Reservoir about 20 miles west of the downtown area. Southwest of houston officials alerted residents just before eight warning them to get out because one of the levees was breached near a neighborhood. Evacuations and rescues are underway in that area. The president and first lady met with texas Emergency Responders and the states governor this morning to talk about the continuing rescue and relief effort and the work ahead for local and federal officials. We want to be looked at in five years, ten years from now is this is the way to do it. Not turning turning anyone away but we need to expand our capacity. In that railroaded we have made the official request to fema. We need additional help and so we have asked them to provide supplies and cots, food, for another 10,000 people. Reporter that was the houston mayor talking about the need for more space. There is 30,000 people in shelters in the houston area. The city of dallas already opened the doors to its Convention Center and we a
Of Flights Canceled. Our team is on the ground this morning tracking every development. President trumps stunning decision striking a deal with the democrats on Harvey Relief and the debt limit. Now the new backlash from his own party. Houstons hero. Oneonone with nfl star j. J. Watt. Now hes making sure hurricane victims get the nearly 30 million hes raised first on gma. Its back to school time for the little prince. George hand in hand with his dad this morning. Why mom princess kate is sitting this one out. Good morning, america. Hurricane irma showing no mercy right now. Lets take a look at what it looks like on the ground in the Dominican Republic. This morning there it is. Thats just the outer bands of the hurricane. It is not going to be a direct hit on the Dominican Republic but you can see how powerful those winds are. Those first images of the storms power are extremely scary. Just listen to it and also this morning were seeing so much destruction already and hopefully everyo
Our team is on the ground this morning tracking every development. President trumps stunning decision striking a deal with the democrats on Harvey Relief and the debt limit. Now the new backlash from his own party. Houstons hero. Oneonone with nfl star j. J. Watt. Now hes making sure hurricane victims get the nearly 30 million hes raised first on gma. And its backtoschool time for the little prince. George hand in hand with his dad this morning. Why mom princess kate is sitting this one out. Good morning, america. Hurricane irma showing no mercy right now. Lets take a look at what it looks like on the ground in the Dominican Republic. This morning, there it is. Thats just the outer bands of the hurricane. It is not going to be a direct hit on the Dominican Republic but you can see how powerful those winds are. And those first images of the storms power, george, are extremely scary. Just listen to it and also this morning, were seeing so much destruction already and hopefully everyone i
With governor casic. Over the weekend he will work on his joint address. Reporters chose not to attend in protest. Thats the right attitude for them to take and i applaud those reporters. This food fight between the white house and the media is beneficial to both sides. Ratings are up for the media and trump gets raptures when hes in front of his audience. It may not be good for the public. Using this as a way to prepare to discredit reports that may be strongly reported and a great public significance. Students say it strengthens their resolve to pursue a career in journal. A white house spokesperson said the briefing was for core reporters so everyone was represented but they invited desirable reporters, additional report. Joining us now is james taylor. What do you think. Inviting some news organizations and excluding others is censorship. Its selective in terms of how you send out the message you want to convey. The president excluded three or four manger news outlets but allowed 1
Barricades theres a problem. The crack today is much bigger. Were seeing more of the road slip down. Now the low is the creek. What were being told by public works the creek is cutting into the side of the hill. Its eroding the side of the hill. Thats contributing to the collapse, plus you have the collapse on top of the hill, the landslide on top of the hill. So everyone is worried this road is going to eventually just completely collapse. Thats why public works could not get in to repair the road and it is why they cannot get in to repair the broken water main. That means everyone who lives back here, they do not have running water. The night before this all started my wife and i were driving. I looked. Wow whats the line in the road . Reporter Patrick Duggan is talking about this line in Morgan Territory road. The moving land is forcing the road off the hill and breaking the areas water and broke the areas water main. I fear there was water underneath. Reporter taking us above the r