what the president is doing to monitor the developments of the storm and what he ll be doing as he moves to camp david this weekend, how is he going to be in touch with federal officials and local officials? first of all, i will start with what he has done. we ve been giving them regular briefings, talking about john kelly and myself. we ve also reached face with his team in ministry at her. really, several months ago after we you saw president trump visit fema, give a talk to the team over there. also set clear expectations for his new fema administrator. i ve known the administrator long enough for 15 years. we could not pick a finer leade leader. he is absolutely top of the top. and what the president will do as we move forward is continued talking directly with them, directly with the governors. if they have any needs, that s our problem. the president will tolerate that. he will also continue talking to
feel he has lead well in this? this is right up president trump s ally. not only has he showed leadership here, but his entire focus has been on making america great again. he has focused on the americans that voted him in the office. he s focused on americans elected in can vote him in office. he s focused on making positive change in this progress, he is acutely focused on making sure that just the right thing, by the way, the american people have what they need. his questions weren t about geopolitical issues or about large political consequences. his questions were about what are you doing to do what it takes to help the people who are going be affected by the storm. you might not, if you re living in the northeast, thinking about the storm over the weekend. but the president is worried about the 4.6 million people in that area of taxes that are going to be affected by this. to them, this is the most important thing they are going to have to worry about for the next 24, 48, 72 mo
be aware of. have faith in the professionalism of your managers. i say, if you do come out of harm s way, you do not put a responders life in jeopardy later and it allows you to recover more quickly which is really the goal. [indistinct contract, question] can you have what fema experiences particularly related to the length of flooding that might follow the storm about the federal government s perspective on whether local officials should or should not declare mandatory evacuation? no. i m going to leave that judgment to the state and local officials who make that determination. a lot has been said about mandatory versus not mandatory you. that s one of the response abilities i have here to enforce both of those decisions and reinforce them with rhetoric. i think the idea is they have faith in their judgment. mandatory or not, if you are asked to leave, it s a good idea
it could dump 30 inches of rain. in this low-lying terrain, that could mean torrential flooding, catastrophic flooding, life-threatening flooding for as many as 4 million people who could be affected. the worst of the storm is going to be hitting in the darkness after next time. it s going to be hard or impossible for emergency workers to get out there when the winds are over 60 miles an hour. i can tell you, they are over 6. for those who have decided to stay, and for those who might need help, it could be an extremely dire situation here in corpus christi over the next 24 hours. trace, back to you. trace: steve talked about that, the highest winds right now are at 120 miles per hour. steve, i want to go back to very quickly because there was a police officer behind you there, what look like a police officer. we know it s going to get bad as it goes into the night. are the clearing beach is now? are they trying to make sure
mandatory evacuation last night. last night leaving town around 1:30 p.m., so the words of officials now are if you are here, you are on your own. the sheriff was adamant about the evacuation. he expected most people to be out of here by [phone breaking up] they are warning that it could be out for many days. they see that it s also keeping off the street. it s been raining, there is been strong winds. starting to see what definitely looks like a hurricane forming here in this region without a doubt. being described as catastrophic. the mayor says this is uncharted territory. they ve never seen a storm like this trace: you up. not surprisingly, matt finn, we lost his cell phone. going into the very heart of the