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FIRST ON FOX: Houston Fire Union President says the city won't pay him Houston Fire Union President says the city won’t pay him Houston Firefighters Union President Marty Lancton says the City of Houston is refusing to pay just in time for the holidays. HOUSTON - Fire Union President Marty Lancton claims there's a "Scrooge" at City Hall whose bound and determined to ruin his Christmas. Exhibit A - Lancton's personal City of Houston pay stubs for December which indicates total wages delivered of $2.88.  Against the backdrop of two, major, pending lawsuits with the City of Houston, with hund...

Rallied behind us for that. >> david brady with the american red cross, thanks so much for what you're doing. there you have it. there are thousands of people here needing a warm place to stay tonight. >> that's an amazing message, that they are not turning anyone away. thank you, maya for your great reporting since last week. the city of houston did not order mandatory evacuations. as we've said, parts of the city are completely under water tonight. emergency responders are overwhelmed with calls to revg -- rescue thousands of people trapped in their homes. city officials reported earlier t...

Others, i want to thank them. mayor alan in austin, also setting up to receive people from the region. and so i want to acknowledge him. and the mayor of san antonio has also extended his hand. so we want to thank all of our partners, mayors, and other cities throughout the area and throughout the country for their support. let me also now call on fire chief sam pena for that report. >> thank you, mayor. good morning, everybody. so as of midnight tonight, the houston fire department had responded to over a thousand calls for service. over 400 of those have been water rescues, water related inc...

Your department is going and we are grateful to you, sir. thank you very much for all the work you're doing. we'll stay in close touch. >> thank you, god bless. >> police chief sam pena leading an amazing band of heroes going in some places door to door responding. the message to houstonians stay online. if you call 911, call if you need critical help. stay online. there's about a 10 call queue. don't hang up. there are about 1,000 calls waiting to be serviced where dispatchers do know there's a problem. they have your location. they know who you are and they are waiting to get out there. with...

People in areas that have been inundated. >> as of now, still tasked going house to house, an area west of here. the houses out there under water. a lot of trailer homes out there as well. so shortly after i finish the interview i'll be going back out there to help out with the rescues. >> deputy, thank you very much, electric a grateful nation and citizens around houston, we count across the country on people like you who put their own lives in danger to save people. thank you, sir. >> yes, sir. thank you for having me. >> joining me now live on the phone is houston's fire chief sam pena, who...