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Rescue teams finally reaching laplace for all those people who had their homes filled with water, all those people trapped in their attics trying to get away from the rising floodwaters. the national guard rescued 191 people, 127 pets. it's not clear how many more people may need rescuing right now as we speak. today's operations have largely been responding to all the 911 calls that couldn't be answered last night. 911 systems were down in multiple locations for much of the night last night and today, including new orleans. the governor said the teams will do a grid search in the hardest hit ...

Respond to the needs of the people if government's prepared and if they respond. that's our job if we work together. the folks get knocked down, we're there to help you get back on your feet. >> people in laplace trapped in their homes by rising floodwaters. went up to their attics to escape. one woman telling cnn she slept on her kitchen island hoping she'd be above the floodwaters. and i want you to look at this coast guard video over grand isle, louisiana. you can see just how random the devastation is. some houses, totaled. while some right next door are still standing. water rescues acros...

>> we'll have to see, jim. it might work. it might work to some extent. it might not work at all. we know there is a hit list out there. we have people frightened to death in kabul, hiding in their attics and so forth and really disappointed because last flights that were supposed to make it out with these people did not make it out. because of taliban interference. so we know we have a problem there. but i would say this. that we also sort of run through our military options. there was nothing more we could do with that vision in kabul. it was too close to the people. isis was around us. the ...

And around the great american city of new orleans. this is laplace, louisiana, today, northwest of new orleans. some residents were trapped by rising floodwaters there. people retreated to their attics, calling for help. but the winds were too strong for any rescue efforts overnight till early this morning. you could see why it was so dangerous to send out rescue crews last night from this quite scary footage of people being rescued from a flooded highway in new orleans in the middle of the storm last night. there have been two confirmed deaths from the storm. one of them was a man who drowned...

>> what are you seeing? >> so two things. you know, well, lots of things going on. i was able to get to the lafitte area, the area where the mayor called me and said i think water is rising. we knew people were stuck all night in their attics, as the water was rising. so our teams, i'm so proud of our first responder teams, our jefferson parish's office, they went out as soon as day break happened. i mean, as soon as they had any light, they had a strategy. last night, they rescued 27 people. tonight, over 100 people. and it's not an easy rescue. it's way into liken it to a swamp. you have to ...