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Us this weekend and right now, President Trump and air force one are just about to leave harveys disaster zone in Southeast Texas bound for nearby louisiana. In houston, the president met with the evacuees doling out hugs and kisses to children and that the government will stand by them. The president is continuing to meet with First Responders and the members of the military who responded in this effort. This afternoons effort was meant to blunt criticism that followed the first texas trip four days ago. Critics even some within his own party said he failed to show enough empathy and compassion and that was on full display today as you can see. He seems to have embraced the role as the nations comforter in chief. Really i think people appreciate whats been done. Its been done very efficiently. Very well. And thats what were were very happy with the way that everything has gone. A lot of love. What did the family a lot of happiness. Its been very nice. A wonderful thing. As tough as this was, its been a wonderful thing. Across houston and much of Southeast Texas, streets are now overflowing with soggy and stinky trash. Ruined items pulled from their flooded homes. Just last hour, the white house announced it will increase its funding of debris removal and other protective measures. This as the death toll rises to at least 50 now. In beaumont thats northeast of houston near the louisiana border the situation is grim. The city of 118,000 or so is now in its third day without running water. And thousands there still dont have power. Workers are hoping to restore the water today, but thats only if the river levels drop enough and at last check that wasnt happening. Our crews are following the president and the first lady. Athena jones is in houston. Ryan, ill start with you. Thats where hes now headed. What will the president do as far as we know after his plane touches down in that state . Reporter well, ana, the role of the president here in lake charles, louisiana, is to thank the contribution that the folks of louisiana have given to help aid the Recovery Process in texas. Now, originally the president promised a visit here to louisiana before that second wave of Hurricane Harvey blew through. There was a good chance that some towns like lake charles would be hard hit. It didnt turn out that way. The bulk of the destruction happened over the border, but the Governor John Bel Edwards promised the governor of texas that they would get all of the support from louisiana that they could handle. And Louisiana National guard which is right here behind me, this is where the president is going to visit has played a key role in going into texas, helping people get out of their homes and get to safety. The city of lake charles itself has been a place that many of the evacuate years have ended up. They have been sheltered in different areas here. Let me show you the scene, and this is where the president visits the hard hit areas. This is a Significant Group of Trump Supporters who have showed up you side the armory, perhaps to catch a glimpse of the president. They have no guarantees they will see him. This is a tightly controlled event where hell go in and spend a little bit of time with the National Guard troops, look at some of their equipment and then talk to them about their assistance and aid in their recovery. But no doubt about it, this is trump country. We have seen plenty of make America Great hats and we have seen trump flags. This is an area thats supported him in a big way so not a big surprise to see his supporters out here. All right, ryan nobles, stand by. Were continuing to see live images as the president continues to meet with the folks on the ground in houston. This is right before he is scheduled to depart from Ellington Field there in houston. Were told hes shaking thanes with members of the shaking hands with members of the coast guard. We heard him ask how many individuals each of these people helped save. One guy tell the president six people. The president is taking lots of thank yous and taking a lot of pictures. We heard from the residents express great appreciation for the president being there. It means a lot, the president is a little over an hour and half now behind the schedule they gave us. So hes taking his time. At one point he made an unscheduled kind of stop meeting a few more people than initially was on the schedule. He really does seem to be enjoying lets listen. But i have to say even you have to admit, i hear the coast guard saved 11,000 think of it. Almost 11,000 people by going into winds that the media would not go into. They will not go into those winds. Unless its a really good story in which case they will. Okay . But i want to congratulate everybody, i want to congratulate the coast guard for what you have done. Incredible. Incredible. I gave the commencement speech this year at the coast guard academy. Theyre going to come out and compete with you guys pretty soon. You know that, right . But they have a lot to compete with. So i want to congratulate you guys, the army guys. This has been i mean, its brutal whats been up there. But you have done so much for the services and the whole world is watching. The whole world is watching. I want to thank you look at all thank you, fellows. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. You have done so much for the prestige of the services. And the coast guard and what you have done. Again, thank you very much. Thank you very much. Going to louisiana now, sir. Theyre in pretty good shape too. Theyre in good shape. Just with the governor and this is going very well. You have done something really special. Thank you. Thank you, its an honor. Thank you. You know it gets better and better every month. Were getting into the new stuff. Thank you. Okay. The president gearing up now to Board Air Force one to head to louisiana after spending several hours now on the ground in houston meeting with many of the people affected by hurricane and Tropical Storm harvey as well as those who have responded. The heroes and the volunteers who continue to do such hard work there. He was just talking with the coast guard in announcing that they saved 11,000 people. That was just the coast guard. Other officials telling us the number of rescues were somewhere in the neighborhood of 72,000. Again in the past week. People working hour after hour and many a sleepless night. The president expressing his gratitude today in person on the ground. Well continue to monitor these pictures. Let me bring in athena jones and shes been with the president throughout the day. It seems like people are happy hes there. Reporter i would say so. I remember the first pictures of the president arriving at the nrg stadium which is sheltering nearly 2,000 people. He came as a surprise, the fact that he was coming was a surprise to the folks there. He was greeting the children. They were hugging him. He was picking them up. He posed for selfies with children and adults alike. Sat down and spoke with him. He and Melania Trump then put some on gloves and started to hand out food. Then they made a stop another a church that was a Distribution Center and he gave encouraging remarks and helped load supplies on some trucks. We saw him stop in pear land, south of houston, people are already beginning to tear out from the drywall from their flooded homes. Put mattresses on the side of the road and now were seeing him give his thanks to the volunteers. You know, White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders said the president would meet and speak extensively with the flood victims and volunteers. And lets play a little bit of the message he had at nrg stadium earlier today. A lot of water, but its moving out. But i think most importantly the governor, the relationship with the governor, and the mayor and everybody its been fantastic. And with the federal government. Its been really great. And were signing a lot of documents now to get money into your state. 7. 9 billion. We signed it and its going through hopefully a quick process. Reporter so there you heard the president talking about this big first installment of aid. Nearly 8 billion that he hopes to see congress approve very quickly. We expect to see at least a vote in at least one of the chambers of congress by the end of this coming week. We heard him talk about that aid. Interestingly did not hear him mention the 1 million in personal funds he has pledged to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey. But we have heard words like consoler in chief, comforter in chief and i think cheerleader in chief. Hes had a very optimistic tone. At one point even saying well, yes, it could take several years to recover but because youre texas, we think maybe you can do it in six months. That may be kind of raising the bar that state officials dont want to see, but the idea here is that the president is focused on the positive. And were seeing for the first time in a way that we didnt get to see on tuesday because the president was meeting with officials and not storm victims, we are seeing a personal touch. Sort of the hands on touch that youre used to seeing from a president in a tragedy like this. And ana, he seems to be very embracing it and from the reporting that we have seen from the close pool of reporters who are traveling closely with him, those who flew in with him on air force one, he is being well received even in instances that are off camera. Ana . All right, athena jones, and ryan nobles, thank you. I want to get reaction to the president s second trip to the storm ravaged area. With me here is julian tell zer and bob cusack. So President Trump he was criticized for his visit on tuesday when he talked about crowd size that came to see him. He didnt meet with any of the storm victims at the time. And we saw Vice President Mike Pence Visit a few days later. He met with the victims. He helped clean up debris. Today, the president seems very hands on. Is he doing what he needs to do to quiet those critics . Today, without a doubt, this is a very good day for the president. He had a very, very difficult august. But hes starting off september very well. Its all these situations these natural disasters, terrorist attacks, i mean, theyre all about visuals. You think of bush after 9 11 with the bullhorn and the flyover with katrina, that was not good. These photos and visuals are very good for the president. He is being very president ial and im sure is going to be attracting a lot of praise for what hes done today. The governor of texas has praised the texas and his vow and pledge to help the people there. Again, we have seen these images today of him sitting down talking to children. Giving them hugs. Giving them kisses. Reassuring adults that the federal government was going to be there with them until the very end. Do you think history might be too soon to tell but will he be remembered kindly and in a positive light for what we have seen so far . I think its too soon to tell. Today is much more successful than the first visit. And in terms of his attitude and demeanor, this is more what people were expecting from the president of the United States. But the real question is what youre seeing. Will the federal government be there and we have a big budgetary issue to deal with. This is going to be an expensive fix in the next few month, in the next few years to provide the relief necessary. We dont know yet. Is the president and the Republican Congress committed to the money that will be necessary . Thats how well remember what he does. Bob, lets talk about the money. Because the senior white house official tells us they expect the senate to attach the Storm Funding be toil the debt ceiling conversation. What do you think the outcome of that could be . I think thats going to be very difficult. I think a more likely scenario theyll attach this funding to a government funding measure and do the debt ceiling separately. A lot remains to be scene on this. You know, i thought before this storm hit the chances of a Government Shutdown were over 50 but since the storm hit, no well deal with the wall funding later. Maybe in december. So i dont think there will be a Government Shutdown. But conservatives do not want this funding attached to raising the debt ceiling. They dont mind if its attached to the government funding bill. Two separate issues. Without a doubt, there are fiscal fights ahead and these this money is just the first of many installments. It took katrina it took years after they had to congress had to appropriate money for rebuilding. Again, the president and first lady, this is a live image as they wave goodbye to the people of houston. A fist bump pointing to the heroes on the ground who he was meeting with as theyre preparing to load up and then head to louisiana where they will do much of the same as far as the schedule that we have been presented. We saw him also traveling with some of his aides including his chief of staff, john kelly, who is alongside him on the ground there. Julian, as far as the funding conversation why not make this a clean funding bill do you think . Well, i think hes trying to deal with the fact there was a budget mess already looming for september and october with deep divisions over the wall, with deep divisions over spending on other issues so i think part of this is political gamesmanship. Its a strategic choice to try to solve two problems at once. Im not sure it will work. The Freedom Caucus and the house of representatives is not happy with a lot of this and come december which is not that far off were still going to have to deal with the budgetary issues. Thank you so much. Youll be back both in a moment. Coming up the Justice Department weighing in on President Trumps claims that former president barack Obama Wiretapped him during his campaign. The details next. Destruction is massive, families have lost everything. The final impact not yet known. But you can help. Go to cnn. Com impact, for information and to find links to charitable organizations and resources. Your donations can make a difference. 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Bob, first your reaction to the doj saying it has no evidence of wiretapping despite the claims that the president made in the tweets. Yeah, those claims really up ended washington and shocked a lot of people and the white house has never fully described what the situation was and theres been no firm data showing that the president was wiretapped. So its just another head scratcher tweet that we have seen from the president. The president has already had strong words of disapproval with attorney general Jeff Sessions though. Im wondering how this will impact their relationship. This again coming directly from the department of justice directly contradicting the president. It will anger the president. The president doesnt like when anything comes from within the executive branch that contradicts what he says. This is a direct refutation of one of the accusations that he makes and we know that President Trump has tension with attorney general sessions. This will play against some of the calm feelings that hes trying to exhibit now when hes visiting texas. Tapping into your historian expertise can you think of a time in past administrations when again the Justice Department comes out in such a stark terms really contrasting what the president has said on the record and doubled, tripled, quadrupled down on. There was tension with nixon, the attorney general refused to carry out the saturday night massacre, firing the prosecutor looking into nixon. Archibald cox. So given that justice is about the law, and the president s interests often are about politics, they often can end up clashing. I dont think there have been a lot of questions, bob, about what the truth was on this issue. But again the president never let up. He never reversed course. Do you think this puts that issue to bed once and for all . I think to some degree, yes. Unless maybe the next time that trump is interviewed and asked about this its highly unusual going back to sessions, can you imagine that barack obama and eric holder would be publicly at odds with one another and stories written about them . I have never seen a situation where you have the attorney general and the president such at odds. Let me ask you about the reports that the u. S. Officials are right now inside the russian annex in d. C. Conducting a search. Russians have left the annex on a level of seriousness, bob, where would you place this . Well, i think its pretty serious. I mean, we have seen some deterioration with various countries relationship with the United States including with russia. Obviously the russia investigations are ongoing. But the tension between the two countries is certainly not dissipating. Sometimes trump has held back in criticizing russia, but the people around the president , nikki haley, they have gone after russia. Julian, when we were talking to Jill Dougherty for a long time covered russia and knows a lot about that, the details of the relationship between the u. S. And russia, she says that this is a level far worse than the relationship we saw even during the obama administration. Do you agree . Sure. Its deteriorating fast. Ironically even though President Trump was much more sympathetic toward a better relationship with russia its had the opposite effect. With the legislation imposing stringent sanctions and curtailing what the president could do about it, these incidents this weekend and the general tenor of everything thats unfolded after the intervention in the election relations have clearly soured. They were bad under president obama but they have clearly deteriorated especially in the wake of the scandal that is shaping u. S. Politics on this issue. I mean, is this back and forth more symbolic . Because of course this is a move that comes after russia said you have to get some of your people out. Were kicking them out because you had you had spent sent our 35 people away. Closed the compounds back in december. Is this just symbolic or more . Its a smaller part of a bigger story. I think the bigger book ends of this were the 2016 election and fears about the 20018 and 20 election with possible cyber intervention in the end. These incidents today are more not symbolic but theyre back and forth in the bigger threat to the electoral system of the United States. Julian and bob, thank you both. Coming up well soon know President Trumps plans for dreamers. The children of undocumented immigrants living in the United States. When we return, well talk with Mike Kauffman of colorado about that and his hopes to have dreamers protected. Well be right back. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Event before it ends. Lease the 2017 gx 460 for 429 a month for 36 months. 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And the daca program that temporarily protects them from deportation. Some members of the president s own party like House Speaker paul ryan are publicly urging the president not to end daca. Let congress tweak the program and a gop lawmaker that voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton has a plan to protect those dreamers. Joining us now, congressman Mike Kauffman. You are i know prepping a long shot maneuver to force a vote on a bill that protects these dreamers or those recipients of the daca program. What exactly is your plan . Well, its called discharge petition, and it is its to force a vote in the house for a bill that i introduced in january, a bipartisan bill, introduced in the house and the senate. Called the bridge act that essentially is it puts stock in law to take care of the constitutional problems and then extends it for the three year period to find a permanent solution for the young people. Are you getting any firm support from your fellow House Republicans . Well, i think theres a lot of pressure. I dont think its such a long shot. I think this is a unique situation, i think the president going to suspend this program. And in doing so, then youre going to have these young people whose their permits are coming up. For reauthorization. Its required every two years. Theyre going to be subject to deportation. So i think its going to put pressure on the congress to act and what i hope the president says is that he wants a bill he wants congress to pass legislation to put this into law that he can sign. So i think thats my hope. So why do you think hes going to end the program . He has said he wants to treat immigrants these undocumented immigrants specifically the dreamers with heart. He said as late as yesterday or as recent as yesterday that we love the dreamers. I think hes in a very difficult position because of the attorney general from texas and the other nine attorneys general who signed on to the letter to Jeff Sessions, the attorney general for the United States, that essentially said, look, if you dont suspend this program by september 5th, im going to file in federal court and challenge the constitutionality of the program. He did it with another executive order, dapa, that was for the parents of the dreamers and he was successful in court. Hes going hes threatened to put forward the same argument against daca. So unless the president suspends the program, so its very hard. There are constitutional problems with the program. Thats why we have to pass Something Like the bridge act to put into law. What the court effectively said was that the executive branch, the president of the United States cannot make Immigration Law alone without the congress. So we have to take this program and put it into law. I heard you say theres bipartisan support but remember the president ran on a very hard immigration stance and he was elected. What makes you think you can get people who may be vulnerable in red states, your fellow republicans, on board with what some those opponents of daca have said is a form of amnesty. Well, i think if the democrats hold firm there are enough republicans to bring us past that 218 threshold. When we talk about amnesty we have to remember that these are individuals who are brought here as children through no fault of their own. And by their relatives. Or their parents. So i think we have to remember that they didnt knowingly violate u. S. Immigration law. I think they need to be treated differently. How quickly do you think we could see a vote on your legislation if the process youre pursuing works . I think if we dont get into the politics you know, there arent political games played i think the democrats will hold firm and sign it. Louis gutierrez is the house sponsor for this bill. In the senate. It was introduced in january as well by durbin, senator durbin and senator graham. So bipartisan bipartisan in the senate and the house. Its only a place holder, not a permanent solution. We have to find a permanent solution but i think that rather again, i think theres going to be if the Democrats Stand Firm for these daca young people and theres enough republicans to get to to get passed the threshold to you know, to pass this legislation in both the house and the senate. Congressman Mike Kauffman, thank you so much for coming on and sharing with us. We hope to talk to you again down the road on this. Sure. Well, its been one week since the monster storm known as harvey made landfall on the texas coast and now many are going home. Nick valencia travels with one houston man as he goes home to the absolute mess. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Scuse me. Mind if i sit here . Not if you want your phone to work. 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Reporter so hes doing what any dad would do for his son. Hes going back into the devastation to look for his sons favorite toy. Along with his friend tyler sheen, the friend came all the way from austin, texas, to help. Why . Because he knows what its like to go through this. I was in the flood of onion creek, in austin in 2013. I wanted to come help. Reporter most of shorts belongings have been ruined by water. But ryan is a man on a mission. I didnt get all the toys but hell like his bike mostly. Oh, hey, look, theres the bike floating. Reporter wading through the pieces of the life hes made he finds what hes looking for. Ill take this out here. Reporter a few minutes later we are back on the boat and on our way out. Awesome. For his little boy. Reporter the family who lost almost everything except for each other. This is my home now. This is your home now . Reporter now, his 2yearold sons prized possession. Thanks for coming guys. Reporter nick valencia, houston, texas. Precious. The amount of disaster aid and Recovery Efforts needed in texas as you can imagine is massive. Officials are pushing for quick Financial Assistance from the federal government to help pay for things such as temporary housing and debris removal. Flooded roads must be cleared before trucks filled with disaster aid can even try to reach the hardest hit areas. Joining us to discuss the long road for recovery is the director for the center for Disaster Preparedness at columbia university, dr. Redletter. Hes a pediatrician and you took part in response to Hurricane Katrina. You were getting ready to respond to this disaster. Based on what we are seeing out there, how do you think things are going . Well, i think this is going to be a long haul. I think the initial rescue efforts have been pretty good and a lot of coordination among the federal, state and local officials. Thats all fine. A tremendous response from the volunteers helping out. Thats the beginning of phase one. Like the tip of the iceberg. And a tremendously difficult Recovery Process. People will be faced with Public Health challenges and the physical reconstruction of their homes but most importantly for children and families it will be the recovery of some kind of new normalcy. Because its a difficult time for kids in particular who suddenly dont have schools. Their communities are gone, friends and social Networks Many of them have been really disrupted so we need to get stability for the families and the kids. Second of all, looking at the myriad of Health Problems from the contamination in the water to getting all the infrastructure back up. But i think were going to looking at at least a decade, maybe 15 years of recovery. Some of these communities have been really wiped out and i think its a long haul requiring everybody chipping in especially the agencies that need to do this work. Its tough to see the pictures and it would be so overwhelming. I cannot be i cannot imagine what its like to be in the shoes of those people who are out of their homes especially those parents who have lost so much. Who are disrupted, who may not have a house to go home to. The kids are out of school. Talk about years of recovery. Where do people begin . What is your advice as far as taking this one step at a time . First of all, the best advice for parents is to try to create a sense of normalcy for your children and stability. A lot of reassurances especially to Young Children and trying to get them into wherever they are into a space and a place where they can get the kids to school. Develop a normal routine. Keep reassuring your children that things are going to be okay. Parents as the really great buffer for the trauma around children is really important. But well need a lot of health and Mental Health access. Whats called psychological first aid. We have to get a lot of that out there. Then long term assistance and support for people is critical. But children are in the crosshairs of this massive catastrophe as our seniors. A lot of work to do. I think were up to it and parents and agencies and the communities have to Work Together and well just get this done. But its really harrowing actually for everybody involved here. We know the president has requested nearly 8 billion in that initial Emergency Response funding. How far does that go . Thats the warmup. What would that be applied to . Immediate aid, to get temporary places for people to live. People are removed from the original communities, wheres the Family Income going to come from . What about jobs, that kind of economic support. All those things but this is the tip of the iceberg truly. I would be very surprised if the ultimate bill for recovery of this vast area of texas will be anything less than 800 billion so the 8 billion is a good first step. Get ready for the really big money that will be required to repair, fix or rebuild neighborhoods. By the way, the things that we dont even necessarily think about. People will be trying to for example fix their own homes. Theyll be on roofs. Falling off. Theres going to be injuries, difficulty for those with chronic illnesses to get their medication. We need a whole host of support for the unfortunate families who were in the bulls eye of this terrible storm. Quickly, i want to make sure we talk a little bit about Childrens Health fund because thats an organization youre involved with. Youre hoping to do your part in helping to aid those in the disaster zone. Youre heading there just in the next couple of days. Tomorrow morning. Right. Talk about what youre planning to do. Heres the deal. We have been working for 30 years doing health care for medically needy children. So paul simon, my wife karen and i founded this health fund three decades ago. Well establish it in the area thats really walloped by this storm so expect new mobile type of health care programs. So more to come on that. But im anxious to get things going on in texas. Thank you for your expertise and what youre doing to help the families. Good to have you on. Up next a disturbing story out of utah. This involved the nurse who wound up handcuffed in the back of a cop car all for standing her ground because she couldnt draw blood from a patient. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. So we sent that sample off to ancestry. My ancestry dna results are that i am 26 nigerian. I am just trying to learn as much as i can about my culture. I put the gele on my head and i looked into the mirror and i was trying not to cry. Because its a hat, but its like the most important hat ive ever owned. Discover the story only your dna can tell. Order your kit now at ancestrydna. Com. Its the blowout event ual save 10 to 70 off on all clothing and shoes. 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Tmobile announces zero down for all. Now, get the whole family the hottest smartphone brands like Samsung Galaxy for zero down. Plus, get 4 unlimited lines for 40 bucks a month, taxes and fees included. More reasons why tmobile is americas best unlimited network. Salt lake citys Police Department is now apologizing to a local nurse after she was arrested while following hospital rules. Video that has since gone viral shows the nurse refusing to comply with an officers request to draw blood from an unconscious victim without legal conse consent. As you can see and hear things got heated. Cnns dan simon has more. Reporter a disturbing video comes from the inside of an emergency room. And the woman screaming a burn unit nurse who is being arrested by a Salt Lake City Police Officer. Please. Youre hurting me. Then walk. Reporter the incident captured by police in hospital cameras happened in july. But now the District Attorney says he wants a criminal investigation. She doesnt shes reporter the university of utah Nurse Alex Wubbels said she was doing her job, following hospital protocol by refusing to let police take a blood sample from the unconscious patient. Is he under arrest . No. Reporter jeff payne demanded a blood sample, his truck smashed by a car racing from police according to local media. Wubbels explains the policy for obtaining blood. There are three things that allow us to do that or if you have an electronic warrant, patient consent or patient under arrest and neither of those things the patient cant consent. Reporter she even gets her supervisor on the phone who backs her up. The tension only escalates. Shes the one that has told me no. But sir, youre making a huge mistake right now. Like youre making a huge mistake because youre threatening a nurse. Okay. No, were done. Were done. Youre under arrest. Were done. [ screaming ] Salt Lake Citys police chief apologized and said what happened was unacceptable. I was alarmed by what i saw in the video. I wanted to be very clear. We take this very seriously. Reporter for now wubbels isnt filing a lawsuit. I feel strongly in giving people the benefit of the doubt and i truly believe honest in his apology and trying to make things better. Reporter Police Released wubbels without charges after she sat in the police car for 20 minutes. Detective payne said in a written report that his watch commander advised him to arrest the nurse for interfering with a police investigation. Payne and another officer now on administrative leave as internal investigators look into the startling incident. Dan simon joins us live now from Salt Lake City. So dan, what more do you know about the officer and why he felt the need to arrest this nurse. Reporter well, they, first of all it should come as no surprise that the officers actions have been widely condemned here in Salt Lake City and of course on social media. The comments have been rather harsh. I can tell you that the officer is a trained flow bot mist and the nurse commander said she should be arrested. Now, it is important to point out that the person they were trying to obtain blood from was a victim. He was not a suspect. Apparently they wanted to get that blood to exonerate him in the future should any issues arise. But legal experts say even in a situation like this, you need to have a warrant or you need to have patient consent. Neither of which applied in this case. We tried to reach out to the Police Officer and his legal representative but so far we havent heard back. Wild video. What a story. Dan simon in Salt Lake City, thank you. And there or the righthand of your screen live images in louisiana where air force one just touched down. The president getting ready to meet with folks there who are affected by again Hurricane Harvey that eventually moved its way back and hit made a second landfall in louisiana near lake charles and there are a number of people hundreds who had to evacuate and affected by the storm that hit that state. Hes expected to meet with residents, with the National Guard, the cajun navy a group of volunteers who have also been very responsive in rescuing those who are trapped in floodwaters. Well continue to monitor this visit by the president and the first lady. Again, now, on the ground in louisiana. Now reality is setting in for Hurricane Harvey victims. Ahead in our next hour as residents start to return home, many wonder just how they should begin to rebuild their lives amidst the mud and the muck. The next hour of the cnn newsroom continues right after this. Opportunity sales event before it ends. Choose from the is turbo, es 350 or nx turbo for 299 a month for 36 months if you lease now. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Were back with breaking news. The president on the ground in louisiana. Meeting with the residents there. Those affected by the storm as Hurricane Harvey made a second landfall as a Tropical Storm over this area inundating this state near lake charles, with an enormous amount of water causing extensive flooding in that state as well. The president just arriving there after initially meeting with people in houston for several hours this afternoon. His visit just getting under way. Lets see if we can hear some of the discussion right now. Again the president meeting right now with senators cassidy and senator kennedy. Some of the louisiana delegation. I want to head out to ryan nobles on the ground in louisiana, ready for the president s visit there to talk more about what we can expect. Ryan, take it away. Reporter yeah, thats right, ana. This is the president essentially making good on a promise when he made his first trip to the region after the first round of Hurricane Harvey blew through he promised the governor of louisiana hed come back to check on the situation in louisiana. And of course at that time there was a real threat that that second round of Hurricane Harvey was going to do serious damage to louisiana. But fortunately for this region, it stayed predominantly to the west and theres really not a significant portion of louisiana that was impacted heavily by the storm. Regardless though, the louisiana has played a very Important Role in the Hurricane Harvey recovery because so many of louisianas resources had been used to aid the folks in texas. And i spent the entire week in the eastern portion of texas and we have seen countless folks from louisiana cross over the border to aid their fellow citizens on the other side of the border. This was something that John Bel Edwards the governor of louisiana told greg abbott the governor of texas, that louisiana would do all it could to help the people of houston and east texas just like the people of texas helped the people of louisiana after Hurricane Katrina so what President Trump is going to do here in this visit to the National Guard armory behind me is thank those National Guard troops and the people of louisiana for their hard work over the past couple of days. Helping the people in texas. And we can tell you firsthand that that help has been invaluable. Particularly here in lake charles. This is a city that understands how deadly hurricanes can be and they have opened up their drs