The National Weather service says large areas of south texas may be uninhabitable for weeks or even months. The Texas Governor is already asking for the state to be declared a major disaster area to trigger additional help from the federal government. As the First National disaster on his watch is about to hit a natural disaster, President Trump is over at camp david. The white house says hes been actively engaged with emergency officials and is planning to travel to texas early next week. We are also just learning that the president assigned and directed following up officially on his ban on transgender troops that he announced in a tweet last month. This hour ill speak live with the head of the federal Emergency Management agency, brock long. There you see him. And our correspondents, specialists and other guests are standing by as we cover this breaking story. First, lets go to cnns Martin Savage. Hes right in the heart of things in Corpus Christi. Martin, youre in the danger zone.
Disaster relief for the area. But not before pardoning arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio refused to obey a court order to stop routine ly detaining people on suspension. And on top of that another white house official is out the door. Counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka has left his position. But there have been mixed messages on whether he was fired or whether he resigned. So, well continue to look at those stories, the next hour. But well turn to the storm. Our reporters are on the ground in the thick of it. And tracking the storm is Martin Savidge in Corpus Christi. Martin, a category three, but quite dangerous. Reporter absolutely, a category 3 considered to be a major hurricane. Remember, harvey was predicted to come ashore as a category 3 but it actually jumped up to a category 4 which is a monster of a storm. The wind speeds were projected to get as high possibly as 145 miles an hour. Did not reach that, we dont believe. But still, you had some intense gusts, and we are st
Live in lafayette, louisiana. You said you were starting, you thought, to feel some of the bands of this coming through . Reporter we definitely are. The rain here is light, but it is certainly kicking up and has been i would say for the last 45 minutes or so. This is just the beginning. We are hearing stressed repeatedly that this is a very slowmoving storm. Thats a reminder not to become complacent. You mentioned tens of thousands without power. Some in new orleans being told to shelter in place. In other areas, there are coloterry, sometimes mandatory, evacuation areas. Not only does the storm bring a significant amount of rainfall, but we are talking about an area that is already saturated. A Mississippi River that is already swollen. For a better look at what is headed our way, i want to bring in cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar who is tracking this storm. And were starting to feel a little bit of something here. Obviously, far more intense for some other folks just south and ea
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