and there you heard the president there. he s at a church in houston, one of a couple of stops before he heads to lake charles, louisiana, though notably, recognizing everybody that he brought with him on air force one and those that he met there on the ground in texas. he brought out secretary devos, education, secretary carson of hud, also secretary of veterans affairs shulkin, the acting secretary duke of homeland security, and i know the chief of staff, john kelly is with him as well, though not recognized, what we were able to hear. also texas governor greg abbott and his wife certainly instrumental in the recovery and implementation of the expected fema funds which the president has asked for and that that s a number of up to $8 billion thus far to be immediate heyer brought immediately brought to those folks there. that texas delegation working to try to bring relief to those
reimbursement after having done it. we need the assistance up front. it needs to be advanced and massive. the we need an army of representatives. . on the ground assisting people in registering and walking them through the system. and we need that yesterday. mayor, have you made that to president trump directly? have i spoken to the president. i have not. i have spoken to secretary carson. i have spoken to secretary perry and i thank them for calling. senator cruz, and he s been in houston at the shelters. and has made direct on tact with fema on myby ha behalf. of i ve talked to a number of representatives. today i m going to talk to someone over fema and head of homeland security. i have not personally talked to the president. what i would say to everyone, i no he there s a debt.
place under secretary ben carson. you would say that s not right. i would say you should ring the doorbell before you conclude no one is at home. [laughter] i don t think they did a very good job of journalistic investigation. bret: secretary carson, we appreciate your time. you re welcome back anytime. thank you so much. bret: up next, president trump tries to rally the heartland on tax reform there s nothing more important than your health. so if you re on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b here s why. medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. you might want to consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like any medicare supplement insurance plan, these help pick up some of what medicare doesn t pay. and, these plans let you choose any doctor
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act to help us purchase and have priority to be able to amass those, bring them into the state. but that is a long process. we don t just start dragging in manufactured homes and travel trailers right off the bat. they are not going to be on your property tomorrow by any means. this is a process where you have to be into the individual assistance. the goal is to try to find you a temporary, lasting solution that works. it s within where your job. is and that s what we re working on. so it s a long process. housing is going to be very frustrating in texas. and we have to set the expectations, but we already have disaster housing assessment teams on site. we re already working very proactively with the state. i just got off the phone with secretary carson and hud. they are going to be actively involve in this as well. thanks, guys. we have to go. thank you. thank you. all right. so that was the governor of