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Can't be done for years. fema has said they'll be in houston for three years. why don't they try a decade. what is the price tag, what the federal government funding? you're looking at $30 billion that donald trump has to get out of congress at the same time he's threatening to shut down if congress doesn't pump money into building a wall. i'm hoping this doesn't get politiciz politicized. obviously the country needs to pour billions into louisiana coming soon and the state of texas. and maybe tomorrow, he'll get to talk to the right people, catch a vibe of what's going here and fight for that...

Who is on die lal al sis and has a prosthetic leg. >> president trump heading to texas in hours to get a firsthand look at harvey's devastation. i want to bring in juliette kayyem, lieutenant russell horn nor ray, commander of joint task force katrina and presidential historian, douglas brinkley, author of "the land of america." please, if you could keep it short. there's so much ground to cover here. general, i want to start with you. it's about 72 hours since harvey first slammed texas. how do you think the response is going? >> i think it's going in the right direction. i've been a proponen...

Louisiana coming soon and the state of texas. and maybe tomorrow, he'll get to talk to the right people, catch a vibe of what's going here and fight for that high amount of money they're going to need. >> the situation, juliette, talk about how this is going to play out. we'll be dealing with this as americans for weeks, months, maybe years. how do you see this playing out for texas and louisiana and the country as a whole? >> so this will play out as it's played out after hurricane sandy and katrina which is there will be tremendous amounts of money that are delivered to the city and state, a...

>> yes, he's on dialysis and he has a prosthetic leg. we were really nervous how we were going to get him down the stairs and to dry safe areas because he does do daily dialysis. >> how serve doing? how is he and everyone else doing? >> he is doing okay. he's got his dialysis treatment. we're thankful we were able to get him out. >> ify echetebu, 11 people in her family, all of them trapped, and now they're all safe, including her grandfather who is on dialysis and has a prosthetic leg. thank you so much for joining us. we're glad that you are safe. take care. >> thank you. >> president trump ...

On. we in south texas are very proud people and are very helpful and very loving people and quite laity l latino. so that's the message we have to get out. >> i'm awfully glad you were spared any more damage. it looks like it helped as well. it's food news for those owho need help withure citizyour cit, let's bring in retired leiutenant general, the commander of joint task force katrina, responsible for the military relief efforts after the hurricane. we all remember watching our national guard get very much involved, sir, as they helped people survive through that epic disaster. can you give ...