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the state of the union, that money is good to come in very handy. our thoughts and prayers are going to be with you, you did a phenomenal job in the states hour of need. if the lieutenant governor, federal government, local officials. the people of texas really deserve our praise. when we come back, laura ingraham will weigh in next on president trump s visit to texas earlier today, the pettiness of the media. later a college professor fired after it saying hurricane harvey was instant karma to the lone star state because texans voted for the g.o.p. how sick ugly and twisted can you get
values. you re a lawyer, is there a legal case for this firing? if we put aside how we all feel about it. kimberly: there well within their rights to be able to dismiss him. texas justice is swift and furious here. in terms of being an associate or assistant professor, whether or not to have tenure or things of that nature. i think they checked it out and then acted expeditiously. very improper comment obviously. jillian: what do you make of it? juan: houston is a very democratic city, they voted for hillary clinton, not president trump. i think he aimed his hail and brimstone at the wrong city. in terms of firing him, i m very protective of academic freedom, i think it s the opposite of the pc argument that you heard from the right that everybody has to say exactly what s right. you re going to fire the guy?
juan: the story is he said to his wife, i ve got a job to do. his wife was trying to get him to stay home. what struck me watching caroline s reporting, what a contrast to the superdome. remember the superdome in hurricane katrina? now they ve got double capacity, about 5,000 at the convention center, it looks like everything is taken care of and volunteers are there. jesse: they learned their lesson from katrina. i love listening to these reports from the louisiana governor saying texas had our back end now are going to have their back. it s amazing to see, you see these two kids playing it s just a beautiful thing. a lot of humanity out there. in texas is making america great again, as of the president s trip today gave a real shot of adrenaline to the crowd. it wasn t necessarily a visit where i feel your pain, i m going to give you a shoulder to cry on, it was more cheerleading, let s do this,
jesse: president trump visited texas today to see the aftermath of harvey it firsthand and to try to lift the spirits of those impacted by the storm. president trump: we want to do it better than ever before, this is the way to do it. nobody has ever seen anything like this. jesse: with the latest on his response to harvey, let s bring in ed henry from washington, what do we have? just in the last few moments, we learned of the coast guard had said that 4300 lives have been saved by that agency in the houston area since sunday alone. the key is they are still saving lives at this hour. working around the clock along with many law enforcement officials and first responders.