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The u.s. state of texas right now. hurricane harvey made landfall actually as a category 4 initially. its been downgraded since then. but it still poses a major threat in the coming hours, maybe even days or weeks. we wont know the extent of the damage until the storm passes. and some models are predicting it will stay put until next week. >> in the meantime, the strong rains and heavy rains are hitting and some think the worst since hurricane katrina of 2005. and president trump has already dec...

Thats a little more than one meter of rain. president trump issued a disaster declaration. and the national weather service in houston say the combination of wind and weather could leave parts of the state unhabitable for weeks even months. it was a busy friday night for the trump administration, even discounting the storm. for starters, the president issued a pardon to one of its bigger supporters. he broke the news on twitter. he said this. i am pleased to inform you that ive just granted a fu...

Attract companies to the state of texas. that will continue. hurricanes come and go, but its the business climate in the state of texas that will remain. neil: all right, now, you mentioned that the help youre getting from president trump, of course, monitoring and no doubt talking to you at camp david. he tweeted earlier were leaving nothing to chance. city, state, governors are working together. is that your understanding, thats correct? >> yes, ive spoken to the president and his entire team,...

Todd: as we approach 6:00 in the east, 5:00 in texas. a fox news alert. hurricane harvey ravaging parts of texas right now. the storm downgraded to a category 2 hurricane. its still very serious. it made landfall last night around 10:00 p.m. local time as a category 4 hurricane bringing winds up to 160 miles per hour. clayton: this is the strongest storm to hit the united states in more than a decade. could drop more than 60 inches of rain in parts of texas before its over. its going to hang out...

Circumstances. but, youre quite right, elizabeth, theres the danger of distracting from relief efforts or of just diverting resources to presidential visit. i honestly feel for any president in that situation because i think its such a fine line you have to walk. elizabeth: so far its hard to be critical. the declaration came out early, came out strong. he may be at camp david, but elaine dukes just got the phone with him. hes not holed up and hes making himself accessible. that being said its j...

Welcome back. a powerful storm has made landfall in the u.s. state of texas. hurricane harvey is hitting the coast with wind speeds of 125 miles per hour. thats about 200 kilometers per hour. and what you see there, these live images from cnn affiliate ksat out of san antonio. we understand there is damage of rockport, expensive damage. officials say this slow moving strong storm could drop as much as 40 inches of rain in some parts. u.s. president donald trump issuing a disaster declaration ahe...

Declaration. and we have now added 20 more counties for a total of six counties. as you probably know i requested a federal disaster declaration that the president granted last night. this is incredibly important and extremely fast. what the presidential proclamation about our disaster declaration does is it immediately triggers the implementation of fema. and femas assistance for individuals as well as cities and counties for all of us to begin the rebuilding process as quickly as possible. som...

Behind $40 billion in damage. president trump has sign a disaster declaration in the state of texas. clayton: we have team coverage. the hurricane all over the coast this morning and matt with an update. matt, can you tell us at this hour? >> good morning, guys, we are in palacios texas, when we got here the water line was 5 to 10 feet beyond the shore and now you might be able to see that it is coming up and engulfing this path behind us and in the distance its up into the gas area and storm su...

Texas, governor greg abbott. but you get the gist of it. he says, you know, while hurricane harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm there are conditions they do expect to worsen. lets continue to listen in on the texas governor. >>. [ inaudible question ] >> its way too early to make any estimates about that. what i can say is we are so pleased that the federal government and the white house have stepped up in the strong way they have by granting our disaster declaration that will enable ...

And a couple days later the governors would assess what their problems are and would ask the president for a disaster declaration. the enormity of this storm caused the president to sign a prelandfall declaration, and he had been asked by the governor of texas to do this. what this does is freeze up all federal assets are now available, and for -- available for them to use and the charge for anything that they rent, overtime, all those things start prior to landfall. this is a big deal. this is ...