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There. >> he is walking in it right there, isnt he? and that water is over the cots. so what did you have to do when that happened? did you have to sleep on the bleachers there? >> there wasnt much sleeping here last night. >> are you getting food in there? blankets? >> no food. we ate last night around 6:00 or 7:00, and nothing since. >> are the authorities coming in there to help out? are you seeing any officials or authorities to check on you? >> yeah, theres firemen, theres police officers, ...

Listen to the first responders and get some medical help and leave your husband behind? how hard was that? >> it was very, very hard, and it was a decision that i, you know, chose to stay and after being spoke by the rescue and the firemen, i decided to go and it happened just like i thought it would, you know? i would lose contact. >> well, look, you had pneumonia, you got a temperature, you needed medical attention, and anybody whos married knows that your husband wanted you to go and get to s...

People left there. and helped out there. there were some border patrolgs there and they pretty much had it covered. after that, we came back up into fort ben county and worked the area around westheimer parkway and frey road and there was only a few victims left in there that needed to be rescued. and i talked to a couple of firemen. they said the fort ben county is pretty well taken care of. right now it sounds like we all need to head east. thats where our plan is tomorrow. were going to give ...

Compassion effort of this. he hasnt tweeted a lot about, you know, the sort of spirit of perseverance of people who experience a storm like this. it remains to be seen. >> interesting point. every white house makes decisions how to delegate responsibilities, including communication. and the vice president has been all over the radio down in texas saying, know, heres what weve done so far. help is on the way. let us know if you need more. god bless you all. admiring the spirits of the volunteers ...

Are dealing with if you can stay and be rescued and side of a dwelling come out much better than to go out and a car and we are seeing it play out as to wh why. >> there are no words. seeing these people. to the rescue crews that are basically abandoning their own families to go out there. these firemen and these rescue crews in some cases have left their homes that are flooded to go rescue people, risking their own lives to save others. i lived in houston for a number of years and texans, they ...

Without a just last two or three days and we be home by friday. were just trying to get somewhere where we can be safe. >> wedding you choose to leave earlier. >> weve been working and babysitting and by the time we got out, the water was gone so we had a weight in the water line. theres been a lot of situations that have been harmful to us right now so were just trying to take the situation and go with the next. >> how to get out of here with your family. >> wait on the next vote. theres no way...

One of the hardest hit communities, we talk about harvey making landfall. steve is reporting live for us from nearby corpus christi. steve, how bad are things now? >> things are so bad in rockport. its hard for officials to get an actual count of how many are dead or missing. many of the first responders were volunteers or firemen, sometimes on foot. the situation is so tough up

They are. they said they didnt receive an e-mail or evacuation order and i believe one of the firemen said he kinda blames the mayor and another one of firemen who have rank said he was upset with how all this has on down. were not casting any blame but they say theyve rescued people from rooftops. i want to bring in this gentlemen name oscar. you live here, youve got some kids back here. >> so we heard about the evacuation and being flooded so we just try to get my mother to save haven. theres ...

They are. they said they didnt receive an e-mail or evacuation order and i believe one of the firemen said he kinda blames the mayor and another one of firemen who have rank said he was upset with how all this has on down. were not casting any blame but they say theyve rescued people from rooftops. i want to bring in this gentlemen name oscar. you live here, youve got some kids back here. >> so we heard about the evacuation and being flooded so we just try to get my mother to save haven. theres ...

Fallen in that -- in southeast texas. and they are trying to see where its going to go because the carolinas are poised and louisiana worried its going to be spreading that direction. todd: now the question that so many are asking this morning is really a two-part question why wasnt houston evacuated and was enough done to prepare the people of houston for ultimately what they received? obviously a lot of people both sides of this issue. matt finn talked with a firefighter who says is he pretty ...