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Sent a tweet out, he says ive spoken with governor abbott of texas and louisa governor edwards. closely monitoring hurricane harvey developments and here to assist as needed. i heard you speaking earlier today and you talked about the amount of money that goes toward the disaster once it happens versus before the disaster. >> we are spending 14 times more money on post disaster versus predisaster. we say can we transfer some of that money from one side to the other? its going to service very wel...

Speed into a concrete column when not wearing a seat belt, doesnt take a conspiracy to understand the consequences of that. but -- the bigger question to my mind is the whole sequence of estlaen events that took her from in 1981, idealistic princess to that in 1997. that sequence of events is one into which there have been no enquists and is the interesting story at the moment. >> indeed. patrick jephson. thank you for taking the time. please, dont forget to watch my cnn special report -- "diana...

Warning, thats on them. >> president trump tweeted minutes ago, i have spoken with the governor closely monitoring hurricane harvey developments and here to assist as needed. facing its first natural disaster test. a senate republican is warning president trump to remain focused and avoid mistakes made during hurricane katrina. plus criticism coming from inside the white house. gary cohn admonishing the white house for comments such as these -- >> i think theres blame on both sides and i have ...

Things can be make or break for a white house. does this white house take it as seriously as they should be? >> reporter: yeah, these disasters can be politically perilous, obviously. george w. bush and katrina is a good example of that. well show what the president is doing today. first of all, trying to be visible as he gets briefed on whats taking place right now. along the gulf coast. heres a picture that he posted not too long ago showing the president in the oval office being briefed by to...

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