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woodlands, texas. >> patti ann: i am patti ann browne in new york with continuing live coverage of tropical storm harvey. a crisis of epic proportions as mother nature continues to unleash her deadly fury on the people of southeast texas. tonight, thousands remain stranded in a historic flooding. >> trace: rescue crews are stretched to their limits, evacuation centers are running out of space and supplies. as you might imagine, if you have been in this mess, they are running very thin. the federal government is racing to provide help while tropical storm harvey regains his strength and prepares to deliver yet another harsh blow. >> we have thrown every coast guard asset available at this response. but there are conditions where it's just not safe to fly. if we have also brought in over 27 fast response teams to deal with the situation, but integrate that with the local responders, so this is a coordinated response, as well.

>> trace: for the latest on the storm, let's bring in meteorologist adam klotz, and the fox news extreme weather center. >> i have been looking. when can we finally see a light at the end of the tunnel? i wanted to point this one out to you. all the way into the weekend. that is friday. it's the first day we see where there isn't a chance of rain, friday into saturday. this week it is what we are targeting. what we have between now and then? still a little bit more rain, tuesday, wednesday, evening to thursday, we may see some shower activity, as this is still very active. we are under 18 ordo watch in the central time zone until midnight, watching into new orleans, the gulf coast. the conditions are there. we have been seeing thunderstorms rolling into the coast, really packing a powerful punch. currently, there aren't any tornadoes on the ground but we have seen 32-33 of these things since it made landfall on friday night. still, rain moving through the houston area. at times, very heavy, at times a

little lighter. that rain is not over for folks there. the rotation of the system, even though rain has been stretching all across the northern gulf, the rotation of the system is still of the east texas coast. it's moving to the north now and that means it is going to have to pass houston by one more time. here's the forecast model. you can pay attention to the time-stamp in the corner. this will be lifting up on tuesday into wednesday. there are still basically right in line there with houston, which means some rain is falling on the backside of the system. heaviest rain will be here on the east inside but it's not until thursday, friday, saturday, until this all the way he moves out of the area. what does that look like? it means rounds and waves of showers stretching from new orleans all the way back to houston. houston is very close to the edge of this. how much rain they will get, certainly more on the eastern side of the city. eastern side of the state at this point, running up along the louisiana border. more rain, unfortunately, is on the way. the total trust continue to be

impressive. we have already seen large areas getting up to that 30, in some cases 40 inches. we are looking at perhaps another 10 inches in the metro area. you step outside with the metro area and head east, the direction of the storm is moving, you start to see similar impressive numbers. an additional 10-15 inches. this is enough rain that come on its own, would be enough to flood in several instances but we are talking about adding that to everything we have already seen. this is a major concern. as a result, no surprise, everything you were sitting in a dark red color, all of that is flash flood warnings. we have major flooding in a lot of rivers. that is something that is going to linger. even as the rain leaves, they will be standing water at least certainly in the rivers here for quite a while ahead. trace? suite two i'm afraid you're right. adam klotz, thank you. >> patti ann: 58 counties in southeast texas have not been declared disaster sites in a number of mandatory evacuations

has been climbing as tropical storm harvey gets ready to deliver another blow in the coming days. fox news correspondent steve harrigan joins us now from rosenberg, texas. hi, steve. what's the latest? >> stepping out of a car onto the streets of the suburbs of houston, it almost feels like getting into a swimming pool. the rain is coming down so have become a very little space between the drops, is coming down sideways. it soaks you instantly. you look behind me, you can see the sinkhole that spreads across four liens. it's gotten deeper and wider every hour. there are real concerns about what this amount of water is doing to the infrastructure around the city of houston. bridges and roads being decimated, covered by water, and some of them perhaps crumbling. real concerns about some of the older bridges. as the water covers more and more streets, more and more areas around houston are becoming islands. from one place to another, it's not an easy thing to do anymore.

as far as the shelters go, they are largely at capacity, where i am standing here, the big high school field, many churches, they are even using furniture stores for shelters. there are real concerns about where people are going to go. as the conditions get worse, every hour, the water levels continue to rise. we are seeing a shift from voluntary evacuations to mandatory evacuations. more and more neighborhoods going with mandatory. police even saying in some cases, we will not be able to help you, rescue you, the conditions are just getting that bad. a tough night here for many outside of the city of houston. getting more difficult by the hour. patti ann, back to you. >> patti ann: steve, stay safe in rosenberg, texas. thank you. trace? >> trace: as steve says, a lot of the mandatory evacuations appear, about 40 miles to his more, clearly all eyes are on texas but neighboring louisiana is also being hit very hard, and the worst for that state is yet to come.

the remnants of hurricane harvey look like it could slowly make its way east and bring up another may be 20, 22 inches of rain to louisiana. let's bring in the senior correspondent rick leventhal. he is live in st. charles, louisiana. rick, what are you seeing there? >> trace, the rain is coming down hard again. we have just seen several people being brought out of a neighborhood. this time, by a wildlife agent with a flat bottom boat on a trailer and you can see some of these folks being locked do some weeding fire officials. to some of these people have been brought out of the neighborhood are being put into ambulances. a family which is put on a school bus, a fire department school bus and driven out of here. this is all happening because of the heavy rain they have seen in louisiana for the past week or so. in fact, earlier today, the sheriff told us he was very concerned because this area was fully saturated and they were worried that more rain would mean the kinds of leading we are now seeing. we have video we shot a short time ago of another pickup truck being out of this neighborhood

with people in the back being helped out, one was in a wheelchair, another needed a stretcher and was put in an ambulance. we've seen children, families. apparently, some of the homes in this neighborhood now have waist deep water inside the homes. they were driving vehicles earlier to rescue people but then it became bumper deep and then, who'd deep, and they couldn't get the trucks in there anymore. they deployed as many as up to ten boats to patrol some of the streets and try to get people out. we can show you video from one of the nearby streets that we were on on our way here, which had in many spots bumper deep water. very difficult to navigate and we spoke with the sheriff of the parish earlier today, who told us that this is exactly the kind of thing he was worried about happening. >> our values, our reviewers, tributaries that feed these rivers, they cannot take anymore water. they are full. anything we get, this rain right here, if this continues for several hours, and we get a good hard thunderstorm coming, that

presents a whole new challenge for us. >> the other thing they are worried about are people driving through the heavy waters that are collecting on many roads here in louisiana. the parish commissioner spoke to us about that fear earlier tonight, as well. >> you have seen cars going on avenues and streets to where the water is a lot deeper than what it looks like. that is when you got to reassess your assets and people are rescuing people. that is what we are trying to stay away from. we know how serious that can be. people are drowning in vehicles and we don't want that to happe happen. >> trace, there are as many as 200-250 homes in ms. greenwich parish neighborhood that the fire department says are either flooded or in danger of flooding. this is just one neighborhood around lake charles that are susceptible to high waters. as we have been telling you, the

storm is headed this way. we were told earlier today, at least 6-10 inches is expected over the next couple of days. there could be record flooding in louisiana and certainly come a major flooding has predicted for many parts of this parish and many parts of southwest louisiana over the next couple of days. trace. >> trace: you know, rick, over the past two or three days, a lot of comparisons have been drawn between hurricane harvey and hurricane katrina. what about new orleans going into this next deluge of rain? >> they are making props down there, too. they've national guard activated. they've staged a lot of barriers of roads that are likely to flood. they put a lot of boats on standby, as well. they are ready for trouble. we haven't gotten any reports tonight have issues there yet. there may be. we just haven't heard about it. but the storm that's expected to dump at least 10 inches of rain on this part of louisiana over the next couple of days is going to dump a lot of rain in new orleans. obviously, heavy rains there is always a concern and it has been

very wet over the last few days. that is something they are focused on right now. >> trace: problems all over the gulf. very saturated soil, 25 inches of rain in this area. i know louisiana has also been very wet. rick leventhal live in lake charles, louisiana. rick, thank you. >> patti ann: in addition to the tragic events in texas, we are following another developing story overseas. reports tonight that north korea has fired a missile over japan. it's believed the missile was an intermediate range one similar to the type north korea recently threatened to aim at the u.s. territory of guam. japanese officials say there was no danger -- no damage, that is coming to ships or land. the missile separated into three parts before falling into the sea. the prime minister of japan is warning that his nation is repaired to respond to all situations to protect his people. he has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. to discuss

further punitive actions against north korea. back to the top story, you have seen the heartbreaking images from southeast texas. historic flooding, widespread damage. what is it like to actually be there? >> trace: would make him back, one eyewitness describes life in the center of a natural disaster. stay with us. insurance with gei. goin' up the country. later, gary' i have a motorcycle! wonderful. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. it's a highly contagious disease that can be really serious... especially for my precious new grandchild.

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>> trace: while the images from southeast texas are giving people around the world an idea of the scope of tropical harpies might in theory, one person who is seeing this disaster unfold up close is greg. he's a "newsweek," radio, and tv host covering houston and dallas. you know, we have all seen the same images over the past few days and they have been daunting. i am just curious, you have covered this area for a long time. have you ever seen anything like this in your career? >> the answer to your question is absolutely not. i think that is why so so-so my residents of the area chose to try to ride this one out as they have done so many times before. >> trace: that's the whole thing. go ahead, greg. >> i which is going to say, this

is nothing like we have seen before. night time has come and now the rescues continue. harris county urging residents to put a white sheet or a towel out prominently in front of their homes so that people can see them and get them. with the vast expanse of the houston area, with the videos you have seen today rescues, it's only a sliver of the 600 square mile area of town where it is happening everywhere. >> trace: yeah. i guess the sheriff was saying today that his big concern, greg, when all this is said and done, when the water goes away, that we will find a lot more bodies. as you view the damage and you hear different assessments, do you think that's a fair assessment? >> you know, trace, i think that is extremely accurate. as a matter of fact, something people aren't talking about,

with the saturation of the ground, falling trees now become an issue. today, a woman in montgomery county actually lost her life while sleeping in her trailer. a tree fell on her and unfortunately, she did not make it. tonight, there are reports out from the omni hotel downtown in houston, one of their employees, jill, has been missing. she was reportedly helping hotel guests evacuate on friday afternoon when things started going crazy and she has yet to be seen. so, yes, i believe the death toll will rise. >> trace: the sheriff was also waiting, greg, to confirm they have possibility, there was a report by a local affiliate that six people got swept away in a van. we are waiting for the sheriff to confirm that. we talked about this with the lieutenant governor. it is horrifying, these images. boy, it is empowering when you watch the way the people of your

state have handled those. >> yes, it's a beautiful thing the way texas come together. it is who we are. it is a spirit of togetherness, man helping man, one helping another. this is what the people of texas, the grit that they are made of in the face of disaster, which has not passed yet. there's a tornado warning just issued for areas east of the city, as harvey starts to make its northeasterly trek up toward the northeasterly side and louisiana side of things. tonight, fort bend judge robert hebert was urging residents to evacuate certain areas where levees are holding back water and the ball that is their neighborhoods because they were not built for an 800 year flood. it is just terrible and getting worse. not getting better yet. >> trace: you know, and i have

heard comparisons drawn, greg, to this being a little bit -- in fact, a lot of hurricane ike with a combination of tropical storm allison. you got both. you got both at the same time coming into your state. >> the weather event that you have been talking about this evening, having the two high pressure systems, went to the north northwest and went to the east, a category 4 storm, one that hadn't come ashore since carla in 1961, in place, not allowing it to go anywhere, and just dump far beyond the amount of water that anybody thought it would dump. we had 8 inches of rain today in houston, approximately. perhaps, anywhere from another 8-17 depending on where you are tomorrow. things are only going to get worse. rivers are swollen. streams and tributaries, more flooding, driving, obviously, is going to be a nightmare. they are urging people to stay off the roads.

this is a situation that people have grown up in texas have never seen in their lives. this is new. as governor greg abbott said, it is going to lead to a new normal for a living them as part of the country for some time to come. >> trace: it has affected everybody. it has affected your sports teams. it has affected the culture. i mean, this thing has run through your state with reckless abandon. >> yeah, it's terrible. in the face of that, you know what some of the are still smiling, and it's the spirit, i'm telling you it's a spirit of texas. we are going to get through this together and emerge even better than we were before. >> trace: greg onofrio, good of you to join us, sir. thank you so much. >> i appreciate it, trace. >> trace: large swaths of texas are underwater and the rains could continue, as you just heard, days, right? the winds of tropical storm

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♪ it's magic introducing the all new volkswagen tiguan. ♪ higher and higher, baby the new king of the concrete jungle. >> trace: will come back to the continuing coverage of the disaster in texas. the rescues go on. the number has now hit more than 3,000. more than 1,000 today just today alone. for the past 24 hours, we have been hearing that some dry wind was going to push and to tropical storm harvey and we didn't see it. we thought we would get a break today and i got to tell you, adam klotz, we did not feel pummeled by rain all day long today. >> unfortunately, that is what is going to continue through the overnight hours. the whole system has shifted a bit off to the east, as you are now seeing heavy rain stretching from houston all the way across

the gulf of mexico along the gulf coast. we are even seeing some showers in new orleans. just by looking at this, it is very obvious, the heaviest rain continues to linger right there in the houston area, down toward galveston. that is where it is been and that is where it is stuck here as we head into the overnight hours. the actual rotation of that system continues to be down in that area, as well, little farther south. this is our forecast for the next couple of days. i think we are finally -- it's still a little bit away -- but we are finally seeing some movement on the horizon. here's what we have going. currently, moving at 3 miles an hour. that rotation is going to start to pick up. by wednesday, we put it right here. we are beginning to see a little bit of movement. unfortunately, that entire traveling time, it's going to stay on the side of the storm. we will continue to see at least some rain activity as it slowly lifts that direction. as you get into thursday, as he could enter friday, it begins to weaken, turns into a post-tropical storm, it will be heading off into the distance,

finally giving folks along this area a chance to clean up a little bit. what does it look like in reality? here is the spinning motion. you see the shower stretching across, this is our future radar, pay attention to the time-stamp in the corner. the heaviest rain does appear to be right over this area and portions of extreme eastern texas, houston right on that boundary, taking you into tuesday evening. that rain still coming. that is all day tomorrow. i do think you maybe get a few more breaks on wednesday before finding down on thursday. completely clear for folks on friday. again, we have seen so much rain already. 20, 30 inches, in some cases 40 inches. we are going to add to that even more so. i think fairly widespread. i wouldn't be surprised you see 8-12 inches, you do see some areas where those numbers get higher, after a 15 inches in several locations. this is stretching into portions of louisiana, lake charles getting another 6 inches. it's very close. it's all about where the storms

begin to train. it's hard to get a lockdown on how much rain they will become but these numbers continue to be impressive, just as they have been four days and days now. as a result, flooding, a huge issue. we are still under flash flood warnings, flash flood watches, stretching across the entire coast and we are looking at major flood events in nearly all of the area, rivers and creeks. water in most of these rivers, and record-breaking heights. no surprises, we are talking about record-breaking rainfall. getting close to 50 inches, that is how much this area should see in an entire year, trace. >> trace: when the water and the rain goes away, adam, you can't move back into your house. adam klotz live in a fox extreme weather center. adam, thank you. patti ann? >> patti ann: trace, among the communities hit hard as the gulf coast community of galveston. let's go back alive to fox news correspondent lauren blanchard to see a people there are

fairing. hi, lauren. >> hi, patti ann. as you can talk, the rain is coming down once again here in galveston. something this community does not need to. galveston county, there is one town in particular here, dickinson, texas. it's almost completely underwater. earlier today kimberly got an emergency warning for that town, that said we may not be able to rescue anyone who stays. very serious words from authorities, trying to get people out of the use communities that are being impacted. patti ann, a lot of the people are coming to galveston island because the interstates heading north toward houston or out of this area are all flooded and people cannot get out. instead, what they are doing is coming down here to galveston island. we have noticed a steady stream of people showing up, just soaked to the bone with bags, duffel bags, whatever they could fit in the car, as they are checking into the hotel's here. earlier in the week -- excuse me, before the weekend, this area, there were a lot of people

who didn't think this was going to be a big deal. the mood, somewhat jovial. now, not so much. people seem -- seems to be hitting people, they are now being impacted by this. many people here were supposed to be getting on these cruise lines that were supposed to make port here. we know that port in galveston is closed at least for another 48 hours from now. most of those cruises have been canceled. now, you have people who were supposed to be getting on cruise boats, they are stuck with no way to get out of galveston, no cruise lines to get onto you. authorities are also worried that if any of these ships come in, to make port, that is going to be even more thousands of people flooding into galveston island with very few places to go. we know that authorities have been shuttling people via a plane to dallas just to get them out of this area because they expect so many evacuees to come down here. patti ann? >> patti ann: lauren blanchard reporting live for us. thank you. harvey was once a

category 4 hurricane. it's now a tropical storm with the potential to create far more danger and destruction. >> trace: harvey isn't the only threat to the people of southeast texas. when we come back, we'll show you some -- or tell you, some shocking stories of looting and price gouging in the midst of a disaster. edible arrangements for summer. order in store or online.

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>> trace: it turns out, unscrupulous people are taking advantage of a natural disaster. looting and price gouging in texas. to some looters have been arrested but police are way too busy rescuing those in danger to protect every store. more than 500 complaints have been filed with the texas attorney general against businesses taking advantage of people in their hour of need. joining us now is marc rylander. he is the communications director for texas

attorney general ken paxton. mr. rhinelander, he is in victoria, by the way, victoria, texas, heavily damaged. it goes without saying, you have got some audacity when you start to take advantage of people who have been through this. >> trace, we've learned through these storms that many good people that we see, so many more good people that come out in times like this, you have bad actors that come out. early on, initially, the places that people could take advantage of other people who were vulnerable the most is with fuel and lodging and water. but in the coming days, we'll see this with contractors and construction people, roofers, water restoration specialists. people just feel that they can go out and make extra money off people who are going through a devastating time. >> trace: it's funny because the hotel that we are staying at has a lot of these people who have been negatively affected by

this. some have lost their homes, some don't know if they have a home to go back to yet. this hotel was superb to them, giving them low, low rates. i am wondering, what is the recourse, what do you have, what is the recourse for people who do this? speak of these businesses -- most hotels, along with what you are saying, they have been bending over backwards to help people who are victimized by hurricane harvey. we have a report, though, and it came to be true of a reporter who went to a hotel near corpus christi just this week, the true, real story, they go, what is normally 100 something to all the room is now almost $300. the reporter called them out. the report suited. today, the hotel not only refunded the difference of cost but did it for 40 people who were staying at the hotel. when we find out the stuff, we can deal with it, we can fix it,

or we can threaten them. there is a $20 fine, the legislature sat at. if the victim is over 65, it's a $250,000 fine. texas is serious about posting people who try to take advantage now or after the storm. >> trace: i wonder if there is any wiggle room, marc. i see that fuel is very, very short and met hotel rooms are almost nonexistent at this time. it is their wiggle room for these businesses? and you bump up a gallon of gas by 20, $0.30? eight room by 25 or 30 bucks? is that just kind of nefarious activity on behalf of these businesses? >> i think people can tell the difference. secretary perry reminded us today that a fifth of the nation's refineries are affected by the storm. gas prices are going to go up. there is a difference in gas in texas going from $2.02 to $2.25.

rather than $4.50 or $7, like we had calls coming in. we have to go out and fix these isolated situations, which we can do legally. we will remind people that we have to be patient through and after the storm, knowing that prices are going to adjust a little bit on fuel and other commodities. >> trace: you know, once the water leaves, which could be in the next several days, you've got another brand of people coming in that are trying to help that really aren't always trying to help, correct? >> that's correct. we want people to be certain that when contractors, roofers, rebuilders come around, they make sure they have credentials, they can call our office, ask questions, they can report. we have a hotline, people manning the hotline, they can go to the website of the attorney general's office and find out how to tell who the german people are. trace, the other thing is, we'll

notice after the storms come by you and i have seen it, people will begin to set up these charities. you can funnel your money here, you can send us money and we will make sure it gets to the right place. listen, unless it's a trusted, nationally known agency that gives out aid and relief for its your church or spiritual organization, be very careful, very cautious. >> trace: we saw so much of that in the weeks and months, in fact, the years after katrina. people were just so desperate to get their lives back into get their sanity and their semblance of normalcy back that they were willing to do anything and pay anything and people are willing to take advantage of that. is there any type of campaign that you guys do afterwards to elect people now, keep your guard up because there are some people out there that are not your best friend? >> absolutely. attorney general paxton next week will issue a series of press releases that will be teaching and educating texans on

want to look for and how to respond if someone seems to be acting in a way that doesn't appear ethical or right. we have places on our website where people can go and find instructions on how to pick contractors, how to know if it's a legitimate person or not or a legitimate charitable organization. we will educate people, we will help people. we were right then, hit pause before you make decisions during times when you are emotional. emotional people don't make clear decisions. we will help them do that so that they have great, great follow-up in the aftermath of the storm. >> trace: you must have a black book because there are companies, marc, that you know that go from state to state, natural disaster, flood, much smaller scale, how the publicity this one gets. they go in and they take advantage of people all across the country, correct? >> the attorney general's office in texas knows who they are and

we will be watching for them. >> trace: you'll be watching for them. marc rylander, good of you, sir. i hope this works out. it's the worst thing because we saw this after hurricane andrew and we saw this after hurricane katrina and sometimes, you go out and the red cross is the first one they are and other people who have nothing but good intent and then you have these guys, these scammers come in and it really is sad. marc rylander, good to join us, thank you. >> thanks, trace. thank you. patti ann? >> patti ann: you can go to red cross.org to donate or 1-800-help-now. they will need all the donations come all the help they can get. nearly 60 texas counties have been officially declared disaster zones. thoughts of recovery are still on the horizon. >> trace: people in the path of a tropical storm are still in great danger and it could be

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>> trace: welcome back to our continuing coverage of the disaster in texas. it is has now officially been e days since hurricane harvey came ashore causing some widespread destruction. and, as we all know, it turned into a tropical storm, one of the most devastating, if not the most devastating tropical storms to ever hit texas. the amounts of rain are mind-boggling. anywhere from 25-40 inches in and around the area surrounding houston, texas. we have seen rescues, as of now, the total number is 3,052. those are the people who have been rescued. about 1,000 of them today alone. about 1,000 of them all told came from air rescues. the other rescued by boats. these were people donating their votes for the most part, going out and volunteering their time, volunteering their fuel, volunteering their services to

help their fellow texans. we should note, there are 13 -- check that, 12,000 texas national guard members who are committed to this recovery effort now and 3,000 of them have already been mobilized and are on the ground. we were told earlier tonight that in fact the border patrol agents will also be taken off the border for a short time and they, too, will be put to work a mess effort to help rescue people and help get texas and houston back on track. remember, the storm is pushing away from houston, the damages left behind will linger for years and years, patti ann. you know, we have been down here for just over a day now, and the stuff we have seen has been mind-boggling. if damage and the heartbreak has been something we have not seen in 12 years in this country. >> patti ann: in some ways, unprecedented.

again, unfortunately, far from over. we are also saying that texas spirit. before we wrap up this hour of our extended life coverage, we want to check and one more time with dan patrick, the lieutenant governor of texas joining us by phone. lieutenant governor, the people of your state obviously facing a long road to recovery. how will you approach the coming months and years? >> patti, as i answer that, i was listening to the stats, the official status of people rescued, 3,000, that doesn't count the volunteer team that i was with today. in the last two days, they've rescued over 300. they wouldn't be in those stats. there are lots of people out there like them all over. my guess is the rescues are probably well over 5,000 because some people get 20 people a day, then take their brought out the next day or whatever it may be. thousands and thousands. patti ann, the step forward is a

clear plan but it has to be executed. i have confidence that the state, working with the county in the local governments in the federal government, and the federal government has done a fabulous job so far giving us everything we need. the president has stepped up and put his team into action at fema has stepped up. i'm really impressed. the governor is. they have given us everything that we needed. the plan is very simple and that is, step one, you save lives, that is what we are in the process of doing. number two, recovery after-the-fact. there will be the time to recover people. the third, there will be simply the third step is of course, getting people transition out of their shelters, transition out of their neighborhoods, where they need to be, and go on to a friend or family or provide relief for them through fema that is why it's important that the president and governor made that happen because of the 18 counties that are now qualified under fema, those folks didn't o to disaster assistant disastero

apply for aid in the future. it's a big step, patti. think about if your family was displaced and you are in a shelter and to have children in school and the schools have been delayed because of this. how do they get to that school? you don't have transportation. your and another school district. what about people's doctors and disabilities? on our rescues today, patti ann, a number of the people we took off, three or four rescuers had to carry them. one man needed dialysis treatment and couldn't get out. all of these things, when you get out of your home, all of a sudden, you have to begin your life again and we have to be there to assist them. it will be bumpy at times and people will have to be patient. we are focused in texas. the governor, myself, the county

and city officials, the president, we'll get it done for done. >> patti ann: so many of these people have never seen a drop of water in their homes before. they have no flood insurance. definitely an uphill battle for many people. historically speaking, how would you see this compares to others? >> by far, i have ridden out a few, i came here in in the late '70s, each storm was different. allison, for example, was about a quarter or 30% of the city inundated with water. the medical center area. my mom was in the hospital, my dad and i had to go with her because the hospitals were pitch black except for emergency lights. the generators had been flooded. that was a horrific storm that people, now, this has surprised that. we had ike and we've had rita and we had other storms, but nothing like this, patti ann.

i have painted this picture earlier today and i'll paint it for audience again. the hurricane hit rockport and corpus christi and that's about 200 miles from houston, a storm hitting new york city and boston being flooded and all in between. we talk about harris county, but i want all of the people watching -- because interestingly enough, we have hundreds of thousands without power. because this was not a wind event come after the hurricane, more of a flood event, most people still have power. people are able to watch what is going on come on like a hurricane, where they lose a lot of power. we will start is the power go out because the ground are so soft, trees are falling over. right on the street from where i left on my atreus on the power line, hanging over the street. a woman was killed by a tree falling on her mobile home last night because it got soft and fell over. this is different because all this area is so a mess.

i don't want people in victoria or corpus christi or bay city or portland baca for some parts of the hill country, i don't want them to think that they are forgotten. we are focused on them. this is different because it is so massive. the storm hung around. >> patti ann: governor abbott activated 3,000 extra texas national guards, state guard members, deployed hundreds of vehicles, 14 aircraft, the coast guard, other emergency services, the shelters that have been set up. president trump is arriving tomorrow. what are you hoping to hear more? i know you say fema has been excellent. what are you hoping to hear from the president tomorrow? >> i think what we will hear as the president, first of all, he's a really good listener. he will listen to the experts. he also down. i've worked with him enough in the past that he will sit down and listen to the experts and hear what they have to say.

he will listen to personal stories of first responders and families, depending on how much time he has to meet with them and then he will go on to austin, i believe is the plane and go to the emergency center. number one, he is here on a mission to get information because that is, as a business guy, that is what he does. >> patti ann: we are running short on time. >> i hope to hear that he will inspire us and say that he is behind us. he has been behind us. that will get people encouragement. at this point, we have to be honest and candid but we have to inspire. we'll get through it. >> patti ann: lieutenant governor dan patrick. all the best to you, best of luck. patti ann browne, trace gallagher. have a great night. endly claims service. speaking of service? . out. in!

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