vacate his contempt of court conviction. one of his locals told a local paper arpaio will appeal if a judge does not vacate all decisions in the case. president trump defended his decision on friday night just as hurricane harvey made land fall in texas. take a listen. a lot of people think it was the right thing to do, john, and actually in the middle of a hurricane, even though it was a friday evening, i assumed the hatings would be higher than normally. i put it out i had pardoned, as we say, sheriff joe. he s done a great job for the people of arizona. he s strong on borders, strong on illegal immigration. he is loved in arizona. i thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly when they came down with their big decision to go get him right before the election voting started. meanwhile arpaio is speaking out about his future whether it includes a run for office. the former sheriff says he
let s go back to corpus christi, texas, and bring in katie beck. she s joining us live from there. as we were mentioning, katie, corpus christi, one of the first places hurricane harvey made land fall. today they re getting a visit from president trump. what more can you tell us about the conditions on the ground and what we can expect from president trump s visit. well, the conditions on the ground here are favorable to mild. there s a slight wind gust, but not more than that, and i think that s deliberate in terms of why president trump chose to come here. he said he will not be visiting houston this time around. and that s because the city is under water, and also because of the fact that frankly he doesn t want to disturen rescue and recovery efforts ongoing with the distraction of bringing a president to town. he s going to be visiting rockport and corpus christi. the folks on the ground are very excited to have president trump see the devastation firsthand. they have been overa
overnight last night. they ve been sandbagging in parish. maybe an inch or two. some of the severe weather slides to coastal mississippi in toward alabama where 3 to 6 inches could fall in that region. it continues to spin counter clockwise. houston, you are going to see the rain let up in a matter of hours. as soon as we have land fall in the morning and that sis december moves to the north, it will become try. nothing more will fall from the sky. the concern will be rising waters in the weeks ahead. the rainfall, jim, really, getting the aid and the emergency services for rescues that are being needed in eastern texas, port arthur, beaumont into the parishes of western louisiana and southwest louisiana. our systems drop another 10, 15 inches in this area on top of the 12 1/2 that already has dropped in beaumont today. we thought one land fall was enough. another land fall coming. tom saider, thanks very much. tonight new orleans at risk nor devastating floods exactly
criminal contempt of court conviction. you ve got a president who loves his thuggish behavior who will throw out whatever the judge does. arpaio will di peel if the judge does not vacate all di decisions in the case. president trump defended his decision as hurricane harvey made land fall in texas. a lot of people think it was the right thing to do, john, and in the middle of a hurricane, even though it was a friday, i assumed the rating would be higher than normally. the hurricane was just starting, and i put it out as i pardoned, as we say, sheriff joe. he s done a great job for the people of arizona. he s very strong on borders and illegal immigration. he is loved in arizona. i thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly when they came down with their big decision to go get him right
for the lower 48, this tropical storm when i was a hurricane harvey is in the record books. only one storm has been greater in the entire u.s., that was 1950 in hawaii. at 52 inches. hiki was the hurricane. we are only an 8 th of an inch from that record. everything you see in purple is 10 inches plus. any city in the country would flood with 10 inches. this is the size of kentucky. it s the problem east, we ve mentioned the last couple days, and north of houston, east of houston. if we get in closer, the eye is still offshore, and that is our concern. as you ll see the bands here, still looking at a land fall tomorrow morning in the predawn hours. the problem we re seeing now unfortunately is beaumont, texas has picked up 12 1/2 inches today. lake charles didn t have much. they were in between the bands, but previous days they were up to 10 as well. the focus is going to be here with the flood emergencies, with the need for aid. if you focus eastward, we were thinking they were going