Overview

• Chris Cuomo scolded Sen. Chris Murphy for taking a “cheap shot” at flood victims over his funding-cuts accusation and said he no longer wants Murphy on his NewsNation program.
• Murphy had argued that cuts to NOAA and the Department of Government Efficiency under President Trump weakened weather forecasting and worsened the Kerr County floods.
• The National Weather Service union stated that forecasters were fully staffed during the crisis and that flood warnings were escalated up to 12 hours before the waters surged.
• More than 100 people, including over two dozen children, died in the Kerr County floods and authorities continue searching for more than 160 individuals reported missing.
• Houston pediatrician Dr. Christina Propst was dismissed after a Facebook post tied flood safety wishes to voters’ political affiliations.