people know if asylum is mentioned, you re processed differently, avoiding jail time often released with an ankle monitor to await a court date. this is going to require congress to close the immigration loopholes, immigration reform. reporter: along the texas/mexico border, casey steegal, fox news. jon: tropical storm michael forming near mexico s yucatan peninsula. it could threaten the u.s. gulf coast this week. adam klotz has your forecast next. not just airline purchases. (loud) holy moley that s a lot of miles!!! shhhhh! what s in your wallet? - shhhhh! -
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something we ve never seen before, says the government. texas senator cruz, thank you for joining us this afternoon. thank you. god bless. eric: god bless, god bless you and god bless the people of the lone star state. arthel? arthel: share those sentiments. and the relentless rain in texas expected to last for several days, washing out major highways. casey steegal is live near dickenson, texas, and i-45 where half the road is flooded. the other half being put to good use though, right? reporter: yeah, arthel, you re or a new orleans girl. you know arthel: yes, i do. reporter: this all too well. it s painful, but i want you to meet some people who are pretty special. this is rusty, chuck and brian, and they ve been literally going around all from community to community, and you ve been pulling people from safety. that s right. a lot of this is all, i mean, 100% high water, old people and stuff like that, people that
what s inside somebody s house. incredible, and we hope that those numbers will stay down. thank you so much for that report. reporter: thank you. mike: galveston, texas, feeling the full brunt of this storm. people trying to drive out of city in what are being described as whiteout conditions. casey steegal is live in galveston. casey? reporter: hey, mike. yeah, you know, it s very different pictures coming from here than what you just saw where steve steve harrigan is. for perspective, he is about 200 miles or so down the coast of texas south of us, and they have taken the initial brunt of storm because that is where it made landfall, and we know that is where the strongest winds typically are. not much damage, no structural damage to really speak of, to be honest are you, here in galveston. but the problems here could be coming in the next few days because think of to it as a one-two punch.
unnecessarily restricting use of private property. when you get such a vague and amorphous law, then you put all the power in the hands of unelected bureaucrats. reporter: for years, many republicans have called for reform of the endangered species act, arguing that wildlife advocates can exploit the law to block economic development. but environmental groups contend it still serves a vital purpose. since it was passed 44 years ago, 2,000 species have been listed, only 1% have come off that list. that means we have saved 99% of those see cease from going extinct species from going extinct. reporter: the question is how to produce results we have to incentivize people to take care of it. reporter: all while finding common ground with folks like john yearwood. you know, we ve named the branch heartbreak acres. reporter: casey steegal, fox news. julie: it s anything but child s play.