PRESIDENCY.
THE PRESIDENT IS CLOSELY
MONITORING THE DEVELOPMENTS IN
TEXAS AS HURRICANE HARVEY
CLOSES IN AS A FOLLOW-UP FROM
HIS COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE
DEADLY VIOLENCE IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE CONTINUES TO
HOUND HIM.
Reporter: THE PRESIDENT IS
MONITORING HURRICANE HARVEY
CLOSELY AS A STORM LASHES THE
COAST.
TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
POSTED THIS PICTURE OF HIM
TALKING WITH THE PRESIDENT ON
THE PHONE.
THEY ARE PREPARED TO ASSIST IN
LOCAL RESPONDERS IF NEEDED.
THAT IS FEMA THAT IS.
Reporter: THE PRESIDENT WILL
CONTINUE STAY UPDATED AS THE
STORY PROGRESSES.
THIS IS A TOP
ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST NATURAL
DISASTER AND HEADING INTO IT
WITHOUT AN APPOINTED FEMA
DIRECTOR OR HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY.
THE PREVIOUS SECRETARY IS NOW
THE PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF.
WE ARE IN GREAT SHAPE HAVING
GENERAL KELLY SIT BY THE
PRESIDENT AND NO BETTER CHIEF
OF STAFF THAN THE PRESIDENT
DURING THE HURRICANE SEASON.
Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE IS
STILL DEALING WITH THE STORM OF
A DIFFERENT KIND -- THE
BACKLASH FROM THE PRESIDENT'S
RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENT PROTEST
TWO WEEKS AGO. THE
PRESIDENT'S TOP ECONOMIC
ADVISOR GARY COWANS SAID HE
FACED ENORMOUS PRESSURE TO QUIT
AT THE PRESIDENTS BOTH SIDES
RESPONSE.: WAS BY THE
PRESIDENT SIDE AS MR. TRUMP
DEFENDED SOME OF THE PEOPLE
WATCHING.
YOU ALSO HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE
VERY FINE PEOPLE.
Reporter: FRIDAY MORNING:
TOLD THE TIMES THAT THE TRUMPET
MINISTRATION MUST DO BETTER AT
IT CITIZENS STANDING UP FOR
EQUALITY AND FREEDOM CAN NEVER
