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Landfall an hour ago. You even see a change. The circulation rounds on the land and in different conditions and breaks down a bit. Were still looking at 100 mileanhour winds and weve verified that in several locations with a new update from the National Weather service and we have seen gusts moving at 7 miles an hour. Its going to be a slow mover. Rockport getting hit hard. You see it sitting on the circle and thats where winds have been highest. Its not just the winds, its a water situation. On...

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$20 a gallon for gas. also $8.50 for a bottle of water. we spoke with mark rylander, a spokesman for the texas attorney general. >> thankfully the texas legislature in preparation of these kind of storms several years back came one stiff menalitiy -- penalties for people suspected of price gouging. they came up with a $20,000 fine per occurrence, or if someone 65 or older is affected it jumps to $250,000 fine per occurrence. >> texas officials say theyve had close to 600 complaints about storm-r...

>> most of the eye of hurricane harvey has now come ashore. the worst of the winds just hitting the texas coast. lets now go to mark rylander at the texas department of public safetys special operations command center in corpus christi. mark, we just heard from the fire chief there in corpus christi, sounds like things are pretty bad there. >> they are, john. as your brave reporters outside have proven, the winds are just torrential still. we keep thinking as the storm moves and more inward or i...

Throughout their careers and theyre ready. these guys and ladies are pent up right now like a horse in a gate. they are so ready to get out. there is what they do. and yet they are not going to be able to do that, just because so many places are so dark, places that dont have electricity. its not safe for them to get out until daylight breaks. and when you couple their inability to get out and assess situations right now, with our inability to communicate with other departments and areas and rea...

>> the worry we have here and then please go, mark, that they stay rested. because this could be 72 hours or more straight work for them. >> yes. and heres what you were saying, i was about to say, pardon me for interrupting it. richard, this is where we see the best of americans, everybody wants to focus on this unity. over the next few days, weeks, perhaps months, we will see hearts and communities come together, work towing, all differences aside because they have one goal, lets rebuild texas...

It came in 13 minutes ago. steve will get that to us in terms of what came up. of course, will you hear all hour and all morning. id like to bring in mark rylander, there is some concern here, because this is highly court made theed, right? law enforcement, first responders on the ground up and down the gulf of mexico, you are saying there might be complications right pow? >> well the law enforcement officers are ready. the officials are here from the federal, state, local law entities. heres wh...