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The amount of coordination that was occurring there in that little office in denton, texas, with the coordination between the state agencies and the federal agencies. that was much earlier in the sequence. but they were doing a great job understanding what each other were doing and so that there was a minimal of duplication and people werent getting in each others way. but the critical need was getting to the people that needed the help. but this is going to -- make no mistake, this is going to ...

Shouldnt they -- ainsley: they might prefer the other. brian: i will add another personal story that we can all relate to. frisco is our favorite restaurant across the street they have a del frescos in houston. everyone has been helping out. so far del frescos restaurant as a group donating 20% of all sales. not that you need a reason to go to great restaurant. the goal to exceed a million dollars and donate that to the houston area food banks. ainsley: so nice. ken, who is the ceo, one of the f...

Appropriations for things that did not relate to sandy at all and doubled the cost of that bill. i think most members are, were and still are supportive of specific bills of relief that members should not add on other important projects or their pet projects. i think thats going to happen. >> if that were to happen in this package, as it pertains to harvey and other things attached to this relief package, would you still be on board knowing the need of your constituents or arguing to streamline ...

Not just physical, as we know. i was heartened to hear that in these shelters, they have mental health professionals, particularly for children and the elderly, i think thats a key part of this. >> trish: i told you this before, but we went through sandy, we were displaced in a hotel for 3 weeks per my children were quite young at the time. every time they see range of this day and this is hard for them to watch on tv when they see these images coming out of texas. to this day, when they see rai...

Instances where it seems that congress is lining up on the same page. the only question is the details of how they go about passing it. certainly looks like fema will be getting a lot of money in september. >> you dont think that this is going to become a thing where this will come back to bite them? many texas republicans said no to a lot of the funding for sandy. you think people are going to take the high road in washington and say weve got to get funding even if they voted for my state for s...

That were spent. that has been a concern of mine as well. i want to be certain that the help gets where its needed, when its needed, but, yeah, we do have a responsibility to be stewards of the taxpayer dollar. thats a concurrent responsibility. >> is that why you didnt vote for the sandy financing? >> i thought sandy should have been broken into at least two trun chs, it wasnt. i didnt win that argument. as we learned with katrina, there were funds that were available but then never spent. ther...

A premium that is consistent with their property, we should have a reserve fund in this program so that when you have a disaster like harvey or katrine or sandy, we have resources there to pay it, but right now, you will see the supplemental authorization from congress, it is the heartfelt thing to do, but we should look over the horizon and say how do you make this program work? we have properties that will flood multiple times, and when your property floats, you get a mold in your house, lets ...

>> later in missouri for a speech on tax reform, the president kept his focus on people hit by the storm. vice president mike pence is set to visit texas to view harveys devastation today. lets bring in cnn politics reporter tal copen in washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dave. >> teleprompter trump, he does show empathy. i dont know. maybe we made too much of this in the first place. i think as i said yesterday, if you vote for trump, you didnt expect someone to speak...

Sandy funding. a few years ago, we saw this come to the surface yesterday. a little cabe news spat between christie -- cable news spat between chris christie and senator ted cruz. listen. >> its disgusting to me that hes standing in a recovery center with victims standing behind him as a backdrop, and hes repeating the same reprehensible lies about what happened in sandy. >> im sorry that there are politicians who seem desperate to get their names in the news and are saying whatever they need to...

Country is helpful. >> neil: did he make the case? i know he wanted to champion tax cuts as a way to grow the communicate but he didnt spell out specifics. did he want you guys to sort that out or what? >> yes. the answer is yes. were working as a team with the white house, the senate and house tax writers on that bold transformational plan. were making good progress. well keep you posted as the specific next steps take place. the important thing is, were focused on a unified plan and the urgenc...