I think the idea that the government or the appropriate authority did not look for mutual aid to not call up utility companies in the united states, which is what is normally done surprises me. reporter: some democrats, now nancy pelosi, calling for the contract be cancelled. the council authority preppa the puerto rican government does not have the trite to audit or review the cause. despite that whitefish says it welcomes an audit, the small company which now has 300 on the highland moved faster that its competitors. in the conspiracy theories, i get people s questions, they re very legitimate t. contract speaks for itself as the ability to get the work done. brian zinke who happens to be from montana met with president trump. he did ask secretary zifke just for clarification purposes and he replicated once again
Play out. brian: all right, griff. we will check in with you in a little while. ainsley: griff about one of these water rescues in one of the small boats we will play that story coming up. unbelievable. todd: why wasn t houston evacuated? we knew that this was coming, maybe not 100 percent to the degree that we are seeing right now. but why wasn t the city evacuated? ainsley: the mayor is under a lot of fire for that he says he doesn t have any regrets. he is pleased with the way everything panned out. he said it s so hard to evacuated 6.5 million people. this is what he said. this is mayor sylvester turner. to try to put forth some sort of evacuation in a couple of days was, i mean, the logistics would have been crazy. there are 2.3 million people. when you combine that with harris county 6.5 million people. where are they going? the decision that we made was a smart one. it was in the best interest of houstonians.
Get out of houston. i was like oh, it s just rain. it s just rain. there s my car. that s your car there? yeah. does it feel overwhelmingly to certain extent to have this many houses, this many people needing to get out? yeah. i never seen anything like this. yeah. it s a little overwhelming but i figure just keep going, you know. griff grifknow. keep going is going to be tough. john boats can t operate if it s raining. truly heroic in the spirit of the citizens of houston remarkable. brian: that s texas. whatever it takes, right? absolutely. and the hazards they face. whether there is submerged
Go first, then you could go second, then third. it made it so much easier. they put porta potties along the highways. all lanes went in one direction out of the coastal areas. it worked beautifully. they are worried about reed. last time they left that region because of rita. they had a bunch of people stuck in traffic and 60 people died. you can understanding it and one thing is pretty clear. there was no way they were going to escape without any damage or finger pointing because no one has ever been prepared for something like this. when i heard what what the mayor said how can i clear out everyone in two days? why two days if you knew the storm was coming couldn t have you started earlier? janice dean is downstairs to update us on the weather pattern and where this whole thing is headed. you are absolutely right, brian. when we knew it was a cat 4 we only had 74 hours before it made landfall. hard as forecasters to say
Braving hurricane harvey s wind and rain to save an american flag. this powerful photo showing officer jack mccartedy grabbing old glory before winds could whip it away. this happened on friday. the police department saying the officer would stop at nothing to honor and save her. look at your headlines on this monday. send it back to you guys. ainsley: we are resilient. todd: shutting down the second largest oil refinery in our nation. spike in gas prices next. stuart varney weighs in. brian: trying to keep up for constant calls for help. griff jenkins drives along with crews as they rests could you harvey victims. it was about 5:00 a.m. one minute everything was fine. but we could see the waters really high. next minute, are rushing in through every door we h