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>> can you put in perspective how this issue and this story, which has really kind of escalated in its salience over the last two or three weeks, how it is resonating in your congressional district in the state of texas? >> well, you know, of course texans are concerned about the situation, but texas also has a long history with immigration. we are the state in the nation that has the longest border with mexico of any state. about 1,200 miles. and so, you know, this situation, while it's unique in american history, texas has a long history of immigration. and also, if you look at what's going ...

Mind, but i do know he's running for at in a very crowded republican primary field that he was stung by the issue of immigration in 2012, vis-a-vis the texas dream act, and so he's going to talk tough on this issue and and i don't think he really believes that but knows it's going to rile up his base. >> it was a key moment in the last presidential primary. this is rick perry defending texas' decision to extend in-state tuition to the undocumented children in state if they qualified for college. take a listen. >> if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for n...

Concern that there's going to be an issue of running out of marijuana. so right now there's a limit of just two grams. >> this is the kind of week in which you think that marijuana legalization in this country is inevitable. today as you just saw, washington state began selling not that much marijuana for recreational use. and yesterday governor andrew cuomo held a signing ceremony making new york the 23rd state to authorize the use of medical marijuana. you can't blame proponents of marijuana legalization for thinking they're winning especially when the polling date to backs them up. close to...

An issue of running out of marijuana. so right now there's a limit of just two grams. >> this is the kind of week in which you think that marijuana legalization in this country is inevitable. today as you just saw, washington state began selling not that much marijuana for recreational use. and yesterday governor andrew cuomo held a signing ceremony making new york the 23rd state to authorize the use of medical marijuana. you can't blame proponents of marijuana legalization for thinking they're winning especially when the polling date to backs them up. close to 60% of americans, 60% favor the ...

Primary voters by talking tough now. >> can you put in perspective how this issue and this story, which has really kind of escalated in its salience over the last two or three weeks, how it is resonating in your congressional district in the state of texas? >> well, you know, of course texans are concerned about the situation, but texas also has a long history with immigration. we are the state in the nation that has the longest border with mexico of any state. about 1,200 miles. and so, you know, this situation, while it's unique in american history, texas has a long history of immigration. a...