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Behind $40 billion in damage but president trump has signed disaster declaration in the state of texas. clayton: team coverage. first to rob scmitt who was on his way to robport, texas, had to turn around, i think where we find rob right now, where are you, you manage today drive back a little bit so you can get back on the phone, what are you seeing? >> rob: hey, guys, we got close to rockport we couldnt all the way there basically because we saw indication that is we were going to hit a flood ...

Key cabinet members are on the call, most concerned about the people suffering from the hurricane. wanted to express his concerns and inquiries about life and safety issues. secondly, our response in support of governor abbott of texas. elizabeth: do you feel like youre getting what you need from the administration? i realize its very, very early, its up to local and state officials. do you feel they have your back? >> absolutely. the presidents signing of the declaration, major disaster last ni...

To dump more and more water, up to 30, sometimes perhaps forecast up to 50 inches. how much does that complicate the typical hurricane response that you just talked about? >> it really complicates it. if you remember hurricane floyd that came in to north carolina, it was a flood hurricane. i mean, it literally flooded almost that entire state. it just dumped inch after inch of rain. we saw pigs on top of barns, it was so deep. and this is a challenge theyre going to have here. and the challenge ...

It is still a hurricane. it has been sitting on land for 12 hours. this is almost unheard of. millions of people remain in the path of the storm. this afternoon at 12:45 p.m. eastern, texas governor will give the first news conference since the storm hit land. president trump issues a disaster declaration for texas. our meteorologists are stationed in the storm zone to bring you the latest from the ground. i want to start with our nbc meteorologist bill karins. he was here with us last night and...

The roads close and the flooding happens, its going to turn the lights out so you have a cascading effect of the storm and its going to get worse by tomorrow than it is today, so everybody in low-lying areas needs to be evacuated. they need to be doing a major evacuation of areas that the models show will be flooding tomorrow and get the people out before the roads close. >> we heard from the governor in the last hour about the disaster declaration and for the counties affected in this, also tha...

Longer. experts say it could add up to be one of the worst storms to hit the united states since hurricane katrina. and the president has already approved a disaster declaration. of course well continue to monster the storm with the map that you see right here that shows you exactly where the storm is. but theres another storm to tell you about of the political nature in the trump white house. the president has pardoned controversial sheriff joe arpaio. he was convicted for criminal contempt f...

Just so warmhearted, so full of spirit, and so pleased to be alive. >> its way too early to make estimates about that. we are very pleased the federal government and white house have stepped up in the strong way they have, by granting her disaster declaration that will enable texas and texans to be able to better deal with the financial consequences of the storm. >> weve heard that undocumented immigrants may be turned away give information on that? >> i have no information on that. >> you sugge...

Was all lined up but we lost the call. and couldnt get a hold of him. theres areas that emergency crews cant get into and were keeping an eye on that. president trump signed a disaster declaration for texas as hurricane harvey made its move on the lone star state and hurricane harvey has been downgraded to a category three storm and made landfall about 10:00 p.m. local time. its been about five hours now and took the storm 56 hours to get to a category for status. texas governor greg abbott, one...

Destruction. store fronts caved in by high winds. walls falling off apartment complexes. firefighters battling a blaze in the middle of this while the storm is ragingment take a look at this video. harvey is expected to lee behind $40 billion word of damage. president trump has signed a disaster declaration in texas. todd: we will be with you all morning long. live team coverage all along the coast this morning. first we go to matt finn. every time we go to matt his shots are definitely some of ...

Were ready to go. weve been through this before. were a compassionate city. we know how to help our neighbors in need and well be ready with whatever mother nature brings. >> mayor, you in texas are known to be home rule places, mayors are the bosses, you had the governor declare a state of emergency, he called the president, the president declared, had a disaster declaration, i think the governor activated 700 national guard troops that may have increased in the last little while. are you getti...