Texas, Trump and floods
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A reporter from CBS News Texas asked the president Friday if more lives could've been saved if emergency alerts were issued earlier.
"It’s hard to believe the devastation," Trump said. "Trees that are 100 years old just ripped out of the ground. I've never seen anything like this, and I've seen a lot of bad ones."
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A Texas man was arrested on federal charges after an alleged Facebook threat saying “I won’t miss" ahead of Trump’s Kerrville visit after the Fourth of July flash floods.
While he's been in communities after hurricanes and tornadoes, President Trump said the devastation he saw after an aerial tour of the flood-ravaged Texas Hill Country on Friday was different.
Mr. Trump and Abbott promised to rebuild the devastated region, although the president recognized that what was lost can never be recovered.
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President Donald Trump spoke with Fox News host Will Cain about rescue efforts in Kerrville, Texas after catastrophic flash floods on "The Will Cain Show."
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President Donald Trump is visiting Texas on Friday to assess catastrophic flooding that has killed at least 120 people.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas leaders have repeatedly claimed the state’s voting maps are race blind. Until the Trump DOJ disagreed.Gov. Greg Abbott has acknowledged DOJ concerns that some districts were drawn “along strict racial lines.” Critics say it’s a political ploy.