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Walter sim owners, are salvaging what they can, others have nowhere to go. >> you have to take one day at a time. >> you say what you can't say. you can get back. >> reporter: as debris piles high on streets, the damage is widespread, and the need is great. >> water, guys. >> reporter: in cities like beaumont, texas, many are still without power. masses wait in line for drinking water as the military ships supplies in. >> life is about getting through life. we're all in it together. something to hold on to for the long road to recovery ahead. >> stand by. taking a live look outside here you ...

To continue for weeks, months, even more. everything from diapers to hygiene kits to toys. i mean, people have lost everything. literally the red cross says 17,000 people are in shelters across texas. and, again, this isn't over. they escaped the floodwaters but now they're entering a new challenge thanks to tropical storm harvey. now, with all the despair, there are people who are salvaging what matters most. their loved ones. and we have dawn coles, she's in the shelter at the convention center in houston. it's crowded there but it's better than where she was. dawn, thank god you're okay. yo...

The civil rights division, she was sbe gram for the police reform efforts in baltimore and ferguson soon be president and ceo of leadership conference. thank you so much for being here, a i appreciate it. >> great to be here. >> let's start from the end and work our way back. on the consent degree that the justice department is rolling back. do you think that might have an effect on community and police relations or some hope of salvaging the good that was done. >> the good news on police, those decrees are under the control and authorities of federal judges. who are all too aware of the agend...

What used to be a garage stood back here and residents are salvaging whatever they can from the remnants of it. a telephone pole was knocked into this house during the storm. if we walk, i'll show you the rest of the street. i'm going to have my photographer steve watch his head as we go through here. it is house after house that has been just shredded by the force of this tornado that came through. we're still waiting on an official strength of the tornado from the national weather service, but look at all this damage. look at that. a resident here told me that car was parked on the street. i...

A recipe for salvaging -- >> you mean showing what? >> showing a -- showing self-awareness. doesn't have to be humility, just a little self-awareness that, hey, look, i know these polls are not looking so good. but you know what, you know, let's -- we've got to fight harder here. you know, it's hard -- and even, i thought his line by saying, you know, this rigged system, the best way to unrig it is to get out there and vote. that's the right way to message if you want to run against quote/unquote the system. but we've seen him before, and i think "the times" is already writing. the fact that w...