Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 07/17/2019, including: Pew Research: average illegal alien lived in America for 15 years. Asylum requests overwhelm US immigration system: A look at the numbers. Can the “masters of the flood” help Texas protect its coast from hurricanes? After centuries of fighting back water in a low-lying nation, the Dutch have become the world leaders in flood control. And their expertise is helping Texas design what would become the nation’s most ambitious — and expensive — coastal barrier. State leaders again want to review how Texas elects judges. Will they end partisan judicial elections? After an election that swept scores of Republican judges out of office, Gov. Greg Abbott is eyeing judicial selection reform. Advocates hope that the perennial issue may finally draw some attention.