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We will stay in close touch with you as you head south. be careful over there. let s move north. the storm is moving north. we are seeing the worst flooding around jacksonville in the northern part of the state where the storm surge put streets and homes under water. kaylie h kaylie hartung is there. how bad is it? reporter: it looks bad now. in downtown jacksonville we are about two blocks off of the middle of downtown, but it is going to get worse. high tide at 2:00 p.m. the storage surge that flooded the streets will bring waters to six feet above high tide leer. as bad as it looks, it will get worse. this has been interesting to see so many spectators here on dry ground checking out the scene ....
In these homes and now they re out there on the street corner. it s a very disheartening and sad situation they re in. only about 15% of the homes in harris county, we ve heard, have flood insurance, which is just remarkable when you look at all the help that these folks are going to need. stephanie elam, thank you very much for that. the president has requested a starter payment of just under $8 billion for federal aid for texas. governor greg abbott of texas says that s a tiny fraction of what they re going to need. kaylie hartung is in texas. he said essentially $120 billion in federal aid. that would be more than in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. reporter: poppy, president trump says he expects his request for funding to be approved quickly. but he also says that that funding needs to be tied to raising the debt limit. that s where this gets political. his treasury secretary agrees with him. he has to borrow more money and pay for it if texas is going to ....