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>> this is russia and china in terms of giving them the economic help and the energy supplies and so the ukrainian reports were discounted, widely discounted, but russia has been helpful, as well, and we still see china the most recently pushing back against the unilateral u.s. sanctions which went against chinese entities and they're not yet ready to really press hard and maybe this will change it, but not clear it will. >> andrea mitchell, a long night for you. appreciate you getting up early. >> you bet. >> coming this morning. let's turn to the hurricane recovery efforts now. if there is...

>> reporter: so those raptdids, i'm hoping you can see them on this droen footage that we shot over rose city, you can see how fast the water is pouring into the city because the natchez river has just not receded yet. you can also see some train cars that are derailed there, cars that are derailed. you still have not been able to get back into the city to check on it. how many are we talking about here? >> the city has a population of about 40,000. we still don't know about property loss, most of the city is under water. >> reporter: people hard at work here, volunteers, city officials, it ju...

Nature of the hurricane that hit texas, it's eight. the natchez river, beyond the previous record. think about that, eight feet. that's 96 inches above the all time record in beaumont. thankfully harvey will not be the deadliest storm in u.s. history, but the destructive toll the storm took and the misery it caused can be hart to comprehend. here's some numbers to consider. 51.88, that's the number of inches of rain that fell in cedar bayou outside of houston, the greatest rain event ever in the continental u.s. united states. 436,000, the number of households seeking help from fema. 7.85 bill...

Others we have not decided yet. so drinking water is not a problem. >> okay. i just want to go back to something you said about being in rescue mode. so just to be clear, you are still in rescue mode and rescues are still taking place as you talked about at an apartment complex that flooded today. those -- those are new areas that are flooding? or are some of the people who just were riding it out and decided the water hasn't gone down enough and enough is enough? >> no, not at all. we go door-to-door when we think a certain area is going to flood to get people out. this was very nearby a plac...

To ten days. >> all right, allison chinchar, appreciate it. joining me now is the mayor of beaumont, texas, becky ames. i appreciate you joining us again. if you could give us the latest update on the water situation in beaumont. any idea on when things may get back online? >> well, we're hoping to get real accurate information when the crest is going to happen in the natchez river. so that will make a huge difference. that has not happened yet. we were hoping that it would this afternoon. so we're just waiting it out. it is very hard to say before we know when the crest will be at its highe...