This is the way to do it. An additional 20 to 30,000 soldiers and airmen that if requested could be brought in. Devastated. Liz President Trump and the first lady in texas serving firsthand the destruction from Hurricane Harvey. Theyre scheduled to depart austin texas this hour. We will bring that to you and now this, a death toll mounting, 15 now dead including a Houston Police officer drowned in his car while on the way to work and an estimated 50 billion in damage, 30,000 people now in shelters. The downpour only half way over. Words like unprecedented do not capture the severity of the situation and harvey is now heading towards louisiana and to north korea the white house says all options now on the table after north korea shot a missle over japan late yesterday. The safe haven trade, the russia safety trade now on in the market. Welcome to risk reward im elizabeth macdonald. President trump now in austin, texas with the first lady after surveying the damage in southeast texas. Th
The president will bring a promise of money, manpower and the military. The gold coast needs at all. North koreas blatant provocation. Japanese people woken up by a red alert from broadcasters. Take cover at the north korean Ballistic Missile flew up ahead. The south Korean Military has responded with a live fire precision bombing run close to the north. No military response from america at this point. The president has not taken it off the table. I mistake on either side risks were. Investors dont like to hear that. Today they are selling. The dow opened sharply lower. But it is the human catastrophe unfolding in houston that is great the attention of the nation. Earlier in unthinkable forecast to 50 inches of rain, the still rising floodwaters and directly from people who have lost everything. Varney company is about to begin. Lets get right at it. The flood of biblical proportions. Jeff flock on the ground in houston. Am i right in saying the water levels are still rising . Reporter
The Recovery Efforts from Tropical Storm harvey. Theyre speaking to a crowd in Corpus Christie. This has been a total cooperative effort. Again we will see you soon. I will tell you this is historic, it is epic, what happened but you know what, it happened in texas and texas can handle anything. Thank you all folks, thank you. Cheryl the president making comments in corpus. They arrived in the capital city of austin. They will be briefed on Disaster Relief efforts across the state. Well take you live for that previousing during this hour. This is all happening as more than 40, almost 50 inches of rain hit parts of state. This is the most rainfall from one event in u. S. History as louisiana braces for impact. There is new details on another big story were following. North korea, in another act of defiance launching a new ballistic missile. The president says all options are on the table, ashley. Ashley deep breath. Lets get back to the markets. The dow making a comeback ending up some
Texas, promising relief too harveys victims in austin and Corpus Christi. We want to do better than ever before. Reporter minutes after air force one touched down, president told officials that were gathered at Corpus Christi firehouse number 5 to set a historical standard. We want to be looked at 10 years from now as this is way to do it. Reporter harvey was still hammering houston about 220 miles away. He knows that what looks like a wellplanned rescue and recovery effort could still fail. Well congratulate each other when is all finished. Reporter pentagon believe its will go so long they announced today possibility 20 to 30,000 National Guard groups could be deployed to areas hardest hit by harvey. Like First Responders get tired and burned out, National Guard because as well. Reporter Emergency Operation in austin, President Trump toured thener center there this afternoon. The sad thing that is longterm, nobody has seen this much water. Reporter fema predicts 450,000 people affect
Floodwater fill with disease, and people trapped, many will find a way to criticize president for a personal gain, damned if he visits and damned if he stays away, charged as a opportunist or a heartless bubble dorrell dweller, he will provide fodder, lets get people out of crisis. Before we reengage in political bloodletting. Speaking of help, texas senator ted cruz was criticized for voting against Hurricane Sandy relief bill, he said, it was porkier than a pig farm, and votes again waste is not the same as votes again storm relief. Here is some advice, people are still hurting and dying, dont maximize the carnage by slowing the process with your pet project, control your fat faces in government trough and have decency for once, there are Climate Change psychic, fans when floodwater, and disaster rising by the hour, they are screaming Hurricane Harvey and violent rain, are work of Climate Change. That may be true, it may not be true. So without data and luxury of doing actual science