bill. money unrelated to sandy. paul ryan and others insisted the emergency spending be offset by budget cuts elsewhere. now, ryan's office has been shy about asking for offset this time around, but cruz doubled down on his claim this week saying two-thirds of the money in that bill was unrelated to san day. take a listen. >> the problem with that particular bill, it became a $50 billion bill filled with unrelated pork. two-thirds of the bill had knock nothing to do with san day. >> problem. that's not true. the "washington post" gave cruz three pinocchios. you want a second source? go to the report by the congressional research service, okay? you'll see it all laid out there, virtually all of the money was earmarked for sandy-related damage, up and down the coast. some of the controversial things were repairs to the smithsonian institution and the kennedy space center that then-budget committee chairman ryan, now speaker of the house, insisted were non-sandy expenses but the runways at the kennedy center were damag

here is why he said he didn't vote for the sandy bill. take a listen. >> that bill included money for fisheries in alaska. the last i checked, hurricane sandy didn't go anywhere near alaska. so the texas congressional delegation voted against putting unnecessary spending in what should have been an emergency relief bill. in texas, we're going to see bipartisan support in congress across congress for providing the aid that texans need. >> we follow up with the question, will the texas bill to help harvey victims be free of pork? texas senator ted cruz responding saying that they will focus on emergency response. you know, we're going to have to see and read that bill and figure out what all will be in that bill. of course, a lot of texans hurting right now hoping that some sort of relief bill is passed through congress to help people in texas rebuild. >> no doubt. the people of houston and surrounding areas, they want help after the storm, much like the people of new jersey and new york did as well. rosa flores, thank you very much. that sh

for folks who are focused on raising political shots about this and the sandy bill. the fact of the matter is the sandy bill was $70 billion and 60% of it was nonemergency. >> so that blood feud has not taken a break. >> senator christie should stand back, he is going to spend years now asking the federal government to deliver billions of dollars to his state and his career, honestly has just taken a big change. >> what do we think is going to happen? the president initially said he wanted it done separately, an emergency aid package to texas, and there will be many, now people on capitol hill who know the best way to do it to get it through, to get the debt ceiling, a spending bill to keep the government up and running, that needs to happen harvey or no harvey. and then they have to get a relief bill. >> we'll see where the votes are, and i think that the fact that the people who are historically the most likely to oppose that kind of, you know, hiding big federal dollars in that kind of bill, many people are from texas, but many of them are his constituents. i don'

despite both men opposing a relief bill for new jersey after hurricane sandy. >> plenty of time for politics and i'm not going to worry about political sniping. my focus here is on the tragedy unfolding on the people whose lives are in jeopardy. >> reporter: the sandy bill had too much spending he said that was unrelated to hurricane relief. >> the enormity of the devastation in houston is hard to imagine. this drone video captures just how widespread the damage is. it is estimated that some 15 trillion gallons of rain have fallen. parts of houston are expected to break a 40 year record for total rainfall. 30,000 people may be forced from their homes before the storm subsides. jeff jameson of our dallas station is tracking tropical storm harvey. good morning. >> good morning, anne marie. we are still looking at that heavy rain rotating from the southeast. the center of circulation of harvey is still out over open water. it has plenty of that warm gulf water to work with and it's throwing a lot more rain at houston this morning. the heaviest rain is from houston east ward back toward beaumont

. >> texas senators and ted cruz both oppose the $50 billion hurricane sandy bill, but are now asking for the same aid in their state. >> the american red cross is encouraging people to donate money on its site, or to text 90999 to donate $10. the organization is also asking for volunteers. in the meantimes, the crowd funding website, global giving is trying to raise money for food, water, medicine, in addition to longer assistance. you can stay up-to-date on our he free wusa9 app. let's get right to meteorologist allyson rae with more on harvey's track and any affect on us. >> it could bring a few showers for us on saturday. you know what? it's actually another system we're watching that could bring rain for us tomorrow. i want to get you harvey. it kind of gives you chills. 10 to 15, even 20 inches of rain in some areas. this could be the most amount of rainfall from any tropical storm system ever. "the washington post" did a great comparison. if you were to take the amount of water around the houston area, and put it in the city limits of new orleans, in new orleans, during katrina

that bill got to the senate and the bill that were unnecessary and overspending, talking le, they were about fisheries in alaska to fund hurricane sandy destruction. that is not right. that is why i voted against that bill. pushing e bill we're for, i talked to john cornyn, and other members of congress, bill that ing for a fully funds only our damages harvey, that's it, nothing else. funding no port, just what we've had destruction here, nothing else. so, i look forward to going back d.c., and get thanksgiving going. also, we have to do something to make sure our budget is passed the september 30 deadline. look forward to working on that, as well. host: in the meantime, the expected to come to texas today. what do you want to hear, what constituents want to hear? guest: they are thrilled president trump will show up in of the woods to see the destruction with his own eyes. locals, i me from caught up with every mayor in my district on monday before with fema, they were thrilled with the administration response to hurricane harvey. as you know, our governor, greg for -- before sandy made land. as the p approved that eye was hitting te

sandy 10 days. hurricane katrina 6 days. pete: passed a bill. >> sandy 66 days. unacceptable.ould be treated the same way. i'm urging the members of congress of new jersey don't hold a grudge. let's go forward and vote yes. brian: senator schumer brought that up yesterday. you gave new york a hard time we're not going to give texas a hard time. let's say we are lucky enough and the death toll stays between 18 and 30 which we are looking at right now. then these people look at i'm in a gym. i have no clothes. my car is destroyed. they won't let me back to my house. my kids really belong in school. how do you answer 30,000 minimum people who are asking that question over and over again and not get their anger directed at you even though you can understand it. >> have you to be prepared. we were prepared for sandy. brian: to write checks to people, to put them in hotels? >> that's where the federal government has to come in. no state can do this on their own. the federal government has to help do that the other thing is you have got to be prepared with a plan that says okay, once

it's not true that that bill, the sandy bill, was mostly full of pork. act, the congressional research service said the opposite. they said that the bill actually stayed true to the purpose of sandy recovery. so, they need to put politics aside, though, this time. you know, that's the past. that was addressed. there were funds that were dedicated to sandy recovery. at hud, we helped administer some of those funds so i know that that has been money that has been well spent. hasn't been without its issues, just like our experience with katrina, but now it's important, whether you're from texas or new york to put the politics aside and make sure that there are sufficient funds that are part of this bill because this is the worst natural disaster that we've seen, maybe ever. >> all right, secretary castro, hopefully they will put politics aside. that is a tall order these days here in washington, but we appreciate your time very much. thank you. >> thank you. >>> amid all the devastation, a small act of kindness shines through. someone dressed up as spider-ma

in fact 36 senators voted against the sandy relief bill and the reason is you pointed out it was billsdies not related to sandy including amtrak, alaska fisheri es and the smithsonian so i don't find him to be a hypocrite. let's help people but not go on a spending tree and we can't afford it and unfortunately that's the case and again unfortunately with harvey but the good thing is the democrats are going to give in and get the money out in a timely fashion. >> liz: adrian you can see why people start to get irritated by this because 15 people are dead and there are people being evacuated right let's back up. at that time then representative mike pence during superstorm sandy, he said we need to cut government spending to take care of disasters like katrina and now we have harvey here. adrian you've been on this show so many times, you're done with the politics you want to see help for these people, right? >> of course, absolutely and that's exactly why we need a clean spending bill giving aid, all of the aid to the victims of harvey. everything that they need we need a clean spending

ted cruz said he did support hurricane sandy release in another bill. was a chance to give sandy relief but only if we cut government spending across the board and that was not a time to have that. >> bringing the receipts to the conversation. >> let the republican do the job that i was prepared to do. >> these are the facts. this is the problem. >> absolutely the facts. >> with ted cruz trying to have it both way. if you want to say the federal government shouldn't do disaster relief, that's a position you can take and see what people think about it. most americans in both parties have said this is a good role. i want to play president trump here. this was this week in the press conference taking out the broad position that congress is going to help out. unaware of the fact there is this republican debate. here is president trump. >> you're going to see very rapid action from congress, ser certainly from the president and you're going to get your funding. it's a terrible tragedy. we expect to have requests on our desk fairly soon. we think congress wil

senator cruz's said, quote, unreal, two-thirds of sandy bill wasn't emergency spending. of pork. senator cornyn's communications director says he supported sandy relief, just not the package that contained law, again, because it contained spending unrelated to the storm. >>> a lot of people saw this picture over the weekend, 15 senior citizens were successfully evacuated so good news there, from a nursing home in dickinson, texas. water up to their waist, not knowing when help would arrive. the galveston oem and coast guard were eventually able to rescue the residents thankfully by helicopter. >> if you have loved ones in these homes or senior homes and just being concerned about them, not being able to do anything to help them. >> thinking you would see this picture and say, oh, my god, that's my grandmother. joining us live from dickinson, texas is northbound's saybc's s >> that shocking photo repeated all over this community in all sorts of populations. we are still under a flash flood warning here in dickinson this morning with more rain on the way. that is bad nous t

cruz claims the second sandy bill was, in his words, full of pork, stuff that had nothing to do with. "the washington post" analysis of that bill says those were inaccurate. contact me at scott mcgrew. >> thank you very much, scott mcgrew. 5:47. if you're trying to explain the phrase full extension. the catch made last night in toronto. did you see that? blue jays center center fielder -- didn't have an "s" on his chest but looked like superman. known for making some amazing catches. this one as good as it gets. that's talent. >> we'll take a look at the weather today. another hot one. >> it's going to be better, though, especially for the inland areas where you really have to deal with high heat. in fact, record setting temperatures yesterday in parts of the tri-valley. we'll bring it down today. and as you get ready to head out the door looking at low 60s for the tri-valley. the seven-day forecast is coming up at the bought of the screen. take a look. it is going to be hot over the next several days. patchy fog and drizzle right now in parts of san francisco. the north bay, 55 degr

dagen: hold it up the way -- well, ted cruz did with the super storm sandy bill, 51 billion-dollar fundingsed to vote for. former fema director joe, tony, ceo of the red cross will be here and houston police chief art acevedo and pete olson that represents the sugarland district. the scope of the storm's devastation show nothing signs of receding, downgrade today tropical depression but the flooding from this record-breaking rainfall will take much long to subside. and a new threat is emerging in the count of crosby outside of houston where black storm was seen. jeff is covering for you in houston, jeff. jeff: yes, just got from fire marshal. it wasn't matter of when but if there would be an explosion. the chemicals needed to be refrigerated and the power went out. 6-foot of water in there and only a matter of time before they began to react and explode. they say right now if fire starts, the best thing to do is just let the fire burn itself out. tragedy number one this morning. tragedy number two to the west, our i should say to the east, that's beaumont and port arthur. doing excellent j

remind people every they ted cruz, senator from texas, was one of the outspoken opponents of the sandy billich ted cruz claims had too much pork in it for him to support. i think politically it will be difficult, but it doesn't seem that lawmakers are prepared to hold the money hostage. >> it was a spat between cruz and christie yesterday. the "washington post" reporting there is a meeting between trump and that republican and democratic leadership regarding federal funding for harvey victims. that is september 6th after they're back. >>> let's turn our attention to the deadline. you are all over the immigration issue. what is the fewture for the some -- future for the some 800,000 dreamers? where are we headed? >> reporter: right now the future is uncredibly uncertain and -- is incredibly uncertain and causing question from snow advisory -- from those brought to the u.s. from the only home they have ever known. the problem is an ultimatum issued by conservative state attorneys general who are pushing the administration to sunset the administration or they will make it difficult for the adm

guest: the number doesn't shock me because these numbers have been going up and the sandy bill was about $60 billion. obviously we have some serious debt problems. i don't know what congress will bear on this yet. it's going to be a very significant package. of $60e it will be north billion. i also want to applaud him for district.s in his i hope he and his family are safe. he painted a really evocative word picture of highway 88 flowing like the mississippi. it really puts in your mind a picture of what's going on. host: tevi troy is with us, author of the book shall we wake the president? president trump is headed to corpus christi and austin in the wake of hurricane harvey. waiting on the phone in richfield, wisconsin. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span3. i have a comment for your guest. before that, i would simply say that al green is a typical political person. he is taking advantage of the situation. he is anti-american. al green, you watched him before talk about everything anti-conservative, anti-republican. i'm sorry. the guy should move to mexico. , why do

i had a problem with the sandy bill, because they were sending money to alaska. but we're going to look for -- if fema needs more money, which it looks like they're going to, i think they had enough to handle the hurricane damage. but now that houston is in it, i'm afraid there's going to have to be a supplemental. if we can keep that to disaster relief, i don't think there's going to be a problem getting that passed. if we start trying to hang other sorts of legislation on it, that's going to create a problem and something i'm going to fight against. >> congressman blake farrenhold, thank you so much for taking the time and good luck with everything facing the folks there in texas. we appreciate it. >> thank you. keep us in your prayers, please. >> we will. >>> and good afternoon, once again. i'm chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york. now two minutes after 1:00 on the east coast. it is 12:01 in houston, texas. the rain is still falling and the water is still rides rising in houston. the water in some roadways 17 feet deep. that's right. 17 feet deep. o

do you think you would have voted differently about the sandy bill given what you're seeing in texas? >> no, of course not as i said at the time, hurricane funding is a very important federal responsibility and i would have eagerly supported funding for that, but i didn't think it was appropriate to engage in pork barrel spending where two-thirds of that bill was unrelated spending that had nothing to dowith sandy and wa simply politicians wasting money. that shouldn't happen. the focus of emergency relief shouldn't be cynical politicians trying to fund their pet projects it should be providing relief to people who are in crisis and in sandy there were people in crisis and here with harvey there are people in crisis and we need to focus on solving the problem and meeting people's needs and not engaging in political gains. >> what is your message for political leaders who are in houston proper, the downtown area is shut down. it's a ghost town. how do we get back to the business of texas with all the water still coming in? >> texas will rebuild, houston will rebuild we are a strong and

sandy relief. but what happened, when the bill got to the floor, other members of congress tacked on appropriations for things that did not relate to sandy at all and doubled the cost of that bill. i think most members are, were and still are supportive of specific bills of relief that members should not add on other important projects or their pet projects. i think that's going to happen. >> if that were to happen in this package, as it pertains to harvey and other things attached to this relief package, would you still be on board knowing the need of your constituents or arguing to streamline such a package? >> caller: i mean, i want to streamline the package. i really don't see another bill like sandy that adds on other things that are unrelated to the hurricane relief. i really don't think that is going to happen again. we are getting support, i'm getting calls from all over the country, representatives from massachusetts has called. we talk about, you know, he talks about helping out the folks here. we don't talk politics, we talk people. i think this is an event that is really kind of helping

sandy disaster. and quite frankly, christie was right. two-thirds of that bill was not pork. if you go back and look at line-items, you saw that what it did was address the path of the storm. from the caribbean, up the coast, and the final, you know, landing in new jersey, new york. so all of those areas that were affected, parts of d.c., saint thomas, elsewhere, they all got a little piece to help to get back on their feet and recover, that was not pork for those people who needed that aid. it may not have gone necessarily to humanitarian effort, putting food on the ground or water on the ground, but it did go to restore some infrastructure and things like that. there was a lot of politics being played in 2012. it has come home to roost now. and everybody has a different tune. >> chris christie, after sandy appeared in that famous photograph with barack obama and some argued it took a little political heat for that, seemed to put politics aside. >> politics should be put aside. not just -- democrats support of course and will support response here. i think this is where this

sandy. were you among those people and if you -- do you have a turn, about now? >> the original bill for sandy was for 17 billion dollars. i support that day. i think most members support that day legislation. but by the time it$f house floor. there had been addition that is had been added that had nothing to do with hurricane sandy and it was then over $30&t&t of about half of it was not sandy recovery, i thought the precipitations bill should have dell specifically with sandy and so i did not vote for that additional funding to other projects that didn't involve hurricane sandy >>> o'brien: you do you think that makes it difficult for you to come back to washington and ask for money for your district >> not at all. the bill we want to present to congress will be specific hurricane recovery monies, and not at items on that legislation that have nothing to do with the hurricane recovery from harvey. i don't see a problem with that at all. >>> o'brien: ted poe republican of texas, thank you. >> o'brien: it will take years to rebuild from harvey. it's too early to know the full extent

a relief bill that some texans bought was -- >> more than 20 representatives voted against sandy aid.o third of two-thirds ofsa. >> much more is on the way contessa >> reporter: it will be interesting to see whether the senate, now that the republicans in the majority have not learned their lesson and would avoid adding any kind of pork on a harvey texas aid bill to senator cruz's point because he said he did not regret working on that bill we are out here on 288 everything is shut down, the restaurants are not operating because of this. in houston, you cannot get around the sign up here says if there is water on the road don't turn around you can see what i am seeing here, you cannot get through and this is not the only one, take a look on your iphone out of google map and what you see is road closures and there is no way of getting around here take a look here of all the water going through the storm. in houstons there are all these shots and restaurants. they are down underneath keeping people cool, right now they are flooded out and cars are flooted out. it brought the city to a s

speaking of help, texas senator ted cruz was criticized for voting against hurricane sandy relief bill, he said, it was porkier than a pig farm, and votes again waste is not the same as votes again storm relief. here is some advice, people are still hurting and dying, don't maximize the carnage by slowing the process with your pet project, control your fat faces in government trough and have decency for once, there are climate change psychic, fans when floodwater, and disaster rising by the hour, they are screaming hurricane harvey and violent rain, are work of climate change. that may be true, it may not be true. so without data and luxury of doing actual science, which is a process this including time. just cool your green heels. outlet like flit coare scream -- politico are screaming, harvey is what climate change looked like, now everyone is an arm chair al gore, that is what heartless annoying opportunityism looks like, i am kennedy, glad you are here. >> so far 14 people are dead, including a family of 6, the natural disaster in coastal texas and louisiana continues to get worse,

but it doesn't pay for salmon fishing in alaska or whatever else gets packed into the sandy bill. interesting point about this place. how do they turn some like this into a nasty political fight is beyond me. when you look at those votes, the photos you shown, all of these people coming out to help people getting them off of rooftops, saving their dogs, saving all of these people, it's the best of america. as soon as congress gets involved, it all turns into nasty politics. i don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. >> shannon: for his part, he that is not a time for politics. we are going to leave that for another time. charlie here, we will see you another time. >> eric: meanwhile, president trump signing a new executive order aimed at helping the police. >> he is resending restrictions from the prior administration that limited their agencies ability to get equipment through federal programs. including lifesaving gear. >> eric: that controversial decision will now our police will left over military equipment. do think that's a good idea? coming up, we will ask a former

those lawmakers claim that second sandy relief bill was full of pork. "the washington post" did an excellent analysis saying not true. i tweeted out a link to that article. you can also link to me, you can find out what covery and give us your opinion. find us on twitter. i am @scott mcgrew. >> thank you very much, scott. 6:49 right now. taking a live look outside at the bay bridge this morning. and you know what they want to do? they want to save old bridge piers. talking about how they imploded some of them when they took out the last span there but they're actually considering saving some of those old foundation piers. crews have been demolishing since 2015. here is video of one of those explosions. bam. that was gone. the leftover foundations could be used, they say, to create public spaces. they're looking at saving one near treasure island and four near oakland. >> help the impact. >> i remember that. that's right. >> bay area cares. >> imagine doing one? >> a look at what's going on with the weather. another hot one. >> it is going to be hot but

different things is a hurricane relief problems, and if you look at the bill from sandy, if you go throughhe itemized bill, there was a report in the wall street journal that only about two thirds of the money ended up being spent in new jersey. your hard to feel like money is being used appropriately, when things of that nature happen. the other point i wanted to make sure is that the the tax rate, the corporate tax rate is being cut in this plan, but we have one of the highest corporate taxes in the world. but it just makes sense to reduce our taxes to make our products and services, and even our employees be more attractive to foreign investors. i think we get so caught up in partisanship that we do not realize that we are competing for the world's goods and services, and then buying our products on a global basis. a lot of the agreements, the trade agreements, especially our tax code, we are not using the ability to invest in ourselves on a global scale. power,uld have as much in income, as well as employment in our country. host: joe is mentioning the money that went to superstorm san

and ted cruz who are pushing for more aid, even though they opposed a $50 billion relief bill after hurricane sandyuch n governor, chris christy. >> the congressional members in texas are hip krits. i said in 2012. >> cruz defend the vote from houston. >> i didn't thing it was appropriate to engage in pork barrel spending where 2/3 of the bill was unrelated spending had nothing to do with sandy and was politicians wasting money. >> fema is encouraging flood victims to begin filing their insurance claims. another fiscal flash point. national flood insurance program its currently running a $25 billion deficit. and it is set to expire altogetheren a month, norah if congress doesn't act. >> wow, congress has a lot to do. nancy un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. and if you want, pour a little more, because this scent lasts for 12 weeks, which is longer than any relationship i've ever been in. right, freshness for weeks! unstopables by downy. for a fresh too feisty to quit. clearasil rapid action begins working fast

(grant) nearly every texas republican in the house also voted against the 2013 hurricane sandy relief billseveral new york and new jersey lawmakers have spoken out saying they will vote for harvey aid, despite texans not helping them out in 2013. long island republican representative peter king tweeting, "new york won't abandon texas. one bad turn doesn't deserve another." (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp. (grant) coming up, a good samaritan steps in to help - when he witnesses a woman being attacked on bart. hear from that good samaritan... and the changes he would like to see on bart.... in a story you will only see on kron four. (vicki) but first, a family's plea for help - after a woman in the east bay is found dead. the reward - that's now being offered. happening now... the family of a woman whose body was found in contra costa county last week is offering a reward for information leading to the killer. the body of 49-year-old aleli avila was found in the small town of byron last tuesday. authorities say her body had been left on a d

and ted cruz who are pushing for more aid, even though they opposed a $50 billion relief bill after hurricane sandythe congressional members in texas are hip krits. i said in 2012. >> cruz defend the vote from houston. >> i didn't thing it was appropriate to engage in pork barrel spending where 2/3 of the bill was unrelated spending had nothing to do with sandy and was politicians wasting money. >> fema is encouraging flood victims to begin filing their insurance claims. another fiscal flash point. national flood insurance program its currently running a $25 billion deficit. and it is set to expire altogetheren a month, norah if congress doesn't act. >> wow, congress has a lot to do. nancy cordes, thank you. coming of next, how harvey is fueling a rise in gas prices, nationwide. so, your new prescription does have a few side effects. oh, like what? ♪ you're gonna have dizziness, ♪ nausea, and sweaty eyelids. ♪ and in certain cases chronic flatulence. ♪ no. ♪ sooooo gassy girl. ♪ so gassy. if you're boyz ii men, you make anything sound good. it's what you do. if you want to s