>> you can walk faster than the storm is moving. that means manufacture rain and flooding. the epic rescue effort still underway in the city of houston. i'm leon harris. >> i'm erica gonzalez. so far first responders have rescued 2,000 people. many by air there are nearly 200 people who are still stranded. 55 homeless right now. many with the clothes on their backs. harvey is still stalled over southeastern texas. the national weather service warning there will be flooding in the region for the foreseeable future. >> now, we've got team coverage for you from here all the way to houston. let's begin with jay gray with a look at the rescue response. jay. >> reporter: t

>> the people who have lived here, 25, 30, 40 years haven't seen anything like this. >> reporter: water swallowing entire neighborhoods, forcing its way into homes. >> this was more than we're could imagine. >> and more than many can bear. some areas have already taken on more than 20 inches of rain and before it's over, that number could double. >> this is a landmark event. we're had not seen an event like this. >> every member of the texas national guard have been deployed. joined by federal agents and volunteer navy all scrambling to pull thousands to hire ground. >> we're still involved in the search and rescue process. >> using every available asset, coast guard chopper, boats, even flat bed trucks. >> it's over five feet in our house. we're barely made it out.

came. >> and the effort is far from over. >> it's still a very dangerous situation out there. it's -- we're expecting more rain. >> rescue teams like the nation's fourth largest city now stretched to their limit but still delivering survivors to safety and shelters, giving, literally, everything they can. >> thank you. and everything is exactly what they need right now. >> and that effort will be needed for a long time. the rain is expected to continue for at least two more days and then the difficult recovery begins here. jay gray, nbc news, houston. storm team's 4 amelia draper is in houston. >> amelia, you know, we're say this all the time, you know, don't drown, turn around but unfortunately people there are so desperate there in houston, they're not heeding that kind of advi w

there? >> reporter: yeah what we're seeing is unimaginable. we're here, literally just outside of our hotel. you can see the rain here is pretty moderate to heavy right now. we've been seeing a moderate to heavy rain all day today. we're picked up an additional 1 to 3 inches today. that's going to put us over that 30-inch mark. right now the rain is falling at about an inch an hour. we're continuing to see flash flooding. we're went out today to check out how the roads, the flooding was doing. we're quickly learned that driving around here isn't just a bad idea, it's impossible to pretty much do. we're couldn't make it more than five miles from our hotel in really any direction. so an abundance of caution. we're going to stay here. we've seen how quickly the waters rise here on houston streets. we're did get stranded somewhere over the weekend. pretty much when the rain falls this heavily, it's

hunker down in place. every on and off ramp on the highway, the big highway here, 45 closed down and not just for a little water, we're talking about water up to doors and vehicles there. we're did see a guy that was so desperate to get to his son. it was clear to us that there were cars stranded in the water. there were road closed signs. he tried to keep going, take a look at what he had to say -- take a listen about what he said about trying to get to his son. >> i haven't seen him in about two days because of the water. today will be my best chance. >> reporter: so here on the ground, people trying to get boats to places they couldn't get the boats where they needed to be they needed their cars to drive through waters. we're talked to the coast guard, they said in the air, the scene was just unimaginable, listen to what they said.

making holes in the roof for checking if people are inside the roof and actually pulled six people out of the roof that way, too. just by sure lock. we've got 75,000 calls within the first two days, it's going to be 100,000 by the end today. any airplane we're have up. >> so we're talking about three to five-inches of rain today and when it's all said and done, maybe over a foot of water is going to fall. it's hard to put into words how unbelievable the flooding is. we're have much more coming on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. you've never seen anything like this. one area, one neighborhood that's impacted. it's the entire city and surrounding areas that are completely water logged. folks just speechless, basically, down here. >> and i want to say this amelia. you and i have talked a lot by phone. i talked to a lot o

coverage. not becoming part of the story, so thank you for staying safe down there and for continuing to bring us live pictures like what you're doing in houston. she's going to be down there for the next couple of days. you see where amelia is right there around the houston area. now, the center of circulation of harvey actually moving back over the open water. this is not a good scenario. and that allows -- here it is right here, right along the shores here just south of galveston. it's going to move back into the open water. may restrengthen a little bit. it's not a big deal as far as restrengthening goes. the wind is not the big deal now. it is all the rain. when the water comes off the gulf and hits the land and then it just reigns itself out and right now it's doing that once again right over the houston area. take a look at the wider picture, which can also have some big time flooding, parts of southeastern louisiana, we'll see

but i want to focus, too, guys, this is what's happening down away from our region. here is what's happening in our area tomorrow. we've got a storm system down to the south. suppose to become tropical storm irma. tropical storms warnings up and that storm is going to move right up the coast. what does it mean for us. tomorrow is going to be -- not so good day, for sure. tomorrow is going to be quite nasty around here. rain likely heavy at times, breezy and very cool. i'm going to have much more on the conditions for tomorrow. please, make sure you stay with us. we're not talking harvey. we've got a potential tropical storm off our coastline tomorrow afternoon. >> no matter howdy vieded the country may seem over politics when disaster strikes, we're unit. people keep asking how can i help, we're went ahead and put together a list of ways that you can help and you can see that in our nbc washington app, just use the search term, harvey help, there is a great need

>> all right, now, checking other news this afternoon. back here an area messages of hate left on a place of worship. parishioners found flyers with offensive words just before the start of sunday school yesterday. pat collins live now in virginia with the details on this. pat, what's the story? what did you learn about this? >> reporter: well, leon, in a place that stands for love and friendship, poison words of hate. this is the greater praise temple ministries. it was sunday morning, just before sunday school, just before the big sunday service here on the front door of the church. angry messages of hate. police today confiscating as evidence two hate speech signs taped to the front door of the church. th

white power. beneath those words what appears to be a picture lifted from their spiegl, a german satire magazine suggesting that donald trump is linked to the kkk. beneath that picture the words, the day of the rope is coming, n word. in the second poster hand printed words that say the fourth reich. eric thompson is the minister of music at the church. >> immediately startled because that's rare in this area. so when that happened, it seemed like a joke, but it was surreal because that's something that you may see further down south, not in this area. >> reporter: now, i showed those pictures of those posters to people here today. you're going to want to hear what they have to say about that. comiup

i'll see you then. now, back to you. >> all right. you've got it, pat. former administrator is charged with ripping off the prestigious international school in northwest. they arrested former school information -- in court filings the secret service says used school credit cards to buy nearly 50 unneeded computers. quickly returned them and accepted the refund on his personal credit cards. he said that he made off with nearly $100,000 before he was fired in 2015 for that. >> a big step forward today for one of the most controversial transportation projects in our area. ceremonial ground breaking was held for the purple line. the light rail system will connect, that's 16-mile line will have 21 stations in montgomery and prince georges county. the federal government gave $900 million to help make that project happen. tracee wilkins working for you and we'll have much more on

purple line impasse in our next half hour. after tweeting of the storm on the texas gulf, he's expected to make his first public remarks about the damage and what happens next. >> news conference expected to begin any minute now. we'll bring it to you live when that start. whole foods just got a little less expensive. >> we're working for you to tell you how much ist'

we're back now with a live look, tropical storm harvey far. >> flooding that's left hundreds of people stranded, thousands more already know, their homes are gone. >> now the president is set to discuss the situation there in just a few moments there. you're looking here live picture at the east room at the white house there you're seeing there are his chief of staff john kelly coming in who plans on visiting texas tomorrow as the latest word we've gotten from the white house. we'll bring the remarks live. >> want to switch gears now, first at 4:00, price cut coming to your local whole foods. amazon bought the grocery chain. i know you saw this on social media. it's happening today. >> consumer

hogan out shopping to check this out. what's the word. >> came prepared. hold this and here is an egg for you, an egg for you, an apple and an apple. >> do they all look alike. >> yeah. >> did you pay anything different -- so here is the thing, they all do look alike. they're from three different places and they're all priced very differently. this is the whole thing. we're wanted to find out what the deal was with whole foods and whether or not you're going to get the big prices slashed today. whole foods, as you know, they cut their grocery bill in half. it's not going to happen if you go out shopping. if you've been avoiding shopping because of the high prices when it comes to certain staple foods, it may be worth a try, handful of products are marked down on a select list. so let's take a look. for instance, the meats. now 85% animal graded beef at whole foods was

days ago. it is $4.99. let's compare that to giant foods 85%. we're could not find anything that -- there was was $4.99. the ground beef over at safe way, they're 85%, they also -- they mention open nature, again, we're couldn't find apples to apples, the closest we're could to the organic, they were more at $6.99 per pound. let's look at whole foods milk today. so a half gallon of 1% organic milk at whole foods was $3.99. couple of days ago, today $3.49. giant nature's promise, which is probably the closest of it, that was at $4.39 and safe way we're could only find a brand name organic milk and that was at $4.99. brown eggs at whole f

$4.69. today, i mean, significant drop in price at $4.19. a dozen of large re$2.99 for eggs. safe way you're looking at $5. whole foods really kind of slicing a little bit. this is where i thought was interested. salmon fresh atlantic was $12.99. you can get it now on amazon for $9.99 and giant salmon filets $10.99 per pound and at safe way $7.99 per pound, you're doing okay. it's certainly -- [ laughter ] >> it is good. >> you know, it is research. >> it takes like a 6-dollar apple. >> am i going to

guacomale. >> there are some things that you won't find that's going to be price cut. they were originally $8.99. today they are $7.99 they're about a dollar off. a lot of their products are not going to be price slashed yet. that is to come. so coming up at 5:00, we'll give you four things you need to know. >> thank you, susan. >> let me help you out while you finish that. >> we'll switch things over to doug. we'll leave apples out of it doug. to hear from her with the rain totals today they're now at 30 inches in the area. it's hard to quantify what that looks like. >> in some areas i've seen four inches of rain. we're talked about that forecasting, 30 to 40 inches of rain at the height of this. we're could not even imagine seeing that. that's what we were forecasting

that, of course, exactly what's happening. we're could see another foot around and some areas down there around like areas of beaumont texas, charles, louisiana, could see another 20 inches of rain. incredible amounts. here is what's happening now. center circulation just south of houston, you see it right around here, moving offshore and that's going to allow more moisture to come in from the gulf of mexico over the next 24 to 36 hours. wider view here showing it's not just houston, louisiana is getting pummelled, western portions have been flooding around lake charles. we've got heavy rain around new orleans, which is also prone to flooding. that's what we'll be watching. here is the latest, harvey, 40 mile an hour wind, so not moving very fast. take a look at the track and this is the amount of rain that's going to be falling right on through the day wednesday and thursday. track moves out into the open waters, strengthens this storm a little bit. the wind is not a big factor, goes up to 45 miles an hour. notice the rain here from alexandria, lo

down towards houston. this is 7 to potentially upwards of 15 inches of rain, some locations upwards of 20. this area now is going to be under the gun from houston to the north and east. we'll continue to talk about this for days right on through wednesday, thursday and friday time frame. for weeks and months after that. here is houston right now. here is the latest with harvey, again, our area now tracking this storm system, which may become tropical storm irma. that is the next one on the list. just off the coast around savannah. it's going to make its way to the north and east, too. right now it's number 10. become tropical depression number ten, send it back to you guys. >> all right. doug, thank you. breaking news right now, from the live desk, president trump is addressing the devastation in texas right now, let's listen in. he's joined by the president of inland. >> welcome president tohe

white house. we've just concluded a very positive meeting and i want to begin today by extending my thoughts and prayers for those effected by hurricane harvey and the catastrophe of flooding and all of the other difficulties that they're currently going through in houston, in southeast texas and now it's looking more and more like the state of louisiana will be also effected. my administration is coordinating closely with state and local authorities, in texas and louisiana, to save lives and we're thank our first responders and all of those involved in their efforts. we're working directly with texas governor, greg abbot, who by the way is doing a fantastic job and his entire staff likewi likewise, as well as with governor john edwards who is very

the process of louisiana. we've pledged our full support as texas and louisiana, battle and recover from this very devastating and historic storm, there's probably never ever been anything like this. under the supervision of fema, administrator brock long, there has been a tremendous amount of work done. he has -- he has been so outstanding in so many ways, more than 8,500 federal workers are involved in the texas effort alone. i've also, today, declared emergencies in louisiana at the request of governor edwards. recovery will be a long and difficult road and the federal government stands ready, willing and able to support that effort. right now, the single most important things

and security of those still in harm's way, including the first responders who have been so terrific and brave, protecting the lives of our people is my highest priority, every asset at my command is at the disposal of local if i recalls. tragic times, such as these, bring out the best in america's character, strength, charity and resilience, are those characters. we're see neighbor helping neighbor, friend helping friend and stranger helping stranger. and you see that all of you watch on television, you see such incredible work and love and team work. we are one american family. we're hurt together. we're struggle together and believe me we're endure together. we are one family. to the people of texas and louisiana, we are

we're praying for you. we're working closely with your leaders and officials and i will be visiting the impact zone tomorrow to ensure that you're receiving full support and cooperation from the federal government and on saturday we're think we're going back to texas and also we're will be going to louisiana. nothing can defeat the unbreakable spirit of people of texas and louisiana right now every american heart sends its love and support to those whose lives have been up ended, totally up ended, totally, by this very horrible storm. we're ask god for his wisdom and strength. we're will get through this. we're will come out stronger, and believe me, we're will bigger, better, stronger than ever before. the rebuilding begin and in the end it will be something v

in the effected area, because it has been -- i will also like to share a message to the people of finland, who have recently suffered a terrorist attack. we're stand in solidarity with you against the terrorist threat. we're must all work together to deny terrorists -- >> there you have the president in the east room. he will be joined by the president of finland for a news conference. he just called the recovery of long and difficult road saying that safety is his highest priority. the president and first lady will travel to texas tomorrow. they will not be going to the houston area, which is expecting more rain on saturday. they were also planning to visit louisiana, which could be in the path of all that rain in days to come, as well. we'll keep an eye on a

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here as we're watch the live pictures. we've learned, now, that another person has been killed by this storm, tropical storm harry. >> we're heard the president making comments from the east room saying that a state of emergency has been declared for the state of louisiana, also putting out there that he plans on traveling to the state of texas tomorrow and that likely there will be a second trip at the end of this week on saturday where it is likely that he will visit texas and louisiana. as leon just mentioned, we're have just learned that a woman has died. and the associated press is reporting a family of six was swept away in the storm. at least 2,000 others have been rescued by first responders. houston's convention center is now an evacuation shelter. but that's already halfway full. city officials are now considering opening another major shelter. news 4 is working for you and taking a closer look at pa

controversial project today. >> prince georges tracee wilkins was there and has been talking to people in the community all about it. she joins us live now from riverdale with that story, tracee. >> reporter: well the purple line is going to be elevated in this basic area where i am coming down east west highway here and then it's going to be pretty high here and it's going to lower, again, back down in this area. because of that, some businesses in this area are already being impacted including this shell gas station where we're standing right now. take a look over there, those pumps are out of order. you cannot get gas here any more because of what's happened here with them billing the purple line here. so, a lot of people who are concerned, business owners who have lost their businesses, homes who -- homeowners who have lost their homes, as well, some homes have been taken down here on east west highway. we're talked to this business

the purple line. >> it's a disaster, i mean, you're losing business. we're have a prime location. we're had to cut down, you know, ke can it's certainly bad for us losing money. >> there are some folks who are looking at the possibility of losing their front yards of frustration for the purple line. this is a line that's expected to build thousands and thousands of jobs here. for some of the people who are directly impacted by it, there's a lot of fear of what this is going to bring. reporting live in riverdale, tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> right now at the white house we're keeping an eye on president trump's news conference with the president of finland and we'll bring you any news that comes out of it. meanwhile, mr. trump is also gearing up for his trip to

from hurricane harvey. blayne alexander tracking that all from capitol hill. >> reporter: in less than 24 hours president trump will head to texas where rescue efforts are still going strong in the wake of hurricane harvey. since friday morning, president trump has tweeted nearly two dozen times about the storm, promising relief and praising rescue workers on the ground. >> he told the cabinet members, lean in aggressively, everything we're can provide, do it as quickly as possible. >> in the meantime, the president staying busy in washington, reversing an obama era policy that limited surplus military gear given to local police departments. that policy made after protesters clashed with police three years ago in ferguson missouri. at the time, the justice department said that equipment only escalated the situation. today attorney general

public safety. >> it's about getting the job done, getting everyone to safety, protecting the community. good equipment saves lives. >> but at least one republican disagrees. senator rand paul an expansion of government power and over reach beyond just helping to reduce crime. >> getting older has its perks like senior discounts. that perk is expired at the national park service. now $80, it use to be 10. that is a 700% increase for people who may be on a fixed budget. but there's a cheaper alternative for seniors who don't want to pay the 80 bucks up front. you can buy an annual pass for $20, once you bought four of them you can turn them in for lifetime pass. one of the women who

a new building will be known as the katherine johnson computation facility. a ceremony is planned for september 22nd. that's barbara harris interviewed with her. she worked at langley from 1953 until she retired in '86. the former mathematician was known as the human computer who calculated by hand the trajectories for the first u.s. man space flights. nasa calling the building dedication, a belated 99th birthday president. >> well deserved. >> absolutely. >> all right. well, thousands of students and teachers go back to school today in fairfax county. >> why this first day is so different than others in the past. >> reporter: coming up at 5:00, the ministers march for justice, beginning at the martin

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they can be seen all over the area. >> it can save you time and money that's only if you understand the charges that come with renting them. nbc 4 responds to some complaints to what some writers thought was really confusing. some new riders say the fare structure is misleading. costing people more than what they pay to take a cab. >> the charges ended up being a total of $157. >> that's right you heard right. it's far more than what of articling virginia planned on spending for a 10-minute bike ride. she says, she didn't realize the bike she returned wasn't docked and locked properly. so the fees started adding up fast.

paying. why they stand behind its signage and fair structure. they tell us they disagree tonight at 11:00, we'll show you another way of occurring these any other way you pay to get around town, you guys, back to you. >> susan, thank you. we are working for you in the community, making sure that your kids are ready for this new school year. they held its seventh annual back to school fair on saturday. all out there representing 4. p oins ef -- the lines of cars each backpack filled with necessities. the first day of school in prince georges county, wednesday, september 6th. >> one of the things was to see how many parents are pushing their kids and pushing us to d

it's really good to see. thanks for coming out here folks. really good to see. >> all right. comedian kevin hart is leading the charge. >> he donated $25,000 to the red cross fund and he's changing celebrities to step up. >> i'm challenging a lot of my celebrity friend to follow my lead and donating to hurricane harvey to red cross. this is a serious matter. i think the people are in bad shape and they need help. >> country singer chris young donated $100,000. having an effect on gas prices. this refinery alone, more than 3,000 employees work here every day, in these n

but refineries are not operating because of the rising flood waters. tonight on

doug is tracking something that's on our coastline, as well. something that can impact us this weekend. we're talking in the next couple of days. >> this will be harvey is going to effect us this weekend and we'll talk about it later. two separate systems. we'll talk a little bit more about that, too. first off, show you what is happening down there towards the houston area where some locations have picked up 30 and 40 inches of rain. it's just devastating scenario down there, that is just continuing. look at the rain. still coming in right off the gulf of mexico. the

couple of days right over victoria and of course, texas, now the center has down to the south. you see it right here, right on the shores of the gulf of mexico and that means it can grab all this moisture and continue to bring in houston area over the next few days. the wider picture showing it's not just texas, also louisiana, you can see the bands coming in towards portion of the rain bands coming in portions of louisiana, which is going to get on the very heavy rain, too. this storm system is not going to be moving all that much. take a look at it, 45 miles an hour. it has -- so it is now over open water. it has 45 miles per hour. wind out in the east are moving to the east southeast at 3 miles per hour. it's expected to strengthen a little more, possibly. that doesn't matter. the winds are not the factor here. it is all about the rain. and this is how much rain we can see, the reds here, which is houston all the way central portion of louisiana. you can see some areas

parts of that region. now, as far as our weather is concerned, that's not the only game in town, we're watching this, too. tropical storm, later this afternoon. on the 5:00 advisory. still just a circulation, that doesn't matter, either, because it's going to move up and when it does it's going to interact with area high to the north and act more like nor easter, moving to the northeast at 12 and stays well off the coast. carolinas are under tropical storm warnings down there to about 45 miles an hour at this time tomorrow afternoon right around 2:00. what does that mean to us. more on the impact. we're going to see here. this is going to be very storm for us tomorrow. we're not talking about any damage. it's going to give us a lot of impact. >> you're absolutely right about that, doug. this thing as it hugs the east coast, and runs parallel to

with windy impacts around here. if you're in southern maryland, we're talking about charles county, even coming down towards king george, very windy. you can get over here and watch around there. greater washington area, mainly west of the -- east of the blue ridge mountains those are the areas that are going to see rain showers throughout the day. few scattered showers through the blue ridge mountains along i-81 over night and maybe tomorrow. but mainly through the day tomorrow, we are going to continue to see about half an inch to about three quarters of an inch around the dc area. again, it is going to be very breezy, doug, and also it's going to be cool, temperatures only around 70 tomorrow for everybody. >> again, nothing compared to what we're going to see down there. not the worst day that we've seen. it is going to be quite nasty on tuesday. i want to make sure everybody knows that and not forget the weather here even though what's going on parts of question. by 8:00 tomorrow morning, here comes the rain, for many of us that morning commute

we've got rain throughout the day, especially northern virginia over towards the chesapeake bay, see heavy rain fall during the afternoon tomorrow, especially southeastern zone. rather nice weather, wednesday through friday and then tracking harvey for the labor day weekend. we'll see some rain late friday into saturday, maybe into sunday. we'll continue to keep our eyes on that, too. much more coming up in the 5:00 area. nbc news john torres is an emergency physician, he is trained in mass casualty events. >> he joins us live from new york. you were just on the ground in texas, saw you this weekend. evacuations are difficult to know, but what happens when now you put in hospitals, nursing homes that have to move patients out of those effected areas. >> it certainly complicates things for a variety of reasons. a lot of these patients, they need a

takes manpower to do. when it comes to hospitals, the one thing you concern yourself with the most of critical patients, those are the ones in intensive care unit, you have to be very careful how you switch them from one machine to another and you have to put them on a gurney and then get the ambulance to another hospital. it's a complicated system. one the hospital practice over and over again, once they get the critical patients out and they start looking at the other one all the way down, those you see getting in to another facility. the important part is to make sure you do it in a complete fashion, which can be overwhelming, there are a lot of people can take care, which you can imagine hospital bed coming back, it can be very very time consuming and very difficult, luckily, they do it quite well. >> doctor, what is the biggest risk for the people who are stuck in these shelters for a while? they're not out

quite yet, are they. >> they're not going to be out of the woods for a while. you have to remember, they have left everything back home. i have here on wild fires, we ended up leaving everything in the house. and for some people, that means being without their medicine. they need to get resupplied with the medicines that are life saving like diabetes medication. in a shelter themselves, you want to make sure the diseases, you know, measles, different flu out breaks that could happen don't happen there. authorities will watch that very very closely. >> we know that you were also on the ground for the rescue and relief efforts during hurricane rita and katrina. how does this fall out compare. when you look at harvey and look at the other storms. how does this compare. >> especially with the search and rescue efforts, this compares directly to that. katrina, i think on a larger scale in a shorter time period. this one is growing into a larger scale over

period, which is good, they can get down there and rescue these people. remember, stories that are people trapped for days and days. here they send out the word, if you have a boat, someway of getting these people, please help with getting them out of there. >> a programming note, will be reporting on the evacuations underway for nbc nightly news that's tonight at 7:00, immediately following news 4 at 6:00, we take you for your time and your incite, sir. scott macfarlane at the live desk. we'll join his first comments on the damage in just a few moments ago. he said the entire country stands behind the people of houston. >> right now every american heart sends its love and support to those whose lives have been up ended, totally up ended,

totally, by this very horrible storm. >> and the president is headed to texas tomorrow. he will not visit the houston area and he'll stay out of the way for first responders and rescue operations happening right now. the death toll, the storm rising hour by hour. we now know of nine people, nine people reported killed by the storm. we'll keep eye on it from the live desk. back to you. >> thank you, scott. >> coming up just ahead, we're getting your family ready for school. we'll take you to fairfax county. the summer officially ended today. >> sad story for a lot of kids. what you need to know as you send them back to class with ppyha

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continuing to track the latest, extremely heavy rain fall pick up another foot of rain before this is all said and

done. it's staying in louisiana. amelia draper down there live in houston. i've got the latest on what could be an impact for us for another tropical system, that coming into our region during the day tomorrow. >> all right. doug. in the meantime, a portion of beach drive re-opened this morning. another section was closed down. beach drive now closed to the northwest. drivers will detail around the construction zone. they can take connecticut avenue to avoid the congestion there. work along beach drive, now they've done in segments and the entire project should be complete by 2019. don't hold your breath. cycles and pedestrians will still be able to use that section. >> and yet, you're doing to forget you'll run right in there and go, i should have remembered. first one is in the books. fairfax county public school students are wrapping up the first day of the new ask year. >> classes started a little earlier this year.

school about the change. hugs, hellos and more hugs more welcomes on a chilly back to school monday morning, the first day of sixth grade whose day is starting sooner than it did in fifth grade. >> well, it's good because i can practice how to go to sleep early and wake up early, it's good for my health. >> her mom is excited, too. marking her new school year and middle school milestone. >> they're growing. what is going to happen. >> another new face, dr. scott, the former fairfax teacher, principal and assistant superintendent. he's now back this year as the new superintendent and welcome students to school today. he starts his tenure as fairfax county is using a state approved waiver to start schoolef

labor day after years of tapping into a snow day stash. he's also embedding the new change will be a hit. >> kids coming back a little early may feel like the summer is cut short. we'll have more instructional test before ap test and ib exams and sols. >> we're glad we're starting a little earlier. we get off a little earlier, as well. >> some 189,000 fairfax students, it means those back to school butterflies are swooping in a little early, too. >> i'm feeling good. >> nervous, excited. >> a little nervous. >> what are you most nervous about. >> the homework and the big date that students are looking forward to now is going to be june 15, 2018. that is the last day of schools here in fairfax

news 4, back to you in the studio. now at 5:00, seeking shelter from the storm. >> the water was up to here. i walked out and i was just like screaming. >> a dire situation as harvey continues to battle the gulf coast with several more inches of rain and threat of more flooding. >> the big concern is this, there are fears that the river will rise another 19 feet before it crest sometimes more. >> meanwhile, rescue crews race to get hundreds to safety as officials warn some 30,000 people in two states could soon need emergency shelter. it is our top story tonight, the response and recovery to what is now tropical storm harvey, i'm erica gonzalez. >> let's get started with what you need to know about this storm. right now, we have learned that another person has died in this

toll now to three, but it could be as high as nine. there are fears that at least six people died today when their van was swept away in houston. so far that report hasn't been confirmed yet. the entire texas national guard, 12,000 strong has been deployed. more than the city is working on opening up a second shelter as the city's main convention center reaches capacity. president trump and the first lady are expected to travel to texas tomorrow. but the president is not expected to tour houston, just a short time ago, the president said the country was behind those impacted. we hurt together. we struggle together believe me, we endure together, we're one family. he has declare