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Concerts earlier this year. the band's 70s and 80s hits often featured a jazzy sound. becker's song writing partner says he will keep steely dan's music alive as long as he can. ♪ >> we have rising water still in the beaumont area and other parts of the state of texas that we need to still be involved in the search and rescue process, but then the rebuilding process and this is where the long haul begins. the president has indicated he's asking for more than 7 billion dollars as a down payment on this. we need congress to step up and pass that and help texas rebuild. arthel: governor greg ab...

How serious is the pollution and perhaps toxic pollution from some of these chemical plants? and will it be a continuing health hazard? >> chris, in any type of flood, especially any type of hurricane-based flood, there will be issues about contaminated water.it could involve chemicals, it could involve waste. people need to be very cautious as they go through the rebuilding process.understand that the water has been contaminated separate from that you are talking about chemicals that could be from waste sites in the greater houston area. the epa is monitoring that. they will get on top of tha...

Rebuilding process. >> governor abbott, thank you so much. >> thank you. congratulations and some advice. in his final moments in the oval office, president obama left a private letter to president trump. we now know what it said, word for word. and you'll only see it first, and here, on cnn. that's next. ["love is all around" by joan jett & the blackhearts] ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile? ♪ ♪ who can take a nothing day, ♪ ♪ and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? ♪ ♪ well it's you girl, and you should know it. ♪ with each glance and every little movement you sh...

That can pose real health hazards. so we caution everybody, as you begin the rebuild and clean-out process, understand that your homes, your buildings and areas -- any area where the flooding waters have come across your property, there is potential very dangerous dirt and grime left behind. >> should people wait to know the answers to what really is left behind before they go back? >> no. as we toured around houston yesterday and went through neighborhoods, we saw in typical texas fashion, people are already getting back to work and they are cleaning up their houses. people just need to be ve...

>> right exactly and look i am optomist being that congress will come together when they convene next week and pass an emergency spending bill that essentially funds the first round of funding for the people of houston and the greater area but moving forward i hope that we can find a bipartisan solution to this. i know that some vice president pence in particular is very focused on offsets for disaster relief. that's what he did several years ago when katrina hit, so moving forward we cannot play politics with this. the people of houston have suffered so much. it is going to be a very long tre...