tolerate people victimizing people of our community. they've officially asked the federal government for help and everyone sized the enormity of the crisis. nbc's gadi schwartz is in baytown, texas, just east of houston's city center. gadi, we have been watching you over the last hour or two. rescue after rescue. a few moments ago you mentioned that there were some boats on the way to what had been turned into an evacuation center. >> reporter: that's right. this is a critical rescue mission unfolding as we speak. there are boats, loading these boats in the water and over here there are boats lining up on this bridge. there's boat here and over here another line of boats. basically 360 degrees of boats all coming here because on the other side of this overflowing bayou, an evacuation area, an elementary school where people