impact impacks are being felt. this is a monster, category 3 storm with potential to pack a very big punch. >> that's right, we're working for you to show you what's coming and potential impact here next week. >> land fall is still a few hours away, it could dump more than 30 inches of rain, possibly more than that and sit over texas for days. harvey is the first major hurricane to hit the u.s. since hurricane wilma in 2005 as it picks up mandatory evacuation orders are in place. >> we're have team coverage for you, let's start with nbc jay gray and victoria texas as hurricane harvey closes in. >> this is a lur cane that will come inland and then progress nostty kated to

>> driving rain and sustained winds of 110 miles an hour. it's the strongest storm to target the area in half a century. >> we're could see storm surge anywhere from 6 to 12 feet. >> the severe hit, leaving those little time to move to higher ground. >> we're targeted the area, encouraging people in our strongest language other than mandatory to get out -- to get off the island, in other words, get out of dodge. >> that's what thousands are doing in corpus christi. >> they're material things. we're can always get that back. but i'm not willing to risk my child's life. >> the same push is underway in port lavaka where bus loads of people and pets are being shuttled to safety. but for some in the strike zone, there's nowhere to go. >> financially, we're don't have the money to go ahead and take that ride out of town. >> those who plan to ride it out preparing as best the

canned food and just the essentials. >> bracing as hurricane harvey inches closer to the coast. >> now, the national weather service forecast is calling for 32 inches of rain here over the next several days. jay grey, nbc news, victoria txs. >> -- for a closer look at the timing and track of hurricane -- what's the latest, doug. >> well, the latest is hurricane forced winds are making their way on shore, just a report around the corpus christi area. obviously, higher than hurricane force, but we are getting those as the -- it's about two hours now from making land fall, one of the other observations, it may be slows down just a little bit and that could have devastating more in that area. now, you know, we're have amelia draper, we're flew down there today landed in houston and right outside of houston with

down there and what may be coming over the next couple of days. >> not much going here right now when we're landed with my photographer just a couple of hours ago. we were dealing with some showers, you can see. butt of breezier but more than anything we're noticing the humidity. once we're landed our first thing that we're did before anything else was stock up on supplies and folks here doing the same thing. now there are some limits on water, we were at one store where the water was sold out here at another store, there's a two pallet limit on water, so that's a big thing we're seeing. we're also seeing that people have a pretty good handle on the storm, the folks we're talking to. it's all about the rain here. we're will get some winds, obviously, we're noticing the conditions, we'll start to deteriorate later this evening. >> yeah. she's going to be in the houston area. but houston is going to be under the gun for days andme

top of us for it the entire time. so again this storm just a coup of hours making. making this a very strong category 3 hurricane. nbc blayne alexander at the white house, the president already made the plans to visit the loan star state. >> doreen, you're absolutely right that was what the word that came from the briefing earlier today, that president trump is making plans rather early to pay a visit to texas. the white house and president trump itself have wanted to make it abundantly clear that he is watching this and he's monitoring every development and he is ready to take actionf

he tweeted out that picture of himself getting a briefing earlier today. he sent out a tweet saying that he's been in constant communication with the governors of texas and louisiana. now, as you can imagine, hurricane preparedness was a big part of today's white house briefing. we're heard of one of the president's homeland security advisers, even though they're monitoring this, watching this closely, he urged people in that region to be prepared. here is his message earlier today from the white house briefing

>> this is the first time at the helm during natural disaster. and, again, the president tweeting just within the past hour or so that he is at camp david and we'll continue to monitor this very closely. back to you. >> all right, thank you. blayne. now harvey could lead to pain at the pump for a lot of us. now, we're won't the full impact of harvey until monday. >> air travel, also, expected to be impacted with hundreds of cancellations over the next few days, major headlines are waving fees for anyone who reschedules ahead of time, for more information head

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long has not only been in that job for two months. here is what we're know about him at that point. and his worked as hurricane program manager for fema. hurricane harvey could present a political challenge, as well, long told bloomberg news this week that he wants to limit federal flood insurance and have states and local governments bear more of the costs. >> now, let's turn to politics and members of his own

to be brewing as congress' summer break draws to a close. president promising a battle over funding of border wall and taking to twitter to from his own party, meet the press moderator chuck todd is here to break down another busy week. congress has less than a month to come up with some kind of a plan to avoid a shutdown. we're know from experience here, it effects thousands of people and really brings business to a stand still, can they work it out. >> first of all, we're dealing with -- we're talking about a sundo shutdown with party controls all over it. usually the shutdown because there's divided government. yes, there is a divide in this government, but it's a divide inside the party. look, the white house seems to be signaling today, we're do want to have a fight on the border wall. there does seem to be acknowledgment that september is not the time

that ceiling, there are too many things on the plate here, which i think, we're all in washington are use to, get ready for the short term, the two or three month continuing resolution that keeps government funded. they get the debt ceiling up, that's going to be difficult. and then they want to get tax reform launched. but i think in december, the next time, like, you know, as we're always know, the punt, punt, actual show down could be months down the road. i think the december or january, however long they do a short-term bill, the president symbolically believes, i think he's right about this, that that is the one promise he's held to. everything else, they'll let him -- that's what's most associated with him. he's willing to fight for it. more than anybody on -- >> what are you hearing about where the battle lines are being drawn amongst republicans with thchlt i me this. what kind of reaction are you hearing about the wake. >> i think there is some in the base of the

backs of immigration. whatever you want to describe it in your point of view there. but one of this issue of tighter immigration control. they do want to see this. the leadership of the party does worry about the political ramifications of it. in fact, we're have reporting right now that says the president may rescind the protection for undocumented immigrants who are brought here as children. that is something that leaders of the party fear, that are going to send hispanic americans away in droves, but the base of donald trump's movement does not want to see these protections kept in there. >> all come circle back around to the deep divide. t

that with the -- any retweets as his own, the people who should be his allies in the party. >> he's attacked more individual -- republican members in the united states senate than he has democratic members. that's the part of this -- it's not even a close call. and, look, on one hand, this is how he got there. none of them wanted him to win. i mean, look at it from his point of view, none of them wanted him to win. mitch mcconnell and paul ryan, you could say they were weak in how they tried to stop him, but they tried to stop him. they worked with any entity that was involved with trying to stop him. there is no love lost. the question is -- i think we're all thought they would have a marriage of convenience. >> he needs them. >> i think he's decided politically he doesn't. i think politically he thinks -- they're baggage. in order to fulfill any promise he needs them. politically, he thinks he's better off not running against them. >> it seems like

>> that's in their wildest dream. >> that's what mitch mcconnell and paul -- what are you doing. why are you increasing the leverage of nancy pelosi, what are you doing with this. you know what, i think we are seeing, this is going to delve into this. this party is headed for a divorce between two entities inside the party. the business wing. the question is who gets custody of the party. >> what's left. >> john kasich is talking about running as an independent. he's a classic chamber of commerce, sort of, wing of that party. he may be over his skis a bit where the rest of the party is, he may be a canary in the coal mine. >> so, you know, not as if i'm trying -- >> seg way or anything. >> exactly. you've got them coming up. >> did i do all right. >> you've got it. all right. all right.

kasich, a republican and democrat both from ohio will be on the show to talk more about the tension brewing from the president and the potential political impact. >> now, we're really have to watch. >> you have to know. >> and we'll do a lot. >> all right, thanks, man, we'll see you in a bit. category 3 hurricane barrelling towards land. we're tracking the timing and impact coming up next. >> price cuts and whole foods as amazon shakes up the grocery industry. it's one of our top [000:20:29;00] ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. this august visit your local volvo dealer

to receive sommar savings of up to $4,500. all eyes on hurricane harvey, land fall expected later tonight. the other impacting parts of texas, looking here at live pictures, coming in from corpus christi, heavy rain, storm surge. >> looks nasty. amelia is -- amelia draper is near houston, as people get last-minute things at the grocery store before harvey hits. let's start with doug kamerere to break down the timing. >> the timing over the next hour or so, the eye wall, the outer portion starting to come on shore right now. let's take a look, this is the latest advisory as of 5:00. this storm continues to strengthen. it's 125 miles per hour and that was the latest advisory as of 5:00. but i would not be surprised to

see a new issuance here because we're just had a war and excessive wind warning around the corpus christi area winds 115 and 145 miles per hour. that's around the corpus christi area, and you can see, that storm moving very close. it's also looking like over the last half hour or hour, that's starting to slow down. that will be devastating for the koes sta koe sta costal areas here. take a look at the current winds, 75 miles an hour, this is around the naval air station, 75, that, of course, corpus christi at 56, tropical storm forced winds to the north and west. the strongest winds will be right in this area and down towards the corpus christi region, up towards the sea drift area. we're seeing the potential for some tropical storm forced

winds, as far north as the san antonio, speaking of the houston area, that is where amelia draper is. she got in there just this afternoon and is live for us right now just to the north of the houston area. amelia, i know you're going to be traveling a little bit going farther in to the storm's path. >> exactly, so basically we're landed at the airport, we're have a rental car, we're stocked up on supplies, lots of water just in case. we're haven't really encountered strong winds here yet, all of that is going to start to move in over night tonight. the biggest concern in houston and the galveston area, as you were talking about, is going to be extremely heavy rain fall over long time period. we're here under a flood warning through tuesday and i think that will be extended further, but folks here are preparing, if they're coming here and getting groceries, they have a good handle on the forecast. they know this storm is going to sit here. once the rain arrives, it's going to rain for days and days and days. you can see some video showing some water.

they were completely out of another store did place a two pallet limit on the water. we've seen lots of folks going in and out. just loading his car up with everything you can think of. fun items for his kids, but then a lot of serious items, as well, like a lot of water. people here are saying, when it rains a little bit in houston, the city flooding is terrible. so they're getting ready for about 25 inches of rain fall, that's going to start to move in later this evening. one of the all-time worst storms ever and it hit around the same areas. this one can be worse. from corpus christi, this is where a tornado watch is and one tornado warning right now, we're had a tornado confirmed. storm surge also a big threat right off -- upwards of three, to as much as 12 feet of water making its way inland as we're

move on through. different, a lot more tranquil, we're watching a tropical system here, too, not for the weekend. the weekend very nice. tuesday and wednesday, storm system could pass just off the coast giving us breezy conditions and rainy conditions. not a lot of rain from that, it is something we'll continue to watch. much more, coming up. >> residents in this subdivision venting about a resurfacing project that's left their streets rough and bumpy. coming up, we're working for you to get some answers from the paving company about what's going on here. . >> some refer to whole foods as

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>> this is as we've been saying, one of the strongest decades. harvey set to make land fall later tonight, it is packing winds, as doug mentioned, up to 125 miles an hour. and as you said, this is going to stick around, some areas could see rain for at least a week, that's after some parts have already had close to 10 inches. mandatory evacuations also in place tonight, the tens of thousands in harvey's path are bracing for its impact, some moving to higher ground already, others honkering down, jay gray is live for us. you have been in victory yall day, how have the conditions

there changed since you you can prepare as much as you want, i'm not sure that there's anything you can do if you get that much rain in that amount of time. you're right, people have moved to higher ground, that's the good news. some who have decided to ride this thing out they've got provisions to last two weeks about electricity. that's probably a good estimate, once the wind comes in and does its damage, the rain is going to continue, as we're talk about for the next several days, so the powerlines will be down, getting in to repair those or fix them, can't do that until the water is gone. it's going to take some time and be a mess here for the next several days, if not weeks, jim. >> you mentioned evacuations, would you say most people are

starting to they going to enforce that, if they are. >> it's something -- along the coastline they're mandatory and have people going door to door and urging people to leave. you can't make a person leave their house if they decide not to, they've got to ride this thing out. if you make the decision to say, you're making that decision on your own. >> stay safe down there, buddy, good luck to you this weekend, the winds are already -- you can see them kick up behind you. >> great. >> keep it here on news 4. we'll have continuing coverage of this storm and what it could mean for our region throughout

the region, news 4 at 11:00, during the weekend, storm team 4, meteorologist amelia has made her way down to texas, you saw her moments ago to bring firsthand account of the conditions of this massive storm. doreen and leon, back to you from the live desk. >> thank you, jim. turn now to winds of controversy blowing through our area, our region here. you may not know it. but the american nazi party was born in arlington. >> 50 years ago today, its leader was assassinated in a shopping center in the neighborhood where i grew up. i still have vivid memories. >> and shop to find out what's going on under your nose. our pat collins, rather, broke the news of that assassination back when he was a newspaper reporter. shows us the old nazi hang outs when they often clash with the neighbors. >> on that day, it was a day to remember. >> on august 25th, 1967, pat

collins was still in college, but had a summer job at the washington daily news when he got a tip that george lincoln rot wel rockwell had been gunned down in arlington. >> we're set a land speed record, over to this shopping center in arlington and there on the ground in the shopping center parking lot. the body of george lincoln. >> today, a small group of noe-nazi showed up to honor rockwell. matt garcia was getting a haircut when he noticed them. >> obviously recognized the nazi flag and surprise today see it, obviously still quite a shock to see here in this neighborhood, today. >> from 1958 to 1983 the american nazi party was headquartered in arlington. clark has written extentively about the routes in arlington. >> the nazis were well integrated. they used the shopping center there, they would go to the

library and picket some >> one of those businesses targeted by rockwell back in the 1960s was the pizza, allen levine's party owned marios. >> the group split into the new order and the national socialist party. in arlington, mark segraves, news 4. >> a bumpy ride ahead. the project in one northern virginia neighborhood that left the streets looking worse than before. we're working for you getting some answers about what went wrong here. >> and land fall just about 1 to 2 hours away as it makes its way close to corpus christi, we're

will be talking about this for weeks on end. a product used to resurface roads in northern virginia has some people wondering if their neighborhood will ever look the same again. residents in the dawson's landing neighborhood called news 4 after the reports cars covered with liquid asphalt in a nearby neighborhood, bureau chief julie carey is getting some answers from them and response from vdot. >> residents also say in a neighborhood of half million dollar plus homes, it just

doesn't look he comes back with asphalt rocks stuck in his wheel tires. >> the company may have done exactly what they were suppose to have done. >> a representative says this is how it always looks at this stage.

>> an important tool, they contract for its use to extend streets, buying time for more costly repaving. so far this project meets their standards. i'm julie carry, news 4. >> and doing some major damage control after the health care company mailed envelopes to thousands of people revealing the hiv status, 12,000 of these letters went out at the end of last month with instructions for filling prescriptions for hiv medications. the information was clearly visible for the window on the envelopes, so far, at least 23 people have called to complain saying friends and family who didn't know they were hiv positive saw those letters and now they've been exposed. in revealing the pros-- news fo health. more women are surviving breast cancer, but many struggle with the significant side effect. they're removed to prevent cancer. it can involve pain and

swelling. offering relief to patients at lymph node transplant. it's being brought by david. >> dr. song has performed at least 20 of the transplants here and the swelling goes down by at least a third of what it was previously. >> it's there. >> tracking hurricane harvey,

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we love it! >> corpus christi texas where va lun tear e vax wagss are underway and hurricane harvey is bearing down on the texas gulf coast. texas' governor declared state of disaster in 30 counts and hundreds of national guard men and women are rescued. more than 700 people have been evacuated from corpus christi to san antonio. they've been taken on buses and authorities say this could be a rain event for days. a major concern here, potentially, catastrophic storm surge.

>> now here in have only been some voluntary e vax wa vak wags -- evacuations. a lot of people have decided to stay in town. we're saw a sign on a business just down road here that said open until all the letters on this sign blow off. flooding dangers, especially in low-lying areas, could be incredibly dangerous. we'll have more coming up tonight on nbc nightly news. we'll be talking with folks here and bringing you the very latest. >> looks like folks are taking it seriously. we'll see somebody out there in a body surfing or, you know, trying to surf their way and having fun with it. the wind is going to be the

impack, the storm surge biggest impact first before we'reet take a live look out there, you can see, remember, folks this is the gulf of mexico. this is not the atlantic ocean. you do not see waves very often in the gulf. they are right there, storm surge searing upwards. it's expected to be under 9 feet of water. right now you can see that storm close. but notice, it's really not moving much at all. the latest advisory had it moving at about 10 miles per hour, but it looks like it's slowing just a little bit and has been continuing to strengthen here. you look at just how far away it is, the current -- just looked at it, it's about ten miles offshore, the eye wall. you can see the eye wall right here, look at the latest winds, around 75 miles an hour inside the town. 56 degrees -- 56 miles per hour there and 44, back towards the county area. we're continue to see these winds on the increase, corpus christi just put out what's

called an excessive w warning. they're expecting winds of 115 to 145 miles an hour over the next couple of hours. they're expecting tornado like damage in this area as the storm comes across. here is the impact tonight. storm surge flooding from the corpus christi area all the way up towards shoe ston. winds to 125 miles an hour and power outages likely, one of the latest -- generated upwards of a million people expected to be without power from this storm over the next couple of days. here is the storm from another vantage point. here it is moving and then it just kind of sits here, only about ten miles off the coast, right around the corpus christi area, hurricane warnings in effect. we'll be watching this one for days. it may stay in that area, all the way through next thursday and friday and i had us tracking harvey for the labor day holiday. it may not come here at all now and that means most of the labor day looking pretty good. i am, however, tracking another

system off the coast. give breezy and rainy conditions tuesday and wednesday. that system will stay offshore. it will effect our weather as we're move into the middle of next week. lots to talk about, we'll have the latest for you on this storm including a new advisory at 11:00. >> all right, thank you, doug. if you've got organic avocado or ro tis -- next week, items and many others will be cheaper at the store. amazon plans to slash prices when it officially acquires the high-end grocery store. kristin wright, has the story. >> the whole foods amazon deal closes monday. the two companies say they'll slash prices on that very same day. dietitian, shar ma -- cost is t one barrier, especially for my clients to access -- >> some will be available on

amazon to delivery to your home. jones said, simply put. >> for amazon to actually take over and make these foods affordable, it's awesome. >> johnson runs a small catering business in dc. >> it's fresh herbs, it's strawberries, it's carrots. >> did you put all of these together. >> johnson sells her salads to businesses along h street over by whole foods. she wants fresh, she wants quality but refuses to shop at the pricey supermarket chain. >> don't get me wrong, i like whole foods. i like their leads. i like the variety of things that they have, but it's just not affordable. >> erinburg walks by the h street whole foods all the time. >> i don't shop at whole foods, prices are too high. i have, every since they announced it -- >> whole foods and amazon say this is just the beginning of the savings, in the future,

amazon primel foods, customer reward programs, giving prime members extra savings. in northwest dc, kristin wright, news 4. >> just going to have one store pretty soon, right. and the whole world. >> pretty much. you convinced would you go. would that make you go more often. >> yes, yes, for sure, how about you. >> it goes from whole paycheck to half paycheck. folks what do you think about it. will you be more likely to shop at whole foods with these reduced prices. we've been asking this afternoon. the majority out there are

saying yes, weigh in on the we've got some breaking news to share right now. north korea has just launched what may be multiple ballistic missiles. south korean military says it was fired into the sea of japan. the launch comes as u.s. and south korean militaries hold joint exercises, we're will monitor this situation throughout the evening and we'll bring you updates on the nbc washington app. >> another late breaking development here. we've gotten word that president trump has given the defense department formal authority to ban transgender troops from serving in the military. they'll soon stop recruiting

them and palin will be suspended for sexual assignment this should feel more like a regular season game. kirk cousins did play the entire first half in the second preseason game. he admitted to getting back, has been a bit of an adjustment. this week will be the first time that the players are on their normal weekly routine of getting prepped for sunday afternoon game. it sounds like that makes a difference. >> it's been a good week preview how it's going to be like on a regular season. you're right, from preparation

from days off to wednesday, thursday, friday, tomorrow and walk through at andrews air force base and play sunday. had an afternoon game on sunday. good work for us and gets a good team. >> good counsel -- council. after getting drafted, he had surgery before taking the field as a pro. defensive back. reporting two tackling and two pads break ups. now his knee is 100%, he expects to have a bigger impact in his sophomore campaign. >> just a lot more being able to trust what i see, being able to fly around, having that extra little burst and go out there and make some plays, you know, do a little bit more. everybody is working and pushing each other to get better. you know, the depth that we're had, no matter who is starting who and backing up, we'll keep on pushing each other and keep being competitive to have everybody come along.

>> dc has doubled down on a one of the community leadership reward today. he won the -- and congratulated on twitter this afternoon. he did not know she was going to receive the award today and here is the moment she actually found out. high school football is here. local team is kicking off the season in nationally televised game in las vegas tonight. and happened to put the streak on the line against three-time reigning national champion. out in nevada. kick off is set for 9:00 on espn. first pitch for tonight. it sets for the 7:05.

aj is on the mound for back to you. >> all right, thanks, much to watch for. >> we'll see you at 11:00.

>> thank you for joining us. nbc nightly news coming up next. there is breaking news as we come on the air. there it is. a monster hurricane bearing down on texas where millions are bracing for a natural disaster. what could be the most powerful storm to hit the u.s. in a dozen years. and major population centers are in the danger zone. tonight, emergency evacuations and last-minute preparations with the time running out. our team is in place. we have all of it covered for you. "nightly news" begins right now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. and thank you for being here. a perilous night awaits those who have