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 gover

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 do you guys do this? >> it is just what we do as a community. we help each other out, you know. for me and my family, that is why i do it. >> louisiana is very resilient, we have strong, faithful 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 become islands. >> it makes it difficult for people to get out and difficult for first responders sometimes to get in. surely the waters are going to recede over time. so everyone please just be very cautious out there. >> reporter: more than a thousand people were stranded on interstate 12 overnight. elaine, first responders are using helicopters to drop food and water to those people. >> omar villafranca reporting, thank you. other parts of the country are dealing with dangero