out people, people who decided to stay inside their houses when the floodwaters got too high they came out. we saw a lot of pets rescued, dogs and cats mainly, and now we re seeing volunteers go back in for precious possessions. the one thing someone wanted for the house. for one woman it was a flag. he passed two years ago, my husband s flag. he was a world war ii vet. means a lot to you. means a lot. i was afraid we were going to lose it. we re losing everything else, but they got this. that woman said through her tears, she wanted one thing from her house, the world war ii flag that adorned her father s casket. volunteer rescuers went back in and got it. she said, we re losing everything, but haven t lost the flag. it might take two weeks before
governor is saying they made 72,000 rescues. that includes some of the military and the national guard members, coast guard. but also all of those volunteer rescuers who are able to coordinate efforts with other officials on the ground to help get to all of those that are in need. now, here in louisiana, we heard ryan nobles talk about the impact that it was tropical storm harvey had on this part of the area. the president was actually expected to make a visit to louisiana earlier this week. that obviously changed and so here he is now today as that tape freezes moments ago. that s the president there in louisiana shaking hands. he will also get a briefing with officials we are told and also look at some of the equipment they used in those rescues. we heard him earlier when he was shaking hands in texas with some of the folks who were involved in those coast guard rescues there, he was really giving them high marks for the bravery and
out people, people who decided to stay inside their houses when the floodwaters got too high they came out. we saw a lot of pets rescued, dogs and cats mainly, and now we re seeing volunteers go back in for precious possessions. the one thing someone wanted for the house. for one woman it was a flag. he passed two years ago, my husband s flag. he was a world war ii vet. means a lot to you. means a lot. i was afraid we were going to lose it. we re losing everything else, but they got this. that woman said through her tears, she wanted one thing from her house, the world war ii flag that adorned her father s casket. volunteer rescuers went back in and got it. she said, we re losing everything, but haven t lost the flag. it might take two weeks before
yesterday out in the neighborhoods, just downstream, with my neighbors and constituents who are flooded because of this monster storm, the water levels are up several feet, in their homes, i was on boats with volunteer rescuers, who, as far away as michigan to help us down here, that is one of the things about the storm, not only have neighbors stepped up to help neighbors, but we have people from all over the country coming down, the cajun navy came in from central louisiana, bringing 110 tracks and 110 boats, filled with food to help us, and there are still homes underwater, throughout most of houston, and the concern here is that we it reduces the water released from those dams, these homes will soon be underwater for an extended period of time, days, week it,
get and still get the care that they need and then the sick that are being rescued, are they able to get the care that they need? well, we really haven t had any reports of issues in and around the medical center, which has been a good thing. we ve only had really reports as far as since this entire weather event occurred of three deaths that are here in the city, and we re still waiting back on the medical examiner to determine whether or not those three deaths are definitely going to be weather related. as far as the medical center we haven t had other than one or a couple of hospitals that have had to close down, more toward the east side of town and northeast, we haven t had any widespread reports of people saying that they can t get in or out. on the casualties note, cnn affiliate reporting four volunteer rescuers are missing, three others were electrocuted. any advice for all these