account that politicians tend to want to get when they get on the ground and in flood-ravaged and storm-ravaged areas. you see the vice president and karen pence, the second lady, vice president's wife, also looking at this devastation holding hands there with governor abbott right there behind them. just to give you a sense as to the scope of all of this. that is a building right in front of the vice president. he couldn't get any closer to some of these devastated areas. he's right snack dab in the middle of it. some of what the president presumably will see saturday when he also tours some of these storm-damaged areas. looks like in a few minutes we might hear from the vice president. you can see congressman farenthold next to the vice president there. appears to be a gathering of