Aug 26 Watch 3:27 How will Texas’ most populous city handle excessive floods? By PBS News Hour 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… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 1:58 Assessing damage where Hurricane Harvey touched ground By PBS News Hour 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… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 3:30 As hurricane slows, Texas braces for further damage By PBS News Hour Hurricane Harvey is weakening and drifting slowly along the Texas coast as forecasters warn of the storm's continued potential to generate catastrophic flooding as far as 100 miles inland. Officials began surveying the damage on Saturday following the most powerful… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 3:26 Hurricane Harvey evacuees describe ‘chaos’ By PBS News Hour About 130 miles inland from Corpus Christi lies Texas’ second-most populous city of San Antonio. On Saturday, after Hurricane Harvey ravaged sections of the Texas coast, residents and emergency workers were caring for a surge of evacuees from surrounding areas. Continue watching
Aug 26 Hurricane Harvey kills five, brings widespread flooding By Michael D. Regan At least five people have died following Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas late Friday and brought a deluge of rain, power outages and flooding to the state. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 11:01 Texas prepares for ‘life-threatening’ Hurricane Harvey By PBS News Hour Hurricane Harvey is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Texas, with sustained winds of 120 miles an hour and the potential to intensify. The storm could prove the most powerful the U.S. has seen in more than a decade. Continue watching
Aug 25 WATCH: Texas governor addresses looming Hurricane Harvey By Dan Cooney Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is set to hold a news conference Friday afternoon on Hurricane Harvey. You can watch it here. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 7:04 Rep. Hurd: Shutting the government down for a concrete border wall ‘doesn’t make sense’ By PBS News Hour What do Republican lawmakers think about President Trump’s threat to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t fund a border wall? Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, who serves on the House Homeland Security Committee, joins Judy Woodruff to offer his reaction… Continue watching
Aug 23 Federal judge again throws out Texas’ voter ID law By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press A federal judge has once again thrown out Texas' voter ID law in the latest court defeat for state Republican lawmakers over voting rights. Continue reading
Aug 15 Years-long probe into Texas white supremacist gangs ends with 89th and final conviction By Joshua Barajas On Monday, a judge handed down the last in a series of prosecutions stemming from a 2013 probe that targeted members of various white supremacist gangs, including the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, selling drugs in the north Texas area. Continue reading