Ballot. Right now fox news reporting, americas payday, the big squeeze. The election is almost upon us. And with the help ouse of representatives firmly in republican hands and the white house of course off the table everyones focus is on this side of the u. S. Capital. The u. S. Senate. The republican number a gain of six feet and both sides are fighting it out in state after state realizing the National Implications of those local results. If theres one issue that has everyones attention, its the economy. President obama recently said that the economy was better than when she first took office. The public is uneasy. Nevertheless democrats have been fine to establish they are the ones to be trusted with the economy. Over the pass year theres a phrase they have been using quite a bit. I believe this is the defining challenge of our times. Democrats have been talking a lot lately about income inequality. There is no greater challenge this country has than income inequality. We must do s
Behind me is relatively calm but the weather has been changing by the minute. Overall in the past 24 hours we have witnessed steady violent, torrential downpour spread are forecasters of said that most of the damage of the storm will not come from wins but from the consistent rain and flooding. In our reporting we have seen just that. The National Weather service has issued a fresh Flash Flood Warning and also a tornado warning. Our phones have been going off the hook with all the tornado headings that hit your phone. We have seen 9 inches of rain just outside of houston and the National Weather service is saying anymore between 15 and 25 more inches of rain could fall. As you sit here in see the constant rain and we have a little break right now and youre saying to yourself this rain has to be going somewhere and with more steady days of rain in the forecast it seems like the flooding will just get worse. We talk about dirty water and the risk of disease and animals in the water and t
First an uptotheminute update and heres fox news meteorologist adam klotz. Its been a slow more the last several hours. Hurricane harvey making its landfall and two hours from the time it hit. The eye of the storm, that ring is where youll see the strongest winds. Weve seen consistent winds around 130 miles an hour and gusting higher. They dont come to your house and pull you out so hopefully folks left that area. If not theyre going through a long night. To the north of this and off to the east, this is an area where youre seeing strong winds pumping in the water. The surge will be another issue along the right side of this hurricane. Thats where the surge will be piling up the most. What are we looking at for the storm surge . Areas up to ten feet. I was looking at the website from the National Weather service and were seeing indications up to six to eight feet of storm surge. It can only climb higher in the next several hours as the storm system is stuck where its at. When you see a
Behind me is relatively calm but the weather has been changing by the minute. Overall in the past 24 hours we have witnessed steady violent, torrential downpour spread are forecasters of said that most of the damage of the storm will not come from wins but from the consistent rain and flooding. In our reporting we have seen just that. The National Weather service has issued a fresh Flash Flood Warning and also a tornado warning. Our phones have been going off the hook with all the tornado headings that hit your phone. We have seen 9 inches of rain just outside of houston and the National Weather service is saying anymore between 15 and 25 more inches of rain could fall. As you sit here in see the constant rain and we have a little break right now and youre saying to yourself this rain has to be going somewhere and with more steady days of rain in the forecast it seems like the flooding will just get worse. We talk about dirty water and the risk of disease and animals in the water and t
High watermarks could continue now for not only weeks but potentially months. Where do to get a briefing for the president. Who will be getting a briefing from all those on hand to try to keep this going and try to keep the rescue effort going. We are also hearing separately that the president with cabinet secretary in tow is promising immediate federal leave to any and all who need it. 49 inches of rain right now, good enough for a record in these types of events. More is expected. Rains are pounding louisiana coast as we are told. This on a day gas prices continue rising. They are up at about a 10 cliff, that would be a National Average in terms of the futures market here because of what is going there even if you are not affected by whats going on. The Houston Convention center meanwhile over 9,000 evacuees there. That is double what they could realistically handle. They want to spread the wealth to other centers and other texas cities and towns. San antonio chief among them are all