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As soon as saturday, but its but the funny part is, the possible he may be much closer previous record back in 1978 to whats going on for that with amelia, texas had a drought second trip. going on at that time, but the ground was so hard that it 2:15 p.m. central time, 3:15 eventually flooded -- so it was eastern time, the president is the opposite effect. now on the ground in austin? so again, texas not a good >> reporter: hes in the air, the last time i looked at the history here with land fa...

Did not go where those flood recovery operations are still under way, but he did get several briefings throughout the day. one wrapped up just a few moments ago at the state command center in austin. the governor of texas as well as the two republican senators. he said this is going to be one of the most expensive efforts ever in the country to repair and recover texas. >> i want to be looked at in five years or ten years from now as this is the way to do it. this was of epic proportion. nobody ...

You saw a massive effort by the president to say, we are here for you now, we were here for you a week ago, and well continue to be here for you in the future. essentially saying, theyre committed to the rebuilding of the texas coast after the floodwaters drained. that was sort of the consistent message from the president. they want to set -- they want this recovery to set a standard. theyre not ready to congratulate themselves just yet, because this recovery effort will fake so long, and no one...

Now taxiing on its way up to austin texas. thats where the president and first lady will be touring a command center theyre leaving corpus christi, they wanted to get a brief on the rescue efforts underway down there. they were not towering the damage corpus christi was not hit in the way austin was. texas is not the only state that is feeling the effects of harvey, louisiana is also dealing with flooding from the storm. evacuations are underway as we speak there. and all of this is happening as...

>> steve, thank you. joining me now from the main command center in his town of victoria is texas mayor paul poll she can. thank you for joining us. how is your city faring right now? >> were doing actually pretty well. you know, the worst part of it has passed for the most part and the storm is actually diminished more than we expected. so were very pleased. >> are your residents prepared to evacuate if they need to in theres a problem with the quad loupe river? >> yes. weve actually already go...

Best judgment of the situation. well look at it and see is there a medical emergency. what is it? is somebody diabetic without medicine going into diabetic shock. elderly people, children, young people in particular. the situation if water is in the house, extremely highs place ahead of a house with 6 inches of water. obviously thats important, too. we kroo our judgment. we take phone calls coast guard command center as well. thats mainly what the coast guard has been working through, the calls ...

But it hasnt crested. perhaps tomorrow. it hasnt reached its peak. tomorrow or actually wednesday early sometime. >> and is your city getting the resources it needs from the federal government right now? >> oh, we have. we have. the command center has operated flawlessel the and koops among all agencies has been pretty good. were pleased with that. the state government has been particularly helpful. >> if the rain picks up, if that river crests, do you have enough resources to get out and do the...

Predicted to be in the direct path of hurricanes but the hurricanes never came. the local officials say you have to go back to 1970 this community was hit this hard. a lot of optimism in speaking to the local residents. yes they are through harrowing sper experiences and that is very evident. the look infant eyes of the people we were interviewing. hard to describe other than to just -- it looked like they had seen a ghost or experience add near death experience and talking to some of those resi...

Events as they happen, jackie and everything is prepared in an ready mode at the command center. we are waiting until the time is right in the sun or daylight breaks and we can head out and begin the situation. we have not heard positively or negatively of the support. jackie: what have you heard from other communities coming into the command center? any in injuries or anything like that? >> honestly we wont until daybreak. i wish there was a way that we could have these communication devices th...

Are saying it did some damage to homes in the area. that is one thing we have heard chad myers warning about, that those tornadoes are a part of what happens with these hurricanes and that threat still remains as well. 8% of hurricane deaths are caused by wind. 90% are caused by water. houston already coping with some serious flooding and more heavy rains on the way there. officials setting up the stages area for the emergency vehicles and crews in west houston where we find cnns rosaflores. wha...