advised residents that there is no gas available and recommended that quote citizens stay home and do not waste gas. in corpus christy mere where harry made landfall, vice president mike pence did something the president has yet to do. he toured the devastation and met with the victim ps. latest estimates suggests that harvey could cost $75 billion in terms of property and economic losses. fema has a disaster relief budget of $3.8 billion. which raises the question, where will the rest of the money come from. back in 2005 then indiana congressman mike pence launched something called operation offset which many the wake of katrina called for any disaster relief spending to be offset by cuts to the budget. so it s a teeny bit awkward to have the vice president there in texas today when in the past he s been the poster boy for refusing disaster aid unless
across houston tonight the flood water is beginning to recede giving us a fuller picture of the devastation. and as the water recedes, it clears the way for rescue workers in houston to go door to door looking for anyone who may still be strand in their home. rescue workers have resorted to hacking through roof to get inside in the search of survivors. there s real concern tonight that the death toll could rise. the other big concern in houston is fuel. there are reports of gas shortages in part because of a major pipeline stretching from texas to the northeast which has been shut down because of harvey. today a local police department advised residents that there is no gas available and recommended that quote citizens stay home and do not waste gas. in corpus christy mere where harry made landfall, vice president mike pence did something the president has yet to do. he toured the devastation and met with the victims. latest estimates suggests that harvey could cost $75 billion in