the american red cross has local volunteer ss there are thousands of volunteers that can help here locally or fanning out throughout the city of texas. if we aren t able to be able to serve the folks, we ll bring other red cross volunteers in from other parts of the states to make sure people will be able to recover from this disaster and have the red cross services they need free of charge and be able to continue to help them through this and future disasters. cameron, what do you guys need at the red cross more than anything right now? the american red cross provides services for free. the red cross would ask for donations. people can make a donation by calling 1-800-red cross, by going on line thatted region cross.org or they can add a $10 adage to their monthly phone bill by texting red cross to 90999. we re always in need of extra manpower either volunteers can
stay, be out of harm s way, receive supplies three meals a day, a roof over their head to make sure they ll be able to start their long road to recovery. and, cameron, tell me how many people you have housed just overnight. just overnight in the houston metro area we have helped over 100 people giving them shelter, letting them a cot, a fresh meal, being able to work with our recovery workers to talk about how they re dealing with this disaster and want to make sure they re going to be able to receive red cross services and be able to recover from this disaster. cameron, you think about houston, one of the largest cities in the country, but then you have places like wimberley right here. this there were homes here some are still standing some were literally ripped off their foundation and swept through the river. how are you handling such a widespread area of devastation?
that can get training to be able to help or folks that can take time to learn about the american red cross and how they can respond to disasters like this and future disasters throughout the year. the red sox responds to hundreds of thousands of disasters throughout the year, especially residential home fires, we always need help from the american public to help in tomb of need. cameron valentine in houston, thank you for being with me. we ll have much more later this hour as we bring you special coverage of ten i can flooding here in texas. after the break we ll zoom through today s other top stories including two food chains trying to get healthier. and the irs gets hacked. more than 100,000 people could be affected. the details coming up on the rundown. plus hillary clinton says to south carolina for the first time since the 2008 primaries. we ll head there, too, all on the rundown live from wimberley, texas, this morning. meet the world s newest energy superpower.