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Working a second or third job, that we decide were going too pay them a living wage so they can focus on the kids and then i want to make sure that we make an investment in people and communities. that means ensuring that at least in the first two years of your education here at the university of houston or lone star community of college for your associates degree you do not take on any debt. thats not inexpensive. thats going to require an investment. we can make investments in corporations, sp...

The university of houston band. bola is a student up front. tell us or ask your questions. >> hello, representative orourke. so considering the hyper partisan political atmosphere in congress, how do you feel you would conduct yourself among members of your own party and of the other party as well? >> bola, thank you for the question. i think the example were trying to set in this campaign, go into every one of the 254 counties no matter how blue or no matter how red. go into king county, the co...

Years. on the campaign trail, as you know, democrats have been hammering away at republicans at their failed attempts to repeal and replace the affordable care act, which enabled those with prior illnesses to get healthcare. theres three key states on november 6 within the healthcare context. well take you through some of them where healthcare is front and center. first up, florida. you have governor rick scott facing off right now against senator nelson. according to a poll by real clear politi...

Tourneo, texas, this is on all of us at this moment. this is not america, this is not who we are, but right now this is america and this is who we are and this is what we are doing. so the response, the public pressure has to be brought to bear on members of congress to adopt legislation to stop family separations and to make sure that we dont try to solve the problems of the world, the problems of those families at the u.s./mexico border, force that on these border patrol agents who should not ...

>> how does one feel when your child is taken from you? >> translator: i cried the whole way here. it hurts to not have my son and i dont know anything about him. >> welcome back to "am joy." heart wrenching stories and images of thousands of children being separated from their parents at the border are sparking outrage around the country. the white house is doubling down that its the democrats who are responsible. also at times ironically justifying their policy as biblical but some democratic ...