President , sauli niinisto. They will be in the east room in about 20 minutes time. We expect to get remarks from both of them. The president phrasing the Emergency Response so far on the state and the federal level, all to say, he is amazed with the resilience that the texans have shown in the face of the spirit and how people are coming together like the fellow you see here on his jet ski trying to rescue people on their own. The president will be getting down there for a firsthand look tomorrow. He is going to Corpus Christi. Staying away from houston, because as you can imagine, with the Emergency Response already overwhelmed, adding a president ial visit to houston would not be a good idea. He is supposed to go to Corpus Christi to see firsthand what is going on. How cap helicopter ride. About to go to austin to visit with Governor Greg Abbott for a while. You see people being hauled in the coast guard, helicopters, and citizens themselves patrolling neighborhoods. Trying to get people out of homes that are flooded. It would really give a lot of credence to what the fema director, brock long, said this morning. I disaster of this scope, size, magnitude, and a long period of time as well. Statements cannot do it all by themselves. They need extra help or listen to what the fema director had to say. Popping texas overcome this disaster will be far greater than fema forming with the government. We need citizens to be involved. Texas this is a landmark event. We have not seen an event like this. You cannot draw this forecast u up. One of the things we have seen come at the flooded of houston. The navy, all the places from neighboring area. Bringing their boats. Airboats, whatnot, to help get people out of their homes. One of the other concerns, neil, with so many people, half a million or more will be in desperate need of fema assistance to rebuild their home. Will that be enough federal money . We spoke to rush limbaugh, in speaking to the oval office a short time ago, President Trump said he will go to congress if necessary to get the money required to help all those people in texas who needed so badly. Neil did mack john roberts, thank you very much. To update you on that many people who do not have Flood Insurance in this neck it of the woods. We realizes on fox business when i the same story, is usually tops out around 250,000. A lot of people are finding out that might not in all cases cover the cost of the home that could be damaged. Hilary vann is in spring texas, where the gathering evacuees continues. Doing their best to try to take anyone and anyone they can. Hilary vaughn in spring, texas. Just north of houston. The arcuate daniel. Now he is using it to gather people in the neighborhood, to rescue them. Daniel, tells why youre here today. I have a family at home, and i could not imagine being down there by myself with nobody to help. I had to come. We are here with the myelin family. One that had been rescued. The floodwaters have been rising. We spoke to beverly earlier. She is grateful to be rescued. Was going to your mind, beverly . I feel real blessed right now for these people to come and take care of us. We will let them get on their way. As you can see, this neighborhood is completely overtaken by water in this boat completely packed full of people. They can fit everyone in one trip. They are underway. We are out with another group of men earlier. Bill and scott from dallas with a canoe who are walking, chest high water going from door to door rescuing people. A lot of people backing up their belongings and trash bags. That is something we have seen all across the area. The reason why spring, texas, has been hit so hard, there are creeks to the left and north. You have a dam that is putting a lot of pressure in this area, and you can see as the boat takes off, theyll go to the edge to higher ground, and then they will come back and do another round. Neil, that is what we are seeing here in spring, texas. A lot of neighbors helping neighbors. People helping people. They are the First Responders today, and people from all over texas helping out. Neil thank you very much, Hilary Vaughn on the latest. As you can see, the evacuation continues. Surrounding cities including houston. A lot of trouble voluntary calls from the state governor to evacuate that if you are in harms way, the best idea to get out of the way and get out here. With texas governor, greg abbott and saturday when it the storm was first hitting to houston there saying that theyll cause more concerns. Take a look. Not everybody heated your call to evacuate. The mayor of houston said it may cause problems. Was their difficulties with you and him . The way it works is the local officials who have the authority to declare an evacuation. There were some that made that declaration closer to where it hits in houston. There is not been a need for that in harris county, where houston is located. Sure localizing mayors that declared evacuation. This is something happens on the local level. Neil not a lot of fighting back and forth, but the argument with sylvester turner, the democratic mayor not issuing an evacuation. Says it would cause more. For dietary journal Florida Attorney general maybe the community should have been evacuated, allow them be evacuated now. Everybody seems to be on the same page about keeping people safe. What you make . I agree with that. The texas house of representatives, issued a report after rita hit. In 2005, and you have approximately 3. 7 million peopl people. And they took the evacuations during hurricane rita, over 100 deaths. 60 of them were linked directly to the evacuation. It has a National Hurricane center says, if you are a place for you can be safe, be safe. Of course, the biggest fear would have been having all these folks, all these texans trapped on the roadway and cars. Of course, there are casualties, and we are praying for them now. I think so many people ended up being safe in their homes. The National Hurricane center said, listen to your local authorities, and that is what they have been doing. I think everybody has been working so well together. And now we are dealing with the aftermath. Neil it is crucial, posthurricane katrina, and forever want to be in the same page. It seems to be the case right now. This is a case of a storm that lingered for a while. Going back out to the golf and bounces back and hits houston again. Rains piling up in feet of not inches. How do you advise people who are stuck in place with nowhere to go what to do . Listen to your local authority. Just like Governor Abbott, the friend of mine, just that. Listen to your local authorities and do what they say. Texans are help and texans. Getting them water, getting the baby formula, getting the supplies that they need. And now President Trump has signed an executive order to send dod income it 1003, to provide armored, military equipment. Throughout the country that will be a great help to many as well as Governor Abbott with the National Guard as well. With all the folks out there who want to give money, we expenses in florida. Please get. Red cross. Org. If somebody calls and ask you for the solicitation, please research that carefully first. We all want to help, but be proactive instead of taking never give money over the phone. Unless you are calling. We have all these such as go fund me. They do a good job of getting people who open sites, but it is all about helping people. And theres also Charity Navigator that if you want to donate, you can go on Charity Navigator, and they will help you find the legitimate organization to really help texans during this time of need of need now. Neil you are right. Could be legitimate. Thank you, pam bondi. She knows a thing or two in florida about hurricanes and national disasters. Floridians offering anything they can to the lone star state. All the way up to to new york. 100 police and fire officials, emergency workers to help in any capacity and texas. Calais states doing the same. Meanwhile, rosenberg texas. Steve . With the rain has not let up all day. Coming in sideways now. Heavy, cold rain. Coming over the roads here just outside the southwest part of houston. Not only making travel externally difficult, but even worse now as you look behind me there. It is rotting away the foundation of some of the roads. I giant sinkhole has opened up here. It is externally difficult for rescue workers to get around as well as shelter outside of houston. Theyre filling up fast. People are arriving wet. Theyre opening up Furniture Stores to make as shelters. The situation keeps changing, hour by hour. Theyre going from voluntary evacuations in many neighborhoods to mandatory evacuations. When and 50,000 people outside the city of houston now under mandatory evacuation. The calls for help keep coming in, minute by minute on 911. People take into social media, messages like, can somebody say my grandma. Does anyone have a boat to get me and my three kids out . Have also told people to hang sheets or towels under houses to give a signal that they need help. Back to you, neil. Neil steve harrigan. The rains will continue with what shepard reported last hour. After hours, days. Im going to ongoing crisis. Meanwhile you may be looking at this and wonder, okay, how does this affect me . It will have an effect on you, even though with phenomenal changes in the data. Insurance and related stocks hit hard as they lost estimates. A lot of people feel these companies will be predisposed to liabilities that will dwarf anything else we have seen in recent American History as far as obligations that run now into the hundreds of billions of dollars. For builders, Home ImprovementCompanies Like lowes and home depot, surely, this is not about them making money. At the corner of wall and broad, this is how they react. Meanwhile, a different story for gas and oil. Because it is such a big refinery area, it accounts for so much of our energy in this country up to a quarter of it is produced in that neck of the woods. The bottom line is, these facilities are shuttered. Gasoline prices move up . They have been advancing about a persons now. Oil prices, not so much. Of course, the oil market, so they have been going nowhere fast. They go to the refineries really take that oil and turn it to the gasoline. No matter where you are. Oil goes one way, and obviously gasoline another. We are awaiting the president of the United States, an opportunity with his counterpart from finland to spell out exactly what he is doing and hopes to continue doing ahead of his stay trip this effort if you were told the Corpus Christi area tomorrow. We will have more after this. Im always on call. An insulin that fits my schedule is key. Tresiba® ready announcer tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. Dont use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. Dont share needles or insulin pens. Dont reuse needles. The most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause dizziness, swtiting, confusion, and headache. Check your blood sugar. Low blood sugar can be serious and may be lifethreatening. 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They have too much influence in local government. Neil that was summoned to play such a big role in banging heads and trying to get the order to the louisiana region of new orleans. Stopping the squabbling. He said in the case is going on now, in texas and a lot of these golf cities. That would includes houston and galveston, is that they are building, as much to do with the economic interests of a Booming Energy state as much as anything else without to the ramifications of building on areas that now are dangerous. Keep in mind, populations around their have been soaring. Houston area, 30,000 more since the year 2010. A lot of people settled, and it came at a cost. Your sina right now with some of these communities that are getting hit hard now others said you would see it in the case of the hurricane this magnitude. On that. Christie, what is interesting what the general is saying, you can overbuild too much. It is sorta like what happened in the new jersey area, Staten Island area. And Hurricane Sandy where they were built to quickly together. In this case, overbuilding and too many vulnerable spots. What he think of what he is saying . I think today, we are focused on recovery recovering people and making sure they are safe. That is our priority today. As we go forward, it you have a lot of agencies with different priorities, oil and gas, obviously dealing with environmental issues. We did put out notice, offering last night to make sure that they knew this storm was coming. I was say, came right on top, which is one of the biggest oil fields in the state of texas between san antonio and victoria area. A lot of that is shut down today. Were looking not just but also the environmental storms. I think that is one thing we all assess and look at. His continues as an effort as an agency to look at that. When we look at Corpus Christi, and his dogma Corpus Christi. Avidly, as part of this, but we have companies today assessing pipelines. Assessing to make sure, they are Still Available to get product. Also assessing for safety. Also looking, and that is happening really across the state on an ongoing basis. Today, we have ten refineries offline in the state and Corpus Christi has four. They think they are in good shape, and to be up and running more refineries by the end of the week. I think the appropriate risks have been looked at as we begin to build particularly. Im not sure i completely agree with the general. Neil and you wonder about the magnitude of the storm with all the rain to follow. I think you can build on solid rock and run into some of these problems. The president , as you know, he will be addressing some of these issues. Do you think it is going well the way the federal government has he been handling that . We really appreciate the president and if you must help. We appreciate them coming down and taking a key interest between giving his resources anytime we have asked. We have a lot of people working together. We appreciate it. Neil the president. Would President Trump concluded a very positive meeting, and i want to begin today by extending my thoughts and prayers to those affected by Hurricane Harvey and the catastrophe of flooding in all of the other difficulties that are going through in houston. In southeast texas. And now, it is looking more and more like the state of louisiana will be also affecting. My administration is coordinating closely with state and local authorities. In texas, and louisiana to save lives, we think our First Responders, and all of those involved in their efforts. We are working directly with texas governor, greg abbott, who is doing a fantastic job. His entire staff likewise. As well as with governor john bell to make who was very much in the process within louisiana. We pledge our full support as texas and louisiana battle and recover from this devastating and historic storm. It is probably never been anything like this. Under the supervision of fema, administrator, brock long, there has been a tremendous amount of work done. He has been so outstanding and so many ways, more than 8,500 federal workers are involved in the texas efforts alone. I have also declared an emergency in louisiana at the request of governor edwards. Recovery will be a long and difficult road. The federal government stands ready, willing and able to support that effort. Right now, the single most important thing is the safety and security of those still in harms way. Including the First Responders, who had been so terrific. And brave. Protecting the lives of our people is my highest priority. Every asset and my command is at the disposal of local officials. Tragic times bring out the best in americans character, strength, charity, and resilience are those characters. We see neighbors helping neighbors. A friend helping friend, and stranger helping stranger. You see that all over. You see on television. Such incredible work and love. And teamwork. We are one american family. We heard together. We struggle together. And believe me, we endure together. We are one family. To the people of texas and louisiana, we are 100 with you. We are praying for you. We are working closely with your leaders and officials. I will be visiting the impacts on tomorrow to ensure that you are receiving full support and cooperation from the federal government and on saturday, we think we are going back to texas and also, we will be going to louisiana. Nothing can defeat the unbreakable spirit of the people texas. And louisiana. Every american sends their love and