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Hospitals, our physicians, are made available to help. dallas, texas, is opening its doors right now. but the bottom line is, you're laerg people cannot get out of houston based upon the outer ring, all that water flowing in. we're going to have to be prepared in 10, 15, 20 days from now, to offer the same assistance that might have been done overnight in the future for some period of time. this is going to be an amazing effort and i think texans are up to helping each other. it's going to take all of us working together. >> i remember katrina, i remember rita, i remember how texas stepped up ...

Do people need to start thinking about getting out now? talking about another 15 to 20 inches of rain over the next two to three days. >> people need to listen to their local officials right now in the houston area. i don't want to step on the governor or local officials and confuse the message. the most important thing during a disaster is a consistent message down to the public. we need people to listen to the local officials in each jurisdiction. >> the thing is, listen, after every disaster we do what are called after-action reports. we have to go down and get better after every disaster. ...

Water. >> the elderly got out. they're all safe. how about your mother, your stepfather, are they still stuck in that soup? >> no, they were able to get out as well and they're -- you know, everyone now is at another facility. she's there with them. >> how did you hear about this? what was it like for you to realize -- i know there was a window of time where you couldn't find out what was goin. 9:00 in the morning eastern time i texted my mother and asked if she lost electricity. when i texted her in the morning she replied with the photos and one of the photos then we ended up tweeting out to...

Lives that have been lost. we are facing a major catastrophe. i'd like to announce if i may, my constituents, a good many of them, are still in harm's way. i spoke to the mayor in missouri city in fort ben county. this is where the tornadoes hit, they'll have to move out of that office, it's a satellite office. the mayor has indicated there's a possibility of flooding that will take place in an area that would cause a good many people to move out and tough decisions have been made. people are doing the best they can under unusual circumstances. you had water in one day that would be a record l...

Director louie buttelini and from the coast guard admiral paul zong and health and human services secretary price. just to let you know in advance, administrator long will be immediately heading from here to make his way down to texas, so we should end promptly at 7:45 to allow him to get to his airplane to make it to texas. with that, i'll bring in our speakers, thank you. >> this fema briefing, we should be updated on the number of people killed, number of people still stranded, what the federal government is doing. >> -- fema headquarters, home of the national response coordination center. ...