It's Wednesday, July 9th. It was a shocking tragedy, but it shouldn't have been a surprise.

We start here.

Grief and sadness in Texas are quickly giving way to skepticism and anger.

They talked about putting sirens in place 19 times over the years.

And it just never happened.

An ABC News investigation reveals long-running proposals for warning systems that were never installed.

You'll no longer have to tiptoe through security in socks. Oh, I think it's extraordinarily convenient. I used to hate taking off my shoes. A lot of times I don't wear socks.

The TSA reverses a 20-year-old rule, but why exactly?

And it's the latest warning signal for national security officials.

He sent them via signal to at least five different targets.

The State Department tells foreign governments that the guy calling is not actually Marco Rubio.

From ABC News, this is Start Here. The guy calling is not actually Marco Rubio.

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

I'm Brad Milky.

It's been five days since thunderstorms started dumping water into southern Texas,

much of which went thundering through the Guadalupe River.

Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott said the resulting floods have left a death toll now rising above 110,

with at least 170 people still missing.

They're being searched for by rescuers and volunteers and parents.

Thad Hartfield is one of them. I need about eight to ten people to join up with him.

That's 22-year-old son Aden was staying at the family vacation house near the river with friends.

He described a frenetic phone call in which people were being swept away in real time.

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