kelley and cesar espinosa on what immigrants experienced during. stay with us. ♪ [music break] by: "texas flood" performed fenton robinson. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman along with juan gonzalez. juan: it has been six months since hurricane harvey flooded houston. we continue our discussion. joining us is dr. robert bullard , the father of environmental parras, cesar hilton kelley. i would like to go to you. we heard about the budget deal that congress made about $90 billion in disaster assistance supposedly coming to texas, florida, puerto rico, and california to help the residents there adjust to and recover from these disasters. could you talk about what has the happening in texas and problem with this federal aid that has to go through the states and not directly to the localities affected? what happens in the process of this aid getting to the actual victims? amy: hilton, that question was for you. hilton: for me? juan: yes, to you. yes, what's happening down on the ground in port arthur, texas is that we have a lot of folks who hav