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The Addicks Reservoir is reportedly now overflowing for the first time in history, that comes despite a controlled release of water yesterday aimed to prevent an overflow. President trump commending the work of crews and volunteers who have rescued thousands of peopl people. Things are being handled really well. Their spirit is incredible. The coordination of the different services, as you know, has been going very well. Rate respect for the governor, hes done a respectable job. Molly we are als...

Look like next to me. It comes about to my bellybutton. This could happen in just a few days. There hasnt been a storm like this for 47 years here, so there are people i know who were small children when it happened, but we have really havent experienced anything like this. The rain event is the big question mark. We have no idea how long that may go. Look, this is going to be a disaster, and what that means is your normal daily routine is about to be zrumtd for multiple days of the the infrastr...

Stay on the line. Do not hang up, because that just expands our trunk system, which overloads it and puts on hold the number of people we cant get to. So stay on the line. What we also initiated last night whats a voice activated system that notifies people if they do call 911, their call is being processed. Thats significant. It what we were experiencing earlier was a constant rain and thinking our system was down. Our system hasnt been down, just the long way to call, so stay on the line. Were...

Harvey moving finally up and out of the gulf. The brunt being felt in port arthur, texas. The mayor of that city described it as being entirely under water. The nations Largest Oil Refinery is out of commission in that city. The Port Arthur Civic Center opened last night. Was supposed to be a ref unl for peop refuge. It was flooded. In beaumont, texas, they had to save a mans life behind them as they were setting up for a live shot. A guy drove his truck into what he thought was a road. It wasnt...

How soon, how quickly they begin to move on raising the debt ceiling. Theres a fight back and forth what do they do about that thing. What do you think . Its a fight back and forth and this is where we start looking at infighting within the republican party, right . But i think that what he said is very important. Neil dont encourage him. laughte laughter no, but when hes right, hes right. Encourage me, wendy. They need to come to consensus, this is going to be a big issue when it comes to 2018 ...

Effort. Houston police say they have rescued more than 3400 people and counting. The red cross says more than 17,000 evacuees are in shelters across texas. Dallas opening a shelter just within the last couple hours. The predictions that harvey would drop 50 inches on houston are coming true. Homes below reservoirs could be flooded for weeks. It is spreading east. Hundreds of rescues last night in lake charles, louisiana. Today, on the 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina, new orleans is under a...

It ticks off the right people. He has the power to pardon him. But theres a pile of ige know minutous i think manning goes on that pile. Perhaps this does. Particularly because he is an avatar of toughness and Law Enforcement to some. But he is an avatar for abuses of power in Law Enforcement and some of the worst excesses there. Theres an argument that some of this was politically motivated, the timing going after him. By the obama administration. Right. But this is a guy who i think has gone t...

Is setting and Hurricane Force winds are now coming onshore as the sun is setting in this area. After this the storm will weaken slowly and still think it can do this buttonhook here. Maybe only as a Tropical Storm but regardless this is tuesday and this is wednesday up here near galveston and Galveston Bay area. Thats the long term trend. Well deal with the immediate threat the landfalling storm in the eye and storm surge that comes along with it. This is at 5 00 p. M. This evening, one of the ...

We have to get them to know their rescue is outside, can you come to your window . This is the population we are dealing with and thats what we are trying to do. The other side of the coin, john, we are going to need enormous resources. This is, the word catastrophic does not appropriately describe what we are facing. It is a one time stimlat historic climate weather moment in the history, i think, of the United States because of the way Hurricane Harvey has implementing itself. So, we get water...

Night begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im in for brian williams. Day 221 of the Trump Administration and bringing a cries at home and abroad. All while he deals with the building pressure from the russia investigation that this white house cannot seem to shake. We start . Southeast texas where now Tropical Storm harvey is still pounding the coast with historic levels of rain. Experts say the storm is just getting started, with up to 20 more inc...