today when he was in south texas earlier this afternoon. he called it epic, he called it historic, he called the response terrific. so he is praising the local response here. this is what he had to say earlier this afternoon in corpus christi. >> you are special. we're here to take care. it's going well and i want to thank you for coming out. we're going to get you back and operating immediately. thank you, everybody. what a crowd, what a turnout. >> reporter: so brianna, at least that clip there in early remarks that he made almost sounds as though he was coming to a small campaign rally of sorts. and that, of course, is not what he is here in texas for. he has had a variety of serious meetings with the governor of texas. he'll be arriving here at the state emergency command center behind me within the next several minutes or so. he's also traveling with the two republican senators, a few members of his cabinet also on board. but brianna, one thing i am