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Grateful for that visit. we spoke to a couple just a few minutes ago who said that this was a dream come true for them to have the president serve them food. and it really reassured them that help will be on the way, that they are getting the attention they deserve and that texans will be rescued. as for the neighborhoods here in houston that are still recovering, so many of those people are facing just a very daunting task ahead. they are looking at their yards which are completely overtaken with sheet rock and all of their belongings from inside their homes. and they are wondering where do w...

>> you know i have to tell you this neighborhood, katie, in the kingwood section, it is in full swing. this is a cul-de-sac that has become a make-shift dumping ground. you see people's lives out here. pots and pans, appliances, tables, chairs, carpet, insulation, all of it ending up out here because this is flood damaged. there is mud all over the place. it is coating the streets, coating the inside of people's homes. they had four feet of water come into this neighborhood. it came up from a river not far from here. they are in there and it is back breaking work. they're starting to remove so...

Babies in the nicu are waiting to be evacuated. elizabeth, you went on the water as it was being tested. what, exactly, are they looking for? >> we tested for a variety of agents. first of all, we were looking for bacteria, lots of different kinds, especially fecal. we were looking for chemicals, things like run off from gas stations or dry cleaners or any industrial source and heavy metals, things like arsenic, lead, they have been in floodwaters before, for example, katrina. >> doctor, we talked to some people that have been able to get back to their homes. the first thing that seems to be d...

Normal. how do they get their benefits? all of those things to get back to life, you can buy new stuff, you can repair sheet rock and get new carpet. people are so grateful to be saved and to be alive. i was out with one of those rescue trucks in a neighborhood with high water the other day. no one knew i was on the truck, i'm helping the volunteers, they had this old army truck. a lady came up to me in a neighborhood that was pretty desolate. it was a ghost town. looking for people who wanted to get out. she recognized me, it was my oldest senate district where i used to be a senator. she sai...

>> that means they've got to tear out the sheet rock, the furniture as ruined pup but they're lummy. this nabbed frood $ ffrmt that the reservoirs are dams, they still have water in the streety, houston, it as issing is loo narks i've been trying to wrap my head around all wook. am -- as far as we know, di. they said take the astro dome, the on baseball and foom