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Wish you the best. the first responders won't 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 very much. we're going to talk about the impact this is going to have outside of the area as hurri...

Of these evacuation centers? do they have to show id? >> it's 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. we're prepared to take all measures to do so. >> speaking of which, there's a cone at the southern end of this storm that gets to brownsville and gets to the mexico border and the rio grande. are you coordinating with mexican officials on that side for things that may happ...

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 can't help you when you're 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 we've activated, whether it be what's called texas task force one or two or working with fema, we have multiple water rescue teams south of corpus christi up to the houst...

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 it's going to be. anyone who has decided to wait the storm out there, it's going to be a rough evening and get into the flooding after that. my advice, corpus christi, if you can get out, you're almost out of time. it's 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, that's when power starts to come out. this is by midnight tonight, computers estimating in the northern eye way ar...

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. >> what's he going to do with winds like that? an umbrella is not going to help him. >> it's going to whip. thanks, congressman. >> i'm 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, there's the massive, very high winds that blow things around. there's the fact this thing is offshore. it's not the streng...