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Helping small businesses.ut, jamie -- damage your vehicle? we got you covered. [ glass shatters ] property damage? that's what general liability's for. what?! -injured employee? -ow. workers' comp helps you pay for a replacement. what's happening? this is carla. how's it going? and if anything comes up, our experts are standing by. ♪ boo! welcome back. no running water, little communication and no functioning infrastructure in the area. chilling descriptions shedding light on conditions in rockport, texas, a coastal city on the gulf where we also find cnn's martin savage. officials warned ...

Before it gets dark. and they're expecting about twice as much rain than they've already received. and you can see the impact thereof these families who really are helpless in a lot of these situations, getting the help that so many desperately need. meantime in rockport, texas, another devastating situation. that area took a director hit from hurricane harvey. and the coast guard saying quote, it's totally void of any functioning infrastructure. here's a drone image of the area. rockport is also where one of the two deaths from this storm happened. our martin savidge is joining us now from ro...

That as a businessperson we have to have a functioning infrastructure for business to work in this country. anyone who says it is just been private is actually funny that lawrence does not remember what texas did, building all toll roads because they went all toll roads. >> guess what, texas paid it. >> exactly. >> melissa: we can leave it there because you guys are agreeing, happy friday. thank you. >> jon: opposition to the president's revised travel ban that is supposed to go into effect next week. more states are going to court to try to stop it. do they have a case? are legal panel weighs...

Taxpayers. >> melissa: ethan, at the same time, this is something that president trump has a lot on his plate right now, trying to deal with healthcare, the tax situation, he promises that is next and a lot of people are champing at the bit to see the reform of that code, in the meantime, this appeal is mack appears to be on the back burner. what do you think? >> i think if a structure is sub critical, we have to get moving on it, bridges feeling and collapsing around america, this is problematic for commerce, interested in making money in this country, we need to have a functioning infrastruc...

In the middle of the shutdown, union leader calling for gas taxes to go up, pushing for more spending on, guess what, the nation's infrastructure. the president of the laborers are international union of north america behind the call. david, i got to ask you, things are just starting to feel like they're coming bag around -- back around and now your group says, we need to tax every american driver, truck drivers, people trying to drive to work, and you want to tax because you want to see some of the moneyful right? >> well, america's infrastructure is literally crumbling around us. the america...