below him is the governor who was the father of the superdome in new orleans. it was his idea with many members in new orleans that actually made possible the now superdome in new orleans, louisiana. our current governor, bobby jindel. he was the first indian governor in the state. and just got elected to a second term. and will be taking office in january. served also our congressman for sometime. in large portrait here is that of huey long our u.s. governor and senator. this is as i indicated he also was attempted to be impeached here. it failed. and i'll show you the room -- i'll bring you into the house chambers in a momi. that's where louisiana seceded from the union. and the vote to bring his impeachment hearing to the senate took place. although other historic issues took place. governor blanco served during the katarina era. i served under the governor for four years myself when i was in the senate. i'll bring you now into the house chambers attention, a beautiful room. as you can see we bring forth the stained glass on both -- as you'll see in both the

below him is governor mckiffen who was actually the father of the superdome in new orleans, i'll point out. he was -- it was under his administration. his idea with many members in new orleans that actually made possible the superdome in new orleans, louisiana. our current governor bobby jindal who is depicted here governor jindal was the first indian governor in the states and just got elected to a second term and will be taking office in january. served also as our -- congressman for some time. this large portrait here is that of huey long who was our u.s. senator and governor. this is, you know, as i indicated, he is also -- was attempted to be impeached here. it failed. and i'll show you the room where when i bring you into the house chambers in a moment. that's where louisiana seceded from the union and the vote to bring his impeachment hearing to the september took place along with many other historic issues that took place there. governor blanco served in the katrina era and actually i served under governor blanco for four years myself when i served in the senate. i'm going to b

but there is ample clothing, food, water, and heavy security. >> this is not the superdome. all eyes are on houston, and so are mine. >> reporter: in the end katrina cost $100 billion in damage and took the lives of nearly 2,000 people. >> hungry. >> reporter: kate beard is a katrina survivor. she was just 16 when her home in new orleans was destroyed by the hurricane. >> and i came home to an house with every content on our front yard. it was one of the hardest things i've ever seen. >> reporter: she and her husband moved to dickinson, texas last year. but as fate would have it, as harvey approached she was forced to evacuate again. today on the 12th anniversary of katrina she is back in new orleans, now six months pregnant. but she may find herself in harm's way yet again. >> i came to new orleans, and now we're under a flood watch over here right now. >> reporter: back in texas rescue missions continue. in houston this evening for the first time no rain. but folks there bracing for the worst, unsure of what might lie below the flood waters. we'll be right back. ...with pa

remember the superdome in hurricane katrina?ow they've got double capacity, about 5,000 at the convention center, it looks like everything is taken care of and volunteers are there. >> jesse: they learned their lesson from katrina. i love listening to these reports from the louisiana governor saying texas had our back end now are going to have their back. it's amazing to see, you see these two kids playing it's just a beautiful thing. a lot of humanity out there. in texas is making america great again, as of the president's trip today gave a real shot of adrenaline to the crowd. it wasn't necessarily a visit where i feel your pain, i'm going to give you a shoulder to cry on, it was more cheerleading, let's do this, let's do this together. recovery, there's a little marketing and p.r. behind it too. i understand that. were going to set the gold standard for recovery. these natural disasters have a way of making presidents step up to the plate and move beyond politics. remember what happened with sandy where president obama came i

this is not the superdome. the convention center, we are sustaining food. they have food and security. people stabilize the situation. the next thing is we are pushing commodities and we will continue to push not only commodities but continue to get people registered in the system to receive assistance from all of us. it doesn't ju come from fema, it comes from many organizations represented by secretary price, secretary carson and us. mobilizing the homeland security search capacity. to make sure we are overcoming and taking care of any security needs we have. we are sending federal disaster medical teams in not only to the convention center today, there's already some on site but there will be multiple layers. access is a challenge to get all the supplies in. we have amassed quite the federal force to support local and state efforts. the governor pulled 12,000 national guard troops in. we're pulling units out of fort hood and federal forces are coming in as well. we will be here to help you through it. it's going to be ugh to navigate. that, i'd like to p

the let me be clear, this is not a superdome. at the convention center they have the sustaining food, security, and incident management team. more and more people are bei moved to shelters to stabilize the situation. pushing,thing is we're commodities, and get people registered in the system to receive assistance. assistance does not justome from fema, it comes from many organization represented here today by secretarprice, secretary carson, and others. next thing is, maintaining security. mobilizing the homeland security task force, law enforcement, making sure we are anticipating any security needs we have. price, wesecretary are working not only with governors and medical teams, but sending medical teams in not just to the convention center today. there are already some on-site. to make sure we're meeting access and functional needs. challenge to getting supplies in. once the roadway systems come in, we have amassed force for supporting local and state efforts. the governor pulled 12,000 national troops in, we are pulling unit

joining us is colonel ed or she who spent ten days in the superdome during katrina but let's talk aboutt are you experiencing? >> today our challenges two things. we need to maintain a position where we can react in louisiana and never 2 we are already in the fight helping texas to do what we can in southeast texas and louisiana. >> what are the precautions you took? you knew this was coming. >> our approach has been the same for years, go big and go early. as soon as the storm moves toward the gulf, make the call, go to work. guardsmen and their assets and resources we might need throughout the state. >> how many guardsmen do you have? >> 1000 total. we can grow that is needed but it is about ripe. >> you are concerned about flooding and a tropical storm warning issued for southwest louisiana coast which could bring strong winds. how do you prepare for both? >> a combination of resources. we have helicopters, boats, high water vehicles, soldiers and airmen on the ground, that is a winning combination, use these the best you can with the weather situation dictating, that is what you nee

we are very aware of the issues at the convention center but let me be clear, this is not the superdome. the convention center, we are sustaining food, they have food, there is security, i have an incident management team inside the city of houston as we speak and more and more people are being moved to shelters to stabilize the situation. the next thing is, we are pushing commodities, once water goes down we will push commodities but help get people registered in the system to receive assistance. assistance doesn't just come from phoenix, , fema, it comes from many organizations. we are looking at power restoration, maintain security, mobilize the homeland security search capacity, when that comes along, make sure we are anticipating any security needs that we have. also, with secretary price over here, we are working with not only the governor's disaster medical team but also sending federal disaster medical teams not only to the convention center today but multiple areas, not only for crisis counseling to make sure we are meeting functional needs. the access is challenge to getting a

how is it different from what people witnessed and what people were given at the superdome 12 years ago. >> reporter: folks during katrina really felt abandoned and basically left to fend for themselves. they were just angry and frustrated. it seemed like it was just way too long for assistance to get to them. they just felt like the ball was completely dropped in that case. a lot was learned from katrina. this is a whole different situation. you have fema and the red cross in all of these other organizations, both government and nonprofit that are really stepping up and jumping in to help. they are trying to get ahead of the problem before they get work. we are walking -- talking to the task force refugees from the area. they are already getting requests for more assistance. this area where we are at is already underwater, but there is a concern that possibly the water level could rise another five feet. these are lessons from katrina. people are trying to stay ahead of the curve and keep ahead of the problem before they get worse. >> can, will look at these pictures, look at the enorm

. >> fema director brock long was correct in saying the convention center in houston is not the superdomedisplaced residents my sharp contrast from the chaos at the superdome in new orleans a remarkable statement to be sure to be made on the 12th anniversary of the start of hurricane katrina. first lady and melania trump accompanied the president, there were liberals in the mainstream media who were so upset with reporting that she started the day in high heels. we can report that she later came in his knickers, a remarkable day focused on trivial matters amid all the death and devastation, the first lady tonight putting out a statement declaring the effect of this storm will be felt for many years to come. >> jesse: kimberly, before we get too high heel gate, tell me your assessment about the presidents travel there, the objects in the remarks that he delivered. >> kimberly: i'm curious to see across the airwaves if they're going to give him credit for that. i think he was presidential, commanding in terms of his presence. i love that he was trying to lift the spirits of these people who

. >> let me be clear, this is not the superdome. the convention center, we're sustaining food. they have food. security. >> reporter: houston's stranded finding refuge in shelters across the city, one of the newest joel osteen's lakewood church initially criticized online for not doing more. ostein saying lakewood's doors are open. now they fill trucks with donations and take in harvey survivors like the zang family, including 4-month-old sterlingson. >> we're just thankful we're here safe. >> reporter: thousands of houstonians like the johnson family even opened their own homes. they took in two families. >> we're able to help somebody. that is important for us. >> reporter: so many evacuees now with an uncertain future. >> if you don't have homeowners insurance, it's gone. >> reporter: back at the convention center, there are thousands of volunteers. and a sense of hope. >> i believe everything will be fine. i'm scared, but i'm calm. >> reporter: there have been no arrestes reported at the convention center. amazingly, one in five people here is a volunteer. with all the evac

not even close ♪ >> this is not the superdome. the convention center, we are sustaining food.an incident management team inside the city of houston as we speak. and more and more people are being moved to shelters to stable blistabilize. situation. >> martha: president, first lady and brock long speaking there today. harvey has invoking painful memories and comparisons to the aftermath of hurricane katrina. just moments ago mayor sylvester brown announced is he opening the toyota center home of the houston rockets to handle some of the overflow from the main convention center there so they had an initial capacity of 5,000 people. and they were already holding double that amount this morning. he told us tonight that's up to 10,000 now. so, admiral james loy is former deputy secretary of homeland security under george w. bush and he played a key role developing the way we respond to these catastrophes, admiral loy, good to see you tonight. thank you for being with us. >> thank you, martha. good to be here. >> martha: i want to bring up images that money wants to revisit and prom

new orleans superdome whether all sorts of ungodly things going on, but that is not the case now. michael brown, the former fema director with me right now. obviously, the reference couldn't be more clear. this is not another katrina. you said very eloquently, that was with this president had to avoid. so far, he seems to have avoided it. >> i think he has and i know he's getting criticized for going to texas some people say too early, some people say you shouldn't be down there. but this is such a huge storm that i don't see anything wrong at all with this president, oh whether it's a republican or democrat going to another part of texas that was impacted by hurricane harvey let's be honest, may not be that drastic but it was pretty much destroyed in corpus christi, the going to those areas is perfectly okay. it's absolutely the right decision did not go to houston yet because as he reported and everybody else has reported, this place is still in the middle of a response phase. there still levees breaking, dams that are reconvening, people still being rescued and put in shelters.

let me be clear, this is not the superdome.nter, we are sustaining food, they have food, security, i have an incident management team inside the city of houston as we speak. and more and more people are being moved to shelters to stabilize the situation. the next thing is, is that we're pushing commodities. once the water goes down, we'll continue to push not only commodities, but also help to get people registered in the system to receive assistance from all of us, you know? assistance doesn't just come from fema. it comes from many organizations who are represented here today by secretary price, secretary carson and others. the next thing is that we're looking at, you know, power restoration. we're maintaining security, you know? mobilize the homeland security search capacity force. with that comes law enforcement to make sure we're overcoming and anticipating any security needs that we have. and then also with secretary price over here we're working with not only the governor's disaster medical teams, but we're also sending

that's enough rain to fill up 448 superdomes. an event of this magnitude, rare to say the least, odds of a flood this bad? 1 in 500. and the geography here doesn't help. rainwater is forced onto the streets, then into small bayous, easily overwhelmed in heavy downpours. buffalo bayou runs through the middle of the city. right now it looks like this. 15 feet over flood stage. a level never been seen before. >> unlike other floods that we've experienced, the sheer volume of water that has fallen is going to take time to run off. >> rob is live in west houston. and the storm is not moving. is there a track tonight? >> reporter: the short-term relief, lighter rainfall periods like we're getting now. and also the tornado risk, a tornado watch out for southern louisiana through tonight. and it's going to spiral in more bands. and heavy rain for houston. the center of harvey gets over water, maybe strengthening before tomorrow. and another 20 inches of rainfall, on top of the we already got, in a city that has nowhere else to put the wa

we saw that after hurricane harvey and what happened there and the superdome that was used brees.er goodell is here with me. drew brees, everybody. thank you. >> good morning, drew. [ applause ] who dat. who dat. who dat. hey, drew, you know, in all seriousness you know firsthand what the people in houston and the outlying areas are going through because it's what you and others went through after katrina. >> yeah, it's a heartbreaking situation. what i've seen -- in our community band together and how a country can band together to help those and i would encourage everybody to do whatever you can just to do something, whether it's to donate $5, donate resources or your time. everybody can just do something to help the people down in houston then it goes such a long way. >> i remember being in the superdome for that re-opened. you guys were playing the falcons and it was -- people, some people were saying, like all the attention was built on rebuilding the superdome when homes were destroyed and even saints faithful said they needed someplace. they needed someplace to g they neede

in katrina when all those people were trapped in the superdome. there was plenty of criticism. emily: there are several outlets saying trump used harvey as cover for the breaking news that happened outside the hurricane. so people are not afraid to be critical of him which i think is unfair. there are some liberal outlets saying this has been a disaster for donald trump. howie: we'll talk about the president's extraordinary attack on journalists and journalism when we come back from this break. stay with us. g new cars. you're smart. you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. i kept looking for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought i was doing okay. then it hit me... managing was all i was doing. when i told my doctor, i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease even after trying other medications. in clinical studies, the majority of people on humira saw significant sym

world news tweeted the head of fema will not become the superdome in reference of the brutal conditions for hurricane katrina evacuees. the city of houston wants all people to be protected. we will not ask for immigration status or papers at any shelters. right now 30% of harris county is under water. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is on the ground in texas with a look at the conditions. >> reporter: this is the grand mission neighborhood. let me show you behind me. this is the area they have been doing water rescues all night into today. the water has come down a little bit. there's still a lot of folks back in there. we have seen airboats. looked down the way or harlem road. i believe that's a sheriff's boat down there. we're looking north. the grand mission neighborhood, i am told by our local friends here. pretty dramatic scene as they are bringing these folks back out. this neighborhood right here is not too badly impacted. what i'm told is happening is that the water is coming in from the river over on this side. the neighborhoods over there is one of those subdivisions where t

reporter: even the college football game will be played at the superdome in new orleans.announced yesterday a three-game series between the houston astros and texas rangers scheduled in houston will be in st. peter's or, florida at the home of the tampa bay tropicana field for the houston astros will wear the home uniforms and at last. houston texans supposed to play their final preseason game thursday night against the cowboys at energy stadium in houston. he gave moved to arlington. at&t stadium. the texans practice yesterday in frisco, texas at the dallas cowboys training facility and will do so again today. the outpouring of financial support from the houston sports community has been seismic. houston rockets, leslie alexander selling the team has donated $4 million on behalf of the rocket to the relief fund. houston texans owner bob mcnair donating $1 million matched by the nfl foundation. houston astros jim crane, his ownership group in foundation also giving $4 million encouraging others hurt in and around the region to help in anyway possible. jj loch of the houst

are showing us, it looks so different, so incredibly beautifully different than the scene at the superdomen new orleans 12 years ago. can you talk a little bit about the energy? we have spoken to those moms and no starlings but in general it seems like the energy is pretty up beat. >> they are doing an amazing job. the red cross has been getting people hot meals. she was dripping wet. she waded through chest deep water and then she got a two t. and cinderella, her sister. do you want to show us your pretty dress? are you into coloring? she's got a project. >> i've got to ask. spirits seem to be high. they are safe, warm, they have a hot meal. what are they being told about how long they may be at this location? >> they have told us, the red cross will stay open as long as the city will let them. this city says we are here for as long as we can. plenty of folks have lost everything. that's when angelo was telling us. nothing is left in their apartment. absolutely everything is ruined. i think the next step will be when fema steps in and the money starts coming in to reconstruct parts of hou

the superdome was packed with people. there was a hole in the roof.e buses had been drowned because they were below sea level, parked. nobody had the keys. so, new orleans had turned into a real crisis. and here, bush was trying to do attaboy brownie kind of lines. i would warn president trump not to overpraise your head of fema. fema doesn't kick in until the storm dies down. and we see if they can assist the community in a quick fashion. whether people can get the funding they need. communities and individuals to be able to be helped by the federal government or not. we just don't know who's doing a good job at this point. >> and we don't know what the damage is yet. if it is extensive, if there are deaths, how soon do you think the president should wait before he goes? >> i would get down there on monday, if i were him. this rain is going to be continuing. there are going to be some fatalities out of harvey. the real concern, though, is that, you know, the long-term damage for the area that this could end up being a 30, $50 billion dilemma that the

reached out to new orleans during katrina and they open their doors and took the survivors from the superdome and took them and took care of them after katrina. everyone in louisiana, our hearts are wide open for what is happening in houston. that being said, were in it day one of the body day event by all protections. day one we started off with 135 miles an hour went with the sustained winds of an hour about 50 miles an hour on day two. day three coming up on monday we could end up with still having 35-mile an hour winds with rain. this will continue to get better and people's homes are 13 by flooding now despite what the mayor said they would have to move people out of low-lying areas. they can't wait until the place of floods to start moving people. there are good weather protections to show based on the rainfall of where the next places will flood and those models are available and i posted on twitter at foxnews map with the flood zone of houston in a flood zone. at the beginning of the problem. nobody's fault. [inaudible] they never stop building. as you continue to build, we will have

this is not the superdome. areconvention center, we sustaining food. they have food. security. have an incident management team inside the city of houston as we speak and more and more people are being moved to shelters and stabilize to situations. we're pushing commodities. once the water goes down we will continue to push commodities and help get people registered in the system. it comes from many organizations represented here today by secretary price come secretary carson. we are looking at power restoration. to mobilize the homeland security search. to make sure we are overcoming and anticipating any needs that withve and then also secretary price over here we are working with not only the governor's medical team but we are sending medical teams to the convention center today. there's already some on-site. there's going to be multiple to make sure we are meeting access function needs. access is a challenge. function needs. we have managed quite the federal force to be able to word -- support local and state efforts. out aspulling units federal government forces are coming

i remember in the katrina situation, things that were going on at the superdome that were found not to be true but the death toll is something that we should obviously be watching, we mourn every guest. there will be some people who may have drowned and we won't find their bodies until the floodwaters receive but i think the focus right now is trying to save every life that you can in the affected areas, people who are in danger and that's what we shouldfocus on and we can count and mourn our dead later. one last point, in 1927 the mississippi flood, a terrible, devastating flood, the death count was between 201,000. here we are 90 years later and we don't know an accurate death count . >> host: what is the president's role in getting out accurate information? >> guest: i'm not sure that's the president's role in terms of reporting what's e.going on in the ground. ithink it's to make sure that everything you say is true and accurate but in terms of finding out in what's going on on the ground , and what the reporters are telling us, that washington post headline he pointed to later on

this is not the superdome. the convention center, we are sustaining food. they have food. security. i have an incident management team inside the city of houston as we speak. and more and more people are being moved to shelters to stabilize the situation. the next thing is, that we're pushing commodities. once the water goes down we'll continue to push not only commodities, also help to get people registered in the system to receive assistance from all of us. assistants that doesn't just come from fema. it comes from many organizations who are represented here today by secretary price, secretary carson, and others. the nice thing is, we're looking at power restoration. maintaining security. mobilized a home security and with that comes law enforcement making sure wean anticipating and overcoming any security you need we have and then also with secretary price over here. we're working with not only the govern governor's disaster medical teams but sending federal disaster medical teams in not only to the convention center today, some on site and in multiple area for crisis counseling

>> we're very aware of the issues at the convention center, but let us be clear: this is not the superdome. >> reporter: in louisiana, memories of katrina are still vivid. hundreds of boats and trucks carried water and other supplies to houston, a brigade of the so- called "cajun navy." >> we were all affected by the flood and various hurricanes in the past, so we know what its like to not have help. so we're just out there to help our neighbors. >> reporter: but the cajun navy may soon be needed back at home. evacuations are already underway in lake charles, as louisiana braces for the storm to head its way. >> o'brien: and our own p.j. tobias joins us now. off this is not mandatory evacuation, people are beginning to feel unsafe and want to get out >> do you get the sense there's still people in their home trying to get out >> folks are beginning to evacuate. i believe there's the folks who were -- the hold-out who wanted to stick it out in their homes are either left or making a move to leave. actually, this afternoon, we spent some time with folks who did leave. they did evacuate in a

hundreds of thousands were left homeless. 80% of the new orleans was under water, and the city's superdomelter was last resort. within two days more than 15,000 people were there, and still more would come. but with limited power, no pluming and damaged roof, not enough food or water, it became a symbol of the desperation of so many left reeling after the single most catastrophic natural disaster in u.s. history. in that moment of crisis, cities across the united states opened their doors to katrina's homeless, but no city took in more than houston. eventually more than 150,000 people would head across the border and many never went back. houston's mayor at the time was bill white. >> whuhouston is rising to the challenge of an unprecedented domestic refugee situation. people are helping people in many ways. they can't always be just sitting around here in numerous shelters, churches. people putting people up in their homes. >> and now the mayor best known for sheltering so many victims of the hurricane is a victim of hurricane harvey. this is a photo of him leaving his home in waist-deep

. >> marie: we're not seeing, if you remember the video from the superdome.e these large shelters, we had a report earlier from peter doocy at one of them. it seems to be working and they have medical care, they have people helping with fema claims, people with legal services who learned some of these lessons. >> kennedy: and medical facilities. there were people there who were traumatized and they have a place to turn within the shelter. now there are so many questions that remain, what will they find when those letters received? how many people have been trapped in their homes? where these people go long-term? >> marie: and has to include mental health services per the trauma from someone like this is not just physical, as we know. i was heartened to hear that in these shelters, they have mental health professionals, particularly for children and the elderly, i think that's a key part of this. >> trish: i told you this before, but we went through sandy, we were displaced in a hotel for 3 weeks per my children were quite young at the time. every time they se

i remember hearing stories about some of the things going on in the superdome that were found not to be true. the death toll is something we should be watching. be some people who may have drowned and we won't find their bodies for a while. ishink the focus right now trying to save every life that you can in the affected areas. people who are in danger and we can count and mourn our dead later. flood 1927 mississippi which was a terrible devastating flood the death count was between 200 and 1000. here we are 90 years later and we don't know an accurate death count for that flood the took lace 90 years ago. the president's role in getting out accurate information? i'm not sure that's the president's role in terms of what's going on on the ground. you have to make sure everything you say is true and accurate. what'ss of finding out going on on the ground, laterers are telling us down the road when we get the official statistics about the number of deaths that number will probably come from some kind of governmental count. it's not necessarily the federal job to report on what's going o

i was in the superdome so knock on wood, just when you a you're ready, nature has a way of throwing awist at you. i certainly hope that's not the case and certainly hope when the storm makes landfall tomorrow it, moves quickly through our state. and those places that do perhaps get flooded or get rain, i hope those are areas where we've already leaned forward and repositioned and put people in the right places. that's our methodology and we've paid attention to the storm for several days now. by pushing people and guardsmen and equipment and those resources that can best help by pushing them into those areas where they can best be used has been the kind of the key for success for an while. i hope that holds true tomorrow. >> you said you're putting equipment in plays best be used. you said the minute you think you're prepared, mother nature does something. you never know. >> that's the whole trick of it. early on, whenever there's a storm in the gulf, you immediately go to work. we keep very close relationships with the parishes. year round whether there's a storm or not. we have liai

see organization which is different than -- what they call the shelter of last response for the superdome. the government didn't know for 24 hours that we had people at the convention center. a totally different operation. we still have improvements -- >> it's hard to get your mind around there are 8,300 people here sleeping in all these crowded cot conditions, but there are millions of people in houston and houston was under water. where is everybody else? >> they're out there in survival mode and we've got to get prepared to go get them. this is going to get worse before it gets better. we haven't seen the worst of it yet. my estimate, my experience here in america and around the world, the worst is yet to come in terms of the outcome, which means people stuck in their home and we can't get them out, and they're isolated. >> no one knows better than you, thank you. you'll be with us all morning helping us get through all this. we want to rely on your expertise. let's get back to chris in new york now. >> you are standing right to the next man. it would be unimaginable to be less prepare

reached out to new orleans during katrina and they open their doors and took the survivors from the superdomend took them and took care of them after katrina. everyone in louisiana, our hearts are wide open for what is happening in houston. that being said, were in it day one of the body day event by all protections. day one we started off with 135 miles an hour went with the sustained winds of an hour about 50 miles an hour on day two. day three coming up on monday we could end up with still having 35-mile an hour winds with rain. this will continue to get better and people's homes are 13 by flooding now despite what the mayor said they would have to move people out of low-lying areas. they can't wait until the place of floods to start moving people. there are good weather protections to show based on the rainfall of where the next places will flood and those models are available and i posted on twitter at foxnews map with the flood zone of houston in a flood zone. at the beginning of the problem. nobody's fault. [inaudible] they never stop building. as you continue to build, we will have th

more isolated than we had the issues in the new orleans because we had about 20,000 people at the superdomend about another 20,000 at the convention center with the remainder of them on the high-rise roads and stuff. this is going to be a much more complex search and rescue operation and will require a lot more assets. anybody going out will need high clearance vehicles or boats to get to the people left behind. >> in katrina, what we learned when we got there, particularly when you showed up and brought order to the situation that was playing out on people's tvs as mayhem, what we learned is that the level of coordination at the time was not as good as it should have been between fema and the military and the various organizations that were providing aid. do you think we've worked those types of things out now? >> this will be a lot better, but the challenge is going to be bigger. the national guard is large and in charge in support of the civil authorities there on the ground. they've practiced this before, worked with the counties. but the size and scope of the land that's got to be cond

>> we're very aware of the issues at the convention center, but let me be clear: this is not the superdome. >> reporter: in louisiana,si memories of katrina are still vivid. hundreds of boats and trucks carried water and other supplies to houston, a brigade of the so- called "cajun navy." >> we were all affected by the urricanes in the past, so we know what its like to not have help.el so we're just out there to help our neighbors. >> reporter: but the cajun navy may soon be needed back at home. evacuations are already underway in lake charles, as louisiana braces for the storm to head its way. >> o'brien: and our own p.j. tobias joins us now. >>> the neighborhood behind me completely flooded the folks being rescued from their homes by boat and being brought to o this area behind me where they're then walking a few paces to an exxon to wait for transport to another location oc where it's a more permanent shelter. some are being met by friends and family on higher grounds and being taken to other private homes for safekeeping. they tell me as they get off the boats you can hear a helicopter

brock long, the fema head, saying at one point this is not the superdome, referring to convention center there in houston, promising food and security. in fact, saying that those things already existed there. and president trump, in classic trump fashion, if you will, saying at one point, with regards to the recovery effort, the federal response, quote, we want to it better than ever before, going on to acknowledge that texas is a special place and a special state as well. president trump there again in corpus christi. we heard from governor abbott earlier about precisely why it was that the president did not go to houston and he explained and it makes a great deal of sense if you think about it, that the president did not want to be in houston and serve as distraction and a number of people, the number of other officials that that would take away from the recovery and rescue effort. that would be problem mat toik s -- problematic to say the least. from corpus christi, he is going to be headed to austin. we also saw of course senator john cornyn, senator ted cruz as well, tom price with

because recovery is painful and tedious experience >> and i see that you're now on the board of the superdomef course the strug there will to house a lot of the katrina victims. i was just going to say to your point about, you know, being aware of the floodplains, thinking about evacuation, should there be some sort of national supercommittee, i'm not saying federal, but a group of people like yourself who have experience with this, the next time we're 48 hours away from one of these big storms making land fall, those mayors, those governors, whoever it is can all get together and say to you guys, what should we do? how do we prepare ourselves? isn't it time to put something like that in place >> well, i'm not sure if a national board would be effective, i do know that the governors of the affected states need to be talking to each other. we had a staged evacuation plan in advance of katrina and most people missed in the aftermath is that 1.3 million people got out of a region of 1.4 million people in less than two days and we have very limited access -- exits out of the city of new orleans s

saturday's college football game scheduled to houston will be played in superdome in new orleans. three-game series between houston astros and texas rangers scheduled to begin tonight in houston will be played in st. petersburg, florida, the astros will be home team and bat last, houston, texas practiced in frisco, texas at dallas facility, preseason finale thursday, the game will be played in arlington at the cowboys home at&t stadium. the colts created this video. >> the colts organization and myself have houston texans and the rest of texas in our prayers. >> being in houston in the last couple of years has been the second home to me. i'm thinking about you and you're in my prayers and stay safe. >> to all those affected by the hurricane, thoughts and prayers, be safe. jared: indianapolis colts directing people to j.j. watt's page. dagen: massive evacuation efforts to get houston residents to safe harbors, we will be reading back to texas life next hour. mornings with maria. ♪ [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you now that the summer of audi sales e

the school meeting with espn last night to see they'll play game at superdome in new orleans or lsu inen: amazing how these professional sports players really step up and respond particularly j.j.watts, i saw a shot of somebody who was fleeing the flood waters and all he had with him, you grab your most priced possession of j.j.watt, that really speaks to people, the people of houston, their attachment to their sports figures and also how those individuals really step up. jared: you love to see when somebody steps up in the side of crisis, he's aware of the size of his voice and his power, he'll one of the greatest athletes really in professional sports today. so to get this going last night sends a huge message. you know, i think back to the days, weeks after 9/11 when sports slowly came back to new york and the first new york mets game at the time and the world series when the yankees played arizona and the hated yankees were being rooted for and cared for and loved by the arizona fans and by others and to see the signs yesterday like at the baseball game in anaheim and the angels fa

including a school called new orleans west because it was new orleans kids, but they were based in the superdomes why you're seeing a lot of people from louisiana the past couple of days, i'm here in new orleans, doing what they call the cajun navy. getting out their boats, moving to houston trying to help rescue people, and saying how can we set up funds and donations to pay it forward >> what do you think, i know it's pure speculation walter, do you think that let's say there's people who came from new orleans, went to houston, or just people in houston now with however long this recovery effort is going to take, where do you think they're going to go is there a place people are coalescing right now >> no. i think what you have is a diaspora because you don't really have, and shouldn't, and couldn't have had an organized evacuation plan that everybody should move here in the city of new orleans we had about 450,000 residents before katrina twelve years ago. there are about 400,000 now. so the population of the city itself is almost recovered the metropolitan area is actually much bigger now so