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Aug 30

Watch 7:24
How will the Trump administration handle long Hurricane Harvey recovery?

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John Yang sits down with Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn.org and Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative Union to discuss President Trump’s visit to Texas on Tuesday and the perils of leading a government response to a major natural disaster, plus…

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Aug 30

Watch 2:27
How Harvey evacuees are coping in shelters

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The record-setting flood has forced tens of thousands from their homes and into shelters. P.J. Tobia joins Miles O’Brien from Houston to report what he heard from those displaced in Houston.

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Aug 30

Watch 3:40
For Houston dialysis patients, getting treatment during the disaster means life or death

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The Houston health care system is under strain from the fallout from Hurricane Harvey. Aside from those who have been injured, patients with chronic diseases still need their life-saving treatments. Miles O’Brien talks to Tomeka Weatherspoon of Houston Public Media.

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Aug 30

Watch 5:25
News Wrap: Trump turns focus to hurricane victims

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In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump visited Missouri to discuss tax reform and the recovery efforts he saw underway in his visit to Texas yesterday. Also, as tensions with North Korea intensify after the firing of a missile over…

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Aug 30

Watch 6:32
Did climate change make recent extreme storms worse?

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Nature is taking a devastating toll in both the U.S. mainland and in countries like India, Bangladesh and Nepal, where monsoon rains are causing floods and hundreds of casualties. Directly attributing these individual weather events to global warming is a…

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Aug 30

Watch 5:21
National Guard’s Harvey rescues haven’t ‘slowed down’

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Still in the search and rescue phase, some 24,000 National Guard troops are deployed to assist local and state responders in Texas. Miles O’Brien talks to Col. Steven Metze of the Texas Military Department Hurricane Harvey Response about their mission.

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Aug 30

Watch 9:21
Sun returns to storm-ravaged Houston, but ‘worst is not yet over’

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After five days of record rain, the Houston area finally saw sunlight again, but the danger and rescue operations are far from over. Meanwhile, the storm made landfall again near Cameron, Louisiana, dropping more rain on the border region of…

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Aug 30

Fake news reports are hindering the emergency response to Harvey

By Miles O'Brien

Bad information shared on social media is causing unnecessary panic among the public and costing first responders valuable time, Officer Haley Morrow of the Beaumont Police told PBS NewsHour’s Miles O’Brien.

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Aug 30

How Texas police rescued a toddler clinging to her mother’s body in Harvey’s floodwaters

By Miles O'Brien

Beaumont Police spokesperson Officer Haley Morrow recounts the rescue, and explains how the flood tragedy is affecting first responders on a personal level.

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Aug 30

How to find critical medical care if you’re a hurricane survivor

By Laura Santhanam

Health care providers around Houston and across Texas cobble together resources for patients of cancer and other chronic illnesses who have been displaced after Hurricane Harvey.

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