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As we speak, thousands and thousands of u.s. service members stretch out across texas and louisiana back out again this morning conducting air rescue, searching homes, door to door in these neighbors still swamped. a staggering number of homes underwater, a week after the hurricane first hit. joining me now brig deer general patrick hamilton, the status commender of hurricane harvey mail tear -- i that's a relatively new title. >> that's correct, john. that came out of actually hurricane katrina. to make sure that all of the dod capability reserve national guard, active duty could be coordinat...

Station all day, and these are people that live on the south and the east side of the island where the hurricane first hit. and they were describing a storm surge that came through. now, remember, they were predicting about 15 feet. they're saying it was about eight feet. and some of these people, they were hiding in their attic taking cover there. that was the only way they say they were able to survive this surge. so we'll keep an eye on this. we haven't been able to get over to that side of the island yet because the damage is so extensive. >> tammy lightner in the bahamas for us tonight. t...

Hurricane first hit. we have not been able to get over there. a lot of the roads are washed out. t the storm is still too dangerous to go over and check on people. that's where we're going to see significant damage when we can get over there. >> listen to you, stay safe and stay inside. are you talking to anybody else at the hotel? are there people around, folks not in the news business that are there sort of taking this all in as well? >> reporter: well, this are. we actually met a couple from california. they were on their honeymoon? can you imagine coming on your honeymoon and now they're p...

Unclear. florida's governor rick scott said this morning, we pray everybody's alive. across state, 15 million people are without power. we have latest details on the damage, on the human toll, and what it will take to bring back life to normal in the affect yards. our team of reporters spread out throughout irma's impact zone from the keys to south carolina. we start in those hard-hit keys are gadi schwartz was able to made it to cudjoe key where the hurricane first hit. >> this is really ground zero for where the hurricane hit. you can see those winds just rip through this home. the concret...