on the ground, steve harrigan is with us. listen, we are all praying for you tonight and all the people in texas getting hit with this storm. when he said to us earlier, a big gust of wind nearly lifting you off your feet. clearly, this nothing, i've been through worse than this? is it getting worse as a speak and what you mean by worse? it looks pretty devastating to us watching you. >> as far as devastation goes right now, we are seeing small bits of roof come off. some stop signs and stop lights coming down. the rain has picked up as well. they spent about 8 inches of it so far. the real story of this storm, if they get 30 inches of rain, that could cause a lot of destruction. there are right now extreme wind warnings along parts of the coast. the eye of the storm. gusts of 130 miles an hour or more. under evacuation. you have to hope, places like rockport -- people did actually leave town. you hope. >> sean: steve, go back inside. >> sean, i got it. there's only one road an end one road out. that's the real danger. when t

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 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 st

steve harrigan on the ground. back 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 wi

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

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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 on scene for us and watching all of this. as national disasters go, this seems to be the longest lasting one. >> it's just not going away, a steady rain here now. they've had 48 inches in this part near beaumont since friday. that has produced flash floods, and that has taken several lives, including life of a toddler that was rescued will clinging to her drowned mother. this operation now as they prep for what is a long night in the rain is still a rescue operation. there's been reports from city officials in beaumont that said a number of submerged cars out in the road, people still trying to drive. she's afraid of horrible scenes once it begins to dry out here, shepard. >> shepard: steve harrigan in koonce, texas. thanks so much. as the waters recede in one texas down, we'll show you a live look at the incredible damage and the cleanup already underway. as fox news live coverage continues. harvey, the aftermath. chances are, the last time you got a home loan, you got robbed. i know-- i got a loan 20 years ago, and i got ro

but we begin with steve harrigan reporting from the front lines of the storm in corpus christi, texas. steve? >> 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 t

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

steve harrigan is live in corpus christi, texas where steve, it is really coming down. >> jon, it's been raining about four hours. we're seeing sustained tropical force winds in the high 50s and some gusts at hurricane force. keep in mind, the landfall is still 7-12 hours out there. already winds strong enough to nudge you off your feet. the rain coming in sideways. the trees bending but not breaking. the terms used by officials have gotten more dramatic in the last few hours. the governor and the mayor talking about catastrophic damage and life threatening damage. going around here in corpus christi the last day or so, it's been some tough pictures to see. we've seen people in front of grocery stores, older people with their shopping cards, people trying to get fuel and flashlights. really hard times for those that decided to stay. we've seen people getting out that can get out. offered buses or rides to get out. at this point, when the winds start to push over, 60 miles an hour, it's time for first responders to get out there with their high profile vehicles. so it seems the decisions

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,

steve harrigan is covering the protests in boston. but first, for more on the president's response, we go to rich edson reporting from bridgewater, new jersey, near the president's golf club. rich, we're hearing a much deferent tone now on protests -- different tone now on protests from the president. >> reporter: kelly, a much more positive, hopeful tone that you read right there from the president's tweet, certainly compared to the combative remarks earlier week from new york about charlottesville. the president also tweeting: applause for the boston police department, boston mayor, marty walsh, and then saying our great country has been divided for decades. sometimes you need protests in order to heal, and we will heal and be stronger than ever before. the president began his day on twitter thanking his former chief strategist, steve bannon. the white house announced his departure yesterday. shortly after, bannon spoke to "the weekly standard." he said, quote: the trump president city that we fought for and won is over. we still ha

we have live team coverage with steve hey began who is with the -- steve harrigan who's with the counter-protesters. molly line is in boston common. >> reporter: hi, melissa. we have just moved off the edge of boston common where witnesses tell me the members of the boston free speech rally have been moved through the crowd under heavy police coverage, helping them get safely into wagons, and now they have just left through this large crowd that was caboting after them. i'm -- chanting after them. i'm also seeing numerous officers still arriving carrying batons basically looking like tactical units. the counter-protest crowd in the tens of thousands today. this is something the boston police say they were well prepared for. they expected to have over 500 law enforcement officers across the city to be ready for both of these protests, and we are seeing that enormous presence right now. we've heard a tremendous amount of sirens just in the last hour or so. those sirens were this side of the common as we watched as those wagons carrying the boston free speech members, a much smaller protest. really ha

steve harrigan live in corpus christi, thanks, steve. eric: still the deluge overwhelming, the damage beyond comprehension, and more wet weather is expected. the flooding likely only to get worse overnight. meteorologist adam klotz is live in the fox extreme weather center. 50 inches of rain, that's four feet, but that's like four feet standing. you get a little incline under a highway overpass, and you've got, what, 16 feet of water, and you've got a house, you know, people going up to the roof because they can't get anywhere. >> reporter: it doesn't take a lot because of that. yeah, you get just the lowest of areas, obviously, the ground's saturated, nowhere for it to go. at this point we're talking about a real dangerous situation. that rain continues to to fall here at this hour. these are all bands of thunderstorms that continue to roll off the gulf of mexico throughout the houston area, and this has been a bit of a bull's eye at this point. it's a large area well around it, but all around that area you're seeing some powerful thund

steve harrigan, thank you. >>> matt is standing by in palacios, texas. >> you see the bay behind us just becoming extremely violent. the water inching closer to the land by the hour and the waves starting to crash up against the grass area. the police chief told us they expect a lot of erosion and some of the storm surges that have been forecasted. this is a fishing town about 150 miles north of where steve is in corpus christi. in this county there was a mandatory evacuation. we just drove around some streets and not seeing a lot of people whatsoever except for some emergency officials. otherwise most the towns in the coastal area look like coast towns. perhaps people did heed the evacuations or hunkered down inside their homes. the last evacuation bus left this county at 1:30 today. the local mayor tells us anybody who is still here is facing the elements you see. we've been seeing a lot of flashes. what could potentially be power outages. there's downed power lines. we're told there could be power out for many days and that can spell for disaster or a dangerous situation for anybody w

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? reporter: it 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. chery

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. the attorney 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

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. next up, 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

steve harrigan was telling behind us. on the note of communications, you know, so often now, the world relies on cell phones and cell phone towers are not able to withstand, sometimes, these kind of winds and this type of storm. the generators go out. you've got the flooding that comes in as well. last night the lt. governor of texas told us, this is a texas size storm. we're preparing a texas sized response. is there enough resources to flood the zone or by the time you've got the flooding, therefore, you can't bring in heavy equipment. you probably can't get across some of the roads here, especially, out into these areas right next to the water on the shore and you don't have communications. what specific resources does the federal government bring to that that even the state of texas can't? >> well, they can use the heavy lift helicopters to get resources in there if need be. they also can do cell on wheels, cell towers on wheels to get in there to put up cell towers so they can have communications in these local commu

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

correspondent steve harrigan is in rosenberg, texas, tonight. good 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

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

steve harrigan is out in the middle of it in corpus christi in texas. hi, steve. >> martha, some hurricane force gusts every 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 ques

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

steve harrigan, thank you so much. eric? 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 -

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

mike: steve harrigan leading us off in hockport, texas -- rockport, texas, thanks very much. harvey now downgraded to a tropical storm, but many areas braces for heavy rain, massive floods and tornadoes as the storm rips through coastal texas. meteorologist adam klotz is tracking harvey at the fox extreme weather center. >> reporter: hey there, mike. downgraded storm but still a serious one as we went into landfall overnight, winds up to 130 miles an hour, currently closer to 65 miles an hour but still eventually going to drop a whole lot of rain. notice stationary, that makes a huge difference because that rain that falls is going to have nowhere to go, the storm's going to rain on top of it, and we're going to see more and more rain. just north of victoria up towards the columbus area, that's where the eye is. eventually going to drift back down to the shore, regain moisture and rain some more. here's what we're looking at on the eastern side of this storm, and this is the concern for today as we continue to see a large area of east texas into portions of louisiana under a

steve harrigan's live in rosenberg, texas. 30 miles south west of houston. wet 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 mi

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 a

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 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

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

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