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It has a little current to it there. the guy is at least waist deep. theyre more concerned with the coast guard in doing the air rescues in the kings ford area because that water is rising more quickly and thats where theyre more concerned with people getting stuck on second floors or attics or on rooftops. this water here, its so flat and its spreading out that people especially with second-floor story homes, we want to get these people out as fast as they can but theyre not as concerned with t...

Recovery bill that could be tied to funding the government and spending. what will happen, joining us now is to form congressman of fox news contributor and former republican congresswoman, member of the independent womens forum. welcome to you both. let me start with you. what type of package do expect will be approved and will be coming down the pipe? >> its going to have to be about texas and louisiana. when reality collides with ideology, its time to get real. when you have people that are r...

Raining right now. conditions are pretty treacherous. they told me i need to hold on because the eddies in the water can get violent and shake the boat. were approaching the braise bayou, where the water has gotten deep and strong and currents are fast. you can imagine the water is rising quickly. im with officer medina. hes been on the search and rescue boat all day long. im wondering if can you tell me a couple stories of the rescues youve had today. >> we had situation of rescuing people out ...

Water isnt going anywhere. flooding streets of houston. what happens? >> you know, we mention this about an hour ago. and were concerned about two reservoirs that have reached their full capacity just to the west of the city. the attics and reservoirs are significant because these prevent the flooding in downtown houston. but they have reached the capacity to where engineers are telling us at cnn that they need to do a dual release here within the next 30 minutes. and that will prevent more cata...

If you dont have to go up, just seek cover. try to avoid attics because you can get trapped with rising water. if you do, take an axe or something that you can cut through the roof. you po be in survival mode, just seek higher elevation. >> and sir, is your family okay? >> yes, we make sure that all of our temperatudeputies are mindf their families. so were all good, tired, weary, but keeping our spirits up and trying to get through this. >> sheriff, good luck out there, thank you. >> up next, a...

We got a rare look inside dianas stunning childhood home which few have seen. her brother charles and his wife gave cynthia mcfadden a tour. >> this is the room i associate with diana tap dancing. she used to do endless tap dancing in here. that is my main connection in this house of her. >> inside the grand house was not always warm and friendly. the parents divorced and her mother lost custody of the children but their father remarried a woman. diana and her brother called her acid rain. she k...

Saw vietnam vet with muscular dystrophy, stuck in his home. we were able to get him out safely. another individual that had been stuck on a pole. water was rising quickly. he had been out there since 2:00 a.m. the previous morning. he was terrified because he couldnt swim. we were able to create a human chain and get him out to safety as well. neighbors helping neighbors. lot of motorists still stranded on the roadways from the other night. and the worst is yet to come, i think. heavy rains and ...

Family in a flooded home. is there an estimate, congressman green, of the number of people still in need of rescue? are we talking hundreds, thousands, tens much thousands? do we know? >> i dont think we know, but i can just tell you that in one area alone where i am currently, were looking at at least 10,000 people. so when you look across 600 square miles and all of houston is flooding, the number gets pretty big. i just do not know. but i do know this. we have to get out. we have to get to th...

If you dont have a way out of that attic. if were expecting an awful lot more water. what are folks there saying about where to go if theres more water? >> i think it was a misgnomer that people thought that the attic was the safest place in the event after flash flood. but you need to get to the highest point of the building that means the roof. because you dont want to get stuck, of course, in your attic. we have seen pictures of holes punched through the tops of roofs so people could escape f...

Sacrificial land, look how deep this water is, jackie and heather. fire trucks can be the get et out and they will come out and understand what is happening overnight with controlled release of attics and reservoirs. they are worried the dams will break, if dams break houston, downtown floods, thats a better option than to flood the southwest and some other neighborhoods intentionally on top of the expected rain that is going to add more downpour and further flooding with thousands of people bei...