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Mistyped at this point, we wouldve heard about it. but we see how political fortunes fall in the case of george w. bush, and how they are saved in the case of president obama with hurricanes katrina and sandy. >> harris: you mention tom bussard, homeland security advisor who stepped up to the left turn at the white house press bee -- briefing on friday. >> sandra: americans doing what americans do best, coming to the aid of their fellow citizens as harvey pummels texas. we will talk to senator t...

Others supported hurricane relief for sandy. hurricane relief and disaster reheef has been a vital central role for a long, long time. that particular bill became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. two thirds of the bill had nothing to do with sanity. and what i said then and still believe now is its not right for politicians to exploit a disaster for them to pay for their own political wish list. it needs to focus on victims of disaster relief, and i did that for sandy an...

Is because, yes, the optics of the president matter right now. but as we were all saying, this is still an ongoing crisis. if it takes months -- it will take months to respond to it. if the resources dont continue to be there, if there are routine fights on capitol hill about, oh, we have to worry about the federal budget which is why we cant send money to help this natural disaster in our own back yard, thats when things are get more and more sticky and people will start to look more and more a...

Secretary watch whats happening here, how has this proceeded in the last several hours? >> of course, tremendous great luck that the hurricane category has been downgraded, but from an operational perspective, that still raises a lot of concerns that the public will think everything is safe. we no longer have a category 4 pr hurricane, we have a 2 or 1. nothing could be further from the truth. as the fema director said we have an inland flooding event. when it met shore it was downgraded to a ca...

Another inch of water. how much -- i know theyre on the eastern edge of the precipitation bands. but since all the amounts are so elevated, how much water are they going to get? >> at this point, the graphic were showing here gives us the forecast for the next five days or so. and we do think that there will be rainfall that will approach the 5-inch mark over that period. we do get summertime rains that can drop an inch or two in a day. if you can get this to occur over a long period, that over ...

President obama held a press conference to caution everyone ahead of sandy. president bush held one to warn against katrina. how much does it matter that the president does or doesnt address the nation or the fact that he is going up to camp david or not? >> i think president needs to hear from their elected leader. they need to hear they understand whats going on and understand they will have the supplies and support they need to get through this catastrophic event. >> what about the nation hea...

The highways damaged so we cant bring goods to market, there are going to be other consequences as a result of this and away the president president handles it both an action. that was a lot of the problem with katrina as well. >> harris: the similarities and we saw this with the super storm here on the east coast, sandy, by day six or seven in towns where you had outages and it was snowing. i dont know people remember, but it was summer time and then it was snowing. youre out of your home, wher...

Storm. whipping winds of 130 miles per hour. so, as you know, from recent history, natural disasters clearly have a way of bolstering breaking elected officials at times. everyone will be watching how the trump team manages this storm. in august when katrina turned into a human tragedy on george w. bushs watch. >> i want to thank you all for -- and brownie, you are doing a heck of a job. the fema director is working 24 hours. [applause] >> martha: that was a comment got him in hot weather back t...

Rise. if nothing else between now and the storm, which is scheduled to hit friday night into saturday. the first major hurricane to hit the united states in 12 years. sandy was a super storm, not a hurricane. "your world" with neil cavuto after this. boost. its about moving forward, not back.

Hair. dont just tell me brown. tell me what its really like. >> its like a sandy, sandy, sandy brownish blond, you know what i mean. >> does she look like -- >> you know what she looks like. ill tell you exactly who she looks like. miley cyrus. >> miley cyrus. >> miley cyrus. >> but a legal miley cyrus. >> but a legal one, yeah. >> whats the most memorable thing you guys have ever done together? whats the best memory you have of each other? >> kind of when we first got together we had a little c...