on. you are trying to get out of the way, there s boats coming out of the water. this neighborhood behind me where the bayou came up has been cleared from what they can tell. you re seeing these boats, in fact a lot of these kboets are moving to different places. i m going to wait for this boat to swivel around. i think we re having a little trouble with his mike there. he went probably too far from the camera, it seems to have cut. he s interviewing a gentleman who has his own boat. looks like he s search and rescue. underscoring how everybody is trying to do what they can out there to save as many people as possible. in the meantime, let s go to msnbc s garek hak who is in corpus christi texas.
homes? yes. you can see some of these flotation devices. are you one of the volunteers that s been going back in and getting people out? my husband sent me pictures out of there, and some places it s up to the stop signs. how is your own home? mine s fine. you decided to come out and try to help your neighborhoods out here? yes, ma am. thank you so much. these are just all kinds of it s basically a rubber boat. they have personal water craft heading down this side street. they re trying to get people, their pets, whatever belongings they can grab just to get out of here, katie. mia rodrigez, thank you very much. let s go to gadi schwartz who s in baytown texas. we ve been watching rescues all day. there s a lot of stuff going
they re going to be able to get to their homes and when they re going to be able to get back to their homes to live. mariana in dallas/texas, thank you very much. as thousands pour into those shelters, thousands more are still waiting to be rescued. i m joined by tony wade. tony, thanks for joining us. am i correct to say you ve been able to save 35 people? yes, myself personally. i think i don t have an official number for our entire group, we re into the hundreds of people at this point. talk to me about why you decided to come out and help? this is what we do. we re a full time search and rescue operation. this is what we do, we respond to incidents of this magnitude or smaller, it just depends. we come out and go is there something we do with our hearts? we have to. what are you seeing out
to an actual shelter. animals are visibly shaken, just like people, they re stressed. but it makes such a huge difference when they can stay with their owner. i mean it makes all the difference, not only for the people, but for the pets as well. monica schmidt of the houston humane society, monica, thank you for joining us. one more thing before we go, folks across the country are opening their wallets to help, including celebrities. texan james watt raised millions of dollars on sunday. comedian kevin hart donated $50,000 and urged his famous friends to give $25,000 to a harvey releaf challenge on insta grab, he s now raised $34,000
predicted 4 to 8 inches of rain up until thursday. some 500 residents have been forced from their homes in lake charles, due to flooding. as the storming bears down on new orleans, a bit of good news, the city was able to fix a broken pump that threatened to make flooding much worse. joining me now by phone is governor edwards. thank you for joining us, first off. you know what this is like. you guys have lived through katrina, you re sending resources to texas, how long do you expect your resources to be needed out there. well, it s going to take a long time in texas for them to get through the response phase, where they re worried about life and preserving life, making sure people are taken out of perilous situations. as long as that continues, we will make assistance available. right now we have four alpha