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Thank some of the first responders, some of the folks working around the clock on the cleanup effort here in corpus, which is well under way. we have been driving around over the last two hours or so, a different kind of storm here at the southern edge of where harvey hit, mostly a wind event here, a lot of trees still down. a lot of power lines, a lot of folks still without power. but as you can see, it is a warm, sunny and most importantly dry day here today. and the president will get a chanc...

The floods ruining their house, and they didnt know what was next. they were going to stay at an evacuation center with some friends. theres some anxiety. theres some fear, theres some anguish, of course. but, you know, i see just so much humanity. everywhere. and equal parts to the anguish. people whose homes are not flooded. volunteering their time and their boats and their rafts. and i dont know if youre looking at this raft down there. it might be an air mattress. we have seen a lot of that....

Jacob rascon is in fork bend county, texas, where rescues have been going on. jacob, what can you tell us there? >> reporter: i dont know if you can see this, but you have right now a jet ski from a gentleman. are you from here? >> kind. >> reporter: youre from nearby? and youve come to help people. okay. weve got kayaks, jet skis, big boats, big trucks. and theyre all just going back to rescue people and bring them this way. the reason im talking on the phone, we have some audio issues. do you ...

Those still missing. charles nathan finely, abraham lopez, kevin bushel, 26-year-old from maryland. jacob daniel drake, just 21 from ohio. 23-year-old timothy thomas eckles jr., cory ingram, 26-year-old dustin lewis. 20-year-old john henry whose mom told cnn he loved being in the navy and lastly, logan steven palmer, 23-year-old sailor from illinois. we send our thoughts and prayers to the families of these young men. with the uss mccain tragedy, more than 40 u.s. service members have been kille...

That ring, that golden orange ring where the rays are shooting off the edge of the moons shadow, we believe thats a million degrees or so hotter than the actual sun itself. and we dont know why. so this is a great opportunity to study the gases, what we know that comes off the sun that interrupts our radio and tv frequencies periodically. we get to study that now. >> lets get back to jacob soboroff standing by in oregon. we are roughly five minutes away from totality. jacob, how has this scene c...

Cooperating in much of the country. for those of you not in the path of the solar eclipse, fear not, you will be seeing a partial eclipse. we have teams fanned out all over the country, we also have astro physicists and former astronauts to help us break down what we will be seeing this afternoon. this is similar important, we will not be looking directly at it. lets start with our man there in south carolina, "today" show co-host al roker standing by there for us in charleston harbor, mr. roker...

Prisoners find themselves right back behind bars. every day officer whitehall greets new priso whose crimes range from simple parole violations to major felonies. >> whats your name? >> mcdaniels. >> all right. you been here before? >> no. >> go over stand by the fence. >> whats your name? >> jacob. >> how much time you got to do? >> six. >> six years? >> yeah. >> go over, stand by the fence. you can bring the rest of the guys off, too. we can stack them on the fence. >> you have any psych meds?...

>> reporter: yeah. i was talking to miguel almaguer. come here. my fellow correspondent here from nbc news, and i were just talking about what it is like to actually cover this thing. i said to miguel, it was an emotional experience. and he said i almost cried. >> reporter: it was undescribable. and for people in our profession who are supposed to describe whats happening to other people, it was really, really difficult to do. i mean, people told us it was going to be moving, it was spiritual, i...

Amount you could put on an experience like that. i mean, it was moving. >> reporter: yeah. i had been saying for the last couple days, this is like the coachella for nerds. people are out here camping, theres 100,000 people out here. but i -- i feel like ive been welcomed into the community of nerds out here. >> reporter: absolutely. its been a great experience. since we first arrived here, people have been saying come on in, sharing food, sharing their experiences. and now we all got to share t...

Fourth largest city just in one day. this gentleman right here is jerry. he works for nasa. hi, jerry. how are you doing? >> jerry came by himself and sitting here reading physics today, why did you come out? >> saw one in 1979 and it was fantastic, and its a life-changing experience, if you think about it. people dont realize that. youll hear people screaming and crying and its such an exciting thing. >> reporter: it is that amazing? >> as someone who has seen one before what is the number one ...