Recede, rescuers find more bodies. The storms death toll now up to 28 and is expected to rise. Pushing tax cuts. As the debate begins on how to pay for the recovery in texas and louisiana, President Trump hits the road, calling for sweeping stacks cutax cuts. Right now hes only offering an outline. Does anybody have the actual numbers . We want to welcome our viewers around the world. Wolf blitzer is out and im jim sciutto in the situation room. Urgent rescues are under way right now in Southeast Texas after Tropical Storm harvey made a second landfall in nearby louisiana. Harvey is finally moving on, but not quickly enough. It dumped 26 inches of rain in the past 24 hours alone on port arthur, texas. The mayor today declared, quote, our whole city is under water. That includes a nursing home where floodwaters trapped residents there for hours. Also flooded, a shelter which evacuees had to abandon after the water rose right under their cots. Police are pleading now for more rescue boats. The governor of texas says the disaster region is far larger than that of Hurricane Katrina or superstorm sandy. Onethird of the houston area now submerged. The full scope of the catastrophe revealed as the sun came out today for the first time over the city. First responders and volunteers are going door to door in small boat boats, evacuating people trapped by the floods. The citys police chief says there has been 60,000 to 70,000 calls for help. Fema has called for volunteers to save houses when those waters finally recede. 14,000 texas guard troops have been activated and the governor says 10,000 more are on the way from other states. Well hear from flood advisers and local officials and correspondents and guests standing by with full coverage of the breaking news. Take a look right now. These are live pictures. A cnn exclusive, our Martin Savage on this Navy Helicopter here which is flying search and rescue missions over beaumont, texas. Right there, one of those lucky enough to be saved aboard that helicopter right now. Crews from on board that helicopter, the people youre seeing there, have just been lifted to safety by a Navy Helicopter. That Navy Helicopter still over those floodwaters looking for more of the many texas residents who are still trapped by the floodwaters. Lets go straight to texas now, and thats where cnn Senior Correspondent drew griffin is in hardhit beaumont, texas. Drew, tell us what the conditions are there now. We know that earlier you saw some rescues underway. Reporter theyre happening all over the place. The good news is harvey is finally moving on. The rain has abated, almost stopped. But dont let that fool you. The danger, the crisis, continues all across Southeast Texas right now with rescues in many places, water still rising. This emergency, jim, is still on. A deepening humanitarian crisis in houston and throughout Southeast Texas. Amid the historic flooding, victims are fleeing to shelters, convention halls, churches, even a Bowling Alley and a Furniture Store now house flood victims. They said water was rising, time to go. So thats what we did. Reporter the destruction is spreading beyond houston. Beaumont and port arthur, texas got pummeled with 26 inches of rain in 24 hours. The mayor of port arthur says his whole city is now under water. This shelter flooding overnight compounding the misery for people already leaving their homes. Multiple agencies are still making rescue after rescue while many more are still waiting for help. Emergency crews race against time to reach those trapped in their homes. How long were you in there . Three days. Reporter amid the devastation, extraordinary acts of humanity. These two residents lost their homes, but are are working around the clock themselves to save their neighbors. Eat something, dry up a little bit, get a little bit of energy, a little bit of coffee in our system and were back out. Reporter this group forming a human chain to save an elderly man from rushing water. As we prepared to go live on cnn, a man mistook a flooded ravine for a street and drove right into the water. Look at this. Get out, dude you got a power cord . You got a rope . Hold on, im trying to get you a rope. Brian, call 911. Hold on, sir. Can you grab his car . Grab it now. Wrap it around your okay. Okay. Come on, buddy. Are you all right now, buddy . Yeah. Take your breath. Were going to get you off of this bank. How you doing . Great. Reporter later we were able to catch up with jerry summerall. It was all flooded and i just got i was kind of disoriented. I was looking at the water and i thought i just hit a curb, and then i was going to go on the road. Only it wasnt a road, it was a canal. Did you think, dang, what did i do . No kidding. I thought it was the end. If it wouldnt have been for your crew, i would have drowned, i swear to god. Reporter jim, there are many emergencies like that occurring all across texas. And people responding all over texas to this emergency, and theyre going to need it, because as the waters eventually do go down, the misery is going to be revealed and try to build back all these homes, these businesses, this entire community from this historic flood. Jim . Well, small acts of kindness and heroism like that making all the difference for people suffering from these storms. Our drew griffin there, thank you very much. I want to show you these remarkable and i want to be clear, these are live pictures from on board a u. S. Navy rescue helicopter. It has just picked up seven people out of the water in beaumont, texas. Beaumont, texas some of the hardest hit areas. You can see its just landed here noumpl to dry land where that family can get out of safety. That helicopter is going to take off. After the storm hit the coast there, people still stranded in their homes and in the water, and you have rescues like this going on every hour, every day, all day and through the night. And were seeing a lucky family there right now. Seven people rescued from the waters by the u. S. Navy. As the rain moved on to the east, the sun finally appeared over houston, revealing the full extent of the catastrophe there. Rescuers out in force still looking for people trapped by the floodwaters. Cnns brian todd accompanied some of those rescues by the water. Brian, tell us the number of people youve seen in need today and how those rescuers are able to get to them. Reporter well, they could only really get to them, jim, on these boats. This air boat that were on and some of these other private boats behind me, fishing boats and others. Just a moment ago, we were told there are some more people in need of rescuing in an apartment complex back into this lake forest neighborhood. They thought they had gotten everyone out, but they have not. Were told the Coast Guard Boat needs to get a little ahead of us because the power of this boat is just too great. We have to let them get ahead of us in the neighborhood. Were going to follow them there and see if we can see who in the apartment complex needs to be rescued. This is a staging area where we just so the some rescuees being dropped off here. They can be dropped off here where theyre picked up by trucks and taken to some dryer areas. One other thing weve noticed, jim, these waters have really risen just overnight and into today because of the release of the Addicks Reservoir that controlled release really flooded the buffalo bayou, and these waters came up today after the brunt of the storm had already passed. These people thought they had dodged a bullet. It came up to our chests in some cases. People were pulled from houses and apartment buildings. We were also told just a moment ago that people, not kids, telling people there is a mandatory evacuation. There is not a mandatory evacuati evacuation. One of these men is a dea agent thinks kids are telling people that so they can go in their homes and possibly loot them. You have a law situation here developing in these neighborhoods where people are trying to take advantage of some, jim. Thats always a danger in catastrophes like this, but you make a good point there, brian. The water continues to rise. The water has to go somewhere. Theyve been coming through rivers, theyve been coming through reservoirs and that means people still in danger. Brian todd, thank you so much. Joining me now in beaumont, texas, is congressman weber. Port arthur completely under water, battered as the storm continues along the gulf coast. Congressman weber, thank you for joining us. I want to ask you if you could give us the latest update on the situation in your district . Yeah, thank you, jim, for having me. Actually im in friendswood which is a ways away from beaumont but beaumont is my district. Tell us what the need is there and how many more people do you believe are still in need of rescue . Jim, its unbelievable. This is the widest flooding. I was born and raised on the gulf coast 63 years. I have three districts, Galveston County and the southern half of Galveston County. My wife and i are going through the suburbs and there are still people trapped in houses. Youre seeing the rain and the flood that made its way over to Jefferson County as harvey moved east. There is probably thousands, if not tens of thousands of people out there in the beaumont port arthur area that need evacuation. There are going to be shelters set up. Its so widespread, its incredible. Youre saying that still today there are thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of people, who are still in need of rescue in the beaumont and port arthur area . I dont know if its strictly in Jefferson County, im talking about across my district. Jim, there are people who stayed in their houses. What you have to remember is that the floodwaters are coming and going. Theyve gone up i mean, theyve gone down and then they come back up. Because were getting rainwater down our rivers that was deposited in texas up above us, and youve got some dams and reservoirs that the army corps of engineers is having to let water out of so the dam doesnt get compromised, crack or break. This thing is not over yet. Theyre still talking about flooding occurring in houses. 10,000 may be an exaggeration, maybe its three, four, five, six thousand. But i tell you, there are a lot of people out there to be rescued. Those numbers still staggering. Do you believe you have the resources necessary to get to those people still awaiting rescue . Weve been watching live footage from a u. S. Navy helicopter and just the scope of the devastation is overwhelming. Well, yes, we dont have enough. We had marines being deployed, we have amphibious what they call tracks being deployed, they can go through water. You never have enough. We couldnt figure out assets because you dont know what rain will fall into which watershed, so you can never plan which assets to put one over another. But i know youre seeing the great citizens that have come together. People from other states, theyve brought boats in and theyre bringing people out. We actually set up an email address, harveydisaster gmail. Com if they have a question or a need or if they know someone who needs to be rescued. Im happy we got this kind of great response. Nobody could have ever anticipated how widespread this flood was going to be. Listen, as we watch from that helicopter there, im just imagining how many homes where people may still be looking for aide. We understand that two u. S. Navy ships are going to be deployed from newark, new jersey. The military brings a lot of assets that local Law Enforcement doesnt have. More aircraft, more surface boats, et cetera. Do you think you need the navy now, to call in the navy to get these people to safety . Well, it will depend on the rain. You know, if the rain stops and as much of the water is let out of those dams and reservoirs that we talked about heres what i know. Right now were in the stage of rescuing people, protecting lives, getting people and animals out. We want to be sure we get everybody rescued to a safe, dry place and get them warm clothes, an environment with medical attention, get that taken care of. At some point well come back and assess exactly how the process went. No, we dont have enough assets on the ground. We literally there are humvee vehicles, military vehicles that have been picking people up. As i said, amphibious vehicles, helicopters that you saw, small air boats that have been going in there. We could use lots more to get these people out as quickly as possible. So once its all over and done with, we will assess how this went. Weve got experience on the texas gulf coast with a hurricane. This kind of flood, we have experience with floods. But this is a flood of what they would call biblical proportions, and that nag tmagnitude, you cot have had enough assets in place for it. Biblical proportions, i was just thinking of that also. Congressman, were thinking of you, were thinking of residents of your staff there. So thank you again. Bless you, jim. The helicopter is over one of the hardest hit areas here. Beaumont, texas. All that water and the water is still rising. Its coming from further north in the state. Its flowing down to cities and towns like this. Were joined by pentagon correspondent barbara starr. So now we know the u. S. Navy is being called in to help. How long will it take for those ships to get from norfolk to the state of texas . Reporter its going to take a couple days, two amphibious warships. They will come with significant ability. The main thing they can do is stay offshore, fly their helicopters over the impact area. Theyre going to have anywhere from 200 to 400 marines with them, but they dont have to live off this devastated community. Theyre going to come with their own food, water, housing. They stay on board the ship, they fly back and forth. Your previous guest was talking about this. Get enough assets into the area and get people out so youre seeing that the active duty responders across the region mobilize, but tliterally, the ar power, the land power to begin to move across this area hopefully more rapidly and get people out. So look at these helicopter pictures. Unbelievably dramatic. What they are doing right now, as you look at this, they have people on board, military personnel, navy and air force, and they are scanning continuously. They are looking for any signs on the ground, people on rooftops, people waving sheets or towels out of their windows, people who have to be rescued who are in imminent danger from the floodwaters, and the only way to get to them is by helicopter. If somebody is on their roof, these are the kind of helicopters, these types of helicopters, that fly overhead, they lower a basket with a rescue person attached and then or they have a belt and they bring these people up to their helicopters. It is dangerous precision work. The problem is they can only rescue a couple people at a time, then they have to go back, reload, essentially. But, you know, you dont want to call this a military operation. This is humanitarian Disaster Relief. But its the same skill set that they do use in a combat zone. If theyre in a combat zone, theyre looking for targets. Right now they are looking for people desperate to get out, jim. Well, the u. S. Navy, as you know, barbara, has enormous experience with humanitarian aid. Even going back to the asia tsunami, kalt ctrina. They know how to do it and they do it well. This is a live picture from aboard one of the u. S. Navy helicopte helicopters, in fact, a joint operation between the u. S. Navy and the u. S. Air force. Flooded homes, flooded neighborhoods, flooded communities. Were joined now as well by retired rear admiral john kirby, spokesman for the state department, certainly knows a thing or two about the navys capabilities. John, as we get a true scope of the disaster, that looks like a job for the u. S. Navy. As barbara said, the navy and the marine corps can be of assistance from the air and also on the ground. You can tell just from looking at the devastation, the widespread flooding, certainly there are military capabilities that can be brought to bear, not just by the navymarine corps but by the national service. This is going to take weeks, if not months. I think everybody in the military who has contributed to this realizes they could very well be involved in some way for quite some time. One question ive had from the beginning, as you go through these neighborhoods, and weve seen this helicopter hovering over this community, how scientific, if thats the word, are they doing this search and rescue . Are they setting up a grid so they know what areas theyve covered before, theyre not doubling up so they know where aid has not reached yet . I suspect theyre under fema, that theyre not just out cowboying this thing and doing it on their own. I suspect theyre giving areas that they want to fly, that hasnt been searched. But i suppose theyre looking for navy and civil authorities not to supplant them. Well be back as we watch these live pictures, the Navy Helicopters searching the communities of beaumont, texas looking for survivors. We saw a live rescue on air, a family of seven pulled up to safety on that helicopter. Please stay with us. Well be back after this short break. Lets see, there are the wildcats til we die weekenders. The watch me let if fly. This i gotta try weekenders. Then weve got the bendy. Spendy weekenders. The tranquility awaits. Hanging with our mates weekenders and the its been quite a day. So glad we got away weekenders. Whatever kind of weekender you are, theres a hilton for you. Book your weekend break direct at hilton. Com and join the weekenders. Duncan just protected his family with a 500,000 Life Insurance policy. How much do you think it cost him . 100 a month . 75 . 50 . Actually, duncan got his 500,000 for under 28 a month. Less than 1 a day his secret . Selectquote. 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This scene being repeated, really, across the hardest hit areas of texas, and so of course the residents of that nursing home some of the most vulnerable victims of this disaster. In addition to these live pictures, we continue to have live pictures from over beaumont, texas, exclusive images from cnn. There they are from a Navy Helicopter. This is a joint u. S. Navyair force operation, rescue operation, flying over beaumont, texas, one of the hardest hit areas close to the coast there. We have with me barbara starr, retired admiral john kirby. Barbara starr, can you describe the kinds of special capabilities that the u. S. Navy brings to a rescue operation like this . Reporter well, what the u. S. Military including the navy brings is the fundamental thing that is needed right now by all accounts, and that is the ability to generate a high volume of continuous rescue missions. This is so far beyond look, the First Responders, the people of texas have been doing amazing. All kudos to them. It breaks your heart to see what theyre all going through. But this is biblical catastrophe . You bet. This now requires highvolume, continuous, 24 hours a day capability rescue power, pure and simple. So that means you have to have helicopters with infrared sensors. You have to be able to scan wide areas, see who is out there, get to them quickly. You cant have elderly people sitting for 24 hours, you know, with their feet in the water at a nursing home. The problem is this. The floodwaters still rising in some areas. These helicopters, and theres more than a hundred of them out there from a number of agencies, including the military, work incident by incident. They can lower rescue forces and try to get people out. This is now a wide crisis. Barbara, just so our viewers are aware, in the upper righthand corner, thats from that u. S. Navy helicopter. On the left here, and again, you see uniformed military there assisting. This is the continuation of the evacuation of a nursing home behind that group of people there. There is one of the patients in a wheelchair. Its hard enough to get out of floodwaters on foot. Imagine that in wheelchairs, in beds. It is and again, that kind of scene, that kind of rescue being repeated across the hardest hit areas of the state of texas. This is the new normal there for the coming days. Were joined now by democratic congressman Sheila Jackson lee. Her district includes much of the houston area which, of course, remains under water. Congresswoman lee, we just spoke with your colleague, republican congressman randy weber who said that in his district, he Still Believes thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, still in need of rescue there. Where you are, are you concerned about similar numbers still being threatened by the floodwaters and in need of rescue . As the days have gone by first of all, thank you, and let me offer my concern for my neighbors in beaumont. As the mayor said, theyre under water and certainly pray for they s those in the nursing home and pray for the families that have loved ones or loved ones missing. Ive been at the george r. Brown Convention Center since its been opened on sunday morning. Ive been out on rescues and attempted rescues and places where waters are high. My fears rise. It rises, however, on the resilience and the greatest effort of humanity ever, volunteers to rescue along with the First Responders and the United States military, as you heard, coast guard and others, that there are people still remaining. Yesterday i went up to a place far up northeast, and fortunately had an ambulance with us that took out a person that was bedridden. I dont know how many of those are still there or people who are in places where the water has risen to the second floor. We dont want to frighten people, but we want to ensure, as ive said, my First Priority is that everyone who can be rescued is rescued, and that means, of course, in beaumont n victoria, in rockport and places, and of course in the greater harris county, houston area. Weve got these shelters but we still need to continue to work to rescue everyone. Were getting first reports of some of those brave citizen soldiers, as it were, some of the civilian rescuers who have gone out on their own to rescue people from their homes. But the first reports of some of them being lost, losing their lives while trying to conduct these volunteer rescues, are you concerned by that . Is it your concern that now the Emergency Responders should be taking over more of that responsibility from the civilian responders . Well, jim, first of all, ive got to pay tribute, as i said, to the greatest response from humanity that ive seen. This response was from the vast depth of what america is about. There were no questions about citizenship or status or papers, nothing about faith or anything. It was people from all walks of life who came out, they just couldnt be stopped. They were so emotional, so charged. But i do want them to be safe, and yes, to our understanding, we have lost some who are either still missing or were looking for. You cant stop people from wanting to help. Theyre driven by their passion and concern. But i do believe i know in the last 48 hours i was grateful that 12,000 of the Texas National guard was here. Weve been asking for them. Im glad that they were finally given permission to come. Now we have aspects of the United States military. I think as we begin to work on the recovering part, we will need these individuals to at least give us the confidence that the High Technology and the sophistication of the military has made us feel comfortable that everybody has been found. Congresswoman lee, as weve been speaking to you, weve watched live on our air the rescue of a little boy, perhaps his father, the little boy crying as he goes onto one of these u. S. Navy helicopters. Scenes like this being played out, plucking people from dire situations, lifethreatening situations to safety, yet more of the brave acts that youre talking about, congresswoman lee. And as were there, were seeing this happen live on our view. Both a relief as they get to safety but just the stress of this, the fear of this in the face of this disaster. Well, let me take the high road of resilience and spirit, but of course there are fear is to be expected. This is an unspeakable, unprecedented, huge catastrophic event. I went through as many storms as we can count, and certainly i went through katrina. I was not in new orleans, but we received all of those survivors, those guests, and hurricane rita where we lost a number of people on the road. This surmounts those hurricanes because Hurricane Harvey has not stopped. And we did not know what direction it was going. And also it showed the world that houston, as much as we love this great and wonderful, energetic city, is 50 feet below sea level. We became an ocean. Our bayous were intended to give us relief and they did the best that they could. So did the reservoirs. We dont have levees, we had reservoirs. Were still under water and we dont know what well find as it begins to go down. This is catastrophic, it is an emergency. We need the eyes and ears of washington, the president , the congress. Im glad to see that the leadership of the congress have called me. I feel confident that there will be no divide on getting our money, and we ask that the president join us in making congress sign the bill quickly. Im in meetings where theyre begging for money right now. Congresswoman, as we speak to you, another family, a child, a baby, really, in her mothers arms plucked from danger in one of these baskets from a rescue helicopter. This is youre seeing in that little face there the need of the many thousands of texans facing this disaster. Congresswoman lee, we wish you the best. We know you have a lot of work to do. Were going to continue following that work. Thanks for joining us. Thanks to cnn and my prayers are for the little baby and all of those. Thats what its all about. God help them ask wend were go keep working. Barbara starr with me, admiral john kirby with me as well. Barbara, you and i have been in our share of helicopters. We know that they train for this. No one does it better than the u. S. Navy, these kinds of rescues, but these are also not easy things to do. This is delicate work, its risky work. Its risky. Theyre flying you know, we know the weather has been so bad. We have heard and been told theyve been flying at the edge of the envelope. Because of the weather, theyre trying to stay out there, trying to get to people. But look at the pictures we just saw. Pulling civilians up in baskets and basically this little baby, on the floor of the helicopter, no immediate seat belt, no safety. Because theyre putting them on the floor, im quite certain, and john kirby can correct me if im wrong, that the crew chiefs are telling them please just sit down, stay put, were going to fly you out of here. A typical safe military its safe but its at the edge here because of the extreme. Normally there would be seats, seat belts, they would make sure people are buckled in and they wouldnt fly until people had seat belts on. Theres no time, theres no time for credibility here. They are putting as many people on as fast as they safely can. They are sitting on the floor of these helicopters and staying put, and as the helicopter flies away, the crew keeping them safe but trying to get as many people out as fast as they can. You know, this is, barbara, as were watching here, just a remarkable moment. On the lefthand side you see one end of the spectrum, an elderly patient rescued from a nursing home in a wheelchair in one military helicopter. On the other side we saw the other end, a baby perhaps a few months old in her mothers arms rescued as well. These are the most vulnerable, and you have the u. S. Military at work here saving lives. John kirby, you got many years in the navy. These are war fighters. I wouldnt be surprised if some of the pilots have served their time in deployment. But they are very good at this kind of humanitarian operation. They train for it and they got a lot of real world experience. Humanitarian assistance and Disaster Relief is a mission of the navy. Its one that we do repeatedly and consistently around the world. Youre right. Not only that, but theyve got to be trained for over water search and rescue because the navy goes to sea. Sometimes pilots go into the water. They have to know how to do this very, very well. Barbara is right, these are specially equipped seahawk helicopters. Theyve been stripped down to conduct this particular type of mission. Sigh nao the navy version of blackhawk. The navy version of the blackhawk, but its made for this type of mission. They took out seats and other equipment you would use on this type of helicopter so it could be specially equipped to conduct these kinds of rescues and get as many people in there as possible. Barbara made the point about the danger of those pilots. In the lower corner, you still have storm systems swirling in the areas of east texas and northern louisiana. Those are difficult conditions for those crews to fly in, and there we see another. This is live. Another rescue under way by this Navy Helicopter. It looks like its a woman. Im trying to see if there is another baby in there as well. But you have now sitting there a baby, a toddler, multiple rescues under way by the u. S. Navy. Again, this is live. You see the youngest the most vulnerable right up to the oldest, the most vulnerable. How are these crews, john kirby, trained to handle its difficult to carry people in distress in these conditions. It is, and obviously theyre anxious, theyre scared. Im sure theyve probably never been hoisted like that into a helicopter, and flying in a Navy Helicopter itself can cause some people angst. But im sure theyre glad to be off the ground and headed to safety. If you look through the windows there, you can see the treetops are moving quite a bit. These guys are flying at their limits. This is still an active storm system. So not only are these rescues dangerous in and of themselves even if the weather was perfect, theyre made more perilous with the weather conditions theyre flying in. Theyre not going to break through the safety minimums. Safety comes first with the aviators, of course, but theyre definitely in harms way as they continue to fly these missions. Everyone stand by. We continue to watch live pictures, rescues under way, but also the first sense of the true scale of this disaster, flooding literally as far as the eye can see. Stay with us. Well be right back after this short break. [burke] frightning bolt. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum come on. Scuse me. Mind if i sit here . Not if you want your phone to work. Let me guess, you cant livestream your lobster roll. And my mobile pay isnt connecting and i just got an unlimited plan. Right plan, wrong network. 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No one responded. You can see the level of lef stati devastation in this neighborhood. The water is about waist high here but it gets even deeper here. Were moving past a tree we can go down here. Has this place gotten more water in the last two or three hours . Theyre just checking on water levels. These are other volunteers out here helping. This is the kind of communication going on, jim. These guys and other private rescuers basically are yelling at each other as they pass each other. What have you seen . Where do people need help . Where do you need to go . Were Just Cruising around and knocking on doors, trying to get peoples attention. Brian, is there anyone coordinating these rescues . It sounds sort of very seat of the pants there. Is there any Central Authority saying, you go to this street and you go to that street so people know whats already been checked and what hasnt been checked . Reporter you know, i have to say, jim, thats whats extraordinary about this. There really is no Central Authority directing this. A lot of this is word of mouth between these guys as they pass each other on boats. There is a staging area where we were at the top of the hour as we were about to get under way in this neighborhood where they gather. Sometimes there are officials there acting in sort of a semiofficial capacity but they are not acting on behalf of the police or fire department. They are just people who are cops off duty coming in here. This gentleman here is a dea agent who has volunteered his time here. This gentleman is the one who told us about that he had encountered four teenagers going around knocking on doors, telling people there was a mandatory evacuation when there was not. He thought they were taking advantage of these people so they could go into their houses. Its a very loose and still kind of dangerous situation around here. Not only Law Enforcementwise, but also with the water levels. Brian, as you were speaking there, a few moments ago we saw a u. S. Navy chopper pick up a family in need in one of those rescue baskets, including a baby, a toddler. That baby, that toddler, the mother there, some other adults have been taken to dry land, and that crew thanking them. You can see them there being thanked. Theyre going to hop right back in that helicopter and go look for more. Im also it looks like the little one wants to get another ride there. Its exciting moments and stressful moments. I also have with me admiral john kirby. When you hear from brian todd there, it is heroic to have these citizen rescuers, volunteers out there. But it doesnt appear that there is the coordination you would expect four or five days in so that you get a sense of who is taking care of which neighborhood, so you make sure that every area has been covered. I think they are trying to put those measures in place, jim, but again, you look at the footage, you can see just how widespread it is. It would be difficult to try to control each and every one of them. They have no communication, so its hard to have command and control over civilian 4ommand fe that. I think people are just trying to pitch in where they can. The need is for small craft and the sailors who can man them and help in these waterborne searches, and they would have good command. It will take five or six days for those ships to get there. But i think theyre trying to put that structure in place now. Its difficult, and i think the focus, rightly, i think, by all these brave neighbors helping neighbors is just to get people safe. We heard from the Texas Governor earlier today and youve heard this uniformly, that this storm, the effects bigger than katrina, bigger than superstorm sandy, really no one has seen the extent of the devastation like this before, so its a challenge for emergency services, et cetera. Barbara starr, i know youre still there as well as we continued again, i want to remind my viewers these are live rescues under way. That is a boat in the houston area with brian todd on it. Theyre going house to house looking for people who need rescue. In the helicopter, in the air over barbara, as you watch this, how much is the military involved right now in getting a handle on these rescues . Well, they are beginning to move in. You know, i think a few moments ago, what you were talking about, jim, its the iconic picture of the decades, isnt it, for an American Service member to have a baby tucked under each arm and take those children to safety. What does it take for a young mother to be able to get into that basket with her baby with those emotions of trying to get her children safe, and yet hand their safety over to an experience theyve never had, to be winched up above flood waters, hold on until we can get that helicopter. What the next things we are likely to see from the military in the coming hours is more highwater trucks, several hundred moving from fort hood, texas down to this area. The marines are moving in with a number of amphibious vehicles, so they can move through this high water. Everybody is so grateful for the help that these neighbors have given each other. But, as you said, this is now so far beyond that, they have to be able to generate very quickly a massive number of rescue missions. The pentagon has been talking about trying to phase it in, the local forces are over worked, theyre exhausted. They cant put everything in at once because the air space gets crowded. Everyones familiar with that concept. They have to be able to prioritize where they go. But what youre seeing, what were seeing unfold before our eyes is this massive area that needs help and needs it now. So, i think what youre going to see is a step up of the rescue, generating more missions, generating them around the clock, jim. You just have to hope that they get there in time. Were already a few days into this, and we heard from the congressman randy weber saying he believes thousands, perhaps tens of thousands in need. They need urgent help. Were joined now by Martin Savage. Hes been up with the u. S. Navy in these rescue missions. I believe hes on board one of those rescue helicopters right now where you are seeing these live pictures of the devastation, the flooding. Martin savage, tell us what youre learning up there. Yes, i am. We are in a black hawk hovering over beaumont, texas. Weve been operating here over an hour and a half now. We are hovering over a neighborhood where part of the search and rescue effort, the military search and rescue has not only got the navy here, youve got the u. S. Coast guard, youve got the Army National guard, the air force is here. So, there is a lot of military action hovering over houston, this particular area. The crew [ inaudible ] so far. Back in beaumont, a lot of areas inundated with water. There is a paramedic, they have a navy rescue swimmer. Air Traffic Control going down, once he identified the neighborhood, then we move in. We hover maybe 100 feet off the ground and its from that position that paramedics and the rescue swimmer go in the neighborhood and they assess people on the ground. Once they determine how bad off they may be, then they begin transporting them. And this is an operation that is going on ever since [ inaudible ]. Thats our cnns Martin Savage there. The reason youre having trouble hearing him is he is on board that helicopter right now, that u. S. Navy sea hawk helicopter thats been performing these rescues. Hes been with them the last hour and a half. 14 people in an hour and a half. That gives you a sense of how many more people need rescue and more resources. Did youre hearing of thousands, perhaps tens of thousands still in need of rescue, 14 by one helicopter in an hour and a half there are other helicopters, there are other boats, but there is a lot more work to do. There are a lot more people in need of help. Were going to continue to follow this live. Keep that view live from that helicopter there. Coming up, urgent rescue efforts underway as Tropical Storm harvey delivers another blow. Our images from a Navy Helicopter over beaumont, texas shows just the extraordinary scale of the flooding. Well be right back. Its time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. And snoring. Does your bed do that . The new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. And right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed, plus 36 month financing. Ends monday when heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. Fast relief in every bite. Crunchy outside. Chewy inside. Tum tum tum tum tums chewy bites. Happening now. Breaking news. Submerged. New parts of texas are under water as historic flooding spreads and threatens many more lives. Tonight, desperate new rescues and stunning new images from a nursing home and other locations where the most vulnerable have been trapped and struggling to survive. Still searching, more Emergency Forces are mobilizing tonight with many flood victims waiting to be saved and many others still missing. Cnn is in the disaster zone bringing you coverage of a navy rescue operation live as it unfolds. Grim reality. After harvey unleashes record rainfall and hits land a second time, getting a better sense of the enormous loss with the death toll more than doubling today. And calling for cuts, just hours after President Trump promised federal aid to storm victims, hes shifting gears talking about tax cuts. How well is he weathering the storm . We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the globe. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim sciutto and youre in the situation room
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