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>> we saved a lot of lives. we have done a good job. now we're bringing the people for distribution. >> neil: what is the deal when it comes to puerto rico? we thought talking to the governor of puerto rico yesterday was a step in that direction. he said the president is right and things are going well. now michael brown on all of this because the back and forth, depending who you listen to, the critics, that it's another katrina situation. i don't see that, michael. what do you see? >> well, here's what i do see on the ground in puerto rico. there's a political fight between the governor and ...

Peninsula with south korea conducting its own bombing drills, a direct response to the provocation from the north and also word from south korea that the united states is considering deploying additional military assets to the region in a defensive posture, which north korean officials here say will provoke the situation further and perhaps push them to take this to the next level conducting a more provocative nuclear test. there are signs of activity at the nuclear test site. >> they are having this emergency unsecurity council meeting. what can they do? >> reporter: not much. they just passe...

I know it's part of the culture of how to deal with this adversity but the 12-year anniversary of katrina this is the worst kind of situation you would want in terms of how to mark that occasion. what do you tell yourself to kind of steel yourself against this kind of situation and threat? >> well, first of all, the katrina situation is one that ever since then because of the experience that we had, we know how to deal with rain, we know how to deal with floods. we've got a lot of experienced people, we have' got the right equipment. one of the things we're trying to do is be the best neighbor...

Katrina and for louisiana. it's being marked by more rain and danger. tropical storm harvey is bearing down on that state. eight expected to make landfall tonight. there's already a lot of water on the ground, and the situation is worse than we even knew. joining us is louisiana governor john bell edwards. governor, thank you for joining us. you were telling -- >> thank you and good morning, chris. >> always a pleasure to speak with you, governor. you were telling the producer you had to rescue people in southwest louisiana. what is the situation? >> at about 6:00 last night, local officials t...

Who helped rescue the folks in this neighborhood last night and said this is nothing like katrina, nothing like what you're seeing out of texas but this is the first visual example we have of the damage of harvey in lake charles, about 400 to 500 homes flooded behind me as a drainage canal overflowed with all of the rainfall we've seen. the concern is how much more rain will fall? we have a respite from it now but 10 to 15 inches of rain have already fallen in this area in the last two days. we're expecting 6 to 10 inches in other pockets in this area in the next two days. officials are asking...