Real Housewives of Dallas, Abbott acknowledges 'mistakes', TV dispute over: Your Friday morning roundup

Here is a look at the headlines to start your day  [Morning roundup]( 08/30/2019 By Todd Davis Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌥️ Weather: Maybe you're off for Labor Day weekend, but your air conditioner better be working. A high of 97 is expected with a low of 77. The chance of rain is 20%. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke Thursday with families of victims and survivors of the Aug. 3 shooting at a Walmart in El Paso. About 30 representatives from law enforcement and non-governmental agencies were part of a discussion of public safety. (Mark Lambie/AP) POLITICS [Abbott says 'mistakes were made' when his fundraising letter targeted migrants]( In front of victims of the Aug. 3 Walmart mass shooting in El Paso, Gov. Greg Abbott opened public safety talks conceding "mistakes were made" when he sent potential donors a fundraising letter that warned Republican supporters of the dangers posed by undocumented migrants entering the Texas border from Mexico. [Abbott's comments came in response to a question Thursday]( at the beginning of second Texas Safety Commission meeting to seek legislative solutions in the wake of the massacre of 22 people by an alleged white supremacist. Abbott's letter, sent a day before the mass killing, generated wide condemnation by community organizers and political foes who say such language only widens the divide and inspires hate in an already polarized country. "Mistakes were made and course correction has been made," Abbott said. "I want to emphasize the importance of making sure that rhetoric will not be used in any dangerous way and will make sure that we work collaboratively."  Also: [Texas small business owners]( explain why they tolerate Trump and his tweets.   And: [Is America open to electing a woman president]( Democratic voters weary of white male choices have doubts.  ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS [Nexstar, AT&T reach agreement to keep local broadcast stations on AT&T TV, DirecTV, U-verse]( Irving-based Nexstar Media Group and AT&T reached a multi-year deal Thursday to continue carrying Nexstar's local broadcast stations on all AT&T video platforms. "Our customers want more choice and value and we are pleased to deliver that through this new agreement with Nexstar and its many local stations," said AT&T executive Rob Thun in a statement. [Both companies said in the statement]( that they "regret the inconvenience" prolonged negotiations and subsequent channel blackouts caused TV customers in the 97 affected markets across the U.S., including nearly 30 in Texas.  Also: Feds settle with [the Dallas company]( at the center of a $13 million cryptocurrency scheme.   And: [Dallas-based Topgolf]( targets central Europe as its next expansion market.  SPORTS [Farewell to minor-league baseball great Dick Getter, one of the last Dallas Eagles]( City columnist Robert Wilonsky writes: A professional baseball player died here this weekend. You didn't hear about it, because Dick Getter spent his entire career — from 1947 till 1960 — in the minors. He played for teams associated with the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs, but spent those 14 years on a seemingly never-ending tour of places called Iola, Seaford, Zanesville, Batavia. The first time Getter's name appeared in The Dallas Morning News was May 6, 1955. Said the headline above the brief tucked deep inside the sports section, "Eagles Get Outfielder on Option," referring to the power hitter dispatched to Dick Burnett's Dallas Eagles by the Minneapolis Millers of minor-league baseball's American Association. By then Getter was an old man in the minors — 26 years of age. Dallas was the ninth stop in Getter's career — and the last he would call home. He and his wife, Joan, moved first to Oak Cliff, to live near the ballpark that shared a name with the Eagles' owner; then to Farmers Branch, to a modest house along a quiet stretch off Marsh Lane adjacent to Brookhaven Golf Course. [That's where I first met Getter 21 years ago.](  Buccaneers 17, Cowboys 15: With preseason over, Jerry Jones expects Cowboys running back [Ezekiel Elliott]( to miss regular season games.   Texas A&M 41, Texas State 7: Save any [big-picture conclusions]( about Texas A&M’s season outlook for another week.  ADVERTISEMENT EDITORS' PICKS - What's in store: [Downtown Dallas is getting a new market]( in the Italian shop CiboDivino. - Who doesn't like fun? [15 fun things to do]( this Labor Day weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth. - City government: [Council member Omar Narvaez]( was "exposed to pepper spray" at Dallas City Hall, police say. - Obituary: Jim Leavelle, [the detective in a historic photo of Lee Harvey Oswald's shooting]( dies at 99. Kary Brittingham, who will appear on The Real Housewives of Dallas, was born and raised in Mexico. She moved to Dallas at age 19 and has lived there ever since. (Ben Torres/Special Contributor) FINALLY ['Real Housewives of Dallas' adds first Mexican cast member with Sept. 4 return]( Finally, The Real Housewives of Dallas is getting real. New cast member Kary Brittingham is the first Mexican woman on the Dallas-set Bravo show. And she's busting in on this rich, white Texas tea party with attitude. When season four premieres Sept. 4, Brittingham will replace her friend Cary Deuber, who will make occasional appearances but has left the show as a front-and-center cast member. [Brittingham shares a few things in common with the five returning ladies]( She's wealthy. She's beautiful. She's confident. But she calls herself "not your typical Highland Park girl," despite the $5 million mansion she lives in with her husband and four kids. (Plus a whistling parrot named Kiko and a dog named Dolce.)  👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! 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