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People. texas is my home. i have a lot of friends and family there. everyone in some form or fashion that i know has been affected by this flooding. and heres the thing, we look at images. there are so many people who are still trapped in their homes. and thats the terrifying thing about it right now. >> the difficult part of all of this. >> dennis, thank you so much for being with us. >> still ahead here on newsroom, catastrophic weather in texas. we will speak with man stuck in his neighborhoo...

From amendment over the world donating, reached the $200,000 goal less than two hours. they crashed the website, were working to get the website back up. were trying to raise as much as we can so once this storm is over we can again the rebuilding process and get these people back on their feet. >> and clearly if you can raise $200,000 in two hours youre going to raise a lot of money going forward. peoples homes are going to be destroyed, the water damage is extraordinary throughout houston and ...

Efforts there. listen. >> you must be proud of the citizens of your state right now. >> texans are the best. im so proud of my fellow texans and the way they are responding. so thankful for our first responders and the terrific work theyve been doing. weve been working to aid them by deploying about 3,000 national guard members as well as providing about 200 or so boats and helicopters for emergency rescues. it is the first responders who are making life and death decisions. helping so many peop...

Obviously. city of houston did not call for an evacuation before the storm and we dont know how many people have left before the storm. so, its really a significant question right now about how many people may tell need to be rescued in the city. >> weve heard complaints from people who say, you know if, i heard the warning and told directly, get out of town i would have done that. talk to us a bit more about what youre heari from the city, the reason they did not order a mandatory evacuation of...

Be yet to come. at this point, more than 300,000 people without power. take a look at the city of wroc, port texas. you can see how strong this category four storm was when it came into texas. destruction where harvey struck on friday night, we understand one person was killed in that town. another person killed in the city of houston after being swept away by flood waters. cars can be seen submerged and many roads simply impossible at this point. commercial flights in and out of houstons two ...

120 meters of rain could fall in the next three days. >> at least two people have died from the storm. rescue operations have saved thousands of people from their homes and many are still flooded. thousands of people from houston are still trapped waiting for rescue workers to come and get them. >> people in the community have been using their own boats to rescue them to safety. >> reporter: take a look at this, this is an entrance of a lobby and youre witnessing a rescue live. look at how dee...

Story with you. were going to take a short break, still to come a group of military veterans is stepping up to help the victims of the storm. well speak to members of team rube con about dangerous conditions on the ground. back in just a moment. naturally. delicious and powerful, and full of nutrients. so there are no artificial colors... no artificial flavors... no artificial preservatives... and no artificial sweeteners... ...in any of the food we sell. we believe that the food we eat connec...

But so many more who need help. >> incredible. watching all of these rescue efforts play out. i want to bring in cnn meteorologist karen for more on what to expect on the storm. the big concern now of course is that rain keeps coming. and thats going to make rescue efforts even more difficult than they already are as well as of course adding to the damage on the ground. so when might this rain end, do you think? >> our worst fears are coming true. >> it look is like tropical system is going to n...

So we can have him sit down and take him off. this just shows you how critical these patients are, how critical these people are. they need the help right now. theres not enough boats, not enough helicopters, not enough first responders obviously to get every single person as you heard. theres 300 people in this apartment complex. a lot of them need the help because theyre elderly, some of them obviously have medical condition that they need to be on dry land. >> we were watching and listening t...

Daughter who lives in the next county and her house is flooded for the third time in about 15 years. last night. and she had a lot more water than we had. and she will be in the epicenter even of the next band thats supposed to come through. i think weve been very blessed right now. im really worried about people i know in the rural areas. >> understandably, yes. you have -- you and your family are very lucky. given the circumstances, and yes, houston cannot really take any more rain. because th...