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Brian: dr. gorka as you know you made news last week by resigning from the white house. they have a different take on how you left im looking at you had gary connie who said something very critical of the president in a magazine story and then you have the secretary of state separate himself from the president when it came to his stance on charlesville. are you surprised they still have a job? >> look, brian, i dont like -- having been the brunt of them for seven months, i dont like to feed the ...

Tragic times such as these bring out the best in americas character strength, charity and resilience are those characters. brian: president making that comment yesterday sitting with the president of finland. then he took questions about it. i think if you flip around and see the people going out of their way to try to find something to criticize the president on. but all you hear is inspirational talk and you see these inspirational stories. ainsley: look at this picture. it is a deputy with ha...

Of texas. and louisiana. >> a harrowing and heart wrenching situation unfolding in houston. >> flooding shutting down highways and byways. >> i have been in law enforcement 28 years. this is the worst i have ever seen. >> we are still breathing. but it humbled us. >> i love this town. i love these people. >> people stuck in their homes. got to look out for everybody. >> you see people pulling together and helping thy neighbor and that is pretty powerful to watch. >> everyone who comes to this sh...

Moment like this is to be prepared. you want leaders that are on it and proactive and have a plan. sometimes there is no good decisions at all as you can see. do you stay? do you go? as long as there is decisive action being taken thats what they want. brian: did they learn enough in the last storm in order to prevent massive damage in this storm and lets hope there is a mayor not going to hide in hotel room like the last one. pete: things dont get better when you hide from it. this white house ...

Texas. we are going to follow fema today and hopefully team up with them. our griff jenkins is reporting the release of the addicks reservoir which auto could be devastating. we have looked at the map there are hundreds if not thousands of homes that could be affected by that reservoir released today. back to you in new york. brian: matt, looking at that number are you saying that the recommendation is at this point to not call 911, to call that number instead? >> you know, i would say maybe cal...

Pete: wow. brian: right. this is going to shifted to how people can get to services and place to live very shortly. first we have to wait for the rain to stop. ainsley: lets hand it over to jillian who has more for us. jillian: thats right. we are following a couple news stories to get you caught up on. antifa members attack peaceful demonstrators. prayer valley in california punched pepper sprayed. now is he calling out politicians. >> im just wondering moderate left, how long are you going to ...

Extreme investigating order into high gear. starting in october require were refugees interviews before granting status in the u.s. help screen for terrorists and other national security risks. as president trump prepares to head to the disaster zone in texas today, the bush family is also showing their support. in a statement, president george h.w. bush says he and wife barbara are praying for all of our fellow houstonians and texans. bush 43 says the devastation breaks our hearts. we are confi...

This is the river goes west fork east fork moves into houston and towards the houston area. we have never seen levels like this. unprecedented. there is the san jacinto river it will crest at 127 pete. the record is 126. it doesnt move from major flood stage until after labor day. there is the east fork. 77-foot crest later on today, tomorrow, and then it stays major flood stage. so this is going to be an ongoing catastrophe well after the rainfall guess. we are seeing unprecedented rain. dayton...

States away and her mom is in a nursing home. she said my mom needs help. brian: they did get help. navy came and saved them. literally picked them up. take a look now. they are dry. they have a fresh set of clothes and they are safe. pete: focus it takes to -- brian: social media saved the day. first major storm where social media is playing a major role. 911 just cant possibly handle all these emergency calls. pete: even the texas national guard is monitoring it and getting a sense. ainsley: t...

Neighbors garage a lovely couple. what you can do? not that we in the media are heroes but neighbors help us. most people do not have cell phones. many are losing them to the rain. brian: we have land lines now. a the hough people got rid of land lines because they dont use them. they get really stuck if the phones do work you dont have one. thanks, matt, great job. pete: hanging sheets. any way of signaling people are using. helicopters not enough but helicopters can identify people and even go...