now all i'm able to show you are the treetops. in about 24 hours. you can see that what used to be a parging l ingparking lot is n river. what used to be a bayou, you can't see it anymore. all you see are treetops. ramps to the interstate are no longer there. just the signs. it has been overwhelming the amount of rain that has accumulated in 24 hours. you can see that it is still coming down at this hour. it has not stopped. a quick note about evacuations. >> hold on for a second. let me jump in for a second. we want to come back to you. we want to get to someone who is actually inside their home, jay reese. he lives in houston. a former fe ma fema disaster re worker. let us know what's happening. >> caller: the water has receded a little. when i woke up this morning, there was two inches in the water. that has since receded back out. as rosa mentioned, the sky has opened up again. it's a matter of minutes before the water is back in the house. and flooding. right now, it's a bit ner nerve-wracki nerve-wracking. don't know what to

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you, traffic between andrews and the john hansen highway, again, this fog is now hovering at the treetop level near route 50 in maryland. look at this camera, 295 north of the beltway towards the 11 street ridge. minimal visibility at this point from the beltway to the 11 street ridge. back in 10, we will update your ride on 95 in virginia. larry: julie, i have a problem with that. julie: what, why? larry: i put on my makeup every day in the car. [laughter] julie: wait, you walk to work. [laughter] larry: ruined the joke. [laughter] larry: what are crews doing to get rid of graffiti at the feet first, remembering lives lost. john: another difficult day here in charlottesville, virginia. you can see that this is where the memorial service will be held. what our family and friends saying >> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. larry: back on the air 6:15 and a memorial service in charlottesville to remember the woman killed during those protest on saturday. adrianna: john gonzalez joins us with more on what to expect in the day ahead. john: family and friends of heathe

you can see some brown and the treetop where the fire turned. you should see, us all some areas where it may have skipped across and burned a couple of the tops of the trees.>> is there higher humidity? >> 22% right now which is not a bad environment for the fire and it looks like the humidity will go up this tonight and temperatures will drop. >> we all remember the 91 fire storm that it was so windy that it blew the fire across. >> the first thing i heard was this is so different than then. you have winds are gusting at 70 miles per hour and that is a blowtorch and you can't stop that work -- fire. it was supported by a strong wind. you can see what happens. as we look outside we have a heat advisory in effect for the hills above the bay area. it is still hot and it is going to cool off as we head into tomorrow. the next time i see you, we will set you up at the forecast for the weekend. we will see significant cooling which is a great help for air quality and fire danger.>>> practice and camp interrupted by an explosion and one person is dead

now i can only show you the treetops. that's how much water has inundated here. normally, you would see buffalo bayou rolling through, meandering downtown houston. there's a running path. people are usually running, walking their dogs. not the case right now. there's just so much water. and it's still raining, it's still pounding. you were mentioning khou. i worked for that station before joining cnn. it's just by alen parkway. buffalo bayou, this bayou that you see behind me, except it's completely overflowed now, flows through that area, where that station is. i'm glad that our colleagues there are taking shelter, going to higher ground. you can see, brian, how this water has turned into raging rivers. the streets in downtown houston have turned into raging rivers there these particular areas. you can see the street signs are submerged in water. that's how much water has accumulated. of course, the concern is that there's still more rain coming. brian? >> possibly more feet of rain. what is the beeping dou ining s? are those car alarms? >> we have been -- i bel

if you look through the windows there, you can see the treetops are moving quite a bit.hese guys are flying at their limits. this is still an active storm system. so not only are these rescues dangerous in and of themselves even if the weather was perfect, they're made more perilous with the weather conditions they're flying in. they're not going to break through the safety minimums. safety comes first with the aviators, of course, but they're definitely in harm's way as they continue to fly these missions. >>> everyone stand by. we continue to watch live pictures, rescues under way, but also the first sense of the true scale of this disaster, flooding literally as far as the eye can see. stay with us. we'll be right back after this short break. [burke] fright-ning bolt. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ come on. s'cuse me. mind if i sit here? not if you want your phone to work. let me guess, you can't livestream your lobster roll. and my mobile pay isn't connecting and i just go

there was no ground exposed were we came from, only treetops. >> good luck to you and i can getting reneeincredible stories. thank you very much. >> eric: just shows the great bond between man and our pets to try to save them too. as we mentioned, president trump is now on his way to texas to inspect the damage from the storm firsthand. he is going to get updates on the emergency operations from the officials there. the president filing swift action to provide relief. >> we've done quite a few cabinet meetings to make sure everything is coordinated. we are dealing with congress as you know, it's going to be a very expensive situation. we want to take care of the people of texas and louisiana. >> eric: she whites house correspondent john roberts trends from the white house lawn. >> good morning to you. we saw after the meeting with the president there, the president and the east room saying how much he appreciates and is impressed by the resilience of people in texas and louisiana and the way that the community is coming together working hand-in-hand with first responders to try to address