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History, but the destructive toll it struck can be hard to comprehend. 51.88, thats the number of inches that fell in cedar bayou outside of houston, the greatest rain event ever in the continental united states. 436,000, the number of households seeking help from fema. 7.85 billion dollars, the amount of money president trump has initially requested in federal funds for first-round of harvey relief. 250,000, the number of harris county homes with flood insurance policies. there are 1.75 million...

Theyre bound together by common purpose, mutual trust and selfless devotion to our nation and to each other. >> donald trump on monday saying veterans are all part of one family. today a new report in the wall street journal that hes moving forward demanding the u.s. military break up that family and kick out people who self-identify as transgender. joining me now for a special discussion is eric fanning. hes a former secretary of the army under barack obama. he happens to be the first openly ga...

Rob: one more topic, steve scalise shooting this week. is this message they need to toni itone it down. >> i hope so, tom price using word crazy as a metaphor for turn out, democrats, we have to stop that. stop it on both sides, this is horrific. it really, emboldened and empowers our enemies in world when when we this divided this rhetoric just rized our country, were all americans, we all have a common purpose, i believe, and i hope out of tragedy of representative scalise shooting we come tog...

Divisions. how do we move together going forward? >> i think more than division, its about pointing out the stark difference between whats been happening over the last eight years, chris. he was talking about truly fixing health care. how do we secure our border? issues that i think a lot of americans tapped into and agreed with. moving forward what i saw when i came in in 2010 is if you think you can just have one party rule i washington, or in state government, it never works. you have to brin...

That afflict us, in particular, our brothers and sisters who are members of the clergy, having devoted themselves to comforting and supporting people in all sorts of situations. yet tonight, there was a particular sense of challenge and of pain. i want to thank everyone who gathered together in common purpose. i want to thank bishop brown for hosting us, for his leadership. i want to thank speaker melissa mark and public advocate and tish james. i want to thank borough president jimmie otto. i w...

Savior whose grace is sufficient for the multitude of our sins and love has never failed. and most of all i know that all americans and men and women of different faiths and those of no faith that they can name are nevertheless joined together in common purpose. believing in something that is bigger than ourselves and the ideals that lie at the heart of our nations founder. that has a people we are bound together. so this morning let us summon the common resolve that comes from our faith and pra...

Ago. nearly half of this country believed the problem is man-made. only 24% say it is not. most americans recognize the shift in our national mind-set. president obamas speech showed an evolving america, i think. those who do not want to come along, i guess theyre going to be left behind. >> first, it was the most partisan and divisive inaugural address in living memory. now, there was the veneer of unity and common purpose. but its always unity and common purpose as a means to an end. and in th...

Along, i guess theyre going to be left behind. >> first, it was the most partisan and divisive inaugural address in living memory. now, there was the veneer of unity and common purpose. but its always unity and common purpose as a means to an end. and in the end what obama defines is advancing his own left wing agenda. >> actually, the president was advancing the agenda of the majority of people in this country who voted in the 2012 election. another guy who doesnt get all of this is a guy named...

Nearly half of this country believed the problem is man-made. only 24% say it is not. most americans recognize the shift in our national mind-set. president obamas speech showed an evolving america, i think. those who do not want to come along, i guess theyre going to be left behind. >> first, it was the most partisan and divisive inaugural address in living memory. now, there was the veneer of unity and common purpose. but its always unity and common purpose as a means to an end. and in the end...

Examination of the congress today. i mean, incumbency has always been there for most members of congress, both the house and the senate, but there was, up until probably, i dont know, arguably the mid-70s, maybe early 80s, the composition of the congress included a majority of people who had lives other than politics before they went into politics. and thats all changed. >> that has changed. and i think that changes the mindset of trying to do something in washington. you know, that ridiculous "...