here. we used to go maybe five minutes from here. just turn here. right there used to be loaded with shrimp. now, we have to go to, three hours that. we the states freshwater diversion program, a 50 year, 50 billion dollar effort, is still in the planning and permitting stage. the state telling nbc news, they know in the short term, their plans will hit some in the fishing industry, especially hard. but it s the best long term plan to reverse coastal erosion. the williams brothers, disagree. they re seeing the sand they pump in here, they could pump the sand out of the bayous back into the march. far byron, watching the culture slip away cuts deep. it just hurts your, hartman. just to see so much just disappear. zerlina, one thing is clear talking to those folks. they say no matter what policy changes happens, no matter what happens with hurricanes and other disasters, there are there for the long-term. they want to stay to continue
the country s retailers had a merry christmas with a big jump in sales. but now that americans have exchanged presents, shaquille brewster tells us they re back in the stores returning the ones that are not quite what they wanted reporter: now comes the multi-billion dollar effort to correct santa s mistakes. i would say it s like 75% to 80% is going to go back. reporter: after holiday sales saw their biggest increase in 17 years, up 8.5% compared to 2020, two in every three shoppers are now planning at least one return, putting an estimated $120 billion worth of products back into the system. and returns, while maybe free to you, are costing stores more than ever this year. with jumps in labor, transportation and storage prices, processing a return costs retailers an
to a country they never lived in and never known. on monday, the hill newspaper reported the senate parliamentarian have gone back to the democrats and ask for further information supporting their argument for including immigration reform in the big bill as of today she s yet to make her ruling. the second highest ranking democrat after chuck schumer, dick durbin of illinois. he told nbc news he is losing sleep, awaiting her decision saying it is the best opportunity we have had in 20 years. and the fate of millions of immigrants in this country is definitely something to lose sleep over. but even so, it is one piece of what it would be this massive three and a half trillion dollar effort. today, president biden himself used his bully pulpit to make his case to the american people about why they should support this bill he focused in particular on how it could change the tax code. to privilege the middle class over the ultra wealthy. if you are a typical
you re putting a lot of money behind this, as we know, when a lot of time. what has the response been from the president and the white house to these efforts? we made our opposition clear to these tariffs to the protegsiprotegs i protectionism. we have done that privately. publicly. but we feel like we got to do more, erica. we re launching this, it is a multimillion dollar effort, long-term effort. it is going to be television ads, digital ads, grassroots, town hall meetings, a long-term effort to make sure that americans understand the very real benefits of free trade. keep consumer prices low, it creates jobs, international trade does. we thought it wasn t enough to voice opposition to these tariffs coming from the administration. we need to take bigger action so we re doing that. this is such an important issue. are you concerned you could be alienating some of the president s base? no. this is an issue so important that you got to put politics
what i m talking about, would be looking at in the neighborhood of less than $100 billion that the government would pay. but the entire effort would be a trillion dollar effort, which means about $900 billion that other people are gonna have to pay. the insurance, the people. that s what i said. sandra: okay. wow, congressman, thank for jumping on with us and also giving us an update. as you said, tyler county is going to be one to watch. thank you for the update. you bet. sandra: emergency crews in the houston area now going block by block as they enter a new fay in the rescue an recovery mission. plus houston s police officers going above and beyond the call of duty. one officer of 34 years died in the flooding. more on how you can help his family next. his wife told me she asked him not to go in. steve is one of the sweetest