Texas could serve as "model" for mass deportation plans, border czar says
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Jack is as passionate about reporting today as he was when he first began his broadcast journalism career about 35 years ago.
He covers politics for CBS News Texas and hosts the weekly show Eye On Politics, which airs at 7:30 Sunday morning on CBS News Texas Channel 11 and is streamed through the CBS News app and Pluto TV at the same time.
Jack joined CBS News Texas in September 2003.
He regularly interviews Republican and Democratic elected officials, and interviewed Joe Biden when he ran for President in 2020 and former President Donald Trump in 2018 and when he was a candidate in 2016.
While Jack loves covering politics, he has also worked on investigative stories and covered numerous hurricanes and tornado outbreaks.
He won an Emmy Award for his investigative report on DFW Airport spending, and Texas Associated Press awards for his stories about the previous indictments against former Governor Rick Perry, his coverage of the federal courts in Dallas and his weather coverage.
Before moving to North Texas, Jack reported for television stations in Orlando, Southern California, Fort Myers-Naples and Utica, New York.
He began his journalism career in Syracuse, where he was an anchor and reporter at WHEN-AM.
Jack has been happily married for more than 30 years to Amy, who is a former morning news anchor at radio station KLIF-AM in Dallas. They are the proud parents of two amazing daughters.
Jack and Amy both graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
While they still bleed Orange, they love Texas and are happy to call the Lone Star State home.
Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.
Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.
Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.
The European Union Ambassador to the United States said the Lone Star State could get a boost from increased exports of liquified natural gas to Europe.
Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.
In the 2024 election, Democratic hopes of flipping the biggest Republican-run county in the nation were largely dashed.
The last time a Republican president won by this much in Texas was in 2004, when George W. Bush won reelection.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz locked in a third term in Congress Tuesday by defeating Democratic Rep. Colin Allred.
Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond. This week, the focus is on election day on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.
"What Kamala Harris has done on our border is cruel, it's vile, and it's absolutely heartless," Trump said.
Vice President Harris will be joined by Colin Allred at a rally in Houston, while former President Trump will appear in Austin with Ted Cruz.
The latest six polls listed on the Real Clear Politics website show Republican Ted Cruz leading Democrat Collin Allred by an average of 4.5 percentage points.
The Texas Senate race between Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Collin Allred is in its final stretch as Election Day approaches.
Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.