concerned about the winds but the rain is the threat. the fact that it s not moving and holding its intensity means that you re going to have these heavy rain bands for days on end. moving towards more populated areas as well. right. it s about drainage and flooding and a lot of damage. we ll think about it with katrina, the real damage didn t happen right away. there was a latency with this it. that s the same situation with this. mold problems, drinking water problems. people got to think about what s going to be happening, not only tonight but a week down the road from now. absolutely. steve, thanks for your reporting on this. we continue to follow the string of breaking political news from the trump white house that came as the category 4 hurricane was bearing down on texas. an interesting timing choice by the president. tonight donald trump announced he s pardoned joe arpaio who had been convicted last month of disobeying a court order that he stop racially profiling lat
last year? that s what it was all the leaves on the tree. much stronger. i have a fancy black tie event. he he just laughed at me. thank you, rick for that. all right. meanwhile, let s get to your headlines. we have so much to tell you about this hour. the company linked to deadly meningitis outbreak apparently knew it had mold problems but did nothing to fix it according to an f.d.a. report. the company reported finding mold and bacteria in rooms that are supposed to be sterile. at least 79 timesins january. an f.d.a. investigators found vials of drugs with greenish black material growing inside. 25 people have now died and 338 people are sick since receiving contaminated steroid shots from that company. well, amid all the stories of tragedy amid the syria s capital. one story of hope.
well, it s really a philosophical argument going on between the keynesians and out of milton freedman school of what works in an economy. most of the guys who are arguing for kyynes never read him. it s what you hear out of washington. you mentioned the infrastructure, they re talking about really another stimulus bill, but the last one was supposed to get us some of that infrastructure and it disted. we need to get more none to the states because they need to maybe refurbish schools, maybe deal with mold problems, but also let s put solar panels on some roofs here. they re also talking about getting money to states so that they can maybe save for jobs of teachers and other state workers. finally, it s about a $97 billion gap between what s required for medicaid and what the states can afford to give and so the stimulus is it s stimulus, but a lot of payback. kelly: i hear you loud and clear. there is another side,
the lawsuit filed in union city, new jersey, says faisal rauf hasn t addressed mold problems and fire hazards pointed out to him and his managers by the tenants and he says he s ignored problems and orders from city officials on numerous code violations. no comment yet from mr. rauf. less than a month after the bodies of 72 mike rants were found on a ranch near the texas-mexico border, the chief of mexico s immigration agency is calling it quits. she led mexico s national immigration institute for four years. mexican officials suspect drug gangs were behind the migrant murders. unbelievable images from an air show in england now as a plane nose dives into the ground in front of thousands of onlookers. pilot mike newman crashed during the royal air force s association show. witnesses say the glider s nose crumbled as it hit the concrete. newman was able to miraculously fall out of the plane.
somebody. they should have had a parade of priuses out there to make a statement. instead, a little shot of the morning for you. a little snafu with the marketing, right? i think so. we got some headlines for you. lawyers for the imam from new york who plans to build a mosque near ground zero heading to court today after being sued by the city where that imam owns two apartment buildings. the lawsuit filed in union city, new jersey, across the river from manhattan says faisal rauf has not addressed mold problems and fire hazards pointed out by his tenants over the years. it also says he s ignored orders from city officials on numerous code violations. no comment yet from rauf. less than a month after the bodies of 72 migrants were found on a ranch between the texas and mexico board he, the chief quitting her job. she has been leading mexico s national immigration institute since 2006.