A senior official assures Americans that the National Weather Service has among the most dedicated employees in the federal government.

Key positions at National Weather Service offices across Texas are vacant, sowing doubt over the state’s ability to respond to natural disasters as rescuers comb through the flood-ravaged Hill Country.

The White House is defending the National Weather Service and accusing some Democrats of playing politics in the wake of devastating floods in Texas.

Local officials have faced angry questions about whether they could have warned people of dangerous flash floods in Texas Hill Country sooner. Rescue teams from neighboring states and Mexico have joined local efforts to search for survivors,

The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has risen to at least 95, with dozens still missing. CBS News correspondent Nidia Cavazos has the latest from Kerrville. Then, Tom Fahy, legislative director of the National Weather Service Employees Organization,