making news in america this morning, dramatic rescues overnight in texas. crews pulling thousands of people to safety using everything from dump trucks to front end loaders. as the situation gets more desperate, some have resorted to breaking into a school for food and shelter and several more inches of rain are expected this morning. harvey now setting its sights on new orleans on the 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina. the sandbagging starting overnight and the race to fix broken pumps around that city. also breaking right now, an emergency meeting called after north korea launches a missile over japan sparking panic on the ground. we're live in washington with the latest.

a good morning to all. we begin with some new imagessss of the flood devastating southeast texas with families trapped in their homes and thousands packing into shelters. >> the rain still falling at this hour in and around houston as well as southeast texas with another 10 inches possible overnight. harvey has drifted out to sea but is expected to head back inland. >> and there is a flash flood emergency. the city of beaumont, texas, is getting hammered this morning. the rain is coming down at 2 inches per hour. >> and rescuers worked through the night. the death toll has climbed to at least six while thousands of people are under new evacuation orders. >> and today president trump heads to texas after promising billions of dollars in relief. abc's maggie rulli joins us from the flood zone in houston. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. this is a weather disaster affecting thousands of square miles and millions of people and unfortunately only more rain is now on the way. overnight, the national guard

live streams their dangerous night ops mission desperate to keep up with the thousands in need of rescuing from rapidly rising floodwaters in houston. life and death moments caught on camera. families fighting to stay above water floating on air mattresses, piling into canoes and rescue baskets, children wading through the waist deep waters. all 12,000 members of the texas national guard are activated. but it's not enough. so neighbors like captain sam are stepping in saving this family with his own boat. >> this is very unfortunate because we don't have anything, you know. we lost everything in our apartment. it's just really unfortunate. >> reporter: now warnings that what we're seeing is only going to get worse. >> there is a reality that we have to come to grips with, and that is we are just beginning the process of responding to the storm. >> reporter: the epa is going to

start testing the floodwater here for contamination worried about exactly how much sewage, germs and chemicals are mixed into the waters. diane and kendis. >> yeah, so many people get sick because of the water, the dangerous water, maggie, thank you. and new video overnight shows hundreds of people getting dropped off at a houston walmart after being rescued. they were hugging rescuers. even huddling to pray. one woman describes their desperate efforts to find food. >> somebody broke into the middle school, c.e. king middle school, and there was food in every single classroom, and so we were able to eat, and we were able to, you know, just stay calm for a couple of hours until we heard boats, and so we got out of there and we prayed again. we prayed. >> well, those folks were eventually bused to the houston convention center. >> and the center is now

sheltering 8,800 people, almost 4,000 more than its estimated capacity. >> still the mayor says no one will be turned away. abc's victor oquendo is there. good morning, victor. >> reporter: kendis and diane, the evacuees keep coming in by the bus load at the houston convention center. we've watched these people come in cold, tired and hungry. we spoke to one woman who walked in right after a helicopter rescue shivering cold and holding a 3-month-old baby. they walked in with enough supplies just to last them a few days. those are the types of stories that we're seeing here at the convention center. take a look behind me. that is the registration desk. that is where all of these people who have left their homes are now checking in with the red cross, getting all their information in and then that room directly to the left right behind the registration desk, that's where they're getting their dry clothes, food and water all very welcome after going through perhaps a day and a half of just nonstop rain and flooding that they've been dealing with. the good news here, the

donations continue to pour in. that is excellent for the red cross, however, they've made it clear there is a need for more nurses, social workers as well as volunteers. that's what they're asking for here at the george r. brown convention center in houston, texas, which has transformed into what they're calling a megashelter here. kendis, diane. >> victor, thanks and harvey is now moving toward new orleans and other parts of louisiana. >> residents have been filling sandbags. the mayor is warning people not to go out due to concerns about the city's drainage system. a federal disaster declaration has been issued for five louisiana parishes. abc's steve osunsami is there. >> reporter: what's left of harvey is heading this way towards louisiana on what is the 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina and hearts here are certainly beating a little faster. it is raining right now and by the time this is all said and done, parts of this state could see up to 10 inches of rain. one thing that has people here upset the most is happening in

the city of new orleans. the city of new orleans has 14 of its pumps, pumps that they use to keep the city dry that are not working. repairs on those pumps is happening right now. schools are closed, so are government offices. families in this region say they are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. >> this on the 12th anniversary of katrina. in the meantime, harvey is expected to make landfall for a third time tomorrow morning. >> accuweather's paul williams has new details on the storm's track. paul, good morning. >> good morning, diane, kendis. harvey, tracking harvey through saturday we're looking for harvey to stay right along the louisiana and texas border by thursday morning, then by friday going over into arkansas then eventually over towards the memphis area and it's a slow mover, so it's going to dump more rain. we have catastrophe flooding around houston already. it's going to lean into the boothill of louisiana and reach over towards new orleans with prolonged flooding along the entire i-10 corridor.

now, we're looking at locally 40 inches of rain at the very least but look over towards new orleans. 8 to 16 possibly in portions of louisiana and at the very least 2 to 4 inches in a short period of time. not only are we concerned about that storm, but potentially irma causing concerns for gusty winds, rough surf and isolated flood potential along the east coast. diane, kendis. >> paul, thanks. we'll continue monitoring all those storm zones but coming up we also have some other breaking stories for you. >> including what's being called the most serious missile launch yet by north korea. the missile fired over japan sparking panic on the ground. the global response this morning. and gunfire erupts inside a library in new mexico sending children running for cover. two people are dead. we have the latest on that investigation.

quick update on our top story this morning. tropical storm harvey is dumping as many as 15 inches of additional rain on southeast texas. new evacuations have now been ordered. thousands of people are arriving by truck, bus and boat packing into shelters and the flood threat is now stretching into new orleans. let's move on to the other breaking story we're following overnight. nato's secretary-general calling for north korea to abandon its missile program after the north fired a missile over japanese airspace. >> the japanese government quickly responded warning its citizens to take cover. here's abc's arlette saenz. [ sirens ] >> reporter: japan on high alert, sirens blaring in the streets warning residents to take cover as north korea lobbed a ballistic missile over the northern part of the country. early this morning, the ballistic missile was launched near pyongyang, flew east over japan and landed in the ocean about 700 miles off the northern

island of hokkaido. japan's prime minister shinzo abe called the launch an unprecedented serious and grave threat. the pentagon is still assessing the launch but determined it posed no threat to north america. it's the latest provocation by north korea following weeks of escalating tension over its nuclear program. the regime is believed to have a missile capable of reaching at least the west coast and could go as far new york and washington, d.c. north korea's dictator, kim jong-un, has celebrated recent missile launches and was considering a strike to create an enveloping fire around the u.s. territory of guam. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. >> reporter: president trump has promised fire and fury like the world has never seen if north korea continues its threats. on sunday secretary of state rex tillerson said recent missile tests by north korea signal they're not ready to back down. >> clearly they're still messaging us as well that they

are not prepared to completely back away from their position. >> reporter: japan is calling for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council in the wake of this latest provocation. the white house has yet to comment on this missile launch. kendis and diane. >> we'll be standing by to hear from the white house on that. arlette saenz live in washington, thanks, arlette. president trump's personal lawyer has acknowledged that the trump organization considered a real estate deal in russia during the campaign. in a statement to the house intelligence committee michael cohen said a proposal to build a trump tower in moscow emerged in the fall of 2015. he said president trump knew of the potential deal and signed a letter of intent. cohen also acknowledged having direct contact with the kremlin about the proposal. he tells abc news it was simply one of many opportunities that the trump organization considered and ultimately rejected. the quiet of a public library in new mexico was disrupted by gunfire and chaos after a man opened fire. two workers, both women, were

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thought and you can see this woman goes in to rescue one of those drivers. we later see in the video she actually goes back to rescue the second driver, both drivers rescued by the same bystander and we continue to see these videos pouring in from texas of bystanders helping one another. >> absolutely and the police chief in houston actually says he's worried about how many bodies will be found in the floodwaters. >> those who survived and made it to shelters don't know what they'll find when they go home. many don't have flood insurance either and they don't even know if they'll have a house to return to. >> ted oberg of ktrk spoke with some of them. >> jamie, tell me, what was it like? were you on the big truck. >> i was stuck in there. i couldn't even move. >> couldn't move. >> what was the ride like to get out of here? >> to just like stay there and like hold on. >> i just got here from the boat. >> oh, okay so the boat picked you up in the dark. >> yeah. >> how far back does it go because i don't think people understand. >> a couple miles. >> a couple miles.

of just water. >> yeah. >> it was like 50 people. they told us that we're coming to a sheller. we're -- >> how long have you been waiting? >> like four hours. >> four hours is a long time. >> yes. >> how you got here and how are your little one is doing. >> he's doing fine. we got here by the big trucks. >> your first name. >> brittany. >> brittany and his name? >> cyrus. >> how are you doing, buddy? he doesn't like this. >> i'm sure you were scared to. i remember having infants, they don't travel lightly. >> no, i just grabbed his milk, baby food, bottles and a few change of clothes. and he drinks special milk so hopefully -- oh, and some diapers. >> and some diapers. >> that trip there, we had ten infants on there. so and there's no light,

complete darkness. >> it's not a dainty truck. i'm sure it's pretty loud. even if a family is yelling would you hear them? >> no. don't walk in the roads. do not walk -- >> don't walk in the road. >> because the truck comes down. no way to see them. >> the wakes from the boats, the wakes from the trucks there's no way for us to see anything. >> yeah, wow. so stay out of the road. >> stay out of the road. don't get in front of the road. >> stand on the corner of your neighborhood and we'll stop and pick you up safely. >> a little bit of advice in houston. there is a mother involved in a different sort of rescue. aishia nelson was stranded on the neighbor's roof with her son and about 30 other people as the water rose around them. >> they were stranded for hours and during that time nelson posted some videos on instagram making a desperate plea for help. >> it's not going good for us. across the street the building is caving in and there's water everywhere. we have nowhere to go.

i lost everything. i have nothing but the clothes on my back. they got a whole family out there in the water and people is drowning. i seen three dead bodies. help us. >> now, our colleagues at "good morning america" saw her video and reached out to her. nelson then appeared on "gma" pleaing for help and volunteers in boats showed up to bring her and others to safety. >> and i get on social media and, you know, i connect with a lot of people that i grew up and my family and stuff. but those people that helped me out i can't thank them enough. i thank you. social media helped to save my life. >> that indeed rescued after eight hours. nelson by the way moved to houston 12 years ago from louisiana after hurricane katrina. she's been through quite a bit. >> so many people in that situation. well, the storm is also forcing the relocation of upcoming sporting events.

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good morning, east bay. get up and get going. >> good morning, good to see your smiling face, hopefully you're smiling on this tuesday, august 29th. alexis is off today. >> even if you aren't smiling we're glad you're up. ffs 4:27 in the morning, you deserve credit for that. mike. >> hi. >> hot, not as hotted if. >> not as hot. still going to be hot in some areas, you the 100s we've wiped them off for the next kauchl days. you can see the cloud cover, deeper penetration as it starts to move into the east bay valleys. that means the marine layer's taller and that means the cooling sea sbreez is going to reach more neighborhoods. heading out right now we're in the mid 50s to mid-60s. when we come back in about three minutes i'll have your morning planner. sioux. we did have some delays on the bay bridge earlier they were

filming either a tv commercial or movie. most of the overnight hours. they are cleared out now, we do see some backup here for the cash-paying folks in the left hand cash lanes. otherwise no delays on the bay bridge. there is some slow traffic up and over the waldo grade because of very, very thick fog this morning. we'll update that and somebody road work in just a few minutes. >> thank you, sioux. developing news out of texas, president trump is going to visit corpus christi and oench parts of texas today to witness the destruction harvey left behind. >>er will not be going to houston the governor of texas says that's by design as to not interfere with emergency response. 25 inches of rain pounded houston in 36 forecasters predict it will double that amount by thursday. the national weather service has issued a flood warning for new orleans as harvey pass throughs that area. the storm blamed for at least

seven deaths. they say there have been several thousand rescues so far. >> and here at the live desk i want to show thank you video just coming in showing dozens of people on dump trucks in houston. they were using those dump trucks to get to safety from flood waters. a reporter from our houston sister station ktrk talked twouchbt youngest evacuees. we just got our hands on the interview. take a listen. >> what was it like when you left? >> flood zpld what do you mean flooded. >> like up to my neck flooded. >> serious? how scary was that? >> i started crying. >> those trucks able to hold more than a dozen people and they're belongings. those folks on those dump trucks taken to a walgreens parking lot and then they were also bussed to a shelter where they are now. natasha. >> hard to hear from that little boy. and the happening now two teens from the bay area are in texas to help with the search

and rescue efforts. 14 members of task force 3 are set to arrive in san antonio in about an-mile-per-hour and a half. they come from different fire departments in california. members of task force 4 based in oakland are set to deplooi employ in katie, texas, at 5:00 this morning. they have enough supplies to stay there for a few weeks. abc 7 news was at fof fet field where they packed up supplies and flew out yesterday afternoon. the whun 29th rescue wing has helped out after previous hurricanes including rita, ike, and gus taf. >> the eastiest way to help is to donate money to the red cross. >> text har stroy 999 $10. you can call 1-800-helpful-now. and i should mention