All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien houston, the nations 4th largest city, is virtually paralyzed tonight. Huge swaths are underwater in the wake of hurricane, now Tropical Storm harvey. At least eight people are dead, thousands rescued, untold numbers stranded. About 30 inches of rain has fallen already with 20 more inches possible. Special correspondent Christopher Booker reports from houston reporter hour by hour, the water keeps rising and rescuers keep going, with whatever is at hand. Its just gonna get worse and if they dont get out tod
All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien houston, the nations 4th largest city, is virtually paralyzed tonight. Huge swaths are underwater in the wake of hurricane, now Tropical Storm harvey. At least eight people are dead, thousands rescued, untold numbers stranded. About 30 inches of rain has fallen already with 20 more inches possible. Special correspondent Christopher Booker reports from houston reporter hour by hour, the water keeps rising and rescuers keep going, with whatever is at hand. Its just gonna get worse and if they dont get out tod
Stocks after Prime Minister abe received a strong mandate from voters to pursue his goals. Japans nikkei up 1 . Only the hang seng down. Cheryl we will speak with mitchell garage. Jesus on catalonia, spain and e. U. Tessa cuts a deal with china to build a plant to. Fbn am starts right now. Ill cheryl 5 01 a. M. In new york. It is monday, october 23rd and cheryl casone. Good morning. Im gerri willis and for cheryl casone. Trained to do to have you come especially as they talk about health care. Your bread and butter. President trump to the prove the president budget bill one in the gop at a steep price to pay in to pay an issues midterm elections of tax reform doesnt pass. The president speaking exclusively with Maria Bartiromo i think we have the votes. I think rand paul will vote for the tax cuts. I think other people, we had tremendous enthusiasm this time. I want to get it by the end of the year but id be very disappointed if it took that long. It could be substantially less than th
Whatever the case, that special election called for december 12th. The feeling seems to be that mr. Moore, judge moore is in a heap of trouble. And that he would likely lose, even if theres a writein vote for the man he defeated, luther strange. If that happens, the vote is divided, democrat wins. After that point, you have close a margin as you want, 5149 favoring republicans down from 5248. You dont want to risk losing republicans anymore that you can. To politico capital hill reporter, and rachel, to you first, the prospect this moore stuff is beginning to complicate, maybe actually speed up this process. What do you think . I think republicans decided he is more after liability than an asset. There is of course, you mentioned the tax bill. There is a fear that he will lose a seat that should have been the safest seat on the map for republicans, red state, alabama. That would mean one less vote for tax reform. This was already going to be close. So they do want to move as fast as po
A lot of them, targeted at one donald trump. Reaction from Fox News Contributor Rachel Campos duffy. Nassau county democratic chairman, and Washington Examiner susan ferrechio. What do you make of these protests, under democratic and republican administrations alike, they devolved into political protest, whatever the political dejury. For dem these protests are good thing. They excited their base. We see he how an excited base can change Election Results in recent special elections where democrats had much better turnout, that what matters comes to elections. The turnout. Helps democrat with their own momentum issue. They were stumbling around after losing to trump. The base being excited like this, given them more of a footing. Emboldened them on capitol hill from spending fights to Health Care Bill. Overall, it has been a winwin for the democrats. I think for republicans they havent quite figured out a way to answer back to this in a powerful way, in articulate way. They say nothing.