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Someone. >> indeed. that is the best of the stories we're hearing, the rescues and the bottom of your screen, the worst. curfews because looting is happening across the houston area. that curfew goes on until 5:00 local. how do you expect that to help contain this looting issue and what about the popping up of all these scams, these fraudulent charities, how do you handle that? >> well, i would say the looting, i don't want to really say that looting is widespread. looting is like it was in past storms in any city around the country. it's going to be isolated pockets of people who are going to...

Place from 6:00 p.m. until noon. a long time where people aren't allowed to be in the streets. that is really squelched the looting issue. notice downtown something like 10% of stores had been looted. we're going to take a quick break. when we come back, we're "minding your business."

Seeing here, too. several stations just closed and gas lines are just people waiting in the hopes that gas will come to that gas station and gas station is not even hopen yet. things are more calm. we saw some police officers guarding some homes that have collapsed and they do not have the looting issue that they are having a little bit farther up north, the problem they are having, it's cold. this is the coldest summer they have had in a long time here and people outdoor in tents is not particularly comfortable for them. christine? >> thanks, interesting to point out that the people in chile ...

And this is going to stress the relief effort. because now civilians are going to be using up all the resources that now first responders have been using, fred. >> so martin, yes, it's going to be so uncomfortable. it continues to be very uncomfortable. really the motivation for some people to go back to their homes is they are concerned about looters. so how do officials, you know, convey a message to those residents whose sole motivation is to see what's left of their homes, to make sure nothing is taken? >> i think it's the way they hope it's going to work. is that yes, they know. they've b...