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President Biden approved disaster declarations for several parishes in Louisiana following flooding May.

Colleagues on the human side. >> reporter: new hot zones now popping up across the country. tonight, disaster declarations for texas and louisiana. in new orleans, mardi gras just weeks ago. a celebration with massive crowds and days of partying may be one reason the coronavirus is now spreading faster than anywhere else on the planet here. >> my ems department, over 50% of my people are now on quarantine. and so while weve unlocked additional resources at the state level, the state can no longe...

Alright who wants to go again? i do! i do! i have a really good feeling about this. powerful storm and it is still battering the bahamas. the national hurricane center said dorian is now a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour. however, it is still creeping along at just 1 mile per hour. forecasters say it will move dangerously close to floridas east coast over the next couple of days. hurricane watches and warnings are in place up and down the florida coast. presid...

He said theres a heavy caveat. he doesnt think background checks are effective. >> the background checks he said he was before was in the fake of el paso and dayton and then he flipped. and the hurricane, what is the president saying about this? >> reporter: he continues to warn residents of a variety of state, even alabama that might not be affected saying this is a big hurricane. hes going to give us more comments on the hurricane when he heads down to fema in about 30 minutes. he says hell do...

Mike pence touring flood ravaged areas of the midwest promising help is on the way. >> i never fail to be inspired in moments like this where communities come together and people volunteer, put themselves in harms way, shows character and compassion of our communities. shannon: pence sank the trump administration on disaster declarations in nebraska and iowa, three people killed while hundreds of others have fled from their homes, all that you are looking at, missouri, new video showing how quic...

Not just the golden state but the american taxpayer. in fact 2005, california has received some $6 billion in fema grants to fight and obviously rebuild of the numerous wildfires. you may say how many? since they better hundred 98 federal disaster declarations. it is the most of any state in the country in almost all, 177 out of 198 federal declarations involved fires. one of the main arguments the trump administration is trying to make is, we collectively, federal and state governments can do a...

Jobs. thats never happened before in our modern economy. unemployment is the lowest in a generation. so the fed is raising interest rates to keep the economy from overheating. but its also freaking out wall street. overt white house criticism of the federal reserve, an independent agency, is rare. the president sees the stock market as his personal scorecard. last week, trump blamed the federal reserve for wall streets worst week in months. corporate america is coming to the rescue. u.s. stocks ...

New this morning, severe flooding in texas killed at least one person. the governor there issued disaster declarations in 18 counties. look at that. the bridge collapsed. wow. residents are being told to stay away from their homes for the next 24 hours. cnn meteorologist, jennifer gray, has the forecast. >> that river shot up 30 feet between monday and tuesday and it has gone down quite a bit and still expected to raise today so the threat of the water going back up is there. the bridge got wash...

As his personal score sheet. kmug to t coming to the rescue this week, corporate america. good profits ahead. stocks rebounding yesterday. the dow alone soared 546 or 2.2%, the best day since march. severe flooding in texas forcing the governor to issue disaster declarations in 18 counties. llano county especially hit hard. evacuations ordered because of flooding from the llano river. the f.m. 2900 bridge over the river collapsed. residents are being told to remain away from their homes for th...

Years. rather than raises, companies have been boosting benefits, giving more paid sick leave and better health care. but now employers may need to jack up salaries to attract or keep workers. they have seven million open jobs. especially lower paid workers. for example, amazon just hiked its minimum wage to $15 an hour. you can see the competition for workers there. >> all economic indicators pointing to the positive. >> you hear from a lot of employers that theres a mismatch. that they have th...