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Volunteer volunteers and the heart of texans really showing themselves by looking out for their fellow man. were not going to be able to do it all by ourselves, whether its at the state, county or local level. its going to be brother helping brother, neighbor helping neighbor. in the coming days when we see more precipitation, thats what its going to take to make sure we save as many lives as possible. >> we sure have seen that. good samaritans and neighbor helping neighbor have been he t hearte...

Hurricane harvey bearing down on the texas coast, category 4 storm at same time we learn the president is going to pardon arizona sheriff joe arpaio. did the president use harvey for political cover? lets discuss. in fact, lets debate. cnn political commentator ana navarro and state senator steve montenegro. what do you think, ana? you dont get the friday pass the way you used to, but do you think the pardon was conveniently timed? >> well, of course it was conveniently timed. listen, first of...

Chemical complex. as youve been discussing this morning, several refineries have shut down. gas prices will, you know, sky rocket and a lot of petro chemical facilities could be affected if a storm like that hit. so, we were, of course, watching to see where harvey would go and if it would turn into that storm. it was never projected to do that and, thankfully, it didnt happen. because houston is woefully unprepared for that kind of storm. >> kiah collier, for people who want to read your report...

This is not going to go away. people arent going to forget about it, as much as they wont forget about harvey. saying dont worry im going to use the power of pardon. maybe thats the case. maybe not. he clearly is willing to multitask and use the cover of darkness, to use the cover of harvey to do things that will be politically unsavory. >> i think todd is right there. i would add that right now the storm may be a useful distraction for other things the president wants to do politically as we ge...