Page 23 - Rebuilding Process News Today

Concerts earlier this year. the bands 70s and 80s hits often featured a jazzy sound. beckers song writing partner says he will keep steely dans music alive as long as he can. ♪ >> we have rising water still in the beaumont area and other parts of the state of texas that we need to still be involved in the search and rescue process, but then the rebuilding process and this is where the long haul begins. the president has indicated hes asking for more than 7 billion dollars as a down payment on ...

How serious is the pollution and perhaps toxic pollution from some of these chemical plants? and will it be a continuing health hazard? >> chris, in any type of flood, especially any type of hurricane-based flood, there will be issues about contaminated water.it could involve chemicals, it could involve waste. people need to be very cautious as they go through the rebuilding process.understand that the water has been contaminated separate from that you are talking about chemicals that could be f...

Rebuilding process. >> governor abbott, thank you so much. >> thank you. congratulations and some advice. in his final moments in the oval office, president obama left a private letter to president trump. we now know what it said, word for word. and youll only see it first, and here, on cnn. thats next. ["love is all around" by joan jett & the blackhearts] ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile? ♪ ♪ who can take a nothing day, ♪ ♪ and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? ♪ ♪...

That can pose real health hazards. so we caution everybody, as you begin the rebuild and clean-out process, understand that your homes, your buildings and areas -- any area where the flooding waters have come across your property, there is potential very dangerous dirt and grime left behind. >> should people wait to know the answers to what really is left behind before they go back? >> no. as we toured around houston yesterday and went through neighborhoods, we saw in typical texas fashion, peop...

>> right exactly and look i am optomist being that congress will come together when they convene next week and pass an emergency spending bill that essentially funds the first round of funding for the people of houston and the greater area but moving forward i hope that we can find a bipartisan solution to this. i know that some vice president pence in particular is very focused on offsets for disaster relief. thats what he did several years ago when katrina hit, so moving forward we cannot play...

Happening again, taking into account how we plan our cities to say thats partisan i think is a copout. >> i think this is just the beginning of a discussion that is sure to continue to happen in the days, weeks and months to come as we do continue to follow the recovery process and the rebuilding process there in houston and beyond. simone sanders and scott jennings, thank you both for joining me. coming up, president trump and the first lady are expected to have more events there in texas befor...

Joe" this morning. >> most of the city is now dry. and, so, were turning to recovery and if housing, housing and housing, especially for individuals whose homes were greatly damaged. and i expect 40,000 units, if not more. we are going door to door. we started that yesterday. many of our communities all over low-income areas to make sure to make sure that we have not missed anyone. >> and, hallie, we talked so much about the outpouring of support all over the country for the lone star state and ...

Shelters. 30 plus thousand people in shelters and theyre opening them all the time. those people will be able to get back to their homes and then well start the rebuilding process. >> thanks very much. >> thank you. >> for ways you can help those affected by harvey, please go to cnn.com/impact. you can also find us on facebook and twitter at cnn impact. there are lots of ways you can help. i want to go again because, as we get a sense of the need there, one of the best ways to see that, admiral,...

>> it looks like that restarted. >> the entire communicate wty w affected, and by the grace of god well be fine, well get by. >> thank you for letting us speak with you and come in your home. we know this is difficult, im glad to see there is some progress being made today. >> the progress will be slow the reason being the demolition and all of what is happening here is being paid out of pocket. we have, i have a client that gave me the use of a pickup truck in the interim, but we will be fine. ...

So this is a period of rebuilding. theres a lot of people who lost homes, families, a lot of people lost everything. its hard to say whats next for the unknown. a lot of people out there can relate to that. what were looking forward it to is rebuilding process. rebuild the home, rebuilding of the lives, of the dreams that were lost and shattered over these past dpas. days. thats what i see being next. >> carl we appreciate you being with us. a little hard to hear your audio but we get it we appr...