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Saturday at 10 a. M. Eastern on cspan2s booktv. Earlier today fema officials briebriefed the media on condits in texas and the federal governments response to hurricane party. Ok, good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here, especially so early in the morning for some of you. This morning were going to provide an update on the federal support state, local, and tribal officials for response efforts in both texas and louisiana in the aftermath of hurricane, now Tropical Storm harvey. Our speakers the sprinkler the acting sect of Homeland Security elaine duke, the federal Emergency Managemen...

Welcome to bbc news. Thousands of people have had to be rescued in and around the us city of houston, as waters continue to rise in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The areas expected to have received a years rainfall within a week. Helicopters have plucked victims from rooftops, as roads have been turned into rivers. And the flooding, already described as catastrophic in texas, is not only expected to get worse, its also expected to spread with concerns now for neighbouring louisiana. Lets crossed now to our correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, he was at the grange, in texas, in houston. Welcome to l...

Been rescued in the houston area alone. Abc 7 News Reporter maggie ruehly is tracking the latest live in houston. Maggie . Reporter we are getting hit with more rain and wind here in houston, and were expecting another band of heavy rain coming our way only adding to an already catastrophic situation. The countrys fourth largest city remains under water. With more heavy rain expected, the city could be soaked with up to 50 inches. This is a landmark event. We have not seen an event like this. You could not draw this forecast up. You could not dream this forecast up. Then today a new problem. O...

Another 1 in europe, the impact of the euro, now it is 1. 20 yeah. Most of it happened friday i cant say it was that much of a move, felt like the cap stone of a huge move it was almost a parody earlier this year. Now at a buck 20 theres the euro, 1. 193 it was 1. 17 and change, just under 1. 18, then went up to 1. 20, led by a pound at some point, and all based on comments from jackson hole. Doesnt say things are awful, i guess the implication, take it another 10 higher. She didnt say things were great. People know all right. Well get to texas in a minute first, an important corporate story t...

And in our more Perfect Union series, a pair of texas Furniture Stores opened for people who need food and shelter. The owner says we have got to give people hope. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The First Responders are so busy. 911 calls are not being answered. The situation in port arthur continues to be dire. Tropical storm harvey makes a second landfall overnight. Unless youre in imminent danger, youre just going t have to figure out a way to deal with it. Torrential rains all through the overnight hours. Were seeing catastrophic flood...