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Resources to get those out. its occurring all over the sit of texas. through our partners at the army corps of engineers we are working to restore power. so we are providing emergency generators for critical infrastructure to support things scruch as 911 centers or other critical infrastructure within the state of texas. finally, were also providing emergency communications. were trying to help the state reroute 911 centers but also making sure that we are interoperable between the federal state...

D.o.d. assets in support of state and local efforts, youre seeing that right now. arthel: joining me now texas governor greg abbott. thank you for being with me. >> thank you. arthel: absolutely, sir, listen, the flooding continues, more rain on the way, governor, you got your hands full. whats your priority that the hour? >> protecting life. we had to do all we can to protect life as you have seen the rain poured out in houston, texas and the entire region, not just houston, the counties around...

At least four feet of water expected, if not more overnight. and you can just think what can happen, and your hearts go out to the people who are suffering through this and hope at least their lives are okay. right now the volunteers in those boats that weve been watching this afternoon, theyve been bolstered by reinforcements, more national guard troops being deployed to help the rescue efforts. all this as we have been reporting more rain in the forecast, more water rescues anticipated in the ...

Armed when required for assigned duties and reasonable expectation dod property or personnel, lives, dod assets will be jeopardized if personnel are not armed. further, overriding factors determining whether or not to arm them is mission and threat. heres what that means in short form. commanders, you will protect your troops. when my wife and children were targeted for assassination, department of defense picked us up, moved us to military insulation. every single military insulation today and ...

Firearms in military facilities including recruiting centers. however, there are some provisions in that directive that allow weapons to be held on military facilities. one is for law enforcement purposes. the other is, quote, when there is a reasonable expectation that life or d.o.d. assets will be jeopardized. if firearms are not carried. i think a lot of people will be taking a look at that klaus in light of what happened today. heres one little moment we saw earlier today. a marine in dress ...

During the clinton administration severely limited carrying firearms in militarys and bases. september when except when there is a reasonable expectation that life or d.o.d. assets will be jeopardized if firearms are not carried. i think a lot of people will be reexamining that clause in the light of what happened today. >> pete heg seth, good to see you. theyre sitting ducks. preparing for the show today. i saw a dozen warnings about the threat to military centers and yet there they stood, mari...

D.o.d. assets to respond. >> but none outside libya will. >> the quickest response option available was a security team that was located at the embassy in tripoli. >> but the americans have no plane in tripoli. >> we agreed that we would move forward with chartering a plane to fly a response team to benghazi to provide additional reinforcements. >> 11:10 p.m. benghazi. a u.s. drone armed only with cameras begins circling above the compound. five minutes later, a second wave of attackers arrives....

Dod assets to respond. >> bret: none outside libya will. >> the quickest response available was a security team that was located at the embassy in tripoli. >> bret: but they have no plane in tripoli. >> we agreed that we would move forward with chartering a plane to fly a response team to benghazi to provide additional reinforcements. >> bret: 11:10 in benghazi, a. you drone armed only with cameras begins circling above the compound. five minutes later a second wave of attackers arrive. >> annex...

>> we ordered all available dod assets to respond. >> reporter: but none outside libya will. >> the quickest response option available was a security team that was located at the embassy in tripoli. >> reporter: the americans have no plane in tripoli. >> we agreed we would move forward with chartering a plane to fly a response team to benghazi to provide additional reinforcement. >> reporter: 11:10 p.m., benghazi. a u.s. drone armed with cameras begins circling with a come pound. five minutes la...

The president. >> we ordered all available dod assets to respond. >> reporter: but none outside libya will. >> the quickest response option available was a security team that was located at the embassy in tripoli. >> reporter: the americans have no plane in tripoli. >> we agreed we would move forward with chartering a plane to fly a response team to benghazi to provide additional reinforcement. >> reporter: 11:10 p.m., benghazi. a u.s. drone armed with cameras begins circling with a come pound. ...