Texas flash flood disaster

Texas woman describes harrowing escape from flooding

Amanda Sue Jones joins CNN’s Erica Hill and shares details about how she and her family survived the HTR Campground flooding in Texas. #CNN #News

‘We need more help’: Texas flood survivor shares plea amid devastation

Over 80 people are dead and dozens are missing across six counties in Texas after catastrophic flash floods devastated the area. Owner of Blue Oak RV Park Lorena Guillen joins Ana Cabrera to share her experience during the flooding and details the “heart-wrenching” destruction they are facing now.

Projected impact of July 4 legislation

Steve Rattner: This bill is ‘unprecedented’ – it ‘takes money from the poor, gives it to the rich’

Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner weighs in on how the president’s spending package will impact the U.S. economy, warning the bill would push millions off Medicaid and deepen income inequality: “In 50 years of watching economic policy, I have never seen a package that was so regressive, that did so much to take money from the poor, give it to the rich and take it away from the poor.

“Most Massive Transfer of Wealth Upward in American History”: John Nichols on Trump’s Budget Law

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Donald Trump and his allies are celebrating the passage of his sweeping tax and spending bill, which he signed into law on July 4 after a monthslong effort to shepherd it through Congress. Ultimately, just three Republicans in the Senate and two in the House voted against the legislation.

Federal tax on Los Angeles must end

ICE Raids in LA: California Democratic Lawmakers speak out about National Guard deployment

ICE Raids in LA: California Democratic Lawmakers speak out about National Guard deployment National Guard members are deployed in Los Angeles by President Donald Trump in wake of ICE protests. California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to sue the Trump administration on Monday over the deployment, Latest https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/newsome-trump-national-guard-lawsuit/103-8eb46dc8-eee4-47ab-9d98-fb6cd8c18a82

Illegal ice activities

Bad actors mimic masked ICE agents; Community outraged over snatchings by unidentified agents

Jen Psaki looks at the problems of federal immigration agents hiding their identities with masks and refusing to identify themselves as they conduct raids and carry people away in unmarked cars. NBC News correspondent David Noriega reports live from a protest in Pasadena, California where locals are upset that friends and neighbors are being disappeared without notification or information.

Global warming and sea level rise

Study warns 1.5-degree warming limit can’t prevent dangers of melting glaciers

The 2015 Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was thought to be the threshold for averting severe climate change impacts. But new research says even that level is too high to prevent the catastrophic consequences of sea level rise due to melting glaciers.

Tech season, how to protect yourself

Why tick season is worse than usual and how to protect yourself

Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the rise, a trend experts attribute to climate change, human expansion into forested areas and overpopulations of deer. Ali Rogin speaks with pediatric infectious diseases specialist Dr. Andrew Handel about how to best avoid these tiny insects.