now from abc 7 live breaking news. and that breaking news is out of san jose. police were out in full force on capital expressway after a body was found on the side of the road. these are live pictures from sky 7. the body of the man was found around 6:30 this morning. we've learned that homicide and traffic investigators are at the scene, but police have not released details about how they think that man might have died. right now, you saw the traffic, there are delays in the area but police are reopening the roads. we'll keep following the story and bring you updates on air and online as they become available. now other top story this midday, harvey rolling ashore this morning for the third time in less than a week. this morning in houston. search and rescue crews recov

recovered a van that plunged into a bayou with a family of six inside. the sheriff's office tweeting that picture within the last hour saying they've uncovered two bodies, man and woman. crews are working on a plan to pull that van out of the bayou. thanks for joining us. the death toll climbing as harvey makes land fall again. this morning, the tropical storm is slamming louisiana and battering parts of eastern texas. at least 20 people now confirmed dead following days of epic flooding. more than13,000 people rescued so far with many more still trapped. shelters are overflowing with victims trying to sleep, even as the water rises all around them. abc news reporter has the latest in houston. >> reporter: harvey made the third and likely final land fall this morning. now forecast to dump more than 20 inches of rain in parts of louisiana before moving northeast. flash flood watching now in effect all the way to tennessee and florida.

the storm drowning neighborhoods along the gulf coast. until port arthur, flood waters rushed into a shelter, rising to people sleeping in their cots. >> you have older people, you have infants, babies, kids, walking in this water, and they have all kinds of insects, spiders, and frogs, snakes in this water. and they move this up to the bleachers. but that's not helping. the water's rising up. >> reporter: fema promising help. >> we are supporting the efforts to provide mass care, medical care. >> reporter: houston still underwater. rescues continuing around the clock. >> the helicopters had came over the house and they came and got us, and we came outside. i wasn't able to bring anything. i was -- it was enough room for me to go in the basket and for all the kids to sit. >> reporter: neighbors springing into action. >> all right buddy, go ahead. >> reporter: using everything from big rigs to boats and jet skis to answer those desperate

calls for help. more than 13,000 people saved in houston and the surrounding areas, but most are opening up their doors to their neighbors. bonding through devastation. here in houston, we've seen the community pull together, furniture stores offering sofas to sleep on, mattress stores offering beds, even a taco truck driving to hard hit neighborhoods handing out free food. maggie ruly, abc news, houston twx. in neighborhoods throughout houston, the water continues to rise today from rivers, reservoirs, and ian more rain. in addition, the threat of quick-moving tornados loom large. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live in spring, texas, north of houston, where the flooding threat is far from over, laura. >> reporter: that's right, kristen, this is spring, this is about 30 miles from downtown houston. i am inside a home. these folk were able to get in this house again this morning, see, you can still see there's plenty of water in here, about a

half of foot or so. this time yesterday, six feet over my head, inside this living room. you can see the water lying there on the wall. let's show you what it looks like outside as we speak. these folks again are suburb, subdivision, about 30 miles outside of houston of the vastness. there's still plenty of water in this neighborhood but it's an improvement from this time yesterday or what the folks is that true time yesterday. they're just getting back into the neighborhood, people already starting to clean up and assess the damage. joining me now, hickmandha c and his son gavin, 12 years old. this is actually your folk's house? >> yes. yes, we've lived here for about 46 years. i live a little bit further north and our home is okay. so my parents are with me, but we're just coming here to assess the damage and make sure we can get what little things we can grab out. >> reporter: you were telling us, you tried to put stuff up

high. chairs behind you on the wall there. >> this living room was sunk in. it was built in the '70s. everything else we put up as high as we could, two, three inches maybe, not six feet. >> reporter: just to be clear, 46 years your parents have been here, your family home, never flooded, right? >> never, never once, ever. not from the creek. it has never come up this high, ever. not this close. >> reporter: so what do you do now? you guys are resilient. you're helping, neighbors helping neighbors, off plan? >> i just thank god my parents are okay and most of the people in the neighborhood are okay. this is just stuff. this can be replaced. the plan is, we're going -- we have our church and our friends of ours and family, we will get everything we can, as many people -- we'll just get this cleaned up and rebuild. >> reporter: gavin, you brought out family photos. what are you trying to get out of here? >> we're just trying to get family photos because she really wants those.

>> reporter: thanks, gavin, thanks, chad. so this was just a snippet, you guys, of what we're seeing all over, tens of thousands of people going through this very same thing. these folks were able to get back in. some neighborhoods, the water is still rising because they're having to still release water from the reservoirs above it. this morning i was in the neighborhood where there was no water at all, that there was a mandatory evacuation, kristen, because they were concerned about a levy breaking. so the water, the rain has stopped for now, the water, unfortunately, still coming. still moving around. we will be here. live in spring, texas, laurie anthony, abc 7 news. >> thank you for sharing their story. flooding from harvey continues to impact the gulf coast and is now stretching beyond texas and louisiana. meteorologist mike nico is tracking the storm's path and which areas are likely to be impacted next, mike? >> good question, kristen, it's a huge area and it's all that yeen behind me, the mississippi river valley heading up to where the mississippi and the ohio river come together.

nearly 7.5 million people under flash flood watches in the next couple of days. here's a look at what's going on right now. you can see just to the east of the border ofex a uisia, just n charles, near quincy, louisiana, that's where the center is, but look at it's influence, all the way over towards nearly augusta, georgia, and look at what's coming up from the south. just unlimited moisture from the gulf of mexico. that's going to keep the rains going the next couple of days. even though the winds and energy are not going to be a big factor moving forward, in fact you can see it turn from a tropical storm to a depression to just nothing. a small chunk of energy by saturday, we're still looking at a ton of water that's going to fall in the mid-south, southeast, and also as you head towards the mid-atlantic. kristen, more flooding on the way. >> all right, thanks, mike. the largest oil refinery in the country is shutting down as hurricane harvey causing more catastrophic flooding. this morning, motiva announced

it started closing it's port arthur refinery in response to increasing flood conditions. they won't open until flood waters recede. gas prices across the country are expected to rise. another 10 to 20 cents over the next week. but not in california. experts say california has a unique state mandated cleaner burner gasoline that's not tied to texas, what they produce there or the rest of the u.s. joel osteen, one of america's most popular preachers is responding to criticism that his megachurch in houston was slow to help flood victims. lakewood church is now up and running, helping people seeking shelter. it is ostne congregations in the country. pastor osteen spoke to "good morning america" and he explain why is the 600,000 square foot facility didn't immediately open it's doors to evacuees. >> i don't know. i think somebody created that narrative that somehow we were high and dry, and none of that is true. this building was a safety issue and took people in from the beginning. >> you seem to be up and running

now. any lessons learned from this? >> i think there always is, but george, sometimes it's -- you know somebody's not in this situation where we have nobody in this facility. we had -- we were fearing that it would flood. the last thing would be to put people in it right in the beginning. >> the pastor says the church began taking people in as soon as the water receded. one way you can help victims of hurricane harvey is give through abc's day of giving tomorrow. abc stations nationwide will be fundraising onair and online all day long with money going to neighbors most impacted by the storm. our efforts begin here on abc 7 mornings tomorrow. we'll have a comprehensive look at the situation in texas tonight on a special edition of abc's 20/20. city underwater, catastrophe in houston airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. right before abc 7 news at 11:00. other news now, developing news, part of mcarthur boulevard is reopening after a s.w.a.t. standoff that lasted several

hours. abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington is live in oakland. police just told you what prompted the stand-off. >> reporter: yeah, there are still a few police officers on scene, but they're wrapping things up very quickly. they tell me that this happened at a residence where there was a suspected marijuana grow. they were then looking for the home invasion suspects who they believed were still hiding inside, but they did not find anybody. this break-in happened around 5:30 this morning. the suspects threatened the person who lives there. i'm told that that victim is okay. he was not hurt. officers arrived and they were able to detain one suspect, the rest ran. police thought that some of them were hiding in the building. they used s.w.a.t. teams to try and get them out. >> we do have a k-9 unit that is on scene here. and like i said, we do have our tactical operations team also here with their resources. and we'll use whichever resources we see as necessary to

want to establish contact with whoever might be in the building. >> reporter: again, police have determined that the suspects were not hiding in the home. one person is in custody. now this happened on mcarthur boulevard. it is a major thoroughfare and the road was closed during rush hour. police however, as you can see, just reopened it, so cars can pass through again. now i did ask if this was a marijuana grow, if the victim could actually be in trouble now. and police tell me that all depends on their investigation which is just beginning. reporting live in oakland, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> alyssa, thank you. new morning, first look inside a san francisco car restoration shop where a mysterious fire broke out overnight. several classic cars have been damaged. meantime neighbors are concerned about the smoke. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the scene, amy. >> reporter: hi kristen. yeah the business owners just got here about an hour ago. they are very upset. so are their customers.

few of them got here this morning before the business owners, police would not let them go inside yet so they were trying to get a glimpse of the damage. one man told us he has two classic cars in there up. one from 1949 and the other from 1952. they look like they did have a lot of damage. he was upset and he did not want at 1:23 this u or.heut morning in the bayview district, firefighters put it now the a half hour. no one was hurt. but one resident was worried about what he was breathing when he smelled the smoke and saw what was happening. >> four fire trucks, a lot of bright lights that average like burnt plasticy something smell going on. shut my windows. try to go back to sleep. >> reporter: i checked in with the fire department, a few minutes ago, firefighters have wrapped up their investigation. they did that while they were on pso that strongly suggests the cause was obvious and not suspicious. since they did it so quickly.

but they won't release the cause until they write up a formal report in a few weeks. the owners wife says they were worried something like this would happen. they had been in a dispute with the landlord for eight months. they've been running off of a generator, they think electrical issues caused this fire. they were planning to move their business to another location in two days. the owner did not want to say more or comment on camera. no one was hurt in this fire. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. a wild wake-up call in tiburon, incredible video of a vehicle that ended up in precarious and how one man describes the terrifying moment. plus berkeley eyes a change to give new moms and dads more peace of mind. how you can weigh in on the future of this. i'm eyeing the big change and it's not going to bring people a peace of mind at all. let's look from the east bay hills camera, you can see the marine layer out there, it's cooling effects going on hiatus

for the holiday weekend. look at this, by friday, just two days from now, temperatures 15 to 25 degrees above average. i'll let you know how much hotter it's

san francisco police say a woman accidentally ran a red light causing a crash that injured eight people just a few hours ago. it happened just before 9:00 this morning in the westwood park neighborhood near ocean and miramar avenues. police say the woman hit several

parked cars and parking meters along with people on the sidewalk. police say six of the injured people have been taken to the hospital, several of the victims were apparently children. none of the injuries are considered life threatening though. the woman was not arrested, ocean avenue is a busy corridor with a muni light rail crash. new at 11:00, driver in tiburon sideswiped a truck before plunging down a hill into someone's backyard. it ended upside down and dangling eight feet in the air. witness said a car hit his truck and continued down paradise drive. >> i saw the car going off the road, i parked the truck and ran down the hill and talked to the kid that was, that was inside the car. and i don't know if it was a brother -- it looked like just a lot of blond hair in the window and one arm hanging out. >> well this happened before 7:30. the chp tells us the driver suffered major injuries. both he and a passenger needed to be extra dated from the

wreckage. the city of berkeley wants to know how you feel about full pay for workers taking parental leave. east bay express reports town shall scheduled next month to hear input on a new ordnance that could bring 100% paid family leave to the city. right now, new parents get paid 55% of their salary by the state. if approved, berkeley's new ordnance would require businesses with at least 25 employees to supplement the state's payments so that workers receive full wages for up to six weeks. san francisco has a similar program in place, the town hall is set for september 30th at the south branch library. an amazing story involving two uc berkeley students. they just found out their dorm, or their moms were also best friends. up next, the reunion 16 years in the making. and a live look right now at our explore or it yum in san francisco. it's ceram pretty blue out ther. the sky that

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now your accuweather forecast. >> there's to escaping, there's no hiding, walnut creek, look pretty nice right now. your temperatures today about 90. that's about as cool as it gets. this is our last mild day and cool night ahead. big heat wave hits tomorrow and higher fire concerns come for the holiday weekend. 60s along the coast in san francisco. mid to upper 70s around the bay. low to mid-80s in the south bay. mid to upper 80s in the north bay. remember when 90s were hot, you're going to wish you had 90s come tomorrow through tuesday. getting brighter out there, 60 at the coast, 73 around the bay, you can see 60s, 70s, and mainly

80s at 4:00. comfortable 50s at the coast, 60s around the bay with and 70s inland at 8:00. cool at midnight. 57 to 64. drop down to about 54 to 63 tomorrow. our coolest morning moving forward, look at these lows saturday morning. look at orange nap means we're going to be in the 80s in our hills, 70s, fremont, south bay, some 70s around napa, 70s and 80s inland east bay. even mid-60s to 70s around the bay itself. it's going to be kind of a stuffy morning. and with that comes the possibility of poor air quality, inland east bay, santa clara valley friday, saturday, sunday, monday, it's possible because our excessive heat is going to be around starting noon tomorrow through 8:00 monday. every where, except for the coast, into san francisco. some of the hottest spots could reach 115. let's look at what's going to happen in places like san francisco. we're going to spike at 85 friday. our average is 70. we're going to be above that all the way through tuesday. over in oakland, temperatures spike possibly in the mid to

upper 90s friday. near 90s saturday, some 80s sunday, monday, and tuesday. remember those lows will be in the 60s and 70s, not much cooling there. mid-90s friday and saturday. and if you're going to be on the peninsula, mid to upper 80s elsewhere. look at friday and saturday, near that sunday, mid-90s for monday. and our hottest temperatures, at least record wise, we're going set a record possibly tomorrow, friday, saturday, sunday, maybe monday. maybe tomorrow too. for sure friday, saturday, down in the south bay, look at this, 106 friday and saturday, 101 sunday and look at near record warm. 110 to 112 have record highs in the east bay. look at that, we'll be 106 to 101 to thursday and monday. spiking at 111 at least friday, here's my accuweather seven day forecast. this will be the longest and strongest stretch of heat we've had probably in more than a decade. i don't remember any time in the last 10 or 11 years forecasting temperatures greater than 110

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