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It was very difficult to get out of the house.

We couldn't push the door open with all the water that just came within five minutes.

And my neighbor up the hill helped my husband with a rope around his waist.

He has Parkinson's.

Like many of us, we lost everything inside the home.

But we have our lives.

Search and rescue missions continue in Texas after catastrophic flash floods.

Music It's Monday, July 7th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.

I'm Chris Bentley.

Today on the show, how the Trump administration is remaking American energy policy, kneecapping, wind and solar in favor of fossil fuels.

And do you have a side hustle?

New stats show the number of people taking second jobs is almost as high as it was during the Great Recession.

You know, we can debate, is this a harbinger for a recession or not?

I'll kind of leave that to the economic forecasters.

But what's notable is we're acting as if we're already in a recession with this level of side hustling.

More on that coming up in about 15 minutes.

But first, we're watching two areas of heavy flooding around the country today.

In North Carolina, what's left of tropical storm, Chantal, has dumped up to 10 inches of rain on part of that state.

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