the pentagon issuing new guidance on >> now, abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. with the latest on hurricane harvey's path of destruction, setting its sights on louisiana with a second

jonathan: the fact that we still have a radar picture like this five days after it made landfall is incredible. thousands of people have been rescued, crowding into shelters. harvey has set a record for rainfall in the continental united states. president trump visited texas to thank first responders. development, a police officer is among the dead, died to drowning in his cruiser. nancy: jay korff starts our coverage tonight. jay: the death toll along with water continues to rise. there is a curfew from midnight until 5 a.m. to ensure safety amidst of the horror. rescuers plucked tractor residence in southeast texas. >> there they are. we are coming to get you. are still being saved from this

the savage storm that drop nearly 50 inches of rain, dozens of lives lost. a 61-year-old police officer is among the victims, drowning while driving into art. >> this is a more powerful event than anybody in texas has ever seen. jay: the houston convention center is nearly double the capacity and some are rationing purchases. and a sobering sight, roads covered in nearly six feet of water. from the louisiana helped a homeowner who turned on a jet ski to rescue his seven dogs. >> thank you very much. god bless you, everybody. doing a good job. trump visited texas today, praising emergency operations officials, calling their work incredible. jay korff, abc 7 news. nancy:

countless images from texas. people sleeping on mattresses at a furniture showroom in houston, between shifts of rescuing people on the floodwaters. jonathan: a rescue work carrying a victim on his back, wading through the water. the owner of the boat went to the area to help those in need. he said seeing the devastation touched his heart and made him want to do something. nancy: 7 on your side is working with the american red cross to help those impacted by the storms. the phone banks tonight raised more than $40,000 for harvey relief. >> we've got over a thousand volunteers on site, more streaming in every single -- all stop and we need your help, financial donations. we need to get supplies and resources down there. everything that can help will

a benefit to those who will be impacted. nancy: if you do not get a chance to call in, go to wjla.com for information on other reputable groups making a difference. jonathan: there is another easy way to help victims of harvey, lyft has added the mayor can read across as its list of charities that you can donate to buy rounding up. they will round up each of your to the next dollar and donate the difference to hurricane relief. steve: the first forecast from 11:00 update on harvey, still a tropical storm, max wind of 50 miles per hour and about to make a third landfall, not a good situation, but improving for houston. weather was cloudy and rainy today, but tomorrow bigger changes are on the way. more sunshine, the skies will clear, highs near 80 degrees. after a high today of only 68 at reagan

coldest day in august in 25 years, bigger changes on the way towards the end of the week. more on that coming up. are watching very closely the impact of hurricane harvey around the clock. we have a live report from houston at 11:15. and stave returns with the latest on the storm path at 11:20. we have updates around the clock on our website, wjla.com. you can also sign up for text alerts at wjla.com/text. anytime there is breaking news it will come to your phone or tablet. nancy: transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military, the announcement tonight from the defense secretary james mattis. it buys times for the pentagon to determine the fate of thousands of transgender troops who are serving after last week president trump placed a ban on transgender service members. michelle: new

developments, 19 people indicted on charges stemming from the violent clash outside of the turkish ambassador's residents, including 15 turkish security officials. this happened when turkish security officials clashed with protesters in may, sparking outrage, including calls from a virginia representative, asking the turkish ambassador be expelled. indictedfendants were on the charge of conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, which could carry a 15-year prison sentence. many face additional charges. that could include jail time if convicted. at the live desk, i'm michelle marsh. nancy: a terrifying sight on metro, a gunman and shooting down an escalator. this was in a neighborhood fight that made it to the columbia lastts metro station, friday afternoon. nobody was hurt, but the police are searching for the gunan

and asking anyone with information to come forward. jonathan: metro police want you to see this video. they say that this woman threw a metro busne on a driver. tom roussey has the latest on this investigation. this is disgusting. tom: it is all full. the metro was on benning road, turning onto minnesota avenue. the woman is near the front of the bus, waiting to get off. when the bus stops, she gets off, but before that, she does this. in metros surveillance video coming to see the bus stop, then the woman turns and hurls a cup of her urine on the driver. riders cannot believe the video. >> who does that. and she pedal on the bus. bus.d shepeed on the tom:

around 6:15 saturday night after the woman urinated into a cup in the back of the bus near other passengers. they are demanding that metro improve safety. although the suspect threw the urine, the driver had a safety shield. metro says that all buses have cameras and they have increased bus patrols. do you ride the x2 line? >> every day. tom: they say that anybody who would do this should be caught. >> she would not want anybody being on her. that is disgusting. tom: that was on the x2 route, headed to the metro station a short distance from here. metro transit police are looking to identify the woman who did this. if you know who she is, please give them a call. live in northeast, tom roussey, abc 7 news. families forced out of

construction nearby formed a crack in their building. nancy: tim barber has been following up with residents were still out of their homes. the people in this blue house are staying in a hotel. the people over here are staying with relatives. right now district officials have ordered a stoppage of construction at this site. >> my family and i were left homeless. tim: julia is not alone. her neighbor is also homeless. >> this is not been fixed. forcede families were out after cracks formed in their homes around the same time workers were gutting the home between them. with family say the owner has not answered questions. we call this evening and also do not get a response. >> i would appreciate if he was more helpful. a spokesperson with the department of consumer and

likely whoever was in charge of the construction site will face charges for violating district codes, but officials would not say what the violations are. what is this? >> my son's schoolbooks. tim: and it is soaking wet. until the insurance companies pay up, the neighbors are left in limbo. crewsct officials made stabilize the worksite. if the owner gets back with us, we will let you know his side of the story. live in northwest washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. nancy: new tonight, the winner of the fairfax county schoolboard election, the democrat, taking the position. virginia governor terry mcauliffe said that she spoke with her and congratulated her on her victory. jonathan: no confederate flags and the charles county fair. they

confederate veterans will set up a display without a confederate flag. this is in the wake of the contra see over confederate icons and violence in charlottesville. the fair's president says it is important to learn from experiences. 7 tracking the devastation of hurricane harvey around the clock. we are seeing the heroism of the first responders. was a pat of meal butter. jonathan: they have been working around the clock with no sleep or rest, working on adrenaline.

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isia says that kim john-un planning more ballistic missile tests into the pacific ocean. in the wake of the launch that flew over japan, japan and south korea are beefing up defenses. monday's launch was the first time that north korea flew a missile over japan in 19 years. hurricane harvey is now blamed for a number of deaths. the associated press says perhaps 15 people are killed, all kinds of numbers. it is hard to keep track. included in the dead, a police officer drowned in his cruiser. nancy: shelters crowded with victims as first responders continue to rescue people from the historic flooding. jonathan: we are live to houston, texas, and we start with this -- what is the situation tonight? things seem to be changing by the minute. indeed, and just before we came on the air, i was

people who said they were just rescued. arenow those were rescued continuing to flag down national guard troops. them flying overhead in helicopters and they are so grateful to be on dry ground. there is some good news according to the city of houston. officials say this is the first time they have a glimmer of hope because the water levels in many of the bayous and reservoirs are beginning to recede. we had been talking about this for days on end, and we saw for the first time since i've been kere thursday the sun pea through the clouds, and it was a moment of hope. nancy: you had mentioned the water levels. report about the levees being breached. what is the current situation right now? lana: officials have been trying to do some planned

reservoirs and dams that have been stretched to their limits. with the water level starting to lessen they get to amount of planned releases. every time they release the water, we know that additional homes get flooded. all of this is good, and we are hearing for the first time some of the highways and roadways that were previously impassable are starting to be uncovered for the first time. all of that said, it is still a dire situation. there are still rescues ongoing, still homes being flooded, and so many evacuees by the thousands are in desperate need of help. nancy: and what is the current status of the evacuees? are they finding shelters as they need to be? lana: they are, but the shelters are past their --

their intended capacity. most evacuees, they were originally planning on taking and 5000 people. it will been streaming in by the hundreds. right before our eyes, we saw 3000 turn into 5000 turn into 9000. at last count there were more than 9000 people at the convention center in houston. they have been hoping to alleviate some of the pressure on the shelters by opening more, churches and mosques and other community centers. for a lot of people, they have lost everything. even after the flood water start they will not be able to go back home or pick up their lives where they left them thursday. it will be a long road ahead. nancy: thank you very much. jonathan: for the latest information on hurricane harvey, find out ways to help the

steve: the high temperature today was 69 degrees at reagan national, making it the coolest august day around the dmv -- are 25 ready for this -- in years. we are slowly cooling, 64 manassas, 61 luray. the the windows now that rain has moved out. we have clear skies to the west, fogttle bit of patchy developing. not a lot, but with kids back at school early tomorrow morning, leave extra time. the disturbance off the coast moves off to the north and east, swinging down to the gulf where harvey continues to churn and a pound parts of louisiana and texas. the good news for houston, the rain is later and things will get better moving into the day tomorrow -- the rain is lighter. the track takes it

more to the east. we will have a better chance of unsettled weather this weekend. parts of the upcoming weekend. 50's, ifmorning, upper you have to wait at the bus stop or the metro stop, a good deal of sunshine through the afternoon. plenty of sun across southern maryland, added showers and clouds to the west, mainly along i-81. i don't believe it will amount to a lot. whether you bring the umbrella or not come if you live north and west, you may run into a shower, but most of you will not see anything like that. the highest tomorrow, so much better by about 10 degrees, looking at about 78 degrees reagan national, a nice mixture of sun and clouds. the upcoming holiday weekend, changes on the way, rain from harvey part of the day saturday, highs around only 70 degrees.

around 80 degrees. labor day monday, 85, perfect weather for outdoor activities -- swimming, barbecue, picnic, you name it, it looks fantastic. once we get through the weekend, a good deal of sunshine through the day tuesday. wednesday of next week, a chance of showers. cooler by the end of next week, highs in the middle 70's. nancy: tonight, truckloads of dogs and cats are in our area after being rescued from harvey's rising waters. dozens arrived at last chance animal rescue just before the hurricane in texas. the rescue said that 84 will get here this week and the response has been overwhelming as people are opening their homes to pets in need. for more information on how to help these animals, go to wjla.com.

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