announcer: now abc 7 news at noon on your side. >> developing right now in texas, the death toll is rising. tropical storm harvey has killed at least 20 people according to local authorities there. the storm made a second landnal morning in louisiana. new video into our newsroom now shows a shelter that is now flooding and humanitarian crisis

and evacuations continue as the water there rises. right now, as i mentioned, a new target, louisiana income official are warning the state is not in the clear yelt. maggie has the least. reporter: harvey may have moved on, but the storm left behind more than 100 trillion-gallons of water and here in houston, you are only beginning to see the damage harvey made the third and likely final landfall this morning now forecast to dumb more than 20-inch of rain in parts of louisiana before moving northeast. flash flood watches in effect all the way to tennessee and florida. the storm drowning neighborhoods along the gulf coast. in port arthur, flood waters rushed into a shelter, rising to people sleeping in their cots. you have older people, kids,

walking in the water. you can have in sec, spiders, snakes in the water, they moved this up to the bleachers, but that is not helping. the water is rising up. reporter: fema is helping. >> we are supporting the efforts to provide mass care not only mass care but also medical care. >> huston still under water. rescues continuing around the clock. the helicopters had came over the house and they came and got us and we came outside and i was not able to bring anything. i was -- it was enough ram for know go the basket and for all the kids to fit. reporter: neighbors spring nag action. >> hang tight. reporter: using everything from big rigs to boats and jet skis to answer those desperate calls for help. more than 13,000 people saved in houston in the surrounding area where you but most are opening up their doors to their neighbors bonding through devastation.

soon the communities pull together. furniture stores offering and mattress store offer up beds and driving to hardhit neighborhoods handing out free today. abc news, houston, texas. back to you guys. >> thanks, maggie. well, chief meteorologist doug hiller whisker a look at the forecast floor in the area. good afternoon, doug. meat hi, the unsince back. good weather nunes folks in houston. the rain has stopped. the sun is come back. harvey is making the move not before spreading rain to other parts of the gulf coast and now over alabama and even to atlanta metro area so the circulation is impressive. a lot of heavy thunderstorms but they are moving north. we may deal with the leftover circulation here on seat. the latest track from harvey has the top winds at 45 miles per hour and will weaken and be able to put down heavy rain falls, two to three four

go through saturday morning. the system may be over northern kentucky then they can push to the east possibly bring it close enough to our area to give saturday showers and much cooler temperatures. ing now 73. 73 in frederick and baltimore. 73 at reagan national ear port. game three of the series. they are 2-0 going for sweep. first pitch weather. sunshine and 70. back in a couple of minutes with update to the holiday weekend weather. adrianna? >> thank you, doug. happening now, local red cross volunteers are on that way to help victims of tropical storm harvey. that storm is slamming into louisiana coast. suzanne kennedy visited the red cross in fairfax are crews are head out. reporter: these emergency response vehicles are take off from here in fairfax county and volunteer interests the chapter of the american red cross onboard. they will travel 1100 meals no baton rouge, louisiana to

assist there. before they left, we took a look inside of the trucks. the units will be used to serve food to people in neighborhoods and shelters in areas impacted by now tropical storm harvey and they conserve 400 meals at time. they are being sen or two weeks. >> i am anxious. i am ready to get started on this journey and i am nervous not knowing what to expect, but i am confident and excited that aim able to go and, and do good work to help home. >> the challenges are great. but the opportunity to be there and help people is what is motivating members of our team. we have sent 38 trained workers thus for anton accepted people over the next hours and days and weeks. this team will join the more than 2500 volunteers who are already on the ground in two states assisting in the wake of this devastating event. in fair faction county, suzanne

news. >> and 7 is on your side working with the american red cross to help him to packed by the storm thats to your generosity. last night's phone bank raised more than $41,000 in two hours for harvey relief. if do you not get a chance to call in. don't worry, we you have covered. go for information on other reputable groups also making a difference. >> well, take a look this right now. the national guard troops are sleeping on mattresses at furniture store in richmond, texas. others are getting some on their computer or phone. you can see them resting between shivs of rescuing people who were trapped in floodwaters. and now, to reports of price gouming in the middle of the def tation in there texas. some businesses are accused of raising prices on the necessity in one instance, $99 for a case of water. the texas attorney general says he has received 600 reports of price-gouging. stay woman says she was charged

case of bore at corpus christi convenience store. well now officials are laying done the law. >> we're looking at the price for the last lean ins if you in creased by more than 10% we'll look it a. >> , for best buy, after this picture went viral. a 24 pack of water they sold for $42. company says it was mist take and by a few employees at one store. well, this friday, can see that the dmv stands strong for texas. they trapping up with the salvation arm no i raise money for hurricane harveyic v victims sinclair brad cast group will match the first $100,000 donated. stay tuned for more information in how you can help. now to the shocking video of a woman caught on camera throwing urine on a bus driver in d.c. that video is very disturbing. john gonzalez in the north west a the

reporter: that is right. it hays hard to look that video. it is disturbing and vial. this act here oh cord that bus stop on minnesota avenue near bedding road in the video, which you will see in a second, you can see this woman standing right next the bus driver in side of the bus forrenmen holding a thermal cup similar to this one but was not filled with coffee. police saying it was filled with her own ire are in. it is disturbing. metro police saying they have reason to believe this woman urinated into that cup in the back of the bus with other passengers nearby then stands next to driver when the bus stops for some bizarre reason the bodily fluids are thrown directly at the driver. the woman runs off the bus. the camera in side of the bus is clear. you can see detail on the woman's face and her clothing. now from is a shield but only partially covers the driver. the union here, the at local 680 has been calling for better protection on the buses for years after

assaulted. the union writes in a statement metro must take accountability for their inaction to increasingly dangerous problem. we have called out to metro as well to try to find out if any changes will be made after this disgusting ins incident. in northeast washington, john gonzelez, back to you. >> all right. we are coming up on abc 7 news at noon. shocking video of a man being dragged by suv. the crime police say he was accused of. >> plus mother arrested for dui, the surprising way she was busted. more tough talk from president trump after new threats much the least warning from the come communist country. >> there is a wrap new tropical storm out this mid dy and wednesday. the name is irma. could bam hurricane. it could be a very important storm to watch in the next week to ten days. we do that and check out the weekend, too, coming up in a few minutes. right now, a midday c

>> thank you very much, good afternoon. going to be a beth of a tough ride out of fredericksburg. this is northbound on mile 134. two right lanes are shut down as the tractor-trailer is involved them left side will squeeze by. we expect the north end delays heading out our way. of course, southbound traffic won't be too bad. through 123 on the left shoulder here but in the bottleneck we have not seen any big delay so far. a chance of a little bit of a work zone here this is the outer loop toward the end of the express lanes. you can see the right lane is shutdown and will go back a little bit toward the road and you can see those outer loop delays as result of the work zone. that will be the one main trouble spot on i-495 and not too bad in tyson at route 7 and you can see the track is going pretty nicely right here and 66 eastbound and through i have enema, a couple of work zones are adding to delays. that is all for now.

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>> and we are back now with must-see video. a man accused of carjacking was caught on camera clinged to the door of suv as it sped off on road in washington state. you can see here when the suv stopped, the man opens the door trying to get the driver out. but that person takes off again with the man still holding on. >> i thought that maybe like he pick up his wife or something like that, and, and she was driving off without him. >> police say this is just one of several cars that man tried to steal. in another case, he punched a driver. he never got a car that night and p

arrested him. and now to portland an11-year-old boy called 911 to report his mom for suspected driving. she was arrested saturday night after failing field sobriety test. officers say her son when that backseat worried about her erratic drive sog he called the police. authorities say her blood-alcohol level was was to the legal limit. >> well, another update from the military. transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military pending a study by peg,s that is announcement from defense secretary james mattis and buys time for nent gone to determine the fy ture. last week, president trump placed a ban on transgender service members. and also, right now, the president taking to twitter after north korea latest missile test in his words talking is not the answer. tuesday's launch over ja pap and now warrants there may be more attempts.

elizabeth has the latest. reporter: north korea state television claiming this is the ballistic missile fired tuesday. pyongyang also releasing new pictures in including this one of north korean dictator kim jong-un smiling, watch teg latest launch. the state news agency later reporting kim calling the launch a prelude to contain the u.s. territory of guam in the country needs to conduct more ballistic missile tests. >> the united states will not allow their laws to continue. and the rest of the world is with us. u.n. ambassador nikki haley speaking after an emergency. security council meeting on mort korea is now vowing global response. this week's missile flew some 16 hup meals and crossed over this japanese island before crashing into the sea.

leave jag pan on high alert ap prompting south korea and the u.s. to respond with bombing drills. president trump initially reacted only saying the statement, all options are on the table. then purchase this morning suggesting that negotiating with kim jong-un will not work tweeting the u.s. has been talking to north korea and extorsion nin for 25 years. talking is hot the answer. but in an aare rent dron choice president's tweet. james mattis just told reporters today. work is continuing for peaceful resolution. elizabeth, abc news, new york. >> all right. so i had time off. you had time off. reout nied again. it is on great sunny day after yesterday's rain. >> meterologist: back the weather center shall. yesterday, the coolest day

years. >> oh, wow. wow. meteorologist: the coastal storm, mare, never tropical. now we bounce back to close to 80 today and the in the 80's as head to weekend. look that gorgeous shot now live. yesterday we showed you this picture the capital and the sky and the national harbor. i was just awful. you could barley make any did he fault is was rein ny and misty out but gorgeous today. a little both of a cool side for this time of daying on the 30th of a of of august. this afternoon we climb through upper 70's to near 80's. the airsdry and comfortable indeed. not comfortable the folks in alabama and georgia. some lines of heavy showers getting ready to move to the at lan, metro area. the circulation from harvey now inland totally and going to move to the north and then, that eventually to the northeast and lay done the track of rain as it slowly begins to deteriorate but in that process, some of it lays done the decent rainfall amounts. close to three inch of rain expected and three inches in

louisville. then after that it weakens for the then the computer models to go out through the weekend continue to uj suggest the circulation center may swing close enough to safety to give us rain and cool materials. tonight, we have partly loudy. a quiet night and 67. tomorrow, 82 but a cold front will approach during the day and could row cause few isolated shower. well, on friday, just kind of a mixed bag of clouds and sun. it will turn overcast saturday or friday afternoon and much cooler about 74 far high. then, now here is ir m's story it is off the west coast of africa and the cape verde islands it will bam hurricane tomorrow morning. then, track west-southwest as we get through monday and labor day not going to get a lot stronger. 90 miles per hour winds but you are using the evidence of warmer tors and air atmospheric conditions is a possibility that it could get stronger as it heads to the eastern end by the middle of next week. a lot to watch with that

inside of stuff i think. sunny, brightens up and turns warmer and labor day proper beautiful sun shies and 84 degrees. here is our our ted, outlooking and show you the first few days then wrap it up. a warming trend for friday when it turns cooler and rainy and cool on saturday then we began the warm-up in the clearing through sunday and monday of next week and looks nice and maybe a couple of showers mid woke then temperatures start to col off again so all during the summer here as the weather was so can at times and july and august and then we started to cool off and maybe we get another big heat wave in september and that could happen how about sign of it yet. all right. thanks so much. all right. well, a new twist be the ongoing congressional probe into alleged russian meddling. donald trump jr. is going to testify privately before the senate committee. he ised to answer questions about the meeting last june with the russian lawyer and the president's son was told he received damaging information about hillary clinton but that did not

happen. democrats appointed to the meeting to argue pollution between the trump calm pen and the new russian government. the trump campaign has already denied that accusation. >> well, new developments now concerning another target of the russia probe. former trump campaign chairman paul ma na fort. the special council is now shall you shooting subpoenas to former manafort a former lawyer and to his current spokesperson. well, it is unclear what information the investigator believe the two may have but pana fort worked on the trump campaign for four and a half mons and resigned amid scrutiny over undisclosed paims for work he did on the behalf of the former ukrainian president. coming up on abc 7 news at noon. computer glitch costing people food. distribute the emergency food in the district is now suing the city and the solution that may be on the way.

>> drive soak or get pulled over. that's the motto tonight. they will be doing a sew pry ty check point. a zero tolerance for driving volunteers by alcohol or drugs. over the next week throughout the labor day holiday, state police will have increase in dui patrols as well. a new program is looking to make it easier to distribute food stamps to people. red for the city filed a lawsuit in federal court against d.c. alleging a groins emergency food request each year. human service blaming a computer error for the flaws among them denying benefits to deserving people. the mayor says the solution is on the way. >> there have been so many glitches in the system working to improve them but we have seen over the last couple of mons am provements and only a going to get

in a same, dhs says the led-based applications people are take less time to the service centers and the programs are helping 50% more families each day. >> well, the result rinse. the wiper of the fair faction county school board election is democrat, she will teak the seat resigned from earlier this year and virginia governor tweeting last night he spoke to her and congratulated her on her victory. , doings back with the final check of the forecast including when we could see rain. stay with us. a short break, then we'll be back.

>> all right. check out. this is in denver where construction works found something unusual. a 66 million-year-old fossil. the cruise found what appears to be parts of this have and now they are helping join ins figure how much of the sign dorr's skeleton may be there and the bones will be put up on display at some point. now that is cool. >> yeah. that is how museums get filled. yeah. exactly. yindable. all right. good weather nurs today. plenty of sunshine in the upper 70's. few clouds tomorrow. maybe passing how shower at 3. cooler a cold tron come through. then the weekend looks like saturday could be rainy. heft heft are leftovers are harvey. looks good to. thanks for joining us this mid mid day. be sure to watch abc 7 news. you all have a great day.

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