joel: two filings. one about being retaliated against for disclosing the threat of climate change, posing to the alaska native communities. and that is where the consequences, the rubber hits the road, many of us lie awake at night worrying about what will happen in the coming storm system which is upon us in a few weeks. that is a direct concern to the health and safety of americans. -- the reassignment process. that was unusual and it raised a lot of eyebrows. it appeared clear that they were trying to shake people loose and trying to get people to retire which is not what the procedures are meant to be used for. they are meant to be used to move executives around. we understand that but it isn't retaliating against them. , overall,ou talk about the response of other scientists within the interior -- we were down in washington on earth day for the march for science. there were many government scientists who were there among the thousands of people, deeply concerned. wondering specifically about ryan z

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joel osteen opening the doors from those seeking shelter. he faced criticism on social media and still facing backlash for not opening it up sooner, he claimed the church was impacted which some disputed he responding saying he's hoping people in need >> they're in another state, not in our shoes where you can't necessarily open your building when it's, you know, when it's very close to flooding itself. so you know, i just don't really -- we're set on our mission to help people, to love god and love others and so i like, you know, when you do what you're called to do, you'll have critics, we just keep moving forward >> joel osteen's church sent photos of flooding in parts of building that he believe were under water and inaccessible. parts of that in a parking garage and some other areas nearby >> you know, people blasted him on social media, but you know, he's responded, you know, i don't know if this is in response to what they were saying. he sounds like they intended to do that. but you know, the infrastructure of the folks in the church

now this is also the home church for joel osteen. i'll get to my conversation with the pastor in just a moment, but first, i have to say with so many people here in need, it's amazing to see how hollywood is stepping up to help. >> i can't really talk about it. i don't know why it makes me so upset. it just really makes me just really upset. i really hope people know, you know, my grandma's sitting here, my mom is here. i go home to my seven dogs. if i didn't have that, it would be really hard. i'm happy to help anyway that i can. >> miley donated $500,000 to relief efforts. leonardo dicaprio doubled that, giving $1 million through his charitable foundation. and we're learning more today about a star-studded prime tuesday. reese witherspoon is on board, and so is texan, jamie foxx. >> we're gonna raise as much money as we can for people down there. >> michael strahan, blake shelton and hillary duff will also reportedly host. duff posted this image of her hometown and called the hurricane damage "beyond devastating." this morning, a-l

now, joel pollak on the 2016 presidential election. >> breitbart news is senior editor at large, joel pollak. take us back to august and how you felt about the election. >> i was not optimistic about trump is for any republican chances against hillary clinton. but my editor predicted differently. he predicted that donald trump would not only win the nomination but go on to win the presidency.

reporter joel waldman is live in charlottesville, virginia with the latest. joel? >> reporter: ken and alyana, good evening to you. there are literally hundreds of people at a vigil and a rally here, a memorial service downtown charlottesville. of course it was for the victim who died in yesterday's deadly crash as well as the other victims who were injured. all of this as the residents of charlottesville and the people from far beyond tried to wrap their head over what happened. >> reporter: 32-year-old heather heyer was declared dead upon arrival at the university of va hospital after being run down bay car during protests in downtown charlottesville. >> i was ten feet away from them. all of a sudden you heard the impact of a person being thrown over a car. >> reporter: the incident occurred after violent crashes between white nationalists and counter protesters ahead of a rally in response to the removal of a confederate robert e. lee statue. police arrested 20-year-old james fields jr. who allegedly plowed the silver dodge charger through a crowd of pedestrians

. >> and tv preacher joel osteen. let's go out front. >> outfront tonight the breaking news, city on the brink. houston is a city on the edge this evening. this stunning "time" magazine video says it all. as you see there. more than 4.5 million people in that area fearful another major dam would overflow making this even worse. less than 20 miles west of downtown, two massive reservoiss at risk. water spills over, overwhelmed by harvey. an alarming message posted for residents, get out now. and now near by reservoir in serious danger of overflowing tonight. houston is staring down a disaster that could well leave homes underwater for weeks, taking years to recover. more than 51 inches of rain have fallen on houston. less than an inch from the all-time american record and it is not over. harvey over the gulgull. it is going to strike again towards new orleans. thousands so far rescued. many more stranded. the u.s. customs and border patrol team rescued these two people as you see desperately swimming against the raging

(camera clicks) how's it going, joel?most over with. (camera clicks) knock it down to two. (camera clicking) oh, man, that's nice. that is nice. nice. good, good. (camera clicking) what a good cat. sartore: i couldn't have asked for a better shoot. keeper: can he go outside? yep, he can go outside, just don't open this one. that would be bad. (door scraping) okay, i'm ready. (metal scraping) okay, good, good. ouch, ouch, ouch. okay. i got 5,000 and it looked fantastic. really good. is this floor all covered with leopard pee, i hope? ah... that feels better. ooh, that's nice. okay. okay, i get out of this one, too, right? ten years to get to 5,000 species. ten years. that's a long time. so, maybe if i go another ten to 15 years, if i can last that long. i mean physically. mentally, i'll last, but physically, i need to last another 15 years to get this done. so we'll see, but 5,000's a big deal. it's a big deal. and 5,000 is enough to show the variety of life on earth already. we just want to put a real fine point on it and

this i agree with joel.eeds a tax break, and maybe we could use some tax simplification, particularly in the corporate code. but what's the justification for giving billionaires and millionaires who have done fairly well throughout this economy another tax cut? what's going to be the justification for that? and i think if they pursue that, they're going to play right into joel's and his friends' wheelhouse, and they're really going to hait on him. >> that will be fascinating to see when they come back. in the meantime, we had one bit of bipartisan agreement. north carolina republican senator thom tillis supporting that bill to protect the special counsel from being fired. also seeking bipartisan support. and here's what chris coons, a democrat, said this morning on "morning joe." >> thom tillis came across the floor of the senate and said i really want to legislate on this, and i want to do it today. it was a striking moment for me. we have all gotten used to the idea that there is a number of republican sen

turns out joel was right. goodwin became a counselor and worked with joel at genesis house in vallejo. he is also now supervising a program at the solano prison that teaches inmates how to become counselors too. >> reporter: do you see yourself in them? >> yeah sometimes. i'm not any different from them. obviously i didn't go to prison, but some of the criminal acts i committed should put me in prison. >> reporter: climbing back up also returns to his past. >> i don't think they placed higher than third in the league. since then we've won seven straight league titles and reached the state title in the last four years, which is amazing for the program. >> you'll find joel coaching kids. >> this will make you believable, even the smallest. >> he's teaching kids full time. and rich came on the team. >> reporter: goodwin has since earned a three-world title. he's heading to vegas next month to fight for a fourth. >> i have watched rich win all three titles. then i was at his first tournament to see what he has don

joel, i'll start with you. big picture question of donald trump.he is out there saying my base is stronger than ever. we look at numbers and say we know his overall approval rating is not good right now and we also look at numbers that say when you look at his voters, it's not that good. i've got to say, i think back it a year ago, i think back to the campaign, i was looking at numbers everyday. you look at plenty of numbers. we saw the same thing. we saw signs throughout the campaign he was doing terribly overall and he was having problems in his base. then in an election day something else happened. so i guess it is a bigger picture question to me. how can we be sure with trump and what numbers mean? >> i think you can be sure. he is out there by himself. he is president of the united states. able to dominate the news cycle in a way with nobody, no opponent out there firing at him the way you are in a campaign. there is a lot of back and forth. you are running negative ads. damage is self inflicted. i see numbers beyond his approval and disapprov

joel osteen has helped people for 20-30 years and joel osteen has been helping texans way before thes ever flooded in texas and houston, way before there was an issue and a tragic event that is taking place. they don't have a right to criticize. they don't know everything that joel osteen and victoria osteen has done for those great people of houston and great people of texas. matter of fact, joel osteen doesn't pack out 30-40,000 people every sunday because he's hurting them, no. he's packed out because he's helped them. he's changed their lives for the better so those critics don't even have a right to criticize and again some people only show ed up the moment they saw water. joel osteen has been helping texas for 20-30 years. no comparison whatsoever. >> liz: pastor we really appreciate you coming in the show thank you so much. >> thank you, liz for having me i love being on your show. >> liz: thanks again come back soon. vice president mike pence about to speak in corpus cristi international airport. earlier he met with storm survivors, surveyed damage in rockport texas. let's ta

." ♪ houston, god to keep on keeping on ♪ >> well, pastor joel oldsteen opened the doors for anyone displacedthe rain and flooding. was it too little too late? the popular tv pastor is trying to escape a big controversy after some accused him of not doing enough. >> video posted to facebook appears to show relatively dry surroundings of osteen's lakewood megachurch, a 16,000-seat venue in a city inundated with 5 feet of rain. >> people are fighting for their lives trying to get in here. >> on sunday when osteen's mega church posted that is was "inaccessible due to severe flooding," a firestorm of comments erupted accusing the congregation of closing its doors to those in need of shelter. >> glod bless you. we welcome you all to lakewood. >> lakewood is the largest mega church in america reaching 20 million followers a month. it's helped joel and his wife, victoria, to amass an estimated net worth of more than $50 million. >> we have great managers and we go the extra mile, you know, not even to have something to appear the wrong way. and so, you know, it's in the back of our mind because, you

joel read going after president trump saying he lacks empathy using this storm to malign someone.trying to drive it some sort of climate change political narrative with it. let's focus on what matters is kimberly said earlier on the show. that's the victims of the storm. he is doing right thing now. i don't know what the truth is, i'm good to take his word for i it. let's focus on the people who need help. >> greg: i think the problem was twitter, it's replacing actual action. when people see a tweet that says pray for the people but there's no action there, people immediately sense hypocrisy. i think that was a bad move. he should have been doing some thing else. >> juan: he's got to take responsibility. when people say what was the response from the church and a response from the church initially was to tell people who were calling, call the city. that sends a signal. even if social media is a mob, i can tell you. at some point you have to take responsibility for your own actions. i think he has not been clear and direct in saying here's what we did and here's how i took respons

pastor joel osteen's megachurch in houston.but critics say it took too long for one of the largest congregations to pitch in. this morning, pastor joel osteen is responding. he will join us live coming up in just a moment. >> and for all of you at home looking to help, tomorrow our parent company disney is holding a day of giving. it's a fund-raising effort that begins with our local affiliates in the morning, then with us here at "gma," and throughout the day on abc freeform and radio disney as well as all our social platforms. tonight, i'll anchor a special edition of "20/20" "city underwater" tonight at 10:00. >>> rob marciano has the latest. there's still a lot to get to on this front, rob. >> reporter: there certainly is, amy. even though the skies are clear, no rain in the forecast here for houston the waters continue to rise. here in ft. benton county. this morning, the flash flood emergencies are happening in the eastern part of the state. as the center of harvey is over the center. beaumont, port arthur, orange, texas,

more large capacity venues are opening up, including joel osteen's megachurch after facing some initial criticism. the red cross is standing by to volunteers work around the clock. >>> and new images of kim jong un witnessing the late east latest launch. this is wednesday, august 30th. >>> we do say good morning, everybody on this wednesday. and we're going to start with tropical storm harvey which appears to be finally moving out of the houston area. but it has left a devastating mark. >> the storm dumped more than 52 inches of rain in some place. the most ever recorded in the continental u.s. and there is a curfew in houston until dawn. >> it is right there along the texas/louisiana border with a third landfall anytime now. >> many roads are impassable and could be flooded at any mom some are swept' w away, others stuck. >> it was horrible not being able to go to the bathroom, not know where you're going to get your next meal from. all i can say is there are angels out here. >> and a few bright spots to tell you about literally. south texas residents saw the sun for the first time yes

joel waldman live with the very latest for us. joel? >> reporter: ken and alyana, all is quiet right now. this is the memorial site for the woman, the 32-year-old woman heather heyer who was killed in that deadly crash yesterday. there was a vigil earlier for her with hundreds and hundreds of people. as they were praying, crying, asking for peace, protests began to break out across other parts of the country even as the people here continue to mourn. a white nationalist clashing with police. just one day after similar scenes played out in the streets of downtown charlottesville. those protests were leaving one woman dead and dozens of others injured after a man plowed through a crowd gathered in the streets. those rallies in seattle, they were also turning to chaos. the other was called solidarity against hate. >> let us in. >> reporter: in new york anti- trump protesters rallied in front of trump tower criticizing president trump for his response to the events in virginia saturday. governor terry mcauliffe who was holding a prayer and

it's helped joel and his wife, victoria, to amass an estimated net worth of more than $50 million. >>at managers and we go the extra mile, you know, not even to have something to appear the wrong way. and so, you know, it's in the back of our mind because, you know, the faster you go up, you come down even quicker. >> this is not flooded. this is called, i don't want to be inconvenienced. >> yesterday, film from outside the church made the rounds. so did these photos. they pyred to show flooding inside. oldstein said, quote, we have never closed our doors and the pastor also tweeted, we are receiving anyone who needs shelter. >> it is important to note this isn't the first time joel opened the doors of lakewood. in 2005, they took in victims that were displaced by hurricane katrina. >>> let's switch now to george clooney. "e.t." wias with him at the fil festival on friday, and he is working on his fitness. >> no dad bod here. the 56-year-old father of twins was seen today in lake como looking fit, relaxed and rested after a workout. no small feat considering he and amal have 12-week-o

joel waldman live with the very latest for us. joel?rter: ken and alyana, all is quiet right now. this is the memorial site for the woman, the 32-year-old woman heather heyer who was killed in that deadly crash yesterday. there was a vigil earlier for her with hundreds and hundreds of people. as they were praying, crying, asking for peace, protests began to break out across other parts of the country even as the people here continue to mourn. a white nationalist clashing with police. just one day after similar scenes played out in the

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robert jeffries, what do you make of criticism of joel olsteen, was it fair?no, i think it was very unfair. look, i think pastor old steep , wants to do all they can to help, sometimes when you are in middle of a disaster it takes time to get your plan together, if you are in middle of a downpour, we should commend them. stuart: i personally, i was proud to be an american when you saw that volunteer effort in the houston area, the volunteer navy, they arrived unark nouned they just did it, to -- unannounced i was impressed. i thought this was a very american thing to do. >> this is what america is about. this is what christianity is about. it is helping those in need, no one can do everything in the disaster like this. but everyone is do something, we define that something we can do to help these texans in need. stuart: i have never seen an event like this where the word god was mentioned so freak freqy and a spiritual element came in, i don't think that coastal elites like, that they are secular humanists and look down on the spirit wallace peck that. >> i th

pastor joel osteen's mega church in houston. open but critics say it took too long for one of the largest congregations to pitch in. this morning pastor joel osteen is responding. he will join us live coming up in just a moment. >> for all of you at home looking to help, tomorrow our parent company disney is holding a day of giving it's a fund-raising effort that begins with our local affiliates in the morning then here at "gma" and throughout the day on abc freeform and radio disney as well as all our social platforms. tonight i'll anchor a special edition of "20/20" "city underwater" tonight at 10:00. >>> rob marciano has the latest. there's still a lot to get to on this front, rob. >> there certainly is, amy. fortunately here, though, i'm seeing clear skies so they will seen the sun in houston but the waters continue to rise, especially in the rivers here in the county which the majority is under evacuation orders. the center of the storm spinning over lake charles, louisiana but the back side in beaumont and port arthur real

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now this move comes one day after the famous pastor here, joel osteen came under fire facing fierce criticism. he kept his doors closed while other places of worship around houston opened theirs. on thursday, they posted it was inaccessible due to severe flooding and later sharing these photos. but locals started posting these images, appearing to show the area around the church was not saying i care deeply about our fellow houstonians. lakewood's open. the donations are continuing to pour in. the church says anyone seeking refuge can stay here as long as they need. >> thank you. in the meantime, the president is planning to return to texas on saturday after make being a brief visit to corpus christi and austin. >> the president and first lady gathered at a local firehouse. he praised the response to harvey so far and predicted the disaster would be handled better than ever before. >> i want to thank you for coming out. we're going to get you back and operating immediately. thank you, everybody. what a ground, what a turnout. this is historic. it's epic. what happened, but you know what? it h

fox 29 joel waldman is live in charlottesville with the latest. joel? >> reporter: lucy and iain good evening, that's a question that the governor of the state of virginia asking as well as the mayor here in charlottesville. both telling the all right member, the so-called at right to go home and not come back. that's sparking protest. as people here in the city of charlottesville continue to mourn. on the other side of the country in the streets of seattle, scenes of white nationalityist and counter protesters clashing with police, coming one day after similar scenes played out in the streets of downington charlottesville. those protests leaving one woman dead and dozens of others injured after a man plowed through a crowd gathered in the streets. those doing rallies in seattle also turning to chaos, one build the patriotic rally, the other called solidarity against hate. in new york, anti-trump protesters rallied in front of trump tower, criticizing for his response to the events in virginia saturday. >> this latest unrest just by vigils and memorials

joel waldman has the story. >>reporter: president donald trump quick to react to thursday terror attack in barcelona, pledging to help spanish authorities bring the attackers to justice tweeting the united states condemns the attack in barcelona and will do whatever is necessary to help. we love you. that response coming as the president continues to be criticized for his initially slow and ultimately combative comments on the racial violence at a white supremacist rally last weekend in virginia. >> you can say what you want but that's the way it is. >>reporter:'s unpredictable behavior seems to be wearing on his republican allies. republican senator bob corker of tennessee saying president trump has had to appropriately address the company on charlottesville. questioning his ability to deal with the crisis.>> the president has not been able to demonstrate the stability and confidence that he needs to demonstrate to be successful. >>reporter: the supporters however are coming to the president's defense, making t

joel: the dashboard on labor markets? vonnie: yes.oel: the overall unemployment rate will head down with a three handle, but we know that chair yellen let's look at other things like how widely are the benefits of unemployment enjoyed o across different groups. we are not satisfied there. the unconventional measures that are still elevated relative to the prerecession levels, so until we see all facets of labor market tighten up in a historical correlation, you have to be a little concerned that you do not see the normal relationships between them. the cpi report later this week is important. all the inflation reports between now and any of the next several meetings will be important to see whether the suggesting data inflation is re-accelerated. vonnie: they are all fascinating. jim bowler, what will he say today to kathleen hicks? what would your question be to him? joel: first of all, i want to say that a year ago, jim broke with orthodoxy and adopted this wait and see attitude to initial monetary tightening. ago when he broke with

joel, i want to make sure i label the newspaper correctly since you're no longer a print edition, the seattlepi.com, is that how we find it? >> that is correct, sir. we were the first to switch. >> okay. joel, you were there today at what i'm seeing as a paul ryan warm up the presidential campaign machinery. is that how it felt in the room today? >> what it felt like was ryan was saying we are competent to govern, we have an agenda, we're moving forward with this agenda. obviously it was left to everybody to assume who is not moving forward, who is gumming up the works. and, of course, trump obliged by denouncing both mcconnell and ryan in a tweet shortly before ryan went on in seattle. so, ryan was essentially drawing the distinction and getting some help from the other washington. >> and jonathan capehart, paul ryan ran for vice president. losing vice presidential candidates always, always are looking for when is that next moment when i run? >> right. >> paul ryan is watching this presidency collapse. and this time could be the time. >> this could be the time. what we saw there in s

this is awesome. >> joel is always -- >> i'll physical was in add addition,. >> wait a minute joel i guys a little bit. why do you choose to get involved this way? we're about to hit 30 years in this community and we just love to pay it forward to everyone else helping the same community we've been a part of for such a long time. >> we love you here at fox5. >> we love you. facility where autumn and her wonderful volunteers and board members where they work out of and i said so who pays for this. like and so awful works and she pays for it mostly. but joel has little bit of a break for you. >> okay. >> in addition to the diapers and stuff to help everyone we want to help you guys with paying rent for three months just to help you guys out to keep raising money to do what you do in this community. >> thank you so much. [ applause ] >> you're welcome. >> my gosh. >> sorry. >> thank you so much. >> i don't know if my heart can take all of this. >> keep it going. >> what kind of break does that give you for three months rent? >> so much. we can do so much more. and our money can go into

the news media in general he's certainly been a rocket booster for for breitbart what do you make joel of him in the media slump in the media why what how does this help america. it doesn't but i don't think the media are interested in helping america at this point the tension between the administration and the media is partly a result of their refusal to accept the results of the twenty sixteen election i think there's an inordinate amount of attention being paid to minor stories and small scandals that are elevated to impeachable offenses i was watching c.n.n. this week and there's actually a serious discussion about removing the president under article under the twenty fifth amendment declaring him mentally unfit for office and that kind of thing and that's just nonsense to me but he's being elevated to the highest level and i think the media really don't like this president partly because he want to get their expectations and partly because he went against their business model it used to be that covered him so much they helped elect him c.n.n. covered and made it sorry c.n.n. is in

joel pavey was cheated out of a bronze ten yea rs joel pavey was cheated out of a bronze ten years onst night in our hotel and she has got all her family here, she's really excited. she certainly has enjoyed it and hopefully later we will get a chance to speak to her with her bronze medal as well. what medal will usain bolt walk away with? in the next a0 minutes he goes in the semifinals of the 100 metres, his final event individually on the track after so many global titles and relays and suchlike. we saw a first glance of them in the heat yesterday, not looking good at all, not looking good all season, he only broke ten seconds for the first time in the monaco two weeks ago. he was so in the monaco two weeks ago. he was so slow out of the blocks, he blamed them, he won the heat but it was a really slow time and he shook his head and said he has really got to improve on that. he goes in the last heat, let's show you who is also in this heat, kristian coleman, the young american. the americans have piled all the resources behind him. they feel the college at student is going to be the

joel: [habla en inglÉs] carolina:me dice que quiere que la gente rece por houston.reÍblemente. estuvo circulando una fotografÍa de que estaba metiendo un paquete de agua por casi 50 $ pero la fotografÍa era falsa. reportero: este primer amanecer sin lluvia en houston ha permitido comenzar a acelerar el reencuentro de los daÑos. el procurador estatal de texas, sobre una prÁctica ilegal de este estado, de elevarlo ciertos de tipos de productos como la gasolina y el agua, ponÍa el ejemplo de paquetes de agua vendiÉndose a casi 100 $. servicios como los hoteles subiendo los precios 7 veces su valor y esto es una prÁctica ilegal. la oficina del procurador ha dicho que va a presentar cargos. no hemos visto una prÁctica generalizada, pero si personas que se llevan comida a lo que resulta comprensible aunque para nada justificable, repito no se trata de una prÁctica que hayamos detectado como generalizada en estos dÍas despuÉs de los remanentes y la tormenta tropical aquÍ en la zona metropolitana de houston. informaciÓn que tenemos desde aquÍ vamos a tenermÁs en el noticier

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when harvey slammed into texas, pastor joel offered prayers but little else. social media pounced.tics demanding more. open your church as a shelter one person wrote. provide food and clothing, please praying you open your church as a refuge. others said god knows your heart, stay strong. the church said the building was inaccessible due to severe flooding. pictures seem to confirm that. some responded be their own less osteen giving this explanation to kprc. >> we were waiting for the right time, really lakewood is always open. we didn't necessarily have staff here the night it flooded out here. >> reporter: now, volunteers are flocking packing trucks full of donations. who is giving this stuff? >> the neighbors around the area, that's it. >> reporter: the zang family, one of hundreds grateful to have the church as their refuge. >> we were rescued. [crying] >> we have elders, we have 5-month boy we're raising for them. we're here safe. >> jacob rascon reporting. today joel osteen said if his church flooded while operating a shelter he would be criticized for that and said the chur

my guess is joel pollak and now joining the conversation with us is eleanor clift i know or for thirty five years a veteran of the washington d.c. press corps columnist for the daily beast also a political commentator and author she joins us from washington d.c. alomar know you've been listening to it joel said so far what's your initial reaction well i think initially. way on the progressive left thought that with ban it out of the white house that we'd be applauding but i'm not so sure that that's my reaction i think breitbart now becomes a important tool in the in the president's arsenal to try to get some of the campaign commitments that he made to try to get them fulfilled and that will put him at odds with the republican party in the congress and so i think it's going to be great entertainment to watch but i suspect we're just going to get more chaos and very little accomplished on any of the president's goals or any of the country's goals here that you think ben will be supporting the trump agenda and bright but news a yes yes and it's an agenda that that the president is having

for more i want to bring in joel pollack. he's the senior editor at large for breitbart news. thanks so much for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> joel, about an hour ago you tweeted out hashtag war. what was that about? >> hashtag war has been our moet toe since the days of andrew breitbart, and we use it whenever we go to war against our three main targets, which are in order, hollywood and the mainstream media, number one, the democratic party and the institutional left, number two and the republican establishment in washington, number three. and i tweeted that to let our readers know that our mission remains the same. as it has been before trump, as it was when trump was elected and as it will continue to be through the trump administration and beyond, we remain true to our mission and we are happy warriors. we fight onward. >> i appreciate since the mainstream media is one of the targets that you're here with me today because i want to have a constructive discussion with you about what your constituency, what we need to know about your constituency. let's just stick

. >> it's helped joel and his wife amass an estimated net worth of more than $50 million. >> we have managers and we go the extra mile, not even to have something to appear the wrong way. and so, you back of our minds, you know, the faster you go up, you can come down even quicker. >> this is not flooded, folks. this is called i don't want to be inconvenienced. >> yesterday footage from outside the church made the rounds, but so did these photos. they appeared to show flooding inside. in a statement today, olsteen said, quote, we have never closed our doors. hours later the pastor tweeted we are receiving anyone who needs shelter. >> this isn't the first time joel opened the doors of lakewood. in 2005, they took in victims displaced by hurricane katrina. >> right now george clooney's priorities are his twins and working on his fitness. no dad bod here. the 56-year-old father of twins out today in lake comeau, looking fit no senate feat they have 12-week twins at home, calling amal an olympic athlete. "suddenly you're responsible for other people, which is terrifying." kevin was with

now joel osteen joins us from houston's lakewood church this morning, hello joel osteen. >> hey, gayle> well it looks like things are up and running, but some people say pastor, you've got some explaining to do, because from sunday, there was one message from facebook, and then it appeared that the doors were not open to anyone. how do you splanl the discrepancy? >> gayle, our doors have always been open. we receive people even as soon as the water started receding, but we worked with the city constantly. the city set up a shelter about four miles from here that can house 10,000 people, showers, dormitories, kitchen, security, all of that. they didn't need a shelter at [001:16:59;00] so we said fine, you do that, we'll do our part. never dreaming that we have so many people needing shelters. when they filled up, they said we need shelters, we started our shelter. this notion that we would turn people away or we're not here from the city. we've been here for 60 years doing that. >> i don't think anybody thought you turned anybody away, i think they said that the church was not open and

we'll speak with joel osteen after his church was accused of not taking in victims initially.s, the husband of the woman from this viral photo will join us this morning. how they managed to get out on jet skis. we're live from the storm zones with full team coverage. ginger is also tracking the path of the storm as it makes landfall for that third time in louisiana this morning. it is all coming up on a very busy wednesday here on "gma." back to you guys. >> okay, we'll see you in a little bit. thank you. >>> the aftermath from harvey is about to hit the entire country. we are getting word right now of a big gas price increase. >>> plus, a dramatic and heroic >>> plus, a dramatic and heroic rescue cau we have learned this time and time again. firefighters put their life on the line every day, whether they're on the job or fought. >> here's just more proof of that. a few days ago, an off-duty firefighter saw this car burst into flames. he heard someone screaming theicide and jumped into action. he didn't have any safety gear on, but he ran over to the burning car and pulled out

joel, who went on a media blitz defending the church's timing, seems to have no regrets. >> i dont knowt we would've opened any sooner. the notion we're gonna turn people away, that's just such a false narrative of people that don't like us to begin with. >> tomorrow, we will be in houston on the ground to show you how some of those celebrity donations are helping those who need it most. >>> now to taylor swift, and what more could we possibly learn about her "look what you made me do" music video? well, a lot, starting with her bathtub of bling. ♪ look what you made me do i don't like your perfect crime ♪ >> that is $10 million worth of real neil lane jewels taylor's sitting in. this snake ring appears to be the same one zoe saldana wore to the 2013 oscars. oh, and how'd they pull off mummy taylor's look? it was the same makeup artist behind ryan reynolds' "deadpool." >> because she is dead. ♪ >> it took five days to shoot the music video. they started planning in january and shot last may. the nod to hiddleswift, with these t-shirts, well, that was a total surprise. >> i just want you