thornberry of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry and the gentleman from washington, mr. smith are recognized. mr. thornberry: each of these amendments have been worked on both sides of the aisle. i believe this package deserves members' support and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from exas reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> i rise to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. o'rourke: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from texas. >> my amendment today would require the defense department and f.a.a. to discuss the helicopter noise. and develop recommendations to reduce the noise on people and property. the airspace around washington, d.c., is more highly congested than any other part of the country. 144 helicopter operations take are here every day, 75% military. one recent addition to our airspace is a hybrid helicopter and airplane with the width of an eight-story building. it has been deployed to iraq and afghanistan and now the peaceful com

thornberry of texas. mr. thornberry: i ask unanimous consent that amendment number 7 be modified in the form i have placed at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the modification. the chair: modification to amendment number 7 printed in house report 114-569 offered by mr. thornberry of texas. mr. thornberry: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the modification be dispensed with. the chair: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. is there objection to the modification? without objection, the amendment en bloc are mod fid. pursuant to house resolution 732, the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, and the gentleman from texas, mr. veasey, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: these amendments have been worked with the minority, i believe that they should be acceptable to all members. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves this egentleman, mr. veasey is recognized. mr. veasey: although i'm not

thornberry of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. chairman the spectrum pipeline act was included in the bipartisan budget agreement of 2015 that we passed in december. now, apparently, there has developed some disagreement among lawyers about whether that had some effect on section 1062-b of the fiscal year 2000 national defense authorization act related to spectrum. my amendment simply clarifies what everyone that i know of agrees on and that is it was never intended to have any effect. we have an assurance from the office of management and budget that was their intention. i appreciate chairman fred upton who worked with us, saying that was not his intention and so basically, i see this as a technical amendment to resolve some disagreement among lawyers. and so with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his tim

jackson lee of texas. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i ask to address the house, revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from massachusetts for yielding and also for his service to the nation. i thank the ranking member of the full committee, mr. smith, and the chairman of the full committee, mr. thornberry, and the rules committee for accepting this amendment and let me thank you doubly and tripley because you've been kind enough to accept this amendment on a regular basis. i'm going to persist because i believe it is important. let me make a big pronouncement or announcement or breaking news. there are women in the united states military. i want to say that again. there are women in the united states military. my amendment deals with triple negative breast cancer. and it calls for increased collaboration between the d.o.d. and the national institutes of health to combat triple negative breast cancer. it is in fact -- this amendment directs the department of d

perot in austin texas. earlier in the year he said he could run if supporters received the number of signatures. this is about ten minutes. [ cheering and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. you are so enthusiastic. it is wonderful. we have a memento here from the grassroots movement of texas that we would like to present to mr. perot now on behalf of all of you who have worked so hard. and let me read the encryption to him and to those of you who have not had a chance to see this. we, the people of texas, join the millions of fellow americans who by our volunteer efforts have secured an overwhelming number of signatures to place the name ross perot on the presidential ballot of the great state of texas. we congratulate you and wish you the best of luck in your bid for the presidency of the united states and we will do our utmost to continue our efforts to achieve that goal. thank you. [ cheering and applause ] >> thank you. [ chanting ] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. he's going to

the gentleman from texas. mr. green: we have no further speakers and i'm glad to yield back our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. mr. guthrie: thank you, mr. speaker. i urge my colleagues to vote for h.r. 1818 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1818. as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- mr. guthrie: on that vote i'd like to request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in fare of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and

texas. the governor of texas will talk about that, the election, and much more. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm david gura. texas governor greg abbott has been calling on fellow republican tonight to defeat hillary clinton while also promising that he would fight against policies that give transgender people access to bathrooms. he talks about all of that in his new book. i am pleased to welcome texas governor greg abbott right now. let's begin with the bathroom laws. north carolina says it will sue the u.s. government. you have said texas will fight this. how come a similar lawsuits? >> we are fighting the same way that i have been fighting against the obama administration. i think i hold the record for suing the obama administration. i try to 30 times before i became governor. i talk about these issues in my new book. the constitution and the federal government has been turned upside down. congress has taken several opportunities to weigh in on the transgender bathroom issue, w

of texas. now, never mind that a lot of those folks are unemployed for all kinds of reasons, physical skills do those jobs and skilled construction trades, put that aside and pretend to swap them out, that is not realistic but say you could. you would suddenly have a gap of 600,000 workers in the state of texas. in one day. how would you go about filling that gap. the answer is you wouldn't. that would create a difficult and destructive situation and that is basic economics of situations right now. markets have always had remarkable ability to find ways to get things done. the reason we have a lot more undocumented workers than we had 30 years ago is very simple. baby boomers got old. we had shortages of workers. we did all kinds of things, we encouraged more folks to come in. put medicare and childcare and everything else in the workplace to keep people working. we started job sharing, letting people work from home, using more and more technology to take the place of workers, start encouraging

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. >> says texas. but over the last decade there's dozens of clubs that wear texas bot om ro bottom rocker. and the cossacks asked for it. >> according to some in the biking world, it was a fatal error. >> they're trying to become 1%ers, show the bandidos that we are equal to you. in the long run it was a tactical error, a blunder. >> reporter: how does a patch lead to this. coming up, living in fear, an exclusive with a cossack who was in the middle of it all. >> you saw the person pull the gun. you know when i first started out, it was all pencil and paper. the surface pro is very intuitive. i can draw lightly, just like i would with a real pencil. i've been a forensic artist for over 30 years. i do the composite sketches which are the bad guy sketches. you need good resolution, powerful processor because the computer has to start thinking as fast as my brain does. i do this because i want my artwork to help people. ...that could stand up to weather like this... ...or this... ...or even this? if a st

now, the texas governor, despite president obama's request says he will not lift texas sanctions against iran. the lifting of those texas sanctions would send billions of dollars into the hands of iran. governor abbot even going one step further saying he will tighten and strengthen the texas sanctions. texas governor author of the brand new book "broken but unvowed." good evening, sir. you have a letter dated april 8th from the president of the united states saying essentially and i think it's a form letter. i think a couple governors got the same letter but it has your name on it. it says he wants you to eliminate the sanctions the state of texas has to iran and you say, what? >> we say no way. we believe that the iran deal is bad for america. it's bad for israel. it's the way the law works is that states are not required to make that divesture toler to relen gish the sanctions. what texas is going to do because we believe it's the right thick to do to stand with israel, we are going to maintain the sanctions against iran. we are going to maintain the divesture of investing in iran. bu

the gentleman from texas. mr. green: i yield three minutes to the sponsor of this bill, congresswoman clark from massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from massachusetts is recognized. ms. clark: thank you, mr. speaker a and thank you to the gentleman from texas for yielding. in the last decade we have seen a staggering increase of opioids overdose deaths. in 2015, this epidemic claimed 125 lives in my district alone. there are a lot of different causes of this crisis. but the number of prescription opioids in circulation is a critical factor. over the last 15 years, the amount of prescription painkillers has quadrupled and generic vicodin is the most prescribed drug to medicare beneficiaries. we know that often patients don't use all the opioids they get prescribed and according to the national institute on drug abuse, over 70% of adulingts who misuzbekistan prescription drugs get them from friends or relatives. millions of half-filled bottles of unused and unwanted prescription drugs line our fa

i wanted to have you on because i'm curious how this is playing in texas right now. because i get the sense from talking to lieutenant governor patrick, from ted cruz's campaign trail rhetoric, that conservatives, a, believe what they're saying, first order. but also think they've got a winning political issue on their hands right now. is that the sense you get? >> i think it's much more the latter than the former, chris. they feel they've got a winning political issue on their hands. i found it so striking today to see dan patrick get up and grandstand in the news conference that he held, talking about those 30 pieces of silver and the intrusions of the federal government. we have some real problems here in texas. we have a dramatically underfunded school system here. we lost a little girl not long ago in grand prairie because our child protective services is so dramatically underfunded. the texas legislature cut $400 million from disabled children receiving therapeutic services. you didn't see dan patrick stand up and hold a news conference on any of those issues b

community distinguished alumni l,ndow, texas -- of wendel texas. i saw some old friends and my wife asked me what it was like in a town that small. what were the challenges? it was a small town. i said we had to take drivers education and sex education in the same car. and then she thought about a minute and said, that makes sense you don't drive very well either. [laughter] >> just an idea of how much respect i get at home. you have been hearing and you're going to hear a lot about this issue in the coming months. were in an election cycle. we can't avoid it. it is to be with us for a few months. hearing a lot of things said, some very compassionate, some cruel, some in between. it's going to be talked about a lot. the conversation is going to shed a lot more heat than light on the issue. what i'm trying to do and what them like is called we see them. i'm going to start with one very simple number that frames this issue for the state of texas are you a few years ago we did a 50 state study. the numbers are different but every state had the same ge

perot in austin texas. earlier in the year he said he could run if supporters received the number of signatures. this is about ten minutes. [ cheering and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. you are so enthusiastic. it is wonderful. we have a memento here from the grassroots movement of texas that we would like to present to mr. perot now on behalf of all of you who have worked so hard. and let me read the encryption to him and to those of you who have not had a chance to see this. we, the people of texas, join the millions of fellow americans who by our volunteer efforts have secured an overwhelming number of signatures to place the name ross perot on the presidential ballot of the great state of texas. we congratulate you and wish you the best of luck in your bid for the presidency of the united states and we will do our utmost to continue our efforts to achieve that goal. thank you. [ cheering and applause ] >> thank you. [ chanting ] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. he's going to

porque hay gran flujo que pasan de la frontera de mÉxico a texas. llegara a estados unidos, es cuestiÓn de tiempo. >>> vanessa hauc, gracias y hablaba del estado de texas, como uno de los lugares donde hay preocupaciÓn que allÍ precisamente se pudiera propagar esta enfermedad del zika el congresista henry cuellar de texas estÁ con nosotros en washington, congresista, gracias. la primera pregunta es ¿cuan preocupados estÁn ustedes por lo queudiera pasar en texas?. >>> yo tuve en brasil hace 2 meses y hablamos mucho de la enfermedad del zika, que es algo que estÁ pegando muy duro a brasil, a puerto rico y a otras partes. viene por centroamÉrica y mÉxico tambi y por eso, acabamos de tener una audiencia con laredo texas en la frontera. trajimos oficiales federales, estatales, rd mÉxico con el comisionado de salud de texas. y hablamos, porque en mÉxico y la fronteras de los estados unidos, sabemos que no hay una vacuna para el zika. es algo que debemos comentar y tenemos que trabajar como paÍses, para hallar una soluciÓn, una vacuna para est

it began with a fire at a fertilizer plant in west texas. and the massive explosion that followed, registering as strong as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake. so many lives lost on that night. hundreds, in fact, were injured. but this evening, three years and 400 interviews later, what authorities have just revealed, as they now issue a major reward for help. abc's phillip mena is in texas. >> reporter: we remember that father in the car with his daughter -- >> you okay? >> yeah, i can't hear. >> reporter: the explosion. the fear. >> please, get out of here. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the blast, the smoke seen from all over town. families sheltering one another. cowering behind cars. roofs collapsed. the top floor of this apartment complex torn off. >> oh, my god. people's houses are on fire. >> reporter: homes, neighborhoods on fire. rescue teams racing in to help. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: 15 killed. hundreds injured. and tonight, federal and state investigators say the fire that triggered the deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in west tex

you can see how close the flood waters are to getting into this texas home. the rising rivers here in southeast texas also prompted the evacuation of two prisons. the river is expected to reach over 53 feet later this week, which would be the highest ever recorded here. manuel, cbs news, rosenberg, texas. >>> if the stories that has caused outrage on social media, the killing of a guerrilla in cincinnati after a little boy got into the guerrilla's enclosure. coming up the debate over whether the handlers should have killed the guerrilla or tranquilized himment looking to renounded animal expert january hand a what he has to say about it next. >> this is not what you want to see on the first week of summer, shark attack in florida we'll show you the video taken right after the with toothpaste or plain water.an their dentures and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists

you can see how close the rivers are getting into this texas home. the rivers in southeast texas prompted the evacuation of two prisons. the river is expected to reach over 53 feet later this week, which is the highest recorded here. manuel, cbs news, rosenburg, texas. >>> severe thunderstorms are also expected to hit the central plains and the mid-atlantic and they're bracing for tropical storm bonnie. it's moving up the east coast. >>> let's get our forecast. a lot of people headed outside for memorial day. >> i was out there, outside, outside our studio in san francisco and it was feeling down road bombe. the skies are blue this afternoon. a few, thin clouds. let's take a look at that again one more time. we wanted to jump ahead to the forecast. temperatures, wow, 77 degrees. 76 to the north and santa rosa to the east, 81 degrees and livermore, our weather watcher is in brentwood and concord reporting temperatures in the low and mid-80s. here's what you need to know on this memorial day. cool on the coast. and 50s and 60s at this hour. warm and ho

edward berger, president of southwest university in texas. yourteresting choice for commencement speaker. tell us about the thinking that went into asking her to speak. >> first of all, i cannot think of a better candidate to speak about elections. secondly, our focus at southwestern university is on making connections. there is no better way to make connections than through a presence election when there are political and social applications, psychological -- brown, did she talk about what may be ahead for the debate in the fall? guest: she did not foreshadow that, though we expect both presidential and vice prejudicial debates in the fall. everybody tod really actively listen. she was pulling on many of the tenets of southwestern which is to think on your own, and make the connections that you need to distracted bybe the noise that is social media and other individuals, but really try to make your own decisions and think carefully and thoughtfully. host: how was her speech received by the graduates? guest: they loved it. we lined up at the

it is texas, after all. hundreds of people under mandatory evacuation orders tonight in communities like rosenburg and wharton, texas, about 30 miles to the southwest of houston. shelters have been set up across the region for everyone who has been displaced. but meteorologists say it could get worse before it gets any better. storms are in the forecast unfortunately for most of the week. so, any additional rainfall could only exacerbate as you can see a dire situation. greta? >> boy, casey, it does look awful and dangerous. thank you, casey. fox news meteorologist janice dean is tracking all the storms. janice, i guess you don't have any good for those people in texas tonight. >> i wish i did. this has been ongoing. this has been a big story for the last several months. in some cases they are seeing record levels of flooding over the springtime for places like austin and houston where they have gotten over 2 feet of rainfall in just a matter of weeks. and you can see right now on the map we have a lot of ra

reportera: caos y destrucciÓn en partes de texas y oklahoma. cientos de hogares y estructurar recibieron lo peor del poderoso embate de la madre naturaleza. los ventarrones tumbaron Árboles y cables elÉctricos. baÑaron detrÁs -- daÑaron techos de casas. en texas una mujer y sus cuatro nietos murieron hoy. cayeron ocho pulgadas de lluvia en 24 horas.. los cuerpos fueron hallados cerca de una casa. el agua subiÓ tan rÁpido que no permitiÓ que las personas tuvieran suficiente tiempo para salir de sus casas. decenas de familias fueron desplazadas mientras las autoridades continÚan recibiendo llamadas de auxilio. y las tormentas avanzaron en forma de serpiente por el norte y este de texas. recorren zonas afectadas para valorarlo el total de los daÑos causados. fÉlix: uno puerto rico estÁ horas de que se venza el plazo de la deuda. no tienen dinero suficiente para cubrir sus obligaciones. reportero: aprobaron mÉrida hoy para exigirle al congreso de estados unidos que ayude a reestructurar a puerto rico. los principales programas de radio

historic floodings swamp texas, more rain on the way. we are going to have the forecast for you from fox meteorologist maria molina, you're watching fbn:am tuesday morning, welcome back from long weekend. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and breaking news nicole: we hope you had a wonderful weekend. it's 5:15 a.m. in new york. in an interview with fox news the state department former top watch rejected hillary clinton's repeated claims that her personal e-mail use was in loin with her predecessors and he said he would have immediately opened an investigation if he found out that secretary of state was using such an account. donald trump plans to announce today how much money he has raised for military veterans. trump has claimed that he raised $6 million for veterans. he's -- he was originally going to make the announcement yesterday. employees are set to return to work tomorrow. nearly 40,000 verizon employees went on strike more than six weeks ago. let's check out u.s. stock market futures now ahead of the opening

water encounter with high in houston, texas. an unfortunate circumstance, we should not forget that lives were rostr lost. i know it's going to many of us to go on with our lives and this will be put behind us and we have a moment where we focus on these things. but there are so many other things that our focus is lost nd we focus and that is so important and i don't begrudge. i have a duty, obligation and responsibility to make sure we don't forget these lives that were lost. there will be others. there have been others. but we won't forget these. thi, an forget anita electrical engineer, a wife and a mother of two children, drowned in her car, drowned in her car. t's not forget sha reese tamari. husband, father of two young children, ages 6 and 8, drowned in his car after he was trapped. we shouldn't forget and we ould commemorate the life of and the person is undisclosed and the circumstance of the death is undisclosed in the fact that we don't know personal information about this person who lost her life or her. i'm assuming

i also want to thank my good friend from texas, mr. cuellar, who introduced the house version of this legislation, which has already passed the senate. when it comes to our southern neighbor, mexico, lately we've been hearing far too much about building walls. mexico is a critically united t partner to the states. our people shares close ties. a few weeks ago the senate helped build a bridge by confirming a new ambassador to mexico, roberta jacobson. this is long overdue. she is excellent. we're glad to have her on her way to mexico right now. this bill, we're strengthening a bridge between the united states and mexico in the years ahead. the starr-camargo bridge connects rio grande, texas, with mexico. the legal authority to operate this bridge will expire in 16 years. that may seem like a long way off, but as a result of that end date we've already started to see a constraint in long-term investments. this bill would eliminate that expiration date. we've done the same thing before. the progresso international bridge once had a sunset

. >>> and we have new details in the massive explosion that killed 15 people in texas. why investigators are call it a criminal act with the search for the suspect now under way. >>> and talk about a stadium splurge. the professional caliber athletic complex at one texas high school raising eyebrows th where football is practically a religion, is the price tag worth it? at least to the taxpayers footing the bill. you decide on this thursday, may 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everyone. i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. i have to say my favorite story of the day so far in this half hour is the octogenarian who's just gave birth to a kid. >> blessings. >> blessings in your 70s. >> miracles perhaps, as well. >> wait 40, 50, 60 years and you might have your first child. >> we'll have more details on that one coming up. >> a live shot of capitol hill right now. it is very quiet right now in d.c., but -- >> i expect it won't last that way for very long. >> it will get heated and interesting. >> because donald trump is

it is not just texas. rescue crews in kansas have been keeping up their search for a missing 11-year-old boy who they say fell into fast moving flood waters friday night. meantime, on the east coast, a tropical depression is now causing flooding in south carolina as parts of the state have been hit with up to eight inches of rain, enough to close part of interstate 95 in jasper county, south carolina on sunday. this father and daughter had to be rescued after being forced to leave their car on i-95 and brave deep water on foot along parts of the east coast, heavy surf and dangerous rip currents are also possible because of the system, and beyond the continued threat in south carolina, forecasters warn the storm could still bring several inches of rain to parts of georgia and north carolina this week as well. in new york, kelly wright, fox news. ,a 13-year-old boy is recovering tonight after he was attacked by a shark in florida. this is cell phone video from neptune beach. police say the boy was swimming i

. >> it says texas. but over the last decade there's dozens of clubs that wear a texas rocker and the cossacks asked for it it. >> by adding the texas patch to their vest. according to some in the biking world, it was a fatal error. >> they're trying to become one percenters and show the bandidos that we're equal to you. the long run, it was a blunder. >> but how does a patch lead to this? ♪ coming up, living in fear. an exclusive with a cossack in the middle of it all. what body aches? what knee pain? what sore elbow? advil liqui-gels make pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain? advil. t-mobile is going big for small business. you'll never get charged data overages, ever. get your own 24 / 7 dedicated business account team. and with double the lte coverage in the last year you can get more done in more places. right now get 2 lines with 10 gigs each for just a $100 bucks. and for a limited time get a hot spot free, yeah free. switch your business to t-mobile@work today

anywhere from texas up into parts of missouri and even into iowa. lauren: you stay safe too. nicole: donald trump says his ambitious tax plan may involve raising taxes on the wealthy. wealth. >> for the wealthy, i think it should go up. nicole: we will tell you what to expect. you're watching fbn:am, first

for what purpose does gentlelady from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i senched on the homeland security committee and in that capacity over the oversight including the t.s.a. and ranking member of our subcommittee and our chairpersons. let me be very clear, we want america to be secure. but i had the privilege of meeting with the administrator of t.s.a. and i'm very sure that as we build the t.s.o. oomplet's and work to correct these issues, we couldn't have a better front line defense. as i travel to airports across the nation and watch the citizens traveling through and i see how important t.s.o.'s are. it is more important to make sure we have the right kind of staffing. 4,000 short.to and a professional federal staff is very important, similar to the law enforcement agencies that we have. privatization is not the answer. but efficiency, good equipment and training is and we have to make sure we have that force to secu

in texas, you know, we like to say that things are bigger in texas. unfortunately texas has one record that we really don't -- didn't want, and that is that we have 25% of the sex trafficking in the country. we're one of 50 states and yet we had 25% of that -- the victims of sex trafficking going on right there in texas. we were able to pass house bill 4009, which did a number of things. it actually instructed police, enforcement officials, to take a look at some of these young girls that are being picked up and i guess for that matter, young men as well. and to not just assume that they were willfully participating in the sex trade, t to look deeper into that background there and some of these children, some of these girls we found out were actually held against their will and were drugged and beaten into submission. some as young as 12 that were dancing in some of these strip clubs, like you said, some of the patrons would take notice of that and would get them help. so in texas, we did identify that pretty early on, about five or six years ago now.

thornberry of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas and the gentleman from massachusetts will each control 10 minutes. mr. thornberry: i urge adoption of this en bloc package. the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. there was an amendment that was in there happening to do with a new rocket engine and launch vehicle and i thank mr. rogers, the subcommittee chairman who worked closely with developing this package. we have a lot of american companies that are working hard to develop a new engine and not rely on the russian engine. the amendment allows those companies to use some of the money that the air force is developing to develop a launch vehicle to go along with that engine and i think pretty soon we have great companies in my district and other folks working on other vehicles and this amendment allows money that the air force is providing to go to the launch vehicle. and will reduce the cost of our launch costs for the air forc

texas was red hot for you. >> texas was great for us. in september, if you look at where we are in texas. it is that golden triangle. dallas, san antonio, and houston. between now and then, you'll have 70,000 people there. they're in north texas, dallas ft. worth and the metroplex. >> still that gigantic buyback. >> we're going to keep doing that. the important thing is we're going to look to grow our business in two different ways. number one we can be uisitive. and we want to do. that we know there will be occasions that the right buy is martin marietta. what i feel like we have the ability to do is to do both. we can buy and consolidate. we can look very carefully at markets. we can also come back and take the 20 million shares that we issued when we bought texas industries and bring that back in. >> do you care who is president? >> do you know what? i think any way we go right now, both potential candidates understand infrastructure. >> they really. do it comes up very early and very loud. >> i think they both get that. and state leg

schools in texas, what will that mean financially? >> well, it remains to be sceee. he was asked about that and he said the legislate injure and the statewide leadership will find a way to work around these guidelines. i don't know if it was in what you just played, but he strongly urged every superintendent in the district not to follow these guidelines. keeping in mind there's only a few weeks left for those public schools. but what he said today poses all kinds of questions about the potential cost to the state would be and what the fall-out would be. >> and we have that clip there from josh earnest and the white house here stressing this is not a change in law or anything, but this is, whatever side you come down on this, this is requiring, in the case of a lot of these schools, some significant changes. >> yeah, absolutely. he called it a blackmail and he urged school districts and superintendents not to cave to that pressure from the federal government. again, calling it blackmail. he called it a modern come and take it moment f

these guys were coming to texas in order to make texas into a new america. >> but mexico and general santa ana stand in the way. crockett meets with an old friend from his washington days, sam houston, commander of the texan army. >> politics, did that. this is war. i've selected 65 excellent rifl riflemen. i want you to reinforce the garrison there and hold it. what do you say? >> sam, i'd be happy and honored to fight for the future of the republic of texas. >> sam houston dispatches crockett to a garrison known by the mexicans as the alamo. sfx: climbing sounds duracell quantum lasts longer so kevin jorgeson can power through the night. sfx: duracell slamtones that reminds me... anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea... ...gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. with three types of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. ♪ it was always just a hobby. something you did for fun. until the day it became something much more. and that is why you invest. the best returns aren't just measure

rain in minneapolis and texas for the most part had a nice day yesterday. west texas had a bit of rain. here's the problem. we're getting reloaded. that storm system that's moving across the plains is going to stall that front through texas. we'll have three days in a row of on and off scattered storms. but our estimates are here about anywhere from two to four inches is possible in the next week. so the river levels will remain high. we will see some isolated flash flooding. still warm on the east coast. this as warm as it will get this week and then the rest of the week will settle down to where we typically are. a quieter week ahead. >> we like that. thank you. >>> just ahead, how a texas man paid a pretty penny for revenge over a speeding ticket. >>> and following a nasty case of road rage. >>> and look who happened to show up at the warriors/thunder at game 7. who is that? bernie sanders. hey there, hi. why do people have eyebrows? why do people put milk on cereal? oh, are you reading why people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go "grumbily, gru

brennan, texas, shattering the records, toppling 17 inches of rain. drivers in houston stranded. >> from the time we turned around, my car was underwater. >> reporter: it's been a destructive week. 134 tornado reports since last saturday, spawning dramatic images throughout the heartland. lightning in oklahoma caught on a police dash cam. today this funnel cloud spotted in north dakota, east of fargo. in central texas, the powerful thunderstorms forced allen and his wife to take cover. >> we started getting a little bit of hail. so we jumped up and went to the door to look. and then it got really intense. >> reporter: that intensity not over yet. rising rivers expected to crest saturday morning, and among their highest levels ever. here in kansas, there's already been another tornado warning this afternoon. and more rain has started to fall. the flood threat now stretching into the holiday weekend. the enormity of this week's storms still sinking in. lester? >> gabe gutierrez. tonight, al roker with us right now. al, we're heading into a holiday weeke

and going into next week, more rain for texas. we could see another round of more storms next week. >> all right. thanks. >>> now moving on to politics. more violence outside of a donald trump rally. 35 people were arrested overnight in san diego after clashes between protesters and supporters broke out on the streets while trump was inside. here is nbc's katy tur. >> reporter: battleground san diego. protesters trying to climb barricades clashing with police and getting rough with donald trump supporters. 20 minutes from mexico. this is the closest he has been to the border since last august. >> we will build a wall. a wall. we're going to build a wall. >> reporter: but the headline friday was trump's about face on debating bernie sanders. >> in the first place, you don't want to debate a guy in second place. >> reporter: trump releasing a statement saying it is inappropriate to debate a second place finisher. after he told reporters the debate was on. >> if we raise money for women's health issues or something. if we raise $10 m

billion-dollar floods in houston, texas. a major american city declared a disaster area not once, but twice in the last one year. if i'm permitted to i shall reserve some time for closing comments. the chair: the gentleman may reserve his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? mr. simpson: mr. chairman, i make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation on an appropriation bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule 21. the rule states in pertinent part, an amendment to a general appropriation bill shall not be in order if it changes existing law. the amendment includes an emergency designation and as such constitutes legislation in violation of clause 2 of rule 21, and i ask for a ruling from the chair. the chair: does any other member wish to be heards on the point of order? mr. green: i would like to be heard, if i may. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, simps

this is bringing deadly flooding in texas and dozens of rescues. in the midwest,hey are cleaning up from severe storms and tornadoes. dylan is tracking it all. >>> protests and clashes. violence outside donald trump rally in san diego. dozens of people arrested. all of it happening near the mexico border. while statements about faith when it comes to debate about bernie sanders. >>> and deadly plane crash. a world war ii plane crashes into the hudson river with hundreds of horrifying people watching as it happens. >> all of a sudden, it hit the water and within seconds it went down. >> the pilot killed. just what went wrong? >>> and johnny depp's drama. his wife saying she is a victim of abuse. leaving court seen with bruises and asking for a restraining order. depp is asked to stay away from her. today, saturday, may 28th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm sheinelle jones alongside craig melvin and dylan dreyer and our new a

a church crew was cleaning up a texas town. a tree branches were reported falling on him and killed him. the brassas river near houston is expected to crest later today and a record high more than 53 feet. the heavy flooding was washed out bridges and destroyed homes and more rain is in the forecast the rest of the week. bill karins will join us in a few minutes for much more o >>> steven hawking says that while we may have handle on the inner workings on the university understand donald trump's rise is something entirely different. in fact, he says he is baffled by it all telling good morning britain, quote, i can't. he is a demagogue who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator. hawking has made no secret. joking about his intelligence. hillary clinton spent memorial day with her husband marching in a parade of her adopted hometown of chappaqua. a brief security scare after animal rights protesters jumped over a barricade for bernie sanders at an open rally. it was dealt with by the secret service. the clinton camp an

governor of texas. the youngest in the state's history. johnson, benlyndon took to heart the president's belief in the importance of education. his legislative legacy in texas has benefited students in the state. as speaker, he established the higher education coronary board -- coordination board. and throughout his terms in office, texas increased funding for higher education more than threefold rising to the top of , its rankings among the 50 states. during his tenure, several universities and graduate schools were created. there is no doubt that the state of texas advanced because of his leadership. ben has taken his leadership skills to washington dc, where his law firm is located in the former home of president teddy roosevelt. when i visit been in his office i think of the office as the , embassy of texas in the nation's capital. please welcome the honorable ben barnes. [applause] mr. barnes: thank you very much. it is my pleasure this evening to introduce our secretary of state, my friend, secret

we begin in texas in may of 1992. earlier in the year he said he would run for president if reporters got his name on the ballot in all 50 states. at this rally he announced he exceeded the number of signatures needed to place his name on the ballot in his home state. this is about 10 minutes. chaups chaus [ cheers and applause ]s [ cheers and applause ][ cheers] >> thank you. thank you. you are so enthusiastic. it's wonderful. we had a momento here from texas that we would like to present to mr. pe row now on behalf of all of you who have worked so hard. and let me read the inscription to him and to you who have not had the chance it see this. we, the people of texas, join the millions of fellow americans who brought our volunteers efforts to secure an overwhelming number of signatures to pledge the name ross perot on the presidential ballot of the great state of texas. we congratulate you and wish you the best of luck in your bid for the presidency of the united states, and we will do our utmost to continue our effo

texas won 7-6. man, that one is going to hurt for a time to come. >>> jason day went wire to wire to win the players championship. no one came within two shots in the final round of the world's number one player. day finished at 15 under, four shots ahead of american kevin chapel for his seventh title in the past ten months. the australian takes home the $1.9 million prize. that's a nice payday. >>> and serena williams won the italian open, her 70th career title. congrats to her. world's number one women's player defeated fellow american madison keys in two sets for her first victory in nine months. >>> and thousands of runners took part in the annual bay to breakers race in san francisco on sunday. the race is known for the crazy and flamboyant costumes some runners wear, like those banana a texas man who did not don a costume won the 12-kilometer race with a time of 35 minutes and 23 seconds. >>> all right. just ahead, did the money monster take our captain america at the movies? plus, what did da

the greatest risk shaded in orange through north eastern texas to parts of missouri. anywhere from texas to nebraska, you could be seeing severe weather as we head into the afternoon evening today. nicole: incredible pictures. i know you will keep us up to date on the storms. thanks, maria. lauren: we will be right back. nicole: let's take a look at u.s. stock market futures, looking to the upside. down 1.4% over the oh weeks. today we have up arrows. s&p futures up 5 and a half right now. taking a look also at here commodities, we've had right now oil has been running up about 2.2%, it is sitting at 45.69, keeping a key eye on wild fires and gold is pulling back up to 15 bucks. and maria bartiromo coming up right now on mornings with maria, good morning, maria. maria: hey, there, nicole. happy monday. i'm maria bartiromo, it is monday may ninth, top stories right now 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. on the general election presumptive republican nominee donald trump shifts position on key economic issues as he looks toward november including minimum wage and taxes. >> by

thornberry of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i appreciate the opportunity to offer this amendment which i do not believe is controversial. mr. chairman, one of the many parts of this bill on which members on both sides of the aisle have contributed is to try to improve our acquisition system. partly to get more value out of the money -- the taxpayer money that is spent, and partly to try to get technology into the field, into the hands of our war fighters faster. because technology evolves and the threats evolve so quickly. we have consulted with folks in the pentagon and the industry to make improvements in this part of the bill this amendment