rockport tonight. reporter: president trump and the first lady arriving in corpus christie today. inside a local fire house, a sit down with state officials and the head of fema. it s a real team, and we want to do it better than ever before. we want to be looked at in five years, in ten years from now as, this is the way to do it. reporter: the president offering high praise for the officials in the room, but with this caveat. we won t say congratulations. we don t want to do that. we don t want to congratulate. we ll congratulate each other when it s all finished. reporter: his presidential motorcade driving through streets that did not suffer severe damage. the white house says they did not want to disrupt rescue and recovery efforts. outside the firehouse, the president greeted by hundreds of cheering supporters. [ chanting usa ] then a presidential pep talk. i want to thank you for coming out. we re going to get you back and operating immediately. thank you, everybod