up. we have been talking about this trip for quite some time and a lot of issues that the white house want us to be focused on. i m curious as to how we are going to see the trip play out with all of the distraction. we certainly speculate and in fact, we heard leeland talk to kevin cork, are there goals that the white house wants us to be talking about as opposed to the things that we are going to be seeing at home. you have the president going to five different countries meeting with all the world leaders, you know, golfing with the japanese prime minister and then back home you have tax reform which is his biggest agenda item for the fall, playing out and others begin jocking what should be in the package. the administration wants it done by christmas. we are looking in the beginning of december. you have a lot of action. you have the mueller probe back home. you always have cascading issues, one of the parts about the white house and the presidency is there s always 15 balls in t
leadership down there in texas. this as more evacuations are underway at this very moment. the floodwaters in houston and the surrounding areas continue to rise. griff jenkins live, we can tell you on the ground but more accurately on the water in west houston. griff? reporter: leeland, in this west houston neighborhood, residents coming back to try and get valuables out of their homes after being told they should voluntarily evacuate by mayor sylvester turner because the reservoirs in particular the addicks reservoir overflowing here in this neighborhood and they expect this to last for the next 14 to 15 days this flooding as the army corps of engineers says they have to simply release more and more water to travel downstream. we spoke with one of the residents tom richardson who came back for his valuables and he says we need more help and we need answers on why we were sacrificed without being told to leave this as the death toll
reaches at least 40 and expected to rise as in some areas where the water has receded we may find even grimmer news. back to you, leeland. well we certainly know that the searchers are there on the ground, griff jenkins live in west houston we re going to check in with griff through out the day for some of these very personal stories and boy, are we hearing so many of them from people coming back to their homes just to pick up a few things and then heading back out the only way to get to their houses is in boats. these are the same stories that president trump will hear when he lands at noon eastern. leeland vittard, now back to bulls & bears. david: after the cleanup, the buildup as government officials figure out how to pay for it all some are questioning whether or not we should continue rebuilding in flood prone areas. gary b. it s a tough question to ask when you see videos like this
course stands to have impact nationwide on gas prices are those of you at home are earned in the eye of the storm or in louisiana, it could have an impact on you because the price could jump from 15 to 25%. since this weekend. leeland: it s difficult to find gas for folks who have evacuated. the mayor from victoria texas stories is now. so they understand the geography, as i see it, the storm came ashore in rockport which is there just a little north of corpus christi and then you re a little bit inland from that and we see victoria, texas on the map, the eye wall just south of you. what is it like there right now? the winds are slowly increasing in speed and the rain
there in shape to go out and help folks. have you had any reports from people who are in need of help right now or is everyone, so far, been able to make it through okay? there s been sporadic reports. yes, response times are delayed and there is a threshold where first responders will not respond out of danger to themselves. had good cooperation with our citizens and that was mentioned early on for the last several days not to expect and you need to get shelters in place and hunker down and not expect responses during the most dangerous time. everyone in danger. there s been a few sporadic incidences. leeland: is the power still on their smart. it is. i don t know what percentage, if i had to guess maybe 50% or less of the town has power. we have certain areas that we are aware of the didn t lose power and it stayed on for hours but others it fluctuated. maybe 50-50 is my guess.