get them out of the area. >> still more rescues in hard hit houston. the sky is now clear here. but water is still inundating homes. estimated 30% of the county, 1700 scare miles now flooded -- square miles are now flooded. >> people have been stranded for days. >> with the water receding in some places the death toll from the monstrous storm is climbing. police finding the six family members who died when the van was swept away. >> the worst fears have been realized. >> evacuations today in port arthur, texas, at a nursing home where the patients waded in the water for 24 hours. and the shelter. >> water is coming in from every angle. it's coming in from the bathroom. it's coming in from the backdoor, the front door. >> more than 32,000 people are now living in shelters in texas. from this overcrowded convention center to churches and mosques. some are reaching c

shelter where they are not calling the people staying here evacuees. instead they refer to them as "guests" or "neighbors" doing all they can to make people feel as comforting as possible. so many people are showing up to help, they have had to turn the volunteers away. marci gonzalez, abc7 news, houston. larry: the cost of the disaster is set to break every record we have. financial toll of hurricane harvey could be unmatched. it's on pace to be the most expensive natural disaster in history. the estimates, just estimates around $160 billion. most homeowner insurance policies do not cover floods caused by natural disasters. many victims will have to lean on federal funding for help. >> federal insurance program, standard haven't been updated in 50 years. the limits are antiquate and the program underfunded. larry: thisdy sast her do one thing

region. all the destruction and damage will put thousands of people to work for years to come. alison: further east down the highway from houston, this it was the scene. you can see whitecaps. it looks like the middle of the see. but no, this interstate 10. it looks like a choppy day at sea. this is whinney, texas, 30 minutes from bow mont. -- from beaumont. jonathan: another area is port arthur. they are taking on water. the place where some seek refuge is looking like the places they were evacuated or rescued from. this is the bob bower civic center. evacuees forced out again. many are waiting in the bleachers until they can be taken to another try shelter. alison: local help continues

this is task force one to help the flood victims make it out of the water log homes. they were met by the devastation yesterday. the elite urban search and rescue team is joined by the seven healths and the 40 members of the virginia national guard in coming days. with the quick changes happening on the country gulf coast you don't want to miss any update that happen. count on abc7 for continuing coverage as we track harvey's path of destruction. you can get breaking details online at wjla.com. jonathan: the world knows in seconds when north korea launches a missile. inside the secretive country not so much. it takes longer. in fact, if at all. that is state run media releasing the crowd learning of monday's launch day after it happened. that is the response. everybody is happy. in a tweet president trump said talking is not the answer when it comes to reigning in

the secretary of defense struck a different tone. >> we are never out of diplomatic solutions. we continue to work together. the minister and i share a responsibility to provide for the protection of the nation. the population and the interest. jonathan: the pentagon conducted successful missile defense test off the coast of hawaii that was scheduled before north korea fired a missile overjapan on monday. the pentagon says the destroyer john paul jones shot down a target designed to approximate medium range ballistic missile. >> mourners, many strangers are embracing as they remember second lieutenant collins. the bowie state student killed at the university of maryland. brad bell was there as the two campuses united. hi joins us live from college park with the latest in the case. brad? brad: you know what? this was a terrible incident. it tore apart th

may. it happened at this bus stop. still an active bus stop. the students are here. it has become a memorial. since this happened much else happened regarding the race relations in college campuses. today the school wanted to get together not just to remember lieutenant collins but also to make strong statement. >> at the university of maryland, soulful music. somber processional. at bowie state university, a clear voice. singing out. >> ♪ there is a place in my memory ♪ brad: two campuses separated by miles but at 12:05, united for a moment of remembrance for collins. students at each school hoping that a message is sent. in bowie -- >> it just shows that there is still kindness in the world. brad: in college park -- >> i wish th

brad: collins was killed at this maryland bus stop in may after a night out with friends. maryland student urbanski stands charged with murder in a case investigated as possible hate crime because of the alleged history of surfing websites associated with racism. >> he says that hate is real. >> the problem has to be recognized. brad: since then maryland named chief diversity officer and says much work remain and campuses like those in charlottesville are targeted by what he calls provocateurs. >> we have to understand the motives and the tactics they use. brad: work will continue tomorrow with con campus discussion of the race relation

brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. they are learning there is lead in water at schools in stafford but why school officials say there is no reason to worry. larry: man holding on for dear life. this is not even his car. we will explain what is going on here. doug: the stormwatch7 weather team keeping a close eye on harvey. knowing that there is a good chance that by the weekend we could get rain from the remnants. we talk about that and the complete forecast next at "abc7 n

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. larry: a bus driver is now facing criminal charges in connection to a crash that happened back in may on interstate 95. do you remember this mess? that is where a bus full of kids and parents traveled on a field trip from philly to d.c. crashed into a car and then you see flipped on the side. recording that was taken from the bus apparently shows thes but switching lanes and -- bus switches lanes and forcing a car on the shoulder before the video abruptly ends. the driver is charged with negligent driving. alison: this evening fear and anger in stafford after the parents find out there is led in the drinking water at some schools. the announcement from the stafford county schools are coming days before the students go back to class. six out of the 12 schools tested have one or more

level of led above what the e.p.a. considered safe. they include garrisonville elementary school, and fallmouth elementary school. graftton village and edward e. drew middle. >> how long has it been going on? that is the question i ask myself. >> we is to get our water bottles ready. michelle: stafford schools saying it is important to note findings are isolated and the students are safe. test results in other part of the school are well below average levels. larry: -- jonathan: new tonight, a man arrested for molotov cocktail attack. he tossed in a liquor and two workers there were burned. it hit the workers and sparked a fire inside the store. they don't know why he did it but he has been caught and he has been charged. one person is still in the hospital with serious injuries. coming up for us this man

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michelle: new developments of a woman who is accused 0 throwing urine on a met redriver. they arrested opal brown at if l'enfant plaza metro station this afternoon. they captured her picture as well as the incident and they believe this is brown who was caught on video relieving herself. then throwing it at the driver. the driver was not hurt. jonathan: would-be carjacker in washington state would not give up getting behind the wheel of the s.u.v. even after this happened. watch. he is hanging on to the car. his pants have been ripped off. he is still trying to get in the car. the guy stops and driver says you know what? i won't have this. he takes off again and the guy continues to hang on. oh, well, after the car finally came

this guy had been knocked off the police tracked him down. but not before they have video of the guy trying to attack other driverrers and getting behind the wheel of their cars. hadn't figured out what was behind this. but this guy did get a shiny new pair of handcuffs and sent to jail. michelle: special reunion between am woman rescued from the tight grip of a seat belt and firefighter. this happened after a car accident in prince george's county in july. today the woman got to thank the off-duty firefighter who spotted the wreck and saved her from suffocation. stephen tschida has the story. stephen: the mangled car after a wreck which left a seat belt gripping 22-year-old briann's neck so tightly it stifled her breath. >> only words are thank you. i'm eternally grateful. stephen: off-duty firefighter saw a light from the bottom of a deep ravine. inside a wrecked car he spotted her. the seat belt choking the life out of her. >> i tr

pressure back to release the seat belt to make it come through and so once i released the pressure you were small enough you slipped through the seat belt. when you hit the ground on other side you started breathing again. stephen: she says she doesn't remember anything from that night and she wanted to meet the man who saved her life. to say thank you. >> i never had an opportunity to actually see his face. to touch his hand. to give him a hug and thank him. >> you and your mother are forever welcome. stephen: stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: i love stories like that. love stories like that. more image out of texas tonight of the neighbors helping neighbors. these guys are linking arms here in a human chain all to pull a man from his flooded s.u.v. the water was up to the chests and there is a current there. you can't see it in the video but it is there. the man in the car appears to be an older gentleman. the good news is they were able to get him out of this safely. listening to the story all day it's heartbreaking and same time it's he

the volunteers putting themselves on the line to save others. michelle: the heroes of the whole thing. "7 on your side" is working with the american red cross to aid those impacted by the storm. thanks to the general rosstism last night's phone bank raised more than $41,000 in two hours. if you didn't get to contribute and call in, don't worry. you can still contact the red cross to donate. this friday you can show that the d.m.v. stands strong for texas. abc7 and newschannel8 with the sister station across the country team up with the salvation army to raise money for hurricane harvey victim. the parent company sinclair broadcast group will match the first $100,000 donated. stay tuned for more information on how you can help. jonathan: do you have an up -- i have an update to pass along. check out the dog and the baby. that is tock, the dog. the last dog of several sent to the area in wake of harvey's destruction. he fnd

night and now he has a new family. the little ones get on pretty well. look at the love between the two of them. this is good news. more dogs are coming from texas tomorrow. keep in mind if you are thinking of adopting a dog now might be a good time. they are stocked full at some of the shelters. so you can take a look. they need help. michelle: maybe the family will get one more and have tick and tock. >> when i was a kid we had a basset hound named tocca. doug: tomorrow is good but downhill for friday and then back to good for the ends of the weekend. the end of summer is going to be nice. jonathan: doesn't feel like summer now. doug: no. on the cool side. this is what is coming up. we have to keep track of the remnants of harvey. tropical storm but at the last advisory the top winds are 40 miles per hour. i suspect tonight at the 11:00

shouldn't predict. it could be dropped as a tropical storm and be the post tropical depression making a move and starts to accelerate north and east. spread rain along the track. we will get rainfall for harvey in the day on saturday. initially rain moving well ahead as a trough of low pressure. that is going to approach us friday. saturday will produce period of rain and the cool temperatures. before that happens a cold front passes through tomorrow to bring us isolated showers. nigh day tomorrow despite the future track of tropical storm harvey. by 2:00 in the afternoon on saturday the location over southeast, ohio. it will suggest for saturday everything. the heaviest rains stay west. the storm will weaken as it

three, four, five inches like places like nashville but it weakens heading to our area. this evening is delightful. 75 in the city. around 7:00. we drop in 60's with the partly cloudy skies. tomorrow looks good. we call it partly sunny. 82. clouds when the front gets in. isolated shower. friday we go the other way. warmest in temperatures are in the morning. cooler air comes in, in the afternoon with a lot of cloudiness. highs in the afternoon in the mid-60's. chance of showers at night. better chance of rain from late friday night through saturday. that shows up in the weekend outlook. sundays, may be cloudiness in some areas of the morning but we should turn partly sunny area wide with highs in the 80. labor day monday. a lot of sunshine and 84 degrees. looking ahead past labor day monday with the 48-degree high. much better weather coming our way with the temperatures on tuesday. up to 86. shower chances on wednesday an thursday. cooler temperatures as we head through the end of next week and next weekend. that is the

michelle: thank you. great baseball weather. robert: yes. great day for stephen strasburg. he looked good. early action. we will bring you redskins, long time going through the closet. some aren't long for being redskins. details next in sp

robert: the final preseason game for redskins, thursday 7:30 against the buccaneers. be you won't see starters. instead you see guys who are still trying to make the final roster. redskins have until september 2 to finalize the roster that saturday. it means a lot of talented guys will be looking for jobs elsewhere. we caught up with will compton at the welcome home lunchen. >> i hope for the best for all of them. i have no ewhat is going through their mind. there is a lot of stress happening now. like you said, a lot of the stars and the guys that aren't playing stress-free like that. there are guys on the fringe that a lot to riding on what they will do tomorrow. i feel for them and i hope the best for them all. i wish we could all make it. >> all right. baby, nats and marlins early. stephen strasburg the man of the hour. start with the pitching. stephen strasburg. he looked strong this afternoon. so far he has gone eight innings. given up no runs. only five hits. struck out seven. but it

the talking. bottom five. strasburg drives one right center. that is gone. his second of the season. 1-0 nats. right now they lead 3-0 in the eighth. john wall made a nice donation to relief hurricane fund. $50,000. jonathan: the pitchers aren't supposed to hit home run. >> gio hit two this year. jonathan: when the pitcher on the other team. hit a home run. michelle: great. doug: all right. the weather story tonight. we look and brian van de graaff is in for steve at 11:00. give you the latest update to see if it's still tropical storm tracking that. labor day weekend right now looking like rain from harvey. remnants on started. clearing on -- remnants on saturday. clearing on sunday. labor day in mid-80's. michelle: looks great for the holiday weekend. thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. jonathan: thank you for watching. for all of u

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tonight, breaking news. tropical storm harvey hits land again. the new disaster unfolding in the gulf. more rescues under way at this hour. the new area hard-hit by the storm. patients evacuated from a flooded nursing home. our rob marciano on board a blackhawk chopper, the rescues from above. the grim death toll climbing. search teams locating that van swept away with six family members inside. many shelters pushed to the limit with families in need. this mother desperately looking for her children. what we have just learned. explosion