more than 1,000 water rescues reported so far amid the overwhelming calls for help. texas governor greg abbott now activating an additional 3,000 members of the state and national guard. grif jenkins is live in houston and, grif, i understand that you ve just been out on a rescue boat. tell us what s going on. reporter: that s right. first, let me just show you, arthel, you see behind me this is a helicopter. they re bringing them by air, they re bringing hem by boat. that was a basket that just delivered people. this has been going on for hours. if you look back behind me, you see a family getting off, offloading with their dog. and i did go out on a boat with a volunteer, but let me just give some context of what they re pulling out of this neighborhood on the west side. when they call it search and rescue, arthel, they don t have to search very hard because there are literally hundreds of people on every rooftop back in these neighborhoods. we took a look, we rode with