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Gives this an a-plus. >> and bill, you spent a lot of time down in puerto rico, you know, in the -- during and in the aftermath of the storm. im just wondering some of the things that have really stuck you in the time that youve been there this time? >> reporter: this time, you know, weve just started our journeys, spent a day on viequez. what im realizing is when the rain stops, thats just the beginning of a slow motion disaster. and what theyre feeling now is the mental health burden, the ptsd...

Policy in april. they have pursued it through yesterday. we still dont have good numbers, but the data we do have suggests the pace at which they were taking kids away from their parents accelerated from just under 50 a day to just under 70 a day at least before they stopped yesterday. just as in the hurricane, though, where the disaster doesnt end when the wind and the rain stops, this catastrophe that weve got now of parents and kids having been taken apart, forcibly separated by the u.s. gove...

Will cause a train to go on the ground, something wrong with the track, something wrong with the equipment, something wrong with the way the train is handled. train handling, think of frankfurt junction, may of 2005 in philadelphia. something wrong with the equipment, think of the train that derailed into the pass of an oil train in north or south dakota a couple of years ago. those are the kinds of things that will cause a train to go on the ground. what ntsb and the railroad, amtrak are going ...

After the rain stops. ryan nobles there in orange texas. coming up, more news on the devastation from harvey. now churning across the atlantic, how big a threat does hurricane irma pose to the us us? word of another likely departure, one of the presidents most loyal aides who has been at his side for decades. ♪ when heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite.

That, theres a houston police officer that is coming here. im not sure to block off the road or what behind the frame of our camera. but certainly this is something that is going to continue throughout the day. we dont know how many residents are here specifically in this neighborhood, chris. >> gabe and dwayne, thank you both so much. were going to listen for just a minute now to this update from fema. >> while we continue to monitor the storm as it heads towards louisiana, we remain concerned ...

We expect a many-year recovery in texas and the federal government is in this for the long hall. we will continue to support the people of texas as long as it is in es sere. the president reiterated this again, both publicly and behind closed doors yesterday. at the initial word we got, people first, is continuing through our response. while we continue to monitor the storm as it heads towards louisiana, we remain concerned about houston. the were catastrophic flooding is likely to persist days ...

Recovery and the federal government is in this for the long hall. well continue to support the people of texas as long as necessary. the president reiterated this again both publicly and behind closed doors yesterday. the initial word we got, people first is continuing through our response. while we continue to monitor the storm as it heads towards louisiana, we remain concerned about houston where catastrophic flooding is likely to persist days after the rain stops. this cooperation between fem...

Youve been listening to mayor sylvester turner. describing the toll on the first responders dealing with hurricane harvey not a tropical storm. firefighters needing desperately to get rest as reinforcements come from around the country. talking about the logistical, emotional, the physical challenge of this right now still search and rescue effort moving on then to recovery effort. as we speak, the mayor speaks this hour, president trump also on his way to texas staying clear of the worst floodi...

Understand is that this gulf region is 50 feet under sea level. we are used to living, unfortunately, with this flooding. however, in the 21st century, we should be advanced. we should have our projects advanced. we should make sure that every aspect of technology be used. were not at that point. and so what you are seeing is the actual response to all of this water bayous, rivers, lakes, converging on each other. the word atypical is not appropriate. it is an episodic episode, if you will, that...

Failures there. there are all structurally sound. im going to tell you what is happening overnight. notice that once you get out here past about katy, its not really raining that much anymore. theyre starting to see the back edge as the storm continues to drift to the east. we would like to get that into houston. we would like to take this a little further. we dont know have much -- the rain stops. its cool right now. its just sitting right there. this is the additional rainfall total thats expe...