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Hours from now likely to take questions from reporters and to speak about the situation in texas. >> local authorities will need to assist the president when he goes down there, right in they're still dealing with effects of the storm down there and couldn't they be of good use in houston or other areas where there is flooding? >> yeah, it is without a doubt. president obama in the past was very reluctant to go to disaster areas or take away emergency resources there, but there is also responsibilities for commander and chief. he is showing that he is in command right now. they are reassuring ...

Not just to houston, but areaing across louisiana as well. that is new as of today. five to eight inches of rain in that area. these are the number that's we have been watching. 10, 15, 20 inches right around the houston area. a lot of this will fall tonight into tomorrow with that rain ban that i showed you. things will not get better, they will get worse. we'll be tracking that and showing you some of the levels and concerns with that coming up here through the next hour. >> is there worry at all that the storm that is back over the water could reform into a hurricane? >> no, and the reason ...

Officers and connecting them with state and federal resources. i'm confidence that korz nation will continue. >> i know you're busy, i want to let you get back to doing whatever you can, a lot of people are pointing out you voted against aide for sandy after that cat strofic storm in the northeast. and they are pointing at you saying you're asking for money now when you were not willing to help the people in the north's, what do you have to say to them? >> there is time for political shieping later. >> it's not really political shieping, these are people that needed money and funding after tha...

The float areas that have not seen water yet. they're all holding their breath because no one knows where all of this water will end up. >> just because you have not seen flooding yet does not mean you won't make it through the storm without seeing flooding. we keep hearing stories of people who say there is very little water on their street or in their home only to be woken up at 5:00 a.m. to the rising flood waters, mya rodriguez in houston, thank you, stay safe out there. steve sausna is monitoring the situation. is this going to get worse before it gets better? >> yes, and this is day four...

Others supported hurricane relief for sandy. hurricane relief and disaster reheef has been a vital central role for a long, long time. that particular bill became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. two thirds of the bill had nothing to do with sanity. and what i said then and still believe now is it's not right for politicians to exploit a disaster for them to pay for their own political wish list. it needs to focus on victims of disaster relief, and i did that for sandy and i do anywhere there is a major disaster without getting distracted by unnecessary spending. >> le...