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Wish you the best. the first responders wont be heading out to rescue people, too dangerous even for them. i want to show you the forecasted updated path. people are worried about this dip and heading inland. if it does that, it would not be half as strong as it is now and would still be a rain making storm. this is the advicible satellite imagery, you can see the eye right there. if this clears out, we could see really strong intense fiction, even further than what it is. >> bill karins, thanks...

Of these evacuation centers? do they have to show id? >> its my understanding from what i saw from the border patrol instructions yesterday that will not be an issue. what everyone is focused on right now is insuring we do all we can to protect life. we have a high regard for life. we want to insure the safety of all lives. were prepared to take all measures to do so. >> speaking of which, theres a cone at the southern end of this storm that gets to brownsville and gets to the mexico border and ...

Down toward the coast, complicating roadways for a long time to come. now is the time to get out while you still can. >> so, how do you prepare for a 12 foot storm surge? even the sound of that, sandbags cant help you when youre talking 12 feet. >> one of the most important things we can and have done is to prepare for water rescue missions. we have multiple teams, whether it be through the 700 state and national guard that weve activated, whether it be whats called texas task force one or two o...

Slowly, maybe four or five hours and get the back edge will come on through and hurricane force will click back on. what a night its going to be. anyone who has decided to wait the storm out there, its going to be a rough evening and get into the flooding after that. my advice, corpus christi, if you can get out, youre almost out of time. its really getting late in the game. the current winds are 39. we have the first tropical storm force gust, once you get in sustained winds, thats when power s...

Like electricity. >> congressman, you are the picture of resilience standing there soaked, talking to us as an inspiration to your fellow texans, thank you for being with us. >> whats he going to do with winds like that? an umbrella is not going to help him. >> its going to whip. thanks, congressman. >> im still stunned talking to kerry sanders, people staying in their motor homes. 12 foot storm surge. you know, a storm that could take down windows, buildings. >> again, theres the massive, very ...

Upon which people work. platforms are the big ones and tend to be permanent. rigs tend to be moveable. 39 were evacuated ahead of the storm, almost double that number have closed their valves to prevent leaks which puts them out of commission until after harvey passes through. many of these use pipes to send the oil to the land. those pipes can get messed up as well. on land, more than 30 oil and petroleum refineries are in the path of the storm. 3.5 million barrels per day along the texas coast...

Inconvenient, difficult to do. there are a lot of people who dont have resources and dont know, as you mentioned, where theyre supposed to go. do you think theres enough bussing, enough shelters around that can accommodate people who otherwise think they dont have the money or capacity to get out of town? >> sure. there have been and are multiple buses and mass transportation facilities leaving areas such as corpus christi, taking people to places like san antonio. if youre going to san antonio ...

Steve mnuchin said he was under pressure but defended presidents statements. what is the fallout for gary cohn, many said hes in line to be the next fed chair. you wonder if this will i am pablgt them. >> lets get back to hurricane coverage of harvey. lets bring in brock longstanding by. thank you for being with us. there has not been a storm like this making landfall in the u.s. in more than a decade. back then fema had rocky responses to these things. are you ready for this storm? >> yes, sir,...

Teams ready to go. >> one of the big issues we had in katrina was the logistics, of people getting out, help getting in, evacuations and people who decided to stay when they shouldnt have with huge storm surges and flooding. obviously we dont have the low lying land that we had in southern louisiana, but weve been hearing from mayors all morning that a lot of people are sticking around. >> yeah, unfortunately you know, right now is the time to heed the warning. this is a very serious storm. the ...

Into next week. >> easily into next week. >> all right, harvey expected to strengthen into a category 3. right now remains a category 2 but still offshore moving slowly off the very warm gulf of mexico. thats how it gains power. its a perfect mix for a strong hurricane. the outer bands of the storm are lashing the texas coast. they are just starting now. the national weather service says parts of south texas could soon see catastrophic, they use the term historic flooding. when all is said and d...