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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. we're 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 simply can't second guess what the local officials' decision was. what we need to do at this time is eve...

And we want to be back in houston so we can help. it's 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 you've increased your goal. talk to us about that and what you're hoping to do with this money. >> we wanted to get out ahead of it. in a situation like this we all know there's going to be a lot of damage incurred and a lot of cost to replace and rebuild people's lives...

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 boats, and sent them to houston, texas to make sure they will have all of the boats that they should b...

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 get done. we will get it done because we have a very effective federal partner working with the stat...

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 drive texas dot org to find out if there are road closures.