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Strong as we found them. and finally, take time, in the rush of events and responsibilities, for friends and family. theyll get you through the inevitable rough patches. michelle and i wish you and melania the very best as you embark on this great adventure and know that we stand ready to help in any ways which we can. good luck and godspeed, bo. barack obama. we have our panel with us to discuss this. senator, let me start with you. because you have been around and you have interacted with many...

Democracy at least as strong as we found them. finally, take time in the rush of events and responsibilities for friends and family. theyll get you through the inevitable rush patches, michelle and i wish you and melan melania, and know that we stand ready to help in any ways which we can. good luck and godspeed, b.o., barack obama. >> you have a president. >> that was a very gracious letter, i understand why president trump shows it to the people that come to the white house. i think he hit on ...

Expanded steadily since the end of the cold war and upon which our own wealth and safety depend. third, we are just temporary occupants of this office making us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions like rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties that our forbearers fought and bled for. regardless of the push and pull of daily applicants its up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we found them. and finally, take...

There. it will be boats, helicopters or high water vehicles. >> brigadier general patrick hamilton, thank you so much for taking the time with us today. i know it is a very busy and important effort. godspeed to you and all of those working with you. i want to bring back into the conversation, thad allen of the coast guard. youve been in charge of similar rescue efforts. just talk to me about if you are the brigadier general, trying to figure out how to do this, what is your central challenge as...

Flood. and all your possessions are just taking away. shirt on your back. it puts you in dire constraints. and there is no shopping right now because there was a run off all the stores basically before the storm moving in our direction. so its in a short -- from the standpoint of goods and services because of the transportation route in the city. >> commissioner alfred, i know you dont just represent the town, but this is your home too. sow youre suffering just like the people you represent. i w...

What we are looking for for the long term is well be setting up a long-term operation to assist the community and getting back on their feet and just before this segment, we heard brock long from fema talk about the need for helping to clear out homes from debris. thats what we do really well and we plan on being here for several months and bringing in 1,000 volunteers as best we can. >> leland: 1,000 marine veterans can do an awful lot of good, as you all have already done. really appreciate yo...

The backup generators, two of them did not work, the chemicals have to be kept cool and they are not being kept cool. we have had two explosions, some release of smoke in the air and we have a have more explosions. though seem to be under control after that occurred so we still have more problems. >> leland: we are watching aerials houston, water receded in some areas but in others it looks like lakes, islands that are homes. godspeed as you get back to work in washington, we will be sure to tal...

Shelf or have you had to go day by day, hour by hour. >> thats a great question. i dont think any of us predicted this but i think in light of katrina, the way fema and the states and u.s. commanders have stood up, theyve developed a program and we do this every year across the entire country, we practiced for events like this. the scale and resulting consequences are very similar. by doing that we can help prepare ourselves to respond and we will focus specifically on the needs to that specific...

>> leland: can you drill for an unprecedented event or do you have to at some point hope all the training works and go by the seat of your pants? >> certainly there is some seat-of-the-pants that has to be done. we prepare as best we can and as we get into the situation adapted so we can stabilize and take care of our fellow texans. >> leland: we know you have it saved immense number of lives, governor abbott was saying he didnt want to question how many rescues were going on because he thought ...

And godspeed. >> thank you very much. >> molly: we are continuing to watch harvey, it has already put roads, highways underwater as it stalls out over houston, how much worse will things get? we outfox coverage coming up. part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. and right now save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-ter...