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100,000 homes either damaged or destroyed. 50 dead. a half a million cars destroyed and tons of blame to go around. so what lies ahead given the lack of zoning regulations in houston. and the ongoing battles over climate change that some say energized the storm. well, these two articles on bloomberg caught my eye. harvey wasn't just bad weather, it was bad city planning. by peter coy and christopher flavel and harvey could reshape how and where americans bill their homes. joining me now, bloombergs climate policy reporter and business week economics editor peter coy. peter, any city regardless...

Protection. to building better and saying we're going to do the best job we can. there hasn't been a lost that yet but that is one of the sort of better outcomes of this whole mess. >> christopher and peter, i've got to watch the takeoff because it is in progress as we speak. don't lose my live shot yet. president trump headed back to texas. to survey the hurricane damage. meet with folks in houston and in other areas. as i say, throughout the course of the day, right here on cnn, we'll keep you abreast of the safe developments. safe takeoff. still to come, your best and worst tweets and fac...

Christopher, on to which side does he fall if we yet know, the unsurer side or the builder side. >> it is unclear. and that is the big questions we have to try to ask. his fema director brock long told me just before harvey hits that this administration wants to push local officials to make bett better choice and better protect us against extreme weather and this is the chance to follow through on that and whether they encourage and insist that the texas used the tens of billion dollars in federal money in a smart smarter. and i would like to know if president trump will say we will help you b...