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    Trump visits Texas, hailing officials' Harvey response and promising 'costly' federal aid

    by By Hailey Branson-Potts and Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times Aug 29, 2017 5 minutes

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - President Donald Trump on Tuesday assured Texans slammed by Tropical Storm Harvey that "we are here to take care of you" and promised a "better than ever before" relief effort, as he visited the state while rescuers continued to pull people from submerged homes.

    During visits first to Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast, southwest of the worst-hit areas of Houston and its environs, and then to the state capital of Austin, Trump repeatedly praised federal, state and local officials. But he said little about victims who had lost their homes and loved ones to the historic storm.

    "The world is watching and the world is very impressed with what you are doing," Trump told officials at the Texas Department of Public Safety operations center in Austin who were coordinating rescue and shelter operations as rain continued to fall and water

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