as heavy equipment rumbles down the streets, homeowners like kathy williams are moving out forced to find a new place to live. >> the house is completely trashed. there is -- when we showed up, there were like six-inches of mud in the house. all the floors are buckling. >> reporter: this dissass iter idisaster israising serious quet growth and where people lid. the big thompson flood hit in this very spot in 1996, leaving 140 people dead. but homeowners were allowed to rebuild and return. this flood covered an even wider area. spreading from the foothills of the state to the eastern plains from these nasa photos taken this space on september 13th, you can see how the area looked before the flat, then after the flat. >> we recognize a lot of these bridges and culverts and roadways were built a long time ago. and designed standards weren't the same and understanding of flood events weren't the same and we have a strong opportunity here to with fema's partnership come out of this whole situation with a stronger infrastructure. >> reporter: fema director craig agrees, colorado needs to b

. >> exactly what that means for homeowners like kathy william, now remains an open question.l jazeera, loveland colorado. >> as colorado looks to dry out, other parts of the one will be dealing with unsettled weather. for more on the national forecast. >> we have just a couple of showers out there in colorado so let's take a quick look at that. most of this is going to stay to the north, if you were just watching -- here it is vegetation, you can see this thin bad of the river, when i click this you will see how much quicker. so as we take the space image, look at how much thicker the water got. and then you can see a lot more of these bands of tributaries as all that water rushed out of the mountains that is one of the problems is that moisture getting pushed up into the mountains and then not having anywhere else to go. the laureller picture for today. yesterday from parts of utah, up through montana, and today maybe even a little bit more into north dakota. some chances for strong storms most of that is going to be the wind threat, but in a little frost area. hundreds of h

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. >> william hoglands that could lead to doomsday default scenario. washington post magazine contributing editor kathyyou for joining us today. kathy, why do you disagree? >> i disagree because i think so obama's doing the right thing. he knows that there's no way they're going to shut down the government. it is foolish. ted cruz is new to the government. he's almost like a baby. all the adults in the room will not allow this little tea party member to ruin what they have going on. that's what happened to newt gingrich in the '90s. cost him the election and then look what happened. >> what about the no negotiating issue on the debt ceiling. is that a good thing -- is that a bad precedent for the president to set, even before negotiations have begun? >> he's telling it like it is. there should be no negotiation. that's it. there's nothing to negotiate. and he knows the republicans who are been there for a while agree with him. secretly, they agree with him. >> bill, look, even if -- even if people acknowledge that the debt ceiling is not something to be messed with, which is the president's message, is