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>> sure. thanks, john. the event is truly stunning watching these images this evening. i want to say it's also quite sad. my hearts go out to the folks in texas and louisiana, dealing with this catastrophic event. we have leaned forward. the federal government is leaning forward in this event. we have been providing forecasts remarkably accurate forecasts as far as the intensity of this system for about a week. there's always unl certainty in those forecasts, but we have been briefing all emergency managers at the national and local levels for days in advance of this event. really what is goin...

Time to rekoefcover. people should be given the option to do that. but to give them comfort that they didn't have to evacuate wasn't a good decision. but this is not the time to solve that. but this is the beginning of hurricane season. 12 years ago today, katrina was about to make landfall in the gulf. and we don't want to, at the beginning of hurricane season, for another hurricane to come back to houston and this mayor and this leadership say, we're not going to evacuate. they exposed too many people to be sitting in flood water. and that is what we need to talk about. that's not our doctri...

Contributor, a louisiana native and he was born during a hurricane. he joins us from baton rouge. also with us is greg carman in the national weather service. general, i know you can't see the picture we're looking at right now, but let me describe it to you broadly. this looked like a main thoroughfare at one point, a wide road, and we're seeing these live pictures right now, all kinds of boats, a rescue armada, rubber boats, motor boats, airboats, kayaks, people being led out by their hands right now to safety. and it's getting dark. soon these boats won't be able to be on the streets. what ...

Hurricane season. 12 years ago today, katrina was about to make landfall in the gulf. and we don't want to, at the beginning of hurricane season, for another hurricane to come back to houston and this mayor and this leadership say, we're not going to evacuate. they exposed too many people to be sitting in flood water. and that is what we need to talk about. that's not our doctrine, to wait until the flood and then try to evacuate. >> greg carman with us, as well. chief of forecast operations for the national weather service. greg, i know you've been directly involved in the response along with...

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