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Im dave briggs. >> im christine romans. in texas, desperation setting in for tens of thousands on the texas gulf coast still stranded by harvey. this with forecasters predicting there is more rain, maybe much more rain yet to come. >> there have now been more than 6,000 rescues by houston police and the coast guard alone. that does not include many other agencies out there saving lives. officials say there are potentially tens of thousands more people trapped, awaiting rescue. the coast guard sa...

>> there have been more than 6,000 rescues by houston police and the coast guard alone. that does not include many other agencies out there saving lives. and regular folks and neighbors out helping neighbors. there are potentially tens of thousands more people awaiting rescue. the coast guard is getting upwards of 1,000 calls per hour. the form storm-related death toll stands at four with several others suspected to be connected to harvey. that total certainly expected to rise. an astounding...

5:31 in the evening in pyongyang. its 4:00 in houston. this morning, desperation settling in for thousands of people on the texas gulf coast. they are still stranded by harvey. this with forecasters predicting there is much more rain, much more yet to come. >> there have now been more than 6,000 rescues by houston police and the coast guard alone. that does not include many other agencies out there saving lives. officials say there are potentially tens of thousands more people trapped, awaiting ...

Those are just the most immediate steps. importantly, this is a place that texas and fema will be involved in for a long, long time. we will be here until we can restore this region as back to normal as possible. or as with where he discussed at our meeting earlier, we need to recognize its going to be a new normal, a new and different normal for this entire region. but we will not stop until we get as far as we can. i want to provide some important details and then pass the mike to senator corn...

Necessities the people have houston have. its if this large triangle region. >> and time for one more, guys. >> how many choppers did we say were in the air? 8 coast guard? >> 8 coast guard in the air. 8 probably in the air now. upwards of 15-plus, part of a much broader team. >> is it 20? >> 20, between the guard and dps. >> and all deployed for rooftop rescues et cetera? >> right. >> you said earlier today that you were going to ask for an expanded federal disaster -- >> thank you for asking t...

I had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to visit with evacuees as they were getting off of buses that had come in from the corpus christi area. you could sense a sense of relief on their part that they are out of the way of danger of an increasingly dangerous storm. theyre happy to be alive and were a piece in that regard. but obviously concerned about what they had left behind. about the possibility they had lost her would be losing the place they lived as well as some of their property. most...

Corpus christi area, now expanding to some larger areas. i had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to go to san antonio to visit with evacuees as they were getting off of buses that had come in from the corpus christi area. you could sense a sense of relief on their part that they were out of the way of what was an increasingly threatening storm. they were happy to be alive. and they were at peace in that regard. but obviously also concerned about what they had left behind, about the possibility...

Expanding to some larger areas. i had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to go to san antonio to visit with evacuees as they were getting off of buses that had come in from the corpus christi area. you could sense a sense of relief on their part, that they were out of what was an increasingly threatening storm. they were happy to be alive, and they were at peace in that regard. but obviously, also concerned about what they had left behind, about the possibility that they had lost or would be lo...

Not. we just need to respond to the emergencies and necessities the people of houston have. its not just the people around houston, its in this large triangle region. >> how many did we say we had in here? theres probably upwards of eight plus. >> and those are old deployed for rescues et cetera? >> you said earlier -- >> thank you for asking that. dave, can always count on you. as of this moment, i have made a state disaster declaration for 50 counties and a federal

National fema administrator. i want to explain a couple of details to the citizens that they need to know about. as governor, i have made a state disaster declaration for 54 counties across the state of texas. in order for a disaster declaration to be made a federal disaster declaration, it requires certain financial thresholds to be met. those financial thresholds have been met in 18 counties. there are 18 counties in the state of texas, that made it a federal declaration that the president has...