KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt August 31, 2021 01:33:00
>> the water was to my stomach. >> reporter: your stomach where you're carrying your baby was under water? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: what were you thinking >> i couldn't do nothing but cry. >> reporter: brown's message to officials tonight -- >> i'm about to be a mother of seven. i have nothing we need help. >> reporter: others turn to social media tiffany miller also in la place begging for help while trapped in her attic in the dark. >> water came in, and it came in kind of quick. the only thing that we could do is climb in the attic. >> reporter: so far 5,000 national guard troops have been a...