The grace of god. I want people to know that no matter how much life tries to push you down and keep you down, not only you can get back onnure feet, but you can survive. As many as you know, joel osteen opened the doors to lakewoods church to people for the storm yesterday. Today he appeared on all the morning shows defending himself against critics who said he waited too long to help. You have some explaining to do. Does this look flooded . On sunday, about 24 hours after the deadly storm reached is city, a post from the 16,000seat venue stated it was inaccessible due to severe flooding. Pictures the houston megachurch provided do appear to show some water inside the building. Early on, this building was on the verge of flooding. But video captured from the outside on both monday and early yesterday morning, before the Lakewood Church opened to evacuees shows a relatively dry environment. The video seemed to show there was no flooding at the church. Why was it not opened immediately
And they all flash at you. Now for august 30, 2017, this is entertainment tonight. An outpouring of love, support and Financial Aid from hollywood to houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey continues to wreak havoc. Beyonce, sandra bullock, they are just a fraction of the big names opening up their hearts and their wallets right now. This is oscar winner jamie foxx dropping huge plans for an allstar relief effort. I want to let everybody in texas know that we got you and also september 12th, we have a tell f telethon were doing to raise as much as we can to help you. Its reportedly being put together by the same organizers behind ariana grandes. Benefit. No word if beyonce will perform, be you her texas pastor told me the singer has already made a significant donation. What does it mean to have someone like beyonce to turn to in a time of need and knowing she is ready to step up . She is one of the most generous people that i know, and just she is going to lend that platform of he
Stop the online shaming. People say, critics forced him to. What do you say about that . I dont really think about it. We did the right thing. This seats what . 16,000 people . Why wouldnt you bring people in here . Why wouldnt you open this up . Right now, well take as many as we can, and were happy to do it if we need to do it now. Across from the church, this hotel housed evacuees from day one, but a nearby starbucks was closed due to water damage. Joel says the city never asked lakewood to be a shelter. Should you have prepared for this situation . Had we have known it was going to be this huge of a flood, we would have prepared sooner, but even our volunteers and our staff couldnt get to the building. Last night, lakewood held its First Service since the storm, and joel became emotional as he paid tribute to the victims. This morning, people on foot and in cars lined up to get essentials. Lakewood is accepting donations from 2 00 to 5 00 p. M. They especially need baby products. I
This is entertainment tonight. The stars continue to join forces to raise money and aid for victims of hurricane harvey. Kevin frazier joining us now on the ground in texas with more. Hi, kev. Im standing outside Lakewood Church here in houston, and people have been arriving all day long to get the simple essentials you need for survival. Now this is also the home church for joel osteen. Ill get to my conversation with the pastor in just a moment, but first, i have to say with so many people here in need, its amazing to see how hollywood is stepping up to help. I cant really talk about it. I dont know why it makes me so upset. It just really makes me just really upset. I really hope people know, you know, my grandmas sitting here, and i go home to my seven dogs and if i didnt have that anymore, it would be really hard. Im happy to help anyway that i can. Miley donated 500,000 to relief efforts. Leonardo dicaprio doubled that, giving 1 million through his charitable foundation. And were
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