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Different in these kinds of catastrophes. >> you look at what happened in new orleans. again, that was a man-made disaster years in the making. because of the levies, because of the cheap construction, because of the poor planning, because of the corruption. and here after this, they'll have to figure out how to handle -- how they're going to handle the next one. >> it's going to be a long time. coming up, president trump is promising the governor of texas, the government's full support in dealing with the flooding. we'll speak with governor abbott straight ahead on "morning joe." knowing wh...

That on foreign policy. >> after donald trump was talking down nato he said nato is so important if it didn't exist we'd have to create it. >> julie pace, before we go to break, give us a sense of the president's schedule over the next 24, 36 hours, given the fact that this storm and the catastrophic nature of it is far from over. >> absolutely. he's going to be going to texas on tuesday. we haven't been given a ton of details on where specifically. it looks very difficult for him to get into houston itself given that the rain and the flooding will still be really in the throes of that, but he...

The road, you've got traffic jams, and then they're trapped out there. >> easier said than done. >> and then you talk about a real nightmare. then that becomes a real crisis even beyond this. >> chief, jonathan swan. you say between one and three deaths which is not as bad as it could have been at this stage. what are your biggest concerns over the next 48 hours what could lead to casualties increasing and what are you doing to manage that? >> a couple of things. first we're concerned about the flow of water that's coming from upstream down to the gulf. it has to come through here. we're conce...

>> yeah. you hit it on the head. we're really worried about all the water that's between texas and the gulf. and we're not sure what the flow is going to be. all the rain seems to be subsiding at this point here in this area. we know that the threat of flooding continues, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that there's not another wall coming at us. >> what are you most concerned about as more rain comes in the houston area? >> i'd like to say we're concerned about a certain area, but the flooding has been widespread. this is a city of 640 squiare miles. we've had flooding in every directio...

Widespread over two feet through the region, flash flood warnings and emergencies, why there's so much water all over the place. the breaking news everynight, two dams that feed a bayou that goes through downtown houston they started releasing that water a little after midnight. buffalo bayou is going to go up about four to six inches an hour from here on out until the water level gets lower. all the rivers in major flooding, some record flooding. i want to show you the buffalo bayou that flows through down sto houston. we think it will go up to 73 feet in 24 to 36 hours, that is going to be 1...