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>> good morning. roy wright -- >> okay. you have been listening there to brock long, the fema administrator, giving us updates on what their effort has been like today, giving us a lot of new numbers. millions of meals delivered to people who are displaced, millions of bottles of water. hes talked about millions of people displaced needing to move into transitional housing, all the compounding problems with beaumont, texas and their infrastructure grid going off-line, not having access to water....

Identify them by name. but who are they? in terms of like how were these the ones that you picked to live in your home? >> well, initially i was driving into the gas station. my aunt called. she said i have a friend of a friend of a friend. shes stuck at a gas station off of jarvis and i happened to be pulling into that gas station the moment she called. so i jumped out of the car and starting looking for a lady named judy. i was walking around. anybody know judy? finally someone found her. with...

From what it was yesterday. well have more accurate information a little later. four mega shelters are operating. three in houston, one in dallas. those are the showers with the most capability that were pushing. search and rescue, well over 10,000 people by federal forces alone have been rescued. that number is going to climb with beaumont. whats most impressive are the neighbors helping neighbor numbers. countless numbers of rescues taking place as neighbors are responding and descending upon ...

Policy, you are covered. go through the process, file your claim, take the photos. only take information from trusted sources. if you get frustrated or confused along the way, call fema. >> 4r-r9. thanks, roy. please stay with us. brian: people want immediate help get it if you have flood insurance and you are smart enough to keep it and lucky enough to keep it, you will get $10,000 right away. ainsley: you have been through this before. your house was flooded with sandy five years ago. brian: y...

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That number could rise and maybe dramatically. now victims were told are being scammed with robo calls. roy wright is here from the national flood insurance program from fema. its a program that needs an act of congress to keep running before that fund runs out. i guess, that is coming very close to running out. down where this stands? >> right. two pieces of that. one is the reauthorization. congress needs to take act by september 30th related to reauthorizing the program. the house financial s...