Weather service reported a tornado touching down new new orleans. Since friday the remnants of Hurricane Patricia have dumped more than a foot of water on to some parts of texas, what had been a category 5 storm lost much of its strength. It caused widespread flooding that made highways and roads impassable. 50 miles south of dallas, a Freight Train derailed after floods washed away the tracks. By most accounts the state weather will. No deaths have been reported. A san antonio man was reported. He was swept into a drainage ditch. What is happening there now. Sounds like the rain has not stopped . No, its not as heavy, theres a lot of eyes on the river outside of houston, its a river that has been known to cause major problems when it comes to flooding. The totals here, were not nearly as high as we saw yesterday, they had to shut down the internet state. Receiving 20 inches of rain. The totals for the weekend. Here in the area, and the galveston area, there was flooding, but the total
And thats why the budget control act is such a big deal. Mind you, a big deal that right now the Republican Congress is abrogating. Since Congress Passed the b. C. A. With overwhelming bipartisan majorities in 2011, washington has actually reduced the level of Government Spending for two years running. This is the first time that has happened since the korean war. Leader mcconnell continued, the b. C. A. Savings are such a big deal in fact that the president campaigned on it endlessly in 2012. And yet, the lone fiscal accomplishments supposedly of the republican majorities, this deal throws overboard. They didnt have much to point to but they had this one. We have the budget caps. Guess what . We dont have those either. Then there is the debt ceiling. You know, in 2011 thenminority leader Mitch Mcconnell talked about what the debt ceiling should be used for. Thes a quote from an oped he wrote. What republicans want is simple. We want to cut spending now. Do this is do this . No. We wan
We get a taste of our own medicine now. Ms. Ryan please dont hurt us. Ms. Parsons why dont we start with you . Good morning. Ms. Parsons good morning. Lineup. I just want to thank you guys for coming out this morning and talking. m interning a lot of the Republican Debate a few days ago was taste around the Mainstream Media being an extension of the Democratic Party based around the Mainstream Media being an extension of the Democratic Party. I just wondered if you support or debunk that theory. Great question. Ive been thinking about a lot since that debate. People alwayst of want to come up swinging at the media. There are some people who put opinion with act with fact, but for many of us in the white house, we definitely get all the sources, not one or two do. Definitely. Fact it may be something you dont like, but we put the fact out there. About the media all they want, but they are the first ones looking to the media to find out what is going on in this country. It is a doubleedg
Good evening everybody. Happy friday. Before we begin, let me begin with a short readout. The president spoke today by telephone with the iraqi Prime Minister to discuss the situation in iraq and underscore the United States and during support in iraq against isis. The president commended recent progress forces have made and noted that the United States in partnership with the Iraqi Government will intensify support in these efforts. The president also voiced support for Prime Ministers leadership in battling corruption and reforms. Critical to promote promoting iraqs progress. The two leaders in for size to that both the United States and iraq are fully committed to partnering with the International Community to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. They also reaffirm their commitment to the Strategic Partnership between the United States and iraq. This is part of the discussion part of this discussion was some of the efforts that the United States will begin to undertake to intensify
Agreement on carbon emissions. It went beneath the waves 300 years ago. The spanish galion that is found. In england they charge to the top of the premier league and also made a bit of history along the way. Details coming up. In the past half hour its been announced that Iraqs Foreign Ministry summoned the turkish ambassador to baghdad. Turkish soldiers near the city of mosul, mosul held by fighters by of the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. Earlier the iraqi president said that their presence violated international law. And the iraqi Prime Minister Hyder Al Abadi said that his forces are able to push isil fighters out alone. But there is increasing scrutiny by the way that it is doing so. Increasing human rights abuses against sunni arab by iraqi and Kurdish Security forces. In those parts of iraq which have been reclaimed from isil. We have more from erbil. Peshmerga troops have had success in recapturing isil. Now theyre hopeful to defeat the armed group in other parts of the