to get back to their homes, this is an opportunity for him to say, it s going to be okay, we are going to be there for you. a lot of the folks who are in this, this is the nrg center, for those of you who watched the super bowl, nrg stadium is where the football team plays, houston texans and where they have a large convention center for nrg complex and complex convention center is where president trump and you can see texas governor greg abbott are touring and they talked about moving a lot of people out of the shelter at the houston convention center that they brought so many people and that actually overflowed and then moving them here and at this convention center, the nrg stadium center, they feel like they have a lot more resources and a lot more space to be able to deal with people and we see the president heading around, as much about taking self-yes, sir and hearing stories. as we hear from blake berman, we
exacerbate the shortage. i drove around austin the night before last and eight gasoline stations i went out were gone. wow. there is a shortage but takes to get it to other places, some of the roads are blocked, some pipelines aren t running, that s days or weeks before things are running and people no longer feel the pinch. you start to wonder whether the military will help move logistics that only the military can. michael, we appreciate your time, sir, thanks so much for your insights as folks down there try to get gas. we will show you right now live pictures now in houston, this is the tv pool that has been brought in ahead of the president s visit to nrg stadium which is one to have shelters for hurricane harvey victims and you can see some movement and that looks like the president walking in. this is something that we were anticipating the president
south of houston, people are already beginning to tear out from the drywall from their flooded homes. put mattresses on the side of the road and now we re seeing him give his thanks to the volunteers. you know, white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said the president would meet and speak extensively with the flood victims and volunteers. and let s play a little bit of the message he had at nrg stadium earlier today. a lot of water, but it s moving out. but i think most importantly the governor, the relationship with the governor, and the mayor and everybody it s been fantastic. and with the federal government. it s been really great. and we re signing a lot of documents now to get money into your state. $7.9 billion. we signed it and it s going through hopefully a quick process. reporter: so there you heard the president talking about this big first installment of aid.
in houston but directly if you happen to be here. it connects. the web of life has been woven so there s connectivity between all humanity. congressman al green, thank you so much for your time. all the best to you and your constituents, everyone there in the whole south texas area going through an awful lot right now. appreciate it. all right. i want to bring in our stephanie elam who is there at nrg stadium where we re seeing these live pictures of the president of the united states along with the governor there. we also saw a quick glimpse of hud secretary ben carson also there. we saw lots of hugs and pictures being taken with the president there. just real moments of levity and comfort, stephanie. reporter: and a moment of surprise for the people here who have been staying here at the center. you can see behind me, that is where the president is, back there, that s the kid zone, the
the areas impacted by hurricane harvey. the president and first lady landed in houston a few hours ago, where he was greeted by texas officials. they headed to nrg stadium, the home of the houston texans nfl team. that is now the site of one of the city s largest shelters. the president address the media after greeting victims there. i think people appreciate what is been done. it s been done efficiently, very well aware very happy with the way everything has been. there s a lot of love. they re just happy. it s been a wonderful thing. as tough as this was, it s been a wonderful thing. i think even for the country to the watch in the world to watch. it s been beautiful. have a good time everybody, i ll be doing a little help over here. there really happy with what s going on.