congressman, thanks for being with us. tell us how your state has weathered the storm. you know, our prayers go out to florida. we didn t get hit like they did. it hit georgetown, which is about 60 miles northeast of charleston yesterday at 2:00 p.m.. mainly we had wind, had a lot of water, and had piers, i think four piers across the state that were taken out along the coast, but nothing like florida did. the real damage that we have, we had about 200,000 people out of power and it s down now to 63,000, but we re a farming state and you ve got over 25,000 farms and number one crops are cotton, soybeans and corn, and the damage will be there and the extent of it. time will tell as we move forward but the flooding on the highways is pretty bad and lot of trees and we re finally getting our power back on. rachel: congressman norman, you represent the people of your area in the federal government.
otherwise lgbtq stu students and it s a particularly difficult situation created. rachel: it s hardly marginalizing status and certainly being jewish is. pete: thank you, sir. good to be with you. pete: all right. fascinating story. fascinating incite into the climates of what i would suggest is about free speech. rachel: and the future of law students. pete: if you invoke one identity and you better choose which one is more important to you. will: first and only debate 234 the race for the texas governor race is in the book. governor greg abbott democrat nominee beto o rourke, robert francis o rourke clashes on the border crisis and gun control. for confiscated ar w-15 style weapons are not. as governor of texas, i need
and if you have a spouse and children and a family, that s a burden on your shoulders and whistle blowers are heros and heroins. rachel: yeah, he certainly is a hero and he s given lot of americans some hope through the very dark days. again, i think our country is looking more like cuba and china every data committee and not for clients like yours, i would have lost hope. many americans are praying for him and hoping for the best in this situation. thank you for joining us this morning. thank you and have a good day. rachel: on the move, latest bus load dropped off in the big apple as blue cities rush to house their new residents and all eyes on ian as the storm moves through the carolinas, south carolina congressman ralph norman here with the latest.
opened his doors after hurricane harvey and katrina. we re joined by mattress mack now. or mack. i ve been called worse, rachel. call my mack. that s fine. rachel: all right, mack, we just love what you re doing and i looked at the supply list of things that you re sending out there. it s just so practical, clorox, sheet rocks, knives, brooms, tarps, nonperishable food items. talk to me about how things are going in terms of the relief efforts on your part and what other people can do to help. we ve had a tremendous response of texas bringing different supplies we had our first truck in florida right now going to see where to drop off the supplies at. then our people are going down there to do the actual physical work helping people muck out their homes and get them redone. we ve been through this in houston many times before of