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People. texas is my home. i have a lot of friends and family there. everyone in some form or fashion that i know has been affected by this flooding. and here's the thing, we look at images. there are so many people who are still trapped in their homes. and that's the terrifying thing about it right now. >> the difficult part of all of this. >> dennis, thank you so much for being with us. >> still ahead here on newsroom, catastrophic weather in texas. we will speak with man stuck in his neighborhood. a person who took a lot of images as well. >> a heart breaking image of some of the most vulner...

From amendment over the world donating, reached the $200,000 goal less than two hours. they crashed the website, we're working to get the website back up. we're trying to raise as much as we can so once this storm is over we can again the rebuilding process and get these people back on their feet. >> and clearly if you can raise $200,000 in two hours you're going to raise a lot of money going forward. people's homes are going to be destroyed, the water damage is extraordinary throughout houston and beyond. >> yeah, there's no question about it. we know the nfl has a wide reaching arm and we're...

Efforts there. listen. >> you must be proud of the citizens of your state right now. >> texans are the best. i'm so proud of my fellow texans and the way they are responding. so thankful for our first responders and the terrific work they've been doing. we've been working to aid them by deploying about 3,000 national guard members as well as providing about 200 or so boats and helicopters for emergency rescues. it is the first responders who are making life and death decisions. helping so many people live and rescue these people. i'm so very proud of them and what they are doing. >> rosemary, ...

Obviously. city of houston did not call for an evacuation before the storm and we don't know how many people have left before the storm. so, it's really a significant question right now about how many people may tell need to be rescued in the city. >> we've heard complaints from people who say, you know if, i heard the warning and told directly, get out of town i would have done that. talk to us a bit more about what you're heari from the city, the reason they did not order a mandatory evacuation of people. >> the fact is is that hurricane harvey came up very very quickly. it reformed as a maj...

Be yet to come. at this point, more than 300,000 people without power. take a look at the city of wroc, port texas. you can see how strong this category four storm was when it came into texas. destruction where harvey struck on friday night, we understand one person was killed in that town. another person killed in the city of houston after being swept away by flood waters. cars can be seen submerged and many roads simply impossible at this point. commercial flights in and out of houston's two main airports have been halted. meanwhile, frantic search and rescue operations are on the way as d...