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If they can continue to release that water without a maximum failure, because if they fail, that could cut the power grid. that could be a threat to this greater metropolitan area. but we have to speed up the deployment of troops. every town needs national guard troops. when you do when you bring the federal in, they can continue with the search and rescue because the national guard has authority to go in and work with the sheriffs in every town and help secure towns and get water and distribute...

Evacuations, looking at aerial pictures. our chad myers who has been doing stunning work for a week on this, joins us at the weather center. >> john, the rain has moved away but flooding not over. thats the key. thats what you need to take out of this. its going to be raining in memphis and nashville today but the damage is already done in houston is going to take a long time to get to the ocean. this will cause brief flooding today but not like were seeing here with over 30 rivers, creeks or ba...

Helping us understand visually. rosa flores back in the barker reservoir right now. up next to it to give us a sense of whats going on. the equipment in order, hard to work in these conditions. >>reporter: yes. our hard wire this time. hopefully it works, john. the toer here this morning that were hearing is the confusion, because as you know there was a mandatory evacuation issued overnight. all the people in these neighborhoods were asleep and all of a sudden, they were woken up by the neighbo...

It up. this man reminds me -- barnum and bailey has closed its tent, but this man is still the ring master and its circus over here, circus over there, this is what its been. circus. and by the way, i find it very interesting that wall street and billionaires dont know what hes going to do, thats who is in his administration, billionaire club. >> let joe respond -- john im sorry. >> i appreciate what youre saying and get where youre coming from. i know its difficult right now for lot of liberals...

Its just that you know -- but then he backs up. oh, im going to have a -- were going to look into this voter fraud, then no evidence to back it up. this man reminds me -- barnum and bailey has closed its tent, but this man is still the ring master and its circus over here, circus over there, this is what its been. its been a circus. and by the way, i find it very interesting that wall street and billionaires dont know what hes going to do, thats who is in his administration, billionaire club. >>...

Here that are also continuing to be flooded, water stubbornly will not go away. anded cleanup and move cant take place until you get rid of this water. john, the problem is many of the bayous and creeks and rivers around here are either cresting now or have yet to crest. as this all system drains, people are just waiting, hoping the supplies can hold out until they can get back in and start rebuilding from this storm. john? >> you can see the nature of the double problem here. people need to sta...

Some 15 deputies were treated at a hospital after inhaling which is being called a non toxic ir i tant. meanwhile. there are new mandatory evacuations around one of houstons major reservoirs. that in eminent risk right now of spilling over. up the coast in beaumont, the flood waters have knocked out the pumps that supply the citys drinking water. we have a very busy morning for you. we want to start with cnns reporter near the evacuation zone. paul, whats going on there? >>reporter: john im sorr...

Chemicals used in he everything from pharmaceuticals to construction. and theyre predicting that there will be more of these ignitions. if you look over my shoulder to the left, a couple miles in the distance, thats where this plant is. we do not see any of these plumes of smoke right now. we have talked to people who are near the plant. they said they werive goen a lot of warning and told to get out. a lot of horses around there. just waiting word as to when they can return, but with this predi...