positive. and they ve been doing a pretty good job. except for the epa according to the associated press not being on the ground while you have superfund sites which are in danger as you know so well, we had the explosion yesterday in cross by of one of those pet row chemical locations. i hear you. but i think ultimately these are things that we re going to talk about in a few weeks, maybe even a few months looking back to see if there were mistakes made. i know that democrats and republicans in congress will have over site hearings and they ll look at every dollar that was spent and everything done immediately in response to this crisis to see if it was done correctly, more so like the response to hurricane katrina, which was not done well or it was more so like sandy, which was done a little bit better. i mean, i think you will see congress take a hard look at that. but ultimately there may be problems with funding a lot of these items if congress does what they can t help th
but they re saying they re probably going to vote for harvey funding. you saw that from peter king, long island republican, very critical of crews, calling him a hit credit but saying i m going to vote for harvey. more significantly you saw a statement from very early on from minority leader nancy pelosi saying democrats are going to support relief funding for harvey victims. thank you both for sticking around for a couple of hours with me here on this saturday. really do appreciate it. sure thing. thank you. all right. coming up, fema s flood programs are pat risk and flood insurance programs are in debt on this day. what that means for the people on the ground there in louisiana and texas.
with us. and let me start with you on this, scott, you know, the president today, we saw the pictures. you saw ted cruz, somebody who was critical of sandy funding before. you also saw in other pictures the president standing next to democrats, such as al green, sheila jackson lee. but the response has been widely, so far today, been that the mood was good. right. they were getting along. hard to tell, we have not spoken with senator cruz, but we have spoken with others who have been talking with the president who have been very critical, al green at one point asking for impeachment of this president. and so, scott, when we look at what s happening right here, might we see the funding, this $8 billion it might happen more easily? i think that first wave of funding is probably going to happen pretty quickly, easily. democrats and republicans eager
neil: hang in there it s amazing, your wherewithal and ability to go through this day by day and cue up a good night. thanks, mayor, very much. the president just made a visit to texas. he will be back tomorrow. the administration is sending $6 billion in harvey funding. kevin corke with the latest. that would be a down payment on what could be considerably more federal funds, right? you re right on the money. what is happening here, the white house and congressional lawmakers are said to be discussing a plan that would talk about $6 billion. but come up with emergency funding to deal with the devastation caused by hurricane harvey. we re talking about a huge amount to just get the ball rolling here. nowhere near as i think you said what we re going to be talking about in the long run. the math breaks down this way. about 5.5 billion to the depleted disaster relief fund run by fema. another $450 million for the
molly: you heard him talking a little bit about harvey funding, that first part where he talked about daca, we will get some word. the expectation is that he will be phasing out that program in some way, we don t know exactly how it s going to go. your thoughts on what the president could potentially do. i think the president may curtail this program and use it as leverage for a greater purpose, comprehensive immigration reform. we have to secure the border but we also have to secure our nation. we have been encouraging people to come here, parents and have their children in america which creates a burden on our local and state and federal governments but the president will be compassionate, no doubt about it. we have to make sure our laws are enforced and that we have comprehension comprehensive immigration that is fair, just, and equitable for all americans. molly: the president said he loves the dreamers, talk