good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> it is sunday, august 27th. good morning. thank you for waking up with us. let's start with the first look at the forecast. here is meteorologist lisa argen tracking live doppler 7 for us. >> we have some fog out there. not much. we'll have a shallow on shore push that will allow for a comfortable day at the coastline. that's about it. another spare the air alert today has been issued. east bay and the south bay will have the poor air quality and we're already 6 to 7 degrees warmer than yesterday, even in the city 5 degrees warmer. look at all the sun. cloudy here just a few moments ago. 63 in the city. 70 mountain view. 71, san jose.

we have mid-70s in livermore, 78 by the delta. if you're not under an advisory for excessive heat warning, probably on the coast or the san mateo coast, everyone else will experience excessive heat today. so 60s to 90s by noon time. 106 in livermore. relief for the week ahead. i'll tell you when and how much the temperatures will come down coming up. in berkeley today, police are preparing for the final act of what could be a violent weekend that so far has been peaceful. an anti-marxist rally is scheduled at civic center park. police are familiar with that location. that's where demonstrators clashed over president trump back in april. cornell bernard joins us live with the very latest. we know the barricades are in place, but has anyone showed up yet? >> no one has shown up yet. but the berirthplace of the fre

speech movement is preparing for possible clashes with demonstrators and couldn't demonstrators today. seeing a heavy police presence at civic center park and lots of orange barricades, banner there. bay area stands against hate and white supremacy. there is a number of scenarios that police are preparing for including possible violence. even though organizers of today's event have canceled the event. camber cummings say she will come to the rally alone and on facebook last night, she requested a police escort to and from her car because she's worried about her safety. police say they will try to accommodate her, but may have their hands full. authorities say they have a plan to keep the peace. >> we have instituted the barricades here that you see around the park for one reason, for safety reasons. some of the other things we have a larger number of officers that are present here. we have alameda county sheriffs, oakland police coming in. we have a lot of mutual aid linn

go bad. >> reporter: certainly hoping that they do not go bad. but berkeley police hoping to avoid violence like this at a rally on april 15th. dozens of demonstrators were arrested. if you're coming to the rally today, you may want to know there will be a screening here at civic center park. there will be a bag screening and a number of items have been banned, basically anything that can be used as a weapon. police officers standing here, this is one of the screening areas here at martin luther king jr. way. and center street. we also want to show you a banner that is now unfurled here at one of the city buildings, berkeley stands against hate. a lot of people expected at this park today. we will see what today brings. we're live in berkeley, cornell

bernard, abc 7 news. >> thank you. the rally in berkeley comes after police in san francisco stopped two right wing protests from happening on saturday. counterprotesters still turned out in full force. the good news, police say they were able to keep everyone safe. abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has more from san francisco. >> reporter: the fencing and barricades went up and heavily armed police were on the streets and rooftops. san francisco was ready. >> i'm very proud of how we have communicated and how we responded to the will of the people to get out and express themselves but do so peacefully. >> we're here because the racists aren't. >> reporter: earlier counterprotesters chanted in unison as word spread.spread.sp. this after canceling the chrissie field rally too. >> i'm not here to fight them. i want them to see i am a career

white woman not here to take their crap. >> reporter: at alamo square, there was one arrest and people had to push the crowd back. one person was detained after jumping a barricade, while one group disperse d, another grew. hundreds marched through the castro and eventually arrived at civic center plaza, joining a second group for the peace, love and understanding rally. >> wanted to show up, but also show up in a place that would be safe for our family. >> reporter: children played and families gathered for the shared message, which the mayor supported, while continuing to denounce the patriot prayer rally. >> if people want to have a stage in san francisco, they better have a message that contributes to people's lives rather than find ways to hurt them. >> reporter: in san francisco, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. yesterday did not turn out the way the leader of the patriot prayer group had planned.

joey gibson said he wanted to hold a press conference at alamo square after canceling the group's rally at chrissie field. that presser was moved to pacifica last minute when police shut down the park. gibson blamed the media and politicians for misrepresenting the patriot prayer movement. >> it made san francisco way more dangerous than it could have. and you have a mayor who says we're hateful and we're violent, okay, doesn't bring up any specific examples. >> gibson eventually went to chrissie field and met with dozens of supporters. he left as tensions grew between a few members of the crowd and counterprotesters. download the free abc 7 app to keep up to date on protests happening in the bay area. when a massive crowd of protesters gathered at san francisco city hall, abc 7 news let people know immediately with the push alert from the app. we had live streaming video. you can also get the latest information on air and online at abc 7 news.com. time is 9:07. developing news this morning

from what is tropical storm harvey. daylight has revealed many things that residents did not want to see. homes in pieces, trees snapped at their base and floodwaters that continue to rise. natasha barrett is in houston where some parts of the city are dealing with a tornado warning. >> reporter: southeast texas under water. in houston, a flash flood emergency, manholes overflowing, streets turned into lakes, nearly impossible to drive through. the city's mayor urging residents to stay home. >> the streets are treacherous. it makes absolutely no sense for anyone to be out on the road, unless it is an emergency. >> reporter: these people rescued from an apartment complex. >> how many we got coming? >> reporter: the storm packing a punch. >> i'm melancholy. i can't believe this is happening. and i have no apartment, my apartment was decimated. >> reporter: rockport, where harvey came ashore, a mangled ghost town, roofs ripped off

homes and buildings, boats destroyed. >> the wind was probably, i don't know, 100 plus, maybe 130, 140. a couple of times it was probably going faster than that. >> reporter: in austin, an eerie scene, the state capital under a cloud of darkness and under water. this suv no match for mother nature. shelters set up for those in need. texas governor greg abbott lending a hand. >> we will take care of our fellow texans. but we do it as a team. >> reporter: at last check, more than 300,000 people don't have power. we have received more than 24 inches of rain here in the city of houston. and we're expected to receive another two feet more of rain. from houston, natasha barrett, abc news. search and rescue crews from the bay area are headed to the hurricane disaster zone. this morning the alameda county fire department posted this picture on instagram. these firefighters are members of task force 4.

they left for texas last night. coming up in our next half hour, find out how they'll be providing support to those impacted by the storm. 9:10 our time. the piedmont city council will hold a special meeting tomorrow to consider removing the mayer from his position. mayor jeff weiler has come under fire in the past week for his alleged comments and posts on facebook. a member of the piedmont community claims weiler posted facebook statements such as black lives matter encourages cop killing. and transgenders are all mentally ill. the east bay times who reported the story could not verify those statements. council members add the city has been swamped with calling expressing outrays over weiler's alleged comments. lisa argen has been tracking the latest with tropical storm harvey as well as the bay area forecast. 59 degrees at the coast with four mile visibility. head inland and temperatures are already over 80 degrees, above a thousand feet. it is 75 in livermore.

71 fremont. and san jose. so, yes, we have heat to deal with for the next several days. and we'll talk about when we get a bit of a break next in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you. also ahead, three men face charges in connection to the violence in charlottesville. what police say the suspects did during the hate rallies. plus, politicians on both sides of the aisle are criticizing president trump, hear what they had to say about his pardon for a controversial sher

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new details this morning, police arrested two men in connection to the violence in charlottesville. police released this mug shot of one of the suspects, 18-year-old daniel borden has been charged with malicious wounding and is now being held in a cincinnati jail. a second suspect isacing a charge of discharging a firearm. authorities are looking for a third suspect who will also be charged with malicious wounding. a multiracial coalition of faith, student and community activists are getting ready to step off tomorrow on a ten day march from charlottesville to our nation's capital. the coalition includes the women's march on washington and the movement for black lives. members say the march is in response to president trump's failure to confront white supremacists, the march is expected to stop by confederate monuments along the march.

a crowd wanted to fight i did vidivisiveness and speak against hatred. in spain, a 16th person has died following the terrorist attack in barcelona. health authorities say a 51-year-old german national passed away this morning from her injuries. 14 people are now dead from the van attack. another died in a carjacking when the van driver stabbed him as he was making his getaway. and one more person died in an attack in a nearby town. more than 120 people were wounded. authorities say 24 remain hospitalized with five in critical condition. president trump faces a new wave of controversy following his pardon of former arizona sheriff joe arpaio. the controversial law man was facing jail time for aggressive tactics against immigrants. the pardon has critics on both sides of the aisle. mary bruce has the story.

>> reporter: as hurricane harvey was hitting texas, the president getting briefed. but also at the center of a political storm of his own making. first friday evening signing that directive implementing his ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military. then hours later, with little fanfare, the president pardoned joe arpaio. the 85-year-old was convicted of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge's order to stop using racial profiling to detain latinos. he hadn't even been sentenced yet. >> i have fought on the front lines to prevent illegal immigration. >> reporter: but critics accuse him of blatant discrimination. immigration advocates and human rights groups reacted swiftly. >> i'm angry. what trump did today was pardon racism, white supremacy, and okayed the terror that arpaio caused. >> reporter: in a statement, the white house praised arpaio's

admirable service to the nation. arizona republican john mccain says the president's pardon undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law. adding that arpaio has shown no remorse. on twitter, he thanked the president for seeing my conviction for what it is, a political witch-hunt. the timing of the president's move is raising eyebrows, senate democratic leader chuck schumer is accusing him of using the cover of hurricane harvey to avoid scrutiny, tweeting so sad, so weak. mary bruce, abc news, washington. this weekend, hundreds of people celebrated the opening of a unity center in sacramento. the 4,000 square foot center is located at the california museum, dedicated to state's diverse group of people, customs and culture. the museum encourages visitors to take an interactive stance on hate and intolerance. the mayor says he got involved with the idea early on in response to a wave of hate crimes in the area back in 1999.

>> we wanted a unity center where the kids that come to the capitol every year from around the state could walk across the street and have an experience that would affect their hearts and minds. >> the mayor also says the timing of the center's opening couldn't be better because of what is going on across the country. the center plans to host several discussions about civil rights. happening now, thousands of runners on the streets of san francisco for the eighth annual giant race. the first runners took off at 7:00 this morning. you can see them running down the embarcadero from at&t park. a half marathon, 10k, 5k and family rely. the race benefits the nonprofit project open hand. the leukemia and lymphoma society team in training program and the presidio. 10,000 runners are taking part in today's event. good sunday morning to you. waking up to a little bit of fog

at the coast. but it will disappear and we'll have another very sunny and warm day today. here is a look at texas, the tornado watch box here around houston, up until 1:00 this afternoon. had more rain ever than this month, over 24 inches in houston. and this is unprecedented. so these folks are really in for a rough time, over two feet of rain already. and another two feet is possible. this forecast model goes through thursday. and, you notice right here, victoria, over 13 inches. houston, continues to tick up the amount of water being pushed in. the dew points at around 80 degrees. and the storm is not moving. still circulating at about 45 miles an hour. and it is just getting abundant gulf moisture. so looks like even friday they're going to see more rain. so certainly very dangerous and catastrophic situation there. hopefully you can just reach out, if you can, to support them any way and we are looking at some sunshine here.

breaking out in santa cruz. going to be another sunny and warm day, even here with numbers climbing through the 70s. it is 63 in the city. and nice mild start here, 70 in mountain view as well as gilroy, with 61 half moon bay. from emeryville, nice and sunny, the heat is on. it has been a scorcher with right now temperatures already warming to near 70. and napa and novato, 75 in livermore. golden gate bridge, can you see it? a little wisp of fog there, towers buried earlier this morning. went from a thousand feet to maybe a hundred or so. the temperatures continue to bake inland, spare the air alert today, heat continues to next week. all the advisories continuing to today. but actually today is going to be warmer than yesterday with upper 60s to near 70 with a lot of sunshine here. fog doesn't come back into play until late tonight. upper 70s in santa cruz. let's look at that hour by hour forecast. notice along the marin county coast, just a little bit, but we have to wait until after 6:00.

and then pushes locally across the bay again. cool us off tonight. towards dawn, though. once again, we'll see that marine layer at about 600, 800 feet. warm day in the south bay, 100 in gilroy. peninsula numbers, 80s to the 90s. san francisco, 75. average highs, upper 60s here. you get into the north bay, broke a record yesterday in santa rosa, 101 today, broke a record in san rafael, 99 in the east bay. 90 in san leandro. you head inland, look at the shade of red and pink, you know it will be a hot one, 103 in pleasanton. by the delta, 106 in livermore. download our accuweather app, cooler air on the way, not tomorrow. tuesday, slightly and wednesday and thursday look to be the coolest days. we will have the low clouds and fog, not that on shore flow with gusty offshore winds, always tough time around here in

september. so trying to look at the silver lining around here, which is -- we'll get through this. >> certainly a good time to remind people to check their ac to make sure that's working at home and in their vehicles. >> yeah. certainly not as bad as what is going on in texas. >> absolutely. >> very sad. >> thank you. just ahead, a legendary boxer came out of retirement for a fight many said would never happen. mayweather against mcgregor. find out how long it took for the winner to prevail.

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welcome back. it was a fight many said would never happen. legendary boxer floyd mayweather facing off against ufc star conor mcgregor. after a lot of smack talk, last night it was time for a smackdown. kent moan joins us from las vegas with more. >> how is the notorious one still standing? >> that's it. >> reporter: biggest showdown overnight, floyd "money" mayweather making history. the boxing legend undefeated knocking out conor mcgregor getting his 50th victory. a pro boxing debut for mcgregor, aggressive from the start. but mayweather, who came out of retirement for the big fight, put on a show. >> floyd mayweather has mcgregor on the ropes, literally and figuratively. >> reporter: the powerful blows too much for mcgregor, the ref stepping in, mayweather, the reigning boxing king. >> i was the better man tonight.

>> reporter: 50 million people watching on pay-per-view. the trash talking and the spectacle brought out the a-listers. >> what is your style? >> my style is called bear. >> bear? >> the bear. >> i don't know that one. >> you got nerve. >> reporter: celebs pointing out mayweather and manacgregor's ba boy reputations a big draw for fans. >> this ain't tennis. i hate when boxers are nice to each other. >> reporter: mcgregor gracious in defeat, possibly walking away with $100 million. mayweather, $300 million. was it about the money for you? >> about a little bit of everything. the fans wanted to see it. i wanted it. conor mcgregor wanted it. >> enjoyable experience all around, to come into a different game, to challenge the best in this game. >> reporter: mcgregor is not ready to say if there is more boxinging in his future. i asked point blank is this it? he said last night was his final night as a professional boxer. still to come on abc 7

mornings, day two of protests here in the bay area. the focus is on a planned anti-marxist rally in berkeley today. how police are taking extra precautions. plus, harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but the damage it is leaving behind is devastating. we'll tell you about a crew from california helping the storm victims.

good sunday morning, everyone. i'm chris nguyen. we're starting this half hour with the weather. >> here is a look at the current numbers around the bay area. we have 80 in san ramon. 70 in hayward. mountain view, 73 in gilroy. 59 at the coast. the fog will clear there. sunny beach day, we're warmer by almost ten degrees in napa. warmer everywhere. another spare the air alert. the air quality, not so great. inland east bay and the santa

clara valley. here is the heat today. the orange is the advisory. the pink is the excessive heat warning and that includes everyone except if you're along the san mateo coast. and the marin county coast. so those places, you'll enjoy 70s and sunshine. more sun and warmer today. 60s to mid-70s, right through this morning and by the afternoon, mid-90s inland. up to 106 once again. so, boy, hope you have a cooling center, a pool and stay out of the sun, stay hydrated. and looking for a warm night tonight. the fog is back, but it is not going to share its cooling influence for much of us. i'll explain in just a few minutes. >> thank you. >> happening today in berkeley, an anti-marxist rally that could bring an end to a once peril ous weekend that has been peaceful. abc 7 reporter cornell bernard joins us live from civic center park in berkeley where that rally is scheduled. good morning to you.

>> reporter: that rally ises supposed to happen this afternoon, but already we're seeing people streaming in to civic center park. berkeley, the free speech capital of the world, really, preparing for possible clashes with demonstrators and counterdemonstrators today. we're seeing a large police presence around the periphery of the park, even on rooftops here at civic center park. lots of barricades as the organizer of today's event canceled the event on friday. amber cummings say she'll still come to the rally alone, and on facebook last night, she requested a police escort to and from her car. police say they will try to accommodate her, but may have their hands full. police say they have a plan to keep the peace including extra officers on duty and if you are coming to the park, keep in mind there are a number of items that are banned.

>> we do have access points into the park, so there will be officers that will be asking people if they do have those prohibited items, people will be allowed to get rid of them essentially if they do. if they do bring them into the park, they can be arrested. >> reporter: berkeley police hoping to avoid violence like this at a rally on april 15th. dozens of people were arrested. let's come back live here at the corner of mlk junior way and center street. this is one of the areas where bag screenings have been taking place. and as jennifer coates talked about, prohibited items. there are a number of prohibited items. basically you can't bring anything into the park, which could be used as a weapon. even a flag, a flagpole. they don't want to see anything like that. and they say you will be arrested if you are found with it inside the park or at least detained. let's have max pan over here to this banner we showed you, just

30 minutes ago, unfurled earlier this morning, berkeley stands against hate. we're seeing these signs everywhere. city printed about 20,000 of them. in fact, max, is that pole right there, we can see one of the signs on the pole. these are in storefront windows. those are on basically every phone pole, utility pole around here. berkeley stands against hate. berkeley police, of course, were criticized back in april for not doing enough to stop the violence at that rally on april 15th. we asked them about what their plan is today, they say they have been training for the last couple of weeks. and they will -- they will deal with violent scenarios if they happen today. we'll see what happens. we're live in civic center park in berkeley today, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. yesterday protesters marched through san francisco's mission district, sky 7 was over the crowd at they staged a die-in at

21st and mission. after blocking the intersection for a brief time, they continued marching through the neighborhood. a group also burned a pinata that was designed to look like president trump. abc 7 news is covering the planned rallies and protests today. keep up with the latest updates online at abc7news.com. time is 9:34. now to tropical storm harvey, where hundreds of people are stranded in floodwaters this morning. in houston, coast guard says it received more than 300 calls for search and rescue. first responders from the bay area are headed for texas to lend a helping hand. alisa harrington has the story. >> reporter: these firefighters from agencies all over the bay area are packing up. and heading out on a 30 hour drive to texas. the 70 person task force activated by fema will provide support in the disaster zone of hurricane harvey. >> i suspect we will be doing

some search and rescue operations in water inundated areas, we'll be providing mass health care. >> reporter: at a warehouse in oakland, they pack up food, medical supplies, and life saving equipment like saws and rope. task force 4 helped out in other disasters like 9/11 and hurricane katrina. one of the most important tools, canines. >> we'll take four dogs with us down there to try to help locate trapped victims, live victims in any of the destruction. >> reporter: this is the first time 11-year-old keino will be deployed. >> they're priceless. they can search an area much faster and more efficiently than any human or any scientific tool. >> reporter: firefighters could be in the hurricane zone for weeks. this is where they'll stay. they're bringing dozens of shelters, this is where rescue teams will sleep. the tents are also used as medical clinics and for office space. >> pick that one up. >> reporter: the task force includes firefighters, paramedics and engineers to check for stability of damaged

structures. alisa harrington, abc 7 news. president trump is thanking the volunteers who are helping in texas as he keeps a close watch on the developments with tropical storm harvey. the white house released these photos showing officials listening to the president on a conference call from camp david. a senior white house official said mr. trump had numerous questions about emergency response, flooding and mass power outages. trump says he wants to travel to texas as soon as possible to show support. new details this morning on what police are calling a terrorist incident outside of buckingham palace. it happened on friday, police have now arrested a second man on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. three officers were injured as they arrested a 26-year-old man who drove up to a police car, then reached for a four foot sword. no member of the royal family were inside the palace at the time of the incident. in the north bay, high temperatures expected today prompted officials to open a cooling center in santa rosa. the center will be open from

11:00 this morning until 6:00 tonight at the finley community center on west college avenue. officials say water will be available and people can bring in food ready to eat as the kitchen will not be accessible. there will also be free wi-fi, but no tv and the only animals allowed inside the building are service animals. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, the families of two missing hikers are holding out hope to find them. the reward now being offered one month after they vanished. but first, as we head to break, a live look outside from our east bay hills camera. you can see no traffic issues now on the bay bridge. people make their way in and out of san francisco. meteorologist lisa argen will have your full accuweather forecast i

the border patrol found a new illegal tunnel that was used to smuggle people from mexico into the u.s.

the tunnel was found near the a o otay mesa crossing. they encountered chinese nationals and mexican nationals. it now has been shut down. authorities believe it was a branch of another tunnel that was discovered recently by the mexican government. an amtrak train hit and killed the driver of a pickup truck in rodeo. the collision happened yesterday at the railroad crossing at san pablo avenue at california street. a sacramento bound capital corridor train hit the truck, which was stopped on the tracks. railroad police are investigating why the driver stopped. the families of two missing hikers hope a $10,000 reward helps them find them one month after the couple vanished. 20-year-old rachel wynn and 20-year-old joseph orbeso disappeared in joshua tree national park. searchers found their car near a rugged area of the park called the maze loop trail.

>> if joseph and rachel can see or hear this message, we want them to know we love them very much. if joseph and rachel are held against their will, and are trapped in any way, please we ask you to release them. >> trained dogs are also part of the search efforts. teams spent thousands of hours looking for wynn and orbeso. investigators also believe the two could be outside of that national park. lisa argen is here tracking the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> high pressure has built in. a little leaf at the coast. it is already 61 at half moon bay. in between, mid-70s in livermore. see the sun here in santa cruz? numbers climbing through the 70s. a great place to be today. we'll talk about the week ahead, how the heat is going to linger into september. but how hot. i'll have the answers coming up.

the raiders tried complete a last second play to beat the cowboys in preseason football. rick quan will have

in sports, we're closing in on the start of regular season football. the 49ers will play their third preseason game tonight on sunday night football. they're on the road to take on the vikings today. kickoff at u.s. bank stadium in minnesota at 5:00. in baseball, the giants are hoping to end their series against the diamondbacks with a

win. the a's are looking to sweep the rangers. here is rick quan with more. good morning. with christian mccaffrey now playing in the nfl, the big question was how would the stanford offense do without them. against rice, it was no problem. this game was played in sydney, australia, actually sunday afternoon. on the first play from scrimmage, love does a great mccaffrey impression. he pops into the clear and nearly goes all the way. it is a 62 yard scamper, the longest of his career. a few plays later, keller chris finds kobe parkinson in the end zone. the route was on. love finished with 180 yards rushing on 13 carries. he also scored this touchdown. it was 21-0 after one quarter. junior running back cameron scarlet had a big game early in the second. he breaks loose for a 29 yard touchdown. then late in the half, scarlet will score again, three touchdowns, as a cardinal crushes rice, 62-7.

stanford next play september 9th at usc, should be a good one. brent brennan, san jose opened their season. great start. josh love to bailey gaither. 10-0 san jose. after a blocked punt that combo strikes again. love to gaither and spartans. but from then on, all bulls. they outscored san hoe he say 42-6. quentin flowers for this long touchdown, 42-22, final. next week the spartans play host to cal poly. preseason football had the raiders in texas to take on the cowboys and derrick carr looked sharp. he finds cordarrelle patterson between two defenders. he completed 13 of 17 passes for 144 yards and two scores. this one to ammary cooper for a 48 yard touchdown. 13-10, raiders. the defense tacked on a score in the third. cowboys quarterback cooper rush

fumbles the football. lewis grabs it out of midair and returns it 65 yards. dallas came back to take the lead, but with four seconds left, raiders with a chance to win. conner cook throws into the end zone, but the pass falls incomplete. the cowboys win 24-20, oakland wraps up the preseason thursday at home against seattle. the giants are looking to next season. the diamondbacks are trying to strengthen their grip on a wild card spot. to arizona, not much offense in this contest. in the walker puching the perfect game until the fourth. parker ends that with this solo blast. and it is tied at one a piece. arizona comes back, martinez, you can tell it good-bye. that run proved to be the difference as arizona wins 2-1.

a tough loss for mad bum. he's 3-6. over at the coliseum, dennis eckersley threw out first pitch, came up short, but his former team did not. after falling behind 2-0, the a's rally behind chad pinder. he takes cole hamels deep to center. that cut the lead in half. in the third, gets to hamillamil again. hamels would lose for the second time this season. oakland takes the lead in the fourth. matt joyce with the sharp grounder, off the glove of adrian beltre and rolls to shallow center. matt chapman scores all the way from first. the a's go on to crush the rangers 8-3. shawn maniya got the victory. floyd mayweather stayed unbeaten with the tenth round technical knockout of conor mcgregor, improving to 50-0 and says this will be his last fight. we shall see. that's sports for sunday

morning. i'm rick quan. see you tonight at 5:00. now, your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> well, we're getting into our hottest time of year as we round out august. and, boy, is it hot, with temperatures well over 100 degrees. see the haze here, we have a spare the air alert where san francisco is already pretty warm out there. and the haze, but what is left of the fog, it is really going to disappear and so unless you're right at the beach, it is not going to be all that comfortable. take a look at livermore. 105 today. 105 tomorrow. and then here comes your break. low 90s. upper 80s more like it. what you should expect for this time of year. look what happens. we're just back into it again by the end of the workweek. so we're going to look for this weather to stick around, but, you know, remember, july was our hot month. so we are looking at things getting back to normal by the middle of the week. then just going to be that scorching september dry heat that we know to expect around

here. check out all the sunshine here from the golden gate bridge. and the fog with liv this is an abc news special report. tkpwrafrgood afternoon. we are bringing you breaking news the disaster in texas and now tropical storm harvey is deepening at this hour. national weather service releasing an incredible tweet saying this event is unprecedented and beyond anything experienced. houston, which is america's fourth largest city, is in crisis. heavy rain falling overnight. and now flooding large parts of the greater metropolitan area. more than 1,000 rescues already taking place.

the 911 system there overwhelmed. teams from around the country are rushing to help. three people thus far have died. let's start with victor who is right there in houston. victor, what are you seeing? what are they telling you? >> reporter: well, dan, right now we are getting hit by one of those bands. that has been the case all day long. houston under water at this moment. we watched the situation go from bad to worse. we were walking through a parking lot and within an hour being able to walk through clearly. in an hour it was up to our knees just in that parking lot. roads turned into rivers. water basically waist high. the situation has been bad here. we heard from the coast guard saying they have rescued 100 people from the air. 500 distress calls have come in. that is the situation where it has been an unprecedented amount of rainfall in a short period of time.

>> given the fact that you have this heavy rain moving through, what is that doing to the ability of rescue workers to do their job and to safety? >> reporter: got to imagine it is only making their jobs even more difficult in an already dire situation here. thousands of rescues taking place as we speak. the roads are an absolute nightmare. everyone has been warned to stay inside, stay off the roads. people have been told, and coast guard reiterated this moments ago, do not try to hide in your attic. if your house is compromised, mark the roof or get out and stay on top of the roof so crews can be able to see you and get to you from there. as you just mentioned, with one of these heavy bands raining down on us right now, it has to make the job even more difficult. >> what makes this even more complicated and dangerous, there are tornado watches and warnings that have been popping up throughout this area. going into the attic from a

flooding perspective could be dangerous because that's the first part to be destroyed when a tornado moves through. victor, before we let you go, the mayor phased questions about the fact that he told people not to evacuate after the governor recommend they do. what is the mayor saying about that right now? >> reporter: well, the mayor is basically defending his position to tell people not to evacuate. at least part of the reason he said people should not evacuated, he cited 2005 and hurricane rita and the nightmarish deadly grid lock when so many people tried to flee the city. that led to accidents, medical emergencies. and 100 people ended up dying while evacuating. more died from evacuating than from the hurricane itself. we knew this was going to be a flooding event. however, this amount of rainfall, i'm not sure if anybody could foresee something

this strong. >> up to 40 more inches in the coming days. we have been covering harvey since it made landfall friday night. rob is in rosenberg, texas near a giant sinkhole. let me ask you about the forecast at this point. what makes this storm so dangerous when compared to other hurricanes is that it is still stuck in place. that doesn't appear to be leaving the neighborhood any time soon. what is the forecast for the already waterlogged houston at this point? >> reporter: multidays of more rain, to give you the easy answer. we're stuck in between steering currents. we're always comparing this to tropical storm alice in 2001 which set all the records here in houston. it was chutely devastating. it was absolutely devastating. this storm was a category 4 when it came onshore.

so it is that much stronger, has that much more expanse and flow and rainfall to it. we expect to see another foot, maybe two more feet before it's all done on wednesday. we will have things like what's behind me, a sinkhole, happen a lot more off. we just came upon this when we were riding up here with the help of our abc 13 ktrk. they are letting us borrow their equipment to show you this. we don't want to get too close. we're hearing, and you can hear again, a sloughing off of the dirt and pavement. this is a growing sinkhole. what is usually just a small creek that comes underneath this road. it has a pipe, culvert that is about four feet wide that has broken loose. and this piece of infrastructure is done. so of greater concern beyond this, we will see more of this

in the coming days, is that this area of houston is between two large rivers. is and as they rise here, we get more rain the incomes couple of days. the creeks will then kind of succumb to the larger rivers, which will then swell. they may combine down to this area. they may be under completely under water. this water has no place to go. one of many reasons it floods so easily. and two, three, four feet on were top of that, it's a nightmare. that's what we'ren during right now. >> just to put a fine point on this, rob, you don't think that the city and the surrounding area is going to get a break from this rain any time soon? we're looking at the end of the day wednesday? >> reporter: that's right. hopefully the tkpweupblg of the day wednesday. there is a chance that we start to see some of these bands shift. we will see intermittent breaks.

generally speaking it's going to be on and off periods of heavy rain. where the circulation of harvey goes, we're not quite sure about that. but it is where these bands set up. for the past 12, 18 hours they have been set up directly over houston. they have been very, very wide. we need them in the strength and the shift. other mother nature can tell us in the next 24, 48 hours. let's quickly get over to eva who is on the road about 40 miles outside of houston. eva, what are you seeing? >> reporter: dan, well, we are seeing a lot of water. i'm trying to give you a perspective of the water we're seeing. it's not on the road where we're driving right now. but you can see the water is pushing up to the edge of the road. a lot of areas have have dried out again. but all along the journey, from

san antonio now to houston, we have seen water crossing the road. one lane down. we're being very careful. we're not crossing through any water. we have been very careful about that. but we are seeing water right up to the edge of roads and right to the edge of homes. we are seeing people who are still in a lot of those homes. so of course everyone just waiting and watching. >> eva, thank you. let's come back to the studio. kay parker in front of the weather wall. this event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced. jibe with what you're saying? >> well, the forecast is playing out exactly how we thought it would. this massive influx of water is not stopping. more than we saw in tropical storm alice, which is the storm of record. we are seeing the levels in the rivers and bayous. they are overtopping that. we don't know what to expect

because we have never seen flooding on this level. national weather service saying we have days to go with the rain bands off the gulf into the same area. it will keep dumping rain in houston. the only chaps for a break in between rain bands. that's it. >> this is a dire event. when i spoke this morning to the police chief in houston, he said it's a 500-year flood for them. thank you for joining us for this special report. abc news will stay on top of this unfolding crisis throughout the day with all the latest developments coming up later on world news tonight. and of course at any time on abcnews.com. i'm dan harris in new york. this has been this has bn

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