Article snippet: On his first visit to Texas after it was ravaged by Hurricane Harvey, Vice President Mike Pence hugged survivors, prayed with them, even pitched in to help haul away debris from a damaged home. "I think the scope is truly breathtaking," Pence told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl in an interview in Rockport, Texas. "We're gonna be here today, tomorrow, until it's done. It's not months, it's years." Pence added that President Donald Trump will take his turn this weekend. "The president and first lady will be back here [in Texas] on Saturday, out with the families," Pence said. The White House said Trump plans to visit the Houston area as well as parts of southern Louisiana, also hit by severe floods. Trump took some heat when he visited Texas earlier this week, spending his time with state and local officials rather than surveying the damage firsthand or meeting with residents. While Pence pledged unwavering federal government support, he notably stood by the president's threat of forcing a government shutdown later this month if Congress does not approve funding for a new border wall. "If we have to close down our government, we're building that wall," Trump said during a campaign rally last week in Arizona. "We're going to have our wall. The American people voted for immigration control. We're going to get that wall." Pence said today, "The president's made clear that we're going to stand firm and we're going to build a wa... Link to the full article to read more