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Couple more days of this. so, this is a long road ahead for this entire community. >> give me a sense of what you're seeing. what are some of the scenes you've happened upon and some of the people you talked to. >> well, again, just last night driving in, you see cars that are abandoned on these streets. it's so odd because such a packed city. gridlock everywhere usually almost any time of day. no one on the road because of the flooding or abandoned cars. you see people walking against the grain, just who knows where they were walking to. there was no where for miles, but they just needed to g...

>> helping texas overcome this disaster is going to be far greater than fema coordinating the mission of the entire federal government. we need citizens to be involved. texas, this is a landmark event. we have not seen an event like this. you could not draw this forecast up. and that was fema administrator brock long earlier this morning say there will be no quick fix to the damage left behind and still being created by the remnant of harvey. officials want to make it clear that their mission remains keeping people safe. the word recovery is not in their vocabulary right now. i want to head ...

Unveiled in southern alabama. more than 500 people gathered for reveal at confederate veterans memorial park on sunday. more than dozen people have been arsted after a demonstration in berkeley turned violent sunday. thousands of left-wing counterprotesters gathered in opposition to a planned right-wing rally that was called off by organizers. a tropical storm watch has been issued for the portion of the carolinas. residents bracing for heavy rain and gusty winds later today and into tomorrow. and as tropical storm harvey looms over texas, residents in the southern city of victoria are bei...

That has really stuck with you? >> well, this is the most devastating of all the storms that i've seen in the entire time that i've lived in texas. enium talkii'm talking a couples ago. that was just such a horrific scene there. this, though, in terms of just scope. we're talking fourth largest city in the country. you're seeing the images there. major freeways that are just completely under water here. i drove from dallas down to houston yesterday and i got basically stuck on an island here in the northwest corner of houston, impossible to get down to downtown, to the downtown area. and peopl...

Population across 50 countiecou. fema saysitis anticipating 30,000 people will need to be put in shelters and 450,000 disaster victims are expected to file for assistance. right now, 13 million people are under flood watches from san antonio to lafayette, louisiana. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking the storm's latest movements. he'll bring us those details in just a moment. first we have an incredible team of reporters all across the texas coast in the hardest hit areas and we begin with gabe gutierrez in houston. what's the scene like there right now, gabe? >> reporter: chris, the ra...