Blake burman is at the white house and our Political Panel is ready to react. And finally, the sun breaks out in texas today, the Harvey Recovery efforts picking up the pace. The storm reduced to tropical depression but moving to the middle of the nation as the death toll stands at 31 and growing. Were going to talk to retired Navy Captain Chuck Nash to compare and contrast that but right now lets go to the white house and the press secretary. Questions related to hurricane harvey, and as you all know the president was in Corpus Christi and austin earlier this week and today at the president s direction, the Vice President , mrs. Pence and five cabinet secretaries are back in texas meeting with local officials and storm survivors and thanking many of the First Responders and other volunteers. The president s team here working around the clock to support state and local authorities following the storm, and now want to bring up tom bossert, the president s Homeland Security adviser to pr
Stop doodling. Do your show. I will handle it for the next 30 seconds until we have to go to the white house. Clint, particular around, you know, there might be stuff to talk about. As katy was saying, weve been around here for a few minutes. We have been expecting to go to this White House Press conference, press briefing that is supposed to have started about a half an hour ago. I would suspect that it is about to start within the next ten seconds because there is Sarah Huckabee sanders. Good afternoon. I know most of you and more importantly the American People have many questions relate to Hurricane Harvey and as you all know, the president was in Corpus Christi and austin earlier this week and today at the president s direction the Vice President , mrs. Pence and five cabinet secretaries are back in texas meeting with local officials and storm survivors and thanking many of the First Responders and other volunteers. The president s team here has been working around the clock to su
Jackson, inside the Briefing Room. Halle, i want to start with you because we dont know when that previousing is going to start and you will have to take your seat. We were not sure when we talked this morning that that was going to happen. Now we have sources saying the president is getting ready to recognize jess let me as the capital. Two sources are confirming exactly that. Custom is obviously signature knlt. Its going to be real implications in the original. It comes despite warnings from allies in the middle east and europe. This is frankly a big deal. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is likely going to be facing questions about that. If i had to predict, as somebody who sat in this Briefing Room and tried to get her on the record on actions the president will take what well hear is she doesnt want to get ahead of any announcement that is going to be coming. That said, we have authorities saying yes the president said this is happening he is moving forward with this. This was just to give