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With this as its goes on, the difference between looting and may be having to take an essential like food, just basic food during a hurricane, does law enforcement see any differentiation between that? between people trying to go in and take a tv sets of forces trying to food? >> they have to make these decisions, they have to make these decisions based on the fact of what they see, and someone just trying to get water or food to survive, that is a whole different deal and someone coming into yo...

Now the plant was open, 11 workers and employees stayed at the plans when harvey hits, but they were eventually evacuated because of the instability of the chemical compounds there, they created thats 1.5-mile a safety zone, so it seems that it is potentially under control, but thankfully, the fumes are nontoxic, say officials. shannon. >> shannon: much more to develop on thats likely before it is over. the federal government is winning both praise and criticism for the harvey disaster so far, k...

>> come texas, we get more natural disasters than any other state, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, this is nothing like we have ever seen though, this is really remarkable, and i do have to say that donald trump, and our governor, has done an amazing job, if you think about the number of lives that they have saved, the severity, we dont want to lose anybody, but it is amazing, the efforts in the court and is coordination. >> eric: sadly, there have been over 100 deaths, and you do have a point ab...

You expected? >> yeah, we headed out saturday night, came into texas, we were shocked to see the actual amount of damage, it was lost more than we thought it was going to be. >> eric: what was the greatest challenge? >> the logistics have been an issue with us, multiple roads close, we cant get around, we cant get through, that has been a nightmare, but we are getting through. >> eric: how do you know where to go? >> we are working with a lot of emergency preparedness, government officials, they...

>> eric: continuing showdown with north korea, american bombers and stealth fighter jets conducting live fire exercises, it is whats officials that describe as a direct response to the north latest provocation, comes after pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over japan this week. at the u.s. exercised simulated strikes against north korean facilities. >> the president will go to ask congress for money, depending on where they needs are, but that is his intention, he wants to make sure that peopl...

Terms, one by one, force, there is a lot of work left to be done. >> shannon: a lot of strain on the medical system there, as you noted. thank you very much. >> thank you, shannon. >> eric: meanwhile, those looking to profit from the disaster are out there, looters face heavy penalties and jail time. more on that, the attorney general. state attorney general, welcome. >> thank you. you know, it is so heartless at this time to have people take advantage of victims, what type of cases are you seei...

Your house. >> yeah, its horrible. how many great volunteers, hundreds of people risking their lives to save people, they are in desperate situations, we have had some of those incidents, and what i would tell people is that you should verify that you have the right documentation, do not leave your house, unless you are absolutely sure that you have the right people in front of yo you. >> eric: and there have been some very sporadic and rare cases of looting, about 40 people have been arrested, ...

We should make programs actually work instead of reserve funds that can meet the disasters like harvey? it does not exist like that, so i think we will see some opposition to this bill from democrats and republicans, but i think you will see a lot of people supports this common sense reform, we are trying to look over the horizon and how you make a program work after taxes for the next big disaster. >> shannon: and we are talking about government money, but that is taxpayer money, so there are p...

The president has a couple very important meetings here at the white house, the president laying down a very big marker to those folks who are coming over, that he expects some action on tax reform, springfield, missouri, yesterday, saying in no uncertain terms he expects congress to give him what he wants. listen to this. >> i dont want to be disappointed by congress, do you understand me? do you understand? i think congress is going to make a comeback, i hope so. i tell you what, the united st...

Back to places like illinois so that there are room for the pets that were left behind, and there are now specialized animal rescue teams going into places where the water is a little bit lower, places like massachusetts, iowa, illinois, colorado, and they are just trying to pick up as many dogs and cats as they can thats were either left behind by people who were scared for their own lives and didnt think that they had time, or didnt think that they would be able to bring them into a shelter li...