the george r. brown center has been turned into a shelter. they were at 8,000 people. the numbers have diminished to somewhere around 2, 000. what you are seeing, victor, people starting to go back into the neighborhoods to find out what's left. some are returning here. again, others go out, they assess the damage and they try to work out those next steps to start their lives over. >> george, how are those people getting back to their homes? is assistance being offered to them by boat? a lot of people, they are still under water. >> reporter: right. so, it's a matter of simply going -- from what i have heard from people, it's a matter of going to the neighborhoods and seeing how far you can get, quite frankly. when you get there, you find strangers, neighbors, officials, rescue teams in place who have the boats. anderson cooper got on one of those boats with someone. you'll have that story, perhaps. he got on a boat and followed it with a resident. it's a matter of getting there and seeing how far you can get into these devastated areas. the good news, the floodwaters

the largest of bring the george r brown convention center in houston.oining us live in robert jackson, senior public affairs at houston first and he manages that facility. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, elizabeth. good to be with you. elizabeth: first and foremost, it's hard for some of our viewers to believe because they've been following the coverage now for the better half of a week, but the fact of the matter is, some people are not able to go home at all. is it true that a lot of these centers are still at full capacity? >> no, we have capacity at the george r brown, but right now, all evacuees and people requiring shelters are directed to the nrg center. elizabeth: so what are your resources like? >> we're going to house everyone. elizabeth: i know that no one's getting turned away, but what type of resources do you have and also other centers? what resources do you all have? >> right, well, the response in houston has been just overwhelming. extraordinary times require an extraordinary response and that's what houstonions do, the

the shelters that were stood at the george r. brown center, both of which have spent significant time in the last two weeks. one morning i was helping serve breakfast. we were serving oatmeal. i turned to him and saying thank you for being here. it's something i try to do a lot of this just think people. i don't think you can think people enough in the midst of a crisis. thank you for being here. thank you for helping other folks. he just began laughing. he said i've got to be here. my house is under water. he said i'm staying here. this is the only place i have to sleep. and yet, he was up at the food lion helping serve others. two gentlemen at the same shelter, ask them if they try to ask everyone, how are you doing, how is your home doing? two different gentlemen told me i don't have a home. i am homeless. one said i sleep under the bridge. most of them -- both of them are volunteering. both of them was sweeping the floor. even in the midst of distress, they were helping out to keep n the facility claimed and care for the needs of o

. >> a missing person's table is set up at the george r. brownonvention center. >> there's no way i'm going to about 70% of the missing. over all, thousands remain. help is coming from all over, with so many giving, from clothes, to haircuts, to hugs for kids. has it been a rough few days? yeah. this high school dance group are here to ved some cheer. what's it like when you see the kids smile? >> i have a little brother, and it's like, you know, to see that smile, oh, my gosh. >> reporter: it's a nice sight to see all these volunteers getting food and clothes and everything else here, a real outpouring of support. it's also good to see the number of people here drop. at its peak, it was 9,000 people, now at 2500 people, a lot of people today starting to move out, either towards hotels or maybe possibly back into their homes. reporting live from houston, alex michaelson, abc 13, eyewitness news. >> certainly hope m home, but kind of nice to see the dancers bringing a smile to the kids' faces and the kids are bringing a smile to the dancers' faces

janet jackson visiting them, taking a tour of the shelter in george r. brown convention center.'s actually performing at houston's toyota center and dedicating the concert to those affected by harvey. jackson donating proceeds from the show to local flood relief charity. >> beyonce spent part of friday in hometown of houston for those affected by harvey. her mother posted some photos on instagram. she first stopped at a church and 400 families affected by the storm. can you that's beyonce handing out dpreens beans to the families. >>> hurricane irmater towards florida with landfall sometime tomorrow. david culver in florida covering this monster form. >>> south korea suggesting north could launch another missile test this weekend. dpt anniversary of the founding. they have a history of marking been trying to prepare for this day... and i'm still not ready. the reason i'm telling you this is that there will be moments in your life that... you'll never be ready for. your little girl getting married being one of them. ♪ ♪ . >>> hi everybody. and welcome to "inside the redskins." i'

the evacuees here at the george r. brown evacuation center taken care of by the red cross. they have had safe shelter here, food, water, all those necessities. the shelter really isn't a long-term solution. so now fema is on the ground to help people take that next step. this is actually a long line of people, waiting to register for fema. now every single situation is different. some, the process will take longer than others. so here they're hoping to get set up with an apartment, temporary housing, a dorm, whatever it may be to help get people back on their feet. >> we want to get people into safe housing as quickly as possible. staying in a shelter can be difficult. housing, hotels, dormitories, hotels, with neighbors or back into their own home. >> reporter: every situation is different depending on how badly their homes were damaged. this could take weeks, months, even years in some cases. >> thank you for that report. now corpses -- corporations have pledged at least $113 million. the u.s. chamber of commerce says more than 50 companies have donated $1 million or more

now, here at the george r. brown convention center, which was the massive mega shelter that was set up here in downtown houston in the days after the storm. over the weekend they told us they had about 1, 700 people here. that is down quite a bit when you think about the fact that they had more than 10,000 here just earlier last week. that is some good news. >> it's good to see the volunteers helping out as well. the recovery effort cannot move as quickly as they are moving without the help of so many of those volunteers. that is good news to hear that there's only 700 people left in some of those evac centers knowing that some people have been able to return to their homes. mi a-rod reeg ez, thank you. let's turn to sarah rosario who is standing by in houston. i remember having covered hurricanes in the past. it's zef stating for people to return to their homes and see what they've lost. what are people talking to you about there? >> we are in south houston in a neighborhood called friendswood where it's labor day,

here at the george r. brown convention center, which was the massive mega shelter that was set up here in downtown houston in the days after the storm. over the weekend they told us they had about 1,700 people here. that is down quite a bit when you think about the fact that they had more than 10,000 here just earlier last week. that is some good news. now, as far as some of the evacuation orders are concerned, the mayor had put in an evacuation order to the west side of houston. about 4, 600 dwellings. that remains in place. as you mention, arco chemical plant, that evacuation notice lifted. >> it's good to see the volunteers that we've been seeing video of and pictures of helping out there as well. >>> we want to turn now to sarah rosario who is standing by in houston. sarah, i remember having covered hurricanes in the past. it's very devastating. >> nay neighborhood called friendswood where it's labor day, but it's far from a holiday here in southeast texas. clean-up from harvey is just beginning. i'm in a ne

we have a presence here at the george r. brown. we have a presence at nrg. we're registering students so we know where they are. we're also reaching out to all of our faculty members and our staff members because they've been negatively impacted as well. we have 31,000 employees in the houston independent school district. we know they've been touched as well. we're out there making sure we know who they are and where they are. more than anything though we have an incredibly robust communications system. we are sending text messages to all of our students and all of our families that are registered. we have a twitter account. we have a facebook account. we're working hand in glove with all of the media outlets here in houston. i also have a twitter account where families can get up to the minute developments, that's hisd underscore supe. so we're trying to reach out in every conceivable way and also be present where some of our students and families are being relocated in the shelters. so far the messages are getting out. so folks know that september 11th is

. >> and now to maya rodriguez at the george r. brown convention center. maya, how are the relief efforts going down there? >> well i can tell you that over the weekend they told us that here at the convention center they had about 1700 people still inside. that is down from a high of more than 10,000. last week during the height of the storm recovery. now, in addition to that, there are about 32,000 people that remain in about 200 shelters across texas. these are staggering numbers. but when you really think about it, the scope of hurricane harvey was massive. it affected just so many communities, and of course, the houston metropolitan area, which, as you know, is quite large. now you mentioned that the arkema evacuation order had been lifted. that is true. however, there is still one set in west houston for 4200 dwellings, because of flooding there. dara? >> maya rodriguez, thank you so much. >>> tensions on the korean peninsula are heating up with a possible nuclear game changer after north korea released pictures of kim jong-un inspecting what it clai

the george r brown convention center and the energy center had about 2500 people the last time i checked. they are there and they are accessing a lot of people to access them. they had approximately half a million people to actually register. 200,000 whods of are actually receiving some sort of benefit from fema totaling more than $100 million. all these are very good things come about we have to have as many people as fema can get into the area because we have many, many people who have to be registered. that we have got to proceed with the process of making sure that they are properly pushed through the system. host: we have calls lined up fro for you in the first one is from houston, texas. this is reginald. you are on the line with representative al green. had a: in 2004, we debacle here where we had toappropriation of funds support poor people who need to the formal housing. we had representatives who did not represent the accountability , including our city council representatives in our federal representative, including mr. al green and he rejects. qb jackson. we found good money

tres comenzaron a inundarse, y tuvo que abandonarlos, hasta que llegó al centro de convenciones george r. browncortada de un pie, el pie le venía sangrando. maría elena: ahí, en ese albergue, junto a otras 9000 personas estuvieron tres días. miriam: nos dieron toalla, nos dieron ropa, nos dieron cobija, nos dieron cama. maría elena: asegura que los oficiales y los voluntarios no le preguntaron sobre su estatus migratorio. ella no tiene papeles, aunque sus tres hijas nacieron en este país. miriam: nunca preguntaron nada de eso, estuvieron al pendiente de todo. no nos preguntaban. trataban de hablar mi idioma, para preguntarme qué necesitaba. maría elena: el miércoles miriam regresó a su casa, con el temor y la incertidumbre de lo que le esperaba. miriam: sí, se mojó. sí, se me mojó. el piso ya se desprendió. >> yo conozco a una vecina que la hielera dicen que ahorita está así, arriba de la mesa, porque se metió el agua para arriba. maría elena: esta vecina es lola. compró su casa hace nueve años y nunca pensó perder todo de esta manera. lola: yo cerraba los ojos y me decía: "es una falsa alarma,

yesterday paid a visit to the george r brown convention center in houston where some storm victims are staying. many say that jackson's visit brightened their day and they're glad she took time out of her schedule for them. i got a chance to shake her hand. which hand did she shake. >> actually i had this hand out i guess the glove hand. throw ing in the glove now, not going to be washed. >> slut. >> about 1600 he vac 's are currently still saying in the convention center. not only miss jackson, beyonce also stopped by houston yesterday. she paid a surprise visit to the church. she gave out nike air jordan you shoes to everyone who attend td. beyonce is originally from houston. i love that he when you hear about all the tars going in to help. there's so many people in need. i know we're talking about irma tonight, but there's still h many people recovering from harvey. another one is t still coming. >> jose. >> still ahead tonight it's not just people trying to escape ir ma's path. how the zoos are keeping animals safe as the hurricane gets closer to making landfall. landfall. we sip,

janet jackson visited them at the shelter at the george r. brown convention center. she's performing at houston's toyota center tonight and is dedicating the concert to those affected by hurricane harvey. bless you. jackson is also donating proceeds from the show, the local flood relief charity. >>> beyonce spent friday in her hometown of houston meeting with families affected by hurricane harvey. her mother posted a few videos of the visit to instagram. her first stop a church. beyonce sponsored a lunch for 400 families affected by the storm. you can see them there serving lunch. that's beyonce there in the jean jacket, in case you're wondering. she was in charge of green beans. very, very nice. with all the concentration obviously on irma right now, it's important many folks there in texas still suffering from harvey. that's going to do it for "news 4 today." we'll be back in 25 minutes with a local news update. >>> of course lauren, you're going to be busy all morning tracking the impact. it's changing minute by minute. >> it is. storm surge is what we worry about

. >> singer janet jackson made a surprise visit to the george r. brownvention center in houston where about 1600 are staying right now. she has a show tonight in houston. she said she's dedicating the concert to those affected by hurricane and is donating proceeds to local charities. the tours to the bay area in october with a show at the concord pavilion. >>> all right, we'll continue to track all the hurricanes and activity in the atlantic, but for now, live doppler 7 showing uz low clouds and fog that have pushed in to the east bay valleys. live shot at sfo. 40 minute delays and airports in florida are already closed, some of them or many. san francisco is currently 61 degrees. oakland, 63, mountain view, 67. low 60s right now in gilroy and half moon bay. this time, we'll take you to this pretty shot in walnut creek where we're underneath the low clouds. it's cool in santa rosa, at 59 degrees where they've had fog. more low 0is in novato and low to mid 60s through fairfield, concord and livermore. check out this live shot from emoryville. san francisc

at the george r. brownteer. >> the kids are breaking my heart, and the lost look at the elderly. >> reporter: victoria white and friends wanted to make a tough situation better by lifting spirits of evacuees, singing. others took families into their homes. >> we were able to help somebody, that's important for us. >> reporter: private businesses opened their doors, like gallery furniture, turning its showroom into a shelter for hundreds. >> whatever we can do to help people in time of nee >> reporter: real moments with real people, performing acts of heroism under the toughest circumstances. >> dylan, for all of the devastation you saw out in texas and louisiana, it is moments like those that i imagine speak the loudest. >> it's amazing how people come out in something like this. we were staying at a hotel where a lot of national guard was staying, they need to be cared for as they care for everyone else. there was one guy worked for the hotel, kept serving food, kept making sure when we knew the next chanc

really dramatic aerial shots of entire neighborhoods, subdivisions flooded out to the scene at the george r. brownand people as far as the eye could see, which really reminded me of katrina, to the rescue shots, to just -- we have a picture on the front page this morning of an 80-year-old woman being advise visited by meals on wheels and just surrounded by stuff in her living room. they are all just incredibly moving. >> you wrote a piece for the washington post and i will put some portions up on the screen. not known for hyperbole, the national weather service tweeted during which some parts of houston got more than that 25 inches, all impacted are unknown and beyond anything experienced. it is catastrophic, unprecedented, epic said patrick blood, the national weather service meteorologist. whatever adjective you want to use and then you quoted brock long from fema, this is a storm the united states has not yet seen and what you say, they are all talking about, albeit not identifying by name, is climate change. will hurricane harvey, when we look back, represent a turning point relative to the wa

let's go to cnn's george howell, live in houston at the george r. brown convention center. good morning to you. i assume people are starting to wake up, 6:00 local time there. what's happening and going to happen on the day ahead? >> reporter: victor, we are starting to see more people out and about after another nights sleep here, this home away from home. many people who don't have a home left to turn to. we are seeing the numbers diminish here. the latest estimate we got from the red cross, somewhere between 1200, her happens, people that are still here. the number a few days ago, 8,000 people. what we are seeing now, victor, we are seeing people go into the communities to determine the extent of the damage. i want to give you a couple stats. it really tells a story. according to the governor of the state, greg abbott, some 440,000 texans, as we understand, have applied for federal aid. so, you really get a sense of how many people are asking for help from the federal government at this point. $79 million has already been doled out in aid. at this point, some 42,000 texa

. >> one mile away at houston's george r. brownvention center, janet jackson made a visit to meet flood evacuees. joined by houston's mayor and her brother, randy, she spent time face to face with some of the estimated 1,200 evacuees. houston is janet's second stop on her 56-city state of the world tour. >> she will dedicate the show to all of the hurricane harvey victims. she will also donate all the proceeds to flood relief charities. >> you guys have been so inspiring. >> the tour kicks off thursday night in louisiana, and the 51-year-old new mom delivered, showing off her more than 65 pound baby weight loss with five costume changes, 36 songs, and nearly two hours of throwback moves, janet is on the road with her now 8-month-old son, issa. >> let's move on and talk about what a week it has been for the royals. we've got baby news and prince harry's girlfriend broke her silence. >> i'm smiling because i love this. meghan markle opened up for the first time about her love affair just as harry spoke out about his expanded royal fa

. >> here at the george r. brownvention center which most people had 9,000, upwards of 10,000 people here. what are we seeing here? >> we've seen the past couple of days overnight populations of a little over 1 ,000. now, we do have people coming in and out for other services. for hot meals, for things with our partners. there's a pop-up store here to get supplies to help them start that recovery process as well. we've got an influx of people coming in and out. >> how long can you expect these shelters to remain open? i mean, how long are people going to be living in these places? >> so the red cross will be here for as long as it's needed. we've got a massive disaster on our hands. we'll make sure people have a safe place to go. they have a pillow to rest their head. if and when that time comes, we are positioned to work with our community partners to make sure that that is in place. >> the american red cross is telling us that, yeah, they're already tracking irma, and potentially getting ready for whatever that sto

. >> reporter: they came to the george r. browncenter one of houston's largest emergency shelters during the storm. it housed thousands of evacuees. >> a lot of people arrived at the convention center, not allowed to bring their pets in. and then we put together the plan on how we were going to serve this large group of people. >> reporter: the plan includes dedicating a section of the emergency shelter for owners to live with their pets. evacuee larry daniel resides within that area with his eight- week old chihuahuah, snickers. they haven't been parted since being forced to leave their home during the storm. >> all i was able to get was him and the clothes on my back, and that was... i mean, from then on it was, to be honest, a nightmare. he was in my arms the whole time. >> how different do you think it would have been if you weren't able to take him with you? >> it would have been awful lonely. >> reporter: for owners unable to take care of their pets, or stranded animals, there's a foster care system that's also a part of the

that's what we're providing here at the george r. brown convention center.sand people still here as well as across the state in the 200-plus shelters you mentioned. >> we said the top was 30,000, but you're saying there are still 32,000 and i believe that's down from what would have been the high number? >> that is correct. and that 32,000 was as of saturday night, the last count i received. that is way town. it was at 40,000 at one point, so it's definitely starting to go. as people start to return home, we're starting to focus a little more on the recover phase, so provide people with comfort kits and cleanup kits, things like mops, buckets, bleach, rakes and shovels. we saw a warehouse that set up in the north part of texas to help e get those things into our vehicles and district them into the hardest hit areas, not only here in the houston area but the southeast part of texas that's been so hard hit also. >> obviously the red cross has far too much experience with this kind of thing. long after our television cameras are gone, you guys are still there f

now, and one of those -- another parallel to that and you're probably familiar with this, the george r. brown convention center. it was reported by the "associated press" they had 10,000 evacuees in that shelter. they're now down to 1,000. and that's a reflection of things could be getting better. either they can move into some temporary permanent housing if you will or going back to their homes. >> right. i think the real struggle for them is they don't know just how long it's going to be. and as we discussed earlier, when you're asking someone to stay at their home, it becomes an imposition if that becomes a month or two months or three months. i think right now people are really in search of a situation that can be permanent, that they can sign a lease, perhaps, until their home has been repaired. and that is a challenge right now. you have a lot of people seeking the same thing who are sort of in a desperate situation. >> have any of those that you've spoken with in the last day or so, they've got the news of the $8 billion that the president has now pushed forward, yet many of their own

maya rodriguez is at houston's george r. brown convention center. there are a lot less people there than a few days ago. does that mean people are going home? >> reporter: people are starting to do that, go through that process of getting back into their homes. at the height of this, there were 10,000 people here at the convention center. now there's about 1,000. now, throughout the rest of texas, there are more than 200 shelters, we're told, that the american red cross is keeping tabs on. they are running. and there are more than 33,000 people in those shelters. that's down again from the more than 40,000 we saw at the height of the aftermath of hurricane harvey. however, the red cross says this is going to be a very long process. take a listen. >> at this point, you know, we're working really closely with our community partners to make sure that we have the resources to keep going. this is going to be a very long response into the days, weeks, months, and potentially even years to come. so we're here for the people of texas and louisiana affected

here at the george r. brown convention center the numbers have gone down dramatically.ow there are about 1,000 people. but you can see people are still coming in here. why is that? basically because they're not necessarily sleeping at this point, but they are coming here to get hot meals and some of the services and the mental health professionals here that are here on hand. this is still a very, very active area. but as far as people sleeping here, again, that number about 1,000. what they have been doing here so far like you mentioned is dealing with this evacuation order that the mayor put in this weekend. about 4,600 homes on the west side of houston. ordered and evacuated because they had previously flooded. at this point they had cut off electricity to those homes and they don't want first responders to be called in there necessarily. they asked those particular residents to please evacuate those neighborhoods. however, if you have a home in that neighborhood that did not flood, you are okay. you're allowed to go back there. another bit of good news that we have t

our report >> reporter: its been one of the symbols of the hurricane harvey disaster and the george r. brownvention center is still bustling today. at its highest point since harvey made landfall 10 days ago the center was catering to 10,000 people. today only around 1,400 remain as full residents. but those who remain are seemingly some of the most vulnerable. >> i don't have any friends or family and if i do, they are just as flooded as i am so we >> reporter: cheryl conley has been here since last tuesday. she has congestive heart failure and epilepsy and hasn't been able to reach her landlord, even though she has heard that her apartment is flooded and mold infested. how desperate are you to get out of here? >> on a scale of one to a million, a million. >> reporter: for now she says she has nowhere to go. people like cheryl are turning to the legion of lawyers set up in the lobby. >> reporter: rita lucido is a private lawyer and activist coordinating the effort. she says the biggest issues today surround filing for benefits and knowing about renters rights. >> talk to your landlord about

of dogs calling them her roommates for the night and magician david blaine bringing joy to the george r. brown in houston doing magic tricks for some of the evacuees and their children. 10,000 people evacuated there. shoutout to seaworld and the san antonio zoo. i had a friend contact me and say they've had staff go into houston to try to take care of the zoo animals in houston. >> nice. >> it's a lot of work. >> all hands on deck. >> all hands on deck. >> certainly. >>> well, marvel's "inhumans" going big, like really, really big, imax big. the first two episodes of the legendary comic book series, which is set to be aired on abc is first being shown in studios. this whole first two episode season premiere happening in imax with all i-max cameras but the premiere date for tv is september 29th. so go get it. >> a lot of violence. >> well, it's a comic book. >> i get it. i get it. >> action, action. ron. >> compared to everything else we see on tv. >> yes. >> special effects. >> it's fine. >> glad you're back. >> a little violence over there with the two guys at the end of the table. >> when di

. >>> jenna jackson -- janet jackson is also showing support, they visited evacuees at the george r brownconvention center. she is also spending time with evacuees at the energy stadium. her trip to houston as part of her state of the world to her, dedicated to hurricane and flood victims. she is also donating proceeds from the show to local flood relief charities. just a reminder, there is so much devastation for hurricane harvey. our focus is on irma>> they need so much help, and here we are going again and florida. fema will be overloaded and insurance companies say it will be a big mess and years to come. >>> how are we doing weatherwise? >> we can't complain, we have a big heat up coming in, back into the 90s, even about 100 for some. today will be the hottest day so if you do enjoy the summertime heat, now is your day. giving a look at all the sunshine, not as much cloud cover and play sick yesterday morning, we are mostly sunny around the region, with a few patches of fog reported near the coast. we began the warm-up friday and then we took a step up on saturday, today expected to

and he went to houston and brought food to help feed people at the george r . brownnvention center that's housing twice as many evacuees as expectedfor chef mike isabella the desire to help out is a personal one.mike isabella 1:18-1:25i was actually living in atlanta when katrina hit and i know we got a lot of people moving over from new orleans and i saw how hard it was for people. from barbeques to happy hours nearly every state and city is hosting some sort of funderaiser so when you dine out this weekend remember to dine out for houston.in washington alexandra limon (grant) if you would like to help people affected by harvey... you can text the word "harvey" to the number on your screen... 90-999 to make a te-n dollar donation to the red cross. we have posted other ways you can donate on our website, kron four dot com. look for the link .. near top of the home page. (grant) still ahead... it's the final week of the pre-season - as niners and the raiders both take the field tonight. sports director gary radnich joins us on set with a preview of both games. (cather

sapphire's point and maybe deliver flu shots to say the george r. brownvention center or the nrg center for all of the residents who have been displaced and now calling that their temporary home? >> i'm sorry, i really don't know about that, not in my area of expertise. i think it would be a great thing for them to do that. arthel: absolutely. maybe someone listening will maybe take the lead on that and, general hamilton, i know that you have your hands full there, i will ask you to hold on for me, if you could, a little bit longer, we have bob from the hill who will talk about the president's determination to get almost $7.9 billion approved by congress to help those people in texas who need it most and dr. sapphire is here with us as well to talk about the other side of this, the contaminated water, mosquitoes that linger about and that may also exacerbate the situation there in southeast texas. stay with us, we are going to take a short break but continuing coverage, aftermath of hurricane and now tropical storm harvey continues right here on the fox n

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. >> reporter: we went to the george r. brownnations like yours to work. >> we are here to wrap our airports around the people of texas to help them in their time of need an can only do it through the generous donations. >> the red cross says 33,000 people sought refuge in 284 red cross and partner shelters across texas. and that they have supplies to support more than 85,000 victims and to date served over 690,000 meals and snacked and distributes more than 30,000 relief items like deodorant, too toothbrushes and diapers. they help people like tab that barnes and her people including four kids under age six who lost their home to harvey. >> we were almost out of food. it was just a horrible experience, so i reached out to someone to get us. >> reporter: in the shelter the barnes kids were able to unwind in this play area and later in the day choosing their own backpacks filled with coloring books and crayons. >> the feel of love is just -- it's overwhelming. you know, these are strangers, they don't know me. they don't know my k

in houston it includes 1,000 at the george r. brown roads were closed. kay bailey centers starting to fill up with residents. fema more than 507,000 people register for disas ter assistance and they have already served 4.7 million meals and 3.4 million liters of water to those desperately in need. coordinating cots for 14,000 people with nowhere else to sleep also finding hotel rooms for almost 15,000 survivors through their transitional shelter assistance program. but, enough evacuees are starting to return home at a mega shelter in san antonee is closed now and few dozen displaced people up there will be staying at middle school for a few weeks. biggest shelter here in harris county where houston is does remain the nrg center. that's where the most resources are going. that's where emergency officials hope to consolidate shelters. a handful of lawmakers, including the house majority leader kevin mccarthy are going to be at the nrg center. the house of representatives at some point in september is expected to vote on the nearly $8 bil