>> and cbs this morning is coming up next. have a wonderful day. >> and a happy tuesday. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday, august 29th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." rescue crews in houston find more survivors overnight in the relentless rain and historic flooding. nora is there. >> conditions are growing worse. we'll take you inside the shelter behind me overflowing with 9,000 evacuees, nearly twice the capacity. we'll also hear from coast guard rescue crews responding to the disaster and visit a 911 center overwhelmed by calls for help. president trump heads to texas today for a firsthand look at the emergency response. we'll talk to houston resident senator ted cruz about what his city needs the most. >> plus, north korea fires a

long range missile over japan's second largest island. we're in tokyo with the prime minister's angry response. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener" -- your world in 90 seconds. >> imminent flooding. across the southeast texas coast into louisiana. incredible, unprecedented, and historic amounts of rain. >> thousands rescued as harvey refuses to let up. >> the water is still rising. it rained overnight and more heavy rain is expected today. >> however, nothing is getting in the way of the search and rescue crews here. >> people holding out hope that this is going to get better, that the rain is going to pass and we're going to get through this. >> the president's been leaning into this disaster from before it ever started. >> president trump will travel to texas to survey the first stages of recovery. >> the president asked about his

pardon of sheriff joe arpaio, particularly the timing. >> in the middle of the hurricane, even though it was a friday eve, i assumed the ratings would be higher than normally. >> north korea has fired another ballistic missile, this time going over japan. >> defiant show of force trying to let the united states know they have weapons that they're ready to use. >> two people are dead in a shooting at a public library in new mexico. a suspect is in custody. >> all that -- >> day one of the u.s. open, maria sharapova playing in her first match since her doping allegation pulled the upset of the day. >> what a sensational catch! >> look at his eyes. he can't believe it. >> all that matters. >> one of the worst storms in history has brought out the best in texans. >> there's so many heroes in houston. texans helping texans, that is what we do and i don't think anybody does it better. >> on "cbs this morning." >> there was a lot of chaos and destruction in texas this weekend. but it was heart warming to see there was also a lot of this. >> we're going to save some more lives.

help some more people. >> people need help. i'm here to help. i want to do my part. >> i'm going to go try to save some lives. >> it's horrible, isn't it? >> yes, sir. >> those are the kind of people you should erect statues of, those people right there. >> this mornings's "eye opener" is presented by toyota -- let's go places. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." can we just say a moment that trevor nailed it when he talked about all the hard work people are doing. heroes who are heroes never want to be called heroes. >> they make you feel good. >> they do. they want to do the right thing. charlie is off today. norah is in houston, but we are well covered at the table. margaret brennan, maurice dubois. we wish you v we had better news for you. the flooding disaster in houston is getting worse with every drop

of rain that falls and it is pouring again this morning. rescue crews are working nonstop, pulling out stranded people and taking them to safety. >> the confirmed death toll is three but that is like i to rise. the official rainfall totals are staggering, 48 inches. that's 4 feet of rain southeast of houston. 42 inches in baytown, 36 in kinwood and nearly 33 inches in downtown houston. >> shelters are overflowing with evacuees. norah o'donnell is outside the george r. brown convention center in downtown houston where thousands crammed in and spent the night. norah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, maurice. that's right. crammed in is the right word. as you know, this is houston's main evacuation center and shelter. it is packed with people. the official capacity when they started this thing on sunday morning, they said 5,000. well, officials tell cbs news more than 9,000 people stayed here last night, many of them without beds. we went in a short time ago and

let me tell you, gayle, you and i talked about this, it's important for people to know what's going on. many of these evacuees are grateful that they are in a dry place, that there is some food. but they are also sharing a lot of frustration with the way things are going. we were here just 48 hours ago and there were only 700 people. now there's more than 9,000 people according to the red cross. as you can see, people are sleeping on the ground. there aren't enough beds for everybody. when we were here, they had 1,200 beds. they're trying to get 5,000 cots they say. that means about half of the people don't have beds. that's why they're sleeping on the floor. michelle, where did you sleep last night? >> i just -- >> reporter: you have three children? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: where did they sleep? >> on the floor. on cardboard. >> reporter: on cardboard.

did they not have beds? >> no. this is disturbing. why didn't they have enough cots? if not, open up more shelters to put cots. they didn't have enough blankets. >> reporter: not enough blankets? >> one blanket. >> reporter: for you and the three kids. >> we grabbed this little thing. >> reporter: what do people need to know about what's going on? >> this -- our city, other disaster arias, we should be treated the same way. we live here. this is our home. >> reporter: they weren't prepared? >> no. and they're still not.

>> reporter: i walked in there. i just walked through. >> did you see the babies? she have a little baby that's on the floor. don't want to see a baby on the floor. >> reporter: so think about what you just heard. and we're just in the beginning of this. i think there are key questions for lawmakers, for state officials about how you house 9,000-plus people. that's just at this shelter. there are lots of other shelters. how do you take care of thousands and thousands of people for a week at time, for how long? how do you feed them? this morning we went in, it was very orderly and patient but there were about 300 people waiting for some breakfast. there are no showers. no showers inside. and people don't have clothes, they don't have shoes but there's big tables full of used shoes and clothes and so that's

where they're getting and replenishing how they're living because they're living inside these shelters. and that comes as this rescue effort continues today. more people, emergency responders, have now helped more than 6,000 people trapped by floodwaters. president trump is in the air right now, he's on his way to texas. he says to check on the relief operation. his first stop is corpus christi near the area where hurricane harvey first made landfall. tropical storm harvey is still spinning off the gulf coast. it could make a second landfall tomorrow east of houston. mark strassmann is here with me and i know you've been following all the incredible efforts that the rescue teams are doing. >> reporter: this is a search for answers. nobody knows how many have missing, how many need to be evacuated or rescued. this storm is shaping up as one of the flood disasters in u.s. history. as soaking rains fell

mercilessly across southeast texas, rescues like this one played out across houston. emergency responders waded through floodwaters going door to door, helping anyone in need of evacuation. >> i mean, left a bunch of stuff upstairs. we're just happy to be here. >> reporter: overnight a new flood of people looking for a dry place to stay. >> this is going to be a very long event. you're going to get frustrated, you'll be tired youshg routine will be disrupted for weeks. we are striving for a new normal here. >> reporter: but the new normal for the nearly 7 million people in the houston area is never-ending sight of floodwaters. officials say parts of this city will be submerged for days. >> this is if not the largest has to be categorized as one of the largest disasters america has ever faced. >> reporter: evacuations remain priority number one, but with law enforcement stretched thin, city officials also worry about looting. >> in this city, we can rescue

and in this city we can also arst you. and what this means, no looting allowed. >> reporter: despite this massive rescue effort, some people still wait for help. on monday, jason garcia watched coast guard choppers lift people out of his flooded neighborhood. >> i can't make it over there, so anything i can do to help, much appreciated. >> reporter: garcia eventually found the evacuation spot, but he said about 70 others were also waiting to be rescued. >> a lot of kids. a lot of women. so we ain't going anytime soon. >> reporter: all 12,000 available texas national guardsmen have been activated and help is pouring in from from across the country. but the rescued need places to stay and the biggest shelter in houston is already packed full. >> this is going to be a shelter until everybody here has a place go. >> which could be some time

given the scope of this. >> reporter: could be some time. so along with search and rescue, emergency officials have to worry about law and order. houston police have arsted at least seven people, three for looting, four for allegedly hijacking cars in the flood zone at gun point. >> hard to believe. thank you so much. dickinson, texas, is now under a mandatory evacuation order. that low-lying suburb southeast of houston is home to about 20,000 people. it has been ravaged by flooding and police are telling everyone, get out. demarco morgan is watching the rescue efforts there in dickinson. he's been there for days. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, norah. if you look behind me, you can see the rain is coming down but nothing has changed when you talk about the floods. when you mentioned that mandatory evacuation, it's partly an order to keep people from trying to get pack to their homes, to get out and do so safely if possible. adam brown is one of the folks who was coming from ston and

some of the other surrounding areas trying to help with those rescues. he put his post on facebook, his personal cell number out, if you need my help, reach out and he was flooded with text messages. >> i don't know who they are. i'm not asking for anything. i'm not wanting anything from it. i'm just trying to help people and get them to safety. >> reporter: norah, parts of this area here, the water has started to recede, but not much as changed to my right under this overpass that we're standing underneath. we got up to more than a foot of rain overnight. again, that mandatory evacuation is in order until further notice. back to you. >> all right, demarco, thank you so much. president trump and the first lady left the white house this morning headed for texas. he says storm victims will get all the help they need. >> right now the single most important thing is the safety and security of those still in harm's way, including the first responders, protecting the lives of our people is my highest

priority. every asset at my command is at the disposal of local officials. >> major garrett is at the white house with the president's plans for today's visit. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump confronts the first great natural disaster of his presidency. top advisers fear in the end it could be one of the worst in all of american history. so many tasks. rescue operations, providing shelter, distributing basing commodities will test federal emergency management officials severely for days if not weeks. those basic tasks overwhelmed president george w. bush and louisiana officials after katrina with disastrous humanitarian and political consequences. the president and first lady due to alive in corpus christi in a couple hours. they will survey damage there, get a briefing from emergency management officials and the national guard. then it's quick trip to austin, texas, to tour the joint operations center and get a

briefing from texas' republican governor greg abbott. there will be no stop in houston for obvious reasons. you dent want a presidential visit siphoning resources from all the important work going on there. one federal emergency management official told us back after katrina president bush did not go to new orleans because he didn't think the city was ready for a visit. that decision turned out to have negative political consequences, always a tough presidential decision where to g and where not to g. the president says he may return to texas and louisiana on saturday depending on the aftereffects of hurricane harvey. he also said, norah, he's confident congress will provide the tens of billions of dollars once the recovery phase of this operation begins. >> all right. major, thank you so much. texas republican senator ted cruz will try to meet the president during his visit here to texas. cruz was here at the convention center yesterday visiting the thousands of people seeking shelter. earlier he joined us on the phone and i asked him what he wants the president to know and

how the situation is right here in the city. >> the city is hurt right now. we're still in an active crisis situation, and houston as you know, the rain is coming down. it rained all night. this is now the fourth day in a row of pounding rain. and if flooding is unlike anything we of ever seen before. this has been a 500-year flood. i grew up in houston. we of soon a lot of hurricanes in houston. what we haven't seen is a hurricane that just parks over the city and dumps 4 to 5 feet of rain on the city. and the flooding, there's stale lot of people who are in dangerous situations. the first responders are truly demonstrating heroism. the firefighters, the police officers, the emt and the coast guardsmen and national guardsmen, we're seeing very high water rescues, one after the other after the other, but isle tell you even more incredibly, we're just seeing neighbors rising up. you know, when this started, the

county and local officials put out a call to city rez didn'ts. the off flat bottom boat to help, please do so. >> are you concerned that there wasn't enough preparation? >> well, i'm certainly concerned that the burden of the storm is exceeding all of the projectionings, no one anticipated the flooding would have this magnitude and continue for this long. usually when you have a flood event, it occurs and you have rescues but then you're very quickly moving to the rebuilding because the water is receding. what is different is we're sitting here now and it's still raining. you know, you mentioned that the president is coming to corpus christi. i hope to come down to corpus and visit him, but it's very much up in the air if i could physically get there. but you talk too the people at the shelter, the overwhelming sentiment from everyone i spoke to, just relief that, you know, they're sad that their homes,

their possessions are damaged but overwhelmingly relieved that their lives are safe, their families are safe, and there's a real appreciation that at the end of the day there's what matters most. >> senator, you're exactly right. thank you for joining us. stay in touch with us. >> thank you. god bless. >> we've also just learned here that officials inside are actually discussing about opening up another mega shelter because there are too many people inside this shelter behind me. we of listened those trucks with additional cots so people don't have to sleep on the floor, they're having trouble getting into houston because of the floodwaters. gayle? >> norah, thanks. you really painted quite a picture, you and the mother you talked to. a shelter for 9,000 people that normally holds 5,000, that's recipe for disaster waiting to happen of a different kind. good to hear more is on the way. thank you very much. another big story. this morning president trump said all options are on the table after north korea's latest missile test. the missile flew directly over japan yesterday and smash dound

in the pacific open. ben tracy is in tokyo. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so millions of people here in japan woke up to a message on their cell phones that said missile passing, please take cover. even some of the famed bullet trains in this country came to a screeching halt when north korea launched this missile with no warning. sirens blared through the streets in northern japan early tuesday morning telling people to get inside and take cover. the japanese woke up to warnings that north korea had blaunched a ballistic missile that flew directly over the island. the missile was launched near the north korean capital possibly from a mobile launch pad near the pyongyang airport. it flew more than 1,600 miles, krots crossing over the japanese island of hokkaido before splashing down over the pacific ocean. shinzo abe called the launch an unprecedented and brave threat. south korea, another u.s. ally, responded by conducting live fire drills with f-15 fighter

jets. releasing this footage of its own missile test conducted last week. north korea's missile launch is the latest show of force from leader kim jong-un. the country successfully tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles last month, capable of reaching the united states. that led to a war of words with president trump who last week suggested his tough talk on north korea was working. >> kim jong-un, i respect the fact that i believe he is starting to respect us. i respect that fact. >> reporter: now, since kim jong-un became the leader of north korea he has launched more than 80 missile bus never a single one over japan, so this was literally a warning shot of some kind, although message is not entirely clear. margaret? >> ben tracy in tokyo, than. tens of thousands of calls have overwhelmed houston's emergency call system. ahead, we go inside the 911

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good morning. it is 7:27 a.m. we are tracking a grass fire that has shut down both directions of highway 121 and

116. also an accident going out of antioch into hercules. this is west on highway four. bailey road south, a has one lane blocked the travel time, under one hour. we are expecting delays along 121 and highway 12, because of the grass fire. back over to you. good morning. taking a look at the live weather camera. it is pretty foggy outside. delays at sfo. one hour, 17 minutes. temperatures, 5-6 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. 54, santa rosa. livermore, overcast now and cooler. topping off at 93 degrees today, down from 108 yesterday. it was 108 in fairfield, down to 92. 60s and 70s bay side. 60s at the coast. same wednesday. excessive heat warning goes back into effect for the outlying areas on thursday.

welcome back to "cbs this morning" from houston. a new and dangerous flooding situation is is unfolding right now. emergency officials have been watching local reservoirs very closely. the army corps of engineers say two of them are so full that now houses upstream are being flooded. so they are warning about uncontrolled releases of water. david is near one of them. the barker reservoir west of downtown houston, good morning. >> good morning, i'm watching this man come out of the water doing something officials are warning people not to do. go into the water and try to cross it. as he crossed the water was nearly up to his chest.

they are saying the water rise will be slow. that's the reservoir in the distance. you see the side of the dam there. the reason they are there's flooding here is buffalo bayou that is come up so much. it's to the north. the concern now is that even though they let some of the water out of these reservoirs yesterday, there's so much now that the dam will release water without the control of the army corps of engineers. it's going to happen. uncontrolled release of water. so people north of the area are being told if you think it's a good time to get out, 23 you're worried about your safety, do so now because the water is coming. we were following a group of civilians who went into a neighborhood and got a call from a lady who had water in her home. she left everything behind including the ashes of her husband to save her own life on her birthday.

>> calls for help are echoing across houston. civilian samaritans were directed to this home in houston's fleetwood neighborhood. we were with them when they found laura. she was nearly up to her knees in flood water. >> do you regret not leaving sooner? >> yes. i should have. >> reporter: suzy and her husband dale were awake all night. they were piling up furniture as the water poured into their home. >> we didn't know how high it would get so it was concern of get what you can. >> reporter: people are using jet skis, canoes, even inner tubes, mattresses to bring those stranded to drier ground. john able is traveling from louisiana. he wants to assist with the rescue effort. >> it's going to be bad. we've already talked about that and prayed over it. >> report arrived with high water vehicles and boats to evacuate people inside. strangers lined up their cars and trucks on a nearby highway ready to take anyone to safety. >> we don't have anything.

you know, we lost everything in our apartment. just really unfortunate. >> reporter: these evacuees are at the mercy of a situation that is beyond their control. >> i can't tell you anything. what i can tell you is that i can get you to a place where you're going to have dry clothes, food, and a place to sleep for tonight. if you want to come with me, we can get you there and then we can worry about where you're trying to get to tomorrow. >> the rescuers we were with yesterday are back out this morning. i just spoke to the gentleman who was heading up the boat. he's headed to the same area where homes are currently flooding now and they are flooding because the water is being released uncontrol bli. the city or army corps of engineers can do nothing to stop it. we're told the uncontrolled

releases could happen for the next couple months. >> oh my gosh, david, that's incredible reporting. very scary about the uncontrolled releases and a good warning for people it may be time to leave the homes. >> the enormous scale of the crisis is clear by the size of the rescue operations. the coast guard deployed 500 service members to texas. more teams are on the way. those crews have saved more than 2,000 people. we got a rare look inside the houston area command post and saw true teamwork in action. >> reporter: before the coast guard rescue teams can get to work outside, they get their marching orders from inside this command post headquarters. >> i'm going to get more details on her later. >> this center is an operations hub for not just the coast guard but for local law enforcement and the national guard as well. >> we have transitioned to a call center which is back in our conference room. >> you've had so many calls you've had to set up a separate call center. >> yes, ma'am, that's correct. anything from senior citizens

with kids trapped in attics with only two feet of water left before the water clears the house. >> the task seems overwhelming. >> it can be at times. >> reporter: overwhelming too for rescue pilots working in the rain. this is air station houston where they are working around the clock to keep the helicopters running. >> what's the biggest challenge for you as a pilot? >> i think the biggest challenge would be the weather right now. you know, we have to fly a really low to the ground. a lot of us aren't familiar with the area. we don't know where there's power lines. >> how risky is it? >> it's very risky. >> captain oditt is the incident commander in charge of running this entire operation. >> it's very dangerous. >> reporter: but the risks and the rescues continue. >> how would you describe the situation out there? >> i would say there's a lot of people in trouble.

>> rescue swimmer and his team helped save a family of three on sunday. but they had to get them to the only safe place to land, this highway. >> we had to cut through a chain link fence to get out to the highway and in about 30 minutes we were able to get her loaded on to the helicopter. >> this is a crisis that literally hits home. >> we have coast guard members that have been impacted by the storm as well. some of them have been flooded out of their homes. and my home as well. my street, i have three feet of water in front of my house, so we're concerned not only about the public but also about our coast guard members. we want to make sure they're safe as well. >> now, the coast guard says it has deployed a total of 20 helicopters from all over the u.s. more than 200 crew and support staff. they're also nine shallow water rescue teams working with eight more who are on the way. so as these rains continue and as harvey is expected to come back and deliver some more rain, these efforts continue to save lives.

now back to the studio in new york. >> a sign of bravery right there. our chief weather casters is tracking the storm and it continues to rain, lonnie. >> for the first time, i can show you some of the pieces of mother nature's lifeboat. here's the deal. watch right here. just to the west of the panhandle of texas, you see the flare up of cloud cover. this is a little trough starting to get its act together. it's going to give this a little nudge and get it moving. it won't be alk to move the whole storm. it can't go to the north and that's where we need to to go because look at this clear air. that's an enormous cork in the atmosphere. it's keeping the storm suppressed where it is. but we see signs the high pressure is starting to weaken and get out of here. once it's gone with the nudge from the trough, it will get pushed up to the north. that's the key. it gets picked up by the jet and finally out of here. if you look at the latest from

the national hurricane center it shows you the track of the storm. that little nudge to the east and the pathways opened up. the jet will tear it up as well as move it off to the east and northeast at a good picture there. but again, by wednesday, it's still in the general vicinity. i don't think you're going to see peeks of sun until thursday. but until then you pick up u more rain. the numbers right now are staggering. the biggest figure anywhere is 48 inches on the ground in one area outside of houston and the potential where you see the red color. houston back right around here could be 12 inches on top of that. it's conceivable. five feet is possible. it could get there. we're at 48 right now. >> mother nature hit it out of the park this time. thank you very much. here's a look at some of the other headlines for you. the albuquerque journal has details of a mass shooting

inside a new mexico public library. cell phone video shows a clovis police officer leading the suspect away yesterday after he allegedly shot six people. who people were killed, four others were hurt here. the suspect surrendered. the washington post reports that in january of 2016 michael cohen, a business adviser in the trump organization asked an aide for some help in building a trump tower in moscow. cbs news has confirmed that russian american businessman felix sadder boasted to colin that the real estate deal would boost president trump's campaign. he discussed the deal with president trump on three occasions and contacted spokesmen to try and revive the deal after it was abandoned. we've also confirmed that he received no response back. and the seattle times reports on amazon's price cutting. it recently acquired whole foods. the lower prices which had been

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normally the city gets 8 to 9,000 911 calls a day. many people who need help have complained about their calls going unanswered. we went inside the emergency center to see what officials are doing. she's in westfield, texas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these flood waters are keeping that emergency 911 center incredibly busy. officials there say when people call 911 and they don't wait to listen and hear for someone, it actually creates a backlog. they say and that could mean even longer amounts of time for the police and rescue crews to get to people in need. when harvey moved in and started dropping historic amounts of rain in and around houston, many people who rode out the storm dialed 911 as flood waters rose. >> on a regular basis we get approximately 8,000 or 9,000 calls. >> reporter: but this morning alone you had 75,000? >> that is correct. we have a great staff.

>> reporter: the administration manager at the emergency center. for people who are stranded on their roofs are you getting police immediately or how does that work right now? >> we prepare that information for dispatch purposes and of course, we can't speak for the police and fire response because they're tied up with so many emergencies as well. >> reporter: he says the 911 problem is complicated when people hang up and try calling back. >> reporter: should they be doing that? >> no, we're advising people to stay on the line. the worst thing they can do is hang up. what ends up happening is they're back at the end of the line. >> reporter: more than 200 people have been working 12 hour shifts since saturday. normally just 25 people are answering these phones. >> stay on the line, okay? >> reporter: for catherine, the work has become personal. what's keeping you motivated? you lost your car, your home.

>> i love this job. i've been doing this job for about four and a half years so they need help, my coworkers have been working long hours, i needed to get here and help them. >> reporter: aside from dealing with the stress of trying to get people who need to be rescued, these call takers are actually giving an increasing number of calls about women in labor. so they are literally talking people through home deliveries. >> thank you, jericka, everybody working overtime doing what they need to do. joel osteen is being accused of closing the doors of his houston megachurch to the flood victims. we'll take you there to see what really happened. plus an update on the senior citizens photographed in waist deep water after harvey hit. we all remember this picture but first it is 7:47. time to check your local weather.

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good morning. it is 7:56 a.m. in san jose, city council members will discuss the controversial proposal to build tiny homes for the homeless. the structures are 70 square feet and described as temporary housing. of the 99 potential sites, only a few are still available. police are looking for the hit and run driver accused of killing the uc berkeley chief lawyer. 59-year-old christopher patty pulled his bicycle over on the right shoulder of highway 116 saturday. soon after, a bmw lost control and hit him. stick around for traffic and weather in a moment.

good morning. it is 7:57 a.m. tracking delays over at the bay bridge toll plaza. and slow day. we have quite a backup that extends well into the foot of the maze. looking at a 47 minute ride along the east shore freeway from highway four to the maze. another 28 minutes across the upper deck into san francisco. allow yourself some extra time this morning. let's check in on the forecast. >> good morning everybody. we have overcast skies on the coast into the bay and even locally spreading inland this morning. delays at sfo. one hour 17 minutes on some arriving flights. and cooling down livermore to 69 degrees. yesterday, 108, tying a record from 1915. temperatures right now, in the 50s and 60s. we have the wind that has been picking up to about 12 in san francisco.

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♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday, august 29th, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead, the latest from flood-ravaged houston. norah takes us inside a shelter to see how evacuees are doing. and senator bernie sanders is inside studio 67 six hours to the day after flooding devastated his state of vermont. first here is today's eye opener at 8:00. >> the disaster in houston is getting worse and it is pouring again this morning. >> nobody knows how many people are missing, how many people are being evacuated and how many people still need to be rescued.

>> only 2700 people a few hours ago. now there's more than 9,000 people. >> the rain is coming down. nothing has changed since you talked about the floods that mandatory evacuation is in order. >> i don't think you'll start to see parts of sun until thursday. >> great natural disaster of his presidenty and could be the worst in all of american history. >> we will get through this. we will come out stronger and, believe me, we will be bigger, better, stronger than ever before. >> donations for harvey are pouring in around this country. >> j.j. watt has raised more than $1 million in an online fund-raising campaign that he started. >> unbelievable display of what can happen when people come together. that's something special about this country. that's what this country is about, helping each other when we're down, lifing each other up when we're down.

>> lifting each other up when we're down. that's very true i'm gayle king. charlie is off. norah, as you know, is standing by in houston. she will join us in a sec. it is raining hard again there. that could make a devastating situation even worse. three deaths at least have been blamed on the storm. first responders and volunteers have rescued more than 6,000 people so far. >> look at the pictures of the streets in america's fourth largest city. they've become unrecognizable. packed with boats making rescues and just north of houston in spring texas, all five southbound lanes were flooded. >> tropical storm harvey did all of this damage. expected to make a second land fall tomorrow, hitting east texas and louisiana. norah o'donnell is outside the convention center in houston, which is overflowing with evacuees. norah, good morning. >> that's right. good morning to you. we have learned this morning

that some of the reservoirs holding back the water are now starting to overflow. county officials are encouraging people living nearby to leave, meaning evacuation centers could have even more issues. this morning, we went inside the main convention center. it is taking care of more than 9,000 evacuees. that is nearly twice as many as it's supposed to. and there are not enough cots and blankets for everybody. many people sleeping on the ground. we spoke to one mother who is here with her three children and they did not have beds to sleep on last night. >> what do people need to know about what's going on? >> this is -- our city is better than this. we can take in people from other disaster areas, we should be treated the same way. we live here.

>> they weren't prepared? >> no. and they didn't. what do we do? >> and we have learned in addition this morning that officials inside are discussing opening up another mega shelter because there's just too many people now in the shelter behind me. we've also heard that trucks with additional cots are having trouble getting into houston because of those floodwaters. president trump is flying to texas right now to check on relief efforts. in a joint news conference with finland's president yesterday he promised help to those offering recovery. >> standing willing, ready and able to support that effort. >> joining me from corpus christi airport where president trump will arrive shortly,

jamie, yuccas, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah. while the president has declare aid state of emergency for parts of texas, this is the first time he will see some of harvey's damage. in coastal communities across central texas, the recovery has just started. heavy damage when harvey made landfall. the strong storm changed the landsca landscape. this woman's mobile home is now resting on its side. >> i knew something was going to happen. >> reporter: just across the bridge, ransacked, no water to drink or food in this city. on mustang island, some folks lost everything. >> there's a water line right here. you can see it's about 4 1/2 foot up the wall. >> reporter: president trump promised texas they would receive federal funding for rebuilding efforts. texas governor, greg abbott, says the work will be a year's

long process. >> that's something you can't just snap your fingers and make happen. we're all going to be in this together. it's going to take a long time doing it. >> governor abbott activated all 12,000 members of the texas national guard. these members of the texas guard handed out water and other supplies monday in rockport. a small town of just 10,000 people, which took a direct hit. the debris is seemingly endless. volunteers drove in yesterday to lend their support and offer a helping hand. >> had it been 30 miles west, it would have been us. friends, families, neighbors. >> the president and first lady will spend an hour in corpus christi before heading to austin to view their operations. norah? >> jamie, thank you. let's go back to margaret now in new york. >> norah, thank you. congress returns to work next week. there is already talk about a

multibillion dollar disaster relief bill and questions about how it will be funded. cbs news contributor ed o'keefe is a reporter for "the washington post" and joins us now from washington. congress had a long to-do list and short time to get it done. is the funding bill going to happen? >> it has to happen and will add to a really long to-do list. parts of the response under way were factored into what congress has to do. for example, the national flood insurance program, which will get tapped pretty mightily here in the coming weeks has to be reauthorized and reorganized by the end of september. they're going to have to come up with billions of dollar force the disaster relief fund. there's only about $2 billion available in it right now. several billion more likely to be needed. i was speaking with texas lawmakers yesterday who said they started doing the math. they're going to have to wait, obviously, until the storm passes and the damage is assessed. they anticipate it will go into the multibillions of dollars. >> both republican senators voted no when it came time for a

relief bill for superstorm sandy. how do you think that will play out this time? i've heard ted cruz say, listen, this is not the time for political sniping. >> right. and it wasn't back then either but he certainly did. already a lot of lawmakers from the northeast who suffered after superstorm sandy and had to wait more than 60 days for congress to pony up the money have said, look, we acknowledge and are aware of the hypocrisy that may play out here from republican lawmakers especially from the south who voted against our aid package and now are going to need it. we're not going to hold that against them. we're going to support it but they're certainly going to get called out for it in the coming day. >> and last time -- ed, sorry, they offset the costs of funding for sandy. will they do that this time as well? >> the irony is that there's not much more that the federal government can cut at this point. agencies that will have roles to play in the coming weeks here are down to their bare bones.

it may now be a situation where fiscal conservatives that usually raise these concerns will have to hold their nose and vote for this and let the government slip into a little more debt. >> ed, do you think that because of this long laundry list, this, in some ways, ties the hands of the president in the next few days? he was supposed to be rolling out tax reform and expectation that he was going to unveil his policy on how to deal with dreamers, those people who came here as children illegally, and what their status is now? >> i think a lot of it has to get pushed back by sheer reality. they're going to need the days. they're going to need the time and focus to be on this massive emergency relief bill. tax reform, look, they've been talking about it for years. they still don't have a plan. what's a few more weeks of them planning to do something later in the fall or next year? i think what will be most interesting, margaret, is whether he continues to insist on money for the border wall if he wants and whether that still threatens the potential shutdown at the end of september. i don't know that americans will be tolerable -- will tolerate

that, frankly, if so much of texas, louisiana and other areas of the country need this relief from harvey. >> and he's heading there today to see for himself. >> yeah. >> interesting to see how it plays out. ed o'keefe, thank you. critics are slamming pastor joel olsteen for his mega church's response to the flooding. olsteen leads lakewood church, the single largest parish in the country, its home used to be an nba arena. people on social media accuse olsteen of closing the church's doors to flood victims. he denies that, though. omar villafranca joins us. >> reporter: the post on sunday said lakewood was inaccessible due to the severe flooding and included information on area shelters. many on twitter began to question whether lakewood was actually inaccessible and why the pastor wasn't offering the church as a shelter.

one person even tweeted joel osteen has a networth of $56 million and lives in a $10 million home. opening your church to people in need shouldn't be a problem. this morning, lakewood church sent us these photos, showing flooding in or nearby the church. in a statement to cbs news, osteen said we have never closed our doors and the church will continue to be a distribution center for those in need. and he added that they are prepared to shelter people once the other shelters do reach capacity. now the capacity here at the church is 17,000 people. that's three times the capacity of the convention center where norah is at downtown. to give you perspective, you mentioned it, houston rockets used to play here. michael jackson had a concert here. this place can hold people. it is a very, very large facility. they did also mention the church starting at noon today will start taking donations of diapers and formula for people in need.

gayle? >> people have questions for mr. osteen today. thank you so much, omar. 12 years ago today that hurricane katrina made landfall. how thousands fled from louisiana to houston back in

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adriana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the convention center is prepared to welcome 5,000 evacuees from houston and for some they're going through this ordeal for the second time in a second city. >> pretty much the same thing. >> reporter: he said it's like deja vu. he was living in new orleans during hurricane katrina, an experience that taught him life changing lessons. >> survival and just staying patient and just waiting and just kind of ride it out. that's all you can do with these hurricanes is sit tight and ride it out. >> reporter: the images of the past few days have drawn comparisons to the 2005 disaster that left much of new orleans submerged. the similarities weren't lost on new orleans mayor. >> as the anniversary of katrina i think all of us remember all too well where we were at that time and all of those images are

frighteningly familiar to all of us. >> 12 years ago more than a million people abandoned their homes, many boarding buses to houston and taking shelter inside the astrodome. houston welcomed as many as a quarter of a million evacuees and the city estimates 40 thousand never moved back. >> how much more uneasy could you feel in the city of new orleans other than saying there but for the grace of god go i in houston. >> you think something like that will only happen once. >> but it's happening again for rachel allen who lost her house to katrina. >> we made houston home. >> she's riding out the storm with her husband and one year son. this time her house is safe even as the floods swallows another city around her. >> it's devastating to watch on the news and even though everything you see is just terrible, you find yourself not being able to pull away from the tv. just a very similar experience

this time around as well. >> reporter: so far losses from hurricane katrina far surpass those from harvey. 1,800 people lost their lives in hurricane katrina which was the costliest natural disaster in u.s. history but for those who lost everything in houston it will be a long road to recovery. >> thank you. >> in the words of that great philosopher chris rock you say that ain't right. but you go through it again and you think that would only happen once in my lifetime. >> truly unbelievable. >> i think so too. >> a lot of stories still developing. we'll continue to track what's happening there. people aren't the only ones being saved in southeast texas. ahead, we will take you inside the effort to rescue pets trapped by the flood waters and how good samaritans are helping out. i love this story. you're watching "cbs this morning." lergies, it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere.

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that is coldplay showing some love for houston last night during a concert in miami. the band wrote that song to pay tribute to the flooded city. singer chris martin said they will never play it again. coldplay was forced to postpone a concert last friday ahead of the storm. >> all right. we like it. six years ago tropical storm

state lawmakers are looking for ways to respond to what they cite as a rise in white supremacy. this morning they'll good morning. it is 8:25 a.m. i'm kenny choi. lawmakers are looking for ways to respond to whites a premise he. they will be looking at a bill that could expand hate crime laws. the effort comes in the wake of recent violent protests at berkeley. firefighters from the bay area are helping with recovery efforts in texas. a 14 person water rescue team known as the california task force three is expected to arrive in houston later today. traffic and weather in just a moment.

good morning. a traffic alert to tell you about along southbound 880 at highway 92. we have an accident with three lanes boxed -- three lanes a blocked. right now, a 55 minute ride going southbound, from 238 over to 237. expected delays in both directions. we have slowdowns across the san mateo bridge. 36 minutes is how long it is taking drivers to get from 880 over to 101 and the bay bridge toll plaza is jampacked looking like a parking lot. 45 minutes from highway four to the maze. 31 minutes into san francisco. that was a check of your traffic . now let's check the forecast. good morning everybody. overcast skies at the bay and

all the way inland this morning. right now, let's go outside. a bit of a breeze out there looking at the thick overcast. when are 17 minute delay at sfo. this is valley christian elementary school. looking in the direction of danville. we cannot see mount diablo this morning. livermore, 61 after topping off yesterday at 108. that was a record-tying event. and overcast in santa rosa. clouds in san jose and 63. wind up to 10 at sfo and 11 in the concord area. 23-mile an hour wind in fairfield. later today, westerly at 10-20 miles an hour. numbers are cooler then they have been for several days. 60 at the beach. 60s and 70s across the bay. nearly 80 around the peninsula.

you're down to 93 in livermore. a bit of a break wednesday. notice the extreme heat thursday through labor day.

♪ and the world's gonna know your name -- ♪ >> it was a dramatic return to ♪ it was a dramatic return to tennis for five-time grand slam champion maria share poe have a. she fell to her knees after winning last night at the u.s. open. it was her first grand slam match in 19 months. sharapova had been suspended for testing positive for a banned us is substance. she beat the number two seed. i was there last night. it was amazing. i know she could feel the crowd. i stayed for the first two and it was getting late.

i had to go home. the french u.s. open refused to let her play but the president of the u.s. georgia said we're going to give her a chance. it worked out well. >> she was very emotional. the first round was like a final. it was like a real treat for the tennis fans there last night. welcome back to "cbs this morning." nice to have you back here. charlie is off. time for the headlines. the "washington post" reports on president trump's new executive order reviving a controversial program to provide police with surplus military gear. it includes equipment such as high-calib high-caliber weapons and grenade launchers. the obama administration limited the program two years ago. the hill reports on president trump confusing two blond finish journalists at a news conference yesterday alongside finland's president. >> would you want to take one

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customers get a text message that their pizza has arrived. they then type a four-digit code into a touch screen on the car. a window rolls down, and they can grab the pizza from a warming oven in the car. i don't know how i feel about that. >> a little startling. >> yeah. >> all right. the "new york times" reports on how horses got their hooves. it suggests that horses feet evolved to support their growing body masses. millions of years ago horses were smaller with several toes on each foot. as they grew larger one large toe made it easier to move fast. people magazine reports actor and comedian kevin hart is challenging other celebrities to donate to flood victims in texas. he took to instagram and called out his famous friends to ask them to donate $25,000 to the houston relief effort. the celebrities including chris

brown, dwayne "the rock" johnson, and beyoncè, a houston native. brown answered his call to action saying he donated $100,000. >> wow. >> kevin hart said 25,000. i don't like being called out that way. six years ago, tropical storm irene caused cats flooding in vermont. irene dumped up to 11 inches of rain on parts of the state. it cut off communities for days. the storm caused more than $730 million in damage. and it was vice presidentermont devastating natural disaster since 1927. and bernie sanders fought for emergency relief in the aftermath of the storm. this morning the former presidential candidate is out with a new book "bernie sanders guide to political revolution." dedicated to the young adult reader in your house. we welcome you back to the table at studio 57.

we start with irene, before we get to the book. are you having a sense of deja vu when you see what is happening in texas and how hard you had to fight for funds. >> we went through it in 2011. i don't think people appreciate unless they're talking to the folks what it means to lose a home you lived in your whole life. that was there the day before. how are you going to rebuild it? where do you go? >> how much resistance did you get, senator? >> we have to fight for delegation and worked hard for federal funding. gayle, it seems to me, this particular moment of american history, if there's any silver lining in the terrible suffering that is going on in houston, it's to remember that we all are one country. i'm sure in houston, whether you're black, white, or latino, or thattive american, or asian-american. people are coming together to help each other all over the country. standing up with the people in texas. we are one nation. and we have got to stop the type of divisions that trump and

others are trying to divide us up. we're one people and stand with the people of texas today. >> will the funding they need, will it get there right away? the senators from texas weren't forthcoming. >> voted against hurricane sandy. we have to end that stuff. the people -- i'm sure i speak for the people of vermont saying we're going to be standing with the people of texas. whenever people are in trouble as one nation, we stand together. >> not is not the time it for tat. >> no. >> you are a "yes" vote. >> it has to be a good bill. this is tough stuff. how do you document exactly the kind of loss of roads and bridges and infrastructure? clearly i'm sympathetic. >> senator cruz said there was a lot of ports in the sandy funding. was that true? >> no. >> no, period. >> it's hard. put yourself in the place of a common. you're preparing the documentation to the damage

done. general speaking i think it was sincere and honest. when you're talking about bridges and roads and homes and people suffering, we've got to stand with them. >> what are the lessons they can learn what we went through to make sure that the people of texas get exactly what they need in an efficient manner? >> it has to be efficiently and rapidly. a lot of that responsibility is with the people, the officials in houston, and the state of texas. right now, right now the immediate task is to make sure that we save lives. that we protect people. >> president trump is heading there today. is it a good idea? >> i don't know. clearly i think -- >> there's one school of thought they're still in the middle of it. >> i think generally speaking the task right now for the officials do whatever they can to protect the people of houston. >> is it too soon for a presidential visit? >> too soon for the president to be there? probably it is.

but the focus right now has to be on doing everything we can to address the terrible, terrible main is taking place. >> i want to ask you about this book. >> yep. >> that you've written here. political revolution. the guide to it. a lot of things we heard you say on the campaign trail and the need to rebuild infrastructure. your concern about some trade policies. the need to lower the cost of prescription drugs. these are all things that actually president trump calls for, as well. why do you think that independents like yourself or democrats are finding it difficult to work with the president? he constantly complains that the democracies are obstructing these things. >> because he during the campaign he said one set of things and the policies he's implementing now are different. during the course of the campaign he said i'm going to stand with the working people and take on the pharmaceutical industry. and lower the cost of high prescription drugs. that's not what he's doing. he said i'm going to drain the swamp and get rid of the special

interests. he brought more billionaires into his administration than any president in the history of this country. he said i'm going guarantee health care to everybody. he supported legislation. having said that and getting back to houston. i think we want to take a look at infrastructure. we want to take a look at climate change and what it may mean to the future of this country. bottom line is, as a nation we have to stand together. we cannot allow the divisions that are taking place every day lead by the president. whether you're black, white, or latino. we are one nation. let's work together. >> we're seeing it play out in houston. when you're getting rescued. you don't care what color the person is. >> absolutely. >> i love the tone of the book. it's geared toward young adults. not children. nay said young adults. you say the young adults this generation is the smartest, legi least prejudice, and most

idealistic. >> that's what we've seen over the country. the book is saying we have a real crisis in american democracy. it means we have the lowest voter turn out of almost any major country on earth. it means we're seeing as a result of this disastrous citizens united supreme court decision, billionaires able to buy elections and spend hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars supporting candidates who represent the wealthy and powerful. what is the antedote? to bring people into the political process. run for school board, city council, legislature. >> why are you optimistic about this generation? what age group are you talking about? >> 16 on up. i have seen these people. >> they voted for you. 18 and older group. >> many of them did. this is a generation that is beyond, in many respects, racism, sexism, homophobia, zen phobia. i have seen these young people stand together. talk about climate change and need to transform our energy system. to take on the that controls our

country. it's a beautiful generation of young people. what we want to do is see them get involved in the political process. this book provides the tools to do that. >> it sounds like everything you said on the campaign trail. are you running again? >> well, it's a little bit early to talk about that. let's talk to some of the issues impacting the american people. >> we'll take that as a yes. >> we'll stay in touch. senator, thank you very much. >> thank you. countless pets are on their own as relentless rains hammer southeast texas. we'll take you to a san antonio do

tropical storm harvey has tropical storm harvey has forced thousands of people from their homes along the countless pets. many are abandoned, lost, or homeless. major storms can be especially cruel to animals. we are in san antonio, texas at a shelter housing pets with nowhere to go. maria, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm about 200 miles west of houston in san antonio's animal care services shelter. they're working with the humane society of the united states to clear out this area. they want to make room for evacuees coming out of hurricane

harvey. right now we know this shelter, all of these cats will soon be on a plane headed to oregon. >> we can only take this dog, charlie, because the waters were too high. >> when autumn henley evacuated. she had to leave three of her dogs behind and hope for the best. >> luckily a family that lived in the neighborhood had a boat and they went back and rescued the other three dogs from the upstairs bathroom. >> she and her dogs are staying at the convention center in houston, which has been accepting pets since sunday night. volunteers are working to give pet owners what they need. >> very basic things. warm blankets, foods, crates. we have a veterinarian here. >> across hurricane-ravaged texas, owners, neighbors, and good samaritans are doing what they can to rescue four-legged friends. it's not just pet owners. ranchers had to drive their cattle to higher ground.

>> we're looking at a dire situation. not just for people but pets. >> reporter: lisa is with the city of san antonio animal care services. later today they're crating up sheltered dogs and cats and sending them to cities across the country to make room for pets separated from their owners during hurricane harvey. the cat ace lived in san diego on monday. with punishing rains falling, going home is not yet an option for many. whether on two legs or four. >> people love their animals. it's just heartbreaking. and people taking good care of their animals do the best they can. >> during hurricane katrina we saw a lot of people refusing to evacuate without their pets. right now it's happening in houston. that's why a project like this is so important. the animal care services out of san antonio have taken in roughly about 200 evacuated pets. most are dogs. there's about 50 cats. and one gerbil named radiofufus

>> unless you have a pet, i don't know if you get it. there's a real bond with the pet. it is both ways. >> yeah. they are a four-legged people in people clothes. >> yeah -- >> in dog clothes. they're like a member of the family. no question about it. i can't imagine the difficult decisions. >> yeah. no doubt. all right. well, an unforgettable image captured in a heroic rescue. the surprising conversation. ahead we track down the first responders seen carrying children to safety. the story behind the picture. you're watching "cbs this morning." fety."

and i'm an arborist with i'pg&e in the sierras. the drought in california has killed trees on a massive scale. any of those trees that fail into power lines could cause a wildfire or a power outage. public safety is the main goal of our program. that's why we're out removing these hundreds of thousands of hazard trees. having tools and technology gives us a huge edge to identify hazard trees. my hope is that the work we're performing allows that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. together, we're building a better california. many photos have shown the bravery and compassion in houston. we wanted to find out the real

story behind one of those images. deputy r. johnson has been with the harris county sheriff's office for six years. he was an iraq war veteran and a father of four. when johnson and his colleagues came upon this house on sunday, a woman emerged and waved johnson over asking for help. he picked up two of her kids. >> as we were walking out the door, in order to keep the kids focused on something other than the seriousness around us, i made a couple of jokes in reference to swimming and things of that nature and we were laughing about the water being cold. i was telling them we have some little tubes we can just ride down the road, took them to a local gas station, they said thank you, of course. it's my job, it's not something that i need to be thanked for. >> oh, but you do, mr. johnson. thank you. he said this was just the second rescue of the day. since then there have been too many to count. it's uniting us in a way that we

haven't seen in a long time. that does it for us but see you tomorrow on "cbs this

five people arrested during sunday's demonstrations in berkeley are scheduled for arraignment this morning... police released these mugshots of 11 of the 13 people taken into custody. state lawmakers good morning. it is 8:55 a.m. i'm kenny choi. five people arrested after menstruation's in berkeley are scheduled for arraignment. police released mugshots of 11 of the 13 people taken into custody. state lawmakers are trying to fix a housing crisis. they reach in an agreement on a $4 billion bond that could possibly go on next year's ballot. the money will for -- will fund housing of elements and subsidize home loans for veterans. and in palo alto, eileen could be put under a ban. requiring drivers to kill the engine if they are sitting out of the pathway of traffic for more than two minutes. stick around. weather and traffic in just a moment.

good morning. it is 8:57 a.m. tracking a slow down for drivers along 880. this is making your way through oakland this morning. northbound traffic, 40 minutes between 238 and the maze. heading southbound, residual delays from earlier. all lands clear now. we can expect slowdowns all the way to 237. in the red, was found across the san mateo bridge from 880 over to 101, 35 minutes.

and 101, stop and go near bayshore boulevard. one lane blocked. 11 minute ride to 0-point parkway. slow going to the lower deck of the bay bridge all due to an earlier problem. 16 minutes from 101, to the maze and the bay bridge toll plaza. a great start to the day along the coast and the bay. we do have the marine layer pushing inland. at least a good 40-45 miles at this hour. here is a look from valley christian elementary school from dublin. we cannot see mount diablo. 65, livermore. 64, san jose. a mild start to your day. on the breezy side. wind out of the west at 10 in san francisco. 23, fairfield. later today, westerly wind at 10-20. 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and out of the triple digits. fame on wednesday. extreme heat hits the bay area

thursday through labor day.

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