If it's Wednesday, tensions escalate in Texas as local officials search for victims

amid a rising death toll while battling questions about what did and did not happen in the crucial

moments before those deadly floods.

Plus, risky business.

The president threatens more countries with increased tariffs as he struggles to live up to

past promises about making deals while Republicans in Congress face the perilous politics

of selling the president's domestic agenda bill.

And weapons to Ukraine, strikes on Iran, relief for undocumented workers, and a renewed

Jeffrey Epstein controversy,

how President Trump is testing his base on a number of growing issues.

Hi there, welcome to meet the press now. I'm Ryan Nobles, and we're going to start today with the latest developments in Texas as the death toll rises from last week's catastrophic floods.

Communities are reckoning with the reality that hope is dwindling for the many still missing.

And local officials have few answers to intensifying questions about their emergency response in those crucial hours leading up to the floods.

It comes as we're getting new images showing the scale of the damage, including satellite

pictures of Camp Mystic before and after those catastrophic floods devastated the area.

According to the latest counts across central Texas,

there are at least 119 dead and more than 170 people are still missing. Officials reiterated

today that there is still an urgent, ongoing effort to find victims. 95 of those deaths are in Kerr

County alone, including at least 27 girls and counselors from Camp Mystic.

The gut-wrenching question for everyone involved is whether some of those deaths could have been prevented.

Records obtained by NBC News show the camp did have an emergency plan in place with Texas officials signing off on it just two days before the floods.

Preventative safety measures were big focus for reporters during today's briefing with

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