here s why. watch, shepard. it was built mostly on flat land, so instead of the water running off, it has to drain. the draining system was only built to handle maybe two or 3 inches at a time. not the 2-3 inches they normally get. before hurricane harvey come at ground was already saturated. since then, 20 inches of rain. all 22 of the watersheds in and around harris county, the surrounding area of houston, are now overflowing their banks. the creeks and the bayous. all of that water has to come back to the gulf of mexico, which is why you see scenes like this. one of the major arteries, interstate 69, in and out of houston, flooded. some people tried their luck, clearly. allowed people tried their luck. we saw a lot of situations and for the first time, shepard, we are here in baja house is
debt under control. now, is the political situation so bad that may be the case? yes, it certainly is. i think we re showing time and time again that congress really isn t able to work to get important difficult steps done because these are difficult. but i think it would be to the huge detriment of the country if we don t have a sensible debt deal much sooner than six years from now. thank you so much, maya. thank you. the obama administration proposing tough new rules to crack down on funding of political ads by superpacs. could it be a game changer? here s a look at interstate 69 in houston, texas. [ male announcer ] marie callender s knows that your favorite dutch apple pie starts with a golden flaky crust, wedges of fresh fuji apples, and a brown sugar streusel on top. so she made her dutch apple pie just like that. marie callender s. it s time to savor. so she made her dutch apple pie just like that. on the table by not choosing the right medicare d plan. no one could hav
and sideswiped the taylor university van, ripping it open. the impact flung passengers and their belongings all over the interstate. five of the nine people on the van were killed instantly. they were transported to the county hospital. the four survivors all suffered injuries, some serious. one young woman had been thrown 50 feet from the wreckage. she was barely breathing and was quickly airlifted to the nearest trauma center, parkview hospital in ft. wayne. that s where laura van ryn s family was told to go. they arrived at about 1:15 in the morning. in the lobby right there there were a dozen or 15 of laura s friends, a couple roommates. we were greeted by them. greeted with tears, with hugs. oh, yeah. prayers. all of the above. they didn t know whether laura would survive the next few hours or if she d ever be the same person again.
she left me a message, i believe, on their trip up to fort wayne. i didn t call her back. at about 8:00 p.m., their work done, laura and whitney, along with seven other students and staff members were riding in a school van heading south on interstate 69 toward the main campus. whitney s sister carly, also a student at taylor, was the first to hear that something was wrong. my friend ben drove up and told me that there was an accident and he thought that whitney was in it. so i called her cell phone and there was no answer. i started to kind of worry. i called her cell phone again and again. now i just started noticing people just kind of running around everywhere and coming up to me and talking to me and asking me if i had talked to whitney. did they talk about the severity of the accident at that time to you? i was hearing that people had died in the accident but not everyone had died. carly and whitney s mom was home in gaylord, a five-hour
hence, i was right. egyptian government believes it s caught and killed two of the sharks. one woman had her arm bit off and died a few minutes later. biggest country music stars in america are gearing up for the american country music awards. rascal flatts up for four of the awards. it s the only country awards show that lets voters pick the newcomers. trace adkins is hosting the show from the mgm grand in las vegas. it airs tonight on fox. meanwhile, take a look weathertime. snow hammering the midwest as much of the country is now in a deep freeze. east of the rockies. you re looking at video out of fort wayne, indiana where heavy snow and ice caused a couple of accidents. these happened on interstate 69 near fort wayne where as you can