. >> reporter: rabbi radinsky was suffered from dehydration and this teenager knew he was in troubleaunched his own rescue mission. he borrowed his cousin's canoe and paddled right into the rabbi's house. >> they took him up to higher ground and then went back out in the floodwaters to rescue about 12 others most of them elderly and homebound. >> one family actually climbed out through a window screen which we had to cut open. >> reporter: rabbi radinsky says the teenager performed what he calls a mitzvah. marlie hall, cbs news, texas. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on the aftermath of flooding in texas. we'll be live from the scene and get the forecast. >>> and the high cost of building american embassies. nancy cordes looks at why they're overbudget. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> an inside look at oracle arena. can you hear the crowd still? >> no. >> it's the fans trying to clean up after last night. what an exciting night. >> it was a big night. so

democratic strategist fox news political analyst, julie radinski. good to have you both here.rdinary. >> i called mark out when i saw this interview. i could not believe it. i'm no fan of ted cruz but you are absolutely right. >> are you a fan of mark halpern? >> not after this. the apology was kind of you know if people were offended then i'm sorry. there's no excuse. how do you racially profile somebody like that making somebody speak in spanish? it was beyond ignorant. it was rude and unacceptable. ted cruz was beyond gracious. i agree with you on that. >> what's interesting of course is i don't believe halpern or anybody like that would ever do that to a democratic cuban-american. it's only a republican. somehow there's an issue there and i believe it's at the heart of you're not authentic if you're not liberal. >> i don't know about that. i think if you had bob menendez on a cuban democrat he probably would have done the same to him. >> jeb bush would say you're dealing in hypotheticals here. >> i am. i am. you're right. >> the governor had a terrific interview with meghy