hurricane harvey and the effects of that coastal storms in a second. >> but first we want to begin with the stormwatch7 chief meteorologist doug hill who is tracking all of this for us. >> the rain is moving closer to the d.c. area. like swath in new england. this is going to get stronger over the ocean. driver air will move in. we think it will bode well for first pitch. we'll see what happens. the rain is wrapping up. not so much in texas. core of the heavier rain moved northeast. the winds are at a good speed. sustained at 50 miles per hour. storm location according to the hurricane center is 50 miles south/southwest of port arthur texas.

general arizona tomorrow the morning -- general area tomorrow morning. the houston area the heavy rain ends tonight and all the rain ends tomorrow. it will accelerate. as a result, she is a possibility by some sometime on saturday or sunday we could get rain from the remnant circulation. we talk about that giving you the weekend forecast and ten-day in a few minutes. >> back to hurricane harvey. i want you to watch this. we have seen hundred of rescues already. this one life threatening. that is a rescue swimmer dragging from rushing water to safety. we are learning that a police officer is among those killed in the floodwaters. lana zak in houston with the new information as president trump gets look at the devastation. >> president trump and first lady melania arrived in corpus christi to receive a briefing on

>> this is of epic proportion. nobody has seen this. >> recovery is just beginning. >> recovery is a slow process. rest assured we are doing everything we can. >> the police chief announced the death of one of the officers who drowned while driving to work. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for them. >> they are looking to save the people trapped by rising floodwaters. this man on top-his car waiting. we saw the shelters filled beyond capacity. >> the emergency shelter in downtown houston meant to help 5,000 people. it's now almost doubled that. beyond capacity at nearly 9,000 and growing. the mayor promised more shelters will open and has requested more cots. to make matters worse a pair of reservoir dams built

houston overflowing the levees. adding to the rising floodwater. others are releasing at twice the normal rate. five consecutive days of rain set a record in the continental united states for tropical system. one place reported 49 inches of rain tuesday morning. more than a trillion gallons have been dumped here on top of harris county. to give you perspective of what it means it's enough to fuel niagara falls. michelle: both tames are in this for the

we will track their efforts. jonathan: they have a lot of work ahead of them. a lot of folks are calling how to help in the wake of the catastrophe. i was in the newsroom and the phones are ringing nonstop. great sound. >> they are crazy. lou is here. you are on washa f.m. >> i just overheard a second ago a woman making $200 donation. >> wow! >> calling 703-236-9220. you are probably busy with dinner or whatever you're doing. but please take a moment to call us up. i can't think of another cause to help out. feeling of giving makes you feel good. >> if you are thinking what can i do to e

703-236-9220. lou and i will be here until 6:30. back to you. >> thank you very much. if you don't want to call or you are not near a phone abc7 has a way to do that. go to wjla.com. donate to the red cross. or find out about other reputable charities responding to harvey. there are quite a few. we details way to spot a fraud. be careful. scammers are out there. just go to wjla.com. go there now. >> strong coastal storm bringing us the wind and rain, but not as bad as what we are seeing in ocean city. abc7 maryland bureau chief brad bell also out in the mess there. the strong surf as well with the waves that are toppling 8 to 12 feet. out will cause beach erosion heading in the labor day weekend at the resort. that is a look at brad who was there for an earlier live

the storm overwhelmed the roadway in norfolk leading to scenes like this. several people lost their cars when they drove in to floodwaters. and stalled out. there are no report of the critical damage in norfolk. jonathan: new developments in the aftermath of the north korean missile launch we brought you as breaking news this time yesterday. in the past five minutes north korean leader kim jong un was president when the missile launched and flew over northern japan. the white house reiterating today that, "all options are on the table." following an emergency meeting on the united nations security council, the u.s. ambassador haley delivering a blunt message for north korea. >> it's unacceptable. they violated every unsecurity coupcil resolution we have had. something serious has to happen. jonathan: today, japan was showing off the patriot missile defendants system. several launchsters have been set up around japan.

michelle:k shooing video. a form -- shocking video. former police officer knocking out parking valet without warning. now we hear the cop's side of the story. jonathan: terrifying video. a man firing a gun down a metro escalator in the middle of the day. what the police ne

jonathan: a nurse in the northern i

center in woodbridge accused of sexually assaulting a female patient. they arrested this man on monday. he is being held without bond. investigators say at this point there is no indication that there are additional victims. michelle: take a look at this. a man standing at the entrance to the columbia heights metro station shooting at someone below. no one was hurt as far as the police know. tonight investigators are trying to find the two men seen in surveillance video recorded around noon on friday. jonathan: more unbelievable video. this time from florida. you see two men holding up a convenience store. you can see the clerk. he is doing everything they ask. he stands back and lets them do whatever they want. he cleans out the money drawer. when he thinks it's over and the thieves will make a run for it. watch this. in a second as they are watching he doesn't look behind them. he takes a shot with the gun. the bullet missed the clerk's head by inches. it lodged in a cigarette display case behind him. the clerk says the guardian angel must have been watching over him.

to a story we brought you last month. former police officer caught on video knocking out a valet unconscious for five minutes. now saw it happen. the officerer and his wife claim that the valet started it and threatened to fight them. listen to this. >> that is what he said. [bleep] >> [bleep] [bleep] michelle: well, witnesses tell a different story. they say they never saw any of that happen. the prosecutors in fort lauderdale didn't buy the story either. they have charged the former officer with battery. jonathan: coming up next at 6:00, the local school banning the redskins gear and the reason behind the move. michelle: ordinary people turn heroes. one rescue caught on video. and the deputies who went viral for falling asleep after working nearly 24 straight hours saving lives. "7 on your side" and t

storm victims. call the number on the screen. 703-236-9220. to make a donation. phone lines are open another

michelle: terrifying moments caught on video. fire consuming a school bus last night in california. seconds earlier a high school volleyball team was inside. paramedics had to check out four people but no one was seriously hurt. jonathan: students at a private school in bethesda are warned if they want to hail to the redskins, they have better do it outside school hours. kevin lewis explains what triggered the ban. >> this was the first racially integrated school in montgomery county in 1934. >> the green acres school in bethesda long prided itself on inclusion. >> we had students that do unit on native america and talk about the logo. >> the head of school explains that a recent third grade project led to the deep discussions.

>> there is a complete ban on campus. >> it's an ethnic stereotype and at worse it's deeply demeaning. >> there are 300 students from prek to 8th grade. >> he admits the redskins embargo caused chatter but adds reaction from the parents and the students has been positive. >> we are not trying to tell kids what to do when they are not at school. we are not trying to discourage anyone from supporting our local team. we are not telling other school what is to do or send any message to the team. we are just doing what we think is right. >> the ban does not apply to other potentially offensive team names like cleveland indians or the kansas city chiefs. the head of school here saying the primary focus is the redskins.

in bethesda, kevin lewis. michelle: turn now to the path of destruction from hurricane harvey and a video that shows how little time many people had to escape. at midnight this garage is dry. you go to bed and this happens. we sped this up to show the outcome. seven-hour period in the dark of night. in seven hours a home went from dry and safe to enough water to cover up an s.u.v. up to the hood. jonathan: in the middle of the storms people are doing extraordinary things. this is a crew from the sister station in houstonment they are covering the flooding by boat. then this happens. >> they are yelling go to back porch. the water is moving like nobody's business. let's see if we can get to them. on the back porch. there they are. we are coming to get you. >> my goodness. >> you can see the reporter dropping the mic and jump in the water to

their boat and get them to safety. wow! michelle: powerful video there. >> we are now learning the story behind this viral image. you have probably seen it in the feeds by this point. deputy fast asleep after hours of water rescues. cnn reporter tracked down the deputy and said the picture was taken the first time he had been able to sit in 22 hours. >> all i could say to you is this good fun? are you mad at him? are you happy that the story is getting out of all that you guys are doing? >> it was done in fun. it was my sergeant's wife that was there. took the picture. she thought it was funny just the way i collapsed on a bag of charcoal. michelle: boy, did he deserve the few minutes of the naptime for them. no rest for the weary. the deputy is back on the job right now. >> you can understand that. nonstop adrenaline rush. 22, 24 hours straight.

you sit down and the next thing you know you are out. >> you can help relief effort in texas. teaming up with the american red cross. call in for donations. we have heard from so many people that want to help. the number on the screen, 703-236-9220. if you get a busy signal because the phones are ringing off the hook, which is wonderful, give at it second and call back. we keep lines open until 6:30. >> this is the opportunity to be part of the solution. after seeing so many devastating images. jonathan: this is unev bloom how much rain they have gotten down there. doug: yeah. i'm blown away by the fact when the first word of the storm developed to a hurricane and major hurricane the national weather service, hurricane center saying they could be 40 to 50 inches in spots. >> no way. doug: really. it's true. michelle: they are at 49. doug: in some areas. some are over 50. we will get final numbers. good news for houston the rain is slowl

sunshine. jonathan: they need that. doug: check out the numbers. this similar pressive. tell you what the columns are that you are looking at. on the left you see an area. that is the record. 16.8. the 30-day just set. and the monthly total for the most rain in the month for the month of august is 39.31. those are houston records. the rainiest day we have had in the history of record in washington is 6.39 inches in 1933. the rainiest four-day period is 10.5 inches. the rainiest month was 193 and we had 17.45. it's not even close to this. imagine the volume of the rain. the numbers we see there reported day after day are just more and more impressive. the flood levels. the best news i can give you is the storm will accelerate over the next 36 hours for the northeast and the weekend. for the moment it's still offshore. 50 miles

port arthur, texas. top winds at 50 miles per hour gusts. it will diminish heading north to northeast. it is going to move to the coast tomorrow and accelerate north and northeast. when the acceleration comes the possibility that maybe over the weekend some showers from the remnant leftover may affect our area. this rain is not tropical. this is the weird amalgamated system on the coast. it produced gusty winds. ask brad bell about that. it's moving steadily. locally the rain comes to an end shortly. we'll do better with the clearing overnight. tomorrow is partly cloudy skies. we see temperatures tomorrow to make a rebound in the 70's. look for the possibility of showers in the mountains. but it will be brief. this is all about the timing and how fast the remnant circulation of harvey is. we could see effect of rain showers friday night. saturday and sunday if the system is not as fast as

forecast. best news we are saving sunday and monday. regardless of the circulation, labor day is great. cooler next week. check this out. once we get past monday and tuesday the temperatures in the 80's. we are looking at a cooldown. partly cloudy skies for the end of the week. stay with

erin: the redskins were back at work today preparing for the final preseason game in tampa on thursday. you know the one that doesn't really mean anything. but some players like backup quarterback colt mccoy, they are doing something that means much more than sports. in the wake of hurricane harvey, the texas native leapt his personal 16-foot -- lent his 16-foot boat and donated funds to help the victims. and george mason basketball team answered the call from the former u.v.a. and the houston rockets star ralph sampson. samson asked every college team around the country to send 20 school shirts and ten pairs of shoes to help those in need. change gears. a major upset at the u.s. open this afternoon. last year's champ kerber is out. upset by this girl. 19-year-old naomi in straight sets in t

it's the first top ten win of her career. i'm sure you will hear her name plenty of times from now on. first the shark and now michael phelps may have bigger fish to fry. he set his sites on connor mcgregor. the olympic swimmer posted the picture on instagram tagging the fighter saying all of this talk. should we race as well? we resume this is all a joke -- we assume this sul a joke but you never know. nationals trey dumper activated from the d.l. and bats lead-off against the marlins weather permitting. dowel likes that. jonathan: i would bet the farm on phelps. great one. michelle: i love the showmanship of mcgregor. a trash talker. >> rain is ending. >> we will track harvey and look ahead for impact of lay dor by a weekend. >> "world news tonight" is coming up next.

tonight, the disaster in texas growing more severe as we come on the air. catastrophic flooding breaching the levees. the dire warning, "get out now." >> i hate to think there are people in these houses. >> new images of dramatic rescues. the all-out effort from boats and choppers. rising water now reaching the rooftops. police tearfully revealing the loss of one of their own in the flooding. tonight, record rainfall showing no signs of quitting as harvey prepares to deliver another punch to the gulf. swept away. four children and their great grandparents lost trying to outrun the flooding. their van going under.