Cuts amid questions of his timing and his tone. Welcome to the lead. Im Brianna Keiler in for jake tapper and we begin with breaking news on snoolt lead. Harvey on the move. At least 20 people now have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of harvey. The coastal cities of beaumont and port arthur got pummeled with 26 inches of rain in 24 hours, and its still coming down. The mayor of port arthur says his entire city is under water, and that includes a shelter that is overflowing with more than just people. This is interstate 10 near winnie, texas just west of beaumont. On the left is what this stretch of highway looks like on a normal day. And right is the same spot during harvey. Whitecaps on the highway. Rescuers are still under way in the storms wake across texas, including heartbreaking photos, the heelderly being lifted to safety after their nursing home flooded in port arthur. And then the youngest and the oldest survivors. Some being plucked to safety by the national guard, a one
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