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Upset because hes not playing by the media playbook. hes not going down there and hugging and crying like every politician does. the media will write a story that says because hes not acting like a politician. >> kimberly: hes not a presidential jell-o mode, thats why. >> gillian: this is a question of leadership style. i think its fair to compare and contrast different presidents in the wake of national disasters. i think its fair to evaluate all of them. its fair to say president trump is not ...

The media will write a story that says because hes not acting like a politician. >> kimberly: hes not a presidential jell-o mode, thats why. >> this is a question of leadership style. i think its fair to compare and contrast different presidents in the wake of national disasters. i think its fair to evaluate all of them. its fair to say president trump is not taking on the consoler in chief attitude. he has not been emotive, he is not been hugging people. i think to extrapolate from that the ide...

The thank you so much for being with us. i do have to say, about of we start. i dont think youve slept in the last eight days, we appreciate you being with us now. youve been everywhere. can you give me the sense of the rescue situation? are there zstill people looking to be rechg rescued? there are some pockets, much smaller now obviously but in the western part of the county, where your reporter just mentioned, theres still some active rescue type stuff happening with some high water areas. th...

We are in life-saving mode in that region. also as waters begin to recede in houston, texas, we are still involved in the life-saving process there. >> sandra: griff jenkins live in texas outside of houston where the braziles river has been rising fast. >> we can break news now. according to county officials, the brazos river, just near here has crested at 55.19 feet. that is larger than last years record set on memorial day which was 54.7 feet, so that is good news. tragically, nobodys returnin...

So, theyre going to have to up the game. at the same time look to the east because theres another hurricane coming. >> but its your assessment they have not sort of pulled out all the stop the yet. who would be responsible for that? is it the governor who needs to call in more of the cav valley? >> they are are working on a bottom up. you asked us, and we will deliver. and thats been the mode of operation so far. my personal pp that she needed to lean further forward and push stuff as opposed to...

First responders are in search and rescue mode, still. in some cases the waters arent going to peak for another two days. in beaumont, which police say is being reduced to an island, the coast guard hacked away at the roof with an axe to rescue a mochts and her four children from flood waters in her home. also in beaumont the power is out for many, the water supply failed, thats critical, surrounded by flood waters, the 120,000 that live there have nothing to drink. imagine that. the national gu...

Send a little more than they may need, and when the state asks for it, they will already be there ready to go. secretary of defense mattis, very much in the mode, he says, leaning forward and the pentagon, the u.s. military is going to send more than the texas state authorities may think that they need. so it will be there. you are beginning to see the medical portion of this, and these rescue helicopters, these crews, are very experienced in this. there are more than 100 helicopters in the imme...

Now that you want to inform of us? if you do have something, im 20 yards from the president. well take it to him. >> i mean, not as of yet. but theres a lot of communities that have been devastated here. theres going to be a lot of needs really quickly. >> yeah. let me pick up on that and use that. thats a great point to wrap up my remarks here today. we are still in response mode. that means life saving, life sustaining. theres still people up to their waist in water. the elderly an infirmed th...

Taking resources away from where theyre needed most. jeff zeleny joins us from austin. jeff, what did the president have to say after he had a chance to visit? >> reporter: john, good evening. president trump, as he went along, had so many surpearltives, saying this is horrific, epic, the but he didnt seem to reach the empathetic mode. at times in corpus cristi, he invoked a campaign message. >> we love you. you are special. were here to take care, and i want to thank you for coming out. were go...

>> the operation right now is very clear. were still in life-saving, life-sustaining mode. not only are we performing through our partners at the coast guard, were performing the life safety measures. the life sustainment mission is huge. its going to grow. we have over 230 shelters operating in texas with over 30,000 people. >> shepard smith continues coverage from the fox news deck. shepard? >> forecasters warning catastrophic flooding in texas could remain in days to come. the mayor of housto...