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Cnns alex marquart was with some of them today. so, alex, man, i could only imagine. the damage -- alex, harvey damaged about -- destroyed about 100,000 homes. tell me about these families you were with who were evacuated and seeing their homes for the first time. are. >> reporter: well, when youre going home with these people for the first time and they are seeing the full extent of the damage if is absolutely heartbreaking. we were with several people throughout the course of the day including...

Other organizations are taking donations. best of luck to you. thank you very much for sharing your story this morning. >> gosh, shes so -- i mean, you know, sad but upbeat, too. and so happy for her family. >> the texas resilience is amazing. you hit a good point. flood insurance is lacking in the right wing. >> im war -- in the region. >> im worried thats the next chapter for folks. this chapter is rain. lets get the forecast from meteorologist karen maginnis live in the weather center. hi t...

A ten-year-old yesterday. his favorite is contreras and daniel got a big hug out there on the field along with a ton of cubs swag and to make this day even better, contreras in his first at bat belted a three-run home run for the cubs. they would win this game big, 7-2 over the white sox so a pretty awesome day for daniel on his tenth birthday. >> thats what i love about sports. >> reminds me of seinfeld. oneil, good stuff. the senate begins to debate health care and president trump sounding u...

You know, i didnt give him that job now he has this and democrats working for him. rod rosenstein comes from maryland everybody knows there arent a lot of republicans in maryland. andrew mccabes wife gave money to the democrat policy. so its not about muellers qualifications or rod rosensteins qualifications. its about where he sees them on the spectrum and its black and white, theyre either with me or against me. >> and we should say maggie said he seemed upbeat, when we talk about obsessing an...

Meeting with natalia veselnitskaya. mr. kushner played down the significance of the meeting and omitted significant details according to two people who were briefed on the exchange. they said mr. kushner informed the president that he had met with a russian foreign national and that while he had to report the name, it would not cause a problem for the administration. now, theres only two people who could have briefed someone else about that exchange -- donald trump or jared kushner. this passage...

Ulterior motive behind this kind of compliment? >> i think its classic diplomacy. clearly hes praising president trump. and saying these nice things, thats part of diplomacy. the thing to watch is what does the united states do in its russia policy. does president trump really believe this? and lets give him some credit. maybe he realizes this is putin saying fawning things, but theres critical issues ahead. you know what is going to happen in syria. you know, what happens in ukraine. and again,...

Welcome back. were awaiting results of the meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. well bring you that as soon as we can. and often its about what isnt said thats the big news or how something is said. take todays face-to-face from president trump to the president of mexico. the small talk, brief, upbeat, about working together. renegotiate, for example, the north american free trade agreement and work together on border issues especially organized crime. and then...

Complicated healthcare. one critic of the healthcare effort sounded more upbeat about the next big push. >> were in the information gathering mode right now. i can tell you what most americans need and want, they need lower intrusion from the federal government in their lives. they need lower taxes so that they can take more of their paycheck home. >> the senates top democrat, chuck schumer, doesnt send ready to work with president trump on tax reform. >> hes been captured but the right regard w...

Filibuster. that means republicans would need 60 votes to confirm gorsuch. they dont have that. but republicans could change the rules here. what are you hearing about how this could play out? >> after his marathon three days of testimony, neil gorsuch was satisfied and he was upbeat, sources told me. the next day, as you said, schumer calm out strongly against him. as you said, gorsuch needs 60 votes to be confirmed. if the democrats filibuster, they are going to trigger republicans to do somet...

Done. >> hes been saying for so many years that the republican party needs to evolve into not an opposition party. the part of the problem is you have a quarter of the house republicans right now, not just the freedom caucus, who have never been in a republican majority at the congress when there is a republican president. you have people who dont have governing experience. thats a long-term problem. >> john until today, this afternoon, the officials of the white house sean spicer, they were upb...