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Experienced before and we expect it to be much longer in terms of the response phase and what we would normally see during a hurricane, just due to the nature of the storm, dumping historic, record amounts of rainfall in southeast texas and southwest louisiana. with that, i'll pause. questions. yes, sir? >> bob burns, associated press. question about the chain of xand. you mentioned general hamilton being dual commander, he reports to a governor, is that correct? and you mentioned he would have command of federal forces, if that's the right term, in addition to the national guard. are there al...

North com on the title ten side and the additional capabilities that come from surrounding states on the national guard side to be able to add to that. just to give you a round figure of numbers, we are looking at posturing just on the national guard side, an additional 20,000 to 30,000 guardsmen that could be brought in. they are eveningineering capabl high profile vehicles and rotary. that is to finish the response phase, then go into the recovery phase. like first responders get tired, guardsmen will get tired and burn out. this has to be a phased approach and texas is planning for that pha...

As we move out of this phase where we hunker down for moving into the response phase, we will be assessing it. there are people helping the folks in louisiana. jenna: how many reports to half of people trapped? >> we have heard a few reports working through the function, which is, like i said, a multi- agency group. with the state doc, they are going to get down there and coordinate pair. neighbors helping neighbors at this point in time because you have winds that are still just coming off -- hurricane force winds. jenna: so you have not been able to fully deploy your resources for lack of a ...

We are still in the response phase, the phase that we are moving into the recovery phase of -- of responding to this disaster. at this point, we have had local authority, first responders and the national level and the department of homeland security, really coordinating response effortings. but it's the individual hoosier, volunteer, neighbors, families and friends who are really at this point doing most of the response, picking up rubble, they are tending to the concerns of their neighbors, giving them a place to stay in the near term. we're moving into a phase of our recovery efforts where ...

hello, everybody. i am randi kaye. we're glad you are with us. we start off with the victims of irene. for those of you who think irene was a dud, well, tell that to the families of the 21 people who died in that storm and the people that lost their homes and the estimated $10 billion price tag is nothing to sneeze at either. irene may not have been as bad as expected in some areas, but worst in others. vermont, much of the state is under water. a short time ago president obama declared a state of emergency making vermont elvauable for disaster relieve. >> it will take time to recove...