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In operation to do quickly, and thats the money the president appears to be asking for beyond that i dont think we want to make the same mistake as sandy, which is to ask for way more money. do it in multiple occasions just like the joplin tornado a few years ago. >> are you comfortable with raising the debt ceiling with the harvey money? it sounds like the president wants that? >> thats one way to do it. >> youll vote for that. >> the whip and the leader need to look at how the votes come toget...

Exte extended. >> and keeping the government running. some of those things combined, i will say this on harvey, one, the things that the mayor just talked about. the fema money and the stabilization money and clean up money. all are important to do quickly. the sba loan money to get people back in operation, all important to do quickly. thats the money that the president appears to be asking for. >> beyond all that, i dont think we want to make the same missa mistake they made with sandy. we can...

Ted cruz, senator from texas, calls for the federal aide in response to harvey, again, hes a vocal critic in the past of some of these types of spending bills. remember, in 2013, he voted against the federal aide after sandy, and now even republicans are calling him out on this saying hes been a hypocrite. how do you square it? >> well, first off, ted cruz did support aide for sandy victims. he did not support the boondoggle of funding for other projects for members of congress such as fisheries...

Talk about how virtually every republican lawmaker in the house of representatives and in the upper chamber in the senate, they want to give aid to those impacted by harvey, but how they want to do it is theyre very much divide on this. heres why. youll remember back when other storms have impacted thing like sandy, katrina, have impacted a host of other states, including new jersey, by the way, and youve got ultraconservatives who are saying they want to pass a separate piece of funding bill, e...

Up. i think we have to come toke in a bipartisan fashion an help folks in texas. >> the discussion about how some texas republicans werent there for sandy? >> i think its irrelevant. it has nothing to do with right now. i think politics should fall to the side. we kould should come toke and help our neighbor sfwls. >> in past debates, congress pushed to offset, to cut spending equal to the money appropriate for disasters. you want to cut spending to pay for this bill? >> certainly im inclined as...

Horrible flood and storm and to be able to use that leverage and perhaps to delay some of the fighting over the wall to focus on getting a package passed. i think time is whats important. as youve heard from lawmakers over the past couple of days, they dont want to somehow tie this to the debt ceiling fight which would push a package off. i think the first order of business, theyve got to get back, got to get this agreed to and get money working. you look at details like the fact that from katri...

The texas delegation voted against funding for sandy. you know how complicated it can be. what do you see happening here? what would you be okay with? >> congress has a bad habit of lumping a lot of unrelated things together. thats why i was originally opposed to the sandy bill. disaster relief is something that is -- has brought bipartisan support. i think the sheer magnitude of this is going to push us up against the debt ceiling. and that discussion of the debt ceiling im afraid is going to h...

Control the house, the senate. if they were to do what you just said, they would be committing political suicide. i think politicians know a little bit better and look at the president, the vice president was there yesterday. i think the trump administration is doing a good job. they remember katrina, they remember sandy, an act of god, remember, by karl rove that helped obama win the election, i dont think so! >> i just dont think why they think $6 billion is the right way to start when we are ...

About him being okay. >> have you talked to ocho or toms families? >> yes, maam. i talked to thomass mom. >> hows she doing? >> shes holding up okay. its her child so shes devastated of course. >> manny, were praying for you and your friends and families. obviously we will bring any information we get right to you. thanks so much for being here. back to you, chris. the anguish, the unknown about your loved one in the midst of battling for your own swoo survival. hopefully not too much. were go...

People have to remember this is the poor function of government, to look after people, take care of people who have no other place to go, not even to their local government or the state government. they have to be able to rely on the federal government when something is this large. i think its a huge opportunity for a president who claims to want to dig in on details around infrastructure, to understand core function as president is to lead a federal effort to respond to disasters. >> so what do...