preserve your battery power there, mary lou. we're going to let you go.re going to wish you the very best. keep in touch and be well tonight. batten down the hatches. >> thank you. >> okay. joining us now is the governor of texas greg abbott in austin. governor, thank you for joining us tonight. >> it's my pleasure. thank you. >> let's start with the damage assessments you're getting at this hour. what are you hearing? >> well, as you can see, as the storm rolls in it's pretty dramatic. we don't have exact numbers right now because the devastation is happening fairly quickly. >> i know you asked president trump to declare a major disaster. what's the worst case scenario that you're looking at? >> well, the president granted that declaration. and what that means is fema has now been triggered to assist texans in our cities and counties to begin the rebuilding process. that will be of tremendous help. >> and yet a fema administrator said today that the window for evacuation has pretty much closed. what advice are you giving to residents who have decided to

joining us now from taftd, texas is mary lou galinda just north of corpus christi, mary lou-i understandst fell on your house? >> yes, ma'am. it broke our roof. it's like the branch off i'm trying to -- can you see? >> and it came through the window? >> no. the roof. >> i mean it came through the roof. it came into your bedroom? >> yes. can you see it? >> i can. i can. it must be harrowing for your family. i know that you're right in the belly of this storm in the mandatory evacuation zone. what made you decide to stay? >> well, my husband is a cancer patient who's battling prostate cancer as we speak, you know. he's also in a wheelchair and has a prosthesis, and it's very hard and very difficult for him to get around. >> i know you've already shared some earlier video with us with some pretty serious storm damage coming in around your neighborhood. what else are you seeing now? >> we can't see anything because it is completely dark. and we're boarded up and we closed the doors. so we hear a lot of noises anything. >> they're talking about 130-mile-an-hour winds. how does that sound? wha

paul: thanks for calling, mary lou. in case you have not heard, the gop chairman of the health committee on the senate side is opening the doors to the democrats on obamacare. this is the headline from the hill. the senate chairman took a significant step towards working with democrats to stabilize core facets of obamacare health-care exchanges. a are talking about lamar alexander who asked for bipartisan hearings during the first week of september. the purpose will be to strengthen obamacare in the individual market. the goal is to craft a bipartisan short-term proposal by mid-september. the announcement, as we know, came just days after the senate passed a scaled-down version of an obamacare appeal. democrats, will give especially senator patty murray, a seat at the negotiating table for the first time, opening up a process that has until this point been tightly controlled by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. look for c-span to cover those hearings in early september where we will be certain to be there for you.

it looked for all the world the cote d'ivoire's marie—josee ta lou marie—josee ta lou had the goal butby the smallest of margins. 100th of a second. the netherlands took the bronze. thompson finishing a disappointing fifth. the world is best with a lead of 172 point four is the she did enough to stay ahead of the german. poland took the bronze. the grease champion from the olympics clearing four metres 91. she won gold. a dramatic finish. by rein in and who switched allegiance from kenya won gold. the netherlands are the european champions — in women's football. the host nation beat denmark in the final. watching — for the bbc — was sarah mulkerrins. it was the perfect ending for netherlands. their coach and a very young team and what a fitting final. the first european title and they did it in some style stop you can hear the cheers behind me as the players make their way onto the bus. what a game. the first half had four goals. denmark where the ahead after a penalty. then it was levelled, much to the delight of the boisterous crowd. then the netherlands went ahead again before it wa

brothers, bisexuals, trans, people in tel aviv, gaza, and go forth, that's the legacy o jerusalem and mary loums on the piano. >> can i add a last word? >> sure. >> i think this is so very important. the church is at facility in in ways with what's happening morally. >> that's true, my brother. >> i believe -- martin luther king's letter from the birmingham jstill applies today. we need to call on our nation to pray, we need to have a focused agenda. some guys like you and me who i deeply respect, we need to learn how to work together across these great aisles so there will be a unified sound of conscience and a return to more reality that these people need. >> you bring marvin gaye and cold train and everything in the room every time you come. >> i salute you, brother. >> appreciate it. i like it when you call me brother sfloo you are too. >>> we're getting information. we're going have live report on that next. >>> also the guy who wrote the "art of the deal," what wrote. there's a guy who wrote it. what he thinks is likely going to happen to the pr. he actually thinks the president is going

[applause] mary lou: we have times for questions. if you have a question, he stepped to the microphone and say who you are and where you are from.

[applause] mary lou: we have times for questions. if you have a question, he stepped to the microphone and say who you are and where you are from. >> hello. i'm a college student here is a guest. thank you for the presentation. i learned quite a bit. i'm half puerto rican. my mother would tell me stories about how the island was governed. when the assassination attempt occurred, did it make truman somewhat more aggressive or lose respect for the puerto rican people? or did he change his mind, or was there a shift in policy after that moment? mr. geselbracht: except to make him feel deeply grateful to the policeman who died for him. i think that was an experience he had trouble understanding. felt -- >> thank you. else?one >> my name is catherine tear. i had a question. his policies towards latin america was the modernization of the traditional society. do you think that the collective nature of traditional society was one of the things that contributed to that? it would beenhat conducive to communism? do think it was economic strengt

mary lou pfeiffer. she is with the honors program at florida international university. she will be moderating our first session and will introduce our initial speaker this morning. [applause] dr. pfeiffer: good morning. this is such a pleasure to be here. i have been coming to this legacy conference for 14 years. i missed the first one. i was on my way to islamorada the second year and i heard an advertisement on public broadcast radio about the legacy conference. i came all the way to key west and got hooked and became a member of the truman little white house foundation. and i met bob waltz and mike mike's lovely wife who is not with us today. and i met roy who after a couple of years said, i think you ought to bring students from the honors college. thank you, roy, for the charitable gift to bring students. and my students are here. they have been here every year. clifton alluded to the year we worked on the stories, and it was fabulous. the intimacy of this conference is amazing. to be with experts in their field and those of you speaking today, i look forward to it

she needed to finish at least second in her heat and she did that behind marie—josee ta lou who won silverhat final is tomorrow night. dafne schippers is the reigning champion and favourite but shawnee miller uibo, the olympic 400 champion who cramped up in the final last night, has recovered and will also be a gold medal contender. bianca williams failed to qualify. but let's hear from dina asher smith. there was something i was doing in that race that i wasn't too happy with. especially in the straight. i can work on that for tomorrow but i'm so over the moon. i didn't think i would make the final today. i am so i would make the final today. i am so happy. the first races on the track this evening were the women's 5000 metre heats, two of the three british women taking part are through to sunday's final. all eyes on laura muir in the first heat. remember she was pipped to bronze by caster semenya in the 1500 metres. it looked as though it had taken it out of her. she had to finish in the top five to be sure. she finished seventh and looked absolutely spent. almaz ayaan was in her heat th

she won bronze in the 100 here and the ivory coast ‘s marie josee ta lou followed up her 100 metres silver miller—uibo, the 400 metres olympic champion, stormed through to deny at dina asher—smith a medal, another for deny at dina asher—smith a medal, anotherfor britain. deny at dina asher—smith a medal, another for britain. i missed out on another for britain. i missed out on a bronze very slightly. i have broken my foot and i am quite frustrated but i am at the same time in reflection i'm really happy to have done a 22.2 with hardly any training so, yes. be about 24th places in the british team at this one is truly a standout in that everything you have been through, the broken foot, the surgery, the pins. honestly, i am over the moon. we've had a lot of fourth places but at the same time a load of those fourth places have been by people who are so young they have a decade in the man they might not have got a medal today but they will definitely be ones to watch in championships to come. state after she was speaking to fill that she was straight up and on the phone to her physio to say s

as the jamaican faded, it looked for all the world like cote d'ivoire's marie—josee ta lou had the goldns. the american tori bowie lunged for the line to win by 100th of a second. dafne schippers of the netherlands took the bronze medal. as thompson, the olympic champion, finished a disappointing fifth. nafi thiam underlines her world status as the world's best heptathlete, after beating jessica ennis—hill to olympic gold in rio, the 22—year—old belgium added her first world title. with a lead of 172 point going into the 800m, she did enough to stay ahead of germany's carolin schafer. holland's anouk vetter took the bronze. greece's katerina stefanidi also backed up her olympic title, with world championship success, clearing a world—leading 4 metres 91 to land pole vault gold. in the marathon there was a tactical battle and a dramatic finish. rose chelimo from bahrain, switching allegiance from kenya won gold. the kenyan one men's marathon. and some sad news concerning a racing great — betty cuthbert. the four—time olympic gold medallist, once hailed as australia's golden girl, has die

marie—josee ta lou thought she had won, but instead the desperate dive of tori bowie did it byjust 100thi've won, most of the championships i've been, so why not a night? among tonight's highlights, laura muir goes in the 1500 metres final as british athletes search for that winning feeling. laura muir goes laura muirgoes in laura muir goes in herfinal at 9:50pm this evening. also keep an eye out for sophie hitchon in the hammer. she's a former ballerina who won bronze at the rio olympics last year and she has another real chance ofa year and she has another real chance of a medal tonight, clive. year and she has another real chance of a medaltonight, clive. and year and she has another real chance of a medal tonight, clive. and the swiss at the london stadium, thank you. england's cricketers have set south africa a target of 380 runs to win the fourth test test at old trafford. england were dismissed this morning for 2113 in their second innings. but south africa's second innings was delayed by rain this morning. let's get the latest from our sports correspondent patrick gearey at old t

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