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Working a second or third job, that we decide we're 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. that's not inexpensive. that's going to require an investment. we can make investments in corporations, special interests and tax breaks to the wealthy and we're going to invest in you and i want to inve...

The university of houston band. bola is a student up front. tell us or ask your questions. >> hello, representative o'rourke. 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 we're 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 county seat there guthrie, i think they voted for donald trump 96% in the last election. every bit a...

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. there's three key states on november 6 within the healthcare context. we'll 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 politics, we're going to show you the standings. this would be if voters -- according to real clear poli...

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 don't 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 be put in this position. and instead do the humane, the right, what i'd like to think is the americ...

>> 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 don't 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 it's the democrats who are responsible. also at times ironically justifying their policy as biblical but some democratic lawmakers are fighting back today, going to tour facilities where migrant children are being held ...