00:00Our nation, we mourn for every single life that was swept away in the flood and we pray for the families that are left behind.
00:08It's amazing the incredible spirit from those families. I don't know. I don't even know how they do it.
00:17But moments ago, Melania and I spent a lot of time with them. That's why we're a little late.
00:24I think this was a good reason to be late, frankly. And we just gave our warmest condolences.
00:31But you say to yourself, you know, how do you give condolences? How do you do that to a young person that three days ago was here, four days ago was here and vibrant and now is no longer here?
00:44Following a torrential downpour, the worst that anyone's ever seen, Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in less than 45 minutes.
00:57And I've even heard it went well over 30 feet. There's one story that one person said it had to be 60 feet at one moment.
01:06This is like a giant, giant wave in the Pacific Ocean that the best surfers in the world would be afraid to surf.
01:13And it unleashed a catastrophic flooding as the most most residents were asleep in their beds.
01:21A very dark evening. The waters claimed at least 135, 140 lives.
01:31They're getting that count. But the count that they don't have is how many are still missing.
01:36There's a lot of lives, a lot of young angels at the girls Christian summer camp known as Camp Mystic, a legendary camp, a camp that people would want to go to from all over the country.
01:49People, parents, they come and they would stay with their children.
01:53They'd stay in other cabins just to be with their children. But a legendary place.
01:57They were there because they loved God. And as we grieve this unthinkable tragedy, we take comfort in the knowledge that God has welcomed those little beautiful girls into his comforting arms in heaven.
02:14And we believe that, have to believe that. And we do.
