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>> im very concerned. there was an effort today by the coast guard and the department of public safety and local officialsal to rescue as many children, senior citizens, get as many people off roof tops as possible. at one point there was a few in terms of people calling 911. many people on the second floor of their apartment or homes or attics. they did the best job they could possibly do. we are putting all the manpower we can possibly put in. we have 3,000 state troops we sent into this area....

Their rooftops. on the advice of local emergency official, theyve been told to put anything they can that will make them be noticed, sheet, bright colored towels, anything that might be able to signal to anybody above they need help desperately. its important to note, i believe youve said it before, people are supposed to not go into their attics. dont go there, right, get out of the house and climb on top. >> absolutely, i lived in new orleans for six years so there are definitely shades of kat...

This story in houston, the magnitude of the storm, the fact that it is still raining. people who have hunkered down are absolutely at their wits end because we are standing, the road closed behind me, away from attics and reservoirs as they worry about the overspill. to get some perspective on what that means the reservoirs are 20,000 acre-feet, it will spillover. and the reservoir, for folks around this area worried about getting out, if you look at this let me show you this is the neighborhood...

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Kidnap? treason? genocide? or all of the above? >> confederacy had three flags, this was never one of them. this flag is the flag, confederate balancing flag of the army of northern virginia. robert e. lees army. and when robert e. lee surrendered at appomattox, he asked all of his followers to furl this flag, store it away, he said, put it in your attics. he refused to be buried in his confederate uniform. his family refused to allow anyone dressed in the confederate uniform to attend his funer...

>> theconfederacy had three flags, this was never one of them. this flag is the flag confederate balancing flag of the army of northern virginia. robert e. lees army. and when robert e. lee surrendered at appomattox he asked all of his followers to furl this flag store it away he said, put it in your attics. he refused to be buried in his confederate uniform. his family refused to allow anyone dressed in the confederate uniform to attend his funeral. why? because robert e. lee said he considered...

>> the victim is eight-year-old leila fowler, who is being rememberedded to as a delightful hollywoodchild who could melt anyones heart and loved the color purple. she was brutally stabbed together in valley springs in calaveras county, an hour south and east of sacramento. already parents were not home. the intense manhunt now in its second full day and directly affecting everyone in this small community. over the weekend, residents were on a virtual lockdown as more than 100 officers combed th...

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The superdome as katrina hit. i was there when it tore a hole in the roof, and rain started pouring in. and it was there on a night i will never forget that i met albert bryant, sleeping on a cooler. how many people did you bring with you? >> three grandchildren, three children, a sister and a wife. >> even though the hurricane weakened to a category 3 when it hit new orleans, the levees failed and 80% of the city flooded. approximately 100,000 people were trapped in their flooded homes and atti...

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