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Recovery operation. and i've had outpouring of calls all across this great nation to help this great state of texas and i'm very appreciative. >> eric: congressman mike mccaul. this certainly when dealing with homeland threats, this has been a major one. congressman, thank you for joining us and of course our thoughts and prayers and best wishes are with you and the people of your state. >> thank you, eric. >> shannon: a dire situation in port arthur, texas, that city is swamped and the floodwaters keep rising. the mayor tweeted our whole city is underwater right now but we're coming. if you c...

They are giving us a great turnout for what we need to do. >> the boats are coming out, how far some is boats going? >> they're going about 2-3 miles out. water is everywhere and we have families in roofs and attics and we have to get them out and apartment complexes. some people want to stay in some want to go. >> we see the boats consistently come back with entire families, children and elderly people. how may people are in the water they need be rescued? >> hundreds, we got a couple hundred on my boat already since 3:00 this morning. this is unreal and i don't know where this water came fro...

Here to the top of attics, you are at 108 feet above sea level. that's where the water is right now. 108.25. so, water is going out and around in places that it has never, ever moved before. back out here to the west, all of these houses are completely flooded. it was the plan to let the water out of this to get it into the buffalo bayou to release the pressure here, but it's too late, can't let water out. it's an uncontrolled spillway release now. if you are along the buffalo bayou, watch for rushing waters. >> governor greg abbott told me he just received an update on the reservoirs. they th...

Neighborhood like this already underwater from absolutely facing a crisis situation. we will keep you posted. we just saw on the roads a convoy of national guard troops, large vehicles and boats going into this neighborhood and the surrounding area, attics, barker reservoir. rob: you said they are doing this controlled-release to avoid downtown houston from flooding so if water is going over the dam what does that mean for downtown houston. >> reporter: it is not the worst case scenario yet. to recap our viewers they have a system of levees and by yous to get the water away. they are half a fo...

This is the area that is holding back a tremendous amount of water. these were built like 60 years ago. when houston had 250,000 people. now, houston is over a couple million holding back all of this water. in the years they were built, 60-70 years, they have never, ever been this full. now, it is beginning to overflow. they have been letting water out, trying to let relief water out here and here from attics and barker. that helped, but not enough. for attics up here it is overflowing what is an emergency spillway. it's not in trouble, it's just an emergency spillway. this is what the earthen...