♪ ♪ but blueberry hill where i found you ♪ >> it's so catchy. that's all for now. "the ed show" is up next live from burlington vermont, where senator bernie sanders is about to officially launch his campaign. that's next. good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show," live from burlington, vermont. any minute now, vermont senator bernie sanders will officially kick off his presidential campaign here from waterfront park. when senator sanders takes the stage, we will bring you his remarks live. but first, we're awaiting a news conference from texas governor greg abbott and houston mayor parker following the severe flooding in the texas area over the weekend. senator ted cruz will also participate in the press conference. at this hour 12 are confirmed dead in texas and oklahoma. 13 people remain missing in

hayes county texas. nbc's jay gray has more on this record-setting storm. >> reporter: from the air and in the light of day, the streets of houston more like canals after flash floods swept across the area overnight. more than ten inches of rain in some areas in just hours. cars trucks even tractor trailers were no match for the rising fld waters that overwhelmed dozens of city streets. response teams carried out more than 500 high water rescues throughout the night and into the day. >> just use good common sense. stay in stay out of the high water. don't drive into the high water. >> reporter: in wimberly texas, the search continues for 12 people still missing after the blanco river rose more than 28 feet in just an hour cresting at more than 40 feet saturday night. >> we have 12 missing. we have over 30 people unaccounted for. >> reporter: among the missing, two families with children.

>> my sister will always be my sister. >> reporter: laura mccomb made a frantic call to her sister julie as the flood waters took their cabin. >> the house we were in the roof collapsed and we were now floating down the river. called mom and dad, i love you, and pray. >> reporter: her husband jonathan was found almost 12 miles down river. laura and their two kids still listed as missing. >> the blessing in all of this is that she is with her children, and she is with her babies and she will be with her babies always in heaven and we know that as a family. >> reporter: a family like this area torn apart by the water and still searching for answers. >> let's bring in charles hadlock who is reporting from houston, texas. you see the emotional strain that these folks are going through. what is the latest for first responders and what's the game plan? >> reporter: it's been quite a week here in texas, ed as you

know. here in houston, they got 11 inches of rain overnight. six inches in one hour. and this is the result. this is buffalo bayou. normally you have to walk up to the edge of the bayou and look down to see it. the bayou is out of its banks. it was bank full today. it flooded many many places, many underpasses were flooded here in houston today, making travel into the town today a nightmare. downtown houston looks ominous there, but actually the water is going around downtown houston there. the buildings there are not affected. two people drowned when they drove into the waters last night in the dark. their bodies were discovered at daylight today by rescuers. when the water got down low enough, they were able to get to the cars and find the bodies inside. three others are missing. they were apparently swept away after a fire department rescue boat overturned. the fors and several others were rescued. the others are missing. they were wearing life vests. and authorities hope that they somehow survived.

ed back to you. >> well charles, are they evacuating people in the area? what's the game plan if they get this kind of rain again? >> reporter: the good news is the water is way down. we've been watching it go down all day today. the question, more rain is expected. it's not supposed to be the torrential rain that we got in the last 24 hours. it's the typical afternoon showers. but even that with the ground so saturated, it poses a big problem here. if we get a little bit of rain it could come back out of the banks again. they're watching it very closely here. >> all right. charles hadlock reporting from houston, texas here on "the ed show." appreciate your time. thanks so much. we're just minutes away from senator bernie sanders taking the stage here in burlington vermont, for his official campaign announcement. we'll bring you his speech live and have analysis on what the senator brings to the 2016 race. but next, a violent weekend

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the governor of texas and the mayor of houston are updating the media on flooding in the area. let's listen in. >> bayous, depending on where you're from, began to swell. many of our local bayous went over their banks. that took flooding into structures particularly in the white oak at buffalo buayou confluence. we know there was some structural flooding in the galeria area of parking garages and commercial properties. flooding also in cross timbers and smaller areas of flooding

across the city. we also tragically know that there has been loss of life. we have three confirmed flood victims now. two that were recovered from vehicles. one body recovered from brays bayou. and another person who may have had a heart attack while pushing his vehicle out of the flood waters. there are three people missing. there may be others. but those are the ones we know at this moment. we have begun a

property-by-property assessment. but we are hampered by not being able to go into the areas until the waters recede. and these are visual inspections from the outside, until we can get enough structural experts to accompany our inspectors to see the full extent of the problem. we have a thousand properties that we officially inspected. we believe there may be as many as 4,000 with significant damage. there are two shelters open at this time. one is at the chinese community center.

9800 town park. and another is the acres home community center. 6719 west montgomery. at this point we are only sheltering 84 people. we have capacity for many more. those are locations being managed by the red cross. where people can go if they need other assistance even if they have a place to stay temporarily. the first thing we did on the roadways as the water receded was start to tow cars to get those roads open again. at this point, we have more than

750 vehicles of various kinds. in city and pound lots and temporary storage lots. we have an app. findmytowedcar.com. 713-308-8580. our 311 system for the city of houston is still the appropriate place to report any kind of damage. it's the one entry point to our entire system. and if you have any kind of structural damage, we need to

know it. and if you see infrastructure damage roads, bridges, anything that may have been undermined by the water, we need to know that again, reporting to 311. right now, all of the bayous are receding. we still have 14 segments where we have gauges that are over. flood stage, but all moving in the right direction. and 12 that are now back within their banks. we're going to continue to monitor that. but we're cautiously optimistic

over the weather for the next few days. i appreciate governor abbott making the trip down to houston. i know he has been examining the damage in other parts of the state. some areas hit much worse than we were. with greater loss of life. but all the levels of government are working closely together at this point to make sure that the emergency response falls seamlessly into the recovery effort with state and local

resources. combined with federal resources. i'm going to pause here and allow the governor to address you. we'll take some questions and i think we're going to continue the press conference. ma'am, if you'll join me over here. >> thank you, mayor. i arrived in houston several hours ago and had the opportunity to have a helicopter ride over many of the areas that have been dramatically impacted by the flooding waters. and my heart, my prayers go out to the families who have been impacted by this dramatic flooding. we have heard about the loss of life here in houston as well as other parts of the state of

texas. a number that we don't know and we will never know is the number of lives that have been saved by the effective response of first responders and all the many people who have been helping out in the houston and harris county as well as across the state of texas. i know for a fact that first responders in houston were able to take swift action to erect barriers to keep people from entering into flooding waters. i know for a fact in areas, whether it be harris county or other parts of the state of texas, water rescue missions have taken place that have saved countless lives. and so i want to extend my profound gratitude to all first responders across the state for the effective way that they have helped save lives.

as the mayor mentioned, flooding is something that we have been working on across the entire state of texas over the past week. i witnessed firsthand the devastation of the tsunami stalled river rise on the blanco river in wimberly texas, just west of san marcos. that completely devastated the area around there. and caused a significant loss of life. i have as governor declared disaster declarations from literally the red river to the rio grande. where flooding has been taking place across the state. but just like in so many other times of challenges, we see texans respond by coming together helping each other.

we've seen it in houston, texas, and other parts of the state with friends helping friends and neighbors helping neighbors. and i want to express my gratitude to all of our neighboring states. governor susanna martinez and her team in new mexico. governor mary fallon in oklahoma. governor asa hutchinson in governor, and governor bobby jindal in louisiana. all of our neighbors have offered their support. louisiana sent two blackhawk helicopters as well as sandbag loaders to help us address our challenges here in the state of texas. we work more effectively when we work as a team. but just like we have faced challenges in the past, we will respond effectively to face these challenges. earlier today, i had a telephone conversation with the harris

county judge with whom i will be meeting shortly. and i announced that among the 46 counties in the state of texas, that i have declared a disaster declaration, i have now added harris county as one of the counties included in the disaster declaration. this will provide additional resources and tools that will allow everyone in harris county to be able to respond even more effectively to the challenges you face. let me say one last thing. maybe the most important thing i could say. and that is some of the lives that have been lost are lives that were lost by people who were in vehicles who were trying to bypass through waterways. it's essential to understand that in so many of the rivers across the state of texas, we are going to continue to have

rising waters. if there are rising waters if your local elected officials tell you to evacuate, it is essential that you heed those warnings. do not drive into rising water. i know it may seem like something that you can easily traverse, but something that is incredibly powerful and can sweep you away just like it has so many others in the state of texas over the past week. so don't drive in the rising water. you know the common phrase turn around, don't drown. it has a sense of reality to it right now that we need everyone in the state of texas to heed. >> you just heard from the houston mayor and governor greg abbott on the flooding in houston and the surrounding area. still to come here on "the ed show," senator bernie sanders will make his official presidential campaign

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relations with law enforcement. in chicago, 56 people were shot between friday night and monday 12 of them fatally. cleveland, ohio, has agreed to overhaul its police department. it's part of a settlement with the justice department over a pattern of excessive force and other abuses by law enforcement officers. in baltimore, 32 people were shot over the weekend. bringing the total homicide this number this month to 35. may 2015 is now the deadliest month in baltimore since 1999. i'm joined tonight by tremaine lee, msnbc national reporter. you would think that possibly this behavior would be going in a different direction with all the focus that's been put on baltimore. how are residents responding to this continued violence? >> unfortunately, this kind of carnage that we've seen has been par in cities like baltimore and chicago, as you mentioned. there simply seem to be too many guns on the streets and not

enough opportunity. so while there has been heightened awareness and attention to what the police are doing and not doing, there seems to be little to be able to be done about giving young people an opportunity. typically, when you head into the summer months, it's hotter young people are out of school. it always seems to ramp up. if this weekend has been any indication, also given just the tenor and climate we've seen of anger and angst across the country, it could most certainly be a really rough summer. >> this morning, there was a march against governor hogan's decision to build a youth detention center in baltimore city. where do we go from here? what's going to turn this around? what are city officials saying at this point? >> city officials right now are still kind of trying to find their footing with all the unrest. because clearly, if you look at the department of justice reports out of ferguson and now cleveland, clearly training is an issue.

clearly there needs to be -- they see more resources need to be directed toward their agencies collecting data. so many of them are still in this kind of funny position, because again, there are protests and unrest all across the country. so those like in cleveland, mayor jackson said he agrees with the protest. there needs to be change more immediately, or at least sooner rather than later. but that again is the tricky position we're in right now. where do they go? right now, nobody knows. but we know the people in the streets are still pushing and fighting, and their voices are rising for a media change. we'll see if politicians can somehow heed to their demands. >> trymaine lee with us tonight here on "the ed show." thanks so much. we're awaiting senator bernie sanders' presidential announcement. we'll bring it to you live right after this here on "the ed show" from burlington, vermont.

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welcome back. i am joined by two of my colleagues, steve kornacki host of "up with steve kornacki." also with us, john nichols, washington cost for "the nation" magazine. it's been a hard news day. a lot of flooding. people lost their lives. shootings in baltimore. tough things going on in cleveland. it's time to have a little bit of fun. notice that the two msnbc guys are wearing the ties okay? and the guy at "the nation" who covers this stuff all the time is really playing it kind of loose. just like bernie sanders is doing it. you know bernie is loose. you have covered bernie sanders for a long time. he's been on all the cable shows. but there's a lot of things

people don't know about this guy. this was not a career path. this was something that really revolved in his heart. >> you know why bernie sanders does well? you know why he's done well on your show? because he's not calculating. it's who he is. now, it happens that who he is is the right thing to me at this point, as we start to talk about income inequality wage stagnation. but you're also seeing something else here. ben and jerry are up on that stage right now. what other candidate for president would have ben and jerry? >> and what other candidate would not run a negative ad? never. steve, this is really interesting. this is retail politics. the issues not personality bashing. not being negative going after the opponent. talking about what people want in america. how's that going to play outside of vermont? >> well i'll tell you, it's interesting. you look at the calendar for this thing. the first two states, if you're the bernie sanders campaign and picked the first two states that have to vote i think iowa and new hampshire would be close to

the top of that list. you look at iowa. iowa's an activist oriented electorate. the most committed party. hillary clinton had a lot of problems there in 2008. came in third place. you look at new hampshire. he's the next door neighbor bernie sanders is. a lot of those cities and towns, the connecticut river valley. the voters there are very similar to the voters he's appealed to in vermont. i'm not saying he's going to win those two states but those two states are favorable climates for him. >> well how does the most amiable guy in the world say don't underestimate me? how are we supposed to interpret that? >> well, i look at it -- you look at his career first of all, and the fact that at the age of 73, he's standing here now running for president is an unlikely political career in every way. so the odds that he faces right now, he's clearly under it. he has no illusions about what he's up against. but i think if you talk to the people around him, i think what they'd like to get to, and i don't think it's unrealistic, is can they get to a moment where it really is a one-on-one race bernie sanders versus hillary

clinton, and put that contrast out there and see what happens. >> he's going to be a tough one to dedebate isn't he? >> he knows the issues. this is a guy who has been in the congress of the united states now for 25 years. he has worked on all the committees. and so he's capable of getting in there without going to personality. he's going straight to the issues. frankly, hillary clinton will always have to be on her toes if hillary clinton is in a debate with bernie sanders. >> he is running against citizens united. he is hung up in the very system that he can't stand, trying to do something different. he will garnish the respect of a lot of americans. let's go to the podium. they are introducing senator bernie sanders. ben and jerrys a lake shore campaign. a beautiful setting here. a man who did not run a television commercial in his last senatorial campaign.

he's never run a negative ad in his life. and here comes bernie sanders. the father of four. the grandfather of seven. the theme has been income inequality. campaign finance reform. he's against citizens united. he'll tell you exactly who he's going to appoint to the supreme court if he gets elected. and he wants to make sure that corporations and the wealthy in this country who have had advantages will pay their fair share. i'm sure we'll hear a lot of that. here comes the senator from vermont to the podium, bernie sanders. >> this is an emotional day for me.

not just for what i'm beginning to be announcing. but to see so many people here. and to hear what's been said. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] let me thank all of you, not only for being here today, but for the support you have given me over the years as mayor of this beautiful city. as vermont's only congressman, and now as our united states senator. i also want to thank my longtime friends and fellow vermonters, bill brenda michael, and ben and jerry for all that they do and for their very generous remarks. and thanks also to jenny nelson for moderating this event. and for her incredible

leadership in vermont agriculture. i also want to thank my family my wife jane my brother larry, my children for their love and support and my beautiful seven grandchildren. [ cheers and applause ] sonny, cole riley, grayson, ella, tess and dillon who provide so much joy in my life. today, here in our small state, a state that has led this nation in so many ways, i am proud to announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ]

today, with your support and the support of millions of people throughout our country, we begin a political revolution to transform our country economically, politically, socially, and environmentally. today, we stand here and say loudly and clearly, enough is enough. this great nation and its government belong to all of the people and not to a handful of billionaires. [ cheers and applause ] brothers and sisters, now is not

the time for thinking small. now is not the time for the same old same old establishment politics and stale inside-the-beltway ideas. now is the time for millions of working families to come together to revitalize american democracy, to end the collapse of our middle class, and to make certain that our children and grandchildren are able to enjoy our quality of life that brings them health prosperity security, and joy. and that once again, makes the united states the leader in the world in the fight for economic and social justice, for environmental and for a world of peace. [ cheers and applause ]

my fellow americans, this country faces more serious problems today than at any time since the great depression and if you include the planetary crisis of climate change it may well be that the challenges we face now are more dire than at any time in the modern history of our country. and here is my promise to you for this campaign. not only will i fight to protect the working families of this country, but we are going to build a movement of millions of americans who are prepared to stand up and fight back. [ cheers and applause ] we are going to take this campaign directly to the people

in town meetings door-to-door conversations, on street corners, and in social media. this week we're going to be in new hampshire. we're going to be in iowa. and we're going to be in minnesota. and that is just the start of this national campaign. let me be clear. this campaign is not about bernie sanders. it's not about hillary clinton. it's not about jeb bush or anyone else. this campaign is about the needs of the american people. [ cheers and applause ] and the ideas and proposals that effectively address those needs. as someone who has never run a negative political ad in my

life -- [ cheers and applause ] my campaign will not be driven by political gossip or reckless personal attacks. this is what the american people want and deserve. these are serious times. we need serious debates. politics in a democratic society should not be treated as if it were a baseball game a game show, or a soap opera. and i hope the media understands that as well.

let me take a minute to touch on some of the issues that i will be focusing on in the coming months and give you a brief outline of an agenda for america, an agenda which in fact will deal with these serious problems and lead us to a better future. today, we live in a nation which is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world. but that reality means very little for most of us because almost all of that wealth is owned and controlled by a tiny handful of individuals. in america, we now have more income and wealth inequality than any other major country on earth, and the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider.

the issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time. it is the great economic issue of our time. it is the great political issue of our time. and we will address it. [ cheers and applause ] let me be very clear. and let the top 1% understand this. there is something profoundly wrong when the top 1/10 of 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90%, and when 99% of all new income goes to the top 1%. [ crowd booing ] there is something profoundly wrong, when in recent years, we

have seen a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires at the same time as millions of americans are working longer hours for lower wages and we have shamefully the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country. there is something profoundly wrong when one family one family owns more wealth in this country than the bottom 130 million americans. this grotesque level of inequality is immoral, it is bad economics, it is unsustainable. this type of rigged economy is not what america is supposed to be about. this has got to change and as your president, together, we are going to change it. [ cheers and applause ]

it is not just income wealth inequality. it is a tragic reality that for the last 40 years, the great middle class of our country, once the envy of the entire world, has been disappearing. despite exploding technology and increased worker productivity median family income is almost $5,000 less today than it was in 1999. in our great state and all over this country, people are working not one job, but two jobs three jobs trying to cobble together an income and some health care. that is not acceptable. we can and must do better.

the truth is that real unemployment is not 5.4%. which you read in the papers. it is close to 11% youth unemployment 17%, african-american youth unemployment off the charts. today, shamefully we have 45 million people living in poverty, many of whom are working at low wage jobs. in america today, despite the gains of the affordable care act, 35 million americans still lack any health insurance. my friends, that is the reality of the middle class in america today. and that is a reality not just for us but for our kids and our grandchildren, that we are going to change.

[ cheers and applause ] my fellow americans, let me be as blunt as i can and tell you what you already know. as a result of the disastrous supreme court decision on citizens united the american political system has been totally corrupted and the foundations of american democracy are now being undermined. what the supreme court said essentially was that it was not good enough for the billionaires to own much of the economy, they can now own the united states government as well. and that is precisely what they are trying to do. now, what i learned in school and i think what the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend our country have

long known, that american democracy is not about billionaires being able to buy candidates and buy elections. it is not about the koch brothers and sheldon adelson and other incredibly wealthy individuals spending billions of dollars to elect candidates who will make the rich richer and everyone else poorer. according to media reports, if you can believe it, the koch brothers in this election cycle are prepared to spend more money than either the democratic or the republican parties. that is not democracy. that is oligarchy. [ cheers and applause ] in vermont at our town meetings we know what democracy is about. and that is one person, one vote. and that's the kind of political

system we are going to fight for and are going to achieve. when we talk about our responsibilities as human beings and as parents, there is nothing more important than leaving this country and the entire planet in a way that is habitable for our children and grandchildren. the scientific debate is over. climate change is real. it is caused by human activity. and it is already causing devastating problems in our country and around the world. and let's be clear -- if we do not get our act together and have the united states lead the world in combatting climate change there will be more

drought, more famine more rising sea level, more floods more ocean acidification, more extreme weather disturbances. >> brothers and sisters it is no secret that there is massive discontent with politics in america today. in the last mid-term election some 63% of americans did not vote including 80% of young people. poll after poll tells us that

our citizens no longer have confidence in our political institutions and the political process in general. they understand their pain is not being heard in washington and elected officials heard in washington and that people in washington and elected officials are much more concerned about the lobbyists and the billionaires than the suffering of ordinary people. now, combating this political alienation this cynicism and legitimate anger will not be easy, that's for sure but that is exactly what together we must do if we're going to turn this country around and that is what this campaign is all about.

and if we are going to bring people together we need a simple straightforward progressive agenda which speaks to the needs of the american people and provides us with a vision of a very different america. and what is that agenda? let me briefly tell you what i think. the agenda begins with jobs, jobs and more jobs. if we are serious about reversing the decline of the middle class, we need a major federal jobs program which puts millions of people back to work at good paying jobs. at a time when our roads, our bridges, our water systems, rail and airports are decaying the

most effective way to rapidly create meaningful jobs is to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. [ cheers and applause ] and that is why i've introduced legislation which would invest $1 trillion over five years to modernize our country's physical infrastructure, legislation that would create and maintain 13 million good paying jobs. [ cheers and applause ] and as your president i will lead the efforts to make sure that legislation is passed. i will also continue to oppose our current trade policies. for decades presidents from both parties have supported trade

agreements which have cost us millions of decent paying jobs as corporate america shuts down plants in vermont and throughout this country and moves to low-wage countries. as president my trade policies will break that cycle of agreements which enrich the few at the expense of the many. let us also be honest and ac acknowledge that today millions of american workers are now working for totally inadequate wages. the current federal minimum wage of 7.25 an hour is a starvation wage and must be raised. [ cheers and applause ] the minimum wage in this country

must become a living wage which means -- which means raising it to $15 an hour over the next few years years. our goal this is not a radical idea, but our goal must be that any worker in this country who works 40 hours a week is not living in poverty. further, we must establish pay equity for women workers. [ cheers and applause ] it is unconscionable that women earn 78 cents on the dollar compared to men who perform the same work. we must also revive our overtime

standards so that people make ging 25,000 or 30,000 a year working 50, 60 hours a week get time and a half. and -- and we need paid sick leave and guaranteed vacation time for every worker in this country. this campaign starting today is going to send a message to the billionaire class and that is you can't have it all. you can't get huge tax breaks while children in this country go hungry. you can't continue sending our jobs abroad while millions are looking for work. you can't hide your profits in

the cayman islands and other tax havens while there are massive unmet needs on every corner of this nation. [ cheers and applause ] to the billionaire class i say that your greed has got to end. you cannot take advantage of all of the benefits of america if you refuse to accept your responsibilities. [ cheers and applause ] and that is why we need a tax system which is fair and progressive, which tells the wealthiest individuals and the largest corporations that they are going to begin to start paying their fair share of taxes.

when we talk about power, we talk about wall street. in my view it is time to break up the largest financial institutions in this country. wall street can not continue to be an inland unto itself gambling millions in financial instruments while expecting the public to bail it out. if a bank is too big to fail that bank is too big to exist. [ applause ] if we are serious about a progressive agenda that speaks to the needs of working families that talks about climate change and the needs of our kids and the elderly, we must be focused on campaign

finance reform and the need for a constitutional amendment to overturn the disastrous citizens united decision. [ applause ] i have said it before and i'll say it again i will not nominate any justice to the supreme court who has not made it clear that he or she will move to overturn that disastrous decision which is undermining american democracy. longer term we need to go further and establish public funding of elections. as i look to our future it is clear to me that the united states of america must lead the world in reversing climate change.

we can do that by transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels to an energy efficiency in such sustainable energies as wind solar, geothermal and biomass. [ applause ] brothers and sisters, the united states of america -- >> you've been watching senator bernie sanders officially launching his presidential campaign talking a lot about income inequality. we'll have more on this and what it means for hillary clinton ahead. but we start with breaking news from a city at the center of the defining civil rights issue of our time. the policing of america's community, the cleveland police department today submitting to some of the strongest