houston, texas y el jefe de la policÍa, acevedo, hizo pÚblica la confirmaciÓn de que el sargento steve pÉreztos dÍas, muriÓ al conducir su patrulla en la oscuridad. >> esta maÑana a las 8:00 de la maÑana, lo encontramos yy tuve el honor de ir a la casa de su familia y decirle a su seÑora que su esposo, muriÓ haciendo lo que se dedicÓ 34 aÑos. en servicio. pedro: la familia saldivar estÁ sumida en la incertidumbre ya que seis de sus miembros desaparecieron al ser arrastrados por las fuerzas de las Áreas. por ahora la madre y la abuela materna de los otro menores envueltos en la tragedia, se niegan a creer de que puedan estar muertos. >> que se unan conmigo para ir a buscarlos. los quiero hallar. no sÉ si alguien los ayudÓ. pedro: entre tanto, los gramÁticos rescates continÚan registrÁndose por toda el área y ya se contabilizan mÁs de 13,000 acciones de socorro en houston yy ciudades vecinas. >> mis hermanos estaban un poco aasustados. >> no sabemos cÓmo estÁn las cosas. me gustarÍa salir de houston. pedro: en este espacio verme los miles de evacuados. y mientras cae la noche, la ciudad estÁ c

el jefe de la policÍa confirmÓ que a la lista de muertos por el desastre se aÑadiÓ el sargento steve pÉrezs damnificados. una pesadilla serÍa la mejor palabra para describir lo que estÁ sucediendo en esto momento en houston. como pueden ver, el lago me llega solamente hasta el tobillo, sin embargo en grandes partes de la ciudad llegan a 50 pulgadas de altura. bien me dice la gente de esta comunidad que la policÍa todavÍa no había llegado a esta zona y fue la misma gente que empezÓ a rescatar a sus vecinos. gran parte de ellos son indocumentados y como estÁbamos viendo, tienen muchÍsimo miedo de los albergues porque piensan que las autoridades les van a pedir documentos aunque el alcalde dice que esto no va a ocurrir. enrique: las 50 pulgadas que mencionabas representan un rÉcord histÓrico. la mayor acumulaciÓn de agua en la historia del paÍs. la familia saldivar sigue en calidad de desaparecida. las autoridades no han podido confirmar quÉ fue lo que sucediÓ. pedro: el drama que dejan las histÓricas inundaciones que sumergen a houston y al sureste de texas, se intensifica para una familia h

his response was, we've got work to do. >> here is sergeant steve perez. the veteran officer died on sunday trying to help others. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> sergeant perez was one of eight people killed by the storm. the number could jump once officials release details about family of six also believed to be dead. >> more than 10,000 people have been rescued with efforts going strong tonight. last night 17,000 people stayed mo shelters. rere this

stories like sergeant steve perez, he is the police officer who died.ocal civilians from texas and neighboring states who are rushing in on boats, on canoes, going door to door to help people and animals to save them, those kinds of stories i think are just incredible for the country sometimes. >> juan: what do you see? >> greg: i see and hear a lot of the same things, were talking about this coming together stuff, it's a shame because it's ignored all year round. the idea of basic good citizenry is actually mocked in the media because the story line and parts of middle america, texas, it's one of oppression, division, and bigotry. you think about all the nonsense causes that take up conflict airspace, i call it conflict airspace where there are these ridiculous fights over bathrooms, over pronouns, micro aggressions, identity politics, gender politics. these are the things that consume people in the media, people in academia, people and entertainment. harvey comes and washes all of that away and reveals what really matters, not these bows are manufactu

one of those deaths, a houston police officer, sergeant steve perez. perez went into the flood waters despite from his wife and never came home. his patrol car was found under a highway. just a short time ago, the heart wrenching decision he had to make once the patrol car was found. >> so, find him and -- once our team got there it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. so we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk for what we knew in our heart was going to be recovery mission. >> our coverage continues now with jay gray with a look at the heroic rescue efforts underway. jay, good afternoon. >> it's been five straight days of driving rain and rescue in southeast texas. >> it's just a massive operation, at this point. >> and -- >> it's terrifying to see these waters rising and not knowing what to do and there's not a way to really get out. >> rick sal -- rick's brother survived. >> you could hear the kids screaming and crying.

a 60-year-old sergeant steve perez.rowned trying to get to work during the flood. >> we couldn't find him. and once our dive team got there it was too treacherous to go under and look for him as much as we wanted to recover him last night we could not put more officers at risk for what we knew in our hearts was going to be a recovery mission. >> heart breaking. more deaths are expected to be linked to this. now missing a family of six, four kids and great grandparents washed away in a van reported zbli countless others still awaiting rescue. officials say at least nine to ten thousand people rescued in the yust area alone between the police fire and coast guard. that include this is rescue of a mother and her baby. of course all that is on the top of the huge nup of private rescues we've been reporting. >> those working to save lives need to rest and recharge. here are exhausted texas national guard troops sacked out on some brand new mattresses in a sleep store showroom. that was in richmond texas which is where we fin

there are nine confirmed deaths from harvey including a houston police officer 60-year-old sergeant steve perez. he drowned trying to get to work during the flooding. >> we couldn't find him and once our dive team got there it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put another -- more officers at risk. >> such a heart breaking story. more deaths are expected to be linked to the storm. among those now missing a family of six, four kids and their great grandparents believed to be washed away in a van. >> countless others still awaiting rescue. at least 9 to 10,000 people have been rescued in the houston area alone between police, fire and the coast guard. that includes this rescue that you're looking at right there, a mother and her baby. of course, all that's on top of the huge numbers of private rescues we've been reporting on. >> those working to save life and limb need to rest and recharge. texas national guard troops sacked down on brand new mattresses in a sleep store show room between rescues. that was in richmond texa

a 34-year veteran of the police force, sergeant steve perez. his wife is devastated and says that she hadn't wanted him to go into work that day. he said there was work to do. so here in houston, overnight, we expect these water rescues to continue. and the question will be, how long will this water be around? authorities say some homes could be inundated for up to a month. steve? >> gabe gutierrez on the ground in houston. thank you for that. meanwhile, the president, donald trump, he traveled to texas today. he praised the recovery efforts while meeting with state officials and emergency responders. trump was accompanied by the first lady melania trump. the head of fema warned of a long and frustrating recovery, president trump offered an optimistic assessment and said texas can hand anything. ? we want to do it better than ever before. we want to look at five years, ten years from now as this is the way to do it. this was of epic proportion. nobody has ever seen anything like this. >> trump had this message for texas governor greg abbott. >>

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veteran houston police officer steve perez also lost his life in the raging floodwaters. he would have been 61 this week. 7 is on your side -- with ways to help, from home! prince george's county schools -- is donating a thousand backpacks to students in houston. those backpacks will be taken from some collected... during an annual back-to-school fair, last weekend. staffers will now fill the backpacks with school supplies -- and send them to the houston independent school district. c-e-o kevin maxwell is also hoping to raise 132-thousand dollars, to support houston students-- that's about one-dollar for every student, in the prince george's district. your meals plans today can help the victims of hurricane harvey. several d-c area restaurants are donating proceeds to the relief efforts. participating in "d-c dines out for houston" are a long list of restaurants - in the district and surrounding parts of the dmv busboys and poets- jaleo - ben's chili bowl - and rustico - to name just a few. there is a full list of pa wjla.com. suzanne kennedy will be at a few of those pla

there have been nine confirmed deaths including steve perez who died in flood waters. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. >> reporter: the official tally of rescues topping 13,000 but the number could be higher. and still the calls for rescue continue to pour in. more than 1,000 in houston are waiting for help. >> all the way up to the roofs, guys. i hate to think there are people in these houses. >> reporter: linda was stranded in her car for two days. >> all i can say is there are angels out here. >> reporter: in houston donations are pouring in and yet there is more need. >> it's good. it touches you to the core. what can i do for my neighbor? >> reporter: many shelters beyond capacity. >> we went from 5,000 to 9,000 in a few hours. we are encouraging people to come here and seek shelter. we may not have all the amenities like a cot. >> reporter: in new orleans, residents all too familiar with floods are using sandbags on the 12th anniversary of katrina. >> it evoked a lot of memories and heart break. >> reporter: no city welcomed residents of new orleans than houston. an

there have been nine confirmed deaths including steve perez who died in flood waters. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. >> reporter: the official tally of rescues topping 13,000 but the number could be higher. and still the calls for rescue continue to pour in. more than 1,000 in houston are waiting for help. >> all the way up to the roofs, guys. i hate to think there are people in these houses. >> reporter: linda was stranded in her car for two days. >> all i can say is there are angels out here. >> reporter: in houston donations are pouring in and yet there is more need. >> it's good. it touches you to the core. what can i do for my neighbor? >> reporter: many shelters beyond capacity. >> we went from 5,000 to 9,000 in a few hours. we are encouraging people to come here and seek shelter. we may not have all the amenities like a cot. >> reporter: in new orleans, residents all too familiar with floods are using sandbags on the 12th anniversary of katrina. >> it evoked a lot of memories and heart break. >> reporter: no city welcomed residents of new orleans than houston. an

he was a 34-year veteran, sergeant steve perez.an you tell us a little bit more about what he was trying to do and what happened to him? >> sure. sunday morning at 4:00 a.m., he left his house en route to his work station. unfortunately, as you know, we've been experiencing massive flooding, not just houston, but towns and cities around us. he couldn't get in. so he calls his lieutenant and says i can't get in, everything is flooded. she tells him, good, because you need to go to another station, our station is starting to flood and we've evacuated. he said, well, i'm going to go to the kingwood station. he just would not give up. tragically he ended up dying in his effort not to give up on his community and his colleagues. >> oh, my goodness. i've heard you say that sergeant perez was one of the sweetest people you've ever worked with. what more can you share about him? >> he's a guy that was a former military man, a guy that there's %-p. actually, i'm amazed with almost 200 of our officers' families impacted by this with their ow

we've got 6500 employees and i knew who steve perez was because he was a sweet, gentle, public servantand she tells me, i told him not to go to work. his father-in-law who was a korean war veteran from the army, combat veteran, we told him not to go. because the conditions were so bad. his response was, we've got work to do. and here's a man that didn't spend you know, 20 minutes and then come back and say i tried. he spent close to 2 1/2 hours because he has that in his dna. and so i told his wife, let me ask you something, ma'am. if the lord was going to take him today, how do you think he would want to go, laying in bed, watching a disaster or doing what he's done for 34 years? and the smile that overcame that woman's face, his beautiful wife said it all. if it was his turn to go, she said, this is the way he would have wanted to go. >> officer perez's colleagues remembering him today. he was a 34-year veteran of the houston police force. for ways you can help those affected by harvey, go to cnn.com/impact. cnn.com/impact. >>> breaking news tonight, the storm expected to make landfa

that includes sergeant steve perez. we're learning his wife begged him not to go to work this past weekend as the storm was closing in on the region. we are learning that he did eventually go missing under an overpass, officials recovering his body just yesterday. he's someone described as having a passion forgiving back to his community. sadly, sunday morning would be the last day he would do that. the reality is the death toll would likely increase as officials try to find answers for the family in houston. cnn speaking to a loved one of the family of six still missing at this hour. they say there's very little hope they'll find the loved ones alive. >> the current just lifted up the van and started pointing it into the water. it just took the van. and he had his window down, so he managed to get out the window. he tried to get around the van, but he couldn't. it was too strong. the current was too strong. >> he could hear the kids screaming and crying, trying to get out of the fan. he kept telling them to go to the b

there have been nine confirmed deaths including houston police officer steve perez, drowning in flood waters, two days shy of his 61st birthday. >> it was too treacherous to look for him. >> the rescues totaling 13,000 and still they pour in. more than a thousand in houston are waiting for help. >> linda says she was stranded in her car with rising flood water for two days. >> all i can say is there are angels out here. help is pouring in by the truckload and there is still more need. >> it's gut wrenching. what can i do for my neighbors? >> we encourage people if they need shelter to come here to seek shelter. we may not have the amenities for them like a cot. those in new orleans are using sandbags on the 12th anniversary of katrina. >> it evoked memories and heartbreak. >> houston's mayor says no city welcomed more from katrina than houston. >> reporting live from houston, lana zach. back to you. >> chad pradelli hit the ground in texas surveying the flood zone. he's facing an emergency situation in the suburbs. chad, what is the latest where you are in texas tonight? >> >> the eva

one of the deaths in houston ignored by president trump is police sergeant steve perez who had been missing since sunday morning. >> we can't find him and once our dive team got there, it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. so we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put another one officer at risk for what we knew in our hearts would be a recovery mission. >> president trump did not mention sergeant perez today. and he has not tweeted about sergeant perez today and he has tweeted about some unrelated, idiotic trumpian things. hurricane harvey now a tropical storm has broken the record for the most rain of any storm in the continental united states ever. harvey could make a second landfall near houston tomorrow morning. the red cross says 17,000 people are in shelters across texas tonight. here's houston's mayor sylvester turner this afternoon. >> with respect to shelters, we have expanded our capacity. the reality is that not only are we providing shelter for houstonians but we're

. >> martha: then the story of a hero steve perez just shy of 61st birthday.sisted that morning on getting to work in patrol car to save lives before hurricane harvey claimed him as one the its first victims. his chief remembered his bravery today. watch this. >> sergeant steve perez who had been on again like the mayor said for 34 years aseened to the traffic enforcement division. left his home at 4:00 a.m. left his home in heavy rain. he spent about two and a half hours driving around trying to get to his duty station. we couldn't find him. and once our dive team got there it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night we could not put more officers at risk. for we knew in our hearts it was going to be a recovery mission. we had the privilege of notifying his wife and son and extended family at their home that he died, that he laid down his life. i'm heart ofenned by two things. number one, i got to learn that he is a familiar of

there have been at least nine confirmed deaths, including houston police officer, steve perez. he drowned in floodwaters two d days shy of his 61st birthday. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. >> reporter: the official tally of rescues topping 13,000. but the actual number could be even higher. and still the calls for rescue continue to pour in. more than 1,000 in houston are still waiting for help. >> it's all the way up to the roofs, guys, up to the eaves. i hate to think there are people in these houses. >> reporter: here in houston, donations are pouring in by the truck load, more needs. >> what can i do for my neighbor. >> reporter: many shelters beyond initial capacity. >> we went from 5,000 to 9,000 no just a few hours' time. we're encouraging people, if they need shelter to come here and seek shelter. we may not have all the amenities for them, like a cot. >> reporter: and in new orleans, residents all too familiar with floods are once again using sandbags on the 12th anniversary of katrina. >> brought back a lot of memories. it really evoked a lot

houston police sergeant steve perez. our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and for those who have lost loved ones in this terrible storm. and while focusing understandably on texas, we're working with the state of louisiana as the storm moves through their state. to the people in texas and louisiana, please continue to listen to your local officials and heed warnings. we expect the storm to continue and our number one priority is everyone's safety. we'll continue with the life sustaining, life-saving missions for the next few days and then move into recovery for the area and the officials with me here today will tell you more about that. i'll turn it over to the commandant now to talk about our continuing lifesaving missions. >> we're still very much in the emergency response stage of this historic storm. number one priority right now is recovering survivors. over thousands yesterday, but these aren't numbers, these are people. and i just want to, you know, put myself in the shoes of these community members whose

and officer steve perez, swept away while trying to get to work. >> it was too treacherous to go. >> reporter: here's a look at the deadly storm by the numbers. harvey produced 19 trillion gallons of rain in texas, 51.8 inches in cedar bayou, most ever from a hurricane or tropical storm in the continental u.s. and new all time rain record for the state, and it is still not over here. >> i am thankful we are here safe. >> reporter: shelters in the city are stretched to limits, volunteers providing medical care, handing out supplies. some even opening up their homes to those in need. >> thrilled to help somebody, that's really important for us. >> reporter: help they will need here for a long time. jay gray, nbc news, houston. >> storms like this how much we take for granted. amelia draper is in texas and showed us how hard it is to find food. this is a line outside a grocery store. people waited more than two hours just to stock up on essentials. back at the hotel, amelia sat down with a coast guard lieutenant to talk about rescuing people during the storm. >> it's been weather like i

houston police sergeant steve perez. our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to those who have lost loved ones in this terrible storm. while the focus has been understandably on texas, we are working with the state of louisiana as the storm moves through their state. to the people in texas and louisiana, police continue to listen to your local officials. we expect the storm to continue and our number one priority is everyone's safety. we will continue with the life-sustaining mission for the next few days and then move into recovery for the area. the officials with me what tell you more about that. i will turn it over to the commandant to talk about our continuing mission. >> thank you, madam secretary and we are still very much in the emergency response phase of this historic storm. our number one priority is recovering survivors. thousands yesterday, but these are not numbers, these are people. i just want to put myself in the shoes of these community members , whose lives have been turned upside down. we wil

one of its victims police sergeant steve perez, who went missing trying to drive into work. >> we couldn't find him. and once our dive team got there, it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. >> reporter: and the death toll is expected to rise as many people are still missing. six of rick saldivar's families, four children, the youngest just 6 years old, and their great-grandparents, were trapped in their van and swept away by flood waters. rick's brother is believed to be the only survivor. rick spoke to my colleague tom llamas. >> it's been a nightmare just waiting. >> how's your brother doing? >> he's blaming himself of course. he's blaming himself. every time we go to hang up he says i'm so sorry. it's not your fault. you didn't know. >> reporter: rescuers using every measure possible to reach the displaced. this grandmother being rescued out of her flooded home on jet-ski. on rain-soaked streets a caravan of school buses escorted by police. this family had to evacuate their home and a neighbor's. >> we called and we got rescued probably around 11:00. >> who took you guys h

sergeant steve perez, a 34 year veteran left his home on sunday morning in heavy rain. he spent more than two hours, trying to get to his command post trapped in heavy flood waters. he never made it. >> we couldn't find him, and once our dive team got there, it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. >> perez's body was recovered yesterday morning. he was just 61st birthday. >>> meanwhile, the rain still falling in houston tonight. rescue workers continue to try around the clock to bring more evacuees to safety. >> there's no way in, and out. our neighborhoods can't get food. no electricity. about a day now. >> a levee near houston also breached this morning, sending more water into neighborhoods. >>> president trump heard firsthand from those responding to all this hisser toic flooding today. the president waved a texas flag during a visit to a corpus christi firehouse. he addressed those after a briefing. >> this is historic. it's epic, what happened. but you know what? it happened in texas, and texas can handle anything. >> the president being here, that's

steve perez was a veteran of the force. his officers launched a search when he didn't up for work on monday they found his car this morning. >> so we did find him it was too treacherous once we got there to look for him. >> emotional there for the houston police chief. texas seeing a brief break in the rain tonight, but harvey is far from over. it's expected to dump even more rain later to the flooded region and still tonight rescue teams are still out there using any vehicle or boat they can to pull people to safety. >> it's terrifying to see the waters rising and not knowing what to do and not a way to get out. >> we sent randy gyllenhaal from philadelphia to houston to bring you up close to the rescues happening there. he's live tonight. you have been rolling with rescue crews today. an active day and a lot of water behind you. >> reporter: we just rolled up with another crew who is going through this neighborhood in northwest houston. we're with jorge and his team. we have a chevy pickup truck that's completely under wa

. >> sergeant steve perez drown in patrol car on the way to report for duty. his wife devastated. she tells me, i told him not to go to work. i didn't want him to go. his response was, i've got work to do. >> president trump offered reassurances to texans during his visit to corpus christi tuesday. >> this is historic. it's epic, but you know what, it happened in texas and texas can handle anything. there have been some arrests for looting, overall accident things have been orderly. strangers coming from sdpar wide to support a reason battered, but not beaten. flooding at forced people from homes in houston. evacuated because of a chemical plant that could explode. just northeast of houston lost power over the weekend. makes ammonia, company's headquarters are in king of prussia. backup generators failed. if temperatures hit a certain level, could cause an explosion. everyone within a mile and a half of the plant has been told to leave the area. while we do not believe there is any eminent danger, the potential for a chemical reaction leading to a fire or explosion within the site

one of those killed during the storm was a veteran houston police officer. 60-year-old sergeant steve perez became trapped in high water while trying to get to sunday. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for him, so we had a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. >> perez had been on the houston police force for 34 years. >>> president trump is scheduled to return to texas saturday. mr. trump visited the storm zone yesterday, stoppinging in corpus christd i aninaust. >> we're going to get you back and operating immediately. it is epic what happened. but, you know what, it happened in texas, and texas can handle anything. >> the president met with local and state officials, he spoke about the unprecedented nature of the storm and talked up recovery efforts saying we want to do it better than ever before. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," norah o'donnell reports from houston on efforts to take care of the thousands of flood evacuees. >>> and coming up on the "cbs morni

down as he described one of the newly confirmed deaths, one of their own, 34-year veteran sergeant steve perezd when flood waters overcame his vehicle. his wife is devastated. >> she tells me, i told him not to go to work. and his response was, we've got work to do. >> reporter: a pair of 70-year-old reservoirs that protect downtown houston started overflowing, even after engineers began releasing water from them on monday to ease pressure on the dams. but the rain kept coming, and now new fears that more neighborhoods will flood. >> we heard that the flood gates of the dams would be released. we knew we were going to be in for a world of hurt. >> reporter: south of houston, authorities posted a warning on twit they are a levy was breached, urging pe record for rainfall during a tropical system. a weather station reported more than 50 inches, topping the high of 48 state in 1978. in harris county alone, a trillion gallons of rain has fallen over four days, which is more than falls over niagara falls in two weeks. waving a texas flag, president trump toured corpus christi. >> this is historic,

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houston police sergeant steve perez.o his family and to those who have lost loved ones in this terrible storm. while the focus has been understandably on texas, we are working with the state of louisiana as the storm moves through their state. to the people in texas and louisiana, please continue to listen to your local officials and heed warnings. we expect this storm to continue and our number one priority is everyone's safety. we will continue with the life huff s life-sustaining, life-saving mission for the next few days and then move in for recovery in the area. i'll turn it over to the commandant to talk about our continuing life-saving missions. >> thank you, mad am secretary. we are still very much in the emergency response phase of this historic phase. the number one priority right now is recovering survivors. over thousands yesterday, but these aren't numbers, these are people. and i just want to put myself in the shoes of these community members whose lives have really been turned upside down. so we will be th