lines, leaving hundreds of thousands in the dark. and texas is not out of the woods yet as more rain is expected to fall in the coming days. we have fox team coverage. katie steigel is in -- casey steegal is in galveston, but we begin with steve harrigan in rockport which took a direct hit from harvey. >> reporter: that category four hurricane means where it's hit, there's going to be structural damage to buildings, roofs down, sides of buildings ripped off, and that's what we're seeing all along rockport which pelt the 130 mile-an-hour winds head on. just piles of things that used to be houses, buildings shattered, the tops ripped off, and all along the roads downed power lines making recovery extremely difficult. the mayor of rockport has said to people who followed the mandatory evacuation orders, stay out, don't come back yet. that's because we have nothing here, no communications, no utilities, no gas lean, no running water -- no gasoline, no

running water, no electricity. you're only going to be more harm than help at this point. despite that, we have seen people coming back really stunned sometimes looks on their faces, trying to pick through the wreckage, see what they can recover from this devastating storm. we've also seen a very slow search and rescue operation begin. there's about 1,000 people across the state who are involved in that. from what we see though with the conditions here, with no power, no phone service, no nothing, it's really been just volunteer firemen on foot sometimes with axes knocking down doors, trying to see if anyone inside is hurt or dead. we are beginning to get the first fatality reports, at least one person dead here now in rockport. that's the first confirmed. but as these search and rescue operations continue, that number could rise. back to you in new york. laura: all right. steve harrigan, incredible pictures in that house right behind you. i mean, it looks like the side of a dollhouse. it's just ripped open, seeing

what's inside somebody's house. incredible, and we hope that those numbers will stay down. thank you so much for that report. >> reporter: thank you. mike: galveston, texas, feeling the full brunt of this storm. people trying to drive out of city in what are being described as whiteout conditions. casey steegal is live in galveston. casey? >> reporter: hey, mike. yeah, you know, it's very different pictures coming from here than what you just saw where steve steve harrigan is. for perspective, he is about 200 miles or so down the coast of texas south of us, and they have taken the initial brunt of storm because that is where it made landfall, and we know that is where the strongest winds typically are. not much damage, no structural damage to really speak of, to be honest are you, here in galveston. but the problems here could be coming in the next few days because think of to it as a one-two punch.

the first punch is the storm making landfall, and that's where it's done all of the damage down where steve harrigan is. the second punch that could be coming is in the next few days in the form of rain. we want to show you some video now coming in from katie, texas. it's a suburb of houston, and it had a tornado strike overnight. in fact, tornadoes have been more common up in this area on this side of the storm. for perspective, south texas has had 67 tornado warnings issued since yesterday morning, 67 tornado warnings. we've had a lot of them right here in galveston. but listen to what an emergency management official in harris county over in houston had to say about that threat. >> you need to be prepared for tornadoes, or you might not get a lot of worning today. these tornadoes are spinning up very quickly moving about 50-55 miles per hour. we've had a lot of tornado

warnings this morning, but as that band moves up into harris county, we could see some tornadoes in harris county. >> reporter: so we have some structural damage, some homes that have sustained damage, but we understand no casualties to report. luckily, from those tornado scenes. but flood waters are starting to rise in parts of galveston as the torrential rains fall. we're getting those outer bands of the storm that are still making their way through at times, and when you hear a forecast that calls for nearly three feet of rain over the course of 48 hours, 72 hours, that is very alarming. and, in fact, the national weather service and the national hurricane center have not minced words in reference to this flooding. they have used the phrase catastrophic 34r50d flooding and

life-threatening flooding. and the national weather service points out today that they do not use those words lightly. we have covered a lot of these various tropical systems, and it is pretty rare when you see aha printed on the national -- see that printed on the national hurricane advisories and all of the bulletins going out. they say they're doing that to convey to the public on how serious the threat is. not a drop of rain is falling where i am standing. you know from earlier when we've been out here it has been coming down so hard you can hardly see your hand in front of your face. so that is how quickly the conditions can change. and although people woke up here not seeing too much of a tidal surge or anything like that, no debris in thed road, nothing at all like steve harrigan is experiencing south of us, again, the real threat for this area including the houston metro --

which is home to millions and millions of people, one of the largest cities in the country -- the real threat is now in the coming days with this rain that's supposed to be relentless. back to you guys in new york. mike: the most severe winds may be over, but the danger's not over. casey steegal live in galveston, many thanks. laura? laura: all right, another coastal city reeling from this storm is port aransas, the police chief describing one trailer park as a 100% loss. joining us now by phone is the mayor of port aransas. thank you so much for being here today, sir. >> you're welcome. laura: all right, we are so -- >> what can i do for you? laura: well, we are so sorry, first, to hear of the devastation in your city. so i'd like to ask you to tell us what your city is up against at this hour. we are hearing reports of possible deaths. in addition to that, what kind of damages can you tell us is

happening in your area so farsome bring us up to speed. >> okay. i can -- let me give you a little summary of this. harvey, we took a direct hit with the eye wall of the storm. our winds reached 132 miles per hour. that eye wall also hit our sister cityy of rockport. they also have major damage. this morning when our police force tried to get into the, get onto the 18-mile road leading in to town, they only got, oh, about a third of way, a third of the way there before they hit debris on the highway. so we had to get heavy equipment to move that debris off the entire 18 miles of the highway.

in the process, the police chief -- as you indicated -- one of our mayor trailer parks was 100% destroyed. and once they got into town -- i'm sorry, i've been talking so much today, i'm losing my voice. laura: understandable. >> but we couldn't get into the city because of the massive amount of debris there. we have since been able to penetrate the bebrie that's there -- debris that's there, and we have in process now many search and rescue teams in the city now doing their job. we've also reached out to the state, and they have national guard troops on alert, and we will be determining within the next few days whether or not we need to have those troops there. our city has taken a direct hit not unlike the one that we had back in the '70s with

hurricane celia. we took the brunt of the storm along with those two two sister cities that i mentioned to you. so that's where we're at this point. we do not want, and although we cannot stop them, we would prefer that our residents stay where they're at, be patient with us, let us do our search and rescue, let us do our jobs and let us get the sanitary facilities back up and running and and make sure that the water supply is safe. and once that's done, then we'll ask them to return. laura: we, hopefully, you know, know that people hear that message. but we do know that communication is always a very big challenge during these times. >> yes. laura: there are always people who don't make it out in time whether they couldn't or they wouldn't. you know, what are you hearing now? >> we did have people that stayed, they always do. they don't always heed the warning. i issued a mandatory evacuation

of the island are and city day -- the island and city day before yesterday knowing that there would be some people who would stay. we have had, so far, in our search and rescue missions no fatalities and no injuries. laura: okay. >> the majority of our people, i would say 95% of our people left. as they were directed to. lauer lur and, you know -- laura: and, you know, we're seeing these photos of the power lines down, and that's such an important part of this story. i'm just curious if anybody has told you when you can expect those -- you know, obviously, there's a lot of physical work that has to be done to get those power lines back. >> our electric provider here in this part of texas is in process of looking at the damage that was done. you're right, all of the wooden poles in that 18-mile stretch of highway are down. we have no electricity in port

aransas at this point, no telephone service. laura: right. >> so they're in the process of trying to figure it out or at least identify those wires that are still hot. once they have done that and cleared the hot wires off of the highway, then more of our first responders will be able to get in. laura: okay. what do you need right mow? i mean, there's a lot of people watching and listening right now. what do you need from the government at this hour to help you? >> we're going to, we really have -- if you live on the coast like we do and on the island like we do, then you have your plans in place for situations like this. so we, like the emergency operations center that i'm in right now, that's all been planned. we go through workshops on this every two or three months, so we

are prepared. we may need local help from companies that have tractors and bulldozers and things of that nature, but we've already identified many of those. laura: okay. >> so really fema is going to be a big help to us. as well as the state of texas. laura: all right. >> in terms of what they can do for us. laura: very good. we send our best wishes to you and the folks of port aransas. mayor, thank you for being with us today and taking the time out to speak with us, and we look forward to hearing more updates from you and hopefully good ones at that. >> that's fine. thank you for calling. laura: mr. mayor, thank you. mike. mike: harvey now downgraded to a tropical storm, but it's still posing a serious threat. many areas bracing for heavy rain, massive floods and tornadoes as the storm rips through coastal texas. meteorologist janice dean is

tracking harvey from the fox extreme weather center. >> reporter: yeah. i'm concerned that people are going to let their guard down. i was just texting my friend in houston, karen. if you're watchiing she said, janice, it's not really raining here, there's nothing going on, you know, we think we dodged a bullet, and i'm saying you have to be vigilant, you have to listen to your local weather forecasters because this storm is stalled out, and it's going to continue to bring bands of hey rainfall -- heavy rainfall across the state of texas. so even though it might not be raining right now in houston, we are still forecasting upwards of close to two feet in and around the houston area. so again, if you live in texas, it may not be raining right now, but every single forecaster that is on television right now is saying we're going to receive upwards of two feet of rain for much of southeast texas. and that's because the storm has stalled, and it's going to continue to gather all of this

moisture from the gulf of mexico. so that's my one message right now, is maybe it's not raining right now, but every single pore cast that i have looked -- forecast that i have looked at is saying that it is going to rain, and we could see historic flooding over the next five days. okay, karen, that one was for you. let's take a look at some of the wind gusts we have seen, upwards of 130 miles per hour. this is a category four storm. this was a major event for the folks in texas, and the threat is not over yet. we still have a tornado watch in effect for southeast texas including houston, texas. we do have tornado-warned storms north of beaumont, okay? we have some rotation indicate here. these are typically weaker tornadoes, on the weak side, but in katy, texas, we've got damage from a tornado that went through this morning, and that threat is ongoing through this evening. we've got the fact that some of these could be rain-wrapped, you're not going to see them coming. so noaa weather radios are on,

listen to your local forecasts. still flash flood warnings in a all of the areas that you see shaded in groan. the flood -- in green. the flood warnings in green, flash flooding occurring north of galveston, okay? and that's going to be ongoing. here are the models, the forecast models, okay? still dealing with 20, even 30 inches as we go through the next five days. so some of these areas are going to see on and off rain, but with these tropical rain bands you could see upwards of several inches in a very short period of time. so there is houston. 17 inches, 23 inches, 18 inches, upwards of 20-30 inches west of you especially as you get into hill country. the water has nowhere to go but down. so, again, don't let your guard down, please. this storm is not over yet. and all of the forecast models don't know what to do with this storm. it's going to sit and linger for days. mike, back to you. mike: those models are stunning,

janice. makes you wonder where all that rain is going to go in a place like houston. >> reporter: we're going to have to watch it, yep. mike: thank you very much. laura: and our live coverage continues of tropical storm harvey. the storm leaving serious damage and hundreds of thousands without power. a look at the path forward for texans returning home to clean up. plus, the u.s. revises its assessment of north korea's new launches. what officials are now saying about kim jong un's latest missile test. and presidential pardon for former arizona sheriff joe arpaio. new reaction to the controversial move. >> this was clearly a bone thrown towards the base to try to say, hey, we're still looking out for you. the real problem here for the president is he makes these announcements, and he puts senators in a box. i'm ryan and i quit smoking with chantix. everything i did circled around that cigarette when i started taking the chantix that urge just

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mike: texans beginning to assess the damage hours after hurricane harvey stormed ashore. the storm still dumping heavy rain as it lingers over the state, but a monumental cleanup will start soon. my next guest has tips on how people can handle that. joining me now is august matisse, disaster relief attorney. sir, what about this moment? a major disaster for a new president in president trump and

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 done. is president trump going to be the president who really cares deeply about people and takes care of them at their moments of need, or is he -- is this going to be another brownie debacle like president trump had on -- like president bush had on his hands. we'll see, take your bets. mike: what about the partnership so far between federal and state

authorities? money is flowing already with the disaster declaration. are those signs of lessons learned from katrina? >> i mean, i think so far the immediate response things seem to be to going pretty well, but the president's test is more than just an emergency response. in the first day, people are putting up sandbags and boarding up windows, evacuating, there's rescue, search and rescue efforts. but it's also a question of fema's response has to be much more comprehensive. it's how they treat people after the storm, the day after, the week after, the month after, the year after that's also very important. and, you know, i'm going to be very frank. at this point right now fema is a total train wreck. i have done jury trials down south, and i can tell you that people who live in high storm risk areas, they hate fema. they hate 'em with a passion. and, you know, when they see fema coming, they're not waving their hands saying, rescue me. they're putting their hands on their wallet and running out the back door.

and people -- i hate to say that about our government, but it's just the god's honest truth that people have good reason for the mistrust, especially people who have paid premiums on their flood insurance policies for years, and then when a storm actually hits, they don't get paid enough money to even rebuild their home and move back in. and that's just awful, and that's what we're looking at. so we're watching very closely how are they going to do today, tomorrow and as this goes forward, and we'll see, you know? history's going to be the judge, and this is a very important moment for mr. trump in his presidency. mike: sure. for all those who, i mean, lose all their personal belongings in hurricane harvey, is your message that even under the best scenario it's going to take a long time to recover? >> well, yeah, that's the truth. and another thing that i'd like to say is i've heard a lot on television today about things that people need to do, boarding up their windows, evacuating, not coming back until things are safe, and those are clearly the most important things. but after that people also have to worry about their property

and their possessions and how to get compensated for it. and, you know, one of big things there is document your losses. you just have to. you have to assume that fema and its insurance companies and other insurance companies are going to abuse you. and i hate to say is it, but it's true. so take pictures of everything. if you've taken pictures before the storm, that's ideal. take as many pictures as you can right after the storm because you will be put to the test, and you're going to have to show it. you're going to have to show every item that was damage canned. and it's a horrible thing when somebody goes through the worst day of their life that fema and insurance company ises will drag them through this again and again, but it's just the truth. if you want full recovery so you can rebuild your home, that's just what you have to do. we can see now, you know, five years later after hurricane sandy -- that wasn't during mr. trump's administration, certainly, but those people still, thousands of them have still not gotten paid on their flood insurance claims five years later. and that's just sinful.

mike: disaster relief attorney august matisse. thanks for your time. >> thank you. laura: and you want to stay with us for more live fox team coverage of tropical storm harvey, the latest update on the federal response as new images of the damage come in. plus, another high profile adviser out at the white house. what's behind the latest staff shake-up? >> we have to really look closely at the movement and the timing of mr. bannon and dr. gorka's departure. it was right at the moment there was a shift in the policy of afghanistan. (vo) when i brought jake home, i wanted him to eat healthy. so i feed jake purina cat chow naturals indoor,

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david. city, state and federal governments working great together. doug mckelway is reporting live from the white house. >> reporter: hi, mike. the president videoconferenced with his entire cabinet at 3 1:00 this morning -- 11:00, and the readout is this, president trump emphasized his expectations that all departments and agencies stay fully engaged in position to support his number one priority of saving lives. he reminded his team that the full impacts of this storm will to occur over the next few days with heavy rains and flooding. the administration is fully aware of the consequences of an ineffectual response, and in some ways this could bear similarities to hurricane katrina in that authorities had thought back then that after the hurricane had passed, they were in the clear when, in fact, the worst damage was yet to come with the breakage of levees that allowed the flooding in so much of new orleans. now, with hurricane harvey there is the potential for similar conditions with these unprecedented levels of rain that meteorologists are talking about, as much as 50 inch.

s in some parts of texas. the white house homeland security adviser, however, said to reporters yesterday that a lot of lessons have been learned from katrina. >> what we've done is gotten a lot better as a government. congress has gotten better, passed laws to allow us the flexibility we need to employ not just deploy, which brock long has martialed heretofore. >> reporter: we are still, however, of course, in the early stages and a full accounting of the extent of the damage as well as the response to it are still a long way off, mike. the storm has, however, taken some focus off what would have been an ordinarily blockbuster friday here at the white house with the news of the pardoning of sheriff joe arpaio of arizona. the president announced it, as he does so often, with a tweet. quote: i'm pleased to inform you i've just granted a full pardon to 85-year-old american patriot joe arpaio, he kept arizona safe. also last night another

resignation at the white house, sebastian gorka, a familiar face to fox news viewers. he submitted his letter of resignation. others say that he was fired. and in that letter, gorka wrote that people who reject the make america great again agenda are now ascendant at the white house, and he cited as evidence the president's speech at fort myer on afghanistan. he wrote, quote: the fact that those who drafted and approved this speech removed any mention of radical islam or radical islamic terrorism proves that a crucial element of your presidential campaign has been lost. gorka was also very close ally of steve bannon, a sign that the bannon wing of advisers is now no longer ascendant but is, rather, descending. mike, back to you. mike: doug mckelway live at the white house, many thanks. laura: and, mike, critics questioning the timing of these latest moves by the white house. some accusing the administration of using the hurricane as a distraction to avoid a lot of negative coverage.

so let's bring in jamie weinstein, host of "the jamie weinstein show" podcast and contributor to "the washington examiner" to talk about all of this. welcome to you. >> thanks for having me. laura: how do you describe the activity we saw out of white house? what's your take? >> you've heard of friday news dumps, this was a friday and hurricane news dump, at least i think with the joe arpaio pardon. that's the type of news that probably would get negative coverage in much of the mainstream press, but, you know, with the hurricane and the weekend, it's not getting all that much news. but it is getting news where i think the trump administration and president trump wanted it to get news, and that is in publications like breitbart where supporters of donald trump will be enthused by this pardon. so it's getting kind of pick-up where i think donald trump wanted it to, but with the hurricane and the friday night delivery being the weekend now, it's not getting as much coverage as it would if it was on a monday with no other news going on.

laura: yeah, it is certainly getting covered, but what are you hearing about sebastian gorka's departure? his resignation letter that we've been reporting about was very blunt. he said he resigned. the white house says he didn't. there's been back and forth be all day long. but really in the end, does it matter? >> it's funny, because in almost all of these cases where people leave the white house, there's conflicting reports. there was conflicting reports with steve bannon as well, that he resigned or was he fired. but i think with sebastian gorka, general kelly -- the new chief of staff to donald trump -- has been going through a review of what everyone in the white house is supposedly doing, and i think there's been some unfair criticism of sebastian gorka. one question that seems legitimate is no one's ever figured out exactly what he does in the white house. he goes on tv, and the president likes that and attacks the media, but it's not clear what exactly his role is. and perhaps that might have had something to do with his exit as well as his association with steve bannon as we just herald that, you know, that wing of

kind of the white house is not on the ascent anymore, the nationalist wing. and perhaps he, with steve bannon gone, it was -- he was getting eased out as well. laura: we've been talking about the timing. obviously, there's a lot going on in our country. texas is the center front for many people right now. many have pointed out this is the first test of the trump administration's response to a natural disaster. and, you know, now that emergency declaration has been signed, more help is on the way, that's a good first step, but do you think it's enough? what do you think needs to happen? >> at the end of the day, i think donald trump can do, you know, as much as he can, but it's the people that are in place that are going to make the difference. and i think as one of your previous guests said, it'll be that, you know, it'll be fema that will decide whether donald trump is seen as a here reor a villain in this scenario -- hero or a villain. as much as he can have these conference calls with his cabinet, i'm not so sure all of his members have much role in this storm. it will be up to those people

responding in fema -- laura: right. >> -- to see if donald trump comes out looking like a hero in all of this. laura: before i let you go, as we talk about all things going on with the storm both at the white house and in texas, one thing we haven't talked a lot about this afternoon is border control during all of this. the u.s. border patrol says it plans on keeping the immigration checkpoint in texas open which is reportedly prompting concern that immigrants living in the country illegally will ignore instructions to evacuate. it's something that, you know, we might want to take a look at and see what's happening in that regard. >> yeah, no question. you know, those are interesting questions when storms come like this, and you have issues of, you know, illegal immigrants. they might be afraid to go to certain safety zones if, you know, people are looking for illegal immigrants there. that puts an extra risk out there. yeah, these are questions that arise when we have kind of these storms. laura: a lot going on -- >> absolutely. laura: jamie weinstein, thank you so much for being with us

today. >> thank you. mike: north korea test launching more missiles less than a week after secretary of state rex tillerson praised the country for showing restraint. plus, with a massive effort underway to help those in harvey's path, we'll speak with the mayor of victoria, a community just 25 miles from the eye of the storm. >> you all know the well-known phrase, and that is turn around, don't drown. don't risk your life. still the most important thing that all texans can do who are affected by the storm is to put your life and the protection of your life first and foremost. ♪ music

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mike: tropical storm harvey still hammering texas, leaving a path of destruction nearly 20 inches of rain falling in some areas, hundreds of thousands of people are without power. areas like victoria, texas, have experienced winds as high as 130

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? >> yes, sir. many of the agencies do have a strong presence here, and we've been working very well with them. as far as actual resources and commodities, water and ice, we have those things on the way. so i'm optimistic we'll get them here as quick as possible. mike: what kind of damage are you seeing across victoria? we've seen devastating images all across the lone star state or, certainly, a along the

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 your community? >> i'm not aware of any at this point. we certainly are going to stay concerned. the storm's actually diminishing, and right now we want people to stay at home and stay out of harm's way and, you know, have secondary type incidents for their own safety. but i'm not aware of any current health issues in particular. mike: other than staying at

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: i know from years covering hurricanes along the gulf coast there and other parts of the southeast, a lot of times you you issue these warnings to folks to get out before the storm arrives. did your people heed those warnings? do you think most residents got out while they could? >> you know, we -- this storm grew at such an incredibly rapid pace that it was difficult for us, as soon as we got word of

its strengthening to a significant amount, we did execute a mandatory evacuation. i don't have hard numbers on how many people actually left. some of us have talked about it. we maybe suspect maybe 65% of the population actually remained here. so we did not -- i don't think, but i don't have hard numbers on that. i don't think a lot of people did evacuate. i do know a lot, you know, some that did though. mike: what's the destruction like across your community in terms of have you seen a lot of houses wrecked, destroyed or damaged? what are you seeing? paint a picture for us, if you will, sir. >> mostly fences, a lot of the typical wooden fences and is other things are down. some lighter structures, barn type or shed or just work barns, i've noticed some of those down. lots of the cable connection, telephone lines are all over streets. a number of trees. there's just been a few facades on buildings and things that's been blown off. there is some -- that that

debris is now in the roadways and stuff, so it's a little difficult to traverse all that. we're not through with our assessment of damage yet. a lot of the first responders are out now doing that, trying to the get it done before dark. mike: mayor paul polasek of the community of victoria, texas. we wish you and your community the very best. >> thank you. thank you for checking on us. mike: tomorrow chris wallace will talk to texas governor greg abbott as well as secretary of state rex tillerson. check your local listings for times. laura: more provocative action by north korea. the rogue nation launching another round of missiles, so what does that mean for ongoing tension between the u.s. and north korea? ambassador dennis ross is on deck to discuss this. when i ham the keys to their first car it's gonna be scary. but i also know that we're gonna have usaa insurance for both my boys. it's something that they're not even gonna have to think of. it's just gonna be in the family.

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mike make the u.s. government making an adjustment to its initial report on north korea's latest missile test. now saying the kim jong un regime successfully launching three short-range missiles as the country accelerates development of its nuclear weapons program. ellison barber has more from washington. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after saying north korea launched three missiles but two failed in flight, u.s. military

officials say that report is wrong. the u.s. pacific command says the first and third missiles actually flew about 155 miles in a north eastern direction. initially, u.s. officials said north korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles. in hawaii time it was the afternoon of august 25th. pacific command said one missile blew up almost immediately, and the other two failed in flight. the latter description resulting in today's update. the latest u.s. assessment appears to now match south korea's assessment. the launches are the first since the united nations security council unanimously voted on august 5th to impose new sanctions on the regime. secretary of state rex tillerson pointed that out when he spoke about north korea on tuesday. >> we hope that this is the beginning of this signal that we've been looking for that they are ready to restrain their level of tensions, they're ready to restrain their provocative acts and is that perhaps -- and

that perhaps we are seeing our pathway to sometime in the near future having some dialogue. >> reporter: so far this year north korea's launched 31 missiles, that's how many they launched in all of 2016 -- 21. the short-range missiles most recently launched did not pose a threat to north america or guam. mike? mike: ellison barber, thank you very much. laura? laura: well, the latest launch by north korea coming days after the u.s. and south korean forces started their annual military exercises. it's a move that many experts warned would further infuriate pyongyang which considers the joint exercises a rehearsal for war. joining me now is ambassador dennis ross, a fox news foreign affairs analyst, former special middle east coordinator and author of "doomed to succeed: the u.s./israeli relationship from truman to obama." thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. laura: all right, what do you think about this latest test by north korea? three short-range missiles which we now know were successful.

>> well, i do think that they were probably timed precisely because of the exercises you were referring to, the joint exercises that we run with south korea are quite large. they go on for about two weeks. they involve more than 50,000 south korean troops, probably about 17,000 of ours. and i suspect that kim jong un decided that he was going to at least demonstrate something in response to that. what is interesting is that he chose to fire short-range ballistic missiles and not the longer-range ones or, similarly, not to threaten guam at this point. so at least i think we can, we can look at that and say, all right, at this point within the context of his normal behavior, this is kind of predictable, and it's not him taking, in a sense, the whole relationship or the whole threat to a new level. laura: right. you know, we've heard from the u.s. pacific command spokesman, commander david bennam, that hay posed no threat to the u.s. or

guam, but it's still unnerving. we hear about it from the corner of our ear as americans, and you go, wait a minute, what is happening? it is unnerving, is it not? >> yes, it is, because you have a country that has demonstrated it doesn't respect international norms. you have a country that now has moved much more quickly than anybody had predicted in terms of being able to produce an icbm, meaning a ballistic missile that can reach the united states. you have a country that is making much more rapid progress in terms of being able the put nuclear warheads on an icbm and have them survive reentry. so anytime we see any test, it's bound to credit, i think, more concern about are we headed towards some kind of confrontation or conflict with north korea. clearly, we don't believe -- and i think legitimately so -- that we can live with a north korea that has icbms that can carry nuclear warheads. the question becomes can we, through diplomatic means, get them not to deploy icbms?

they're still at least a year away from being able to do that. can we also get them to stop testing nuclear warheads so they can't be placed on those kinds of missiles. that should be, i think, the near-term objectives that we have. i do think the effort to get the chinese to use all their leverage is the right one. i think the problem is that the chinese are convinced that it is worse from their standpoint to have the north korean regime collapse which they see as a result of them applying all their leverage economically than it is to have north korea with icbms with nuclear war aheads. laura: right. >> we've got to convince hem that's not -- them that's not the case. laura: tensions are usually high around this time of year on the peninsula when these military exercises are ratcheted up, but it does appear some are saying this seems to be in response to the ongoing south korea war games and the timing of all of this. i have to the keep it really tight, a ten second answer, please. >> it was a given that he was going to do something in

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: you've got "the fox report" coming up. mike: that's right. don't go away, plenty more news ahead. ♪ ♪ midas has a lifetime guarantee on these parts. that's right. on things like struts, brakes, shocks. all kinds of automobile parts. [king] guaranteed for life. does he turn everything to gold? [kinbrakes. not everything. [kinbrakes. not everything. [kinstruts. luckily, he's not a dog person.

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