and people with disabilities. there are no second opinions when it comes to the holocaust. so first and foremost, we need to put pressure on these business leaders. and then there are legislators who can use their power to put enforce anti hate crime programs for the classrooms. individuals can play a role. if you re a parent or grandparent, teach your kids to treat peoplespect and treat your kids about everyone empathy and teach kids ho how to stand up against acts of racism and bigotry. we all have a role. we have a shared responsibility that starts with a small act of kindness. eric, how do you see allies can do better in the face of this? stand up and call out hate
meant a lot. they plan to introduce their baby boys to each other after the holidays. i love that story. remembering well how exhausting those days were and how even just someone doing a small act of kindness goes such a long way. absolutely. it s the positive. the happy news that we need among all the other things going on in the world. thanks so much for joining us. i m paula reid. paula, so great to have you the next couple of days. i m laura jarrett. we leave you this morning with a performance from christmas. the duchess of cambridge on the piano alongside tom walker singing for those who can t be here. new day is next. for those who can t be here [laughing and giggling]
of trump tower. that atrium is the public place in that building. let me interrupt you. the only reason i do is because the article is so good, i don t want you to give it away in the interview. i want people to read it because it s a fascinating look back at a moment now through the lens of four years we really focus upon. michael kruse, thank you for writing it. we appreciate you coming in and talking to us about it. thanks for having me. you bet. a small act of kindness getting a huge response for pittsburgh for a father there, howie ditman. he is with us to tell us what happened that day, not just to the people there, but to him. stay close. with instant confirmation. i got it! what? what? l.a. bookers book apartments and vacation homes as easy as hotels. ridin scooter! l.a. baby! l.a. baby! be a booker you re welcome. at booking.com
aerial view of flood damage. what did you see? reporter: spending a couple days around the addicks area and to see it from the ground is one thing. from the air, completely another. the sweep of devastation, particularly around the area of addicks reservoir is just incredible. you know, they re predicting that some 27 trillion gallons of water, rainwater, fell on texas and louisiana, and from the air over that part of west houston, you can certainly see it. houses still buried in water. up to their roof lines. the entire area looks more like a swamp land than a park, like it usually is. the levees for both the barker and the, and the addicks. it s not clear from the ground what it looks like. when in the air you can see levees that are miles and miles long. ones alongside the i-10 freeway.
account that politicians tend to want to get when they get on the ground and in flood-ravaged and storm-ravaged areas. you see the vice president and karen pence, the second lady, vice president s wife, also looking at this devastation holding hands there with governor abbott right there behind them. just to give you a sense as to the scope of all of this. that is a building right in front of the vice president. he couldn t get any closer to some of these devastated areas. he s right snack dab in the middle of it. some of what the president presumably will see saturday when he also tours some of these storm-damaged areas. looks like in a few minutes we might hear from the vice president. you can see congressman farenthold next to the vice president there. appears to be a gathering of