>> we want to think gloria gaynor for being here. >> absolutely. what a beautiful tribute. >> wrapping up a great series this summer. >> have a great weekend. >> shannon: the flooding is not over for texas, the river is rising fast and expected to crest well above record levels, hundreds of miles, officials at start changing from rescue to recovery, the biggest challenge now how they can find the tens of thousands of people packed into shelters. >> adam: officials are also monitoring the power plant, leading to a series of fires, calls for uncontrolled chemical reactions, meanwhile aids and

supplies pouring into texas, president trump makes his second trip to the gulf coast this weekend. three to outside of houston, where the waters are still rising, good morning. >> good morning, shannon, there is a lot of threats still facing houston seven days later, the chemical plan to mention, a hospital being a evacuated, we are about a mile and a half north of the river above rosenberg texas, an entire community, kingdom heights, is underwater, back there behind me, you are seeing the river and where i am trapped seat kingdom heights neighborhood, this levy -- we talked to some of the restaurants residents, they are getting some supplies into the levy and then airboats are taking supplies and, it is seven days since people have had necessities over there in the entire community, they were told to evacuate, just

imagine the mail, today is the first of the month, they need bills, they need checks, so that is becoming a real situation, and that is as the brazos river is expected to reach its 100 year mark today, cresting at 56 feet, it crusted last memorial day during their worst flooding at 54.7 feet, and early this morning around 2:00 a.m., it hit 55 feet, they are had 256, the sheriff is coming hopefully to get us on an airboats so we can get a little butter look for you, but right now, real problems there guys. >> shannon: 's stay safe they are for us, excellent reporting there. >> adam: and as the gulf coast begins this long recovery, we are watching another powerful storm in the atlantic, irma is already a category three hurricane and working its way west. good morning. >> good morning, we are still watching the remnants of harvey,

we have had several storms yesterday, parts of alabama damage from what was left of harvey and we are still seeing the remnants travel across the ohio into the atlantic, and then we will be done with the storm, in terms of houston, texas, obviously people are worried about whether or not there will be showers and thunderstorms and the forecast, monday looks dry end of tuesday, so the gulf of mexico still very active in terms of a showers and thunderstorms, the good news is that we're talking about maybe we are no longer focused on that in the next four to five days, and irma is the next big concern, cat-3, it may be strengthening to a cat-4, dangerous hurricane, on its way, we have an area of high pressure, this is the bermuda high, this will determine whether it's a continues to move southward, if it is a weaker high, it is going to curve a little bit more to the north and east, so we will have to turn.

each model is going to be so important, this is one of the reliable forecast models, puerto rico, dominican republic, and towards cuba, and this computer model showing a southward track it, westward tracker, and then curving a little bit more to the north and east, the other reliable forecast model, it is also trending towards that way as well. do west, and then a curve, but when will it start to do that curve? and that is why we are a little concerned, so five to seven days out, but when you combine these computer models together a little, that is what makes that uncertainty, so if i can give anyone any advice, if you live near the gulf coast, anywhere need their caribbean, you have to be monitoring this, i would not be surprised to see a category five hurricane within the next several days, possibly impacting the u.s.. back to you. >> adam: if we have learned

nothing else it is to be prepared just in case. >> shannon: absolutely. >> adam: shannon. >> shannon: this is a fox news alert, president of trump is expected to end daca, that is the obama era program that defers -- because they were brought as children, senior white house official telling fox that that announcement could come as early as today, chris stirewalt is here to talk about that, good morning, chris. i want to start by emphasizing the fact that the president talked about the executive orders by president obama during the campaign quite a bit, they were all these people here illegally, he was going to undo that, and then this is what he said in february just after he was sworn in. >> we are going to deal with daca with heart, i have to convince them that what i am saying is right. and i appreciate your understanding.

but the daca situation is a very difficult thing for me because i love these kids, i love kids. >> shannon: okay, so what does he do now, there are people who are here on permits to say, but the white house says he is still very conflicted and undecided. >> just imagine it this way, if what he said, what he had said during the republican primaries, he would have been beaten, he would have humiliated him and said love, babies, but it is his political situation changed, and maybe his heart change along with that, i don't know, but as the realities of the situation changed, we are talking about hundreds of thousands of people, many who came to the united states illegally through no fault of their own, graduated from american high schools, some even served in the military,

some are important parts of local economies, and they play an important role in these communities, so as he confronts that reality, then he says okay, this is a tougher situation than that, i think the key phrase from the white house in john roberts reporting, i think this is what's important, he is going to end daca as we know it, as we know it, so what that means is i am guessing that's they are looking to find some way to protect a law-abiding decent americans or people who consider themselves americans who are here and find some way to protect them but send a message to the present space that we are cracking down. crackdowns on, we are not going to allow this to keep going, but for those who are here, there has to be some kind of an mystique. >> shannon: there are a lot of conservative groups out there who are saying we have been waiting, this was something that you promised us, that people who were here illegally would not stay at, regardless of how they got here, you know that there is pressure from the left as well

from senator tim kaine, says this in a tweet, if he ends daca, trump would betray dreamers, these incredible young people make our country stronger. definitely caught between a rock and a hard place. >> and what most politicians do is turn inky like a squid, they put out a cloud of ink and find a rock to hide behind, i think he needs a little cover, he has to do something to placate immigration hardliners who want even children who were brought here as infants to be subject to deportation, and at the same time, he has got to do something to deal with the rest of america that says hey, you have to give these people a break at, they didn't do anything wrong. >> shannon: we have to go, but i have to ask you -- what is that like it? >> the mountaineers won't need

that on sunday. >> shannon: oh, wow. i will be there at the game in atlanta, i will see you soon, chris. >> ed: our coverage of the serious recovery and texas continues, we will speak with the red cross about the conditions on the ground, which is still very difficult, what they need to help keep their mission going, that is coming up in just a few minutes. >> shannon: plus mike pence rolling up his sleeves, he was joined by transportation secretary, we are going to speak alive with them coming up in the next hour. plus this. >> there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. >> ed: wow it, a bombshell claim now coming from two republican senators that then fbi director james comey had begun drafting and exoneration

statement for hillary clinton before the investigation had even finished. >> here is the fact, evidently, he had already made up his mind months before the investigation got underway so this whole thing was a fraud on the american people.

>> shannon: the u.s. retaliating in response to russia's recent move to expel american diplomatic staff, they trump administration ordering russia to close its confluence

in san francisco, as well as drastically shift back presence in washington and new york within 48 hours, the state department says that they have prepared to take further action if necessary, so that both countries can move forward. >> ed: >> the whole investigatis apparently a fraud on the american people. >> who in the world would draft a document, okay, three months before witness interviews are complete, including the subject, the targets of the investigation? and sheryl mills and some of the key people involved? 16, 17 witnesses not interviewed, that's what i'm saying, this goes to the heart of a false statement that was made by james comey. >> ed: that was president trump's attorney reacting to this news, exonerating hillary clinton in the investigation into her emails before interviewing several key witnesses, including

clinton herself. they are now seeking all evidence related to any potential exoneration statements, conclusion first, fact gathering first, that is no way to run an investigation. good morning to you both, i want to start with you, i know you are a fair-minded guy, you have been loving on james comey for so long, now that you see this, you are a fair-minded guy, what do you think? >> i don't know what you think, i think james comey is a guy who has stood the test of time, apparently, according to his recollection, being intimidated by this president, but what strikes me in this whole story right now in front of us is that you have people coming forward and questioning how the fbi does its business, i don't know that the fbi has not collected evidence and come to a conclusion, i don't know that

they hadn't drafted a letter that said she was guilty if, in fact, that was the evidence they had found, but i think senator graham, and i think the -- but i am not sure that they have the full picture, and remember, james comey last night said on twitter that this is not true. >> ed: so that is his side of the story, the present one out there and tweeted wow, looks like it james comey exonerated hillary clinton long before the investigation was over, and so much more, a rigged system, this plays right into what the president has been saying about comey for a long time. >> and this explains one of the reasons why president of trump needed to fire james at comey, let me tell you, the president talks about fake news, while this certainly seems like it is a fake investigation, the way that james comey handled this investigation, if you're talking about the fact that he came up with a conclusion before even interviewing these witnesses, before interviewing

hillary clinton, this is not how they should be working, this is an abuse of power, and comey should be investigated, it really undermines the work of the fine men and women of the fbi. >> one, to that point, here is the actual evidence that he says among other things they are using, there are some transcripts, various fbi officials about how this exoneration statement in july 2016 came about for it james comey, these witnesses testified "sometime in the spring of 2016, the director emailed a couple folks to say knowing where these sort of investigation is headed, which would meet the most forward leaning thing that we could do? and he sent a draft around, it was in early may of 2016 that the director himself wrote a draft of that statement, there were many iterations that at some point, there were many iterations that circulated around, here is the point, juan, just a couple of months ago this year, james comey goes before the committee, testifies under

oath, that the reason that he went public to exonerate hillary clinton was that in june, you had that infamous tarmac meeting, between bill clinton and loretta lynch, and that made it impossible for him to kick this over, he says that's why he went public, now if this is way before june in april and may, he already knew he was going to exonerate clinton, it had nothing to do with loretta lynch. >> wait a second, as you just said from the statements that you read, he had a sense of where the investigation was going, and that would suggest to me, i don't know all of the facts, but it would suggest to me that he at that point had reviewed substantial evidence and had failed to find anything that would justify a prosecution. >> ed: he had not interviewed key witnesses. >> but i'm saying that he had not completed the interview process, what we are talking about is a draft, so he is saying listen, it looks like this is where the evidence is going.

>> without interviewing the witnesses? >> he is looking forward at that juncture. >> i just can't believe that you are even defending comey, i will be quite honest, he is a man who has leaked memos over to his best friend to lead to the media, he is a political chameleon, he is the one that loretta lynch said well, let's not call this an investigation, let's call it a matter, if you know the history of james comey, you would understand that he is only trying to save his political skin, and it is about his image, it wasn't about serving the fbi in serving this country and an honorable way, so i do think that when you look at his record at his history, he has made one mistake after the other, and he has had its this abuse of power, and it is a clear reason why comey needed to be fired, so i really find it almost indefensible to basically be out there defending james comey. >> well, i think that what is going on right now is -- -- >> at a certain time, they were very critical of comey, and now

they remain silent? knowing that they have reached this conclusion? >> no, i agree that he has displeased both sides, mercedes, but i will say that at this moment, when i read president trump's tweets, it sounds like he is saying oh, look, i don't like this russian investigation, let's pay attention to what james comey did and not what we have coming down the road from the special prosecutor. >> trump has been very clear and transparent that they are going to be cooperative in this investigation. >> ed: maybe we can do it some thinking about this, juan williams, mercedes schlapp. thank you. >> shannon: waters have begun to reseed in texas, really unsure about what the families are going to find, we'll hear some of their stories, plus thi this. >> ed: heart stopping moments at the scene of a car crash, as

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>> ed: outspoken milwaukee county sheriff clerk has resigned his post, he rose to national attention last summer when he spoke at the republican national convention, he is known for his hard-line stands with his association with the nra, comes after reported talks of him taking a senior post at the homeland security department. >> shannon: rescue efforts are moving forward in the wake of harvey, crews are -- reporting live from texas to tell us more,

good morning, peter. >> good morning, shannon, and we are starting to hear from some of these pilots who have been out on the rescue missions, we have seen videos of them saving hundreds of thousands of different people in different neighborhoods, something really interesting to think about, a lot of these pilots are coming from places outside of texas, they are not necessarily familiar with the lay of the land, and some of the aircraft that they are flying are older, don't necessarily have all of the newer parts, i spoke to someone this morning who said that they were in an area unfamiliar with it, able to use google maps on his iphone to try to locate someone, and then he saved them, and that survivor is now going to be okay, one of the new aircraft though, is still being used by the air marine operations, cbt, and they are about to start because we are now a few days after the storm, taking the rescue equipment out, the mission is changing, so the rescue basket is going to come out, harnesses

are going to come out, and they are going to start using these a blackhawks for more of a quick reaction, so that they can go into these neighborhoods and our law enforcement can't necessarily access every single street become a certain shopping centers may be isolated, and they can help law enforcement from the air, make sure that things are orderly, that there is no looting, and i want to talk about to match a noble, a lot of the pilots that have been saving so many lives are normally with the air marine operations, patrolling the border, how much different is this, the harvey response to a normal day in a south texas or arizona? >> well, our response, this one we trained for, we trained for national disasters as far as this one all year long, and we are use to changing how we fly, what we fly, where we fly all the time, i would say with harvey though, the amount of people that we rescued is the

biggest challenge, and then right away, the weather, the weather when we first came in was very minimal, pilots were operating, coordination was a really big factor at that time for the safety of the actual success of the mission, but we were able to get into houston when the weather wasn't as ideal, we will put it that way, and rescue people in the tremendous numbers, either by putting them in the aircraft or using our facility, putting people down on the ground, putting them on the ground, and rescuing people and families. >> and you would say that's there were swimmers before, but that is going to shift maybe now in neighborhoods where people may not be seeing a lot of -- >> yeah, they were actually border patrol agents, so now it is going more to an air marine operation mission, where we are going to have our aviation enforcement agents in the back, and will have them in the front, and they will be taking calls as

needed, and responding to these communities that potentially have been abandoned or there has been minimal amount of law enforcement, we can respond quickly, we have guys sitting around right now, ready to go, and we can get on top of a target very fast, and if we have to land" people -- respond to those leaders, we can do that. >> thank you very much. shannon, we are going to be up in one of these helicopters a little later on to get a lay of the land. >> yeah, totally different perspective from up there. peter doocy, thank you very much. >> ed: will hear more, red cross spokesman who joins us next. >> shannon: plus, president trump refocusing on a key campaign progress, the administrational's already taking the first major step, more on that just ahead. >> we are going to change -- we are going to have a tremendous voice, we want people to come in legally, we are going to have

the wall.

>> ed: at the death toll this morning from harvey now rising to 39, this as tens of thousands of people are still stuck in shelters, but now that the floodwaters are receding, we are looking to temporary housing for those people. jeff, there is a huge job ahead, obviously, how's it going so far? >> it has already started, ed, take a look at what houston has been doing, particularly in a neighborhood like this, where water came up fast but went down fast, this -- take a look, almost every house on the street had some sort of activity, people are throwing stuff out, throwing a drywall out, carpet outcome of this is the beginning of the cover, look at that crew ready to go into that house and continue work today, but you know, it's a big job, and it just started, the president

tweeted this morning, houston is recovering fast, i think he is right about that. >> ed: the governor of texas was on our air this morning saying look singlet, adjusters are trying to get to people, don't fail your claims until they actually get to inspect your house, in the area where you are, i assume that adjusters can start doing their work because as you say, drywall is coming on, but there are other areas where they are still flooding, so the adjusters can't get in. >> exactly. this is just a small sliver of it, and as i said, this was one of the areas where it was just flooding from the rainfall, but those areas over by the reservoirs, where it was coming from the reservoirs and the releases over there, that is still way up, and those people, i tell you, the flood control guy and he soon told us the other day he didn't think that some of those areas around the reservoirs would have low water intel may be as long as october. hard to believe. >> ed: long way to go, the president said we are coming back strong, but we have a long

way to go. good to see you. >> thanks, ed, appreciated. >> shannon: agencies working around the clock, still trying to find people who may be trapped in the flood zone, the head of the american red cross giving praise to fema for its response to this unprecedented disaster. >> it was the most remarkable disaster, it's heartbreaking, but is also heartwarming to see neighbors helping neighbors, and that is why so many people survived this storm. >> shannon: mcnamara is a red cross member, he joins us this morning, john. so we know that you have thousands of people they are on the ground, what are you able to do in this immediate aftermath of the storm? >> so right now we are focused on shelter, here at the convention center, we are still sheltering thousands of people, providing hot meals, a place for them to lay their head, we had

42,000 people seek shelter, so this is a massive operation for the red cross, we are working with a variety of partners, it is not only our federal partners but local organizations here on the ground, we had entertainment troops year, providing games, a chance for kids to be almost in a carnival atmosphere, we had the local ymca providing a camp like environment, and this is just the community coming together to help people take a deep breath and start the recovery process, and it has been an incredible thing to see. >> shannon: from a lot of folks, it sounds like there were a lot of lessons learned from katrina, and other major disaster, and coordination is different this time, from the local level on up to the feds, i heard the red cross leader talking about the fact that you were trying to get volunteers into one area, and you are like how are we going to get this done, made a few phone calls, and then the department of defense shows up with 20 high water vehicles, and then there is an hourly conversation going on so that you can get supplies

to those places where they are most needed, it does sound like a different way of cooperation this time around. >> absolutely, we have been in close contact with state and local officials as well as the federal level, i have talked to numerous volunteers who work in a dump trucks to get through the water, people are being helicopters and, so that shows that we are being educated, and that is our number one focus, that our volunteers are resource, outfitted, and how the information that they need to best support the people that are here on the ground because we are here for weeks and months here on the ground in texas, and we are committed to getting this right, and that is why our partnerships are so critical to that effort. >> shannon: you and i know a lot of people are sending cash, supplies, whatever they can think of, and i read a bulletin as well that you will need blood donations, which people typically think of correlating with the red cross about that, but i know that the demand for things they are in houston

ripples out, and there are impacts nationwide, so folks can't get there, they can't give money, can they go to their local donation center and give blood? >> absolutely, the need for a blood is constant, so you can visit our web sites, so if anyone says that they want to join the red cross as a volunteer, visit red cross out org or google your local red cross because they will be doing training for weeks and months, because we will need no suddenly volunteers here home to their families, i left my children at home, so we will do that training so that you can either support the operation here in texas, and we are not through the height of hurricane season yet, there could be other storms, and there are other local operations that you can support, so please sign up for a volunteer. >> shannon: let me give you a chance to respond to some

criticism after hurricane sandy, where folks realize that there were millions of dollars on sponge that had been dedicated to the red cross, i know that there was an excellent nation for that, but what would you like to say about that? >> well, first of all, i know today that our ceo detailed exactly how we are sending the money, but also, you can visit red cross.org for a full account of it, we are leading with transparency, that is why we are doing interviews like this, the outpouring of support has been unbelievable, but we wanted them to have an oversight of what we are doing, and this is the way that your viewers can help us, if you have family on the ground in texas or anybody that seems to think that they can improve us, let us know, go

to our facebook page, email, call us, go to twitter, we want to identify the issues before they become a major challenge, make sure we are doing the best for the state of texas, i want to give my all for the people on the ground, we are working long hours, and we are going to get this right, and make sure that your donations are going to the right places. >> shannon: you mentioned that it is going to be a long haul, if people can come right now, maybe they can make a long-term plan down the road to take a few days off of work and join you? >> yeah, what i will say, the red cross was here before the storm hit, we have a tremendous base here in texas, our experience dealing with disasters on a regular basis, but we have volunteers that are going to be coming from all places of the country, we had people coming from as far as alaska and maine, virginia, we are going to need more, so red cross.org, we will get you trained, we'll get you ready to be able to join us here in texas or other parts of the country, we have shelters in louisiana as well, and that is the lifeblood of this organization, people on the ground and volunteers, that is average people who have a heart to give come of their time, their commitment, neighbors they have never met, and we are wanting their

efforts. >> shannon: it is the very best of america on display, you leaving your young family behind, and all those others who are coming in, trying to help, and we hope that we will remember it. thank you so much. >> thank you, shannon. >> ed: powerful message there, meanwhile, vladimir putin's warning that escalating rhetoric has brought north korea and america to the brink of a conflict. adam kissinger will join us to talk about all of this next. >> shannon: a horrific crash caught on police body cams, we will have more on that in just a moment.

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>> shannon: a police body camera capturing some very scary moments at the scene of a crash,

they are helping the victim, a truck it plowed a street into the cars. so the officers and the woman reportedly suffered minor injuries there, they are expected to be okay, but they say this is a perfect example of the danger is that our men and women in uniform are out there facing on a daily basis. >> ed: at russian president vladimir putin is weighing in on tensions with north korea, warning of that rhetoric between washington and a pyongyang has brought us to the brink of a full scare war, he is saying about provocations, pressure, and offense of rhetoric is the road to nowhere. joining me now is adam kinzinge kinzinger, thanks for joining us. >> ed: given the fact that a vladimir putin has been known for the sort of rhetoric and

thinking about his actions in the ukraine and elsewhere, his meddling in our election, should we take his word seriously on this? >> well, you can take his word seriously in that this is an escalating situation, but it is almost implying that it is america's fault or donald trump's fault, there is only one person that is at fault here and one country, and that is north korea, a nation that despite agreements with the united states, they have said that they are not going to develop nuclear weapons, yet they continue to, they are the nation that shot muscles over our allies, so if you look at where is this escalating? it is with them, there is a reason that vladimir putin is writing this, he is trying to make it look as if he is reasonable. and they have -- in china, russia, north korea, they have always wanted us to stop our joint military exercises with south korea, so they are trying to put this out there is a reasonable solution to say if you guys just simply quit your

joint military exercises, north korea will stop developing missiles, but we know in the path that it never happens. >> ed: you make an interesting point because these awards from vladimir putin come after the f f-35 jets, the u.s. military's with the japanese and south koreans at flying over the peninsula and sending a message to north korea, so what you are laying out is russia being thick as thieves, it sounds like, with china and north korea and wanting to push back on our military being ready. >> i think so, i think there is an opportunity potentially in the future for u.s. and russia to kind of work together with the chinese on this north korean issue, that moment is not today because we are in this kind of moment by moment mode where we can't think strategically or long-term -- they can't, that a strike yesterday was very powerful, you have this at 35, you have the eb-1 bombers, basically hitting an area that is just like an area that we have to destroy, and we have to

show that we can do it, and that we are unable to, so that's kind of thing is what we need to do to send a strong message, at the same time, we have to pressure the chinese, 85% of commerce with north korea goes over the border, they can shut down the border tomorrow if they really wanted to. >> ed: whitney stakes cannot be higher because as you say, these military exercises, this came after north korea fired yet another test a few days back, a missile actually went over japan, asian markets reacted obviously, , and this got it all back front and center, so vladimir putin is saying that we need to get back to negotiation negotiations, but he tweeted a few days ago that negotiations, talk it, it is simply not the answer, so what do you believe is the answer? >> well, i believe it is having a credible military option in asia, which we do, but i think continuing to build that up, so

i think continuing to invest in our missile defense technology, it's amazing, when you actually know the stuff that we have out there, when you get the briefing that we have, to be proud of america and what they have been developing, which 20 years ago was unthinkable, it is pressuring china, it is those three stops, and we need to continue to make this case for the american people, when they test a muscle, now that we know that they can militarize nuclear weapons onto those missiles, we are almost getting to a point where we have to assume that the missiles that -- that they are headed towards guam or japan, so this is really north korea playing with fire, but if we think that we can just come out with hat and hand again and give them a ton of money, i would remind people what happened in 1994 under president clinton, when we have the deal to end all deals. >> ed: yeah, you are exactly right, a couple decades later, it looks like they have these muscles that can reach the u.s.

mainland. a pretty intensive stakes right now. we appreciate you joining us. >> any time, see you. >> shannon: a president trump taking a step towards fulfilling a major campaign promise, how the administration is advancing that project, despite funding that is still up in the air. >> ed: plus, elaine chao surveying the damage right along of vice president mike pence, we'll ask her what she found, and what they are doing specifically to help texans with this process, she is running his life, coming up. >> in texas, we are with you. [cheers and applause] >> we will be with you today, we will be with you tomorrow, and as the president said yesterday in missouri, we will be with you every day until texas recovers and rebuilds stronger and better than ever before.

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>> ed: a florida home owner waking up to this alarming guest -- a giant alligator at the bottom of the swimming pool, yeah that is a 7-footer, he was taken to an alligator farm, where it will be protected under a statewide program, do you ever wake up to a guess like that? >> shannon: young, and florida, you just call that your backyard, if you look anywhere around water, from the midstate down, there is a good chance that you are going to walk outside, and that is going to be in your backyard. i have a video, if it ever happens. be careful. yeah. well, the trump administration taking a critical step towards

building a border wall with mexico, officials have asked of the countries whom they have awarded contracts to build prototypes, we go to los angeles to learn more. >> shannon, the administration is looking at options, you want to get the right design, so more prototypes yesterday, more next week, each company is going to build a 30-foot long, up to 30-foot high prototype. know what you see here is going to be a unit sector, when you think of the border, you don't think of the great wall of china, that is not ideal, so here we have a primary while at the border, a wide stretch with an agent in the middle to patrol

in their vehicle, then you have a tall secondary sense in the middle, you have cameras, lights, sensors, that would detect a breach, that is the design that they are going to use. only here, the secondary wall is going to be concrete, the purpose is to slow people down long enough for agents who arrive before they try to use the secondary fence. >> these prototypes, which are intended to deter the illegal crossing, will help us refine the design standards and security requirements that we will need for the u.s. border patrol. >> so they are nonsectors along the south, i have been to all of them, they range to a barbed wire to something substantial, so obviously, concrete, solid concrete, that would be different. >> shannon: so obviously they're going to have a big fight about this on capitol hill, so how much money are we talking about? >> well, a lot. they are not talking about it during the entire 2,000-mile border, that is not possible, so currently we have about -- each prototype will be tested in san diego against concrete saws, ladders, hammers, et cetera, know each prototype is going to cost four to 500,000, the entire program will be about 20 million, this year, congress

appropriated $341 million to repair the existing fence, the administration wants another 1.2 billion this year for 74 miles of new barrier and at 2.6 billion next year. all of this is controversial, as he said, complicated, may be compromised because of the price tag. back to you, shannon. >> shannon: thank you very much, ed. >> ed: thanks, shannon. texas gulf coast, they are only beginning to assess the damage and the destruction, this is the flooding is still threatening homes along the crusting rivers, our live coverage of the tragedy and the recovery in texas. >> shannon: plus, trump pressuring congress to give aid it to a harvey victims, is not going to be enough? so when i got my ancestry dna results it was a shocker. i'm from all nations. it puts a hunger in your heart to want to know more.

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leaving behind the hard task of cleanup and recovery already under way, welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," i am ed henry and for bill hemmer. >> shannon: and i am shannon bream, thousands and thousands of homes destroyed, the initial estimates are up to $190 billion, but of course, we are still saving lives as that is the top concern, rescue operations are underway in texas. good morning, matt. >> shannon, oren is about an hour south, and they are saying that unfortunately this community is now seeing rising waters because they floodwaters from houston have headed south year, a lot of the water spilling over from reservoirs that we have been reporting have made their way down here, right it to my left right now, we just witness the texas state police launch a boat into this community, they say they got a call, a life or death situation, the boat is kind of be on our our line of sight right now, but

this is happening all over in this area, warren is being described as an island, search and rescues -- and fema says 92 to 95% of their federal resources are going to be in this area today, shannon, the place really feels like an apocalyptic war zone, i will show you, we are on highway 59 right now, which is a four-lane highway, and it to my left, you can see it is completely abandoned, there are no cars coming or going as far as the eye can see, and there is actually water inching up to the side of the highway both on the north and southbound side, so it nearly one week after harvey has made landfall, this is not over, yes, the storm may have moved on, the son may be shining in some places, but search and rescues are still happening in many places across texas, and unfortunately, the death toll could rise. shannon. >> shannon: and for folks who have made it through this initial part of the storm, it is a long recovery ahead, it sounds like life is not going to be back to you with any kind of

normalcy for a long time. >> you know, on our drive down here, we drove pass gas stations that are completely dry and abandon, banks, grocery stores, just things that we take for granted everyday events want to be open for a very long time, and we kind of saw a max exodus out of the houston area yesterday, as people were coming back into town, so it seems like people who finally got out to see their cars or their house or got out of a shelter or just getting here. shannon. >> shannon: excellent job keeping us updated, the creek beds, rivers and everything else down there, as it continues to ebb and a change, matt, thank you so much. >> ed: and as you heard from us reporting, people in texas, people in louisiana potentially as well looking at a long recovery process, the present pushing congress to approve $6 billion, set to return to texas yesterday for his second trip this week, we are alive, kevin, do you have any more details? we heard talks earlier in the week that it could be as much as

$160 billion in federally for texas, louisiana, potentially other areas, is the sort of the down payment? >> well, i think you're right on the money, you know how this works, as both you and i have covered the white house, they have these conversations, we can confirm here at fox news that the white house and congressional lawmakers have been talking about this plan to come up with a $6 billion emergency assistance plan to obviously the devastated folks over in texas and in louisiana and throughout the gulf coast in the wake of hurricane harvey, now the mouth we can kind of break down this way, about 5.5 billion towards the disaster relief fund, as you know, that is run by fema, and another 150 million or so for the disaster loan program, fema does this, and then we send loans to companies to help them rebuild, so when my to the administration announced a big plane? well, here is sarah huckabee sanders. >> we are working with congress,

we are not going to get ahead of the director, he is working with him around the clock to make sure that process moves forward quickly and effectively. >> president trump obviously taking to twitter today to talk about what has been happening, he is keeping a very close eye on the lone star state in particular, he says that texas is healing fast, thanks to all of the great men and women who have been working so hard but is still so much to do, we will be back tomorrow, and that of course is something we have been watching. >> ed: kevin, even as the relief efforts are underway, business with the nation is still going forward, talking about tax reform in a big speech on wednesday, now we are also hearing reports from our own john roberts that maybe he wants to enter the daca program, what do we know about that? >> yeah, this is one of the stories that will sort of pop up, and sometimes, we want to see with the election is going to be, but i don't think there is any question that the

president is looking very carefully at what they might do as they weigh the legal options, daca is set to expire on tuesday, now for the folks at home who are unfamiliar, we are talking about a program that effectively impacts nearly a million people come about 800,000 so-called dreamers in this country, they came here as children, they were brought by their parents, and so what happens then? they are americans for all intents and purposes, even though they were brought here perhaps through no fault of their own, so we are asking people like vice presidents mike pence, so what gives? is president trump going to sort of end daca? as it has been rumored? here's what he said yesterday. >> president trump has said all along that he has taken very careful consideration to that issue, that when he makes his decision, he will makes it as he likes to say with a big heart, and i know that he will. >> 800,000 dreamers currently protected by the executive order established by the obama administration back in 2012,

opponents of the potential moves say look at, they could face the risk of deportation, but there are a lot of people out there who feel like a look at, you have to be lawful, you have to have rules in place, and this doesn't necessarily mean that these youngsters may be out of here immediately, again the white house has said that they are reviewing all options, with no decision as yet, we'll keep an eye on it, but for now, back to you. >> ed: even the president's own attorney general says look at, these people are children of illegal immigrants, we appreciate it, kevin. >> shannon: this is a fox news alert, top republican lawmakers are saying that former fbi director jim comey drafted his statement exonerating hillary clinton of wrongdoing in that email investigation before speaking to key witnesses, including clinton herself. the president has already spoken out about this on twitter saying wamac it, looks like a james comey exonerated hillary clinton long before the investigation

was over, and so much more, a rigged situation, good morning, chris. >> good morning, shannon. >> shannon: listen, i have to tell you, i did not see this coming, we have so many other issues going on, and then the surfaces in a letter from two g.o.p. senators, who write to the fbi director and say listen, it appears there are some transcripts that show an interview with comey subordinates, that he was already in april or may drafting this speech he ended up giving, essentially exonerating her, not only had she not been interviewed, but any of her topics, what do you make of it? >> well, it is certainly a curious, i think with 17 people not being interviewed and were interviewed before the fbi director at the time that james is comey issued his statement, it would certainly be curious if he had been writing the statement, some people are comparing it to the line in "alice in wonderland," where they say sentence today, verdict afterwards, you can understand

where republicans would be concerned, they are going to want to investigate, they are not surprised that the president would jump on this, among other things, it certainly helps back his decision to fire comey for a variety of reasons, i bet we do need to point out, however, at this point, what we are basing all of this on a some interviews that were done by a justice department investigators, top officials, the senators who are concerned about this on the senate judiciary committee haven't spoken that themselves, it is the transcript, no one seems to have spoken to comey, so it is certainly curious, even troubling, but we probably need to know a little bit more before we come to either a sentence or a verdict on this. >> shannon: yeah, exactly, and they are asking for further information because of that, they say that the transcripts are partial, they are heavily redacted, so it is hard to understand exactly what is going on, so they have asked for more of that, in this letter, they

have said that conclusions at first, fact gathering second, that is no way to run an investigation, the fbi should be held to a higher standard than that, especially in a matter of such great controversy, so now what they are asking for is they want all of the dross of the statement, no matter where they started to come april or may, they want all records of communication because it sounds like these were circulated to other top staff at the fbi, and they want all the records of that investigation before it was closed out, what is your competence level in the fact that they will get to those from the fbi? >> well, given the fact that the fbi and the justice department are now run by republicans, i would think there would be some inclination to do it, there is nothing there that would be classified, you know, these were drafts of statements to the public, again, we don't know what we don't know about this, but certainly there is smoke it, we don't know whether there is fire, it is certainly looking into, probably worth talking to

the officials who were interviewed by the justice department investigator, and probably worth talking to james comey about all this to find out, it certainly is curious. >> shannon: now how do you think it could factor in that comey is supposed to be a key witness in the mueller investigation? speak out now the administration does not have entirely clean hands altogether, when the president decided to fire comey, he referred it to in the administration -- it was the way that he mishandled it -- their words -- the clinton investigation, that is what the attorney general jeff session said, that is what his deputy rod rosenstein said, and then the president seemed to contradict that in his interview with lester holt, when he said actually, i had already decided to do it because of russia, the people said may be the president should not have given that interview, in any case, all of this will factor in, and you can

be sure that the president and his supporters will use it to say it look at, comey it was not to dealing straight here, he was not doing this right, and this wasn't a obstruction of justice, this was a smart decision to get rid of him. >> shannon: just another ingredient into your show this week, chris, how about we tell people what you have coming up? >> we are going to have a live interview at the very top of the show with the great a governorf texas, greg abbott, there is a lot that we still don't know about the situation on the ground and it terms of damage to people and property, so we will have the latest from him, and also, we will talk about this very charged issue of what kind of federal money is going to be forthcoming, there is talk about $6 billion, is that going to come? we will talk to the governor about how much more we will be needing, also a top administration official -- i can't say who it is yes, also tax reform, and also daca, if the president goes ahead and ends the program, -- other than

that, very little to talk about. >> shannon: chris, you are such a tease. thank you so much for your time, we'll see you on sunday. edit. >> ed: we will have to tune in on sunday morning. >> shannon: we will find out. a >> ed: meanwhile, waters are reaching their peak at, they are saying that now even as flooding remains a threat to nearby areas, we'll hear from one congressman about the challenges facing his district ahead. >> shannon: plus, a transportation expert elaine chao getting a good look at the devastation firsthand at harvey, the transportation secretary drowns next to talk about how her department is going to be able to help with recovery efforts moving forward. >> one of the things that we are learning is the climbing supplies of aviation, oil, gasoline, all sorts of fuel supplies, we have waived that requirement, and you got it.

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>> we are just going to stay with the people of texas, all the way through, and not just in the weeks and months, but very likely, the years that it will take for us to rebuild the southeast texas, and we know we will, with these good and strong people, bigger and better than ever before. >> shannon: that is by president mike pence yesterday, to survey the damage of harvey, the vice president pitching in it to pledge government support,

get the people in the hardest hit areas back on their feet, our next guest got a firsthand look at the devastation, elaine chao is the transportation secretary, madame chow, good to have you. can you tell us because you have now been there first and, what it is like they are on the ground? >> you know, the devastation is unbelievable, we are only able to get to corpus christi, which is about three hours and 45 minutes from houston, the president, the vice president wanted to get as close to houston as they could, the president, during his first trip earlier this week, the vice president yesterday, and for us, we could only get as close to houston as corpus christi, which as i mentioned is three hours and 45 minutes away, corpus christi has been really damaged by winds, and houston, obviously the flooding continues, it will likely peak until saturday, and then hopefully the waters will

receive, but the devastation is just heartbreaking, i have been through katrina before, this is worse than katrina. and what i saw on the ground in texas, full of grits, full of courage, and full of determination, as he heard the vice president say, he promised that this administration, all of us in the cabinet, all of the cabinet officers, all of the department, the assets of the whole entire federal government will be with texas, as they tried to rebuild and restore their lives in the time ahead. >> shannon: and so much of that falls under the umbrella of what you do, you have airports impacted, railroads, certainly highways, what can the department of transportation do now to assist in this recovery? >> law, the governor and i have been in various discussions, and within one hour of texas' request for $25 million in emergency relief right away, we gave that money, we will also provide up to about $100 million

in airport grants, an emergency, in additional emergency repairs, so we stand ready, and there will be more money, of course, coming in through other programs as well, but we all are working in support of the governor abbott, the governor and his team are doing a wonderful job in leading taxes to respond to this the devastation, and the vice president mentioned that the government, the federal government will be there every step of the way, we will not abandon texas, we will be there for them, and there grits and their courage, i mean it was a very emotional day yesterday, it was 90 degrees, i just can't imagine being in that hot weather all the time, it is so hot. end of the spirit of the people, so inspiring, we heard from teachers who wanted to be able to bring their students back to school for their senior year, we heard from students who actually

miss going to school, we saw a church that had its choir room blown out, and the beautiful glass stained windows had just been destroyed, but we us all the parishioners, and they were so full of determination and courage and hope for the future. texans are can-do people, and we, the federal government, want to be with them to help rebuild their community is to better than it ever was before. >> shannon: and because of what you oversee, are you able to help in anyway speed along the flow of volunteers, supplies? it getting to them? >> thank you for reminding me of that question, absolutely. we have hundreds of an department of transportation professionals on the ground as close as possible to the devastated area, we have over 200 engineers who are ready to inspect damaged infrastructure

on expedited basis, so we know what the damage will be, once the water receipts, so that we can embark upon a repair and restoration the schedule, we also have all sorts of other professionals ready to help in anyway possible, we have also extended many waivers to allow rebuilding, planning, and to be thinking about how to go ahead,. and we want to do away with burdensome regulations that it don't need to be there, especially in this emergency crisis time. and to the other thing also is it -- what we are seeing now in airports and in gasoline stations is a declining supply of gasoline, aviation fuel, and so what i have done yesterday, and you showed the clip of it,

was that i worked with the governor and at his request, issued an executive directed to mike direction to allow emergency shipments to the devastated areas. a >> shannon: you madam secretary, we have to leave it there, will be her back. thank you.

>> ed: waters at the reservoir have reached a peak levels, meaning for the time being, officials do not expect conditions to get worse, which is to the relief of many folks down in the houston area of which will be coming ahead, that is a big question, joining me now on the phone, from the seventh district of texas, senator john culberson, thank you for joining us, please tell us what you're seeing on the ground today. >> i spent much of the day

yesterday out in the neighborhoods, just downstream, with my neighbors and constituents who are flooded because of this monster storm, the water levels are up several feet, in their homes, i was on boats with volunteer rescuers, who, as far away as michigan to help us down here, that is one of the things about the storm, not only have neighbors stepped up to help neighbors, but we have people from all over the country coming down, the cajun navy came in from central louisiana, bringing 110 tracks and 110 boats, filled with food to help us, and there are still homes underwater, throughout most of houston, and the concern here is that we -- it reduces the water released from those dams, these homes will soon be underwater for an extended period of time, days, week it,

it could be more, and then you start losing the structural integrity of the home, so these people have lost everything, it is just heartbreaking, to see the damage, the irreplaceable heirlooms, to realize that their life savings which is it sunk in their home it could be lost, it is absolutely heartbreaking. and i can't stop the release of water, let the water go down, so these folks can get back in their home and start drawing out the structure of their houses. this fee on it now, as i understand, you are right there, and you see what is happening, they have had controlled releases of water from the reservoirs to try to prevent uncontrolled releases, so that they can at least have a little bit more say into where the water is going, but are you saying that seeing this on the ground, that when you do these controlled releases, that that result obviously in more water

flowing into neighborhoods around the reservoirs and potentially in the short term causing more trouble? >> well, that is the problem is that of those reservoirs are full to the brim. they are absolutely at the top levels, they are the highest that we have ever seen in the history of the dams, watch the weather is clear, we have had a couple days of good weather, we are very hopeful that to the storm that is in the atlantic will turn away from the gulf of mexico, so i am encouraging, pushing as hard as i can to get them to stop the releases and it dialed them down, we have now had a several days of releases at a level that has caused flooding and in a lot of those neighborhoods, and like i said, i am on the ground with these people, out in the neighborhoods, on boats, helping them get their things out of their homes, and these houses that will be lost if they have to say underwater for a week.

>> ed: congressman -- >> so they are responsible for the integrity of the neighborhoods. >> ed: i have 30 seconds, i want to know, since you're going to be going back to work, congress coming back after labor day, we are hearing about a down payment at least in the neighborhood of $6 billion that president trump wants to help the people of the state also into louisiana, as this term has had a lot of presence there as well, is that enough as a down payment, and how confident are you that your colleagues are going to come together next week to get this done? >> i am absolutely confident that congress will come together, all of us will come together to pass his first piece of the emergency appropriation bill, it is important that constituents, people affected by the storm, the disaster, register indicate that you have been damage, a home or a car, so that we can get an accurate number for the first bill, which is designed for short-term relief or property damage, the

longer-term bill will be to repair the flood control infrastructure, to make sure that's the next term that comes, we have better protection against it. i will be helping as an appropriate or, representing houston, i will be one of the elite horses on both of those bills. it >> ed: well, congressman, i know that your state is counting on you, a lot of people are going to have to come together in the next week, and as the vice president said, months and even years ahead you get this done, please stay safe and give your constituents are best. >> thank you, we are all americans and the site, no republicans or democrats, we are doing this together to help rebuild texas and louisiana. >> ed: variable slept, thank you sir. >> shannon: why this whole thing has some on the right fired up. >> ed: plus, rescue operation still going, we have a live report from one of the staging areas in houston, this is a key

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>> shannon: rescue operations are continuing all along the severely flooded areas of texas, many people are still seeking shelter, but they are stranded, we are at one of the staging areas for rescue crews in houston, doggett, i got to say, you would think it days and days after the storm, they wouldn't still be doing this, but it sounds very active. >> yeah, shannon, it is a complicated picture right now, and the one thing that you learn, if you need help in a storm, call oklahoma, they have responded in force, they have set up at this target parking lot, a little command post, where they are coordinating with fema and the houston fire department to really plan out their roots, where they are going to dispatch the boats, and they have a lot of boats and a lot of first responders here, so you walked on the line here, and overhearing from these folks, the houston department, and

folks in oklahoma, that the calls that are going out now, aren't necessarily people who have been tracking the storm, they are some people who are trying to get back to their homes, and they wound up in trouble. they get caught up in the floodwaters, and they need rescuing, but these are the kinds of boats that they need, in some instances, they are boats, and they really get into some of these back neighborhoods, so for a long time, they have relied on civilian boat owners to get into these neighborhoods for the initial rescues, now they are getting down to the professional stage, where they are going almost door to door by boat to clear these homes and make sure that anyone who wants out has gotten out, and anyone who decided to stay knows that there is a path out if they needed, so they still have a long way to go, they are kind of settling in for the long haul here, they realize they are going to be here at the very least for another week or so to deal with all of this. shannon. >> shannon: finally good to

see some sunshine here to help out for these efforts as they look around for folks who still need them. thank you so much. >> ed: meanwhile, the fbi and homeland security warning of a violent attacks by a radical left-wing group known as antifa. >> ed: you can see it in here to write here, dangerous activities by the activist, now classified as domestic terrorist violence, meanwhile, conservatives are calling out liberals and the media for failing to condemn of the antifa movement. fox news contributor, leslie marshall, good morning to you both, ladies. >> good morning. >> ed: leslie, why did it take so long for the left to start condemning antifa, after the violence that we have seen? >> well, i don't think it is too

long that the left has taken, i just don't think that the right hasn't listened to them, i have condemned it from the start, most of us are pacifists, we condemn violence of any kind, it is not acceptable, you know, we do not condone violence. and whether it is antifa, which certainly claims to be on the left, or some of these other organizations that align themselves with the right, like the supremacist groups, the white supremacist groups, the neo-nazis, the other racist organizations like the kkk, anyone and for any purpose that is doing this, it is completely unacceptable, it is not covered by the first amendment, and it is just not a humane response to the anger that this or any group has. >> ed: now rachel, we saw that there was this to say, finally coming out and saying that antifa does not have a place in

any of this debate, you can see it there, our democracy and has no room for inciting violence or engendering the public, no matter the ideology of those who commit such acts, the violent actions of people calling themselves antifa in berkeley this weekend deserve unequivocal condemnation, and the perpetrators should be arrested and prosecuted, as i got enough for you, rachel? >> yeah, but i would like to hear that from bernie sanders and a lot of other liberals who by the way, when things happened with violent groups on the right, every republican lawmaker is being called to weigh in on this, and it just doesn't happen on the other side, i just want to say this, congratulations to the fbi and the doj and all of the people who are classifying this as a domestic terrorist group because they are, you can be sure that if this was the obama administration, i don't think that they would've had that classification, and i think the reason why the group is

growing and expanding and becoming more of a danger to the public is because the media has ignored it, we saw them right after the inauguration, you know, violent protest, right after the inauguration, and to the media just stepped right over to talk about the women's march, which had a lot of violent rhetoric as well, they should have called the south, and i think that's what we would have had attention drawn to this a little earlier. >> ed: a moment ago you're saying a look at, this does not represent you on the left, so why is it that someone on the left and some on the mainstream media try to say that the neo-nazis we saw in charlottesville and other places represented the right? if you want to say look at, we are not with those folks, why is it that you are automatically saying that the right is connected to the neo-nazis? >> well, first of all, i have never said that the represent the right, but if you ask the neo-nazis who they voted for or what party, those individuals

they voted forward from, it is not a guess, it is actually statistically proven, that they overwhelmingly supported the republican candidate for president. >> ed: antifa is clearly more on the left. >> correct, although, eda, if we were to guess, if we had a little chalkboard up here, right, and they put a line down, and i said what to domestic group are on the left? antifa. what domestic terrorist groups align themselves with the right? there is a longer list, it doesn't make it right or wrong, it is all wrong. the condemnation has come out from the left, rachel, i would strongly disagree with that, speaking of kudos to the fbi, if you look at the airport, they also talked about the rhetoric that the president that's came out of the president's mouth is that they felt strongly marked to this type of violence. >> i just have to say, as soon as charlottesville happened, the

head of the rnc came out and said kkk, you racist, you are not welcome in our party, i did not see that happen from the democrats on the day after the inauguration when we first started to see this antifa really go to a higher level. >> ed: all right, ladies, have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> shannon: president is working for harvey relief funds as all across the country, people opened their hearts on their wallets, businesses contributing more than $100 million so for for two rey efforts, what is it going to take to get to texas on their feet? dan patrick joins us live. >> i never thought that it would be really flooded. where you actually had to swim out. help people find their way. fastsigns designed new directional signage.

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is working with congress to approve $6 billion in harvey relief on, meanwhile recovery efforts are just starting to get underway, texas governor greg abbott telling "fox & friends" that this is going to be a multiyear project. >> we have received a donations from people all across the world, this has been a unifying effort, it has galvanized the best of america, where are things that stands and parts is that we are still involved in recovery and rescue operations. >> shannon: joining us now to talk about that, dan patrick, good to have you with us this morning. >> high, shannon, good to see you. >> shannon: you reminded me in the commercial break that while houston and that area is still devastated, as the storm moved up the coast, we talked some about the smaller communities, where they are just completely without power, completely submerged, and in places like beaumont and port arthur, they are still very much in the thick of it as well. >> yes, i am heading to beaumont later this afternoon because that is a community of about

140,000, plus port arthur, and right now, there is still water and no power, we are trying to restore that, the key thing is water in in all of these communities, i was in victoria a few days ago, shipping and water for about 80,000 people, as we try to work to bring that up, houston is still a major rescuer -- or major recovery -- we are doing house to house, boat to boat on in the neighborhood, but a lot of our assets are to rescue the beaumont area, but this is going to be a long way back it, we are texas tough, and we will make it. >> shannon: it is really what we have talked about the silver lining in this whole thing, to watch people not only be amazing first responders, people who including those who have lost their lives, so many out there risking their lives, but neighbors and good samaritans, people helping strangers who they have never met to rescue their dogs and their cats into their kids and everything else, they are really putting on a

show. >> well, i don't know what's the official number of people rescued will be, we'll never know officially because there are so many volunteers picking up people that are not reported, i would guess that we have rescued well over 10,000 people, the official numbers are somewhere around 5,000, but i was out with a group that rescued 300 people on their own, in a big army truck over a couple of days, we have had our own dunkirk, people just came with their boats all from all over texas, louisiana, as far as atlanta and other states, they came down here to help, it was an amazing thing, i have said this before, but it bears repeating, at a time when our nation is divided in many ways, texas today, we are one, there are no republicans and democrats, republicans, conservatives, black, white, brown issues, there is one effort, and we are helping each other, neighborhood by neighborhood, the federal

government has done a great job, the president, who stepped in early, governor abbott is in command, and at the local level, county judges, and our first responders have just been terrific at, and the spirit, shannon, of the people who have lost in many cases everything they had, everything, their spirit is so high, and they are determined to bounce back, they are so thankful for those people, whether it is a fireman, policeman, coast guard, state police, or a neighbor with a flat bottom boat. >> shannon: you know it is a great reminder for the rest of us of the way that we need to treat each other. so tell us about what you are going to need long-term, going down to capitol hill, the initial ask was $6 billion, what is texas going to need in the long run? >> come we are going to need the time, the money it, to do this right and recover to her we need to be, i looked at safe lead plan that was developed in 1944

the area, and there were actually four dams that were proposed, and the government ran out of money, so they only did a few, which had some news the last couple of days, we are probably going to need to look at some major projects along of these fibers, we could use levees there, we could use levees over on another river to help mitigate these issues long term, because we have now had three floods in three years, but of course, a flood of this type, look at, there is an earthquake, tornado, and there is a flood, and all three issues, you cannot prepare for total natural disasters, but of those three, a flood at least you can build it to mitigate the issues, when you get the rain that we had for the time that we had, you can never prevent all of that, but i think it is now time for the country and to texas to look at addressing this issue, even on a much larger level, the mc recovery, and that is to how we

can prevent these major disasters because people around the country, shannon, are being impacted because most of the refinery in america here, and you see some shortages here as refineries are shut down, it impacts our abilities to keep energy prices low, to keep cars and planes moving, and a fuel for automobiles, and it also impacts our national defense, so when a storm hits the gulf coast like this, which is unprecedented, this will be the largest disaster in american history, it impacts the entire country, so it is not just texas, come in and help us on some of these products, it is in the best interest of our country, our economy, and our defense. >> shannon: yeah, we have seen folks pouring in from around the country as well, i know you're grateful for that too. thank you so much, our prayers remain with you. >> thank you, we are texas tough, and we will get through it. and we will be stronger at the end. thank you, shannon.

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>> ed: a strong reaction out of russia after the state department orders russia to close as consulate in san francisco, it shut the doors into other offices in d.c. and new york at, talk about the timing of this decision that set off the russians. >> good morning, ed, and secretary of state directs the tillerson said that he would respond by today, this is the day that we have to remove more than 700 diplomats from russia, so in response to that, they just announced that they are closing the consulate general in

san francisco, and at trade missions in new york and here in washington, d.c., and ordering russia to do so by tomorrow, the trump administration says that this group will hopefully end to the back and forth between the two countries. >> we want to halt the downward spiral, and we want to move it forward it towards better relations, we will look for opportunities to do that, but we also want to have equity in the decision. >> senior administration officials say that even with these closures, russia still has more consulates and annexes in the united states than up the united states has an russia, they are also not kicking out any more russian diplomats. >> so what is russia saying about turning the page? >> as we look at the next steps, this all began when the u.s. last year ejected nearly three dozen russian diplomats, that was for harassing u.s. diplomats, and for interfering in the u.s. election, the russian foreign minister in a statement says "the russian

foreign minister expressed regret that the escalation of discontent, which was not initiated by russia, and says that moscow will carefully review the measures by the united states and will inform about its reaction, so russia is threatening to respond to a response that was initially a response. and that is pretty much the u.s.-russia relationship in a nutshell. >> ed: we will look for the next response life. thank you. >> shannon: well, flood water starting to level off, even receiving some parts of texas, people they are not out of the woods at all, we will take you live to texas to talk about what they are facing. next.

>> shannon: a pastor returning to his one at home, he plays the piano perhaps for the . ♪ that was posted on instagram and it struck a chord, literally

with people around the world including singer vanessa carlto carlton. she reached out to buy him a replacement piano at that one does not survive. again, another beautiful example of people reaching out. >> ed: good to see. have a wonderful long weekend. >> shannon: "happening now" starts right now. >> molly: a fox news alert with waters receding, focus is shifted to recovery efforts. hello everybody and welcome to "happening now," i'm molly line. >> leland: there is no home to come back to. i'm waylon bedard and for jon scott. the government saying it will take understandably years for texas to recover from this catastrophe. you can see it all their unfolding.