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When all is said and done, this storm can dump more than 50 inches of rain. And biblical has become a flimsy and tough. Super sized greatness is on display as people kay for their neighbors. Dont get me wrong. People need all the help they can get. But the power of selfreliance and empathy in the face of this store speaks to a decency most of people have not lost touch with. It will be months before the Economic Impact is known. But to the anies pouring into the red cross and social media, the goodness in people overcomes the worst circumstances. Lets get into all of this. Im kennedy. An entire years worth of rain in a single storm and it may not be over for another week. We are told at least five people have died since harvey made landfall over the weekend. 15,000 currently in shelters and many people have lost their homes and cars and any future prosperity in the short term. Helicopters and boats and trucks saving people all over coastal texas. In some places the water is rising an inch every 10 minutes. The National Guard is mobilized to help. But it may take more than that to help. Kevin brady, welcome to the show. Tell me about some of the lessons we are learning from this devastation in the region of that state where you have been elected. We are in the moment right now. Its pretty brutal. We still have catastrophic flooding going on. Most our inland creeks and rivers have not crested. We are still trying to deal with the fact that the worst is not here yet. So while today has been a bit of a break in the sense the rain has been cut by half, we have some big challenges the next three or four days. Kennedy you have hundreds of thousands of people in the region without power and you have got people stranded in apartment buildings and houses where the water continues to rise. And they dont have cell phone service. How are you dealing with those emergencies . Its been that of course is always a challenge during hurricanes. And i have been involved in many of them here in texas. The good news is with neighbors, neighbors, friends, colleagues are looking out for each other in a major way. You have seen this in the elderly and fragile being helped by neighbors with volunteers in their boats and the coast guard and local emergency responders. So there is a lot of work being done there. Also, its a result of preparation. A number of these fragile residents have signed up and identified by local officials before the Hurricane Season began. Kennedy is that something you and local officials have learned specifically and directly from Hurricane Katrina . Absolutely. Katrina, righta, ike. Those fragile residents are a huge concern. Our local officials have done that outreach. Not that they reach everybody. But its a different preparation for them than it would have been for katrina and rita. Kennedy thursday i was on outnumbered, and january nice dean was on tv begging people in the region to leave and go to safety and higher ground. She was warning of the massiveness of the storm that was about to hit that part of texas. So why werent Evacuations Ordered before the storm . I have to side with mayor Sylvester Turner and judge emmett. Unlike a hurricane with a major wind event you can predict where thats going to be and move people out of the way. This was a rain event. A different animal than hurricane ike. You cant predict where the water is going to come and where the river is going to crest. So you have to respond to it in a different way. In retrospect, im sure there are decisions that could have been made differently. But when you are evacuating. 5 Million People, thats a dangerous event as well. Kennedy what kind of package do you think you will be seeing going through congress. As you said no one could anticipate the amount of rain to hit a city that is essentially concrete. Its hard to tell. We are in the middle of evacuation and rescues as we speak. But the delegation in congress is work with me on determining the process to put that package together. That will come in the weeks ahead. But right now we are have much in the moment of rescue, evacuation and keeping people safe. Kennedy we see some of these pictures coming in from the region. Its still have much search and rescue. People in survival mode. Many of them will be stranded for days. Lets hope they do have the supplies and that preparedness had reached the most of fragile citizens you have spoken about. Their neighbors have done some incredible work. To make sure that their fellow human beings are taken care of. Thank you so as much for your time. Fema reporting they expect 450,000 people to time for federal disaster relief. But right now the agency is focusing on making sure texans have the basics, shelter, water and food. Former fema director and undersecretary Homeland Security michael brown, welcome to you. I havent spoken to you in quite some time. This is an interesting perspective you have provide in an oped in politico, basically telling the president , dont screw this up. My concern is this administration lags linds in getting political appointees in place. When rob long hes the head of fema. It was not politico, it was the hill. Right. So my concern was this. With the lack of political appointees in place not within dhs or fema. There is a natural reluctance of the Career Civil Service to lean forward and step outside the box. They have rules and regulations and policy and they kinds of stick to them. What i want to do is he called the cabinet members together and he said to them, you give rockwell whatever he wants when he wants it, you dont ask questions, you just do it. Thats what you need. During katrina that was one of the problems i encountered. Asking for something, im on the ground in new orleans or baton rouge and back in d. C. They are arguing about brown is arguing for x and we think he needs y. Now is not time to have the arguments. When the guy on the ground says he needs x, you give him x and i think they are doing that. Kennedy how has the federal government internalized some of those lessons from katrina so the big chequebook you have reaches people in crisis. That was obviously what created the human dwrairn issue with the disconnect between the stuff and the people dying. This could become a problem in houston but i havent seen sit yet. In katrina we had prepositioned equipment, supplies and everything to go into new orleans just to no pun intbleds to flood new orleans with supplies and equipment. But as they started to move in, bridges were washed out and they couldnt get those things in. So we had to airlift things in. That may occur down the road. We are seeing a hurricane that turns into a Tropical Storm. Its worse than Tropical Storm alison . 2001. And we are continuing to see the watters rise. Even though all these supplies are coming in, but once they get into the area of operation, then you hit the crux of how do we get that one last mile. How do we get it to the center where people are staying. That may turn out to be a problem. They are anticipating that now and working around it. Lets talk about the political ramifications. You bore the brunts of that. It damaged george w. Bushs presidency. Hurricane katrina. How does the president avoid that and will he get credit for handling this disaster appropriately . Let me tell you what i really think. I dont think it makes any difference what this president does. I think there are tooment in media that want him to fail and different organizations that want to make him fail. I thinks damned if he done as damned if he doesnt. He needs to make sure the fema director has everything he needs. He needs to stay out of harris ask the. Having been on ma screen one. I can tell you, when you fly into a disaster zone on ma screen one, no matter how many times you tell the secret service not to shut things down, they still shut things dunn. He should go to Corpus Christi and rockport and talk about houston, but he shouldnt go there, and he shouldnt make the mistake of flying over on air force one and look out a window. Kennedy you said one of your regrets is you did not express the enormity of the crisis of katrina until monday or tuesday nirlt was too late. Do you think they have done a good job even show we have seen slate evacuations for houston . Im not there so im hesitant to second guess. My ears perkd you have when the National Hurricane center and Weather Service used the term catastrophic rainfall and flooding. Thats something we dont use in Emergency Management unless its really bad. They were predicting 3560 inches of rain and catastrophic flooding. I think what the mayor should have done. Just say to everybody. We are not going to force an evacuation. But here is what the experts are telling us. So if you have the ability to take a weekends trip to dallas, fort worth, austin, san antonio, someplace, and get out of this area, we suggest you do it. Its easier to be sitting in dallas rather than a home with four feet of water in it. Kennedy along with gators and snakes. All sort of toxins and everything else. I wish this. 4 Million People all in a compact area. Last time they evacuated it was a disaster. But i think the message just waking people up. I heard of people laughing about how its hitting Corpus Christi and no big deal here. Look at this. All the predictions showed the rain and water, maybe not the hurricane. But the rain and water was coming to houston and harris county. Knowing the example of Tropical Storm alison . 2001 which was one of the fifth largest disasters in american history. Kennedy it could have been more forceful language. We were hearing that from meteorologists when we should have been hearing from politicians. When we have the look back on the storm, thats one of the areas where there will need to be thorough examination. Tomorrow on the show, texas congressman John Culberson will be joining me. Oil and gas facilities along the texas coast have been shut down because of harvey. We know that will cause gas prices to go up eventually. But how sphch worsen the Economic Impact be for the entire nation . Brian brenberg break it down next. Its a highly contagious disease that can be really serious. Especially for my precious new grandchild. Its whooping cough. Every family member, including those around new babies, should talk to their doctor or pharmacist about getting vaccinated. 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How bad will harvey hurt the economy, and what can lawmakers do to ease that damage a little bit. Joining me now the Kings College economics professor, brian brenberg. Explain the importance of the houston area to the u. S. Economy. Its very big. People dont appreciate how much houston matters. The port in houston is a very, very big deal. It accounts for 250 billion plus of Economic Activity across the state of texas and beyond every year. Texas itself is a big deal. Almost 10 of u. S. Economic output is coming from texas. When houston goats out, thats a big deal across the country. Kennedy there is so much energy that is concentrated right there. And not to mention the houston shipping channel. You have so much coming in terms of crude oil imports. But you also have exports. 50 of that goes out of that port. Chemical exports going out of there. Even if the refineries are okay, that could stall things both in the u. S. And around the world will other countries are looking for exports from the u. S. Kennedy when you talk about chemicals and gas and oil we dont have reports to suggest hah badly that might be happening. But you can talking about stuff that could damage environment right next to the gulf of mexico. These places know that and they are putting in place things to protect against that. The flood is lingering so much, it will take a lot of time to sort through what is actually going to happen. Kennedy we have a greater supply of oil and gas than we did after Hurricane Katrina. If we still have that inventory, why are we being hit 5 cents a gallon at the end of the week. It depend on what we expect in the future. These prices are dictated based on future expectations. It will drop a little bit after labor day. But if we think it refineries will take a month, to months to get up to full capacity. The markets will start baking that in, the people running the pumps will adjust. So the hope is, these refineries look at whats happening. It will take two weeks to get back up and we wont see that price spike. Prices are going to rise because they are baking in the future. Kennedy how bad is it on the brianomics scale . Houston has become so big, so fast. If things go down as badly as we think they will. The disruption can be much bigger than new orleans and louisiana and that means a big impact on the u. S. Economy. President trump getting a lot of criticism from the left for his pardoning of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. And a monster storm came barreling towards texas. The panel joins me after the break. And then you totaled him. You two had been through everything together. Two boyfriends, three jobs. Youre like nothing can replace brad. Then Liberty Mutual calls. And you break into your happy dance. If you sign up for better car replacement™, well pay for a car thats a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. Liberty stands with you™. 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Senate minority leader tweeted joe arpaio ignored the courts of law to systematically target latinos. Definition of racism and bigotry. Kennedy earlier today arpaio revealed hes considering the possibility of challenging jeff flake for his senate seat. One thing thats clear. A story the president was hoping to bury in a friday news dump isnt going away anytime soon. Kat timpf is back in the house along with the Hill Reporter joe concha, and ben kissel. Lets talk about joe arpaio. Why is this so problematic . Why does this pardon create so much tension in both parties. You have a constituency within the trump base, the overpolicing is a massive problem all across our country. Joe arpaio is the definition of the Prison Planet and the reason why individuals like alex jones have a career. I think this is a total slap in the face to that base and those constituents. I see this as red meat. Perhaps he feels he needs to get those people he disparaged. Perhaps a little red meat for them to get back in their good graces. Kennedy its red meat for the base. When we heard flirtations of that pardon, i thought president will wait a few years. Its rare to have a first year, first term bigname pardon, but then we are talking about president obama who loves throwing political grenades. I agree with everything thats said. But in terms of reporting we need some precedent here. Every president pardons bad people. Right . You can even go back to this year to find president obama pardoned oscar lopez who was the head of the most of dangerous Violent Extremist Group flan in the country. This guy even tried to escape from prison. When i looked back on january 17. I cant find any cable news segments, any outrage over that whatsoever. I think the Trump Supporters see the a pay oh pardon and say this is selective outrage. Kennedy joe arpaio is different because we are in such a highly and 8 and politicized. Normally pardons come from we should have mercy. President trump said the reason he was convicted is he was just doing this job. Violating the 4th amendment you are not degree your job. He was proud of the fact he was flouting it. People say he did this because he has a commitment to law and order. Kennedy when you are targeting certain groups for selective punishment that is not equal protectened the law. And thats what it means to swear to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States of america. Speaking of the constitution and the First Amendment rights. Peacefully protests. But that not what happened. There were peaceful protests that erupted into violence at berkeley. A right wing rally were met about a group of blackclad protesters antifa showed up. They claim they are fighting fascism by any means necessary, including through fascist violence. Here is a look at them this weekend. Maybe that is not free speech. What should we make of these far left protesters who think its okay to fight speech they disagree with with violence. Cat kat i will start with you. Kat they are using fascist techniques. I dont know how they have such an identity crisis of who they are has a right to be a group at all. Kennedythey are assaulting peopy disagree with, trying to silence political discourse they dont like. Thats what fascism is. Reuters called antifa antitrust peace activists last week. They had to correct. If you are going to keep asking republican lawmakers like paul ryan what do you think of the joe arpaio pardon. I want to see Maxine Waters ask that question. Kennedy and nancy pelosi. There are republicans and democrats, they were right to denounce the White Supremacists and the neonazis, and the ahole who ran his car into a group of protesters trying to kill dozens of people. We also have to denounce this. One of the few biblical verses i do believe in is violence begets violence. They are having violent clash in our communities. This is saul alinsky tactic. Now they are taking that violence and hurting people. Kennedy its a great rationalization that violates several constitutional amendments. I also think they go to berkeley is because the cops dont do much. They are paying to go there to be activists. Why when we see this, why dont people say yes he has a point, there is violence on both side. Kennedy there is a clear difference between neonazis and black lives matter. When you hurt someone there should be consequences. Kat White Supremacists murdered a girl saturday. Thats why that should have been the focus. If somebody i loved got murdered. If i was the president giving the speech in berkeley i would not say there was violence on both sides. Kennedy my worry is it will end up with more loss of life. Thats not okay or hah you change peoples mind and its not acceptable in the land of freedom. Thank you so much. Ben, joe and kat. President trump is scheduled the travel to texas tomorrow. Will the president s response to his First National disaster come under scrutiny by those waiting for the next excuse to criticize him . I will ask howard kurtz next. [brother] any last words . [boy] karma, danny. Karma [vo] progress is seizing the moment. Your summer moment awaits you, now that the summer of audi sales event is here. Audi will cover your first months lease payment on select models during the summer of audi sales event. And the wolf huffed like you do sometimes, grandpa . Well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. It can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. So i talked to my doctor. She said. Symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. Symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. Symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It should not be taken more than twice a day. Symbicort contains formoterol. Medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems. Symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. You should tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. Symbicort could mean a day with better breathing. Watch out, piggies child giggles symbicort. Breathe better starting within 5 minutes. Get symbicort free for up to one year. Visit saveonsymbicort. Com today to learn more. Kennedy we are back with more that catastrophic flooding. The white house telling us President Trump will fly down to the gulf coast tomorrow to survey some of the damage. He will not be visiting houston because its very much a disaster scene. Last night he tweeted, floods are unprecedented and more rain coming. Spirit of the people is incredible. Thanks. There will be a lot of eyes on how the president handles his first Natural Disaster while in office. How has the administration handed this so far handled this so far . Joining me is host of mediabuzz, howard kurtz. You say so far no major missteps. Lou the white house sent out photos of him having teleconferences with the National Security teams. Going to texas. Smart to avoid the blunder of george w. Bush who admitted he made a mistake when he flew over new orleans. Much of the media is convinced the president is going to fail this test and we dont know that yet. Kennedy i think this is a comfortable lane for him. One aide said hes have much into it. Hes god at delegating and appreciates the evident being made by the Texas Governor abbott who has given the president an a plus. Lou and he has the chief of staff, john kelly. Most of his tweets since the hurricane struck have been about the rescue efforts and trying to sympathize with the polite of the victims. The blight of the victims. The plight of the victims. But if the president deviates to politic he gets whacked. Kennedy do you think the media will give him any credit if in the days and weeks to come the president appropriately imagines the crisis . Lou loucrisis . Howard will in the week and months ahead he has to deal with the republicans. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced in their homes and lost businesses. Thats a hard thing to do. But thats really where the president can be effective. This will take years for the folks in texas to dig their way out of. Kennedy there is no way of assessing the total price tag for a disaster like this. If it comes close to the amount of money it took after Hurricane Katrina. Howie when one region of the country is hurting. I right as a National Emergency and i think congress has to find a way. I think its fair for the press to grade the president on that. Kennedy the announcement of the joe arpaio pardon as the storm was hitting. How was that problematic . Howie its a friday night and the entire world is focused on Hurricane Harvey hitting the gulf coast. There i think he invited some criticism. He could have done it next week. So at the same time the press is almost craving some other political battle or misstep with which they can beat up on the president. Because you have got to have something beside shots people being rescue offed from rooftops in houston. But in that case i think the president opened himself up to criticism by the timing of the a pay oh par the arpaio pardon. Kennedy coming up. No storm in the world stop the people of texas from being their awesome selves. We have video proof their resilience. Thats next. I was playing golf days ago. Love golf. I used to love golf. Wait, what, what happened . I was having a good round, and then my friend, sheila, right as i was stepping into the tee box mentioned a tip a pro gave her. No. Yep. Did it help . It completely ruined my game. 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What a bunch of moon bats. We begin with the great state of texas are a houston man is in need of your beer. This is why we love texas so much. Because no matter what happens in life, we just crack open a cold one and deal with it. Kids, we have an historic flood coming, make sure we have lots of ice for the cooler and blow up the giant rubber ducky. This is what texans do. Singers sing, painters paints, texans drink and fish. Here is another great texan who lives by the saying, when life gives you lemons, just squeeze the fish you caught in your house. This guy deserves his own fishing show on espn. That is skill. Take that, paul ryan. We are all praying for you texans. But perhaps we should be praying for the storm because its no match for your fighting spirit. My friends are oklahoma are very upset right now. While texas was handling the storm of the century, las vegas was enjoying the fight of the millennium. And nobody had a better time than a Connor Mcgregor fan who claims he snuck into a ringside seat claiming to be part of the security guard. He says he was on the upper deck when saw mayweathers team heading to the ring. He followed them count aisle and security never checked his ticket. He was able to get photos with several celeb its. And he got to sit next to mike tyson. The man says his friends were stunned that he posed as a security guard, but there was no better tribute to his hero mcgregor. He plans to release his own brand of notorious whiskey. Its good for the first two rounds, then it loses its punch. Topic number 3. Bill and Hillary Clinton are vacationinged in the hamptons to close out the summer. Some folks were upset with the added security burned that comes with having the former first couple. According to the sources the price tag for their summer rental. 100,000 american dollars. Last year hillary spent 1. 2 billion trying to rent a house in washington, d. C. And sheer in got to move in. What happened . Topic number 4. Netflix opened a popup americana dispensary to promote their new show disjointed. I think i speak for everyone when i say finally a way to get pot in west hollywood. Up until now it took 30 seconds to find a guy selling weed on santa monica boulevard. You can walk into their store as long as you have a qualifying medical card. Early reviews were not great, but that was before critics smoked the weed. Topic number 5. Final this past weekend it was the wolf stock festival in roblgd, california. Annual festival bills itself as woodstock for dogs. Picture the original woodstock . The event raises money for canine rescue it includes a day a. Doggy races and ice cream sandwiches. Then they all drop acid and drive around in a votes what again bus. Organizers are hoping to raise 10,000. Its optimistic to think there is going to be a 2018. You never know when disaster is going to strike, thats why you should always be prepared. 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And we really appreciated that were the webber family and we are usaa members for life. Kennedy with rising floodwaters, floating snakes and more rain on the way, are you ready for a disaster where you live . It might be terrorism, tornadoes, earthquakes or another superstorm. If you were without power, and had a dead cell phone would you survive in whether its always having comfortable shiewfs and a knife. Thinking of those trapped month means of escape or help. You have to be ready. Have a plan. Talk to your kids. Be ready to evacuate if you have to run. Or fight your way through it with you cant. We should out all be anticipating one disaster or another. Dust off your tools of Self Reliance if god forbid something catastrophic happens to you. Thank you for watching tonight. Email kennedyfbn foxbusiness. Com. Tomorrow night on the show well talk to rich lowry. Crystal ball and pete hegseth. Opinions abounds. Thank you for being here and make my night glorious. See you tomorrow. His dream . Big as a trex. When everybody else told him he was crazy, he just said, no, im gonna build dinosaurs. His creation . A land before time. He was almost an engineer when it came to dinosaurs. Can it survive without him . A lot of attractions that were the vision of a single person, all of a sudden theyre gone, demolished. Depends on his daughter. When you have an absolute passion, you think that other people feel the same way you do. His granddaughter. Are you living on the edge, kiki, to make this all happen . A little bit. And his greatgranddaughter. Has your mom ever said, we need to talk about the future of the park . Never. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ]

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