street signs are down and first responders have yet to access to impact. forecasters say this storm is going to leave area, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. residents in rockport, specifically, are afraid of what things will look like as the sun comes up in there about an hour. >> what we saw was extensive damage front of the house, back of the house. trees down everywhere. our driveway is blocked. we're not able to leave our property. one of our vehicles was hit by a roof tile and has extensive damage on it. just very, you know, devastating storm and very concerned about what we're going to see when it's light out in the morning.

this is cnn breaking news. >> hurricane harvey is barreling down on texas and has now turned deadly. >> fema chief brock long just tweeted this, citizens of texas, this is now turning into a deadly inland event. thoughts and prayers are with you. this is a storm that's been downgraded to a category one hurricane. it hit as a category 4, but there is still potential from major flooding here and that's what's so concerning for people. 90 miles per hour winds have still knocked down trees, power lines are down. >> we know that the white house is also dealing with a lot tonight. president trump being blasted for pardoning former arizona sheriff joe arpaio, he was convicted of targeting immigrants. then the departure of sebastian gorka, although there's conflicting reports on if he

resigned or was fired. >> also the president signed a directive banning transgender military recruits. >> plus more fallout in the russia investigation. "the wall street journal" is reporting that special counsel robert mueller is examining the possible role of former national security adviser michael flynn in seeking hillary clinton's e-mails from hackers. we will talk about all of that. but let's start now with harvey. we have a team of reporters along the texas gulf coast. nick valencia kicks off our team coverage from corpus christi. the wind has reduced now to 90 miles per hour which is still a considerably category 1 storm, but the rain has continued and will for some time. >> the rain and the wind, victor. this storm system continues to hover over the state of texas dumping water, and that's a concern for flooding throughout

parts of texas. we have yet to get a full scope of the damage. that will happen a little bit once the sun comes up. emergency responders saying they're going to need that time for the sun to come up to assess the damage outside. from our vantage point, we don't see anything significant. there is some debris in the road, downed stop signs, things like that. we haven't heard reports of specific damage. we asked residents to call them talking about downed tree, downed power lines. there are 200,000 people across the state of texas without power. more than 150,000 of them right here in corpus christi. this was an area that was expected to take a direct hit. we did hear howling winds last night. heavy rains pounding against this hotel where we hunkered down during the height of the storm. things here right now a little bit calmer than they were last night, but we're not out of the clear. we mentioned the potential for

catastrophic flooding in and around this area. emergency responders want to wait for the sun to come up to assess the damage. >> nick valencia there in corpus christi, thanks so much. allison chinchar has been tracking the hurricane. one of the other threats right now, tornadoes, allison. >> that's right. as if the flooding threat wasn't enough in and of itself, yes, we have the threat for severe weather to factor along with it. the biggest threat right now is in some of the outer bands particularly the ones off in the east and the center of the storm. the center between victoria and corpus christi. but these outer bands pushing through galveston and houston, the potential of heavy rain and a lot of thunder and lightning. yes, several tornado warnings out there this morning. tornado watch in effect for that region until 1:00 this afternoon. the big threat going forward and not just for today but tomorrow and the next five to seven days is the flood potential.

moving northwest at 6 miles per hour. that's not fast as all. it will likely slow done evwn e more. that will add to the flooding numbers. this is the rain that's already fallen. 16 1/2 inches in victoria, texas, mcfadden and oswell, 12 inches of rain. now how much more will be added in the coming days. we have in the green flood watches and flash flood warnings. not just for texas but louisiana as well where you can see here 20 inches if not potentially 30 inches of additional rain is going to be a concern because this storm is going to sit here for days. and it may hold its own in terms of strength. we may not see it drop back from a tropical storm strength for at least a couple of days as well. >> all right, allison, thank you so much. now, of course, over the last 12, 16 hours, we've really been watching this storm.

and it was really nasty last night as we were watching it. but as that was happening, there was a steady stream of headlines coming out of washington, we should point out. >> the reaction after the presidential pardon, a former arizona sheriff joe arpaio is one of them. we know civil rights groups and lawmakers are criticizing the decision. we have boris sanchez live in washington to walk us through all that happened in washington overnight. >> hey, good morning, victor and christy, this has become a bit of pattern for the white house, a huge dump of stories on a friday. this one with this giant storm looming nonetheless. first, the pardoning of sheriff joe arpaio once known as america's toughest sheriff. this is something that the president had put out references to on twitter saying it was something he was seriously considering. then at that rally on tuesday night in phoenix he said that he predicted the sheriff would be okay, leading many to believe that a pardon was in the works,

then you've got one last night, a statement that cited the sheriff's more than 50 years of service to the country calling him a, quote, worthy candidate for a pardon. of course, as you know, sheriff arpaio was found in contempt of court for disobeying a judge's order to discontinue a program that was found to be illegal because it racially profiled hispanics. then you've got the departure of sebastian gorka from the white house. he was a counterterrorism adviser known for his combative, aggressive style, defending the president. he was part of that steve bannon breitbart economic nationalist contingent that was in the white house. with bannon's departure, gorka's seemed likely as well. we've got two conflicting stories from officials at the white house about him leaving. one official telling cnn that he resigned another more senior official saying that he did not resign but that he is no longer at the white house. you can read into that what you

can. then you've also got this transgender ban moving forward of that we had to mention there was a white house directive yesterday that ended an obama-era program that sought to recruit transgender people into the armed services. the directive also gives the department of homeland security broad authority when it comes to determining what to do with those transgender people that are currently serving our country. so three huge stories that would take up headlines and likely lead the news on any other given day except when you've got this giant storm hitting texas. >> no doubt about it. boris sanchez, thank you so much. we'll be talking to errol lewis on the other side of the break about the headlines and what they mean. >> as hurricane harvey batters the texas coast we'll talk to the director of emergency management in san patricio city which is just west of where this hurricane made landfall. talk about the situation right now. debit card. [woman 2] oh no... [woman 1] oh, it's fine. [woman 2] yeah, totally. it's fine.

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welcome back. as we watch what is happening in texas right now, hurricane harvey is just sitting over part of that state, and it is a monster storm that is bringing so much rain to that area. it is a category 1 now. it hit as a category 4, but almost ten inches of rain in some areas of southeastern texas in fact up to almost 17 inches in some areas. they're saying this is an event that could last five to seven days. >> some areas still getting that hurricane force winds that knocked down trees and power poles, signs. you see here the flag's whipping. first responders stayed in place waiting to check out the damages as harvey just dumps the rain there. as christy said, there could be feet of a storm surge there, more than 40 inches of rain by wednesday. fema director brock long said that, citizens of texas, this is now turning into a deadly inland event. thoughts and prayers are with you. >> this, of course, as president

trump and his team, they're k p keeping an eye on the storm, certainly, but there's a lot of headlines coming out of washington this morning. cnn political commentator from spectrum news errol lewis is with us. the president pardoned sheriff arpaio yesterday. very controversial man. i worked there for years. and john mccain, who is from arizona, has this to stay on twitter potus pardon of joe arpaio who illegally profiles latinos undermines his claim for the respect of the rule of law. first of all, what do you make of the pardon? and have you heard of -- and correct me if i'm wrong -- we usually hear about pardons towards the end of somebody's presidency. this seems misplaced to some degree. >> well, misplaced only if you're comparing this president so other presidents, and if you're putting it in the context

of something that's done, say, around christmastime as the time when clemency and pardons are issued with the full explanation of why. for somebody who may have already served all of their time but needs to be rehabilitated in order to get a certain job, that is something quite different. and you know if you spent time down there, about the many foul abuses that were committed by joe arpaio over the years. we're not talking about small stuff. we're talking about 160 people who committed suicide in the maricopa county jails. you know, far out of proportion to comparable lockups around the country. we're talking about $140 million paid out to the families of those and others who were victimized by joe arpaio. you're talking about people who were yanked off the street not because they'd done anything but because they were latino. this is what the courts found. he continued to do it even after the courts told him to stop doing it, that immigration

enforcement or attempted immigration enforcement was far outside of his jurisdiction. so for the president to do this, i think, is in order to delight his base, to signal where he's coming from on immigration in ways that, you know, nobody will ever be able to question who is the toughest president when it comes to trying to, quote, unquote, crack down on immigrants by legal means or otherwise. and he gains in politics i think what he loses in general respect from a lot of people including even conservative republicans like john mccain. >> and mccain weighed in also on the president's order, the pentagon to ban transgender people from entering the military. i want to read a bit of this statement. it would be in the wrong direction to force transgender individuals to leave the military solely on the basis of their gender identity rather than medical and military standards that should be at the heart of department of defense personnel policy. and it is rare for the military

to retract, to limit service. the history of the military is the extension of welcoming people to serve and serve openly. and the president ends the review, which secretary mattis asked for to extend just a few months ago. >> that's right. and look, let's be clear, we have an all-volunteer military. nobody goes to the military unless they want to. with the economy improving as it has over the last few months, it's actually going to be harder to recruit people. so the military leadership has been very clear about this from the very beginning, which is that they're not in the business of trying to discourage people from considering serving their country. so we're going to have to see how all of this shakes out. the executive order also includes some time for the military leadership to figure out what to do with people who are already in the process or are already volunteered and joined the military whether or

not they can be drummed out simply because the president doesn't want them there. there are legal standards, operational questions about where they are and where they might need to go and how any kind of transition -- we should keep that in mind, it's not simply being transgender although that seems to be a barrier to joining the military, but those are already in the military. if they're not requesting a medical procedure, what's their status? there's some cloudiness around this. it's going to take a few months to figure out, apparently. >> cloudiness, but we know according to cnn reporting president trump directed the dod and the homeland security to determine how transgender individuals now serving based on military effectiveness. who determines the military effectiveness? >> well, the chain of command. their military officer and the standards they have for readiness and preparedness and how it fits into broader

strategic doctrines. >> is there any guidance, do you know, for what determines military effectiveness? physical? >> i can't wait to find out what secretary mattis is going to sort of put in motion to try and figure all of this out. you know? because, look, nobody ever made the case in trying to sort of drum transgender or possibly transgender officers out of the military, nobody ever made the case that unit cohesion was falling apart or that there was an inability to accomplish any specific mission. and this is why, i believe, the military said we're not moving forward on this without orders because they need to know exactly what you asked. what are we trying to measure here? what's the problem we're trying to solve? and then and only then can you start to sort of sit down and implement orders that would get you to that point. >> all right, and there's even more that's coming out of washington. special counsel's expanding investigation, headline in "the

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this will be going on for some time. >> it is category 4. it is now category 1, as you said. but this is very dangerous. it's the water retention here that's going to be the problem. life threatening, as we're hearing from fema. we know that 200,000 people in texas don't have power right now. 150,000 of those are in corpus christi. the coastal storm threat is still very large there. and we do have to point out that this is an event that's going to be going on, we understand, for five to seven days. so there's already been 17 inches of rain in some areas. we are hearing there could be 40 even 50 inches by the time this is all said and done. >> we got on the phone with william sagorsky who joins us from san patricio city in texas.

>> can you help us understand what it's like for you where you are right now and are you able to get to people if they need help. >> it's coming down here pretty good. we haven't gotten out yet. we'll venture out in six, seven, eight blocks around us. a lot of trees down here. we're 35 miles from the coast. we're fixing to start sending deputies out to do rapid assessments. and, you know, right now we're without power here. majority of the town's without power. we did see lights on in a couple spots in town, but not much. we're going to check out some of the reports we had from last night. >> what are those reports that you got in overnight? >> we don't want to speculate right now till we can verify. >> so we also heard from the fire chief over in rockport that they lost communication. they lost cell phone. they lost internet. what's the degree of

communication and that capability that you have still? >> we got plenty of wifis and our towers are still up, obviously, since i'm talking to you right now. and that's basically how we're operating on right now. like i said what we saw on wifi and different devices to the phones and so forth, we've got internet, so forth. we're doing the best we can on what we got. >> sure. director zagorski, i know you were very strong in your urging of people to just get out of that area. did most people heed that, do you know? >> i'm sorry. i believe most did. we have a few people stayed behind, but so far we don't have any reports of any fatalities. >> where you are, is there standing water, from what you can see? >> no, not really. we drove some of the streets.

like i said, i only went about six, to eight blocks from the sheriff's department here this morning with the county judge. and we didn't see any standing water. like i said, it's still raining pretty good. our drainage system was basically, you know, handling the water well. glad it didn't come down all at one time. >> director of emergency management there in san patricio city in texas, william zagorski. thank you so much. best of luck to your crews there. >> so let's move on now to galveston, texas. we've got cnn national correspondent ed lavandera there live for us. what are you seeing where you are? >> galveston island holding on rather well just on the eastern edge of this hurricane. but it is from here where a lot of people are monitoring closely those flooding conditions that

could develop well into the day and whether or not any of those high water rescues or swift water rescues need to be launched from. just east of -- just west from where we are communities under mandatory evacuation orders. most of galveston had been under voluntary evacuation orders. the rain hasn't been as heavy as it has been closer to the center of the storm but the wins ha sw sustained strongly throughout the night. that's something that's interesting, usually after rainfall the winds died down. but they have sustained themselves throughout the night. still blowing heavily. looking out into the surf, still incredibly choppy out there, but for the most part we're able to do some checks of parts of the island last night and in many places, if you look behind me, you can still see street lights on this morning. so that's a rather good indication of how galveston island is faring a this point.

but obviously as the sun comes up and some of the outlying areas are able to take a better sense and survey of what the situation is like, information will become a lot clearer then, victor. >> we want to let you go. we see the lightning behind you. we want to make sure that you are ok, you and your crew. so thank you so much. kind of just stay safe as we continue to watch what's happening there on the coast. we know galveston really got pummeled by ike in '08 so people took their urging to get out heavily. so the sun is going to be coming up there in texas in about probably half an hour. and that is the point when first responders hopefully will be able to get out and about. >> let's bring in julia cayenne, the former assistant secretary for homeland security. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so as the president and the department of homeland security, the acting secretary there,

secretary watch what's happening here, how has this proceeded in the last several hours? >> of course, tremendous great luck that the hurricane category has been downgraded, but from an operational perspective, that still raises a lot of concerns that the public will think everything is safe. we no longer have a category 4 pr hurricane, we have a 2 or 1. nothing could be further from the truth. as the fema director said we have an inland flooding event. when it met shore it was downgraded to a category 2. i believe the same was true of sandy. these hurricanes have these category levels that we tend to respond to as laypeople, but they actually can have tremendous impact. i will say the one great piece of news from an operational homeland security perspective

because the hurricane has been downgraded it means emergency response personnel can actually get out, make assessments, save people and begin this very sort of long process of assessment response and then, of course, recovery once the hurricane passes by. so it's a good morning in some respects but we're certainly not in any place where you can say that texans can be relieved. >> is there any indication how long federal authorities will be staying there, when we hear about this being a five to seven day event but then the rivers overflowing could be three, four weeks, help people there understand what they can expect from the federal government. >> i have to say i've been really impressed with the homeland security adviser, with the fema administrator and with the secretary elaine duke in terms of their really pushing forward resources. i follow this stuff. i know they were pushing forward resources well before the hurricane broke ground.

they will wait around. the reason why is not simply because of the emergency response but, of course, the federal government helps with recovery. the federal government has resources that most smaller local jurisdictions don't have and that the state of texas will clearly get overwhelmed. so there will be a federal presence. i think you're talking weeks now, until the assessments made. also remember that the texas governor has been issued or the president signed late last night a declaration that will mean that once the storm passes, there will be a quick assessment of what texas needs for the short term. the long-term recovery efforts can take years, unfortunately. >> juliette kayyan.

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arpaio was recently convicted of contempt by ignoring a judge's order on racial profiling case. both senators from arizona issued critical statements after that pardon. >> first of all, senator john mccain says, quote, the president has the authority to make this pardon but doing so at this time undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law as mr. arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions. then senator flake says he would have preferred the president honor the judicial process and let it take its course. >> sheriff arpaio has been a controversial and pretty divisive figure in arizona politics for decades. sara sidner has a closer look at his policy and the relationship with the president. >> reporter: the case against sheriff arpaio began in 2007, a class-action lawsuit accused him of implementing a policy of racial profiling. arpaio was sued, accused of

encouraging his deputies to retain people for no other reason than they were suspected of being in the country illegally. known for his tough-speak, his department's workplace raids, the tent city where inmates were housed and the pink underwear he made inmates wear, arpaio argued his department was simply enforcing the law. >> i'm the appointed sheriff. i report directly to the people. i won't be subservient to the federal government when they have come up with no proof. >> reporter: but arpaio lost his argument in the civil lawsuit. in 2013, a federal judge put an injunction in place ordering the department to halt unconstitutional policing practices. according to prosecutors and a federal judge, arpaio and his deputies defied the order. arpaio claimed that the order wasn't clear and he didn't mean to violate it, but a federal judge found arpaio showed a flagrant disregard for the court's order. his critics cheered the decision. >> racism in any form is wrong, and joe arpaio, again, has been

the center of racist policies and racist attitudes, and he has been criminally convicted. >> reporter: from the start in 1999 when sheriff joe arpaio was elected to office, he began a crusade against undocumented immigrants. his deputies' actions terrified not only the undocumented but anyone who looked like they could be. >> donald trump will build the wall. >> reporter: arpaio's fiery speech on immigration policies gave him a kind of celebrity status in circles and a kinship with the man who would become president. we're watching harvey this morning, hurricane harvey and so is the president, we should point out. actually, he was just tweeting to senator chuck grassley who you might remember yesterday, chuck grassley addressing the president, plead keep on top of hurricane harvey and don't make

the same mistake that president bush made. >> got your message loud and clear. we have fantastic people on the ground. got there long before harvey. so far so good. so we'll talk about the federal response as well as the local authority response. we know that in some communities those local authorities have not been able to get out to those homes and respond to some of the calls because, in some cases, they've lost communication abilities and capabilities. and in others it's just dangerous right now because the winds are still strong and the rain is coming down. we'll talk more about the response and what we're seeing as the sun comes up in the next few minutes. >> we're still 20 minutes away from the sun coming up so they can try and get a good assessment of what they're dealing with. but before this, can you imagine being on the team who had to rush babies from that danger zone there in texas to safety? our next guest is one who helped get several sick infants out of the nicu and into a safe place. that story is coming up. when only the best will do...

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welcome back to cnn's special coverage of hurricane harvey. fema is warning the storm has turned deadly. >> harvey is now a category 1 hurricane. it was a category 4 when it came on shore. but listen, there are top sustained winds of 110 miles per hour right now. this storm is drenching the area with heavy rain. that's what people are so concerned about. storm surge we understand is flooding areas. that heavy downpour is causing transformers to explode. and we know that at least 17 inches of rain has already fallen in victoria, texas. some of the smallest, most vulnerable of the people there in texas were evacuated out of that city as people were waiting for this storm. we're talking about cook children's medical center in ft.

worth and children's health in dallas. they worked together to move babies who were in intensive care in corpus christi. >> medical crews spent the last two days flying back and forth on flights to make sure those babies were transported safely. >> dawn linly is with us now. she's a registered nurse. thank you so much not just for being with us but for everything you all did for these babies. help us understand how everybody is, and walk us through what it's like for a family who is already dealing with a child in that condition to have to move during the hurricane. >> first, our focus is always with the patient and family here at children's health. so in this situation, you know, we're going in. these babies are critically ill. they're having to be moved out because the medical equipment they need to stay alive is --

rely upon electricity. so walking in, there were several families in the nicu, the neonatal intensive care unit, and several that had been notified that they were being transported out. we do our best when we walk in -- or i tell all our families and the co-workers do also that we treat all the babies we pick up, all the patients we pick up like their own. we reassure them. and when they get to children's, children's a very holistic approach to how we care for our patients and families. we have resources for them. we have chaplains 24 hours a day, we have those who talk to children and siblings. we reassure them in that way and we reassure them that our safety culture at children's health is above and beyond what it has to be. we're team

we've already done over 5,000 calls this year. anytime we fly, we fly with dual pilots. dual engineer craft. we have top of the line avionics. we have all of those things to reassure the families. >> so how were the babies this morning? >> all of our baby, made it here safely. and they didn't have changes that increased their acuity levels. from what i understand, they all weathered the trip back very well. >> how many of bean babies and families did you have to transport, or babies specifically? >> in total, we transported ten critical critically ill nic and

neonatal/icu babies critical care and issues and they were transported to hospitals to make sure they had continued care. and the storm wasn't going to be a factor in how they recover from their illnesses and their affected data. >> it's good to know that these babies are well taken care of and that they are now safe this morning. how were they transported? are these angel flights? is this the hospital's plan? how was this facilitated? >> at children's health and at kicks children we both have neonatal specialty teams that were wecalled to trpts thanspor baby. we have a fixed-wing helicopter and aircraft. we were able to transport the babies in both of those

aircrafts two ice isolates, two carriers, we're basic a mobile and secure unit. everything that we see in most facilities we have in our airplane when we transport these critically ill children. >> you mentioned that the families, dawn, are the families are all with their children now? are they reunited there at the hospital? >> i have not heard for sure. i know when i talked to my patients' families and their arrival in ft. worth and in dallas was going to be very gent on how the weather was. whether they were able to make it up to ft. worth. and generally when we fly our patients, we fly one patient at a time. and we have the capability to fly one parent back with us. and due to the nature of these transports and needing to get

the children out faster, unfortunately, we were unable to bring parents with us. that's why we do our best to reassure and talk to them and prepare them for the flights. >> real quickly. that's got to be excruciating for parents who aren't there. how much communication do you have throughout the day about their beaby and how they're doing? >> i talked to our families -- all of us talk to our families before we leave. we make sure they understand what the plan is going to be for the trip. what the child will require during the trip. and we get the members before we leave and we call them before we arrive to make sure they know their baby arrived very safely. and they took the flight very well and let them know that there weren't complications. >> dawn lindley there, we so appreciate the work you do. and the fact that you could take some time to talk to us.

hopefully, if families are listening, they're having your voice as well. they assured about the care that they're getting with children frightened enough to have a sick baby. dawn lindley, thanks again to you and your team. up next, we're going to take you back to corpus christi. we have live pictures to show you what's happening there. winds still an issue there. and the rain is and will be coming down for some time. (boy) and these are the lungs. (class) ewwww! (boy) sorry. (dad) don't worry about it. (mom) honey, honey, honey, honey! (vo) at our house, we need things that are built to last. that's why we got a subaru. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 legacys. ends august 31st.

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we can report now, bringing with heavy rains and there are still some really dangerous conditions attached to this. the director of fema is saying, quote, this is now turning into a deadly inland event. >> forecasters say the water levels will rise as the rain continues to pound the coast over the next few days. coastal cities could see up to a 13-foot storm surge. now in just minutes we will get another update from the national hurricane center. of course, we will bring that to you. ♪ >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning to you. the breaking news, hurricane harvey now on shore in texas. 90-mile-per-hour sustained top winds. the flooding rain will be continuing to come down for days. and the storm has weakened a bit since it swept ashore. category 4 when it came on just before 11:00 eastern last night. but make no mistake, still very

dangerous. fema chief brock long spells it out this way, citizens of texas, this is now turning into a deadly inland event. thoughts and prayers are with you. >> and this tweet coming in just moments ago replying to his fema director saying you're doing a great job. the world is watching. be safe. harvey, as we said, it is now even at this hour continuing to pound the texas coastline. but the white house has a lot of headlines coming out of it in the last 12 to 16 hours. first of all, president trump pardoned former arizona sheriff joe arpaio. and related to targeting undocumented immigrants and it's getting a lot of controversial reaction. both republican senators from arizona sounding off. we'll have more on that in just a moment. also, the white house announced that president trump's adviser