the first lady melania trump also flew into texas. interesting attire.te a statement with those shoes but we know that she swapped them when she got to texas. she put her flats on. yes, but they were also quite interesting shoes, pristine white. shiny trainers. well, how often does one get to go to a disaster zone? well, quite. we are used to seeing politicians in wellington boots, and so politicians in wellington boots, and so this is a change to that. is this the kind of thing, that will detract from the president's performance? this is just from the president's performance? this isjust a from the president's performance? this is just a sideshow. from the president's performance? this isjust a sideshow. the trump presidency has been dogged by the idea that there is a lot of attention paid to image and not much attention paid to image and not much attention paid to policy and detail and getting the logistics of situations right. this picture on the front page of the metro does not do his presidency any favours because we might think it is funny that she

"the daily beast" said melania trump heads to houston and sky-high stilettos.riter maria del russo dubbed her a flood watch barbie and added this outfit literally screams i am touch elitist and what is a hurricane? "the new york times" asked when is a shoe not just issue. the headlines caused it, she changed her sneakers and she was not seen eating cake. if i'm reading these, i'm not much of a huge a feminist but i bet you maria dello russo is. here she is judging a woman on her footwear. that sounds like the war on women, what do i know is a man? take it away. >> clearly a lot of sexism going on there. what it's based in, they are harpies. they are jealous and they are envious. melania trump is a woman who ws stressed always appropriately based on thestsh circumstance. she exited the white house and a pair of heels she felt was appropriate. a pair of slacks and a jacket, clearly going to an airplane which already had her change of clothes prepared for her to change into. so that she would beea ready to what she would be wearing going into the disaster zone. th

you have some of these reporters out there tweeting about melania trump's heels.here were the tweets about the salvador family, for children swept away in their van and all lost their lives. where were the tweets about officer steve perez who lost his life at 4:00 a.m., took to the streets else to help americans. these are heroes, we need to rally around these victims, lift up the victims instead of tearing down the first lady because of her shoe choice, this is absurd. >> sean: in the media camp, i love the people who are media critics like that guy at "the washington post" ," with hs 30,000 30,000 twitter followers as if we care. he said he could do a tv show of his life depended on it. when it becomes this personal over the first lady, if it was a democrat first lady, if it was michelle obama and you talked about her close on national tv mount why do i know it would've been handled a lot differently. why do people who complain a monopoly of compassion, they claim to be on the right side of civil rights, gay rights, in this particular case on the side of women.

all because melania trump wasru wearing heels to get on marine one.a look at some of these insane, ridiculous reactions, keep in mind, this is going on while portions of houstonou are buried under water and people's lives are being saved. "vanity fair" rights who wears stilettos to a hurricane? "people" magazine put up the headline first lady melania trump sticks to stilettos as she flooded texas. here's the headline fromtt hollywood reporter, melania trump wears stilettos toward houston flood zone, no joke. fake news amanda carpenter tweeting someone tell her she might want a pair of rain boots. of course, the truncating hollywood liberal chelsea handler got in on the actionncli with its tweet melania taking off for houston on air force one and stilettos. it is very sad that we have an active ongoing natural disaster in texas and people are worried about her shoes. there's also the fact that after the first lady did arrive in texas, she wasn't wearing high heels, look at this quotee now she's wearing sneakers. it just shows how desperate, hos petty,

melania trump is a woman who is dressed always appropriately based on the circumstance. exited the white house in a pair of heels she felt was appropriate and yet a pair of slacks and a jacket. clearly going to an airplane which already had her change of clothes prepared for her to change in to so that she would be ready for what she needed to be wearing going into that disaster zone. but, you know, the trump haters, people who prefer to think badly of other people are going to do this. also, the first lady is very well liked. she has had tremendous impact where she goes. she makes a big difference. the president clearly also has helped a lot of people based on his enthusiasm and encouragement which is part of his job, of course. i think they just want to drag other people down. the american people see that for what it is. i think obviously most of us are very proud of the first lady. >> tucker: here's the weird thing i don't personally have strong feelings about melania trump one way or the other. i don't know her. i do remember really well the rule that all of us learn

>> reporter: well, this is what first lady melania trump tweeted. she said our country encourages freedom of speech, but let's communicate without hate in our hearts. no good comes from violence, #charlottesville. but as you mentioned, i think we cannot stress enough how unusual it is to have the first lady be the first white house official to comment publicly on this. we see violence not just this morning, but also last night and yet we have not heard from the president himself, we have not heard from the vice president. and we also haven't heard from attorney general jeff sessions. those are just some of the high level officials you would expect to heard respond to this sort of violence. traditionally you have seen a president weigh into try to calm tensions, you could say a consoler in chief. we've seen president trump be campaigner in chief holding various rally, we've seen him take seriously the roll of commander in chief speaking oits sever out several time this is past week about the tensions of north korea and what is going on in venezuela.

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melania trump, slinks is what was melania thinking with her hurricane harvey stilettos?s, the new york post says another headline right there, melania wears her high heels to harvey hell zone and vogue says melania's hurricane stilettos in the white house's continual failure to understand optics. this became a huge topic of conversation on social media as well. holly slammed the shoes saying how out of touch can you be? other people were really surprised by this criticism. drowning in all the anti-america liberal elites can talk about are the first lady's high heels. what none of the critics new was the first lady actually brought a change of shoes with her. when she walked off the plane she was wearing sneakers. the communications director responded a pretty fiery response, said that we have an active and ongoing natural disaster in texas and people are worried about her shoes. >> we can worry about shoes during the oscars. >> she should auction off those heels and the money should go to recovery. heather: why not? anything to get money to that area and the good news is

donald melania trump rayudu skip and a rts donald melania trump rayudu skip and arts ceremony. some of those due to attend the kennedy centre honours... many have been angered by mr trump's plans to scrap funding. many angry about his reaction to the cha rlottesville about his reaction to the charlottesville protest as well. passengers aboard a jet2 flight from malaga to birmingham on friday have reported feeling "terrified" as their plane was shadowed by a french fighter jet for around 15 minutes. a spokesman forjet2 has said that they are "awaiting clarification" from french air authorities as to why the military jet seemingly followed their flight. let's get the weather. i believe summer let's get the weather. i believe summer is coming back. chris foulkes has the details. we have had another day of sunshine and showers. the showers particularly frequent in the north and west of scotland. they will continue through the night. elsewhere, they will fade away, we will have falling temperatures. cooler in the countryside. tomorrow's weather influenced by this. it was on the easte

relations. - the thing that got and enormous amount of media attention had to do with melania trumpdy, and some video-- was this an actual slap? or did she just pull her hand away? she pulled her hand away, but i didn't quite see the contact of a slap. - wow. leave it to fox news not to recognize what rejection from a woman looks like. [laughter, cheers, and applause] luckily for trump, the pope didn't slap away his hand when they met, but he looked like he wanted to because--i mean, did you see the pope's face? [laughter] i don't wanna be blasphemous, but in that moment, it looked like even he was questioning whether there's a god. [laughter] but, arguably-- arguably, president trump's most important stop, the one that'll have the most impact, was in belgium, right? and that was for the nato summit. now, some leaders prefer to delegate foreign diplomacy, but trump, he takes a more hands-on approach. - the president is feeling a little bit pushy today, and when i say "pushy," i mean, literally. - the president appearing to shove the prime minister of montenegro out of the way to get

again, that our first lady melania trump. let's bring in right now representative denny heck, democrat of washington, to continue this conversation. your thoughts, sir, on what the first lady said and the extent to which you think the president should be making a statement at this time. >> i definitely think he should have been the one to lead on this. her statement as far as it goes is fine and well received and i appreciate it, but this country needs to hear from the highest elected official in the land and that's president donald j. trump, period, full stop. alex, it was just a couple of weeks ago that general kelly was brought in to be chief of staff to bring some order out of chaos, hopefully calm down the almost random nonstop tweet storms. he didn't do very well at that. but right now, right now, right at this moment, both chief of staff general kelly and the president have a golden opportunity not just to come out and openly condemn this violence, but to take a specific and concrete action. and that is to fire steve b

donald melania trump rayudu skip and a rts donald melania trump rayudu skip and arts ceremony.is reaction to the charlottesville protest as well. passengers aboard a jet2 flight from malaga to birmingham on friday have reported feeling "terrified" as their plane was shadowed by a french fighter jet for around 15 minutes. a spokesman forjet2 has said that they are "awaiting

president trump has not been to trump tower since he took office in january, but first lady melania trumpived there until moving to the white house in june. the president's other sons still do work there. joining me now is carol who wrote this story. why is the trump organization getting into a fight with secret service over space from trump tower. >> they like to keep close tabs on their protect teees, and the have to be protecting it in case of that, they were protecting it because the first lady, melania trump and baron trump were living there. so it was based a floor below, and it is the nerve center for the secret service. since they relocated to the white house in june, the secret service and in this case also the general services administration that leases spaces got into basically a rental dispute with the trump organization. >> do they want more money, is that the problem? >> they said it boiled down to cost and terms. it appears they did not agree to the price or to the terms that the government was offering, the secret service was offering. >> is that money that the taxpayers w

what role can melania trump play? >> this is one of the issues that was so tragic, of course, in katrina, so many children were even separated from their families. and reuniting families was a very difficult process, and mrs. bush was most concerned about the kids. they were scared. children who told her she made over 25 visits to the gulf coast after katrina. we went repeatedly as schools were reopening, as libraries were reopening, as playgrounds were reopening, but children that would tell her, you know, they were afraid to take a bath because they were afraid of the water. there are, you know, some long-term support that kids will need and this is where the first lady, this current first lady is very good with children. and hugging them and telling them that it is going to be okay. something important for them to hear right now. >> matt, she brings up a good point, which is that this will, in a few days, potentially, be off the front pages. it will not be wall to wall cable coverage. once the waters start to reced

includes melania trump and linda mcmahon. carson.ove on later in the day to austin and he will return on saturday to a different part of texas. geopolitical tensionshe will moy to austin back in focus after north korea launched a ballistic missile that flew over japan and landed in the pacific ocean. the prime minister shinzo abe says he has agreed to increase pressure on north korea. trump issued a statement this morning thing threatening and destabilizing actions only increase the north korean regime's isolation in the region and among all nations of the world all options are on the table. in bloomberg's national security editor. this action on the part of north korea. does it mean the president's rhetoric hasn't worked? it is definitely a new test president is saying. you might remember just a couple weeks ago the president warned about fire and fury coming from the sky if north korea was provocative. president is saying. in the wake of that when it looks like north korea was holding off on some of its test the president made comm

your newspaper, let's go to them, a couple that we recognise, donald and melania trump.range than me! ace this is a brilliant picture, because moments before, he looked at the solar eclipse about his glasses. the one thing you never to do.|j solar eclipse about his glasses. the one thing you never to do. i think it was a worry that he might damage isa it was a worry that he might damage is a side. he is clearly fine and has gone on to make his prime—time address tonight —— he might damage his eyesight. he took his glasses off long enough to wave at the crowd. he is of course a politician of sorts. let's stay with the daily mail. that front—page main story, banks abandon the high street. jim, perhaps you would take us through what this has found. this is about how four years banks pledged to customers that they would not close branches, they would be your local friend, your community, the last bank in your small market town and now they are closing on mars, because people are doing so much online banking that it is decimating, more than decimating, the footfall in the hig

most international front pages have pictures president trump and melania trump, who were there yesterday 450,000 people needing federal aid. talks about 450,000 people needing federalaid. interesting talks about 450,000 people needing federal aid. interesting to see how they were greeted, how their presence went down really. you know, donald trump trying to make his presence felt in a state that were very supportive of him. and it is devastation on a scale that is hard to fathom. looking at these images, it is genuinely difficult to imagine this is really happening. and now to have a curfew of course, with empty homes available for looters, just imagine you have been displaced and you have to worry about your house being burgled as well on top of it. i think the curfew is between 10pm and 5am, isn't it, to contain people, to make sure they are not roaming the streets robbing people. it is extraordinary. there is a lot about lessons learnt from katrina, donald trump has picked up on that, something george bush never did, which was put his feet on the ground and show his readiness, show hi

first lady and melania trump accompanied the president, there were liberals in the mainstream media whoere so upset with reporting that she started the day in high heels. we can report that she later came in his knickers, a remarkable day focused on trivial matters amid all the death and devastation, the first lady tonight putting out a statement declaring the effect of this storm will be felt for many years to come. >> jesse: kimberly, before we get too high heel gate, tell me your assessment about the presidents travel there, the objects in the remarks that he delivered. >> kimberly: i'm curious to see across the airwaves if they're going to give him credit for that. i think he was presidential, commanding in terms of his presence. i love that he was trying to lift the spirits of these people who have been so beaten down by this natural disaster and this devastation that's been pouring down upon them. the president and the first lady represented the country well and you could tell they were very well received. i loved his coach mentality trying to cheer them on and lift them up to mak

estuvo salpicada por alguna controversia, especialmente en redes sociales por los tacones con que melania trump habilitado como un albergue gigante estÁ casi al doble de su capacidad con mÁs de 9 mil evacuados, en irving, ana encontrÓ a una familia latina que lo perdiÓ todo, es mÁs tuvieron que sacar a sus hijos en cubetas, adelante, ana marÍa. >> estÁbamos en texas donde el agua nos cubriÓ hasta arriba de la cabeza, donde estuvimos sacando a nuestros hijos en tinas porque si los sacÁbamos asÍ se iban a ahogar, nos llevaron a galveston, texas y luego nos trajeron acÁ a dallas, lo que nos nos gustÓ a nosotros es que le hayan tomado huellas digitales a los niÑos y adultos, no sabemos por quÉ lo estÁn haciendo pero tambiÉn estamos agradecidos ¿ verdad? porque tenemos vida, estamos estables, aunque aÚn no sabemos quÉ es lo que va a pasar despuÉs. >> ¿ lo perdieron todo?. >> todo lo perdimos, perdimos nuestra casa, las cosas personales, todo, autos, nuestro apartamento quedÓ abajo de agua. >> hay que volver a empezar nuevamente. >> pero tienen vida. >> sÍ, gracias a dios. >> bueno, amigos, regresamo

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se ve a la primera dama melania trump, con un pantalÓn pegado unos lentes elegantes y tacones puestosie su ropa. esperamos que el presidente se reÚna en corpus christi con aproximadamente 12 congresistas. entre ellos el senador ted cruz de texas. despuÉs irÁn a la cera de austin. se le preguntÓ al presidente por quÉ no llegÓ a houston que es la mÁs afectada? dice que Él no quiere afectar labores de rescate sin embargo no descartÓ que no iba a venir. javier: las malas condiciones hacen colapsar la industria de las refinerÍas y puede afectar los precios de la gasolina en todo el paÍs. seguimos bien conectados en vivo, con carolina sarassa las noticia como nunca antes las viste a travÉs de univisiÓn. ¡no podemos quedarnos aquí! ¿por qué? el papel es horrible. ¡nunca quedaré limpio! vine preparada. charmin ultra strong. su textura tipo toalla ayuda... ...a limpiar mejor. incluso con menos hojas. para un final feliz con charmin. harvey sigue arrojando agua sobre houston, aunque empezo a desplazars javier:pasamos con albert martÍnez, nuestro meteorÓlogo en houston que nos trae un reporte. a

lady gaga showed off her eclipse vibes first lady melania trump tweeted exciting to watch the total eclipse with potus and former president george hw bush tweeted this picture. four generations of family take in the partial eclipse today. already looking forward to the next one in text in 24. >> senator john mccain watching the eclipse with fox news meghan mccain. >> philadelphia police wanted to get in on the fun tweeting out this video ahead of today's eclipse. ♪ turn around -- >> every now and then i get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round ♪ >> ♪ turn around, every now and then i get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears ♪ >> that is philadelphia police captain singing the song as video interspersing with the actual music video and cuts of philadelphia police officers and brass singing. >> got to give him credit for that. not to be out done or good day team also remained bonnie tyler's iconic music video. mike and alex had lot of fun with this one. >> ♪ >> wait for mike. here he is. >> ♪ >> it might be a little disturbing for me. >> it's a little creepy.

melania trump there the first lady in the hat along with president trump meeting with the local officials here. this is just south of where the storm made landfall, on friday. and much further south where all the massive devastation is going and all the pictures you have seen the flooding and president trump will not be going to houston but the outlying areas. there he is in the white hat meeting with officials and we are certain to pledge federal help to try to get this area back to normal again that may take months if not years. president trump dealing with the first national disaster as president live right now there just arriving in corpus christi texas. >> the rescue efforts in texas are massive. it seems like every minute someone else is plucked from the floodwaters and there are now more than 9,000 people living at the convention center in downtown houston. harvey remains a tropical storm is threatening to inundate southwestern louisiana. omar jimenez reports from houston. >> reporter: desperate rescue operations are underway across flood ravaged southeast texas. at least 3 thousan

would melania trump be allowed into the country? would her english be acceptable enough? and that's what i want us, you to realize. that is where we're going. i don't want to put too much importance on it. >> i want to be clear the policy here. the change would be a preference for people that spoke english already, right? so when you go through the citizenship process, obviously, the citizenship interview is in english. but this would be a change. we would only be taking people in who already spoke english before coming to the country which would be a big shift and would ex-clute maybe people like your father, maybe people like melania trump. jennifer, it was striking to me to watch miller's performance today. it just felt to me that this -- we know what part of the republican coalition that's targeted. to and it's a pretty narrow part, even if actually the politics of the issue could be on their side if presented differently. >> well, i'm not even sure if presented differently it could be on their side. but you're right. the republicans in the senate want no part of that

you know, melania trump is not involved. abby: then you think about the audience.n across the country. who are they trying to reach here? i mean, is it just the left? because you look at someone like melania trump who travels all the time with the president, always looking dashing. always presenting herself in a very respectable way. if you are a magazine, why would you not want to have her on the cover? why would you not want to highlight the person that she is? >> well, you think they would be smarter. but i guess because most of the people who work at these magazines are democrats and they have to talk to their friends and go to parties with their friends, they would rather hold their head up high by saying they are not going to give donald trump the same shot that they gave to previous presidents. and melania as well. abby: not to mention her story, steve. being immigrant to this country speaking a number of different languages. she represent what is it means to live the american dream. you would think that not only her fashion and the way she presents herself

the president and first lady melania trump will be visiting corpus christi. to visit areas where the search and recovery missions are no longer underway. they don't want to interfere with that and draw resources away from that. look, this is a big moment for this president. this is the first time he's facing a natural disaster. we haven't heard much from him aside from on twitter. and that video you're going to get, those are the first remarks we see from the president on camera addressing this situation, talking about the historic flooding. in a little preview of the video we're about to get, he also mentioned he's not only going to go to texas on tuesday, but that he's hoping to make a trip to texas as well as potentially to louisiana over the weekend, maybe on saturday. >> here we go, sarah. >> i'll be going to texas tomorrow. i look very much forward to it. things are being handled really well. the spirit is incredible of the people. the coordination between all of the different services, as you know, has been going very well. great respect for the govern

first lady melania trump said, "our country encourages freedom of speech and communicate without hate in our hearts." vice president mike pence also tweeted that he stands with potus against hate and violence. we are closely following the developments from charlottesville, and q mccray is just minutes away from the scene. he will have live reports tonight and updates anytime. just go to our website, wjla.com . this just in, more breaking news from charlottesville, crews are on the scene of a helicopter crash west of the city. it went down in the woods near the bird would golf course. no word on injuries or fatalities. we will follow the story and bring updates as soon as we get them. we are on storm watch tonight. after violent weather rolled through last night, we are back under a severe thunderstorm watch. meteorologist josh knight has a first look at the forecast. what can we expect tonight? it is so humid, it feels like something is coming. josh: and that is where we get the fuel for they thunderstorms. the sunshine destabilizes the atmosphere. what happens, the weather service pu

from melania trump, first lady of the united states. quickly bring in law enforcement analyst art roderick. art, this investigation clearly is only just beginning. no group has claimed responsibility for what clearly is a terror attack. this large white van plowing into a huge crowd of pedestrians going at high speeds, but as we've been pointing out, it does have all the hallmarks of at least, we don't know this for sure, no one claimed responsibility, some sort of isis-inspired event at a minimum? >> yes. absolutely, wolf. i think the -- the hard thing here is, these types of attacks are almost impossible to stop. they're very simple. they're using a vehicle. plowing through crowds. we just had this same incident happen in charlottesville a few days ago, and this is the scary part of it. law enforcement instituted counterterrorism protocols right after this attack. that's a very good indication that they're doing house-to-house searches right now. looking at this particular -- looking for these individual or individuals that were invol

. >>> first lady melania trump reacting this morning tweeting hash and prayers to #barcelona. president trump has not tweeted about the statement or made a statement. he's been briefed by his chief of staff and also is monitoring what is happening. >>> we alerted you to this breaking news moments after it happened this morning through our abc 7 news app. if you don't have it, you can download it for free and enable push alerts. we'll continue to send you breaking developments on this tins dent and any other breaking news all day long. >>> going to turn now to developing news here at home. a man shot and killed by police in the east bay late last night. we now have new video of the standoff that led to this shooting. abc 7 news reporter matt keller live for us in livermore. matt? >> reggie, in the past hour or so police are taking down some of the crime scene tape so we're able to get a closer look of the home where all this happened. last night you can see that the home is severely damaged by fire. it all started last night and then it all ended with officers opening fire, kil

first lady melania trump, the president's daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner are also on the trip. the first family will be staying at the president's private golf club in bedminster. the motorcade arrived during the evening and some of the locals have been grumbling about traffic problems. but one businessman says he can't complaint about the repeat trips to med ministut bedminste. >> his's kr secret service guys here for lunch and dinner and people come from all over. favorite males are meatballs. >> and on the flip side, two local airports are not allowed to have planes take off or land while president trump is in town and also flight schools and skydiving operations were forced to shut down. the trump administration is out to plug leaks from within its own ranks. yesterday attorney general jeff sessions said that the justice department will aggressively pursue and prosecute anyone leaking classified information to the media. sessions said there are so many cases, the fbi has a new unit to find leakers. he also said the department is reviewing policy on issuing subpoenas t

first lady melania trump said she was sending people of barcelona her thoughts and prayers and the vice-president who was travel ago broad weighed inen on the attack. >> whatever inspired today's terror attack the united states stands ready to assist the people in spain and find and >> meanwhile flags at the spanish embassy were lowered to half staff to remember lives lost. grounds remain quiet for most of the afternoon. >> from the chaos in barcelona to tragedy in charlottesville the city was scene of powerful and light march at the uva row tun day to make a plea for peace and gathered hours after heather higher one of the victim's of last week's violence. >> calls for symbols of american past confederate monuments to be taken down. there's new backlash against president trump after he accused media of swiingting message both sides should be blamed for violence. >> white house response was and the strategy in fact soumdz like a work in pro progress. jonathan price joins . >>y, hi, i'm jonathan i lost you there for a seconding. you can hear us now everything is good? >> yes, it's perfect. >> well

the first lady, melania trump will join him. >> this is still a dangerous and historic storm.hree people have died in the storm. but that number could triple, they say. a family was swept away in floodwaters and half a dozen are still missingment. >> houston's mayor says the coast guard plus all the simple good samaritans have saved more than 3,000 people. >> it was one of those missing right now, at the live desk taking -- what's the latest kristin? >> aaron, ane, the thousands upon thousands of people holed up in massive shelters right now. houston has a shelter open. so does dallas. even schools, furniture stores and other businesses opened up to help the many people there in so much need. as we said, more than 3,000 parents, children and pets have been rescued at this point. some said they're doing okay hanging in there. others want to know where their families are. >> have t-shirts, blankets. >> helpless. i mean, it's a helpless feeling. i left my apartment knowing that my mother was going to be right behind me and she's still in mireland. that's disconcerted. >> oh, boy.

secretary of state rex tillerson, vice president mike pence and first lady melania trump are also sending messages of support. flags have been lowered to half-staff in washington. >> so many people thinking about the people of spain this morning. >>> president trump is facing more backlash for blaming both sides for violence during the white supremacist protest in charlottesville, virginia. last night, 20th century fox ceo, james murdoch slammed the president's response. an e-mail said there are no good nazis, terrorists. and he announced that he was personally donating $1 million to the antidefamation league. and earlier, the president abandoned plans to form an infrastructure council. that comes after he disbanded to business councils. as top executives appeared to jump ship. now more republicans are openly questioning the president's competence and his moral leadership. >> i think our president to take stock of the role that he plays in our nation and, and move beyond himself. move way beyond himself. >> the voice of bob corker, once considered a vice presidential candidate. now the pr

and president trump along with first lady melania trump are expected to arrive in corpus christi later on this morning. after they are briefed on relief efforts they will go to austin to tour the emergency operations center. >> there's probably never been anything like this. >> reporter: president trump publicly addressed the crisis in texas during the meeting with the president of finland. >> we're meeting with state and local authorities in texas and louisiana to save lives and we thank our first responders. >> reporter: mr. trump has declared states of emergency in texas and louisiana expediting funds and resources to the hardest hit areas. >> recovery will be a long and difficult road and the federal government stands ready, willing and able to support that effort. >> reporter: the president will travel to texas tuesday to assess the storm damage. >> depending on where the storm goes we may also go to louisiana on saturday. >> reporter: earlier this year the trump administration proposed cuts to fema's budget but will now likely push congress to provide more money to the emergency

. >> also yesterday, president trump said he and first lady melania trump will not attend this year's kennedy center honors. the white house made that announcement after several of the honorees said they would boycott the annual gala in december. the kennedy center has since canceled the gala at the white house. the president said he wants the honors to go on without any political distractions. >>> after charlottesville, where the president and america are and heading, following the deadly violence that reignited a cultural debate, will be a dop issue on nbc's "meet the press." join chuck todd and his guests for the discussion at 10:30 morning right here on nbc 10. >> lining up for a good cause. still ahead, hundreds bring home new cats and dogs as we help clear the shelters. we'll tell you just how successful this year's campaign was. >> and fun with a caribbean flavor. find out where you can go today to enjoy some tasty treats along with music and entertainment. >>> good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist violeta yas. winds coming in, bringing in nice cool air. also feeling more

but people weren't talking about the nuclear missile that kim jong-un tested, because melania trump apparentlyid something much worse. yeah, you see, she went to houston wearing high heels. ( laughter ) oh, and she's getting a lot of flak for it, online, predominantly, but it counts. and here's my thing-- i don't know why anyone should care what anyone wears when they're on their way to help people. people were like, "why is she wearing those heels when she's going to help people?" like, who cares? look at the pope. you see how he dresses. look at that. all white with giant bling. he looks like he's going to a p diddy party. ( laughter ) but we don't say, "hey, he can't go out helping people dressed like that." and i know some people are like, "trevor, it's not about that. it's about sensitivity. you don't wear things like that to a disaster zone." and i understand that, but in melania's defense, she lives in a permanent disaster zone, and that's what she always wears. ( cheers and applause ) that's what she always wears. cut her some slack. let's move on to our main story. for our main story,

. >>> president trump and fist lady melania trump are back in washington after spending yesterday in texas assessing the damage from harvey. made stops in corpus christi and austin. hurricane harvey may require the most expensive disaster response effort in american history. also praised the response efforts. >> there's never been something so extensive in our country's history. never been anything so historic in terms of damage and for us as what we witnessed with harvey. >> the president pledged to work for recovery funding package to help pay for the damage in texas. >>> nbc 10 and telemundo 62 are hosting a hurricane relief drive to help harvey victims. it's happening tomorrow from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. you can call, text, and go to d >>> it's 4:37. 62 degrees outside. camden county man arrested on sexual assault charges after someone saw the victim on his snapchat page has been ordered to remain behind bars until trial. judge in the case said mason mallen poses a danger to the community. police arrested him in his home earlier this month. someone who knew him called police afte

as we mentioned, president trump and first lady melania trump heading for corpus christi, texas, where harvey first made landfall on friday. we have our team of nbc correspondents on the ground taking all the latest developments from texas. in corpus christi waiting for the president's arrival, we're also in houston where rescues are happening now and at the convention center where thousands of people are looking to find some shelter. i want to start with garrett haake. we know a couple stops for president trump and the vice president has been working and some radio stations giving a message. i had a conversation with one source who said, yeah, we're doing radio because that's how we think people who have no power are going to be able to hear the administration's message. >> that's right, hallie. still about 65,000 people in the two counties surrounding corpus christi who don't have power back yet this morning. we are expecting the president on the ground in about two and a half hours. he will see a city starting to come back on line. city hall has reopened and they're pushing back the

first lady melania trump weighed in for the president. it's what he didn't say that has critics and supporters so upset. abc's david wright is traveling with the president in bridgewater, new jersey. >>> we're closely following the terrible events unfolding in charlottesville, virginia. >> reporter: today, the president finally did say the hate and division in charlottesville has no place in america. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. >> reporter: but the president seemed to blame both the white nationalists and the counterprotesters, equally. many of the white nationalists who organized today's rally near a statue of confederate general robert e. lee voted for trump. among them, former klan leader david duke. as these horrific scenes of hatred and violence played out, the first white house response came not from the president but from the first lady. "our country encourages freedom of speech, but let's communicate without hate in our hearts. n

donald and melania trump are to skip an arts awards ceremony to allow those taking part "to celebratee white house reception. the honours recognise the lifetime contributions of performing artists, many of whom have been angered by mr trump's plans to scrap funding. with the average person taking on 11 jobs during their career, it seems the idea of a "job for life" is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. but with different employers come different pension pots, and that can make keeping track of your finances rather confusing. so, as moneybox presenter, louise cooper, has been finding out, the government is looking to simplify things. this 55—year—old has had a job since he started work at the age of 20. he knows he has paid into a variety of pensions, but keeping hold of all the paperwork has been a problem.- i got to 55, i decided to review my pension situation. it was then that i realised i knew very little about pensions except the fact i had one big pension when i worked in a company for quite a long period of time. the department for work and pensions estimate there is cur