For all that heb and walmart, lowes, and soon to be home depot are doing. So there is much to do, and those are just the most immediate steps. Importantly, this is a place that texas and fema will be involved in for a long, long time. We will be here until we can restore this region as back to normas possible. Or as we discussed in our meeting earlier, we need to recognize its going to be a new normal. Will be a new and different normal for this entire region. But we will not stop until we get as far as we can. I want to provide some important details and then pass the mic to senator. And then to the national fema administrator. I want to explain a couple of details that citizens need to know about. As governor, i have made a state disaster decoration for 54 counties across the state of texas. In order for a disaster decoration to become a federal disaster decoration, it requires certain financial thresholds to be met. Those financial thresholds have been met in 18 counties. There are
The president eight 45, we get quick square one american family. We heard together, we struggle together and we endure together. We are going family. To the people of texas, we are 100 with you. Host that was trump at the white house on monday. Today he is headed to texas to as the relief effort remnants of Tropical Storm harvey continue to pummel the gulf coast. With that storm expected to bring more water to the houston area, another day of rescue efforts is likely in store. We want to hear from you about the deadly storm as the Economic Cost of harvey begin test begins to be tallied, what do you make of the response and recovery effort . Phone lines split up by time zones today. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter a very good Tuesday Morning to you. You can start calling you now. Phone lines split up by time zones. That special line for texas and Louisiana Residents. The white house has put out the president daily guidance. The president s daily guidance. Chop
The lease on now Tropical Storm harvey and federal relief efforts. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here with us today. I want to start today by thanking Governor Abbott and his team for hosting president trump, the first lady and members of the cabinet yesterday on our visit to harpers christie in austin, texas. We heard firsthand the experience of the First Responders and the volunteers that are helping in the texas area. We met with state and local officials to continue coordinating our response in identifying opportunities for closer collaboration. This was an important first visit to the area. I also want to reinforce for the presidency message from our trip yesterday. We expect a mini recovery in texas and the federal government is in this for the long haul. We will continue to support the people of texas as long as it is necessary that the president reiterated this again both publicly and behind closed doors yesterday. The initial word we got, people first is continui
Your questions. Secretary duke. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here with us today. I want to start today by thanking Governor Abbott and his team for hosting president trump, the first lady and members of the cabinet yesterday on our visit Corpus Christi and austin, texas. We heard firsthand the experience of the First Responders and the volunteers that are helping in the texas area. We met with state and local officials to continue coordinating our response and identifying opportunities for closer collaboration. This was a importan important f visit to the area. I also want to reinforce for the president s message from our trip yesterday. We expect a many year recovery in texas and the federal government is in this for the long haul. We will continue to support the people of texas as long as it is necessary. The president reiterated this again, both publicly and behind closed doors yesterday. The initial word we got, people first, is continuing through our response. While
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here with us. I want to thank Governor Abbott and his team for hosting president trump, the first lady and members of the cabinet, yesterday and our visit to Corpus Christi and austin texas austin, texas. Responsefirsthand the of the First Responders and the volunteers that are helping in the texas area. We met with state and local officials to continue coordinating our response in identifying opportunities for closer cooperation. This was an important first visit to the area. I want to reinforce the president s message from our trip, yesterday. We expect a mini year recovery in texas and the federal government is in this for the long haul. We will continue to support the people of texas as long as it is necessary. The president reiterated this, again, both publicly and behind closed doors. The initial word we got, people first is continuing with our response. While we are continuing to monitor the storm, we remain concerned about houston, wh