call, visit or go to xfinitymobile.com. midnight here on the u.s. east coast. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we're following the breaking news this hour here on cnn. a desperate situation playing out in the u.s. ste of texas. i' george howell. >> i'm rosemary church. tropical storm harvey is slamming the state with catastrophic flooding as torrential rain continues to barrel along down the coast. >> just consider what the u.s. national weather service is staying about the storm. you get a sense, they say it is beyond anything they've experienced before. that's their quote. they warn that worst, that may be yet to come. more than 300,000 people are

without power. outages are expected for several days. now to the city of rockport, texas. look at this video. you get a sense of exactly what happened when this storm barrelled through the destruction where harvey struck as a category 4 hurricane on friday night and we understand that one person was killed in that town. >> and another person was killed in the city of houston after being swept away by floodwaters. cars can be seen submerged in many roads simply impassable at this point. commercial flights in and out of houston's two main airports have been halted. now meanwhile, frantic search and rescue operations are under way as deadly floodwaters continue to rise around 3,000 national guard members have been activated to help with the rescue efforts. and cnn meteorologist joins us now from houston, texas where it is just after 11:00 p.m. central time.

derek, you've today move to higher ground as you've been reporting on flooding and the search and rescue efforts under way. who than a thousand rescues carried out in houston and they continue into the night as rain keeps falling. how difficult has it been for authorities to perform rescues in the dark? >> rosemary, we actually joined precinct one officers and on the search and rescue mission. about three hours ago and that is at the height of some of the most extreme rain. and it was very challenging. we had to dodge obstacles full size suvs. we have water actually over those vehicles and when we are on the search and rescue boat we today navigate around that. we today navigate around trees, road signs, traffic lights. that just gives you a sense on how flooded this bayou is in the southwestern corridor of the

houston city proper. and this area has an extensive amount of rain as we all know but feeder bands that have come through have made conditions that much more challenging. rescue operations tonight are very difficult and they, speaking to some con steb estab there, they are are in it for the long haul. they have done over 100 rescues today alone. you are are probably watching some of the video that we shot earlier. those are the gentlemen that are so courageous and so brave going door to door in fact receiving text messages from individuals saying, please, we are are desperate. we need your help. we've got children. we've got medical conditions. we cannot leave our house. the water is rising quickly. please come and rescue us. and that was really what this evening is all about. trying to get to those people who are still left stranded within their houses. rosemary? >> derek van dam, thank you so much. rescues so much.

heroes of the hour and of the day and probably in the days ahead. reporting on the ground. >> so many rescues, rosy, happen as we speak. hundreds of people hoping to get help. many stranded in their homes and in parts of houston, flooding so bad. workers used boats to get residents to safety. and there are residents of those communities who use their own boats to help other residents. to get those who needed help. >> yeah. and red cross estimates saying people staying in shelters across texas saturday night. a number of rescue teams have been flown in to help with the disaster and helicopters have been rescuing stranded people around the clock. >> so when you consider the fact there are millions of people affected, some in dire need, officials say many of the emergency calls they are receiving, those calls are going unanswered. operators are forced to prioritize life threatening calls and they are struggling to keep up with those. one reporter describing situation earlier when he saw people on a rooftop who needed

help. >> as the sun goes down, of course the need becomes even more because these people don't have any electricity right now. they are in the dark. when it gets pitch black insi , inside -- outside, it'll be pitch black inside. they are flashing the light. i think they maybe want us to get one of the people up there. we can take you guys if you need. an elderly sick person? yeah, bring -- two handicap. two sick and disable end two in wheel chairs right now on the top of that roof. i have no idea how they got them on the top of that roof. yes, he will try to get closer. she wants us to get closer right now. yes, we will get closer. can you bring them down to the boat. >> we are moving them slowly. obviously very -- yeah, very difficult because he said he has a pacemaker on his left-hand side. near his heart. so we're going to have to steer

clear of that, obviously, and i'm going to try to get him on the ledge here so we can have him sit down. then we will take him off. this just shows you how critical these patients are. how critical these people are. they need the help right now. there's just not enough boats. not enough helicopters. there's not enough -- not enough first responders, obviously, to get every single person, as you heard. there are 300 people in this apartment complex. a lot of them need the help. because they are -- they are he elderly. some have medical conditions that they need to be on dry land. >> extraordinarily risk. teams have been on the ground all over southern texas covering search and rescue missions and speaking to residents while maneuvering through a flooded neighborhood. part of a dramatic rescue after finding a family tract inside

their home. >> video there just tells you the story. just look. ed did what you would expect anyone to do. stepping in to help even while on live tv. at one point he asked the camera person to turn away for a moment out respe for the family they were helping at the time. everne got on board. everyone is safe. and ed interviewed one of the women rescued. listen. >> we were about to leave the neighborhood. the coast guard. and anyway. how are they holding up. >> pretty good. pretty good. pretty good for the sirngss. >> you guys have been stuck upstairs all day? >> and all night, yeah. >> we did a couple of passes down the street here. we didn't even know you were in

the house. >> yeah. i heard the boat but i thought the coast guard or someone would rescue us. but then we found out that my sons were coming on a jet ski. then they had -- they got stopped. so by a bridge. anyway, they got stopped. so i figured -- >> what was it like in this neighborhood? >> it was shocking. >> it was shocked. >> what time is that? >> i think around 1:00 or 2:00. 2:30. it was really torn in. >> a lot of people -- there was a flood and i can't remember what year that was.

no, we didn't think it would flood. we bo would have gone to my hou. if we thought it would flood. they were doing road work. >> you have been trying to get out all day long? >> yes. my daughters was trying. and of course my cell phone didn't work. >> where do you live? >> in city. >> hopefully they know you guys safe. >> yes. i called one of them to pick me up. us up. >> what was it like? dark? >> no. no. we had lights all the time. dead got a generator. >> never.ver lost power? they have the generator. i guess that'shat was. >> were you worried that you were getting close tonight fall here. were you worried you wouldn't be pulled out in time before dark? >> yeah. we were just starting to. we found out there wasn't a rescue. then we heard the coast guard could take a couple days. we didn't know. >> how are you feeling now? >> happy. very happy. very happy.

very blessed. >> sorry you got stuck on the boat with the cnn crew here. >> i'm glad. shoot. we're glad. we're very happy. >> what do you do now? what are you going to stay tonight? >> i think we're going to my house in friends wood. hopefully. >> someone picking you up? >> yeah, one of my daughters. >> what has it been like in the neighborhood? i see boats chris crossing all the time. >> jet boats, jet skis. i don't know of anything else really. i've been up there helping my parents. >> has to be surreal to see your neighborhood like this. >> it is. it is shocking. but it is surreal. yeah. >> have you been able to talk to any of your neighbors at all? >> no. no, helping mom and dad. >> they will be okay? >> yeah. i think so. dad -- yeah. >> they did a great job jumping into the boat. especially your mom. >> that's good. >> she did great. good for her. >> just thankful that they are safe.

but so many more who need help. >> incredible. watching all of these rescue efforts play out. i want to bring in cnn meteorologist karen for more on what to expect on the storm. the big concern now of course is that rain keeps coming. and that's going to make rescue efforts even more difficult than they already are as well as of course adding to the damage on the ground. so when might this rain end, do you think? >> our worst fears are coming true. >> it look is like tropical system is going to now move back out over the gulf of mexico. so we've got days more worth of rain fall and people who are looking at this report right now, watching us here, on cnn, and cnn international are hoping that the rain will end soon rather than later. unfortunately, either at least til the middle the work week and maybe not until the end of the work week. here is google earth. want to show you this. this is coastline of texas. here is houston.

up here is dallas. snrs this >> this is the bayous, creeks, riv rivers. this is buffalo bayou. south of that is briars bayou. closer view. there you can see, here is a problem. all these rivers and streams. they filled up with t10, 20, 25 inches of rain fall so far with rain continuing and there's no place for it to go. not just in houston. we go all the way done towards trinity bay. and numbers of areas, of neighborhoods there inundated. not just there. katie, pasadena w, sugarland. we were watching this as it was taking place live. there was man. not sure where it was but in and around houston. his car stuck in floodwaters. not just floodwaters up to the

top of the tire. but it was up to the windshield. water is rushing. this isn't just standing water with no motion. there has a current to it. then this little rescue boat came through and rescued that gentleman. i just saw one gentleman. like i said, i'm not sure where that took place. but it was nonetheless illustrative of what has been taking place across houston and all of the suburbs surrounding houston. what is tropical storm harvey doing right now? hanging in there. doesn't look all that good. but that is very deceptive. southern edge of this system, really kind of washed out but all of that deep tropical moisture is further to the north. and harvey will move out in the gulf. start it make its way back towards the north and george and

rosemary, now it looks like it shifts a lot of that moisture, little bit further over to louisi that's the next spot tha watch. but we're not finished with houston yet. >> that is a big concern. karen, thank you so much for keeping an eye on that. rain until midweek possibly until the end of the week. >> a lot of people not happy about that. officials have to do their best given the situation. there are all kinds of groups on the ground. doing their best to get to people who need help p.m. one of the groups is called team rube con. a group of military veterans who step up to help during emergency efforts. dennis clancy is director deputy of field operations. dennis live on the phone with us from dallas, texas. what are you hearing from your teams there in houston? they are there trying to rescue people. given the fact the rain hasn't stopped. you just heard from our meteorologist a few moments ago about the situation in hand and in some places, dennis, the

water is still rising. >> no, in fact it is. it is expected to still through tomorrow continue to rise. we have to be, one, very careful with our own volunteers to make sure we don't become victims of the disaster itself. so we have to make sure we are plugging in in a way that does not exhaust the system. >> and dennis, talk us to about just how dangerous these waters are. because of course, we look at this, it is difficult for people to wade through it. what are the problems that people are confronting there? >> yes. i think you know for so many people the uncertainty with regard to how big this can potentially get. and so now that is why the focus in the area is around getting boats in to rescue people. we are deploying boats in the morning to houston area. there is a request that came out from two counties in texas because they are are overwhelmed

with requests to get people out of the areas. >> dennis, talk to us about what you're doing with the people that you rescue. your teams when they get to them. where are they being taken for shelter? we know for instance there where you are are, in dallas, that city opened its mega shelter there at convention center downtown for evacuees. but in the houston area. metro sections of that region. what are people doing? once they get out of their homes and they walk safely now? >> yeah. really it has to remain a fluid operation. so as shelters go up, we will continue to move further and further from houston. the ideal case is to make sure that people are far enough away that they aren't secondarily affected but, yeah, just it continues to move through the rest of texas where we have to open shelters just to make sure we have capacity for everyone. >> this is affecting a lot of

people. texas is my home. i have a lot of friends and family there. everyone in some form or fashion that i know has been affected by this flooding. and here's the thing, we look at images. there are so many people who are still trapped in their homes. and that's the terrifying thing about it right now. >> the difficult part of all of this. >> dennis, thank you so much for being with us. >> still ahead here on newsroom, catastrophic weather in texas. we will speak with man stuck in his neighborhood. a person who took a lot of images as well. >> a heart breaking image of some of the most vulnerable people affected in the storm. these senior citizens waiting to be rescued in waist-deep water there. we're back in just a moment. >> and one football player raising more than 200,000 in two hours for flood victims. we will hear from him how people are responding to the devastation.

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welcome back. having to be evacuated from flooding from tropical storm harvey. take a look that. >> the station says that one of its anchor was live on the air when puddle of water toward creeping toward the anchor desk there. this happened despite the fact that station has flood gates around the building. >> and here is a look from the air. at just how extensive the flooding is in houston. from late saturday night through sunday morning, the city received more than 56,000, 911 calls. that's seven times what they usually get in a regular day. senator john cornyn are expected to tour the region to survey storm damage later monday. >> that's right. earlier, the governor spoke with anna cabrera about the rescue

efforts there. listen. >> you must be proud of the citizens of your state right now. >> texans are the best. i'm so proud of my fellow texans and the way they are responding. so thankful for our first responders and the terrific work they've been doing. we've been working to aid them by deploying about 3,000 national guard members as well as providing about 200 or so boats and helicopters for emergency rescues. it is the first responders who are making life and death decisions. helping so many people live and rescue these people. i'm so very proud of them and what they are doing. >> rosemary, you pointed this out. more than 1,000 people so far have been rescues from floodwaters. but many people are still trapped. take a look here at this drone video. and it gives you a sense of the devastation that people are are dealing with as they wait out the storm. the streets in this neighborhood, in cypress, texas covered with water.

that video taken by joe mertz who is on the phone with us in cypress, texas. joe, let's first talk about your situation there. are you still trapped there in the home? you're unable it leave. are you holding out okay at the moment? >> yes, that's correct. we are holding out okay. we have a two-story home. and we have moved everything all day we he beenpending time moving everythin upstairs. and preparing the house. we know the water will come in eventually and it is right to the doorstep right now. >> okay. i want to talk about the video you took because what we see here gives our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, gives them a sense of exactly what you are dealing with. have you ever seen anything like this before? >> we have had it come up pretty close to this in the past. we had a couple of 500-year

flood events back around april and may of 2016. and you know, those were supposedly extraordinary events. this one has surpassed it. >> joe, how are you doing? how is the family doing with food? how are you doing with water? and you know, infrastructure. just running water? i would imagine you don't have that right now. >> actually we have running water. the problem here that we're starting to realize is that our sewer is starting to back up. and that's going to be a major issue. we still have power. at the moment. our air conditioners, the outside units are going under water. so we're not going to have that for very long. >> and give us a sense of, you know, there was no mandatory evacuation.

so how did you -- how did your family make that decision that, you know, we will ride this out and wait it out, you know, to make sure that, just see how things play out. how did you reach that decision? >> that's a good question. about 3:30 last night -- or in the morning, we were questioning it ourselves. we decided to ride it out because we were -- i guess we weren't receiving a lot of rain. and the winds and everything were mostly centered towards corpus christi. so we wanted to see what we were in for. i know we add lot of predictions for heavy rain and so forth. but we just weren't seeing it. and so we decided to wait it out. we have -- i have family members here staying with us. my son and a couple of his

friends. and so we are -- we didn't really have a chance to eslackate right away this morning. when we -- you know when the water started rising. and so we decided to ride it out. >> as many people did again these storms can be very deceptive. first they blow in. there is a great deal of force, wind. and then many of them stick around and that's what we are seeing here with harvey. just sticking around the remnants are dropping a lot of water there in the houston metro area. joe mertz on the phone with us. again who took this drone video. showing us the decision in his neighborhood. joe, thank you so much for your time. we wish you safety, your family safety, and we will stay in touch with you as, you know, you ride the storm out. >> incredible images there. another dramatic rescue. this one at a nursing home in deckinson, texas. just south of houston.

about two dozen residents air-lifted to safety by helicopter sunday. senior citizens were up to their waists in water. waiting for help to arrive. some were in wheel chairs and on oxygen. cnn spoke to the boughter of the woman who owned that facility. >> it was a quick text. just in the morning. just thinking she was going to tell me maybe the power was out and just the pictures in response very brief in what she was saying that she needed help. at that point we just had to take it upon ourselves to try to do whatever to save them. she said the water was rising. that was the last thing i heard. so my thought at that point was, i mean, they are going to be dead within hours. that point we tried calling, you know, emergency management. we tried -- we tried everything. we were reay grateful because the emergency management office

took our calls and we told them we couldn't call 911. we needed them to help and that they were in imminent danger. they were very good. we were able to call back. we got through and we are very grateful to the national guard and galveston office of emergency management for helping us out. we were totally stressed out to make sure they got help. there were reports on twitter that they had getten help. but we did not confirm that for hours later. >> that image just tells the story there. many families escaping harvey turned to emergency shelters throughout the state. and bill spencer, reporter with affiliate kprc has that story. >> i've got some heart warming pictures to show you. the people that are so glad that they have got to a shelter and food and dry right now. look at this family. just laid down to go to sleep here. mother and father.

and their two children. we have a father over here with his two beautiful daughters right here. people here at the high school are sprawled out all over. every square inch of floor that you can find. and that's where they are making their home tonight. this is all they have to go to. but they seem to be in pretty good spirits. look at this family over here. if you take a walk with me. they have a play set set up for the child. no the baby. all the kids are together. they've made their own makeshift bedding. and they were a little while ago telling stories, bedtime stories, and with puppets. i don't know if you can see that family over there. but it is kind of heart warming to see something soft and warm on what has been such a horrible few days here. >> amazing. they are safe in that shelter. but of course for some of those people they don't have a home to go back to. >> yeah. >> that's the hard part of the story. >> what do they do next?

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fall over the next few days. >> unbelievable amount. and of course the storm which first hit the state is a major hurricane on friday. has killed at least two people. thousands have been rescued from the high waters. u.s. president donald trump is schedule to tour the devastation on tuesday. >> the mayor of houston texas say a thousand have been rescued across the metro area. still though with so much destruction, many people are asking the question, why was there no mandatory evacuation ordered before this storm? on sunday, the mayor defended his decision. listen. >> the decision that we made was a smart one. it was in the best interest of houstonians. it was the right decision in terms of their safety. and always we must put the

interest of the city of houston and houstonians first. that's what we did. absolutely no regrets. we did what is the right thing to do and we are acting according to the plan that we laid out. >> joining me now on the line is houston resident rick campbell. rick, thank you so much for talking with us under such difficult circumstances, of course. your home was flooded. talk us to about how you and your family were affected by hurricane harvey as it hit and the catastrophic flooding that followed. >> well, essentially we took in a little water starting about 5:30 this morning and pretty soon it started just flowing right on in. we were prepared for it friday moving furniture up. getting papers in boxes and putting them up. getting anything we needed to save in a safe storage place so we wouldn't be looking and

finding things later on that had been destroyed. so we were able to cope with the flooding as it came in. all we could do for the longest time was set and watch as water came in. but it never got high enough in our house, fortunately, to threaten our electricity. so we were able to keep our tv on, lights on. and air conditioner running. so it wasn't as bad for us as it was for a lot of people. >> certainly a better outcome for you than others. how difficult though was it for you and your family to make the decision that you were going to hunker down and stay in your home throughout this whole event ? >> well, there comes a point where if you don't leave, you can't leave. by the time we had pretty much decided to stick around, looking back on the evacuation for ra and for other evacuations were

disasters. we decided to take our chances. we didn't think the water would be deep enough to threaten our lives. we were just expecting a lot of inconvenience in our house. i have three children but they are away in various places right now. it is just my wife, myself and our cat here. our cat was not very happy about the whole situation. because she doesn't like water. but we just, my wife and i worked together on it and worked as a team and we set around just discussing what our options were. for the longest time there were no options. all we could do was watch the water come up and hope that it wasn't just going to come up too much. >> of course. and the problem for you and for your neighbors and people in that whole area, is that now we are hearing from the forecast that it is more than likely this rain will continue into the midweek if not to the end of the week. so talk to us about how that's

affecting your neighborhood and what sort of clean-up you think will be required where you are? >> the hardest thing i think clean-up wise is going to be getting people in to look at damage and getting people in to haul off trash. the last flood on tax day last year, stuff set on the curbs for like a month because they didn't have the personnel to pick up all of the trash thrown out. that will be a big factor once the water goes down. as far as the water goes, i'm thinking that, i mean, the future goes, next couple days, i'm thinking we may be out of trouble here from the storms moving and what forecaster are saying. it looks like the bad stuff will be further over in east texas. i hate to wish bad on anybody, but for us in houston, that's the best case scenario. >> right. >> unfortunately, i have a grown

daughter who lives in the next county and her house is flooded for the third time in about 15 years. last night. and she had a lot more water than we had. and she will be in the epicenter even of the next band that's supposed to come through. i think we've been very blessed right now. i'm really worried about people i know in the rural areas. >> understandably, yes. you have -- you and your family are very lucky. given the circumstances, and yes, houston cannot really take any more rain. because the problem is this water has to go somewhere. it has to drain out somewhere. >> right. >> rim campbell, thank you so much for talking to us. we wish you and your family and of course your neighbors the very best under these very, very, very difficult circumstances. >> rick riley points out that the stronger rains that, bands will move further east. at the same time you know, that storm is still going to stick around the houston area. people will be waiting several

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recapping top story. rescuers out of texas scrambling to save people's lives. people caught in the middle of this tropical storm harvey. here eat thing. more rain is expected in the forecast. >> authorities in houston say they responded to more than 2 t 2,000 calls for help. they are stretched thin as you can imagine and they are asking anyone with boats to help and people are stepping up. >> north korea not happy that u.s. and south korea started conducting joint military exercises now in their second week. >> united nations representative from north korea sent a letter to u.n. security council saying in part waging such provocative and aggressive joint military exercises in the korean

peninsula which has already turned into a tender box is nothing short of histeric conduct to add fuel to the raging flames. >> this news comes after north korea fired three more missiles over the weekend and arrived days before the u.s. is set it bar most of its citizens from traveling to that country. >> our will ripley is the only western tv correspondent to go to north korea since the most recent tensions, and he reports some americans are rushing to beat the band. >> in your letter to the european security council, they are watching every move of the united states. they say they have their finger in the trigger as drills always engage the regime here in pyongyang and yet in the middle of all of this there is a dwrup group of americans inside this country, american tourists who pay huneds of thousands of dollars on private excursions

undeterred by fiery rhetoric and the threats of a looming nuclear war. >> in a quiet corner of the beijing airport, check-in time for the day's only flight to pyongyang. the usual crowd. handful of north koreans and dozens of foreigners, mainly tourists. tour companies estimate around 5,000 western tourists come to north korea each year including about 1,000 americans. >> what is this here we are seeing? >> nicholas burke et is a u.s. army veteran from virginia making this trip much sooner than expected. >> originally i was planning it read the language books first and go a couple years from now but i heard it would be banned next month so i figured i had to get in while i could. >> americans will no longer be able to visit north korea as tourists. the u.s. state department put out a travel ban. wa warmbeer was sentenced to 15

years hard labor after taking a paper off his wall in the hotel. he died six days after coming home. he was 22. >> you are fine as a tourist util the break the law. and if you break the law, that country is cruel and it is merciless. >> tour operators simon crocroll made 160 trips to north korea. one of his american clients, jeffrey foul, detained in 2014 for leaving behind a bible. north korea released him months later. >> what is your biggest fear about going in? >> you know, obviously if they hold people. >> ali careen quit his job as a doctor in washington, d.c. to travel the world. he said he wanted to visit north korea before it is too late. >> have you told your family. >> oh, yeah, dude. they know about everything. >> what did they say? >> you're crazy. >> this is a final group of americans tours will bring to north korea before the travel ban takes effect.

do cocroll says he plans to lose most of his tourists but some lose much more. >> seeing a bit of what it is like, that opportunity is now going. for having a more w rounded. >> north korea insists is a safe place for anyone willing to come, even americans longs they respect local laws. meanwhile, the slow stream of tourists continues at least for now. >> north korean expands its tourism trying to attract tourist to places like russia. they're trying to choke off their missile programs including the launch of three ballistic missiles over the weekend. pyongyang, north korea. >> and for more on life inside north korea and more of will's reporting follow his twitter

page @will ripfully cnn and on gram. president trump return to his promise to build a wall along the mexican border sunday and again suggested mexico will pay for it somehow. he tweeted this, with mexico about the highest crime nations in the world, we must have the wall, mexico will pay for it through reimbursement/other. >> mexico's prime minister issued a statement saying it will not pay for a wall including any other. the president threatens it will shut down the government if it doesn't get tax payer funding to pay for the wall. the president set to visit -- on tuesday. a white house secretary sarah huckleby sanders say the white house is negotiating with local

officials. there's trump tweeted this, historic rainfall in houston and all other texas, more rain coming. spirit of the people is incredible. says the president. a local affordable star is helping up to help flood victims in the houston area, j.j. walsh of the houston, texas is launching a fund raising effort. he's already raised nearly $200,000. walsh joins me now tok measure about this. thanks for being with us. you're actually not in houston right now, you and your teammates are stuck in dallas because of the circumstances there on the ground in houston. how difficult is it for you to watch what's happening there, to your community? >> thank you for having me. it's very difficult. we have a lot of guys in this team who have families back there, wives and kids, young kids, and obviously everybody wants to be home with their family to make sure they're safe

and we want to be back in houston so we can help. it's tough to watch your city go through something like this and not be there to help. >> it is. and the images just horrifying when you see the water and number of people who had to be rescued. people being rescued from their rooftops. and you have raised all this money and now you've increased your goal. talk to us about that and what you're hoping to do with this money. >> we wanted to get out ahead of it. in a situation like this we all know there's going to be a lot of damage incurred and a lot of cost to replace and rebuild people's lives. we want to start raising money. our fans are unbelievable. people from all over the world donating. we reached the $200,000 in less than two hours. they crashed the website we're working to get that back up. we're trying to raise as much as we can so once this storm is over we can fwin the rebuilding

process. >> if you can raise $200,000 in just two hours, you're going to raise a lot of money here going forward but a lot of money is going to be needed because people's homes are going to be destroyed. the water damage is just extraordinary throughout houston and beyond. >> yeah, there's no question about it. i think we're trying to use our platform to the best of our ability. we know the nfl has a wide reaching arm and we're going to try to use that to help raise that money so we can get all the money we need. it's going to be a long-term effect and we need to do everything we can to help these people out. >> and for you and all your teammates, you've all been in communication with your families there in houston, what are some of the sries they're telling you abouthe circumstances that confront them? >> just, you know, water ways look like river. a lot of the players homes are

safe, a lot of them have a wife and children at hole. you'd like to be there with your family and go through this with them. we're all here making those found calls and trying to do the best we can to keep them calm and trying to get back there as quickly as we can so we can partake in helping these recovery efforts. >> the problem of course the rain is going to keep coming, isn't it? it's going to be more water and increase more problems there for people on the ground. >> there's no question about that. the storm doesn't seem to be stopping any time in the near future. the people of houston obviously taking cover and hopefully staying safe. we're thinking about them and hoping we can get back as soon as we can. i know houston's a very resilient city. it's a strong city. the people there and overcome anything. we're going to come out of this stronger on the other side. >> j.j. walsh we thank you you

so much for joining us and of course for your efforts of raising so much money for the people in houston and beyond. many thanks. >> thank you. >> and to help j.j.'s cause follow has foundation on twitter @jjw foundation. you can donate there. thank you so much for your company at this however. >> i'm george howell. breaking news coverage continues on this devastating flood in texas. stay with us. n. that's why a cutting edge university counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. and why a pro football team chose us to deliver fiber-enabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. and why a leading car brand counts on us to keep their dealer network streamlined and nimble. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink.

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welcome to viewers here in the united states and around the world, we continue following the breaking news this hour here on cnn, the devastating floods playing out in the u.s. state of texas. i'm george howell. >> and i'm rosemary church. torrential rain bringing devastating floodsings. >> this storm is quote, beyond anything experienced before. they warned the worst may still

be yet to come. at this point, more than 300,000 people without power. take a look at the city of wroc, port texas. you can see how strong this category four storm was when it came into texas. destruction where harvey struck on friday night, we understand one person was killed in that town. another person killed in the city of houston after being swept away by flood waters. cars can be seen submerged and many roads simply impossible at this point. commercial flights in and out of houston's two main airports have been halted. meanwhile, frantic search and rescue operations are on the way as deadly flood waters continue to rise. 3,000 national guard members being activated to help with the rescue efforts. u.s. donald trump is scheduled to two of the -- on tuesday.

>> look at what's happening on the ground. derrick van dan live. it's the middle of the night, midnight in the state of texas and you've been watching these rescues being played out and they continue through the night? >> reporter: absolutely, george. in fact, we joined the harris county precinct one constable a few hours ago when some of the heaviest rains we experienced was falling at that time. these brave men and women are going door to door across the brave's bayou region, this is south of houston. the community has flooded considerable and we went out on this flood and rescue mission with them. they have all kinds of obstacles to navigate tonight.

the water is rising quickly because of the recent rain that has come in within just a few hours. the rapids, believe it or not across some of these street and road ways was intense. we had to navigate fully submerged suvs, road signs, fallen trees, lots of debris and the water was up to close to some of the awnings of a one-story building. that points the picture of what these people are navigating. they have rescued elderly, children, pets, adults, anything you could imagine. they are going door to door. they're getting tweets from residence pleading for help and support. ey are doing the best to answer those calls. when we were on theoat with them, it was unfortunate because we were not able to cross one of the flooded road ways that was

rushing so quickly. they had to move on to the next rescue because that's all they could manage with the equipment they had on hand. >> derrick, so you're a meteorologist, you know the science of this and you've been explaining that. you know the details and particulars of what's happening there in houston. what has stood out to you, just of the people you've met and the places you've seen so far, any story that's stood out to you? >> reporter: i'll tell you what, i've been completely amazed by how the community has come together. i saw a man come up with his boat, a small dingy but it had a motor on it and it had the ability to perform search and rescue operations. he wen to the chief constables in the precinct one and offered his boat for any search and

rescue they needed. i think it's the community doing what they can for each other, hugging each other and crying once they're rescued. it's a night knit community. they all know each other. it's an emotional sight for them. >> derrick thank you for the report. and there are many people being rescued. hundreds of people needing help, stranded in their home. in many of the hours in houston the floods were so bad. there were residence of the community using their own boats to help other residence helping those in need. >> the american red cross estimates 1300 people stayed in shelters cross texas saturday night. heal helicopters has been rescues strabded people around the clock. the mayor of texas says more

than 1,000 people have been rescued across the area so far. with many destruction many people were asked why there was never a mandatory evacuation order. on sunday, the mayorefended that decision. listen. >> the decision that we made was a smart one, it was in the best interest of the houston yans. it was the right decision in terms of their safety and always we put put the interest of the city of houston and the residence first. that's exactly what we did, absolutely no regrets. we did what was the right thing to do and we'll act according to the plan that we laid out. >> joining us now is deed ya george. he's the public information officer for the the texas department of transportation in the houston district. thank you so much for talking with us. let's talk more about this discussion about whether a mandatory evacuation should have

been ordered. you're with the transport department so you would know how the transport system would have dealt with the more than 2 million people actually hitting the road and trying to get out. is it a feeling that this was the right decision? you could second guess yourself either way, couldn't you? >> well, i can't speak on the mayor's orders decision to not to evacuate but what i can say is we experienced a record setting amount of rainfall in our houston district and there was not one freeway on our system that was not impacted by the rain. so i think the decision thathe mayor made was a good decision, but what our message was, was basically trying to take people to make sure they were not on the road ways when the rain started, because once it came in these road ways were going to be

impacted and impacted very quickly. >> and that's the problem isn't it? so people then stayed in their homes, hunkered down. the rescue missions continue well into the night. it's just after midnight there central time, but talk to us now as we look at these pictures of the roads submerged now, and so many people submerged, what this is going to mean going forward for the transportation system there? >> oh, certainly. so as of now we have over 332 high water location on our freeway system. so, what that means is that it is very difficult, if not impossible to get through, very -- a lot of freeways on our system. so, what that means is we are trying to tell people to stay inside, let emergency personnel

get to you, do not attempt to get out, especially now. it's dark outside, the event is not over, don't be lulled into a false sense of hope that the rain has stopped and now is the time to get out, it's not. the water keeps on rise and the high water locations do as well. >> that's very important. we'll get the message out for people to stay put, do not move out of your homes. of course any rescue that's needed willing going forward. deidra jones thanks for onnin us in the transportation department in houston. many phone calls going unanswered as operates are trying to give preference to calls but are struggling to keep up. >> one reporter was describing the situation earlier when he saw people being air lifted to safety. take a look at this.

>> reporter: as the sun goes down the need becomesin' more because these people done have electricity right now, they are in the dark. when it gets pitch black outside it's going to be pitch black inside. i don't know what other medical situations they have but look, they're flashing the light but i think they maybe want us to get one of those people up there. we can take you guys if you need. an elderly sick person? yeah bring -- two handicap. two sick and disabled and two in wheelchairs on the top of that roof. i have no idea how they got them on top of that roof. yes, we're going to get closer, you guys can bring them down to the boat. we're moving them slowly and obviously very difficult because he said he has a pacemaker on his left-hand side near his heart. so we're going to have to steer clear of that obviously and try and get them on the ledge here

so we can have him sit down and take him off. this just shows you how critical these patients are, how critical these people are. they need the help right now. there's not enough boats, not enough helicopters, not enough first responders obviously to get every single person as you heard. there's 300 people in this apartment complex. a lot of them need the help because they're elderly, some of them obviously have medical condition that they need to be on dry land. >> we were watching and listening to a katy local reporter there in houston texas as that rescue operation were playing in. of course he spotted those people on the roof. unbelievable. >> let's bring in our meteorologist, karen on exactly where this storm is going. karen what can you tell us ?>> all right, we take a look a

different commuter models and this one happens to be the european model. the north american model, and that's all these commuter generating ideas, the scientific ideas about where the system is headed. if we can put this into motion we got it moving towards the south back out over the gulf of mexico picking up that deep tropical moisture, you can pause it right there, michael, he is the procedure tonight and meteorologist. and this is where we're looking at yet another bullseye of precipitation, it's going to be heavy again. another round of very heavy rainfall, then it shifts further towards the north and towards the east. i want to back up a bit and show you this broad view. this is where we got some of the flood warning out. this is harris county, i know this looks kind of bluery. where you see the red shaded areas, that's where the water has topped the road, topped the by the way yew, topped the creek and there are hundreds of these

all across harris county. that's just harris county. now, i talked about this in the past hour. take a look at this video, it's in black and white. it's obviously a houston video. look at this vehicle in the water, the water is rising up the windshield, there's a man standing behind his vehicle here. this is an suv, this is not a small vehicle. then a dinghy comes in, a small motorized boat, they load the man into the dinghy, there you can kind of see that. now, this is taking place at night. looks as if this is near i-10 and katy. katy is about 30 minutes drive to the west of houston, texas. it looks to be that man was safe but that's happening over and over and over, not just in harris county but in all these other counties surrounding the houston area. pretty much, along that

interstate, the corridor of i-10 and further to the south. i'm not saying those are the only places, certainly it is not, but thousands upon thousands of people. all right, this is the broader view. you can see some of the feeder bans right at houston, right smack at houston. the ground is saturated, it's over saturated. there's more water to be had. how much more water? we could see an additional 10 inches of rain, that is possible. we zoom in, then you can see a heavier ban right along that northern edge of the trinity and the galveston bay area. a little bit of a break further to the south but don't will lulled into a false sense of security. there you can see almost 27 inches of rain and we're not finished yet, we go until the end of the workweek. guys we'll be here in the weather center for you.

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. throughout the houston metro poll tan area, hundreds of people will be spending the night away from their homes and beds, and about sleeping on cots at the houston convention center. >> one of the places open as shelters shaping the flood waters, many of people arriving at the george brown convention center about a mile north. >> we've been showing you all these images and heard the stories from all these people, the flooding there in the south and east texas has been catastrophic. the u.s. national weather service calls it unprecedented. the worse is yet to come.

120 meters of rain could fall in the next three days. >> at least two people have died from the storm. rescue operations have saved thousands of people from their homes and many are still flooded. thousands of people from houston are still trapped waiting for rescue workers to come and get them. >> people in the community have been using their own boats to rescue them to safety. >> reporter: take a look at this, this is an entrance of a lobby and you're witnessing a rescue live. look at how deep the water is, it's to people's thighs. here's a group of people being pulled on to the boat right now. we can -- here -- this is brian meadows one of the rescues, his partner seth roberts is here in

the green shirt. they're helping people get on to the boat. guys we've been at the staging area where they've launched these boats from the last hour and a half to two hours. there's been several of people taken out of those areas into hotels. these people are electricing to come. we're told some people are electing to stay at the omnihotel even though the water is past people's knees. we're told it's rising. you can see in the lop by there, i can see a staircase where the water is going up a bit. we are getting bit of a break in the rain right now. it has not rained in the last 45 minutes. we're told between 60 and 80 people were stranded inside here. the hotel staff has kept people calm. they say the people can stay for as long as they want. ma'am, can you tell us what you're name is please.

>> marian washington. >> reporter: zrub what the conditiones are like in there? >> they're bad. the whole lobby is flooded. but we're associates. >> you work here? >> yes. >> reporter: what's the hotel doing to i get make people comfortable and some people are actually staying correct? >> i'm not sure. all yan they're trying to make us comfortable, rescuing us and taking us to another hotel. >> reporter: okay good luck. >> many families escaping harvey has turned to emergency shelters. here's more on that with ben spencer. >> reporter: i've got some heart warming pictures to show you, people so glad they've got shelter and food and they're dry right now. look at this family, they're laying down to go to sleep here, a mother and father and their two children. we have a father over here with his two beautiful daughters here. people in the high school are

sprawled out all over, every square inch of floor that you with find and that's where they are making their home tonight. this is all they have to go to but they seem to be in pretty good spirits. look at this family over here if you take a walk with me, that i have got a place set set up for the child, for the baby, all the kids are together. they've made their own makeshift bedding and they were a little while ago telling bedtime stories with puppets. i don't know if you can see that family over there but it's heart warming to see something soft and warm on what has been such a horrible few days here. >> on the phone with us right now to talk more about what's happening in houston is alan blinder. he is a reporter with the "new york times" on the ground there in houston. alan thank you so much for being with us. first of all, what part of the city are you in right now and what's stood out to you so far? >> so, i'm along interstate 610

right now over by a major shopping area called meyer plaza. i've spent the day out here watching rescues. i've seen rescues by helicopters, boats, i've seen rescuers toss line into the flood waters and pull people in. i cannot tell you how much people have been rescued on this stretch of the interstate alone. >> there's so many people taking dramatic risks but doing the thing, taking matters into their own hands. talk to us about that, these people who are, you know in these neighborhoods who have boats available, who just get into those boats and start pulling off these rescues themselves. >> we've seen a number of people who really brought an armada if you will, they came from other parts of the city, from the suburbs bringing their own boats, showing up, popping them

in the water and riding around looking for people to bring back. they come back, they're greeted by members of the national guard, that i have taken shelters, other places of the city. but it's been a joint effort, a very improvised effort of emergency official as well, citizens trying to figure out how to get through what all -- for the nation's large part of the city. >> is there still a sense there are many other people worth still trapped in their homes, who can't get out and what's the situation with that water? do you get a sense it's still on the rise? >> yeah, it's going to keep rising, the forecast for the next few days calls for more rain. we expect to see much more rain, it is absolutely pouring right now where i am in houston. and, there is a -- that there are more people out there who zpraerl need assistance. we don't know how much

obviously. city of houston did not call for an evacuation before the storm and we don't know how many people have left before the storm. so, it's really a significant question right now about how many people may tell need to be rescued in the city. >> we've heard complaints from people who say, you know if, i heard the warning and told directly, get out of town i would have done that. talk to us a bit more about what you're heari from the city, the reason they did not order a mandatory evacuation of people. >> the fact is is that hurricane harvey came up very very quickly. it reformed as a major tropical system only in the last few days. there wasn't a whole lot of time associated with the storm and its power and consequences, it only became a category 4 storm, not terribly long before

landfall. it's going to be a lot of debate to follow from houston about what should have happened. and that'll probably take many many months to debate and talk through. >> alan blinder is a reporter in "new york times" in houston giving us a sense of what he's seen today. thank you so much for the reporting. we'll keep in touch with you and wish you safety. >> thank you very much. just a footnote to share with our viewers, we managed a moment ago we plan to speak to a mother of six to tell us about what she's dealing with. shay mendoza, she sent us a video, this is a sense of what's happening around her neighborhood. i said we plan to speak with us but we're unable to reach her by phone. it could be the power is out or she lost power to her phone, whatever the case we want to make sure and hope shay's doing okay. we'll continue to try to reach her and hopefully share her

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hoping to rescue houston residence threatened by the starting storm. the governor announced more missions called in for help. >> there is no relief in sight that's important to keep in mind here, 50 inches of rain, nearly 130 sent meters are in the forecast for that area in the comes days. >> authorities say the storm has killed two people and that number is expected to rise. dallas is planning to open a mega shelter to host 5,000 evacwees, but how people will

get there, that is the challenge of course. transportation officials say many roads are impossible. the white house says president trump will visit texas on tuesday. well let's go to cnn meteorologist derrick van dan, he's live from houston, texas. so derrick, of course you're talking to us there about the rescue operations that are underway. it is just after 12:30 in the morning. they continue through the night. we also wanted to talk to you about the vulnerability of houston to flooding like this. >> reporter: yeah, it's incredible. rosie, we just got a better picture of why city is so susceptible to flooding. one, this is a low-lying city.

there's more than 800 miles of bayous, creeks and rivers that run across the city center. there's also a clay soil at the base here that makes drainage very very difficult. since the year 2000 we've seen an increase in pavement. when you see that expansion of almost urban development in a major city like this, the water has nowhere to drain to but out and into the surrounding communities. that is why this city is so vulnerable to flooding. we are getting a first-hand look at how bad is just is in the city. >> and derrick if you can still hear me, talk to us about the rescue operations, that are continuing through the night

there. >> reporter: yeah, we just got off of a boat with the harris county constables district one, and we did a search and rescue operation with them. and they have so many difficulties ahead of them, they've been very successful since the flooding have started about 18 hours ago. they've successfully rescued about 100 people, rldly to children, to adults, to pets, but tonight they're going to have their work cut out for them, because we've had these string feeder bends of heavy rains come in once again. we've seen more rapid rises in the water, especially across the bayou here, in fact the braves bayou, the braywood community has been hit hard in that southwo

southwood section of the houston. they're going to be going door to door to find anyone in their home. rosy. >> very important indeed. a slight delay there. we do apologize for that. thank. >> there are all sorts of groups on the ground trying to get help to people that need it. one of them is team rubicon. it's a military -- joining us this hour there in dallas, texas. dennis thank you for taking time to be with us. what are you hearing from your teams there in houston, people trying to do the work of rescues people given the rain has not stop and still rising in many places? >> yeah, the situation is still fluid and we have to make decisions on the go. we want to make sure our own volunteers that are responded don't further strain the

response apparatus and we can have a good impact for those survivors that need us there. >> so, once your teams rescue people, where can you tell us about where those people are being taken? are there enough shelters there in the area and through the state to deal with so many people who need help? >> as this grows you can see we're continuing to open more and more shelters at a further radius from houston and i expect that will continu to happen. as we get people away from those flood waters we'll continue to push out as needed. the state of texas is a great state and everybody standing by to support houston right now. >> i agree with you, it is a good state. thank you for your time. it is good to see people getting the help they need. we'll keep in touch with you. thank you. >> thank you. the flood is devastating for some of the state's most vulnerable people. take a look at this heart

breaking image south of houston. senior citizens at a nursing home up to their waist in water waiting for help to arrive there. >> just look at that image. >> it's heart breaking, most definitely is. >> really is. some people there, residence in wheelchairs and on oxygen. two dozen people were air lifted to safety from that home. cnn spoke with the daughter of the woman who owns that facility. listen. >> i almost couldn't believe it was real as well. when my mother sent it to me, i was texting her thinking everything was fine, i had spoken with her the day before and she said, you know they were told the shelter in place, i don't think anybody thought there would be a problem because they hadn't flooded before or anything. so, when i texted her in the morning to check in and she responded with those photos i was totally shocked. and, at that point didn't really know what to do so i asked her what i could do.

and she just said they were waiting on the national guard and if we could contact anybody to help them, then to do it. so, and then that, her phone went dead. i -- so, we were so upset thinking that, you know they were in imminent danger. we were calling emergency management, we were deciding what to do and at that point decided to go ahead and tweet the photo to try to get as much tension. maybe find somebody who live near there to get there with a boat. a local affordable star helping up to help victims in the houston area. j.j. walsh in the houston texas is launcng a fund raising effort. he's alrdy raised nearly $200,000. j.j. watt joins me now to talk about this. thanks so much for being with us. you're actually not in houston right now. you and your teammates are stuck in dallas because of the circumstances there on the ground in houston. how difficult is it for you to

watch what's happening there to your community? >> thank you for having me. it is, it's very difficult. we have a lot of guys on this team who have families back there, wives and kids, young kids and obviously everybody wants to be home with their family and make sure they're safe. we want to be back in houston so we can help anyway possible. it's tough to watch your city go through something like this and be away from it and not be there to help. >> it is. the images horrifying with you see the water and number of people that have had to be rescued, people being rescued from their rooftops. you have raised all this money but now you've actually increased your goal. talk to us about that and what you're hoping to do with this money. >> yeah, we wanted to get out ahead of it. in a sichlg like there we know there's going to be a lot of damage incurred, a lot of cost to replace that damage. so what we want to do is get out ahead of it. start raising money now. our fans are unbelievable, fans

from amendment over the world donating, reached the $200,000 goal less than two hours. they crashed the website, we're working to get the website back up. we're trying to raise as much as we can so once this storm is over we can again the rebuilding process and get these people back on their feet. >> and clearly if you can raise $200,000 in two hours you're going to raise a lot of money going forward. people's homes are going to be destroyed, the water damage is extraordinary throughout houston and beyond. >> yeah, there's no question about it. we know the nfl has a wide reaching arm and we're going to try to use that to help raise this money so we can get all the money we need. it's going to take a lot. it's not just a one day or one week thing it's going to be a long-term effect. we nee to erying we can to help these people out. >> j.j. watt we thank you so much for joining us. and of course for your efforts

raising so much money for the people in houston and beyond. many thanks. >> thank you. >> and to help j.j.'s cause follow his foundation on twitter @jjw foundation and you can donate there. more on the denver stating flooding playing out in texas ahead in a moment. we'll take a look at the role social media is playing to help people in this crisis. geico has a 97% customer satisfaction rating! and fast and friendly claims service. speaking of service? oooo, just out. it was in. out. in! out. in! what about now? that was our only shuttlecock. take a closer look at geico. great savings. and a whole lot more.

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welcome back everyone. we do want to show you this video, t.v. station in houston, khou had to be evacuated because of the flooding from tropical storm harvey. >> officials say the anchor was live on t.v. when water started creeping twau creeping toward the anchor. >> people usually turn to television for disasters like this. >> that's right. they're also reaching out for

their smart phones to get information and help. >> reporter: as the rain continues to fall, this has become a flood emergency in the age of social media. that matters because local residence are using their phones, using facebook and twitter to call for help. we've seen hundreds of cases on sunday of people trying to tweet to local authorities or post on facebook to their local lawmakers listing where they're located what their condition is, asking for boats or helicopters to come in and rescue them. i have not seen this on this scale in the united states before. we've seen ore countries where social media's played a vital role. if you think about twelve years ago the last time a major hurricane was in the united states facebook was brand new and twitter didn't xi at all. phone fixes were not as

widespread as their they're -- they're used today. there are some neighborhoods in and near houston where the cell phone were operating. so people were using their phones not just to call 911 but to text 911 as well. the u.s. coast guard put on a message saying please do not send us your information, but please make the phone call in order to request rescues. we've seen other local authorities go ahead and use twitter and facebook to communicate with some people to go ahead and place rescues. it's social media and t.v. networks that we've seen trying to help locals in and near houston at other parts of texas. this was sunday and unfortunately it's going to remain important in the days to come. we've seen people getting alerts on their phone, then trying to

tune in by roadway to listen to the t.v. stations that are sigh mull cast on radio. it's the importance to show local media trying to communicate with these tools. president trump planned to visit texas tuesday, no details on the too manies or exact loti location of his trip was given. huckleby sanders say they are communicating with officials. >> historic rainfall in houston and all over texas, floods are unprecedented and more rain comes, spirit of the people is incredible. >> president trump also returned to his promise to build a wall along the mexican border sunday and again suggested mexico will pay for it somehow. he tweeted this with mexico being one of the highest crime nations in the world, we must have the wall, mexico will pay

for it through reimbursement/other. >> mexico's foreign ministry issued a statement saying it will not pay for a wall or physical beerns under any circumstances. the president threatened to shut down the government if he doesn't get funding from american tax payers to pay for that wall. north korean not happy that the u.s. and south korea have been representative from north korea sent a letter to the u.n. security council saying in part waging such provocative and aggressive joint military exercises in the korean peninsula which has already turned into a tinder box is nothing short of histeric conduct to add fuel to the raging flames. >> news of north korean missiles over the weekend, arriving days before the u.s. bars citizens from traveling to that country.

ripley is the only western correspondent to go to north korea sce the most recent tensions. reporting some americans are rushing to beat thband. >> in the letter to the security council, north koreans are making it clear they are watchi watching every move of the united states. they have their finger on the trigger, as they continue drills that enrage the regime in pyongyang. in the middle of it all is a group of americans inside this country. american tourists who pay hundreds, even thousands of dollars to go on private excursions undeterred by the fiery rhetoric even threats of looming nuclear war. >> in a quiet corner of the beijing airport check-in time for the day's only flight to pyongyang. it is the usual crowd. handful of north koreans and dozens of foreigners mainly tourists. tour companies estimate around 5,000 western tourists come to

north korea each year. including about 1,000 americans. >> what is this here that we're saying? >> nick lar is making this trip much sooner than expected. >> i was planning to read language books first and go a couple years from now but heard it is going to be banned next month so figured i would get in while i still could. >> the u.s. state department announced a travel ban after the death of otto warmbier. he was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for taking a propaganda poster off his hotel room. he died six days after coming home. he was 22. >> you are fine as a tourist until the break the law. if you break the law that country is cruel and merciless. simon do simon cocrell made 100 trips

north korea. one of his coworkers was detain in north korea for leaving a bible. >> what is your biggest fear about going in? >> obviously if they hold people. >> quitting his job as a doctor in washington, d.c. to travel the world, he said he wanted to visit north korea before it is too late. >> have you told your family? >> oh yeah, dude. they know about everything. >> what did they say? >> you're crazy. >> this is the final group of americans tours will bring to north korea before the travel ban takes effect. he expects to lose up to 20% of his tour business but he says the american tourists and north korean locals lose much more. >> for anyone curious who wants to see what it is like, that opportunity is now gone for any north koreans who have a more well-rounded idea of americans, that opportunity is now gone too. >> north korea insists it is a safe place for anyone willing to

come. even americans as long as they respect local laws. meanwhile, the slow stream of tourists continues. at least for now. >> north korea is trying to expand its tourism industry, attracting new visitors from plac places like russia. as continuation of choking off the revenue stream for the launch of three ballistic missiles oest weekend. will ripley, cnn, pyongyang, north korea. >> before we go this hour. quick update. tropical storm harvey still drenching south texas disastrous flooding has taken over the fourth largest city in the u.s. hundreds of hughs an residents have been less stranded in their own homes. >> this is rescued team scramble to get people to safety reaching them sometimes by boat, by helicopters, at least two people we understand have died because of this storm and take a look at this video. you get a sense of exactly what people are dealing with. we showed you the video a moment

ag we lost it but you have seen so manymages of how high the floodwaters have risen. in situations like this it is always delicate just to make sure crews get there in time to help the people who are in need. there is a great deal of focus on the devastation in texas. can i say as a native texan myself it is a good feeling to see so many people coming together. really displaying the spirit of texas and we want to leave you with one such example. >> this shows what all of our reporters on the ground have encountered time and time again. ordinary people stepping up in an extraordinary way. >> you guys are jumping in to help out? >> yes, sir. >> where are you coming from this is. >> tech city. >> what are you going to do? >> try to save some lives. >> try to save some lives. >> good luck. >> to everyone in texas, we are thinking of you and praying for your safety. thanks for your company this

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hi, everybody, thank you for joining us. live from the "cnn newsroom" in atlanta. we continue to cover the desperate situation in the u.s. state of texas. >> thank you for staying with us. a tropical storm is slamming the state with catastrophic flooding as torrential rain continues to barrel down all along the texas coast there. >> what's happening right now in southern texas is just unprecedented. the u.s. national weather service says it is beyond anything experienced before. and it warns that worst may still be to come. the storm has killed two people. rescue crews are scrambling to reach people trapped by floodwaters. helicopters have been working around the clock. rescuing those who are strand id. coast guard say they will continue rescue efforts throughout the