these are more live pictures from louisiana. i want to give you the results from the test that elizabeth was taking from the water. the e. coli is a presence of various kinds of bacteria including fecal bacteria. all of our samples showed several hundred cfus or colony forming units. but the epa standard is zero. so that's one danger. total coliform is another indication and we showed the cfus in the tens of thousands for recreational waters and it's less than a hundred. so the labs who did the testing says he's never seen numbers this large in publicly accessible waters. it's the reason that authorities are saying stay out of the waters, stay out of the homes until they're completely dry. but as the floodwaters from harvey recede there are new health dangers that are going to emerge there. in texas and in louisiana. mold, fears of cholera and tie food. there's potential for chemical contamination from the runoff of houston's many industrial plants so skin infections, respiratory infections are all on top of mind. i want to talk

we have seven in louisiana. it is kind of like -- it is similar to a drug court, but it is for people coming out of prison. and they have to attend court once a month, once a week or twice a month. i'm not really sure -- it's varied for different courts. but anyway, so i'll be attending these different -- there are seven re-entry courts in the state of louisiana so i will be attending those re-entry courts. i'll be going into the prison to do presentations to the inmates to let them know oxford house is available to them. i will be working with the department of corrections, secretary leblanc, i have been to several d.o.c. conventions that they put on, so i could let them know about oxford house and what it is and how to get in. probation and parole conference. i speak at those types of things. i also set up tables like -- we have banners where you can go and hand out brochures. it costs a few hundred bucks. we have our association pay for it. and the other big thing we are doing in louisiana is we created a re-

johnson: is not louisiana. there's a lot of things that masquerade as cajun food that really are not. we get home. we get to sampled the real stuff . we get a real taste of louisiana on the hill. pedro: representative mike johnson, think you per your time. rep. johnson: thanks for your time. >> taking a live look now at the national book festival which is .eing podcast on c-span2 this is the festival's 17th year , bringing together books, authors, and fans. right now, michael lewis is talking about his book. we will have more authors throughout the afternoon and into the evening, live on c-span2. v.org forheck out bookt the full schedule. ♪ 's "washington journal" live every day with policies and news items that affect you. coming up, fema and the program's role in the aftermath of hurricane harvey. tensions with north korea. former leavitt, the health and human services secretary under george w. bush, discusses health concerns posed hurricane harvey. be sure to watch c-span's at 7ington journal" live a.m. east

louisiana guard unit that crossed over and helping us, i call mid counterpart in louisiana and workedut the mutual exchange. came across citizens that try today set a point of distribution for commodities, one of our units fell in, they set up a texas book point of distribution and have been running all day and then the county judge and those folks jumped in. the point here the amount of collaboration combined with the -- with the tremendous amount of capability that we have is supporting the citizens. i have to say that sometimes when the systems don't work, the people do and things get done and if you wait for things to be asked for sometimes they're too late and right nowly tell you that being out there on the ground doing the things we are doing that is been phenomenal and i have to give a lot of credit to the state of texas, the emergency management system there, the county judges and we are providing the house pow tore help them out. >> in case there, sir, it seems that the system and the people are working together and this is why the nation is watching the, the world is watchi

some of the louisiana delegation.t to head out to ryan nobles on the ground in louisiana, ready for the president's visit there to talk more about what we can expect. ryan, take it away. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, ana. this is the president essentially making good on a promise when he made his first trip to the region after the first round of hurricane harvey blew through he promised the governor of louisiana he'd come back to check on the situation in louisiana. and of course at that time there was a real threat that that second round of hurricane harvey was going to do serious damage to louisiana. but fortunately for this region, it stayed predominantly to the west and there's really not a significant portion of louisiana that was impacted heavily by the storm. regardless though, the louisiana has played a very important role in the hurricane harvey recovery because so many of louisiana's resources had been used to aid the folks in texas. and i spent the entire week in the eastern portion of texas and we have

in louisiana, louisiana is so familiar with hurricanes, some of the damage that can come from that, prepareolleague of mine who is very familiar with what is going on in louisiana, particularly when it comes to hurricane and that's arthel neville as we watch the president of the united states and melania descend the stairs of air force one greeting the people in chennault there and looking prepared to go out and comfort the people that are there who actually want to see the president and hear from the president, arthel neville joins me now. this is your home state and obviously we can all go backs 2 years ago to katrina and the devastation that impacted that area, we've learned a lot from that. >> he certainly has learned a lot and seeing the picture of president trump with governor john bell edwards and first lady dona edwards is very important to have this very immediate, very personal interaction and the president is there saying, i am here for you and not so much of the chaos after hurricane katrina with the miscommunication between the national offices of government along with the loca

us your response in louisiana and what you did before you came to congress with damage? guest: we have a company, spent my whole life around south in the unique terrain. largely s back, i was responsible for restoring the levee system, wetlands following hurricanes, katrina and rita. and made extraordinary progress resilience of the community and ecoshg-system in louisiana. learn about d you the role of the government from the job that you did? backwards, entire paradigm, how we approach upaster is backwards, we end spending billions following disaster rather than millions improving ctive and resilience of our communities. example after example we can where we have wasted money and spent more money coming in disaster rather than improving resilience. entire 't go around the country and say make everyone resillient to thousand year can make l, but you principal investment necessary vulnerability areas and save federal taxpayers significant dollars. are seeing a trend right ow, coastal area of the continental united states in land area is 10% of the land of represents 40%

in louisiana. >> like curtis mentioned, i'm a program manager with the office of behavioral health in louisiana. we've been contracting with oxford house for years. i want to give you this disclaimer. we operate within these silos. antiquated language was being used to describe incarcerated people. if it's offensive, there is no ill intent. i grew up in new orleans, and i just never got caught. so that being said. i'll go over some objectives, the reentry program realigns with the objectives you have outlined within the reentry m model. later, i'll describe some of the barriers that prevent individuals from maintaining absence from drugs and alcohol, being able to stay out of institutions and prevent them from being incarcerated. second objective is the value of oxford house, the transition of residents. i heard lori mention earlier, she stayed in oxford house for seven years. she got a. i don't think we do enough for oxford house in our state. i'll show you how we're attempting to meet the needs o

lake charles, louisiana. 4:00. we'll be following the president on this. katie beck has been with this story for us all day. and katie, another visit now from president trump. and you know, this is not easy work for anybody. >> reporter: no. and this visit had a certainly different tone than the visit in corpus christi. this is where the president could interact with folks and very clear he did not want to distract from the recovery effort going on when he came previous previously, on this visit he was able to meet and greet people and serve them hot food and have conversations, play with children so there was a different sort of atmosphere with this visit than with the previous. the previous visit was more about briefings and understanding and strategy. this one was more about humanity and letting people know that they are going to be supported and that help is on the way. so he really got that message across with folks. they are delighted to meet the president and have conversations with him. and they feel

we have seven in louisiana. it is kind of like -- it is similar to a drug court, but it is for people coming out of prison. i am not really sure how -- it is very for different courts. attendingwill be these. there are seven reentry courts in the state of louisiana. i will be going into the prison to do presentations to the inmates to let them know oxford house is available for them. i will be working with the department of corrections, secretary leblanc, i have been conventions that they put on. so i can let them know about oxford house and what it is and how to get in. probation and parole conference. i speak at those types of things. -- we set up tables like have banners where you can go and handout brochures. we have our association pay for it. the other big thing we are doing is we have created a reentry association. have the state association and we have a reentry chairperson for the -- we have a regional association because it is two states. we have a reentry person for the reentry association -- for the

southwest louisiana. my brother and his wife lost verything. their home is still under water. myin laws lost everything. their-my inlaws lst everything. -- loss everything. i can't iimagine if you lost a loved one. but help is on the way. we're all unified here today. we're working together to make sure we get this immediate infusion of cash into the disaster leaf fund to help these people who have suffered so much anddown been displaced so abruptly and catastrophically. i want to thank you, mr. chairman, for bringing this to the floor so quickly. thank our leadership for working together to get this done. i want to thank president trump and his wife for personally donating $1 million to the relief fund for the victims of hurricane harvey. i want to thank also all the first responders who sacrificed so much to save so many lives. i want to thank especially the people of america who stepped up to help the people of houston. i spent all of last week out in neighborhoods in boats and on trucks and waders helping pull people and their property and of their homes. i ran in last sat

after a history-making trip to texas and louisiana. welcome to a special two-shower edition of "justice." i'm jeanine pirro. so much to do we decide to start a day early. the president of the united states feeding hungry people whose homes and in some cases lives were literally washed away. the commander-in-chief and the first lady loading up people's cars with critical supplies. a proud sight for anybody who calls themselves americans. we'll show you the pictures and hear from the president and some of the people who were on the ground for his historic visit. and we'll get you updated on the rescue and recovery efforts by the places hardest hit by hurricane harvey. and we'll keep you updated on irma which is churning and threatening the east coast. steve harrigan is live in houston with more on what happened today. reporter: for the second time since this storm the president was in texas today. he picked up a little girl. he plays with children. he hands out meals of hot dogs and chips. he asked them what they need and instructed some

after a history-making trip to texas and louisiana. welcome to a special two-shower edition of "justice." i'm jeanine pirro. so much to do we decide to start a day early. the president of the united states feeding hungry people whose homes and in some cases lives were literally washed away. the commander-in-chief and the first lady loading up people's cars with critical supplies. a proud sight for anybody who calls themselves americans. we'll show you the pictures and hear from the president and some of the people who were on the ground for his historic visit. and we'll get you updated on the rescue and recovery efforts by the places hardest hit by hurricane harvey. and we'll keep you updated on irma which is churning and threatening the east coast. steve harrigan is live in houston with more on what happened today. reporter: for the second time since this storm the president was in texas today. he picked up a little girl. he plays with children. he hands out meals of hot dogs and chips. he asked them what they need and instructed some

he's about to head to louisiana. katie beck is on the ground what is happening now and of course the trip with president trump and the first lady as well as many cabinet members. as well as what is happening in these flood areas that has been so hard hit. and now that we hit day number seven, big questions being asked by folks on the ground. and katie, what are you hearing from them? >> reporter: well, president trump made a very good impression when he stopped here at nrg stadium earlier today. he spoke with folks, he shook hands with kids, he served people food. and the people here were very grateful for that visit. we spoke to a couple just a few minutes ago who said that this was a dream come true for them to have the president serve them food. and it really reassured them that help will be on the way, that they are getting the attention they deserve and that texans will be rescued. as for the neighborhoods here in houston that are still recovering, so many of those people are facing just a very daunting task ahe

kind of give you a backdrop on oxford house in louisiana.we are not as large as washington or north carolina, but we have 110 houses. 69 men's houses, 25 women's houses. one particular house i'm fond of because i manage the tennis contract, temporary assistance for needy family. we have a total of six facilities statewide. we had to discuss with lori and i think marty at the time that if you implement that into the continuum of care treatment in louisiana so now, we have 16 women and children's homes equating to a total 809 beds. i can't even explain how that fits in the continuum of care in our state especially since both states are going to reduction. i can't even impress upon you how important those beds are in continuum of care. there are 509 men's beds and a breakdown again of how many total women's beds we have and the total number of women and children's beds. this is some of the data lori gave to me prior to the conference, some of the oxford house data. it appears 90% of oxford house residence were involved with the department of co

they weren't all from louisiana but there were a lot from louisiana. i think it's every young boy's dream in texas to own two things. a pickup truck and a bass boat. and you saw all of those pickup trucks and bass boats on the road and in the water a lot of them are pretty high, rescuing people. people they did not know, mr. speaker. and they were just looking to help other individuals. been s remarkable, i'v through a lot of hurricanes. i grew up in the houston area. i remember hurricane carl in 1961, before most of y'all were even around, you know. and we've had a lot of hurrines since then. nothing like harvey. it was therandddy of all of them. hammered the houston area, but we're using this as an opportunity to fix things. because this hurricane is not going to defeat the spirit of texas. it's not. and we will resolve t overcome whatever the difficulties are now and to fix things in the future so that we can have a response when the rains of september come. the rains have stopped, floodwaters hve gone down, the rainbow is out. kidsre playing in the

on the top of the list is the devastation that was experienced in texas and louisiana with hurricane harvey. and that is what we will be considering the first thing this morning. the disaster aid package. it's really a focus on ensuring that we are there to help with the recovery, help restoring these communities. it's hard for a lot of us to imagine what people are going through. but there's so many stories of courage and sacrifice that remind us that we're all americanses. it was great to see people pulling together to help one another during this time. i wanted to highlight some of the volunteers, a big thank you to the first responders. but i was just so heartwarmed to hear about the stories like pastor murray who heard on a makeshift walky talky that there were people who needed help and got out on his boat and rescued hundreds in the texas and louisiana portions. my roommate was from texas. my college freshman roommate, from houston. i reached out to her. she was fine but her sister lost her home. their church is devastated and veryone has stories. that is why we must all step

mother there in louisiana. and after he's just left the armory is what we understand and heading towards air force one, but these pictures from moments ago where the president was visiting those who have helped in the recovery effort after hurricane harvey. and it's been a very busy afternoon, but a shortstop there as we were speaking with the "associated press's" darlene superville saying that the president wanted to get through and make that quick stop there. nbc's katy beck has also been following the president on this saturday and he spent a majority of his time really there in texas where houston, the fourth largest city in the country, was absolutely harm measured and the situation right now in terms of flooding still very much hanging over the heads of many houstonians. >> yeah. absolutely. the recovery effort here in houston proper is definitely under way, but folks with a lot of anxiety as they have a daunting challenge ahead of them, a very overwhelming situation for many of them to come home, to find

kathy, we're so grateful all of us in texas and louisiana for the immediate response of the congress, the need respond to the american people. we are today going to pass legislation in the house that will provide an immediate cash infusion to help the victim recover, to help them with hotel expenses, with all the other things that they did not anticipate two, three weeks ago. their lives are transformed in a moment. this skill of flooding is unimaginable. my family has lost everything to my brother lost his own. they have been utterly destroyed. all my in-laws have lost everything. the entire city of, 70% of houston, harris county was underwater the entire city of orange and port arthur was underwater some point the rangers wouldn't stop. i spent all last week out a neighborhood shopping rescue people, boats, using boats and trucks and waders to put people out of homes. the scale of the tragedy is unimaginable but in the midst of all this and all the suffering, it really reflects the american character, how people from all over the country stepped up to help houstonians recover from t

across this country at the top of the list is the devastation that was experienced in texas and louisiana with hurricane harvey and that is what we will be considering first ring this morning, the disaster aid package is really a focus on ensuring that we are there to help with recovery, hop restoring communities. it is hard for a lot of us to imagine what people are going through, but there's so many stories of courage and sacrifice that remind us at the end of the day we are all americans and it's great to see people pulled together to help one another during this time. i wanted to highlight some of the volunteers. a big thank you to the first responders. i was just so heartwarming to hear about the stories like after marjorie murray who heard on a makeshift walkie-talkie that there were people who needed help and got out in his boat and rescued hundreds in the texas and louisiana portion. my roommate was from texas. by college russian roommate was from houston. i reached out to her and she was fine, but her sister lost her home. everyone has stories. that is why we must all step up. i'

and louisiana. and tomorrow i'm going to louisiana with the first lady and texas. louisiana. okay? thank you. >> thank you. thank you, everybody. >>> there you saw it again. president trump there flanked by first lady muelania trump. the president indicated there might be a decision released this afternoon and then it became this weekend. and now president trump saying perhaps even as late as monday. but, again, it would seem as if the president has made up his mind. we will likely find out what's in that mind over the next few days as it relates to daca but spend some time talking about the relief effort there. said he's going to texas. also said he's going to louisiana, as well. and went on to thank the vice president for his effort there in texas earlier this week. more on that coming up here on msnbc throughout the course of the afternoon. >>> meanwhile, houston residents returning to their homes -- returning very much to an uncertain future. poor and minority residents of that area will likely face extreme difficulties in returning their lives back to normal.

keep louisiana moving forward. thank you. >> thank you. thanks for the call. you know, it is accurate that you have certain areas that are very difficult to protect. and so you have areas where folks want to develop and in many cases they could be sitting ducks. and so that is why you have to use all the tools in the tool chest and it's important to note that in many cases things like levees and floodwalls and pump station may be something that the federal government through the docorps of engineers is responsible for, but you also have zoning ordinances and building standards that a state, parish, county or other nonfederal units of government are responsible for. so these entities, the federal government, state and local governments, need to on work together using all of those tools and in some cases it may not make sense to development some areas. or if areas are going to be developed, you tell the property owner look, if you develop here, you are going to be spochrespon for liability that results. and it's not going to be heaped upon the federal government

we watched this continue to move up through louisiana. the first posture fema takes in one of these disasters is understand we have survivors who don't have insurance. but they aredon't, all survivors that require assistance from us. and we talkons about this more broadly for folks across the country that can make that active decision to buy insurance, but they we look at those who do and those who don't. if you have a flood insurance policy and you're in one of these affected areas, adjusters are already on the ground and are going to be working to pay that claim. for those that don't have insurance, being there to help them as well and working with volunteer communities. you will see folks register for disaster assistance.gov after this morning. more than 500,000 families have registered for assistance from fema. more than a half-million. that registration happens whether or not you have insurance. for some people, the assistance e is will get ther temporary -- housing solutions, immediate medical needs, transportation needs. then there

i want to specifically mention the efforts of the louisiana national guard, the louisiana state police, including superintendent kevin reeves and s troopers, sheriff hilton deputies, and the staff at the louisiana department of public safety for their role in assisting the people at the shelter. also deputies, and the staff want to mention dr. spencer tucker. dr. emily, laura pickett, belinda sanders, nicki english, dr. david hole couple, and all those with the want to mention department of health emergency and local pharmacies who helped meet the medical needs of all these people displaced at this one shelter. recovery from harvey will be difficult and our prayers and thoughts are also with our friends in florida who are dealing with the effects of hurricane irma that just passed. and as tragic as these storms can be, they also tend to pray bring out the best in we as americans. who always, always answer the call to serve and help those who are suffering. we're all one big family when these disasters hit. thank you to all those at the alexandria megashelter who welcomed these displace

all american hearts are with the people of texas and louisiana. we mourn and pray and struggle through the hardships together. >> reporter: so that is the kind of language we might expect to hear from the president today during this second visit to houston. there are no formal remarks planned, but we do expect to hear from him pap lot of folks are hoping to see him follow in the footsteps of his vice president, mike pence, who just a couple days ago prayed with or over harvey victims, rolled up his sleeves and helped clear debris at one point, and hugged people affected by the storm. some critics who believe the president didn't show enough empathy on his first trip hope to see more of that from his second trip to texas. >> unless he does the costume change on board air force one, i don't see that moving of debris in that suit and fine wear that they oaf got on there. but we'll see what happens. thanks so much, athena jones. >>> as tens of thousands of people return to their homes to assess the damage, houston's mayor says his city is, quoting, op

i want to express my deep gratitude to louisiana and to the governor of louisiana for helping with searchcue missions, helping to save the lives of texans and

elizabeth: there's a point when he goes to louisiana not only meeting with members of the louisiana delegationnd officials there with the national guard, but made a big point to say he's going to be meeting with the cajun navy. so, certainly all hands on deck and there's a lot of attention to the civilian heroes as well. and we all know texas and louisiana are still reeling from harvey, but another powerful storm is strengthening in the atlantic. you may not want to hear this. and tracking hurricane irma's pattern. adam, i know it's early and we may not see the impact for a week or so. >> irma, you're right, it's a week away. i want to begin quickly with remnants of harvey. here is what we're looking at. the rain in the mid atlantic, if you're in one of the spots, that's the remnants of harvey continuing to rain on you. from the ohio stretching up to the mid atlantic and seeing the rain here overnight tonight running into tomorrow. the next big system, you nailed it on the head, this is hurricane irma that's all the way out in the ocean. this is running you way out into the atlantic. the wind

it may be focused on texas and louisiana, it is a national problem. if these states and cities are not rocked back, it will soon affect the economy and it might spur the country that into a recession. -- back into recession. i applaud the bipartisan effort and the understanding that we would do whatever we need to bring these countries back. the final day i would say is when we had a financial crisis in 2008, there were trillions of dollars appropriated to save banks. u.s. taxpayers pay that bill. much moreople are happier to save the victims of this hurricane in the are in saving banks. they found the money for the banks, we should find the money for the victims of this tragedy. host: tony is calling in from maryland on our independent line. caller: good morning. hope, let me say that i the host will allow me to complete my thought because we need to get away from this misspeaking and when we put news to american people. there's nothing natural about this disaster. with time we come clean what is going on based on backs -- facts instead of our opinio

i'm from south louisiana. we believe you work hard and you play hard.s an event like this really going to change that? the first thing i can tell you is, yes, it changed me, but not in the ways you might think. it's only strengthened my faith in god and it's really crystallized what shows up as the goodness in people. i got to see that goodness in people. so while some people might focus on a tragic event and all i remember are the thousands of acts of kindness and love and warmth that came out of this, and kept me going through all of it. again, just re-emphasize just how wonderful most people are and how much compassion there is out there. finally, i want to talk about something that i guess hit me and probably struck me more than anything that i was not expecting. that was the outpouring of love and support from world leaders. people i have met and have known, benjamin netanyahu and i incredible conversations from the hospital. theresa may reached out. the king abdul of jordan so many of us have met reached out. but other world leaders also in conver

then it starts on the louisiana don't. -- louisiana delta. the river, the levees are beginning to crumble under pressure of went and water. finally, the levy rakes. -- the levee breaks. time to get out. now the few who linger are running for their lives north to new orleans to safety. by late afternoon, a vast winds are touching the mississippi coast. the slow pokes are still gathering up. 100,000 people have listened and the young whoind think nothing can ever heard them. -- hurt them. the thrill seekers, the stubborn. about 6:30 p.m. in biloxi, mississippi, and at hurricane is getting to be felt here. on trees blowing, wind is increasing, the sea is churning in the gulf. it promises to be a long night in by lots of. -- by locksley. -- biloxi. and ducksuty truck's are answering the first calls for help. by 8:00, power lines are falling, starting fires, and winds are looking than out of control -- whipping them out of control. camille is causing problems. canal,he industrial another levee floods part of the city. it is 10:00 in by locksley an

and louisiana.omorrow i'm going to louisiana with the first lady, it will be texas and then louisiana. thank you. thank you, everybody, . >> molly: moments ago from the white house the president talking about his plan, traveling to the disaster area back to texas. he mentioned louisiana a moment to go to get an eye on the ground. you are talking about some of the stories you are seeing, the hardest hit area, what does it take to help people recover? >> obviously it takes financial support and human resources, we are going to need volunteers, there is a long road of recover recovery. i am in beaumont in east texas, our teams had to drive through high water to get here, we wanted to get resources into the area. as of last night we had semi trucks, food and personal hygiene items, had to open our doors to shelter people being rescued in last night we opened up the distribution at 5:00 and we had hundreds of cars lined up for food, drinks, personal hygiene items, the basics. operation blessing is on the

i want to express my deep gratitude to louisiana and to the governor of louisiana for helping with search and rescue missions, helping to save the lives of texans and also express my gratitude to both individuals as well as first responders from louisiana for being such tremendous humanitarians. a pressing issue in texas is the issue of fuel. now, this is an issue that is pressing in part because of a reaction to some media reports where the facts are that there's plenty of fuel, plenty of gasoline in the united states of america. there's plenty of gasoline in the state of texas. all that said, we are ensuring an even greater supply of gasoline so we can tamp down any concern about accessibility to fuel the people may want to access over the course of the coming labor day weekend. working with all sectors of the oil and gas community, from refineries to pipelines, from operators, trucking companies and retailers, we have worked in the past 28 to 48 hours to alleviate concerns about gasoline and ensure that more gasoline is coming or already coming to the state of texas. working with our n

i am from louisiana. i can tell you we have had our fair share, and i am 60 years old and also a military veteran. i want to emphasize, cost to taxpayers for disaster relief, thexperience has been that united states of america in reference to these disaster relief programs, my experiences has been where i see these wayle go more out of their not to give relief than to give relief. what i have noticed from that, same way with veterans, and i don't want to deviate from the subject, we are all on disaster relief. in reference to disaster relief for hurricanes and disasters, i don't understand why can't these boards or whoever governs these peopleactually have that is experiencing or has catastrophe. guest: thank you for the call. thank you for your service. i am also a coast guard veteran. i have seen disaster from orferent sides of the issue table. i think it is a difficult issue, sort of, as americans we are a carded but we cannot -- we are big-hearted, but we cannot afford to be soft-headed. every dollar

the president and melania trump meeting with victims in texas and louisiana. the president comforting many and bringing a message of hope to those who have lost so as much. take a listen. >> as the water is disappearing, we have a long way to go. but when you look at the neighborhoods. you see, even yesterday they had water and date's all swept up and cleaned up. we have a lot of hard-working people, i'll tell you that. a lot of hard-working people. judge jeanine: steve harrigan has the latest on the rescue and recovery effort. >> it was the second visit from president trump. he met with survivors. he picked up a small girl. he handed out meal to the survivors. he asked them what they needed. and he issue offed a prediction texas would recover quicker than people were saying. on the west side of houston conditions are dire. many hours along this road are still covered, 3 to 4 feet of floods water. we have been seeing people going back to that homes and trying to pull out everything they can from that floodwater. even a page it as people try and pull out what t

they'll be traveling to louisiana later today.resident, as you know is calling for a day of prayer tomorrow, sunday be in the day most of us in america considered to be the day of going to church, what would you have the country do, not just tomorrow but today, sounds like your dr. who believes in good things going on in your substantive and getting to that. >> i think the main thing, needless to say coming together and having your thoughts and prayers directed to those individuals in need is so important. not only from a spiritual standpoint, but gives the individuals when they hear about these things, they don't feel isolated. the so important. >> kelly: thank you for your good advice. doctor craig brown is also city councilman galveston. >> molly: as the recovery begins in houston, thousands of federal workers from fema and other agencies are descending into the city to help those impacted by harvey. coming up, the mayor of houston will join us live to talk about how the effort is going there. whoooo. i enjoy the fresher things

former louisiana congressman billy townsend said of his state, "half of louisiana is underwater and the other half is under indictment." after katrina, one louisiana senate seat clipped republican, new orleans democratic mayor ray nagin was sent to prison on corruption charges -- the value states tolerance for corruption grove dell nature of many companies away and kept them away. >> the political culture is far more effective, and it's far more pro-market, pro-economic growth, pro-business than in louisiana. >> for hundreds of thousands of texas business small business owners facing a uncertain future, there is a silver lining. the nation needs houston. its workers and economy, one-third of u.s. gasoline supplies refined there from many fuel pipelines, industries lifeblood emanates from the gulf coast. >> the port of houston is a very, very big deal. it accounts for $250 billion plus of economic activity across the state of texas and beyond every year. >> it is that reality that has shifted debate in washington. to the returning republican congressman's priorities have been reset. >> i

but we can't forget what's still taking place across southeast texas and louisiana. we still have 28 rivers at major flood stage, including the brazos river which we reported on from 24 hours ago. this thing will stay at record level territory for the next four days. dave, renae. >> that is frightening, derek to think some of the rivers haven't crested we are not even halfway home. thanks for the forecast. >> thanks. >> >>> now this process, the grueling process of going door to die rescuers are going block by block to search homes for anyone left behind in the historic floods. 87,000 homes damaged statewide. 7,000 radmann destroyed. cnn brian todd looks at what search crews are up against in west houston. >> dave and renae we are here in west houston where the waters are dangerously high, several days after hurricane harvey came ashore. s in a neighborhood called lakeside forest. the water is up to the windows on the first floor of the houses it's eerie out in the dark. this was flooded from the start but the water kept rising because of the controlled release of th

vote louisiana in 1867, you could vote in louisiana after 1898. if you're ran father could not vote before 1867, you cannot 1860 --louisiana in 1898. who does that exclude? mostly african-americans. because in 1867, you are not allowed to vote. also, places like texas excluded mexican-americans as well. put inton is a device place. the idea that we are not talking aboutcolor, not talking previous conditions of servitude, but we are creating ways by which we can deprive people of the right to vote in the state. awaythis also does is take the influence that these individuals could have within these states. because if you could not vote, politicians do not care about your issues. because you cannot get them out of office, because your vote does not matter. also, often, when making selections for jury duty and other things, they do it from the voter rolls. if you're not on the voter rolls, you're not allowed to do that as well. essentially, by putting these --ices in place -- literary literacy tests, then father clause, poll taxes, is taking away the

southwest louisiana. my brother and his wife lost verything. their home is still under water. myin laws lost everything. their-my inlaws lst everything. -- loss everything. i can't iimagine if you lost a loved one. but help is on the way. we're all unified here today. we're working together to make sure we get this immediate infusion of cash into the disaster leaf fund to help these people who have suffered so much anddown been displaced so abruptly and catastrophically. i want to thank you, mr. chairman, for bringing this to the floor so quickly. thank our leadership for working together to get this done. i want to thank president trump and his wife for personally donating $1 million to the relief fund for the victims of hurricane harvey. i want to thank also all the first responders who sacrificed so much to save so many lives. i want to thank especially the people of america who stepped up to help the people of houston. i spent all of last week out in neighborhoods in boats and on trucks and waders helping pull people and their property and of their homes. i ran in last sat

i mean as a whole, louisiana taking hits and lake charles. there's going to be years of cleanup and recovery here. i have friends that i just learned live in vitter and they are fine on day one. they're like, no, man, we're good, we're good. now day two and three, yeah, man, we were told to get out now and their house is completely under water now. >> thank you for the work you're doing. stay safe out there, guys. the president is expected to come in just a couple of hours today. >> all right, thank you for that. let's go to msnbc's garrett haake at the white house where the trump administration is certainly asking for a large amount of financial aid for relief for harvey but i'm sure it's just the beginning, garrett. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. i think we're seeing what the administration calls a down payment here in their first request to congress sent late last night. congress should they hope this week deal with this request for $7.85 billion, billion with a b, dollars to begin the recovery effort in texas and louisiana. most of that

then he heads on to lane charles, louisiana, before leaving for washington. mr.rump has asked for aid dollars and congress says it will act quickly on the request. mr. trump is asking for more than $14 billion for relief efforts. $7.85 immediately, $6.7 by the end of this month. now, t

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louisiana took a little bit of a hit, and recovered really well. they've done a fantastic job in louisiana. alabama took a hit, but they recovered. so many people went to alabama during these storms -- during the florida storm. georgia. so many places were so incredible in the way they handled it. we are going to start the wecess with puerto rico, will have further updates on it. it was one of the most serious storms anyone has ever seen. i do all very much. pres. trump: thank you very much >> this weekend on book tv on c-span2. hillary clinton gives her personal account of the 2016 presidential campaign and election with her book "what happened? >> it really hit me that there was these important issues that need to be discussed. that our democracy relied on that kind of self examination. i thought i need to know what happened, and i need to be as honest candid, open as i possibly can in order to figure it out for myself. maybe doing it in a book would provide the discipline, the deadline to try to think it through. >> on sunday, at 7:30 p.m. easte

and i want to express my deep gratitude to louisiana and to the governor of louisiana for helping with search and rescue missions, helping to save the lives of texans and also express my gratitude to both individuals as well as first responders from louisiana for being such tremendous humanitarians. a pressing issue in texas is the issue of fuel. now, this is an issue that is pressing, in part, because of a reaction to some media reports where the facts are that there's plenty of fuel, plenty of gasoline in the united states of america. there's plenty of gasoline in the state of texas. all that said, we are ensuring an even greater supply of gasoline so we can tamp down any concern about accessibility to fuel that people may want to access over the course of the coming labor day weekend. working with all sectors of the oil and gas community, from refineries to pipelines, from operators, trucking companies, and retailers, we have worked in the past 24 to 48 hours to alleviate concerns about access to gasoline and to ensure that more gasoline will be coming or is already coming to the st

while this may be focused on texas and louisiana, it is a national problem. these are not brought back, it will soon affect the economy and it might throw the country back into a recession. i applaud what i see as a bipartisan effort and an understanding that we will do whatever we need to bring these cities back. thing, when we had the financial crisis in 2008, there were trillions of dollars appropriated to save banks. u.s. taxpayers pay that bill. i think people are much more happier to save the victims of this hurricane then they are in saving banks. we found the money for the banks, we should find the money for the victims of this tragedy. host: tony is calling in from maryland on the independent line. caller: good morning. let me say that, i hope the -- i feel like we need to get away from this misinforming and misspeaking. there is nothing natural about this disaster. it is time we come clean and start telling what is going on based on facts rather than opinion. is not natural. we need to start informing people about whether technology. modification te