captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> 19 students kicked out out of now, abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. anchor: the situation is catastrophic and the rain isn't even over yet. the images of harvey in texas, just hard to believe. anchor: president trump has a message from

promising support. for the very latest what's going on in acres as, let's go live in houston. and it has been a day of devastation and destruction. and it seems like the worst is still yet to come at this point. reporter: good evening. there is so much need here in houston. outpouring of generosity, but there is an incredible deficit of things that are needed. red cross tells me they have monetary donations but people with medical education, nurses, doctors, mental health professionals as they continue to receive the direct hit. >> houston's convention center is beyond capacity. to host 5,000 evacuees, that

doesn't want to turn anyone away. thousands of evacuees arrived by bus loads and dump trucks and the only poges are the damp clothes on their body. everything else is gone. this woman was lifted from her home by chopper with her four children. she doesn't know how long they will be here. >> we did it. reporter: there has been an outpouring of generosity but dwaffered by the need. >> we lost everything in our apartment. just really unfortunate. reporter: the water and air rescues continue. millions of gallons of water are being released from reservoirs. >> there is a reality we have to come to grips with. and that is we are just

beginning the process of responding to the storm. reporter: 12,000 members of the national guard are helping millions over thousands of square miles and the rescuer is a person who decided to help. >> 911. i'm here to help you. >> ok. reporter: a ban of rain is pounding the houston area bringing additional flood warnings and there are new flood warnings in louisiana and new orleans as that city is struggling to cope. anchor: a native is among the thousands of people rescued. eflin sent us these images as she and her family and friends were rescued. we spoke with her shortly before they were evacuated. >> looks like we have oceanfront property and really bad current

going. and the only way out is by boat. it's very scary. anchor: that is the story. they have brought outdoor furniture indoors to put stuff on top of that to keep them from getting wet. anchor: it estimated that 30,000 people will need temporary shelter because of it. there were 56,000 calls for houston's 911 dispatchers in less than a day. the average for a typical day, 8,000. 1 trillion gallons of rain has been falling. and the latest, we turn to our meteorologistist. josh. meteorologist: hard to believe this started on friday but it continues to go in the same place and to make matters worse, the center of harvey is back over the gulf of mexico. what that means, back over the warm waters and the fuel

create a little more intensity for the storm and more importantly and more dangerously, going to pick up a lot more water and moisture from the gulf. where does it go from here? we have two more days where it's going to sort of hang around the same place, hanging at 3 miles per hour. what it will do by wednesday morning, likely make landfall again and pick up more speed as it works north and turning farther to the northeast. by this weekend, we could look at moisture for it. it will be moving much faster. what it means for these areas, they could see another eight to 10 inches of rain while the system is lifting up to the north. all of that yellow there, those are totals for eight more inches. we have rain coming to us not related to harvey. anchor: our coverage

at 11:15, another live report from one of the hard-hit areas in texas. there have been so many that have been hit hard. we are updating it on our website and sign up for text alerts on our website. anchor: how to help the victims of hurricane harvey. we have information how you can volunteer or donate and tomorrow, join us for a phone bank. we will be doing it with the american red cross and will be taking calls and accepting donations between 4:30 and 6:30. anchor: president trump defended joe cision to pardon arpaio. >> i assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be. and i put it out that i had pardonned as we say sheriff joe. anch

backlash. he was facing a sentence in a racial profiling case. anchor: deadly gun fire at a public library until new mexico. reporter: the good news is that the shooter is in custody and the situation is under control. tonight, two people are dead and four others hurt after a shooting in clovis, new mexico, 200 miles from albuquerque. close to the new mexico-texas border. a man started shooting in the air. they escaped safely but one victim had to be airlifted. we will follow developments and bring them to you on air and online. anchor: a new development from japan where the prime minister said a north crean missile posed a serious and grave threat. people in northern japan

that missile broke a part and fell into the pacific. but this is the first time that north korea has fired a missile over japan since 1998. anchor: violence and hayesing on the american university campus. 18 students have been kicked out. the school says it is all tied to an underground group. reporter: with all the stress, students at american university are relieved. >> i'm thankful for taking action. reporter: the university expeled 18 students for code of conduct violations including physical violence and underage drinking. a spokesperson said they were part of an underground group that formed after the a.t.o. fraternity was kicked off. a series of graphic texts

there was a culture. students were warned to steer clear of e.i. >> they talked about it during our orientation just saying, if you go toes these parties you are putting your safety at risk. reporter: they have charged 67 students with violations in the last several years. it's unclear if the latest expulsions eliminated the group. anchor: an active investigation, a naked man approached female students. police are reviewing students and saying they are increasing patrols. a new at 11 building in d.c. in the bad shape, problem is they are owned by foreign governments. d.c.'s delegate is demanding action tonight. >> they are abandoned and just dekaying. >> they are not

buildings in very nice nadse. >> but there is no construction going on. the construction sign has been there for five, six years. reporter: the problem is not a city issue but a national issue because these buildings are owned by foreign governments. n a letter to rex tillerson, d.c. delegate writes when these buildings fall below the standards, they may pose and healthy risks and depressed property values. she urged tillerson to pressure governments to fix these buildings. one building is seeing work for the first time in about 15 years, this one owned by iraq on woodland drive. the hope is others will do the same. we reached out to the state department, but as of tonight, have not

reporting in northwest. anchor: our thoughts and prayers going out to those folks in texas because they are dealing with so much and hurricane harvey now continues to unleash historic destruction and coming in the form of flooding and lots and lots of rain. anchor: we are back with another limb report from texas and ways you can help the victims, right after this.

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anchor: it is not receding but rising and talking about the water in texas. so, too, is the panic in the streets. there are desperate families rushing to boats and trying to find a way to shelter as darkness has dropped on the area. anchor: hurricane harvey's wrath is far from over. we are live from sugarland, texas, and kristen, what are things looking like right now? reporter: the rain here is

unrelenting and first are saying they are expecting anywhere from 10 to 15 inches overnight. this is not what anyone was expecting. they were hoping this would have eased up and it is competing with the rescue efforts. panic is something we are seeing across the houston area and here in sugarland, people are watching the water rise and another night fall and the rain is continuing to come down. they are starting to panic. there are calls coming in and people trapped in their homes. e cajun navy said they had a hard time rescuing people, as they have been able to get people into their boats, people are rushing a boat that was inoperable at one time. you can't blame them. these are people who did not evacuate their homes and watching the waters

thinking this might be their only opportunity to get to safety. and the big story remains, once they do get evacuated, where are they going to go? the mayor of houston said 8,000 people have sought shelter but that the number could be as high as 30,000. and so many people that did not evacuate, there are not enough beds right now set up in shelters for all of them. anchor: was a mandatory evacuation ordered for the city of houston? and if so, didn't they think that there were going to be thousands of people displaced? reporter: well, that's the big question right now. there was not a mandatory evacuation. the mayor of houston told people not to rush out of the city. and today we heard him say he didn't address that decision and said he didn't think that would lead to a good result to have

6.5 million people on the road, that it would be more chaotic. we are hearing other lawmakers disagreeing with him as well as people still trapped in their homes. we are seeing some areas in harris county under mandatory evacuations. i drove around today around the city of houston and sugarland, from dallas to here, there are so many roads closed and streets turned into rivers. we were trying to sake a side street and someone was taking a boat instead of a car. how these people are going to evacuate also remains to be seen as where they are going to go. anchor: chris the ten, thank you. anchor: teaming up with our radio partners to help the victims of hurricane harvey, we

tomorrow, join us with a phone bank with the american red could cross and will be taking calls and taking donations. et a chance to call. teorologist: what could be irma overnight. and just saw kristen standing out there in the rain and plenty of it being shuttled right onto the shore thanks to that system spinning again in the gulf of mexico. so keeping a close eye, it won't be until wednesday when it starts to move back on land. tomorrow, thanks to the center f this storm, little bit harder. it has the wind speeds to be a tropical storm. the centralized closed circulation and that's what is missing from this. whether it becomes

is not going to be the point for us. there will be gusty winds. tomorrow's very breezy for us an inch of /10's of rain. you'll notice how close these areasr williamsburg and fredericksburg and d.c. either way, tomorrow will be a soggy and breezy and cool day for us. future cast at 6:00 tomorrow morning, the rain in the d.c. area and continues to build in the rest of the region. showers, wes far as will say, the will be raining and we'll get some of those totals goes close to a half inch. tuesday evening, things start to break down for our nationals' game tomorrow.

weather takes over and stays that. 58-67. tomorrow morning, a stray shower, but chance early tomorrow. a lot of us get stuck in the 60's thanks to the clouds and the rain. women's watch saturday and saturday night into sunday for our chance to see some of the moisture by harvey. by that time, moving quickly, bringing us ch a chance for a dry labor day. anchor: new tonight, the sight was so incredible, drivers pulled over to the side of the road. a vintage world war ii bomber. anchor: how the plane is changing lives. reporter: before you hear her and before she hits the runway, the major's mate turns head.

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anchor: bring your umbrellas to work with you tomorrow. >> it will be a breezy rain. get it out of the closet. not an easy day. second day of school for some of the kids. but we get payback. temperatures will warm back. our chance to see rain from harvey, that shows up saturday into sunday. it is moving quickly and does mean we are setting up for a

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