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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump heads to Texas this morning,

one week after flash flooding along the Guadalupe River killed more than 100 people.

As M. Pierce Tamara Keith reports, Trump will meet with local leaders and first responders.

Teams are still searching for the missing after dangerous floodwaters tore through homes, campsites, and summer camps,

including Camp Mystic, where so many children perished.

A White House official says President Trump will meet with family members affected by the tragedy. The president is also set to meet with first responders

and get a briefing from local leaders. In an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker last night,

Trump said, installing an alarm system of some kind to alert people of future flood events

would make sense. Trump told NBC his message to the people of Texas would be one of love.

I love those people, he said, adding that he feels so terribly for them. Tamara Keith, NPR News.

The State Department is cutting its Washington-based staff by about 15%.

And Pierce-Michel-Kellman reports hundreds will lose their jobs, while others have already taken an early retirement option.

Deputy Secretary of State for Management, Michael Regis, calls this the largest reorganization of the department in decades.

He's informed the staff that the department will be communicating to individuals affected by the

reduction in force. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has cut 132 offices from what he calls

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