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had to make sure those people did get in to shelters, that we'll have shelters here in this large metroplex >> congresswoman, we have sunrise happening right about now. what is your message to the many people out there who are starting to venture out, starting to see, and they may be desperate or change their minds in wanting to seek shelter, or they're needing essentials that they don't have. what is your message to those out there tempted to do so this morning? >> i would really encourage them to stay in place, shelter in place for now, because what we're see iing is the wind and rain comes intermittently, but it comes very, very heavy, and we're prone to small tornadoes. as i indicated, missouri city, just a few miles from where i am, homes were just hit by tornadoes. so until they get word that it may be safe, if they still have power, i would encourage them to stay in place. those neighbors who are well equipped, if you can check on your neighbors, if there's an elderly person near you or a young family or disabled person, it's very important to make sure that someone communicates with

and this is the problem, if you look at houston, a big metroplex here, more than half the people hereis area in general. like any sort of metroplex with lots of roads coming in and out, many roads around here, but take a look right in this area. this part of the city, right now it has around 350 places where roads are under water. and you can see this, brooke, there's not one major artery coming in or cutting through here that does not have an area where this significant standing water is on the road. that's why when we talk about all the things that have been going on here, it's not just a matter of the water falling down and people being in their houses and needing to be rescued. but this is the result. we have been watching the pictures all the time. essentially what happens is the floods this circumstance, because houston is very flat, turn into bayous. this is where the water drains and it gets impossible to get out there to help those who need the help. the volume of help and the volume of people, and as long as the rain keeps falling, those people remain trapped. the job just k

my sister and i grew up in the heart of the metroplex, and my friend, karen flesher-jones, who is here, used to go with me to -- lewan where the top of the north texas push. they closed in 1970. -- [inaudible] -- the lakewood ranch used to slip in because they would be drinking underage. karen and i were horrified because we were, too, but we thought were were to -- they were calling attention to a widespread problem near dallas. i'm glad to see that a few of you know these places. well, i have known tom for a long time, tom knock, who just kindly introduced. jim holyfield, a police officer in political science and head of the center for political studies, i'm glad to see her here and then jeff engle is a real treat since i heard about him for a long time, and i saw that there was a reference to a book that he and tom just --ed, which -- just published, which i might as well tout myself for you. sounds interesting. i'm waiting for my copy. "when life strikes the president." scandal, death and illness in the white house. i noted that neither of the bush presidents is in it, nor is jimmy

and i live in for the bend county, the second most populist county next to harris in the houston metroplexcame on said the brazos river, which is longest river running through the state of texas in any state, the brazos will hit 800 year model high. they said we have no models for this. the models that we have are 100, 500-year high. the river will hit 59 feet. and it wit shake the integrity of all the levies. they said mandatory evacuation. there is a lot of mixed messages coming out of houston, stuart, which have been disappointing. one, we were told to stay put. as of midnight last night to leave. so we've been hitting some dead ends. i just had to drive the opposite way on a highway just to get back around, and we did make it to 59 west, headed towards el campo, victoria getting out of houston that is the only way out of town. stuart: did you have water coming out of the house? >> it was coming up to hour home, going into our neighbor's home. yes. stuart: forgive me for asking, how do you cope with five young children and triplets? >> it is our faith in god that is getting us through i