connell: ken paxton, good to talk to you. nick adams, author of green card warrior.nd in a minute chip roy will join us. former chief of staff for senator ted cruz. follow up on that last point on merit, not this particular case, ken paxton and i talked about that and about whether they went far enough in their changes, this brings back this discussion about photo i.d. and whether they discriminate or not. >> look, col -- i, agree with everything he said, i can not conceive of one argument against voter i.d., it makes no sense to not have people present an i.d. before they can vote, we need to prevent fraud, we need too make sure that voter and election integrity is preserved, i can't understand why any right-thinking clear-minded person would oppose any move to seek the integrity of our election. connell: they say that people who identity in occasions, without a driver license, they skew the minorities. that is their argument. >> well, i think this is a convincing argument, at end of day, don't it is too much to ask for someone to present a voter i.d., if they want

let me bring in attorney general ken paxton, thank you, sir, for being here.o you have updates on the conditions and the efforts you can share with us? >> first of all, encourage the viewers to pray for our people. my concern is a lot of people stay behind. as daybreak comes, we're starting to assess what's going on. i know that even last night, there were ambulances leaving corpus christi. i don't know where they were going. it's going to be an interesting day. especially with the continuing rain. >> i know your office, in particular, you are worried about things to come, like price gougeing, about scams, other crimes of fraud, people are trying to recover from what's hit them as a natural disaster. what is your biggest concern? >> we have legislation that would pass that penalizes price gouging. we already know a retailer was charging very 42 for a case of water. a gas station charging $99 for a case of water. we are out there, we have people sending us information. penalties are huge, $20,000 for one incident, few do this to somebody 65 or older, the penalt

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we'll start the program with the texas attorney general ken paxton as he joins us from the state capitol in austin. what is the biggest challenge for all of you in dealing with this? what is the biggest challenge? >> the fact that it just continues, the rain continues to come, the waters continue to rise, the requires flowing that direction and affecting cities along the state, along the coast. the fact that it continues to rain. it's unbelievable and something we never experienced. that's the main issue. connell: what about the pictures of the coast guard helicopter helping people off roofs. what about the people who didn't get out today and the water still rising? what is your message to them? >> we have a lot of people down there helping. but that's our number one issue. safety, rescuing people. what matters is how we are going to save these people. the problem is as the weather continues to get worse it affects more and more people. the state department with governor abbott have done an amazing job rescuing these people and trying to save lives. connell: is there anything you need th

pregunto publicamente al fiscal general de texas, el republicano ken paxton, "por que esta intentandocon esta emotiva pose para una foto el procurador general de texas, dos niÑos que tienen daca comenzÓ un intercambio verbal de reclamo a la autoridad tejana por su solicitud al gobierno federal que ha dado plazo a fines de septiembre para eliminar daca o de lo contrario, enfrentar una demanda de varios estados. nos cuenta que sabÍa que el fiscal paxton iba a realizar un acto de recaudaciÓn de fondos de campaÑa y aprovechÓ esa oportunidad para confrontarlo. >> para mÍ esas respuestas fueron vacÍas, yo creería que me dijera la razÓn por la que quiere deportarnos. la oficina del fiscal tijuana indicÓ en un comunicado: "somos muy afortunados de vivir en un paÍs donde la primer enmienda es importante donde las personas cuentan con el derecho a expresar libremente sus opiniones. es mi deber defender la constituciÓn e implementar las leyes. yo querÍa decirle lo que estaba sintiendo en ese momento.yo querÍa una respuesta. me dejo saber que hoy mÁs que nunca tenemos que seguir peleando. simplem

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. >> melissa: ken paxton joining me now.ive me your reaction to this. >> first of all, good morning from texas. i have a positive reaction. the president cares about border security and obviously what he's doing is working and immigration issues are declining. we have less illegal immigration since he took office. i'm grateful that he's continuing to fight. i agree with him. >> melissa: at doesn't seem if you look at what he's done, he lays down a marker at the beginning of negotiation and that's his point of negotiation. a lot of times, he ends up moving on, whether it was a trade war with china or saying that there was going to be a border tax on the way in for goods or various things. i wonder if this is a negotiating tactic and how you would feel about it then? >> i don't know if it's a tactic or not. all i know is he's testing our state and i believe it's something he really wants to get done. as to if it really gets done, i don't know if that matters. what matters is we take the most respective route to eliminating ill

i'm joined now by ken paxton. thank you for joining us. we're hearing reports and we always here about price gougings with those that need water, they go to the store and a six pack of water cost them $40. how are you preventing that from happening? >> my office has been at work all weekend long. we have an open line to our office. we have an internet and website, we got about 500 complaints over the weekend. overcharging of water, we had charges, over charges from bred, fuel, hotels, and we're investigating all of these. some are legitimate, some are not, people are letting us know through pictures, e-mails, and phone calls. once people start trying to get back home, what scams should they be on the lookout for? >> some of the big scams were related to home repair and roofing. i don't knee in people know about price gouging and that it is a problem. they certainly should, the penalties created by the legislature are severe. up to $20,000 per occurrence, so we're serious about this issue, and if we find it, we'll pursue it. >> hard to imag

but it's happened enough that it's caught the attention of the republican texas attorney general, ken paxtonyou here. ken langone has a solution but i'm not sure it's legal. how are you handling it? >> we had price gouging but way more volunteers than we've had price gouging. volunteers have provides boats and vehicles and risks their lives to same people's lives. that's the bigger story. we had price gouging. i would probably not say that his idea is the most visionary idea i've heard. i think our penalties are plenty stiff which is up to $20,000 per occurrence. if you do to it a senior citizen up up to 50,000. >> neil: and people still do it. i think for business reasons alone, let alone the threat of a fine or someone from your office coming to see them, they do it -- it's stupid. the same people they gouge are the same people they'll depend on down the road as future customers. and i'm sure they have long memories, that's the guy that gouged me. >> yeah, but a lot of people are not aware of the law. we noticed complains of gouging have gone down. that could be due to the weather and busi

the laws that the texas legislature put in place, and we're going to do that. >> attorney general ken paxtonthanks very much for joining us. >> wish you all the best. >> keep us in your players, please. >> we will, we will. thank you very much. from austin, that is joe paxton. >>> with a little less than 20 minutes to go before the closing bell, dow down 16 points, so a minor selloff coming after actually an up week for stocks all three of the major averages closing higher h.nasdaq stays strong up a quarter percent and the russell 2000 index of small caps up a third of a percent. >> millions of dollars in personal property losses will be part of the harvey aftermah. up next, we'll go live to the travelers insurance command post where work already sdauny way on claims "closing bell" back in a couple of minutes where work already sunday way on >>> welcome back hurricane harvey dragging down insurers today and travelers is powering up its catastrophe management center to assess the damage and that's where we find our morgan brennan morgan. >> reporter: hey, wil. travelers is assessing harvey ri

. >> molly: joining us now, ken paxton, texas attorney general, thank you for being here. we are fortunate to chat with you today. i know you have a lot of work to do and are very busy. >> yes, crazy couple of days, thank you for having me on. speak to our hearts are with you and all the people struggling, we know that there are been thousands of rescues already, that there are hundreds -- 185 rescues that they are working on in the houston area command more perhaps that we do not know about. a lot of people coming in from other states, bring in their own boats. we have seen jet skis. what is being done in the state level to work with the city and the federal government to find those people and bring them to safety? >> this is being coordinated through governor abbott's office, they have updates all the time. they are being contacted with the federal government. continuing contact with the mayor. it is a coordinated effort, one like i've never seen before. i think it is the best coordinated effort that has ever happened in texas. that is despite the fact that we have a sto

pedro: en un comunicado ken paxton dijo que estaban decepcionados. buscan hacer cumplir las leyes y se aplica a todos por igual, es una buena ley, estoy contento que pronto entrarÁ en efecto", destacÓ. el demÓcrata josÉ rodrÍguez dice que el juez hizo la decisiÓn apropiada. >> cÓmo se puede alegar que se estÁ violando la ley si todavÍa ni siquiera entra en vigor, fue la decisiÓn correcta. pedro: activistas dicen que se mantendrÁn muy atentos a los prÓximos desarrollos de la ley estatal tejana. tanto republicanos como demÓcratas esperan audiencia que podÍa convocar en cualquier momento el juez de san antonio que lleva el caso de la gran demanda contra la ley sb4, la cual muchos anticipan podrÍa ocurrir antes del 1 de septiembre. ♪ ♪ ♪ jorge: el huracÁn "franklin" afectÓ varias poblaciones en veracruz, tras tocar tierra por segunda vez en mÉxico. marÍa elena: le vamos a contar en quÉ consisten los ataques acÚsticos que habrÍan recibido diplomÁticos de estados unidos y canadÁ en cuba, segÚn el gobierno de estados unidos. varias marÍa elena:varias organi

one is not with the texas attorney general ken paxton.or being with us tonight. >> think you have me on. i hope your viewers are praying for these people. it becomes harder to rescue people at night that are trapped. >> absolutely. the best or the worst of times can bring out the best and people but also the worst in people as we are seeing. what are you hearing now about looting, price gouging going on in the houston area? >> we obviously have problems with -- my office is really focused on the price gouging. over 325 complaints just yesterday. all over the area affected. >> what kind of complaints? >> overcharging for water up to $42 a case. another $99 a case. we also have gas stations overcharging for gas. you also hear complaints about hotels being overcharged their rate. it is a wide variety of areas and we are getting reports through internet and hotlines about the cases. we get out to tough these people quickly. >> what can you do about it? >> we have some severe penalties. legislature thought about this many years ago. $20,000, u

second of all danger daca is in through the texas lawsuit through ken paxton interestingly enough hasaxton's felony lafayette going on from securities fraud from when he was a state representative. >> martha: just to be clear what we are focused on we are talk about daca or cutting the number of legal immigrants who come into this country. >> exactly. >> martha: legislation by tom cotton which is a separate issue. we are talking about illegal immigrants who are illegal in the country and have broken the law as lawrence jones says and how -- whether or not, you know, it's my understanding and lawrence, you know, speak to this if you can, that the ruling under the obama administration will run out. so this white house would have to reauthorize daca and they don't know. their lawyers are concerned that they don't really have the authority to reauthorize it because they don't believe it had correct legal under pinning to begin with is that correct. >> exactly. this is what happened when you use the pen from the president's desk and not go through congress. i want to know that this is noth

well texas attorney general ken paxton, i think it has been eight hours since we spoke. it is a long day for you and for me as it happens. thank you very much. it is good to see you. best of luck getting through. >> thank you. keep us in your prayers. >> we will certainly do that, sir. thanks. >>> joining us now, maury goodman from the communication and public affairs at fema. with a welcome to you. harvey is being called the first major test for the trump administration. when it comes to this kind of a natural disaster readiness and so far in terms of a response on a federal and national level, what is your view. >> well, first of all, president trump did one great thing. he named a very professional emergency manager to lead fema. brock adams, who is the emergency manager in alabama is universally and nationally respected. he knows what he is doing. and most of it is people at fema who are the career people. who do this every day, day in and day out. and regardless of who is the president. but we all know at one point there was a president who didn't name a professiona

we begin with texas attorney general ken paxton. when did you realize the enormity of the storm. >> a day out we realized this may be something we had never seen before. as many hurricanes we have had in texas over the years, this is the worst thing we have ever seen. kennedy: we are seeing incredible rescue efforts. beaumont and port arthur have been hit so hard in the last 24 hours. what can you do as attorney general to offer them relief and help and survival? >> the governors called out the maximum number of national guardsmen. there are some coming in from out of state. we are bringing in state of the art planes to help find people. kennedy: explain how those work that might be different from aircraft we have seen in storms past. >> there is a possibility we'll have planes that will have state of the art optical ability to scan and find people. we are in the process of trying to get that in place today. kennedy: talk about social media and how that has changed the dynamic that perhaps we haven't seen in past today past as troph

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to attorney general of state, he is texas attorney general ken paxton good to see you, sir. >> good toliz: how does oregon sanctuary status hurt the state and its tax payers. >> they are making a choice to give up federal funding because they won't cooperate with federal government. which is what congress requires with certain statutes to give out money, they are putting their citizens to risk. i don't know what the upside circumstance given what they -- is, given what they are doing is protecting criminals, the upside to to the citizens, i to kno don't see one. liz: they say. different policy put sheriff to work in a-- 1 position. >> we're in process, we have changed our laws in texas we have tell cities they are not going to cooperate with federal government we'll defund them, we have potential penalties, some may be a crime. we tried to encourage our cities because we don't see down side protecting our citizens or upside protecting criminal illegals and not deporting them. liz: you are suing your -- your administration is suing city of austin, travis county, texas for not complying

with us the republican texas attorney general ken paxton.se are important issues to the people who subject descriebt america first that president trump is putting forward. now with steve bannon out at the white house there is talk somehow the issues may be on the out. what do you think? >> these are issues trump talked about in his campaign. i don't think they have vanished from the scene. he's been a president that focused on immigration in any we have seen in recent history. reporter: a president who talked about this america first theme. we haven't seen a border wall built it's been stalled and we are told there is some progress starting, but it's not where we thought it would be 7 months in. on trade we are not in the midst of a trade war with china as some feared. and even on foreign policy, we are talking about afghanistan where the president is expected to say he's going to add troops to afghanistan. a president who said for years we should get out of afghanistan. if you believe in those nationalist issues, are you winning with this p

. >> molly: texas attorney general ken paxton turning praising the state's response to tropical stormso far. let's bring in a tv anchor down and houston, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. as your coverage has shown, it is a day for saving lives. there are still many people that are cut off and in need of rescue, this is an area that flooded twice in 2016, memorial day floods and also 2017. there are 55 homes with people stranded in them right now. that officials are responding t to. the need for rescue is so desperate in many cases, as you mentioned i am anchor. the phone calls are coming into our news desk from people. begging for help to come and get them. houston police chief said this morning there were 185 critical response calls on hold still pending and they are encouraging people not to hang up and that they will get to you. there are people cut off from being able to go anywhere because of the various creeks and values that have overflowed their banks. >> molly: some 2,000 people rescued, hundreds of people waiting for help, still struggling to even find someone to come

i want to bring in ken paxton, texas attorney general. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me on. elizabeth: obviously, you see the best and worst of people after a devastating event like this, which is far from over. i want to ask you, what is your biggest concern as we just begin to start to see some of the damage? >> well, obviously looting, but, also, we have a lot of price gouging going on. over 200 complaints since this all began. we're investigating a lot of those. fortunately, we have people letting us know. we have a website where people are informing us and so, you know, there are severe personalities in texas, up to $20,000 of occurrence. if you do this to somebody over 65 the penalty is even greater up to $250,000. woo are -- we're serious about this and we'll try to stop this. elizabeth: i had seen an interview you did earlier. 14.99 to 99 for a case of water. so we're looking at damage on the ground. what are reports that you're getting. we're just getting photographs and video out of rockport

attorney general ken paxton.ery much. >> keep us in your prayers. >> shannon: we will. >> eric: the nation keeping the people of houston in their prayers, there are very many reminders of the tragic elements there. one specifically, a family of six. among the fatalities so far. we know so far the death toll has reached at least 14, but that number will rise over the next few days. the most shocking sad story is this family. they tried to escape the floodwaters in their van, but their vehicle was overtaken by high water and swept away. the victims include four children, 16 years old to the very youngest, six years old as well as their great grandparent grandparents. the driver of the vehicle, sam saldivar, the great uncle, he escaped from the van before it escaped under the water. he tried to get the family out the back door but was unable to do that. so far the bodies have not yet been recovered. ♪ >> shannon: yet another terror attack rocking the afghan capital. a bomb going off near the u.s. embassy. officials

republican attorney general ken paxton call surveys ruling outrageous and says an appeals court should void the decision. speaking of hillary clinton moments ago, she said she almost called donald trump a creep during their presidential debate in st. louis last october. she said her skin crawled as mr. trump paste near her on the stage. she makes that claim in the new book. >> he was literally breathing down my neck. my skin crawled. was one of those moments where you wish you could hit pause and ask everyone watching, well, what would you do? do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he weren't repeatedly invading your space? or do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, "back up, you creep." >> bret: asked about the debate moment after it happened, then candidate trump insisted clinton "came into my territory and all of all of a sudden from nowhere she walks right in front of me." clinton's book "what happened" arrives in stores next month. a spokeswoman for illinois governor bruce rauner says he will sign a plan to limit cooperation between authorities in i

. >>> let's bring in the communications director for texas attorney general ken paxton. he joins us now by the phone. we appreciate you joining us. we understand you've been to three different parts of the houston area. what are you seeing in different regions there? >> good morning. it's been very interesting to see three different cities that i've visited. i was in corpus christi friday and saturday when the brunt of the eye wall hit there. i was in houston on monday and then victoria monday night and yesterday, and all of this is the same storm and yet, three very different places. corpus christi of course, the eye wall had high winds, heavy rain, waters rising, so you had both the wind damage and the rain damage. houston is mostly the flooding you're seeing all over the television right now and then victoria was all wind damage so though it's dry, it looks like a literal war zone. so just the impact on the state of texas by one storm yet seen in so many dramatic ways is just mind boggling. >> and i want to talk to you a little bit about the needs. do you feel that al

ken paxton, the texas attorney general told america's newsroom a short time ago that the disaster nowand referred this word before, is "unprecedented." >> we've never seen anything like this, but despite that, it's been amazing to me the cooperation between our state government with governor abbott, the trump administration and local officials. i think they've done an outstanding job, given the stress on the system and the fact that the storm never stops. >> leland: joining is now, daniel hopper. good to see you as always. if we think about the short time of president trump's presidency, of all the things he's faced, this is the most directly in his wheelhouse of a crisis. >> he's a commercial builder, he's been building his whole life. it's time for him to reset his presidency and i don't mean he should be overtly political, but because of the human tragedy here, he should basically move down to houston, i think, try to redevelop and regrow and rebuild houston. it's going to be a multiyear project and i think president trump is uniquely qualified to do something along those lines, to

state attorney general ken paxton. >> working at department of public safety special operations in corpus christi but was forced to leave after the hurricane. he joins us by phone from dallas. good morning to you, mark. 2:18 there. tell us, what is your message to the people of texas tonight, this morning? >> good morning, dave and christine. thank you for your continuing coverage. the message this morning it simple. it is nightfall in texas. that's good thing and negative thing. good in that our response teams, rescue teams get to sort of rest. regroup a little bit. replan for the new day. it is negative in that water doesn't stop rising and churn willing around this effected region. so we understand that as soon as day fall or day break happens, that you know, there's new opportunities, new challenges. and so we are asking people to do as we did yesterday is to be patient. be vigilant and be obedient. follow the directions of our local law enforcement and rescue people on the ground. >> i got to tell you, it feels as though these are still the early innings. we were just talking to our

this comes as texas attorney general ken paxton is spearheadingng a coalition of republican officialsn 10 states who are threatening to sue president trump if he doesn't act by september 5. meanwhile, this friday, texas will officially outlaw sanctuary cities, threatening local police chiefs with jail time and city officials with losing their jobs if they help -- if they do not help deport immigrants. the law known as sb4 is being challenged in court but a federal judge has yet to rule on whether it can take effect. amy: this has prompted concern that many immigrants are not coming forward to seek help during the flooding because they fear being detained and deported. during a news conference monday, houston mamayor sylvester turner sasaid "ththere is absolutely yo reason" why any individual shouldn't call for help. >> the first ones to stand up with you if you need help. someone comes and they require help them for some reason somebody tries to deport them -- i will represent them myself, ok? stressfulre in a situation, i don't care who y yu are, i don't care what your status is, i d

. >> harris: the attorney general ken paxton told me that he is with a fury going after people who are price gouging, putting people in harm's way in terms of the cash not being available. but just imagine atms not working because of electricity. it might not be that you don't have it, but you can't get to it as well. >> dagen: millions of people trapped in their homes. >> harris: thoughts and prayers to the people of texas. you saw casey stegall on the ground asking for that. let's pray for those people. shepard smith will continue to bring our breaking news coverage out of texas ongoing this afternoon. into the rest of our team, we want to tell you that the president is facing the first natural disaster of his presidency as we know. and leaving nothing to chance, could this be a decisive moment in his presidency? and black clad anarchist attacking a peaceful right-wing rally in berkeley, california. and in the process, overwhelming the police. so why is the left remaining silent? and where is the outrage from democrats? stay close. ♪ r. he's also a championship-winning football coach

state attorney general ken paxton says he expects an appeals court to void the decision.month a separate federal court found racial gerrymandering in the congressional maps and ordered voting districts could be to be partially redrawn. >> the national institute of health deleted multiple references to climate change. the nih and several web sites use the word climate instead. the president and his administration have expressed skepticism and outright rejection to climate change in the past. >> james comey will deliver a convocation address at howard university this fall part of a series of lectures he's been invited to give at the university during the upcoming academic year. he'll be paid $100,000. the school says he plans to donate the money to a university scholarship fund to support students who come from foster homes. >> coming up, president trump's science envoy has resigned and the unique way he did it is a trending story this morning. >> and six-year-old is credited with saving the lives of his twin cousins. >> as we head to break, a live look across the d.c. regi

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texas attorney general ken paxton and nine other states have threatened to sue you, mr. president, unless by september 5 you rescind the member dull that established -- the memorandum that established daca by president obama and announce that your administration will not renew or issue any new daca permits. this direct, specific threat to the daca program has left hundreds of thousands of these dreamers anxious, concerned, and worried about their future. last week i was joined by senator chuck schumer, our democratic leader, and 40 other senate democratic colleagues in writing a letter to president trump asking him to order his attorney general jeff sessions to use all legal options to defend daca so that these young people can continue to contribute to the country that they love so, my friends on the other side of the aisle -- some of my friends on the other side of the aisle opposed the daca program. to them, i say, if you don't support daca, then let's immediately pass the bipartisan dream act. if you think president obama went beyond his presidential authority with t

he is the communications director for texas attorney general ken paxton. mr. the way, victoria, texas, heavily damaged. it goes without saying, you have got some audacity when you start to take advantage of people who have been through this. >> trace, we've learned through these storms that many good people that we see, so many more good people that come out in times like this, you have bad actors that come out. early on, initially, the places that people could take advantage of other people who were vulnerable the most is with fuel and lodging and water. but in the coming days, we'll see this with contractors and construction people, roofers, water restoration specialists. people just feel that they can go out and make extra money off people who are going through a devastating time. >> trace: it's funny because the hotel that we are staying at has a lot of these people who have been negatively affected by this. some have lost their homes, some don't know if they have a home to go back to yet. this hotel was superb to them, giving them low, low rates. i am won

i've talked to ken paxton, the attorney general of texas, earlier. i texted with him. these efforts we are sending in. i have talked the attorney general of louisiana at all of us are in this together. >> eboni: the concerted effort is so important. what we do know that's predictable is the human spirit and resiliency. >> katrina: it's unfortunate it takes something like this for the good side of humanity to show, particularly with everything else that's been going on in the world. but like leslie said, people should definitely listen to the authorities. they know exactly what needs to be done and how it needs to be done. i don't think people really understand the power of water till something like this happens. it's a very dangerous thing. that's why we see so many people showing up. nobody is looking at race. no one is looking at political affiliation or any of that. these are my neighbors. i have to help them. that's the kind of spirit that reminds me of america. >> pete: you talk about the good side of humanity. over 300 houston cops alone have had their houses flo

todd: let's bring in texas attorney general ken paxton. mr. paxton, thanks for being here.ring. in these type of storms always have the best humanity. people coming out to help fellow man. and often have the worst people price gouging. what are you doing to prevent that and if you can't prevent it bring those to justice who are doing such horrible things in a time of emergency? >> that's a great question. first of all, i would encourage your viewers to pray for our people. obviously there are going to be people that stayed behind. we don't know how many. that's our first concern. but you are right. that's something we are out looking for. i have got people out looking for price gouging. we have already found one big retailer charging $42 for a case of water. another gas station $99 for a case of water. so i just want people to know we are out looking for those and we are finding them because we have plenty of people out there taking pictures and letting us know. we will be dealing with those people as we find them. clayton: so also repairs. this is a big issue. one thing yo

three weeks to decide daca's fate.that's according to this letter sent by texas attorney general ken paxtonand signed by nine states--átheir message to the president is end the program by september 5th or see you in court.paxton argues the program, which requires states to issue driver's licenses to its recipients, is "too burdensome for states". nats pop - rallyanna wiernicki: but wendolynne perez says the consequences of the program ending are far worse.wendolynne perezdaca supportertake cg @ 1:07so many children can be deported and separated from their parents, brought to a land that they don't know and a land in which they do not understand.anna wiernicki: right now the program is only a temporary, but several members of congress want to change that. they have introduced legislation to make daca permanent by law, but none of those bills have received a vote.in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. (grant) daca has helped more than 800-thousand people since the obama administration first started accepting applications in 2012. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologis

retired lieutenant colonel allen west and attorney general of texas, ken paxton.this gentleman will all be here. right here right now, catastrophic flooding in houston. tropical storm harvey dent 30 inches of rain in the last 72 hours with even more dead this week -- more expected as this week the sun. the fourth-largest city to flee by boat or hunker down for what is expected to be several more days of unprecedented rainfall. jeff flock is live in houston now with the very latest. what are you seeing? >> still dumping rain as we speak. this is what all of houston looks like. almost all of houston. i tell you, mrs. floodwater not just sitting there, like even katrina, once the water god income it was just sitting there. this water is rushing good look at this. this is what they call a buffalo bayou off to my right. this is water rushing out of that. they are now releasing water from two reservoirs because the dancer in some jeopardy. they are having to release water to raise the flood found in this area because if they don't they lose the them if they lose that, e

texas attorney general ken paxton ways on the immigration debate as well. stay with us. we've got a big show today. a market milestone for the dow industrials closing about 22,000 for the first time ever showing no sign this morning. the blue-chip index up 11% for the year better than 20% since president trump selection. joining us now is the chief investment officer wayne wicker. good to see you. thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. of course. maria: this market on fire. >> the rally is sustainable. the good earnings right now. first quarter 14% growth. we would now have 11% growth this quarter. stock rises typically follow for earnings. >> ui technology can the financials, what? the immaculate financials for different reasons. they have an earnings momentum, but they also benefit from a weaker dollar. there is a real positive here. financials deregulation is in place going on in washington right now. they should really benefit an industry like financial banks. dagen: what looks inexpensive here just in terms of sectors? the market doesn't look wildly

our attorney general ken paxton attempted to do in this court was take a preemptive strike saying thish we passed months ago is clearly constitutional because it is based in part on arizona law that was held up by the united states supreme court so we know it is constitutional. when i was with you last week you recall we talk about how many states are held by republicans, republican governors and legislatures and governors, the truth cost of doing business at politics at state level is being sued by democrats. they are out of power. they don't have much clout. every time we pass important piece of legislation that america wants to pass, they sue us. we'll win eventually in court as this goes up the ladder. stuart: but it takes time, doesn't it? you will be sued endlessly, it will keep going up the ladder. meanwhile you can't impose the new law until you have the court situation settled down, so you really have a delay here, don't you? >> not quite, because there is a second case in san antonio which is actually now, that will impact the law coming september 1. this was just a case sayi

right now my friend ken paxton was with you a moment ago, looting will be a party and the neighborhoodsming in. we called out 12,000, we expect thousands from around the country. we will not put up with looters and not put up with price gouging, that's not part of the texas we are and we will clamp down on that and protect people's property after we protect their lives. stuart: i don't know how you do it pop up, thank you very much, lieutenant governor dan patrick. we appreciate this, thank you, sir. >> i appreciate you, stuart. stuart: got it. all right. let's bring in dr. mark siegal. i want to take a look at the health risks, there's dangerous territory, water-borne diseases that you can catch from the water, right, doctor, spell it out for us. >> the first issue is how people are afraid, when you worry and panic then you bang into things and you don't take precautions, calm helps a lot. the temperatures are going to go up in the days, 74 in houston right now but they are predicting low 90's, guess what happens, if you can't find the water supply you get dehydration, in terms of what

ken paxton, the attorney general from the great state of texas, is with us now. mr.arrested for attempted looting. what's the situation in terms of looting as we speak? >> well, you know what? it's actually been difficult for people to loot because of all the water, so we haven't had as many problems as you might expect. but we're certainly ready for them. as you can see, arrests have already been made. stuart: have you been arresting or going after people who have been price gouging? >> yes, we have. we've had, i've had my people in the office all weekend long. we've had over 500 complaints whether it's related to overpricing on water, fuel, hotels, even bread, being charged for a loaf of bread $14.99. we do have problems. fortunately, we're getting the word out. i don't think people always know this is a problem, that this is a violation of state law. severe penalties, up to $20,000 per to occurrence. and if you price gouge on a senior citizen, up to $250,000 per to occurrence. so we're pretty serious about this. stuart: okay. the president and first lady will be v