I have to turn it over to ali velshi who will pick up. Well keep this up because this is this is dramatic. The story that has been playing out again and again in houston as you see this rescue worker, this Police Officer see that little girl being brought over in floaties. Gabe, thank you and please, stick around. Gabe, stay right where you are. This is very compelling. Were not going anywhere, were staying with this picture. These are rescues in houston, were monitoring rescues in how fast houston and nearby richmond. If youre familiar with sugarland, richmond is next to it. These are rescue workers taking children off their parents hands while the parents carry their belongings and get to safety. These are active rescues under way, Gabe Gutierrez is standing by. He has been nar rating this for us. For those viewers who have just joined us, tell us what were looking at. Reporter here, ali, were here on the Northwest Side of houston just north of i10 near highway 6. Highway 6 is shut d
Stay on the line. Do not hang up, because that just expands our trunk system, which overloads it and puts on hold the number of people we cant get to. So stay on the line. What we also initiated last night whats a voice activated system that notifies people if they do call 911, their call is being processed. Thats significant. It what we were experiencing earlier was a constant rain and thinking our system was down. Our system hasnt been down, just the long way to call, so stay on the line. Were also encouraging citizens if they receive any calls from relatives, if they have contacted 911 previously, do not follow up with that. Do not test 911 right now. We are just experiencing an abundance of calling. We do have a good grasp on that. We are encouraging people if they do need help, please call 911 and we will process that call. [ inaudible ]. Extreme emergencies. Status reports is not life threatening, okay, so we discourage those types of calls. We really want to keep those lines ope
Storm has killed three people. More than 2,000 rescued. President trump will visit the area tomorrow. Here is what he said about the storm today. I want to begin today by extending my thoughts and prayers for those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Right now the single most important thing is the safety and security of those still in harms way, including the First Responders who have been so terrific and brave. Youre going to see very rapid action from congress, certainly from the president , and youre going to get your funding. Now during that same press conference, the president was asked about russia. Tonight the white house is dealing with several new headlines about the investigation into russias interference in our election and whether the Trump Campaign could have been involved. Mr. Trump would you consider russia as a Security Threat . Well ,i consider many countries a Security Threat unfortunately when you look at whats going on in the world today. Do you know finland could be of
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