welcome to viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell live here in houston, texas with our continuing coverage. the aftermath of hurricane harvey. midnight here in houston. at this emergency shelter. a place where so many people are calling home. many people who lost their homes. we do understand that the number of people at this shelter is on the decline at this point. give you first the latest on the recovery efforts throughout the region. six days after this hurricane

made landfall, the confirmed death toll now has risen to 47 people killed. with each day that passes there are more and more stranded people in need of rescue. they're being rescued from flooded homes across the region. the u.s. coast guard estimates it has brought more than 6,000 people to safety. so far, harvey has dumped an estimated 27 trillion gallons, as 102 trillion liters of rain on texas and louisiana. at least 100,000 homes, either damaged or destroyed from the storm. federal officials say some 96,000 people have been approved for emergency aid. so, there has been an army of volunteers. so many people coming from all parts of this country to help the people here in houston. with this terrible situation that people are dealing with, two of the people are from dallas, texas. after seeing the devastating images on television, jonathan and his brother joshua evola jumped into their truck and drove 200 miles with a boat in tow. they have been busy rescuing

people ever since. jonathan and joshua evola join now live to talk more about their experiences. so you know we told the story about you, jonathan, i believe. a story where we saw video of you, if i remember this correctly, walking through, walter, just about to your waist, with an elderly woman on your back. you didn't miss a beat. you walked out that door. talk to us about that. and both of you tell us what you have seen. >> well, that, that at that point that you're seeing the footage of -- it was -- a pretty -- pretty long journey getting over there. the weather was -- was crazy. just started to -- it was close to midnight. when we actually arrived on scene. we had to go through barricades and roads that were closed. and the ones, it felt like, it was, just --

you know, pretty scary experience. going through highways. didn't know how deep the water was below. some areas where we had to, i had to jump out of the truck. and walk ahead of the truck to see the depth. make sure we wouldn't get stuck ourselves. and, responding to, to a call from friends of ours that lived in houston knew we were headed in the direction told us we could stay with them as we were continuing our efforts here. to help anybody that needed the help. with our boat. and truck. once we, once we got the address, we started heading over there. we got -- we got to the house. it was -- quite a trip. and things we never expected to see. it was dark. we were able to make our way into the home. family that was, in distress. and, they didn't think they were

going to make it out. and, we were able to, to comfort them. and lift them into safety. one of the gentlemen was, was -- he, you didn't see the footage of it. but, he was -- he was disabled, wasn't able to walk. he had just got done with a major surgery. we were able to -- take him out of the, out of the, the waters that were rising. and the water was so thick. he would have -- not been a good situation for him. he wasn't able to, obviously swim or walk. so, then my brother and i were able to get the family to safety. just continued on to the house that was housing us. mike and his family joined us. and we went to -- we went to -- after that, just continued chasing them and ended up in port arthur. that's kind of story in a nutshell.

>> joshua, i want to ask you. you know, you, you see these disasters. and when you, you have seen so many, you learn one thing about them. some how they change you. they affect you. if you don't mind me asking, has this changed or affected you in some way? as you are talking i am trying to hold back the tears and emotion. >> yeah. >> really hard to do that. it's changed me forever. the way this started is i wasn't home, and, this is texas, little town, called ennis. >> i know ennis. i am from here. i know ennis. >> okay. >> i was alayilaying on my couch my children. beautiful day afternoon. sunday afternoon. looking forward to a nice relaxing afternoon at home. i was watching the news. and i saw what was houston was going through. and, right away, i felt something in me, felt like i god was telling me that i need to

get up off the couch and go help these people. it almost felt like a sin. i almost felt guilty laying in my comfort and people were suffering around this area. so i told my brother. hey, john, instead of going to california tomorrow. you want to go with me. let's go help some texans. and, he said yes. and i was very glad, very glad. because, it's, it's, comforting having somebody with you, my big brother. so, we went on this journey, we had no idea what we were getting into. all i knew i have a big truck and i have a boat and i had the resources. so we journeyed down to houston. don't know anything about houston. let alone when it is under water. so when weep first got to the mission, which was, was, tipped to us by, by the prieto, mike and tracy, friend of ours that live here. they told us exactly where we need to go.

they told us about the gonzalez, which were the ones rescued and jonathan carried on his back. and -- and somebody had to film it. he was, he was getting the brunt of it. like jonathan was saying. we used the highway ramp as a bet ramp. that was very different. i was used to being a hunter. a fisherman. going outdoors. but one thing i can tell you that i have never done use a highway ramp as a bet ramp. and then, going through the neighborhoods, eerie, seeing that dark septic water. what is in that water is just disgusting. and it's rising over the mailboxes, the houses have no electricity. you had animals, floating around. meowing, barking. we got to this house, little girl, about, 6, 7 years old. really hits home to me. because i have -- a 3-year-old girl. 6-year-old girl. and 2-year-old boy at home.

this little girl was on the couch, shivering, and crying, and that broke my heart. i just had to turn away for a second. before i grabbed her and held on to her. and, just broke down. and, then we walk into the bedroom. and, this gentleman just had surgery. the water is so close to his wound. and little snake swimming around his bed. something that i don't think any human, even knows, how to deal with. and cope with. yeah, it was very scary. and it, it's going to change my life forever. one thing i am going to say that really is changing our lives and changed our lives the way everybody is coming together. and this day and age when there is so much separation and so much, you know with politics and, and with religions and races, racism, how everybody came in, together in the name of love and humanity. and that to me is the, the face and the hand of the, and the feet of god. and of jeep sus. that's, one thing that is

changing my life forever is not about talking religion, about walking the walk, walking in love. and, i, i almost see it refreshing, i hate to say that, because, everybody suffering so much. but i, have even talked to some of the folks they're coming out smiling. they're walking out with one bag. how do you walk out with one bag out of your house, what do you even take with you. one thing i see they're take aside from the one bag and their possession is thankfulness, gratefulness, and, and just, being appreciative that everybody is coming together. you have rednecks, city folks, you have black, white, hispanic, it's amazing. i'm telling you right now, so amazing, and seeing the u.s. coast guard, army, people from all over the place, it is, it is just overwhelming to us. so we love it. it's been great. i hate to say that.

horrible. but it's been great. >> i know what you mean. jonathan, joshua, look, we appreciate you guys being with us. we are thankful you guys are beth safe. i know some times you see these things you want to put your hand on it. you did. and, and, a lot of people certainly appreciate your work. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> the worst fears of some families are coming true in the whack wake of hurricane harvey. 100 homes damaged many people don't have flood insurance. our correspondent introduces us to two men whose homes are in ruin. >> there is going to be a mail box here. >> this is the first time, bill wolf has been able to get back to his house since being evacuated. watching a 30 foot fishing boat drive down the street is something you have never seen

before. captain kevin edmonds is -- >> everything you have is ruined. >> reporter: it was evans who rescued the wolf family with their cat, dog. >> last but not least. in the middle of the storm on monday. after and a half gating the boat to the door we wade into the living room. >> oh, boy. >> furniture now floating through. past the pictures of his sons. >> i'm really proud of them. i'm really proud of them and my wife and my family. and they're -- they're tough little kids. >> they're holding up? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. it, not an emotional guy. i'm pretty calm. and -- this has been t much for me. to be honest. i don't know if i am going to be here very long. >> back in the office, the real

loss becomes clear. >> 150-year-old family bible under the water. >> photo albums, baby books and sentimental items. >> is this the worst part, personal stuff? >> yeah, i mean this is the stuff that you can't replace, right? this tips, this is -- these are my son's birth announcements. all right, i'm leaving. >> upstairs where it is dry, wolf throws it into bags. >> possibility you will never live in the house again? >> it is going to sit here for a month or two with six feet of water in it. >> up and down the neighborhood people taking stock of belongings and lives. 86-year-old eld wendler is back for the first time. with captain evans we found him in the dark bedroom alone with no power. he needs his medicine. so evans heads inside. past countless possessions now suspended in the dark

floodwaters. >> this office, all these papers, piled high on the desk. now they're all, totally ruined. the water in here is so high back in the kit. en, the fridge is now floating on its side. >> on the boat. wendler tries to take it all in. >> just very confusing. can't get it wrapped up in my mind what is going to be next. what i am going to need to do. >> grab it. grab it. >> just two of the countless people who captain evans helped this week. and his work is far from over. >> it is not even real. you see this stuff on tv. but this is total deaf nation in every way. physically. emotionally. >> alex marquardt, cnn, housn. alex, thank you for the report. ill ahead here on "news roocu"n as flooding continues in texas and vital supplies running low. and hundreds of reports of price-gouging. plus families are searching for tirelessly missing relatives. looking for people, many people are missing how organizations

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thousands of people are displaced after hurricane harvey devastated their homes. one group though trying to help,

the texas center for the missing is working to reunite missing people, missing family members. they're right over there. that's their booth. during the day, with this shelter, is that capacity. many people walking around. this is where you go if you lose a child. if there is a relative you can't find. they're there to help. earlier, i spoke with amanda smith from the organization. to tell us what they're doing. >> man day whamanda when you th people and possibility of a child walking away. a relative, or some one missing, how do you guys manage that here? >> yes, we have had that happen, very frequently, the past few days. what will happen for example. we had a grandmother earlier. couldn't find her daughter. in a state of panic. so many people here, you don't know who you are interacting with. we had my fiancee here, rolled her around. helped her reunite with the daughter. cases like that happening minute

by men out here. >> you guys handle the shelter. people in the shelter. also opening this up to any one throughout metro area. >> absolutely, yeah, we have had people, getting displaced at nursing homes. and you know, from flooding, they have been coming here to the shelters and, getting displaced from their families. we have had people coming here looking at, the point of, main point, for houston. as far as the shelters are concerned. >> you are working with the red cross. working with houston police department. you are sharing files to make sure that, that, you get a report they know about it. >> absolutely. we work in tight coordination with the red cross. the red cross will register people as they come in here. we have some of the data from that. missing person comes in. we'll cross reference with the red cross information. and then we will work with houston police department. >> you guys are nonprofit. how important is an effort like this, during a disaster like the one we are looking at here? >> it has been, incredibly

effective what we are doing. not only here during disastrous times. we have full time staff who do this on a daily basis. >> just to get the word out. if some one sees this in the metro area or outside of houston, they, they know of someone that they're looking for, they can file a report, they can get to you guys, can get to, red cross, and police? >> absolutely. that's correct. yeah, what we are doing here today. >> man damanda smith explaining she and her organization are doing. that's the latest here live in houston, texas. let's toss to john voss, live in l.a., warning of a harsh crackdown on price-gouging. >> that's right, george. harvey has brought out the best in many people, but as is often the case in disasters look this

it also brings out the worst in some. hundreds of complaints of rampant price-gouging under investigation. others called out on social media like this. a case of water for $42. some were reportedly charging as much as $100 for a case of water. the white house had this warning for any one caught charging hugely inflated prices. >> gouge will not be tolerate the. jeff sessions and the president of the united states will not tolerate gouging. anybody that is going to go out and take advantage of a disaster victim ought to expect law enforcement to come down on them with a hammer. not acceptable on a regular day and not when people are suffering. >> well for more now, business expert, joins me here in los angeles. ryan, good to see you. some times, price-gouging pretty obvious. $20 for a gallon of gas. price-gouging. but when it is $4.50 for gallon of gas when fuel is in short supply, long lines, keeping in mind national average at the moment, $2.45.

texas, $2.25. seems like the market setting the price. >> yeah, when you see the infrastructure, and houston being, what north of 20% of the u.s. ee can economy of gas. to go up to $20. >> where do you draw the line? >> i think when you have hey lot of this pushback, you get, see social media, see the pushback, people needing it. for example, what happened in dallas. right. that kind of self-inflicted. people ran to the gas station because of harvey. kind of caused the shortage. >> under texas law once the state is declared a disaster, this is the law, illegal for any one to be selling, leasing, fuel, food, medicine or another necessity at an exorbitant excessive price. in the disaster zone or statewide. for fuel ate please statewide. how does this work. >> i would take it as statewide. everyone affected from austin,

dallas, outside the zone. and i think because of supply chain, and because of again, hitting the fourth largest city in population houston. it has a huge effect. in all of texas. especially for the infrastructure. when it comes to food supply and even into gas, don't think it applies to one. has to apply to everything. >> imagine, say if some one is, hundreds of miles away. you know, infrastructure is still intact. itch they're charging $42 for a case of water no one is going to pay it. >> exactly. correct. >> this is what happened to a local news crew at best western hotel in texas. watch this. >> $3.21. >> yes. >> what's it normally? is it high because of the weather? you think so? $321 is total? >> yes, sir. >> that's high. >> okay. so the rate for the hotel, outside of hurricane harvey is about $120 a night.

this hotel, best western, charging three times that. spokesperson for the parent company best western told "washington post" all hotel guess are reimbursed and severing ties with the hotel saying it was egregious what they did. problem itch you are a big company, best western, independently opened franchises if they behave badly like is it can have a negative impact across the group, right? >> exactly. you know, going to take in one step further. and call best western out further. you knew this was going to happen. need how to put harsh language into franchisees, any one gets caught this is what is going to happen. things happen. most lookly deter it. in a case where it is that clear, you do not do this, you are actually, there to support the consumers, support the citizens and the community. act like the hotel that you are in the community. that is the language i believe best western wants to be local place to stay. they need how to hammer that message before the hurricane had got there. >> actions of one impacts actions of so man others.

>> exactly. >> there are those out there who argue, this is just business. you may have heard well known libertarian john stossel, texas, a state i thought, understood capitalism. pun,s people who practice it. what's wrong with the argument apart from everything. >> for me, to answer that, you look at what other companies are doing there. you look at google, caterpillar, wal-mart, air bnb, urging people to have free housing. why are they doing this? because they get good publicity. they were early when this happened. they're not, they're losing money in a sense. i think you have the big companies. but a lot of stores, which i am seeing on social media hopefully more of it. local mom and pop shops. not enough said for people helping the locals down there. you know with the, the mattress. local grocery store. heb, big in texas. they are doing what they're

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welcome back to viewers in the united states and around the world. you are watching cnn coverage, aftermath of hurricane harvey. i'm george howell live in hueton, texas. there are plenty of roads that are now impassible throughout

the region. many businesses that are underwalter unde underwater. fort bend county southwest of the city is one of areas. with us this hour to talk more about the situation, allen spears. with the fort bend county office of emergency management. allen on the phone. good to have you sir with us this hour. so right there, south west of houston. talking rosenberg, richmond, texas. i was just there, a day ago, watching the brazos river, slowly creep up. getting closer and closer to homes it hadn't already destroyed. the river still rising? >> it is. it is still rising. and we don't expect it to crest until -- oh, probably, late, late friday night. >> late friday night. and here we are, six days in. since the storm hit. have you ever seen anything like this, a storm that hit, caused a great deal of damage. went back out into the gulf, reloaded. and, caused damage again.

no, i can honestly say we haven't. i am pretty sure, just off the top of my head. i don't know of any other time, that this has happened like this. and, and i know there are areas of the county that, that, we receive some where between, some parts of the county, received 30 inches of rain. some parts received as much as 50 inches of rain. >> wow. just to tell our viewers, you know so, we have viewers from around the world watching this hour who may not be familiar with the region. that part unfortunate the state of texas. but, that brazos river does it typically flood. and -- do you have any precautions. things you are able to do, to mitigate that? >> well, unfortunately, this is the third flood we have had on the brazos river in last three years. and, which is, which is, i have been in this office for, for 8 1/2. i can honestly say i have never seen anything like it. we have learned a lot over the

last, two years. and so we have a pretty good idea of, you know, depending on what the, water levels are, what areas are going to flood. but the levels that we are seeing this time, are, are, more than -- on record to tell you the truth. we are kind of treading on new ground here. >> briefly here. we will talk more with our meteorologist. there is another storm growing in the atlantic, is there a big concern about that? don't know where it is going yet. but sure you are keeping an eye on that. >> we are keeping an eye on it. we are keeping our fingers crossed. that, that it just doesn't come here. because -- the recovery effort that, that is ongoing right now is going to take -- locally, as the water goes down. it is going to take months. and you know, some instances, years. so this is a, this is a flood that is, not going to -- to, to go away.

any time soon. for us. and we really don't need any more rain. >> allen spears on the phone with us. thank you for taking team to explain what is happening there. to the south west of houston. as the southeastern part of this country focuses on the remnants of hurricane harvey, as i mention. another strong storm. brewing in the atlantic ocean. over the course of a day. tropical storm irma strengthened to category three. winds, 185 kilometers. 115 miles an hour. meteorologist derek van dam live at international weather service on deck to tell us about this. derek, couple of days ago, right, you and i standing along the brazos river talking damage there. you heard what mr. spears said. he is keeping an eye on this. worried about it. we could face this again. we have three named storms that areening or are

threatening, the mainland of the united states. unbelievable to note. most north america, actually seeing the impact from the tropical systems. irma across the atlantic. as we speak. harvey, remnants of that. tropical storm lydia, impacting the baja peninsula. focus in on irma, next major storm, want to keep a close eye on. we have several different computer models, as meteorologists we look to for guidance, track and strength of the tropical systems. what you are looking at now, european based model. that has it tracking across the leeward islands. as we head into late next week. talking early sunday morning. we have the potential, at least as computer models show now. european model. hurricane, category 4, category 5. that's intense. in between the florida straits and into cuba. the other model that we look at which is called, the gfs, global forecast model. american model.

has the it making i way toward the nuclear coast. still atrong category 4 hurricane. and then other computer models hopefully, showing the storm veering off towards the atlantic. still a lot of variables at play here. 1500 mile spread between the models and that means there is still a lot of uncertainty to go. we have a long way before the storm, really, threatens the landfall here in the united states. but of course, that's, the next major storm we have to keep a close eye on. talk about harvey, what it is doing now. see it rotating across the ohio and tennessee river valleys. this storm system has produce sewed much raso much rain. flash flood warnings. kentucky. tennessee. let's not forget what is happening in southeast texas and louisiana. how could we. george and i 24 hours ago. sitting at the banks of the river. in fort bend county. south and west of houston weeft saw how the water was creeping up. in fact, we have 25 flood gauges

at major flood stage as we speak. honing in on the brazos river in richmond. where we were a day ago. incredible to see that this, river is still rising. remember, walter has to seek its own level. so as the water, streams down towards the gulf of mexico. it has the to fill some of the larger river beds. the brazos river. unfortunately as the it continues to rise. look at this, gauge. shows five days of record flooding. recede until the middle of next week. and even that it is still days to go before it completely recedes into the river bank. george. >> incredible. derek, thank you so much. >> still ahead, the vice president of the united states, mike pence, visits the, hurricane damage region here in the state of texas. a look at what the disaster means for u.s. politics. as cnn newsroom pushes on. when a fire is going on,

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welcome back. 10:41. the u.s. vice president has seen impact and devastation by harvey. mike pence met with a texas governor in hard hit rockport thursday. also spent time talking with those who survived the storm offering support and empathy. on behalf of the american people with leadership of president donald trump to the people of texas, we are with you today, we will be with you tomorrow. and we will be with you every day until this great state and these great communities recover and rebuild to be even better and stronger than ever before. >> joining us in los angeles, peter matthews political science professor at cypress college. good to see you. >> good to beep here. >> the visit by pence w

straight out of politics 101. how to meet disaster survivors, hug them. pray with them. don't brag about the crowd size. then you move on. it is a fine line though for mike pence. always so cautious not to upstage donald trump. >> right. natural thing to do. pence is a natural politician. he felt he had to, touch the people. and he hugged them. he, his wife karen parade with them. that's what should be done really. should be done naturally. not in a forced way. you are right, worried maybe he looks better than the president all. haw i did notice almost any tim he said anything, as the president has said. as donald trump promised he is mindful. >> mindful in deferring to the president. becomes awkward some times. >> especially given the visit tuesday by the president. >> mostly in his limousine. didn't stop and meet the people. didn't want to upstage the reconstruction effort. meet people. how are you doing. fellow human beings. >> to his credit, the president

promise doed natid a dodo natio million. no, small gesture. questions of following through. offered a denation. maybe hasn't followed through. >> a very small amount compared to the billions. >> he described it as a small loan back in the political campaign. at the same time. donald trump pro pose aid budget which slash funding for almost every government of a jaens working in texas to help the people affect by the storm. $1 million personal donation. great. these people in many ways would be helped a lot more if that budget was, wasn't cut, but possibly increased. >> that's right. there is difference between commitment on a collective level. society should make. money from the taxpayer. all in it together. others, let's do voluntarily. give what we can. what will work, possibly. some people. few people. wrong way to go about it. >> this, this is basically different sort of belief in ways. >> it is. >> so, you know, from, from what we have seen over time.

which one works belter. leading up to individuals to show jen ross team. or having the government do it. >> you have got to have the foundation the government doing it. then you can also allow people. generous individually if they want to. nothing can replace a collective effort of society to care about the public interest. look at this. when there are disasters. 1950. first disaster struck. the federal government was authorized. individuals cannot do it and on their own. 1974 when president nixon expanded the federal relief act, he put more money night. got agencies involved. president carter, brought about fema. government action but also personal involvement and personal donation of time at least. >> okay. at the same time all this is happening in texas. special councsel mueller with investigation into the alleged ties between trump campaign and kremlin. what we have seen, what we are seeing increasing focus on paul

m manafort, the new york attorney general is focusing on manafort. that is significant? >> very significant. at federal level. any federal offense the president is accused of, can pardon himself or pardon any one accused of a federal crime. state accusation, prosecution does not allow the president to give, clemency or pardoning any one regarding that. that way the prosecutor and investigators can investigate and get people to go and collaborate. at the state type of investigation. what they're doing right now. >> the theory always was, the president, pardoned sheriff joe arpaio, almost as a signal to anybody being questioned or pursued by mueller, i have your back, don't cooperate if you get convicted. i will par done you. >> negates that. >> signal was there. not sure what mr. trump understood what he was doing. this does negate it. a history of going after trump and trying to find what was done, the president early on. >> he been after trump a long

time. is there a downside or upside for the president. he can point to that, say, look, look who is going after me. politically molt vated. awe all he can say that. people will believe it. the evidence has to be there. if snyderman proves he meets. mantafort and follow the money investigation. he hired people who have expertise in money laundering and things, financial crimes. this is very important that, that comey is, that, that, paul manafort will be investigated for the reason by snyderman and mueller. >> okay. >> peter good to see you. thank you for the insight. >> good to be here again, john. >> after a short break on cnn newsroom. much more on the aftermath of hurricane harvey. ♪ you know who likes to be in control? this guy. check it out! self-appendectomy! oh, that's really attached.

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a family member recounts what happens next saying the current was too strong, they grabbed an electricity line and all fell into the water. they were electrocuting several times. reporter allen butterfield from the daily mail told his paper, the boat was crackling and smoking. i was trying to swim away from the power lines in the water. i felt electricity in the water. it paralyzes you for a second. how we survived electrocution, i don't know. three men held on the a tree and were rescued 24 hours later and are recovering from electrical burns in the hospital. later the bodies of two others were both recovered. benjamin and gustavo rodriguez who owned the boat are still missing. they saved seven lives but lost

theirs in the process. benjamin's family friend told cnn if you needed help, he would always be there. i'm not surprised he was out rescuing people. randy kaye, cnn, new york. we tell these stories about how incredible these survival efforts are to rescue people but, it is dangerous work. randy kaye giving us some perspective there. if you want to know what you can do to help those affected by the storm log on to our impact your world website. cnn.com/impact. you can find vetted charities working to help the hardest hit. that's at cnn.com/impact. live in the united states and around the world this evening, i'm george howell live in houston, texas.

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