DEBATE: Gov. @GregAbbott_TX said school safety "is going to be an emergency item" during the next legislative session in January 2023.
@BetoORourke asks "If it’s an emergency, why not call [a special session] now?
#TXGovDebate
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Senior Reporter @ WFAA | Host of Inside Texas Politics | Co-host of Y’all-itics Podcast [email protected] | Instagram: @jasonwhitely
- #BREAKING: Passengers stuck in long lines for immigration at @DFWAirport tell us there are no offers of hand sanitizer, gloves, or masks from U.S. Customs / Immigration. Travelers say they’ve had no screenings of temp yet and no one following #coronavirus protocols.
- #BREAKING: New angle of the mid-air collision obtained by @wfaa shows B-17 and other aircraft flying formations at #WingsOverDallas at 1:21p today, when it was hit by a P-63 and fell to the ground over the airfield at Dallas Executive Airport (RBD).
00:00 - "I am a Texan. I am an American before I'm a Republican." Former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley says he thinks other Republicans will also privately vote for @KamalaHarris or skip the race altogether next month. STORY: wfaa.com/article/news/p…
00:00 - SCOOP: Tarrant County @judge_whitley, the Republican leader of Texas' largest GOP county, said he will back Democrat Mike @CollierForTexas instead of the Republican incumbent @DanPatrick. Whitley explained why in a new episode of @Yallitics. EPISODE: apple.co/3cQJOR3
00:00 - Six seconds is as long as it lasted at the church shooting this morning. For as many people there who were armed — one clearly had recurrent training, knew what to do and fired the fatal shot immediately ending the threat. That’s heroism.
- ENGAGED. State Rep. @VentonJonesTX, a Dallas Democrat, just proposed to his longtime partner, Gregory Scott, Jr. moments after being sworn in. Jones popped the question when the House went into recess. #txlege
00:00 - #BREAKING: GUILTY: Jury finds former Dallas police officer #AmberGuyger guilty of murder in the shooting death of #BothamJean.
- NEW: @dallasdemocrats and @DallasGOP issue joint statement calling on the public to "take a deep breath and stay patient and calm while election officials count all votes." We need that spirit of birpartisanship while the system works.
- #BREAKING: @tedcruz and @ColinAllredTX agree to their first televised debate. It's Tuesday, October 15 at 7:00p at @wfaa's downtown Dallas studios. You can watch the hour-long debate on-air and online on all of @TEGNA's 12 stations in Texas.
- POLL: Who won the U.S. Senate debate tonight in Dallas? #TXSenateDebate
- UPDATE: The shooter is one of the deceased this morning, according to MedStar — at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement. Video shows an armed church member took the shooter down with a single shot.
- NOW: Members of Congress given gas masks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in the upper left with stars on his face mask.
