party balances are close, if a republicans lose a vote or two, democrats need everyone they ve got. senate map, a big deal here. winners and losers. j.j. watt, defensive lineman for the houston texans encouraging his 2.9 million followers to start giving money for hurricane relief. started with $100,000. a week later, crossed about an hour ago the $15 million mark. good on j.j. watts. loser? the media. hurricane coverage, this is what the media lives for. the coverage was good, toward a lot of uplifting and heart-wrenching stories about the resilience of the community. but the media always manages to overstep and they did with his obsession about melania trump s stiletto heels. writing in the washington post, the new york times fashion session, just a disaster. check fillet, everybody has seen that video. amazing rescue of grandparents down in texas. heartwarming and funny that his first thought was to go to chick-fil-a.
of his results, published in the bulletin of the american meteorological society, he wrote within the limitations of the methods used, it s suggested that climate change to date only exerted a modest influence on the intensity of sandy. the global warming alarmists are really doing a disservice in the public debate by saying we should be spending trillions of dollars to try and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. when in fact, we should be spending billions of dollars to upgrade the infrastructure on the gulf coast of florida. asked if harvey was exacerbated by climate change, the environment protection agency put out a statement saying it s focus is on emergency response 325? bret: a former i.t. staffer is pleading not guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges.
the next day, a federal judge in york blocked some of the order. days later, a u.s. district judge in seattle halted the migration ban nationwide. a month later, the trump administration issued a new, limited order. a federal judge in hawaii blocked that executive order. in june, the supreme court reinstated some of that while it considers the issue. supreme court oral arguments are considered next month. they will consider how much power a president has over immigration, national security concern, and if any role that religion played in this order. bret: atop smalley official is warning the u.s. and al qaeda affiliate has seized of down the control of uranium mines in africa to supply iran with nuclear fuel. the state department is not disputing that report and is referring reporters to the somali government. as bad as things are in texas,
i think the fbi director has really created, perhaps, some very serious legal problems for himself. he may have perjured himself when he said he made the conclusion after the interview because the evidence is showing to the contrary. bret: jason chaffetz talking about the rector comey, then fbi director. the republicans in the senate judiciary community saying that it appears that mr. comey would issue a statement exonerating secretary clinton. that s long before fbi agents finish their work. that s not a way to run an investigation, the fbi should be held to a higher standard than that. back to the panel, lightning round here. madison, we heard the sound earlier in the show that this is quite something. conclude now, investigate later?
legislation just for dreamers. but obviously, this all comes out of the fact that president obama couldn t get immigration reform through congress when he was in office. there is no chance that we are going to have any sort of comprehensive immigration reform. it s going to be this one little piece. medicine, looking at the white house briefing today, those reporters were trying to get the answer. is it conceivable that he could end this program can send all these people out of the country? the vice president said that the president will use a big heart to make his decision. what is the definition of big heart? determine, he s been working since the storm had to help the community in and around texas. is what s happening in texas and even louisiana i think the decision itself is weighing in on him. bret: they try it in all different kinds of ways to get them to answer. but tuesday, she kept on saying. they are going to have to wait until tuesday.