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Consider traveling through, saying, turn around, don't drown. right now they can confirm 338,000 power outages and saying that it could take several days to actually address those outages and do so effectively because of the high winds that are expected over the next couple days. again, it was just at the beginning of the hour that the storm downgraded to a tropical storm. it was a category four hurricane, but we do have the governor going on to say, for different areas of concern right now, like in fort bend, the san bernard area, that's under a mandatory evacuation. the governor also talking...

The flooding that we'll see could be catastrophic. it is on top of certain area that's have seen 20 or 16 inches of rain. so far one person has died. there have been more than 338,000 residents left in the dark. without power and told to expect to be that way for several days. >> there are more than 338,000 outages and it will still be several days, perhaps before those outages will be able to be dressed. >> so meanwhile the governor has said that they enacted up to 1800 texas military officers, the coast guard is saying that it is rescued 15 people on boats and several cities including the ci...

The roads close and the flooding happens, it's going to turn the lights out so you have a cascading effect of the storm and it's going to get worse by tomorrow than it is today, so everybody in low-lying areas needs to be evacuated. they need to be doing a major evacuation of areas that the models show will be flooding tomorrow and get the people out before the roads close. >> we heard from the governor in the last hour about the disaster declaration and for the counties affected in this, also that there are 338,000 outages and it's going to take several days for that to be addressed properly ...

There are lead paint lawsuit settlements, many are structured settlements, agreements delivered monthly payments across decades to protect vulnerable recipients from immediately spending the money. unfortunately, that has spawned a highly aggressive largely unregulated secondary market in which companies come in to buy the rights to those years and years of payments for a lump sum -- a lump sum far less than the value of those payments, no matter how you slice it. here's a classic example from the report detailing the deal. a lead paint survivor named rose made in one of these companies. multi...

Here's how it works. there are lead paint lawsuit settlements, many are structured settlements, agreements delivered monthly payments across decades to protect vulnerable recipients from immediately spending the money. unfortunately, that has spawned a highly aggressive largely unregulated secondary market in which companies come in to buy the rights to those years and years of payments for a lump sum -- a lump sum far less than the value of those payments, no matter how you slice it. here's a classic examle from the report detailing the deal. a lead paint survivor named rose made in one of th...