1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: In the US, we have our correspondent Richard Arnold. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 2: Morning. 3 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Richard morning. Okay, so what's the latest up update on 4 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: these Texas floods. Well, it's one hundred and eight people 5 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: now known to have died, So the scale of this 6 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: disaster growing, including as you know, many young children. Hundreds 7 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: of volunteers have joined and scouring the massive debris along 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: the Guadalupe River. Those searches are slow, they're dirty, it's 9 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: distressing work. Obviously, they're finding a lot of remains. Some 10 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: of these volunteers are locals, They know people who have 11 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: lost their lives in this Five children from the girls 12 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: retreat site Camp Mystic still listed of missing, along with 13 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: one councilor. But the sheriff, Larry Leith, we don't know 14 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: everybody who was here, so we don't know everybody who's missing. 15 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: Will they ever know there were people camping independently? Of course. 16 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: Scott Ruskin was one of the first rescuers in the 17 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: flood zone. He got it as rescue swimmer credentials with 18 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: the Coastguard just two months ago and he helped a 19 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,319 Speaker 1: fairy one hundred and sixty nine people, mostly these very 20 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: young children ages seven, eight, nine, So on the safety. 21 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: At one point he was seen carrying two young girls, 22 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: one under each arm. 23 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was one in each arm, but yeah, it 24 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: was just two little kids like seven years old then 25 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: have shoes on. It was like, dude, I'm not going 26 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 2: to make you guys walk through this mid like while 27 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: you're trying to get. 28 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: To a helicopter. Yeah, he's down playing the big hero role. 29 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: Says others would have done it if they had been there. Well, 30 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: he was there. Meantime, there are incredible survival stories. One 31 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: fella says he swam to a power box when his 32 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: place flooded right up to the rooftops, and he stood 33 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: on this scene for three hours before he was able 34 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: to get out. While the wound we spoke of on Monday, 35 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: who was swept for thirty kilometers along that surging river, 36 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: remains in hospital, bruises all over her body, and she's 37 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: been told that five members of her family have died. 38 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says it might have helped 39 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: if there were warning sirens along the river in this 40 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: place called flash Flood Alley. There was a move to 41 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: install a better warning system a little while back, but 42 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: it would have cost fifty thousand dollars and it was 43 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: voted down. Now, what's going on in California? 44 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 3: Things getting even more hairy with these ice raids. 45 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: They really are California slamming the latest deportation moves by 46 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: the Trump team. National Guards troops along with heavily armed 47 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: US Marines operating on American soil right, accompanied by armored tanks, 48 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: swept down onto one of Los Angeles's parks, MacArthur Park, 49 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: leading LA Mayor Karen Bass to slam this race. 50 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 3: Is outrageous and Unamerican that we have federal armed vehicles 51 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 3: in our parks when nothing is going on. Who were 52 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 3: in the park today were children. It was their summer champ. 53 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: So tanks swooping in on kids. The mayor accuses the 54 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: President's team of trying to terrorize LA residents. Los Angeles 55 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: has one of the country's biggest immigrant workforces, obviously, and 56 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: for decades they've been recruiting many of those workers. Also 57 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: in recent days, a twenty three year old woman, Carlie 58 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: Elvarado was tackled and taken into custody while meeting her husband, 59 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: who has no criminal record. 60 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 4: But you're from Mexico, right, and I'm like, no, I'm 61 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 4: from here, and like I was born here here? 62 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: Where's here? 63 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 4: Where are you talking about? Where exactly is here? I'm 64 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 4: like here the US Los Angeles. They put us in chains. 65 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 4: So I had a change from my hand and under 66 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 4: my belly that went all the way to my lefe. 67 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: She was nine months pregnant. She was raced off to 68 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: the hospital where she started having contractions. Her daughter was 69 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: born soon after, while her husband was taken off to 70 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: a detention site in Texas. Somewhere, another woman, Andrea Valez, 71 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: was walking to work when she was physically taken down 72 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: by a masked man. She was accused of interfering with 73 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: the Ice agent, says her lawyer, of what happened, brown. 74 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: Adult, two hundred pound, six foot man in full armor, 75 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 2: weapons with this face shielded, start charging at you. And 76 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 2: that's what she experienced. Now ask yourself who committed the Saltier. 77 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, Figures just out say that sixty nine percent of 78 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: recent immigration arrests are of people with ab absolutely no 79 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: criminal record. Richard, thanks man, appreciate it. We'll talk to 80 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: you again soon. That's Richard Arnold, US correspondence. For more 81 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to News talks 82 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: at B from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast 83 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio