Cat Strofic Storm News Today

Hours from now likely to take questions from reporters and to speak about the situation in texas. >> local authorities will need to assist the president when he goes down there, right in theyre still dealing with effects of the storm down there and couldnt they be of good use in houston or other areas where there is flooding? >> yeah, it is without a doubt. president obama in the past was very reluctant to go to disaster areas or take away emergency resources there, but there is also responsibil...

Not just to houston, but areaing across louisiana as well. that is new as of today. five to eight inches of rain in that area. these are the number thats we have been watching. 10, 15, 20 inches right around the houston area. a lot of this will fall tonight into tomorrow with that rain ban that i showed you. things will not get better, they will get worse. well be tracking that and showing you some of the levels and concerns with that coming up here through the next hour. >> is there worry at al...

Officers and connecting them with state and federal resources. im confidence that korz nation will continue. >> i know youre busy, i want to let you get back to doing whatever you can, a lot of people are pointing out you voted against aide for sandy after that cat strofic storm in the northeast. and they are pointing at you saying youre asking for money now when you were not willing to help the people in the norths, what do you have to say to them? >> there is time for political shieping later....

The float areas that have not seen water yet. theyre all holding their breath because no one knows where all of this water will end up. >> just because you have not seen flooding yet does not mean you wont make it through the storm without seeing flooding. we keep hearing stories of people who say there is very little water on their street or in their home only to be woken up at 5:00 a.m. to the rising flood waters, mya rodriguez in houston, thank you, stay safe out there. steve sausna is monito...

Others supported hurricane relief for sandy. hurricane relief and disaster reheef has been a vital central role for a long, long time. that particular bill became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. two thirds of the bill had nothing to do with sanity. and what i said then and still believe now is its not right for politicians to exploit a disaster for them to pay for their own political wish list. it needs to focus on victims of disaster relief, and i did that for sandy an...

They are coming up to provide assistance and the focus needs to be continuing on reaching people in need, and let me say to anyone at home that is watching this that may be in the path of rising flood waters, stay out of harms way. dont go in the attic unless you have an axe to get out. if at all possible, avoid going in your car. unless it is an emergency, the worst thing you can do is get in and going into swiftly moving water. it can put you and your family, lives and safety in jeopardy. find...

First responder during katrina. >> yes. >> and he helped check out everyones life after the storm. how is your family doing right now? >> well, theyve been -- we actually went to alexandria north louisiana first when we evacuated and my family has been begging me to come down here ever since because ive always evacuated with them when we had a hurricane. so theyre constantly worried, checking up on us and just wanted us to be there with him to finish riding it out, make sure that our home is oka...

About 40 miles away from there. this little dot here is responsible for all of the clouds and the explosion of thunderstorms that were seeing over the houston area right now. because that circulation kept in tact, and now that its back over the water, we have concern now for new rain bans to form. thats what we have at this hour developing just south of houston. look at the clock here going on. look thousand is just filled in here over the last few heres. this is what you dont want to see. that ...

Was with the way they responded to the hurricane. so thank you all very much for your unpair held leader shim. big round of applause for these great leaders. [applause] >> there is a reality that we have to come to grips with, and that is we are just beginning the process of responding to this storm. we are still involved in the search and rescue process. our number one goal from corpus christi all the way to east of houston is still protecting and preserving life and rescuing every person that ...

Related to home repair and roofing. i dont knee in people know about price gouging and that it is a problem. they certainly should, the penalties created by the legislature are severe. up to $20,000 per occurrence, so were serious about this issue, and if we find it, well pursue it. >> hard to imagine that people are trying to hurt people who are just trying to recover from a storm. thank you ken paxton for joining us. >> keep us in your prayers. >> absolutely and as we have been talking about, ...