houston relegated to a group of five destination, herman is going to go somewhere. the question is, is it l.s.u.? if texas is open will heind endup there? >> brian: it's good to be wanted and he's sitting had a good seat, power teams like l.s.u. and texas in the hunt, if i'm texas, forget that you are texas, get this arrogance out of your mind. you're not texas. charlie strong to gut the program. he had no talent to speak of. he recruits well the last two years and you are getting your heads radial every now and then but they're not being drubbed like a season ago, they have been

for texas, the take away for the longhorns. >> mike: they're going to be disappointed. they came in thinking they could run roughshod and they have not done that. they're in a close hard fought game. it will make them bowl eligible if they can hang on. they're not going to feel really good about this game. >> allen: fourth and five if they can convert here. if not, they can get a chance for a big scramble. foreman will be a yard shy of the first down. kansas is going to get the ball. 58 seconds to go. trailing by three. >> mike: all they need is a field goal to tie this up. i thought foreman ran tentatively there maybe being afraid to fumble. >> allen: the kansas field goal kicker matthew wyman is a senior. his long this season is 50 yards. that means they've got to get the ball to the 40, got to get no time-outs. >> mike: you practice this all the time. you practice the two-minute situation where you have 58 seconds. no time-outs and on your own 29 yard line. let's see how well they can execute. first downs out of bounds or touchdowns. >> allen: texas dropping inbounds. that's kinn

afternoon, the great state of texas, we are excited to talk about football. it is fall, after all and i currently we have the longhorns playing texas tech. not sure what the score is. fairly strong. we have at my alma mater against ole miss, not sure what the score was and baylor against tcu's a great football games going on. we want to talk about the intersection of football, college sports and sexual violence and sexual assault. i am from bartlett, texas, a huge football fan in a small rural town, a small football town, we went to three state the 90s so s in÷÷÷÷ football is ingrained not only in myself but the state of texas and beyond and graduated from clemson university, another huge college town. so you can imagine my cognitive dissonance every week during the fall, when i get excited about football games but at the same time being deputy director at texas association against sexual assault i know the reality of sexual assault on campuses and i know the reality and dynamics of college courts, young men and young women going to colleges and we owe a great deal of both jessica l

-- record label and a festival in texas. now a number of major musical acts are speaking out against the pipeline, including kelcy idol, jackson browne, who will hold a concert at standing rock against the pipeline thanksgiving weekend. we will eat to the indigo girls who will talk abobout the recent trip to standing rock. .> it is an amazing convergence it is open to everyone. people who live here do so much work. it is for all of us. amy:y: plus, we will go to alaba where at least one worker has died and five have b been hospitalized a after a section f the colonial pipelinine's bloatd -- pipeline explododed. in september, a leaked really 340,000 gallons of g gasoline, leading six governors to declare states of emergencies as gas prices rose to out the region. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in news from the campaign trail, president obama has criticized fbi director james comey for announcing an investigation into a new batcofof hilry c clion ails. they werdiscovered as part of a probintoto fmer c

vive el presidente electo y su familia. corte de texas rechazÓ un texto con contenido irrespetuoso hacen los mexicanos. asÍ comenzamos. locutor: este es su noticiero univisiÓn, edicion nocturna, con ilia calderÓn y enrique acevedo. ♪ ♪ buenas noches, ilia: 25 millones de dÓlares acepto pagar donald trump por una regla -- fuera de corte -- un arreglo fuera de corte. el caso fue apresado por un jueves y que impide que el candidato tenga que testificar antes de asumir la presidencia. reportero: donald trump se ha manifestado en contra de los arreglos extrajudiciales, durante su campaÑa llegÓ a decir que cuando alguien acepta un acuerdo financiero, corre el riesgo de que todo el mundo lo demande, porque llega a ser conocido como vulnerable del sistema. pero hoy sorprendio a la naciÓn, al aceptar pagar millones de dÓlares a quienes lo demandan por estafa. Éste pacto es un giro sorpresivo de donald trump y una victoria importante para mÁs de 6000 vÍctimas de su fraudulenta universidad. >> se evita la posibilidad de un desastre desde el punto de vista de relaciones pÚblica

move forward. is this it for charlie strong at texas, b.j.? suit up? watch this poor angle. what are you waiting on, go get it, no, kenny hill, second score of the day, t.c.u. up 17-9. >> adam: all the boosters with the money and the noise. his players love him but they're trailing t.c.u. at home, 17-9. and the man that so many thought would go to texas now linked to the l.s.u. opening, tom herman and he lost job at houston. memphis had other plans. 19 seconds left, you can see a big celebration for the tigers and is this the last game in the tom herman era? >> adam: at houston at least. big numbers in the game but that's the kind of game that we've seen charlie strong lose before as well. the question where does tom herman end up? a lot of reports link him to the l.s.u. job. group of five destination, herman is going to go somewhere. the question is, is it l.s.u.? if texas is open will heind endup there? >> brian: it's good to be wanted and he's sitting had a good seat, power teams like l.s.u. and texas in the hunt, if i'm texas, forget that you are texas, get this arrogance out of

charlie strong at texas, b.j.? >> brian: matthew mcconaughey suit up? watch this poor angle. what are you waiting on, go get it, no, kenny hill, second score of the day, t.c.u. up 17-9. >> adam: all the boosters with the money and the noise. his players love him but they're trailing t.c.u. at home, 17-9. and the man that so many thought would go to texas now linked to the l.s.u. opening, tom herman and he lost today. >> rick: trying to complete the job at houston. memphis had other plans. 19 seconds left, you can see a big celebration for the tigers and is this the last game in the tom herman era? >> adam: at houston at least. big numbers in the game but that's the kind of game that we've seen charlie strong lose before as well. the question where does tom herman end up? a lot of reports link him to the l.s.u. job. >> rick: houston relegated to a group of five destination, herman is going to go somewhere. the question is, is it l.s.u.? if texas is open will heind endup there? >> brian: it's good to be wanted and he's sitting had a good seat, power teams like l.s.u. and texas in th

texada breaks up the play and third down and long. >> joel: he was a track champion in north texas in the 100 meters. he qualified for the state 100-meter final and you know he has good wheels and coverage ability. >> gus: and they need to get inside the tcu 20 for a first down. russell comes back and drops and steps back and looking and throws it up at the last minute but a flag on the play. blake lynch the intended receiver. receiver down field and the penalty is declined. first down. >> gus: tcu defends properly. 7:10 to go in the fourth. >> gus: here's some players to keep an eye on for the heisman watch jabrill peppers and lamar jackson who was sensational today seven total touchdowns in louisville's big win and a couple other guys dalvin at texas going for 341 today and three touchdowns. some love to deontai foreman but right now i think it's lamar jackson's trophy to lose. >> joel: i don't know. jabril peppers has been wonderful. we have a player down right now on the sideline. tipa galeai and he goes and hits his hip and was slow to get up, gus, and took off right away and got

up the play and third down and long. >> joel: he was a track champion in north texas in the 100 meters. he qualified for the state 100-meter final and you know he has good wheels and coverage ability. >> gus: and they need to get inside the tcu 20 for a first down. russell comes back and drops and steps back and looking and throws it up at the last minute but a flag on the play. blake lynch the intended receiver down field and the penalty is declined. first down. >> gus: tcu defends properly. 7:10 to go in the fourth. >> gus: here's some players to keep an eye on for the heisman watch jabrill peppers and lamar jackson who was sensational today seven total touchdowns in louisville's big win and a couple other guys dalvin at texas going for 341 today and three touchdowns. some love to deontai foreman but right now i think it's lamar jackson's trophy to lose. >> joel: i don't know. jabril peppers has been wonderful. we have a player down right now on the sideline. tipa galeai and he goes and hits his hip and was slow to get up, gus, and took off right away and got himself off the f

great state of texas, you heard -- can you believe all these people at 10:00 in the morning -- great. they got here at 2:00 in the morning. of texas, ante incredible place. we have these massive crowds, and about two weeks ago, i was hearing the phonies in the media, and they are going very, very strongly, "texas is in play." we have a hillary clinton person. are they paying that person $1500? get 'em out, please. out.em >> usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! mr. trump: i must tell you that bernie sanders protesters had much more enthusiasm and spirit than this one. the problem with these hillary make alls is my people the noise. you cannot even hear the person. by the way -- before i get to texas, did you see yesterday, --ma screaming and screaming [crowd boos] mr. trump: and screaming. just like the way he runs the country. nobody listens to him. screaming, ok? and i wanted to see the protesters because these lying, thieving people back there, the myia, they don't ever show crowds. i was saying to them the other night in hershey, "you've got to show -- you got to turn the them rightery one of

can. [upbeat music] ♪ ♪ - the son of a former president and the son of a kenyan and a kansan, a texas oilman and a community organizer from hawaii. at first glance, neither george w. bush nor barack obama screamed oval office. yet both men ended up in the exclusive club of two-term presidents. using a combination of pitch-perfect messaging, carefully crafted strategy, and a team of rivals that only lincoln would love, they won clear and decisive victories over big-time opponents like john mccain, mitt romney, and al gore. now, they made missteps, sure, but 43 and 44 are famous for absorbing the blame for the team, learning from their losses, and moving on. in doing so, this compassionate conservative and this audacious change agent have become textbook cases of how contender becomes a winner. ♪ - my initial reaction was don't underestimate this man. he is a very, very quick study and he's much, much smarter than what you think. and if in fact you go into this political campaign season underestimating him, you're gonna do so at your own peril. - the narrative about george w. bush was

annual texas book festival. founded by laura bush when she was the first lady of texas, the festivals held in downtown austin. here is a few of the authors you'll hear from today. oranges the new black actress will recall her family's immigration story. former secret service agent will talk about the five different presidential administrations he served. pulitzer prize winning author takes a look at terrorism. for complete schedule of the days events you can visit the days events you can visit our website at booktv.org. follow us on twitter at book tv, on instagram at book -underscore tv and on facebook, facebook.com/book tv. will post pictures and videos on social media platforms. you you can watch exclusive videos on facebook live. beginning now we kick off the festival with the book, true faith and allegiance, us dory of sacrifice in one piece. live coverage of the texas a book festival. >> hello. welcome to the 21st annual texas book festival. thank you for coming out today in support of authors, the festival, and celebrating great literature. as you may know the texas b

forward. is this it for charlie strong at texas, b.j.? >> brian: matthew mcconaughey what are you waiting on, go get it, no, kenny hill, second score of the day, t.c.u. up 17-9. >> adam: all the boosters with the money and the noise. his players love him but they're trailing t.c.u. at home, 17-9. and the man that so many thought would go to texas now linked to the l.s.u. opening, tom herman and he lost today. >> rick: trying memphis had other plans. 19 seconds left, you can see a big celebration for the tigers and is this the last game in the tom herman era? >> adam: at houston at least. big numbers in the game but that's the kind of game that we've seen charlie strong lose before as well. the question where does tom herman end up? a lot of reports link him to the l.s.u. job. herman is going to go somewhere. the question is, is it l.s.u.? if texas is open will heind endup there? >> brian: it's good to be wanted and he's sitting had a good seat, power teams like l.s.u. and texas in the hunt, if i'm texas, forget that you are texas, get this arrogance out of your mind. you're not te

sanctuary cities, we'll be joined by governor of great state of texas, greg abbott, he is pledging to ban cities protecting illegal immigrantses in his state, and vowing to cut the funding of such cities. also today, fbi now investigating whether there are any ties to terrorists after a heroing incident at ohio state university, a somali refugee, a student, plowed his car into a campus crowd, he jumped out, and then began stabbing people with a butcher knife before he was shot and kill by the officers. we talk with professor jasser. and vice president-elect mike pence said, very important announcements would becoming soon. governor being cryptic these days could but knows how to form a tease, saying to the press today, buckle up. battle over secretary of state, becoming content shoes -- contentious. rnc chairman, has been trying to downplay all of these reports of struggles within the transition. >> it is not a matter of warfare, there are a lot of opinions about it, this is a team of rival concept if you go toward governor romney concept. but i think that should tell-all americans about

when she was the first lady of texas. the festival was held in downtown austin. here's a few of the authors you will hear from today, or ranges the new black, former secret service agent will talk about the different presidential administrations he served as the pulitzer prize-winning lawrence wright. for a complete schedule of today's events you can visit the website at booktv.org and follow us on twitter and ends the gram at booktv and facebook.com/booktv. we will be posting pictures and videos that you can watch exclusive videos on facebook. beginning now we kick off the festival with former attorney general alberto gonzales, his book "true faith and allegiance a story of service and sacrifice" this is booktv live coverage of the texas book festival. [inaudible conversations] hello. welcome to the 21st annual texas book festival. thank you for coming out today in support of our authors, the festival and celebrating great literature. as you may know the book festival is a nonprofit organization that works to strengthen literacy by a wording grants and funding nationally recognized

where we grew up. i'm not talking about texas. i'm talking about, well, me. and people like me, who are way too comfortable thinking of texas as a big space filled with intolerant, invariably right wing white people waddling between the fast food outlet and the gun store. that, of course, is wrong. ♪ but then, i'm used to being wrong. texas, houston in particular, is a very different place than you might imagine from the stereotypes and the sound bites of its national political figures. immigrants, refugees, and non-white americans have, in fact, been transforming the city, the food and culture of houston for years. welcome to america, people. ♪ just another day at the supermarket, a sleepy strip mall on houston's hillcroft avenue. keemat grocers, serving the community since 1994. today, they're hosting a quiet, low-key affair. >> sunil: good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen! how are we doing today? [ cheers ] we're here in little india in keemat grocers, and i think this is the best little india in all of usa, right? [ cheers ] dj zee, i wanna throw a party right now. everybody,

charlie strong at texas, b.j.? suit up? watch this poor angle. what are you waiting on, go get it, no, kenny hill, second score of the day, t.c.u. up 17-9. >> adam: all the boosters with the money and the noise. his players love him but they're trailing t.c.u. at home, 17-9. and the man that so many thought would go to texas now linked to the l.s.u. opening, tom herman and he lost toda >> rick: trying to complete the job at houston. memphis had other plans. 19 seconds left, you can see a big celebration for the tigers and is this the last game in the tom herman era? >> adam: at houston at least. big numbers in the game but that's the kind of game that we've seen charlie strong lose before as well. the question where does tom herman end up? a lot of reports link him to the l.s.u. job. group of five destination, herman is going to go somewhere. the question is, is it l.s.u.? if texas is open will heind endup there? >> brian: it's good to be wanted and he's sitting had a good seat, power teams like l.s.u. and texas in the hunt, if i'm texas, forget that you are texas, get this arrogance

socavan el trabajador estadounidense. ilia: en julio, el gobernador de texas dijo que la emigraciÓn era un cÁncer que conducirÍa el equipo republicano a la perdiciÓn. hoy perry, se reunió con trump. reportera: el presidente electo sigue con la pasarela para los posibles candidatos. pide una rÁpida construcciÓn del muro fronterizo. mientras, entre los que se reunieron con el presidente electo estuvo perry el ex gobernador de texas y fuerte crÍtico del magnate. tambiÉn se hizo presente, scott brown, senador republicano de massachusetts. dijo que estÁ siendo considerado para liderar la oficina de veteranos, el el puesto mÁs difÍcil en el gabinete, segÚn Él. también se reuniÓ con la congresista demÓcrata quien ha recibido crÍticas de su partido por aceptar la invitaciÓn de presidente electo. aunque el equipo de transiciÓn dijo que era prematuro asumir que la demÓcrata tendrÍan un puesto en la nueva administraciÓn. no todos los que pasan por aquÍ tendrÁn un puesto en el gabinete buen gobierno federal, aclarÓ la jefa de campaÑa del presidente electo. este fin de

. who happened to be from lincoln's party. this was at a time when texas and virginia and mississippi, they weren't even back in the union yet. they didn't even get to participate in the electoral college for picking the president. this was the first post civil war presidential election and ulysses s. grant, he won that election running away. and it was then left to him after the few terrible years that were wasted under the previous terrible president, it was then left to grant to try to get the post-civil war riotist raging south under control. and part of the way grant tried to do that was a new set of laws called the enforcement acts. i mean, by that point, we had the emancipation proclamation, freeing the slaves, the 14th and 15th amendments that were supposed to free the slaves, give everybody the right to vote, make men at least all equal in the south. despite those rights existing on paper, though, they absolutely didn't exist in real life and in a lot of places in the country, particularly in the former confederate states, it was a reign of terror. i don't mean that as a meta

some people that have to be prevented from coming into this country. >> and developing now, a texas manhunt under way. police are searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a san antonio officer ambush during a traffic stop. officials say the suspect is extremely dangerous and a threat to the public. we are waiting for a press conference in san antonio set to start any minute from now and bring that to you immediately and let's go to politics as we wait for the update at san antonio, texas. i'm tamron hall coming to you live from our msnbc headquarters in new york. waiting for the press conference but let's talk about what's happening in the political front at this hour. as president-elect donald trump holds more meetings today, his campaign manager, kellyanne conway, said could be more appointments. gaber who supported bernie sanders and even nominated sanders at the democratic convention and the president-elect is also scheduled to meet with former texas governor rick perry after dropping out of the gop primary race and perry endorsed ted cruz and was one of the president el

perry, the governor of texas, has proposed repealing the 17th amendment -- >> host: which is? >> guest: allows for popular election of senators. and it is, in fact, a very important amendment because prior to the 17th amendment, senators were at least formally chosen by state legislatures, and you could make a halfway plausible argument that the senate had something to do with protecting federalism. because you could construct a story whereby senators would worry about keeping their jobs, to keep their jobs they would have to have the goodwill of state legislators, and this meant that they would have to be concerned with protecting the progress thetives of state government -- prerogatives of state government, things like that. once senators are popularly elected, they don't need to worry about state government. what they worry about is bringing home the bacon. and so from my perspective, the modern senate is nothing more than an affirmative action program for the residents of small states. and i think that of all of the affirmative action programs in the country,s this is pro

when a law enforcement officer was ambushed in st. antonio, texas. there's now healing after a st. petersburg church was vandalized with offensive messages and drawings. the temperature is starting to drop. so you may want to to protect your plants. good morning and welcome to "10 news early morning." i'm allison kropff.. lets get a look at #10weather with meteorologist a massive manhunt is a massive manhunt is underway after a police detective was is underway after a police detective was murdered outside of police headquarters in san antonio, texas. marlie hall has hew details. police released a picture of a person of interest in the shooting death of a police detective in san antonio. witnesses say benjamin marconi, a 20 year veteran of the force was conducting a traffic stop in the suspect got out of another car and opened fire. the suspect reached the driver side door he fired a gunshot toward detective marconi striking him in the head. the suspect then reached in through the open window and fired a second shot. the 50-year-old officer was rushed to the hospital where he later

to illinois, texas and california. >> i'm going to need texas. >> how is he? is he jolly? >> it's lyndon. >> hello, lyndon. >> i see we're winning in pennsylvania. but what the hell happened to you in ohio? >> well, how's it going down there? >> i'm happy to tell you, texas is going to be close but safe. >> all right. thank you, thank you very much. >> i swear to god, jack, swear to god, if that's all it takes to make you president is to make that son of a bitch lyndon johnson vice president, so be it. >> the best deal we ever made. >> in connecticut, kennedy took that state by 9:00. >> jack, look at that. you've won connecticut. you're president now. >> no. no, no. >> but look at lead you've got. >> sure, in the northeast. we need to wait for the midwest and the west. it's going to be a long night. >> well, tell me in the morning who wins, mr. president. >> don't say that. >> ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ speaking russian ] >> dance. >> would you dance? >> marina. >> lee. >> lee? >> no, i'm not chinese, i'm american.

forecast for southern nevada. closed captioning a law firm in texas is making a public service announcement-- through a country song. "you got some butter and you got some eggs, you got a box of duncan hines brownie mix " why these say making a certain kind of steve wolfson: as district attorney, i've prosecuted a lot of violent people. our background check laws have stopped over 5,000 dangerous criminals from buying guns here in nevada. but a loophole makes it easy for those same dangerous they get them at gun shows and online from perfect strangers with no background checks, no questions asked. it's a dangerous loophole. closing it will save lives. let's make it harder for criminals, safer for us. as you make up your mind, remember -- congressman heck voted 10 times to defund planned parenthood. he even threatened to shut down the government over it. heck took all that money from wall street ay lenders and voted their way. he even wanted to privatize social security, risking it on the stock market. congressman heck just doesn't care about people like us. dscc is responsible f

for impact, everybody. >> why this not so happy hippo ain't playing games. he's the texas law hawk for a client who -- the new holiday ad >> how's that, santa claus? >> i don't know. i don't answer questions without my lawyer. >> snowboarding with a drone in st. petersburg. what happens when cops fail to see the beauty in it. and a little impromptu proposal. >> here's the big moment. >> how some innocent bystanders get a ringside seat to rejection. >> i can't marry you. >> oh, shoot! oh roadway. brace for impact, everybody, because that's exactly what zika had to do when he was traveling from kruger national park from south africa into mozambique. >> wow! >> not only did that hippo ram the truck, but took a nice bite out of it, too. check out this picture. >> that is why they are known for being the most dangerous animal in africa. they kill more people than anything else. >> you could see the damage. seriously injured. he says the truck has damage to the front and he couldn't open the door, but it could have been worse. >> adults are smiling. the girl is like we are not smiling, w

. y 110 estÁn en el sur de texas donde se diseÑÓ un sistema de diques para controlar la inundaciÓn del rÍo. >> usando tecnologÍa, verdad? tambiÉn mÁs autoridad. porque al final, ellos son los que responden a lo que estÁ sucediede. >> otros impedimentos que podrÍa enfrentar son los acuerdos de protecciÓn ambiental que existen con mÉxico. >> mientras el presidente electo donald trump termina de definir el alcance de su prometido muro, crece la insyedad e incertidumbre. sin embargo, la mayorÍa cree que ningÚn muro, pared o equipo de vigilancia podrÁ frenar la llegada de indocumentados. >> fuertes calificativos que van desde oportunista hasta traidor recibe el propietario de una cementera mexicana que ha ofrecido construir el polÉmico muro fronterizo. aunque es poco probable que el presidente electo acepte su oferta, el empresario se ganÓ el repudio de muchos compatriotas por tratar de hacer negocios con quien ha ofendido a sus connacionales. >> en caso que donald trump decida hacer realidad la construcciÓn de de un muro que divida mÉxico y estados unidos, el grupo cemen

two. >> u.s. house candidates for texas 23rd congressional district, will hurt, and democratic challenger met for a debate. discuss next hour they clinton,ump, hillary student loans and congressional gridlock. clinton, vote 2016.elcome to this steve. contestedof the hotly races in the country. congressional district house 23. will hurt is the incumbent. you can see what a huge district this is. running from the outskirts of san antonio down through the border and all the way through the outskirts of el paso. two years ago this was separated by less than 2500 votes between men you are about to meet. first incumbent will hurt. and pete gallego. when you talk about that margin, votes, something like that. what separates you from will hurt? >> i think there is a different philosophy and how we approach the issues. me, people who are independent by nature. vote ornot necessarily one political party or another. , that is essentially what wrong.ng record i think that is a huge difference between the two of us urd is 97%. h straight party and he votes with them even when the impacts an

breaks up the play and third down and long. >> joel: he was a track champion in north texas in the 100 meters. he qualified for the state 100-meter final and you know he has good wheels and coverage ability. >> gus: third down and nine an the tcu 20 for a first down. russell comes back and drops and steps back and looking and throws it up at the last minute but a flag on the play. blake lynch the intended receiver. penalty is declined. first down. >> gus: tcu defends properly. 7:10 to go in the fourth. >> gus: here's some players to keep an eye on for the heisman watch jabrill peppers and lamar jackson who was sensational today seven total touchdowns in louisville's big win and a couple other guys dalvin at texas going for 341 today and three touchdowns. some love to deontai foreman but right now i think it's lamar jackson's trophy to lose. >> joel: i don't know. jabril peppers has been wonderful. we have a player down right now on the tipa galeai and he goes and hits his hip and was slow to get up, gus, and took off right away and got himself off the field and ran off the field. josh

from the texas book festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. welcome, howdy. it is the texas book festival, right? i am honored to be your moderator today. you may recognize me, i was formerly a broadcaster in town, thank you. it is my pleasure to welcome you to the c-span tend. we love the rain, don't week? we love our guest author who is here. let me tell you briefly about her if you don't already know. must because you are filling this tense.÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷ she is an actress currently featured in a recurring role in the successful hit show orange is the new black now in its fourth season, fifth season. i need to do more binge watching. she is also in jane is a virgin. isn't that a great show? she is busy as a volunteer with immigrant legal resource center and she has also been named and ambassador for citizenship by the white house, she lives in ÷÷ new york city and she is among our featured authors here at the texas book festival. she joined us now to discuss her book in "in the country we love". give a big texas welcome to diane guerre

down and long. >> joel: he was a track champion in north texas in the 100 meters. he qualified for the state 100-meter final and you know he has good wheels and coverage >> gus: third down and nine and they need to get inside the tcu 20 for a first down. russell comes back and drops and steps back and looking and throws it up at the last minute but a flag on the play. blake lynch the intended >> referee: ineligible receiver down field and the penalty is declined. first down. >> gus: tcu defends properly. 7:10 to go in the fourth. >> gus: here's some players to keep an eye on for the heisman watch jabrill peppers and lamar jackson who was sensational today seven total touchdowns in louisville's big win and a couple other guys dalvin at texas going for 341 today and three touchdowns. some love to deontai foreman but right now i think it's lamar jackson's trophy to lose. >> joel: i don't know. jabril peppers has been now on the sideline. tipa galeai and he goes and hits his hip and was slow to get up, gus, and took off right away and got himself off the field and ran off josh carraway

>> now, but to the ansi spent to live in austin, texas, with day two of the 21st annual book festival. during the day you will hear from stanford university professor jeff chang on race relations and former obama administration official derek should lay on foreign-policy, but pursed up, to others talk about conservation. tony award-winning actress jane alexander talks about her book, "wild things, wildplaces" and miriam horn, her book is called "rancher, farmer fisherman". now, for a complete schedule of today's events, you can visit our website at book tv.org. you can also follow us on twitter at book tv, instagram at book_tv and facebook, facebook.com. /book to the. throughout the day we will post behind the scenes pictures on all these social media platforms and you can also watch exclusive videos on facebook life. now, here are authors jane alexander and miriam horn talking about conservation. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> with jane alexander and miriam horn. miriam horn has long been passionate about the environment. today she works with the enviro

candidatos estÁn empatados, darÁ otro y hillary clinton estuvieron cortejando el voto hispano. texas y virginia estÁn en alerta terrorista. las autoridades federales aumenta la seguridad. en nicaragua hay un ambiente electoral poco festivo. asÍ comenzamos. ♪ locutor: Éste es su noticiero univisiÓn fin de semana con fÉlix y arantxa. ♪ fÉlix: buenas tardes, bienvenidos a noticiero univisiÓn. uno de los puntos clave de la campaÑa de donald trump fue su postura agresiva contra los inmigrantes. piensa expulsar del paÍs a millones de indocumentados. como nos dice luis desde nueva york, la propia esposa del candidato, habrÍa trabajado ilegalmente en estados unidos hace 20 aÑos segÚn revela un informe periodÍstico. [habla en inglÉs] >> mientras presentaba a su esposa en carolina del norte, melania trump enfrenta revelaciones de haber trabajado en estados unidos sin autorizaciÓn. documentos demuestran que en 1996, la actual esposa de don al trump cobrÓ mÁs de 20.000 $ como modelo antes de tener su visa de trabajo. si eso se hubiese conocido antes, melania trump hubiese te

holiday meal. but one set of parents in ft. worth, texas are doing something a little bit more than expected. vi holiday season, they are reaching out in a special way. >> one. >> two. >> three. >> on the southwest side of ft. worth, there is a house. >> i need help with plates. >> reporter: a lot noisier than it used to be. >> owe live yarks emma, come mere. >> reporter: now, it is home to six brothers and sisters. there is bayla, twins olivia and emma. 3-year-old franco and the sticky fingers of one-year-old jake. >> jake wants to watch. >> reporter: and these are their moms. tracy and sherry smith aren't what you might think. they are sisters. >> you do have two mommies. >> thank you for this family in jesus' name amen. >> great. >> reporter: they are taking together. >> i'm bless wade lot of really good siblings but sherry is my best friend. >> it was mutual. >> reporter: they've lived together all of their adult lives. tracy helping sherry through her own health problems that included seizures and a coma at the age of 20. this is where we take a brief detour from the story to t

pairs. and in texas -- a manhunt -- underway right now. a man -- guns down a police officer --in san antonio abc's -- marci gonzalez -- reports -- the killer opened fire -- across the street -- from police headquarters. tonight- a tense manhunt in texas - for the killer - who ambushed a san antonio police officer shooting him in the head. nats - "i've got an officer down in front of headquarters. investigators say officer benjamin marconi was in his squad car just before noon today writing a ticket across from police headquarters, when another driver pulled up behind him, walked up to the passengers' side window- and shot marconi twice, before driving off in this dark-colored car. nats - "this is everyone's worst nightmare." investigators - are now scanning surveillance already this year- 58 other officers in this country have been shot to death in the line reporting. right now -- police have a the susupect -- is still on the run. tonight -- san antonio police -- are being extra cautious. they're only making traffic stops in teams -- until this killer is caught. and as if that's

other. [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible] >> welcome to the 21st annual texas book festival. you're here for a panel on the art of the campaign. my name is paul sessionler, and i've been unnaturally obsessed with american politics my entire life, and i'm hoping, i'm hoping the panelists today can give me a reason to keep going on, because this campaign is making my head explode. [laughter] [applause] we've had an october surprise nationally with the fbi. but here in texas, as you guys know, we've had a different kind of october surprise. that surprise was the announcement by the national press that texas was in play. [cheers and applause]

, texas. in st. louis, a 46-year-old sergeant was in his patrol car and shot twice by a gunman who pulled up alongside him and opened fire and sped off. that suspect was later killed by police. the officer is in critical, but stable condition. he is expected to survive. >> this officer was not involved in the traffic stop. he was not trying to pull this car over. this officer was driving down the road and ambushed by an individual who pointed a gun at him from inside of his car and shot out the police officer's window. >> until further notice, all officers in st. louis will ride two to a patrol car. the wounded sergeant spoke to fellow officers, but could not give a description of the shooter. >>> and ten minutes outside kansas city in gladstone, missouri, a police officer shot during a traffic stop late last night. the suspect also shot. the kansas city fop tweeting the officer is expected to survive. the suspect's condition and identity have yet to be confirmed. >>> and sanibel, florida, west of ft. myers, an officer wounded in a drive-by shooting. he was in his patrol car follow

it, they would like to see certain things changed. so that rick perry, the governor of texas, has proposed repealing the 17th amendment -- >> host: which is? >> guest: allows for popular election of senators. and it is, in fact, a very important amendment because prior to the 17th amendment, senators were at least formally chosen by state legislatures, and you could make a halfway plausible argument that the senate had something to do with protecting federalism. because you could construct a story whereby senators would worry about keeping their jobs, to keep their jobs they would have to have the goodwill of state legislators, and this meant that they would have to be concerned with protecting the progress thetives of state government -- prerogatives of state government, things like that. once senators are popularly elected, they don't need to worry about state government. what they worry about is bringing home the bacon. and so from my perspective, the modern senate is nothing more than an affirmative action program for the residents of small states. and i think that of all of t