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Along the way to give the president of an up close look at efforts along the way. its important to point out that that part of the nation will get scrutinized a great deal, it is the presidents first natural disaster in office. the mobilization effort really all begins at the local county and state level before the feds move-in. >> once the states capacity was exceeded several days ago, they asked for the presidents health. the president moved in an expedited and very swift, one of the quickest ...

Thank you very much. well talk to you again soon. an incredible 62 counties under a disaster declaration. the city of rockport especially hard hit. and emergency officials saying the area is totally void of any functioning infrastructure. with communications systems hobbled, sewer system issues, no running water, cnns martin savidge is there. >> reporter: good morning. the people of houston struggle with their dilemma, here in the small town of rockport, they are absolutely devastated. its now b...

Www.nvoad.org. if you are looking to help, start there. it will have a whole host of non-governmental and religious organizations that are seeking help and being able to support texas. we have to make sure donations and volunteers are managed correctly to be of fekive down to the state and local levels. thats one way to start. underneath the presidents disaster declaration, we turned on what we call individual assistance programs. were expecting based on this event over 450,000 potential registe...

And patience because its going to take a lot of time. weve had great support from the federal government. both u.s. senators have called me personally. the congressman, our state officials are on top of this. the national guard is on the way and other people are here to help. we just need a little time and we need electricity. were trying to get electricity over there and i think they will very quickly. >> the priority is to remain safe, first and foremost. >> you mentioned fema and how its been...

Counties across the state of texas. in order for a disaster declaration to become a federal disaster declaration, it requires certain financial threshholds to be met. those financial thresholds have been met in 18 counties. there are 18 counties in the state of texas that i made a federal disaster declaration for that the president has granted. with that presidential grant triggers the involvement of t fema. there are a lot of people in your viewing area who may not know if they are on the feder...

Gives the governor the ability to youthize all resources down to his counties. once it wax exceeded over self days ago. they asked for a presidential disaster declaration. the president moved in an expedited. swift. one of the quickest time frames i have ever seen to approve the disaster declaration so we could mobilize our resources to help. yes, maam. >> cnn, i understanding and we all know that there were -- super fund sites. contaminated sites where we are seeing a lot of flooding. so my que...

Each state and the federal government all have a certain capacity. what happens is, once again, we pro positioned a lot of search and rescue before the disaster declaration was ever prepared by president trump. we pre positioned everything we basically have down, and in support of the state and local efforts. now that those resources are there, were basically at the direction of the governor to ultimately help the local governme governments. theres something called emac, emergency management ass...

Governor greg abbott with 50 counties under a disaster declaration is absolutely catastrophic flooding. >> when the people returning to neighborhoods that look like war zones. rockport, corpus christi the hardest hit. rob schmidt now in corpus christi, texas at the latest in that area. good morning. >> good morning, guys. we are in a marina off downtown corpus christi which is the biggest city in the area where the hurricane came ashore, about 25 miles tonight use. it came very close but just th...

Measures available by a major disaster declaration. this is a procedure thing for elected officials to do. texas will require and fully deserves the help. but crews did not always feel that in the past. when super storm sandy victims required over $50. at the ti time -- should not be used a a christmas tree including projects such as smithsonian repairs, upgrades to oh she an nick airplanes. >> by the way, ignoring the fact that those know ya airplanes were very helpful in helping us to predict ...

And thats where, you know, i have been talking to fema, talking to our state emergency manager to make sure those assets are on the ground to, you know, assist in this recovery. >> you sent a letter to the president urging his authorization of the governors request for the disaster declaration. that was pretty fast approval there. tell us about this major disaster declaration for texas. it triggers the release of federal funds to help with individuals and communities with the disaster. where tha...