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Alltime high. The storms dropped more than 50 inches of rain on the houston area. At least 39 people are dead. More than 30,000 will in shelters across the state of texas. Harvey also making its presence known at the pump. Gasoline prices spike as one quarter of all Refining Capacity is still shut down. President trump making his case for tax reform calling it a once in a generation opportunity. The president reiterating his call to slash the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Provide tax relief...

You literally wrote the book on the history of disaster management. Why do you give this effort so far good marks . Thank you for having me. I notice you said so far three times which is important because things can often go off the rails. But the first initial phase of response in terms of getting materials to people who need it and you have people on top of it who have practice and know what they are doing. What we have seen thus far is these things are coming together, and you have a top lead...

We will, and first, i have a lot of family and friends that are down there in the great state that are suffering right now and our thoughts and prayers certainly go out to everybody that is down there. When you try to separate though that devastation and it is horrific, you look about the economy which in houston which is a 500 billion economy and how it affects the greater economy over 20 of the nations refinery ability has been shutdown. The Colonial Pipeline that goes from houston to new jers...

I thought, what is this . Reporter heidi had a secret mission. Had she made a secret enemy . Theyre gonna wanna shut her up, permanently. Reporter but who were they . Decades of digging, and then a chilling, chance encounter. He said to us, do you really wanna know what happened to her . He said, i grabbed her like this. Oh my god, finally it was unbelievable. That was, jaw dropping. Reporter tonya priest never wanted to be a star witness, least of all in a longago abduction and murder investiga...

Their bills. Neil youd think just whatever funding youre going to have emergency or otherwise have it dont tie it or attach it to anything or put provisos on it . Absolutely not. Straight up or down vote on the aid necessary to make sure the people in houston not only can get through this first period but i could tell you from the Hurricane Sandy period that if this lasts for a while afterward s then the rebuilding on the people are going to need to get their areas back to what it needs to be. N...

Insurance companies, the private Insurance Companies would price in the risk. If there was money to be made by pricing in risk, they would do it. This is what we need. Its kind of ridiculous that all of the american taxpayers should be on the hook for National Flood insurance, as tragic as this situation is. Look, the all time record for a flood payout was 20 billion. Hurricane andrew in 1992. That was a cat 5 hurricane. Had it hit miami, there are estimates it would have been 200 billion. Thats...

What do you make of that . Look, when you have a tragedy of this proportion, what you want from your president is competence and you want authenticity. Not everybody is a hugger, not everybody is an emoter and i think that part of why were having the hug counting, how many hugs he gave or didnt give, why we have silly discussions whether the first lady can wear sill stilettos on the way to air force one. Theyre handling this well. I think there were plans in the media for stories how he dropped ...

This was its a wonderful thing. I think for the country to watch and the world to watch. The president and first lady were received by the people. When he had the capacity and where with all to help he stepped up throughout his life. President trump with a direct message for north korea hours after the nation claimed they successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. He says north korea with a Major Nuclear and their words and actions continue to be very possibleas and dangerous to the u. S. It was south...

Well break down the hard choices facing the white house and have reaction from influential voices on capitol hill, senator ted cruz and congressman joaquin castro. Plus, after the flood. Pretty insane. As the waters recede, in texas, the recovery begins. We have a long way to go. But the water is disappearing. But with hundreds of thousands of homes damaged or destroyed and tens of thousands living in shelters, how will the survivors pick up the pieces . Are they getting the help they need . We ...

Month of gain and nasdaq ending august at an all time high. Federal and local officials are trying to sort through the week of hurricane harvey. It dropped 50 inches of rain on the houston area and 39 people are dead and 39000 in shelters in texas. Harvey making its presence known at the pump. One quarter of all refining is shut down. President trump making his case for tax reform in missouri on wednesday, calling it once in a generation opportunity. The president reiterating the call to slash C...