There. Leaving homes with 3 feet of water in tell. Back in kingwood, camille confirmed what he have all seen. The worst just, thats what it is saying. Hold on. I mean, we lost everything. The rescues went on nearly ten hours today. The people we talked to said, folks are still at the apartment complex. People on the third floor who have said, were going to ride it out. But norah everyone who wanted out has been rescued. David begnaud. Thank you so much. Even with evacuation shelters overcrowded and illequipped today President Trump defended federal and texas Emergency Management officials during a visit to the storm zone. Here is jamie yuccas. In corpus christi, President Donald Trump was optimistic about the response to Hurricane Harvey. We are going to got you back and operating immediately. It is epic what happened. You know what it happened in texas. Texas can handle anything. As he was leaving a local firehouse, he waved a texas flag that had been plucked the crowd. He held up my
Houston, sylvester turner. After a brutal august, a nowweakened President Trump faces a challenging september. I am fully committed to working with congress, and i dont want to be disappointed by congress. Do you understand . Can he get a budget passed, raise the debt limit, keep the government open, get his border wall funded . Ill talk to republican senator roy blunt of missouri. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc News White House correspondent kristen welker. Matthew continetti. Susan page. And eddie glaude of princeton university. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, celebrating its 70th year. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Were going to get to the latest on the flooding in texas and the Recovery Efforts in a moment. But we begin with some very big news overnight while you were sleeping. North korea carried out its sixth nuclear test and claims that it has
We signed it now its going through hopefully quick. Plenty of praise for recovery officials. What a job. The water is disappearing we have a long way to go but the water is disappearing. The flood waters are disappearing, but the clean up and recovery facing millions ever texans is just beginning. Well get updates from our team in texas as well as the mayor of houston and the head of fema, brock long. Plus well look at the potential health risk as result of harvey and hear from Bob Schieffer about the spirit of the Lone Star State and its ability to get through tough times. As tough as this was, its been a wonderful thing, even for the country to watch for the world to watch. But as Congress Heads back to washington and face battles over funding the government, will that spirit of unity prompted by harvey last . Well talk about that and the president s plan to potentially overturn an Obama Administration directive that protects children of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Its
Pointing out, theres been an escalation, a constant exclas back and forth. Reporter the North Koreans fired a missile over japan not long ago. They threatened guam not long ago. And now this after just a couple of days ago, a massive show of military force by the United States, south korea and japan, a massive flyover. Military exercises here that were to some extent unprecedentsed. And yet the North Koreans keep pressing forward. The analysis in this part of the world is that the North Koreans are clearly testing and pushing the Trump Administration to see how they will respond. They see an administration thats perhaps weakened, that has low approval ratings, thats somewhat in disarray, and isnt able to get much done, so now they are seizing this moment, many would argue, North Koreans are trying to assert their will. This regime sees its very existence tied to Nuclear Weapons and advanced missile capability. They see themselves acting in selfdefense. They see the regime dependent on
Michelle miller spent the day with a Health Official spreading the word about the health risks. The big key is flooded water you know is unsafe. Reporter this doctor is making the round in areas that were flooded in houston. As the Harris County Public Health director, he is warning residents about the risks they face, while cleaning up their homes. Then me of all of this is mold and mold loves moisture. He got a foot of water and now mold is growing in her garage, and inside her house. When you took out the, the cabinetry and the sheet rock, were you wearing protective masks. No. See, thats what we have been saying, make sure you wear protection when you are doing all this. What we dont want while you are fryi trying to help everything and get back to normal life, is, that you also get sick in the process. Doctor shaw says it is important to clean up fast because of what contaminated walter leaves behind. Floodwater can harbor dangerous bacteria which can enter the body through cuts a