any moment the governor of texas will go to the podium to deliver a briefing on what is now tropical storm harvey and the flooding in the state. let s look at the scene. this is the houston area. i said before it looks much more like a marina. boats coming in and out of slips potentially, instead, that s a well-travelled thoroughfare. it has to be two or three lanes wide in each direction. it s a extraordinary sight. let s go to nbc s stephanie gosk live in houston with the latest. you ve been around extraordinary sites all day. what s the situation where you are. there are a couple homes other my shoulder. we re told there s no one in hose homes. you might look at the scene and think these homes must be at the edge of a major body of water.
despite the promise or wishful thinking of rain this weekend, tropical depression don did little to ease drought conditions in the county there. with us now, janet shamlian live in houston, texas, where it looks like the rain from earlier has dissipated. good morning. reporter: right. so 90-something, and we had some rain, so the humidity is like 1,000%, alex. but we were happy for that rain, because this is an epic drought, the driest nine months on record in the history of texas. right now it takes 17 inches of rain just to get us back to normal. weeks on end of triple-digit temperatures. and in most areas, months without measurable rain has turned texas into a dust bowl. and it s spawning dust devils, amid the worst dry spell in decades. i have never in my 30 years in weather seen a drought like
experiencing one of the worst droughts since record keeping began 116 years ago. despite the promise or wishful thinking of rain this weekend, tropical depression don did little to ease drought conditions in the county there. with us now, janet shamlian live in houston, texas, where it looks like the rain from earlier has dissipated. good morning. reporter: right. so 90-something, and we had some rain, so the humidity is like 1,000%, alex. but we were happy for that rain, because this is an epic drought, the driest nine months on record in the history of texas. right now it takes 17 inches of rain just to get us back to normal. weeks on end of triple-digit temperatures. and in most areas, months without measurable rain has turned texas into a dust bowl. and it s spawning dust devils, amid the worst dry spell in
last look at the catalina mountains today before her trek to houston. tomorrow she will be flown to a hospital in houston to get ready for the next phase of the recovery process. joining me on the phone is dr. sanjay gupta live in houston. sanjay, dr. peter rhee said he was optimistic about her progress. i just want to play that. a lot of times we re very disappointed when they don t make much progress in the first two weeks. for her to be at her stage right now, and i see daily progress, it s very optimistic and i m very happy and positive about that fact. what she s going to be doing in two months, six months, a year from now, that s really difficult to say. i don t want to be that prognostic on that. what does the next stage of her recovery look like? well, you know, as you might guess, there s a couple of things that we re still not completely sure about when it comes to her progress thus far.
they ve got parks built in and waterfalls. the weather is good here. it s going to be a conducive to whatever type of recovery she can make. she s got the whole country behind her, that s for sure. nbc s janet shamlian live in houston for us. janet, thanks so much. so democrats meet outside washington to solidify their agenda moving forward. what s their game plan? we ll take a look. and keeping many public schools afloat is falling to a small number of private foundations. how do they influence your child s education? work, work all week long punching that clock from dusk till dawn countin the days till friday night that s when all the conditions are right for a good time [ male announcer ] advanced technology that helps provide cleaner air, cleaner water, and helps make all of us more energy efficient is something the whole world can get in step with. [ static ] i need a good time [ male announcer ] ecomagination from ge. it s technology that makes the world wo