we have a team of reporters on the ground in south texas. 96 valencia is in corpus christi, paolo sandovalandig by in san antonio. >> let's stand by with allison chinchar in the cnn hurricane center. now, a hurricane 2, but that's wind only? >> yes. i'd like to emphasize, the difference of where we were at category 4 to where we are now, we're talking just 20 miles per hour difference. 1-mile-per-hour off from being a category 3 so don't pretend that this storm is over, it's not a big deal right now, this is an incredibly strong storm even right now. the eye is well inland now, really starting to make that progress. but it's really going to start to slow down even more. not that it was moving very fast to begin with. here's a look at what we have with hurricane harvey. winds up to 110 miles per hour gusting up to 120. just so you have some frame of reference, at category 4 we were 130 miles per hour. category 2 is ranging from 106 to 110. we will drop back to category 1. it is expected, the storm is going to continue to weaken as we go through the coming days, it's just not going to move v

sandoval. he has been witnessing the events unfolding. paolo, what's your take away?> reporter: what's interesting, the numbers. right, about 27 people who were arrested, their charges will be -- they'll be facing a variety of charges from assault to battery, disorderly conduct as well. also, close to 40,000 people turned out. which is really what we saw. this massive crowd. and it was interesting too, the commissioner really staying away from some of the politics in this. obviously the commander in chief tweeting about an hour and a half ago, describing some of the demonstrators as quote, anti-police agitators. the commissioner didn't want to get into it but he wished the quote troublemakers did not necessarily make their way out here. some of the other angle here, maybe other takeaways from this press conference is of course that there were no major injuries. his officers were not injured and also the damage was very minimal, if any at all. >> all right, paolo sandoval in boston. the big take away according to the police commissioner ending that conference saying th

let's go to cnn's paolo sandoval. we know that's where a lot of people are coming to get some potential relief. >> that's right, victor. we could potentially see even more people because you just brought up a really important point here. even after that storm passes, some of the coastal communities, many of the communities will be without power. even though their homes have made it through the storm, in the summer heat, it will be difficult for people to still remain there. cities like san antonio have essentially opened their doors up to people who live in communities like corpus christi. we've already seen hundreds of people move into some of the shelters that have been set up here in the alamo city. officials tell me that 6,000 shelter beds have been offered up. they do expect many people to begin to take advantage of that. important to be here since san antonio is a federally designated evacuation zone. we have seen this play out in 2005, for example, when hurricane katrina displaced so many families in louisiana,

paolo sandoval is there on the ground and among a number of demonstrators. you told me you were amongst counter demonstrations. counter demonstrators. what your experiencing right now? >> reporter: we still are among those counter demonstrators. basically boston police officers are creating a circle here as they keep their crowd of counter demonstrators. what we're trying to do right now find out exactly what led to a relatively tense situation south of boston commons. what we do know, i watched at least eight people to be counter protesters their hands were tied by authorities and taken away, currently detained. what we're trying to find out is what led to this. several people telling me this was a points where some of the free speech demonstrators who they call themselves were leaving the demonstration and as a result possibly went face to face with some of the counter demonstrators. that's what you're able to hear in the background, police sirens, police officers. while things tense are still relatively peaceful. just a few arrests. still under control he

paolo sandoval is there now.med to have quieted down, the mayor and the police commissioner, they were celebrating. >> reporter: that's right. it's interesting just a few moments ear what we heard from the commissioner, i wanted to show you what the streets look like in boston now. police officers again here on the streets essentially trying to regain control of a situation. what we saw play out, just a little while ago, the downtown crossing area here of boston was essentially cut off by law enforcement officers as some of the individuals -- what appear to be the counterprotesters made their way into downtown. it's really difficult to tell which exactly what group they're with. i asked one of them and he said they're marching under that single -- or that one slogan which is keep hate out of boston. so again, this is the situation that's playing out right now. we're going to continue to monitor it, but i can tell you that i'm being told by some of the individuals on the protesting side that some of them were temp

. >> paolo sandoval, a real problem going forward. long after the rain falls, the rivers continue to rise and the levees were built high, but not high enough for this water. >>> i want to go back to houston, the unfolding disaster there. we're joined by congresswoman sheila jackson lee. she represents a large swath of the city. congresswoman lee, thank you for taking the time. we know you have a lot on your plate. i want to ask you, if i can, by beginning, do you have a sense of the numbers -- how many people in houston are still in need of rescue? >> well, i can tell you at the georgia brown convention center, there is an unceasing number of people coming in. our first responders, police and fire fighters, the coast guard and the texas national guard and many, many others have done a great job. but i believe there are many numbers of individuals still needing rescuing and primarily because we have an older population that may be in their homes, as you have noted. some people on their cars, some neighborhoods -- because we are so larg

cnn's paul sandoval is live in richmond covering this for us. and paolot some of the evacuations you're seeing. >> we have deteriorating conditions here in texas. i can tell you the winds in the last hour have picked up considerably, the wind again pelting us. it's like, yet again, we're in this storm that we experienced about 48 hours ago when the eye of the hurricane at the time a hurricane swept through parts of victoria. still, nonetheless, these conditions are making evacuations difficult. officials here in richmond are concerned about the brazos river. it shattered a record last may when it hit 54 feet. today it is expected to hit 58 feet according to the national weather service. there are evacuations along the brazos river bank. i talked to one gentleman who has a home there who experienced flooding last year. he said you did not have to tell him two times, he quickly packed up and moved out. what is happening here now, brooke, people are preparing for what could be the next major flooding event. the county judge here says that he expects an 800-y