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happy to report that the conditions on the ground appear to be improving, but the flood threat is far from over. the situation here in the convention center, chris, where i am is pretty dire. i am at the city's largest shelter where at last count more than 8,000 people are here sleeping, seeking refuge. we've walked around here. people are sleeping under these bright fluorescent lights, packed in room after room. you see here all the donations that have come in on one side of your screen. volunteers are sifting through all the clothes trying to get them sorted into the right sizes to help people here who are going to need help for a very long time. this shelter where i am, the george p. brown shelter is overcapacity. two more mega shelters have now opened to alleviate this massive demand. one-third of harris county which includes houston and its suburbs is now under water.

so all eyes are on these two dams that are trying to contain all of this record breaking rainfall. rescue crews as we've seen, chris, are working around the clock. they have no idea how many people are still trapped in their homes at this hour. so they're still rescuing people from all these rising floodwaters and, of course, the death toll continues to rise. we don't want to give exact numbers right now because it is just way, way too fluid of a situation, chris. >> impossible to know. they haven't even searched all the different areas let alone coordinated what they have lrnd. we'll check back with you in one second. the increasing need is a big part of this story. so is the return of harvey. you're looking at the radar on your screen. you see the east part of texas and into lake charles, louisiana, they're getting hit with their own cell. then you have the separate band a little farther east. louisiana, east texas, feet of rain in just the last 4 hours. harvey is posing a flood threat to several states in its path.

all of this has president trump is back in washington after visiting texas. the president is getting criticism for not talking about the victims, not being that consoler-in-chief that the job demands. let's begin with cnn's polo sandoval live in richmond, texas. what are you seeing there, polo? >> reporter: good morning. here in southeast texas harvey has come and gone. all you have to do is look behind me to be reminded that the effects of this massive storm will be felt for a very long time. these are the waters o of the brazos river that continue to rise, slowly invading communities up and down the bank itself. meanwhile, the rescues continue, not just in houston but around the other regions there as reservoirs continue to release large amounts of water to try to prevent more flooding. but in the process, some of the communities being flooded. among the dead so far, sergeant steve perez, a veteran of the

police department, a. the police chief describing him as a brave, dedicated individual. his wife asking him on sunday morning not to head out to work because of the weather conditions. he's also described as somebody who was devoted to serving the community. and sadly, that sunday was the last day that he would do that. the saldovar family, six members of the family that hasn't been seen in days. little hope that they'll find them alive. >> the current lifted up the van and started pointing it into the water. it just took off, took the van. and he had his window down, so he managed to get out the window. then he tried to get around the van, but he couldn't. the current was too strong. >> you could hear the kids

screaming and crying trying to get out of the van. he kept telling them to go to the back of the van and open the back doors, open the back doors. but from what he's describing, i'm sure the kids couldn't even grab a grip onto the van to even reach the back door much less open it. he said it just went under the water. >> in an effort to try to prevent more tragedies in southeast texas, there are mandatory evacuations including here in fort ben county. that's why many communities along the brazos river and here in houston are relatively empty. virtual ghost town this morning. >> those stories of the family lost are so, so heartbreaking. we feel for them and are praying for them this morning. thank you for that reporting. the american red cross says more than 17,000 harvey evacuees are in shelters across the state. it's just after 6:00 a.m. at the one where i am in houston and

people are just waking up. i can tell you that the situation here is controlled. it is not chaotic, but certainly is crowded. we've gone into these halls they're like three times the size of a football field and it's just cot after cot after cot. children, adults, everyone trying to sleep in these very crowded conditions. so there are these two new mega shelters that are now open to alleviate this shelter where i am. this one has at last check, 8 tho 319 people. let's go to cnn's rosa florez live at the nrg convention center which can house an additional 10,000 people. what's the situation there, rosa? is that filling up? >> reporter: al zip, good morning. from talking to the organizers, they tell me about 1,000 people are waking up this morning here at nrg. they have 3,000 cots. more cots are coming. they describe the situation in

houston still as a rescue operation. what that means is that people are still being rescued at th hois ho hour. they are signing up at the intake tables you see behind me and are asked basic questions, do they have insurance, were they able to salvage important documents. then they walk in to my right. once they go in there, they'll see cots where they can sleep. they have warm food. they also have a section for children. there's about 300 volunteers that have signed up already. this is a shelter being run by a non-profit organization called baker ripley. they say their website was so inundated with volunteers, chris, that they are still trying to grapple with that. like you had mentioned before, while we're seeing the worst of mother nature, we are seeing the best of people here in houston. >> best of human nature, rosa.

that's a good problem to have, being flooded with volunteers. hopefully they sort it all out. the concerned citizens corps is giving an unprecedented response to an unprecedented catastrophe. we'll check back with you, rosa. harvey is back this time as a tropical storm. but it's every bit as dangerous to areas especially when they're already saturated. southeastern texas, western parishes of louisiana taking a pounding right now. heavy rain adding to already flood conditions. we have cnn's kaylee hartung there. the mayor says so far, so good. that's a qualified term given the amount of water in their area. they're just amazingly resilient peop people. >> reporter: so true, chris. harvey made landfall 20 miles south of here, about two hours ago.

we have not felt a drop of rain at that time, but the winds we're feeling will remind you this storm is close. local officials tell me they're expecting 40 to 50-mile-an-hour sustained winds. that means they're anticipating power outages and tree damage. this ground already saturated and wet. that means the roots of those trees are weak and soaked already. while yesterday the headline was that more than 500 people in this area, cal cass sue parish had been rescued. i spoke with the director of emergency preparedness for this parish a little bit ago. he was relieved to tell me that no calls came in for rescues overnight. all that being said, when i spoke to the governor of louisiana yesterday on the 12th anniversary of katrina, he said folks of louisiana all too experienced with the dangers of this weather. despite all the unknowns that remain, they feel they're prepared with the people experienced for what could come. >> true. i was there then. to be sure, they'll make it

through whatever happens there. kaylee stay safe. how much rain will fall? how are those dam, some built in the 1940s around houston, how are they going to fare. cnn's chad myers has the forecast. >> cedar bayou almost 52 inches. i think it would be 52 but the rain gauge failed while it was still raining. 51.88 is the record. the rain is still raining in orange, orange texas, beaumont, port arthur, orange picked up over 12 inches overnight, just in the past six hours. you talked about this, two areas, one to the east and one over where the eye is, where the center of the tropical storm is. that's where the rain will be again the heaviest for today. let's get to this story about the addicks and barker

reservoir. take you to google earth. houston proper, we talked about this, buffalo bayou, it goes right from houston into these two reservoirs. the reservoirs were built because back in 1940 there was 250,000 people living in houston. they said let's hold the water back because this is farmland. it's no longer farmland. people live there. this is addicks. the dam here it's 108. here it's 114. the water is pouring around the dam this way because right now the level is 109. top of the levee is 108, the water is 109, you can understand what's going on there. let me take you to the reservoir itself. there are people who have built homes here. they allowed them to build homes inside the reservoir. these homes are flooded.

2,500 homes are flooded, some of them up to five feet deep. they built homes instead of a lake. alisyn. >> oh, my gosh, chad. obviously we now see the repercussions of all of that. thank you for the reporting. we'll check back with you. the flooding disaster from harvey is now the focus of the entire texas national guard. all 12,000 members have been activated by the state's governor. let's get an update on their operations. joining us is lieutenant colonel travis walters. thank you very much for being with us. what's the situation that you're grappling with this morning on the ground? >> good morning. i tell you, i am proud to be a texan this morning. our national guardsmen are still conducting rescue operations by boat, but plane and by high water vehicle. they are motivated and inspired by the work that they are doing, and it is giving them tireless energy to do it. we're seeing first responders that we are supporting on the

ground that are all of us extremely focused on the task at hand. there is no time for anything less than maximum cooperation, and that's what we're seeing right now. >> colonel, do you have any sense from your guys on the ground how many people are still trapped and stranded in their hom homes? >> we don't have a firm estimate. but we are beginning as more resources pour in, to do more methodical operations, move into a neighborhood, check the entire neighborhood, make sure it's clear of people so we save lives and then move on to the next place. that's what we're dedicated to doing. we'll do that until the job is done. >> look, you're doing a herculean effort. we can only imagine how challenging that is, going from door-to-door not knowing if people are inside. we made the point this morning there are 8,300 people here in

this shelter. thousands more in others. but there are millions of people in the houston area. so how do your guys figure out where to go and where the greatest need is? >> well, of course, we fall in and listen to our first responders, local sheriffs, fire department folks that are very familiar with the area that we're there to support and help as a team. so as we do that, we are taking our queues from them, supporting them and continuing to respond as needed. >> do you need more national guard units from other states. >> we have activated our national guard here. more resources are pouring into the area. we or continuing to get assistance from the federal government, other national guards. we anticipate there will be lots of help and support all up and down the chain of command. local, state and federal

partners. we're getting the support we need and we welcome it. >> colonel walters of the national guard, thank you very much. the best to you and your men and women today. another amazing rescue caught on camera to show you. wait until you see this. this is a 91-year-old woman who needs to be carried down a flight of stairs from a second floor in her wheelchair to a waiting boat that came right to her front door. look at this. these were good samaritans, members of a church group that were set in motion by the woman's son-in-law, mark green. he joins us now on the phone. mark, how is your mother-in-law, how are you doing this morning? >> well, thank you. we're doing great. she is sleeping, and my swe are my sister and brother-in-law's house which has stayed dry in houston. we're very blessed and thankful

to be here. >> well, she sure looks like she was happy and in good spirits once she got into the boat. we can see her smiling and thanking all the folks around her. but that must have been pretty harrowing when you all were trapped in your house knowing your mother-in-law was wheelchair-bound. how long were you there? what were those moments like? >> our concerns were for phil or philomena. we back up to buffalo bayou. that house was built in 1965. it survived a lot of hurricanes, hurricane alicia, et cetera. her house is in a lower spot. it has flooded in the past. we already had her with us. once the water started coming into her house sunday night, a neighbor helped me move her upstairs. i'm 65. he's 75. so that was kind of an effort. we had her up there.

we were not concerned about the flood getting to the second story, but obviously we wanted to get her out of there if possible. the amazing thing is, an usher at our church -- there was an e-mail stream, how is everybody doing. i sent an e-mail from my cell phone saying we're fine, about four inches of rain in our home, we're on the second floor. the next thing we know, we have some guys with a boat. do you want to be rescued? i said sure, absolutely. >> oh, my gosh. what angels to come by and do that. nice to see your mother's face after she's put in the boat. >> the boat came up. you probably have the pictures. they set her in the boat. it was probably about a four-block walk to where the waters receded.

my sister and brother-in-law, the katie freeway, the flooding on it subsided in the past few hours prior to that. they were able to pick us up in their suburban and drive us back to their place. >> well, thank goodness for that success story and for the members of that church group who swung into action. mark green, thank you for sharing your video and personal story. we're happy your mother-in-law philomena is doing well. >> listen. thank you very much. i just want to say the county officials, ed emmett, sylvester turn nor, governor greg abbott, nobody planned for this kind of event. all the thousands of local professionals are doing a wonderful job. our thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims. >> thanks for that message. that's really important to hear. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we do need to tell you about

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once we got there, it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk for what we knew in our hearts was going to be a recovery mission. >> that is the houston police department chief mourning one of his own today who drowned in the floodwaters trying to get to his command post to help flood victims. joining us on the phone is houston police chief art acevedo. thank you so much for being here with us. we're so sorry for the loss of your colleague.

he was a 34-year veteran, sergeant steve perez. can you tell us a little bit more about what he was trying to do and what happened to him? >> sure. sunday morning at 4:00 a.m., he left his house en route to his work station. unfortunately, as you know, we've been experiencing massive flooding, not just houston, but towns and cities around us. he couldn't get in. so he calls his lieutenant and says i can't get in, everything is flooded. she tells him, good, because you need to go to another station, our station is starting to flood and we've evacuated. he said, well, i'm going to go to the kingwood station. he just would not give up. tragically he ended up dying in his effort not to give up on his community and his colleagues. >> oh, my goodness. i've heard you say that sergeant perez was one of the sweetest

people you've ever worked with. what more can you share about him? >> he's a guy that was a former military man, a guy that there's %-p. actually, i'm amazed with almost 200 of our officers' families impacted by this with their own homes flooded and damaged, tornado damage. our people are engaged, they're exhausted. their spit is up, and they just will not stop working. that dive team that came to get him, 37 hours on, surviving on power bars. he represents the best of this organization and everyone that knew him a lot longer than me said you captured him perfectly by describing him as a sweet, loyal, public servant. >> the selflessness that we've seen from all of you emergency responders, everyone on the

force and all of the regular people has been really inspiring. but i know that today you want to use this example to get the message out to people that it's possible the worst is still yet to come. not a false sense of security because the rain has stopped. >> that's right. there's a lot of -- between up stream texas and the gulf lies the city of houston. there's still a lot of water coming our way, a lot of rivers. people are forgetting that this rain fell not just in and around houston, it fell north of us, east of us, west of us. a lot of that water is still coming this way. we're not out of the woods yet. we still have water coming up, going over our reservoir. so we should be -- we may see more flooding. so people need to pay attention and be prepared to evacuate and not be stubborn. we tried to evacuate places

early in certain neighborhoods, targeted neighborhoods. i remember saturday, my officers went to an apartment complex and telling people you need to get out, it's going to flood. two hours later we're in waist-deep water rescuing folks. heed the warning of the emergency responders. if you're told to get out, get out and follow directions. >> so tell us a little bit, chief, about those rescue efforts. obviously you're right, it is compounded by people not heeding the warnings. how are your guys figuring out where to go first and who is still trapped in their homes? >> it's an an overwhelming response for the police department and fire department. what we've been doing is keeping the log going and prioritizing

them based on whether it's the first floor that's gone, second floor is gone, people on the roof, and just getting to them one at a time. yes eve had probably -- last time i checked, 60,000, 70,000 calls of people needing help. as a police department, we're not in the swift water rescue business. but just like that cajun navy that showed up here to help us, you have to adapt and you have to overcome and that's exactly what we're doing. our officers have done a phenomenal job. our community has done a phenomenal job and we're very proud that despite the overwhelming odds, a lot of lives have been saved. we'll continue to pray that once the water starts receding and we're able to do secondary searching and complete assessments of interior of homes and businesses that the body count that we know will rise doesn't rise significantly.

>> obviously we share those prayers with you. are you worried about the dams holding here in houston? >> so far according to the experts, it looks like it's holding. when you make assumptions in policing, it can be dangerous. so we just tell people again, pay attention and be prepared to move if ordered to do so. so far it's working. it's holding its integrity and i'm not -- that concern, however, we have to be prepared just in case something does happen. >>rt acevedo, we know you have a busy day ahead. thanks so much for making time for us on "new day." >> thank you very much. chris, you hear it time and again from all the responders that they fear that the worst is yet to come. they don't want people thinking

that they're out of the woods just because it's not raining. there's still a lot of danger here in houston. >> nothing moves water like wind. any fisherman can tell you that. you saw white cap waves on the i-10 there. the effort is going to need to be sustained and that attention will be on all of that. harvey making landfall in louisiana 12 years and a day after the state was ravaged by hurricane katrina. next we'll talk to the mayor of new orleans. is that city any safer? look. it is a beautiful gesture that so many of you want to get involved. here is how you can, go to cnn.com/impact. there are many ways to give and it's going to last a long time. please get involved. i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. the big surprise was we're not german at all.

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what a way to mark the anniversary of hurricane katrina. 12 years and a day after that, new orleans, louisiana, changed by that storm. the city is facing another threat from tropical storm harvey, making its second

landfall landfall. is the city prepared? how is it doing. we have new orleans mayor mitch landrieu with us now. we know time is precious. how are you doing right now? >> listen, by the grace of god, is going to miss us. it came to the east of us and it's going to the west of us. we're not going to feel the kind of impact that houston felt. we're pretty well prepared for what comes our way. as you can see, you have to be humbled by mother nature. on this anniversary of katrina, our house and prepares go out to the folks in houston. unfortunately the worst is not yet over. beaumont got hurt very badly as did southwest louisiana last night. as we've watched this thing unfold. you've seen the incredible humanitarian crisis. but simultaneously you see the unbelievable hheroism. even in your darkest hour, it's

going to be okay. the other thing for the country to watch and it's very important, everybody is in the same boat. nobody is asking anybody in the boat what color you are, where you're from, what class you're in. everybody is helping each other. at the end of the day it's going to be all right. we'll have to go through very difficult times together. the country will reach out and help them the way they lifted up new orleans after katrina 12 years ago. >> times like this strip away all the bs and people see you're interconnected in the most fundamental ways. help us understand this concern that it could still be worse. what is it that could be yet to come in houston and the surrounding areas that we're going to have to look out for? >> first of all, besides the most obviously, invest 93 is off the coast of africa and still may be coming through, as if you haven't had enough. what's going on in houston, obviously you're seeing the flood. there are a lot of people who did not evacuate. the first responders are still in harm's way trying to get

folks out. once the water goes down, they'll have to go from house to house and unfortunately they'll likely find people that didn't make it. on top of that, massive amounts of people have lost everything and are now in shelters. one thing cascades into the next. then you get into a time crunch. besides rescue, then you have recovery and rebuild. everybody wants it to go back to the way it was as if the storm didn't happen. unfortunately that's not possible. i know texas is big and texas is strong. nobody is so strong that they don't need a massive amount of help. these are national crises and require a national response. hopefully we've learned from katrina and sandy that we don't need to get into the politics of whether or not the federal government is going to invest heavily. they should do it sooner rather than later and should be morather than less. we learned that three times now with katrina and sandy and now in houston. we ought to get it more right now than in the past. >> what is your word to people who want to get involved about

what the need will be. you lived it down there. the stories fade from the spotlight. we'll mark anniversaries, but the weeks, the months to come, what do people need to remember? >> typically, first of all, one of the things is that everybody wants to help and throw everything at it. houston is not in a position right now to receive everything. i would be very thoughtful and make sure you give money to the organizations that have a good track record in helping that can be precise about how they actually get in. you're right. next week the cameras are going to leave, but the people are still going to be in the shelters. then they have to get back in their homes, back in their schools. this is going to be a long haul for them. finally, this can't be said enough. the financial resources are going to be required and most likely will have to come not just from the state of texas and the faith-based communities which is going to be incredible. the outpouring of humanity and support is going to take your breath away. congress is going to step up to the plate and i know they will. >> it took new orleans a long time to come back, the good news is you're going to come back

better and stronger. there is a light at the end of the tunnel. the lesson to be learned is one we learn all the time, we're all in the same boat. when we're not thinking about our own selves and thinking about somebody else, we all get better. i think we're going to see that lesson again. unfortunately it takes a tragedy for people to get reminded of that time and time again. that's the unfortunate part of it. >> that's the realities, we're literally seeing all different kinds of people in the same boat trying to escape. >> that's right. >> be well. >> thank you so much. >> alisyn. >> chris, here where i am at the houston convention center there are more than 8,000 evacuees, and they're living in this cramped space. this space -- the folks here were just expecting 5,000 people. now there are these two mega

shelters that have opened. they're taking in more of the storm victims to try to alleviate the overcrowding in all of them. so what's next? what can people do? how are they organizing all this? joining us is david brady, the chief executive officer with the american red cross of the texas gulf coast region. great to have you here. >> thanks, alisyn. >> this morning there are 8,319 people here in this shelter. some of them without their medications. they had to leave them behind. some of them have lost their cell phones. where do you begin getting help for all these folks? >> our main goal right now is just the comfort, the shelter and the opportunity for us to provide emotional care for these folks as well. so our goal right now is to make sure that the people who are here and the people who need to get here when they arrive in any of our shelters -- a lot of the attention is focused on this one shelter, alisyn. i i understand why. people need to know that red

crosss that has close to 100 shelters set up across the area. >> how did you do it? you suspected it was going to be as bad as all the forecasters predicted. so days ahead of the rain, you were getting into place. why were you so forward looking with this one? >> i have to give so much credit to our national team. they did an amazing job of very early last week mobilizing around this, giving us the resources we needed, the people we needed. we had the people and the resources set up in this community right in front of the storm. the challenge we had once the storm came in, you couldn't get access, couldn't get access to the shelters. that's what really challenged us. the last few days have been emotionally, mentally and physically exhausting. i'm so proud of our team for again, fighting in the storm. our red cross staff and volunteers were out there in this storm battling it, some of them with their families at

home, i'm just so proud of our team and what they've done. >> i know you've seen really, really inspiring stories, and i know it makes you emotional, too. >> it does. >> why? >> the last couple days -- i didn't know what day of the week it was this morning when i got there. i had to go back and think about it. for the last eight, nine days, however long it's been we've been in our disaster command center preparing and now recovering from this, it's been such a challenge for us. i've been working like all of our team. the worst day for me is not the best day for people here without their homes. to walk in this morning and there was a palpable difference in this building today. when i saw our volunteers and i walked in and the smiles on their faces, and some of the folks evacuated here, there's a different feeling and vibe here. this city and mayor sylvester turner have done such a great job in partnering with us. it lifted me up. i can make it the rest of the

day. >> so happy to hear that, david. it does seem as though this shelter has got it down. people are getting the clothing and the food they need right now. we do want to remind people that red cross needs help. what are you asking people for right now? >> right now we don't need anymore clothes or items brought to the shelters. we need financial donations. redcross.org. the red cross will be here for a long time making sure everybody who is in a shelter gets taken care of as long as they need to. our goal is to get them in homes, our goal is to get them out, but we'll be here. you can volunteer or donate at redcross.org. >> thanks so much. chris, back to you. a public health emergency has been declared in both texas and louisiana. what does that mean? we have health secretary tom price joining us live about what needs to be done and why next.

what can the federal government do to help? we know they have declared a public health emergency in texas and louisiana in the wake of harvey. department of health and human services is expected to open a 250-bed medical shelter in houston today. joining us is the secretary tom price. he traveled with president trump to texas yesterday. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> hey, chris. >> what does it mean to designate those states as

medical emergencies? >> medical emergency, health emergency allows pour the greater flexibleability to have assets to help people in need from a medical standpoint. the disaster declaration allows for resources to come in and the early declaration allowed texas and luis ouisiana to prepare foe challenges that will exist that will go on not just for weeks or months, but literally for years. >> how do you plan? how does the federal government help today, tomorrow and in the weeks and months to come? >> in planning for this, we don't know where the hurricane is going to hit or when it's going to hit, but we know that it's going to hit. every single government, the federal government prepares for and runs simulations and exercises to make certain that when we pick up that phone and say that we need this held, that the individual on the other end of the line, it's not the first

time we've spoken with them. those activities have been on going, and that i believe is what resulted in an ability for the federal government early on, because of the presidential declaration of an emergency, because of the public health emergency that was declared, hhs deployed more assets, pre deployed more assets to harvey down in the texas area than ever before in the history of hhs. that's an important thing. what that allows us to do is be able to respond to a greater degree. >> we're hearing from doctors on the ground who are volunteers. as you know, some of the good news, clinicians are getting in there, trying to help on a volunteer basis as much as possible. drugs, medications are an issue. people are leaving their homes without their hypertension medication, diabetes maintenance, blood pressure. you know all these as a clinician yourself. have you thought about reaching out to big pharma to the companies to try to get replacement drugs for people. i know you can't just hand out

prescription medicines. that seems to be an emerging need. do you have your hands on that? >> absolutely. the chronic health care needs of individuals are the things that get harmed. normal day-to-day routines are disrupted. the drugstore you normally go to you can't get to. the medication you normally pick up you can't pick up. the dialysis that you normally receive two times a week, you can't get to that. all of those are being addressed through fema and through hhs. from a pharmacytandpoint, there are over 2,000 pharmacies in the affected area, and only about 200 of them have had to close. so what people have had to do is to get to a different pharmacy, maybe the same company, but a different pharmacy, and they're able to fill those prescriptions. in the shelters, oftentimes there are health care units. you mentioned the federal medical station that we set up in the hall there. those folks are able to care for individuals and provide pharmaceuticals, medications that they might need for chronic disease. what we're trying to do, however, is get folks back to

their communities as rapidly as possible. it's the chronic disease challenges that tend to harm folks more than the storm itself. >> we haven't even seen the wave of water-borne illness that comes from this toxic soup that people are forced to live in. let me ask you something else, >> is better than the one we saw with sandy? there are a lot of hard feelings about how many republicans didn't vote for that big bill. do you think the politics will play out differently this time? >> i think it's important for folks to appreciate we're still in the midst of this storm. at hhs and fema, we're still in a rescue and life saving mode. the president has committed he will make a request for congress when they return next week and i believe congress will do the right thing and address the

needs of the people. we're able to address an historic epic storm. we're measuring rain in feet, not in inches. this is historic and it needs to be addressed. >> we'll be watching because that process needs to go the right way. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> thanks so much, chris. another big story. north korea, a defiant kim yong un. he says that the missile over japan was just a curtain raiser. what the next target? they're saying guam. would that be crossing a red line and what would america do if so? we are live inside north korea next. this is not a cloud. this is a car protected from storms by an insurance company that knows the weather down to the square block. this is a diamond tracked on a blockchain - protected against fraud, theft and trafficking. this is a financial transaction secure from hacks and threats others can't see. this is a patient's medical history made secure - while still available to their doctor at their fingertips.

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cnn's will ripley is the only western television reporter in north korea. he joins us live from pong yaunyaunng. >> yesterday you were saying they may want to reach a point of negotiations but want to do it from a position of strength. targeting guam would do a lot more than that. >> it certainly does seem counter intuitive, doesn't it? if north korea on one hand conducted a highly provocative missile test, get the world's attention. why would they need to up the an ante further. see him all smiles surrounded by his generals and rocket scientists overseeing this. launching from their biggest most important city, and the north koreans saying in this news release that more missile launches will happen. they will target the pacific and

these are in their words a pray lewd. now it's right back in. perhaps the north koreans feeling more confident after cha they said was a very kufl test. it has a rage that would allow it to reach guam. if this had pointed it southern instead of northeastern, and certainly a troubling development from the perspective of the united states, and the u.s. conducting a missile test of its own off the coast of hawaii. the u.s. anti-missile systems intercepted an intermediate range ballistic missile. this was a test, a test only and the united states was quick to put out photos of their tests. 0 north korea took about 24 hours. we were with north koreans as they watched the news bulletin

come in. she announced the birth and death of leaders, announced any natural disasters and missile launch the and there she was on the screen today signaling to the north koreans this was a very important event for their country. when i asked people, unsurprisingly, chris, all of them said they're 100% behind their leader. political dissent is not tolerated. what else are they going to say? >> so what is your sense of being on the ground, will, of how important it is to the ajra jeem to up the stakes versus just a show of strength? >> well the north carolini nort continue to express fury. they've been angry for a long time. for many years, but this is the first time they now have such and advanced arsenal.

they have a number of missiles. this one we actually saw back in april. that's when it was unveiled. a lot of people were questioning if the missiles were perhaps dummies, do they even work. the first successful test was back in may. now we've seen this test. and north korean's hinting there is more to come. there still is that option for diplomacy. we do know back channel conversations do happen. at new york, the united nations, unofficial conversations between representatives from the united states and north korea. but the sense we get on the ground here in pyongyang, they haven't had any conversations because the two sides are so far apart. north korea wants to come to the diplomatic table from a position of strength whereas the united states wants to see a regime economically desperate. >> it's so good to have you right there.

so harvey has made landfall. where did it hit? is it let's get a after it. >> good morning everyone. welcome to your new day. tz wednesday, august 30. it is 7:00 a.m. here in houston where i am and we do begin with breaking news. because tropical storm harvey has made landfall again. this time in louisiana where it is hammering that ar why with very heavy rain. i am here in houston. the and this scene around me is just incredible. this is buffalo bayou. and i am surrounded by water. i don't know if you can see this, chris, but behind me, this is normally a walkway. this is normally a river, but it is about 1/5 the size of what you see now it has swollen to. the there's supposed to be an interstate and highway around me. it's