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I'm dave briggs. >> i'm 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 says it's getting upwards of 1,000 calls per hour. >> 1,000 calls an hour. now the official storm-re...

>> 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 58 counties now under a state disaster declaration. all 12,000 members of the texas national guard ...

5:31 in the evening in pyongyang. it's 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 rescue. the coast guard says it's getting upwards of 1,000 calls per hour. >> the official storm-re...

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 it's 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 cornyn and then to the national fema administer. but i want to explain a couple of details that citizen...

Necessities the people have houston have. it's 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 that. i missed that. dave, i can always count on you. >> thank you. >> as of this moment, i have -- ...