Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i offer my deepest condolences to reverend Billy Grahams children and grandchildren on this very sad occasion. Reverend billy graham will be remembered by millions of people for millions of reasons, which is a testament to the people he inspired. When i consider reverend grahams life and all of his many accomplishments, i think of his Humble Beginnings and his dedication to bringing people to christ. Reverend graham, North Carolinas favorite son, began as a farmers son and was not born with the steadfast faith that we later observed. It was a faith he chose and that he dedicated himself to all of his life. Later he would be called americas pastor as he counseled president s and the poor alike. What is remarkable is how reverend graham heard the
Houston are trapped in their homes. Some of our neighbors are trapped on the rooftops. Other texas cities are welcoming the displaced, dallas is welcoming those at a shelter. The president and first lady are due to travel to texas and survey the damage tuesday. President trump approving an Emergency Declaration for louisiana as harvey is expected to go out into the gulf of mexico expected to return back to the texas louisiana border and add that rain were about to see by the time its all said and done by the end of the week, totals could reach 50 inches. Channel 6 action news. Back here, the call for help is being answered. The eastern pennsylvania chapter of the red cross has deployed volunteers. There are many ways you can help, too, right now financial donations are the best. Donated items are helpful, but they cant get there immediately. People donate things they need cleaned sorted and shipped that takes personnel and resources that distract us from our dominant mission. Were in t
Santoli. Carl has the morning off. We begin with our coverage of Hurricane Harvey, which continues to wreak havoc on texas and louisiana. The houston area alone receiving 20 inches of rain already with more to come the president is set to travel to texas tomorrow. We have Team Coverage for you. Jackie deangelis is live in Corpus Christi, angie lasman monitoring the storm track at hq jackie, over to you first for an update. Reporter hi, there, sara it appears, at least for the moment, that the weather has calmed here and some of the dust is settling, but now there are a lot of questions with houston under water how Corpus Christi is going to get back on its feet, get power restored, get the plumbing going again some of these coastal towns were really hard hit over the weekend. We were in rockport. We spoke to some folks who were speaking to the solidarity of the texans and praying for those in houston, but we spoke to some who said we need help and we need it now. I dont think so. This
Been downgraded to a Tropical Storm. It came ashore late friday northeast of Corpus Christi as a category four hurricane. It has caused catastrophic flooding in texas. A lot of people are frustrated and dont understand why we are seeing trucks unfortunately, those trucks can only go so far. And hopefully today, we will get to the rest of you. Up on us. t give none of us are going to give up. Mark the houston mayor added that nearly 6000 people have moved into city shelters. Major airports out texas in south texas has reopened. Corpus Christi International today. Service harvey made land for as a category four hurricane late friday 30 miles away. Two other major airports in the region, george bush intercontinental and houston Hobby Airport have been closed since midday sunday. Taxes wont be the only state suffering from the storm. Texas wont be the only state suffering from the storm. Louisiana could get 20 inches of rain in the southern part of the state. Aesident trump has declared st
Well talk a lot about this and well get back to harvey in just a few minutes. Now back to the political storm. The president at odds with the gop leadership. But the white house says all relationships are status quo. I think it relationships are fine. Certainly there will be policy differences. But there are a lot of shared goals. We are disappointed obama care, they failed to get it repealed and replaced. President trump worked with leader mcconnell with other members and well continue to do that when the senate comes back from recess. Connell stove cortez is with us and john burnett. Welcome to both of you. John, ill start with you in the studios here in new york. Tell me how all this infighting, if there is a feud between President Trump and Mitch Mcconnell, tell me how this is not counter productive . How does it make any sense. President trump, its a delicate dynamic. And he likes to keep people on their toes. Hes the only person i know who wants you to know exactly what hes think