 BAMES MAKING THE REMARKS TO NBC. HOUSTON TOOK A HARD HIT. CENTERPOINT ENERGY REPORTED MORE THAN 2 MILLION HOMES AND BUSINESSES WITHOUT POWER IN AND AROUND THE NATION'S FOURTH LARGEST CITY. HOUSTON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR THOMAS MUNOZ. This is some street flooding. So, yeah, it's got to be the situation. It's got to be that. It took the night. That was expected. We have been planning for the last three days. We do have our stakeholders here, our first responders, so we're working together to ensure the safety of everyone.