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There are 3,000 people that are here and i think they have a capacity to hold a couple thousand more, and from there, theyll be also shipping -- sending people up north to dallas. in all, i believe mayor turner said they had 5,500 in all, and that number is only going to rise. chris? >> i have to say a couple things. one, how composed mia is . and how she points out so rightly how many people have been out there through all of this, rescuing people, donating their time, donating their efforts. c...

Back to. you are renting for your owners said, if its done, youre gone. whered you go from here? the shelter will close eventually. or do you go? >> hopefully we can find temporary housing, or permanent. there is a lot of people in my situation that are here too. we all need help. like, this is bad. >> the mayor said he didnt want folks to evacuate. he was afraid people would be stuck on the road. do you think that was good. if they said to evacuate, would you have left a couple of days ago? >> ...

They said listen, you know, these dams protect millions of people, and if there is a failure of the cam, lets say they dont do these strategy releases of water and that water goes over the cam or the structure of the cam breaks, you really are talking about a nightmare scenario for the city of houston. >> all right. so thats why they are redeesing this water. great job on your reporting. we will be coming back to you. stephanie gosk forous the on northwest side of houston. i want to go to lake w...

Ali. >> mia, thanks very much. lets go to nbcs philip man that who is at houstons george brown convention center. its been transformed into a shelter for flood victims. and youve been talking to them, philip, for the last couple of hours. what are you hearing? >> well, in this place is a swelling. there was about 2,900 people two hours ago. that was the last official number we got from the red cross, but you can see over my shoulder there has been an influx within the last hour, hundreds and hun...

You have a sandal -- >> sandals and address. basically, i really need help. if you can help, help. please. >> what about these men that came by. regular joes. they pop their boat in the water. what do you think? >> angels. thats what i think. complete angels. >> i talked to a lot of scared kids. they dont know how to act or not these kids. this is madison and michaela and this is every other. you told me you want to be a new start. tell me, were you scared? >> yes. >> why not? >> because it was ...

Transported on the highway, somebody just gave my brother a pair of shoes. so we were trying to look for things to get by with. >> reporter: how old is your brother? my brother is older than me by three years. >> reporter: so 18, 15. so clothes, shoes, anything that can help. appreciate it, mia. thank you so much for speaking with us. its amazing you were able to get here and you guys are okay. most important part. >> thank you. >> reporter: mia lee, what an incredible story. we talked to the tw...

We have fought seen that at this point. >> that is food news, of course, again, we are expecting to see hurricane force winds at least in the sect several hours here as harvey continues to move further to the west of us. richard. >> further to the its going t lingering and dumping a lot of rain there in corpus christi, causing a lot of trouble for folks in that part of texas. thank you, mia. joining us now craig, a reporter with the houston chronicle. he is also in the houston area of texas. can...

They even mention the possibility of 35 inches of rain, three feet of rain is possible in isolated spots. again, the concern right now is going to be in corpus christi. thats where we have the possibility of storm surge and wind damage later on tonight with that eye and with the landfall. we want to go to nbc news correspondent mi a-rod reeg ez. mia, you are probably starting to feel the effects of the outer bands as they swept through. >> its a taste of what we can expect throughout the day her...

Are quick to run away. you remember famously the "access hollywood" people. you had all these people jumping ship and unendorsing and a few days later they were back on board. heat of the moment to go against the president and then within a few days, they are become to defending him all over again. >> and cory gardner, keep in mind this is the chairman of the national senatorial committee. cory gardner definitely should and does have his finger on the pulse of the republican electorate. >> and t...

Counter-protesters had made their way down to this area which is when we had this incident occur, with the car plowing into the people. thomas. >> mia, when we have that update now of the 35 people injured, were folks treated, triaged there on the scene? >> reporter: we did see some medics working on people when we first came up, paramedics that were here. we saw people taken away in ambulances. those numbers would also include people that may have been injured at the original rally point. we sa...