first allison barber is in houston. is the water starting to proceed at all? >> a little bit but not much. where i am right now is the neighbor hood -- neighborhood next to the bayou where they need to release water. this neighborhood is almost completely underwater. we have seen crews and volunteers try to get the people out and saying -- trying to get home thing look at the damage.>> this is the office.>> a door to door search underway. search and rescue are working to locate and help people stranded in homes for days.>> the state line and officials are not sure when they will be able to provide residents with clean drinking water because the water is rising and covering pumps. one hospital has had to evacuate patients.>> we had 193 patients last night and we got a call at 1 am telling us they lost city water.>> explosions at the chemical plant added another worry for residents. the area closed and smoke trickled from the business. the deputies were taken to the hospital after inhaling smoke at the plant. all have been released. mike pence traveled and surve

. >> allison barber is in houston tonight with the latest. allison? >> reporter: good evening to you guys, this is part of west houston and part of one area under a voluntary evacuation. you can see different emergency crews out here neighborhood. the reason why the mayor and city officials are telling people they need to leave is because the us army corporate of engineers is releasing water from the reservoirs for the next 15 days, they say they will be releasing the water into buffalo bayou, so there isn't a big problem for this city, causing more flooding, people who are in homes with flooding, need to get out now. if they don't they could be stuck here ten to 15 days. >> my whole neighborhood flooded out. >> one week after harvey first hit texas mini houston area neighborhoods are still under water. and from houston easton to louisiana rescue crews are continuing to search homes. in beaumont, there is no clean public drinking water. flood waters knocked out the water treatment plant for the second day in a row. baptist hospital in been moving pati

allison barber reports from washington.eek a spokesperson for majority leader mitch mcconnell told foxnews mcconnell intended to consider the graham-cassidy bill this week but that was before senator john mccain said he wouldn't be supporting the graham-cassidy bill. here's some price. >> the promise of the majority in congress in the house and senate was to repeal and replace and the reason it is not dead is because it is not finished. the bill hasn't been completed and we continue to work with the authors on it through this weekend and the bill will be likely rolled out early next week. reporter: republicans can't afford to lose more than two republicans and mccain is the second to publicly say he will not support this bill. kentucky senator rand paul is not on board and maine senator susan collins is very much on the fence. the white house is trying to get her off of it. >> this is our last chance before the september 30th deadline to get this bill done. it comes down to four senators, as you mentioned. senator paul, sen

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allison barber has the report.>> reporter: monday was a busy day for the president. he had bilateral meeting with his counterparts from israel and france and hosted a working dinner with leaders from latin america. tuesday will be a bigger day with trump giving his first address to the you and general assembly. >> we are thinking about fourth of july pennsylvania avenue having a really great parade.>> reporter: revealing plans to transform america's independence day celebration. into a military parade. similar to what he saw in france during his visit to paris. >> french president one of several world leaders meeting with the president on the sidelines ahead of the un general assembly. trump along with his vice president and secretary of state sat down with latin american leaders to talk about venezuela. a country plagued with political and economic turmoil. >> our goal must be to help them regain their freedom. cover their country. and restore they are democracy.>> reporter: in an earlier session the president criticizing the road body saying the un has not reached

talking about these, you say that criticize mccain and points to the failure of the current system, allison barber more >> a spokesperson for majority leader mitch mcconnell told fox news mcconnell intended to consider the graham cassidy bill this week but that was before senator mccain said he wouldn't be supporting it. here's secretary tom price >> the promise of the majority in congress senate was to repeal and replace. the reason it's not dead is because it's not finished. the bill hasn't been completed. we continue to work with the authors on it through this weekend and it will be likely rolled out next week >> republicans can't afford to lose more than two republicans and mccain is the second to publicly say he will not support. rand paul is not on board. and maine senator susan collins is very much on the fence. the white house is trying to get her off of it. >> this is our last best chance before the september 30th deadline to get this bill done. it comes down to four senators as you mentioned senator paul, mccain, murkowski and collins are the ones we are trying to convince to get two of

. >> harvey began wreaking havoc in houston, allison barber has been in the area a few ellison, givedea of how things have changed. >> reporter: well, we seen a lot of people coming back to flooded areas, trying to get in their homes and look at some of the damage here, where i am now, in west houston, these people are being told they need to evacuate. there's a voluntary evacuation ordered here because they're having to release water from the reservoirs. we've seen people thinking that it was drying up and they could maybe come home being told they need to leave. >> my whole neighborhood is flooded out. >> one week after harvey first hit texas mini houston area neighborhoodses are under water and rescue crews are continuing to search homes. in beaumont, there is no clean public drinking water. flood waters have knocked out the water treatment plant. for the second day in a row, baptist hospital in beaumont has been moving patients to other hospitals. >> we survived the storm including 45 inches of rain, thought business at usual. then we received the call at 1:00 a.m. saying we lost

. >>> we want to go to allison barber live in houston.>> reporter: relief and recovery efforts still underway. tonight, many people turning to prayer following president trump declaration of a national day of prayer. >> reporter: people across the nation offering prayers for those displaced by hurricane harvey. president trump designated a national day of prayer. in houston, some look to the church for guidance in a difficult time. >> i call this in our community getting out there and serving. it's so important to help your fellow humans.>> reporter: as helicopters take flight, places like beaumont thousands have been without clean drinking water because floodwaters contaminated their water cheap its plants.>> have you been able to drink any water from your sink? >> we have been able to get bottles.>> reporter: an hour away, they have decided to conduct controlled combustion of the remaining storage containers. a fire earlier this week sent chemicals into the air prompting a 1.5 mile evacuation around the plant. kurt desk curfew began two minutes ago. at last from midnight until 5 am

allison barber is in houston, and people here are coming to grips with the extent of the devastation. allison? >> harvey reached land one week ago and here in houston, there are some people in their homes hoping to be rescued, others are just now making at home, trying to get a sense of some of the damage. >> i know that i have work to do. >> they were searching flooded homes and helping some who were stranded for days. others were getting their first look at the destruction. >> we were afraid of floating away and being drowned. >> federal officials are closely monitoring air quality after fires and storm related blasts at an area chemical plant. highly volatile chemicals have burned, sending up smoke and prompting evacuations. and military teams are still carrying out emergency rescues. >> we lost everything. we lost everything. >> mike pence is visiting parts of the texas and gulf coast - - mike pence is visiting the gulf coast on thursday. >> i want - - people are dealing with hardship in their own households. everyone else, find a way to help. >> there are still people in these ho

allison barber looks at that race tonight. >> the two candidates running for virginia governor squared off at a televised debate. on the left, ralph northam. pediatric neurologist who once served in the army. on the right, ed gillespie, former chair of the rnc, counselor to president george w. bush and launched an unsuccessful bid for senate seat in 2014. the race is close with gillespie trailing northam. the leader of glaspie's party is not particularly popular among virginia voters. 53% say they disapprove of the job president trump is doing. 74% say the president is not a factor in their vote from governor. >> it's a little bit surprising. i think the polling result provides a lesson for the continuation of this campaign for the northam campaign. if he's the focus so heavily on the trump administration trying to tie ed gillespie to donald trump, it appears that's just not going to be enough to get him the governorship. >> in the subject of president trump came up. >> if i could talk about some policies. >> gillespie pivoted. >> he could say i am nancy pelosi and i could say he's don

fox allison barber joins us from houston, seems like people can't get a break. >> this area is one of those neighborhoods in west houston, where they're under a volunteer evacuation but as you said, sarah, the mayor is encouraging very strongly for residents, especially residents who have water i they could be stuck without power tool or electricity for ten to 15 days and other places just outside of houston like fort ben county under mandatory evacuation, they're releasing water into buffalo bayou. it is one of a growing list of concerns for people in this area. >> my whole neighborhood is flooded out. >> one week after harvey first hit texas houston area neighborhoods are still under water and from houston, easton to louisiana, crews are continuing to search home in contact beaumont, no clean public drinking water flood waters knocked out the treatment plant. baptist hospital has been moving patients to other hospitals. >> we survived the storm including 45 inches of rain, so we thought it was business as usual. then yesterday morning we received a call that sai city lost the water

in washington, i'm allison barber, fox news. >>> over the past couple of weeks ktvu is taken an in-depth look at the homeless problem in the bay area. frank sommerville and julie haner hosted a roundtable discussion with local leaders about their solutions to solving what everyone agrees is a crisis. >> reporter: we are looking to experiment with what we are calling outdoor navigation centers. these are not sanctioned encampments. they will be outdoors, they will have tuff shed structures in them. they will not be tends. they will have 24/7 security. they will have controlled access. we will not allow them to be more than 50 people. >>> san francisco mayor, edley could not make it. so the head of the department of homelessness sat in his place. they discussed the challenges they face every day. >> there are a lot of simplistic solutions to get flooded out there. when you look at them more closely, when you try to implement them they are not simple or solutions. we ultimately all agree, the best option is permanent supportive housing. >> it's an expensive proposition. it's more cost-effec

allison barber has more. >> tax reform is arguably the most important legislative issue for the whitets top of their to do list. it's far from an easy task. republicans say they will release details of the plan the week of september 25. >> details about our business and individual rights we propose on tax reform, a dramatic simplification of how we tax so families can keep more of what they earn and our businesses ca can compete anywhere in the world and win, especially here at home. >> a small group of republicans are negotiating tax reform takes six. the chair the house ways and means committee is part of the group. before tax reform, congress needs to settle on a budget resolution. >> that gives us the runway, the rules that allow us, when the budget is complete they will begin action on tax reform. >> the white house says they want tax reform to be bipartisan. senate minority whip had this to say on fox news sunday. >> there will be differences but that's what the senate is all about. sitting down with democrats and republicans and the republicans are in the majority. early workin

in rural minnesota allison says she knew about her husband's past but in jail she says he turned his life around he went to college in finished high school you know he got his barber's license you know he he got on it anderson society and he became a better man he didn't do crime after crime crime after. allison now lives in a one bedroom low income flashed juggling a full time job and caring for her son she rarely gets to socialize but today she has visitors. oh my god oh my gosh she looks just like posing. like alice and these women have also had family members detained by u.s. immigration they banded together to form a group called the minnesota named after eight cambodian americans including posi who were rounded up for deportation in august last year made one. want to chill brother chamar unpin has been in detention for more than a year now he's still fighting in the courts to stay in the u.s. so sorry just texted me he said i just woke up for lunch i'm in lockdown so i can't call but tell allison that i'm praying for her and posey and their son and god bless them and our view. of a lot on the line yeah they can't go outside at this place. brother chamar and wa