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It would be one thing if president obama was there, probably wouldnt have been done it. we would have been concerned that you want to make sure everybody understands. its him himself. hes not focused on harvey. hes already made that clear. for them to move onto tax reform when republicans in congress are kind of getting ahead of them before republicans in congress come back. i understand why they did it. >> its the business mind set. only in washington can you only do one thing at a time. if som...

The pump is a lot less costly than shedding the blood of our young men and women who serve this country in uniform. >> do you acknowledge that given the impact that harvey may have on our oil markets, considering how many refineries are in the gulf coast. >> sure. >> that this makes your efforts that much harder to find a majority to support you on this decision? >> well, theres about 4% of u.s. consumption is based on venezuelaen oil. and it is a heavier crude thats important for certain refine...

Michael steel, jonathan swan for taking the time to be here with us today. that does it for this hour. "meet the press" daily starts now. hi, chuck. >> hey, casey. nice work, hon. good stuff. >> appreciate it. >> all right. good. well, anyway, if its wednesday, the president tries to split screen the news. tonight, the president in focus. >> if we care for and support each other and love each other, then we will truly make america great again. >> how do trump voters judge the president after all...

Conditioned we are now to no longer be stunned by things. >> i feel a reckoning coming. things are different. you have trump supporters saying i like his policies, but i dont like him. like this is -- theres erosion. and i saw those focus group voters. they were asking for president pence. >> it was different. i agree. something was different. >> and they have to be wearry of that too. >> four out of five trump voters in that trump group, college educate. just keep that in mind. because the divi...

The atlantic hurricane, six lists of 21 games each, there are no xqyo zblr names. well see this years names come back around in 2023 f. but we can be pretty will be the last time ever that any storm will be named harvey because storms that are deadly or destructive get retired. it happens at the annual meeting of the u.n. folks. when they mipick a new name to replace the retired ones they pick a short name that arent offensive to other countries. well be right back. the lincoln summer invitation...

As we continue to look at the impact of harvey, one of them is obviously on the oil business. so huge throughout texas. and means a lot to all of us who put gas in our cars. nbcs miguel almaguer is in houston in front of a shell refinery. how prepared were they for this, and what impact is the biggest concern right now? >> reporter: yeah, chris. its not just the sheets of rain here, but its the rising floodwaters that threaten so many facilities like the one behind me here. more than 3,000 emplo...

Know, this prairie land would absorb a bunch of rain water is, you know, ludicrous, its absurd. and we can essentially fight concrete with concrete. we can through these massive public works projects that mitigate flooding, you know, retention ponds, widening the bayou system. that kind of thing. and, you know, some of that might be needed. but scientists are saying whats really needed is smarter development policies, and for public officials to start thinking about climate change, and how clima...

Didnt know, you know, where harvey was going to go and if it was going to dump, you know, any amount of rain on houston or a lot of rain. and so i went to sleep saturday night and woke up sunday, and it -- everything had totally changed. it dumped -- the tropical storm dumped a huge amount of rain on the city overnight. and, you know, it all went down hill from there, pretty much. >> reporter: you actually have given a lot of thought to this and a lot of research to this, because you co wrote a ...

The water is still rides rising in houston. the water in some roadways 17 feet deep. thats right. 17 feet deep. officials opened this spillway at the reservoir this morning in an attempt to keep the waters from overflowing their banks. but there are concerns the move could cause even further flooding. harvey, which came ashore as a category 4 hurricane, has been blamed for at least two deaths. now federal officials said this morning more than 30,000 people are expected to be placed in temporary ...

So we have seen so much of that. so its hard not to notice that just as much as the anguish. and those people who have been rescued, theyre also so thankful. there are a lot of emotions going on at the same time. >> jacob rascon who has been doing great reporting along with our entire nbc/msnbc team. thank you for that. and there are ongoing evacuations this hour to save thousands of houston residents. officials still defending their choice, not ordering mandatory evacuations earlier, although t...