neighborhoods and people are softing through them, sifting through them, trying to figure out what size things are and what the need is. so all of this is happening even at this hour here in the convention center. we're joined now, happy to have our cnn contributor lieutenant general russe general russell honore. he coordinated the military efforts. tell us what we're facing with harvey? >> good news, i've been here about six hours and haven't seen any rain. the bad news is there are a lot of people still -- the search and rescue must continue over a very large area. i drove in here yesterday from beaumont, and the entire distance from beaumont to here which is almost 90 miles, the entire area is flooded, both sides of the highway. >> is it possible to know how