Lone Star Politics: July 13, 2014

On Lone Star Politics, NBC 5’s Kevin Cokely and Gromer Jeffers from The Dallas Morning News ask former U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison why she opposes President Obama’s request for Congress to spend $3.7 billion to deal with the Border Crisis. She also weighs in on the 2016 presidential race, including her assessments of fellow Texas Republicans Gov. Rick Perry and her successor, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. Gromer and NBC 5’s Julie Fine also discuss the implications of Gov. Perry’s meeting in Dallas–Fort Worth with President Obama. Watch Lone Star Politics Sunday at 8:40 a.m. on NBC 5.