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Belongings have been ruined by water, but ryan is a man on a mission. >> i didn't get all of his toys, but he'll like his bike mostly. >> reporter: wading through the pieces of the life he's made, he finds what he's looking for. a few minutes later, we're back on the boat and on our way out. >> awesome. it's for his little boy. >> reporter: a fam wily who has lot almost everything except each other. >> a prize for his 2-year-old son. nick valencia, cn, houst cnn, h texas. >> nick valencia, thank you for the report. it is incredible to hear the

>> he said it's something congress has to fix. >> there are people who are in limbo. these are kids who know no other country who were brought here by their parents and don't know another home, and so i really do believe that there needs to be a legislative solution. that's one that we're working on. and i think we want to give people peace of mind. so i've had plenty of conversations with the white house about this issue, and i think the president as well has mentioned he wants to have a humane solution to this problem and i think that's something we in congress are working on and need to del...

$100 million to be needed for recovery here. natalie, a lot of money that will be needed for sure. don't forget, of course, if you can help out, visit cnn.com/impact to find vetted charities that will help in the hurricane disaster zone. natalie, you see these images and you really do understand what people are dealing with here, although, there's that sense of resilience as people push forward. >> certainly hoping that with all the money coming in, perhaps something of this magnitude can be prevented in the future. george, we thank you. we'll see you soon. coming up here, first in kenya, th...

Stories of people who have lost so much, but, again, taking day by day. figuring out what's left. there are also people who don't have homes to return to. there's even resilience there. but there's a great deal of uncertainty, natalie, as people take those steps, but, you know, the future is just unclear given the extent of the devastation here. >> right. as the shock wears off and they're safe, the reality singers in how far they have to go and wait for their lives to be normal again. george, thanks so much for reporting for us from texas and thanks so much from us at cnn. i'm natalie allen. ...

Letting them know every couple of hours how they're doing and we'll take care of their babies. >> reporter: adults, chin, and pedding of all kinds plucked from the rising water and taken to safety. but in some areas, residents remain. in houston, these families are just now getting to dry land after seven days in water-logged neighborhoods. >> so long as we have food and stuff. now we're running out of food and water. >> reporter: residents are strongly urged to leave now as water is planning to be released from reservoirs. >> floodwaters in home is hazardous. there's a danger of electrocution...