our ed lavandera is there. ed, any indications as to whether any rescue or recovery efforts that the governor spoke about are under way there in galveston. >> reporter: not on galveston island, but some of the areas they were talking about is just a little bit further north from where we are. you got to cross the bridge, get back on to the mainland to get sfw into those areas we're talking about. we've been checking in with authorities here on galveston island throughout the morning. and we had several hours of a really strong heavy rain ban that had been moving through here. and it is finally died off. and you can see here just how much the storm -- we're here standing on the edge of the seawall and the storm surge was getting here just to the banks of it throughout most of probably the last 15 hours or so. and you can see how much all of that has receded back into the gulf of mexico. so that's kind of a good sign. and since that has happened you actually start seeing people coming out here rushing out to walk

ed lavandera is in galveston. el, i know you have been in the storms before, help us understand what the conditions are there. >> reporter: the rain has come and gone. it hasn't been as intensive and intense as we expected. we're on the far eastern edge of this hurricane here on the texas gulf coast. the real concern is, the kind of good news is, as you look behind me, power is still on here as we're waking up this morning. many parts of galveston island, power has gone off on on. but the fact that the power here on galveston island for the most part seems to be intact is a good sign. but the real concern is to communities to the west of where we are, in areas, for example, if you look out here towards the gulf of mexico. this is the seawall. we're on seawall boulevard here on galveston island. so the storage surge never made it over that seawall. but the seawall keeps going several miles that way and eventually it stops. that's where you get in communities in the low-lying areas where you find the homes bit up on

ed lavandera in galveston, texas, and ed lavandera in the weather center. what are you seeing? >> reporter: jake, things starting to get interesting. sustained winds picked up as has the rain. we've been at the sea wall here in corpus christi and have seen this water rise slowly throughout the day. it was a little while ago, the water wasn't as far as it is here. seeing maybe a foot of water increase, and we're going to see residents, all morning long, residents who have chosen not to evacuate. one of the last few about to evacuate. what kept you here so long? >> like i said, i work in ode a odessa. take care of my house. board it down. get prepared for it. this will be the first time being here in a storm here in corpus since i lived here, and i just wanted to see the side of the water before i take off north. >> reporter: do you believe the hype, weather experts saying a storm, a meteorological event the likes of which we've never seen before? >> it's hard to decide right now, but what it seems like -- pretty much probably going to get a lot more rain and that wind. i don't k

although our ed lavandera said the floodwaters are receding. do you know how long it's going to take to get into these communities? why are some communities seeing that water receding faster than others? what can you tell us? >> of course, we're on the gulf coast of texas. so it's a low-lying area generally and depends which watershed is, has been affected. the waters are receding and it really is going to depend on what happens to the remnants of hurricane harvey. good news is, it appears to be moving farther to our east. that's good for us. not necessarily good for the people over in louisiana. but if we don't get significant amounts of rain and i think you'll see the water go down fairly rapidly, xexcept in thos areas we have watersheds, rivers, for example, that drain from the area originally hit by the hurricane, because that water is still going to be coming downstream. >> and -- i guess -- how are you going to cope with the weather forecast? they're talking about a lot more rain coming in to the area. is it just a situation you just have

ed lavandera in galveston watches heavy rain come in. ed, what are you seeing now?eporter: jim, just experienced the strongest first band of hurricane harvey make landfall here in galveston. lasted several minutes. so the winds picked up dramatically and some intense rainfall here. that's kind of a signal of what is to come here. if you look out into the gulf of mexico, you can see how choppy the surf is, and one of those first bands. look back out this way, looking down the coast towards corpus christi where between here and there is where the brunt of this storm is expected to make landfall and where emergency first responders are really bracing, and preparing to react. to whatever rescues are needed. a lot of first responders. one of the things they're doing today we're told, repositioning crews and equipment that might be needed in swift water rescues and high water rescues as the rain intensifies in the coming hours and essentially sit over this portion of southeast texas, which is what forecasters expect, and that's what emergency teams are really the most con

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ed lavandera is reporting from these locations. we found a gentleman gracious to bring us out. he drove up from lake jackson today. he's taking us out in the neighborhoods where he's rescued about 10 people here today this is one of those subdivisions off i-45 that has been flooded out by the floodwaters that came in overnight. and this is an area where we've seen boats criss-crossing and the images you're seeing speak for themselves it's devastating. people went to bed last night thinking they were going to be high and dry in one of the areas where they were going to be better off to with stand the intense rain that was coming and the floodwaters that were coming down, you can see how much water the folks in this neighborhood have taken on. so many people with their own boats have been coming through this neighborhood pulling people out fp right now it's incredibly quiet. not many people, if only a handful by this time of the day are still in here. we have seen a couple rooftops where you can tell people have used axes to punch th

ed lavandera is live in galveston. ed, yesterday we saw you traveling around with the national guard troops. so what are you seeing today? it still looks pretty bad where you are. that road behind you, you can tell, completely flooded? >> reporter: yes. we're out here on galveston island just off of the main thoroughfa thoroughfare, broadway after nue -- avenue. so much rainfall on galveston island this morning, there are a number of neighborhoods, not all of the island by any means, but a number of neighborhoods that are looking like this. these floodwaters rising very quickly. i spoke with a couple people trying to manage their way and get through these areas here in the last couple of hours. they say in many places, the water is chest high and many homes here in this area are taking on water as well. so there has been so much rainfall since noon yesterday throughout this region that it just keeps coming and coming. that's why we're seeing these floodwaters. in fact, on the main thoroughfare that takes you through pa

>> reporter: my colleague ed lavandera took you into a neighborhood in houston.ghways leading into houston i'm standing on the access road here, you can see much of it submerged. turn around head the other direction. the issue here is much of the interstate, at least this one is open, we are seeing people driving on the highway, if you want to get off that highway, you can make out that offramp off in the distance, it leads you directly into what looks like a lake. that's going to be an issue. the water you see behind me appears to be spilling out of one of the bayous on the city's southwest side. i want to show you the video we shot earlier today. speaking of some of those coast guard rescues. there were coast guard rescuers, having to drop that basket and be able to pluck that individual from a neighborhood and fly out of the area, that's something we've seen before, we've seen quite a bit, and we expect to see even more of in the coming days. folks, try to avoid these spots right here. that will video you showed a little while ago, that's what we see now, will

. >>> ed lavandera is south of texas there i mean south of houston in dickinson, texas, just outside of galveston. so, ed, earlier we saw a lot of boat activity rescues taking place where you are. what's happening now. >> reporter: hi, fredricka. this is dickinson, text, south of houston. we are standing on interstate 45. not a small road flood the out in all this. this is the major interstate that takes you between galveston island and the city of houston, and you can see, there's been a -- a fleet of people who have shown up here along interstate 45 with their own boats and have just deployed these boats out into the water to rescue. we see three there just going down. this would be like the on ramp, a fourth person starting to make their way or maybe coming back from picking somebody up. these two guys trying to start their boat. about to launch off again. we see this nonstop. and then, i can give you a sense here. there's huge trucks like this. folks bringing these people here to the edge of the water and getting in large trucks like this. some have been buses. some have been tru

ed lavandera, thank you so much from galveston where ed is. going now to rockport, texas, and a coastal community. martin savage is there, and just looking at the breadth of devastation behind you, we heard nick valencia report, few buildings are inhabitable or even safe to be in. >> reporter: they're not. right. many, many buildings here. yesterday i had a look at some of the town. today we looked at more of it. you grow more and more shocked at the devastation here. tornadic-like devastation caused by a cat 4 hurricane, harvey, of course, when it came to shore. take a look at this storefront that stretches on and on and on. look inside the buildings. utter devastation. hardly anything at all that is going to be saved from here. the roof is completely gone. so this entire strip shopping area is wiped out and, of course, these are the businesses. they make up the financial heart of any community. we went through the residential areas. home after home after home, not just slightly damaged, but in many cases the roofs are gone or significant str

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let's go to cnn's ed lavandera, in dickinson, texas. ed, you spent the day with the national guard.hat did you see? >> reporter: this is a unit of soldiers deployed from the dallas area. notice wolfpack. they were spending the day making their way through neighborhoods just like this, pulling people out of their homes, teaming up with other volunteers who had launched their boats, getting people out and moving them to shelters. this is a process that has been going on for the last 36 hours, they desperately needed it in many neighborhoods. the one silver lining is in many of these types of neighborhoods here in the dickinson area, and friendswood, a lot of the people who were trying to get out of these neighborhoods have been moved out. they've been going out quadrant by quadrant and taking out neighborhoods making sure everyone was evacuated. that is the sliver of good news, things moving quickly for people who felt trapped in their own homes. >> ed, this is not ever yesterday. we have 10 to 15 more inches of rain. is that town prepared for what could come next? >> reporter: everyo

let's head south to galveston, texas, where we find ed lavandera, you, too, experiencing these bands of rain that come and go. what's happening now? >> reporter: this has been a steady band on the outer edge of this storm. it's been bringing rainfall like this, not overly heavy but it is steady and consistent and it's a decent amount of rain. you can definitely see as we were able to do a pass on several of the roadways and venture into the island a little bit a little while ago, get a sense that it has very much the potential cause a lot of flashflooding and cover up some roadways. that's the kind of thing that emergency teams and officials up and down the coast are worried about as this day progresses and the amount of rainfall continues to drop on this region. so that will be something that they're worried about as well. the port of galveston here remains closed, a couple of cruise ships that were supposed to dock here this weekend. they are out at sea away from the storm waiting for the port to reopen. that's an interesting kind of tidbit. i have a friend who is on one of those s

ed lavandera is on the island. what is the latest you're seeing and experiencing?well, there had been a rain band that had been hitting the shore here for quite some time throughout much of the morning, bringing that dreaded rainfall and that continued rainfall that many emergency officials here along the texas gulf coast have been dreading and worrying the most about here at this point. the wind has died down considerably, considering how strong it was last night and through the morning as well. so that's a good sign in terms of wind damage. we have been able to assess a little bit of the situation here on galveston island. speaking with a couple folks, the sheriff here on the island, and seeing for ourselves, there is some minor reports of street flooding in various places. one of the feeder roads on to the island also seems to be underwater. all in all, everything seeming to do pretty well. the port of galveston which is obviously very popular for cruise ships, carnival cruise lines has two ships that were supposed to have docked here about this time. however, s

i haven't seen any major down the power lines or trees so far this evening, don. >> ed lavandera.want you to stay safe as well as all of our crews. i want to turn now to our breaki breaking news. let's talk about what's happening at the white house. white house aide sebastian gorka out. and president trump pardons joe arpaio, tweeting i have just pardoned 85-year-old american patriot sheriff joe arpaio. he kept america safe. reaction to the president's pardon of sheriff arpaio has been swift. till us about it. >> swift. >> swift and growing condemnation on both sides. we should note that right out of the gate, the justice department and others are making it clear that this was distinctly president trump's decision. this was a call by him. this was a personal pardon by the president. a spokesman saying we respect his decision. a source telling cnn, this is the president's pardon. joe arpaio was a staunch supporter of president trump's during the campaign. i was the sur garogate on the campaign trail. he was convicted of criminal contempt for refusing to stop racially pro pilifiling

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one of the guys who volunteered here, ed lavandera. >> dan buck. >> you're a lifeguard down in galveston. >> yes, sir. >> you were making your way through there today. >> yes, sir, we had four units going through on jet skis. we were given addresses by response agencies. we would go check on them and make sure everyone was out of the houses. e we would bring them to dry land and meet up with a boat to take them to safety. >> you were getting specific addresses. that's been interesting because on social media and other channels people were concerned about i have my aunt or uncle. what did you find when you got to the addresses? >> a lot of people had left already, but we were using social media was a tool, which we are using to collect information and find out what occupants were inside the buildings and given specific addresses. we also had callback numbers so that information helped us. >> i was in there a little while ago. it was amazing to see the fleet of boats, waverunners, kayaks, whatever. was it amazing to see the efforts? >> it was good to see the volunteer effort from the citiz

. >>> also in dickinson, ed lavandera who drove up with a crew, they were accompanying a search and rescue mission. as the rescuers were about to leave a flooded neighborhood, they heard a family crying out. our team helped with the rescue. ed spoke to them once everyone was out safely. >> how long have you been trapped in there? >> all night. >> reporter: all night? you've been with your parents? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: how are they holding up? >> pretty good. pretty good -- i think pretty good for the circumstances. but it's -- it's bad. everything's floating. and it's bad. >> that woman looks so tired and shocked. we know there will be a press conference at 7:15 this morning eastern time in washington with fema and the department of homeland security. we will carry that live. we'll get kind of a big picture response from the federal government at about 7:15 this morning. >>> now a look at where the storm is headed, how long it may last. meteorologist karen maginnis is in the cnn weather center. we'll start with that. how much more rain do we expect with already 15 to 25 having fallen in

we go live to cnn's ed lavandera in galveston, texas. ed. >> reporter: good morning, michael. here in galveston, texas, we're on the eastern edge of this storm, considering that this storm made landfall late last night and the winds are still pushing as strong as they are, and the rain is coming down the way did is, really gives you a sense and reinforcing what emergency officials here in the southeast coast and inland are extremely worried about. the rainfall continuing sand expected to continue throughout the day and really pushing towards the flooding events that many emergency officials here have been dreading and worried about as we head into the weekend, michael. so, we've been told that have been rescue teals, high water and swift water rescue teams prepositioned throughout the region to react to those situations as they develop. so, not only this morning is there a concern about those communities like rockport and port o'connor who took the direct hit in the eye of the storm but as the rainfall continues exactly how quickly and where is the flooding, potentially deadly

ed lavandera, thanks so much. let's go to cnn meteorologist, tracking harvey as well. allison, earlier we were talking about tornado watches and warnings. now you have a report of a tornado? >> that's right. let's take a look at what the storm is doing right now. you can see one of the outer bands, hurricane harvey right now 75 miles per hour, still a category 1 storm as we speak, it's the outer bands that now pose some of the biggest threat, especially in terms of tornadoes. this particular band, it's starting to train. you just saw in ed's live shots how conditions have been deteriorating quickly. it will likely stay that way. often with training storms they hit in the same place over and over again. also, in those same outer bands, it's where you have a very great threat for tornadoes. right now we have a tornado warning active just north of conrow, north of houston for those unfamiliar with this region. we have been noticing tornado warnings all morning long along that particular outer band. so the northeastern section of the main storm. that northeastern quadrant,

>> polo, we spoke to ed lavandera where it's pouring rain.e you are now. the concern ed has, the situation was changing so fast, the water was rising so fast. it can be so unpredictable. what are officials saying where you are? >> reporter: they know this water is going to continue to rise. that's why they have asked people to pack up and leave. yes, you bring up a great point. the rain lightened up a little bit. it comes in waves, but nothing compared to what you saw. that offers hope for folks that come down here and grab belongers before they are asked to leave the area again. the real concern is this unpredictability of the water. people have had days expecting this event. many of them, many of the houses here, especially in this mobile home are empty. john? >> polo sandoval, thank you so much. we want to leave you with a bit of good news today. there were some folks in an assisted living facility on the left sitting in floodwaters. that image did go viral. obviously, the distress they were in, luckily, they were all rescued and on the ri

that's why ed lavandera is so bad. that is one of the new inner bands of the tropical storm. it is not gaining strength, but it's gaining humidity and moisture and rainfall potential. still raining in houston and new orleans and along the gulf coast. this is what the da radar is looking like. minor flooding as far east as pensacola or mobile, alabama. beaumont, you are the center of the bogey together. we talked about the reservoir situation going on in texas. i'm going to take you through it again in case you weren't with us. you have heard buffalo bayou for five days. here it is. there are major reservoirs to the west of houston, built when houston had 250,000 people. here they are right here. the addicks reservoir holding back billions of gallons of water. back here, barker is holding back a lot of water. eventually, the water spills out over the spillway control and into the buffalo bayou. we have been controlling this spill for days now, pushing the water out controlled. but that has all failed. there's not enough water coming out and the reservoir has filled up. it has

. >>> also in dickinson, ed lavandera who drove up sunday night with producer jason morris and joe de la rosa, photojournalist. they were accompanying a search and rescue mission as rescuers were about to leave a flooded neighborhood. they heard a family out and helped with the rescue. ed spoke to them once everyone was out safely. >> reporter: how long have you been trapped in there? >> all night. >> reporter: all night? you've been with your parents? how are they holding up? >> uh-huh, yeah. pretty good. pretty good. i think pretty good for the circumstances. it's bad. everything's floating. it's bad. >>> 11 minutes past the hour. rain and flooding inundating heart of oil industry. oil rigs have been evacuated, and ten refineries shut down. one, exxonmobil's baytown refinery. one-third of the refineries on the texas coast. the closures take 2.2 million barrels of oil a day off line. that disruption means higher gas prices. futures hitting a two-year high, up 7%. gas prices could rise 5 to 15 cents over the next week especially in the south, southeast, mid-atlantic u.s. higher gas pr

i want to go to ed lavandera in di dickinson, texas. you've been out there all day. what did you see today? >> reporter: well, we spent the day with the national guard unit out of dallas that had been here for their third day here in the houston area, a group known as the wolf pack. and they spent most of the day patrolling various neighborhoods, essentially offering support to the first responders inside these neighborhoods and many of the volunteers that had launched boats into these neighborhoods that were flooded. they would bring people back to these national guard trucks and they would be taken over to the shelter. there was an island surrounded by water and we spoke with carol hill on the ride out. it was interesting because a lot of these people who have been kind of inside their homes unable to get out and didn't have a sense of the magnitude of how depressing the scene is around their neighborhood and when you listen, you watch carol hill's reaction at her first glimpse of seeing the floodwaters around her. that tells the whole story. >> that's crazy. this

ed lavandera is outfront. >> reporter: outside this old courthouse building in downtown tampa, florida to the confederate soldiers of hillsboro county. last month, commissioners voted to move it to a local cemetery. but commissioners voted today that $140,000 in private funds must be raised to pay for the move. if that doesn't happen in the next 30 days, the statue stays. lem miller has led the charge to move the monument, and after charlottesville, he worries white nationalists are looking for next city to target. >> they did not come to have a peaceful moment. they came there to do what they needed to do. i worry that could end up here. >> reporter: tampa is one of many cities grappling with confederate symbols displayed. in louisville, kentucky, the statue of a confederate officer was vandalized. in durham, north carolina, protesters toppled a confederate statue. at least four people were arrested. and in texas, protests around statues and monuments in dallas, as well as. it's estimated there are some 1500 confederate symbols across the country, mostly in the south, including more t

we've got cnn national correspondent ed lavandera there live for us.hat are you seeing where you are? >> galveston island holding on rather well just on the eastern edge of this hurricane. but it is from here where a lot of people are monitoring closely those flooding conditions that could develop well into the day and whether or not any of those high water rescues or swift water rescues need to be launched from. just east of -- just west from where we are communities under mandatory evacuation orders. most of galveston had been under voluntary evacuation orders. the rain hasn't been as heavy as it has been closer to the center of the storm but the wins ha sw sustained strongly throughout the night. that's something that's interesting, usually after rainfall the winds died down. but they have sustained themselves throughout the night. still blowing heavily. looking out into the surf, still incredibly choppy out there, but for the most part we're able to do some checks of parts of the island last night and in many places, if you look behind me, you can