It's important to emphasize this, especially in the Kerrville area.

There were so many people who were just camping out, not children in camps, but adults camping out near the river.

People in RVs and things like that.

There are people who are missing who are not on the known confirmed missing because we don't yet

know who they are.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott there on how the number of missing from those catastrophic floods

this weekend that struck his state is only expected to rise.

The question is, did officials do enough to warn people there?

Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the White House today to meet with President Trump.

The question is, will the pair announce a ceasefire deal for Gaza?

And Elon Musk says he's formed the America Party, which he claims will give Americans, in his words, back your freedom.

The question is, is the country ready for a third political party created by the world's

richest man?

It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this. Monday, July 7th. I'm Ali Vitale. We'll start with the news.

We begin this morning in central Texas where local officials say more than 80 people have died as a result of the catastrophic flooding that ripped through the region on Friday.

In Kerr County alone, one of the hardest hit areas, at least 40 adults and 28 children

have been killed. Rescuers on the ground are still rushing to find survivors while the Coast Guard

is conducting aerial searches, scanning for heat signatures that could lead to a rescue or recovery.

At this hour, 10 children and one counselor remain missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls that's nestled near the Guadalupe River, which surged more than 20 feet in less than two hours during the peak of the devastating flooding.

Several campers, counselors, and the camp's longtime director have been found dead after floodwater swept away entire cabins of sleeping camp goers. The grandson of the

camp's director said his grandfather died while trying to rescue campers from those rapidly

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