1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: I hope that you had a great Fourth of July weekend. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be honest with you. Ours is terrible. If 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: you know what has happened in Texas, it has been 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: one of the saddest and most sombering stories that I've 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: ever had to deal with. 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 2: We know. 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: One of the victims, families of a girl that's lost 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: her life, and we know people that are preparing for 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: that funeral. And I having three kids, and this is 10 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: just a hard one. So if you hear my voice cracking, 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: it's because it is. I just went and hugged my 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: kids before I started doing the show, and my oldest 13 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: was like, what's wrong, and I was like, I'm just 14 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: it's Today's been a hard day, a sad day. It 15 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: has been a hard and a sad day since all 16 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: of this happened. Because when you know people who are 17 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: affected by this, and you see the pain in their life, 18 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: and then you think about your own children who are 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: the same age. My kids are six and eight, they're 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: the same age of these kids that are missing, it 21 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: is just. 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: It's hard to explain. 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: I think it tests your faith, the question of why 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: would God allow this to happen. 25 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 2: To kids? At a Christian camp is a question that I've. 26 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: Been asked I don't even know how many times over 27 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: the last three four days. I can tell you that 28 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: the one thing that I love about Texas in general 29 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: is how quickly people have rallied. 30 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: That's the good news. 31 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: Like the amount of people that have gotten involved and 32 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: the people that have rallied the people that have. 33 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 2: Stood by is as amazing. It's just incredible. 34 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: The stories that have come out of this are are incredible, 35 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: and I'm going to get into some of those. But 36 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: I also want you to know about this area. I 37 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: know this area incredibly well, Comfort and Currville, h and 38 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: where this camp was because it's where we go multiple 39 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:26,399 Speaker 1: times a year. 40 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 2: With our family. 41 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: My kids have grown up going to Kerrville with family 42 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: members that are kind enough to invite us to their ranch. 43 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: It is my kid's favorite memories. And what you may 44 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: not know about this area is when it rains, the 45 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 1: water doesn't go into the ground like traditionally it does 46 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: where I'm doing the show from now in Houston. Like 47 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: it rains and the water soaks in, it doesn't instantly flood. 48 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: The flash flooding there is unbelievable. There's a lot of 49 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: rock and the soil is different. We had just gone 50 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: down to the ranch in Curveville where this took place 51 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: the weekend when school got out, and with all my 52 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: niece and nephews and my kids and family, and we 53 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: went down there and the night I think was the 54 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: night before we got there, there was rain. And they 55 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: don't get a lot of rain in this area. Traditionally 56 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: they will go months without with barely any rain. And 57 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: it rained, and they got a big rain that filled 58 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: up the lake where we fish, and it had been 59 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: low before and had filled it all the way up. 60 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: But the amount of debris on the property from that 61 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: rain that did not last very long was unbelievable. I mean, 62 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: it looked like there was mulch on every side of 63 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: the lake, and the and the and the and where 64 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: the runoffs come in from up in the hills, and 65 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: and you can see how quick the water rushes. 66 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: And we know that about that area. 67 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: We know the flooding areas are real, and anyone that's 68 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: in that area knows this. The there has been a 69 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: lot of people trying to blame and say it's this, 70 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: that and the other, and playing politics, and Democrats claiming 71 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: that this was because of cuts that were made to 72 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: FEMA and other things, which is all ie, and we're 73 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: going to go through that, but I want you to 74 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: understand I don't I mean, I don't think anyone can 75 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: quote prepare for what we witnessed. Talking to people that 76 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: have been talking to the campers that survived and the councilors. 77 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: How quickly the water rose was unprecedented if it happened 78 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: in this way and the way the weather. It was 79 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: a lot like Harvey over Houston and that hurricane where 80 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: the weather just stalled out and just kept dumping and 81 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: dumping and it didn't move through like traditional storms do. 82 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: This was a once in a generation flood, one hundred 83 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: year flood, if you want to call it that. And 84 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: I've seen that before when I lived in Memphis when 85 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 1: the Missippi River had one hundred year flood, but you 86 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: had time with that one in warning, and they were 87 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: able to build the burms and get people out and 88 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: have evacuations. This floo food that took their the lives 89 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: of so many people and these young kids happened so 90 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: quick in the water row so quickly, and to watch 91 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: people play politics on this is also I think really sick. 92 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: I think it's really really sad. 93 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: Because I don't know if people did things that were wrong. 94 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: The guy who ran this camp, for example, he died 95 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: trying to save people's lives. 96 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 2: I don't think. I think they thought there might be flooding. 97 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: But these kids in these cabins, they didn't build that 98 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: close enough to the water for normal flooding. 99 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 2: You understand my point. 100 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: I mean, this camp been there for a very long 101 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: time and they'd never seen water levels anywhere close to 102 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: what they just went through the way the. 103 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 2: Trees were snapped, the homes were picked up. 104 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: The RV parks where they build them, yeah they're by 105 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: the water, but they're not where the flooding is traditionally, 106 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 1: historically for decades, they're not building these these these RV 107 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: parks that every ten years you would get washed out. 108 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: It doesn't work that way, and there's a lot of 109 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: I think, ignorance and people wanting to blame, and unfortunately, 110 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: sometimes things like this happen that we've never seen in 111 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:12,679 Speaker 1: our lifetime. 112 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: They've never seen this in their lifetime. 113 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: Yes, flooding does happen, But the idea with the Democrats 114 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: wanting to use this is like a political point to 115 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: somehow blame Donald Trump or anybody else might be one 116 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: of the most violent discussing things ever. I'll give you 117 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: another example of this and just how personal it is. 118 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: You may have seen a story that went viral of 119 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: a pediatrician who decided to post in essence that kids 120 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: deserve to die because in this area they voted for 121 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. 122 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: There was a. 123 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: Doctor that posted, may all visitors, children, non MAGA voters, 124 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: and pets be safe and dry with the praying hands. 125 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: Then it says Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. 126 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: That's a lie. But it doesn't matter. They deny climate change. 127 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: May they get what they voted for. Bless their hearts. 128 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,679 Speaker 1: The doctor who posts that, this woman who posted it 129 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: is a pediatrician. Just another example of how close it 130 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: is a home where my children go. She is in 131 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: the pediatrician group where my kids are treated. Now you 132 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: can imagine after seeing this, and thank goodness that pediatric's 133 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: office put that doctor on leave and then announced today 134 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: very quickly that that doctor has been terminated, which is 135 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: absolutely appropriate. But when you look at that and I'm like, 136 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: I can't imagine if that doctor was on call when 137 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: my kids needed help, and are they going to look 138 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: at me differently because I voted for Donald Trump because 139 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: of what I do. And you just realize in these 140 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: moments how vile the left has become, Like this is 141 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: not even and like it is so vile that you're like, oh, well, 142 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: those little girls deserve to die. By the way, none 143 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: of those little girls voted because they were Magavos. They 144 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: deserve what they get because you deny climate change. May 145 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: they get what they voted for? Bless their hearts. And 146 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: when you see this, you realize just how fall in 147 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: the world is that we live in. And it's sad, 148 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: and it's sad that there's people that want to politicize 149 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: this horrific tragedy for political gain on the left. You know, 150 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: earlier I was talking, well, it's different of mine, and 151 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: you guys know this to do a show with Cinder 152 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 1: cruzho were talking last night as he was down in 153 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: Texas and Kerrville and comfort and getting ready for today. 154 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: And to see the number of people that are just 155 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: wanting to attack and somehow claim that this attack happened 156 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: solely because of the politics, and that oh, well, this 157 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: could have been avoided because if they would have done 158 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: something differently. I cannot tell you just how sick these 159 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 1: people are. And Kerrville. Senator Cruz made these comments when 160 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: he was talking about the devastating flooding and after seeing it, 161 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: and I want to play this for you because I 162 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 1: think it's important and I want you to hear what 163 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: he said, and I'm going to play for you also 164 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: the White House. 165 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 2: But listen to what he said. 166 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: And this is where he's meeting with these families who've 167 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: lost their kids, and yet there's questions that he's having 168 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: to answer about the politics of this warning. 169 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 2: System so people had a chance to escape something like this. 170 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 3: Well, listen, I think anytime you're dealing with major rivers, 171 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 3: there's a risk of flooding, and there's always been a 172 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: risk of flooding, particularly Guadalupe River. I will say in 173 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 3: the wake of every tragedy, there are things that are predictable. 174 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 3: One of the things that's predictable is that you see 175 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 3: some people engaging and I think partisan games and trying 176 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 3: to blame their political opponent it's for a natural disaster, 177 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 3: and you see that with a hurricane, with a tornado, 178 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 3: with a wildfire, with his flooding, where people immediately say well, 179 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 3: the hurricane is Donald Trump's fault. You know, look that 180 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 3: I think most normal Americans know that's ridiculous. And I 181 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 3: think this is not a time for partisan finger pointing 182 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 3: in attacks. Now, after we come through search and rescue, 183 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 3: after we come through the process of rebuilding, there will 184 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 3: naturally be a period of retrospection where you look back 185 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 3: and say, Okay, what exactly transpired, what was the timeline, 186 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 3: and what could have been done differently to prevent this 187 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 3: loss of life? 188 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 2: And that's a natural process. 189 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 3: I think it should not happen in a bitter and 190 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 3: partisan sense, but it should happen in a reasonable sense 191 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 3: of saying what lessons can we learn? And I will 192 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 3: give an example. You know, Houston's my hometown. If you 193 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 3: live on the Gulf Coast, we get hurricanes. Part of 194 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 3: living on the Gulf coast as hurricanes hit. And I 195 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 3: do think Texas as a whole has learned over time 196 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 3: how to deal more effectively with hurricanes. And so you 197 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 3: look here, we know the National Weather Service put out 198 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 3: an emergency warning just after one am, and a second 199 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 3: emergency warning just after four am. Now, obviously most people 200 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 3: at one am and four am are asleep, and so 201 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 3: I think we will have a reasonable conversation about a 202 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 3: are there any ways to have earlier detection and some 203 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 3: of that. The limits of a flash flood, they're very 204 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 3: difficult because they can arise so quickly. 205 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: But everyone would agree. 206 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 3: In hindsight, if we could go back and do it again, 207 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 3: we would evacuate, particularly those in the most vulnerable areas, 208 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,439 Speaker 3: the young children in the cabins closest to the water, 209 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 3: we would remove them and get them to higher ground. 210 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 3: If we could go back and do it again, obviously 211 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 3: everyone would. The people at RVs by the river's edge, 212 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 3: we know, and disasters like this. RVs and mobile homes 213 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 3: are particularly susceptible, whether a flood or a hurricane or 214 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 3: a tornado, they're particularly susceptible to that. And so my 215 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 3: hope is in time we will learn some lessons to 216 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 3: implement to next time, and there will be another flood. 217 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 3: There will be another disaster, but next time there's a flood, 218 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 3: I hope we have in place processes to remove especially 219 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 3: the most vulnerable from harm's way. But I think that's 220 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 3: going to be a process that will take a careful 221 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 3: examination of what happened and how can we implement processes 222 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 3: better in the future to prevent this same loss of life. 223 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: You hear his answer there, and it's like, how are 224 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: we even having to answer a question about the politics 225 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: of this, And yet that's exactly what the left did. 226 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: The left wanted this to be about politics, and the 227 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: White House Press Secretary had to defend and blast Democrats 228 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: and members of the media have sought to blame somehow 229 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: Donald Trump for the death toll from the flash flooding 230 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: that no one could have imagined would have been this bad, 231 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: because it's never been this bad in her lifetime. Caroline 232 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: Levitt had to call it the Senate Minority Leader Chuck 233 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: Schumer in particular, for accusing him of spreading falsehoods. She 234 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: then gave a timeline of the warnings issued by the 235 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: National Weather Service in the days and hours before the 236 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: deadly Fling flooding, which claimed now at least ninety one 237 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,719 Speaker 1: lives as I speak to now, unfortunately, we're expecting that 238 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: number to go up. I want you to hear what 239 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: she said at the White House Press briefing and the 240 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 1: fact that this is what she's having to say instead 241 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: of focusing on the tragedy because the left is trying 242 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: to turn this in political attack. 243 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 2: Tells you just how soulis they become. 244 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 4: I want to start by addressing the devastation from the 245 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 4: tragic flash floods in Texas. Moments ago, the Department of 246 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 4: Homeland Security provided an update that ninety one innocent souls 247 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 4: have now perished. Everyone here at the White House, including 248 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 4: the presidents of the United Slime States, is praying for 249 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 4: the victims, families, and friends during this unimaginable time. President 250 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 4: Trump swiftly signed a major Disaster declaration for Care County, 251 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 4: Texas to ensure our heroic first responders have every resource 252 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 4: they need in the relief and recovery efforts. Secretary of 253 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 4: Homeland Security Christinome traveled to Texas over the weekend, and 254 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 4: the entire Trump administration is working hand in glove with 255 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 4: state and local officials to provide every assistance available. The 256 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 4: situation on the ground remains dangerous and there could be 257 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 4: additional public safety threats with potential incoming heavy rain, so 258 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 4: we encourage everyone in the area to remain vigilant, listen 259 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 4: to all warnings, and respond accordingly. Unfortunately, in the wake 260 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 4: of this once in a generation natural disaster, we have 261 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 4: seen many falsehoods pushed by Democrats such as Senator Chuck 262 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 4: Schumer and some members of the media. Blaming President Trump 263 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 4: for these floods is a depraved lie and it serves 264 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 4: no purpose during this time of national mourning. Here are 265 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 4: the facts. In the lead up to this tragic natural disaster. 266 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 4: The National Weather Service did its job despite unprecedented rainfall. 267 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 4: The National Weather Service executed timely in precise forecasts and warnings. 268 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 4: On July third, the National Weather Service Office in Austin, 269 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 4: San Antonio, Texas conducted forecast briefings for emergency management in 270 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 4: the morning and issued a floodwatch in the early afternoon. 271 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 4: Flash flood warnings were also issued on the night of 272 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 4: July third and in the early morning of July fourth, 273 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 4: giving preliminary lead times of more than three hours before 274 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 4: flash flooding conditions occurred. In The National Weather Service office 275 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 4: in New Brunfels, which delivers forecasts for Austin, San Antonio 276 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 4: and the surrounding areas, had extra staff on duty during 277 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 4: the storms, despite claims of the contrary. So to any 278 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 4: person who has deliberately lied about these facts surrounding this 279 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 4: catastrophic event should be deeply ashamed. At this time, the 280 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 4: administration's focus will be on giving the victims in their 281 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 4: communities the support they deserve during these recovery efforts in 282 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 4: this tragic time. May God bless the great people of Texas, 283 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 4: especially the parents who have lost their children. President Trump 284 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 4: loves you, we are praying for you, and he will 285 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 4: be traveling to see you later this week. 286 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: The fact that she had to spend that time to 287 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: clear the record because of the media putting out these lies, 288 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: because the left putting out these lies saying that this 289 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: was somehow Donald Trump's fault, that somehow this was because 290 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: of him, I think maybe one of the most disgusting 291 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: things I have ever witnessed, knowing that this is something 292 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: that is was unfortunately a once in a lifetime disaster. 293 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: And I want you to hear the partisan is here. 294 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: The Cinan woman says, quote, I don't know if there's 295 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: a direct line between the National Weather Service and cuts 296 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: in the flooding, but this is what government is for. 297 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 2: There are no direct lines. The warnings work the right way. 298 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: Unfortunately, there was people that didn't get those warnings or 299 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: didn't realize how bad it could be. And by the way, 300 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: this is not a flood in this way that happens 301 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: every couple of years, there's flooding there, nothing like this. 302 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 2: This is a once in a lifetime event. 303 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 1: And I want you to hear how they're just like, 304 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: we gotta blame Trump no matter what, even as we're 305 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: showing first responders trying to find dead bodies. 306 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,719 Speaker 5: I think it's wrong for Texas to blame the National 307 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 5: Weather Service, and I think it's premature for the President 308 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 5: to say it wasn't the National Weather Service. I will 309 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 5: say one thing, Phil and these cuts to the National 310 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 5: Weather Service, to NOAH, to FEMA, the potential elimination of FEMA, 311 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 5: we will miss them when they're gone. I think we 312 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 5: need to say that now. I don't know if there's 313 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 5: a direct line between the National Weather Service and cuts 314 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 5: and what happened, but this is what government's for. It's 315 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 5: to help people and prepare them for the damage and 316 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:15,959 Speaker 5: the devastation. 317 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: So in other words, you're just talking out of your abs. 318 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: You have no idea, but you're seeing an opportunity here 319 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: to try to blame Trump and the government. 320 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:24,719 Speaker 2: I'll give you another example. 321 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: Matthew Daud, Senior political analysts at NBC News MSNBC I 322 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: want you to listen to his vile attack, saying the 323 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 1: tragedy of Texas flooding was totally preventable. 324 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 6: Matt, Dad, let me bring you in on this and 325 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 6: let me just pull back the curtain. Our last conversation 326 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 6: about your next appearance on this show was about a 327 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 6: piece you read about trauma. And now you are in 328 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 6: the middle of the state you love, with neighbors you love, 329 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,959 Speaker 6: suffering this extraordinary heartbreak. 330 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 2: Where are your thoughts today? 331 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 7: Well, I'm glad to be here to talk about this, 332 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 7: and I'm I mean, I'd just like to put some 333 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 7: context and follows something with what Ryan said. I mean, 334 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 7: this is incredibly tragic, incredibly sad. 335 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 2: All of us know this, and who visited this area. 336 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 7: Spent time on the Guadaloup had you know, I've spent 337 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 7: a lot of time in Center Point. I had a 338 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 7: cabin on the Guadaloup and understand the flood risks that 339 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 7: exists there. But these camps and especially a place like 340 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 7: Camp Thestick. Just so people understand, this is a tradition 341 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 7: that everyone in Texas, Central Texas, Houston, Dallas knows of 342 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 7: these of these kids spending time boys and girls on 343 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 7: these camps and this camp. In specifically, I've talked to 344 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 7: people whose grandmothers went to this camp, whose mothers went 345 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 7: to this camp, and then their daughters have gone to 346 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,199 Speaker 7: this camp. And so this is a tradition that's of Texas. 347 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 7: It's now been completely shattered in a very traumatic way. 348 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 7: In this I so disagree with this idea of like, oh, 349 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 7: there's no way to know this thing was going to come. 350 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 7: There was no way to know, you know this this 351 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 7: was going to happen. It was as Donald Trump is, 352 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 7: it's one. 353 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 2: Hundred year event. 354 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 7: How would we know this is flash flood Alley as 355 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 7: the senator, why, I'm sure we'll talk about this is 356 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 7: something that we know about that we shouldn't have been 357 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 7: prepared for, that we should have been doing something about 358 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 7: for decades and decades and decades locally and at the 359 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 7: state level and at the federal level. 360 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 2: The fact that we. 361 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 7: Didn't and now we're sort of sort of dealing with 362 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 7: this immense tragedy is so and so incredibly disturbing in 363 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 7: this because this was, in my view, the tragedy of 364 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 7: this and the extent of the tragedy of this was 365 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 7: totally preventable because we've known on the Guadalupe River and 366 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 7: that river basin. This kind of thing can happen, and 367 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 7: maybe not as bad as it would happen as tragic 368 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 7: it did. But this is this is not every hundred years, 369 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 7: This is every few years where these flood events happened. 370 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: Let me just stop there so that you understand the 371 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: facts behind this. If what he just said was true, 372 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: then this camp would have been devastated every couple of years, 373 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: which would have mean that they could not keep the camp, 374 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: that the camp wouldn't exist, that the cabins would have 375 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: been washed away every couple of years, and no one 376 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: would invest in that there is flooding there. Yes, he 377 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,239 Speaker 1: had a cabin on the Guadalupe, as he described it, 378 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: and guess what he bought that cabin, not thinking that 379 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: every three years he's gonna have to rebuild it, or 380 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: every two years, or every few years, has. 381 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 2: He described it. 382 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: It's another example of an individual who's like, well, you know, 383 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: and this is a problem, and this should never have happened. 384 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: This is totally preventable. It's a once in a lifetime event. 385 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: I don't care who the president of United States of 386 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: America is. But to then say, well, this is probably 387 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,239 Speaker 1: connected to FEMA or Trump or cuts or is that 388 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: doctor put it? If you voted for Donald Trump, you 389 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: get what you deserve here like this is this is 390 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 1: the fault. This is your fault. I mean, I go 391 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: back to do this doctor. This pediatrician, thank goodness, has 392 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: been fired over the insensive social media posts. I would 393 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: say it's more than insensitive that Trump supporters got what 394 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: they voted for with the Texas floods. The fact that 395 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: she felt safe enough as a pediatrician to put that 396 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: out there like this is some sort of yeah, we'll 397 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 1: show yeah, you know, you deserve what you get. And 398 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: I'm glad that Trump supporters and their children died. And 399 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,360 Speaker 1: the media is sitting there like we got to play 400 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: politics on this, and and the White House had to 401 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: spend the time giving the timeline of the National Weather 402 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: Service and explain the National Weather like how it worked 403 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:35,439 Speaker 1: and explain when when the warnings came out. I just 404 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: you would think in a moment like this, where so 405 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: many kids were taken, you would think in that moment 406 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 1: that people say, Okay, for this moment, Hey, I'm I'm 407 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna chill. I mean as I'm as I'm 408 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: recording this right now, we're up to ninety five. The 409 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: death toll has gone up. We're expecting it to go 410 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: up even more. I hope I'm wrong, but people have 411 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: talked to well over one hundred. Is what they've told 412 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: me is the reality of the situation we're in right now. 413 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 1: And you hear that and you realize what's happening, And 414 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: yet you think there's there are actual people that go 415 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: on TV or there's journalists that go out there and 416 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: they're like, I want to I want to figure out 417 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: a way to nail the people I don't like politically 418 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: and somehow turn this into a political issue, Like God 419 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: help them. I mean that when I say it like that, 420 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: what world are you living in? 421 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 2: If this is it? Like? 422 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 1: This is what you think, this is what you believe 423 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: that these are not, by the way, the only ones. 424 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: MSNBC a couple hours later, one of their commentators said, 425 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: this about Donald Trump. 426 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 8: You've reached The President had said that he thinks he's going. 427 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 2: To go to Texas this week. What's the White House saying? 428 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 2: That's right? 429 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 8: The President has said that he probably will go to 430 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 8: Texas on Friday. The White House pres Secretary, though, is 431 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 8: making it very clear that those plans are not final. 432 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 8: The other thing that the White House is doing is 433 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 8: really pushing back on this notion that the National Weather 434 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 8: Service didn't have the resources and the staffing that it 435 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 8: needed at. 436 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 2: The time that this flood happened. In order to do what. 437 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 8: Was best for the residents in Texas, the White House 438 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 8: Press secretary said multiple times, it's just in the last 439 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 8: few minutes here that they these offices in this part 440 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 8: of Texas that they had what they needed, that they 441 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 8: were adequately staffed. I talked to a White House official 442 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 8: who actually called it disgusting to try to criticize any 443 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,199 Speaker 8: sort of staffing levels at the National Weather Service or 444 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 8: to try to blame the Trump administration for cuts that 445 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 8: happened at the National Weather Service for why this flood 446 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 8: has become as deadly as it is. The White House 447 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 8: Press secretary pointing out that this is a once in 448 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 8: a century, once in a few decades level flooding and 449 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 8: that this was something that nobody would have really seen coming. 450 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 8: That being said, the White House is also pointing to 451 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 8: meteorologists that we've seen in Texas, saying that there were 452 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 8: staffing concerns, but that there were no staffing issues that 453 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 8: led to ample warnings not be giving out in the 454 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 8: way that they were. We at NBC News, they've also 455 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 8: talked to some people meteorologists and others who say that 456 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 8: the National Weather Service had the staffing that it needed, 457 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 8: even though again that there were concerns about staffing. We 458 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 8: both so, of course, I'm sure Jullians going to tell 459 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 8: us about the lawmakers that we are at that are 460 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 8: now wanting this issue to be more investigated. But the 461 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 8: White House here taking a really defensive posture on the 462 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 8: idea that anything that President Trump did hurt the people 463 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 8: in Texas, and the White House Press Secretary also saying 464 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 8: that the President wants to give Texas any of the 465 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 8: resources it needs in this moment, Katie. 466 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: I go back to just the basics here. We know 467 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: for a fact the National Weather Service had extra staff 468 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 1: when this happened, but they want you to believe that 469 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: no one was there the Associated Press putting this headline 470 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: up there. Weather Service had extra staffers. The National Weather 471 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: Service office in New Bronseil, which delivers forecasts for Austin, 472 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: Santonio the surrounding areas, have extra staff on duty during 473 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: the storms where the office would typically have two forecasts 474 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: on duty. During clear weather, they add up to five 475 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: on staff. Quote, they're extra people in here that night. 476 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: And that's typical in every Weather Service office. You staff 477 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: up for an event and bring people in on overtime 478 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:23,639 Speaker 1: and hold people over. 479 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: So it was not a staffing issue. 480 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: The Democrats are so desperate to attack Trump and wanting 481 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: Trump supporters to die that they're trying to cook up 482 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: a new lie. 483 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 2: They're trying to tell you that this happened. 484 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 1: Hell, you've got the Houston mayor, by the way, John 485 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: Whitmer's office said a woman who went on social media 486 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: that worked for them, said that they could deserve what 487 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: they got because they were these the Texas girls were 488 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: white and and quote, they're deporting your family members is 489 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 1: being per I mean, this is how how sick these 490 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: people are. Thank goodness, she's been permanently removed from Houston's 491 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: food and Security services staff. Like these people went on 492 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,719 Speaker 1: social media, they've gone on TV and they're telling you 493 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: that they're glad that other people. 494 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 2: Are dying, and it's all bs. Just so you know. 495 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: The National Weather Service office in Austin's Antonio issued a 496 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: flood watch over twelve hours before the flood, and a 497 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: flash flood warning three hours in advance, and these political 498 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 1: analysts go out there and they use this and say, well, 499 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: it could have happened. No, you're liars and your scumbags, 500 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: and we have the receipts to prove it. Let me 501 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: also say this, God, bless the families. I cannot tell 502 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: you how hard pray. 503 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 2: Pray. 504 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 1: Pray for these mothers and fathers that lost their daughters. 505 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: Knowing people that are involved in this is just truly, 506 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: I don't have have words for it. They're gonna need 507 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,679 Speaker 1: a lot of prayers, and the people of Kerrville and 508 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 1: comfort in this whole area, they're gonna need help too. 509 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 2: I'll see you back here tomorrow.