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As they continue to do those controlled releases on the reservoirs, that's the one they're keying in on now. the neighborhood surrounding that, they never intended you have to evacuate those people. they were not flooded until they started to release the water, that has created a humanitarian crisis that didn't exist before. now it exists. you've got shoulders filling up, the convention center filling up and rescues like this playing out. somewhat in areas that never had to. >> trish: now you have someone on the ground in texas before the storm is even over. >> sandra: as you said, we are remi...

Far in part of this area, 49.02 inches and counting. how much more rainfall are we talking about? >> yeah, absolutely. so, you know, 49.2, by the way, is the highest we've ever observed across the continental united states so we're getting into historic values from any storm we've ever seen. in fact, that's the highest. another location picked up the second highest so that kind of gives you to scale. as far as what is in store here, at least another two to three inches left, the vast majority of what houston will see is now beginning to taper off. we'll get additional showers and thunderstorms...

It appears to be the trunk area, but i don't know. hopefully someone gets to him soon. you think about all these people there. this is a good portion of the population and as we were talking earlier about the katrina anniversary. >> abby: there were people who left katrina to go to houston, many never left houston. you thing about what they are now dealing with. >> sandra: we should remind everybody that we learned of the top of the hour as a shepard smith came in and brought that breaking news to us, that rainfall levels topped 49.2 inches in the houston area, a record. >> harris: remember wh...

Thousand. >> abby: now they're just taking walk-ins because you get 70 people in there. what's so hardworking about that, these convention centers, the only place people can go to get food and water. >> sandra: went to bring in janice dean, speaking of which. janice dean, as we bring you in, that level could to be breached, 49.2 inches has fallen. >> 49.32 at mary's creek and that surpasses, ed is now the wettest texas tropical system of all time. if we get past a 53, that will surpass 1950s hurricane out in hawaii and i think you're going to do it. i've seen unofficial totals of over 52 inche...

Call but as jon stewart shows us the harlem democrat wasted no time in claiming victory. >> rangel won. he beat espaillat but he danny know until he wandered out on the stage to find out what was going on for about an hour. >> do you know what location they are? i'm at what? >> 48. >> 48? so that means 20% -- 49.2. >> so? >> 49-42. >> you're up. >> and i'm up 49-42? what should i do? >> i don't know what you should do. >> congressman rangel was trying to figure it out and trying to make sure there. >> like waiting in the hotel room for that? is that when you sit with your