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Flooding. there is one road that gets you from here to there. you could be stranded and i drove that road starting early yesterday morning. came back in the early evening yesterday. there were parts of it that had already gotten water on them. it was difficult to drive where sand had been washed over that road as well. so as bill said, i know we're not out of the woods here at least where i'm standing. but folks here worried about a storm sitting on us and inundating us. >> david, give us a sense as to where you are in comparison to where this eye is sitting right now which is -- looks like ju...

>> have you ever seen a storm that's gone on this long with this much strength for that period? >> i'm trying to think. we've had flood events like on the mississippi river that have lasted a week, week and a half, but that's because it's so long, and it takes a long time to go down. the storm sitting in a location this long? not that i remember. i mean, there's some historic blizzards that have lingered in new england for many days, but that's a different ballgame brsh. >> i think the word you are hearing is this is an unprecedented, historic event. thank you. much more on the rescue effort...

When you have a storm sitting like this on an area. let's go back to politics. the white house is saying the president met with his cabinet and other administration staffers to talk about the response to hurricane harvey. the statement issued earlier saying the president held a videoconference from camp david where he instructed the relevant agencies fully engaged in position to support this number one priority of saving lives. it says the president reminded his department heads the full impact of the storm won't be apparent letter days as people in texas recover from flooding and wind damage....

When you have a storm sitting like this on an area. let's go back to politics. the white house is saying the president met with his cabinet and other administration staffers to talk about the response to hurricane harvey. the statement issued earlier saying the president held a videoconference from camp david where he instructed the relevant agencies fully engaged in position to support this number one priority of saving lives. it says the president reminded his department heads the full impact of the storm won't be apparent letter days as people in texas recover from flooding and wind damage....

Family a short while ago, and they said they're starting to receive some rain. what are the conditions in norlnew orleans is? what are you seeing? >> caller: they're okay now. but what that gentleman just said is ominous. if you look at the diagram he had up and you saw the colored bands that rang around the center. those are the things that could potentially flow into louisiana, because that storm is likely to stay there for a bit. and the longer it stays there, the more rain will fall and more potential inland flooding. lake charles was the last time i actually saw you. they're having major ...