on your side. >> we need citizens to be involved. >> i'm going to try to save lives! some of the neighbors are on if rooftops the flooding will be very slow to recede. ♪ are you okay? i love you. jonathan: breaking news at 4:00, devastating flooding in texas continues. michelle: 20 plus inches of rain and that much more could continue to fall. nancy: harvey's path of destruction growing this evening as well and moving back over the gulf. jonathan: this situation is dire. sophie is joining us live from the scene with the latest. sofia? reporter: seven people are now believed to have died. harvey-related deaths. five of them right here in ha

are waiting back for the autopsy results to see if they were flood-related. as you can see, the floodwaters are high in hundreds of streets across the houston area. the situation is so bad that people from out of state, officials, law enforcement officers even national guard troops coming in from across the country. even the military offering the support of troops. across the border the mexican government is offering boats, food or any other assistance that texans may need. >> you could not draw this forecast up. you could not dream the forecast up. >> across the sprawling houston metro area, pleas for help. >> we are strapped on the street. we cannot leave. we cannot move. >> anxious waiting for the help to come with the emergency management stretched well beyond limits. >> we have been sitting waiting for someone to

us. reporter: monday was another day of disbelief of landfall in rockport -- >> i lost everything i worked for. everything. reporter: another day of soaking rains in houston, already saturated with centrals of gallons of water. houston mayor sylvester turner faced more questions on whether the city should have evacuated. he said potential perils of the mass effort and the unpredictable storm. >> it's hard to plan for anything when you don't know where it will hit. >> the dallas mayor spoke with plans to welcome evacuees. the stay main convention center set to be a megashelter for 5,000 people. >> we are getting ready to be the neighbors and the friends of south texans that we know we can be. >> donations are also pouring in. not just from the red cross, but also from sports teams. houston texans owner pledging $1 million, so is the nati

new england patriots, pledging $1 million in aid to come to houston and other part of texas that have been affected. live in sugar land, texas, sonya. jonathan: that is a city of 5 million people in houston. how big of an area is impacted with the dire situation we are seeing all the video from? how big an area are we talking? >> i don't know the exact square mileage but i do know it's not just houston. we are talking about galveston and central and southern texas. i started off the weekend in corpus christi. people have forgotten corpus christi is heavily impacted. winds and heavy rain tore the area up when hurricane harvey made landfall back on friday night. focused as the storm moves eastbound and pouring rain over

houston. houston being a large city is severely impacted and this is a criticism that the mayor of houston got. why didn't you evacuate the city? he looked back at the history of the city. when hurricane rita hit, mass evacuations. people died trying to evacuate he was thinking how big the city it is and how difficult it is to move all the people. jonathan: dire situation there. coming to us from sugar land, texas, thank you for your report. michelle: in a small break in the heavy rains some flew drones over houston. you can see the devastation and how widespread it is in houston. it was a brief pause as new bands of rain moves in. jacquelyn kelly from our sister station wear is in the midst of things there. describe conditions. we see it as still raining, jacquelyn. re

to rise rapidly here along places like cypress creek, where volunteers are trying to get to people trapped in the homes but they are worried about the run runoff and the potential of more flooding. the local creeks and the rivers rise. cypress creek, it's pushing more people and their pets from their homes. >> today i would say the water is rising about six foot right now. inside my house. totally lost. >> rescue crews responding to 1,000 unanswered calls near cypress creek alone. force manage like andy to wait for help. >> they evacuated my mother yesterday. today is my turn. i'm glad. surviving. >> you are just in shock. kind of, you keep, you always, you never think it will happen to you. everybody always says

>> nancy while is among the many rescued from her home by volunteers. >> been to houses already on the second story and water was entering the second story. it was higher than what we expected. >> stephen lott traveled through the night from louisiana to help. he and his three friends cobble together enough money to buy a boat. meanwhile, those without boats are finding other ways to help. >> wherever they need to go. that is where we have been transporting them. wherever they need to go. >> boats on boats full of people trying to get the loved ones and the pets to higher ground. working on where they go next as the water continues to rise. >> we are getting a lot of heart-wrenching stories out here. even two little boys rescued from an apartment. after being left to fend for themselves. but also a lot of heart warming stories of volunteers doing whatever they can to help. they will be here as long as

jacquelyn kelly. nancy: thank you. stay safe out there. you see the floodwater behinds her. we want to give perspective to how much rain has come down there. the chesapeake bay holds 18 trillion gallons of water. according to a climate scientist with the weather bell, the estimated 15 trillion gallons of water fallen across texas. that is how much is already on the ground right now. by the end of the storm, he expects more than enough will have fallen to fill the bay and then some. we are back in the weather center. i asked doug hill when is the last time we saw this. he said never. doug: never. we have never seen this. this is afternoon extreme event. we have seen oddities and extremes but what is different is social media increases. so not only is it a s

seeing this in real time and ways we have never seen this before. nancy: historic on every level. it is. it's not finished. we have heavy rain. sugar getting -- houston getting rain to saw gar land. and now the heavy bands are coming across louisiana and southern mississippi. there will be new flood concerns. it will exacerbate that across southeast texas. it looks like the storm may make landfall near galveston on wednesday. nancy: truly sitting there. douglas unbelievable. i'm headed this way. you have to come one your own superlatives to describe what is happening and none are good. they are all heart breaking. the storm center. 40 miles per hour winds. the center of circulation reemerging over the water. normally you say hey, get over the water, it will blow up. so much of the water has been upturned or upwelled so even though it is warm it doesn't have the warm we

did on the surface. it tenses up. it will be the increased ability to bring more of the torrential bands with the tornadoes and the rest on shore in the next couple of days. hurricane center thinks it makes landfall wednesday sometime with 40-mile-per-hour winds and make a move northeast. through the tennessee valley. we keep an eye. some models suggest a remnant could contribute to rain in the midatlantic by sunday. the circulation is incredible. heavy rain continues houston and all the way around the bend to southwestern sections of the houston metro area. now we have the east coast system which well may become tropical storm irma through tomorrow morning. rain moving in the picture. gusty winds from the northeast. high fresh and the low pressure combining for the winds. helping to lift rains north and that will be a concern. going through the coast. but it will speed out to se

but all eyes now on texas. with the numerous tornado warnings, flash flood and no end in sight to the torrential downpours. a lot more from the weather team coming up in a couple of minutes. jonathan: thank you very much. [audio interference] jonathan: we are not sure what caused video. and the first responders. nancy: jonathan, it seems like we'll get back to that in a little bit. we want to bring you this story of destruction. you can see this explosion that is happening in downtown houston. i don't know if we have the video of the nursing home. image going viral online. nursing home overcome with water. we will bring it to you in a little bit. michelle, what is the latest on the financial aspect of all of this? michelle: it just popped up there. sorry, video is one

this is image of the folks in the hursting home in -- nursing home in waist-deep water. all the people in picture have been rescued. moving on now we caught up with the family who recently moved to richmond, texas, from gaithersburg, maryland. their first floor under water. watch now as evelyn shows us around. >> because my two neighbors toward the end of the cul-de-sac, they are in one-story houses. michelle: this is home video she showed. she is walking us around inside the garage. it's covering up tires in her garage area. >> we just scream and yell at each other. we have been texting back. michelle: this is a skype interview from earlier. you can see interview on facebook. we'll have more from the family at 5:00 and

of this storm. entire communities under water. you see it from that image. the cost is in the billions. according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration there have been nine weather and claimant disasters that cost $1 billion each this year in the u.s. alone. that includes severe weather outbreaks, flooding and even deeper freezes. deep freezes. nancy: stay with abc7 for continuing coverage. in a few moments, president trump is expected to speak. we are keeping ania on that. we will bring it to you when it happens. at the bottom of the hour we look at red cross operations and we will continue to monitor the forecast many doug hill and the -- monitor the forecast with doug hill. coming up at 4:00, the first legal challenge to president's transgender ban. michelle: and crime

county. we show you the threat found on the door. >> a big march for justice in downtown washington. and tonight, a rally in clinton maryland. we tell you why coming up. nancy: and again, continuing coverage, the path of destruction. we have an update on the forecast. tropical developments that could affect us here.

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michelle: a disturbing message of hate and a threat left on the door on a church of prince georgia's county. it's so vulgar we had to blur some out. it's investigated as a hate crime. kevin lewis has the developing story in dumfries. kevin: this is a small lec tang lar building. this is a pent costal con -- pentecostal community. they had paper taped to the front door. one read k.k.k., white power, day of the rope is coming. images of the confederate flag, swastikas and trump with a k.k.k. hood were drawn and glued to the note.

the police department that took report by telephone. the members say a police officer was never dispatched and they take issue with the famut they have not come to remove the threat. >> it's like a threat. if they hang you on a rope, you die. our prayer is the lord will turn their hearts around. and then love. they will understand no individual is more superior than another. michelle: one church member spent monday getting quotes for a security camera system. this is as police have no clue who committed the hate crime.

jonathan: aclu hitting the trump administration over military ban for transgender people. the ban signed friday bars the transgendered people joining the military and puts the future of the current service member in hands of the pentagon nancy: this is the anniversary of the march on washington. brad bell was there and now that things are shifting to maryland, what is the latest? brad: big protest downtown. this group gathered in clinton. they have chose then location. this is a family business beloin

cousin. they decided the statue of taney needed to be removed from the state house. i was done. then miller wrote a letter to talk about the full history of taney and said he didn't like the way the decision was made to remove the statue. there will be a rally and march down metropolitan avenue. led by jesse jackson, martin luther king iii, the reverend al sharpton. i talked to mr. king. i said what would his father think about recent developments. >> i believe he would be saying america is better than this. better than the behavior for the last few weeks or seven

>> he is unhappy with the developments. when we come back at 5:00 we tell you more about this group. we will have a response from the senate president. brad bell abc7 news. jonathan: since friday we are keeping an eye on harvey. friday night was category four storm that blew ashore. it parked over texas and it will continue to drop a ton of rain. some of the numbers coming in now. 40 to 50 inches of rain in some areas. right now we are looking at the live pictures from spring, texas. this is from a storm chaser down there. they are towing a car out of the high water. we have seen boats and rescues for the folks inside houses.

part of the flooding. michelle: the worst from mother nature but the best from mankind. the president now giving some remarks. let's listen in to president trump. president trump: hurricane harvey and the catastrophe of flooding and all of the other difficulties that they are going through in houston. in southeast, texas. now it is looking more and more like the state of louisiana will be also affected. we are coordinating to save the lives. we thank first responders and all of those involved in the efforts. we are working with the texas governor greg abbott who by the way is doing a

job. as well as jon bell edwards who is involved and starting the process in louisiana. we pledged the full support as texas and louisiana battle and recover from the devastating storm. there has probably not been anything like this. under the supervision of fema, the administrator brock long there has been tremendous work done. he has been outstanding in many ways. more than 8,500 federal workers are involved in the texas effort alone. i declared emergency in louisiana.

the recover will be long and difficult but the federal government is willing, ready and able to support the effort. right now the single most important thing is the safety and security in harm's way, including the first responders who have been so terrific and brave. tragic time bring out the best of character, strength, character and resilience are the characters. we see friend helping friend, neighbor helping neighbor and stranger helping stranger. you see it all over. you watch it on television and you see incredible work and love. and teamwork. we are one american fa

we hurt together, we struggle together and we endure together. we are one family. to the people of texas and louisiana we are 100% with you. we are praying for you and working with leaders 57 the officials. i will be visiting the impact zone to ensure you are receiving full support and cooperation from the government. saturday we think we are going back to texas. every american heart sends love and support to those whose lives are up-ended. totally up-ended. totally. by this very horrible storm. we ask god for wisdom and strength. we will get through this and come out stronger. b

better, stronger than ever before. the rebuilding will begin and be something special. i want to thank everyone in the affected area. it has been absolutely incredible to watch. the spirit, cooperation and the love. i'd like to share a message to the people of finland who have recently suffered a terrorist attack. we stand in to darety with you against theer the errorist it. jonathan: there is president trump reading prepared statement about what is happening in texas. this is true. the rain they have not seen in that part. they are accustomed to storms. they have had horrible ones. they have not had one like this park itself over a city of 5 million. houston. getting as much as

of rain. it continues to rain. by the time it is said and done it could be 60-plus inches of rain. >> this is mind blowing. doug: 18 trillion gallons of water in the bay. 15 trillion gallons of water fallen already and it's not finished yet. i can't get my ahead around it. michelle: days ahead. jonathan: areas not prone to flooding in houston, they know are having serious problems. doug: all of houston is prone the flooding. nancy: but nothing of this magnitude. doug: no. jonathan: when it's said and done and the rain moves on it will be eclipsing that. jonathan: it has to dry out. >> this will go on for a long time. >> what is the latest track. >> this is

if you look at galveston it's reemerging over the gulf. 's all the winds and the wavers for days and days brought cooler up from deeper in the gulf. this is going to make a loop to make the landfall around galveston on wednesday. the motion has torrential rains now. the backlash over houston again. they are getting tremendous rainfall. look at this. the future here. we take you to wednesday, thursday, and we are talking about thursday. another 15 inches in conroe, texas. just amazing amount of rain. that will continue to spread north and east. now we have the tropical disturbance on the east. nothing is

business. this is hard to describe. the hurricane center will upgrade this to irma tonight or tomorrow morning. the rains move north and northeast. we will see some of that tomorrow. we are getting the gusty breezes because of the interaction of this low pressure. high pressure driving the winds from the east/northeast. i don't think we have the hazardous weather. gusty breezes and we will get rain and that is it. this will zip forth and northeast. the rain moving in tomorrow morning. the heaviest rains are in batches south and east of washington. then by later tomorrow evening it should break up and that should be that. it's sunny and warmer on thursday. we give you a look ahead toward the

there are clearing skies for labor day and pleasant weather through all of next week. michelle: devastation of texas. more rain continues to fall. we are showing you that along the hour. it will take eight confirmed dead. they are fearing they will find more bodies when the storm clears and the water will reseed. 2,000 people rescued from the flooding in the city. it's not clear if it counts good samaritans using their own boats to get to stranded families as well. one of the scariest part of this, the storm is not supposed to clear out. doug just mentioned until the second half of the week. long road ahead. jonathan: that is what is terrifying. you see people talk about the flooding and they said they would be okay in their homes and they had to go to the third level to get from the

water. michelle: now in panic mode. jonathan: red cross teams coordinate crews to provide relief across texas. michelle: no exception in your area. the teams are already on the way. nancy: richard reeve are continuing the teen coverage from fairfax. this is as busy as it gets for the folks out there. richard: it's very busy here. you have dozens of people inside working. look inside. a busy place. the first responders and the emergency agencies. you are never far from a graphic. calls of where to find shelter and how to find my family? is my family safe? the biggest problem is transportation. gritting to people stranded or have the medical ne

gritting people to shelters. a lot of the roads are in terrible shape. one call they got was to get simple, basic information that was urgently needed. >> her family was in a house in houston. she was concerned. she hadn't gotten to 9/11 to make sure that the familiar -- gotten through to 911 to make sure the family was safe. i gave her the number for the coast guard. >> that is valley. she has been through this before. she was on the ground inca industryna in 2005. coming -- in katrina in 2005. this is just one facet how the red cross and northern virginia is responding. we have that at 5:00. jonathan: a task force from maryland and another from northern virginia racing to texas. there are te

converging from all point around the country heading to the region. at 3:00 p.m. fema ordered them to head out in six hours. the team was gone in three. they will just point them in the direction to help. clearly on the minds of so many people. at least an athlete as well. it's on a person's cleat. they can it out. washington's national anthony rindone wrote "houston" on the back of the cleat and the skyline on the other. he is from houston. he played college ball at rice university. nancy: the flooding is not the only problem. it's what it is bringing in. a woman capturing two gators on the inside of the property. one was just a few feet away from the patio. you can see it there in

water. she is taking this from inside her home. but that is a terrifying scene. michelle: if you consider that there are so many people wading through the water. jonathan: social media helped a texas family reunite with the lost dog. the storm chaser aaron said the dog jumped in his survivor at a gas station in san antonio and he posted video on twitter. >> i need help to find the owner. jonathan: it worked. the tweet went viral. >> a guy was at a gas station and a hawk crawled in his car and sat on the passenger seat. he was wet and drenched. here you go. take your time. a hawk in his car until he

are all shared online. >> we have more on how the storm is playing out. this is heart breaking to see. >> the houston police ask people do not reach out to them via social media. they want everyone to use emergency numbers. people are desperate to get help for the families. so people are on twitter to ask for help. this person says she is trapped at home. she gives an address and says need boat. some people see success. casey, a youtube select wrote earlier today i tweeted asking for help with rescuering my father-in-law trapped in the houston flood. he has since been rescued. he is asking to stop sharing his post to share post of people who need it. some of these rescue crews are sharing some of the images of the rescues they are ma

this image. asking people to help the neighbors. this just came in from the texas national guard. showing one of the air rescuers. they are trying to keep a positive message. telling the texans we will make it through this. together with the first responders and the rescue teams we will do whatever it takes. the hashtag houston strong is trending on twitter. back to you. jonathan: all right. thank you for that. nancy: stay with us for the path of destruction. we'll have updates 59:00 and 6:00 and "world news tonight" with david muir and the website is a great resource. wjla.com. michelle: sound familiar? maryland, my maryland performed by the mighty sound of maryland. the university marching band. that pre-game tradition is now

ending. q mccray on campus. the first day of campus. q: i have spoken to a couple of dozen students and this is the hot subject on campus. if you haven't heard it before. another snippet. ♪ it sounds like "ho christmas tree." they personal formed that before every football game but not anymore. they have suspended playing the tone because of the pro confederate tone. the lyrics make mention of northern scum and calls president lincoln and despot. the university is going to evaluate if the song is consistent with values at this time before performing the song again. >> the ma

it's hard to say if it has confederate connotation. >> how far do you want to go to evaluate everything? >> overreaction. we were talking about it. >> several pushed for the song to be changed. that includes hogan who applauded the university for the move. we will let you know what happens next. that is the latest live from college park. i'm q mccray, news. >> breaking news out of american university. 18 students expelled for involvement in an underground group. the university said they violated the student conduct code through physical violence, hazing and the underage drinking.

>> this is a legitimate student group at a.u. we have reporter there and a live report at 5:00. coming up, the hometown honoring while an investigation ramps up. michelle: after long weekend, time to celebrate. turning 108 years old. the secret to enjoying a century and more still ahead.

jonathan: a developing story from north dakota. two people facing charges after a missing pregnant woman's body found floating in a river. she went missing and eight months pregnant. five days later an infant believed hers found at her neighbor's home in apartment complex. nancy: in indiana community honoring two girls murdered this year by naming a park after them. linby german and abbey were murdered. the family want their memory to you live on. the killer has not been found. michelle: a story to make you

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nancy: outside the white house activists and so-called dreamers rallying in support of the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. michelle: after months of speculation the president is expected to decide as soon as this week the state of young immigrants brought in the country illegally as children. after the pardon of joe arpaio found guilty of defying the order to stop racially profiling latinos dreamers and supporters are hoping for the best but fearing the worst. >> the government give out the hand for help but now we have your information. that you gave to us. >> he wavered back and forth on the plans and he is facing mounting pressure from advocates on both si

with a group of state lawmakers including two from miami urging him to keep it in place. jonathan: it is monday. the final bell on day one rang a short time ago in prince william and fairfax county. 250,000 children's summer break ended this morning. >> this is back to school for the largest school system in the area. they are returning to class earlier than ever, before labor day. >> we go on vacation this week because everybody else is in school. we went last week. the families loved it. more time for instruction at the state and the national level. >> at robinson secondary, the day started with a pep rally. the students greeted by the ram cheerleader and drum line. the school theme to

this should be fun. what better way to do it than the pep rally. >> the tenth largest school district dealing with a school bus driver shortage. >> finding thes but drivers is a challenge. we have to do more to make that happen. >> many are dropped out here and the students welcomed back in style. red tar pet and the fairfax county firefighters ready to greet. >> if there is one word to describe the school year. >> dynamic. dynamic school year. jonathan: a dynamic first day of school. good for him. another first day of school. we are loving the pictures you send

how cute. upload at burst.com/wjla. you can see the growing list at wjla.com. nancy: they look happy. jonathan: they are. so are parents. and when big storms happen, flooding is a concern. nancy: especially on the flat ground like car dealership where the new and used cars sustain damage. michelle: in some cases they are still up for sale. horace holmes has tell-sale sign -- tell-tale sign that you are in a flood damaged car. i'm guessing the matt has something to do with it. horace: there are ways to check. look at the car mattes. do they smell bad? are they wet? feel them. according to the friends and the colleagues at "7 on your side" call for action you could easily purchase the flood car and not know it. >> we had a car that c

sand started to come out of the back as they rinse it off. >> the first thing that pops in my mind is flood. >> the bad cars always come up. >> they are tracking the complaints of the cars sold to unsuspecting people across the country. is it legal? no. >> but it's a common practice for cars declared a total loss in a flood situation. or flood environment. >> they can sell them in a different state and then they will register it there. the flooded brand on the new title is gone. the car can wind up on a dealer lot.

>> look for the water signs in the grill. >> a.a.a. says use the senses and then use common sense. look for water condensation or rust on the motor part and outside like hub cabs. small the interior. and feel more moisture in carpet or floorboard. go to the national insurance crime bureau website and enter the vin number of the car and it will tell you whether the vehicle was in a flood. you can find a link for that site. click to our website wjla.com. jonathan: thank you. if you smell too much air freshener, red flag. michelle: cover something up. nancy: the fact we have to talk about it shows how bad harvey is. the cars are submerged in this. >> when have we not seen a car under water in the coverage?

>> take a break and talk the local weather >> we have cloudyest in that drop in the 60's. there is high pressure to the north. the clouds and the rain concentrated off the coast. moves in the area. i don't see hazardous conditions in the area tomorrow at all. rainy day at times and breezy. that is it for us. the center of the center, it's a potential tropical storm irma. it still didn't have a circulation center when the air force flew there it. 40-mile-per-hour winds offshore. interesting strange way the top winds of irma still depping 40 m

this is not about the wind speed at all, all the time. it's the ability to produce cane. this is producing rain. but it has a decent forward motion and will accelerate there will be rain. this is nice through the weekend. we have a big question mark that the remnant sirgelation of the low pressure from what is left of harvey that could influence the mid-atlantic on sunday. labor day looks fine. good shape. the beaches are fine. 40 miles per hour winds now. the center of circulation is emerging again over the gulf. stay with us. a

news. >> a swarm of cicadas. >> she is passionate about poetry. and it's paying off. i'm kellye lynn in falls church. meet a national student poet in "spotlight on education." nancy: poet and doesn't know it. before we go to break, first look at what is new on "good morning washington" tomorrow. >> tomorrow the morning rush hour looking like a wet one. when you expect heaviest rainfall where you live and work. >> plus, the crop call storm harvey -- tropical storm harvey taking a toll. we are keeping you updated on what is next for texas. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow at 4:25 on "good morning washington."

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student poet. >> timbalefy for the competition, the students need to have earned one of these. >> they must complete service project. >> they will go back in the community. >> and the community. >> i would love for writing to be a career of mine. >> creating poetry. a job this teen says never feels like work. >> something altered but with visible traces of the original form. >> kellye lynn, abc7 news. >> people need help. we are working t

>> the kids need help. ♪ >> it is difficult to evacuate 6.5 million people. >> are you okay? i love you. larry: well, tonight the rain is still falling in texas and harvey may have its eye on louisiana. right now 54 texas counties in a state of emergency. 18 are already federal disaster areas. in the last 35 minutes, president trump saying he has declared emergency in louisiana. a woman was killed in houston when a tree fell on her home. lana zak has more on the path of destructi

city is under water. more rain to come. four feet of rain predicted in some areas. people are on top of the submerged mailboxes. the interstate now a river. this is hobby before harvey and now. catastrophe is about to get worse. the dams are filling up too fast. people down the river told to evac it. the governor activating the national guard to order 9,000 more troops to assist the 3,000 already on the ground. >> hundred of rescuers in boats, helicopters and the trucks saving animals and the people from the rising floodwaters. >> the water was coming in fast. >> shelters filling up rapidly. >> 2900 people seeking refuge and receiving cheer from batman and his so