Page 39 - Honore News Today

Convention center, and the center of activity now is at port arthur where its totally inundated over there and a big rescue operation going on. hats off to the good samaritans. >> yes, sir. and at least that sunshine is out. that accounts for something. general honore, you are the best. i am glad you are there. thank you, sir. >> thank you. thank our volunteers. >> thank you. thanks to them as well. >> first responders. >> of course. coming up next, president trump saying, moments ago, we will...

One of the big questions for the next chapter of harvey is, you know, what will houston and beyond see when the flood waters finally recede? in new orleans, for example, after hurricane katrina, when flood waters finally receded, the full scope of damage and death was finally revealed. lets bring in retired lieutenant general russell honore, who helped organize all the relief effort in the wake of katrina. general honore, great to see you again. i hear you have been out and about on a boat today...

Louisiana coming soon and the state of texas. and maybe tomorrow, hell get to talk to the right people, catch a vibe of whats going here and fight for that high amount of money theyre going to need. >> the situation, juliette, talk about how this is going to play out. well be dealing with this as americans for weeks, months, maybe years. how do you see this playing out for texas and louisiana and the country as a whole? >> so this will play out as its played out after hurricane sandy and katrina...

Help someone save a package and get the neighbor upon neighbor. thats what this is all about as the cities of the gulf coast are under siege and this will last for days. we are waiting for an update from texas governor greg abbott. the federal help, if they will as general honore just proposed, call out more national guard in order to deploy more resources to help those trapped on this sunday. well bring you governor abbotts news conference.

Navy. during katrina they saved 5,000 people. if they cant do it today they need to prepare that samaritan brigade for tomorrow. thats the way to organize it. they have to get in front of this. you have a day three, day four and day five of this storm and each day is going to flood more. arthel: general honore thank you for your advice to the people of houston and the incredible job you did during hurricane katrina as well. >> tell the mayor of houston im four hours away, i can be there in two. ...

The public health domain. well see how that goes. >> when you look at it, are there some things that are good about this? its not during the school year. were better prepared than we were as general honore was saying since katrina. better coordination with the federal government. were no the worlds busiest area. >> correct. theres a lot of places getting hit by the storm that are sparsely populated. >> there are people that we cant find them who knows where. that will take a while to find everyb...

Earlier but the good news is, it got signed before landfall and that decision by the president is having positive impact today in and around texas. >> all right. lieutenant general honore, thank you for being with us. we will take a quick break. lets see, there are the wildcats til we die weekenders. the watch me let if fly. this i gotta try weekenders. then weve got the bendy... ... spendy weekenders. the tranquility awaits. hanging with our mates weekenders and the its been quite a day... ...s...

Effects of the weather, the wind and the expanded flooding. so there will be people out there waiting to be rescued. they are waiting right now, because the phone systems and the communication grid is down, they dont know where they are and they dont know what their needs are because they cant get out. thats the effect of this hurricane staying around, being a threat on day one, on day two and day three. we will have more people that are flooded and isolated based on the rain predictions that we...

Austin, san antonio, victoria really getting hit. joining us, retired u.s. army lieutenant general russell honore. >> general honore, thank you for spending a couple minutes with us. your reaction to what we are seeing and reports out of rockport, where nick valencia says some of the town is just devastated there. >> absolutely. 140 mile an hour wind will take roofs off of buildings and flatten poorly structured buildings. we pray for the best but expect the worst there where the eye came ashore...

Please get to higher ground or evacuate. >> general honore, appreciate your expertise. earlier, we heard a local police chief talking about all the local people that should be evacuating, but not. the windows still open, he says. thats true throughout the danger zone. cnns nick valencia is in west palm beach tonight. he joins us now. conditions, how are they now, nick? >> reporter: anderson, the stopper just keeps getting worse and worse. im not sure if it translates -- heaviest rain that weve s...