office of emergency management, their search and rescue teams have been going out all morning. we are joined by the mayor of patterson, jeff jones. mr. mayor, thanks for joining us. what is your biggest concern right now? well, the biggest concern right now is the fact that folks didn t take it as seriously as we had announced it and that s understandable. this is one of the record floods we have ever had. we re now finding more folks who are in the path of danger than one could imagine. the expanse of the flooding has almost doubled on both sides of the river. we ve lost all of our bridges, so there s only one way in and one way out, and any vehicle traffic is now only adding more to the congestion. we re just dealing with communications and trying to get people out. reporter: how many people, i have heard hundreds of people have already been evacuated, right? as of 9:00 last night, when we went to bergen community college, the designated center by the red cross, there
reporter: gary tuchman takes you where most people never go exposing polygamy s dirty secrets. reporter: the scenery is spectacular and the polygamist families who live here along the utah-arizona border have been able to live their lives with little interference from the outside world for generations. stepping into their world is both jarring and surreal. how many brothers and sisters do you have? i have 18. reporter: albert, how many brothers and sisters do you have? 22. i am the oldest of 32. reporter: these are not members of the salt lake city-based mormon church known as the church of ladder day saints. they belong instead to a splinter group who believe in polygamy and call themselves the fundamental church of ladder day saints, or flds. do you think you can win this case? reporter: spiritual leader, warren jeffs, has been jailed now for nearly five years an faces trial on three charges including aggravated sexual assault on a child, charges to which
oh, just got me again. a once top-secret military program that s enlisting animals to protect the country. but first, inside a polygamous sect. we re dealing with the exploitation of children of young girls for sexual purposes. reporter: gary tuchman takes you where most people never go exposing polygamy s dirty secrets. reporter: the scenery is spectacular and the polygamist families who live here along the uft-arizona border have been able to live their lives with little interference from the outside world for generations. stepping into their world is both jarring and surreal. how many brothers and sisters do you have? i have 18. reporter: albert, how many brothers and sisters do you have? 22. i am the oldest of 32. reporter: these are not members of the salt lake city-based mormon church known as the church of ladder day saints. they belong instead to a splinter group who believe in polygamy and call themselves the fundamental church of ladder day sai