the first country entirely made up of other countries. the first country truly built by for and of immigrants. not just from one country seeking asylum but virtually all countries on earth seeking hope. that is exceptionm. that is a fact. other empires got that way, conquering other nations. their residence became through know desire of their own residents of the empire. they didn t run over to ancient rome, as much as ancient rome ran over them. not so here. from the earlier days people ran to us, speaking refuge, seeking riches, seeking something better. people the world over who left everything they knew to start over. bill maher is right to say exceptionalism can lead to arrogance. but arrogance, hasn t brought refugees to this country, to this day, to exceptional opportunities in this country, bring them to this country, to this day. try as i might, i have yet to
guadalupe county where we are today. fire marshal here expects things to get worse before it gets better. right now, we are deadly dry. a spark on sunday could take out the buildings and homes and could even claim lives. we re at a deadly dry point now with the drought. farmers and ranchers in texas are also struggling. usually the grass is from 12 to 18 inches tall this time of year. new they re forced to take in hay and buy supplements. we don t know if we can hang on to them. we have been in cattle business all of our lives and that is the worst one. we don t foe how we ll survive it. back to you. bret: thank you. the supreme court stopped the execution of a convicted
contained. crews in iowa are trying to beat up an earthen levee, the only barrier between the town of hamburg and the floodwaters of the missouri river. if it fails, part of the town could be flooded by as much as 10 feet of water across the entire town within days. from too much water in iowa to not enough in texas. correspondent kris gutierrez reports in south texas about the devastating drought in the state. good afternoon. reporter: last weekend a vehicle was pulled over on the side of the road and the catalytic converter under the car was so hot and the grass was so dry it sparked a grass fire in a matter of minutes. more than 100-acres burned. three barns were lost because the flames spread so quickly. to put the dire situation if perspective, look at this map. you see the area shaded in red? that is an area in texas that is experiencing an exceptionm drought. that is the worst rating possible. right now, 58% of texas is in that category. that yellow area is quat lieu pay count
contained. crews in iowa are trying to beat up an earthen levee, the only barrier between the town of hamburg and the floodwaters of the missouri river. if it fails, part of the town could be flooded by as much as 10 feet of water across the entire town within days. from too much water in iowa to not enough in texas. correspondent kris gutierrez reports in south texas about the devastating drought in the state. good afternoon. reporter: last weekend a vehicle was pulled over on the side of the road and the catalytic converter under the car was so hot and the grass was so dry it sparked a grass fire in a matter of minutes. more than 100-acres burned. three barns were lost because the flames spread so quickly. to put the dire situation if perspective, look at this map. you see the area shaded in red? that is an area in texas that is experiencing an exceptionm drought. that is the worst rating possible. right now, 58% of texas is in that category. that yellow area is quat lieu
pay county where we guadalupe county where we are today. fire marshal here expects things to get worse before it gets better. right now, we are deadly dry. a spark on sunday could take out the buildings and homes and could even claim lives. we re at a deadly dry point now with the drought. farmers and ranchers in texas are also struggling. usually the grass is from 12 to 18 inches tall this time of year. new they re forced to take in hay and buy supplements. we don t know if we can hang on to them. we have been in cattle business all of our lives and that is the worst one. we don t foe how we ll survive it. back to you. bret: thank you.