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Flooded. they woke up this morning, and suddenly there was water all over the place. so we have had first responders out here from the sheriffs office, fire department, houston police, and a beveragey of volunteers also going out into these neighborhoods, trying to get people out of those flooded homes. we ran into one man, b.j. johnson. his elderly parents were back in the home. he had been bringing them food every day. he was able to drive in here, he said, last night. brought them dinner. and...

>> its quite a scene to see people who had notice that they were getting some help. these helicopter rescues have been happening for most of the morning. so people in the neighborhood are liking word that the choppers are either touching down in shallow water or dropping their hoist which is what more likely they are doing. so you can see here some of the folks have suitcases. these are the first suitcases we have seen. theyre getting ready to hunker down here for a few days. theres water and fo...

Some of these folks. they were literally just standing in flood waters just a short time ago. theyve been brought to safety inside this convention center here is where theyre being checked in where folks are being able to have a place to shelt r out tonight. see if i can talk to you -- excuse me, were you guys just rescued? do you mind telling me -- >> the house got real flooded. thats all it was. >> what was it like as you were sitting in your home -- >> let me tell you, it was scary. >> we wer...

Some type of experience like this am theyre just now getting water and food for the first time. this room is going to be completely full tonight i can tell you that because the lines wraparound outside and inside. everyone is going through registration. some people were on respirators, disabled, wheelchairs. some are very young, old. this is the scene here tonight, ali. they were even air lifting animals out when they could, when they had the space. many of the folks who are here dont have shoes...

Need to get out and the milit y military -- we dont know whose hueys these are, but the military is taking the very seriously. greg abbott has activated even more -- go ahead, miguel, tell us what youre seeing. these are troops. >> yeah, these are army hueys. looks like we have some troops getting off of the back of the huey. those look like inflatable rafts in their hands and they have their gear. im not sure what shot you can see here. but theres rafts, and water and other equipment here. but ...

The helicopters as they air lift families, mothers, fathers, children to safety. unfortunately, we have some more tragic news out of houston this afternoon. police have found that van that was carrying an elderly couple and four great grandchildren. it was swept away by flood waters on sunday. officials say they found six dead at the scene. this news brings the total number of storm-related deaths to 19. the harris county sheriff said a short time ago our worst fierce have been realized, and the...

Far as they can, theyll enter the water. theyll then deploy the rafts right out of the dump trucks into the water. go house to house, neighborhood to neighborhood, looking for anybody that may need help, anyone thats trapped. and of course, anyone that needs to come out, ali. >> youre looking at live american heroes right now. i had a puzzling conversation with the mayor of beaumont in the 11:00 hour who said that everything was under control and they had all the rescues that they needed under c...

Heading any further south. and we turned around because they now had fears that the body of water to the north was going to block off the north access to the town. they were already feeling isolated in that small town. and their experience is very similar to other communities all along the texas coast, from houston to beaumont. weve been talking about the larger cities, but you really have all of these small rural towns in between those two cities that are struggling with the same levels of wate...

Says what we do now is rebuild. that is the beauty on the other side of the horror that youve been seeing all morning. >> yeah. and joshuas father when we were there, i was in the helicopter when he was pulled out to safety. i can tell you he was also a bit shaken as this was happening. i looked over and if he was okay, he nodded yes. he gave me the thumbs-up, but in the beginning he was not able to be as relaxed as he is you no. here is some of the supplies that they have. theyve got water, mre...

Because at one point you were shooting out the helicopter and someone seemed to be flagging you down and next thing you were picking them up. were they literally going and just looking for people? >> that was literally the method. we took off from this area in orange, texas, which is right next to beaumont. the water literally cuts off these two cities and has made beaumont an island. up in the air as soon as they got over beaumont they looked for the first sign of a person or people that needed...