this country s not gonna put up with it. president trump s not gonna put up with it. the message is very clear. outside of it, secretary pompeo and secretary shanahan, they all have their roles to play in this. the doe side of it, i m here the second largest facility in the world and they operate outside of the texas/louisiana border. being able to make sure that no matter what happens in that strait of hormuz, the united states is still going to be able to deliver a substantial amount of energy around the world. two years ago that wasn t possible. the world has changed. that s the miscalculation iran makes. they think somehow they can leverage this because historically they were a supplier of energy. the united states subplanted them. dana: you would say our
to say about his new buddy. he got in his head. hi, bill. once again we re watching severe weather today. i wouldn t doubt if some communities they tell them to cancel and do it another day. so here is the area of concern. the thread off tornados today, mostly along the texas/louisiana border. we re going to get soaking rain in dallas and fort worth. could have severe wind damage in areas of and those that do get hit could have significant debris like falling storms. so the flood threat. this is a light rain event throughout the day. and tomorrow you re going to get soaked. so we ve10 million people along southern portions of
all right. still ahead, congress returns to work next week. and one of the first orders of business the trump administration s request for the massive cash infusion for fema. will washington be able to put politics aside and be able to deliver on the president s promise of quick action to help hurricane harvey victims? august 2017, catastrophic flooding from hurricane harvey hit houston and the coast of texas and louisiana. destruction is massive. families have lost everything. the final impact not yet known. but you can help. go to cnn.com/impact for information and to find links to charitable organizations and resources. your donations can make a difference. stay with cnn for continuing coverage of hurricane harvey s aftermath and impact your world. all right. live pictures right now. this is called the first church in houston. you re hearing the cheers and seeing all the phones go up because this is now the second
with people on the ground. and he still has another stop in louisiana, of course, fred. all right. and, boris sanchez at the white house, what s it going to take? the president speaking very optimistically that this nearly $8 billion relief aid package is now going to be at the desks of congress when they come back tuesday. and hope is this is a down payment that will be easily approved. reporter: that s right, fred. you actually heard the president say to senator ted cruz of texas that there s still hard work ahead in reference to passing this package. though there is some momentum behind it. we ve not only heard the president but also the vice president and key members of congress pledge to the people of this ravaged area that this would get done very quickly. the white house finalizing this request last night. in total it s a $7.85 billion relief aid package. the bulk of that money going to fema to their disaster relief
southeast texas receding flood waters now show the daunting magnitude of the work ahead. returning homeowners are emptying their flooded houses. streets now overflow with soggy and stinky trash, ruined items that were once their belongings. the death toll across southeast texas has risen to at least 50. in beaumont, texas, that s northeast of houston near the louisiana border, the situation there is still grim. and getting even worse. the city of 118,000 is now in its third day without running water. and thousands there still don t have power. workers are hoping to restore the water today if the river levels drop enough. let s bring in white house correspondent athena jones. she has been traveling with the president, is joining us now from houston. athena, we saw president trump there hugging evacuees, kissing children, he and the first lady then were serving meals at a shelter. we saw them at a distribution site helping with the water and the need there. how is he being received?