It is raw and, yes, it is sometimes inspiring. Your money is affected. Refineries are shutting down, and that is cutting the supply of gasoline. Prices are rising. How many drivers nationwide will gas up as a precaution today . Just like they did after katrina. And, yes, there is a political element as well. President trump says he will go to texas tomorrow. Should he go in the middle of the rescue operation . He will want to avoid the negative publicity that greeted president bushs flyover after katrina. There you have it. Cando texas, perhaps the most dynamic state in the nation, hit with a catastrophe. President trump faces his first Natural Disaster. Watch it here. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart you are going to be seeing a lot of video like this on the lefthand side of the screen and a lot of weather maps like one on the righthand side of your screen. More rain is coming, and rescue operations are, indeed, underway. I should tell you, it is still raining in houstonen x t
Have andy barr, maxine waters, matt gaines, ted and karen. Thank you, we are glad that youre here we will allow each of you to give testimony without objecting anything, if you make an order will be ended into the record. I miss waters, well have you first and the gentleman knows the green light is on. Thank you very much mr. Chairman. I would like to commend you and the rules Committee Members for allowing all of us to come before you to share with you our concerns and help shine a light on where we think we should be paying more attention. So, the testimony of have today will combine a number of the areas you talked about. Thank you. If you could do us a favor and tell us that section and the amendment number, it will enable us to follow you perhaps a bit more closely and that would be of help to the committee. Okay. Let me try and do that now. I think that you did venture transportation. Is that right . Yes. That we are doing today. Transportation and agriculture. Say that again . T
But all lanes of the freeway remain open at this hour. Well have more on this and information on roadwork at the dublin interchange still ahead. Breaking news in the east base. A Police Pursuit ends in gunfire. Right now theres an investigation under way that has shut down the 238 offramp to east 14th street in Alameda County. It all started a little before 1 a. M. This morning when Oakland Police were checking on reports of a shooting. Officers started pursuing a car but called off the pursuit near san leandro. And later Alameda County Sheriff Deputies spotted the suspects car near the 238 off ramp to east 14th street. There was an officerinvolved shooting. The Sheriffs Office says their officers were not injured. But they dont have any information about whether or not any of the suspects were hit by gunfire. We have a reporter at the scene and well have the latest in a live report shortly. A hearing is set today regarding a lawsuit against a former sunnyvale family with an autistic c
Theres one more remarkable astect to the story. Among the survivors, a 1yearold boy and both of his parents survived. Truly lucky family. The father got on a bicycle and went searching for that young child. Amazing. Were joined live from taipei taiwan. It is cold it is rainy as the search and recovery effort continue in taipei in the river. The search for the 11 bodies that remain. Talk about the progress that may have been made at this point. Reporter its 4 00 p. M. Local time. Probably only another hours worth of light before it turns dark. The divers have been in the water all day. Dozens of them scouring the river where the plane crashed just after 11 00 a. M. So far they recovered an extra body. That means they are there are 11 still un,ed for. We unaccounted for. We spoke to a diver earlier. He said its freezing in the water, but they are doing everything they can to find these victims. They want to reunite them if you like with their loved ones. The families that have gathered h
And the storm claims more lives, including a first responder. It was his turn to go, she said. This is the way he would have wanted to go. And the president heads to missouri this morning to sell tax reform after appearing in texas. Theres never been anything so expensive in our countrys history. Theres never been anything so historic in terms of damage. We begin with harveys newest target, the powerful Tropical Storm taking yet another painful punch at the gulf coast, making a third landfall early this morning near the texas louisiana border. Lets get you caught up on the latest. At least ten confirmed tets hde have been attributed to the storm, including 60yearold Police Officer steve perez who drowned while drive to work on sunday. At least 18,600 people have been rescued from flooding just in the houston area with several thousand evacuees flocking to shelters. Take a look at this video from customs and Border Patrol showing the dramatic rescue of two people who were caught up in t