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firing of a missile over japan, the u.n. now condemning this latest test but isn t taking any action. good morning, everyone, it s august 29th. i m ayman mohyeldin along i d yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. harvey will make landfall once again as some towns on the edge have measured 50 inches of rain. with the president s and first lady s visit yesterday, the situation became more dire for many in the city and across south texas. in all, there have been nearly 19,000 water rescues across south texas as of last night. the death toll has climbed once more, now to nine. but images are circulating across social media. along those killed, houston police officer sergeant steve perez. the chief of police spoke about how he died and how he lived media asking for help, asking for help in their elderly parents or people who live there. there is one house i was able to find the address for. this is a house in beaumont. a street map before the storm. there are people as of an ho ....
thank you. tonight, your money, your taxes. president trump s new plan. what it means for you. after several efforts to repeal obamacare fail, the president now turns to a major tax overhaul. proposed cuts for middle class families, also major cuts for corporations and wealthy americans. also tonight, the crisis in puerto rico. a full week after the hurricane hit, more than a million people without power or drinking water. the mayor of san juan tonight saying people are starting to die. the deadly showdown. the police video just released. the suspect jumping from his pickup, firing at police. officers responding. tonight, abc news obtaining some of the russian ads bought on facebook. you will see them for yourself. posing as an american group, the ads say, we need trump. the massive explosion, 30,000 forced to evacuate. authorities now asking, was this an accident or not? and the first airline to offer free text messaging while you re flying. are phone calls next ....
back. overnight we ve seen the president evolve his thinking to now advocate for the death penalty and, regardless, both of these statements are somewhat inappropriate and unprecedented just in terms of what a president traditionally would say, which is to restrain from offering this sort of commentary. it is in keep with the kind of public persona that donald trump has cultivated over many, many years in public life of trying to show himself to be strong and tough and have this steely resolve. but he s not a commentator anymore. he s the president of the united states. so there s a different standard, and his words carry a different weight. there s an obliviousness to the fact that he sits atop the federal government. a federal government whose justice system he described yesterday as a laughing stock and a joke. well, the comment to first it just shows his total lack of rigor in making any pronouncements. this is someone who revels in his unpreparedness. it s an improv ....
across, not roads, but more like rivers with a few bags in their hands. th they just grabbed a few snacks, pillows. in many cases they were carrying pets. as we talked about last night, still one of the big issues is power. 100% of the island not having power right now, only those that can get to generators, also, the first thing people still ask me is, do you have signal. people desperate to find out the condition of loved ones who they can t get to because of flooding many because of debris? and loved ones who can t get out, because of that same reason. the government has announced that fema has critical supplies right now enroute to puerto rico, and that is via ship. anderson. what are some of the main priorities now that the storm has passed? power for the government. i mean, they have already before maria even came here, the government said that they believed that it would take not days, not weeks, but rather months to restore power. remember, this is a power syst ....
good morning, it s wednesday, september 20th. we are following a number of stories. president trump was america first se u.n. and steps up his warnings to north korea meanwhile, republican as far as see daylight on health care reform. some gop governors aren t so sure about that. the russian investigation rolls on with new details on who s paying the president s legal bills but first, two natural disasters unfolding in real time. rescue efforts happening right now in mexico after a powerful earthquake ripped through that country yesterday and hurricane maria about to slam directly into puerto rico. we ll go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storm s latest track. bill. power knocked out. roof damage done, structural damages beginning as the strongest weekends are moving on shore in puerto rico. overnight, can you see the storm, 124-mile-per-hour winds in st. croix. now the storm is about to make landfall. let s get into the zoomed in radar. you see s ....