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Undue harm to the american and venezuelan people and Global Markets we risch issuing general licenses permitting transactions that would otherwise be prohibited under the executive order. These include a 30day wind down period, financing for humanitarian goods to venezuela, and certain dealings in specified debt instruments that trade on secondary markets, and certain dealings with u. S. Entities owned or controlled by the government of venezuela. Also, the executive order carves out shortterm financing for most commercial trade including the export and import of petroleum. This executive order builds on a number of actions taken by the u. S. Government to prevent the flow of fund to maduros regime. On my first day in office i was here with you at this podium where the Treasury Department designated the venezuelan Vice President under the kingpin act, this year alone, we have sanctioned 30 venezuelan officials including maduro himself. We urge those within the regime, including those who have been sanctioned to distance themselves from the violence and the dictatorship. President trump made it clear the status quo is unacceptable. Todays actions is the next step towards freedom for the venezuela people. We will continue working to achieve this goal with allies around the world who widely condemned venezuelas dictatorship. With that i would be happy to take some questions. Can you describe the carveout for debt on secondary markets . Do you have a sense how long this carveout will last and what there will be a general license thatcarves out specific debt instruments that we know are held by u. S. Entities so we want to make sure that u. S. Pensions or u. S. Fiduciaries are not hurt by this. If they want to sell their bonds, they can do so. But this will limit any new investments. General mcmaster, president had indicated that military action was on the table. Is that still the case given this new round of sanctions . And can you talk about potential concerns about the impact this could have on the broader region there with the economic crisis already underway . I will let the general comment first on military actions and i will comment on that . The president directed us not just to develop plans for the Current Situation but to anticipate the possibility of a further deterioration within venezuela. As you know the venezuelan people are suffering tremendously. Suffering more and more every day as they see, as they see democracy extinguished and this autocratic regime put in place. President said if they get worse, how could they get worse and what are the range of options available to him we take in concert certainly with our partners if the region. [inaudible] on the economic front i would say our plan is continue to turn up the heat on the venezuelan government and these specific actions, we have tried to balance things that dont hurt the venezuelan people. So we have made sure that humanitarian efforts are still allowed. We also made sure that certain u. S. Sentties can continue to entities can continue to trade but we viewed this will have a Significant Impact and in no way do we want the American Economy and the American Financial markets to continue to finance these activities. Mr. Secretary, thank you, sir. This is pretty stronglyworded statement. You described president maduro as a dictator who disregards the rule of law and things like that. Ill ask you again, because i, last time you guys were up here on the subject, how is what is happening in venezuela with president maduro any different from the situations with dictators who are in turkey, the philippines and in russia, that also routinely step on the rule of law and ignore democratic norms and yet President Trump and his administration cant seem to bring themselves to criticize them . Why is this dictator worse than all the other dictators . Well, i think as you know on russia, we have taken very significantactions and i say we will look at everyone of these on specific situations and right now we are dealing with a terrible situation in venezuela that is what were here to address. Yes, in the back. Mr. Secretary, you said recently youre working with congressional leaders to push for a clean debt ceiling hike but the president said yesterday he wants to attach va reform to the debt ceiling. Im curious whether you feel youre on the same page on that front . Let me first assure you the president and i are completely on the same page. Were speaking on a regular basis on this we had a meeting with the president and the Vice President yesterday in the oval office. What the president said was that his strong prevalence had been that when they passed the va bill before they left that they attached the debt ceiling to that. So that we wouldnt be dealing with this in september. What i have said before, my strong preference is that we have a clean debt ceiling, but the most important issue is the debt ceiling will be raised in september. I have had discussions with the leaders in both parties in the house and senate and we are all on the same page. The government intends to pay its debts, and the debt ceiling will be raised. Mr. Secretary, general mcmaster clarify on questions of options the president asked for you. When the Vice President was in the region almost every nation he went to expressed reservations about u. S. Military involvement in venezuela. Will that be enough to dissuade the president from taking any military action . If military action is contemplated what is the National Security implication to the United States of the situation in venezuela. I would say the Vice President had a very successful trip through latin america. I dont think there is ever has been a time where we are better aligned with our partners in the region than we are, better aligned with them today on venezuela but on a broad range of other issues as well. In terms of military options, other options, no such thing really anymore as only a military option or diplomatic option or a economic option. We try to integrate all elements together. Now in terms of Contingency Planning and trying to envision what might, what might trigger us to bringing to the president options, we always look at a broad range of contingencies how this might evolve in the future. Any contingency is with the partners in the region. No military actions are anticipated in the near future. What the president asked us to do, look how this could evolve in the future and provide a broad range, as we always do, intigrated options for the president. [inaudible] where does that factor in, general . Thank you very much. I want to ask but the [inaudible] i want to know if you consider these a crack down on freedom of speech by i think we, i think we considered everything. Again well continue to monitor the situation. Yes . Thank you, mr. Secretary. One gets the impression from the sanctions and the, what you said about the regime that the United States would only restore normal situation, the status quo, if maduro and his indicted Vice President are gone. Is that safe to say . That the u. S. Would only deal with a regime that does not include either of them . I will not comment on hypothetical of that. I think what president is very clear on is the existing situation is unacceptable. And if they restore the proper democratic process well react to that appropriately. This is not about changing leadership per se. This is about restoring the democratic process and rule of law. Mr. Secretary, talk about debt restructuring. How will these sanctions affect venezuela with restructuring of debt with u. S. Investors . There will be no transactions with u. S. Investors for new debt, including restructuring existing debt or extending maturities without specific licenses being issued. Mr. Secretary, want to come back to the debt ceiling, you sound completely confident that the debt ceiling will be raised in september . Yes, i am 100 confident. Leader mcconnell said the same thing last week. I think there is no scenario where the government wont be paying its bill. What did the president mean he said in the tweet this morning now its a mess . It could have been easy attached to a va. Now its a mess . What did he mean. Theres a lot to do in september. We have the debt ceiling. We have the continuing resolution to fund the government. We have a budget. Congress has a lot of work this month. I think the president and i wish that they had raised debt ceiling before they left. Having said that we are where we are and were going to get it done. [inaudible] general mcmaster, if you could help us all understand what the president meant on monday night he said were looking for an honorable and enduring outcome in afghanistan. And mr. Secretary, if i could ask you, your colleague gary cohn had remarks in an interview with the Financial Times this morning he felt compelled to express his desstress about the president s remarks last week. He felt intense pressure to resign. He said he wont do so but he believes the Administration Must do better confronting hate groups. Do you associate yourselves with those remarks . Did you feel the same pressure that gary cohn said he felt to resign . Well, let me first comment, i put out an extensive statement earlier last week on my view of the situation. I think there is no question that the president was not equating the hate groups with the people who were peacefully and under no circumstances was i going to resign. Gary and i have known each other for 20 years. I can tell you im speaking to him every day. His number one focus is absolutely working on tax reform with me and getting tax reform done. And garys committed to be here and couldnt be more excited about that. Towards the outcome in afghanistan, broadly, president gave us very clear guidance, over period of several months across the whole National Security team. That guidance was prioritize safety and security of American People. That is what our efforts are prioritizing now. The second thing, he wanted us to have a sound regional strategy, not a strategy that last as year. Some people have said, i think there is element of truth to this, we had 16oneyear strategies in afghanistan. Weve seen an fundamental change and out come based rather than timebased strategy. What that does give us the greatest chance to combine what were doing militarily, largely in support of Afghan Government, in their struggle against terrorists and groups like the taliban but also to integrate we hope to achieve diplomatically. It was clear to everyone, the approach, well, lets talk with the taliban and tell them theyre leaving at the same time, how would that ever work . Especially when the taliban were making battlefield gains associated in large measure with our disengagement with the fight in the taliban in support of the Afghan Forces . And so its a fundamental shift in the strategy. You know those who said, more of the same are absolutely wrong about that just think about that. Conditionsbased, versus timebased. A regional approach rather than a myopic focus on one little group or another group. We tried very hard in afghanistan over recent years to disconnect the dots. All right . We took a broader approach at this, looking at this with our Intelligence Community and our partners. And the president has also asked us, how can others do more . How can others share more of the burden and responsibility . And so this strategy delivers on all of that in connection with your answer, the answer is the American People abroad and here at home, are safe and secure from terrorists who could otherwise gain a safe haven and support base that they could use to organize, plan, finance, and conduct attacks, not only in that region but globally. We know that is their design. We know that from our own history. And we know that from the intelligence. General . General . General mcmaster, following on that, given the history and ideology of the taliban, are you confident that the political solution could ever be reached with kabul government once u. S. Forces leave afghanistan and taliban reneging on their agreement trying to take over afghanistan . Well, no, i dont think im confident. I dont think anybody is confident about that unless we can demonstrate through whatever the an agreement is, that various groups will cease their hostility to the Afghan Government, recognize that constitution and participate in a future of afghanistan that is acceptable to the afghan people. You know the afghan people, they remember 1996 to 2001 pretty vividly. What it was like to live under that write tall regime. Now the taliban, especially the talibans relationship with al key, the talibans relationship with other terrorist organizations. But what we also recognize is none of these groups are monolithic or homogenous either. If there are those ready to join a political process like the gubadeen did over the past year, i dont think the Afghan Government would object to that in anyway. The critical thing if your enemies are fighting aggressively against you, it is not a good option to say youre not going to fight them anymore. Hope for an out come that secures interests of the American People. [shouting questions] taken in the back. Sir, general mcmaster, could you define winning in afghanistan . What does winning in afghanistan look like for the United States . So winning in afghanistan is really aimed at allowing afghanistan to began began. As the president to be afghanistan. Not create a state in the u. S. Image. Winning in afghanistan means there are not terrorist groups are able to control key parts of territory and Population Centers there, could be used to mobilize resources, raise funds, use funds to organize, plan, conduct attacks against us and our allies and partners. So thats what the success is. It is really sustainable outcome there, that ensures the safety and security of the American People. And as you know, afghanistan is connected to broader security concerns across the region. So the outcome is to insure that a threat from that region doesnt threaten the safety and security of the American People. General mcmaster last question, right here. On tax reform, yesterday, Mitch Mcconnell said that this would happen during the congress, suggesting that potentially this could be a 2018 event. Paul ryan was much more certain saying this is going to happen in 2017. As you see it, the timeline, do you still believe this can get done in 2017 . Secondly, now this is being put in the hand of committees from here on out, to kind of do the work and come up with the figures, how confident are you that congress can kind of handle this so you dont get burned on tax reform like you did with Health Care Reform . Well let me just comment that first of all gary and i have been very focused on tax reform, working with the leadership since january. I think know early in the year i thought we would get it done by august and i was wrong. I am know going to say i am very hopeful, that we can get this done about it end of the year. We will continue to revisit. As we said before our objective here to have one plan that includes the administration, the house and the senate, to work very closely together. The group of six has been working nonstop. Weve put out a statement on that. Well continue to put more details. And i think we think, that it is very important that both committees in the senate, and in the house have the ability to debate this and review it, but i can assure you, that the president s number one objective is now to get tax reform done. He is going to go on the road. Were starting with his first trip next week. And, the president is 100 supportive of us passing legislation this year. Thank you, everybody. Everyone, sorry to move from one serious topic to another but i wanted to come out and speak to you a little bit about Hurricane Harvey. The federal governments preparation, state and local governments preparations if i could. I will try to stick to the themes of informing you, may be influencing, maybe inspiring, maybe last a little bit too far for me to go. Our highest priority at this point is safety of the public and by that, we mean everyone in the path of the storm but also the safety of the responders. It is life safety is our priority. I want to walk through a few things that weve done. State and local officials have the lead for this as always. We encourage individual responsibility and planning as always. I would stress this is serious storm. As you have seen from the reporting weve had significant rainfall predicted, storm surge in texas and louisiana over the weekend and into next week our forecast to be serious. This could remain a dangerous storm for several days and we certainly dont want to lose any life. Flooding, flash flooding, high wind damages although we expect this to be a wind rain event than wind event. President trump and his entire team is engaged with state and local officials in louisiana preparing this storm. As you know President Trump spoke to both governors today. Spoke to his fema administrator brock long, myself and general kelly. He spoke to acting secretary duke. We did that this morning around 10 15 a. M. Under that Leadership Team we couldnt have a better team to be honest. Under that Leadership Team at dhs, were in good hands at the federal level. As you might know the secretary of Homeland Security an fema administrator are responsible for bringing together firepower of the federal government to assist state and local governments. They are in the lead here. We have a lot of respect and faith in governors of these respective states directly in the path. Governor Global Markets<\/a> we risch issuing general licenses permitting transactions that would otherwise be prohibited under the executive order. These include a 30day wind down period, financing for humanitarian goods to venezuela, and certain dealings in specified debt instruments that trade on secondary markets, and certain dealings with u. S. Entities owned or controlled by the government of venezuela. Also, the executive order carves out shortterm financing for most commercial trade including the export and import of petroleum. This executive order builds on a number of actions taken by the u. S. Government to prevent the flow of fund to maduros regime. On my first day in office i was here with you at this podium where the Treasury Department<\/a> designated the venezuelan Vice President<\/a> under the kingpin act, this year alone, we have sanctioned 30 venezuelan officials including maduro himself. We urge those within the regime, including those who have been sanctioned to distance themselves from the violence and the dictatorship. President trump made it clear the status quo is unacceptable. Todays actions is the next step towards freedom for the venezuela people. We will continue working to achieve this goal with allies around the world who widely condemned venezuelas dictatorship. With that i would be happy to take some questions. Can you describe the carveout for debt on secondary markets . Do you have a sense how long this carveout will last and what there will be a general license thatcarves out specific debt instruments that we know are held by u. S. Entities so we want to make sure that u. S. Pensions or u. S. Fiduciaries are not hurt by this. If they want to sell their bonds, they can do so. But this will limit any new investments. General mcmaster, president had indicated that military action was on the table. Is that still the case given this new round of sanctions . And can you talk about potential concerns about the impact this could have on the broader region there with the economic crisis already underway . I will let the general comment first on military actions and i will comment on that . The president directed us not just to develop plans for the Current Situation<\/a> but to anticipate the possibility of a further deterioration within venezuela. As you know the venezuelan people are suffering tremendously. Suffering more and more every day as they see, as they see democracy extinguished and this autocratic regime put in place. President said if they get worse, how could they get worse and what are the range of options available to him we take in concert certainly with our partners if the region. [inaudible] on the economic front i would say our plan is continue to turn up the heat on the venezuelan government and these specific actions, we have tried to balance things that dont hurt the venezuelan people. So we have made sure that humanitarian efforts are still allowed. We also made sure that certain u. S. Sentties can continue to entities can continue to trade but we viewed this will have a Significant Impact<\/a> and in no way do we want the American Economy<\/a> and the American Financial<\/a> markets to continue to finance these activities. Mr. Secretary, thank you, sir. This is pretty stronglyworded statement. You described president maduro as a dictator who disregards the rule of law and things like that. Ill ask you again, because i, last time you guys were up here on the subject, how is what is happening in venezuela with president maduro any different from the situations with dictators who are in turkey, the philippines and in russia, that also routinely step on the rule of law and ignore democratic norms and yet President Trump<\/a> and his administration cant seem to bring themselves to criticize them . Why is this dictator worse than all the other dictators . Well, i think as you know on russia, we have taken very significantactions and i say we will look at everyone of these on specific situations and right now we are dealing with a terrible situation in venezuela that is what were here to address. Yes, in the back. Mr. Secretary, you said recently youre working with congressional leaders to push for a clean debt ceiling hike but the president said yesterday he wants to attach va reform to the debt ceiling. Im curious whether you feel youre on the same page on that front . Let me first assure you the president and i are completely on the same page. Were speaking on a regular basis on this we had a meeting with the president and the Vice President<\/a> yesterday in the oval office. What the president said was that his strong prevalence had been that when they passed the va bill before they left that they attached the debt ceiling to that. So that we wouldnt be dealing with this in september. What i have said before, my strong preference is that we have a clean debt ceiling, but the most important issue is the debt ceiling will be raised in september. I have had discussions with the leaders in both parties in the house and senate and we are all on the same page. The government intends to pay its debts, and the debt ceiling will be raised. Mr. Secretary, general mcmaster clarify on questions of options the president asked for you. When the Vice President<\/a> was in the region almost every nation he went to expressed reservations about u. S. Military involvement in venezuela. Will that be enough to dissuade the president from taking any military action . If military action is contemplated what is the National Security<\/a> implication to the United States<\/a> of the situation in venezuela. I would say the Vice President<\/a> had a very successful trip through latin america. I dont think there is ever has been a time where we are better aligned with our partners in the region than we are, better aligned with them today on venezuela but on a broad range of other issues as well. In terms of military options, other options, no such thing really anymore as only a military option or diplomatic option or a economic option. We try to integrate all elements together. Now in terms of Contingency Planning<\/a> and trying to envision what might, what might trigger us to bringing to the president options, we always look at a broad range of contingencies how this might evolve in the future. Any contingency is with the partners in the region. No military actions are anticipated in the near future. What the president asked us to do, look how this could evolve in the future and provide a broad range, as we always do, intigrated options for the president. [inaudible] where does that factor in, general . Thank you very much. I want to ask but the [inaudible] i want to know if you consider these a crack down on freedom of speech by i think we, i think we considered everything. Again well continue to monitor the situation. Yes . Thank you, mr. Secretary. One gets the impression from the sanctions and the, what you said about the regime that the United States<\/a> would only restore normal situation, the status quo, if maduro and his indicted Vice President<\/a> are gone. Is that safe to say . That the u. S. Would only deal with a regime that does not include either of them . I will not comment on hypothetical of that. I think what president is very clear on is the existing situation is unacceptable. And if they restore the proper democratic process well react to that appropriately. This is not about changing leadership per se. This is about restoring the democratic process and rule of law. Mr. Secretary, talk about debt restructuring. How will these sanctions affect venezuela with restructuring of debt with u. S. Investors . There will be no transactions with u. S. Investors for new debt, including restructuring existing debt or extending maturities without specific licenses being issued. Mr. Secretary, want to come back to the debt ceiling, you sound completely confident that the debt ceiling will be raised in september . Yes, i am 100 confident. Leader mcconnell said the same thing last week. I think there is no scenario where the government wont be paying its bill. What did the president mean he said in the tweet this morning now its a mess . It could have been easy attached to a va. Now its a mess . What did he mean. Theres a lot to do in september. We have the debt ceiling. We have the continuing resolution to fund the government. We have a budget. Congress has a lot of work this month. I think the president and i wish that they had raised debt ceiling before they left. Having said that we are where we are and were going to get it done. [inaudible] general mcmaster, if you could help us all understand what the president meant on monday night he said were looking for an honorable and enduring outcome in afghanistan. And mr. Secretary, if i could ask you, your colleague gary cohn had remarks in an interview with the Financial Times<\/a> this morning he felt compelled to express his desstress about the president s remarks last week. He felt intense pressure to resign. He said he wont do so but he believes the Administration Must<\/a> do better confronting hate groups. Do you associate yourselves with those remarks . Did you feel the same pressure that gary cohn said he felt to resign . Well, let me first comment, i put out an extensive statement earlier last week on my view of the situation. I think there is no question that the president was not equating the hate groups with the people who were peacefully and under no circumstances was i going to resign. Gary and i have known each other for 20 years. I can tell you im speaking to him every day. His number one focus is absolutely working on tax reform with me and getting tax reform done. And garys committed to be here and couldnt be more excited about that. Towards the outcome in afghanistan, broadly, president gave us very clear guidance, over period of several months across the whole National Security<\/a> team. That guidance was prioritize safety and security of American People<\/a>. That is what our efforts are prioritizing now. The second thing, he wanted us to have a sound regional strategy, not a strategy that last as year. Some people have said, i think there is element of truth to this, we had 16oneyear strategies in afghanistan. Weve seen an fundamental change and out come based rather than timebased strategy. What that does give us the greatest chance to combine what were doing militarily, largely in support of Afghan Government<\/a>, in their struggle against terrorists and groups like the taliban but also to integrate we hope to achieve diplomatically. It was clear to everyone, the approach, well, lets talk with the taliban and tell them theyre leaving at the same time, how would that ever work . Especially when the taliban were making battlefield gains associated in large measure with our disengagement with the fight in the taliban in support of the Afghan Forces<\/a> . And so its a fundamental shift in the strategy. You know those who said, more of the same are absolutely wrong about that just think about that. Conditionsbased, versus timebased. A regional approach rather than a myopic focus on one little group or another group. We tried very hard in afghanistan over recent years to disconnect the dots. All right . We took a broader approach at this, looking at this with our Intelligence Community<\/a> and our partners. And the president has also asked us, how can others do more . How can others share more of the burden and responsibility . And so this strategy delivers on all of that in connection with your answer, the answer is the American People<\/a> abroad and here at home, are safe and secure from terrorists who could otherwise gain a safe haven and support base that they could use to organize, plan, finance, and conduct attacks, not only in that region but globally. We know that is their design. We know that from our own history. And we know that from the intelligence. General . General . General mcmaster, following on that, given the history and ideology of the taliban, are you confident that the political solution could ever be reached with kabul government once u. S. Forces leave afghanistan and taliban reneging on their agreement trying to take over afghanistan . Well, no, i dont think im confident. I dont think anybody is confident about that unless we can demonstrate through whatever the an agreement is, that various groups will cease their hostility to the Afghan Government<\/a>, recognize that constitution and participate in a future of afghanistan that is acceptable to the afghan people. You know the afghan people, they remember 1996 to 2001 pretty vividly. What it was like to live under that write tall regime. Now the taliban, especially the talibans relationship with al key, the talibans relationship with other terrorist organizations. But what we also recognize is none of these groups are monolithic or homogenous either. If there are those ready to join a political process like the gubadeen did over the past year, i dont think the Afghan Government<\/a> would object to that in anyway. The critical thing if your enemies are fighting aggressively against you, it is not a good option to say youre not going to fight them anymore. Hope for an out come that secures interests of the American People<\/a>. [shouting questions] taken in the back. Sir, general mcmaster, could you define winning in afghanistan . What does winning in afghanistan look like for the United States<\/a> . So winning in afghanistan is really aimed at allowing afghanistan to began began. As the president to be afghanistan. Not create a state in the u. S. Image. Winning in afghanistan means there are not terrorist groups are able to control key parts of territory and Population Centers<\/a> there, could be used to mobilize resources, raise funds, use funds to organize, plan, conduct attacks against us and our allies and partners. So thats what the success is. It is really sustainable outcome there, that ensures the safety and security of the American People<\/a>. And as you know, afghanistan is connected to broader security concerns across the region. So the outcome is to insure that a threat from that region doesnt threaten the safety and security of the American People<\/a>. General mcmaster last question, right here. On tax reform, yesterday, Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> said that this would happen during the congress, suggesting that potentially this could be a 2018 event. Paul ryan was much more certain saying this is going to happen in 2017. As you see it, the timeline, do you still believe this can get done in 2017 . Secondly, now this is being put in the hand of committees from here on out, to kind of do the work and come up with the figures, how confident are you that congress can kind of handle this so you dont get burned on tax reform like you did with Health Care Reform<\/a> . Well let me just comment that first of all gary and i have been very focused on tax reform, working with the leadership since january. I think know early in the year i thought we would get it done by august and i was wrong. I am know going to say i am very hopeful, that we can get this done about it end of the year. We will continue to revisit. As we said before our objective here to have one plan that includes the administration, the house and the senate, to work very closely together. The group of six has been working nonstop. Weve put out a statement on that. Well continue to put more details. And i think we think, that it is very important that both committees in the senate, and in the house have the ability to debate this and review it, but i can assure you, that the president s number one objective is now to get tax reform done. He is going to go on the road. Were starting with his first trip next week. And, the president is 100 supportive of us passing legislation this year. Thank you, everybody. Everyone, sorry to move from one serious topic to another but i wanted to come out and speak to you a little bit about Hurricane Harvey<\/a>. The federal governments preparation, state and local governments preparations if i could. I will try to stick to the themes of informing you, may be influencing, maybe inspiring, maybe last a little bit too far for me to go. Our highest priority at this point is safety of the public and by that, we mean everyone in the path of the storm but also the safety of the responders. It is life safety is our priority. I want to walk through a few things that weve done. State and local officials have the lead for this as always. We encourage individual responsibility and planning as always. I would stress this is serious storm. As you have seen from the reporting weve had significant rainfall predicted, storm surge in texas and louisiana over the weekend and into next week our forecast to be serious. This could remain a dangerous storm for several days and we certainly dont want to lose any life. Flooding, flash flooding, high wind damages although we expect this to be a wind rain event than wind event. President trump and his entire team is engaged with state and local officials in louisiana preparing this storm. As you know President Trump<\/a> spoke to both governors today. Spoke to his fema administrator brock long, myself and general kelly. He spoke to acting secretary duke. We did that this morning around 10 15 a. M. Under that Leadership Team<\/a> we couldnt have a better team to be honest. Under that Leadership Team<\/a> at dhs, were in good hands at the federal level. As you might know the secretary of Homeland Security<\/a> an fema administrator are responsible for bringing together firepower of the federal government to assist state and local governments. They are in the lead here. We have a lot of respect and faith in governors of these respective states directly in the path. Governor John Bel Edwards<\/a> in louisiana has strong hand what he is doing and Governor Abbott<\/a> in texas likewise. What we would like to do reinforce their planning efforts, challenge people in the past to be prepared, listen to their institutions and state and local governments. Now is not the time to lose faith in your government institutions. Those Emergency Managers<\/a> giving advice making recommendations for you to evacuate are doing so with your best interests at heart. Encourage you to listen to them. Last i would encourage a little shameless plug for all americans to visit ready. Gov. Sound like something might not teach you anything or take care of yourself but maybe you might get help for you and your family. With that i will take questions. Jonathan karl. What is the president doing to monitor developments of the storm and what is he doing moving to camp david this weekend . How will he be in touch with federal officials and local officials . First off what he has done. Weve been giving him fairly regular briefings, by we, i mean john kelly and myself. We had him in touch with the Homeland Security<\/a> and fema administrator. That started several weeks ago, really several months ago as we transitioned into this administration. You saw President Trump<\/a> visit fema, give a talk to the team. Set his clear expectations for his new fema administrator. Ive known administrator long for 15 years. We couldnt have pick ad finer leader. Had state director experience. Fema experience. Absolutely the top of the top. What the president will do as we move forward is continue talking directly with them, directly with the governors. If they have unmet needs that is our problem, the president wont tolerate that. He will continue talking to me and the secretary. When we move to camp david he has full resources to continue to communicate with us. Will the president sign Emergency Declaration<\/a> before landfall, that has happened in the past, to prepare set funding in motion even before that happens . Is that contemplated . Will that be done today . That is contemplated. We will take the governors request, the governors made that request. As you know the process works thusly. First the governor assesses he has unmet needs and affected communities are not able to respond collectively to that event of the if he makes that determination and number of other statutory requirements he requests of the president federal assistance. That request moves through the regional fema administrator, up through the administrator up to the president. I believe it is in process. Once it gets to the president of the United States<\/a> with formal recommendation from his fema administrator he will act on that quickly. I understand the governor of texas made that request and it is at fema now. Will it be met tonight . If it meets all the requirements for federal assistance i think the president will move forward granting that assistance. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley<\/a> urged president not to repeat the mistakes of past of 2005 katrina specifically. How much is in back of your mind as you prepare for landfall of harvey . In hurricanes past there are typically events where hurricane goes through and you come in the aftermath to go through the pieces. Mark and i were at katrina in 2005. We saw what happened there. This time though, this is going to be a multiday event. What sort of challenges does that present in terms of trying to get aid to people who need it immediately while you still have buckets of rain coming down . Number of good questions there. Start with the first one. I was also in and through and had role at fema during hurricane katrina. I remember very clearly. Had role helping our government write the Lessons Learned<\/a> report. Not just what is on my mind. On the mind of all Emergency Managers<\/a> in our community especially those in texas and louisiana. That experience is still in their memory and experience, their muscle memory. We have gotten a lot better as a government. Congress gotten better to pass laws, flexibility to deploy, not us employ resources advance of an event. Brock long marshalled heretofore. He will deploy resources carefully as the states request and grant and i suspect we might. Lastly to your point how difficult it is to get assistance to people. I would say this, you never want to plan for the federal government to swoop in and provide everything you need when you need it just on time, right . It will be 4. 6 Million People<\/a> in the path of this storm depending how the forecast goes. That is a lot of people. We encourage people be ready, be prepared, take responsibility for their own safety as the next 72 hours unfold. Food, water, shelter are primary concerns. Then secondly, when we provide the assistance do it in a way so organized if things work out the way theyre supposed to, the assistance flows either directly to the individuals that are eligible for it, or it flows to state and local officials who have logistics trail in place to provide the food, water, commodities in the shelter. Lastly i would like to make a plug for nongovernmental organizations as well. As you know we have number of organizations like the red cross and others who manage shelters. Those types of resources are imperative to the people confronting this peril. I would like to thank them for their work. Before i take that next question, i would say i came off of what fema organizes which is a conference call, video teleconference call with all affected parties. There were no unmet needs reported. We went across all the Emergency Support<\/a> functions of the federal government and state and local governments and nongovernmental organizations. They seemed to be wellpostured. They didnt report to us additional needs. They reported theyre in the right operational posture to help the American People<\/a> in the path of this storm. In the back. Photo of briefing him this morning, what questions did President Trump<\/a> have for you about preparation underway . The president had the three primary concerns. Life safety evacuation timing. Are people getting out of harms way. His second concern do we have appropriate resources to bear. That was question he directed at administrator long and elaine duke. Brock long reported we had all the resources deployed. The third concern from the president s perspective after hearing briefing that the people in harms way in texas be evacuated and people in louisiana should the forecast wobble in any direction also be prepared. As we see this move to the south, forecast track, dont lose track of the fact we have low level areas all through the coast of louisiana. 50 of the population of louisiana lives on that coastal region. New orleans as weve seen before in allusion to katrina lives below sea level. They rely a great deal on pumps to pump water out. Army corps of engineers and fema coordination, providing necessary electric generation to those pumps, if the conditions materialize in new orleans that we wouldnt have bad flooding that would put lives in harms way. Those were three concerns, new orleans, texas, life safety evacuations. Right here. Can you tell us who specifically will be traveling this weekend . Who will be accompanying you . Is there any discussion about the president s canceling his trip in light of everything that youre saying. Can you give us a sense how he and you and your teams are thinking about this . Is this a storm . Are you anticipating that it will be of magnitude of katrina . I dont want to make that comparison. The first answer i dont have insight into the travel package president. I do have insights into resources as camp david. It resourced as the white house he will have access to anybody, to anybody he might need. That is not trip. I would characterize it 45 minutes up the road. For those thinking camp david is far away. That is right up the road. Secondly were not seeing this, every disaster is different. I dont want to make any stark comparisons or strong comparisons. Stark comparisons. I would say this. For the person affected, if your house is flooded it doesnt matter if 10,000 other houses are flooded or 10 houses are flooded. You need to be prepared for your own damages, own consequences. Governments need to be prepared for uniqueness of each community. We have some low level island here, galveston and others that might be in the storm surge path. But katrina was a massive event. It was a staggering event that took place in just perfect condition. As you know we had flooding event with levy failure and other things. I dont want people to draw comparisons. Wont characterize magnitude until it is over though. Nations fuel supply chain may be impacted by this hurricane. What are you doing to prepare for that . Give me sense of concerns you expressed to the president about that issue. Number of things i hope to have full faith and trust, i do in this case in responders at state and local level and federal Emergency Management<\/a> agency to coordinate and bring to bear full resources of cabinet. Keep the regional event focused on Life Sustaining<\/a> and life saving he efforts and americans in harms way are protecting. Make sure the regional event doesnt have National Containment<\/a> and become a national event. Refining capacity, approximately 50 of the gulf coast refining capacity, and a third of u. S. Capacity is in the storm path. That is something we take very seriously. There are reports speculating on potential gas prices increases. Im not in a position to confirm those increases but i will tell you the last report i received the appropriate steps were being taken by the private sector to take their refineries in a position ready to withstand wind and flooding. Wait it out. Let Mother Nature<\/a> play the course. See what kind of damage on the other side. The hope they will be able to fix those damages, repair them quickly, be right back in business. While a large proportion is affected, it might not cause a large and long term disruption. [inaudible] 25th anniversary of hurricane andrew. In that situation the fema response was incredibly slow. By comparison, how quickly are you prepared to move into texas . We have made leaps an bounds since 1992 in our federal planning, state and local planning in our Emergency Management<\/a> community as a whole. We had a federal Response Plan<\/a> that failed. We updated the federal Response Plan<\/a> after 1992. We had 9 11 event that caused us to create a national Response Plan<\/a>. We tested in katrina found deficiencies in National Framework<\/a> and training went into the people to execute those changes. I have a tremendous amount of experience here and tremendous amount of confidence in the people at fema and people at the state and local levels in these Emergency Management<\/a> Operations Centers<\/a> and i have a lot of confidence the American People<\/a> will do what they need to do in this case. Can you give us a timetable . How quickly can you move into area event. Not how quickly we can move into the area. Governments have prepositioned resources in area. We help people before the storm landfall. We are already providing resources. I mentioned as an example the army cores is providing extra generation capacity, that will help a lot of people that the pumps stay running. The authorities given to us after congress after katrina have allowed us to do that. Now is not the time to loose faith in your government institutions as interesting line coming from white house. Will you expand on that, fear that under Political Climate<\/a> or rhetoric used in this town more broadly could have real impact on lives and in this case people not listen to the government and lost faith in the government . No, not at all from my own personal experience, very important in every emergency, i have been through a lot of them, listen to state and local officials inevitably they dont, but thinking they have should have. You have smog to lose but your life. Take it seriously, listen to state and local officials. Im not worried about losing faith in the federal government, worried about losing faith in the state and local government. Dont worry about parsing. If theyre telling you to evacuate, do it now. Listen to their advice. Often times people supplant their own judgment for theirs. They dont understand time and manhours with vac routes. You have to coordinate with other counties to north and road closures and reverse traffic flow. Things that people might not be aware of. Have faith in the professionalism of Emergency Managers<\/a>. Listen to their advice you will be better off for it. That you dont put a responders life in jeopardy and allow us to recover more quickly. [inaudible] about mandatory evacuations. You have what fema experiences particularly related to the length of flooding that might follow the storm, about federal governments perspective whether local officials should or should not declare a mandatory evacuation . No. Im going to leave that judgment to the state and local officials to make those determinations. A lot said about mandatory versus not mandatory. That is one of the responsibilities i have here to enforce both of those decisions and reinforce them with rhetoric. The idea we have faith in their judgment. People affected by those local government officials should as well. Mandatory or not, if youre asked to leave i think it is a good idea to make the preparations and take those steps. Trish youve been listening to Homeland Security<\/a> advisor tom bossert. Im trish regan. You heard from Steve Mnuchin<\/a> be treasury of the secretary and general mcmaster. Im trish regan. This is the intelligence report. Were waiting Sarah Huckabee<\/a> sanders who will address the press as well. I want to talk about Something Interesting<\/a> we heard from Steve Mnuchin<\/a>. Couple things. Number one he said the debt ceiling will be raised. So in other words america will continue to pay its bills no matter what, that debt ceiling will be raised. That is always a big issue whether or not you can raise the debt ceiling. You dont want to be in a situation where youre not paying your obligations but at the same time you dont want to keep increasing the debt, right . That is always a hot button issue. Certainly coming up very soon. The other big one he mentioned was sanctions on venezuela. Socialist venezuela. Corrupt regime, Nicolas Maduro<\/a> who has been really oppressing his people. Youre seeing starvation now of many venezuelans. They are no longer able to fund the government, except, except, the lifeline happen to have gotten back in june from Goldman Sachs<\/a> who decided they would go out and purchase in the secondary market 2. 8 billion worth of bonds. Guess what they got that for . 70 discount. 865 million. Thinking being, that venezuelans pay obligation, 19 of this debt is required to pay, well then, Goldman Sachs<\/a> could make 756 million on the deal at the time, right here on the show, we said this is wrong. How is it Lloyd Blankfein<\/a> and Goldman Sachs<\/a> are out there giving a lifeline to the maduro government at the same time while simultaneously criticizing President Trump<\/a> and the United States<\/a> for the u. S. Paris accord saying todays decision, set back by environment and u. S. Leadership position. That was Lloyd Blankfein<\/a>. That was back in june. Well, back in june his firm, went basically propped up Nicolas Maduro<\/a>s regime in venezuela going out there and buying all this debt. Steve cortes, bgc partner. He said at the time, it was wrong and they shouldnt do it. Im here with adam johnson, who is the founder and author of bullseye brief. He agreed they shouldnt have done it. Well now, there will be sanctions on venezuela, steve cortes, i guess Goldman Sachs<\/a> and others will not be able to do this again . Look, i really agree with you. Ive been very critical of goldman and Lloyd Blankfein<\/a> for them being so critical of the president. Tweeting the other day allusion to the eclipse there is shadow over america regarding donald trump. Venezuela, we have to recognize this absolute human tragedy happening to once proud and wealthy country. I would warn american liberals who want to creep towards socialism, that is the end unfor unfortunately, the road it perdition what were seeing in venezuela. Goldman needs venezuela to recover. They need them to get back to Economic Growth<\/a> if they want to be paid back. Only way to do that, different government, overthrow, somehow overturning the maduro regime. Trish now goldman may be invested on the right side of things as owe pested to maduro side of things. You know what else, adam johnson, you cant restructure any debt in the future, by saying you cant continue to lend anymore, if you lent to venezuela, you cant lend anymore because of these sanctions. That is harder given the current regime for them to exist . Its a big doover on part of Trump Administration<\/a>, trish. Think about it, june, the venz need money, buy bond from state owned oil company. You get them at discount, if you hold the bond long term, probably make money and be okay, Goldman Sachs<\/a>. Now all of sudden that is not looking like such a popular thing to do. And the Trump Administration<\/a> is saying wait a minute, doover. We shouldnt have probably done the deal. Well freeze the bonds. You cant trade them. Maybe telling goldman on the side, you might still be okay long term. I have to be honest, trish this whole thing stinks. Even talking through it right now with you i dont like anything about it. Trish something to be said, im a red blooded american capitalist, you all know that about me but you have to be able to draw a line in the sand. For Goldman Sachs<\/a> to make secondary market purchase, it is just the wrong thing to do. You say to yourself, is everything all about the almighty dollar . Absolutely not. Sometimes you need to make decisions as a business. Need to make the right decision. Going out and propping up the maduro regime in venezuela was not the right one. Let me turn to the debt ceiling. Hold on one second. Maybe Sarah Huckabee<\/a> may be talking about the debt ceiling. Lets listen in. President is in contact with gary. Will not get into deliberation on specific conversations they may have had but the president has been outspoken of condemnation of racism, bigot tricks of all forms. As long as those things exist there is more we can do. We should be looking for and we will look for ways we can do more as an administration until there is zero of those things. Then there is always more that you can do. I think that just doesnt happen within the administration. I think that happens with the American People<\/a>. I think the president has called on america to come together to unite. Certainly throughout his comments over the course of the last week, and i think that is something we all should step up to be willing to do, come together to look for ways we can get rid of racism, bigotry and hate in all forms. John. Were really tight on time. I try to get to several of your colleagues. On both sides. Who were very fine people protesting with the neonazis. Who were very fine people. John, super tight on time. Im asking you a question. Why gary cohn is upset . Im was the president aware of content of gary cohns interview before it was published . Everybody wants to focus on small part of that interview. 95 of interview was on tax reform. Were looking at very small portion of it. President and gary spoke many times. Gary has not held back what feelings are, if you let me finish. Gary has not held back about how he feels about the situation. He has been very open and honest. I dont think anyone was surprised by comments. Jen. Two quick questions for missouri trip. Do you think the president will review any new details what he likes to see in the tax reform overhaul . If he is, i certainly wouldnt do that today. I will let the president do that while he is in missouri next week. He is focusing on tax relief for middleclass americans as we move into the fall. That will be a very big priority for the administration. That everyone can expect to hear a lot more about over the coming weeks. Corporate tax rate. I got to keep moving were very tight. Mentioned two weeks ago possibility of military action in venezuela. Hr mcmaster said there is nothing in the near future. Does the president teal that way or does he feel possibility of military action. Sanctions are the first line. Were focused on right now. Hopefully that will have impact were looking for. As general mcmaster said were leaving all options on the table. Taking nothing off. Well focus on sanctions on this point. Kristin. Sorry. I want to ask you about daca. Has president made a decision whether to end or phaseout daca . Is that imminent . The administration has indicated several times before that the daca program is under review. It continues to be unreview. We have announcement on it well let you guys know. Again once we have announcement well let you know. Thank you, sarah. A number of charities and events were scheduled at maralago in wake of charlottesville comments, coupled with the cohn comments, suspension of Business Council<\/a> does that make him rethink and reconsider his remarks and reaction in the wake of charlottesville . I cant speak anything regarding the Trump Organization<\/a> but i can tell you that again, ill echo the president s comments, his words and his feelings on the situation is that he condemns this in the strongest form possible. We will continue to do that, continue to look for ways to bring america together. That is the focus of this administration currently. And well continue to be as we move forward. John decker. Thanks, sarah. The president today took to twitter to criticize senator bob corker. Just the past mon has criticized a number of republican senators. Criticized leader mcconnell on twitter, senator john mccain, senator flake, senator graham of south carolina, senator Lisa Murkowski<\/a> of alaska. What is the end game for the president . What does that do for him in terms of trying to move his legislative agenda forward, when he criticizes these important people, given the majorities are so slim in the senate, that are necessary to move his legislative agenda forward . I think it is clear the endgame for congress to do its job and actually pass legislation. I think American People<\/a> are very frustrated with Congress Lack<\/a> of action. For years they have been all talk and no action. Were looking for them to step up at this point. Sorry to cut short today. Well be around for the rest of this afternoon to answer your questions but as you know the president is departing here in a few minutes. Thanks so much, guys. Trish that was Sarah Huckabee<\/a> sanders talking to reporters there, briefing them on what to expect from Hurricane Harvey<\/a>. We heard from steven mnuchin, treasury secretary, announcing sanctions on venezuela. Goldman sachs will not be able to do anymore bond deals down there to prop up the maduro government. He also said something very, very important. Which the debt ceiling will be raised. In other words, america will keep on paying its bills even if it means we have to borrow more money. Joining me bullseye brief founder, author, adam johnson, american majority ceo ned ryun and democratic strategist, Pablo Enriquez<\/a>. Everybody talking about potential of a government shutdown, ned ryun. What will that mean economically and politically for the country . And will voters blame donald trump and his administration if the government needs to shut down . Trish if we look at history, what happened with ronald reagan, he shut the government down eight times. Trish you saw my tweet. I did see your tweet. I teed it. Trish let me remind the viewer, eight times, more than any other president in recent history. That is right. Trish shut down but yet we had better than 3 growth throughout. I was going to say, it was 3 1 2 growth on average during reagans administration. When people say, trump might shut down the government if he doesnt get bill he wants, you know what . It was good for the economy. Thing listening to press conference, hearing discussion of venezuela, Goldman Sachs<\/a>, the debt ceiling, the taxes cuts, things that perplex people in d. C. And new york city, that trump is not in pursuit of corporatism, he is not in pursuit of republicanism, he is in pursuit of americanism. That is thing people still havent gotten their heads around. He views voice of American People<\/a> outside the d. C. Bubble. Trish a lot of people love him for it. That said you have to get stuff done, right . We need to see tax cuts get done. Yes it is a donothing congress. Somebody has to get them to do something. Adam johnson i understand and feel president s frustration. Mitch mcconnell has never really been fully on board. Paul ryan who as well wrestling internally whether or not he really wants to support this administration. But let me put it this way, if they dont get it done, tax cuts, if they dont get those done, this year, do they get voted out . They absolutely get voted out. Passing tax cuts, trish is political survival, you dont get this done, youre out of a job as far as the American Public<\/a> concerns. That goes for democrats. Think about this trish, you talk about trump being populist, voice of the people. In order to be populist, trish as you point out, populist, gets things done. You have to work with people. No man is an island. Got to work with your own party. Guess what, in the tradition of ronald reagan, george bush, i hate to give him credit, even bill clinton, you have has got to be able to cross the aisle to work with members of the other party. Admittedly mr. Trump is isolating himself. I wish he would stop doing it. I think there is a new party being generated out of all this. You look at now governor of colorado, john kasich, democrat and republican are doing events together, pablo, looks like they are trying to be some alternative where you have the left and right coming together. I think there is good chance, very good chance you will see a new party born of all of this, a party that is more in line with donald trump and some of those longtime bluecollar democrats who feel they have been left out in the cold. What is your take . I would agree that a new party is certainly a possibility. I dont think it would be formed by the left and right coming together though. More of just the gop splitting apart. The big issue i think trish you also have problems. Youre the elephant in the room. You have your Bernie Sanders<\/a> crowd. True. Trish then you have your, you have got a splintering of your party as well. No doubt, there is a lost splintering going on in american Politics Today<\/a> because donald trump is taking country fundamentally new direction. I think as a democrat for, during the obama years, we did see that Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> in particular and paul ryan as well were really never good at proactive building anything. They were excellent in obstruction. That is something the democrats know. Trump is starting to figure out as well. That is inspiring this move away from institutional trish obstruction is not going to work. I have can tell you that. Hang on, ned. No, no it will not work. You know why it will not work . Because americans are sick of gridlock. They are. Trish they dont like to see gridlock. They like to see stuff done. For eight years we got nothing done. President obama got a few things he wanted done, you have to give him credit for that. Health care. That is about it. It is appalling they dont have a tax reform plan, trish. Trish any kind of economic policy. Right. Trish here are some more Historical Perspective<\/a> with all of this, president ial historian doug wead. We were talking about how government shutdowns were pretty common during the reagan era. I guess somehow the economy still managed to grow. Does that mean trump could do it too . I think he could do it too, trish. Historically the president s arent hurt. Reagan wasnt hurt by shutdowns. They blamed it on congress. Obama wasnt hurt by the shutdowns. They blamed it on congress. The thing that drives for me, build that wall. This is promise trump made. He could conceivably reelected without health care, if he doesnt build that wall, that will haunt him. George h. W. Bush, read my lips, no new taxes, even before he was president he was complaining about that in our private practice debates, i dont like to be trapped by that rhetoric. Well he was. Donald trump is trapped by his rhetoric. He said he might shut down the government if he doesnt get funding for that wall. Trish you think he actually would . I think he might. Thats. Thats the great thing. Trish you think we stand it politically, as long as he putting up the wall . If he doesnt do the wall, he runs risk of no new taxes as you said with bush. People feeling as though he has gone back on his word . I heard the treasury secretary, heard what he said. I hope all thats true. The one thing that donald trump has that no other president has had during these type of shutdown negotiations is, he is not bluffing. He also has a republican congress, fully republican congress. So that is something never happened during obamas time. Obama did shut downs during the Obama Presidency<\/a> because tiffs between republicans an democrat. This is the white house and its own republican congress. That is an important fact here. Shutdowns being threatened are intraparty shutdowns. Trish as doug point out the American People<\/a> will still blame congress as they always do. They should. Trish donald trump has been setting the stage for that quite well. Already calling out some members of congress. Go ahead, ned. Trish, the thing i was going to say, for example, the recent spat with senator bob corker in tennessee. Trumps Approval Rating<\/a> with Republican Voters<\/a> in tennessee is 86 as of this summer. All comes around tax reform issue. 75 of republicans want to see tax reform. 60 of the American People<\/a> in general want to see tax reform. Senators who ran on Health Care Reform<\/a> also ran on tax reform. What donald trump is doing, reminding them, guys this is what you ran on. These are campaign promises. Lets get this done. I thing trump should be able to do, i hope be able to communicate, i think some of these things, trish are honestly negotiating tactics reminding people what their promises were, hopefully they come to general consensus when they get back to d. C. In september. Trump can lead the Republican Party<\/a> to decades of dominance if they will merely pass a few agenda items. Health care, tax reform. Doug hit on very good point. That wall is a huge thing to his base. He has to get a wall, not virtual wall, a physical wall. If republicans go with them trish capture the imagination of the American Voter<\/a> with the wall. Thats right. Trish has taken on, adam johnson, a life of its own. It is symbol hick right. Were standing up for america by creating a wall that stands up for america. That respects borders of this country. Only lets people in that we approve of letting in. That is powerful statement. Trish. Trish borders. Youre not asking for the moon here. Youre asking for a country to enforce its borders. I question the state were now in, doug wead, it is ratist islamaphobe i can to suggest we have borders. Have we seen this anytime in history . This seems like if you went back, 15 years, 30 years, someone said, hey this is the conversation and debate they would be having now, people would think youre crazy. Weve been debating this from the very beginning, alien and sedition act under john adams said an immigrant had to live in the United States<\/a> for 14 years before they could be considered for citizenship. But that wall will be tied as rhetorical device to donald trump. In the Second Chapter<\/a> of, the art of the deal, you cant just make promises. Eventually you have got to deliver. That is how people will hold him accountable. Trish i agree. But my point is, is that, years ago, even democrats would have said, sure, no, you cant just allow people to come here. And now we have, the pendulum has swung so drastically, so dramatically, somehow members of the left think that we should open the floodgates and bring everyone in, doug . Trish if i could. There is really interesting trish hang on, before, that, i asked doug, your response, doug, well get to you, ned and also pablo, i know you want to weigh in as well. It is votes. These people coming in will vote for democrats so democrats will advocate this because it is votes for them. And it is power for them. Whatever happens to the country they will be in power. If enough people are coming in and living off of the government. Trish it is all politics. Pablo you have to admit it. I do. Someone my full name is Pablo Enriquez<\/a> sullivan, im half irish. My irish side of the family came over here when there were floodgates. Trish, i grew up in missouri. Trish well be right back. Trish coming up tomorrow, im going to be on fox and friends at 9 45 a. M. Probably talk about the economy and Hurricane Harvey<\/a> and effects on the economy. Speaking of Hurricane Harvey<\/a>, in just a moment the National Hurricane<\/a> center will be holding a briefing with the latest on the hurricane. Ashley webster will have it for i live just as soon as it happens, see you tomorrow morning at 9 45. Ashley . Expecting it right about now, Hurricane Harvey<\/a> bearing down, as you can see on the radar map on the right, and on the left is a live picture of galveston, texas, bracing for the storm. Could be a category 3 by the time it makes landfall. The biggest story is the tremendous amount of rain over several days. Forecasts maybe in some isolated areas that could pick up 41 inches of rain. Now to the Hurricane Center<\/a> with the very latest. Good afternoon, this is mike brennan at the National Hurricane<\/a> center with 2 00 p. M. 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