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Ted Cruz: “The National Weather Service put out two emergency weather…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses Texas Flooding and Camp Mystic Tragedy

Published | Video Starts at 07:36

And I think that is inappropriate. What I can tell you on the facts, if you look at The National Weather Service put out two emergency weather alerts before the major flooding. Number two, the National Weather Service for this region was controlled out of New Braunfels. They had not only full staffing, they had three additional people on working that night because they anticipated extreme weather. (07:36–07:49)

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Asserts that the National Weather Service issued two alerts before the flooding.

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