>> these rescues are happening right now. they are trying to get people through this rising water. our affiliate kprc is ryan korsguard. they are loading people on buses. >> had you people that went to bed last night and, in fact, if we look over here. they are still loading up more and more people. they are bringing in off of the people movers there loading them up and taking them to safety. good work from the houston fire department. metro is here. houston police as well. loading these people up. you're right. you know, going to bed last night and then they wake up to rising water and trying to figure out what to do next. that is the predicament the folks find themselves in. looks like this bus is full. they are about to pull it out. seven others lined up behind it as they continue to bring people out. let's go over here, xavier. we can see how they are bringing the people out of the

neighborhood since, obviously, the suvs can't make it around. pickups can't make it around. people are coming out even with dogs, some have life jackets on, whatever they can. children carrying them to safety, getting them in the bus. and hopefully tol safety. long night for these folks. the city and county did not put down their guard. they kept these vehicle, these metro buses and the high water rescue folks from the houston fire in place. yeah, what originally brought us down here, rachel, a phone call to our assignments desk at channel 2. the call was the rising water, more people brought off now. the call was people climbed into the attic to safety.

that's what brought us here. we can't make it into the neighborhood as you can imagine. these folks are being brought in. we are trying to not to bother them because we are trying to get them to safety and out of the rain as quickly as possible but you can see a child being carried in mom's arms to safety >> live pictures now. let's look to this kprc. people up to their chest, up to their neck here in water trying to get to higher ground as this water continues to rise. >> i'm trying to discern there. victor, maybe you can help me out. it looks like somebody is carrying a child? i can't tell. a child on their shoulders. a child on their shoulders there as we can see. do we have the sheriff with us? >> let's put this also in the preview monitor so we can see it. it's too small from where we are. >> thank you. yes. a child on shoulders there. people just trying to get out of their neighborhoods. harris county texas sheriff ed

gonzalez has been live tweeting all night. he has literally been answering people who are asking for help and then taking their tweets, retweeting them to the appropriate emergency management authorities so they can get help. these are people who, obviously, for whatever reason, decided it was too hard to stay in their homes. let's listen live here. >> small child on top of that one gentleman there. the water is waist high at this point. we have seen one gentleman who was walking through earlier. the water is really high. hold on. i think somebody else on the other side here that is also trying to help them. see this lady here? let's get closer. this is what we have seen here, that folks have been getting stuck in this rising water. the sheriff constable was here a

little bit ago. they kcould not go down the gul freeway. they are saying all of the roads are closed off. they cannot get down to turn around. one elderly woman had to be rescued but i think these guys are in good spirits it seems. they have got their dog. they seem to be doing okay. grab them. hey, guys, can we talk to you for a second? channel 2 live on the area. where are the coming from? >> shoulder height over. >> it's flooded? >> everything is flooded over there. >> they came from charles to get me and my girls. you have to come get us. the water is rising and we got to get out of here. they kept banging on the door. i thought it was the national guard. >> did you try to call 911? >> we tried to call all of the

hot lines and no one answered. so we came. >> reporter: what was going through were mind. it's chest high? >> yes, it's chest high and freezing and snakes were on our mind! no. i don't know. adrenaline was pumping so it wasn't really anything. we are getting a workout. our calves were burning. >> people still in their mohammed homes in your neighborhood? >> people chilling out in the truck beds and everything. no one really left. >> the water walking through it rough to walk through. the current was okay? >> there was only one current over there but it's not that strong. it didn't take us -- probably take kids away but it didn't take us away. >> how long were you watching the storm? did it take to fill up into your home? >> i don't know. it's her home. >> probably -- the water started to rise about 10:00. 10:00 i noticed it started to slowly rise willing. then stuff started floating. it was crazy. it kept raining and i called my

son, you have to come get us. somebody has to come because i have the kid. so they showed up and we busted down a door and threw everybody out of the door and used the raft and here we are. getting out of here. >> now we are going to our house because our house is flooding too. >> to save her parents. >> yes. >> how are you getting there? do you have -- >> they were waiting. >> they waited. they waited. >> a lot of these roads are impassible. do you have a plan? are you thinking -- >> we are going by prayer right now. prayer and sticking together and survival mode. >> all of the shelters are flooded. >> reporter: i think you should just take your time. >> i'm happy to be out of the house because the house had at least -- the water was up to here in the house. i'm just happy to be out of that. wherever we go from here, it's fine, slong we are dry. >> listen. constable told us the high water rescue trucks could not go around the gulf coast freeway

because they couldn't go that way and not that way. keep that in mind. you can't get down. it looks like this and they have these big massive trucks so you guys have kids. just -- i would say stay put, honestly. >> do you know if -- a shelter? i'm going to look that up here in a bit. but if you could just hold on tight for a little bit. >> i don't know what shelters are around or anything. >> all of them are flooded. >> nobody has put out information what shelters there are. we have one at live foot but i haven't had contact with any of them. >> thank you so much for sharing your story. >> reporter: i want gil, let's go down this way. >> you have family members saving each other. here is the moment a few moments ago as they walked chest high and they were able to come up the bank to the road. as you heard the woman talk about the water being shoulder

deep in some of the community, let's go back to these live pictures. we have got more people in the water here. coming through chest-high. you've got people just trying to save each other. >> what alarmed me is when they said they do have neighbors, there are small children in that neighborhood so you have to wonder if emergency vehicles can get to them. >> we received a tweet from the national weather service in houston. if you really want an illustration of how urgent and dire the situation is beyond what is happening, the tweet is want to stress persons do not get into their attics but, instead, on the roof. calling 911 and stay on the line until it's answered. let's listen to kprc. >> almost up to here. my dogs and stuff are there. i called for them and they didn't stop.

>> your wife is in the house still? >> yeah, my older child. midways down there. >> reporter: how far, sir? >> three blocks. >> reporter: is it still rising in your home? >> yeah. it's bad. i ain't never -- this is -- i ain't never seen anything like this. it's neck deep right there, right there, driving into that exxon, it's neck deep. >> reporter: i saw you struggling a little bit to get out of the water there. you slipped a bit. >> the current crossed that bridge where that levee is there is real strong. >> sir, what are do you think you're going to do at this point? >> go back to my wife. i thought i could get ahold of the water rescue people to at least bring my -- somewhere up here to where it's safe or something, but they just passed us right up. >> reporter: how old is your other child? >> he is 17. >> reporter: okay. all right. just be careful.

>> i'm good, man. i'm an expert swimmer. >> reporter: thank you. >> i'm like a fish. >> reporter: you're like a fish? >> yeah. >> reporter: okay, sir. he is heading back. he said he was hoping he was coming out here and that he would see the highway water trucks. ed he did see them at one point. apparently they didn't see him or maybe they had to turn around and come back because the water was too high. he and his son are going to go back. he is telling us that his wife and his other child are back home a good ways away. he is telling us the water was rising into his house chest deep and still rising, making it very difficult. this whole walkway here, this whole road you're seeing the current is strong and getting stronger. just a really dire situation at this point. the other group of people telling us that there were still others in the neighborhood that couldn't get out.

the water is so high here, again, we have had the sheriff's constable telling us the high water rescue trucks are trying to get down 45 and couldn't get off of these feeder road because this is what they all look like. he is saying they had to turn around and go back the wrong way. we are hearing that about 16 or so, probably more at this point, water rescues are taking place farther down going into friends wood. that is where we were headed before we stopped here and saw this river essentially on this feeder road. this is 45 at his store ya and we saw families. >> you heard the family members say 10:00 is when this started. in a matter of eight hours it was up to their neck. rosa flores is in a place now. they have gotten to higher ground but we don't know for how long because the water is rising so fast there. what are you experiencing, and where are you?

>> the water does continue to rise. you can see beyond my shoulder here. that is where we were live in the last hour and we can't go there any more because the water has risen so quickly that we had to move to higher ground. we are about a block away but you can see that manhole, victor, that you mentioned and pointed out in the last hour, it's almost completely overwhelmed. in last hour, you could see it gushing out of the concrete. you can barely see it now because it's so covered with water. this is the houston historic district. the corner of travis and commerce. for people who are familiar request you ever been to spaghetti warehouse, you can see it there. normally, you'd see the parking lot go down, dip down to the banks of the buffalo bayou. and right now, all you see is a raging river. these streets turned into raging rivers and it looks like this

area just lost power as we were live just now. the ramp into i-45 is not passable. you can see that it is all a raging river. houston, of course, expecting between 15 to 25 inches of rain. the last time that i checked the gauge in the downtown area, the highest rain level was at about 15 inches. and it's still raining. that's the big worry. i was just listening to air as you were showing some of those live rescues. it's incredible to see how much water is in houston right now in the last hour we were a lock away. right now we can't go there because the water is rising so quickly. stay safe. thank you for helping us ns what is happening there.

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your daughter with your two grandkids in her apartment, right? >> yes. >> reporter: tell me the situation. >> show woke up and she tried to come out to come meet us and she got to the gate and none of the gates are able to open. so if anybody is out there listening, please be safe because my grand babies are very scared and nervous. this is the second time we have to face a hurricane. we did hurricane rita and we not ready for this again. so please just pray for everybody and everybody help each other out there because, right now, it's a very crucial time. >> a very, very good words. >> reporter: you're on the phone with your daughter right now? >> yes i am. >> reporter: how is she doing? can you describe what is going on there? >> she is very scared and

nervous and trying to make sure she and her babies get up to her neighbors. just pray. just pray for my babies! >> reporter: that's a grandmother right there trying to get to her daughter and her grandkids, very young, very emotional out here. to add to the drama, we have got a ton of rain and the bayou is running like crazy. we are going to to one more look at the bayou. >> my gosh. you just feel that woman's fear for her daughter and for her grandchildren. this is what is happening that was just literally a couple of second ago. they are in houston. harris county, texas, sheriff ed gonzalez has been tweeting live throughout the night and he is with us now. >> our thanks to kprc for bringing that interview to us. sheriff, is this severe flooding where we are seeing water up to

chest high and shoulder high? is it centralized or one area or several areas across the houston area where the water is that deep? >> no, this is widespread across the entire houston region. hours ago, i started reporting that some areas were already seeing as much as six feet of water at that time. and so it's only continued to grow in some place. we have a lot of people that are stranded and some folks that are sheltering in place in their homes that, obviously, want to get out. just shared some information about a young toddler that apparently need a respirator and they are out of electricity. there has been reports of possible submerged vehicles where an adult female and child are in there and possibly died. all of that still has to be worked out. we are trying to get to everybody as soon as possible but we, too, need to navigate waterways and flooding situations, so sometimes it's hard to get to everybody. so need everybody's help in

staying patient and staying calm, and using some common sense as well and we will try to get out there as soon as we can. >> you talk about people who are in their home and trying to get out. your office tweeted out last hour nonlife-threatening water inside home is safer than going outside. difficult and scary but we will get to you. please shelter in place and be safe. one can imagine just how scary it is when the power goes out. and you've got water up to your knees in your home. >> it's dark and not light out yet. sheriff, we hear you when you're saying stay in place but we have seen in the last 15 minutes at least two families walk from their home because it was almost up to their necks inside their home. also getting word that we should not be -- people want to stress persons should not go into their attics. instead, on to the roof and if

calling 9:00 st11, stay in your and call for her. do you have helicopters in the air looking for people or is it still too dark to do? >> at the moment, it's too dark to do. we are waiting for day break here. we will be going up in the air, we hope. we are trying to get some additional boats as well. we are collaborating with other state partners that are able to get to us. here i would imagine within the next 24 hours we will definitely be getting additional boats from other on cities. i know san antonio has offered on and has boat on the way. and i'm shower throughout the nation other resources will be provided. we hope that people about use their best judgment and common sense. the instinct is to want to exit out and just try to go find safer ground somewhere, but sometimes the water could be more treacherous. manhole covers could be lifted, and it brings a whole

different -- other scenarios. so we are trying to get to everybody. we also have people stranded on the roadways and so, you know, it's something we have to pull together and need everybody to do their part and the first responders in the air are working very hard to get out to everybody. we are just overwhelmed with the number of volume and some other areas are apparently hit harder than others. >> sheriff, what do you say to the families we have seen the last few minutes who say there are people trapped in their homes and the water is rising so quickly and they are in single story homes? it sound like they didn't have a choice but to leave. >> then, obviously, it's about survival at that point. they got to do what they can to survive and try to seek higher ground somewhere and if it means leaving their home, that's what they have to do. our recommendations are always maybe it hasn't risen to the highest level and maybe still an opportunity some folks have

second story. attics. it's not recommended because they could be trapped in there but if they have a way to bust out, you know, part of the roofing or something with an ax or something, then that might be an option to just be able to get onto the roof and hopefully the water can subside a little bit. by the time we get there. it's a matter of just trying to be resourceful and survive until we can get there. >> sheriff, we are seeing video here of a pickup truck that was stranded there. we have seen other cars that have tempted to cross these roads or drive down these roads which is never advised. how common is that? are these the extreme rare cases, the exceptions? or are there lots of people trying to get out on these road? >> no. i think, unfortunately, it's something that sometimes folks don't follow our instructions. we dry to give the warnings early on, please, unless you need to, to be out of the house,

stay in and be stocked up with resources. we recommended about a week's worth of supplies just in case because we knew this would be a long event. sometimes some were able to do it and others don't. folks venture out a little bit and think they can navigate the waters and when it's too deep, it's too late. we use the phrase if you're not sure, turn around. >> governor rick scott sent out a note this morning saying they are sending several resources. 25 officers, 17 high water vehicles, two mobile command centers, eight shallow draft vessels and four patrol boats are on their way to houston. what are you most in need of right now? >> right now, we are most in need of boats at this moment and i'm sure establishing shelters once we determine the scale of

people that are without power or without their homes because they had to evacuate. both, at this point, are probably the most critical because there's just a lot of area that we are going to need to rescue people out of. i think we will have sufficient air support to go up in the air soon and hopefully assess where the hardest hit areas are so we can prioritize and triage those area but at the moment it's a matter of continue to be in rescue mode and get people to safety. >> how many helicopters do you have going up once daylight comes that will just be assessing areas? and how many will be able to actually conduct rescues? >> between ourselves and the houston police department, our neighboring agencies, we both have multiple helicopters ourselves, so we each have, you know, together we will have a combined maybe five or six that

are at our disposal and state departments that can provide some so we will have extensive air support and then some again are just more for assessing the damage and then from the air and trying to see, you know, folks are on rooftop and trying to see if we can do any operations that way or a boat, depending on the circumstance. i think we will have resources in that regard. we are out there working. we still have a lot of manpower out in the field conducting rescues as we speak. >> we shared a report from our viewers from our affiliate there kprc in which the reporter was along with a rescue teams that were taking people out of their homes and putting them on to city buses. is that still happening hours later now? and, if so, where are all of these people being taken? >> the american red cross has set up various shelters throughout the city and so those

are being utilized. i know some of the smaller comun municipalities in our area are trying to establish shelters as well and formulate plans for this morning. so it's still fluid but we are being taken to local shelters that had already been established. >> on the left side of your screen, we had it ready for you but i can tell you, although the picture is gone, that kprc is still with those buses. we just checked with the affiliate and that operation is still happening. so those people who can get to these locations are being taken to those red cross shelters. >> sheriff, we see the pictures as well of all these cars lined up it looks like on frontage roads or trying to get to freeways and they are dry right now. they can't go anywhere. what if this water continues to rise and overtake those vehicles? >> again, we hope by then we are already deploying more boats out

into the field as we speak. so hopefully we can get to those areas quicker and quickly but not the case where we have to confront that. we are just going to have to adapt. we are moving quickly. it's dynamic and as we clear other locations we can get to them quickly as well. a matter of moving through the call volume as quickly as we can but we are confident we get to them in safe time. >> we want to update people who are watching for the latest information citywide. houston mayor sylvester turner and we will have that conference live. >> the national weather service wanting to make sure people understand. they tweeted out persons should not go into their attics but,

instead, on to the roof and calling 911 and stay on the line until it's answered. the sheriff said nobody wants to get trapped in the attic and they will as soon as daylight comes, they will be putting some air power in the skies to go assess the situation and, therefore, if you are on your roof and this is so difficult to think about because we remember katrina and those pictures that came out of there. but that is how they will be able to find you and able to rescue you. >> harris county sheriff ed gonzalez, thanks so much for speaking with us again. we will check back a little late. >> sound good. thank you. >> thank you for all of your work. thank you so much. allison chin char is tracking what is happening now. >> >> we were speaking this morning this was expected to happen but over a course of days. this is happening on the second day now where people are up to their shoulders in water some

some of these communities. how long will the rain go on now? >> i wish i could give you an ending. truly wish i could. we knew 20, 30, 40 inches was going to happen and thought it would impact people sunday night, monday, especially into tuesday. the problem some of these areas got the 20 inches yesterday. they got all of it yesterday and still raining. the part that concerns me. look at this map here. here is houston. look down here. see how it goes from nothing? all of a sudden the moisture blows up. those are new storm developing and this is not a good scenario at all because that is the moisture that is feeding back into houston and eastern texas and into louisiana. which means we have more rain and a lot. a ton more rain that is going to be arriving for these regions. in addition to that, we also still have the tornado threat for portions houston and toward the east when you head into louisiana. texas is not the only location has a potential for tornadoes today. look at some of these totals

coming in. 20 inches barry bayou and clear creek. same thing. we know this system is staying put five days. the 20 inches fallen the number is going to go up and quickly. this means the rivers are going to go up quickly. this is white oak bayou. it rose 25 feet in just eight hours. 25 feet in eight hours. buffalo bayou into flood stage. talking about only less than a foot from breaking their record. this one is san bernard river. we expect to kret ten feet above the previous record when this is all said and done. a look at the forecast radar. you see what we call training meaning the storms are over the same spots over and over and over again. yes, the colors haven't changed. we still, at this point, expect an additional 20, if not 30

inches of additional rain. >> allison chinchar, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> you know we heard one of the women there say we are going by prayer. that's what we are going by because they said what is your plan? we don't have a plan. we are going by prayer. we will continue to bring you the latest as it's happening. more pictures coming in and nick valencia not in houston but in rockport. they suffered specifically from the hurricane itself. nick? >> reporter: they sure did. the winds of hurricane harvey an estimated 130 miles per hour when rockport took a direct hit. we will tell you how the community is rebuilding after the break. you're watching "cnn new day." b. [woman 2] oh no... [woman 1] oh, it's fine. [woman 2] yeah, totally. it's fine. but like...is it fine though? because, i would maybe be worried...really, really, really worried. uh...do you want me to go back and look for it? i will.

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we have got tornado warnings, not just watches but tornado warnings, and flood emergencies. not warnings, but emergencies. it's a tough one and we are glad you're sticking with us this morning. >> there have been more than a thousand rescues in houston alone and we have watched this morning people walk through the rising floodwaters to try to get to higher ground. look at the interview with a family just waited to safety and wondering what is next. >> reporter: it's flooded? >> everything is flooded over there. >> they came from charles to get me and my girls. you have to come get us. the water is rising and we got to get out of here. they kept banging on the door. i thought it was the national guard. >> reporter: nobody can come get you. did you try to call 911.

>> we tried to call all of the hot lines and no one answered. it didn't ring to anything. so we came. >> reporter: what was going through were mind. it's chest high? >> yes, it's chest high and freezing and snakes were on our mind! no. i don't know. adrenaline was pumping so it wasn't really anything. we are getting a workout. our calves were burning. >> reporter: how about the rest of your neighborhood? do you know if people still in their home? >> people still in their homes and chill'ing in their house and truck beds and everything. no one has left. >> there is only one current over there and not that strong. probably kid away but it didn't take us away. >> reporter: how long were you watching the storm. did it take to fill up into your home? >> i don't know. it's her home. >> probably -- the water started to rise about 10:00. 10:00 i noticed it started to slowly rising. then stuff started floating. it was crazy. it kept raining and i called my

son, you have to come get us. somebody has to come because i have the kids. so they showed up and we busted down a door and threw everybody out of the door and used the raft and here we are. getting out of here. >> now we are going to our house because our house is flooding too. >> to save her parents. >> yes. >> reporter: how are you getting there. do you have -- >> they were waiting. >> they waited. they waited. >> reporter: a lot of these roads are impassible. do you have a plan? are you thinking -- >> we are going by prayer right now. prayer and sticking together and survival mode. >> all of the shelters are flooded. where we were supposed to take shelters is flooded. >> reporter: i think you should just take your time. >> i'm happy to be out of the house because the house had at least -- the water was up to here in the house. i'm just happy to be out of that. wherever we go from here, it's fine, as long as we are dry. >> we are going to keep watching to see if they can get to that

neighborhood. you're thinking they said, our neighbors are children are in that neighborhood who couldn't get out well so we will keep watching that. we want to take you to rockport, texas now. >> the wind was the worse there. you see the widespread damage there. our nick valencia is there and showing us just i guess the right word for it is devastation. nick? >> reporter: when hurricane harvey touched down in coastal texas on friday night, there was no community hit harder than this one i'm standing in right here, rockport, texas. a community of about 10,000 people. a community through this thing before. when you look at one of those houses that has been destroyed in the background, on the board written on those walls, the plywood to protect that home it was listed some of the hurricanes they have been through before. in talking to some of those local residents they say one of the reasons why 60% of the town decided to stay. in the past they had been

predicted to be in the direct path of hurricanes but the hurricanes never came. the local officials say you have to go back to 1970 this community was hit this hard. a lot of optimism in speaking to the local residents. yes they are through harrowing sper experiences and that is very evident. the look infant eyes of the people we were interviewing. hard to describe other than to just -- it looked like they had seen a ghost or experience add near death experience and talking to some of those residents they felt they were close to death. today, there were nominal signs of progress. on our way in this morning we saw a command center set up and a local cell tower set up as well that is part of the problem. communication had not been possible for a lot of people here but that is slowly progressing. a lot of people here hoping that that time line to get things back to normal is short.

>> nick valencia keeping an eye on rockport as we watch what is happening in houston as well. nick, thanks so much. >> we want to you live next to victoria. it's raining there as well. >> some of the devastating flooding happening in houston but what about the smaller coastal communities, other communities in southeast texas that now look like virtual ghost towns. up-to-speed on what people are dealing up coming up.

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houston is bearing the brunt of it right now. we have the video in from the streets there that are just inundated with water. the cars and truck submerged there. people who are trying to pass who should not have just been stranded and have to get out and walk. >> we have seen people walking in waist-deep waters trying to get to safety because their home was really starting to get inundated. cnn's polo sandoval in victoria, texas. an awful lot of water there. the rooster, that is the second time we have heard him. polo some. >> reporter: that is part of the story here, too, guys. think about it. yesterday morning the eye of then hurricane harvey was sweeping through the region with wicked wind. 24 hours later it is silent. you're able to hear that rooster and free frogs. it is eerie here and looks like a ghost town. one of the areas in victoria, texas. the floodwaters continue to rye as the rain continues to fall and fueling concerns.

fortunately, many people did evacuate, not because of the rising water but because of the infrastructure. harvey, when it swept through the region, it did cripple the infrastructure. there is water everywhere, yet people are being asked to conserve as much water as they can or boil their water as well. so that is clearly concerning. power outages. we had to drive through the darkness to get here. a lot of surrounding towns throughout southeast texas still in the dark. lastly i should mention many of the towns are located along the river. we are only two block from the guadalupe river which could rise and see more flooding in the future as houston continues to deal with flooding of their own. >> polo, take good care of yourself. thank you so much. >> we have on the phone with us luis castillo who is trapped inside a home in houston with the family. we have seen some video there. if we could put up the video, that would be great. thank you for being with us, luis. tell us what is happening in

your house and how quickly that water came up. >> we have been been in this town home on buffalo bayou about 13 years. the water has come up high before but never like this. just about to our front step ready to come in the front door. we have never seen water this high before. we've never seen water this high before. we're going to wade out of here to neighbors down the street who still have power and see how we fare. it's really disconcerting. we feel like we're on the titanic right now. surrounded by water. >> how quickly is it rising? do you feel like it's stopping or subsiding? >> we're watching it come up the front steps. every about 20 minutes it comes up one more step. it's coming up that fast. >> who is with you? do you have children with you? >> no, we actually don't. it's just myself and joe.

my last name is not castillo. it's pacheco. we're getting ready to leave the house. we've moved some of our valuable stuff like upstairs and hopefully it won't hit the second floor. but we have cars that are under water outside and the water is the highest we've ever, ever seen. just catastrophic. >> you said you're going to neighbors because they still have power. do they not have water issues yet? >> well, they do. their house is kind of up on a hill. their street is flooded. it's about knee to waist deep but they're only 500 yard as way so we can wade down there, put a backpack on and go down toward the street in the water. >> you think it will be safe to be there for a while? >> yes. and hopefully there's something

left of our house. >> louise, best of luck to you. we're certainly think of that, for all of you. more on the other side of the break. i don't want to make it tough.

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all right. we want to read you a couple of tweets as we have been following what's happening in houston. it is a very difficult situation today. the city of houston, sylvester tweeted only call if in eminent danger. >> one has stressed persons should not go into their attics but, instead, on to the roof. and, if calling 911, stay on the line until it is answered. >> we also have the fema director, who is tweeting turn

around and don't drown. basically telling people don't try to go through this water, drive through it. it's cause aid nightmare. >> we also have this tweet from the president in the last 11 minutes. great book by a great guy. highly recommended, retweeting sheriff david clarke, his book "cop under fire." >> we have seen families in water up to their necks, trying to get out. you see it here. we are going to continue to follow this throughout the day. there are children and families holed up in homes that can't get out right now. they're waiting for daylight, which i should come any moment, so they can get helicopters in the area and look for people who may be on their rooftops. "inside politics" with john king continues right now. with an unlimited mileage warranty on your certified pre-owned mercedes-benz,

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