steve harrigan is on the ground 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 and some deciding to stay. families buying plywood

steve harrigan is in corpus christi tonight right on the gulf of mexico. steve, what do you see?cker, we have seen things get worse here each hour. this storm has strengthened dramatically. it's really caught a lot of people here by surprise. some of the people originally planning on riding it out decided at the last minute to make their evacuation. still the worst is yet to come in the next four to five hours. we have already heard from local police who have said that for the next few hours they will not be answering emergency calls, the winds are simply too high to go out. can you see it is pretty much a ghost land around here right now. we have guests well into hurricane stage. we are not seeing any branches nap off from trees. we are not seeing structural damage to the building as of yet. that is likely to change in the coming hours. keep in mind what a category 4 storm means. it means large trees will be uprooted or snapped. there will be major damage to well-built homes. so we could see a lot of homes without roofs or exterior walls over the next 24 hours. this was still, p

steve harrigan on the ground. ck to steve as news warrants, as we look at those pictures, liz, such a different scene than what what happened a week ago in charlottesville and we certainly hope it stays that way. elizabeth: yes, it's a very different scene. let's bring in ed davis, the former boston police commissioner and fox news contributor. thank you for joining us. can you he will it us what the -- can you tell us what the city did for this event. there are already about 15,000 people out and about. >> this is a huge crowd. good afternoon to both of you. commissioner evans was on television yesterday and he talked about the various plans in place. they have 500 police officers, barricades, significant numbers of cameras in the area to hold people accountable and what they're doing right now is maintaining the barricade that's been put up. there's an area for the counter-protesters, there's an area for free speech zone for the people who want to talk, and then there's a bit of a buffer zone that is filled with

let's get to steve harrigan. he's alive for us in corpus christi, texas. steve, what does it look like where you are? >> it's got worse every hour. they are telling us at this point that hurricane force winds are still two hours away. the storm itself is supposed to hit, the heart of the storm, around midnight or perhaps in the early morning hours. i've got to tell you, when forces already feel like they are at hurricane level here. we've seen gusts of more than 6s gotten worse in the past half hour or so. the rain is coming in in sheets sideways. we are not seeing branches or twigs being snapped off yet, but spend getting significant worse the past half hour or so. as far as corpus christi goes, a city of about 300,000 people, it's been under a voluntary evacuation. many of the areas along the texas coast, lower lying areas, have been in mandatory evacuations. throughout the past 48 hours, we've been seeing people get on the road being picked up sometimes by authorities, taken by bus, anything to get out of here. and the real problem is, the real challenge

steve harrigan is in corpus christi tonight right on the gulf of mexico. steve, what do you see? >> tucker, we have seen things get worse here each hour. this storm has strengthened dramatically. it's really caught a lot of people here by surprise. some of the people originally planning on riding it out decided at the last minute to make their evacuation. still the worst is yet to come in the next four to five hours. we have already heard from local police who have said that for the next few hours

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

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steve harrigan is with rescuers who are working hard in beaumont and count, texas. eve, how are they doing? >> shepard, they're getting ready for a life and death situation here. you can see the state wildlife trucks have pulled up. they're getting briefed by the coast guard now. we expect them to deploy at a nearby creek in a few minutes. it's an incredible route to get here. some highways washed out, bridges giving way. some ways you can only get by boat and others by car. along the route, a high speed convoy through the water. other people joined in, private citizens. some with boats, some with just jet skis. they've been trying to help people, relatives unable to get to the area. they're looking at anyone they can. >> steve harrigan, i want to come back to you. we're watching live water rescues in houston. more people have been taken from their homes, rescued by good samaritans, people in their private boats. you can see this lady just got a soda and a water out of the deal and being taken to higher ground. a thank you to the police officers there as we've been s

fox news correspondent steve harrigan joins us from rosenberg, texas, with the latest. what are you seeing what's the mood of the people? >> the giant sinkhole has open behind me and getting bigger. some emergency vehicles are on the scene to make sure no one comes near here. we've been talking to state troopers who told us the real concern is about a number of smaller, older bridges in the area. so much water dumping down, they are concerned about the structure. some roads, some ridges, how they are going to hold up. at this as the floodwaters continue to rise and some over top of the main roads. what's happening is the areas of escape, the areas of being able to move around are getting smaller and smaller. this, as conditions are getting worse and worse. already we've seen a number of different neighborhoods here switch their status from volunteer evacuation to mandatory evacuation. even with the message from police officers that, in certain conditions, they will not be able to come and rescue people. some dire straits and as far as shelters go, the main shelter here

but we begin with steve harrigan reporting from the front lines of the storm in corpus christi, texassteve? >> we been hearing the governor set the stage for the past day. there is a real danger that the storm is being underestimated. it's so strong so quickly and each hour here in corpus christi we been feeling that same flow with the written and the rain and now we are already feeling hurricane force winds. >> it's the first hurricane to make u.s. landfall in 12 years as it bears down on the texas coast. those who decided to leave have all ready gotten out. >> we used to joke about it because every time they say it's really big, i'm definitely extra cautious just in case. >> those who have decided to stay now will face category 3 hurricane force winds and dust storm surge in some places of more than 12 feet. >> i'm scared, someone to do everything i can to protect our little place down here and hope and pray for the best. >> trump is getting briefed regularly on the storm and his homeland security advisor promises that the lessons of hurricane katrina have helped him prepare for thi

first, fox news channel steve harrigan in corpus christi, texas, where things have picked up considerablye latest? >> we are getting the outer bands of the storm here and still about 75 miles off of the coast here at corpus christi moving 10 miles an hour. so the real heart of the storm's are still out the,

we begin with steve harrigan in rosenburg, texas. steve? >> this is like standing under a faucet. it doesn't stop. it's coming in sideways and been coming sideways since dawn. it's cold. this is nine inches of rain in the past 24 hours alone. what does that mean? it means conditions here around houston, in the suburbs getting worse every hour. neighbor after neighborhood now in the dark, declaring mandatory evacuations. it's more dangerous. city officials saying they will not be able to help people in certain neighborhoods. it's too tough to get around. you can see many of the roads being flooded behind me. we've been watching a giant sinkhole grow. so much water has been dumped in the area. there's real questions about the structural soundness of bridges. the shelters are filling up. they're turning furniture stores into shelters. people are arriving wet and cold. when you see people around, they look stunned, looking for something to eat, looking for clothing. the shelters have put out word, they need doctors and nurses, they need baby formula. kimberly, back to you. >> thanks,

kelly: steve harrigan is in boston tonight and, steve, we're getting a better picture of the turnout there. it seems to be pretty lopsided. >> reporter: kelly, some remarkable numbers just released by the police department here, as many as 40,000 protesters out on the street today, dwarfing expectations. it appeared at least 39,900 were on the side of those counter-demonstrators. fewer than 100 on side of the far-right, free speech demonstrators. it was a largely mixed crowd out on the streets today. they marched about two and a half miles from roxbury to the boston common. it was a mixed crowd of men, women, old and young, a lot of people with their families as well. i can tell you the mood, there was a lot of chanting, some swearing but also a lot of celebratory chants as well. as far as property damage goes, it was minimal. there were, according to police, some troublemakers in the group, some urine bottles were thrown at police. 33 arrests made overall, most of that for disorderly conduct, kelly. kelly: while those activities are are disgusting, it seems the fear was the protest,

let's bring in steve harrigan right now live on the streets in boston with those counter-protesters who marched through the downtown area earlier and joins us by phone. steve, as melissa was pointing out, we're seeing a peaceful demonstration here today, and our colleague, molly line, also stating the same thing. what are you hearing from the counter-protesters, what they're speaking out against? >> reporter: the numbers were huge. i'm standing right mow in boston guard withen, and you get the sense that those counter-protesters are starting to break up now. in the past half hour, we have seen some scuffles, and what you were saying about boston police, we've seen it really with our own eyes. people with trump hats on, trump supporters or to others were briefly surrounded, and some fights broke out inside the park. i'm talking about small numbers, individuals versus a few dozen people. we saw immediately riot police step in with pepper spray, first police and then riot police. so 99% peaceful as far as the demonstration goes. but just in the past half hour after about three hours of dem

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steve harrigan is live there for us. nd it just looks like, it looks like you are in a war zone, steve. >> reporter: it really feels like a ghost zone too. you don't see a lot of people around especially in places like rockport. officials have actually told people where we were today to stay out. we don't have any infrastructure, we don't have cell phones, we don't have electricity, we don't have running water so, please, just stay out. we've seen rescue workers go door to door, basically, on foot with axes, kicking in doors, trying to see if people are dead or alive. so a very primitive level of existence. very few people around, just people wandering around picking through the ruins trying to see what they can recover, arthel. arthel: yeah, steve heir gain, we were just -- steve harrigan, we were just talking here in newsroom about how long people there will have to try to rebuild and recover from this. i mean, the question is where do they go from here? with the rescue and the rebuilding efforts. >> reporter: you've go

so if you've been falling our coverage into tonight and even yesterday afternoon you've seen steve harrigan back with us live from corpus christi. steve. >> it's been no let up in corpus christi. the rain and wind is still coming in sways with hefty gusts. about 300,000 people. about 70,000 now without electric power. we've seen the southern part of the storm come through with heavy gusts. we've seen traffic lights down and overall major trees and buildings still standing. that could a very different case on the other side of the storm. towns like rockport with frail infrastructure to start with. we're hearing reports of widespread structural damage there but it will take time to get there and assess things in the daylight hours. right now winds are really making it hard or impossible for first responders to go out and try to help people that avoided the evacuations, some mandatory, some voluntary. in the next 24 hours we'll like lie see a surge of rescue operations. some small towns only access able by one road and often covered by water. we'll see first responders deal with that. many peo

steve harrigan "fox news." cheryl: when the floodwaters receded in many areas residents must figure out how to pay for all that damage. about 80% of those affected by the storm do not have flood insurance. if you do have insurance you aren't in the clear because the national flood insurance program is nearly broke. "fox news" chief correspondent mike emanuel has our report. >> this is never flooded in my entire life. initially would have answered about it. the grim realities many of hurricane harvey storm victims did not have flood insurance. >> i wish i would have had it but as you can tell my whole house is destroyed. >> they must decide if they will rebuild here or if it's time to go elsewhere. >> it's up in the air, you know. it's pretty heartbreaking to come home and see all of this and not have insurance. fema is trying to point all these families in the rejection of icing those with insurance activate their national flood insurance policies. for those without the small business administration offers loan

steve harrigan reports from miami on the ongoing strength in venezuela. >> ten people killed sunday in clashes between protesters and government security forces in venezuela. one candidate was murdered in his home, and several motorcycle police officers were burned and what may have been the first use of an improvised explosive device in four months of unrest. when the blast went off, some cheered. 20 years of socialism have taken the country with the world's largest oil reserves to the brink of dictatorship and famine. those who can flee. there are people close to me who picked through the garbage, she says, people dressed like you and me. it affects us all. the man in charge, nicolas maduro, high school dropout and former bus driver, appears to relish the battle. when imperialism challenges us, he says, we show the blood of the liberator that run through the veins of our men, women, and children. his government keeps moving the goalposts. after the opposition won a majority in the national assembly in 2015, maduro stacked the supreme court with 13 new judges. he has pushed through a

fox news's steve harrigan live in miami with more. steve?is quite possible we could see more violence across the streets in venezuela the next 24 hours. already the government delayed the start of constitutional assembly to meet on thursday, pushed back one day with fears of violence. new allegations of fraud against that vote sunday which 10 people were killed out on the streets. the ceo of the voting machine company says the vote count was tampered with, off by at least one million. the government is saying 8 million people voted in that election on sunday. most observers say fewer that half that number voted. maduro branded a dictator by the u.s., thrown his two top opponents in jail. he said there could be more to come. he is threatened to strip opposition lawmakers of their immunity and throw them in prison too. we have jail cells ready. as far as the economic situation in venezuela, they face a $3 billion bond payment due next week, and local currency has been falling dramatically in recent weeks against the dollar. cheryl, back to you

tucker, back to you. >> steve harrigan, thanks for that. trace gallagher is in the woodlands, texas, north of houston. he joins us now. trace, you there? >> tucker, about 50 mile north of steve herrigan. they're about to shut down one of the major arteries in houston. this is i-45. you can see traffic going north is fine. you want to go to houston, it's not going to happen. we have also learned that in just the past couple hours, they have mandatory evacuations about 20 miles north of us in connecticconroe. they're concerned about a river overflowing its banks. in harris county and houston, all 22 water sheds are bursting at the seams. too much water. they're trying to let it go. they have to let it go in a way that they don't flood more homes. we should note there's reports of a local affiliate that a van with a family of six got washed away. we called the sheriff's office and trying to get confirmation on that report. it's not happened. the associated press just minutes ago updated the death toll now to three. that is expected to rise and

steve harrigan explains tonight from florida. steve, good evening there. >> good evening, bill.y general went to the port of miami this afternoon where he spoke before about 100 law enforcement officials in praise of miami-dade county's reversal of its sanctuary city policy. jeff sessions contrasted miami with chicago. he said the two have similar populations but chicago, which is now suing the trump administration over its sanctuary city policy has triple the murder rate. the reason sessions said he blamed squarely on chicago sanctuary city policy. >> he said if you enter the country last week, with a criminal record, and get to chicago, for example, we will not even support deporting you even after you commit a serious crime against one of our citizens. now, this is lawlessness. >> as it stands now, in miami-dade county jail, people can be detained an additional 48 hours. if their immigration status is under question. so far, 173 people, since january have been turned over to ice. and 70% of those have prior criminal records. the mayor of miami-dade county has said his primary

steve harrigan has made his way out to rockport. steve, you've covered so many hurricanes. the destruction behind you looks terrible. is that widespread or pretty limited to where you are right now? >> what the damage looks like from that category 4 hurricane, winds up to 130 miles an hour, rockport texas is directly in the pathway of the storm. this apartment complex pretty much wiped out. the brick wall torn down and reduced, really, to sticks. we've seen rough rescue efforts beginning now as the wind has died down to let the first responders out. we saw a very low tech effort. just three firefighters with axes here going door-to-door, basically kicking down doors, seeing if anyone was wounded or dead. but no reports of any deaths yet, but that could change as first responders are able to get out a little bit more. the roads are still very bad. a lot of downed power lines, a lot of flooded roads, downed trees as well. it makes it very difficult to get around here. we've been seeing some people just basically stumble around looking for items here in the wreckage. i saw a w

john, back to you. >> steve harrigan in a fierce storm already. remember what adam said, the winds are actually slightly lower in corpus christi than they are immediately around the eye wall. steve, thank you. about 100 or so miles northeast of corpus christi is -- this is where we find fox news reporter matt finn. >> john, in the past 10-15 minutes, the situation here changed entirely. we are now experiencing what could be described as hurricane force winds. violent wind and rain. about 5100 people in this county -- here with a mandatory evacuation. last night at midnight, the last bus left this town at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. if you are still here, you're on your own. this is what everybody here would be dealing with right now. one of those moments where you cannot help but recognize the wrath and strength of mother nature. john, back to you. >> matt, thank you very much. breaking this hour as hurricane harvey makes landfall, president trump has signed a disaster proclamation that will provide federal relief to the areas affected by the storm.

and create thousands of venezuelan refugees. >> bret: steve harrigan in miami. thank you., the all-star panel joins me to breakdown the foreign-infiltration of pentagon run citizenship >> talking about the best military in the world. we should explore the possibility of this population being part of that potential recruitment in the future. >> the program where it's supposed to meet some of the vital national interests, the program has been replete with problems to include foreign infiltration, so much so that the department of defense is seeking to suspend the program due to those concerns. i can't really discuss some of that here in the setting but there are some major issues when it comes to vetting. >> bret: james rosen with the report at the top of the show. since 2009 the defense department of been moving in some 10,000 foreigners into a program called the military accessions vital to national interests, or mavni. in exchange for service, the foreigners selected for language or other needs skills, can receive an expedited path to u.s. citizenship. the problem is that

steve harrigan who is live tonight in corpus christi. thank you, steve. arthel? arthel: waist-high water devastating southeast texas prompting water rescues as people are stuck in cars and homes, and the worst may be yet to come as tropical storm harvey is on track to possibly bring in the most rain texas has ever seen. meteorologist adam klotz live in the fox extreme weather center. why is the storm lingering in the area? adam: it's doing so because there is nowhere to go. a big high pressure to the north of where the center is spinning, it's been bumping into it, and now has to settle back towards the gulf of mexico. we have new steering information, in the latest track is showing this is going to settle down towards the coast. currently 25 miles southwest of or northwest of victoria, there in texas. drifting back down to the coast. and that's going to take you into monday or tuesday. now the storm may be picking up more moisture. it's close to the gulf. picking up more moisture before it turns and heads back up towards the houston area on wednesday and thursda

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let's begin with steve harrigan. >> good evening, bret. east of houston, what we are seeing our continuing rising floodwaters. that means for some people who thought they made it through the storm, they are still on the ru run. rescue after rescue continues in texas, even as harvey has downgraded. rising water still nearly impossible to escape. agencies are on hand to help. an agent with the u.s. border patrol wearing a body cam capture this rescue from houston. >> we didn't have much flooding until this morning. it started rushing in. >> others beginning to face the brunt of the aftermath relying on volunteers with boats from out of state. >> more help will arrive. two navy ships steaming on their way to the gulf coast with around 700 marines. while on the ground, door-to-door searches begin in houston. >> we are finding out to see how much damage there is. if there's any civilians that have been left behind. >> the latest numbers look grim. the death toll has risen to more than 30 while over 37,000 people have heavily damaged homes accor

steve harrigan is following all of this live from our miami bureau. >> molly, they've had to push back the start of that constitutional assembly by one day. they were afraid of violence, this comes after sunday's road which brought thousands of people out on the street and left ten of those protesters dead. madero is now facing charges of voter fraud, the head of the electronic voting machine company said the results in venezuela from that vote on sunday were tampered with by at least 1 million votes. nicholas madero, the venezuela president who has been branded as a dictator by the u.s. has pushed back against those charges. he said they are being pressured by and brits. he's already thrown top of his two opponents in jail, sending mass security forces to their homes in the middle of the night, putting them in prison, he says more jail cells are ready for other opponents and he's talked about stripping opposition legislators from their immunity. as far as sanctions go, more than 20 countries have condemned to the vote in venezuela as a sham. the u.s. has imposed sanctions on madero hi

and create thousands of venezuelan refugees. >> bret: steve harrigan in miami. thank you.the all-star panel joins me to breakdown the foreign-infiltration of pentagon run citizenship program. it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. try super poligrip free. ♪ twith choices like the classicr. crab lover's dream and new favorites like dueling crab legs with dungeness and snow crab. it's happening right now right here at crabfest. red lobster. now this is seafood. >> talking about the best military in the world. we should explore the possibility of this population being part of that potential recruitment in the future. >> the program where it's supposed to meet some of the vital national interests, the program has been replete with problems to include foreign infiltration, so much so that the department of defense is seeking to suspend the program due to those concerns. i can't really discuss some of that here in the setting but there are some major issues when it comes to vetting. >> bret: james rose

correspondent steve harrigan is in rosenberg, texas, tonight. od evening, steve. >> bret, good evening. 9 inches of rain has fallen here in the past 24 hours. it is flooding roads, but even worse than that, you can see behind me, 30 feet down this giant sinkhole across this four lane road here. there are real questions about the structural soundness of a number of smaller bridges in the area. in the meantime, people here are fleeing to shelters. they are filling up fast. people are arriving wet. a number of evacuations have gone from voluntary to mandator mandatory. people are being told to get out. there is a call for social workers, nurses, and doctors as well as people search for dry ground here, the cleanup has the gun along the coast. it is still too early to calculate the tremendous damage in towns like rockport, a town of . that bore the brunt of category four hurricane, the damage, the devastation is so intense, and lots of locals are wondering whether the town will ever come back to life. >> i want this town to be back like it was. i gre

steve harrigan, thank you so much. eric? well, the cavalry is coming, so says texas governor greg abbott. president trump responding to the deadly weather event from camp david -- he just has returned to the white house. and moments ago the white house announcing he will visit the storm-ravaged areas on tuesday. this while former governor of arkansas mike huckabee who's dealt with natural disasters says the white house was ready before the hurricane even touched down in texas. >> the president declared the disaster in advance so that they could have assets ready to go, already staged. the governor of texas did the same thing. so what you've seen is a good preparation for this. but no matter what you prepare for, what they're experiencing now is something that there is no textbook for, there is no necessarily, you know, a playbook to follow. they're going to have to just be creative and react in realtime. and that's exactly what they're doing. and i think from all indications at every level -- local, state and federal -- they

steve harrigan is out in the middle of it in corpus christi in texas. y few minutes here as they prepare for the worst of it over the next four to five hours. two pieces of news one from corpus christi police they will not be responding to emergency calls. this is likely to last for the next several hours. secondly, in the town of rockport about '30 miles north of where i'm standing, the mayor there has told residents who have divided to ride out this storm to use a sharpy to write their names and social security numbers on their arms. many areas in low lying texas and areas along the coast have had mandatory evacuations in place. a lot of people either not heeding those warnings are not able to heed those warnings they are going to try to ride it out. rest of the night they will be doing it largely on their own. martha, back to you. >> martha: steve, thank you very much. in the meantime do americans know just what the companies they support are endorsing? the southern poverty law center in their quest to root out what they consider hate in this country

i'm sorry, we've got breaking news with steve harrigan in rockport, texas. steve. >> back to you. neil: steve, what's the latest there at rockport? >> we're in rockport here and you can see the category 4 hurricane and what it left behind. this is a sea water apartment complex, basically just a lot of sticks right now. we're seeing a few people just stagger around, looking for possessions, but we've heard no reports of any casualties. so, certainly a testament to how the authorities have done their jobs here in carrying out a mandatory evacuation. we have to guess what was here. you see some washers and dryers up there. that must have been a laundry room. all the way in on the drive in here, roads were flooded, power lines down or debris down, so, we're really seeing the structural damage that 130 mile per hour winds can cause. there's no sign of any recovery as of yet, no sign of any emergency vehicles. it seems like the big challenge is going to be to clear those roads so people can get here. hats off for chris for a signal up here. already people are without power. the first ma

meteorologist adam klotz is in the fox extreme weather center tracking harvey's path, but we begin with steve harriganport where the full effect of harvey is being felt. steve, how bad is it there now? >> reporter: mike, the signs and the violence from that wind are everywhere all around this town of 10,000 people. it ripped apart their houses, their lives, their cars. if you look behind me here, the whole second floor and the roof are gone from these houses. that looks like it was a child's room, you can still see a crib and some toys up there. if i move aside, you can see the force of those 130 mile-per-hour winds, able to crush the metal in those cars. we've seen people throughout the day come back little by little to what remains of their businesses, of their homes to try and pick through the wreckage. one man who owns a laundromat came back just to get the quarters out of that change machine. he said i'm 65 years old, i have no insurance. the mayor telling them to stay away. he said we have no electric power here, no phones, no utilities at all. please stay away. at this point, you're doing more

first, fox news channel steve harrigan in corpus christi, texas, where things have picked up considerably. steve, what's the latest? >> we are getting the outer bands of the storm here and still about 75 miles off of the coast here at corpus christi moving 10 miles an hour. so the real heart of the storm's are still out there, but these outer bands are already pretty intense. we've seen the wind speed pickup to gusts of 30 miles an hour, then 40, then 50. now we are seeing some gusts of over 60 miles per hour. this with the heart of the storm still 7-8 hours away. you have to brace yourself to maintain your position or else it can knock you over. we are not seeing any tree branches go or parts of building go, but keep in mind the real heart of the storm is still out there. this storm has caught a lot of people by surprise because it has changed so dramatically. going from almost nothing to a category three major hurricane, the first want to make landfall in the u.s. in the past 12 year years. it changed dramatically. the governor of texas was urging people throughout last night and throug

we just talked to steve harrigan. he's talking about a mile 16 miles down the road that nobody has gotten to yet. what do you want them to know tonight? >> several thousand people, thousands upon thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. the volunteers down here bringing in boats, air boats from around the state, actually from around the country, has just been a remarkable effort on behalf of everyone around this country to get people out of their homes, to safety. and then what did we see yesterday? something wonderful. we saw some sunlight. and the sun was shining yesterday. and today. so there's people feeling that. it's over. the worst is not yet to come. the brazos river continues -- >> martha: thank you. i hear what you're saying about the rising brazos river. thanks for all you're doing. the country is astounded by your bravery. we want to go to the mayor, this is getting underway. mayor turner houston with a live news conference. >> there's a number of people that have already stepped up and i

steve harrigan's live in rosenberg, texas. 30 miles south west of houston. and windy, steve. >> absolutely brutal conditions out on the street, shep. cold winds, rain coming in. an hour after hour, with no leno. the results we are seeing roads, major roads , you have gone access roads to try to get around anywhere. worse than that, you can see here, the foundation of others, four-lane road included, destroyed by sinkhole. shelter outside of houston in rosenberg, where i am now, are filling up quickly. people are filling up quickly. they are turning furniture stores into shelter. hour by hour here. the situation is getting worse. we have seen a number of voluntary evacuations become mandatory evacuations. they also put out a plea for nurses that are needed in these shelters, shepard. >> shepard: how are people getting the help they need, steve? >> it has been a mix of low tech and high tech calls. please have treated, hang a towel or sheet from your house to tell us you need help, but that is not enough. one man, and the tweets come in and minute after minute.

steve harrigan, thanks. >> molly: coming up later, or panel debates just how much the u.s. should get involved in the affairs of venezuela in the wake of president trump's stern warning to president nicholas maduro. >> jon: new information from capitol hill were another battle may be brewing, this time over tax reform. with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell looking to push the bill with republican votes only. democratic leader charles schumer warns that if republicans try to go it alone, tax reform could suffer a similar fate as the obamacare repeal effort. just yesterday, the president bought up the tax overhaul, telling a small business event that it would be one more thing has a administration is doing to help american companies. >> we are eliminating the tremendous, the massive restrictions on american energy and numbers are going to be released next week that are going to be earth shattering as to what we are doing with energy in the amounts of energy we are producing their are greater than ever before. and pursuing goal tax cuts so our companies can thrive, compe

steve harrigan this rockport. reporter: you can see this apartment complex is pretty much destroyed. this young man said, that's my house. that's what's left of it. he just asked for a hand pulling out his big screen tv. people are here to look at what they have left. you can see it's not have much. the second floor is completely destroyed and the roofs are gone completely. people are looking at complete devastation. they have been told not to come back here because the conditions are just so bad. there is no electricity. no running water. no cell phone service, and officials said please don't come back because you will only be creating more of a problem. the roads are so bad we have downed power lines. some flooded roads as well. it's dangerous driving but it's hard to blame people to try and come back to their houses to see what they can recover. as far as fatality, when you look at the destruction. you see the crushed cars and destroyed houses you would think of a lot of people killed. but so far only one fatal

steve harrigan is live outside hard-hit rockport, texas with the latest. steve: there are scenes of devastation all along the route. you can look at some of it behind me here. just a mix of trees being pulled up by the roots. house and cars mashed in together. most of these people obeyed a mandatory evacuation order. officials don't know how bad it is. there is no power here. the roads are blocked by downed wires and trees so the search for people who could be injured and in need of help has been primitive so far. we saw firefighters on foot going door to door with axes trying to find out if anyone inside the house or apartments was still alive. people who have come back seem to be in a days. but they realize they are luckier than many of their neighbors. howie: i guess a major challenge is people coming back trying to rebuild their lives. there has been a lot of coast guard rescues in high water. do they say anything about that and other rescue efforts? >> a lot of officials have told them to stay away. but you can't blame people for trying to come back an

in rockport, texas, steve harrigan fox news. mike: steve, thank you very much. former fema officer is here with me now in the 2004 for the hurricanes as well as hurricane katrina and he was a recovery manager for the new york city mayor's office during hurricane sandy. brad, thanks for being with us tonight. what is your assessment of the magnitude of this disaster so far. >> well, mike, on the big picture scale we can see fortunately it's not the total level of devastation that we would have seen from a hurricane sandy or hurricane katrina but to the people affected that is in importance. this is their personal katrina and for people whose homes are damaged or destroyed for businesses it's a long time effort and it will be a big challenge for them to fully recover. the response part seems to be going well so far and hopefully it will continue with the ongoing rain but there will be challenges as wellin response in the company coming days. mike: president trump authorized money cutting federal resources right away and governor greg abbott talked about the resour

steve harrigan this rockport. reporter: you can see this apartment complex is pretty much destroyed. this young man said, that's my house. that's what's left of it. he just asked for a hand pulling out his big screen tv. people are here to look at what they have left. you can see it's not have much. the second floor is completely destroyed and the roofs are gone completely. people are looking at complete devastation. they have been told not to come back here because the conditions are just so bad. there is no electricity. no running water. no cell phone service, and officials said please don't come back because you will only be creating more of a problem. the roads are so bad we have downed power lines. some flooded roads as well. it's dangerous driving but it's hard to blame people to try and come back to their houses to see what they can recover. as far as fatality, when you look at the destruction. you see the crushed cars and destroyed houses you would think of a lot of people killed. but so far only one fatal

steve harrigan is in corpus christi which is due west of where that eye is going to come on. if you are west of the eye of the hurricane you are really in harm's way. he had to shut down the camera baits was going in and out. rick: it's actually the opposite. david: if he was on the good side, imagine what the bad side is like. rick: that's the point. he's on the good side of the storm and had to close the camera down because things were getting so bad there. when i say the good side of this storm i mean that's where you are not going to get the storm surge. the bad side is where you get the storm surge. there is corpus christi. the stoirmts moving towards the midwest. this is the last images here from the visible satellite. this gives an idea of what this eye looks like. it's slows down quite a bit. it's getting close towards this outer banks. 130-mile-per-hour winds, first category 4 storm since 1961 in texas. it's moving so slowly now. the goes-16 satellite allows us to study this. we are so close to shore, the storms interact with land and lose their strength, but not thi

let's begin with steve harrigan who is in corpus christi, texas near ground zero. >> rick, we have been between corpus