a lot of them here in corpus christi. those numbers have been climbing steadily over the last several hours, of course, as people come to realize and report in, hey, we don't have any power here, some of the lucky people, though, are here in corpus christi right behind me, you can see some lights. those people have obviously not lost power. some of the areas further inland from here have. now we also have a situation on south padre island, one of the barrier islands here, just off the coast of corpus christi. corpus christi firefighters have been over there. they were battling a major house fire. those were their words over there. obviously, the chief was concerned about having to dispatch firefighters to fight that fire in the middle of a hurricane. now, that has been a concern about how first responders would handle some of these dangerous winds and the potential for flash flooding here as well. again we are told that firefighters have been over there trying to dell with that fire and keep it from spreading to any other

corpus christi is on the good side of the storm.ound on land and capture some friction and slows down a bit. this is still a nasty storm as you're talking about winds 90, 100 miles-an-hour around a whole lot of rain. here's the storm surgical on the right side. you're -- surge on the right side and you're talking about a good 10 feet. that's going to be all night because this is such a slow-moving system. the second concern is going to be rain. the reason rain's such a big problem is there's nowhere for this to go. typically you see it run onshore and then inland. we have a high pressure system blocking it and bounce off it and eventually back towards the shore and then it's no longer a hurricane in the next couple days and meanders around the coast. moving inland, approaching san antonio, drifting back to the coast and lingering. at this point i'm thinking to monday, tuesday, perhaps wednesday we're still seeing rainfall. i'll leave you with this. look at this potential path as we're looking at it just sitting there. it bounces up

we remain down in corpus christi. we are pushing more votes on the water from all parts of the country. my partners have resources here. we are in the fight to support the state of texas with the full efforts of the entire coast guard. a couple of messages. storm, a very dangerous catastrophic consequence. folks need to not underestimate that. it is going to be a sustained challenge for the coming days. many times, folks wrongly presume= the wind event will be the most challenging. it is actually water. we are in for a significant water even in the coming days. to the citizens helping other folks, we will need that capability. the response lines are overwhelmed. we are trying to attenuate the asks. men and women are flying helicopters around serious rain bands. folks on the water are dealing with challenges. understand patients is important. the united states coast guard is part of the federal team. we are all in on this and stand by the governor for questions. gov. abbott: thank you, admiral. once again, we are in a

mmediate we remain down in corpus christi. we're pushing more boats on the ater from all parts of the country. we have resources here, and we in the fight to support the state of texas here with the entire coast of the guard. couple of just messages as the up here. ot this was a very, very dangerous storm with catastrophic need to ces and folks not underestimate that. it is going to be a sustained challenge for the coming days. times, folks wrongly presume the wind event is going o be the most challenging event. i've seen the course over my career, it is actually the water event. are in for a real significant water event in the coming days. eed the word to your emergency managers, to the citizens out there self-rescuing and helping boats, lks with their we'll need that responsibility. the response numbers are overwhelmed right now. attenuate the o asks. our men and women are flying helicopters around very serious rain bands. in and around them, the boats challenges.with the so understand patience is important here but your uni

you have to be professional at all times. >> i just think it's chris christie. >> just normal chris christie. >> yes. that's exactly what i think. >> reporter: a ballpark snack locked in his hands. >> he had a couple of hot dogs or something. >> nachos. >> nachos is right up his alley. >> reporter: christie tells the fan what's on his mind and heads to his seat. >> if this fan was that close to chris christie's face, what do you think would have happened to that fan? >> be in a lot of trouble. >> that fan has since apologized on facebook and for his part in the cubs confrontation, christie had this to say monday evening. >> if you give it, you're going to get it back and i think that was a very medicllow reaction. >> i think probably both of them were wrong. >> chris christie said he ignored the insult at first and only confronted the fan after they continued. christie says public officials are not public punching bags. >> okay. there are both sides. >> many sides to all these conversations. >> greg argos, thanks so much. >>> recently built sand dunes in margate have flooded from recent rain

so no flights in and out of corpus christi. odd story coming out of here from corpus christi police. at 11:00 p.m. tonight just as hurricane harvey was making land fall just north of here, a homeowner shot and intruder. police had to go respond to that. in the middle of the category four storm. they say the intruder of coherent as he was transported today a local hospital. but again, these were first responders that were forced to go out and respond to an incident in the middle of the massive winds, torrential rain that we have been experiencing here in corpus christi. and that was the concern from city officials throughout the day. just how first responders would handle dealing with the hurricane and responding to those in need. this situation they were able to do it safely. >> thank god for that. it seems like it's calm where you are. was it this way earlier as well? >> no it was not. again the winds keep shifting. the longer we stand out here we see the difference. we notice variations in which way the winds is blowing. righ

corpus christi area for law enforcement needs in that region. cross, they have 21 shelters open already with a 42ulation of 1400 and 50 and more shelters on standby. those are red cross shelters. there are so many other shelters across texas, whether they be local churches or local facilities, and we are appreciative of everyone in the state of texas who are providing shelter, food and other supplies. i do want to express my gratitude at the shelter i was at yesterday there was a need for towels and for blankets and bedding for the people who were there. we made a public plea and that plea was answered swiftly. of sanou to the people antonio for responding to the needs of the people from corpus christi. have 228ortation we buses that are available to continue to move evacuees and more than 100 bus trips for evacuees have artie been undertaken. we have across multiple agencies , we are in the process of -- foodwater, ice, word and supplies to areas. we are in the process of setting up staging areas where those supplies will soon the inlet to be d

you have to be professional at all times. >> i just think it's chris christie. >> just normal chris christie. >> yes. that's exactly what i think. >> reporter: a ballpark snack locked in his hands. >> he had a couple of hot dogs or something. >> nachos. >> nachos is right up his alley. >> reporter: christie tells the fan what's on his mind and heads to his seat. >> if this fan was that close to chris christie's face, what do you think would have happened to that fan? >> be in a lot of trouble. >> that fan has since apologized on facebook and for his part in the cubs confrontation, christie had this to say monday evening. >> if you give it, you're going to get it back and i think that was a very medicllow reaction. >> i think probably both of them were wrong. >> chris christie said he ignored the insult at first and only confronted the fan after they continued. christie says public officials are not public punching bags. >> okay. there are both sides. >> many sides to all these conversations. >> greg argos, thanks so much. >>> recently built sand dunes in margate have flooded from recent rain

only 115 miles southeast of corpus christi. we keep saying that because that's where the eye of the storm is heading, winds at 110 miles per hour and still moving northwest at 10 miles per hour. we can do the easy math on that. we're now about 11 to 12 hours from the center eye coming over the top or very near corpus christi. here's the updated forecast path of the hurricane center. they think it has an excellent chance of gaining 10 more miles per hour and becoming a major category 3. 7:00 p.m. we're talking about -- this is local time here, the sun is setting and hurricane force winds are now coming onshore as the sun is setting in this area. after this the storm will weaken slowly and still think it can do this buttonhook here. maybe only as a tropical storm but regardless this is tuesday and this is wednesday up here near galveston and galveston bay area. that's the long term trend. we'll deal with the immediate threat the landfalling storm in the eye and storm surge that comes along with it. this is at 5:00 p.m. this eveni

that is corpus christi.urrent condition at corpus christi texas on your right folks in dorp us christy are getting on buses to get to san antonio. getting away from the storm. spoke to the mayor earlier today. they said they want to be good neighbors in texas. they are ready to receive about 6,000 people. corpus christi is where harvey now a category 3 storm is expected to make landfall overnight as a category 3 storm. joining me on the phone from corpus christi is texas state representative. to do hunter. he represents the area. representative hunter, good to see you. thank you. good to talk to you. thank you for joining us. what's your sense of how corpus christi has evacuated and whether the people who remain are prepared to ride this storm out. >> you know, the coastal folks are used to this type of weather. now, a category 3, nobody is used to. those that are leaving, you know, have taken the heedp instructions which is fine. what we're about to see is 6 # 0 to 70 miles an hour wind gusts right now and

not as bad as corpus christi.ut it's the flooding after days and days of rain like this that really has people most concerned. you can see my photographer is higher than me right now. it's because he is standing on top of a seawall that was put in a good century ago after a devastating hurricane here. the seawall did its job. there you hear some devastating lightning and thunder there. the seawall did its job with hurricane ike in 2008 which devastated this area. the surges caused some flooding on the other side of the gulf, on the bay side. so they know flooding can be an issue here. you'll find markers all over town that show just how bad the flooding got during hurricane ike. at the same time, people are staying put. we actually shot a business just down the road here that had a sign up that said "open until all the letters blow off this sign." i haven't checked in the last few minutes but it will be interesting to see if the letters are still on that sign. katy? >> yeah, and if anybody in texas knows what it's

how bad was it. >> corpus christy was pretty bad. what was surprising this morning was how it flooded. in corpus christy a lot of debris, downtown, it's still pretty windy. people are driving around about a hundred thousand people are still without power. >> sreenivasan: did a lot of people from corpus christi move to higher ground in advance of the storm. >> a lot of people did. in social media a lot of people prepared, they boarded up their homes but also at the same time a lot of people did board up their homes here and stayed here and just rided out the storm. last night we were monitoring our social media channels and we were getting reports of people who were tweeting and posting on facebook that they were at home that they were safe, that they had their pets an significant, e hospitals on-line or any of the first responders or emergency services they're all functioning well. >> police are responding. i believe it was reported also there were babies born during the hurricane at the hospital. so right now some word from that are

here in corpus christi though we are dry. we're just going to have a longe cleanup ahead of us. >> abby: steven can you give us a sense corpus christi where you are was supposed to be the eye of the storm. it's really hard to predict what happens with these hurricanes and where they go. it has moved up the coast. rockport, texas is really seems to be hit the hardest. service but where you are though in corpus christi has it pretty much been evacuated? is there anyone out and about? what does it seem like?o >> reporter: well slowly but surely yes people are startinghe to come out actually the hotel we were staying at lost powerba and there are a few residents who actually escaped that live closer to the coast. they moved inland too to try to stay away from where the brunt of the storm is experiencing and we're going to make the attempt, we're going to risk and try to go up to rockport later this afternoon because i know there is a lot of damage up here but down here in corpus christi, people are slowly getting out and just ass

and here in corpus christi, no reports of major damage. power outages yes, but they've also been able to get the lights back in some areas. the truth, is gorge until morning or daylight we won't know how bad it is. it we do know it won't be over anytime soon. >> martin, thank you for the reporting. let's no switchover to derek van dam. derek live in san antonio, texas where many people have decided to evacuate, to move into safer ground inland. what has gnat situation been like with people who got to safer ground? >> well, george this is the largest city and closest city to the evacuation zone across the southeast coast of texas. and you heard martin talk about how we're going to be measuring the rainfall over the next five, seven days. slow moving storm. we're talking about inches if not feet. and i'm trying to put this into perspective for our international audience as well. we have done the calculations and we're expecting an area of 20 inches plus, that's 500 millimeters -- if we were to spread that out, the area expecting that amount

victor, christi. >> nick valencia there. in corpus christi.'s go down to paolo sandoval is in san antonio, texas. >> paolo, i understand you're seeing the first effects of the bad weather there. and we need to point out, evacuees moved from some of those more coastal areas in san antonio to try to find a reprieve. try to find some protection. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: right, christkrist we're finally starting to see the first ban, we're expecting more to come in the days to come. there is certain of flooding in inland cities like san antonio. and the other reason why we're here, this is a designated evacuation area. yesterday, we spent some time in one of the shelters that's set up in san antonio that's received hundreds of people from these coastal communities from corpus christi. at this point, san antonio now offering up to 6,000 shelter beds. these are people coming in from the coast. we saw something like this play out in 2005, with hurricane katrina, where their county, especially opened doors and offered refuge to some of

christie ileto joins us. we have the latest on hurricane harvey lashing the gulf coast with damaging winds and torrential rainfall. >> the monster storm made landfall as a powerful category 4, but weakening as it crawls across the land. the slammed into rock port north of corpus christi. it's dark in texas, but we've begun to receive pictures, there's possible tornadoes spawned from the storm, trees are down and appears to be a wall down from the wind. >> reporter: good morning you can tell the wind and rain and lightning and thunder have picked up in the heart of houston. hurricane harvey is a category one storm 90-mile an hour winds it's picking up right here. it came on land as a category 4, it's been downgraded as you can tell by the conditions out here, it doesn't mean anything to the people around here. millions in the path of the storm waiting to see what happens next. no audio. in more than a decade. this is not anything that's going to be a quick one and done. we're not measuring in inches of rain, b

we started in corpus christi several hours ago.e couldn't go directly to rockport, obviously, because one of those main bridges was shut down. we had to take the long way around. we went through the sinton area and towards taft, texas, but had to double back at one point. again, here in sinton, texas, this is something that covering these hurricanes overnight, it's a very difficult situation. in the dark things can get out of hand really quickly. yes, this was a situation where we saw some rushing water, didn't really zee it until it was almost up on us and had to immediately turn around and make sure we didn't get draped there for whatever reason. very harrowing situation here for much of the texas gulf coast. yes, alex, as you know, this is a meandering storm that's going to dump a lot of rain to a lot of the population centers as you've been hearing from other correspondents in houston. kerry sanders earlier was in victoria, texas. they're expecting a lot of flooding there. really this is something that local officials think can

corpus christi, the storm surge will hit to the northern portions, corpus christi may luck out. they'll still get devastated by the strong winds of that area. hurricane warnings for everybody here in the red around corpus christi. these are tropical storm forced winds. tornado watch in and around the corpus christi area, all the way up to houston, there have been tornado warnings around, a couple with the bands tracking those, as well. tornado a big threat as we're move on through the rest of the evening today, any land fall tropical system does have potential for tornados. here is the storm surge warning. this is new this year, the national hurricane center just started upwards of five, six, seven feet, in some areas, 12 feet from this storm and you can see where that is from houston all the way down towards the corpus christi area. we'll continue to monitor that guys, across our region. one thing a little bit different. it will stay in texas a little bit longer. we're tracking harvey for the weekend, right now it looks like things may be a little bit better, we'll talk much mo

chief robert rocha from corpus christi fire.nk you. >> thank you, sir. >> jon: we're following every move hurricane harvey makes as it barrels through texas. the problem for texas is the storm is going to stop in its tracks and just continue to dump rain on the lone star state. feet and feet of rain. our live continuing coverage of this monumental storm continues right here in just a moment. stay with us. ♪ walter? hmm? is that the rest of our food? what? no. how come you have cheese in your beard? because switching to geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. oh! ok. geico. because saving 15% or more on car insurance is always a great answer. whoa! gross! >> jon: taking a live look at southeast texas. a category 4 storm as it came ashore hours ago. let's go to fox news meteorologist, adam klotz, and more on what it's forecast to do if here. >> we've been talking about where the eye of the hurricane has been rolling onto shore and further east it's a large system. what you're seeing stretching from where it made shore t

the city of corpus christi was hit last night by hurricane harvey.t of downed power lines. we had some water, we had some high winds. we do have debris in the streets. and some lights are out. what we are seeing is wide areas of the community are without electrical

i made a phone call to the mayors of corpus christi and rockport. i did not have the ability to connect the left messages. for the mayors of victoria and port lavaca, they seem to be in strong spirits. they preside over cities that have suffered some meaningful damage, but they are working very aggressively to try to help their citizens respond to their , and i offerd offe them as well as the other mayors any and all help that the state of texas can provide. now for some more granular detail. as a result of the briefing that i just had. looking at the texas military thanion, there are more 1300 service members who are currently activated, and we anticipate increasing that amount by 500 more, giving us about service members who will 1800 be activated to assist in responding to the hurricanes and its aftermath. as far as the texas department of transportation, they are already undertaking cleanup operations around the corpus christi and yoakam areas working to clear pathways along the roadway's there, which is impressive that they were able to get in

in corpus christi, texas. you are looking live as hurricane harvey, a massive category 4 storm bears down on the lone star state. literally do do to make landfal any minute now. fox news has a live team coverage. we will take you to the area where the eye of the big storm has been hitting hard for several hours. update on harvey's path and what we should expect in the next few hours. fox news meteorologist joining us now. >> this is the eye of that storm. just crossing over that barrier island right there. when it's right in the middle of the eye, to get the crossover -- look like what's going to be here any second. we are going to see the most intense wins for the last hour, we have seen rockport move through that area. we are talking consistently up to 130 miles an hour. it would not be surprised if some cops got up to 150 miles an hour. some widespread damage in this area. this is also an area, we see very strong winds. that's going to be pushing water. we are going to be looking at very high water at port

in between corpus christi, ac drift and port o'connor,. that will be it. we still have a tremendous wind and in the hurricane force wind and tropical force wind from corpus christi, almost to houston. we will talk storm surge in a bit. >> as the conditions deteriorate , do you see those people? they really are throwing caution to the wind. then there's this guy out swimming and surfing in the waves near the shore. there is a sign that says no swimming. the beaches have been closed since yesterday so no one is supposed to be out there. that storm will last the gulf coast and he tweeted a photo of receiving reports on harvey's possible impact and is encouraging-- encouraging everyone to heed the advice and the orders of their local leaders. >>> the preparation for this hurricane, he is focused on the american people having what they need. >> the white house has announced it will get ahea president. trump is said to already be working with governors of texas and louisiana to help with the recovery. >> you can track the path on your smart phone. download our f

. >> that's what thousands are doing in corpus christi. >> they're material things. we're can always get that back. but i'm not willing to risk my child's life. >> the same push is underway in port lavaka where bus loads of people and pets are being shuttled to safety. but for some in the strike zone, there's nowhere to go. >> financially, we're don't have the money to go ahead and take that ride out of town. >> those who plan to ride it out preparing as best the canned food and just the essentials. >> bracing as hurricane harvey inches closer to the coast. >> now, the national weather service forecast is calling for 32 inches of rain here over the next several days. jay grey, nbc news, victoria txs. >> -- for a closer look at the timing and track of hurricane -- what's the latest, doug. >> well, the latest is hurricane forced winds are making their way on shore, just a report around the corpus christi area. obviously, higher than hurricane force, but we are getting those as the -- it's about two hours now from making land fall, one of the other observations, it may

i want to bring in mya rodriguez in corpus christi. mya, what are you seeing right now as far as the damage? >> well, you know, as you mentioned, we are expecting sunrise to come shortly and hopefully help illuminate some of what we're seeing. all we can see right now is through our headlights. obviously power is out for a number of people in koshus christy. we are seeing a lot of downed palm fronds. we will we have not seen structural damage yet in town. but it's difficult to see these things. sometimes there's damage on the roof and you can't quite see that from the ground level when it is so dark. this is a challenge that city officials are having to deal with, as well. they try to make their way around town. you know, we still do have, at the very least, tropical storm force winds consistently going on right now, kind of rocking the vehicle as we make our way. and so what, you know, this is something that, again, city officials will have to deal with as they try to ascertain exactly what happened here, exactly what kind of damage w

you saw the live shot from corpus christi.he was talking how the water wasn't coming in too much in corpus christi. they're in the back side of the storm. the wind is pushing toward the gulf of mexico. that would push the water out. the tied system in texas, there's a 1 foot difference between low and high tied. doesn't matter when the storm comes in, low or high tied, that's the difference. it's not north and east. this is where the surge is happening. one glimmer of good news, this area is pretty sparsely populated, came in over a wildlife refuge, it's moving inland slowly stepping down with the intensity. wasn't the huge wind machine, that's a elmaniment but it's the flooding, a multi day event. this is the start of it. we haven't entered into the main part of this storm yet. it's a category 3 storm. it's going to be a hurricane all the way through later this evening. 7:00 it's probably winds of 75 miles per hour. the storm surge is on the board. you have to remember the rain is coming down at such a intense rate. you have

carolina tiene el reporte desde corpus christi.omento, hace aproximadamente una hora ya entrÓ oficialmente a la zona de corpus christi este huracÁn de categorÍa cuatro que en un principio la gente no pensaba que iba a ser tan fuerte. les contaba que hace 47 aÑos aquÍ en la zona de corpus no entraba un huracÁn. por eso mucha gente decidiÓ no evacuar hasta Última hora. estamos cerca de un hotel donde la gente cuando se dio cuenta que era algo serio, se dan cuenta que inundaciones, no hay luz, solamente la luz que tenemos de la cÁmara y del equipo de producciÓn, pero este lugar estÁ totalmente oscuro. decidieron venir a diferentes hoteles pero la pregunta es quÉ a pasado durantes estas Últimas horas. otro colega investigÓ. pedro: fuertes daÑos comienza a dejar a su llegada a tierra el huracÁn harvey que entrÓ la costa texana esta noche con vientos que superan las 100 millas por hora. dejando a miles de familias sin servicio elÉctrico. este hecho causÓ que el presidente aprobara una declaraciÓn de desastre para el estado. el gobernador

not like corpus christi. at least not now. >> that could change in the morning when we get an update from our emergency management cooperate nator. they have been mentioning that throughout the entire day. in our area, back in 1998, we had a huge flood. it actually did not raise it in central texas and about 30 inches of rain came you know through one of our biggest rivers, it flooded out a lot of people, displaced a lot of people. there was a lot of rebuilding over the past two, three decades, you know, for that. and that's a big concern. you know, they went earlier today, but anybody along those rivers, it's too late to get out now, but it's a pretty dire situation. i don't want to use the word hopeless but almost hopeless for those people who decided to stay. we did learn from the emergency management coordinator that about half of the people on victoria decided to stay. so we are seeing a lot of that. we will be following, you know, people who did decide to stay, much, you know, that's a big concern. you

majority of those here, 160,000, in corpus christi, lost power. we rode out the storm along with many other people here at the omni hotel. we did not lose power, thankful to a generator here, but much of the community did. the big potential here for the catastrophe ahead is major flooding. this storm system, yes, it hit south texas. it did weaken. now a category 1, 90 mile-an-hour winds, but it's stalled over us and is continuing to dump rain. a lot of the low-lying areas have a great risk of being hit with major flooding over the course of the next couple of days. the community, we understand, that has been really, really hard is rockport, texas, which is 20 miles south of here. we're hoping as the sun comes up we'll get a true scope and the sense of the significant damage here in coastal texas. >> nick, any idea of the types of calls that are coming into first responders and if, at this point and at what point they'll be able to get out to answer some of those? >> we have reached out to first responders. they say right now they have not heard an

that is absurd. >> christie, it happened.him, christy. >> i don't absolutely believe him. i will not take him at his work? >> you would think i would make up and lie something about that? why would i, christie. i do talk about things that happen. you see it left and right. americans want their -- pay less and less. we don't have, when they see somebody like me at the time who was $15 or somebody illegal immigrant $4 which would think choose. >> they're committing a crime if they're doing that. they're committing a crime. >> so you're all for enforcement. >> of course i'm for enforcement. >> sanctuary cities? >> look, we're trying to talk about a problem here that does not exist. i too had minimum wage jobs. i was not actually in my first job lucky enough to be paid $15 an hour. if i had been displaced for somebody who was making $4 an hour under the table, that employer is committing a crime. i don't know what president trump is trying to do here. cheryl: obviously this will have to go to the senate and we'll see what the sen

the first thing, the big concern was corpus christi. that's the biggest population center on the map here, near the center of the landfall. they are being spared the eyewall, good news for all the people that evacuated corpus christi who are watching this, there was so much concern for their property. there will be damage, there will be trees down, but there won't be a devastating wind effect on the city. we'll wait and see what the rain does in the days ahead, but as far as the winds and the storm surge, you dodged that. this is as classic as it gets for a buzz saw hurricane. you can see the well-defined eye over the barrier islands and moving onshore. even though corpus christi is being spared, there are small port communities that will be devastated by these winds in the storm surge. one of them is rockport. this little peninsula here across from corpus christi has about 25,000 people that live here. it was all completely evacuated. there's a couple of storm chasers out here that have been showing their video. it's incredible, 120-mi

chris christie and ted cruz. they have gone back and forth with chris christie, the governor of new jersey, having tough words for cruz. take a look. >> the problem with that particular bill is it became a $50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork. two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with sandy. >> you know, he talks about playing politics, that's what he did. with people's lives in 2012, 2013. he should just stand up now and say, i was wrong. i was wrong in 2012. it was the wrong thing to do. and now i hope that the people of new jersey and new york are willing to let bygones be bygones. >> this over the sandy aid bill that the texas delegation voted against. what should republicans do now in trying to help texas? >> republicans should help texas. and i think chris christie said that himself, that new jersey members of the delegation are big men and women and they will do the right thing for the people of texas. but it is not lost on them the words that were used at the time of the sandy disaste

congressman back to you and where you are in corpus christi. the authorities there, first responders, did they have and do they have the resources necessary to appropriately and adequately respond to some of these calls? we know that some of the neighbors cities have been unable to get out to get to people? >> well, corpus christi is a larger area, 300,000-plus, it's something that we planned for. but you get into some of these smaller towns. i represent all up and down the coast, including rockport, aransas, and these areas. you've got police departments that are only a handful of people. the same is true for the sheriff's department. so, it's a little bit tougher for them than it is for the bigger metropolitan area like corpus christi. i'm -- weather permitting, i'm planning on heading up the coast to check out, you know, what is happening in some of those cities. meet with the mayors and make sure that they're getting all of the assistance they need from the federal government. that, quite frankly, with the storm still a category 1 hurricane

mandatory evacuations have been ordered from corpus christi to galveston. don champion is in corpus christi. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this rain son-in-lawis only a p what's to come from harvey. it is due here this afternoon and conditions will only worsen

. >> good morning, 5:30 a.m., the time, christie ileto joins us. chris sowers tracking harvey and our forecast. hurrican harvey is the first major hurricane to hit this part of texas in 47 years. you have to go back to 1970, hurricane cecila i can't -- keel i keel -- which battered the coast. as we've mentioned all morning long, the problem with the storm it's not moving drifting off to the northwest at 5 miles per hour. hurricane warnings remain in effect 0 for the corpus christi and port o'connell and getting into the houston area. we have tropical storm warnings. winds are not the concern with the storm. we have hurricane-force wind up to 100 miles per hour, they extend outward from the center about 35 miles per hour. the winds are not the biggest concern with this, the storm surge as the storm moved inland and the tremendous amount of rain. what you're looking at here, this is the inif infared cloud p images, where you're seeing the wind, that's where the clouds top 40,000 feet. from houston to victoria, corpus christi we're seeing a tremendous

in corpus christi. the very latest on hurricane harvey. steve, wow. i hope you're being safe out there, my friend. >> we are, i am with heather lacey and chris bryant. the streets are pretty much wind tunnels. there've been gusts of wind. 140 miles an hour. the worst is yet to come in the next few hours. this is category 4 storm. there's going to be widespread destruction, large trees will be uprooted or snapped. there's going to be physical damage to buildings. especially roofs. here where i'm standing, the roof of this building has come off. behind me, metal roof is coming off. streetlight coming down. physical destruction. it's a ghost town. all the buildings are boarded up. there's no one out here. that includes first responders. the winds are so happy right now, first responders according to corpus christi police are setting down for the next several hours. under voluntary evacuation and others under mandatory evacuation. we have seen people here doing everything they can to prepare. some leaving a

it is going to hit just to the east of corpus christi texas. the that's where you have your strongest wipds and that's why we have tornado watches in effect right now. look at the defined eye of this category 3 storm. winds are up to 125-mile-per-hour. it's 50 miles east southeast of corpus christi and it's moving northwest at 10-mile-per-hour. so i'd say another five hours before it makes landfall but still maintains its strength. it doesn't weaken until the tropical storm until saturday afternoon and then it maintains that strength all the way through at least the middle of next week. look at houston by wednesday at 1:00 p.m. still with winds of 40-mile-per-hour. that's why we're going to see so much rain, because the storm is going nowhere fast. we will see a would it spread 15 to 20 inches of rain, but we could see isolated amounts up to 40-mile-per-hour. so this red area here, that's how far out the hurricane force winds extend from the center of the storm. it's about 35 miles and then the top kral storm force winds, that's in the yellow e

that's from corpus christi north. with that map a little towards the north, go to houston and we are talking about numbers pushing 20 inches. everywhere in between, 250-mile stretch, we are talking maybe 4 feet or so. go inland as well, san antonio, may be 10 inches. this is that cut off line. any farther towards the west, major damage there appeared to the east, no doubt, you are into it. everybody getting the rain, a lot of people getting the wind. did not even talk about the storm surge today. it will be with us all night long. it doesn't go away right away. a lot of that storm surge might be with us for a couple of days. >> kimberly: at my goodness. staggering facts. including the amounts of waterfall. let's take around the table. dana. >> dana: when he said that the port we get 60 inches of rain. i am 60 inches tall. i'm not that tall. that's a lot of rain. i've been watching over the past couple of days in particular, i think we have the most skilled and talented weather team. also they are very brave. may be cr

you are probably a fan of governor christie. i saw this video, i thought what a shameful display, who an embarrassment. how immature and disgusting, you have to -- >> here, here. >> come on. >> in the face, of some fan, who by all rights has the right to yet out say you are a bum or you suck. >> he does have that right, i tell my kids, have you right to freedom of speech but you do not have right to freedom of condition -- consequences. >> i would argue this is good for chris christie's career. >> really. >> he wants a career in talk radio. >> i have seen his poll numbers go from 15 to 9. >> you are an elected official, at what point some should say just expect sometimes people are thoughts out, it is not personal, it is a public figure. >> i think that people have come on a new place, where they think they can say anything they want to anyone they want. so if you come in from that direction, no, the guy should not have said that to anyone. >> he shouted out, governor, you suck. >> right. >> do you disagree. >> i don't want -- >

i made phone calls to the mayor of corpus christi and rockport. i did not have the ability to connect but i left messages for the mayors of victoria and port ibaka they preside over cities who suffer meaningful damage that they are working aggressively to help their citizens respond to their challenges and offer them and we offered any and all help that the state of texas can provide. for more detail as a result of the briefing i just had, looking at the texas military division, there are more than 1300 service members currently activated and we anticipate increasing that amount by 500 more giving us 1800 service members who will be activated to assist in responding to the hurricane aftermath. as part far as the texas department of transportation, they are already undertaking cleanup operations around the corpus christi and yocum areas, working to clear pathways and roadways which is impressive they were able to get in that quickly and begin that process. with the tea you see, they say they're more than 338,000 outages and it will still be several

land add short time in corpus christi. updates on rescue and recovery efforts from the massive flooding. you should be seeing live pictures on your screen. the room in corpus christi, texas, we expect the president and governor abbott in texas to receive an update on those relief efforts. you can see in the room right there congressman farenthold is in that room. a few moments ago seeing pictures of senator ted cruz. a number of lawmakers from the texas delegation in room, on hand for this meeting with the president and the first lady. she's also on the ground as well. we saw that getting often of a

the mayor of corpus christi had something to say about that.ake a listen. >> we are going to in the strongest possible terms encourage the residents in the get out of dodge. >> reporter: now the city is basically putting together assisted evacuations starting today at 8:00 a.m. going until noon. what they're doing is bussing people out of low-lying areas to san antonio if people have no other way to get out of town. phillip. >> watching a lot there. >> absolutely. thank you, maya. meteorologist ben kenneth joins us, tracking the storm. where are people in the most danger here? >> corpus christi north wards today and then victoria to houston. we're about to see what happens when a hurricane stall also over a region for four, five, maybe even six days. you can see no surprises overnight. it slouwly increased in intensiy but no big jump. i can take category four off the board. still chance of getting to category three. but most likely category two as it makes landfall. 105 are the winds, so still a formidable storm. we're still going to have storm

south of corpus christi. 9 to 12 feet. that wind is going to continue to push that water from the g f gulf. look at these outlets there. with additional rainfall as well, 15 to 30 inches, storm surge, a lot of i do believe we have amelia draper on the ground out there outside of houston watching it. amelia, what do you see right now? >> reporter: well, lauryn, a steady rain, winds not a big concern. it's all about the flooding. yesterday when we got into town we stopped at the grocery store. the first place we stopped was completely out of large bottles of water. the second place we went to had a limit. each customer bought two pallets of water. we saw maybe a couple going in and separately buying in total four pallets of water to stock up. residents heard the message the forecast is going to be catastrophic. we also talked to a lot of folks last night when we had some power outages start. they simply made the decision to get out of town. a lot of folks in the galveston area. to give you guys an idea, we're situated, our h

will chris christie have a u.s. senate appointment. >> that and statue of christopher columbus they have is over stepped. it does not make sense to try to erase history, there are more important things like jobs. that is my thought, let me know, hit me up on twitter, facebook, you know where to find us, and listen every morning, okay, homie, i'm plugging it in. wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! the gravestones could be a little more crooked. oh! let me just fluff up these entrails. and... light it up. (wolf howls) bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh. halloween at the simpsons'. what a classic tradition! are you heading up to the tree house to tell three horrifying tales? ah, we're doing it next week. it's gonna be psycho with skinner and his mom, muppet wizard of oz-- i'm scarecrow-fozzie-- and then, uh, one where furniture gets smart and takes over the world or something. mmm! sounds chilling! eh. people love it. everscream terrors looks amazing this year. i've never seen black cats with such arched backs. well, y

bee.on corpus christi -- yond corpus christi.t has hit corpus christi very hard, and towns of porter ansys aransas toward -- four and rockport are devastated. there are surrounding counties in that area and we do not know what has happened because power lines are gone, cell phone service is out, things like that. we are expecting to get more information throughout the day and overnight as that storm has moved northward towards houston. i have heard reports of flooding and people of stranded in houston and serious reports are mounting. this storm isll, not moving quickly. it is going to linger over the next few days, if not until next week, and at this point, if you are not in the path of the storm, it is a matter of giving out what you can do to help those people in the areas affected. host: congressman, we have been talking to viewers and a lot are saying they do not feel confident in government response disasters -- natural . what would you tell them in times like these? guest: i can so you from wednesday to friday -- i can tel

things are changing at least in corpus christi or it appears so. what is the temperature there, rob? reporter: it is warm. it's got to be 75, 80 degrees. it was so hot when that storm kicked up that it's unbelievable. the stones get so powerful because they love warm water, warm air and it be that. it's warm. jackie: let's hope that the next time we check in the coat is often you can shed those wet layers. it looks like a mess. thank you so much for being out there. we'll check in later. still a lot more to come after extended coverage of hurricane harvey continues. stay right here with us. we'll be right back. jackie: is now 3:25 here in new york in 2:25 where hurricane harvey is has an impact on businesses. it is now a category three hurricane and was downgraded shutting down oil refineries across the gulf closed and extreme flooding is starting and threatening to bring it to a halt. it may take weeks or months before it can back up according to experts. texas is the largest oil producer here in the united states by far is part of the oil shell i

hurricane harvey is now a cat 2. 110 miles an hour. 145 miles southeast of corpus christi. there it is. corpus christi and victoria, 25- 35 inches of rain with bands moving into houston and heading toward austin and some of the hill country. it looks like later today, almost a cat 3. is went from 35 or 40 mile-per-hour wind to this in a 24 hour period. incredible intensification. it's getting closer and it's going to be a huge rained and went producer. probably tornados as it moves inland. we have some fog filling in rapidly. the water temperatures cooled off and that's helping. i think the fog will burn off quickly. much cooler for some. more 50s than 60s. there are many 40s in the north. blackhawk, 53. overall, low clouds, thunder storms are out of the picture in the central sierra. a little warmer. the bigger warm-up kicks in tomorrow. 60s, 70s and 80s. a few 90s. >>> things are mostly quiet. we have a couple small things but for the most part i would say you are off to a good start for friday. let's go to solano county and start with the solano super commute. traffic is