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We're following breaking news. at least nine people dead in the ongoing flooding disaster across texas and the southwest. just now the texas governor greg abbott announced he's issued disaster declarations for 46 counties in texas. also breaking now, iraq's military, along with malitia's loyal to the government launching what's being described as a major new military offensive aimed at trying to recapture territory held by isis. among the targets, ramadi a key city abandoned by iraqi forces a week ago. he's get the latest from barbara starr. what are you learning about the iraqi military moves...

Update. that will wrap up this hour of "jansing & company." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up. good morning, thomas. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. surveying sandy's wrath, this super storm leaving 18 dead, millions without power in 13 states and tens of billions of dollars in damage, but the storm system is not finished just yet. we'll bring you a full update on the storm track and then the fema response. president obama signs major disaster declarations for new jersey and new york this morning, but how fast will people get the relief they need. meanwhile, the president and ...

I want to commend everybody who is here for the extraordinary work they have done in making sure that lives were saved; that although there was tremendous property damage. people were in a position to get out quickly as you can see, folks are on the ground already clearing out the debris and making sure that they are able to recover as rapidly as possible. i want to particularly thank fema, and the state and local authorities because sometimes in the past we haven't seen the kind of coordination that is necessary in response to these kind of disasters. this time we have seen it you know, we ma...

I want to commend everybody who is here for the extraordinary work they have done in making sure that lives were saved; that although there was tremendous property damage. people were in a position to get out quickly as you can see, folks are on the ground already clearing out the debris and making sure that they are able to recover as rapidly as possible. i want to particularly thank fema, and the state and local authorities because sometimes in the past we haven't seen the kind of coordination that is necessary in response to these kind of disasters. this time we have seen it you know, we ma...

Necessary in response to these kinds of disasters. this time we've seen it. we made sure that we had the disaster declarations happen quickly. so that we weren't behind the eight ball. we've approved individual assistance for this area which means that these folks if they suffer additional losses beyond what they're insured for, that they are potentially eligible for some help. we're going to provide with help and debris removal. and some of the other losses that have been suffered. i particularly want to commend the sheriff and his team. they've been working around the clock saving lives. som...