YOU'RE
YOU'RE WATCHING TEXAS THIS WEEK WITH ASHLEY GOUDEAU." GOOD SUNDAY MORNING.
THIS MAY COME AS NEWS TO MANY
TEXANS -- WHO STAYED AT HOME
ON TUESDAY -- BUT THERE WAS AN
ELECTION THIS WEEK.
LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE THREE
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IN TEXAS
POLITICS."
JUST 12-PERCENT OF ALL THE
REGISTERED
VOTERS IN TEXAS FULFILLED THEIR
CIVIC DUTY AND
VOTED ON NOVEMBER 5TH.
THERE WERE 10 PROPOSITIONS TO
AMEND THE STATE
CONSTITUTION -- AND NINE OF THEM
PASSED.
INCLUDING A MEASURE TO MAKE IT
HARDER FOR STATE
LEADERS TO EVER IMPLEMENT A
PERSONAL
INCOME TAX.
YOU CAN FIND THE RESULTS ON
KVUE-DOT-COM SLASH VOTE
TEXAS.
THE STATE OF TEXAS NOW HAS A
TEMPORARY CAMPSITE FOR
THE HOMELESS IN AUSTIN.
THIS WEEK -- TX-DOT CREWS
CLEARED HOMELESS
CAMPS FROM HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES
-- AT THE
DIRECTION OF GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT.
THE GOVERNOR SHARED BEFORE AND
AFTER PICTURES ON
TWITTER -- AND STATED THERE'S
NOW A TEMPORARY
PLACE FOR THE HOMELESS TO GO -
STATE-OWNED
PROPERTY NEAR HIGHWAY 183 AND
MONTOPOLIS
DRIVE IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN. THERE
ARE PORTABLE RESTROOMS AND HAND
WASHING STATIONS.
STAFF IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
SAY MULTIPLE
CHARITIES HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO
DELIVER FOOD TO THE
AREA.
AND DPS TROOPERS WILL SECURE THE
AREA.
NO WORD YET ON HOW LONG THE
HOMELESS WILL BE
ALLOWED TO BE HERE.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND
TEXAS TRIBUNE RELEASED NEW
POLL DATA THIS WEEK ON PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP.
NEARLY HALF OF THE TEXAS VOTERS
SURVEYED
BELIEVE THE CONGRESSIONA L
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATIONS
ARE JUSTIFIED -- 46-PERCENT.
COMPARED TO 42-PERCENT WHO SAY
NO.
BUT IT SEEMS TEXANS ARE STILL
BACKING THE PRESIDENT.
IN HYPOTHETICAL MATCH-UPS FOR
THE 2020
ELECTION -- MORE VOTERS SAY THEY
WOULD VOTE
FOR THE PRESIDENT THAN THE TOP
THREE DEMOCRATIC
FRONT RUNNERS.
NOW THAT THE 2019 ELECTION IS
BEHIND US -- IT'S TIME TO TURN
OUT
ATTENTION TO THE NEXT ELECTION
-- THE 2020 MARCH PRIMARY.
TEN DEMOCRATS ARE RUNNING TO
CHALLENGE U.S. SENATOR JOHN
CORNYN.
INCLUDING FORMER TEXAS
CONGRESSMAN CHRIS BELL.
WE SAT DOWN TO TALK ABOUT HIS
CAMPAIGN."
ASHLEY GOUDEAU: "FOR OUR VIEWERS
WHO MAYBE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH
YOU,
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOURSELF."
CHRIS BELL: "WELL, I AM A LAWYER
AND I SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR FIVE
YEARS AND
THEN I WAS ELECTED THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS AND
THEN GOT REDISTRICTED OUT OF
CONGRESS AND THEN CAME BACK
TO TEXAS AND WAS THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR IN 2006.
AND I'M A HUSBAND AND FATHER OF
TWO BOYS
AND A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
GRADUATE."
GRADUATE."
GOUDEAU:
GOUDEAU: " ALRIGHT, GO LONGHORNS, HOOK 'EM! ALRIGHT, SO TELL US WHY YOU
ARE RUNNING FOR THE U.S.
SENATE."
BELL: "I'M VERY UPSET WITH THE
OVERALL DIRECTION OF THE
COUNTRY. I THINK
DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN A
DISASTROUS PRESIDENT AND I'M
VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT JOHN
CORNYN HAS BASICALLY BEEN A
WATER
WATER BOY
WATER BOY FOR DONALD TRUMP AND ONE OF HIS CHIEF ENABLERS. AND, ESPECIALLY NOW, WHEN WE
READ ABOUT AND HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING
GOING ON
GOING ON IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE VERY DISTURBING REPORTS AND THE IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY AND THE FACT THAT JOHN
CORNYN WON'T EVEN STEP UP AND
SAY THAT HE WANTS TO HAVE A FAIR
INVESTIGATION
JUST IMMEDIATELY CALLING THIS
MISGUIDED. THAT'S WRONG, AND
THAT'S
THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP WE NEED HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS."
GOUDEAU: "SO, IS IT LARGELY
SENATOR CORNYN'S SUPPORT OF THE
PRESIDENT THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO
CHALLENGE HIM?"
BELL: "WELL, AND THE FACT THAT
THAT SUPPORT LEADS TO
DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS. YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING
ON ON THE BORDER AND
THE DETENTION CAMPS AND THE
CRUELTY, AND PEOPLE STEPPING
UP AND DOING THE RIGHT THING AND
CONDEMNING WHAT'S GOING ON
ON THE BORDER, BUT NOT JOHN
CORNYN.
INSTEAD, HE CONDEMNS THE PEOPLE
WHO STOP DOING BUSINESS
WITH THOSE RUNNING THE DETENTION
CAMPS. I THINK THAT'S
COMPLETELY THE WRONG APPROACH.
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP SUGGESTED
THAT WE PLACE VERY DAMAGING
TARIFFS ON MEXICO, A LOT OF
REPUBLICAN SENATORS CAME OUT AND
SAID 'THIS IS A BAD MOVE' AND
CONDEMNED THAT ACTION. JOHN
CORNYN WENT AND JOINED WITH
THEM.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN DISASTROUS
FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO, YES,
I
THINK THAT THIS STATE IS IN
DESPERATE
DESPERATE NEED OF NEW LEADERSHIP. I LOVE PUBLIC SERVICE, I THINK I SERVED WELL
WHEN I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND I
WOULD LIKE TO DO SO AGAIN."
GOUDEAU: LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY, WHERE DO YOU STAND ON
THAT? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?"
BELL: "WELL, I'VE COME OUT IN
SUPPORT OF IMPEACHMENT
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T
TAKE IT ANYMORE. WHEN I READ
ABOUT WHAT HE WAS DOING AND
USING THAT OFFICE FOR OBVIOUS
PERSONAL GAIN. THE WAY, I READ
THE TRANSCRIPT, AND
WHAT HE WAS ASKING THE LEADER OF
UKRAINE
UKRAINE TO DO. THERE HAS TO BE AN INQUIRY. AND, I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT HE'S
STEPPED WAY OVER THE LINE."
WHEN
WHEN TEXAS THIS WEEK CONTINUES -- BELL WEIGHS IN ON ISSUES IMPORTANT TO YOU.