US thanks Mexico for Texas flood aid offer

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson put aside controversy over US plans to build a wall on its southern border Wednesday and thanked Mexico for its offer of aid to flood-stricken Texas.Tillerson was welcoming his Mexican counterpart Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray to talks on trade and security when he made the comments, even as deadly Storm Harvey made a second landfall."I want to thank the government of Mexico for its offer of assistance in the state of Texas," Tillerson, himself a Texan, said.