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The ones who responded to katrina and sandy and things like that. we're still down in louisiana helping the floods from last year and forward staged for what the hurricane may bring when it comes there. >> shannon: a force multiplier for the trained law enforcement officials and first responders and national guard and all those folks on the ground, this is sort of another batch to come in and help with their efforts as well. >> the best thing that we do is back up the local authorities. we take their guidance and especially through this disaster which has been fantastic as fema. fema at the di...

All of that coming as we hear the situation in beaumont and port arthur. that area is getting more dire by the minute. >> coast guard crews continue to operate around the clock to assist residents of houston and surrounding communities. >> working alongside texans helping texans and americans helping texans. people would stare. psoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept on fighting. i found something that worked. and keeps on working. now? they see me. see me. see if cosentyx could make a difference for you- cosentyx is pr...

Something that is truly historic and that no manmade levies or plans would be able to overcome what's flooding if right now. >> you're right. it is historic the amount of rain that we've received. but also i think it is a fact that because of lessons learned in the aftermath of katrina we've been able to work far more collaboratively than we've ever responded to a hurricane in the united states before. a seamless and ongoing collaboration between the state and federal government and the state has been working with local officials from corpus christi to all the way to houston and beaumont helpi...

This enormous, devastating event that i think the state has never seen before. >> eric: the dimensions are beyond comprehension. but we also heard in the news conference something called google heat maps. there are people trapped. you have flooding in port arthur and beaumont and flooding in a shelter but using new technology to try to get a handle on it. >> a new color code. pink, 50 inches of rain. never contemplated before. i'm traveling from austin to houston to see the devastation. it's important to remember a lot of people are hurting right now and out of homes, flooding in homes, massiv...

Probably a neighborhood. i don't know that. he could work for a county or something. but we saw people soaking wet clothing, elderly people who looked like they were shell shocked. we haven't really hit the residential areas so far. we've been on the highways where you see the car dealerships and fast food restaurants. they're all underwater. i can only imagine this is the far outskirts of town and this is what this looks like already. once we get into the residential areas that we've been people sending out soss on twitter and pregnant woman saying please help me. we're seeing those on social...