That. Ill keep it short because i know wevegot time constraints here but a quick description of what an enormous challenge this is. The secretary of Homeland Security managers 240,000 people in the department. The responsibilities for Homeland Security are vast. Ill start with itthe federal Emergency Management agency that has to deal with do hurricanes and wildfires now covid amongst many other responsibilities , Border Security, a huge issue. Weve not fixed that problem by a long stretch but this administration has done a good job of stopping the outofcontrol illegal entry that we are experiencing over a year ago. Pe this department is concerned about cyber security, Election Security, security of our Critical Infrastructure and as we just witnessed with some of the protests that have sprung to right, also protecting our federal buildings and of course we have to thank David Underwood in open oakland california, a member of the federal Protection Services so the responsibilities are
Today, the covid and convention, but this is a big deal. Im outside in port arthur, texas. That is the biggest u. S. Oil refinery. That is the motiva refinery. It is shut down, flaring some gas. Just a skelton crew. They cant shut it completely down. That is shut. Oil and gas throughout this region shut. But more importantly the people. Take a look at the latest pictures of this morning people getting, the last plane out of saigon almost. The last few buses out of the port arthur dead center in the cone. Were dead set the eye of the storm could come ashore. If it is a cat4 storm that comes ashore, and youre in the wall, you will get quite a ride. You point out unsurvivable water in terms of storm surge. We talked to some folks that stayed in other hurricanes but after their experience, this time they say, im out of here. Trying to stay, when they said it would be category, would end up being a category 4, the possibility we would be in the eye, that is kind of scary. With harvey, we we
Doing a fantastic job for the state of texas and he has from day one. And Lieutenant Governor dan patrick, another friend of mine, inc. You, dan. Thank you, dan. State attorney general ken paxton. A very aggressive attorney general, thats what we like. Youve got some very big ones, including mailin ballots, right . Unsolicited, i call them, unsolicited mailin ballots where people are sitting at home and they get hit mailin ballots all over the place. I hope you will be successful. I think it is a very important case not only here for the but the entire country. I think there are 18 of those cases throughout the country. In pennsylvania and North Carolina we have a lot of them. Thank you very much. A man who has been there when we need him and has been incredible for texas and in my friend, ted cruz. Thank you. We have spent a lot of time before and we are working to get texas everything they need. And sman brian babb babbin, a warrior and terrific guy. And where is randy . Randy weber,
The state of texas and he has from day one. Lieutenant governor dan patrick, a friend of mine. You did incredibly well representing the state, and state attorney general ken paxton, he is a very aggressive attorney general and that is what we like. Youve got some very big ones including the mailin ballots, right . Like to call them the unsolicited mailin ballots where people are sending them home and they just get hit with mailin ballots. I hope you will be successful, i hope it is a it is actually a very important case. Wenow you are really on top, have got 18 of those cases throughout the country, and pennsylvania, north carolina, we have a lot of them. Thank you very much, i appreciate it. A man who has really been there when we need him and he has been incredible for texas, ted cruz. We spend a lot of time before and we are looking to get texas everything they need, we will bring it back. Congressman brian babb and babbon, thank you very much. Randy weber, thank you very much. We h
Morning, august 27th. Dave, like you, nice cool air coming in in marin county but i have to tell you a very big smell of smoke. As we check in with mark tamayo i know it will heat up today and im afraid it will get worse. Yeah, it will not be a huge warmup but your observation is right on. We are seeing a bit more haze and smoke drifting over had this morning. And remember, we still have to spare the air alert right on through friday. The major story overnight was hurricane laura making landfall as a powerful category four storm in southwestern louisiana. Cameron, louisiana with wins of 150 miles an hour. We will be watching the storm all morning long. For us in the bay area, we have low clouds and hazy skies into the afternoon hours. The forecast i should be just a little bit warmer compared to yesterday. Yesterday was actually cooler than expected. Today a little bit of a rebound in most amateurs. Lets check in with sal, he is watching the roadways this early thursday morning. Good m