so my friends, i'm from corpus christi texas. fabulous. it's very great to find someone in the audience from corpus christi texas but you understand what i will say when i say all my life i wanted to get out of corpus christi texas. so i embarked on this journey about 15 years long. i lived in moscow, beijing, mexico, i traveled all around, wrote books about those journeys and happened to return home in 2007. no longer viewing my hometown with my childhood lens or my teenage lens that this is a boring place where nothing happened. when i arrived i was shocked to discover that south texas had become a major news story and i began to realize we were surrounded by 15 miles of petrochemical industries poisoning people in close proximity. i began to realize that corpus christi had been named the fattest city in america with this profound obesity epidemic and began to realize that a border wall was about to split as much of this land into and i began to think about what it meant. so we are the citizens who do not cross the border, the border cro

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so my friends, i'm from corpus christi texas. fabulous. it's very great to find someone in the audience from corpus christi texas but you understand what i will say when i say all my life i wanted to get out of corpus christi texas. so i embarked on this journey about 15 years long. i lived in moscow, beijing, mexico, i traveled all around, wrote books about those journeys and happened to return home in 2007. no longer viewing my hometown with my childhood lens or my teenage lens that this is a boring place where nothing happened. when i arrived i was shocked to discover that south texas had become a major news story and i began to realize we were surrounded by 15 miles of petrochemical industries poisoning people in close proximity. i began to realize that corpus christi had been named the fattest city in america with this profound obesity epidemic and began to realize that a border wall was about to split as much of this land into and i began to think about what it meant. so we are the citizens who do not cross the border, the border cro

." >> named for the body of christ, corpus christi sits on the texas gulf coast and just east of the bay is a park known for bird watching, and that's what chris seymour was doing there when he came across something very unnatural. >> to me, it just looked like a pile of debris, to be honest. and then he looked, and he said, oh, my god, it's two bodies. >> a crime so shocking that years later they're still talking about it. >> i can't even imagine what was in that person's mind that evoked his violence, his rage. >> two young women. who wanted them dead? and why? >> it was a true whodunit-type murder. >> and along with who and why was the question of why here? >> this was definitely something that we weren't used to or accustomed to in our town. >> this part of texas isn't exactly ground zero for murder. it's known more for roping, riding, and friday night lights. here life is pretty simple, as are the values its people hold dear, like friendship, family, community. this is where 19-year-old mollie olgin grew up. >> tell me a little bit about what she was like. >> she was really funn

. >> reporter: those who knew mollie tibbetts brought candles to the center of corpus christi church to fill it with light, the same light brought by her wright smile. >> the question most often asked is why. >> reporter: he knew the tibbetts family when they were church members and mollie attended corpus christi school before moving to iowa. >> not living along enough to see her 21st birthday, but she lived longed enough to know how. >> reporter: tibbetts, a 20-year-old student at the university of iowa went missing last july. her body was found a month later. 24-year-old cristhian rivera, an undocumented immigrant was arrested and charged with her murder. a family friend read a letter from mollie's mother, laura calderwood. >> we are honored that for a brief period of time you got to know our mollie. >> reporter: moietibb attde spe forwar in othewos, be a nd h oti little like mollie. in piedmont, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> the man accused of murdering mollie tibbetts is still waiting to be arraigned. cristhian rivera has claimed memory loss prior to confronting mollie tibbetts

. >> reporter: those who knew mollie tibbetts brought candles to the center of corpus christi church to fill it with light, the same light shown by her bright smile. >> the question that is asked most often is, why? >> reporter: father leo edgerly tried making sense of mollie's tragic death. he knew the tibbetts family when they were church members and mollie attended corpus christi school before moving to iowa. >> not living long enough to see her 21st birthday, but she lived long enough to know how. >> reporter: tibbetts, a $20-year-old student at the university of iowa, went missing last july. her body was found a month later. 24-year-old cristhian rivera, an undocumented immigrant, was arrested and charged with her murder. a family friend read a letter from mollie's mother, laura calderwood. >> we are honored that for a brief period of time, you got to know our mollie. >> reporter: mollie's father, rob tibbetts, attended the service, but declined to speak with us. he asked friends to be kind and generous to each other going forward. in other words, be a little like mollie. in pie

. >> father early knew the tibbetts family when molly attended corpus christi school before moving to iowa. >> she lived long enough to know how to love. >> tibbetts, a 20-year-old student at the university of iowa went missing last july. her body was found a month later. 24-year-old r 24-year-old rivera has been arrested, an undocumented immigrant. >> in a brief time you got to know our mollie. >> mollie's father did not want to speak to us, but to be kind. >> no date has been set for the next court appearance. he has claimed memory loss, and this could set up a defense over his mental state. >>> south bay residents took a step towards staying healthy by getting their flu shots. people received free flu shots at the valley health center downtown san jose, and health experts are urging people with pre-existing health conditions and seniors to get theirs. >> they are most at risk of developing complications to the flu, so we definitely advocate for our seniors to come and get flu shots. >> santa clara medical center plans on holding more free flu shut clinics. visit abc7news.com for wh

. >> reporter: those who knew mollie tibbetts brought kand tols the corpus christi church to show lightike her bright smile. >> the question that is asked most often is why -- >> reporter: the father leo edgerley tried to make sense of the tragic death. he knew the tibbets when they were church member, and she attended there before moving to iowa. >> to not see her 21st birthday and she lived long enough to know how to love. >> reporter: tibets a 22-year-old student from the university of iowa was found a month later. an undocumented immigrant was arrested and charged with her murder, cristhian rivera. a family friend led a family letter from her mother. >> we are honored that for a brief period of time, you got to nknow our molly. >> reporter: molly's father attended the service, but he declined to speak with us, and he asked the friends to be kind and generous with one another going forward and in other words, be a little bit more like molly. cornell bernard, abc 7 news >>> the man who murdered her is claiming that he had memory loss prior to confronting her, and experts say it could

. >> crashed in corpus christi bay, he sunk to the bottom. he was sitting on the bottom of the aircraft and he said, you know, i remember there's some kind of a switch here somewhere that blows the canopy off the airplane, but i didn't read that book. and i don't know where the switch is. so i guess i'm dead. >> old friend, chuck larson, witnessed the crash and says mccain finally kicked the canopy open. >> i don't think it changed him at all. john went back to the room, went to bed for about two hours, got up, we went over to the club for happy hour and he regaled everybody with stories of his crash. >> i don't think until actually the "forrestal", which was a really miraculous that he survived, that he began to take his military career seriously. >> it was july 29th, 1967. his first combat mission aboard the "uss forrestal," an aircraft carrier assigned to bombing missions over vietnam. a plane on the deck accidentally fired a missile, which struck the fuel tank of the plane mccain was in. mccain escaped the deadly inferno, but others didn'

but the houston area, the coastal bend area of corpus christie was -- bore the brunt of it.gain, there could have been more resources committed earlier. and also part of the problem is what happens as the emergency is going on. certainly the response in texas and places like florida was much better than it was in puerto rico. but the slowness of the federal government, of fema, and other departments in getting resources to people after the hurricane has happened and the devastation is done, that leaves a lot to be desired. >> is congress providing oversight now, the administration's response to this incoming storm? because by all accounts, florence looks to be an exceptional storm. a devastating event, as the hurricane center is calling it. what is congress doing to hold the administration to account? >> congress certainly has. although i think congress could have done a better job over the last year. the other thing is, you have two layers of bureaucracy, basically. the federal government that sends a lot of money to state governments and then the money often is supposed to

department that project, which is infrastructure that would get the oil from the permian basin to corpus christi they did say all this uncertainty surrounding the tariffs could impact future tariffs. there is already a bottleneck getting oil from the permian to elsewhere. so what is it this mean for energy independence? what does this mean for the ability of the energy industry to continue growing at the pace it's growing >> to tie the texas-sized bow on all of that, this has had an impact on the job market if that does slow, would you have to reset and ratchet down your expectations? energy has been a massive part of this. >> absolutely. as early as last year, before lots of people were talking about it, we were banging the drum that the energy sector was a massive part of the investment spending in the united states and adding jobs. if there's a hit to the energy sector we think that will be bad. also it fis baties back to the r example. my brother-in-law runs an excavation and concrete company in north dakota and has to pay extra for rebar after those steel tariffs came in. at the same time h

set on top, so we learned from the flooding conditions particularly when you moved over from corpus christi these hurricanes differently based upon how they're going to be able to focus on a particular area >> can you just say, is this worse than harvey? is it worse than katrina or sandy? how do you put it in context of the other big storms >> i'd say it's on par with harvey but harvey obviously hit a less populated area initially and it went down the coast. you saw the flooding actually, it was an event where it tore up things going into kor put -- when you moved on, it became more of a rain and flooding event this one was primarily a wind and rain and flooding event. i think it's probably more extensive from a rain event and flooding in this particular area so it's going to be -- it's going to take time i mean, these customers -- some customers will be out for weeks in this kind of activity because not only is the infrastructure torn up, but also you have to be able to wait for the water to recede to get the electric supply back. >> nick, i want to thank you for your time today. >> thank

pedro: the corpus christi times reports the rest of a border patrol agent as a serial murder suspect.rocked the border community of laredo. surgedulation has according to census figures. it has ballooned in 2017. attorney, sought to drive the point home during a press conference charging the arrest on multiple accounts of murder and other charges. consistent with bigger crimes -- bigger cities. people need to be careful. we need to look out for each other. in ohio, democrats line. caller: good morning. know,of all, i want to they are trying to run the sky through for the supreme court -- run this guy through for the supreme court. that is the first thing. now you getting they do put somebody in there -- that has to do with someone's -- some woman's body. you want to put someone in who's going to deny all that question mark -- all that? what kind of world is this >> -- is this? you get the right person in there, who you want in there. once i want to sit back belong withyou go i it. next call, republican line. caller:hi. i wanted to say we need to confirm kavanaugh. all i have read abou

caller: john calling from corpus christi, texas. do you think this is a good idea?r: yes, i do. it is more likely european model. young people aren't saddled with a huge amount of debt. for millions of college graduates -- i graduated in 1995. i've never made more than $25,000 a single year in my life. i come from a good family. is not what you know, it's who you know. us system got so many of suckered into these in student loans knowing we will never be able to pay them off while shipping millions of american jobs overseas and bringing foreign workers in to lower the wages of americans who still have jobs and replacing millions more through technology. yet, they want to hold our fee to the fire to pay back the feetnt loans -- hold our to the fire to pay back the student loans? loans't discharge the through bankruptcy. they literally follow us to the day we die. it's a choice between eating and keeping a roof over our heads or paying back student loans. we are going to eat and keep a roof over our head. they need to cancel the student loan debt. wall street got bail

host: let's go to corpus christi, texas. daniel is watching there. caller: thank you.alk to you,to general. talking at the cost of recovery and vulnerable people, we experienced a high cost of replacing our composition shingle roof. roof tovery heavy replace prettied up price gouged really badly. it was $1800 to put on $1500 worth of shingles. i know the army has got to have on tensef intelligence and roof materials to get rid of this composition game because it is terrible how much additional cost and time that adds to recovery. thank you. i couldn't agree with you more. i don't know if the army or when a 2 -- everybody wants less it sounds like something that needs some regulation to it. or county level, unfortunately the federal government basically will respond if you put in for a claim against her house and you , as they might say, you can get some assistance. he's empathize with what saying with things like the roof the costs can be exorbitant when you're trying to get back in your home. host: charlotte, north carolina. angela impacted by the hurricane. what is l

money that's going to be helpful for the san antonio area for flood mitigation, or etch for the corpus christi to improve the channel project that will make sure that they'll be able to handle capacity to export petroleum product which is is a $13 million increase we got. again i want to say thank you to everybody working together, bipartisan, and mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from new york reserves. this gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve but i'm prepared to yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. murphy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. murphy: thank you. since coming to congress i've made it a priority to make sure our men and women in qune form are prepared for success once their military service end. the members of our armed services sacrifice for this nation and we have a moral obligation to help them thrive when they lea