Earlier today, louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards updated reporters on his states preparations for the upcoming Tropical Storm harvey. This is 20 minutes. Gov. Edwards that afternoon and thank you all for being here this afternoon for this press briefing. As you know, we are gathered ominously on the 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina. Currently, harvey remains a Tropical Storm. While it did reenter the gulf and is sitting in the gulf right now, it is strengthening slightly. It is not going to turn back into a hurricane or anything of the sort, but the winds are picking up a little bit. The most concerning aspect of this is what we saw over the gulf, more moisture will pick up. We do not want any more rain than is absolutely necessary. This will continue to be a heavy rain and flood event. Although i do not want people to totally discount what can happen because of the winds because the ground is very saturated and has been for a long time. The wind has been blowing for a long time
Good being with us on a wednesday morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The humanitarian crisis is deepening in the wake of maria with some fearing the crisis along with the crippling debt could cause a mass migration to the u. S. The governor says without aid from the government such an exodus may be inevitable. If conditions are inhospitable, if we dont have the resources to rebuild properly, then yes, this is going to cause a problem for puerto rico. Of course it is going to cause a problem for the main land as well. Fema says 4 million meals and 6 million liters of water have been delivered so far and up to 26 military ships have been deployed to the island. But despite the effort, many say the aid simply isnt reaching them quickly enough. Nbcs laura aguirra has the latest. Reporter a familys desperation in a rural area of puerto rico. Four letters scrawled on their roof. A plea to help to anyone who might fly over. Search examine rescue crew members reached them, but in
Early today starts right now. Good being with us on a wednesday morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The humanitarian crisis is deepening in the wake of maria with some fearing the crisis along with the crippling debt could cause a mass migration to the u. S. The governor says without aid from the government such an exodus may be inevitable. If conditions are inhospitable, if we dont have the resources to rebuild properly, then yes, this is going to cause a problem for puerto rico. Of course it is going to cause a problem for the main land as well. Fema says 4 million meals and 6 million liters of water have been delivered so far and up to 26 military ships have been deployed to the island. But despite the effort, many say the aid simply isnt reaching them quickly enough. Nbcs laura aguirra has the latest. Reporter a familys desperation in a rural area of puerto rico. Four letters scrawled on their roof. A plea to help to anyone who might fly over. Search examine rescue cre
From anyone. We will take you there live as soon as it begins. The white house just responding to the president s cryptic warning to the world, what he meant when he said, quote this, is the calm before the storm. Melissa he was trolling everyone. David he was at an event with a lot of military people behind him. What was he talking about . Ambassador john bolton with ideas of his own. He will share them with us. The gulf coast bracing for impact after Tropical Storm, a Tropical Storm storm called nate. It could be hurricane by the time it hits new orleans. They already declared state of emergency there. We are tracking the storm. Melissa the dow ending the day lower, nasdaq at new record high. Quickly go to Nicole Petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Nicole a surprise drop in the jobs number last month. It looked like it phased market but could have been worse for sure. They were right. They knew this would be a tough number and the whisper numbers, some which were
And screaming. Whatever else the evil madman was, he was a very good gambler. Irs records show he was a highly successful gambler, earning as least 5 Million Dollars in 2015 alone. Fox news correspondent dan springer in las vegas with our report. Reporter another day, and despite running down 1,000 lead, investigators have no answer why las vegas shooter Stephen Paddock did what he did. We do not still have a clear motive or reason why. We all want answers. We have looked at everything, literally. Reporter they contend there is no sign of terrorism. We are aware that isis has repeatedly claimed responsibility which today i can tell you we have no known nexus to. Reporter as vigils for the victims continue, we know what else he may have been planning. A Law Enforcement official says he purchased the tracer ammunition. Tracer round which include a pyrotechnic charge which leave an illuminated path were found in his snipers purse. And a document that contained the name of the man who sold