Some people waiting over a mile just to get bottled water. Governor abbott says 440,000 people have registered for fema assistance. The Corpus Christi ship channel is back open. The Energy Secretary says approving up to 4. 5 Million Barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum reserve will help ease any fuel crunch. That did help do something we havent seen in a week. Gasoline futures closing down today 2 . That is the first drop weve seen in nine sessions. The retail gas situation does show a speak. We are up 17 cents a gallon in the last week alone. Now we go to rich in texas where the rescues are underway. Chris . Were about 40 miles southwest of texas. What you see now is an active rescue. Theyve been called in from flooding by the colorado river. This is the board coming in. Troy nehls called in the board. Theres about 12 houses that have people that need rescuing and were told that they have 60 dogs because a woman had a shelter here and people would pay to send their dogs here. N
Morning. At around 10 00, House Republicans and democrats will go their separate ways and have conversations behind closed doors about what to do next. The big moment comes at noon. Thats when the senate gavels back in. The balls in the senates court. Theyre the ones that have to take the next move because the house has passed a shortterm spending plan. The question is can the senate gather the 60 votes necessary to do that themselves. At this point, that doesnt seem possible. In fact, listen to what was talked about last night on the senate floor before the shutdown went into effect. Perhaps across the aisle some of our democratic colleagues are feeling proud of themselves, but what has their filibuster accomplished . What has it accomplished . The answer is simple their very own Government Shutdown. President trump, if you are listening, i am undering you, please take yes for i am urging you, please take yes for an answer. The way things went today, the way you turned from a bipartis
But President Trump is striking all of his usual divisive notes on the campaign trail. And i dont know if you saw the one thats coming up. Thats a big caravan. These are tough people. These are not angels. These are not little angels. These are tough people. And were not letting them into our country. Theyre not coming in illegally. Democrats want to have open borders and they want to invite caravan after caravan into our country, overwhelming your schools, hospitals and communities. The democrats are the party of rigid ideology and total conformity. They demand absolute agreement, and they dismiss, demean and demonize anyone who questions their radical ideas. Do you see what theyre doing to our people . See what theyre doing to people that represent our thought . But jarring description of our people stands in stark contrast to former president obamas message on the stump today for florida gubinaryitorial candidate Andrew Gillum. We need leaders who will stand up for whats right, rega