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Heavy weather from the Gulf Coast to Washington, D.C.

Hello again, I'm Marvin Alme, and this is To the Point.

The worst rainstorm in American history will still be racking up billions in damages

when Congress gets back from its summer recess on Tuesday.

With less than a month left to raise the debt ceiling and pass a spending plan,

President Trump has threatened a shutdown if there's no border wall money.

Even if he backs away, the government could still see its credit rating downgraded

as emergency relief for victims of Harvey massively ups the ante. We'll hit about the upcoming

political storm between the White House and Capitol Hill. Later on today's talking point was a

Russian bank ready to finance a Trump tower in Moscow. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren. I'll knee back with To the Point. The best laid plans of Republicans and Democrats

are likely to go astray when Congress returns on Tuesday. Damages from Tropical Storm Harvey

will be political as well as financial and the impacts will last until the midterm elections

in November of next year, and perhaps beyond that.

On today's talking point later, a former business associate of President Trump says a Russian bank was ready to finance a Trump Tower in Moscow,

even though the bank was subject to economic sanctions.

We'll learn about that in other recent revelations.

First, we go to Texas,

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