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nbc's george soliz is along the iowa illinois border in pleasant valley, iowa. , take us back there. if you will, and describe for us the situation on the ground that you have been seeing so far. >> yeah, yasmin. the images here are really telling the story. this has been a slow-moving disaster for the residents here in the quad cities. last week, some of the water started to creep up into some of these homes. fast forward a week, here's where we are right now. 16, 17, almost 20 feet above the flood stage in some of these communities. and homes are underwater. back there, eight residential community. many people have been using boats. this is now boat parking, if you will, for residents to go back in and salvage what they can. adding insult to injury for a lot of these residents, it's pretty windy right now. it's actually fairly chilly. the utility shut off heat for a lot of the residents here, but 140 or so, at last check. so many of them aren't able to stay in their homes because they simply can't take hot showers. they can't glean anything. so, many of them ar

it is a mess out there, that's where we find nbc, george soliz, whose unpleasant, valley, iowa with the very latest on this. okay, you're in a heck of a lot of water there, talk about the flooding and how extensive is it? >> yeah,, alex it's just the tip of the iceberg here. this is a slow-moving disaster for the quad cities. we are about to show you the only way people can get in and out of certain neighborhoods. that is by boat. of, course we're staying pretty safe on the outskirts of some of this water. it may not look like it from where i'm standing, but there's actually a current here. that's why it's not safe for people to really go deep down into what used to be their neighborhood. we know that there are people right now trying to get to their homes, trying to salvage what they can. and my, knew a lot of people say, yes, the mighty mississippi floods this time of year, it's not uncommon, but no matter how prepare they are, this was unprecedented for a lot of people. they said they did not expect the water to rise up as fast as it did. a little earlier, i'll tell you a quick story

in court on wednesday he will be detained until then joining me now is nbc news correspondent george soliz wit more according to court documents the feds are saying that teixeira started a poste classify document online aroun december last year what more can you share with u about that for documents are saying >> good morning. it's good to be with you what you are really seeing here, a person who might have know that they were in the wrong. the court documents allege tha teixeira was searching for the word leak on his governmen issued computer once word go out that there might have been a leak and that the government was looking for him. as he mentioned, he's a 20 rolled member of the massachusetts internationa guard charged under th espionage act for leakin hundreds of documents, one o the largest leaks in recen years. we know he has held a security clearance since 2021 he would have signed a agreement knowing that any typ of leak or possession of the sensitive documents coul result in some serious trouble we know he holds a rank of airman first class as he mentioned, he bega posting in a

joining me now to unpack all o this is nbc news correspondent george soliz george, can you tell me, how this happen? you have such a junior membe of the national guard, all o the sudden he has access t some of the most highl classified pieces of information for u.s. intelligence how did this happen? >> maria, good morning, good t be with you. that is exactly what investigators are starting t piece together as we speak we know that this investigatio moved fairly quickly jack teixeira knowing that his name was out there the court documents reveal tha he actually began a search for the lead word leak on his u.s. government computer because he had a sense that the investigators were closing in. we know obviously that he ha access to some of these to secret informations. according to the court documents, he was transcribing some of the stuff. he actually started to fee that he was doing somethin illicit. again, this is according to th court documents. so then he starts photographin some of these documents an then post them online in a platform that the cour documents call social medi platfor

nbc news correspondent, george soliz is live in that, dwarf iowa, right now. e flooding the people are already seeing, and what they are preparing for? >> good morning, ali. right now, this is really adding insult to injury. there is a little bit of rain falling, and granted, it is not going to have much more of an impact than what some of that snow melt, which is contributed to this flooding here. behind, me the mighty mississippi, and it has taken over this neighborhood, you can actually see a number of boats this, is how many people are coming in and out of the neighborhoods. it is, really also, in theory it into the residence of this particular community. they have no gas. about 140 customers at last check these utility was shut off by the company, and that is really hard for a lot of these residents who want to stay behind and maybe take a hot shower, particularly on a cold day, and start the process of trying to do some cleanup around their homes, which, of course, won't really start until some of this water recedes. and on that note, according to some of

nbc's correspondent, georg soliz, joining me now for more on this. lots of twists and turns i this whole thing, it unfounded quickly. if you, will, george bring u up to date >> one of the things tha investigators and people wan to know is how someone got thi kinds of clearance and with hi role, being able to share this information as fast as he did. so let's backtrack, we kno that he had the top secret security clearance since 2021. from there he bega transcribing some of these documents, posting them on a online forum that is known to. gamers it is listed as a socia media platform one in th documents. he gets paranoid, alleging a the court documents say. he starts taking the documents home it's a big no no, photographs them and post thos online tothis group and you, know in the documents it says that this group wa really just talk about geopolitical affairs in th history of wars. no motive listed so far in thi case so he goes to court. this escalates from his name getting out there, he goes t court, it's an emotional day for the family an emotional d

and b, c's george soliz, is along the i-what illinois border in pleasant valley for us, joining us now. this took a lot of residents, george, by surprise. how are they holding up amidst all of this? >>, yasmin the, best way that i've heard this described, it is a slow moving disaster. you had all the snow melt, then the neighborhoods began to flood about a week ago. residents started to see the water start to rise and then all the sudden, boom you have what we are standing and right. now to give you some context, that sign behind me says home for sale. you wouldn't know it from looking at, it but there is a neighborhood back over there. and so over the course of these days, the water has been rising. it's above flood, stage many residents almost every hour we see people coming in and out of this neighborhood in boats trying to salvage what they can of their homes. right now, one of the biggest things that is frustrating residents is that they have no heat over there. all the utilities -- 140 customers in this area are without heat. many of them have to find a new place to stay as they

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let's go right to nbc's george soliz. he's a pleasant valley iowa, where things aren't too pleasant right now. let's talk about the flooding where you are. >> that's right, a disaster in slow motion as it's been described. here, will consider this neighborhood parking right now, because the only way in and out of this neighborhood is by boat or by kayak. residents here are parking. we're here on the outskirts of this water that is just continuing to rise. the way we are able to keep tabs on how much this water is rising as slowly as it is, is that home side, sort of directing where the homes are. we expect that's fine to be completely underwater in the next few hours, if not days. as we know, this river is still expected to crest either late sunday or early into monday. residents here understandably frustrated. many of them saying, look, we know we're along the mississippi and we know that the river tends to flood, but this is not something they had foreseen. adding insult to injury, for a lot of the residents here who ar

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