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Floodwaters Drop in Houston as Harvey Takes a Second Swipe

People evacuate a neighborhood inundated after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir when it reached capacity due to Tropical Storm Harvey on
Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Trump to Harvey victims: ‘All of America’ grieving with you

By KEN THOMAS who had lost loved ones so to the great people of ery operations. Trump also W. Bush, said there was
DARLENE SUPERVILLE and property. “We are Texas!” But Trump saw little visited Austin during Tues- something missing from
Associated Press here with you today, we damage during his visit to day’s trip, when he met Trump’s remarks in Corpus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- are here with you tomor- Corpus Christi — mostly with officials at the state Christi: “empathy for the
dent Donald Trump set row, and we will be with boarded-up windows, emergency operations people who suffer.”
aside his focus on talking you every single day after downed tree limbs and center. Gov. Greg Ab- Trump plans to return to
up Harvey recovery efforts to restore, recover and re- fences askew. And that bott, R-Texas, said Trump the region Saturday to
to speak directly to the suf- build,” he said. was through the tinted showed “genuine com- survey the damage and
fering of victims, saying “all Earlier Wednesday, Trump windows of his SUV as his passion” on the short flight meet with some victims,
of America is grieving with tweeted that on his Tues- motorcade took him from to Austin as they watched according to White House
you.” Trump’s Wednesday day trip to Texas he had the airport to a firehouse in video footage of the flood- press secretary Sarah
remarks on the ravages of witnessed “first hand the a city already nearly back ing in Houston. “The presi- Huckabee Sanders. Trump
the hurricane came at the horror & devastation” to normal. The president dent was heartbroken by pledged that his adminis-
top of an address in Spring- wrought by Harvey. He deliberately kept his dis- what he saw,” Abbot said. tration would work tirelessly
field, Missouri, about the wrote that after seeing the tance from the epicenter But Ari Fleischer, who to help the region recover.
tax code. The president widespread damage, “my of the damage in Houston served as press secretary
sought to reassure those heart goes out even more to avoid disrupting recov- to former President George Continued on Page 3