Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170830:16:03:00
Escapes from near-death tragedies and -- caption on houston's i-10, over a dozen people jumping into floodwaters, linking arms, forming a human rope line to lasso an elderly man being pulled under by the current. like this man sorting through the contents of his house. larry in a kayak. authorities finding a shivering toddler floating in a canal, clinging to the body of his lifeless mother who died trying to carry her baby to safety. one area being inundated right now is beaumont, texas just east of houston, 26 inches of rain in just 24 hours. cnn's drew griffin has been watching that city flo...