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Belongings have been ruined by water, but ryan is a man on a mission. >> i didnt get all of his toys, but hell like his bike mostly. >> reporter: wading through the pieces of the life hes made, he finds what hes looking for. a few minutes later, were back on the boat and on our way out. >> awesome. its for his little boy. >> reporter: a fam wily who has lot almost everything except each other. >> a prize for his 2-year-old son. nick valencia, cn, houst cnn, h texas. >> nick valencia, thank you f...

>> he said its something congress has to fix. >> there are people who are in limbo. these are kids who know no other country who were brought here by their parents and dont know another home, and so i really do believe that there needs to be a legislative solution. thats one that were working on. and i think we want to give people peace of mind. so ive had plenty of conversations with the white house about this issue, and i think the president as well has mentioned he wants to have a humane solu...

$100 million to be needed for recovery here. natalie, a lot of money that will be needed for sure. dont forget, of course, if you can help out, visit cnn.com/impact to find vetted charities that will help in the hurricane disaster zone. natalie, you see these images and you really do understand what people are dealing with here, although, theres that sense of resilience as people push forward. >> certainly hoping that with all the money coming in, perhaps something of this magnitude can be preve...

Stories of people who have lost so much, but, again, taking day by day. figuring out whats left. there are also people who dont have homes to return to. theres even resilience there. but theres a great deal of uncertainty, natalie, as people take those steps, but, you know, the future is just unclear given the extent of the devastation here. >> right. as the shock wears off and theyre safe, the reality singers in how far they have to go and wait for their lives to be normal again. george, thanks...

Letting them know every couple of hours how theyre doing and well take care of their babies. >> reporter: adults, chin, and pedding of all kinds plucked from the rising water and taken to safety. but in some areas, residents remain. in houston, these families are just now getting to dry land after seven days in water-logged neighborhoods. >> so long as we have food and stuff. now were running out of food and water. >> reporter: residents are strongly urged to leave now as water is planning to be...