There is a situation in texas and Mark Crumpton is with us. Mark Tropical Storm harvey is not letting up on houston. The fourth largest city in the United States has been inundated with floodwaters and an additional 20 inches of rain is in the forecast. Has drifted into the gulf of mexico and set to crash the shore of the texaslouisiana border. To pop houston reservoirs are overflowing two houston reservoirs are overflowing. They are both at record high levels due to days of heavy rain. Army corps of engineers officials have been releasing water from both but it wasnt enough to counter the rain, overspill floodwaters ways. Officials say more homes and streets will flood as a result. President trump is promising texas will get emergency disaster aid quickly. He says there will be a very Rapid Reaction from congress, in his words. There are signs that might be a political fight over the money. A Top Committee member suggests he wants to cut spending to pay for the response to harvey. Ref
Were turned away and sent back to syria in the philadelphia area. So, a lot of these folks just say theyre so furious about this in particular, that its unconstitutional and unlawful, that theyre getting these big protests together and going to meetings. In king of prussia, they had 3,000 people meet to figure out how do we protest effectively against this new president. What do you think of, number one, was it unconstitutional, jim, the executive order, and, number two, to the panel, are these protesters gonna be able to get some steam behind themselves and make a difference . Does it matter . The man won the election. Well, you know, monica, i dont know if its unconstitutional, but i can tell you, when i worked for bill clinton, i worked on executive orders. These things are vetted interagency. Lawyers from, you know, many different departments are gonna touch these things, look at them. All the possible contingencies are, you know, vetted and looked at. Unless its some absolutely em
Will increase by 15 to 20 by 2018. Meanwhile, the nations wealthiest will get tax breaks. Is this wealthcare or health care . Into the firing of u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Not very long ago, the president was saying he was going to keep the u. S. Attorney there in new york and then suddenly, i guess he has changed his mind. Amy when attorney general Jeff Sessions asked for the resignations of 46 u. S. Attorneys, bharara refused to step down and then he was fired. Soon after, bharara sent a cryptic tweet suggesting he might have been in the middle of investigating trump. We will look at what it all means. Then as a copy owned by President Trumps Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner is set to receive more than 400 million from a chinese firm, we will look at how kushner is keeping parts of his real estate empire, despite his key role in the white house. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Lose Healt
Congressional Budget Office says will lose their Health Insurance over the next nine years if the Republican Health care plan becomes law. A also estimate your premiums will increase by 1 15 to 20 by 2018. Meanwhilile, the nations wealthiest will get tax breaks. Is this wealthcare or health care . Into the firing of u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Not very long ago, the president was saying he was going to keep the u. S. Attorney there in new york and then suddenly, i guess he has changed his mind. Amy when attorney general Jeff Sessions asked for the resignations of 46 u. S. Attorneys, bharara refused to step down and then he was fired. Soon after, bharara sent a cryptic tweet suggesting he might have been in the middle of investigating trump. We will look at what it all means. Then as a copy owned by President Trumps Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner is set to receive more than 400 million from a chinese firm, we will look at how kushner is keeping parts of his real estate empi
Congressional Budget Office says will lose their Health Insurance over the next nine years if the Republican Health care plan becomes law. A also estimate your premiums will increase by 1 15 to 20 by 2018. Meanwhilile, the nations wealthiest will get tax breaks. Is this wealthcare or health care . Into the firing of u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Not very long ago, the president was saying he was going to keep the u. S. Attorney there in new york and then suddenly, i guess he has changed his mind. Amy when attorney general Jeff Sessions asked for the resignations of 46 u. S. Attorneys, bharara refused to step down and then he was fired. Soon after, bharara sent a cryptic tweet suggesting he might have been in the middle of investigating trump. We will look at what it all means. Then as a copy owned by President Trumps Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner is set to receive more than 400 million from a chinese firm, we will look at how kushner is keeping parts of his real estate empi