i'm leeland vittard. president trump a couple minutes ago departing washington with the first lady heading to texas and louisiana to meet with the victims of hurricane harvey first responders, as well as leadership down there in texas. this as more evacuations are underway at this very moment. the floodwaters in houston and the surrounding areas continue to rise. griff jenkins live, we can tell you on the ground but more accurately on the water in west houston. griff? >> reporter: leeland, in this west houston neighborhood, residents coming back to try and get valuables out of their homes after being told they should voluntarily evacuate by mayor sylvester turner because the reservoirs in particular the addicks reservoir overflowing here in this neighborhood and they expect this to last for the next 14 to 15 days this flooding as the army corps of engineers says they have to simply release more and more water to travel downstream. we spoke with one of the residents tom richardson who came back for his val

i'm leeland vittard, back back to cavuto on business. >> and despite the fight for the dreamers do you want to listen or do you just want to shout? >> [crowd shouting and cheering >> you don't know what you're talking about. why don't we do this. since you don't want to listen, since you don't want to listen, we'll have to just go. you don't want to listen. >> neil: i was reliving my fourth grade teacher right there >> [laughter] >> neil: if you aren't going to participate mr. cavuto we just have to go. anyway, nancy pelosi feeling pressure from her own party, this group of protesters shouting her down for not doing enough to protect illegal immigrants. adam forget the right. are we missing the fight on the left? what's going on here? >> oh, you know, we live in a great country where descent is encouraged as part of our process. if anything so yes, there is a disarray on the left, there's disarray on the right and if anything, i think this is a really positive statement for the democrats. >> neil: oh, my god. >> yeah, look, look nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are-- >> neil: that's like

i'm leeland vittard, more news as it breaks throughout morning. >> dagen: you've seen the pictures, the caribbean whipped by maria and a major quake shaking central mexico. the u.s. deploying disaster relief teams and aid to victims of both. john people love to bash the u.s. but you say look at the good we're doing. >> in the history of the world america is by far the most generous country in that history we give $50.1 billion last year in foreign aid. look at what american billionaires are doing in africa trying to cure mall area and cure aids, what specially led by bill gates and the bill gates foundation. we protect the world's shipping lanes so a lot of countries don't have to have extra fleets because we protect the commerce around the globe. i'm very proud of america's generosity. america has its faults but the generosity of americans is something to be very proud of. >> dagen: gary b., why do we get bashed so much though? >> you know, i guess there is the perception of the ugly american that has persistent persisted probably since the 60s i suppose but really it comes down to the

leeland vittard, now back to bulls & bears. >> david: after the cleanup, the buildup as government officialsigure out how to pay for it all some are questioning whether or not we should continue rebuilding in flood prone areas. gary b. it's a tough question to ask when you see videos like this but what do you say? >> well my answer is a little mixed. i say absolutely people should live and build wherever they want with one big if. if they are willing to bear the cost either them or the city or the local government of disaster s. look, build i live a mile from the ocean on a canal. i have flood insurance. if the house gets flooded which it might in my lifetime and everything is ruined i am prepared for that but what i am not expecting is to go to the government hat in hand and say i chose to live here now everyone else in the country bail me out. that's houston could have done a lot. they built a whole city on soil that does not absorb water. it's not sponge-like at all. they took that risk but now they have to go to everyone else in the u.s. to bail them out. it's not fair for everyone else.

i'm leeland vittard, in the meantime back to bulls & bears. >> dagen: they were standing on thursday but what about tomorrow someone here says nfl players taking a knee better hear the message from the free market. ticket sales dropping at least one business pulling advertising and directv reportedly offering refunds to customers offended by the protest. stacey, at the end of the day the nfl is a business so will it come down to dollars and cents more than common sense? >> stacey: absolutely. look, dagen we have a couple of choices here and when i say we, i mean the american people. if you love football and you are used to watching it and you don't want politics in it then the nfl is making a decision for you that you might not want to participate in and my opinion as someone who i love the flag, i love this country, i'm not going to accuse anybody else of not loving it but i will say when you put your politics into something like the national anthem or the folding of the flag or the viewing of the flag, that kind of puts a little bit of a nasty taste in my mouth. i'm not a huge foot