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PROBLEM: After previously withholding his endorsement , U.S. Sen. John Cornyn , R-Texas , said Sunday he 's supporting Ted Cruz for re-election in 2018 . 
While Cornyn made a pitch for the latest proposal , known as Graham-Cassidy , Cruz continued to assert he was undecided -- and was even more explicit at one point , saying Senate leaders still do n't have his vote . 
In a joint session with Cruz at the Texas Tribune Festival , Cornyn called the junior senator "enormously constructive" in the Senate and pledged to support him as he seeks a second term . 
Cornyn said he recently had breakfast with Cruz and they agreed it was important to set aside their differences -- mainly on tactics , not policy -- in the wake of Hurricane Harvey . 
"I think it 's really important , particularly in light of the challenges brought by this huge natural disaster , that we stand together as a Texas delegation and there 's no space between Sen. Cruz and me when it comes to doing work for our state ," Cornyn said . 
Cruz said Graham-Cassidy has some "very good elements" but does not do enough to lower health insurance premiums . 
The authors took the changes but removed them a day later , Cruz said . 
Cornyn had previously declined to endorse Cruz for re-election , saying he was "not going to get involved in any primary races , particularly with my colleagues in the Senate ." 
And Cruz refused to back Cornyn when he was seeking re-election in the 2014 primary . 
"Right now they do n't have my vote , and I do n't think they have Mike Lee 's either ," Cruz said . 
Watch Smith 's full interview with Cornyn and Cruz below . 
In 2018 , Cruz is facing a challenge from U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke , D-El Paso . 
Cruz has been generally tight-lipped about O'Rourke , but he went further than usual at the festival while responding to a question about his opponent . 
"I do n't think Texans want a far-left Democrat in the Senate ," Cruz said .

SOLUTION: John Cornyn says he 's supporting Ted Cruz for re-election in 2018 .

PROBLEM: EASTERN GHOUTA  Syria (Reuters) - His brow dripping with blood and his skin caked with brick dust   Abu Abdallah  was pulled out from under the rubble of  his  house near Damascus after  it  was blown up in an air raid.
 He  was lucky to survive the bomb that fell while  he  was having breakfast  dropped by one of the countless warplanes that emergency workers say have pounded the rebel-held Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta in recent days.
 His  three-year-old son was not so fortunate.
âWe were sitting around  eating â said Abu Abdallah - a sobriquet meaning â Abdallah âs fatherâ - as  he  recalled Tuesdayâs strike. âMy son wanted to use the toilet  so his mother took him. Then the missile came down.â
âI was under the rubble... and my head was bent down  I couldnât raise it â said  Abu Abdallah   who declined to give  his  full name. âI said thatâs it  this will be the end of  me .â
Abu Abdallah  26  who was rescued from under the rubble after an airstrike  is seen at a relative's home in the Saqba area  in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta  Syria  January 11  2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
 Abu Abdallah  26   comes from the eastern Ghouta village of Marj al-Sultan  which the Syrian army recaptured from insurgents in late 2015.  He  had moved deeper into the enclave to the town of Saqba with  his  family to try to escape the bombing.
âNow itâs still not clear what we will do â  he  said.  His  family is staying with relatives while  he  recovers from a head injury and a back strain.
âThe (world) should have mercy on these children and women because they have nothing to do with the fighting â Abu Abdallah said. âIf they want to fight  let them go fight on the frontlines. But why are they bombing us?â

SOLUTION: A Picture and its Story: Syrian pulled from rubble mourns 'martyred' young son

PROBLEM: Businessman Chris Kennedy  jumped in with  his  take: âThatâs why we have a divided government â  he  said. âFor gosh sakes  if weâre not going to call out other parts of government â if you donât see your role as governor to call out a mayor whoâs not representing the people of a certain city  if youâre not willing to call out an assessor whoâs violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act â if you donât think thatâs the proper role of government  you should go read the Constitution ...
Well  yes  Iâm all for calling politicians to account â pointing out their failings and demanding they do better. And while I understand that constructive criticism and attempts at engagement and compromise arenât politically fashionable  I donât think  Kennedy  set the table for long-term success  should  he  be elected  with  his  over-the-top accusation earlier this month that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is leading a âstrategic gentrification planâ to drive African-Americans and other minorities out of the city.
Iâd say the same thing about  Kennedy âs repeated claims  one example seen above  that successful property-tax appeals result in less money for our schools.
Thatâs not how property taxes work. Schools set an overall levy  and that amount is divvied up among all the property taxpayers in the district. When your tax bill goes down after an appeal  everyone elseâs goes up fractionally to compensate. Candidate Daniel Biss  a state senator from Evanston  explained this clearly to  Kennedy  during a similar session Wednesday before the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board.

SOLUTION:
Game on! Pritzker parries the 'insider' charge Kennedy lashes back