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Miles per hour. paul polasek is the mayor of victoria and joins us now by phone. mr. mayor, thanks for your time. what are the biggest concerns facing your community right now? >> thank you, sir. we are currently, having an issue with our water supply, but it's being addressed as quickly as possible. and, of course, the power outages are also difficult. we don't have any estimated time to get the power back on yet, but we're working on it very hard. mike: have you seen state resources flowing into your community yet, dps, other resources to try to help victoria bounce back from the storm? >> y...

Coastal region. what kind of damage are you seeing in your neighborhoods? >> well, mostly, of course, a lot of downed trees and limbs, and then there's also a lot of power lines and different types of transmission lines that are down. so we've imposed a curfew til six a.m. tomorrow morning to keep people out of harm's way. there's been some structural damage, some roofs and some other entire structures but not too many. mostly a lot of trees and debris. mike: there's one confirmed fatality so far due to hurricane harvey. mr. mayor, i hate to ask this, but any concerns about loss of life in you...

His disaster professionals. >> good afternoon, mike. i think that hurricane harvey is going to be a real interesting test for president trump. i mean, on paper it looks like he has very qualified people at the helm at fema; brock long seems like a very serious disaster relief guy, certainly not a political hack, eric hyberger, his chief of staff, a longtime veteran at fema from 9/11 and the 2004 hurricane season. so i really think these guys have potential. but the question is what they're going to do and whether they're going to make their boss look like a hero of a goat when all is said and ...

Home, any advice to folks who may be struggling at this hour, maybe the elderly in your community, what they may be able to do to get some relief and some assistance? >> well, you know, work together. victoria's such a wonderful community, we do take care of each other, and i'd encourage neighbors to help each other out and conserve your resources in water and food until we get everything back on. i think we're going to be okay. and our first responders are now responding to calls. the wind has diminished enough to where they can, so we just need to be patient and calm and work together. mike:...

Response to the exercises, so the fact that it was, as i said, it was short-range missiles and not longer range ones at least suggests for the moment that there's a degree of care being taken by him. but i don't think we can count on that for any length of time. laura: all right. dennis ross, thank you so much for being with us today on this very important subject. >> thank you. laura: more fox team coverage at the top of the hour. eric shawn and arthel neville will be here. mike: and we are awaiting a news conference from the u.s. coast guard updating us on their response to harvey. laura: yo...