Abbott is announcing a series of executive orders and laying out a plan to begin loosening certain restrictions there. Governor abbott joining us now with more. Governor, we were just listening to andrew cuomo of new york talking about that testing is key to reopening his state. Do you agree with that . And if so, where is texas on testing . First, with regard to future strategies, testing is going to be so important. Remembering this, however, leland and that is the situation happening in new york is far different than what is happening in texas and other places. For example, there will be unfortunately more people who pass away in one day in new york than we will have in texas in the entirety of this whole pandemic situation and as the president made clear, there are different strategies for different states. Texas has not even come close to needing to use all of our hospital beds, all of our ventilators. In fact, all the prognostications about the potential dire situation in texas d
It is it southeast of the floerpd peninsula and keys. We expect the center to brush the north coast of the cuba and turn north on saturday. The details of the turn are not quite clear yet. At this stage we believe the hurricane will be border line category 4, category 5. Because the exact location is not known where it will turn, we dont know which coast will get which conditions. Our greatest concern is the storm surge for southeast, southwest and florida keys, 5 10 feet of the storm surge in the next 36 48 hours as the hurricane approaches. This is what it looks like and the damage it can do. We are liking for 5 10 feet of surge and 6 12 feet are possible on the south. First concern is the florida keys. They are low lying islands and 5 10 could inundate given there will be large waves on top. We dont expect to have much change in wind. But there will be rainfall on the inches. And flowing and strong winds on the inland areas and on the coast and potentially deadly storm surge on the
Hurricane rita in texas and louisiana in 2005, there are two main roads out of southern florida to the north. Florida turnpike and i95. Thereve been problems on both. At times, traffic has moved at just 5 miles per hour. Theres a shortage of gasoline and hotels and when you see the conditions on the road, it makes people scared to stay and scared to leave. You really see that fear you talk to people here. To get to safety, you basically have to leave the state entirely. What could be a five hour drive could be a ten or 20 hour drive. It makes people hesitant to leave. Thereve been a number of shelters set up in miamidade county. It can hold 100,000 people. But they are places of last resort. When you hear from officials of the things on tv, the warnings, First Responders cant go out when the winds are over 45 miles an hour, dont call 911 during the storm, we cant save you during the storm, it all seems counterintuitive. It builds into the fear of what is going on. We see people in the
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Hostage. This president has an opportunity to not create a crisis and to not hold the American People and federal employees hostage. This is not about Border Security. This is about whether it is right or wrong to hold the American People hostage. Martha press secretary Sarah Sanders says that she was quick to fire back. She outline the plan for the president and what it help to present, Additional Technology at ports of entry, asylum for minors in their home countries and physical Field Barriers between the ports of entry. Democrats are dug in on their opposition to the wall, katie hill says a border wall is off the table. She joins me know. Could you happy with us us. Thank you very much for coming back on the story. A couple of days ago you said there are gaps, we should find a way to fill them. Lets watch that. Many different places there are gaps and we should fill those gaps. For many of us, theyre not really doubts that some kind of physical barrier is necessary. Martha why the