'Who Is To Blame Here?': Reporter Grills Governor Greg Abbott Over Flood Response, Cites Uvalde Investigation

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During a press briefing about ongoing search and rescue efforts, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) was asked about the emergency response to deadly flooding in Texas's Hill Country, and concerns a potential investigation might face.

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00:00Over here.

00:00Governor, when what happened, Governor, you led an investigation back there.

00:08Are you going to ask for investigation in this case?

00:13So, Mr. We said when Harvey happened?

00:15No, Ubalde.

00:16Oh, you've got it.

00:17Ubalde happened?

00:18Yeah.

00:18And it was gross negligence back there.

00:21Now, this happened in the death toll is enormous.

00:25Are you going to ask for investigation?

00:27Who is going to blame Kerry?

00:30Right.

00:31So, I'm going to talk about two different things.

00:34The first part of your question, and that is an investigation.

00:40We know a special session is coming in about 10 days.

00:45That's where, I would say where it begins.

00:47Candidly, those investigations will begin by both the House and Senate before we go into session.

00:51So, probably beginning later this week or the early part of next week,

00:54there will be committees formed that are already kind of working on ideas about ways to address this.

01:00Second part of your question needs to be addressed.

01:02You ask, and I'm going to use your words, who's to blame?

01:06Know this.

01:08That's the word choice of losers.

01:12Let me explain one thing about Texas.

01:13And that is, Texas, every square inch of our state, cares about football.

01:20You could be in Hunt, Texas, Huntsville, Texas, Houston, Texas, any size community, they care about football.

01:27High school, Friday Night Lights, college football, or pro.

01:31And know this.

01:32Every football team makes mistakes.

01:35The losing teams are the ones that try to point out who's to blame.

01:39The championship teams are the ones that say, don't worry about it, man.

01:43We got this.

01:44We're going to make sure that we go score again, that we're going to win this game.

01:48The way winners talk is not to point fingers.

01:51They talk about solutions.

01:53What Texas is all about is solutions.

01:55In fact, I want to read you something that I received last night that's worth emphasizing to put this in context.

02:09Tragedy has come.

02:17That part is done.

02:19What we do now, who we are now, that's what the story is still being written.

02:25Let it be one of grace, of grit, of fierce love in the face of grief.

02:33Let it be the kind of story that proves that the hill country may flood, but it does not fail.

02:39Say what you will about Texas, but when the rivers rise, so do we.

02:45Not with blame, not with bitterness, but with boots on the ground, arms around strangers, and hearts wide open.

02:55That's the Texas I know, and that's the America that I believe in.

02:59What this person wrote is what I know is true for all Texas, and what we will achieve every single day.

03:06Governor Abbott, over here.

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