arthur harris as asking questions, international diplomacy and state department correspondent for the new york times. in previous reporting for the paper covered southeast asia and the white house. thank you for being here. i think you are up first with questions. mr. harris: this is after the super bowl of diplomacy. give us your assessment of the president's speech. it was fairly bellicose. he talked a lot about sovereignty and he went after four countries in particular . how effective do you think that was? does it put him in place over the next year to achieve some of his objectives on the international stage? >> i think it was predictable and not any regrading our concerns around the world. that?r: q expand on mr. talbot: there has long been the difference in sounding tough. a lot of republicans and conservatives believe there is real benefit in sounding tough. boardt people to get on some of your priorities isolating north korea and perhaps persuading the iranians so click the nuclear -- open the nuclear deal and stop their activities in the middle east. getting been venezuelans

the entire city of, 70% of houston, harris county was underwater the entire city of orange and port arthur was underwater some point the rangers wouldn't stop. i spent all last week out a neighborhood shopping rescue people, boats, using boats and trucks and waders to put people out of homes. the scale of the tragedy is unimaginable but in the midst of all this and all the suffering, it really reflects the american character, how people from all over the country stepped up to help houstonians recover from this. in the neighborhoods last saturday i met a team of four guys with a boat from florida who simply got in their car and the truck and drove the boat to houston to help all people out. and i got from michigan was out in the neighborhoods. we had during the midst of the storm on the second day windows just, it was catastrophic flooding, i got a phone call from garret graves of louisiana who said the cajun navy wants to come help houston. i didn't even know there was such a thing. 110 trucks just spontaneously got together pulling 100 votes from central, louisiana, carrying thousands of

harris county was under water. the entire city of orange and port arthur was under watt art some point. the rain just wouldn't stop. i spent all last week out in neighborhoods helping rescue people, boats and using boats and trucks and waiters to pull people out of homes. and the scale of the tragedy is unimaginable. but in the midst of all this, all the suffering, it really reflects the american character, how people from all over the country stepped up to help houstonans recover from this. in the enableds last saturday, i met a team of -- in the neighborhoods last saturday, i met a team of four guys in a boat from florida, who simply got in their car, in their truck, and drove the boat to houston to help pull people out. a guy from michigan was out in the neighborhoods. we had during the midst of the storm on the second day, when it was just catastrophic flooding, i got a phone call from garrett graves of louisiana who said the cajun navy wants to come help houston. i don't even know there was such a thing. 110 trucks just spontaneously got together, pulling 100 boats from central lou

to suggest in any way that we are not concerned about those who are unhoused in houston, harris county, port arthur, beaumont and beyond and of course in florida, of course in the virgin islands and the cry for help in puerto rico. so i want to simply say that we in the government have to do our job, we've got to move faster and we cannot move by republican proposals for tax relief, we have to do this, democrats and republicans, work with us to craft the kind of language and relief that will provide these people with immediate housing resources which means that they have to, tease are people without liability insurance. these are people in apartments, apartment owners are moving slowly to restore their apartments, they need cash. they need the distribution of the millions of dollars that all of this representation of people raising money, there needs to be a pool for housing. we need to give a cash allotment so that someone can get into a clean apartment. or they can begin to get the items out of the stores, don't want to call names, that you go and get wood and begin to fix your home. this becomes

that was i was coming on airplane with i know we listed a lot of different cities houston harris county port arthurbeaumont and someone came up and said porter ranch is another area that is totally devastated. will be finding places and maybe you have been heard their names. to put hurricane harvey and perspective the final the one of the fonts used in other areas of the eisen are 24,000 pastor don's and would supply the water for the raging niagara for 15 days but 50 inches fell in what really set us off was the 12 inches they came all at once on saturday night, last saturday. upwards of 32 to 40,000 people were in shelters. the shelter that i spent from sunday to monday and was the george l. brown a survivor working in the area of 10,000 people at one time. both sections of houston and beaumont port arthur and other cities have been underwater. hurricane harvey is a 1000 year storm and has been designated are indicated as the most significant natural disaster in the history of the united states , continental united states claimed the lives of at least 60 persons including a 30 four-year best -- v

harry down to 6th in line for the throne. that's not very nice, baby. the favorites right now, alice for a girl, and arthur for a boy. >>> harvey has destroyed many things, but it has revealed others, like which could not be dampened by feet of flood waters. one texas couple who lost a lot, they're hoping to extend that spirit to the people whose memories they uncovered in the disaster zone. >> reporter: there is no mistaking angela's heart for the ocean, especially if you've seen the backyard. >> that's our work home. that's our retirement home. that's our home-home, really. >> reporter: a mile from the water. >> it was like ground zero. it's like -- >> it's bad. >> it's very bad. >> reporter: hurricane harvey moved in. the craigs could only watch and hope 420 miles away in athens. >> we didn't expect to lose everything downstairs, and we did. >> reporter: they would return to a shadow of their dream home. too much. angela needed a walk on the beach. the reason she ll lottery in a way. conch shells, starfish shells. >> reporter: shells she's never seen before there. >> that's what you get. >> reporter: an

mexico to sprawling houston metro area and east to port arthur and beaumont, the economic impact is bigger than you will might think. >> when hurricane harry it didn't just rav age thousands of people's lives, it upended the world's 30 rds largest economy. >> you are talking billions of dollars. >> here's what's at stake. texas's home to almost 1 and 12 u.s. workers. houston is the fourth largest city in the country and has one of the highest employment growth rates. 18 fortune 500 companies call houston home but energy is king with more than 5,000 energy related firms. they also boast the largest medical center in the world employing more than 52,000 people. if anyone knows what a delaware stating impact can hurricane can have on an economy, it's the people of new orleans. >> it has been 12 years now and it's still not back to the pre katrina population. >> jams richardson is an economics professor. he studied the aftermath of hurricane katrina with a $160 billion price tag. he found that throughout the state of louisiana, nearly 18% of businesses were deemed uninhabitable or destroyed. according to the study new orleans lost 190,000 jobs

harry, what did you think, he said great news, fantastic. we're already talking names, i'm afraid. a bookmaker has arthurice, victoria, henry as the favorites. baby due april, may, something like that. >> arthur sounds like there's good history behind it. >> absolutely. >> congratulations to them. thanks. >> sorry for offending you. >> no, you're not. >> dan usually offends everybody now and then. >>> ginger, a serious situation out in montana? >> there has been. this is montana, one of the many fires there, 75 large wildfires burning across the west. there have been evacuations in several of these fires but montana still with those red flag warnings and the smoke alerts, the entire state smothered and this has been the case for so many folks. so we wanted to make mention of that. >>> good monday morning. i'm mike nicco, it's a colorful sunrise, don't let that fool you, that's dirty air. there's a slight chance of a storm today, and a lesser chance tomorrow. mainly cloudy, above average tonight. i have a slow cooling trend. 70s to 90s in today's forecast. tonight is going to be milder than normal. wednes

harris county but also your coverage area north and east of there as well. >> correct actually we're in the outskirts of houston in the woodlands, beaumont, port arthur texaslooding in those areas but first of all our thoughts and prayers go out to all the people effected. these are tragic events and we're all working and pulling together to not only restore power but to restore communities. as this storm has marched through hitting the texas coast and then up through louisiana and mississippi and arkansas we really had to chase it as far as storm restoration. we still have 70,000 without power. 7,000 couldn't get power even if we wanted to make it available to them because of the flooding. flooding has been the major problem. with the flooding we can't get in and even if we did get in to assess what the damage was and electricity and water don't mix so we have to be careful about making sure that the safety of the public is insured by making sure not only from the flooding standpoint but the homes itself. >> sure. >> is there a way to handicap when you might have access to some of those areas? how happy lid is the water receding in some of these areas? >>

arthur phillip louis. >> he is in very good form. marvelous. >> from marriage to motherhood in less than a year. and then, a little more than two years later, prince harryther. she was just -- just the most devoted, commit the mother you could imagine. >> believe it or not, you and i both. >> the princes recently spoke in depth about their mother for the first time in a documentary on itv. >> she was just engulf you and squeeze you tight as possible. and being as short as i was then, there was no escape. you were there. and you were there for as long as she wanted to hold you. even talking about it now, i can feel the hug she's used to give us. >> different, many believe, from royals in the past. she was really the first royal to connect with her own children. charles had been raised by nannies. he did not go to school as a young boy. she made sure that both of her sons went to nursery school. they were around other children. >> and like most mothers. diana drops them off at school. but, unlike most mothers, the entire world is watching. >> we got into the car outside kensington palace, diana turned and said, listen, william. when we get off to the scho

harry, what did you think, he said great news, fantastic. already talking names, i'm afraid. a book maker has victoria as the favorites. baby due april, may, something like that. >> arthurnds like there's good history behind it. >> absolutely. >> congratulations to them. thanks. >> sorry for offending you. >> no, you're not. >> he usually offends everybody now and then. gigger, a serious situation out in montana. >> there has been. this is montana, one of the many fires there. 75 large wildfires burning across the west. there have been evacuations in several of these fires but montana still with those red flag warnings and the smoke alerts, the entire state smothered and this has been the case for so many folks. so we wanted to make mention of that. >>> coming up on "gma," a murder mystery. a bizarre one. did cold medicine turn an aspiring pastor into a killer? the chilling new 911 call just released as a husband now faces charges for killing his wife. ♪ towel please! ♪ while other insurance companies just see a house. we see the home you've worked really hard for. so why not give it the protection it deserves. ♪ be impressive!

arthur. amy got a lot more. >> that's right. no matter what baby number three is named, he or she has already claimed their place in line for the throne bumping their uncle prince harry at home but he and kate are celebrating the very happy news. it's soon to be a party of five for prince william and kate with the royal couple. >> everyone here in this country is very excited about, you know, a royal baby and birth is a big dial. >> reporter: coming earlier than palace officials were anticipating after it was revealed that kate is again suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, sometimes described as acute morning sickness. doctors warn the condition can become dangerous causing severe malnutrition, electrolyte abnormalities and in some cases even organ failure. >> we know at this time it's not as severe as the first pregnancy because she's not been admitted to hospital but she's incredibly unwell and would like to take prince george to his first day of school thursday but royal aides have said she'll probably deciden 0 the morning. >> kate hinting in july at a growing family after a well weishar gave her a gift meant for a newborn baby. >> we'll just have to have more