It's Friday, July 11th.
I'm Jane Coaston, and this is What A Day,
the show wishing Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy the best,
as he takes on also being the interim administrator of NASA.
Of course, he's no Marco Rubio, who is secretary of state, supposed acting administrator of the U.S.
Agency for International Development, acting archivist for the National Archives,
interim national security advisor, and also should really finish picking up my dry cleaning.
On today's show,
a federal judge in New Hampshire blocked President Donald Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship after a class action challenge.
And retiring Republican North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis unloads during a CNN exclusive interview.
But let's start with the massive floods in Central Texas that have so far killed at least 120 people.
President Trump is scheduled to arrive today to offer thoughts and prayers and hopefully not reflexively sort of blame the flood damage on former President Joe Biden again.
But I'm not counting on it,
because we've gotten to my least favorite part of any horrible disaster, the blame game.
And honestly, with some good reason.
From the National Weather Service to the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
many of the institutions tasked with every step of disaster mitigation have faced massive staffing cuts under the Trump administration.
So sorry, Texas Governor Greg Abbott,
but using a football metaphor isn't really going to help you here.
Who's to blame?