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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170828:17:24:00

your house? >> we had been through floods before, just not as bad as this before. we never had to evacuate the house before. but so we started cleaning, and stacking everything up and packing things in boxing, because we know kind of what to expect. but the water rose up to about my chest. and we had to just wade out everywhere. and everything was black and dark and you couldn't really see anything in the water. stuff was just floating around and boxes were just everywhere. >> reporter: inside your home. >> yes. >> reporter: so who makes the decision at that point let's go for the car? >> our entire family agreed on that almost immediately, because it's pretty elevated. my mom actually came up with that plan. and we were also planning on bringing hacksaws and hammers up to the attic in case we had to go up there and get out. but city -- i'm pretty sure they released a statement when we were on the car that they advised us not to go up to the attic. >> reporter: that's true. >> because they can't get us out and they don't know we're there. but we decided we wanted to in case prep that place with saws and stuff. >> reporter: so you're one of the most prepared families in

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170828:17:27:00

but most of the time calls weren't able to go through or they weren't picked up or -- just they couldn't do anything. >> reporter: and, again, mia lives in one of the hardest-hit areas of all of houston. we have been seeing all of these images, the water up to the light -- streetlights, really. every time it floods, especially at this time, this is the worst that anybody has seen by all accounts, right? so now that you're here, and you're here with your parents and -- what's it like being inside here? >> i was honestly really surprised. they had to close off the cloelthing line because they had to restock and there wasn't enough time and space. and there's not a lot to go around. so if what we can get apart from here we can try, but i don't know. >> reporter: what is it that you -- what do you guys need? >> we would like some medicine in case -- because pretty much everybody is getting colds, because we were out in the water for more than a night. we would also like a couple extra clothes, because we didn't bring anything but the clothes on our back. and my brother didn't even have shoes on. when we were waiting to get

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170828:17:16:00

the floods ruining their house, and they didn't know what was next. they were going to stay at an evacuation center with some friends. there's some anxiety. there's some fear, there's some anguish, of course. but, you know, i see just so much humanity. everywhere. and equal parts to the anguish. people whose homes are not flooded. volunteering their time and their boats and their rafts. and i don't know if you're looking at this raft down there. it might be an air mattress. we have seen a lot of that. >> can we go back to the live picture? i'm sorry, jacob. we're showing a rescue on tape. oh, we've lost the live picture. okay, i'm sorry, jacob. go ahead. >> reporter: sorry about that. >> no, go ahead. go ahead. what were you saying? what are you seeing? >> reporter: sure. so i'm seeing -- i think maybe a football field away, this is an air mattress with a few people on it. somebody else is just walking in front of it with a rope, pulling the air mattress.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170828:17:17:00

so we have seen so much of that. so it's hard not to notice that just as much as the anguish. and those people who have been rescued, they're also so thankful. there are a lot of emotions going on at the same time. >> jacob rascon who has been doing great reporting along with our entire nbc/msnbc team. thank you for that. and there are ongoing evacuations this hour to save thousands of houston residents. officials still defending their choice, not ordering mandatory evacuations earlier, although there were warning signs. houston wouldn't be able to handle the crippling floods of harvey. we're going to talk to a reporter who wrote one year ago that houston was a sitting duck for massive destruction. >> it was over 5 feet in our house. we barely made it out. i'm just so grateful that they came. >> when they were telling people to shelter in place, i don't think people need to shelter in place. i think they need to leave as soon as possible. you can't walk through it, you'll die.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170828:17:46:00

clothing, donations to the red cross. food. if you're in the area, at the back side of the george r. brown, we can take the amount of food that we need. and we'll be ready to take it from you. we've got people here that can certainly use it. don't forget, formula, as well, for the babies that are here. we need that. >> formula, and i'm told also diapers. sheila jackson lee. >> that's right. thank you so very much. >> thank you. we appreciate it. the department of health and human services has declared a public health emergency across texas in the wake of this hurricane. how are officials taking care of the sick and elderly as those floodwaters rage across the state? what could arise as a result of those floods? or healthy people trapped in their homes. and we're waiting for texas governor greg abot to speak to reporters at the top of the hour. we'll have that live as soon as it starts.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170828:17:50:00

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