And in our more Perfect Union series, a pair of texas Furniture Stores opened for people who need food and shelter. The owner says we have got to give people hope. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The First Responders are so busy. 911 calls are not being answered. The situation in port arthur continues to be dire. Tropical storm harvey makes a second landfall overnight. Unless youre in imminent danger, youre just going t have to figure out a way to deal with it. Torrential rains all through the overnight hours. Were seeing catastrophic flooding again in texas this morning. The recordbreaking rainfall that flooded houston is expected to wind down today. Rescues continue, the need in this region is only growing. Thousands who fled harvey are jammed together at double capacity. There has never been anything so expensive in our countrys history. Theres never been anything so historic in terms of damage. The president spent the day in tex
20th, weve got the 45th president. You are at trump tower. What have you got . Thats right, bill. Its inauguration day, so i came to our local white house to check out the scene, because lets be honest, trump tower is never boring. I dont know but ive been told, donald trump has got to go. Youre a trump supporter. Yeah. [laughter] ive been here since hes 19th. December 19th. Ive been attacked twice by his followers. As i told them, you can kill me, but youll never shut me up. It makes me happy. If they cant take it, well, thats too bad. They have to live with it. While many protesters took to d. C. , these guys took to fifth avenue to vent their frustration. In fact, one councilman, jermaine williams, literally sat down on fifth avenue, ultimately getting arrested for blocking traffic. City councilman . Yes. Jermaine williams. We are going to resist from day one. We are not just going to be silent. Were not going to be passive. We are actively going to resist anything that this adminis
Right ear and tore up his leg. People tried to get the dog off of me, and then he got me. Hes just telling me, im going to die, mom. It was hard. This all happened last week on wednesday while quinton was playing with friends in the backyard of his moms friends house on ocean avenue here in jersey city. I just tried to go past him, and then he just started barking at me and attacked me for the first turn. It was after him being outside. He runs into the house screaming and crying, and he was full of blood, and he said a dog pit him. And i wasnt bit him. And i wasnt understanding the magnitude until i realized his ear was missing. Quentins mom, allison, told me the dogs owner walked into her friends householding her sons ear. You know, i didnt know what to do, and a woman came to the back door, which now i know was the owner, and she has his ear. And it was the moment that i just, you know, i have no words for. Now many, since the brutal attack, quinton has been getting medical treatmen
Diana, you are chasing cats. Thats right. On the loose and im on the case here in new york. The incident happened on saturday, april 15. A woman sought after a highly valuable cat who was stolen from his cage. When the woman came in, she stuck her hand into the kennel and pulled the cat out and put him in her pocketbook and walked out. That being said, it was a very busy day and they do not have any new information. She stole him, she put the cat in the covey and went out the door with the cat. He was only at the shelter for about a day. He actually marty had a new home. But white persian cats are very popular. White persian cats are super rare here. You have your typical domestic short hair, medium haired cats, but the purebred cats get adopted very quickly. Is are now investigating. If you have a new information, contact the officials in new york city. We will have that Contact Information on a page. Okay, so the cat was at a shelter, they were going to give him away anyway. Doesnt t
Studio, youre paying thousands of dollars, and people just cannot afford that. Tamara, youre chasing a story to bloomfield where some folks are complaining theres been a rise in how the police are dealing with suspects. What have you got . Use of force insentences increased incidences increased in the last two the years . [inaudible] the Latino Leadership Alliance of new jersey came out with a new report that says, yes, they have. We need to know why this is happening, and this is why we are requesting that the attorney general and the Civil Rights Division just investigate. However, if you take a look at these numbers and analyze them a little wit more closely, you may see something different. The number absolutely did go up, but theres a reason. The year that its being compared to is 2014 where the Department Arrested 866 people. Now, when you have an opportunity or the chance arises that you may use force on someone is during an arrest. In 2015 we arrested more than double, so the f