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Relatively safe ground for them to oppose the president. they are not opposing him on a hard line immigration stance. they are making a tax argument that it will hurt -- it is a tax hike and will hurt his constituents in key states. >> i agree with you. safe ground, but still notable. as you know, for two and a half years, pundits said, what will be the moment? was it charlottesville? no. the vile "access hollywood" tape? no. separating families at the border? nope. siding with vladimir putin in helsinki, no. it's tariffs. it's interesting because pundits have been wondering if there would be ...

Dig into that narrative, that this is all about beating up on donald trump and not about anything that donald trump actually did, then he's on more safe ground. >> if it ends up being money laundering, the gop is filled with never trumpers. is it not a gift for them, if it ends up being an issue with president trump and his family business? republicans can easily distance themselves from him in that regard. >> which is why it's so interesting that that has not been the trend. you haven't seen the sort of center of the republican party distance itself from trump during this investigation. you'v...

Because at one point you were shooting out the helicopter and someone seemed to be flagging you down and next thing you were picking them up. were they literally going and just looking for people? >> that was literally the method. we took off from this area in orange, texas, which is right next to beaumont. the water literally cuts off these two cities and has made beaumont an island. up in the air as soon as they got over beaumont they looked for the first sign of a person or people that needed help. they were r where, ali. everywhere. in neighborhoods all across that area. they found familie...

Flow down. as a result the flooding won't end any time soon. as a result our first and foremost task is to continue and expand our search and rescue mission so that we can get everybody to safe ground. >> sandra: how do you prepare for what may be coming next, governor? waking up this morning i know you said you got a few short hours of sleep last night but now learning that other areas of your state could see upwards of 20 to 25 inches more rain? how do you prepare for the unknown as this point? >> right. one thing that we do is to address the known, which is the high water in houston. and ov...

They just pancake. >> we don't have electricity, no water. basically we just -- we are still breathing. but it humbled us. >> leland: the flooding shutting down highways and byways, turning them into waterways as people use kayaks and boats to get around and with days of rain still in the forecast, texas governor greg abbott warns the worst could still be you have to come. >> it will continue to be a challenge for a few more days, there will be more rain coming down in the houston area as well as the values that will continue to have water flow down and as a result the flooding is not going to...