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Dramatic rescue operations continue to be going on all across the houston area. we of been watching them live. n minute by minute some of these operations. now i understand as we see at least one boat behind you, gadi, there is another evacuation they have to do? reporter: yeah. that s right. i want to point out that boat. they re rushing off. we were just talking to them, then they got the call that there is an elementary school on the other side of this bayou that is risen and that elementary school was an evacuation zone on that side of the river. they are now evacuating that evacuation zone because the water is coming up to too high on that school. it s an elementary school. you see other boats here, a pontoon, some jet skis behind us. they re loading in. the plant from this area is to get as many boats as they can over to that evacuation zone, ....
The things that the people who are helping need to d. gadi, we ll let you get back to it. remarkable reporting there. one organization on the ground in texas is team rubicon. that is a nonprofit that trains military veterans to aid in disaster relief. joining me now is the co-founder and ceo of team rubicon, jake wood. thanks for joining us. what s rubicon doing right now on the ground in texas? of course. thanks for having me. our hearts and prayers go out to the people of houston, texas. team rubicon has three boats in the water right now assisting with rescue efforts. we have about 16 swift water rescue personnel manning those boats. in addition to that, we of got two reconnaissance and assessment teams to south and west of houston liasing with local officials as we begin preparations for a much larger response where we could be deploying upwards of a thousand veteran volunteers into the city of houston and the state of texas over the course of the coming weeks and months to assis ....