renee: i'm renee feltz. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. a catastrophic storm has hit houston, texas, and the flooding is expected to only worsen in the coming days. houston is the nation's urth largest city a and home toto the largrgest refining and petrochemical complex in the united states. the crisis began on friday when hurricane e harvey made landfall in rockport,t, texas. it was t m most powerfulul hurricane to hit the state in more than 50 years. but much of the damage has been caused not by the wind or tides but the massive rainfall. , some parts of texas have already received 30 inches of rain and could top 50 inches. entire highways in houston are now underwater. amy: according to the "washington post," the storm has already dumped more than 9 trillion gallons of water -- enough water to fill the great salt lake in salt lake city twice. and meteorologists project another 5 to 10 trillion gallons of water could be dumped on the region in comi

amy: that report was from renee feltz. for more, we go to houston, texas or we are joined by houston police chief art acevedo. he is also vice president of the major cities chiefs association and co-authored an op-ed that ran statewide ahead of the vote "do not burdend local officers with federal immigration enforcement." we are also joined by renee feltz, marcus casino correspondent and producer who produced a story for the .ntercept her report for rewire is titled "texas mayorors, police e offics speak out against immigration law while they still can." police chief acevevedo, let's begin with you. you are the first latina police chief of the u.s. yourlaw has been passed in state, sb4, and goes into effect september 1. you believe it hurts public safety even before it has gone into effect. can you explain? art: we are seeing it on the ground. you heard from officer wrote less. there are people that are hiding, moving into the shadows. even legal residents, lawful, u.s.-born citizens who may have undocumented family member