we are setting up a center so people can get supplies and get information and volunteers who are flooding our city will have somewhere to go and we can coordinate our efforts and so just that is a monumental task. and once that s over they re still making sure our cities are safe and bridges are safe. there s going to be a lot of impact. kristy wyatt, thank you very much for the update. up next rick santorum wants everyone to know that isis knows his name. why? we will explain and nebraska becoming the first red state in over 40 years to ban the death penalty. it s a pretty big story. we speak with one of the lawmakers making it happen. also, later, russia amasses troops on the border of ukraine and vladimir putin accusing the united states of meddling in international affairs. ahead on now.
this was just a rise in the water. a quick rise. it s 11 inches of rain that fell here. the water is all gone away now leaving behind muck in some people s houses as the water drained away. the death toll here in houston was 6 with 1 in the outlying county. that was due to the fact that several people drove into the water in the darkness driving into underpasses that were filled with the rapidly rising water. but houston is getting back to normal now. they re putting this flood behind them. back to you. all right, charles had lock. thank you very much for that. joining us now with more directly from there in texas, san marcos. kristy wyatt. can you hear me on the phone? i can. communications director for the state there, you have been out with the emergency actions. what can you tell us? i m the director of communications in san marcos but we have an operation center and representatives from the county, hays county from dps.
missing. we re going to survive this together. as a family. we will get through this. we are starting to hear some of these really emotional stories about some of the victims. i got a phone call from her at 2:45 in the morning. she said dad, what do i do? my car has been hit with water. i said i m on my way. that s the last i got to speak to her. there s a lot of rebuilding. we as a nation are going to have to help. heartbreaking story. the death toll from that deadly storm system stretching from the great plains to texas now climbs to 23. that includes 17 from texas alone. in the hard hit area of hays county, 8 people are still missing at this hour and in warden, texas, 16 miles outside of houston. voluntary evacuation of 400 homes due to expected river water levels that are up to 46 feet. across texas it s been the rainiest month ever recorded. in divine texas, the family of alyssa ramirez held her funeral yesterday. she was swept away driving back from prom. i