the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 240. the nays are 177. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on passage of h.r. 6756 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 745. h.r. 6756, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to promote new business innovation and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on passage of the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 260, the n
storm harvey. here s the radar look. you can see the center of the storm now sits south of austin, but the arm bands are the big issues now. we talked about this issue, the storm surge and winds yesterday were a big issue. today and for the next several days, all about the heavy rain that is just pounding the houston to galveston area. these are the areas that i think will see the most devastation due to how much rain has fallen already in some areas. about 20 inches of rain have fallen over the houston area. with a possibility of two more feet in the days to come. let s look at the storms path. the newest projection for tropical storm harvey. you see the winds are sustained at 45 miles per hour, but the issue is it s only moving at 1-mile-per-hour. here the track as it goes to monday overnight. this is 1:00 a.m. barrie moves to the south. and brushes up against the coastline for tuesday with winds still at about 35 miles per hour. that will drop it to a tropical depression,
hard to follow this because the devastation is just so massive in scale. and it s not going to come to a close anytime soon. here s the problem. we re looking at tropical storm harvey s center right here. now, to the, which is the typical biggest damage zone, you see these heavy bands of rain. these are the arms of the storm that are just pounding the houston area. this thing is near stationary. it s been pounding the houston area for hours and hours and hours, which is leading to catastrophic flooding and life endangering conditions all throughout the houston zone. there are reports of more than 20 inches of rain that have fallen portions of houston. still to come, 15 to 25 more inches are possible. and there in lies the problem. if you have near two feet with the possibility of two more feet, the flooding will leave to some areas being uninhabitable. we are going to talk more about harvey in a minute, but i want to get quickly to our forecast as well. in the 50s right now
life-threatening emergency continues to unfold in texas. krystal klei is tracking harvey and our neighborhood forecast. krystal. stark difference between our forecast and the forecast in southeast texas. this is a look at radar right now over the area. look at the yellows, oranges, reds. that s the heaviest rain. i can tell you, it has been in this exact same spot for hours and hours straight. now, storm totals reporting over 20 inches in some spots around houston, with another 15 to 25 inches possible to fall over the next several days. which does suggest some areas could be near four feet of rain totals for just this storm by the time it does come to an end. the problem with it is the very little movement that we re experiencing with tropical storm harvey. only moving right now one mile per hour. and stuck in the same spot, continues to bring heavy rain to the same location. in our neighborhoods, a very different forecast. 68 degrees right now in philadelphia. 69 in millv
life-threatening situation continues to unfold in texas. first alert meteorologist krystal klei is tracking harvey, and she also has our neighborhood forecast. yeah, it s hard to look at this imagery because it s the same picture we have been seeing all of our morning hours. the problem with that is these heavy bands of rain, the armbands of tropical storm harvey, well, their just stuck right over the houston area. as a result, these are the areas that are dealing with catastrophic life-threatening flooding this morning. the center of the storm is to the south of austin. you can see there, so all the eastern half that s getting the major impacts. this is going to be the biggest problem, the one that goes down in history books. the flooded associated with the never ending rain that s in sight as we move forward. the problem is, like i mentioned, this system has been stuck in the same spot all night long. it s moving about 45-mile-per-hour sustained winds, but the actual move