the u.s. supreme court last month heard oral argument in the case moore versus texas. a case questioning that state's criteria for determining of an intellectually disabled person can be sentenced to death. in 2002, the supreme court ruled that executing a quote mentally retarded person violated the constitution's eighth amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. this argument is an hour. >> argument this morning, moore versus texas. mr. sloan? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, in atkins versus virginia, this court held that the eighth amendment prohibits executing people who are intellectually disable end in hall versus florida this court reiterated that the inquiry into whether somebody is interlecture little disabled for that important eighth amendment purn shou should be informed by the diagnostic framework and by clinical standards. texas has adopted a unique approach to intellectual disability in capital cases in which it prohibits the use of standard and relies on harmful and inappropriate lay stereo types including the so-called pri sinal fac

texas for determine thing if an intellectually disabled person can be sentenced to death. in 2002, the supreme court ruled executing a mentally retarded person violated the constitution's ban against cruel and unusual punishment. in moore versus texas, the texas court of criminal appeals reversed the ruling, citing the use of current medical standards in defining intellectual disability, not the 1992 standards. here's that one-hour oral argument now. >> your argument in 15797, moore versus texas. mr. sloan. >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court. in adkins versus virginia, this court held that the eighth amendment prohibits executing people who are intellectually disabled. in hall versus florida, this court reiterated that the inquiry into whether someone is intellectually disabled should be informed by the medical community diagnosis theic framework and clinical standards. texas has adopted a unique approach in which it prohibits the use of current medical standards and relies on harmful and inappropriate stereotypes, called the bresenio factors. most fundamentally, it challeng

in lohr aido, texas, as the george p. casen federal building and united states courthouse. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar nd ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4919, the kevin and avonte's law of 2016 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4919, a bill to amend the violent crime control and law enforcement act of 1919 9/11 4 to re--- 1994 to re-authorize the program and promote initiatives that will reduce the risk of injury and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some children with autism. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from virginia and the gentlewoman from texas is recognize -- each will control 0 minutes. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. gohmert: i'm inquiring whether or not anyone is in opposition to the bill, if not i'd like to claim the time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would inquire if the gentlewoman from t

texas. that's it for my introductions. i'm going to go first, talk a little bit. then david's going to -- i'm going to do sort of a national view of medicaid issues. david's going to dive in, talk a little bit more about texas. then we're going to open it up for q&a. and then we'll get started. and i see my timer here is going, so we're on the clock. so, i am always pleased to be anywhere talking about medicaid. the most important program in the country that very few people actually understand or know exists, which is a real challenge. and like i said, i'm going to talk about things from a national perspective and try to do a little bit of a past, present and future, if i can do that within 20 minutes. we had talked about this session -- we had developed this session a couple months ago, prior to the elections. clearly, things are a little bit different moving forward in terms of what the future will hold, and i will try to accommodate or acknowledge as much of the crystal ball that i actually have. but i think it's important to do a little bit of level-setting. as i understand, there'

line up well with some of the thinking occurring in texas so to give you a high overview, healthy indiana plan has five goals. they want to reduce the number of uninsured low income indiana residents. the reason is called the healthy indiana plan 2.0. it replaced a prior plan that had a small number of beneficiaries. so it allowed for a more aggressive approach to that population. it wanted to provide a value-based decision making approach through a health savings account. this health savings account is referred to as a power account. it wanted to promote disease prevention on that. and it wanted to use private market coverage mechanisms to do that, not state hhsc departments. finally they wanted to have a work requirement that people who are receiving public assistance are actively looking for work and also have resources for that. so let me just finish here on highlighting just a few of the things that we think again might give a picture to some of the elements of what's in the healthy indiana plan. about a year ago there was the discussion of a plan called the texas way which h

month heard oral argument in the case moore versus texas. a case questioning that state's criteria for determining of an intellectually disabled person can be sentenced to death. in 2002, the supreme court ruled that executing a quote mentally retarded person violated the constitution's eighth amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. this argument is an hour. >> argument this morning, moore versus texas. mr. sloan? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, in atkins versus virginia, this court held that the eighth amendment prohibits executing people who are intellectually disable end in hall versus florida this court reiterated that the inquiry into whether somebody is interlecture little disabled for that important eighth amendment purn shou should be informed by the diagnostic framework and by clinical standards. texas has adopted a unique approach to intellectual disability in capital cases in which it prohibits the use of standard and relies on harmful and inappropriate lay stereo types including the so-called pri sinal factors. it uses an extra ordinary vi

of honor to a marine who fought in vietnam and celebrating the holidays with his family at his texas ranch. and at 8:00 on the presidency, william hazelgrove, author of madam president, secret presidency of edith wilson. she was president wilson's second wife. she buffered access to the president as he recovered from a massive stroke in 1919. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> now, a house science committee chair representative for opportunities in changes in environmental and energy development policies in a trump administration. others also talk about their goals working with the new president. >> good morning. good morning. are my mics now working? that's what i always get to do is be the mic test for everything before hand. i'm john hillboldt. it's my pressure to welcome everyone to the auditorium as well as everyone joining us on our heritage website. we're pleased to host this with texas public policy foundation. for those in-house, our housekeeping duty is to make sure that your mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as a courtesy to a

, south carolina. before that, remember, texas, for three months, texas is in play. that means we are even and republicans win texas. even if you are a lousy candidate, you win texas. texas is republican. i had these massive crowds and for three months, they said, texas is in play and next week is very close. and remember georgette? georgia? r georgia is in play. can you imagine if i lose texas or georgia? i am saying to my kids and my wife, this is going to be a disaster. utah, i do not think of republican has ever lost. utah is in play -- against some guy, i looked at him -- my wife looked at him and said, you will not lose to him. [laughter] president-elect trump: i am telling you, she is good at this stuff. they say he is tied with me. you will not lose to them, do not worry about it. now it is, whatever time, 8:00 or 9:00, the numbers were so great. donald trump has won the state of texas. that means it was a slaughter. donald trump has won the state of georgia. donald trump has won the state of utah. and this guy that was put up there to fight me, he was -- hillary even beat him

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recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, for 30 minutes. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the subject of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield to the -- to my colleague from texas, the chairman of the space subcommittee of the science committee, representative babin. mr. babin: thank you, mr. speaker. it's a tremendous honor and privilege for me to stand up here and to honor one of my colleagues who is going to be retiring, representative randy neugebauer, and -- who is just finishing up his seventh term. he has been a great mentor, i'm finishing up my first term in office, i just wanted to say how much the nuge becausers mean to me and -- the naug becausers mean to me -- the naug bauers -- they e and -- the mean to me and my wife. they have been a tremendous addition to the congress and also to the republican spouses and democrat spouses who have work sod long and hard fo

family back in texas. rep.-elect fernandez: i lost my dad 11 years ago. my mother still lives in south texas and i have a sister. my mother is from monterrey, mexico so she emigrated to the united states 50 years ago. she is a great person. she will be here for my swearing-in. emotional times. >> how will you balance your work here with your life back home? do you plan to live here in washington and if so, where? rep.-elect fernandez: we have an apartment nearby, my wife and i. we will be traveling back and forth and try to spend as much time in the district as possible to keep hearing people's problems and understand what we need to work for. we don't want to lose touch of our community and its needs. >> tell us about your wife and her influence on you. rep.-elect fernandez: well, she is a school teacher and a principal. she is my rock. she has been a great asset during my campaign and even here, she is sitting right back there. she is a very positive influence. >> representative elect gonzales, we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to c-span. the publican representing

pleased to cohost this with the texas public policy foundation. for those in-house, our housekeeping duty is to make sure your mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. and, of course, we are running on a houseboat schedule, so some things will be on the fly. so my introduction of our first guest will be brief. welcoming on the half of the heritage foundation is my colleague, ricky norton dunlop, who serves as our ronald reagan distinguished fellow. she was a number of the reagan administration, working in the white house as well as in the department of justice. those in virginia, she was our secretary of natural resources becom before coming to heritage. please welcome me in -- please join me in welcoming becky norton dunlop [applause] . becky: good morning. there's lots of energy here. i can tell. -- to welcome you here. most especially, we want to welcome our friends from texas. the texas public policy foundation is the genesis of this conference. we are delighted to be be cosponsored with them. i will not take much of your time before inviting thei

-year anniversary of announcing his campaign, donald j. trump held a rally in dallas, texas. it was kind of a bad one, actually. seven protesters were removed from inside the rally. outside fights erupted between trump supporters and protesters. some people got hurt that day. but that disaster of a rally in texas, in dallas, it did give us these guys. make texas mexico again. because texas is amazing. texas is amazing and pushy and creative and adorable. the official state tourism campaign in texas tells you straight up it's like a whole other country. and that's not just a slogan. a significant number of texans think of their membership in the union as a little provisional. this past summer when asked if they would like to secede if hillary clinton won the white house, 40% said, yes, if clinton wins they'd like to secede. to that point you can find entertaining pockets of that sentiment all over the country whether seceding because of clinton or to go back to mexico. in northern california tea party and libertarian types that have been pushing to secede from the rest of california. they

, texas julian aguilar, talking about immigration policy and how it affects border states. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. kimberly: given your perspective as a reporter in a border state, what are some of the biggest obstacles the incoming trump administration faces when it comes to border security? security? guest: number one will be trying to convince members of congress that represent texas to build 1002order wall across hundred 50 miles of the texas-mexico border. it is by far the largest border with mexico than any of the border states. my colleague, not more than two weeks ago, polled every member of the texas delegation. not one member who responded was in favor of a brick-and-mortar fence. combination of a wall in some parts, a fence in other parts, ariel surveillance, a virtual wall, cameras and technology. that will probably be the biggest hurdle. secondly is what to do with the so-called dreamers, the young, undocumented immigrants who came here to pursue a college education. even the president-elect a few weeks back in his interview with time magazine said that th

freshmen during a visit to capitol hill. representative vicente gonzales, a democrat from texas. tell us what you doing before you won this seat? >> i have been practicing law for almost two decades in texas and i'm also licensed in new york. i have been a lawyer for 20 years. >> why did you leave that profession? >> there was an open seat. i have been fighting for working families in south texas and we have a lot of successes there. i can bring that same fight to washington to try to bring the necessary resources to our areas. south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country in the state. it needs good representation and we're ready to go to work. >> who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fight's you were talking about in washington? was influenced by my family, my father, a korean war veteran and self-made businessman. i spent a little time in law school as an intern with congressman ortiz from the south texas district 27 at the time. these were all positive influences in my life to make me take this plunge. >> what about that internship? i had a loty young, of

, texas and nearly every single community across the great united states. all together, we estimate there are close to 750,000 dreamers in the united states. these are beneficiaries of an executive action under this president, known as the deferred action for childhood arifles that ensured that young people in our communities who arrived in this country at a very early age, brought here by their parents from another country of origin, who are going to school, living by our laws, being productive and net contributors to their community, who in some cases strive to serve in the military or perform some other community or civic service, are able to reside in this country after they come forward voluntarily, out of the shadows, to give their personal information, their fingerprints, their contact information, their names, addresses, their telephone numbers, in other words to register with the government so we know who is in this country and satisfy some legitimate security concerns we have when it comes to undocumented immigration. these young dreamers have satisfied those concerns by c

, head of human rights watch. then donald trump nominates former texas governor rick perry to have the energy department, a department perry once opposed to abolisish evenen though he coult remember thehe departmenent's n. >> it is three agencies of government when i get t there tt are gone. commerce, education andnd thehe- whwhat is the third one? >> you can't name the third one? >> the third agency of government, i would do away with commerce,ion, the -- and let's see -- i can't. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. donald trump has chosen former texas governor rick perry to be energy secretary. governor perry famously attempted to propose to abolish the energy department, but then couldn't remember the agency during a live televised debate in 2011 when he was running for presidident. >> and i will tell you, it is three agencies of government when i get thehere that are gon. commerce, education, and the -- what is the third one? let's see. >>>> f five. >> ok, five. commererce, education, and the

, and celebrated the holiday with his family at his texas ranch. the white house naval photographic unique produce this, which are now archived at the lbj presidential library. ♪ winter to the hill people of west texas is mostly wind and dust. it is a time when the hardscrabble land is at its harshest. when pastors are brown and dormant to the horizon, and the ponds and streams are low. this time of year, particularly an election off year has been a difficult time for presidents as well. most particularly, when it follows a heavily carried presidential election. high policy decisions must be labored out and laid before congress in the forthcoming federal budget statement and the state of the union address. this responsibility would be awesome enough. but coupled with a vietnam conflict that must be continually explained to the american people, a troublesome economy, an in danger of becoming overheated, and the upcoming divided congress, this would be unpleasant. added to the burdens was the uncertain future of the great -- the summit had not been reached. a cautious congress, budg

and in all things texas. that's it for my introductions. i'm going to go first, talk a little bit. then david's going to -- i'm going to do sort of a national view of medicaid issues. david's going to dive in, talk a little bit more about texas. then we're going to open it up for q&a. and then we'll get started. and i see my timer here is going, so we're on the clock. so, i am always pleased to be anywhere talking about medicaid. the most important program in the country that very few people actually understand or know exists, which is a real challenge. and like i said, i'm going to talk about things from a national perspective and try to do a little bit of a past, present and future, if i can do that within 20 minutes. we had talked about this session -- we had developed this session a couple months ago, prior to the elections. clearly, things are a little bit different moving forward in terms of what the future will hold, and i will try to accommodate or acknowledge as much of the crystal ball that i actually have. but i think it's important to do a little bit of level-setting.

ensure they get the trust and corporation of their communities. host: landry is calling from texas. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. my question is, should there be a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants? yes, absolutely. we very strongly support the idea that, if done correctly, it is important for authorized immigrants in the country today to earn a path to citizenship. what that would look like in legislation passed by the senate , by a super majority of senators in 2013, individual that have been here for a period of time can come forward, apply, pass background checks, meet a number of criteria, receive provisional ability to remain. then over time, once they continue to demonstrate meeting the criteria, have the opportunity to get a green card. that is all we are talking about. no one has proposed amnesty where individuals become citizens like this, or even green card holders like that. the idea of a path to citizenship is at the heart of immigration reform packages that have been considered over a decade in congress involving this long process w

protesters out there. we're going to go to austin, texas, in a little bit, but you do wonder what they're hoping to accomplish or if they have realistic hope of getting to their goal. >> i think, chris, this is going to be a noisy day on this front. i doubt we'll see an outcome when we saw the returns at the end of election night and donald trump was declared the winner by 306 electoral votes to 232 for hillary clinton. we may see one person here or there do that but by and large, a lot of folks will have gone through the extensive process and work hard to get where they are for their party specifically. there are some states that have rules that say, hey, you can find people, if you change and don't go along with what the state's voting was or that they could be disqualified or replaced. so there are measures even if some of these folks decide that they need to strike out on their own. >> what can you tell us about nominee for secretary of the army? >> you've covered a bit there in your intro. vincent viola, in charge of a company worth billions of dollars, valued at billions of dollars

south texas in courtrooms in board rooms. i decided to bring that same fight to washington to try to bring the necessary resources to our areas. south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country and in the state. it needs good representation and we are ready to go to work. >> who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fights you are talking about as a lawyer and now here in washington? rep. gonzalez: i was influenced by my family, by my father. a korean war veteran, a self-made businessman. when i was in law school, i spent a little time here as an intern for a representative from a self testatrix -- a south texas district. internship?t that what did you learn during that time? rep. gonzalez: i was very young and had a lot of fun. i think that is one of the things i was trying to keep in mind. the legislative process, i was in law school at the time. it was a great compliment to my legal career and my legal education at the time. it was my first time in washington, actually. i was 26 years older 27 years old. a long time ago. .t was a great experience i always reco

. so we talked about that. he is from midland, texas, which is the neighboring community and neighboring district with my district. he actually rain for this seat and the only time he was beat in a political race was in 1978. so there's some interesting history there. but here's a guy especially as governor that was very results oriented. he braut people together. a lot of folks don't remember this but when he was governor the speaker of the house met every week. they laid out a plan for how they were going to move texas forward, solve problems, deliver results for the people of texas and they did it. so as a young impressionable guy that wanted to change the world in politics, i watched a guy work with people of all ideological persuasions and certainly across the aisle to actually do good by the people. i don't think he was as successful and i think that was a regret of his when he came to washington as president. but that was the impression and the influence upon me as a leader. office and vernor's in washington what were you advising him? >> on agriculture and energy and

well as those joining us on the heritage.org website we're pleased to host with the texas public foundation. our housekeeping duty is to make sure your mobile devices are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. and of course, we're running we house vote schedule so some things this morning will be a little bit on the fly. my introduction of our first guest will be very brief. welcoming on behalf of the heritage foundation is my colleague, becky norton donlop, who served as our ronald reagan distinguished fellow. member of the reagan administration working in the white house with president reagan and attorney general mees at the department of justice and don hoe dell in interior and in virginia, secretary of natural resources before coming to heritage. please join me in welcoming becky norton dunlop. >> good morning, there's lots of energy in this room. i can tell. well, truly, it's a privilege on behalf of jim demint and board and staff to welcome you here. most especially we want to welcome our friends from texas. the texas public policy foundation is the genesis of this conve

practiced law for two decades in texas. i am also licensed in new york. i have been a lawyer for pretty much 20 years. >> why did you decide to leave that profession and run for the house? rep.-elect fernandez: we have had a lot of successes and i intend to bring that same fight to washington to bring the necessary resources to our areas. south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country and in the state and it needs good representation. we are ready to go to work. >> who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fights that you're talking about as a lawyer and now here in washington? rep.-elect fernandez: i was influenced by my family, my father. a korean war veteran. a self-made businessman. when i was in law school, i spent time here as an intern with congressman ortiz from a south texas district, the 27th at the time. these were all positive influences in my life. >> what about that internship? rep.-elect fernandez: i was young and i had a lot of fun. i think that is what interns should keep in mind, enjoy themselves while they learn the legislative process. i was in law

como la masacre de santa fernando. fÉlix: en texas se ha desatado un litigio entre centros de detenciÓn y una juez que cuestionÓ la licencia que les otorgÓ el estado para poder operar. el permiso viola normas federales, por tener as menores de edad en estos centros. pedro rojas nos tiene detalles. pedro: a pesar de una medida judicial en su contra, los centros de detenciÓn en texas aseguran estar operando, la seÑora martÍnez dice que hay muchos detenidos. la jueza tejana invalidÓ el dos de diciembre una regulaciÓn al departamento de protecciÓn al menor de texas, que les permitÍa operar los centros. alegÓ que se violo un cÓdigo de texas para el cuidado mÍnimo de menores. >> no llene referencia legal para la detener a los niÑos asÍ. reportero: un vocero dijo " creemos firmemente que la licencia estatal es un paso adicional e importante en beneficio de las familias que nos encargan cuidar, esperamos que no haya problema con el centro, y continÚa operando" por su parte un vocero de la empresa seÑalÓ "nuestra prioridad es brindar un ambiente seguro a quienes no cumplÍan par

encouraged to bring up any questions... concerns... or comments about the v-a. texas is launching what state officials say is the nation's largest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes. rules or equipment changes are improving player safety and what more can be done to protect athletes.bianca castro reports. another high school football season in north texas..a busy one for doctors at the ben hogan sports medicine centers.. they estimate they've treated 14-hundred young athletes with concussions between august and november..... "we know how crucial it is to getting athletes or just concussed people back to their baseline." but just as crucial, experts say is trag hasn't been done.. until now! doctors at the brain institute at ut southwestern.. have launched a registry.. that will keep track how often concussions happen in about a dozen different high school sports.."for children it's critical that we make the diagnosis when it happens cause they're at risk for a second impact."texas leads the nation with more than 800- thousand high school athletes...researchers say the i

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. from texas to mississippi, a wet weekend. this flooded street in texas city. and rob marciano is here tracking it all. we've got more rain on the way. >> reporter: and already, this has been the wettest december day on record in galveston. over nine inches in spots. flash flood watches up. southeast texas, over the next 24 hours, will see quite a bit more rain. and southwest louisiana, as well. could to see six to eight-plus. and this does get i tornado and fire zone, as well. let's time out the rain. we get another pulse of it rolling across the deep south, getting up into louisiana and alabama, mississippi and georgia. but look at the snow getting into chicago. you may wake up to snow in chicago and detroit throughout the day tomorrow. this moves to the east on tuesday and wednesday. >> okay, thanks, rob, good to see you. how about a golf story? you like golf. >> let's do it. >>> a comeback story in the world of sports. after several injury-plagued years, tiger woods is back on his game tonight, and abc's ron looking a whole lot like the tiger woods who once dominated golf. >> good-

. i'm hearing that texas is close, i'm getting all these horrible calls from my kids, from jared, everything, too bad, dad, they had me written off, the polls. i said to ivanka, i said, you know, honey, i may have lost. it was going to be an early evening. they didn't realize it was going to be an early evening for us. [cheers] even though they refused to call it. it should have been an early evening, but they refused. but i said but i left nothing out there. i felt so good because, again, i was getting this news which sounded like it was over, and i said, and i said, it's like a team, i left nothing out there. i couldn't have worked harder. i couldn't have worked. that month we outworked everybody that ever ran for office. all right? nobody ever ran for office that worked harder. so i was okay with it, you know? i was okay, i wouldn't say i was great. i wouldn't say i was thrilled, but i was okay and then the polls closed and now we get the real numbers. that's when ohio came in. i love ohio. they were so great. i know you have a little competition, but that's all right. they we

new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky. >> i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas who chairs the all-important homeland security subcommittee on our committee, mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. carter: i thank the chairman for yielding, i thank the chair for recognizing me. i am a proud member of the appropriations committee. i have one of the most difficult areas as far as current events in the country, and that's homeland security. and i don't like a c.r. any more than any other appropriator likes a c.r. but our job is to fund the government. the constitution tells us we are to fund the government. and we have hardworking people like hal rogers who reads the constitution and realizes we've got to take the best medium we can for now and fund the government. so of course -- and i am going to support this c.r. and i hope all my colleagues will. i want to tell you, all of us on the appropriations committee go through the entire process of doing the best we can for the departments we represent, to give the

new gig. former texas governor tapped to run department of energy, vowed to abolish when he ran for president a few years ago. joining me the current governor of texas, greg abbott. great to have you on the program. we heard the news about governor perry, you hear two things, you see the "dancing with the stars" video played and forgetting the department of energy during a debate. we got that point. you worked with governor perry closely. why do you think he's a good pick? >> to set the stage, i was attorney general for 12 years while rick perry was governor of texas. i spent countless hours in his office. i know the man, how he works, what he thinks. we saw what he did to create so many jobs in the state of texas to promote the energy industry. he'll effectively execute the president-elect's vision to create energy independence in the united states. what rick perry did and what he will do as secretary of energy is unleash millions of new jobs, but also protecting air and water quality in the united states. jenna: that's antithetical to what the critics say, they say he wants to abo

we've ever seen. so it started with ohio and iowa. it also started -- remember, they said texas was in play. texas is not supposed to be. for two months we have all been hearing texas was in play, and we heard georgia is in play. i said, man, we are in play. if georgia is in place, you tend to believe these people, even though -- right? so the polls opened and closed, and now we go live on television with the numbers. and we got lousy exit polls. the exit polls -- i got a call from ivanka, and he said, dad, not looking good. it does not help your you do not have to get bad exit polls. in two hours you know they will not have to do that it she said it is not looking good. his exit polls are not looking good. they put bad questions in the exit polls. like many people say donald trump is a very, very bad person. do you agree that he is a harmful human being? yes or no? and people go, yeah, i guess. boom. so, you know, so we go out and immediately -- no, the election is over. that was a bernie fan. no, the election ended three weeks ago, darling. someday soon she will be on our side. yo

helm. but on conspiracy theorist websites, it was a martial law takeover of texas and maybe other states. jade helm was the military setting up prison camps for american citizens and also something to do with aliens hiding underground. jade helm was all about a network of underground tunnels with mysteriously closed down walmarts. the tunnels went into deep military bases, dums for short. you can see the network of underground walmart tunnels where the chinese troops would set up their headquarters or stash all of the texas patriot guns after the jade helm troops helped take them away. whatever it was, folks, it was all in the maps. >> there are maps circulating that show deep underground bases in the united states and maps circulating that show tunnels that connect those bases. you will also see how walmart connect to some of the bases and some of the tunnels. >> in the document, texas, utah and conservative areas of southern california are listed as hostile areas. >> i hope jade helm 15 is not the preparation for the actual implementation of a roundup of patriotic men who have t

, negotiates a proposed tax increase, and celebrates the holidays with his at his texas ranch. the white house naval photographic unit shot the film which is now archived at the lbj presidential library. >> winter into the hill people of west texas is mostly wind and dust. it is a time when the land is at its harshest. the once green pastor is brown and dormant. the streams and the ponds are low. this time of year, a particular -- in particular in an election off your, has been a time of trouble for candidates, especially when it follows a presidential election. two major documents must be laid before the congress, the forthcoming federal budget statement and the state of the union address. this responsibility alone would be awesome enough, but coupled with a vietnam conflict that must be continually explained to the american people, the trouble of the economy, and an upcoming -- and he divided congress, this created something that is not a -- not always pleasant. the future of the great society programs that swept the country. the summit had not yet been reached. a cautious congress, bu

to track rain. it begins in areas of texas, much of the northern half of the country, seasonal, chilly, as you'd expect fordecember. then the rain begins to spread. saturday all through texas into oklahoma. then it spread into arkansas and louisiana. by the time we get to sunday, the rain will be all the way through the southeast. maybe heavy rain and thunderstorms and brief severe weather, louisiana into east texas. we are not expect a tornado ahead. . >>> so again, south texas could be the first area that could see showers and storms. we will see some snow and rain showers off the great lakes. cloudy and cool throughout the region. we're theep say we will not have anything too bad over the weekend. not a lot of snow just yet. >> thank you very much. >>> just ahead, president obama tried out some new holiday humor. we'll let you be the judge. >>> then it is certainly anything but bun u funny a. man records himself driving over 115 miles an hour. things go terribly long. details next. this is for you. you didn't really have to... reate your own at walgreens... with 30

president. >> we solve the effort by the hamilton of electors, the texas effort. getting a lot of attention. too much media attention based on what happened today? stephen shepard: i don't know if it is too much. it does draw some attention to the system by which wetoo much d on what happened today? elected the president of our country. electoral college when it began, in some states the electors fulfill the will of the people or the people who were allowed to vote at that time in those days. in some states, there was no popular vote and the electoral college chose whom they wanted. in this case, we have a system 51 systems. it sheds some light on that process. theously, if you read coverage and thought this was in doubt, maybe it got too much coverage but by and large this was not in doubt and it sheds some light on some quirks in our system. >> if you watched what was happening and we were live in new york and michigan and pennsylvania and illinois. there was a majesty and simplicity to that process. putting in those paper ballots. in each of the states, that is what it looked l

carolina. [cheering] president-elect trump: and before that, remember, texas, for three months, texas is in play. that means we are even and republicans win texas. even if you are a lousy candidate, you win texas. texas is republican. and it is great and the people are great and i had these massive crowds and for three months, they said, texas is in play and next week is very close. texas is in play. and georgia. remember georgia? georgia is in play. and i said meehan, can you imagine if i lose texas or georgia? i am saying to my kids and my wife, this is going to be a disaster. and then they said utah, i do not think of republican has ever lost. utah is in play -- against some guy, i looked at him -- my wife looked at him and said, you will not lose to him. [laughter] president-elect trump: i am telling you, she is good at this stuff. i said yeah but they say he is tied with me. and she said, no, no, you're not going to type with him. you will not lose to him, do not worry about it. now it is, whatever time, 8:00 or 9:00, the numbers were so great. donald trump has won the state of texa

gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. thank you very much, mr. speaker. first, i want to acknowledge that this is world aids day and much of the success has come because of public funding and that is why i rise today, to talk about the public good and the responsibility of the president and cabinet members to do the public good. i remember when president clinton was in, generated a major surplus in our budget, 22 million jobs pursuant to the 1997 budget. we also recognized that the next administration generate enormous tax cuts, low job creation and a seismic debt that was created because of those tax cuts to the 1%. now today, we have the toxicity of two billionaires who have the treasury department, the king of foreclosures, forced foreclosures and the other who will head the no-job-creating commerce department by this individual. rather than supporting full employment or creating jobs, everything will be for the big pockets of the big corporation, not the pockets of the working families like my constituents. an

migratorias de texas administrados por empresas privadas, continuarÁn funcionando. la magistrada considera que el permiso a los contratistas viola normas federales al albergar en centros de detenciÓn a menores, como el caso de muchos menores centroamericanos. >> a pesar de una medida judicial en su contra, los centros de detenciÓn familiar en texas asegurar estar opeerando y la seÑora maira martÍnez quien saliÓ de uno de ellos, dice que hay muchos detenidos. >> exagerado de gente. no cabÍa ya en las celdas ya. >> la jueza texana invalÍdo el 2 de diciembre una regulaciÓn del departamento de protecciÓn de texas que les permitÍa operar y agregÓ que se violó el cÓdigo de texas. >> no tiene derecho legal para detener a los niÑos y las familias asÍ. >> sin embargo, un vocero de la empresa que maneja el centro dijo: creemos firmemente que la licencia estatal es un paso adicional imprenbeneficio thalÍa e a familias que nos encargan cuidar. esperamos que no haya problemas con el centro y continÚa operando segÚn los estÁndares de los centros de ais. y su parte, un vocero

said not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. kathy, republican line, montgomery, texas, what do you think of the president's legacy? caller: he will go down as the great divider. black lives matter, mexican against american, muslim against christian and, unions against non-unions, straight people against gay people, etc., it can go on. he is the worst president in the history of the united states and i am ashamed of him. he needs to get prayer in his life, thank you. host: ruby from atlanta on the democratic line. good morning. caller: how are you? host: good, what do you think of the president's legacy? caller: it will be fantastic. i am disappointed about people calling in that cannot say one good thing about him. they blame everything on president obama. actually could have done many more great things that the republican party from the get-go said they would not support him, he would get one term, he got to terms, that is a statement right there. i love president obama and michelle, god bless him and the country is blessed because he served us those eight years. host

because you're from texas. >> yeah, look what happens in west texas. you talk about not needing a minimum wage, you can't hire anybody for $15 an hour out in the middle of texas right now because of the shale oil bloom because jobs are so scarce out there. that's what energy creates. look at the monterrey shale in california, that would wipe out california's debt by itself. we need a president-elect trump to go out and figure out with the epa what is safe. if fracking is safe, they need to go in there and frac that oil and take california out of debt. if it's not safe, you shouldn't be doing it anyway and this cartel in opec, every country is a liar. look at the production that they have compared to the quotas historically, they never adhere to these quotas. they're all petrol rates companies. they have to have that oil revenue to stay in power. they are going to bust these quotas completely. none of them can be trusted. >> emily, these new technology driven oil companies here in the united states with the boost in prices by opec that actually helps them, it makes more financial s