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Naturally do what they can. and its been remarkable in this city to see the tons of outpouring of support and love for the neighbors. >> why does that make you emotional to see all of this? >> im genetically wired to be a little emotional. my mom and dad -- my dad, not my mom so much and my brothers and i, just tend to get really -- feel very positive about great things being done for others. >> i agree. its really touching, all the humanity and the heroism weve been seeing. >> it is. i have a s...

Im upstream from the addicks reservoir, the addicks and barker are built and designed to keep downtown houston from flooding. this is what it looks like if theyre working. you can imagine the reservoirs have been taking in tons of water. theyre designed to fill up and be discharged into the buffalo bayou and out to the gulf. but the rate of rain over the last couple of days has just been far more than the reservoirs can handle. theyve been overflowing up in the neighborhoods around highway 6 whe...

Dry but they cant see behind us. the we would never put people in here until we know its safe. it was not safe at those days. if can tell you. >> part of the drit siccriticis out of the sentivity to the need because were seeing so many people step up. lets go from the negative to the positive. we had unprecedented flooding down there, and problems, but also an unprecedented response of compassion in the human spirit. what have you seen? >> you know, it is amazing. people ever generous, sometimes...

Earlier -- last night actually. thats about five miles west of here. incredible. ive got to tell you about this place. the river has risen 38 feet since saturday morning. within the past six hours, its risen four feet. theres tons of communities and neighborhoods around the base of that particular river that are guaranteed most definitely under water as we speak. just looking at some of the flood inundation maps across the area, they were low lying and with record-setting flood stage here coming...

Expected total of 5,000 people expected to be sheltered here, were way past that. more than 8,600 now. families are still coming here to receive things that necessity need, things that they just cant find other places. >> im very, very grateful. i mean, if it wouldnt have been for this, we wouldnt know where to go. we were, like, where do we go? we dont know. i mean, they do have tons of shoes. if you lost things in your house, like flooding. my sister lives in freeport. theyre expected to flood...

Guy. so, the idea that he is chomping at the bit to congratulate himself, i think thats probably how he should be measured because thats what he cares about, and at the end of the day that really is what matters. can the federal government and the local government, the state government, come through for all these people who are in need. >> lets be clear. one thing we know, this is very early in this natural disaster. the rain may be fading in houston, but the waters are still rising and we had c...

From all over the place. dps, texas task force one, we have you know there are tons of civilian volunteers helping us as well.all of that is going on at once. it has been a remarkable effort and it is all being coordinated at this table. >> is suspended overnight, is that correct? >> some of them will be suspended overnight but as far as i know helicopter rescues are going to continue. for the vehicles that can fly or move at night, some of them, i do not think we are shutting down. this is incr...

From all over the place. dps, texas task force one, we have you know there are tons of civilian volunteers helping us as well.all of that is going on at once. it has been a remarkable effort and it is all being coordinated at this table. >> is suspended overnight, is that correct? >> some of them will be suspended overnight but as far as i know helicopter rescues are going to continue. for the vehicles that can fly or move at night, some of them, i do not think we are shutting down. this is incr...

Trump campaign about, quote, shared christian values which some folks believe in the intelligence world could be an effort to, by russians, find inroads into the trump campaign. we dont know if thats the case yet. it underscores the investigation and a lot of questions remaining and they are going through tons of e-mails. >> remember, the denials throughout the trump team has not just been business dealings but communications. both -- certainly the communications has been repeatedly be lilied by...

Reporter: hello, mike. were expecting to get hit with more rain tonight in galveston. we are getting hit right now with the winds. as you see by me, there is a lot of lightning and the storm is moving closer and closer to the area. although this is now downgraded from a category four hurricane to just eight tropical storm authorities are saying take this seriously because it is bringing rain and especially tonight we will see inches of rain here in galveston an area thats already been hit with t...