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Bossier city, louisiana. What is the situation there . Yeah, youre not kidding. The rain has started coming down. I just got a text from a fire chief. He said they already have downed power lines and arcing trees. 15 years ago during hurricane rita, they had these Tropical Storm force winds theyre expecting in about three hours. It took down a lot of trees, some landing on houses, widespread power outages. A hospital had to be evacuated. Theyre prepared for that right now. The other concern you ...

Good morning, and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie cy. The 2013 election brought major surprises, but for avid political watchers and the offyear voting was a tasty appetizer for the main courses to come, next years midterms and the race for the white house two years later. Voters picked new leaders in cities and states across the country. Most of the National Focus was on new jersey and virginia, where governors were chosen. New jersey incumbent Chris Christie was reelected in a land...

Mrs. Fischer mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from nebraska. Mrs. Fischer i would ask that the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection, the quorum call be suspended. Mrs. Fischer thank you. May i speak in morning business. The presiding officer the senator has the floor. Mrs. Fischer thank you very much. Mr. President , i rise today to rise on behalf of 18,000 nebraskans who have contacted me to express their concerns with the negative impacts of obamacare...

If you want to list things to worry about, he said his father the president is surrounded by 37 appeasers. Yes, he means people who just tell trump what they think he wants to hear, where the family gives him the right direction. What a perfect definition of a country run by a royal family, again, on the russian model, the romanovs, a bad example of having it all and blowing it. And thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in. You...

We saw some of that flooding all over the roadways. Now were talking about major highways, i10 south of here. 69 is closed. Beaumont becoming its own mini island, and in very many places across jefferson county, you have islands just trying to get help to them, because there are so many rivers that are passing through. Rivers that used to be streamtr like this street behind me. You see the water coming off the street there. Thats traveling into a drainage ditch, and this is the problem. We just ...

Through this. Judge jeanine i know you will get through it. You people are hard working people in texas. You dont want to be someone who is taken care of. You take care of yourselves and your family and friends. But i want to tell you, congressman. Our family lost our home in a flood. So i note havoc and devastation. How are you and your family dealing with this. What if anything is lost in your home or is your home lost totally. My home was not flooded. We had water around it. Thousands and tho...

Fewer people will actually pay tax at that rate. Now, let me tell you what else they want to do. They want to nearly double the standard deduction. 12,000 for individuals. 24,000 for married couples. Thats the justification for raising the lowest tax rate from 10 to 12 that a whole lot of people arent actually going to pay for. The plan also calls for the elimination of the socalled marriage penalty. Raising the tax credit for a child under 17 by a yet to be specified amount. And look for a new ...

White house. Good morning, al. This morning First Response from the white house to north Koreas Nuclear test overnight. Of course it comes in the form of president ial tweets. The president writing, quote, north korea has conduct add Major Nuclear test. Their words and actions continue to be hostile and dangerous to the United States. North korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, this is trying to help but with little success. A couple of thoughts off ...

On down to wharton, they say. We can use every hand. Reporter martin savidge, thank you very much. And thanks to you for joining us. Our breaking News Coverage continues now with ac 360. Houston. A week after Hurricane Harvey came ashore, the reminders that this is not over keep coming and theres a new one that just happened. Explosions and a massive fire at the Chemical Plant 25 miles northeast of houston. It began with flooding, followed by a power outage, and the equipment to keep explosive c...

Dangerous and its really the lack of visibility. We can barely see 100 yards in either direction and obviously with the winds blowing at this speed if there is debris flying through the air i dont want to be out in the middle of that and get caught up side the head by some Flying Branch or anything like that reporter hold on one second, ed. Stay where you are. Stay where you are right now because some of these big trees are surrounding this hotel. I dont know if theyre going to make it. Theyre s...