So much focus on texas. Here are some of the headlines and front pages of texas newspapers this morning. Swampedston chronicle by harvey is the headline. You can see the images of the rescue effort that continue to be underway. The front page of the daily s out of Galveston County every story on the front pages focusing on harvey. Is right there in the heart of the storm. From the Beaumont Enterprise five died from the storm and well see if that number rises. About thealking forecast of the storm. Its set to hit bio city again bayou city again. We want to hear from you this morning. Your thoughts on what you are seeing on your television and your thoughts on what you have read when it comes to the response to this disaster. John is up first, gold beach, oregon. Caller good morning. I am so sorry about the hurricane damage down there. There is a major fire going on and they are dragging their feet on the fire. We are getting a lot of help and a lot of firefighters out here. There are so
Ruoff. As always, we take your phone calls. Washington journal is next. Host flags at the Human Capital are at half staff this morning, the day after a First Baptist church in texas became a fight of americas latest. People died when according to authorities, a lone gunman opened fire. You are about the attacker who died yesterday. We spent the first hour of our program on washington journal hearing your reaction to this latest shooting attack in america. Give us a call. Democrats, 202 7488000. Epublicans, 202 7488001 independent callers, 202 7488002. You can also comment on facebook or twitter. Morning to you. Heres the banner headline across the san antonio express. Hime to worship turns to orror. The New York Times armed for war. The New York Times noting that the victims ranged in age from 572 and among the dead were thedren, pregnant women and pastors daughter. The deadliest mass shooting in texas history. Front page of usa today notes that the attacker was found fatally shot a sh
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Fight in his custom fitted suit there. Looking good. That kid is cute. Good friday morning. Im lynda lopez in for diane macedo. And im kendis gibson. The dire situation, Hurricane Harvey gaining strength with sustained winds of at least 105 miles an hour. About 200 miles offshore sending rain band as shore and could make official landfall overnight tonight. Looking live now at the beach in galveston, you can see a little bit of surf picking up there. Now, voluntary evacuations have been ordered for the west end of this island. The storm surge could cause flooding there, as well. And take a look. This is the eye of the hurricane. Taken from a government Hurricane Hunter aircraft above the gulf. The eye is off of coast of brownsville right now. And this is the scene in Corpus Christi as ten infants from the Neonatal Unit were evacuated overnight. Heartbreaking pictures and fears they would die if the hospital lost power. Theyre going to a hospital if ft. Worth. Abcs janai norman has more
Provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. Oncemighty Hurricane Harvey is weakening, and drifting slowly but dangerously over land. Forecasters warn the storm is still capable of generating catastrophic flooding as far as 100 miles inland. After making landfall overnight, harvey was downgraded today from a category 4 hurricane, with 130mileanhour winds, to Tropical Storm status still with very severe 75mileanhour winds. Harvey came ashore about 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, as the strongest hurricane to hit texas in almost 60 years. Harvey has already dumped 20 inches of rain in some places. Theres a report of one hurricanelinked death. But the storm knocked out power to almost 300,000 homes. Because of harvey, Officials Say about a quarter of Gulf Coast Oil re