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Where the poor have access to health care and yet nothing has changed for those on the texas side of town. that includes janice morris who got a pain killer and a bill after visiting for a bad tooth. she said i don't have $600. joining us now washington bureau chief for the huffington post. i continue to be amazed at how the battle has moved from state to state and how quickly it goes nuclear in every state it comes to. you've got unbelievable tales of back room deals in ohio, backroom deals that got the expansion passed in some cases. you have everything gets brought to bear when this fight c...

Rights war between the federal government and a state. this instance we are talking about texas. thousands of acres on the texas side of the red river. many texans fear the federal bureau of land management is about to swallow up 90,000 acres of land there declared part of the public domain. texas state officials including the governor and attorney general are fighting back. >> i have a problem with the federal government putting citizens in the position of feeling like they have to use force to deal with their own government. that's the bigger issue. >> we feel for one at a minimum they are o...

To the blm, even though the attorney general, u.s. attorney general john greene sided with us on the texas side. >> so it's because this river changed and the river moved and so the border moved and then the question was how do you define the border where the river was or where -- or the edge of the river or where it became? is that it? >> the -- underneath the repairing rights, the border moved with the river with erosion and ecreation. it stays sedentary with avulsion it was not avulsion, it took 40 years for it to move it was a slow and gradual process of erosion and ecreation. but we never...

Being told to stay in, stay off the roads. it is messy and expected to be messy throughout this evening. >> tough situation over there. ted, thanks. it's been colder in texas today than parts of alaska. the dallas marathon has now been canceled along with a holiday parade. let's go to dallas. ed lavandera is on the scene and is ready to update us. how's it going over there? >> reporter: at least the good news is that freezing rain and sleet has stopped and let up. a little more than 24 hours ago, this was a glorious scene in this park in downtown dallas, where it was 80 degrees, but that has c...

Morning. >> reporter: thank you. bill: so alex is no longer a hurricane if you're just waking up today. the tropical storm doing damage in towns along the texas border. that storm churning up the ocean on the texas coast as residents get ready for possible tornadoes and flooding which is always the after math. in south padre, texas, how strong was alex where you were, steve? >> reporter: bill either been more cleanup crews than rescue crews so far. texas has dodged a bullet as this hurricane goes. there are downed power lines, move debris from the roads. this bridge has opened for the first ti...