Overview

• President Trump held a press conference in Kerrville, praising heroism and characterizing the flood as a one-in-1,000-year event.
• He called a CBS News Texas reporter who questioned the delayed warnings “a very evil person” during the exchange.
• FEMA and National Weather Service records show that although an IPAWS warning went out at 1:14 a.m. on July 4, Kerr County did not activate its wireless alerts.
• Local families and media have criticized the timeliness of emergency warnings, arguing that delays may have cost lives as the death toll tops 120 with scores missing.
• Governor Greg Abbott and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined Trump in Kerrville, praising the response and overseeing ongoing inquiries into alert breakdowns.