Human Services Secretary on cspan. Org. And you can see the vote for mr. Azar at 2 15 eastern. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, the center of our joy, we thank you that you are in the midst of lifes battles with us, bringing good even from the abnormalities of our pilgrimage. Lord, we are grateful that throh the struggles and tear you stand thin the shadows, keeping watch over your people. Lord, even though our lawmakers may not know how all the pieces fit together, we are grateful that they can still strive with grateful hearts to do your will. May they remember your command in 1 thessalonians 5 18; in everything give thanks for this is gods will for your life. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the rep
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
Oil and gas this morning, you have a drop in oil prices. Gasoline prices have hit a twoyear high following not storm. Futures are showing this common stocks to start the new weekend. 18point loss on the dow futures come a loss across the board. In europe, stocks are heading lower as well. Losses at the biggest loser being the dax in germany. In asia overnight, markets mixed. We had games on the hang seng in hong kong and shanghai 1 . Breaking down the board vote in the richer task of juggling faces a hard. So much more this morning. Come and morning. Come and enjoy the music pollster ed the same ski partner and editor we will be breaking down the business impact. A lot of terrific guest coming up this morning as well. Retired Army Lieutenant general Hurricane Katrina joint Task Force Commander russell honore. Retired Lieutenant Colonel allen west and attorney general of texas, ken paxton. This gentleman will all be here. Right here right now, catastrophic flooding in houston. Tropical
Interesting. Fema has a waffle house have you been . No. I have been to waffle house. I used to work in houston and alabama. Femas waffle house index looks at whether or not Waffle House Restaurants are able to stay open despite treacherous weather conditions. At this point there are just two waffle houses in the houston area that are closed. 30 remain open. It is a 24 7 restaurant. They say they want to be open and serving people who need food, comfort, shelter. What do you think the equivalent would be here . Dennys. I dont know that there is one. Because waffle house is so regional. Theyre everywhere, almost like starbucks. Regional in the sense that in in out california. It is an interesting to know that fema is watching what is happening with waffle house. I love that the companies are staying off. I saw like an rei giving away goods to First Responders to people who have evacuated. Even boats getting boats into the flooded areas. I love it. The spirit is there. Speaking of things
As we await sessions, lets bring in elevation parters in Roger Mcnamee this morning, sar sar sarah fagen and elan muy lets set the table for what we expect sessions to say the white house wants to end this program and it looks like there will be a sixmonth delay before it actually phased out. The big question that sessions will have to answer is exactly what will the end of the Program Look Like . Is it a shutdown of daca for all the people would are currently receiving those protections and benefits or is there some sort of phaseout that could allow people some perhaps grace period before they see those benefits run out and before they can face deportation. Quickly here, sarah, we expect the ag in a moment, people turning their attention to what were expecting to be a six month period for congress to react. With now a number of new obstacles in their way what might their calendar look like the calendar is getting more crowded and certainly with other issues before them this is not a g