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Vehicles. and personnel as well as to add more helicopters in the area. our top priority is rescuing people, sheltering process. were opening up more shelters in dallas, san antonio and austin that can accommodate everybody who is evacuated. >> sandra: the houston mayor is defending himself about not to evacuate. are you looking at it and thought maybe different decisions could have or should have been made? >> we were all looking at various different models for the weather. and i think we simpl...

And we want to be back in houston so we can help. its tough to watch your city go through something like this and not be there to help. >> it is. and the images just horrifying when you see the water and number of people who had to be rescued. people being rescued from their rooftops. and you have raised all this money and now youve increased your goal. talk to us about that and what youre hoping to do with this money. >> we wanted to get out ahead of it. in a situation like this we all know the...

To do any second-guessing. now is the time for all of us to come together and work to save lives. this is a matter of moments and we need to use every moment we have to rescue innocent lives, to get them to a safe place and then to begin the rebuilding process. >> e with eve seen private citizens using boats to rescue people. do you think there were enough resources in place ahead of the storm? >> well, again, those are decisions made at the local level. we have a raid put together, about 250 bo...

Our top priority is to protect human life. from the state of texas side where working with local officials to do everything we can to protect our fellow texans. secondly, were involved in the rebuilding process. that process has begun. as the storms begin to depart, we will be aggressive in the rebuilding process. one of the most important aspects with the fema administrator today was to help people understand the rebuilding process is going to be a long process but something we will be able to ...

And other city folks in the corpus christi region are in the early stages of the rebuilding process. they are -- the texas department of transportation is working to restore the ferry service to port aransas. there are right now more than 250 highway closures in the state of texas. in that triangle region that i mentioned earlier. we have electronic message boards that are providing realtime information. if you are seeking information about road closures, you can go to drivetexas.org. that is dr...

Local and county governments also dealing with this, but as the administrator made clear to me earlier today, they are engaged and will stay fully engaged to make sure that all of these challenges from those people that you see at the george r. brown center are addressed. arthel: absolutely, one of the executive actions you have taken is waived the occupancy sales tax, what are the next steps, governor, that you are planning along those lines? >> after we get through with the saving lives and th...

Region are in the early stages of the rebuilding process. the texas char transportation is working to restore the ferry service. right now there more than 250 highway closures in texas. in a triangle region that i mentioned earlier. we have electronic message boards providing real-time information. if youre seeking information about road closures, you can go to drive texas.org, that is drive texas.org. to find out if there are road closures.

Individuals as well as cities and counties for all of us to begin the rebuilding process as quickly as possible. >> right now more than 300,000 citizens are facing power outages, and the city of corpus christi is now giving residents the okay to return to their homes, but they must remain under a water boil advisory. meantime, houston, the fourth largest city in the country, has already seen at least 16 inches of rain. nbcs kerry sanders is joining me now from victoria, texas. whats the latest, ...

As he recognized earlier, the president has already granted a request for a disaster declaration. texas is already getting relief from fema to help our individuals, our citizens in communities. to help the rebuilding process. >> sean: we covered the issue of katrina. the issue of the levees was another issue. clearly mistakes are made. you feel as governor, having been in touch with the white house, as this goes on for days and days, you are confident the help and assistance, whatever needs peop...

Declaration. and we have now added 20 more counties for a total of six counties. as you probably know i requested a federal disaster declaration that the president granted last night. this is incredibly important and extremely fast. what the presidential proclamation about our disaster declaration does is it immediately triggers the implementation of fema. and femas assistance for individuals as well as cities and counties for all of us to begin the rebuilding process as quickly as possible. som...