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Texas governor on Houston mayor not evacuating city before Harvey

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a state disaster declaration for 54 Texas counties after Hurricane Harvey. The governor has also requested and received federal disaster declarations for 18 counties. Abbott joins "CBS This Morning" from Austin to address questions of why people weren't evacuated earlier in what he calls a "catastrophic flooding situation."
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