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Hearing from so many people, they want to put something together and bring it. it is challenging to bring large quantities of individual items from individuals to the facilities. although i know everybody wants to give. we're looking for donations to the red cross or to other local nonprofits you want to support, but at red cross.org, you can donate, you can volunteer, and you can find out where our shelters are. we encourage everyone to look for the ways to contribute. we live in a society, a culture that wants to give back, they feel a need to give back. we want to volunteer and support our ...

Day. >> so happy to hear that, david. it does seem as though this shelter has got it down. people are getting the clothing and the food they need right now. we do want to remind people that red cross needs help. what are you asking people for right now? >> right now we don't need anymore clothes or items brought to the shelters. we need financial donations. redcross.org. the red cross will be here for a long time making sure everybody who is in a shelter gets taken care of as long as they need to. our goal is to get them in homes, our goal is to get them out, but we'll be here. you can volunte...

Shelters that have opened. they're taking in more of the storm victims to try to alleviate the overcrowding in all of them. so what's next? what can people do? how are they organizing all this? joining us is david brady, the chief executive officer with the american red cross of the texas gulf coast region. great to have you here. >> thanks, alisyn. >> this morning there are 8,319 people here in this shelter. some of them without their medications. they had to leave them behind. some of them have lost their cell phones. where do you begin getting help for all these folks? >> our main goal righ...

Rallied behind us for that. >> david brady with the american red cross, thanks so much for what you're doing. there you have it. there are thousands of people here needing a warm place to stay tonight. >> that's an amazing message, that they are not turning anyone away. thank you, maya for your great reporting since last week. the city of houston did not order mandatory evacuations. as we've said, parts of the city are completely under water tonight. emergency responders are overwhelmed with calls to revg -- rescue thousands of people trapped in their homes. city officials reported earlier t...

And formulas and cups and plates and clothes and underwear. everything that families have had to leave behind in their homes. it's a bit of a different scene this morning when we first got here. they were at half capacity. people were smiling and happy and people were getting a hot meal. now things are getting tense. you can hear they're trying to keep them calm. we've seen some fighting here. not much. but it's the red cross that greets them. they're registering, taking anyone in. anyone that needs a spot here no matter the capacity. you mentioned a guest. david brady from the red cross now. ...