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Debris is now in the roadways and stuff, so its a little difficult to traverse all that. were not through with our assessment of damage yet. a lot of the first responders are out now doing that, trying to the get it done before dark. mike: mayor paul polasek of the community of victoria, texas. we wish you and your community the very best. >> thank you. thank you for checking on us. mike: tomorrow chris wallace will talk to texas governor greg abbott as well as secretary of state rex tillerson. ...

That perhaps we are seeing our pathway to sometime in the near future having some dialogue. >> reporter: so far this year north koreas launched 31 missiles, thats how many they launched in all of 2016 -- 21. the short-range missiles most recently launched did not pose a threat to north america or guam. mike? mike: ellison barber, thank you very much. laura? laura: well, the latest launch by north korea coming days after the u.s. and south korean forces started their annual military exercises. it...

Janice. makes you wonder where all that rain is going to go in a place like houston. >> reporter: were going to have to watch it, yep. mike: thank you very much. laura: and our live coverage continues of tropical storm harvey. the storm leaving serious damage and hundreds of thousands without power. a look at the path forward for texans returning home to clean up. plus, the u.s. revises its assessment of north koreas new launches. what officials are now saying about kim jong uns latest missile...

David. city, state and federal governments working great together. doug mckelway is reporting live from the white house. >> reporter: hi, mike. the president videoconferenced with his entire cabinet at 3 1:00 this morning -- 11:00, and the readout is this, president trump emphasized his expectations that all departments and agencies stay fully engaged in position to support his number one priority of saving lives. he reminded his team that the full impacts of this storm will to occur over the ne...

And people -- i hate to say that about our government, but its just the gods honest truth that people have good reason for the mistrust, especially people who have paid premiums on their flood insurance policies for years, and then when a storm actually hits, they dont get paid enough money to even rebuild their home and move back in. and thats just awful, and thats what were looking at. so were watching very closely how are they going to do today, tomorrow and as this goes forward, and well see...

Are prepared. we may need local help from companies that have tractors and bulldozers and things of that nature, but weve already identified many of those. laura: okay. >> so really fema is going to be a big help to us. as well as the state of texas. laura: all right. >> in terms of what they can do for us. laura: very good. we send our best wishes to you and the folks of port aransas. mayor, thank you for being with us today and taking the time out to speak with us, and we look forward to heari...

Whats inside somebodys house. incredible, and we hope that those numbers will stay down. thank you so much for that report. >> reporter: thank you. mike: galveston, texas, feeling the full brunt of this storm. people trying to drive out of city in what are being described as whiteout conditions. casey steegal is live in galveston. casey? >> reporter: hey, mike. yeah, you know, its very different pictures coming from here than what you just saw where steve steve harrigan is. for perspective, he i...

Resignation at the white house, sebastian gorka, a familiar face to fox news viewers. he submitted his letter of resignation. others say that he was fired. and in that letter, gorka wrote that people who reject the make america great again agenda are now ascendant at the white house, and he cited as evidence the presidents speech at fort myer on afghanistan. he wrote, quote: the fact that those who drafted and approved this speech removed any mention of radical islam or radical islamic terrorism...

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Its strengthening to a significant amount, we did execute a mandatory evacuation. i dont have hard numbers on how many people actually left. some of us have talked about it. we maybe suspect maybe 65% of the population actually remained here. so we did not -- i dont think, but i dont have hard numbers on that. i dont think a lot of people did evacuate. i do know a lot, you know, some that did though. mike: whats the destruction like across your community in terms of have you seen a lot of houses...