>> i am one lucky guy to be with you ladies, thank you. >> "happening now" starts right now. >> molly: a fox news alert is vice president pence lands in texas. hello everybody, welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i molly line. >> leland: is we've been showing over the past hour or so, the effects of harvey are still very much being felt and will be felt for the months and years to come. harvey is still on the move, tearing through other states no now, the saturated cities in texas are continuing to deal with floods from record rainfall and houston streets are submerged, homes and golf, you can see on the left side of your screen the vice president walking down the stairs of air force one. that's houston, vehicles covered, 25 miles northeast of houston, chemical reactions

caused loud pops, smoke, and fire at a chemical plant. several deputies were taken to the hospital after their eyes became irritated. during the first hour of "happening now" we spoke to one "houston chronicle" reporter on the ground in crosby who told us there is a lot of confusion about the danger coming from that plant. >> the primary danger that officials in the company are more do not warning about is the explosion from the fire, there's a lot of confusion -- a lack of clarity on how dangerous any type of smoke or release from the chemicals from the explosion and fire. >> molly: we have live fox news team coverage, we begin with griff jenkins and houston where people are still reeling from the effects of this powerful storm, authorities now escorting residents back to their homes to rescue some of their pets. >> that's right, we are here in the south bend counties

neighborhood just south of the barker reservoir, suffering from the flooding. unfortunately this flooding, these people can expect to experience this for the next 4-5 weeks, there is a mandatory evacuation here overnight and they went through early this morning making sure there were no humans inside. now the sheriff is going and taking people and escorting them back to their homes to get their pets. we rescued four or five dogs, at least five or six cats, an iguana and a parakeet. what's your name and who are we going to rescue? by the way, right now there is the sheriff inside with the home owner to rescue a dog, we will bring you that as they come out. what's your name? >> my name is anna and i'm going to rescue a cat, hopefully he still there. >> when did you leave? >> we left monday afternoon.

>> where you evacuated or did you leave on your own? >> we had a voluntary evacuation call. the cat was harder to find. >> as we go back and see the damage, what has happened here and what do you plan to do? >> take it as it comes, there's not much we can do, it's kind of out of our control. >> sheriff, i know it's been long, tough six days, what happened? >> a gentleman was looking for his dog but we couldn't find the dog. he's going to maybe have to reach out to some family and figure out where his dog is. >> i just wanted to mention while everyone is talking about the water starting to subside,

this is absolutely the worst it's ever been but it's not going to get any worst. in york county, the southern part about 40 minutes south of houston you are there tomorrow. >> right now it's about 65 feet which would be a record, that's the 100 year flood. we are really focused on those communities along the river right now. to make sure we have people out there. >> just last week, the danger of flooding is very real, you lost one of your residence, two of your residence yesterday. how did that happen? >> in the middle of the daytime, husband and a wife, a couple were driving a truck down one of the roads and drove into high

water. she called 911 in the vehicle was overcome with water and eventually the vehicle was swept into the ditch and they both drowned. yes, it is sunny out, we are not out of the woods yet. don't drive into any type of water. >> certainly the entire country are watching, our hats off to you in the first responders and volunteers. as the sheriff said, not out of the woods yet, we've had many home owners returning to get their pets back. it's just the reality of the tragedy and devastation the folks here have experienced. never before, this storm will never be forgotten. a back to you. >> molly: the sun is out but there are still so many dangers, the sheriff reiterating something that the both the texas and louisiana governor said, do not go out and drive in

those flood waters. thank you very much. >> leland: there may be more rain on the way, more flooding in harvey, and now the threat of hurricane my gaining strength in the atlantic. we will get to irma in a second. >> unfortunately there is at least a possibility of some more rain on the way, let's take a look at where harvey is now. you are seeing the heaviest rain out in the portion of the mississippi, all in an area where we could see torn attic activity, we already have in the last couple of hours, that is going to begin continuing all the way until 8:00 this evening. every one of these individual foxes is a tornado warning a storm. of course, still dropping some

very impressive rainfall totals as it heads that direction, here is what we continue to see if i pile up. we are cut off from that moisture, you are not going to see 30 or 40 inches again but there are plenty of spots where you are talking about 8-10. the entire southeast and a stretching the mid-atlantic, it really begins to spread out and become a larger rainmaker. other areas of concern, there is a broad low-pressure system that could form as it shifts to the north. we are talking about rain again for the gulf coast, areas where you need to be drying off in the next couple of days. this is a category 2 hurricane right now, hurricane irma. we are looking at it going up to a category 4 by tuesday. this could be massive storm,

this one we are going to be paying very close attention to already getting really good big. >> even the potential of a category five which is something we hope does not happen. you have a lot of work ahead of you, thank you. >> molly: vice president pence traveling to texas to survey the damage from harvey, visiting some of the areas that were ravaged by this natural disaster just to go days after president trump's trip to texas. the vice president making a stop in the coastal city of corpus christi before moving onto rockport. that town bore the brunt of harvey's wrath when it first made landfall. the administration is dealing with some dismal poll numbers. new fox news polls show only 41% of those surveyed approve of the job he is doing and the majority believe he is tearing the country apart.

joining us now is chris wallace. of the vice president heading to texas, the president said to return. how important is it that we see the president and the first lady on the ground in these disaster areas? >> i think it's very important. there are two ways in which political leaders are judged. one is obviously in terms of policies and things like tax reform, health care reform and the other is the basic competence of government, of being able to do your job. we saw how disastrous it was for george w. bush when people felt he had in taking care of those basic functions of government in terms of the response to katrina. that's a lesson that everybody in washington has learned and learned well and that is why you've seen from the top of government, from the president down through all the cabinet officials, everybody trying to make sure they do everything they can.

obviously this is a historic storm in terms of its depth and duration, trying to do everything they possibly can to show the government is responding to what tens of thousands of people whose lives are going to be altered for months if not years. >> molly: you mentioned cabinet level officials, many of them stepping down in texas, showing a solidarity, perhaps a look ahead at what the administration plans as far as rebuilding. the president was criticized for not showing enough empathy. when it all comes to bear in the final grade is tallied, will people want to see more empathy or will they want to know how well services were recovered. >> he went down to corpus christi, whether he said the right thing or not, some people will never be satisfied with the response. clearly the fact that vice president pence is there, the president spoke about it again yesterday before his tax a

speech in missouri. he will be back over the weekend, empathy is important but the real test here is going to be what happens after all of us in the media and those people around america forget about it weeks from now, months from now, conceivably years from now and that's going to be the real judge is when we talk about this six months or a year from now, as the federal government, state and local government done everything we can to handle the flood, to help folks -- our fellow americans and to limit the economic disruption here. the expressions of compassion are important but in the end, basic governments, government doing its job is going to be the most important thing. >> molly: these approval numbers, there is something interesting coming out of these polls, the majority of voters believe president trump is tearing the country apart, those

polled say he dislikes the media more than white supremacist. as part of the polling a result of charlottesville? >> i think it is totally charlottesville, this polling is too recent for it to be about harvey or the reaction to harvey, this is all about charlottesville and the fact that the president made some of the comments he made, when he went to phoenix he spent more time calling out the media than he did white supremacists and condemning them. that's what the result of this is. to some degree that is the immediate reaction to charlottesville and people are still upset about that. my guess is as time goes on there is a lasting impact. every one of these crises, every one of these policy challenges is an opportunity for any political leader to either prove themselves to people support our disapproval and obviously the

majority of people seem to have disapproved of the way the president reacted to charlottesville and all the racial turmoil immediately thereafter. >> molly: before i let you go, what is coming up on fox news sunday? >> we will be talking about harvey, about the man you see right there is going to be our guest on sunday live on "fox news sunday," texas governor greg abbott. yesterday he talked about $125 billion in federal funds, $5 billion more than katrina, which gives you an indication, this is going to be a big issue from the federal government and u.s. taxpayers for months and years to come and it's going to be very interesting because congress had so much they had to do in september with taxes and the budget and debt limit and now they have to find they are not going to do the whole $125 billion at one time but certainly tens of billions are going to have to appropriate and will that add to the deficit or are they going to find some way to offset that?

we will talk about all that with federal officials on sunday. >> molly: you hate to see politics creep into something like finding people who need to recover but we will see what happens. >> leland: as we have been showing you, harvey has taken a major toll on people caught in its path. we don't even really know just how bad the destruction is on infrastructure and the personal tolls we just saw with griff jenkins going door-to-door trying to rescue pets. coming up how the army corps of engineers will have to make some tough decisions about releasing more water, opening dams in the homes and lives in that water's way. >> i've got four dogs and they are upstairs in her room, plenty of food and water so they should be fine. comfortable you are in it.

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>> molly: the amount of damage to infrastructure in southeast texas from harvey is not yet fully known, with floodwaters overtaking roads and bridges and putting increased pressure on dams and levees. thank you so much for being her here. looking at what's unfolding today, we have a hospital that's being evacuated because of a water pump issue in that community, as we mentioned just now, dams and levees that are under pressure. highways, roads, bridges, how do you even begin tackling devastation that is as wide as this when it comes to infrastructure? >> what all the government officials will do is first to save public lives. after, they will begin to make their assessments of the houses,

the buildings, the structure, the roads, the bridges. and then begin to assess what they need to do to reconstruct and get everybody safely back into their homes or to move to other areas and decide whether to build in those areas are not to build. a lot of help from the federal government, the state government and local forces to rebuild and ensure they are moving around properly. >> molly: you have this wealth of experience. there are two navy ships, hundreds of marines, the national guards called into action. what do you do with those military assets in the wake of this kind of destruction? >> military assets are generally for public safety. and to support the local police forces and anything they need to

secure. >> molly: how do you protect people, all these folks coming into help from the volunteers to the various organizations, people stocking their shelters and trying to get food and clothing to all of these shelters when you know the infrastructure may not be sound? >> the federal forces will make assessments of the infrastructure and have the engineers do that to make sure they are sound. fema will lead an effort to bring in food and water and power and repair rooms on houses, recover rooms and remove debris under federal programs. they will ensure that the population has been predicted and they will get about moving people back into their homes. >> molly: in the next couple of days as these waters start to receipt which could take even longer in some areas, what do people expect when they are

getting on the grounds to help? >> i think it's going to take some time, they should be very patient and the people that are there from around the country to help, they'll see a lot of devastation. it's very sad, these people are suffering terribly, many of them lost family members, many of them have it damaged homes and many lost their homes completel completely. they are there to help and i am very heartened to see that kind of help flowing in from around the country, i know our local churches supporting and there will be support from all over the country going in. >> molly: thank you very much for sharing your thoughts today, we appreciate it. >> leland: we go back down to the flood zone in texas. there is a new concern, many new concerns for that storm ravaged

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>> molly: a fox news alert, we are looking at live pictures right now, vice president mike pence and the second lady in rockport texas, one of the first communities that was slammed by harvey when it was still a category 4. at the beginning of the storm, a coastal community, about 10,000 people live there, let's take a listen here. >> let me tell you, the lord

jesus christ. he is still here. he's not going to leave you, he's not going to forsake you and we are so thrilled that the governor is here today and the vice president of the united states and his wife kare karen. let's pray. our heavenly father, we thank you that you love us and we thank you that you sent your son to this earth to take our sins. we pray for all the residents of this church and the other church and lord we pray that recovery will come quickly and that you will bring an army of volunteers from across the country to come help us rebuild. we thank you today for the governor and the vice president, they have come to see for themselves the situation. we ask that you would bring calm to this community and they will see that in the end of this community will be stronger than better than ever. it father we pray this in jesus

name, amen. >> we all know one thing, that is there is no storm as tough as the people of texas. we will rebuild affected areas all across the state of texas. together today, here at this church, it's important that we remember the greatest power that exists is the power of god. it was god who touched the lives of so many texans that came to the rescue of other texans. who empower them to pull people out of the water and literally save them. i think it's very important that

i issue and sign a proclamation here today, by the power vested in me by the state of texas, i am declaring this sunday september 3rd as a day of prayer in texas. [applause] this is a day where we will pray for all those, the first responder first responders, for those who volunteered to help others. we will pray regardless of what faith or church or background you may have. we will pray as one united people for the future of this stage and the future of this country. for healing and hope and the next great generation of texas.

>> there is a man here with us today who is a longtime friend of mine and a longtime friend of texas. he's a man who understands what it means to govern, having been a former governor himself. he's a man of his own genuine lord empowered leadership. that is the vice president of the united states. a man who is committed to assuring, along with the president, that texas will rebuild.

welcome to texas, the vice president of the united states of america, mike pence. [applause] >> thank you so much governor, thank you to the inspiring team here at first baptist church. thank you all for coming out. after difficult days here in rockport, president trump sent us here to say we are with you. the american people are with you. we are here today, we will be here tomorrow and we will be here every day until this city and to this state and to this region rebuild bigger and better than ever before. [applause]

i also want to pay a debt of gratitude for all those who have stepped forward in this dark hour. the life of this community and the life of the stage, as the president said yesterday in missouri, your governor and his team have done an incredible job for the people of texas and we commend you mr. governor, we commend the extraordinary first responders who at this very hour are pulling citizens out of harm's way. [applause] we are also grateful to be joined by many members of the cabinet of this administration. president trump sent us here to ensure that the full resources of the national government are being brought to bear and a consistent way. in the course of the rescue

operation which is still underway, the recoveries that will follow in the rebuilding that we will see through and i'm grateful to be joined by these great members of the cabinet who are here today. and lastly let me also say thank you to those of you who have in a difficult hour for you and your families come alongside neighbors and friends. those of you looking on from around the state, around the country who've already given up their resources and their prayers to support the people of rockport then the people of southeast texas. frankly it's a long way to go, not months but years. the challenges will be great, but we know that the generosity and the prayers and the faith of the people of texas and the american people will be greater still. [applause]

i called the president on air force two this morning. he is said to tell them we love texas. you've inspired the nation by your resilience and your courage and we want to commend you and encourage you and assure you that we will be there. when one hurts, we all hurt. on behalf of all of us that have the privilege of public responsibility, just know we are with you and we will stay with you until rockport and all of southeast texas come back. [applause] thank you very much.

i am joined by my wife karen, the second lady of the united states. she's agreed to offer a quick word of prayer. >> heavenly father we thank you for the amazing people who are an inspiration to us all across the united states and across the world. we pray you would build them up, give them the strength and the endurance as they go forward. we thank you for the first responders and those who at this very moment are saving lives. we pray for their safety and a blessing on them. we thank you for every level, its such an inspiration to see so many who have given so much and so selflessly come alongside

their neighbors. we thank you for this, we know there you are. we pray for your blessing on the state of texas and relieving them as they go through some hard days going forward. in your name we pray, amen. >> thank you all. mr. governor, thank you so very much. thank you to the ministry here. we are here today, president trump will be back in texas with the first lady on saturday. and we promise you, we are going to stay with you every step until we bring southeast texas back bigger and better than ever. thank you very much. [applause]

>> molly: we've just been listening to the vice president mike pence, they are on the ground in rockport texas, the small community among the hardest and earliest hitch when hurricane harvey struck. he talked to people directly in that community, promising to be there as long as it takes, the months and likely years it will take to rebuild. he will be continuing to visit there with those folks, the hardest hit on the ground. he says it was the president who sent him there and all of america is with them. >> leland: texas congressman, his district among those who was hit farther north of houston with flooding rather than wind, appreciate you being with us, i know you've been able to listen to the vice president and to the governor of texas, your thoughts? >> i'm glad the governor has a day of prayer, that is needed, we need the lord's help for the

recovery and really appreciate vice president pence, a personal friend of mine coming to texas to show their support for the administration and other administration officials. that is an encouraging thing for people who are here, who have been affected by the devastation and as you mentioned, we didn't get much winded damage but we got a lot of water. it's still here and people have been flooded that have never, ever been flooded before in houston, galveston. we are starting to see the waters go back into their banks and people are starting to recover. right now i am at the sheriffs department, we are getting ready to fly over some of the more flooded areas in my district and fly out to crosby.

everybody is working together, state, local, federal and volunteers, people from all over the country are showing up to help out. >> leland: it's inspiring. just to let our viewers know we are watching live pictures of vice president pence here with the crowd in rockport, texas, . congressman, what strikes me is you have these people, i'm sure some of the crowd who have lost everything, who don't have a home in rockport, so many homes were quite literally blown away and yet these people were out for the vice president. it seems to quite remarkably lift people's spirits to have these visits we hear that president is heading down to texas. you expect that same kind of healing? >> people have lost a lot, maybe

everything. they are very appreciative, the vice president, the cabinet, being here in the area and explaining how the recovery effort will take place, how the federal government is supplemented by the state and local authorities, that is encouraging to people who have lost all of their property. >> leland: we know they have quite literally dozens of volunteers, if not more and huge amounts of supplies. i want to get your thoughts on the chemical plant to that was your district, the chemical plant that had the fire earlier. if you listen to the guy that was the head of the company, there was nothing that could be done to prevent the fire and they are not sure if the smoke is toxic or not.

it seems like the flood and the human toll it took is just the beginning, pictures over crosby texas right now, there are hundreds of other plants around texas that were flooded, the unknowns of what can go wrong over the next couple of weeks and months are significant. >> we have numerous refineries, refining everything from gasoline, jet fuel, plastic and other types of chemical used in compounds of everything from pharmaceuticals on. these chemical plants are doing a remarkable job, some have shut down because of the high water, the plant in crosby was flooded,

the backup generators, two of them did not work, the chemicals have to be kept cool and they are not being kept cool. we have had two explosions, some release of smoke in the air and we have a have more explosions. though seem to be under control after that occurred so we still have more problems. >> leland: we are watching aerials houston, water receded in some areas but in others it looks like lakes, islands that are homes. godspeed as you get back to work in washington, we will be sure to talk to you throughout the weekend. >> appreciate it very much very much. he >> molly: a father getting resourceful and what he calls a last-ditch effort to protect his home from flooding. we will ask him just how he did it straight ahead. ♪

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>> leland: the vice president is down in texas during some of the damage, live pictures as they come in here on fox as he talks to some of the victims who were hit hardest there as harvey came. it went back into the gulf of mexico and headed up into louisiana. really had to think outside the box to protect his home, he built a makeshift dam using vinyl piping and water pumps. the whole set up cost him about $850, pictures on your screen now, joining us from lafayette, louisiana. nice to talk to you, we found these on social media, this is quite the set up you had. >> in desperate times for innovation. >> was there ever a time you worried this wasn't going to

work or was the water pretty much always contained? >> i was worried the whole time it wasn't going to work. my wife and i's home flooded in the rain last august and my wife and i were watching the storm coming in and seeing how rapidly it was growing. at one point i just said it we are to stressed out, we were displaced from our home for almost six months, i've got to do something. last year my brother-in-law suggested using this pipe band i thought it wouldn't work, i thought it was a pipe dream and last thursday i drove to the place that sells the stuff and i looked at it and i thought this just might work. >> leland: it did work in this case, correct? >> it did work. we didn't see the rain that we saw last august. in order for my house to flood again i would have needed the

water to go up about 7 inches at the lowest point and that pipe provided 10 inches of protectio protection. >> leland: it turned out to be enough. six months ago, your house is flooded and what a lot of our viewers don't realize is how flood prone huge parts of southwest louisiana and southeast texas are. you really understand what folks in houston and in lake charles and port arthur are going through. you were out of your house for the next six months. take us through from when your house flooded, what are people going to be going through over the next couple of weeks who are facing the same calamity you face? >> my heart goes out to those guys and everybody who's been affected by this. the first thing that happened to me, it was absolutely impossible to see the finish line and how to get there.

you've got to take it day by day and be patient with each other. we were fortunate, we had flood insurance, 1 inch of water did almost $200,000 worth of damage. it's really important for people who -- whether they have flood insurance or not, get in there, get the mold out, limit your exposure to the water into the mold, limit your children's exposure to it. every day count your blessings because if you don't, you can go crazy doing this stuff. take care of your mental health, accept help from others, people are going to offer it. take it. be kind. >> leland: that's good advice you have in terms of counting your blessings. appreciate you being with us

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>> leland: health and human services secretary tom price says declaring an emergency has help save lives in texas. there are serious health concerns not only right now but for all of texas and louisiana when so much of it remains underwater. >> molly: floodwater injuries, unwelcome wildlife like alligators, infectious disease from sewage and a shortage of medicine as well.

as senior attending physician of emergency assistance joins us now. we are essentially in the thick of it, still people being rescued but the aftermath is beginning for parts of texas, the cleanup is underway. people will be out there trying to clean up and they'll be exposed to flood waters and muddy and everything left behind. how dangerous is it? >> it's very dangerous, i think the deep standing for the danger, you mentioned dangers in the head and floodwaters, with the floodwaters contain as well, infectious disease, that stands for all of the infections that are prone from sewage backup and lack of freshwater. shortages in medicine, proper food, fresh drinking water,

access, the roads and bridges and most of the transportation systems have been bogged down. the other s stands for shelter. t stands for trauma, i don't just mean physical trauma. we have to think of mental health issues. ee is for electricity and the importance of having it. >> molly: i have covered a great many floods and generally in the days after something that, i always see children running around in the floodwaters are people trying to get access to their homes and recover some of their belongings also being exposed to the floodwaters. what do you do if you've been exposed to floodwaters? these people who have little choice but to wait it through it, climbing into boats.

>> you have to be very careful, the long-term effects of submersion can cause changes in your skin where it breaks down and actually makes you very prone to skin infections. plus the water you are in is not fresh and clean, it is probably contaminated with chemicals as well as sewage and other debris. that can also lead to infectious disease and cause rashes and allergic reactions and folks. people have to try to get themselves out of the water, dry themselves as best as possible and in spite of all the difficulties, try to stay as clean as possible during a disaster like this. >> molly: thank you for joining us to talk about all of this, including folks that are looking for shelter. we appreciate it, thank you. >> leland: getting a sense of the dangers the volunteers face as they ran headlong in their boats to try to save people from dangerous times down there. vice president pence getting a firsthand look of the damage caused by harvey.

this as he talks to survivors of the storm. the president heading back to texas this weekend, also awaiting the on camera white house press briefing that starts in about 30 minutes. fox team coverage of it all back live to texas and a couple of minutes.

>> a fox news alert with an urgent update from john roberts out of the white house. a senior administration official telling him that president trump is expected to announce as early as tomorrow that he intends to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals program as it exists today. it's called daca, all dreamers. the idea that people who came in as kids may be able to stay with their work permits. this would be an enormous political bombshell, it has huge implications in terms of what the president wants to do in congress. much more on that throughout the day. >> also the latest on harvey. we take a look at the bottom of

your screen. there are multitudes of ways that you can help. thanks for joining us. >> great being with you at home. there are so many folks who need help. trying to give you a look -- >> happy birthday, leland. >> you got it in. "america's news hq" starts now. >> sandra: all right. we're watching multiple breaking news events in texas as we begin the 2:00 hour on the east coast. hello, everyone. i'm sandra smith. right now patients are being evacuated by air from a hospital in beaumont in southeast texas. this as vice president pence is on the ground in that state as well. here's a live look on the left. you can see the vice president along with the governor, greg abbott, are meeting with victims, as well as those helping make rescues on the ground in rockport, texas. the vice president saying texas is in the thoughts and prayers of everyone.