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Actually think about what texas was facing. >> lieutenant general honore, of course you bring that very keen perspective from katrina. there have been some comparisons made because of how widespread and devastating this storm was. but whats your point of view when the president expresses such optimism that things are going ratherle with and hes optimistic it will only get better? >> well, i think we ought to emphasize that since katrina and because of katrina, rita, gustav and others, significan...

But the situation here actually is pretty good, considering. were all counting our blessings. we have a number of people displaced. weve done a lot of rescues. but were a resilient people. weve been through rita and ike, and we learned lessons from those. were in for the long haul. >> so there are a lot of folks who, as you said, very resilient, who have been sticking it out, they had supplies. if theyre not able to get clean drinking water in the coming days, do you expect the number of people ...

Voice. >> put those weapons down. >> unarmed, wheeler and a group has been stopped by the military. >> were like, were the victims. what are you pulling guns on us for? >> then she saw the three star commander who ordered to guns lowered. general russell honore who led the response after katrina and rita is also the man she credits with saving their lives. >> come on, come on. >> its a moment cnn captured as it happened, the general personally coming to wheelers aid. >> what do you think would h...

Dehydrated and exhausted. that is when she first heard his voice. >> put them down. >> reporter: unarmed wheeler and a group had been stopped by the military. >> were like, were the vikes. what are you -- what are you pulling guns on us for. >> reporter: and then she saw the commander that ordered the guns lower. the general who led the military response after hurricane katrina and rita is lts the map wheeler credited with saving their lives. >> come on. >> reporter: it is a moment cnn captured ...

Me lifting my leg up. >> reporter: by the time wheeler made it to the convention center, she and her boys were starving, dehydrated and exhausted. thats when she first heard his voice. unarmed, wheeler and a group had been stop bped by the military. >> were like, were the victims. what are you pulling guns on us for? >> reporter: then she saw the three star commander who ordered the guns lowered. general russell honore, the man who led the military response after hurricanes katrina and rita is a...

Families. people to approved assistance for 100,000 people for households. so far in the agency, they dolled out more than $57,000 in aid already. there are a lot of organizations to help people. somebody cares is one of the organizations. its a global network providing relief to people who have been affected by hurricane harvey and the founder of that organization is on the line with us live here in houston. its good to have you with us. first of all, when you think about what people are dealin...

>> weve been a part of these crises before, katrina, rita, and ike in our own city. but this is such an unprecedented storm and hurricane that we had to set up the houston area in quadrants to try to get fluid information realtime assessments and to find out what the greatest needs were so we could begin to meet those needs together. we staged in rockport and houston and east texas prior to the hurricane and within hours we had some of our people from san antonio and virginia down into rockport ...

We learned that in katrina and rita. yet, one of the biggest hurricanes predicted as of last thursday didnt have navy ships following it. we have to get this fixed, because were at the beginning of hurricane season. that being said, the shelters look great. everybody is getting along as far as the government agencies. we dont have the bickering and the fighting. >> and the volunteer efforts are incredible. >> yes. but i was here today with a boat. we came on this very road to go search. nobody t...

More than 25,000 rescues have been carried out by the assorted local and federal agencies down in texas. undoubtedly thousands more were saved by neighbors and good samaritans, but sadly, the death toll from hurricane harvey is now at 32. here is some of what weve seen today from texas. >> water came up so fast between saturday and sunday, so you leave with nothing. >> the front of our house looks like apop lips out there. >> ive got my life, my baby, my family. >> we were so happy like god answ...

A fact of 6 million people all leaving at once, yeah, that would be a bad doctrine. >> hurricane rita you had millions trying to get out all at once, more than 100 people dying in an evacuation. >> they didnt execute it according to the plan. they didnt do contraflow right, they didnt have gas stations set up. the complex operation and you have to have the logistics set up before you do it, anderson. they did not have that for rita. >> want to get your perspective in terms of your city the lasts...