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and can the federal government do anything to fix it? the transportation secretary is our guest. this is what we're watching "at this hour." thank you so much for being here. i'm kate bolduan. there are several developing stories we're tracking at this hour. first and foremost, 1 in 100 year flood bringing dallas to a stand fill with more than 9 inches of rain falling in 24 hours. at least one person was killed when her car was swept away by some of the floodwaters. and the threat is not over yet. and in a cnn and "washington post" exclusive, a whistle-blower complaint from a former ...

Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Whether a person is too close to the subject of the probe, whether Jeff Sessions would beak be more of a Trump Campaign surrogate who happened to be Attorney General rather than acting as an independent Law Enforcement officer. If sessions didnt recuse after that statement, it would have made him look even more like he was doing trumps bidding. And trump apparently didnt know that making that statement would also as just a general matter of embarrassment, make him look weak and out of the loop about a decision that was already ...

Today to take on those two big names still several hours to find out. >> leila, thank you for that. let's turn to new york where two democrats are battling out for a single house seat in a newly redrawn congressional district. one will be out of a job after today's primary. jason is live in manhattan with more on this. jason, what do you see? >> reporter: well, kate, because of all of the redrawing of the districts here, you have a lot of democrats scrambling for position. you take a look at what is happening in the 12th district, you now have carolyn maloney going against jerry nadler. both...

Of ohio has a 12i district smack in the middle that have state and it's been reliably red. the 12th hasn't gone to a democrat for congress since run-d.m.c. was is the top of the charts in the '80s. right now this district doesn't have a member of congress representing them because you have a big ohio 12-shaped hole in the u.s. house and that's why we have a special election to fill that seat this coming tuesday. you could say the midterms have already starred although it's a special election. now that, has gone up like a flare for democrats trying to win back the house. the latest poll out of ...

That's what i have trouble seeing. >> that's naive and hopeful to think the democratic party will adopt elizabeth warren's ideals on wall street. i think elizabeth warren won't run, i don't think she thinks she can win. barack obama was the progressive upstart who beat the democratic machine and hillary. there's evidence warren can say, i can do this, too. the democratic party isn't near as anti-wall street as elizabeth warren would have you believe. therefore, i don't think the party's going to move to her over the next -- >> >> leadership is not anti-wall street democratic base is. >> hillar...