Nation Aug 28 Rep. Jackson Lee: Hurricane Harvey 'worst time' for a government shutdown Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who represents downtown Houston and whose own home is inaccessible, joins Miles O’Brien to discuss the historic floods brought on by Hurricane Harvey and the aid her community will need to recover.
Nation Aug 28 Texas rescuers work around the clock in unrelenting rain and flooding Inundated by Hurricane Harvey, huge swaths of Texas are underwater and Houston, the fourth largest city in the U.S., has been virtually paralyzed. About 30 inches of rain has fall already, with 20 more inches possible. Special correspondent Christopher Booker…
Episode Aug 27 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Aug. 27, 2017 On this edition for Sunday, August 27, Hurricane Harvey is showing southeast Texas some of the worst flooding in its history, with at least five people dead. Later, major companies such as Mars and Walmart are investing in renewable energy.
Nation Aug 27 Historic flooding inundates Texas, hampering rescue efforts Houston's mayor on Sunday urged his constituents in the nation’s fourth-largest city to stay off roadways as the state of Texas continues to contend with unprecedented flooding from Hurricane Harvey, now classified as a tropical storm. Officials said rising waters…
Nation Aug 27 Torrential rains drain emergency resources in Texas With the potential for storm totals to reach 50 inches of rain this week, residents of Houston and parts of southeast Texas are experiencing some of the most extreme flooding ever seen in the state, according to the National Weather…
Nation Aug 27 Why Houston is a 'sitting duck' for hurricanes “Hell or High Water,” a report published last year by ProPublica and the Texas Tribune, says that officials in Houston failed to adequately heed a warning from a hurricane that nine years ago caused $30 billion in damage. Texas Tribune…
Nation Aug 27 In Gulf Coast cities, officials warn of coming floods People in the small city of Victoria, Texas, which was ravaged by Hurricane Harvey, started grappling with the aftermath on Sunday. While the city, about 30 miles inland from the Gulf Coast, did not experience extreme flooding, roofs were torn…
Episode Aug 26 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Aug. 26, 2017 On this edition for Saturday, August 26, we head to Texas to survey the damage Hurricane Harvey has already wrought and learn how the state is preparing for the aftermath. Later, President Donald Trump’s end-of-week decision to pardon former Arizona…
Nation Aug 26 How will Texas' most populous city handle excessive floods? As Hurricane Harvey bears down on Texas, Houston -- the state’s most populous city, with a population of more than 2 million people -- could face 15 to 30 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. To discuss…
Nation Aug 26 Assessing damage where Hurricane Harvey touched ground Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near the city of Corpus Christi in southeastern Texas on Friday, cutting power to at least two-thirds of its 325,000 residents and damaging buildings in its path. Natalia Contreras, reporter for…