town here in houston, there is no widespread electrical outages, but we are definitely, you know, rabracingor that to happen possibly. right now we are lucky. most of us have power. everybody is -- there's no widespread panic, i guess. >> craig, thank you so much there from the houston chronicle keeping us up-to-date with what's happening right there in that marnl metropolitan area in texas. thank you, sir. that's it for me this hour. do stick around with us here on msnbc. we continue to have coverage on hurricane harvey. that storm that is the size of the moment of ohio or pennsylvania, this thing is a bohemath, and it threatens to dump three to five inches of rain every hour potentially for days. stay with us right here on msnbc. >>> we thank you for joining our msnbc breaking news coverage this morning. i'm francis riviera. the first category four hurricane to hit the country in had over a decade makes landfall in texas. the eye of the storm hitting the southeastern tip of texas just before midnight east coast time as it continues to strengthen. it has since been downgraded a category tw