steegle. casey? >> reporter: sandra, all of the action not happening far from here. the vice president and second lady touched down here at the corpus christi airport about two hours ago where they were greeted by the governor of texas, greg abbott, and his wife. in addition to some u.s. coast guard officers who are assisting with some of the operations here on the ground. the motorcade then headed about 40 miles north right up the coast to rock port texas, as you said. that is right around where hurricane harvey made landfall nearly one week ago as a category four storm. they stopped by a church ripped apart by harvey, greeted by the reverend franklin graham and other faith leaders. vice president pence held a prayer vigil and declared this sunday as a day of prayer for all of texas. listen. >> we are with you.