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Thank you. Typically wed start this hour talking politics from here in washington, but not today because as so rarely has happened this year the biggest story is not named donald trump, its harvey. A second landfall may be possible this week. Dams ready to be released. 4,000 members of the National Guard mobilized. 2,000 people rescued so far. We prayed a lot and we just praised god and we were rescued. So, were very thankful. Within the last hour or so, the president approving an Emergency Decl...

To float down what would have been roadways to try to get to safety. Part of the areas of the state received up to 17 inches of rain. The National Weather service says some parts of this city could receive as much as 40 inches of water this week. Emergency crews have been working around the clock to help those in need. The governor has asked people with any type of boats or high water vehicles to assist in rescue efforts across the state. We also just before 5 00 p. M. Eastern time, the presiden...

Members rescued people on all day. You might be able to see there is one fireman manning votes. It seems like they had some trouble getting out of the area. They were given a car ride back to the station. This fireman is waiting for his fellow fighters to return. We didnt interview and they had been rescuing people all day long. They rescued people from the rooftop. Take a listen to that interview from a short while ago. One of the emotions running through your mind. This must have been an exhau...

Storm has killed three people. More than 2,000 rescued. President trump will visit the area tomorrow. Here is what he said about the storm today. I want to begin today by extending my thoughts and prayers for those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Right now the single most important thing is the safety and security of those still in harms way, including the First Responders who have been so terrific and brave. Youre going to see very rapid action from congress, certainly from the president , and yo...

That is just days after mr. Trump raises their restraint. Kim jongun, i respect the fact that i believe he is starting to respect us. Chris will break down how the administration plans to deal north korea and afghanistan, in an exclusive interview with the Rex Tillerson. Plus, the president pardons former arizona sheriff, joe arpaio getting criticism for both president. The president supports Law Enforcement. Chris will ask the sunday panel if the president is sending a message about being inves...

Neighbor. And that is pretty powerful to watch. We will accept everyone who comes to this shelter. We are not turning anybody away. We will not stop until we get as far as we can. We are going to come back. I know we are. We are one american family. We hurt together. We struggle together. And, believe me, we endure together. Pete welcome to fox friends. All eyes on houstons swollen reservoirs. Ainsley officials are warning harveys dramatic come back might uncontrolled releases sometime today. Br...

They destroyed homes and buildings i left 300,000 people without power. The worst could be yet to come. Expected to last for days. Thus go live to casey. We had to shame the people in the background here but this is what we you should not do if you are in this region. Look at those people out there right now thinking its fun to hang out right there in the middle of all of those crashing waves on that rock formation that goes out, taking selfies and funny videos of themselves. But you see the whi...

And have seen some damage, however much of what weve seen so far has been really superficial structural damage. Lets say a couple of tiles or siding thats been ripped off buildings, maybe some windows that have been broken. But nothing compared to what perhaps some of our friends south of here have seen. And of course plenty of debris. Theres plenty of branches, plenty of tree limbs and street signs all over the place. Because earlier today if it was not grounded or bolted to the ground like thi...

They just pancake. We dont have electricity, no water. Basically we just we are still breathing. But it humbled us. Leland the flooding shutting down highways and byways, turning them into waterways as people use kayaks and boats to get around and with days of rain still in the forecast, Texas Governor greg abbott warns the worst could still be you have to come. It will continue to be a challenge for a few more days, there will be more rain coming down in the houston area as well as the values t...

Response from the white house and we will have much more on that in a short time. But first to Hurricane Harvey. The massive storm packing winds up to 145 miles an hour. Torrential rains and the potential for massive flooding in the coming days with the storm surge of some 12 feet. The fema director saying texas is about to have, quote, a very significant disaster. Texas officials now telling citizens who do not evacuate, listen to this, to write their names and Social Security numbers on their ...