louisiana. that is because of those winds. but we do not have widespread outages yet. we can be thankful for that. we do anticipate over the next 24 hours they will receive an additional 10 to 24 inches of rain. this is in concert with the storm surge that remains in the one to two feet above ground level, which will prevent rivers from draining, as we would want undated -- want them to, which will exacerbate flooding problems. the storm will make landfall sometime tomorrow morning, to noon tomorrow. it will be a tropical storm and track back across louisiana from southwest louisiana up through the northeast corner. supportve tremendous from our federal partners, including fema, who you will hear from in a minute. pss conference yesterday i was able to speak with president trump again. he did announce there is an intention -- i do not know if this is final -- that he would visit our state on saturday. but the communication and partnership we have with our federal partners has been excellent. the

the louisiana department of wildlife was assisting in the effort in texas as well as the louisiana state police. thus far, about 40 rescued 1373ave people in texas since they were sent over to the houston-area several days ago. also about 150 pets as well. one thing that developed earlier this morning is the judge in orange county, texas, ordered a mandatory evacuation. , and it couldthis result in 3000 individuals who louisiana.into so we will continue to work on that. the thingses to going on in louisiana, we still have roads with water on them. that will play out for several more days. they are just now starting to train. example, that river, there will be flooding in those areas for several -- that river, there will bethrough it. i would ask everyone to continue to consult with 511 l.a..org. it has up-to-date real-time information on rolled -- road closures including a link to see what is happening in. thousands in texas. that to theing extent possible, all of traffic goes north onto i 20 and access texas. to do that on the northern side, if you look at the map with road closures in

and yet it overlays all of louisiana's history. i think the only governor close to that as far as being well known would be edwin edwards in more modern times who served four terms, not consecutively, but did come back and served four terms as louisiana's governor. but huey long is depicted at the new state capitol. that monument you see out there is where he's buried. and he's a folklore in louisiana politics, no doubt about it. and i think it continues on to this day. >> what is it about louisiana that attracts interesting political figures? >> well, i think it's, as best put, we talk about louisiana gumbo. louisiana is a collection of many, many nationalities. the french, spanish, creoles, the irish, the german that have landed here in louisiana and form a very eclectic group. to me it's a gumbo of individuals that at the end of the day becomes a very interesting sidebar to louisiana and its politics. >> on the date of huey long's assassination, he was the u.s. senator. but he was in baton rouge visiting the louisiana legislatur

we are starting to see that across all southern louisiana including in southeast louisiana. that's because of those winds. we don't have watch outages yet. we do anticipate over the next 24 hours southwest louisiana will see additional 10 to 24 inches of rain. this is in concert with a storm surge that remains in the one to two feet above ground level. which will prevent the rivers om draining as we would want them to. which would flooding problems. the storm will make landfall some time tomorrow morning to leave tomorrow. it will be a tropical storm then it will track back and across louisiana from southwest louisiana up through the northeast corner. we do have tremendous support from our federal partners including -- i was able to speak with president trump again. he did announce that there's an intention. he would visit our state on saturday. that the communication and the partnership that we've got with our partners are excellent. the state continues to lean forward in working with our local first respoers. certainly we have assets spread strategically across the state o

southeast louisiana. that is because of those winds. but we do not have widespread outages yet. we can be thankful for that. we do anticipate over the next 24 hours that southwest louisiana will receive an additional 10 to 24 inches of rain. this is in concert with the storm surge that remains in the one to two feet above ground level, which will prevent rivers from draining, as we would want them to, which will exacerbate flooding problems. the storm will make landfall sometime tomorrow morning, to noon tomorrow. it will be a tropical storm and then it will basically track back across louisiana from southwest louisiana up through the northeast corner. we do have tremendous support from our federal partners, including fema, who you will hear from in a minute. since our press conference yesterday, i was able to his -- i was able to speak with president trump again. he did announce there is an intention -- i do not know if this is final -- that he would visit our state on saturday. but the communication and

-- to southern louisiana. bill? bill: thank you. i appreciate the partnership are friends in texas and my colleagues over there, we are appreciative of what louisiana is doing. the type priority is the work together to support louisiana and texas and protect lives. we still have challenges, residents are still not out of harms way. responders and volunteers are working tirelessly to help those in need. r emergency shelters providing meals and offering comfort. we will still be here at fem a. i have a robust team. we are going to continue to correlate with our counterparts in texas as we can support them, plus planning for the future of any other events as we have stories out there. for hurricane yet season. we will be vigilant as well. thank you. >> thank you. repeat what the governor said, go volunteer. volunteer.louisiana.gov. to help.how do not load up your car and headed to texas. you can't get in, as the governor said. if you are wanting to help with the boats, the cajun navy, don't just grab boat and get

. >> [indiscernible] well, we wouldn't do it in south louisiana, but we have shelters in north louisiana and the idea is that we would put them in the shreveport area for transportation purposes. 20 and across interstate the tyler area into louisiana, we have the facilities there, something that the secretary of the department of children and family services is working on. yes, ma'am? >> we are seeing and hearing a [inaudible] is there any direction? >> we are working through the department of wildlife and talkings, they are directly to the individual that we know about. the cajun navy, it is somewhat organized, just by anybody who volunteers to go over and pull a boat behind them considers them selves part of the cajun navy. we know that the routes into texas where they need the search and rescue, it's hard to figure out the route you are going to it takes -- to take, which is very important. when you are on the ground they need to figure out who you are and where you are going and they don't have a duplication of effort. we have a lot of people in louisiana who have tremendous experien

southwest louisiana, for now, remains the center of gravity as it relates to the storm in louisiana. last night in lake charles, they sheltered 160 individuals , and that was a combination of folks who were from texas and from the other parish. that shelter population is around 330. we anticipate that will increase throughout the day as rescue operations in texas increase. that is what it means to be a good neighbor. speaking of that, the louisiana wildlife fisheries, those 40 officers deployed their votes and teamed up with counterparts in texas, over three days they rescued more than 1200 people. i think 126 pets. we are very appreciative for the work they have been able to do in texas. we will continue to provide texas the assistance they need including offering additional shelter space in louisiana should they choose to accept that we will shelter as many as 3400 texans in shreveport. we are ready to do that should they take us up on the offer. now, harvey will continue to make its way north. as you know it made landfall early this morning in the very southwest corner of louisian

your story to q2 louisiana. what to do their? what did it say about what happened to katrina and things we have not learned since then. guest: the country learned some lessons around hurricane katrina. louisiana learned a really important lesson about their phone or abilities. because of the way that the mississippi river has managed to prevent flooding on the mississippi river, and also to allow for navigation, which is important for domestic output and domestic out puts. it has ended up having the effect of destroying and withering away the marshes along southeast louisiana. that has created a huge phone or ability that katrina laid bare. we can remember the storm barreling off the coast. without the wetlands to protected and slow down. the storm came rolling in really quickly losing about a football field worth of wetlands every 90 minutes. we have to do something about this. the state legislator has pretty much -- pretty remarkable laws to take politics out of management. they mandated this coastal master plan. the idea of ab

look what he did in louisiana. many have speculated that there was a conspiracy to take him out because he could have been a presidential candidate. you know, there have been many books written about who was huey long. if you could get inside his mind, figure out who he was, i like to think of him as a unique individual, a one of a kind who just happened to be the right time in our state's history where we needed someone of his persistence, someone of his sheer determination, someone of his ilk and yet humble background to take our state forward. i'd like to say he brought us in a way kicking, screaming into the 20th century. and he had a vision. people don't want to admit it. and he had a vision. he bought public highways. put a lot of paved roads to the rural communities. farm to market roads. realized if you don't have a highway you can't get your goods and products to the market, to the city. public education as we know it started with huey long. free textbooks started with huey long. i know i said in my tenure

continues to ravage louisiana. sitting with these folks in louisiana know an awful lot about the destruction that hurricanes can cause on the suffering and they are certainly repaying to texas to help them so much during katrina. >> molly: they are offering shelter for some 3400 texas as they are in the midst of the storm. we are continuing to track the storm for harvey as it makes its second landfall. we are getting some new images out of texas. we will talk with one man from a very hard hit port arthur who had to leave everything behind as private citizens and good samaritans are using their own boats boats and trucks to bring evacuees to safety. stay with fox news channel. >> leland: a fox news alert, the rescues continue across east texas. there was catastrophic flooding in and around houston and everybody rescued of course needed a warm and dry place to stay. we are hearing most folks from houston have gone to there and many of the shelters are overwhelmed, running low on supplies. people leaving the shelters

we want to organize efforts in louisiana. in theill come a time next few days where they will transition from response to recovery. they will need all the things associated with recovery and we know that we want to be as generous as we can to help them in the way they have helped us numerous times over the last 10 or 12 years. lieutenant governor will be heading up those efforts to make sure we are responsive without causing problems to them in the process. parishes a number of with school closures, i think there are 12. for tomorrow as well. people need to be paying attention to that as we move forward. there are state offices closures and vermillion, jefferson davis, cameron and calcasieu. at this point in time i will ask bill to come up from fema. i will come back up to take you cans from you and direct those questions to anyone that is here standing behind me as well. >> thank you, governor. we appreciate the partnership. we have an emergency declaration from the federal government. other agencies are supporting texas so

that's where louisiana seceded from the union. and the vote to bring his impeachment hearing to the senate took place. although other historic issues took place. governor blanco served during the katarina era. i served under the governor for four years myself when i was in the senate. i'll bring you now into the house chambers attention, a beautiful room. as you can see we bring forth the stained glass on both -- as you'll see in both the house and senate side. this is the room that louisiana would have seceded from the union during the civil war. it would have been where they had many of the raging debates with about louisiana lottery at the time, gambling, in that era. you can see on both sides are the fireplaces. at that time this is how we heated the building. >> what were some of the discussions during the talk about secession. >> one of the interesting things is that 80% of the delegates here to secede from the union were actual slave owners. the outcome of the vote was predetermined. the mean or average income of the indivi

if louisiana is spared. when we're comfortable that we made it through this, i've offered the governor has offered anything we have to move to texas to assist them. >> you activated troop? >> so as we speak right now we've got about 100 on stayed active duty. the governor gave us authority to go up to 350. based on the threat of the storm we'll increase or provide him recommendations how to increase or stage as the storm unfolds and we understand the threat. >> general curtis based on the flooding we're seeing video wise out of the houston area, are they talking with all of you about door-to-door searches ultimately in new orleans and such in>> i don't know that they've gotten into that detail yet. you know the main thing is the big search and rescue both air which the coast guard is heavily engaged in right now. i think you see more military assets out there and the high water vehicles in boats to do the large scale evacuation and then you once you get out of the extremist life saving measures then you get

, with rick leventhal in vinton, louisiana. reporter: the storm has moved on, they feel for their neighbors in texas, they to have problem of their own, neighborhood in southwest louisiana, inundated by rain for 8 or 9 days, they have brought floods to neighborhoods like this in vinton, you can see streets are underwater, some homes have sandbags to prevent water from getting in the house, most of these houses are fortunately just high enough that interior did not get wet, we talked to a man down the street, who said he got water in his house. he got water in his garage. he has a corvette that got water damage, a couple of motorcycles, getting help from fema. not sure if we will get help he needs, folks have not seen floodwaters in this neighborhood like this, since 19 sens 70s. we came here from i10 the east-west artery between louisiana and texas, where all releave is moving from. -- relief is moving from, the kacajun navy bringing boats on pickup trucks, the i10 is closed to traffic because of further flooding in texas. we s

people can go between louisiana and texas. i think the governor is headed this way. >> pete: quick follow-up question, how prepared you feel that region is especially after katrina. the hurricane took a turn in houston. it happened very quickly. do you think they are prepared? >> absolutely. they knew it was coming. they prestaged a lot of assets including barricades for roads that need to be close. they preposition both in high water vehicles and the and the national guard activated members. they were staged in areas where they thought they would be needed. they've been helping out with rescues, those high water vehicles. they can carry as many as 16 people. they have boats they prestaged. they have other resources, the fire department, sheriff's department. he's seen many local citizens coming out to do their part. the governor is coming this way. if you can stand with us or hang with us for a minute or two. if you want to come back to us, the governor's going to be here. >> eboni: i have a question. the comparisons with hur

would be available for folks from louisiana. we have much more capacity for that in central and north louisiana, in munro, for example. we are making sheltering available to louisiana citizens in trying to be good neighbors to texas and understanding we have this additional capacity. need, wely have the will make that available to the folks in texas. i want to thank you very much for being here. we anticipate having another unified command group meeting tomorrow at 11:00. it will be followed by another press conference. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> hearing from the governor of louisiana. andexas, the president first lady are visiting the emergency operations center in austin, getting updates from state officials and touring the facility. planning on bringing that to you live, but we will have to show it recorded later in our schedule. earlier today we heard from o

he brought public highways to louisiana. he paved -- put a lot of paved roads to the rural communities. farm to market roads. realized if you don't have a highway you can't get your goods and products to the market, to the city. public education as we know it started with huey long. free textbooks started with huey long. i know i said in my tenure as speaker in '96 to 2000, huey long had a saying. you have to know where you have been. a chicken in every man's pot. he was a populist. he believed in doing for the people. if he saw -- i have heard stories and i have read stories and read books on him. if he saw you were genuine and you were sincere and you weren't personal, he could relate to you. when you made it personal, it was over. if you truly believed and were of conviction about whatever you were discussing, he could relate to that because he was of the same ilk. and in politics, you have got to learn. as you are coming up and as you progress through it, you can't burn all the bridges. and i think he understood that, bu

heather: louisiana knows the danger of flooding. rob: the white house urging those in the crosshairs to be prepared. heather: donald trump reaching out to texas and louisiana pledging full support as they prepare for the worst. rob: the breaking news. >> reporter: this is the president's first test handling a major storm response and sending the message to be prepared. it comes as the head of homeland security in an interim position in the head of fema overseas just a few months on the job. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said the president is up-to-date on the latest briefing it has no better advisor by his side can john kelly to keep him informed. >> we are in great shape having general kelly sitting next to the president throughout this process and no better chief of staff for the president during hurricane season. >> reporter: the president spoke with the governors of texas and louisiana pledging full support and resources of the federal government. governor greg abbott of texas spoke with donald trump and hea

in louisiana. we're looking here at a ballot box from about 1875, and the pox is important not only because it's a unique object, but also balls of what it represents. voting rights in louisiana in reconstruction. after the civil war a new group of people was able to vote for the first time, mainly african americans who changed the composition of the state legislature. what you're looking at here is a poster that shows some of the african americans who were elected into the state legislature during radical reconstruction. the louisiana state legislature that passed the slaughterhouse acted consisted of about one-third annualry ebb acted african americans. one of the interesting things in this picture is oscar dunn. he was the first one of african descent who was elected lut napt governor as of of a state. he was eventually replaced by pbs pifrmg back who also serchld as lieutenant governor but went on to serve for 35 days as the governor of the louisiana, the first african-american to serve as gove

this time harvey made landfall just west of cameron, louisiana. the storm still packing winds of 45 miles per hour and will dump heavy rain on new orleans and other parts of louisiana. harvey is expected to weaken and head north next. even as harvey moves on, the damage is done. the record setting storm dropped some more than 51 inches of rain on parts of texas, and so it's blamed for as many as 30 deaths. including a houston police officer. but as rescue crews make their way into some of the hardest hit flood shown zones that number could go up. roughly 200,000 people have been forced from homes and shelters in the houston area are at capacity. >> in fact, houston is now under a curfew as rescue crews continue to search for survivors. there is array of hope in some suburb, ka legal pastel lives in sugar land texas and joins us via skype. how are you? i hear that you were out actually rescuing people yesterday on your own? >> i was just doing what any citizen should be doing. >> tell me >> i have a vehicle that can, you know, go through pretty dee

slaughter house, cruikshank, hahns versus louisiana, and plessy versus ferg soon are all involved louisiana. but let's not to be hard on poor louisiana. in fairness, corruption of state legislate steuers and in congress associated with economic development schemes was commonplace in the 19th and 20th centuries. as eric phoner observed "bribery, fraud, and influence pedalling it have been endemic to american politics and nor did the governments in the reconstruction north the era of tweed and whiskey rings offer a model of probity. indeed speaking as someone who grew up in illinois and was a cook county state's attorney before going into teaching, i would say the corruption is pretty common within economic development schemes even today. now, be this as it may, in louisiana, schemes such as the state lottery and the slaughter house law engendered intense resentment because of the widespread belief they had been obtained dishonestly. far from being a public health measure, the slaughter house law was characterized but its opponent as "a private measure aimed at the unjest enrichment of a few

we could receive folks from louisiana as well. if you will, whereas before it was done on an ad hoc basis now it's like we're ready. we have systems and put it in gear. we've learned our lesson. >> eric: port arthur and beaumont in texas underwater, a crisis there. are you prepared to except folks from those areas into the state in your shelters? >> absolutely. let me just say all across the nation after katrina people received folks from the flooded areas of new orleans and surrounding parish and we're very emotional and thankful for our fellow americans. whatever we can do to pay it back and pay it forward we'll absolutely do. >> eric: we have a fire truck here in new york from the great people of your state has the ig signe yeah on it. we talk about coordination and we look back to the former governors and mayor, it took a while for the national government to be deployed. do you see greater coordination between federal and state authorities to try to prevent the worst from happening? >> totally. for example, congress has done,

>> well, it's not louisiana, okay? there's lots of things that masquerade as cajun food that really are not, but you know, we get home enough to get the real taste of real stuff. and we do washington, d.c., mardi gras here every year and draw thousands of people who come to get to sample the real stuff, so we got a taste of louisiana here on the hill. >> representative mike johnson who serves the state of louisiana, thanks for your time. >> thanks for your time. >> the best way to get started with it. i started out as a foundation intern. vice president pat coyle interned at the foundation. you'll see some familiar faces in that video, kyle farabie, they were all nexs interns at the foundation. so, if you're interested, talk to any of the foundation staff members. we would love to get to know you a little bit better. i'd be happy to give you more information about the internship program and do whatever we can do to make it happen for you. so, we have internships this fall, we have snernshinternshipe spring and of cours

to the people of texas and louisiana, we are we're praying for you. we're working closely with your leaders and officials and i will be visiting the impact zone tomorrow to ensure that you're receiving full support and cooperation from the federal government and on saturday we're think we're going back to texas and also we're will be going to louisiana. nothing can defeat the unbreakable spirit of people of texas and louisiana right now every american heart sends its love and support to those whose lives have been up ended, totally up ended, totally, by this very horrible storm. we're ask god for his wisdom and strength. we're will get through this. we're will come out stronger, and believe me, we're will bigger, better, stronger than ever before. the rebuilding begin and in the end it will be something v in the effected area, because it has been -- i will also like to share a message to the people of finland, who have recently suffered a terrorist attack. we're stand in solidarity with you against the terrorist threat. we're must all work together to

lake charles, louisiana. thank you. we are awaiting remark, by the way, from president trump in missouri. we know he's on the ground there. there's a live shot. he's going to be outlining his ideas on tax reform. mike lee joins us next to talk ab overhauling the country's tax system and the response to congress to help harvey victims. as chief everything officer, lynne smith, gets ready to launch the school year. binders, done. super-cool notebooks, done. laptop setup, done. that's mom taking care of business. but who takes care of mom? office depot / office max. during our "taking care of back to school" sale, order online and pick up in-store in just one hour. and she's off... to another important business meeting. office depot / office max. ♪ taking care of business tap one little bumper and up go your rates. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. liberty mutual insurance. >> sandra: we

tropical storm warnings are in effect for the houston area through the coast of louisiana. we do expect to see that landfall from harvey, another u.s. landfall, coming up later on this morning, probably closer to 7:00 or 8:00 local time near cameron. and then continue to push north rather quickly, thankfully as it moves through central parts of louisiana by tonight. and then quickly spinning into a tropical low and moves through the midwest over the weekend, taking all that rain with it. in fact, you can see that rain moving with the center of the storm, but heavy rains today across southern louisiana, by the time we get to tomorrow, it is northern louisiana, parts of arkansas that could see flooding rains and then that rain continues to move up toar tennessee by friday and saturday. an additional 3 to 5 inches of rain in port arthur on top of what has already fallen and we're looking at western louisiana, possibly seeing more than 10 inches of rain over the next 24 hours. that will lead to more flash flooding in that area. and before harvey finally moves on out, and then w

louisiana are very adept at dealing with this. however, the worst of the storm is likely yet to come for louisiana, with potential nearly a dozen additional inches of southwest ooding in and south central louisiana and to go, rge has nowhere then even as the rains move know, god designed water to flow south. you have just water anagement, control at capacity and beyond capacity, we're the inly dealing with situations. assets are in place, i'm in communication with both and of of the area office of the preparedness, attending meetings at the meetings and we're keeping our people posted through our media is large.which host: are you looking at your tions of parts of district? mandatory , voluntary , we have evacuations in other areas, the louisiana generally go and n it is time to there's a great deal of evacuation, th suggestions, whether it's a recommended evacuation or mandatory evacuation. what we don't want to do is put responders in jeopardy or needed for hat are save s in order to go people that should have not.uated and did

, currently 400 in louisiana. there are anticipating large flooding across the southwest portion of louisiana and preparing. the governor has not requested a dual status commander, but the louisiana national guard has if itfied a dual standard looks like it will be required. we anticipate louisiana will also request dual status commander as texas has already done. like to the size before we go to questions, this will be a long-term effort. usually when the guard response to hurricane type events, normally we talk about the first and then we are recovery effort. due to the nature of this storm as it has dumped record levels of rainfall across southwest texas, our response to this hurricane has been very different than we have looked at before. the planning associated with it had to be different because of the nature of it. as you look at historic levels of rain, 40 to 50 inches localized in certain areas, and then sustain flooding over a period on multiple days or potentially weeks, as you talk response and recover

we've seen that in southwestern louisiana. this is the size of the state of kentucky, so when you look at the numbers, we're most likely on the verge of breaking a u.s. record. that was 56 inches. the record was in 1978 tropical storm amelia that dropped in texas and hit 48. so we're looking at 48 as the all-time record. but when we talk about emergency services for possible rescue events, the rain is going to start to ease up in houston. sure, they could get a couple more inches, but because it's spinning offshore, brianna, it's a siphon. it's this vacuum, if you will, and that motion is going to bring more rain in beaumont, lake charles, southwest louisiana. they canceled schools in new orleans and didn't get as much as they expected, but here's the problem spot. we expect landfall in the pre-dawn hours wednesday morning. this will be the second landfall. but since it's moving so slowly, the amount of rain could be 10 to 20 inches in that area that's already had 10 to 20 inches. the spacing is nice to have. see that separati

came to shore near cameron, louisiana early this morning. center is near lake charles, louisiana. heaviest of rains pulled out of houston area for now, the bulk of that moisture will progress northbound toward memphis, tennessee area in the next 24 to 36 hours. with time, eventually that moisture will find its way here in time for start of the long holiday weekend. today is not a bad day. plenty of sunshine around. mid to upper 70s. future weather shows a slight chance for a stray shower or two today and tomorrow as well. rain chances are low. the rain chance comes back late friday night and saturday. that could impact weekend plans. here is the weekend forecast. >> hey chuck, yes. at least the first half of the weekend looks to be impacted by remnants of harvey, not the entire weekend forecast. that's the good news. temperatures take a swing by end of the week. look at this. tomorrow in the mid-80s, normal for this time of year, friday, saturday, we are dropping into the low 70s for daytime highs. saturday we see remnants of harvey locally. if heading to the beach, looking at cap

southwest louisiana, central louisiana, northern louisiana will be impacted by rain bands as the day goes on. this may not be accurate so check the national weather service but another four to eight inches could be possible in the state of louisiana and i'm in constant contact with the state whether it's governor john bel edwards or his chief of staff, mark cooper. we have incident management teams that have been in place for well over a week at this point. any mission assignments they need to fulfill any gaps. we don't have too many requests coming in. there are search and rescue efforts coming in -- underway and we anticipate -- we have turned on the president's emergency disaster declaration to the governor as well. we are standing by and letting the elements clear out and we will have a clear picture and how bad the support is for the state. one thing that is impressive as governor john bel edwards, not only is his state impacted but he proactively overnight since search and rescue teams to port arthur/beaumont and they saved over 200 people which is a testament to not only the g

for other portions of louisiana, perhaps not touched by harvey, how do you see that louisiana will be taking in people from texas, whether it be in a temporary manner or perhaps permanently? >> right. we have a 2,000 bed shelter. the governor has ready entry in shreveport and waiting for the call from texas if they need that. we will open that immediately. it's ready to accept people as soon as texas sees the need. we have many more shelters that we will make available, keeping enough for our people as well. we're very good at this, unfortunately. we will be there for the long haul to assist texas and hopefully we can help them through the fema process and getting people assistance immediately. but it's going to be a long, long time before texas recovers from this size of devastation. >> lieutenant governor, thank you so much. all the best to you and everyone there in louisiana. >> thank you. >>> right now, i want to go to houston. a meeting right there. ted cruz is speaking. there with him, congresswoman. let's listen in. >> every one of us, even as we have our friends to the east in

the storm now dumping rain on the louisiana coast. finally giving the flood ravaged city of houston break. but the damage has been done. >> we are not done with the flooding even if the skies are clear. >> death toll surging as the flood water keeps r rising. tens of thousands of people forced out of their homes because of the record-breaking rain. we'll take to you texas as crews continue those heroic around the clock rescues. >> we're going to be working with congress on helping out the state of texas. it's going to be a costly proposition. >> president trump on the ground in the lone star state promising help. but his trip also coming with some controversy. >>> meanwhile, a finally opening its doors to flood victims. days after taking heat on social media. now, pastor joel olsteen is speaking out. >>> and later, hollywood opening their hearts and wallets to houston. from kevin hart to jj watts beyonce' to the kardashians. we'll show you how celebrities are giving back. a special edition of good day at 9a starts now. ♪ >>> good da

not necessarily good for the people over in louisiana. but if we don't get significant amounts of rain and i think you'll see the water go down fairly rapidly, xexcept in thos areas we have watersheds, rivers, for example, that drain from the area originally hit by the hurricane, because that water is still going to be coming downstream. >> and -- i guess -- how are you going to cope with the weather forecast? they're talking about a lot more rain coming in to the area. is it just a situation you just have to really bear this out? and hunker down and try to get through it? >> well, hunker down's the term. i mean, that's something we've used down here certainly back during hurricane ike. but that's what i said. the good news is, it appears that now the forecast is shifting harvey a little bit to the east so that we're not getting those training bands coming off the gulf. i hoe it stays that way, because if so, that will make our life a lot easier. i will also say that a big difference that people haven't really talked about. now that we're

our thoughts are with the people of texas and louisiana. they, and you, mr. president, have shown strength and courage to overcome this catastrophe. it has been touching to watch the t.v. and see how people help each other. that is what we basically are built of, helping each other. finland highly appreciates our close relationship with the united states. today, they are broader than ever, ranging from security to trade, to innovation. we are indeed celebrating our 100 years of independence. i want to thank you for the generous gift presented to the fulbright finland foundation. i want to also take this opportunity to greet the almost 700,000 americans who have finnish igin. mr. president, we exchanged views on several international issues. our broad headline was security. we discussed the importance of the transatlantic bond. that was between the european union and the united states. history has taught us europeans the value of unity. the u.s. and nato presence is very important and it is increasing rapidly. finland is doing its part to promote dialogue, to

there's multiple flash flood warnings in effect, in southeast texas and southern louisiana. as much as 15 inches of rain expected before dawn. >> crews are work around the clock to rescue people stranded from the floodwaters at home, businesses and vehicles. the rescuers are using boats, helicopters and everything else at hand. >> the houston convention center has 7,000 evacuees, 2,000 more than capacity. >> the city's mayor says the shelter will not turn anyone away. >> reporter: the evacuees keep coming in by the busload at the houston convention center, where they are reaching capacity. the numbers are growing exponentially all day long. we spoke to one woman who walked in after a helicopter rescue, shivering cold and holding a 3-month-old baby. they walked in with enough supplies to last them a few days. those are the types of stories we're seeing here at the convention center. take a look behind me. that's the registration desk. that's where all these people who have left their homes are checking in with the red cross and getting all their information in. and that room

notice also the shift towards the east, southwest louisiana, western louisiana and going into northeast texas is included and we need to watch that very, very carefully. go to the last map. this is a map of the current flooding. we have major flooding occurring already in the houston area, and you see that area blossoming out north and west of houston. the peak flow and depth of this flood will max out in the wednesday, thursday timeframe. this does include the projected rainfall that we are expecting. also, and even though we see on this map that currently we don't see flooding in eastern texas and western louisiana, this was done it for yen, with these heavy rain falls now occurring, this will quickly change. we should also emphasize in this case, the flooding will be very slow to recede. so we are seeing catastrophic flooding, this will likely expand and will likely persist as it is slow to recede. i just want to emphasize on the weather source perspective where working in partnership with the federal, state and local emergency management and water resource management community we've

notice also the shift towards the east, southwest louisiana western louisiana. going into northeast texas is included. go to the last map, this is a map of the current flooding. we have major flooding occurring already in the houston area. you see that area blossoming out north and west of houston. the peak flow and depth will plaques--max out in the wednesdays and thursday time frame. also, we see on the map, currently we don't see flooding in eastern texas and western louisiana. this was as of 4:00 a.m. with heavy rainfalls now occurring, this will quickly change. we should also emphasize in this case the flooding will be very slow to recede. we are seeing catastrophic flooding. this will likely expand will likely persist as it's slow to recede. i want to emphasize from weather service perspective, we're working in partnership with the federal, state and local emergency management and water resource management community. we've been working with them since last weekend in anticipation of this storm as models and forecast is started showing potential for the sto