same time is still hitting texas where things will even get worse. the rain keeps coming. harvey continues to pour over houston and the gulf coast another day of historic rainfall putting much of the city under water. >> we rode out last year and it was okay. this was more than we can imagine. >> reporter: thousands have been forced from their home. >> i walked out and i was just like screaming. >> reporter: and the worst of the flooding isn't over yet. >> bottom line is that it is going to continue on. we need the whole community not only the federal government forces, but this is a whole community effort. >> reporter: citizens are getting involved in the rescue. they are helping the national guard and coast guard to save people trapped in the flood waters. this rescue played out on live tv. >> we can see somebody on the back end of that car. >> reporter: and thousands of people are just feeling grateful to be alive.

>> we prayed a lot. we just praise god and we were rescued. we were very thankful. >> reporter: right now people in houston are still expecting up to nearly a foot more of rain which means more flooding is going to happen. i know you have the latest look at where harvey is currently in the track. >> this is one worst case scenario after another. normally hurricanes once they move inland they keep moving or else they just stall and die out. this is doing neither. it is actually coming back out over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico and that will mean it ñ i]+ but i think theñ@benter is just coming offshore now. houston is up ñihere. ñi the problem is we have bands of heavy rain continuing to come

in. you can seet( it coming3w in f the gulf of mexicoñi bringing tremendous amounts of moisture going anywhere. you need theñiñr storms to star moving. ñr now, what's going to happen here, by tomorrow morning still offshore. that means some of the bands will stay strong becauset( the center of it is over water. east of houston. q this is by wednesday. that's two more days of houston getting ñrpounded. f houston that will cut off the gulf of mexico moisture for houston itself. so they're going to be seeing improv'vt( conditions by wednesday. it's headed up

towards memphis. fá and they still havexdñi it as a tropical depression even by the time it gets to memphis. and then some of that lpleftove moisture may be coming up in our direction. we'll talkxd about how that cou effect our labor day weekendñr coming up. womane1 who grew up in houston. she moved to philadelphia two f her mom is still in houston. she is safe and sending her daughter images showing the devastatk$s in the neighborhood where she grew up. of the neighborhood that as içó kid it never flooded. çó i u!ei to walk down there as a kid. you just thinke1 it's so different. >> she is planning a trip back to texas in october. for many people in our area harvey is a reminder of devastation from superstorm sandy. >> afterq surviving sandy some

new jersey natives madet( the me to texas where they are reliving the nightmare ofxd a hurricane. ted greenberg has that part of the story. >> reporter:xd houston under war storm unrelenting. >> it's jfñiunbiluju((sq that t rain is still coming down. r that's what is just it amazes me that it hasn't stopped. ye1 misery. >> it's reallyñii] bad and devastating. >> reporter: they moved to houston from new jersey justq>co months after a 60 foot oakçóqe1 toppled on to their house durini hurricane sandy. >>xdq ixd can't believe now we dealing with something like this. ells fortunate that so far her street has been spared from flooding but she knows that could change as harvey continues to bear down on texas. >> you don't know what is

coming. weñi have been getting constant tornadov6vq warnings, flash flo warnings, emergency alerts. i'm trying vov keep calm becaus my >u%ui son picks up on if we're nervousñi or afraid. >> reporter: stress for survivors of a superstorma5 no part of a community under sieme by a different natural disaster. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. ñi >> harvey's rain still raging, fire hit this office building in downtown houston. firefighters were able to make firefighters were able tuick wo one person was hurt here. the building is near the city's convention centerfá housing som 2,mqañ evacuees and itñr is not traffic cameras in houston are capturingçó some of the most the driver of that suv was3w trappede1 inside asi]+ flood w threatened to swallow the car. you see firefighters in a raft arriving just in time. ñi the driver was able to climbñi t

and make his way on to the raft before heading to dry land. our coverageñr of harvey's wrat is just getting started. ìáhp &hc% thousands are working to try to find shelter.  look at how local waterlp rescue crews@qwq(are. + important informationw3 before i donate to help. more on the red flags to look out for so you don't become a victim of a scam. >> hosting hurricane relief drive coming up this thursday will be able to call, text and log on to our website to donate money to helplp the people lp im0 nbñ 10 will provideñr ñiupdates tv, online and our social s)esrñ closer to home we areok tracking the tropics. and their impact on our area the atlantic expectedñtjto bri heavy rain tomorrow. >> itñiñi is creating rough sur

the jersey shore. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist tammie souza is tracking the timing and how much rain to expect. >> nothing like what they are experiencing with harvey. will probably be named by theh hours later on tonight. if it is named it will be irma a(not sure if this willlp be mu more than a tropical st if it ii namedxdúoi a subtropical storm. that is not something we will be watching for for anything to be changed with that. let's go ahead and taket( a loo what's going on. click ahead for mew3ñr and chece track whatxd will go ahead with this systes: it will move off the coast. it will be moving towards everybody in south carolina and north carolina. as we move up the coast click

ahead you can see that the system ist( going to be coming you can see heavy rain, effects of wind and high surf. this will not have the big storm surge. you see that it will probably effect parts of southern delaware and the jersey shore. r we'll see rain here. this is what we canjf expect fr what may become xdirma. then look what happens if we look inland we may see the remnants of what is harvey starting to approach our area by the end of the week. cast and see what is going to go on timewise. windse1 coming in off of the ocean. so it will be a cooler air mass tomorrow. you can see thatko?3 sometime tomorrow in the evening and wednesday morning is when we see heaviest rain in southern heavhore. ain in southern that is why we have a first jersey shore for tomorrow. e1fá that's going to be for heavy rain, high wind and high surf.

back to you. >> don't getko caught in the r. make sure you have the nbc 10 app on your smarta5 phone. it is that important tool tojf have especially as children head back to school. we'll send youñi severe weather alerts. continues with safety concerns and outrage in a southi] jersey neighborhood. >> vandalsi] went on a tire slashing spree literally cutting half vehicles from its force. where police are hoping to get soon. >> investigators are trying to find whoever did this with a lot fewer resources available. for thisqq guy. work continues to get these back on thet( streets. the neighboring town because this is where all the work is år'g done to get the c' back in service. here is one of the police cruisers in ñrquestion. you can see this is one of the tires that was okeffected,

slashed. sm thing over here. allu four tires on this car we damaged. hereg about. w3 this guy came through ripping through this. police are still looking for _!ñqremains on the run tonight. >> it's been anñi all out spri$ for mechanics working on police cruisers. they are trying to get them back  immediately. >> that is terrible. i mean it. ok >> reporter: this woman came to check out theñr damage for çóhef infá disbeliefxd someone targetp they are here to protect us and save us from any harm. ñi i just don't understand it. >> repz$:er: neighbor tondv us ç looking for the vandale1 who targeted 13 vehicleq] outside te stationñr on kennedylp boulevar that included 9 of the 17 cruisers and a fireçó marshall suv. he was in and they said if i seen themçó call

them. ijf walked aroundxd ther>ñ neigd and didn't see anything. ñr >> you were on alert. window. >> investigators believe this guy caught on surveillance is behind the damageq still on the run this afternoon. they say he was alsoñr spotted shortly after at a nearby wawa ofçóxdt( towing away cars. >> i think it is sickening and a protecting the town. uá)q) unhappy with the police or not. >> reporter: 52 tires were slashed. one of thosejffáñi belonged to marshall's unit. >> it's scaryxd and it's áe#ti p stoopfá to that çólevel. i>fá çóunfathomable to me. i don't get it. >> reporterzñ( there is some go news right now.

i know police wereqlp waiting fa shipment of 38e1 tiresxd to com. that came in about 30 minutes ago. hore11e all of these policelp crusers will be back in service by sometime tomorrow qçóafternoc two form. aides to governor chris christie is appealing convictions in the so-called bridge gate scandal. they claim they did nothing criminal. both were found guilty of plotting tolpw3t( create a colo traffic jam by closing lanes in 2013. prosecutors say it was in retaliation for a new jersey mayor who refusedfá to endorse governorw3xd christie's reelect bid. governor christie was never charged. american civil libertiesn d union filed a lawsuit challenging president trump's ban on transgender individuals joining the military. the suit says the president's policy violates equal protection

rights. president trump directed the pentagon friday to implement the ban which he first announced in a tweet last month. a south jersey mother is facing charges after her daughter was found dead in the back seat of a car. police say the car was in the drive way at her home with the qgine and heater running. police say joseph wasçó high on drugs. the medical examiner's office i3 trying to figure out the cause of death. pets in pennsylvania have new protections against abuse. the state'sht?w@ new animal cr laws went into effect today. signed the law÷d asçó early as summer. changes itfkudet( regulations o f1 oges itfkudet( regulations o horses and increasedc penalties fo&u anim abusenbk(t&háhp &hc% the new laws force those abuse to give upb. animals. thousands of kids are háhe first day back to

school. ñr >> it was ançó extra special dai asked all dads to accompany kids to class this morning part of the million father march. thatnb march is a national initiative encouraging men to show commitment to their children's education. chester upland is preparing teachers and staff for the upcoming school year. çó today was the beginningxd of th three day. speakersñi offered inspiri6gb insights and axd faculty choir performed. ;q sessions to lay out the framework for the rest of the year. first day back to school one localqmóñij uát(rq) won't soon . shexd teaches at intermediate f1 od teaches at intermediate farmers insurance surprised her with a $2,500 grant. she entered a nationalçó contes and helped explain whati] she would do with the money. sho"1mzezñi buying new technology for her classroom. i] with rain still falling in texas this çóafternoon, here is what we know

have responded to more than 55,000 calls in the city since harvey startedt( pounding the aa this weekend. m!r(t&háhp &hc houston police say four people have been arrested for looting in the city. melania trump will join the president to texas tomorrow. añ]fá few minutes ago the presi praised first responders for their work. >> i lookt( very much forward t it. things are beingjfñrñi handled well. the spirit is incredible of the people. the coordinat[olçó betweenfá al the different services as you know has been goingqçó very wel great respect for theñi governo he has done an incredible job. iok look forward to the trip. i will be going there tomorrow. >> and nbc's jay gray is live in houston, texas. >> we see it is still rakejt where you are. it is one thing to see the pictures on television. you areçó seeing this in person give us some perspective o.ñá wt you are seeing there on the

ground. >> reporter:fá it's unbelievabl to be honest. t( have never seenfá before, situation like this. the rae+ just will notçó stop. so many neighborhoods like the one we are in rightc now are completely flooded out. look, more than 400 people have been pulled from this neighborhood. qlp you can see the cars stranded off in thet( distance there. we have seen boats, jet çóskis, big huge military flat beds moving in to try to helpw3 peop as best they can and a lot of volunteerq a lot of people pulling together t!t+h(p' realizing that this is going to be a long effort. all the rain we have seen here, more than 20 inches in some areas, we can doublee1 that befe the rainok finally does stop. >> jay, as you mentioned we know the danger is far from over. there is more rain expected. it is still coming down right

there inp, that neighborhood we you are. talk to us about thexd emotiona toll this is taking on peoplee1 with no relief yet in sight. >> reporter: jim, i think you make a great point. it's something that is wearing on the community. ez trying to get what 1$(p' and get to higher ground and worrying about when the water may come intoe1 your home. wearing on people mentally. it is someujing where it just won't stop. they are wondering what they will do and how they will function once things do slow down. that is something that just sqlears you out especially if y have been moved away from your home, you don't knowok what is going on. you are in one of thew3 dozens shelterst(ok with no real conta back in youré@ neighborhood ba where things were so bad when you left them. so it'stúd tough situation for so it'sthink, again, it will be quite some time. >> so hard tot( see that rain continuing to come down. jay gray live ini] qhouston, th you for that.

>> another live picture froma5 houston where as you heard jay gray said more than 20 inches haver)uy fallen andñi that that rain continuing to pour. glenn "hurricane" schwartzñiágx joining us now. you said wednesday youw3 knew ts was going to be bad and nowe1 w are just seeing it continuing. >> we were saying it would be a national story. iint denecessarily expect it to be 50q inches of rain. the computer models were suggesting up to 50q-inches of rain. and you try to compare those to hr(t&háhp &hc but katrina+ just moved throug and the next day able to put helicopters in andçó help rescu people. of this moisture still around. i am really amazed at how well they are actually doing withxd rescues with this weather condition just so bad. the center of it is back out over the water but as you canñi

jay gray inxd oneñi of these ba that justñi doesn't seem to mov and with everything coming in from the gulf,sq,ico that doesn't allow water to go back down andt( go back out into the gulf. so righte1 now 40 miles per hou minimal tropical storm. i don't expect it to xdlpregene into a hurricane but it is coming back out over the water and will at least stay as a tropical storm. the north unqq and east side are the strong ones so here we are tomorrow morning andñi we may crushed with rain in houston. by wednesdayçó it's to the eastf houston. so the strong side to the north and to the east. so conditions may be improving at least a little bit by wednesday. by thursdayxd it's long way awa and we would be seeinglp considerable improvement. not much movement in the next 2f

hours. there is tomorrow witht( all th possibleq tracks. still south ofjn1 houston. wednesday it's still pretty close buék at least it is tracking a little bit to thew3 east. as you can see there is a lot of agreement with the computer models about what is going to modeome bout what is going to moisture in our direction and the timing puts at least part of it over our holiday weekend. now, we also have a more immediate issue off the east ñr coast. this is tropical storm developing nearñi charleston, south carolina. right now it is called number w3 10. it's not totallyxdt( tropical b has plentyf%áj(t&enty of wind. it will track offshore but close enough to effect us with rain. it may develop into close to hurricane strength offshore but this is not onek of those thin that is going to come straight up ttq coast.

it will be bringing some rain up the coast. that's why we have issued a first alert for thet( effects o this. w3 especially into the afternoon and evening?; for high winds. we have dangerous surf comingq into the areañré@ tomorrow. decent day today although we have a lot of t(clouds. we are in the 70s. at the shore is where things will be nasty. northeast wind already that is notxd necessarily a place to go tomorrow but improving weather later in the week. >> so preparing for e1disaster. >>nv'uh)escue crews are serve during a majora5e1 flood threat. >> still aheadçó nbc 10 is on t banks of the delaware river as teams prepare for the worst. jf celebrities challenge. kevin hart steps up to donate to

harvey victims. t( who he he is calling out to do the same. a special tribute to a great. and here is a look at the closing bell on wall street. + the dow was down about 5.5çó points. nasdaq and s&p were up today. iko have called emergencien louisiana at the request of governor edwards. the federal governmentxd stands ready willing and able to support that effort.

right now the3w single most important thing is the safety and securityñr ofg harms wa]rincluding the firstxc responders who have been so terrific and brave, protecting theko lives of our people is m highest priority. the disposal of local lpofficia. in america's character, á ö,. seerneighbor helping neighbor, friend helping friend and stranger helping stranger. you see that all over. you watch on television. see such incredible work and love and teamwork. xd we are one americanñi family. we hurt together. me we endure together. çó we are one family. to the people ofó[ texas and louisiana we are 100% with you.

we are praying forxd you. we are working closely with your leaders and officials and i will be visiting the impact zone páçó you are receiving fullt( support and cooperation from the federal government. on saturday we think we are going back to texas and also we will be going to louisiana. nothing can defeat the unbreakable spirit of people of texas and louisiana. right now every american heart sends its love and support to those whoseq lives have been upended, totally upended by this very horrible storm. we ask god for his wisdom and strength. we will get through this. we will get through this. uev will comee1lp out strong]$ believe me we will be bigger, better, stronger than ever before. the rebuildingq will begin and n the end it will be something

very special. everybo in the effected area because it has been absolutely incredible to watch the spirit, the cooperation and the love. i would also like to sharefá a who have recently suffered a terrorist e1attack. we stand in solidarity with you against the terrorist threat. deny terrorists, cut off their c finances. >> you are listening to president trump, a liveok addre there assessing the harvey impact. he says he will visit tomorrow and then announced possibly returning to texase1 and louisia on saturday. we are one american family, he said, and we arexd 100% with yo to the peopleq of texas and louisiana. our news continues after this.

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a live picture from texas where the rain continues to fall and disaster of historic

proportion unfolds. this is near houston. hurricane harvey came ashore here friday. some 50 inches could fall on texas before it is all over. the catastrophic storm uprooted thousands of families. look at how high that water is on that home. in some cases families are separated. you are looking at a reporter doing his live report from the boat in the water looking at all that devastation. the pictures continue to shock. you can see how high that water is rising and how the families are put out of their homes. >> it's not good. it feels good to help people but helpless. it's a helpless feeling. i left my apartment knowing that my mother was going to be behind me. she is still -- >> that man is among 2,600 people taken shelter. the red cross said the convention center is right now at about half capacity. the storm is pounding louisiana

with heavy rains. >> the national weather service says flooding in texas isn't expected to peak until wednesday or thursday. power outages are also a problem. about 300,000 people are in the dark. fema today said it expects about 450,000 people to file for disaster aid. local water rescue crews certainly hope they won't ever have to deal with the amount of flooding that houston is enduring. >> they prepare for the worst right here in our rivers and creeks. tim furlong was on the banks of the delaware river for their training. >> all that area trains normally to the gulf coast. >> they know what they are facing. delaware city and other towns near the delaware river have swift water rescue teams and boats on stand by. everyone hopes we never see this kind of prolonged flood event. >> most of the time when we get flooding conditions the water recedes and goes out and you can

start your cleanup process. in this situation there are huge challenges. the water is sitting there and in places that it has never been before. >> located a victim, figure out we can make this rescue. >> reporter: on the river in wilmington firefighters are improving their water rescue skills. >> we are prepared. >> reporter: the teams learn how to fire lines across water and get into dry suits and how to handle the current no matter how quickly they move. we have seen firefighters making rescues. crews are using the same skills these firefighters are practicing. the problem down south is the quantity of rescues. it's just an endless maze of flooded streets and people who need rescuing. >> it's such a large scope of an incident that the accountability and logistics of making sure you are hitting each area and each house. >> reporter: these guys training to do this kind of exhausting

work certainly empathizing with their brothers and sisters down on the gulf coast. >> be safe and you are in our prayers. >> reporter: tim furlong, nbc 10 news. rain from harvey is unlike anything our area has witnessed. >> putting the storm into some kind of perspective. team coverage continues with meteorologist krystal klei. >> some areas reported nearly 40 inches of rain already. many locations have picked up around two feet around houston area. check out this graphic that i have made. i overlayed rain totals from harvey over our area. the storm stretches about 500 miles from south to north. the heaviest swath of rain is about 400 miles wide. you can see that covers our entire area. you might see horrific flooding we experienced with sandy. this is different from the

flooding in southeast texas because it was due to storm surge. texas has been having a huge amount of rain. let's go back a bit more. 1999 hurricane floyd brought six to 12 inches of rain. houston has seen triple flooding you see in this video. the buffalo bayou rose ten feet above flood level. imagine doubling that. hurricane agnes in 1972. agnes set the pennsylvania state record for most rain with a tropical system with 19 inches. the state record in texas is currently 48 inches. it is considerably more than here due to its proximity to the gulf of mexico. that record in texas is likely to be broken by the time harvey moves out at the end of this week. >> our coverage continues with

randy on the road in texas. where are you and what have you seen so far? >> reporter: we did have to fly into austin, texas, because as you are well aware the airport in houston the run way is completely under water. we are in the city of brennan, texas on highway 290. i will give you a look at us driving. about 30 minutes it started raining when we landed in austin about three hours west of houston it was not raining. we saw some sunshine. steady rain coming down for about the last 30 to 45 minutes or so as we make our way in. the reason whee are coming this direction is because usually if you are coming from austin, texas, you would take interstate ten which is main artery. parts of interstate 10 are under water. we caught up with some red cross crews. they are also trying to make their way here. they also have difficult times

figuring out which roads to take. i will show you part of the reason we are having issues is the road closures we are dealing with all around the houston area, interstate 10 is closed near katy, texas. we have to be navigating the closures. houston about 90 miles out. we have seen a lot of rain. as we get closer to the city of houston is when we expect to see the damage. >> we will check back with you on the road to houston. beware before you donate to help the harvey victims. >> nbc 10's harry harrison has more on the red flags to look out for so you don't become the victim of a scam. president trump lifts the military gear ban for police. tonight we talk to local law enforcement officers what it means for your safety.

philadelphia native kevin hart is donating to hurricane harvey relief and took to instagram to challenge his hollywood friends to do the same. >> i am challenging a lotf my celebrity friends to follow my lead in donating $25,000 to hurricane harvey. >> after dedicating $25,000 to harvey relief hart called out other celebrities to match the donation. he calls it the hurricane harvey relief challenge. he tagged several in the post. continuing coverage of the impact of harvey. a live picture from houston, texas. gray skies. the rain continuing to fall. glen is tracking another storm. >> we have one developing off the east coast while harvey continues to spin in place along the texas coast causing more problems. we'll have the tracks of both coming up next.

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as harvey continues to pound texas with its relentless rain officials are taking steps to try to reduce flood waters. here is what we know. the u.s. army corps of engineers began to release water from two dams in houston to prevent more flooding in the days to come. houston's 911 system has received 75,000 calls since friday. dallas is getting ready to house up to 5,000 gulf coast evacuees in a mega shelter at the convention center. >> here is a live look at the scene from houston. gray skies, cloudy and continuing to rain which is

causing problems likely doubling the number of what they have seen. tammie souza is tracking tropics and impact on our area tomorrow. >> let's go to glenn "hurricane" schwartz on more on harvey's track. >> unfortunately, harvey has the warm gulf of mexico. over you can see the bands very clearly on the radar here coming in from the gulf and that also means things are not moving much in that heavy rain area continuing to get hit. you can see the spin, the eye looks like it is clearly offshore now. you can see that the rain, the heavy rain just keeps coming. as long as that eye is due south of houston they will get more heavy rain. six, seven inches of rain just south of houston just during the day today with more on the way

obviously because it is to the south and it is moving very slowly. here is a computer model. great agreement that it is going to come right back up just east of houston and then track up towards memphis and some of the leftover rain effect us although it will just be for a brief period of time. you can see that storm is very large. it's producing heavy rain in new orleans. almost 500 miles away. tammie souza is going to talk about another system that will effect us tomorrow. >> we have them going on both sides of the country. this could turn into irma by the time we get to later evening hours tonight. we will be watching closely because you can see the rotation off the carolina coast line and this is going to be moving up the coast. so this is what we are expecting. we are speblthing thexpecting t move past charleston. it is just a tropical low expected to become a tropical

storm just off the coast of the carolinas. you can see that it it is taking a break further north. southern delaware and out along the jersey shore we could see high surf, high winds and perhaps some periods of heavy rain for tomorrow and tomorrow night. then it is out of here. what we are watching for is the remnants of harvey that may come quite close bringing in clouds or light showers as we head into the holiday weekend. let's go hour by hour on all of this so that you can get an idea of what is going to happen with the system. you can see we have winds coming in off the ocean. it will be a chilly day tomorrow, maybe in the 060s for much of the day. here comes the rain coming in by about 9:00 in the morning. places like dover and cape may you could see very heavy rain from this before it clears out on wednesday and then they turn north and we don't start to warm up until the latter part of the week when we sart to see a pleasant enough warmup.

let's take a look at your ten day on ten. 69 tomorrow. that just sounds wrong. 78 on wednesday. back up to the 80s for thursday with sunshine. 76 friday and then we could see remnants of harvey making its way in here with light rain showers over the weekend as we head into labor day on monday. amazon is slashing prices at whole foods. here is what we found out. half gallon of milk was 50 cents cheaper. ground beef down by $2 a pound. organic avocado costs a dollar less. this is the first day amazon is taking over as the owner of whole foods. if you are a prime member amazon is working on rewards programs to save you even more money. we'll be right back. ♪

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as the after math of hurricane harvey continues to cause havoc many of you are listening to your hearts and opening your wallets. before you give you need to make sure that you are not scammed. >> harry harrison is here with tips for us all. >> tips for you to know. it happens all too often during trying times some folks try to take advantage of your generosity to pad their pockets. i have been on the phone with the state attorney general's office and the department of state looking into ways to help you protect yourself. take a look at these. give to organizations you are familiar with. bewear of organizations using names that sound similar to known charities. don't feel pressure to donate on the spot. and say no to door to door solicitors. pay by check, never give cash or

credit card or bank numbers. and don't wire money to anyone. you can always go online to see if the charity is registered with the state. you might want to check with your church and see what it might be doing to help out. there are many ways to protect yourself and stay with what you know. >> always good to stay with the tried and true charities that you are familiar with already. >> thank you. coming up our live coverage continues. these pictures are coming to us from a woman volunteering inside the houston convention center where storm survivors are gathering. we'll talk with her live at 5:00. harvey's wrath will effect us along with something that may be named irma. i'll tell you all about that.

nbc 10 breaking news. >> it had a historic amount of water in particular. there has never been anything like it and the people of texas as you know have really persevered. >> in the last 30 minutes president donald trump addressed the devastating flooding that tropical storm harvey is bringing to the houston area. the president and first lady will visit the region tomorrow as rescues and disaster relief continue. >> here is what we know so far. more than 2,000 people have been rescued from the flood waters that are just engulfing neighborhoods and communities all around houston. late this afternoon the mayor of houston said the city is working

to open another major shelter because the convention center which can hold 5,000 people is already half full. we want to share with you a before and after shot of the flood water. resident sent a view from her apartment. you can see the draesk difference once the flood water poured in. if you are trying to travel by air the area's two airports are closed. you can see flights with skirting around the storm. team coverage begins with jay gr gray live in houston. >> reporter: good evening. we are in a neighborhood that is like dozens is under water. more than 400 people have been rescued from this community as the rain continues to fall. the water climbing, pushing into places it has never been before. the rain here just won't stop. >> i hav s