for more on that, my colleague tom foreman. >> reporter: 45 million gallons every minute.t's how much minute flows over all the falls up at niagara and they would have to run for 381 days to equal the amount of water that harvey has dumped on texas and louisiana. some experts putting the total at 25 trillion gallons. some say less but is it possible it could be that much? look at the vastness of the area and you can see how it might be. if you put this in california it could stretch from los angeles to san francisco. on the east coast from washington, d.c. to up above new york. the worst tropical storm rainfall in california was kathleen, 15 inches. on the east coast, that was new york in 2011, irene, but harvey, 50 inches in some areas. really high in other areas. that's why all the records are being shattered here. if you compare this to katrina, for example. serena had broken levees and all the stuff like that. a lot of new orleans was flooded with 10 to 20 feet of water. this is what 20 feet would look like next to me. if you took all of the water from harvey and compr

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cnn's tom foreman has more for us. tom? >> reporter: hey, don. 45 million gallons a minute.t's how much water pours over all the falls up at niagara, and, yet, you could let that water run for 381 days before you equal the amount of water that had been dumped on texas and louisiana by this hurricane. some experts are putting the estimate now at 25 trillion gallons, some say it's less, but could it be that much? yeah. look at the amount of area and see why. if you took this area and threw it off to the west coast, it could stret would stretch from los angeles to san francisco. do it to the east coast over here, it's going to go if washington, d.c., to up above new york. by comparison, the worst storms they've ever seen, in california, kathleen in 1976. that produced just under 15 inches of rain. out in, new york, for example, irene in 2011, just over 13 inches of rain. look at harvey here. massive amounts. 51 inches of rain. more in some areas a little bit. little less in other areas. you spread it out over all that ground, that's why it's shattering all the records. here's a

. >>> meantime, we'll go to tom foreman taking count of the north's stockpile of weapons. tom, what are you finding? >> reporter: they are on an absolutely record-shattering pace in terms of missile tests this year. and you only need to look at one graphic to understand what we're talking about here. go back to kim jong-un's grandfather, kim il-song. during his time in office the modern missile program getting started, 15 total tests. come forward to his son here, kim jong-il, there it went to 16 tests but still a program that excited concern but wasn't really exploding. but now look at what is happening under kim jong-un. there have been 88 missile tests in his time. last year there were 24. this year there are already 22. and there's still a quarter of the year left to go. and this, despite the fact they have had more than ten years of u.n. sanctions against the country to try to make them stop. brooke? >> so -- we know they have been stepping up their nuclear testing, the nuclear weapons, tell me more about how all of these programs are coming together. >> well, that's r

yeah and at that time tom foreman was. making it so really a nice place to be. located martin to has plans to get humans to the red planet's it revealed more about its blueprint for a base camp that will orbit the moon and act as a launching pad for human missions to mars it believes he can have it operational in a decade in about five billion years give or take the sun will eventually be going to a red giant it will expand and devour the earth so at least in five billion years we need to have somewhere else now how much do you need to worry about it in twenty seventeen fair question but that eventually you've got to get off the planet if we're going to continue as a as a as a human race at the moment all we have on mas two rovers like this replica of the curiosity and while there are many companies here that believe humans will journey to mars within this generation and possibly even colonize it there are doubts about whether mass to be considered a back up plan to. all missions to mars need the hope of one of three nasa deep space command centers this one is n

cnn's tom foreman has the latest. >> reporter: the headlines have been brutal.f them asking, essentially, the same thing. why would a man "fortune" says is worth hundreds of millions try and tap taxpayers for private travel? oregon senator ron wyden calling it obviously wrong. >> these kinds of ethical issues just keep coming up. >> mnuchin is pushing back, insisting the plane request was all about keeping secure communication with the white house and was withdrawn once an alternative plan was settled. >> i'm very sensitive to the use of government funds. i've never asked the government to pay for my personal travel. >> reporter: even the president was speaking up aboard air force one. >> reporter: do you have confidence in mnuchin? >> total confidence. i've known him for a long time. he's a very honorable man. >> reporter: but there is more turbulence. >> i will be only the third secretary of the treasury that's ever actually gone inside ft. knox. >> reporter: the treasury's inspector general is now scrutinizing the secretary's recent trip to kentucky, which co

yeah and at that time tom foreman was. making it so really a nice place to be. lockheed martin to has plans to get humans to the red planet it revealed more about its blueprint for a mars base camp that will orbit the moon and act as a launching pad for human missions to mars it believes it can have it operational in a decade in about five billion years give or take the sun will eventually be going to a red giant it will expand and devour the earth so at least in five billion years we need to have somewhere else now how much do you need to worry about it in twenty seventeen fair question but that eventually you've got to get off the planet if we're going to continue as a as a as a human race at the moment all we have on mars are two rovers like this replica of the curiosity and while there are many companies here that believe humans will journey to mars within this generation and possibly even colonize it there are doubts about whether mass should be considered a backup plan to. all missions to mars need the hope of one of three nasa deep space command centers t

first, tom foreman is out front with more, on what is a questionable track record for the president'storneys. >> chatting in a crowded restaurant may be risky for any lawyers. when you represent the president and a new york times reporter is close enough to listen and snap pictures, well, it's just another example of how president trump's legal dream team is sometimes hijacking headlines and not in a good way. >> fake news. >> but there have been stumbles. >> this attorney denying that the president helped craft a statement read by his son. >> no, that was written by donald trump jr. in consultation with his lawyer. >> the president okayed the statement? >> they're incorrect. >> the white house later contradicted that statement. saying yes, the president did weigh-in. john dowd according to the new york times, forwarded a message defending the president's statements about the violence between white supremacists and counter protesters in charlottesville. >> i think there's blame on both sides. >> the message said, in part, the black lives matter movement has been totally infiltrated by

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. >> tom foreman is out front. >> reporter: september 15th, 8:27 a.m., secretary price leaves dallasn a private jet with the white house's kellyanne conway. they fly to philadelphia, tour an addiction facility and back in d.c. by early afternoon. the price tag $25,000. the same trip at roughly the same times on a commercial plane, likely be less than $1,500. on am track, under $500. and his motor k could have driven them to philly in two hours and 20 minutes. the president's response. >> i will tell you personally i am not happy about it. i am going to look at it. i'm not happy about it and i let him know it. >> reporter: other examples, in june a round chip to nashville by private jet cost $18,000. a commercial flight with government discounts would have cost 102 to $333 per person. the secretary hcited his cat tight schedule is the reason he took five trips this month. in august he took a private jet to an island in georgia where he and his wife owned property a day-and-a-half before he spoke at a medical conference. and on september 13th. he took a private jet to maine for a meeti

let me bring in tom foreman. what are you learning here? what do we know?this is exactly the thing you don't want to have a happen when your administration is saying we're all about draining the swamp because essentially what this looks like here is that numerous times, the secretary took private jets to go back and forth to places where he easily could have taken commercial jets and that on some of these trips, he was engaging in some degree of private business like meeting with family members or doing things like that. and you know, the real question is how much was official and how much was something else. and was there really no other option except taking these private jets out there? he says he's going to look into it, that he's very concerned about the issue which, of course raises the question why weren't you concerned the first time you were escorted on to one of these jets. his staff said this is one of those things where he wanted to get out and meet the people. you want to meet people, fly coach. you'll meet plenty of them. >> economy. thank you

over time tom foreman was. making it so really a nice place to be. located martin to has plans to get humans to the red planet's it revealed more about its blueprints for a modest base camp that will orbit the moon and act as a launching pad for human missions to mars it believes he can have it operational in a decade in about five billion years give or take the sun will eventually be going to a red giant it will expand and devour the earth so at least in five billion years we need to have somewhere else now how much do you need to worry about it in twenty seventeen fair question but that eventually you've got to get off the planet if we're going to continue as a as a as a human race at the moment all we have on mas two rovers like this replica of the curiosity and while there are many companies here that believe humans will journey to mars within this generation and possibly even colonize it there are doubts about whether a mosque should be considered a back up plan to. all missions to mars need the help of one of three nasa deep space command cente

yeah and at the time tom foreman was. making a really nice place to be. lockheed martin to has plans to get humans to the red planet it revealed more about its blueprints for a mars base camp that will orbit the moon and act as a launching pad for human missions to mars it believes it can have it operational in a decade in about five billion years give or take the sun will eventually be going to a red giant it will expand and devour the earth so at least in five billion years we need to have somewhere else now how much do you need to worry about it in twenty seventeen fair question but that eventually you've got to get off the planet if we're going to continue as a as a as a human race at the moment all we have on mars two rovers like this replica of the curiosity and while there are many companies here that believe humans will journey to mars within this generation and possibly even colonize it there are doubts about whether mass should be considered a backup plan to. all missions to mars need the hope of one of three nasa deep space command centers this