top story. the rain is expected to pick up today in texas in time for the president s visit to the state. for the moment the death toll stands at three. unfortunately that is expected to rise. mandatory evacuations continue to be released and around midnight last night dozens more people were rescued by boat. yesterday an ap photographer snap third down photo of a tole being held over a four-day old daughter as they were rescued by boat members of the louisiana department of wildlife and frish fisherie fisheries. the mayor says more than 3,000 people have been rescued and in many places the helicopter is the base way to lift people. but it s not just houston. the guadeloupe river is swollen in victoria, texas. and there are concerns the flooding there will only spread. some 30,000 people are expected to need shelter as a result of that. at the houston convention center