that will do it for "sunday morning futures." join "mornings with maria" all week at 6:00 a.m. on fox business. howie: our continuing coverage of what is tropical storm harvey. an update on what was a category 4 hurricane. we'll go to griff jenkins. reporter: what you are witnessing today is perhaps the worst flood event in houston, texas. i want to get to these images on south 610 highway on the western side of houston. gas pumps submerged. this street is literally a

river, 6 feet, moving very, very rapidly. this is the catastrophic life event they talked about. they have some 24 inches of rain, the worst in 500 years on the history books. the bayous in this area, one of the country's most of flood prone parts, absolutely devastating this area hitting levels surpassed by tropical storm alison. the brazos river, th the san bernard river. it's taking a toll on rescue services. officials are pleading with the public not to call 911 unless you are in danger. if you are in our house and

water is coming in, get to higher ground. get on the roof if you have to. they said for a couple days, please don't try and drive. what you are witnessing motorists stranded down at the end of this. howie: 20 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. possibly 20 inches more. the stunning pictures we are looking at. how much is that impeding the rescue efforts at this hour? reporter: it's greatly impeding the rescue efforts. they had preparations for this event and asked people to cooperate. but what we woke up to today because the harris county sheriff pleading with people on twitter to not come out unless they had life-threatening

situations. because people were tweeting directly at him, help, help, help, there are two children. there is an elderly person. the sheriff said please sit tight. we are trying to do everything we can. in galveston they are pleading for more boats for water rescues. we are seeing hundreds of rescues playing out. task force one is the lead in houston. but they are having trouble. as well prepare as you may be for what the forecasts said was coming, they have trouble getting there. we learned in the press conference from officials they had 2,000 calls to 911 for rescues. howie: a lot of people awaiting help and it will probably play out for days.

as we learned in katrina, it's the aftermath of rain that causes devastation. 2 or more to 5 people's deaths attributed to hurricane harvey. our panel, emily jashinsky. mo elleithee and erin mcpike. i saw on every major newspaper, this is the first big natural disaster test for president trump. it occurred to me that on some level the media has to make everything into a trump story. erin: i would say in this case

donald trump took the bait the media put out there. many people are saying this is the worst form hurricane we have ever seen. now experts are calling harvey a once in a 500-year flood. he's playing right into media's hands there. i thought that was over the top on his part. howie: the white house trying to show he's on the job. the white house releasing photos from camp david to show he's on the job. if there were to be a government mishap or failure to respond on the scale of katrina, that would be a huge story. but framing it that way in advance was too much. emily: we elected a man who was not a poll figure beforehand.

he has no natural disaster experience. but to the tweets. if i'm on the ground in houston, that's not bothering me. i want to hear that the president is on top of it. that would make me feel better to see the federal government's attention being paid to me. howie: the next few days will be crucial. but since there hasn't been any criticism so far of fema or the federal government response, and the state of texas is the lead responder. i'm not seeing any stories saying the administration is doing pretty well. is it only a story if the federal government screws up? mo: i don't think anyone is passing judgment because we are in the middle of it. look at these pictures that are so devastating. as it was reported.

the local officials urging people to stay in place, we are trying to get to as many of you as possible. the governor putting out information on where people can donate blood. it's happening in real-time. i think the president is taking too much credit too early. what i would like to see him doing is praising the local officials, but at the same time reinforcing the messages they are sending. erin: that's part of my point. what i think the president is doing look at me, i'm paying attention. as opposed to retweeting local officials saying get indoors. howie: i'm giving the president leeway. it's a once in 500-year storm. in katrina when all those people

were trapped in the superdome. there was plenty of criticism. emily: there are several outlets saying trump used harvey as cover for the breaking news that happened outside the hurricane. so people are not afraid to be critical of him which i think is unfair. there are some liberal outlets saying this has been a disaster for donald trump. howie: we'll talk about the president's extraordinary attack on journalists and journalism when we come back from this break. stay with us. g new cars.

you're smart. you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. i kept looking for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought i was doing okay. then it hit me... managing was all i was doing. when i told my doctor, i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms

of moderate to severe crohn's disease even after trying other medications. in clinical studies, the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if you have an infection. just managing your symptoms? ask your gastroenterologist about humira. with humira, remission is possible.

did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $34.90 more per month. call today. comcast business. built for business.

howie: this is a fox news alert. we are look at deaf stating pictures from rockport, texas where the storm hit. the mayor said they took a blow from hurricane harvey right to the nose. roads are covered in debris and toppled tower lines. 250,000 people in texas are without power. president trump at the rally in phoenix issued the most of sustained, harshest indictment of journalists and journalism that he has ever done and any american president has ever delivered. >> we have unfair journalists. but for the most of part, these are really, really dishonest people, and they are bad people. and i think they don't like our

country. i hit them with neo-nazis, i hit them with everything. the white supremacists, the neo-nazis, kkk. i got them all. so they are having a hard time. so what did they say, right? it should have been sooner. he's a racist. if you want to discover the source of the division in our country look no further than the fake news and the crooked media. howie: what the president was doing there was arguing about his response to the violence in charlottesville. and the media have been in an absolute uproar but his supporters love it. emily people say this rally could have happened in 2015. if you go to other parts of the

country. people are so deeply suspicious of the media, that plays incredibly well with them. i am on the side that i think he absolutely messed up in his response to charlottesville, but his frustration is causing him to lash out again and again. howie: the irony, mo is the fallout from charlottesville was starting to fade. but the president revived it in the story for days until the hurricane hit. mo: it seems to these this -- it seems to me this president -- it seems what he's doing is trying set himself you have, this is his base, as the only arbiter of what is fact. by raising more doubt and feeding into down at suspicion in the media make future

reporting from them even more suspect. way found ironic is the president sitting on that stage denouncing the dishonest media then lying about the media. he's saying the media is turning off the cameras. i'm watching him say this on cable news. talking about how the media misrepresented his statement on charlottesville and reading it back. he's calling the media dishonest while being dishonest about the media. howie: he was saying the coverage was distorted and he denounced the kkk fan neo-nazis and white supremacists. but when he left out the part that there was blame on many sides. the president under cut his own

argument. >> to your point, he's obvious lire doing this for his supporters. but he's losing support on the margins. howie: based on polling? erin: absolutely. you are starting to see republicans turn away from him. that's going to start working for him less and less. howie: we have seen this pattern play out again and again. we are continuing to look at the floodwaters in houston as we talk about the political coverage. what happens is the media then react and some say overreact. let me play for you what msnbc where one of the hosts actually interrupted the president's speech to offer his critique. let's watch. >> because look, what happens with them, if they are doing a story about me, i know if it's

honest or false. -- >> this is the president lying about the media. the president just quoted his remarks on saturday after charlottesville and he falsely quoted his remarks. what we have witnessed is a total eclipse of the facts. he's unhinged. it's embarrassing. i don't mean for us the media. but for the country. >> his most of self-destructive, the president willfully lying to a narrow bafnld his supporters. >> he called out their lies, their propaganda and their agenda and they are an arm of the radical leftist movement in this country. howie: we heard words like unhinged, lying, we heard lawrence o'donnell interrupt the president to say he's lying. doesn't that play into the president's hands saying if the

media is so hostile i can't get a fair shake. emily: lawrence o'donnell cuts away from the speech it's a perfect illustration of what we are talking about. donald trump criticizes the media and the media makes them look right. the media needs to take a deep breath and be more rational. erin: you could make an argument to say the president is allowed to say what he wants. he has freedom of speech to the point some of these anchors are saying he's unhinged. you probably experienced this some. in conversations that i have had with a number of strategists, republicans, democrats. after the president will make some comments, i will hear from an aide on the hill who say i

think he's not well. some of the conversations we have on background off the record are just happening in real-time on television which is interesting. howie: it's fine for people to have private personal conversations and speculate about how the president is handling this, that or the other cry seals. but when journalists go before the camera and say these things, i just wonder whether or not -- if they go too far, whether they are under cutting. this is from cnn. i'll let you respond. saying what you are saying some people are saying privately about the president. >> the only defensible excuse, the only defensible explanation is that he is not mentally well. because if he is, then he's just such earn incredible self-centered narcissistic jerk it makes it that much worse.

mo: she is a good friends. mine. i would prefer people not talk about the president's mental health. there is a difference between being an analyst and a journalist. i'm not a journalist. i get paid by fox news to provide my perspective. too often it gets confused by the viewer. sometimes people don't see the difference. and this what i would like to see fewer journalists. let people like me, the hacks say what we want to say. but i would like to see less journalists talk about how unhinged he is and how wrong he is when's wrong. it's a very important role for the media is to call out the

missteps and misstatements as they happen in real-time. maybe not cut in with your voice. i love what they say in the chryon. i think that's important. howie: i think we talk a lot about president obama's credibility. the media also has a huge credibility problem. i think we under cut our own credibility. at least those who do it. you are look at live pictures and we'll be back with that and more about the coverage of the president and a few other issues in just a b moment. heartburn relief gummies. they don't taste chalky and work fast. mmmm. incredible. can i try? she doesn't have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn relief gummies. enjoy the relief.

it's ok that everybody ignoit's fine.n i drive. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. because i don't use my cellphone when i'm driving. even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. here's something else... i don't share it with mom. i don't. right, mom? i have a brand new putter you don't even know about! it's awesome. safe driving bonus checks, only from allstate. sometimes i leave the seat up on purpose. switching to allstate is worth it.

howie: houston emergency responders are making hundreds of rescues as heavy rain from harvey continues to pummel the city. the city's 911 services are overwhelmed. authorities are asking people to

only call if they are in imminent danger. let's go back to the panel. i want to make this point about president obama when he was attacking the coverage of charlottesville. he said the media were ignoring some of what he said in his repeated statements. here are some quotes he put together. >> the president finally said this. racism is evil. and named some of the hate groups behind the charlottesville events. >> racism is evil. howie: he went on to talk about hate groups. at least on that point it's not true the media ignored his own

words. erin: the response he got was fair. he made a decision not to name it groups. howie: he did name the groups, then went into both sides. emily: he distracted from what he did right. howie: the president said this, the reality of the coverage is this, then get into the mentally unstable and unhinged. mo: i think you can check him on the facts which with this president he gives plenty of information to fact checkers. and it's fair to ask questions. why did he not -- why did he not come out on day one of charlottesville? why did he come back on day three after he cleaned it up

monday. why did he come back with the very fine people comment? i think asking those questions is totally legitimate. how there are friday night when the hurricane was dominating the news in texas, he announced his pardon of sheriff joe arpaio. he violated the court order to stop. questioning latinos'. erin: there was so much lead toup to it. there had been in reporting on it in preceding days. this was an expected move from president trump. that was more of a staff decision to release it at that time. i think because he's been teasing it. but obviously we'll continue talking about it. i don't think the friday news dump means wait used to mean

because we live in this 24-hour news cycle and social media. and we'll talk about it through the mid-terms. howie: the president can pardon anyone woonts. but because this is a law enforcement officer denying court order. i think the media will catch up on this story. flooding continuing in houston. rain continuing. we'll come back with analysis. i recently discovered that pistachios are a good source of protein. that's why they're my go-to snack while i get back in shape. that one's broken.

howie: tropical storm harvey continuing to wreak havoc on houston. steve harrigan is live outside hard-hit rockport, texas with the latest. steve: there are scenes of

devastation all along the route. you can look at some of it behind me here. just a mix of trees being pulled up by the roots. house and cars mashed in together. most of these people obeyed a mandatory evacuation order. officials don't know how bad it is. there is no power here. the roads are blocked by downed wires and trees so the search for people who could be injured and in need of help has been primitive so far. we saw firefighters on foot going door to door with axes trying to find out if anyone inside the house or apartments was still alive. people who have come back seem to be in a days. but they realize they are luckier than many of their neighbors. howie: i guess a major challenge

is people coming back trying to rebuild their lives. there has been a lot of coast guard rescues in high water. do they say anything about that and other rescue efforts? >> a lot of officials have told them to stay away. but you can't blame people for trying to come back and pick through the ruins or wreckage they see to try to find what they can recover. the rescue efforts along the hardest hit places have been hampered by high winds and trouble on the roads. we are seeing the first convoys of military vehicles on the way. it should go from a volunteer rescue operation to a professional one in the next few hours. howie: are the media donald

trump's evil empire? that's what rich lowry said. welcome. there has been a media drum beat, every trump official with a conscience must resign. this came in when gary cohn drafted a resignation letter and decided to stay put. what do you think of urging people to leave the white house. rich: some of it is well-intentioned and a lot of it is motivated by the belief if you have high-level officials going, you will collapse the trump administration. that has to be in the back of their minds. howie: your view is even if they don't agree with the president it's important to stay in government and run the government. gary cohn telling the financial

"times" i will not allow neo-nazis and it will not cause this jew to leave his job. how could he not quit? rich: i thought that statement was bizarre and it speaks to how much media and social pressure on someone like gary cohn. if you are upset with the president of the united states and don't think he performed appropriately in this moment you can quit. you can talk to him in private and let your discontent be known, and tell him ways he can improve. but publicly airing it seems very strange to me. you are part of what is supposed to be a unitary executive. but we have seen trump do the same thing. if you are upset with jeff sessions call him into the white house. howie: you write in tonight

co-that the meade -- you write in politico that the media are trump's evil empire. rich: it's the common unifying enemy of every faction on the right it doesn't matter if you are a religious faction or libertarian. every one on the right is considered a domestic enemy. we don't include ourselves as part of that media. but trump has a great e.q. he realizes what excites and energizes people and he got on to this. republican politicians always criticized the media. trump has taken it to a whole different level. and it's part of what bond the republican base to him. howie: you say trump is

outrageous. and that makes the media feel justified in the unhe lenting harsh coverage. rich: i think there are a lot of stories that need to be told about this administration. there is a lot of incompetence and that should be exposed. but it's unrelenting hostility and hysteria. every other day, it's not just that the trump administration did something wrong. it's the end of the trump era is upon us. i think the media is worse than it's ever been and that helps trump. it's his main foil. the more biased and hysterical it is, the easier it is for him to beat up on it. cnn, they are clearly loving this.

the trump hate watches cnn and cnn covers donald trump. four hours and 32 minute, tune in to hear donald trump attack us. then for the next five hours we'll say how outraged and dismayed we are that donald trump attacked us. howie: among the harsh things the president said at his rally in phoenix, he said this. >> for the most of part, honestly, these are really, really dishonest people. and they are bad people. and i really think they don't like our country. i really believe that. howie: when trump says he doesn't think journalists like the country, does that go too far? rich: i think so. our role at "national review" as not to criticize intentions.

but we are beyond that moment in politic. trump is the most of intense and comprehensive media critic politics has ever seen. if he feels he's embattled pore being attacked unfairly by the press which he feels most of of the time, he will hit back twist as hard. he's ramped up from where it was. howie: aren't some of the media playing into his hand by calling him unhinged. rich: absolutely. the reaction on cnn was he start openly speculating about the president's and emotional stability. so this is how the cycle work. trump amped it up a little bit and the media amped it up. my advice is to let the other side discredit self with hysterical attacks.

but neither side is take that advice. howie: thanks very much for sitting down with us. one story overshadowed by the hurricane is the departure of sebastian gorka from the white house. usic ♪ edible arrangements for summer. order in store or online.

i needed something more to help control my type 2 diabetes. my a1c wasn't were it needed to be. so i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating what's within me with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not insulin. it helps activate my body to do what it's suppose to do, release its own insulin. i take it once a week, and it works 24/7. it comes in an easy-to-use pen and i may even lose a little weight. trulicity is a once-weekly injectable prescription medicine to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. trulicity is not insulin. it should not be the first medicine to treat diabetes, or for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not take trulicity if you or a family member has had medullary thyroid cancer, if you've had multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to trulicity.

stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have a lump or swelling in your neck, severe pain in your stomach, or symptoms such as itching, rash, or trouble breathing. serious side effects may include pancreatitis, which can be fatal. taking trulicity with a sulfonylurea or insulin, increases your risk for low blood sugar. common side effects include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, decreased appetite and indigestion. some side effects can lead to dehydration, which may make existing kidney problems worse. once-weekly trulicity may help me reach my blood sugar goals. with trulicity, i click to activate what's within me. if you want help improving your a1c and blood sugar, activate your within. ask your doctor about once-weekly trulicity. howie: ups of thousands people are displaced in the wake of

tropical storm harvey. shelters have been set up in major cities outside the flood zone. >> the thing that happened while we were paying attention to the hurricane. sebastian gorka out of the administration. there has been a tussle because he returned to "breitbart." he had a stinging resignation letter saying make america great people have been undermined. but there are report that gorka was forced out. emily: the white house says he was forced out. they didn't say he was fired. and gorka said he resigned. but i think there was sloppiness on the coverage friday night.

howie: his main job at the white house was to be a cable news surrogate sticking it to the pundits. erin: i think steve bannon and sebastian gorka and others can still be effective trump surrogates from outside the white house. but it's fascinating the white house went so far as to try to clarify this. usually the white house want to keep a lid on this staff drama. i thought it was interesting. this is a little bit off that topic. but how the white house is handling things because in the middle of the week the white house put out a statement saying the president and mitch mcconnell are actually on the same page about things. there has been a number of reports that they are not getting along.

howie: the "wall street journal" saying there has been a divorce. but steve bannon going back to "breitbart" with sebastian gorka's help. mo: "breitbart" is going through a renaissance. it will be the official trump news platform. when he stays true to bannon's world view it will sing his praises. it doesn't seem they will go after hip as much as people around him. howie: let me get to one last thing. of all the things the president said about journalism, i thought the fact he said some journalists don't like the country was among the most of

stinging. tom brokaw put up this tweet. i have been a journalist for 50 years, never met one who didn't like the u.s.a. erin: it was a powerful tweet on the part of tom brokaw. and you will hear more and more like that if the president keeps making comment like that. mo: i don't support donald trump. i think a lot of what he does is harming fundamental american institutions. but i don't question his patriotism. i think he loves this country, i just don't agree with where he's taking it. to question the patriotism of other americans is just wrong. howie: those who support donald trump love it when he attacks the media. i wish he wouldn't get into the

motivations and patriotism of journalists. emily: i think he knows exactly what he's doing when he says that. howie: mo elleithee, emily jashinsky and erin mcpike. thank you. we'll have more after this.

♪ it's happening, it's happening! in the modern world, you can control just about anything with an app. your son is turning on all the lights again! and with the esurance mobile app, you can do the same thing with your car insurance. like access your id card, file a claim, or manage your policy. it's so easy it's almost scary. let's get outta here! that's auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call.

howie: we are continuing our

covering of tropical storm harvey in houston, texas. shaffer, thank you for joining us. given the continuing rains and the catastrophic flooding, give us your assessment of how bad the damage is in your metropolitan area right now. >> it's catastrophic. we have people stranded. some on rooftops. with daylight it helps us out. we are trying to deploy our boat and rescue teams out as quickly as possible. we can't do it fast enough for everyone. but we are trying for people to have a little bit of patience and we'll try to get to them as quickly as possible. howie: are you keeping with a limited amount of resources, and given the extent of the flooding, are the obstacles from the natural disaster making it more difficult to get to people who need help? >> we can never have enough resources for a storm this

magnitude. the rainfall totals have far eclipsed the totals. we do have resources coming to be able to supplement and that will be a big help. it's just so widespread. we are getting requests to try to get assistance. first responders have to navigate through some of those difficult water situations as well. howie: how are you finding out about those who need rescuing. what is the communications situation there? >> we are advising people to try to get through 911, the system that was overwhelmed. i have personally connected with many of them via social media through my twitter feed to assist as best we can.

the problem isn't so much receiving information, but to get people to them. obviously they are in the harder hit areas. we are trying to make due with what we have got and trying to make it work. howie: given the predictions that you will get a lot more rain in harris county, texas. do you see the rescue efforts that by necessity will have to continue for days. >> somebody described it more as a marathon than a sprint and that's what's going to happen. the torrential down fours will not help because our infrastructure will not be able to support more heavy rains coming our way. so that make it extra difficult in trying to get to people. so we are extremely worried about that. we'll do all we can to make it work and we'll get it done at

the end of the day. howie: you are working way, way, way many hours to get to people and we thank you for joining us on fox news. we are look at pictures in harris county which includes houston it's being called a 500-year flood. still to come, some final thoughts from me on the coverage. ugh. heartburn.

sorry ma'am. no burning here. try alka-seltzer

heartburn relief gummies. they don't taste chalky and work fast. mmmm. incredible. can i try? she doesn't have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn relief gummies. enjoy the relief. howie: this is a fox news alert. you are looking at live pictures where it continues to rain torrential rains that are bringing catastrophic flooding. hurricanes can be humble be. and reminder that man is no match for the forces of mother nature. and the political maneuvering we obsess over can seem small in comparison. we expect our mayors and

governors t. it's a human story. it is crucial as texas struggles with the aftermath that the media stay on the story once the flooding recedes and the long painful process of rebuilding begins. i remember going on a reporting trip to new orleans 8 months off katrina. i was stunned entire neighborhoods that were still devastated where people couldn't get into their homes and their houses hadn't been rebuilt. it's a long, painful process. the media needs to stay on this story as the people of texas try to cope with the aftermath, damage and psychological toll of hurricane harvey. i'm showered kurtz. thanks for joining us we've

tried to balance covering politics and the storm which has had a devastating effect. we'll be back next sunday. see you then with the latest buzz. eric: we are keeping an eye on a coast guard command center in houston. any minute now we expect scene update on the rescues under way in the city pummeled by hurricane harvey. the country's 4th largest city is shut down. it's shaping up to be an historic level of flooding causing heartbreak and widespread damage. there have been 1,000 water rescue as overnight. there are reports of people trapped in their attics and on their roof. we are tol