You are down at midnight district of houston the ninth district of houston. Hows the city doing today . Guest good morning and thank you for allowing us to be on. Im appreciative to cspan and im very much appreciative to the people who have volunteered and literally come in from other states to help us out in houston. Samaritansod within the state and out of the state. With prayers i extend to those in harms way and those who have been victims of this horrible circumstance. Currently in houston, we still have rain and we still have people who are stranded and we are try to get help to them as quickly as possible. We have people volunteering with their own boats to go out and help retrieve people. The coast guard is out rescuing people. We have seen people rescued by way of helicopter and more helicopters available now, which was a concern i had earlier that there were people stranded on rooftops and places where they could be to get a helicopter to we have an area in the southern part
Putting us on the phone as wi said congressman al green has joined us a couple times now since the storm hit. Constant, good morning sir. Youre down in the night strict of houston. How are you doing today . Good morning. Thank you for allowing us to bv on. E im appreciative to cspan, and im also much appreciative tolu the people who have volunteered and literally come in from otheo states to help without. There are Good Samaritans withi the state and out of the state and my siblings and prayersd ths extend to those who are in harms way and those who havenc. Been victims of this horrible circumstance. Currently in houston we still have rain and we still have people who are stranded. We are trying to get help to toe them as partly as possible. We have people who are volunteering with their own votes to go out and help people. The coast guard is in and they are out rescuing people. Re a weve seen people rescued by way of helicopter and there are mor helicopters available now. This was a c
District. Congressman, good morning. Can you tell us where you are what you are seeing, what haventage you are see nothing your district . Congressman good morning and thank you cspan for allowing me an update of the news on texas. Und in fort kenny, im in my office in sugarland, texas. The epicenterbeen for harveys record of positioned it is an hour ago 70 miles south of galveston, over the gulf, moving toward the texaslouisiana border. Becausegood news for us Northeast Quadrant of any hurricane like harvey is the worst. Is past us, it is moving away. The First Time Since the storm guess what, p and my street wasnt flooded. Host good to hear, congressman. I want to ask you, we were alking to your fellow congressman al green, talking about the devastation hes aid he would kely need, about 100 billion he will need to s help recover from harvey. Do you agree with that . Is that number something you think is in the right ballpark, well . Guest our neighbors, we missouri city, we work lock
From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, the impact of Hurricane Harvey. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday morning, 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Glad youre with us. Craig is in for matt once again. And weve got a shot over the skies of houston. Downtown houston, this is a look from our drone. And you can see the situation thats unfolding there. Still unfolding at this hour. It has been raining off and on there all morning in houston. But perhaps some good news coming. Dylan said were on the back end of this thing. We will get to her in just a moment. Also some harrowing tales of neighbors helping neighbors as well. Weve got a lot to get to. Overnight developments on this storm. The official death toll in texas stands at three but dozens more are missing at this hour. And that includes six family members who are feared dead after relatives say their van was swept away by the rising floodwaters. T
Guthr guthrie. Live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to qualitoday. Craig is in for matt again this morning. Man, does your heart go out to those in Southeast Texas. Ive been hardened over the last 24 hours to see so many scenes, so many stories, of pitching in to help. Random neighborhoods helping out. Lets get you caught up on the overnight developments on this storm. The official death toll in texas is at three. But dozens more people are missing, including six family members who are feared dead after relatives said their van was swept away. The coast guard says it is receiving thousands of emergency calls every hour. Theyve rescued more than 3,000 people so far by boat and air. Shelters in the houston area are filling up quickly. Some 7,000 people spent the night at the citys Downtown Convention center. Officials had planned for about 5,000 people. Is, th so, this morning theyre looking to open up another shelter in houston. President trump is heading to Corpus Christi, b