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Create devastating problems. just south of houston, brazos river is expected to cause further major flooding, it crested at 54.7 feet last memorial day, the worst flooding in 100 years. it is expected to reach 50, 60 at its peak today. it has crossed 55 feet at 2:00 today. just behind us in rosenberg, texas a subdivision with mandatory evacuation, those folks are trapped if they decide to stay. they cannot get out, north of them is the flooding, looking at that water, really powerful even though it is only a foot. in beaumont, texas, evacuations continue. hospitals have to be evacuated with th...

We are in life-saving mode in that region. also as waters begin to recede in houston, texas, we are still involved in the life-saving process there. >> sandra: griff jenkins live in texas outside of houston where the brazile's river has been rising fast. >> we can break news now. according to county officials, the brazos river, just near here has crested at 55.19 feet. that is larger than last year's record set on memorial day which was 54.7 feet, so that is good news. tragically, nobody's returning to these homes anytime soon. i'm with the sheriff here. what does this crest mean? >> it's the ...

Getting out of these cages and the volunteers and sheriff crew trying to round them out to ultimately get them out here. it's a tough situation on day seven for the community. so tremendously hammered by the most devastating flood in these parts. interestingly, when i mentioned earlier, the brazos river impact in watershed areas, that is the biggest crest at 55.19 feet today putting the most historic amount of water into this watershed as it's ever been. last year, memorial day, it was the 100 year record at 54.7 feet. now 55.19 today. that's why you still see water running. let's listen into ...

There is still clearly so much need for the people stuck in their homes and continue to be. they need supplies and fast. that is in katy, texas. i want to go to richmond right now. that is where polo sandoval is standing in the water there. polo? >> reporter: that's right, john. officials are closely monitoring the river which is slowly reaching 54.7 feet, which is a record set last year. neighbors said the water reached about as high as the mailbox. many homes are empty under a mandatory evacuation. the river continues to rise slowly, but steadily right now. officials here are very well aware...

54.7 last month, the highest ratings in sand of 2014. any reading over 50 signals growth. the markets ended the day in the green. the dow was up 119, just shy of the elusive 20,000 mark. s&p 500 rose 19. nasdaq finished ahead, 46. will the dow hit the 20,000 mar mark? this claimant joins me now with a look at the numbers. good evening, liz. >> it gave us a scare, actually. at one point we were up 176 points. then we lost nearly all of the gains and then as you saw, we ended with a pretty sizable move to the upside of about 119 points. in between, 11 people were saying wait a minutes. as januar...