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Meeting at trump tower last june and former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort. Like i said, i think we have more important things to worry about. I wasnt sure of the credibility of any of this stuff. And its jobs day. Well talk about what they mean coming up, wages not looking good, but we have to begin with new threats ahead including the increasing number of deaths and new numbers on the extent of damage as south texas attempts to begin recovering from the devastating Hurricane Harvey, which was ...

Today. In beaumont where they got 26 inches of rain on tuesday, theyve lost the primary and secondary water supply. The u. S. Military is now sending warships and more aircraft to assist with those rescue efforts. Worst fears were confirmed yesterday for six Family Members trying to outrun the flood waters. The u. S. Navy and air force are staging a massive rescue operation, flying around the clock Search Missions and plucking men and women and children. It was like waving in the middle of the s...

A show of force over the korean peninsula. Good morning. Its thursday, august 31st. As the waters begin to recede, they reveal the sheer magnitude of destruction. The death toll has jumped up to 28 and the heroic efforts to rescue people continues dangerously on. By nbcs count, there have been 25,000 water rescues as of last night. This video came in off the coast guard beaumont, texas, and port arthur. Another rescue attempt proved fatal yesterday. These men were operating a rescue boat and str...

People arent waiting. they are coming back into their neighborhoods as soon as the sun came up this morning to start to get to work. >> a trillion gallons of water sitting for days. i want to g to the even harder hit area of port arthur ands nbcs miguel almaguer. how are folks holding up? youve been in the streets, in the field, in helicopters. give us an update today. >> reporter: this is what people are wake up to here, floodwater pouring into their homes. they have a lot of work to do here. m...

Hard times for people here. >> thanks for helping them find one another. gayle king saw you on tv and called me and said where are the singletons? has tamika found her mom? thank you so much. meteorologist bill karins joining us on what is left of harvey and the flooding situation and another storm headed our way. >> beaumont there, telling you about with people who dont have water and the water is at high as it could be, the town is surrounded, that river has crested now at 20 feet. whats imp...

Alley i spent time talking to somebody in yesterday, they had about 300 people in it? >> reporter: yeah, were a few blocks away from that. port arthur is a tiny town. theres a whole lot of water on the ground even though the sun is out and were a day past the rain. rescues are still going on. we hear the buzz of a coastguard helicopter over us and also just saw two coast guard boats go in. they dont know how much more people still need to be rescued. they did a lot of rescues yesterday but anyon...

Sending these urban search and rescue teams from every city in america, they go in with their own food and water ready to go for days at end. yesterday, i saw an amazing image posted on twitter of people lined up in houston, not -- >> i love that image. >> they were there to volunteer. lineups of people ready to volunteer. this is the best of it. >> we spent a lot of time arguing the last eight months about putting country first. these people put country, put humanity first, no politics in texas...

The worse. >> reporter: the convention center is being turned into essentially a military base. these helicopters have been landing off and taking off all day long. because this is the only way out. within hours, hundreds of people poured into this shelter just outside beaumont. the frightened, the shaken, the elderly being carried in. newborns in the arms of rescuers. >> i got my life and my baby and my family. >> i lived there 34 years and suddenly your life is destroyed overnight. until it ha...

>> im like so relieved now. you dont know. were on dry land, aint walking in water. >> reporter: but singletons mother like so many others is still stranded, desperate for help. >> my mom is still stuck in her house, please, somebody go get my momma out of there. shes old and cant move around like that. >> reporter: even for the lucky, safety almost seemed out of reach, whipping winds tossed rescue baskets. jaketa clung to 6-year-old bella, they thought the worst had already passed. >> we were w...

Plucked from fast rising floodwaters. desperation turning to relief. >> we were like so happy, like god handed us our prayers. >> reporter: it happened all day long. we boarded a team of navy seahawk helicopters headed to hard hit beaumont, texas. the weather has been deteriorating all day long. its now time for these crews to go. >> reporter: within minutes tamika singleton was spotted desperately waving a white towel. >> i thought you were going to pass us because another one came and passed u...