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The ones who responded to katrina and sandy and things like that. were still down in louisiana helping the floods from last year and forward staged for what the hurricane may bring when it comes there. >> shannon: a force multiplier for the trained law enforcement officials and first responders and national guard and all those folks on the ground, this is sort of another batch to come in and help with their efforts as well. >> the best thing that we do is back up the local authorities. we take t...

All of that coming as we hear the situation in beaumont and port arthur. that area is getting more dire by the minute. >> coast guard crews continue to operate around the clock to assist residents of houston and surrounding communities. >> working alongside texans helping texans and americans helping texans. people would stare. psoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept on fighting. i found something that worked. and keeps o...

Something that is truly historic and that no manmade levies or plans would be able to overcome whats flooding if right now. >> youre right. it is historic the amount of rain that weve received. but also i think it is a fact that because of lessons learned in the aftermath of katrina weve been able to work far more collaboratively than weve ever responded to a hurricane in the united states before. a seamless and ongoing collaboration between the state and federal government and the state has bee...

This enormous, devastating event that i think the state has never seen before. >> eric: the dimensions are beyond comprehension. but we also heard in the news conference something called google heat maps. there are people trapped. you have flooding in port arthur and beaumont and flooding in a shelter but using new technology to try to get a handle on it. >> a new color code. pink, 50 inches of rain. never contemplated before. im traveling from austin to houston to see the devastation. its impor...

Probably a neighborhood. i dont know that. he could work for a county or something. but we saw people soaking wet clothing, elderly people who looked like they were shell shocked. we havent really hit the residential areas so far. weve been on the highways where you see the car dealerships and fast food restaurants. theyre all underwater. i can only imagine this is the far outskirts of town and this is what this looks like already. once we get into the residential areas that weve been people sen...

Galveston/houston area and given the resource efs they need to do the good work. >> eric: the sincere efforts by the first responders, volunteers and others trying to help out our fellow americans stricken at this time of crisis and emergency. finally, senator, you are a physician, tell us about your efforts back during katrina 12 years ago. you set up a hospital in an empty k-mart? >> yes. it was -- i recall it very well. the chancellor of lsu put out if youre a doctor or nurse come and help. i...

Cities of port arthur and beaumont. the floodwaters are rising and sadly there is no way for people to get out. >> this is all coming as rescues continue in houston. the red cross says 17,000 people are now in emergency shelters, two stadiums in houston, the toyota center and nrg stadium are taking in evacuees which houston convention center over capacity. it dumped 51.88 inches of rain in a suburb east of houston and unloading 15 trillion gallons of rain in texas. the amount of water is astound...