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They are coming up to provide assistance and the focus needs to be continuing on reaching people in need, and let me say to anyone at home that is watching this that may be in the path of rising flood waters, stay out of harm's way. don't go in the attic unless you have an axe to get out. if at all possible, avoid going in your car. unless it is an emergency, the worst thing you can do is get in and going into swiftly moving water. it can put you and your family, lives and safety in jeopardy. find a place that is safe, high, and dry. if you're in trouble call 911 so emergency responders can co...

First responder during katrina. >> yes. >> and he helped check out everyone's life after the storm. how is your family doing right now? >> well, they've been -- we actually went to alexandria north louisiana first when we evacuated and my family has been begging me to come down here ever since because i've always evacuated with them when we had a hurricane. so they're constantly worried, checking up on us and just wanted us to be there with him to finish riding it out, make sure that our home is okay and to come back if they needed to to help with everything. >> kate beard, congratulations on ...

About 40 miles away from there. this little dot here is responsible for all of the clouds and the explosion of thunderstorms that we're seeing over the houston area right now. because that circulation kept in tact, and now that it's back over the water, we have concern now for new rain bans to form. that's what we have at this hour developing just south of houston. look at the clock here going on. look thousand is just filled in here over the last few heres. this is what you don't want to see. that is why the flooding conditions will get worse. it doesn't take measure now to get that water to ...

Was with the way they responded to the hurricane. so thank you all very much for your unpair held leader shim. big round of applause for these great leaders. [applause] >> there is a reality that we have to come to grips with, and that is we are just beginning the process of responding to this storm. we are still involved in the search and rescue process. our number one goal from corpus christi all the way to east of houston is still protecting and preserving life and rescuing every person that we can find. our second goal is to ensure that our fellow texans have access to necessities, food, w...

Related to home repair and roofing. i don't knee in people know about price gouging and that it is a problem. they certainly should, the penalties created by the legislature are severe. up to $20,000 per occurrence, so we're serious about this issue, and if we find it, we'll pursue it. >> hard to imagine that people are trying to hurt people who are just trying to recover from a storm. thank you ken paxton for joining us. >> keep us in your prayers. >> absolutely and as we have been talking about, harvey is forcing thousands of people out of their homes and disrupting the lives of millions of ...