Are looking at Hurricane Harvey. How as a weekly did we plan for this coverage . We were going to wait to see what the storm was like because when we were planning over the weekend, the storm had not hit. By sunday it was clear that it was a huge disaster. Peter was back from vacation, he is an economist and he can take almost any story and look at the economic angle but also a human angle. He was perfect for this. There is another story. Chris has been doing work with fema and reporting on National Building codes and how a place like houston and texas in general are allergic to building codes. The combination of those two, the economy in houston and how things are put together, the cando attitude, but, lets do anything we want to do, and how this patchwork of Flood Control came together, and then there is this attitude about building codes. We dont like building codes. Carol ive got a lot of family in texas and i love them dearly, but they do things their own way. [laughter] oliver i
We have to do as much as we can to get our commerce back online, but we have significant problems we are having to deal with. Ive come to the homes of people. It is one thing to see it on television, but it is another thing when you go to the home of a person and you can smell the odor of the mold, when you go into the home and see the childs toys are destroyed, when you can sense the agony that people are having to endure. Going into their homes makes a difference. And when you can see how they willpersonal attention, we have to have a lot of counseling for people who have been devastated. By what people to know this i want people to know this. Poor people have dreams. When you go into their homes and see all their personal bagsgings in plastic and their dreams being shuttered, can really touch your heart. My hope will be that we can do something for those who can live in the streets lifestyle, those who have lost everything and they do not have the means to acquire new things. Host T
Morning is representative al green, democrat from texas. He represents the night district, which includes houston. Ood morning to you guest it includes houston as well as Missouri City and saffron so we want to make sure that we include them as well. Host when it comes to houston though, give us a status report of how the city is faring post harvey. Guest the mayor has indicated that houston is open for business and i agree. We have to do as much as we can to get our commerce back online, but we have significant problems we are having to deal with. Ive come to the homes of people. It is one thing to see it on television, but it is another thing when you go to the home of a person and you can smell the odor of the mold, when you go into the home and see the childs toys are destroyed, when you can sense the agony that people are having to endure. Going into their homes makes a difference. And when you can see how they willpersonal attention, we have to have a lot of counseling for people
The island of bali and good Old Fashioned manual typewriters live on and on in india. Welcome to your business im krista of Colburn Bolin two days after the violent referendum on independence in catalonia rage and im certain are taking their toll on the economy and spains richest region a general strike brought large parts of catalonia to standstill on tuesday carmaker say ive had to hold one of three production lines some warned that catalonia breaking away could hurt spains economic recovery. Spaniards like yourself or gomez lost their jobs when the countrys banks were on the verge of collapse she runs this Community Group one of many for those affected by the credit crisis for them no investment from banks meant no opportunities for businesses to grow cutbacks followed unemployment has since dropped nationwide but spain is still very much in recovery Pro Independence catalans are confident they say their industry and tourism will help them go it alone but breaking away would certain
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