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Texas where floods washed out these train tracks, derailing that freight train. So far, there has been 20 inches of rain dumped on parts of texas. The rising waters has also stranded drivers, who needed to be rescued from some cars. Ed lavendera is joining us now from very close to that Train Derailment. Ed, last we spoke, you seemed to be, i dont know, it seemed maybe less than a mile away from that Train Derailment. Whats happening there now . Reporter are yall seeing him . He drops . Okay, we...

22 weeks from tonight, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton will face off for the presidency of the united states. Clinton has already made history as the first woman to clinch a major party nomination. Tonight, she and trump are adding to their delegate totals. There are six contests tonight, including new jersey, where cbs news projects trump has won unopposed. No projection yet on the democratic side. Bernie sanders is is hoping for an upset win over clinton in california toni...

Proposal to put together a socalled Deportation Force for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Kellyanne conway saying that is to be determined. Donald trump insisting hes not flipflopping his original immigration policy. Heres what trump had to say this morning. Listen. Were dealing with people, we have to be very firm, we have to be very, very strong when people come in illegally. Im not flipflopping. We have to come up with a fair but firm answer. We h...

All along that round about 35 miles. They are seeing real destruction. You can see houses smashed together with trees, smashed together with cars. You can see buildings with the roof ripped off your some buildings gone almost entirely. Peoples houses, you can look radiant through broken walls, see clothing, see children childrens toys. Could be months before this area is habitable again. Right now First Responders on the way and help is arriving in the area. The National Guard has set up a stagi...

I have to turn it over to ali velshi who will pick up. Well keep this up because this is this is dramatic. The story that has been playing out again and again in houston as you see this rescue worker, this Police Officer see that little girl being brought over in floaties. Gabe, thank you and please, stick around. Gabe, stay right where you are. This is very compelling. Were not going anywhere, were staying with this picture. These are rescues in houston, were monitoring rescues in how fast hous...

The Addicks Reservoir is reportedly now overflowing for the first time in history, that comes despite a controlled release of water yesterday aimed to prevent an overflow. President trump commending the work of crews and volunteers who have rescued thousands of peopl people. Things are being handled really well. Their spirit is incredible. The coordination of the different services, as you know, has been going very well. Rate respect for the governor, hes done a respectable job. Molly we are als...

Look like next to me. It comes about to my bellybutton. This could happen in just a few days. There hasnt been a storm like this for 47 years here, so there are people i know who were small children when it happened, but we have really havent experienced anything like this. The rain event is the big question mark. We have no idea how long that may go. Look, this is going to be a disaster, and what that means is your normal daily routine is about to be zrumtd for multiple days of the the infrastr...

Stay on the line. Do not hang up, because that just expands our trunk system, which overloads it and puts on hold the number of people we cant get to. So stay on the line. What we also initiated last night whats a voice activated system that notifies people if they do call 911, their call is being processed. Thats significant. It what we were experiencing earlier was a constant rain and thinking our system was down. Our system hasnt been down, just the long way to call, so stay on the line. Were...

Harvey moving finally up and out of the gulf. The brunt being felt in port arthur, texas. The mayor of that city described it as being entirely under water. The nations Largest Oil Refinery is out of commission in that city. The Port Arthur Civic Center opened last night. Was supposed to be a ref unl for peop refuge. It was flooded. In beaumont, texas, they had to save a mans life behind them as they were setting up for a live shot. A guy drove his truck into what he thought was a road. It wasnt...

How soon, how quickly they begin to move on raising the debt ceiling. Theres a fight back and forth what do they do about that thing. What do you think . Its a fight back and forth and this is where we start looking at infighting within the republican party, right . But i think that what he said is very important. Neil dont encourage him. laughte laughter no, but when hes right, hes right. Encourage me, wendy. They need to come to consensus, this is going to be a big issue when it comes to 2018 ...