road ahead for aid for hurricane harvey victims. the president striking a deal with democratic leaders linking the aid to raising the debt ceiling and funding the government for the next three months. leaders from both sides of the aisle weighed in. his feeling was that we needed to come together to not create a picture of divisiveness at a time of genuine national crisis. we intend to deal with him this week. this is a really positive step forward. it will work to quickly provide aid to those of hurricane harvey. it will fund the government to avoid a shutdown. leland: joining us now, senator john kuhn, republican from south dakota and number three and senate leadership. also, chairs the senate republican converse to mike
releasing a statement. agreed to pass aid for harvey and continuing resolution to december 15. both sides have every intention of avoiding default in december and look forward to working together on many issues before us. sounds good there but there could be bumps in the road. senator ben sasse the pelosi-schumer-trump deal is bad and he s not alone with conservatives weighing in on the hill. let s bring in the panel. jason riley, senior fellow at the manhattan institute, mollie hemingway, senior editor at the federalist. olivia knox. if paul ryan and mitch mcconnell couldn t deliver on any of the stuff they kept promising donald trump, it was only a matter of time before donald trump would decide he would work with other people such as chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. for president trump, a lot of house republicans have been useless had best.
one of his main critics. is that criticism unfair? and more help could soon be on the way for harvey victims, the senate about to vote on relief funds as folks in texas begin to put their lives back together, live in houston as we continue to watch irma. to err is human. to anticipate is lexus. experience the lexus rx with advanced safety standard.
legalize daca so if your head is spinning after all of that, we can t blame you, but imagine what it would be like to be nearly one of the 800,000 people that daca had previously protected. my next guest is a member of the president s evangelical advisory board. he was among the faith leaders who met with donald trump last week in the oval office as he declared a national day of prayer for hurricane harvey victims. pastor franklin, thank you so much for joining us now. you talked to the president when you were at the white house about daca. you encouraged him to have compassion for the young people that it protects. so, how are you feeling about this announcement? well, i m very optimistic. i m actually excited that when i talked with the president and those that were with me, we were not sure at all what he would do and when he gave the six-month extension, we were thrilled, because now he s saying i don t think he would have given that extension if he was not interested in signing
andrew. harris: we have fox news team coverage tracking this powerful storm. phil keating at the southern tip of florida. plus a live report from puerto rico. first let s go to our chief meteorologist. i say deja vu all over again because of harvey, but this is different. all storms are different. we knew exactly where that storm was going. we knew it was going to stall out. it became this big rain event across parts of texas and louisiana. this is a different kind of storm. very strong. winds are still at 185 miles an hour. that s a cat 5 storm. we don t see that often across the atlantic. the cutting across the british virgin islands. the eye is right over that. if you re at that tip, you re looking up and probably seeing blue sky. then you have this other side that s gonna come through. one thin about this storm is it s really small where it sustained strong winds. sometimes you have storms really