to eat a hot meal they would give it to them here. the market basket food store is actually open today, but there s a line out front. they re letting people in one at a time or families in one at a time. a police officer is a the door to make sure there were no issues, apparently there were some before they had the police officer. that store is running on a generator, i m told and other members of the cajun navy coming out to assist and they re continuing to go into the neighborhood to pull people out as needed all coordinated by cajun navy and other volunteers and you see the state police and others here trying to manage this massive relief effort. i do want to point out that while all of this has been handled by volunteers for the last 48 hours here in vidor and given out a lot of food and water, the guy running this operation told me they really need generators and they also need ice. not sure if it can get here because the highways are still
is on high ground and we have no way to get them food. if they don t have food for three days, it s over. we re getting food to them so they can survive. leland, the rest of america wants to know, the president landed and maybe he should come out with us. the secret service didn t put him on this boat. why should he be out here. it s my understanding he s in texas and appreciate the fact that he s here and meeting with our state and federal officials here, but to have the president here in fort bend county to reassure the flood victims in fort bend county not just to hear the talk and the federal bureaucracy that comes with federal government, but coming here and saying i m going to eliminate some of this bureaucracy and red tape. i think it would be reassuring for the residents of fort bend county that has lost everything
seven days in there. one touching that you saw on the table that the president was at, was sort of overflowing of toys and we ve heard that one of the problems that they ve had in texas and at this shelter and others is they have gotten so many donations and they have so many volunteers, it has almost been overwhelming in that sense as well. at one point there was a longer line to be a volunteer than there was to be in the shelter as a victim. well, and we heard that from robert jack soon and jackson and like i said he was at the convention center. we are getting donations and he very politely said it s basically monetary donations at this point, they have enough legos and they are getting enough food and enough water but they re looking for that next step, in the recovery efforts, getting people back in homes and getting them into temporary housing and getting them into apartments and any way that they
deputy director at the university institute ut austin, is your hearing from folks in texas, the president visits here and what he s bringing with him, that is doing what to sort of the emotion of texans who have come together in such a unique way? well, when our president visits and sends sign that the federal government is paying attention and trying to be helpful and sort of sends a signal that this is an important effect, a lot of people are at a loss and devastated and they want to be helpful. i think we see presidents do this. they like to visit the sites where people have been hurt and send a sign that america is with them and a lot of people will interpret this visit. in terms of go ahead. in terms of federal policy levers there s things he can do to keep things flowing and a lot at state level and city regulators become really important for coordinating a lot of the movement sagas line or food or medical supply. we ve heard from reporters on the ground that there s se
matter is, some people are not able to go home at all. is it true that a lot of these centers are still at full capacity? no, we have capacity at the george r brown, but right now, all evacuees and people requiring shelters are directed to the nrg center. elizabeth: so what are your resources like? we re going to house everyone. elizabeth: i know that no one s getting turned away, but what type of resources do you have and also other centers? what resources do you all have? right, well, the response in houston has been just overwhelming. extraordinary times require an extraordinary response and that s what houstonions do, they step up. saw it during ike, during alison, saw it during katrina and you re seeing it now. what really drives the relief effort has been the response in terms of donations and volunteers. in terms of material, food, clothing, water, diapers, we re