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Welcome to "weekends with alex witt." just past 1:00 here in the east. colorado is issuing a stern warning to anyone considering staying behind. leave now or be prepared to endure weeks without electricity, running water, and basic supplies. more than 1700 people have been evacuated from laramer county and the flood zone has expanded to nearly the size of the state of connecticut. >> people's entire lives, everything that they own just fell off of a mountain into a river and down. >> there's been some incredible stories. we rescued a young couple yesterday from lyons. a young lady's pregnant. ...

If they can find anymore people who are unaccounted for. alex? >> it would be extraordinary to see a video from inside those because part of what you provided for us yesterday, you remember that inside from that fire truck? all the water that was sloshing up on that huge fire truck and their front windows. that's got to be an extraordinary thing to see. joe, can i ask you about that warning that was put out for residents saying that if you don't get out now, you may be going for weeks without any kind of electricity, completely cut off. is there an idea of the numbers of people who still may b...

>> right. in laramer county at this point in time, to my knowledge, we have had no one injured and no one killed. >> all right, john. we wish you the best. again, extraordinary pictures coming in from your area. we know that homes have been washed away. people have evacuated. it's a life threatening situation. we appreciate you giving us a few minutes to update our audience on what's happening there. thank you. >> you're welcome. still ahead, key testimony today in the double murder investigation linked to former new england patriot star aaron hernandez. the latest on what could lead to a se...

Also challenging for your rescue crews who are going in and around the area to try to assist people. i've seen video of a couple of incredible rescues from people who wiere overwhelmed in their vehicles. >> yeah, we haven't had any of that in laramer county. i know boulder has had quite a bit of that. we have had situations where the deputies who were up helping with the evacuation, the roadway degraded and collapsed and they were stuck in between two places where the roadway had collapsed and weren't able to get through. the weather here is still raining. so we're unable to get a helicopter u...

Look at jefferson county, laramer county and arapajo county. but those are three really key countie counties. they swing and we're working very hard in all three of them to get out the vote. it's now, krystal, about getting the vote out and as i said earlier comparing and contrasting the records of these two candidates. >> senator, tell us from someone, you know, on the ground in colorado, what was your post-debate reaction? we can talk about the media spin all we want but you, i assume you watched. maybe you watched from the hall in colorado. tell me what it was like. >> yeah, s.e. i was in t...