captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: thousands rescued from deadly floods, by air, by boat and raw courage. at least 7,000 are saved as flood waters rise in the deep south. also tonight, wildfires, cars california's air dangerous to breathe. >> this is the police. you need to leave the area. >> quijano: in milwaukee a night of rage after police shoot and kill a young black man they say was armed and refusing to drop his weapon. ryan lochte an three other american swimmers robbed in rio. and the muslim american olympian hoping to be a game changer outside her sport. >> we're in this time where

speaking out this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. at least three people are dead as flood waters continue to rise to historic levels in the deep south. rescue crews have saved the lives of at least 7,000 people an their pets. since thursday parts of louisiana have been hit with more than 30 inches of rain. heavy rain c some areas as creeks and rivers spill on to roads and highways. omar villafranca is in is in baton rouge. >> reporter: flood waters continue to immerse much of baton rouge. emergency workers rescued at least 7,000 people. here the crew from a coast guard helicopter pulled three stranded residents from a roof. >> you have something. >> yeah. >> a search crew on this boat came across a car pulling this

time. nearly 2,000 national guard troops have been assisting louisiana resident this weekend. according to officials, flood waters killed three people, damaged more than 2,000 homes and stranded countless animals. 5,000 people are currently in shelters. volunteers jeremiah johnson and henri dufrense say they rescued over 150 people with their boat and truck because it was the right thing to do. >> people are going to ask, why >> it is just what we do as a community. we help each other out, you know. i would expect somebody to do it for me and my family, that is why i do it. >> louisiana is very resilient, we have strong, failtful people here. and i'm extremely encouraged by the amount of cooperation we have gotten from people. we see folks who are truly being neighbors to one another. >> reporter: louisiana governor john bel edwards toured the damage and says some areas have--iersiers have become isla. >> it makes it difficult for

for first responders sometimes to get in. so we're asking everyone to be patient. >> i >> >> we're getting raid to go live to sheriff david talk. -- pop. >> this comes a couple of hours after a press conference with police chief ed flynn and milwaukee mayor tom barrett. we are here now waiting to hear a response from milwaukee county

clark, who had sent out a notice earlier today saying he had spoken with governor scott walker about deploying the national guard to be here and keep order in the city of milwaukee. >> here we go. >> i wanted to give you folks a briefing in terms of what our activities were last night as the situation unfolded. a little bit of a briefing moving forward into tonight. i will start with a timeline -- actually what i will do is start by saying this, because there is a lot of misunderstanding in a what causes these situation.

already -- cup of -- doubt, there is to plenty of volatile situations. young boys often grow up situations that involve drug abuse, alcohol abuse, gang activity. those kind of things cause the need of anger to boil to the service and in the police come along. that's when the police come along, and that is why i say it

scituate -- an igniter to an already festering situation. these ears coming out of ferguson, there has been a lot of focus on the police force and that is fine by me. we get our support from the consent of the government. we should have discussions about it. this thing has been hijacked for its political construct now, i manage and -- i mentionedhat it is a political construct, this war on police. it is the same thing that went on in the 1960's. same thing, same model, same groups involved. different names, different

so, i was acutely aware of what was going on and as -- exposed it as such. we are going to get into what happened as -- last night. you all received a briefing from the police department yesterday afternoon as far as the traffic stop. officers got out of the car, the suspects were both armed. as we know. an officer felt his life was in ginger and used as weapon, and that is under investigation. and some of the residual anger that i opened up boiled over, and we had an untenable

related to the rights of baltimore and ferguson that people have to make -- find a more socially except boy to deal with their restoration, anger, and resentment. this is an orderly society. we have processes and institutions to deal with these things. as frustratings it can be, sometimes it takes a long time to work through these institutions. but is -- it is still what we have to do. we cannot have of social upheaval that we saw last night, that hurt people and destroyed businesses. it destroyed a means to support family. they're going to have to deal with that. i made it clear this afternoon in some discussions that we cannot have a repeat of what

mobilized and a plan has been put in place to settle things. i made a call to some personal this morning to be put on standby. you cannot wait too long, as we found out and ferguson when the mayor put off the call to the governor. most additional resources never showed up, or showed up late. in was never made. i have a obligation, folks, under the state statutes. i also have an obligation under the oath that i took to protect life and property. that is job number one. i have that response ability, i have to have -- i have that responsibility, i have to have

i have to be able to complete the mission. what is the vision, job one? -- the mission? job one? life preservation. you do that, go back to reassess . hopefully there is a minimal amount of damage and no loss of life. but that was not the case , both in the office or use of force in the process less night. but we keep focusing on the police, and i have said publicly before, "stop tried to fix the police, fix the problems." we have to shrink the size of the underclass.

on display last night. we reduce poverty, we fix the schools. we put people back to work. we'll hold people accountable for effective parenting. we make better lifestyle choices. civilized people go out and make choices that society as a whole says they are not going to put up with. -- sometimes people go out and make choices that society as a whole says they are not going to put up w in this room has heard me say in this room -- say over in the past five years that we need to fix this. i don't know, i guess people to not think it played a big role, but we are seeing it now. not just last night, but time and time again.

they have a long criminal history that no one applied anything since two, or no meaningful sanctions to. will provide their booking photos later on, we will put those up. as i look to the individual who lost his life , 13 arrests, some serious stuff. endangering safety, several felony, first-degree. dismissed, i don't have the reason, but it is not going to be me. if you start peeling that the layers you find out what happened. you can't get the witnesses to

but that tell the individual who was involved that not much is going to happen, and that tends to repeat the behavior. that is how behavior works. if you punish unwanted behavior, the behavior is going to decrease. if you don't do anything, you are going to see more of it. arrests, robbery, use of force, no prosecution. i don't know why. i'm not going to blast the prosecutor's office, someone else should go look into it. the da could say we try to fix his belmonts, i get that. this could be one of those second chance, deferred, most of those things that are having a detrimental affect to this

of a dangerous weapon, under 18, dismissed. some drug dealing. two-year probation, interlock system, time served, 12 days. pretty light sanctions. two counts of bail jumping. two yeof probation, time served, 45 days. possession of cocaine, probation violation, you see, he is on probation. that means he has been given his chance. from one of he's -- from one of these earlier arrests, it he has been given that she has been given a chance. time served, 30 days, time

this behavior repeated. going through the timeline here quickly from saturday to sunday, august 13-14. a: 35, -- 8:35 shots fired east of sherman. units respond to the playground. 9:03, squads reached washington part -- park and await orders.

something happens and you cannot get them out of there. 9:12, mpd reports subject to the area, portably -- possibly a march. 9:18, subjects breaking up chunks of concrete, throwing towards police officers. 9:21, our commander on the scene at the time makes a decision that all patrol and airport deputies be extended, meaning that their shift is not over. it is established at 9:30 that a new unit meet at district seven for deployment.

9:53, bp station fully engulfed in flames. fire with cannot respond due to the area being a hot zone, mean there are still gunshots in the area. they do not have that kind of protective gear, firefighters. 10, 0 six, large rock being thrown and shots being fired at police and squads. 10:06. one officer hit by a brick. 10:14, back up requested. 10:36, squad 700, our commander on the scene, orders all

a mobile jail is also in the area. 10:39, reports of light poles being knocked down. 10:45, subject are ordered to disperse. 100 port -- 100 people reported in the area. 10:46-11--- 11:16. state patrol takes over the milwaukee county freeway system. that is because we called squads in to assist in the hot zone. i would like to thank the commander of the -- the superintendent of the state patrol for doing that for us.

toward sherman amber light. officers admit down here random -- at midtown here random shots fire in the area. 11:37, we request swat to be called up. scrimmage line begins clearing the area, it is now after midnight. several areas are now reporting large groups throwing rocks. several garage dumpsters and -- in several garage and dumpster

to random gunfire. 12:55, mpd request the swat team take rooftop positions around command posts. there are requests for escorts to respond to the hot zone. 1:19, her social media, -- per social media, protesters are

reporting it. we order radio silence. 1:43, request medical attention for police dog bite. three suspects caught burglarizing a liquor store. one suspect received a dog bite. 1:45, 700 orders additional to -- deputies to return to command post to stand by. one: -- 1:45 respond to several calls the area. 3:30 a.m., most crowds are fully disbursed. our commander orders all airport deputies can return to the

the third shift control can return to normal assignments. 4:00 a.m., the milwaukee county sheriff's office swat rescue teams return to the command post. 4:30 a.m., 700 advises fd fire department due to the police right having new and available resources, they will be removing deputies from the rigs as soon as they return. rooftops are clear. 5:00 a.m., mpd requests resources at sherman park. 5:30, 700 clears the command post.

4, governor scott walker is contacted. 9:00, i called mayor barrett regarding the national guard request and asked what else they had in mind for today and tonight moving forward. as you can see, it was a very dynamic situation for everyone involved. unfortunately, like i said, the loss of life of innocent personnel did not happen -- fortunately, like i said, the loss of life of innocent civilians and law enforcement did not happen. both were flying everywhere. -- bullets were flying everywhere. it had to be a horrible situation for everyone in the area. that was my first concern.

to protect life. to make sure the city of milwaukee not burn down, like ferguson. like baltimore, maryland. inspector myth sitting behind the room -- inspector smith sitting behind the eye what was going on. i made decision this morning to make sure that we did not have a repeat of what happened last night. resources are taxed, and we are backed up on serious calls for service. part of that response ability i have -- that response ability i

that everyone stays safe. we need the call to mobilize. i made the call this mobilize -- i made the call to governor walker and requested his order. there is a state statute that covers the power of the in terms of the national guard. >> so, you made the first call to the governor, and into the national guard. it was your understanding that you want them in the area, or you want them more engaged in the area.

direct national guard research, -- resource, that is the military. this is not the first time we have done this, you know that. back in december we did the same thing. this is not unfamiliar to me, to what is required. as a matter of fact, the law says that the governor may order into state active duty members national guard under the following circumstances. war, insurrection, rebellion, riot, invasion, terrorism. or in public disaster resulting in flood, fire, tornado, etc.. or if there is a rip -- emergency related to public health.

and enact responsive action in situations one through three. or upon upon -- upon any request of any mayor or sheriff of the state. i do have the authority to the governor and request those resources. i cannot emphasize this enough. i cannot guarantee what is going to happen tonight, but we cannot have a repeat. so, knowing these resources, and to answer your question directly , the military did not perform a

the general, general dunbar will determine. you have to have them ready. that is why i point to ferguson. the governor made the call, they were ready, but they never got them. baltimore decided they didn't need them. it is better to have the resources. clark talking about the fact that we cannot have social upheaval and a repeat of last night. >> we will continue to follow the latebreaking developments of all the unrest that has happened in the lobby over the course of the weekend. coming up in a few minutes here on bcs 58 news at 5:30. keep it -- the cbs news at cbs news.com. i'm elaine quijano in new york.