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Welcome, it is Vertiquist Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson, with you, and it's so nice to have

you with us on the program today.

Senator, we're going to be covering yet again the horrific flooding in Texas and get people

up to date on the latest information that you have right now.

Well, five days into it, we have 109 people who have been killed in the flooding in the

hill country of Texas. There are still a significant number of people that are missing.

We know of at least 27 campers and counselors that were killed at Camp Mystic those numbers may grow

the 109 is likely to grow and and and I have to say just having spent all day

yesterday on the ground in the hill country the devastation I got to tell you as

bad as you think it is it's worse it is being on the ground in Camp Mystic.

And later in this podcast, I'm going to walk you through exactly what is going on in Camp Mystic, what the state is.

It is the most horrific thing I've ever seen.

And it is, look, I've got to say the whole state of Texas,

we are grieving, we're mourning, but the whole country is mourning. Everyone, particularly anyone

who's a parent. Yeah. The nightmare of losing your child and losing your child to this kind of

disaster, going from joy and celebration, dropping your

kid off at summer camp to have an incredible experience. Just days later being swept away by

floodwaters, it is horrific. And we're hurting. We're hurting right now. No doubt about it. We're

going to give you that update on exactly where we are

now in just a moment. I realize there are many choices when it comes to who you choose for your

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