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Brian: dr. gorka as you know you made news last week by resigning from the white house. they have a different take on how you left i'm looking at you had gary connie who said something very critical of the president in a magazine story and then you have the secretary of state separate himself from the president when it came to his stance on charlesville. are you surprised they still have a job? >> look, brian, i don't like -- having been the brunt of them for seven months, i don't like to feed the palace intrigue stories. i will allow the words of gary cohen and rex tillerson to stand for them...

Tragic times such as these bring out the best in america's character strength, charity and resilience are those characters. brian: president making that comment yesterday sitting with the president of finland. then he took questions about it. i think if you flip around and see the people going out of their way to try to find something to criticize the president on. but all you hear is inspirational talk and you see these inspirational stories. ainsley: look at this picture. it is a deputy with harris county in texas. holding that baby right there. the baby's name is page. paige. mom is asking ...

Of texas. and louisiana. >> a harrowing and heart wrenching situation unfolding in houston. >> flooding shutting down highways and byways. >> i have been in law enforcement 28 years. this is the worst i have ever seen. >> we are still breathing. but it humbled us. >> i love this town. i love these people. >> people stuck in their homes. got to look out for everybody. >> you see people pulling together and helping thy neighbor and that is pretty powerful to watch. >> everyone who comes to this shelter. we are not turning anybody away. >> we will not stop until we get as far as we can. >> we are...

Moment like this is to be prepared. you want leaders that are on it and proactive and have a plan. sometimes there is no good decisions at all as you can see. do you stay? do you go? as long as there is decisive action being taken that's what they want. brian: did they learn enough in the last storm in order to prevent massive damage in this storm and let's hope there is a mayor not going to hide in hotel room like the last one. pete: things don't get better when you hide from it. this white house has stepped up and said they are going to take rapid action. the president will be taking off and...

Texas. we are going to follow fema today and hopefully team up with them. our griff jenkins is reporting the release of the addicks reservoir which auto could be devastating. we have looked at the map there are hundreds if not thousands of homes that could be affected by that reservoir released today. back to you in new york. brian: matt, looking at that number are you saying that the recommendation is at this point to not call 911, to call that number instead? >> you know, i would say maybe call 911 first. and 911 and local law enforcement are saying don't hang up. you might be on hold for a ...