Response from the white house and we will have much more on that in a short time. But first to Hurricane Harvey. The massive storm packing winds up to 145 miles an hour. Torrential rains and the potential for massive flooding in the coming days with the storm surge of some 12 feet. The fema director saying texas is about to have, quote, a very significant disaster. Texas officials now telling citizens who do not evacuate, listen to this, to write their names and Social Security numbers on their forearms. Just how big is this hurricane . Youre looking at harvey from outer space now. A camera on the International Space station. Harvey expected to be the strongest hurricane to make land fall in the u. S. In 12 years, since 2005. Rain fall totals up to 40 inches are expected in some areas. Thats more than three feet, causing widespread flooding. Made worse as the storm is predicted to stall over the region for several days. Large parts of south texas could be, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. State and local officials have been urging residents in the path of the storm to evacuate. The governor telling people to, quote, put your life first, your property second. Our reporters are live from the gulf coast covering this major storm from every angle while our meteorologist joins us. Martin is live in the direct path of harvey in Corpus Christi texas. Marty, we are learning just now it has been upgraded to a category four storm. What does that mean and look like on the ground where you are . Well, it looks and feels stunning. This storm is really grown into a monster here in many, many ways. Were seeing the absolute worst of it right now weve seen so far. Im not saying the worst is over. The air on top of what youre feeling with the wind has turned the rain into a midst and pull ver rised the water. You have so much water in the air it is almost like a fog now. Thats a combination of heavy raining coming down and the incredible winds that are now in this area. We are under an extreme wind warning, which means that we could see gusts of up to maybe 145 miles an hour. Now, if that happens, you are not going to see me. Not because i walk off, because i would be blown off. There is no way to stand up in that kind of wind force. The power of this storm has continued to grow primarily due to the gasoline called the gulf waters offshore. Now it is coming in not just with these brute force winds, category four, but on top of that, what appear to be days of rain and feet of waterfalling from the sky. The likes of this i think even chad would say we cant imagine for some time. A multiday event we are preparing for. Stay safe there for us. O also in texas where this monster storm is closing in on residents there as well. Tell us about the conditions there and how they changed as you have been there over the last several hours. Reporter well, the winds remained at a very steady pace here and the highest we have seen throughout the day. But, jim, just a few moments ago you look out into the surf here, the gulf of mexico, and that is as intense and wild as i have seen it throughout the day. It might be hard to pick up on the video images that were able to pass back. But if you look 500, 600 yards out there, you can see or i can tell just with my eyes, see these waves leaping up over some of the initial waves that you see. So you can imagine the intensity and how frightening must be if you are on a boat trapped out there in these storm waters because what im seeing here from the shoreline is just stunning. And the storm surge slowly throughout the day pushing closer toward this sea wall here. But the odd thing is there still remains a great deal of traffic. People driving up and down these sea wall area. This part on the eastern edge of the storm here voluntary evacuations. At this point i cant imagine theyll really change this, but really what officials outside of that immediate area of the eye of this hurricane want everyone from houston all the way down to Corpus Christi and all these points in between is the flooding that will come with this storm in the coming hours and in the next couple of days. That is what emergency teams are really bracing for the worst of. I dont want to minimize the wind impact of all of this. Obviously, the storm of this magnitude in that immediate area around the eye of that storm is going to cause devastating damage, but it is the rain fall that is also going to be something that will be incredibly worried about here over the next day or so as heavy amounts of rain fall. They have positioned emergency teams, high water rescue teams in various areas to be able to respond quickly to what they anticipate will be a number of people trapped in quickly rising flood waters. That is a great concern. You can hear the winds and just how high and sustained they are at this point. Even though there are bands of rain whipping through and occasional breaks in the rain fall like were exposing now, the winds really maintaining and sustaining the highest peaks that we have seen so far today, jim. Several feet of rain expected in some of the worst hit areas. I want to go now to chad myers live in the weather center. Chad, this storm now a category four storm, serious and dangerous. Tell us what difference that makes as it grows in strength. For about five square miles, a big difference between losing your roof and losing the rest of your house. But were only talking about the inner core of the eye wall that will add that gust to 130, maybe gusting to 140 miles or so per hour. We talk about the eye wall is strength. I need you to not Pay Attention to the eye wall at this point in time. This storm is bigger than that. Its bigger than the number four. It is rainmaker that is not going to move after it gets to san antonio. It is going to stop and sit there over texas for five days and put down a couple feet of rain and maybe even four feet of rain. Some astronomical number, four feet of rain. How could that be possible after 12 feet of storm surge washing over the Barrier Islands there very close to Corpus Christi. There is our marty savage there. He is positioned right there. There is the eye wall. You asked me a question, what does it mean . Do you see that right there . It will come back into place. That, that is where the 140 to 130 miles an hour winds are. Thats it. This is 60, 70, 80. Were talking about this moving over rockport. 79 miles an hour wind there. And the eye wall isnt even there yet. As this goes on shore, typically we say, oh, the storm is on land. It will die. You know what . There is not much land there. This is bay. This is back bay. This is still water. This is still wet. Plus, it is raining on top of what is dry. So were not going to see that instant degradation of the storm. It is going to continue for quite some time and it is going to continue to spin over the exact same areas. So here we go. Here is Corpus Christi. This is the area that has so much wind. The Hurricane Hunters are still flying through it. I know we think our reporters are brave standing out there. These Hurricane Hunters have been flying through this thing now for 48 hours. One plane after another after another after another. One goes home, one goes out. They have been watching this storm grow and grow and grow. Category four storm right now going to make land fall just to the northeast of Corpus Christi probably in about two hours. This is kind of an area that has a lot of seashore. But there are a lot of buildings, homes and businesses in the way of 130 miles an hour storm, which is essentially equal to an ef2 tornado. That work they do, those Storm Chasers flying through, gives you a better sense of how strong this storm will be, how long it will be with the state of texas. Chad, thanks very much is. The Corpus Christi fire chief, thanks for joining us. First, i want to say, what are the main issues you are dealing with now, particularly in terms of evacuation as these winds hit 145 miles an hour . Well, jim, were beyond the scope of evacuation. There are four items that we have a lot of concern about for the city, the wind, the heavy rain, the storm surge and the risk of tornadoes. What were now asking the president to do is shelter in place. Do not go outside. Go not drive your car. I want you to know, jim, half of the deaths that occur, occur when vehicles get stuck in high waters and we dont want to see that. We want to see our residents ride this storm out. If they havent evacuated yet, they need to stay in their home and ride the storm out. That is important advice because a lot of viewers are watching for this information right now. If you have not evacuated yet from the storm hit areas, the worst hit areas, better just to shelter in place . Thats correct, jim. Weve got plenty of resources in place. Corpus christi Fire Department, Police Department as well as Texas Task Force one are prepared to make rescues once the storm passes. Help explain to our viewers. We just had chad on and the National Weather service said this as well, this is a multiday event possibly longer, weeks the effects of this. A storm surge of 12 feet. Tell us how that would play out in your area. Thats going to be detrimental to the area. Just along Mustang Island and padre island, the main highway will be impassable. People will not be able to get on or off. Padre island will be affected because of the storm surge. On top of that, the storm is going to stall is what the weather people are telling us. The storm is going to stall above us and around us, which means that were going to get heavier and heavier and heavier amounts of rain. There is no place for the rain to go. Streets are going to flood. People need to be concerned. People need to stay in their homes. There has been a lot of talk about federal health, et cetera. Do you have the resources, you and your colleagues need there now . If not, what do you need most . We had incredible support from the Texas Department of emergency management. We have resources in place, both Law Enforcement, firefighters in place ready to conduct rescue operations. We already have a position close by. Theyre here and ready to help. We have heard of officials in one town in the storm hit area that is instructing people who have not evacuated that this is alarming advice. Rockport, this is from rockport city in texas, if they have not evacuated to write their names and Social Security numbers on their forearms. Is that undue, unnecessary advice or is that a measure of the seriousness of what you are facing . The city of Corpus Christi has not issued any request like that to our residents. We ask residents to do this, be cog ani we ask residents to do this, be cog anzant of your surroundings stay inside, be patient during the storm and listen to what the city officials tell you to do and do exactly what they say. If we just follow the instructions of what were trying to get done and trying to keep people safe, we can get through this, but people are going to suffer if they try to go out in this environment. Final question, i know youve got a lot of work to do tonight, land fall expected in the next couple of hours. Already looks pretty bad where you are. Tell us what kind of challenges you are going to be facing overnight. Well, number one, what we have done is weve stocked our fire stations with personnel and resources, but they will have to ride the storm out. Currently right now it is very difficult for firefighters and Law Enforcement to get out and do any type of work. In fact, it is detrimental. We dont want to put any harm to our First Responders for getting out there in this type of weather. We want our people to hold back, wait until the storm clears and then when it clears get out there and do the work we need to do. Chief, you are on the front lines there. We know you are doing hard work. You are going to be facing a lot of dangers. We wish you the best and we will be thinking of you these next coming days. Thank you very much, sir. Next, harvey gaining strength. It is now a category four storm. Land fall just hours away. A professional storm chaser will tell us why this hurricane is different than any other in recent memory. Plus, a family in Corpus Christi staying put. Why are they taking a risk with a monstrous storm, dangerous storm on their doorstep . I will talk to them live. 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And this storm could stall, dumping 40 inches of rain by this storm on wednesday. Brett is a storm chaser. He is outfront live in fullton, texas. We are looking now, showing our viewers some of the video you shot inside this storm earlier in recent hours there. What conditions are you seeing and where exactly are you tonight . We have moved south. We are on state road 35, just south of fulton. We have been watching pretty intense moments. The eye wall is just offshore. I think we are a couple of hours from land fall. But we are beginning to get to the hurricane wind gusts. We watched this restaurant up in fulton, part of the roof get ripped off of it. Several power flashes, but one of the good things we have seen, not many people on the roads and people seem to be heeding the warnings here. Thats good to hear. I asked the difference between a category three and four now that its been upgraded. He said a category three you lose your roof. A category four you could lose your house. Tell us about the power of the storm surge. Well, ill tell you first of all the biggest difference in this storm versus the storms we have seen in the last several years is we have a major hurricane but it is intensesifying as it is moving in. So you are having a storm surge up under that center low pressure and expands out on the ocean surface. The water level rises and the more powerful that pressure follows the winds around the circulation, the higher the rise. Once you get up above category two status, you really start worrying about dangerous storms, three foot to five foot to in this case the potential for 12 feet storm surge. When folks say 12 foot storm surge, were talking about 12 feet of water. Is that right . Water that would be a story high, just to be clear. Yes, thats absolutely correct. And it comes in quickly and it is very devastating and hard to run from. Thats the reason the government puts the mandatory evacuations out. And they urge everybody to leave ahead of him. You have as what you do it is dangerous work, you have a covered a lot of hurricanes in the past. What makes this one different . Well, its absolutely the strengthening coming inland. We felt with hermaine and matthew last year. It was a category one, category two type system. This one being a major hurricane, the wind fields are wider and storm surge begins earlier. So you are getting impacts for a longer period of time. This is also forecasted to stall out and put catastrophic flooding in some of these areas. Very different animal. We have heard of some people who did not obey those orders to evacuate. In fact, in a couple minutes we will speak to a family that did just that. You said the roads have been mostly clear. But have you seen evidence of people who did not listen to those warnings and are holding out . Brett, do we still have you there . Sounds like we lost the storm chaser. Hes right in the middle of it there and describing really frightening conditions. I want to move now to a man who lives in Corpus Christi and he plans on riding out this hurricane inside his home. First of all, thank you. You just heard the storm chaser describe how life threatening this storm is. Can you tell us why you didnt listen to those orders to evacuate, those calls to evacuate . Well, we live probably about a good seven to eight miles inland from what would be considered Corpus Christi bay. Corpus christi is situated on a bay coming in from the gulf of mexico. One of the reasons we decided to stay here was the fact we considered going up to houston, but the way they were predicting the storm, that it would go in between Corpus Christi and port oconnor, theyre predicting probably 40 to 50 inches of rain. And going up to houston where we have family would be very difficult if we decide once the storm passes to get back. There is several bridges we need to cross over going from here up to houston. We hunkered down here in our house, got the supplies that we needed, you know, and just decided just to ride it out. What are the conditions where you are right now . We keep hearing from folks and we have seen our reporters live on the coast there. We talked to a storm chaser who are feeling the storm as it chases land. What are you seeing where you are . Well, the wind is very its intense. And, you know, i went outside to pick up some debris in my backyard and listening to the rain and wind it is very intense. You know, the rain is very dangerous to be out on the street because there is a lot of items starting to fly around in our neighborhood and as long as youve got everything all situated, you know, you should be fine. We have no intention of leaving our home until all this passes and i know that the winds right now they just went up from a category three to a kocategory four, so its rather intense and just hoping that, you know, our lights have just now turned on and off several times over the past minutes. So i suspect now and between the time the hurricane comes on shore, we will probably lose our electricity. I imagine it will be a difficult night for you. Officials telling residents write their names and Social Security numbers on their arms in case they have to identify them. I wonder if dire warnings make you second guess the decision you made to stay. Not necessarily for us. Were i feel bad for the individuals where the hurricane is going to hit. Were 40 miles from where we live. Thats not to say were still not going to get the brunt of the storm. But nonetheless, it is very it is a scary situation. Been through several hurricanes in the past, and, you know, weve back in 1970, we were hit by a hurricane and that one made a direct hit here in Corpus Christi. So ive been there and i have actually the moment during the storm where you can go outside where the eye of the storm comes through is very calm and then it picks up again. It is something to respect and obviously not to play with. So im hoping that everyone over there in that area where the storm is going to hit, you know, is safe and, you know, i guess more than anything, theyre just trying to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Listen, we wish you the best. We do. It is going to be a difficult night there. Please do all you can to stay safe. And outfront next, Hurricane Harvey now a category four monster. Outer bands of harvey lashing the texas coast as we speak and will only get worse as darkness falls there. I will speak to the texas Lieutenant Governor there. 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Our services more reliable than ever. Like technology that can update itself. An advanced fibernetwork infrustructure. New, more Reliable Equipment for your home. And a new culture built around customer service. It all adds up to our most Reliable Network ever. One that keeps you connected to what matters most. Welcome back. We are following the breaking news. Hurricane harvey now a category four storm. Winds 140 130 miles an hour and up. Just hours away from making land fall. The texas coast bracing for the lifethreatening hurricane, tornado like winds up to 145 miles an hour now. Some places could see up to 40 inches of rain. Millions in the storms path. One texas mayor advising residents who refuse to leave to write their Social Security numbers and names on their arms to help First Responders identify their bodies. Marty is outfront live in Corpus Christi, texas where conditions are getting worse. Marty, every time i talk to you it is windier there and tougher there. Tell us what you are seeing right now. Reporter all right. Every time you do come, jim, i keep saying this is the worst we have ever seen. This is officially the worst we have seen so far with Hurricane Harvey. What had been sort of gust winds now is just turning into a fullon blow. Just keeping my eyes in this direction because if anything is going to break or come our way it is obviously from that way. But the wind gusts are just proving now to be almost a physical force that beats upon you. On top of that, the fabric and everything that you are wearing is flapping so loudly, it makes it hard to hear. Plus the trees. The water is mystified in the air. This is truly where a storm becomes not just a hurricane but a major hurricane. This of course is not the full force of the wind. Were actually shelters by the large building in which were operating out of. So if i was, say, 100 yards out away from here, it is almost impossible to stand and it would be almost equally impossible to hear. Its just nature delivering an unbelievable force and the thing is, it is going to go on, not just for hours, but the rains will go on for days. This truly could be catastrophic. I remember in covering hurricanes, oftentimes the storm surge moves so quickly, it is hard to compare, hard to track. Are you seeing evidence of that already as you have been standing there as the sea waters come closer . I did go down to the waters edge here. There is not a beach in Corpus Christi. Theyve got a sea wall that has been built. So far there is not an indication of it overwashing or anything like that. You will see the water overrunning beaches and overrunning roads. But down here, no, were not seeing that as yet. Now, of course, you still got a little bit of time before the eye wall makes its real push on shore. Thats often when you get the last big surge. So everyone will be cautionly watching that as well as watching the sky to see what may be coming out of it, including the potential for tornadoes, jim. Expected to make land fall in the next couple of hours. Stay safe. I want to go back now to chad myers. I know you have been watching the storm minute by minute. What have you been seeing in the last few minutes . I want to describe to our viewers and to you exactly how we went from three to four. I think thats important because the storm technically didnt change pressure. Now, the storm is still the same or lower pressure than sandy was when it hit land up near new york city. Same pressure or lower. So this a big storm and has been big for a couple of days. But the arms of the ice skater were pulled in. What . So the storm eye diameter is smaller. Think about the figure skater during the olympics and she pulls her arms in and she spins nice and quick. She does whatever that is called. Thats what happened to this. So what was 130 miles an hour storm or 145 miles an hour storm gust would be 160 miles an hour storm if we got the eye to about eight miles. Thats where andrew was. But thats not going to happen. But thats how we got where we are. So we raised it one category because of the wind speed. The exact pressure, 940 mill bars. The Hurricane Hunter aircraft still flying back and forth. The problem is typically well go to bed tonight, lets put this hurricane away, not this time because the storm will not move. It will not move. This is what we call a spaghetti model. This is confusion with all the models trying to say where it thinks it is going to go. Five days with nowhere to go except sit there and rain. Storm surge, yeah, 6 to 12 feet. The people you were talking to up in fulton or rockport, theyre in prubtrouble. They shouldnt be there. There should be nobody left on that island. Unfortunately, some people make decisions that theyre going to have to live with. Hopefully, they do live with it because thats going to be a tough place to be tonight if this category four makes direct land fall there and i think it does. To be clear there, chad, of all those models, though they showed disparate paths, the one consistent thing this storm hanging over that coast. Just a matter of where. We showed the comb. And this is the one day size, the twoday size, the threeday size, the fiveday area of we dont know has all the other days inside it, day five, four, three, two, one. So in the five days, this thing doesnt move for about 350 miles. Its not going to move at all. The center will sit there and spin and we will get three to four feet of rain. Chad myers, i know you will be watching this all night. Thanks for joining us. Now the mayor of victory ye, texas. Thanks for taking the time. 80 miles from where harvey is expected to make land fall, can you tell us what you are seeing there now . Well, currently, the wind is picking up. Its not too severe just yet and the rain is starting to pick up. Are you confident i know you have been making all the preparations you can to protect people, to protect property where you can. Are you confident your city is prepared for this . Yes, we are. I am confident to the best of our ability. It ramped up so quickly and the intensity is the only thing i wish that there was nothing we could do about that aspect of it. But every step of the way, its the preparation and the forethought is right on target for us. How many people have you seen who chose to stay behind, despite the storm coming through . Just a rough estimate, an unprofessional estimate, id say about 60 to 65 of our residents have stayed, which is concerning to me. 60 to 65 . So most twothirds. There was no order, i imagine, that there was a suggestion or a recommendation they leave . We did a mandatory evacuation, but we were unable to force people to leave. But we did announce a mandatory evacuation yesterday at a certain point. As soon as we got the news that the sbensy if intensification o did that. What youre doing not just to protect them, i imagine, but to protect the First Responders, et cetera, who have to take risks to save peoples lives. Absolutely, absolutely. I mentioned in our press conferences and et cetera, so. It just all happened so quick. People are having a hard time, the public, a hard time picking up and leaving. So were going to do the best we can. I imagine it is going to be a tough night there. It is going to be dark. Im sure there will be power outages. The stork gm getting stronger. How are you going to get through the night. You have a lot of people there. You want them to be safe. But you have risks you will be facing yourself. Yes, sir. Were focussing on communicating to our residents as long as we can, social media and other News Releases and in the local media. And if we can keep them informed and they follow our advice to shelter in place and just dont venture out. I think we can minimize loss of damage to property and lives. Mayor, our thoughts go out to you. We know you have a tough day, days, maybe weeks ahead of you and were going to be continuing to cover this and think about what you are facing down there. Thank you. Next, we are going to go live to the gulf coast where conditions are worsening by the minute. Winds reaching up to 145 miles an hour now. And 20 Million People in Hurricane Harveys path tonight. Also, north korea firing several unidentified projectiles. The military says these are missile tests. How will the white house respond . This is not a cloud. This is a tomato tracked from farm to table on a blockchain, helping keep shoppers safe. This is a financial Transaction Secure from hacks and threats others cant see. 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While we are experiencing lulls in the rain, there are no more lulls in the sustained winds were experiencing here. One of the things incredibly striking to me, it is hard to make out on the video, on the picture were showing you here, when you look out into the gulf of mexico here, beyond those initial white caps out there, way out in the distance, you can see other white caps erupting out of the water. Cant tell you how just stark that looks. It is like the power and the furry of the water that has churned up out there in the gulf of mexico is extremely powerful. For that to be visible really says something about how treacherous the conditions are out there in the water. When you look up in these winds, the low level clouds here, jim, really stands out just how quickly theyre being pushed over top of us here and these got to be able to watch the bands of rain and wind come through and approach us. Were probably a couple minutes away from the next band of rain to hit us. Really must say its really concerning after years of covering different storms all over the country, one of the things that really strikes me is these types of storms in the dark. You can hear the wind, but you cant feel or see in fact debris thats going to be picked up in these wind storms here in the coming hours. That makes this all the more dangerous, jim. We see that traffic behind you there. Clearly people, a lot of people, have not listened to those orders to evacuate this storm. I want to go straight now to logan poole in fulton, texas. We have seen conditions deteriorating over the past few minutes, the strength of the winds. You are at the Fire Department. Tell us what you are seeing there now. Reporter right. As eddy mentioned, before earlier today, we had rain bands moving in with breaks in between. Thats changed here as we are closer to the core of the storm and the rain will not stop. The wind is picking up readily and minute by minute. Were seeing shingles and pins starting to fly be and anticipating that category four Hurricane Harvey moving very close to where we are in fulton. Chad myers said the difference between a three and four, three you lose your roof, a four you lose your house. I wonder what emergency officials are doing there now. Are you responding to emergency calls . Because it appears a lot of families have not obeyed the orders, the recommendations to evacuate. Thats unfortunately not going to happen according to the fire chief here. Now that we have reached in excess of Hurricane Force winds, they have closed their doors and will not be responding until conditions get better for them. So these people, if you are here and you consider stepping outdoors, you should probably hunker down and dont come out until its over. Thats the thing. The First Responders face dangers, too, when they go out. You are a meteorologist. You are there in the Fire Department as well. Can you describe what a 12 foot storm surge will do to the community where you are in fulton . Particularly in east fulton, it is going to go underwater. There is little doubt about that. The majority of the town is below that 12 feet storm surge mark. That includes rock port as well. There will be tremendous damage from the storm surge, not to mention the winds. And should this sit and spin for days, which is a possibility, the rain fall is going to be tremendous just adding insult to injury. So just a bona fide disaster here. Several feet of rain predicted, in fact. Logan, you are among many people facing a lot of danger tonight. Please say safe. Next, breaking news, north korea firing several missiles despite repeated warnings from President Trump. What is the white house saying about it tonight . Adults are just kids with much, much better toys. The cclass sedan, coupe and cabriolet. The thrills keep getting better. 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What are you hearing from the state department . Reporter theres nothing yet from the white house or the state department. These are three shortrange missiles, and they all failed very quickly. It was just last month that north korea launched an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. In fact, they did that twice. They threatened the u. S. Territory of guam. That sparked the president to threaten to spew fire and fury on north korea if that threat continued, saying the u. S. Was locked and loaded. Also, the u. S. Believes that north korea is moving closer and closer to being able to miniaturize a nuclear weapon. So after all of that, the tough talk on both sides, there was nothing. North korea hadnt launched anything consider weeks, leaving the state department to say maybe thats a step in the right direction, but now this. But this comes when the u. S. And south korea are working together on military exercises. Yes, that is to counter the north korea threat. North korea sees that as a threat, so that may be why kim jongun now launched these three relatively small missiles that failed to express his displeasure, but not wanting to stoke the fires any more, jim. North korea often responds to those military exercises. Outfront now, former Pentagon Press secretary john kirby, retired rear admiral with the navy. And juliette khan, and mark preston. John, if i could start with you. By our count, this is the 19th Missile Launch by north korea this year alone. Each test you will often say they learn something from. Whats the military significance of these tests tonight . Well, i think michelles got it right. This is largely a reaction to the exercises, but lets not just hang our hat on that. They do learn from each of these tests. These are shortrange missiles. While they may not be a threat to the United States, they are a threat to south korea and the Korean Peninsula neighbors. So it has to be taken seriously. But obviously, they continue to try to move forward on a Ballistic Missile program that could potentially become Nuclear Capable in the future. Thats the essence here, as well as reacting to south korean and u. S. Exercises going on. Mark, tuesday in phoenix, the president claiminging . Claiming something of a victory, saying the north korean dictator respecting the u. S. Can we look at these tests as north korea defying President Trump again . No question. And weve heard this from north korea over the past 72 hours. They have come out, they have said some very harsh things about these exercises that are taking place between south korea and the u. S. Military. And they noted that they are willing to go head to head with the United States. So i dont think as we sit here on a friday evening that we should be too surprised, the fact that north korea and kim jongun has decided to move forward. Julie, you work for the department of Homeland Security. Folks at home i imagine wondering what is the gravity of the threat from the north korean Missile Program today . Theres nothing changed today compared to even yesterday in terms of the threat to the continental u. S. But you raised a great point, which has to do we have a Homeland Security threat harvey, and this north korea threat. After 9 11, the white house got smart and divided duties. So you have one person focused squarely on the homeland threat, which right now is harvey, and the National Security adviser focused on the National Security threat. So we have learned that we have to rub our belly and chew gum at the same time. John kirby, youve dealt with this threat at the state department and the pentagon in your military career, as well. One sort of overriding reality truth seems to be that despite all the talk, the threats, the sanctions, u. N. Resolutions, north korea keeps marching on. It keeps testing and making progress, not only with Missile Technology but nuclear technology. Thats correct. Thats what makes this a bedevilling problem for the United States and the International Community. Which is why they have to continue to pursue International Pressure objectives, like sanctions, like continuing to hone military readiness there on the Korean Peninsula and in the western pacific. And on trying to get the International Community to galvanize against this threat. But i believe trheres room for diplomatic initiatives to take root, and i hope theyre continuing to pursue that. Before i go, its been quite a night of breaking news. More breaking news tonight. The president very quietly signing a president ial memorandum directing the pentagon to move forward with a ban on transgender troops and banning the payment of surgeries. A few weeks ago, when the president said this, there wasnt a lot of comments about this. The president here defying those words of support. Yeah, a couple of things here, jim. Certainly this new ban could put the chiefs in a difficult position given that they had moved forward on plans to lift the ban under president obama. But look, theyre all professionals, theyll follow the direction of the commander in chief. But this new policy was the dodd he wi do d. O. D. Helped craft it and shape it and secretary mattis has some flexibility how he develops the strategy. Thank you very much. And thank you for joining us. Im jim sciutto. Its been great to be with you this week. Our breaking News Coverage continues with ac 360 and john berman tonight. Good evening, john berman in here for anderson. Right now, millions of people along the texas coast are facing the most serious storm theyve seen in decades. Hurricane harvey was just upgraded to a category 4 storm, delivering not only winds but the potential of feet of rain. Feet, not inches. And a 12foot storm surge, as well. And the possibility the storm may linger for days. This one, said a top official, is going to be a marathon, a multiday event. A significant disaster. And late this evening, city offi