Aug 31 Watch 3:53 Houston restaurant community cooks up support for shelters and first responders By PBS News Hour The outpouring of help in Houston has been enormous, including from a group of restaurateurs and chefs who got together to supply food for hurricane victims and first responders. Miles O’Brien learns more from Tomeka Weatherspoon of Houston Public Media. Continue watching
Aug 31 For three brothers, 'Texas pride' means buying a 5-ton truck on Craigslist and helping fellow Texans By Elizabeth Flock When Hurricane Harvey began to hammer Houston, three brothers from San Antonio decided they couldn’t just sit at home. “We were trying to figure out what to do. How to help,” said Brad Morris, when his cousin, a Houston police… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 3:31 Every child can in the world have a microscope. Here's how. By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 31 WATCH: Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins on his skepticism about human-caused climate change By Travis Daub Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins, whose gulf coast district has had to deal with the effects of sea level rise and flooding, spoke with Miles O'Brien about his belief that the science behind human-caused climate change is flawed. Continue reading
Aug 31 WATCH: Pence speaks after tour of Harvey damage in Texas By Darlene Superville, Ken Thomas, Associated Press Watch Vice President Mike Pence talk to reporters about his trip to areas of Texas grappling with the aftermath of Harvey's destruction… Continue reading
Aug 31 Trump administration awards contracts for prototypes of concrete border wall By Luis Alonso Lugo, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has taken another step toward building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, even as funding for the project remains in question. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday it will award contracts to… Continue reading
Aug 31 Trump administration cuts funding for Affordable Care Act sign-up programs By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press In a call with reporters, Health and Human Services officials say advertising will be cut to $10 million for the 2018 open enrollment season. That's down from $100 million for the 2017 sign-up season. Continue reading
Aug 31 The entire city of Beaumont, Texas, has lost access to clean water By Michael Boulter Harvey dumped 29 inches of rain in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area Tuesday, making it among the areas hardest hit by the storm. Continue reading
Aug 31 Trump pledges $1 million in personal funds for Harvey relief efforts By Associated Press Trump has been criticized in the past for giving far less of his income to charitable causes than many other multi-billionaires. Continue reading
Aug 31 Mattis begins sending additional troops to Afghanistan By Robert Burns, Associated Press The additional U.S. troops, part of President Donald Trump's newly-announced strategy on Afghanistan, have not yet arrived in the country. Continue reading