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Everybody, the job that youre doing, the coordination, we just left north carolina. they got hit really, really hard and they are working and all of that water is coming your way. a lot of people dont know that. they assume you look outside and you see this beautiful weather but over the next couple of days its going to get rough in south carolina. the federal government is behind you. we have lindsey graham here. we have tim -- where are tim and lindsey? tim scott. theyre with us all the way. t...

But when we get through this, the rebuilding process you would argue needs to take into account that social infrastructure in the rebuild. >> very mup so because there is no wall that can protect us from the wall youre seeing here. you wont be able to block out the threats and at the end of the day whats go eing to help us connect on all types off things, whether its improving health or our capacity to make it through climate change, were going to have to invest in ways we cecome together. and s...

Look at the statement from sarah huckabee sanders yesterday alluding to the fact triple take place, saying he will not do it until he knows it wont distract from or hurt the relief efforts underway. is it a good idea for him to go down? >> politically speaking, it is. it is a state he won. to be quite honest with you, david, i do not think the president is going to carry himself in the manner in which he did in puerto rico. he recognizes that folks in that state, in north carolina that is, voted...

Transparency and have the open lines of communication with the american public we can start a rebuilding process to the benefit of puerto rico but also recognizing if people are irate. are angry at the unequal treatment, at the second-class citizenship treatment that the people of puerto rico received relative to other states then you need to look no further than the reality that puerto rico is a colonial territory. that we dont have the rights to voting members in congress or the rights to vote...

>> yes. i do. >> how? your a political junky. how do they change? >> people will go out and be motivated to vote and that is work we have to do on the ground. let me a-- add, there are group talking about a community-based rebuilding process that we have an unelected fiscal control board in puerto rico making decisions on unelected board chosen by congress that is making decisions on how money will be spent on the island and whose prime interest is the bondholder. we want a community-driven proc...

To yield and reckless driving. >> rick: california wine country has been on the mend since massive wildfires wreaked havoc in october. the real struggle has been assuring tourists theyre open for business. adam housley is live in napa valley to do just that. >> we started to look into the story when we had people we met with on other stories saying they wouldnt go to wine country because they heard it burned down. after all the fires that burned here seven all totaled in northern california burn...

Galloway furniture and see if we can get 15 to 20,000 people to eat thanksgiving today. it comes to fruition today. beautiful day, we have people inside the stores on the dining room tables eating thanksgiving dinner. 2,000 seats outside in the wonderful 70 tree weather today in houston. it should be a great day. we are looking for a sense of unity and community. griff: jim, i want to ask you quickly clearly the devastating floods, i had the fortune to cover for fox news. but as you are having t...

Boss that companies barely had to compete for half of the federal contracts that were rewarded. nearly half of the 540 million contracts, $252 million were awarded outside of the open bidding process and in most of those no bid deals federal contracting officers contacted only one business beforehanding them the contract and in some cases they asked several businesses before picking the best one. youve seen puerto rico taken advantage of over and over and over again even in the midst of the suff...

Hurricane maria. pace of recovery if youre wahoffing that lynn manual has been outspoken. he sat down to talk about the resilience of the people of puerto rico. >> youve seen puerto rico taken advantage of over and over and over again. even in the midst of the suffering there. its, i guess im just asking for a comment. i dont really have a question. its just shocking. >> yeah, its shock iing and it maddening and its part of the reason were here today. puerto ricans are resilient and they work ha...

>> neil: governor, what is your relationship and how do you think president trump specifically has done? >> i said, the president has responded to our petitions. we have been very clear with that. he has set historic meeting ins the white house to move the agenda forward. hes responded to our petitions. however, this is a long haul forward. my job as governor is to make sure that that commitment is evident, continues on and that in this recovery process and rebuilding process, we get the full su...