good morning. it's tuesday, august 29th, 2017. welcome to cbs this morning. the rescue crews in houston find more survivors overnight in the relentless rain and flooding. >> conditions are growing worse. cbs news has learned that the shelter behind me has more than 9,000 evacuees and that is nearly twice the capacity. we'll hear from coast guard rescue crews responding to the disaster and visit a 911 center overwhelmed by calls for help. president trump heads to texas today for a firsthand look at the emergency response. we'll talk to houston resident senator ted cruz about what his city

it rained overnight and more heavy rain is expected today. >> however, nothing is getting in the way of the search and rescue crews here. >> peopleol hding out hope that this is going to get better, that the rain is going to pass and we're going to get through this. >> the president's been leaning into this disaster from before it ever started. >> president trump will travel to texas later today to get a firsthand look at the devastation. the president was also asked about his pardon of sheriff joe

>> what a sensational catch! >> look at his eyes. he can't believe it. >> all that matters. >> one of the worst storms in history has brought out the best in texans. >> there's so many heroes in houston. texans helping texans, that is what we do and i don't think anybody does it better. it wasea

there was also a lot of this. >> we're going to lives. >> i want to do my part. i'll go try to save some lives. >> it's horrible, isn't it? >> yes, sir. >> those are the kind of people you should erect statues of, those people right there. welcome to cbs this morning. all the people helping say we are not heroes, we are just being human beings. charlie is off today. norah is in houston, but we are well covered at the table. welcome. >> good morning. >> we of course are starting with a story in texas. it's been the lead story for the past four days a flooding disaster in houston is getting worse with every drop of rain that falls and guess what? it is pouring again this

morning. rescue crews are working nonstop pulling out stranded people and taking them to safety. the confirmed death toll is three but that is likely to rise. the official rainfall totals are staggering. 48 inches. that's 4 feet of rain in friendswood southeast of houston. 41 inches in baytown. 367 in kenwood and 32 inches in downtown houston. >> the shelters are overflowing with evacuees. norah o'donnell is outside the convention center where thousands spent the night. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and it's not just raining this morning. it's been raining all night long. we are standing just in front of houston's main evacuation center. let me tell you, it is packed with people. we've been reporting that the official capacity is 5,000, but cbs news has learned there are 9,021 people that stayed here last night. many of them without beds. they told us they only had

cots so imagine what's going on inside. emergency responders have now rescued more than 6,000 people. as you know, president trump is headed here to texas this morning to check on the relief operation. his first stop is going to be in corpus christi. that is near the area where hurricane harvey made landfall. harvey is still a tropical storm. it is spinning off the gulf coast and listen to this. it could make a second landfall tomorrow just east of houston. mark strassmann is here. that's the huge concern. already straining these rescue efforts, this could be coming back for more. >> think about this. the reality is that no one knows for certain already how many people are missing, how many people evacuated themselves and how many people still need to be rescued. harvey is shaping up as one of the great flood disasters in u.s. history. as soaking rains fell mercifully across southeast texas, rescues

houston. emergency responders waded through flood waters going door to door helping anyone in need of evacuation. >> the first floor is flooded. we moved a bunch of stuff upstairs. we're just happy y'all are here. >> reporter: there was a new flood of people looking for a dry place to stay. >> this is going to be a very long event. you're going to be tired, your routine is going to be disrupted for weeks. we are striving for a new normal here. >> reporter: but the new normal for the nearly 7 million people in the area is the never ending sight of flood waters. parts of this city will be submerged for days. >> this is if not the largest it has to be categorized as one of the largest disasters america has ever faced. >> reporter: evacuations remain priority number one but city officials also worry about looting. in this city we can rescue

and we can arrest you. that means no looting allowed. >> reporter: some people still wait for help. on monday, jason garcia watched coast guard choppers lift people out of his flooded neighborhood. >> i can't make it over there, so anything y'all can do to help, much appreciated. >> reporter: garcia eventually found the evacuation spot but about 70 others were also waiting to be rescued. >> there's a lot of kids and a lot of women, so we ain't going any time soon. >> reporter: all 12,000 available texas national guardsmen have been activated and help is pouring in from across the country. but the rescued need places to stay and the biggest shelter in houston is already packed full. >> this is going to be a shelter until everybody has a place to go. >> which could be some time given the scope of this. >> it could be some time. >> reporter: i mentioned that emergency o

focus on both search and rescue and law & order. houston place have arrested seven people for looting after they allegedly attempted to imperson nate emergency teams. the city of dick inson, texas is now under a mandatory evacuation. it's home to about 20,000 people. it's been ravaged by flooding and police are telling everyone to get out. de-marco morgan is watching the efforts there. >> reporter: good morning. part of the reason for that mandatory evacuation is to keep people from coming back to their properties. you also talked about the rescues. there are still rescues right now as we speak. the water started to recede yesterday at a fast pace but we've picked up more than a foot of rain in this area here so again, it is still dangerous. you can still see that most of this area is flooded out. law enforcement officials are telling people to be very careful with bringing boats

shallow for rescues so they're pretty much calling on vehicles much higher off the ground like big trucks to come in and continue helping with the rescues because you still have people stuck in their homes, stuck in their apartment complexes and et cetera. but adam brown, he is one of the guys from galveston. he was one of the ones who basically came in and volunteered, filled up his truck with gas and brought his boat, his jet skis, he put out his personal cell phone number on facebook asking people, look, if you need help, call me. he was flooded with text messages and he came to the rescue. >> well, i don't even know who they are. i'm not asking for anything. i'm not wanting anything from it. i'm just trying to help people and trying to get them to safety. >> reporter: now, again, that mandatory evacuation is underway as we speak so don't return to this area. we are expecting more rain overnight. >> all right. thank you so much.

west of houston is now receding this morning after cresting near record levels but forecasters warn that new rains may trigger more flooding. in texas where the rising water has forced many out of their homes as well. good morning. >> reporter: let me start with this. this may appear to be standing water but this is actually now part of the colorado river which is overwhelmed neighborhoods here in lagrange. there are homes down this road. the river crested at about 55 feet. that is just two feet shy of the record set back in the 1800s. now, lagrange got more than 30 inches of rain from harvey and imagine that just being a wall of water that has to move down the river and yesterday it started to inundate parts of the town, the neighborhoods here and of businesses. and the main highway, highway 71 which cuts through town is shut down in parts because of the

part northwest of houston, about 90 miles actually is that the forecast is expected to cooperate over the next several days. that is the rain is supposed to taper off, giving this possibly a chance to start to subside but the river is not expected to be below flood stage here until at least friday. >> incredible pictures there. thank you so much. president trump is coming to texas in a few hours. he promised yesterday that storm victims will get all the help that they need. >> right now the single most important thing is the safety and security of those still in harm's way including the first responders protecting the lives of our people is my highest priority. every asset at my command is at the disposal of local officials. >> major garrett is at the white house with the president's plans for today's visit. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump faces the first

great natural disaster of his presidency, possibly one of the worst in american history and the multiple task of rescue operations, organizing shelter and providing basic commodities will severely test emergency response officials for days if not weeks to come. those tasks overwhelmed george w. bush and the louisiana officials after hurricane katrina with disastrous humanitarian consequences. he'll land in corpus christi about 11:25 central time to survey damage there and meet with emergency management officials as well as the national guard. then they'll move on to austin, texas arriving about 1:30 and get briefed by texas governor greg abbott. this trip will necessarily avoid flood ravaged houston. no reason to have a president there to siphon away valuable resources. pren

orleans immediately after contract because he didn't think the city was ready to take a presidential visit. the president said yesterday he may return to texas and possibly louisiana on saturday. he also says he expects congress to swiftly approve the billions that will be required for recovery of houston and other parts faffected by hurricane harvey. >> texas republican senator ted cruz plans to meet with president trump during his visit to texas later today. the senator was here at the convention center yesterday visiting the thousands of people seeking shelter. he joins us now on the phone. senator cruz, good morning. >> good morning, norah. good to be with you. >> i know you're going to be visiting with president trump in corpus christi, what do you want him to know? what does your state need? >> well, the state is hurting right now. we're still in an active crisis situation in houston as you

know. the rain is coming down. it rained all night. this is now the fourth day in a row of pounding rain and the flooding is unlike anything we've ever seen before. this is a 500 year flood. i grew up in houston. we've seen a lot of hurricanes in houston. what we haven't seen is a hurricane that just parks over the city and dumps four to five feet of rain on the city and the flooding, there's still a lot of people who are in dangerous situations. the first responders are truly demonstrating heroism. the firefighters, the police officers, the emt and the coast guardsmen, the national guardsmen, we're seeing daring high water rescues one after the other after the other and i'll tell you even more incredibly, we're just seeing neighbors rising up. when this started, the county judge and local officials put out a call just to city residents, if you have a flat bottom boat c

yesterday i went to the harris county emergency operations center and they have an entire wall covered with post-its of people who called in and said, i've got a boat, i've got a jet ski, i've got something that can help rescue and their numbers and the harris county center would basically operated as the dispatch as people called in in distress, they had hundreds of private citizens just saving the lives of their neighbors. so our focus right now is on the preservation of life. once this storm recedes and it will, then the focus will be on rebuilding. >> senator, i know you were here at this convention center yesterday. you know it grew to over 9,000 overnight. they don't even have enough cots for the people that are here. there was a call for help yesterday from the city of houston, if any medical professionals can come volunteer, please come volunteer. are you concerned that there wasn't enough

>> well, i'm certainly concerned that the burden of the storm is exceeding all of the projections and that no one anticipated that the flooding would have this magnitude and continued for this long. usually when you have a flood event, it occurs and you have rescues but then you're very quickly moving to the rebuilding because the water is receding. what is different is we're hitting here now and it's still raining. you know, you mentioned that the president is coming to corpus chris christi. i hope to come down to corpus and visit him but it's very much up in the air if i can physically get there. the plan is to get in a pickup truck in about a half hour and try to drive, but the freeways have been closed and so it may be a very short trip if it proves that we can't get out of houston. i hope that we can. but if not, i'll continue to spend the day in houston going back and visiting with those displaced from their homes and i

the people at the shelter, the overwhelming sentiment from everyone i spoke to was just relief that, you know, they're sad that their homes, their possessions are damaged but overwhelmingly relieved that their lives are safe, their families are safe and there's a real appreciation that at the end of the day that's what matters most. >> senator, you're exactly right. there's a huge amount of gratitude that those who have been rescued are safe. thank you so much for joining us. stay in touch with us. >> thank you. god bless. >> for now let's send it back to gayle in new york. >> thank you very much, norah. now to another big story, u.s. allies are calling north korea's latest missile test a significant provocation. the missile splashed down in the pacific ocean. it was the first time this has happened since 2009. ben tracy is in tokyo where japan's prime minister spoke with president trump shortly after that launch.

>> reporter: good morning. so millions of people here in japan woke up to a message on their cell phones that said missile passing, please take cover. even some of the famed bullet trains came to a screeching halt when north korea launched this missile with no warning. sirens blared through the streets in northern japan tuesday morning telling people to get inside and take cover. the japanese woke up to warnings that north korea had launched a ballistic missile that flew directly over the island. the miss all was launched near the north korean capital. it flew more than 1,600 miles crossing over the japanese island before splashing down in the pacific ocean. shinzo abe called it an unprecedented and grave threat. south korea, another u.s. ally responded by condug

footage of its own missile tests conducted last week. north korea's missile launch is the latest show of force from kim jong-un. the country tested two ballistic missiles last mopts capabnth ca reaching the united states. >> kim jong-un, i respect the fact that i believe he is starting to respect us. i respect that fact. >> reporter: now, since kim jong-un became the leader of north korea he has launched more than 80 missiles but never a single one over japan so this was literally a warning shot of some kind although the message is not entirely clear. >> significant and the white house has not yet commented. thank you. tens of thousands of calls have overwhelmed houston's emergency call system. ahead, we go

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just stay calm. >> i got you. >> just stay calm. >> dramatic rescues like this one in beaumont are happening all over southeast texas. how a woman waded in to a flooded intersection and helped another woman from her car. as you can see it was sinking back to her car. >> this is what everybody keeps saying about what's happening in texas. the texas spirit. even people that need help are risking their own lives that

need other help. it happens over and over again. >> it's a great healing moment after a time we've been talking about a lot. >> the country is allegedly so divided and you see stuff like that and you go, we're really okay, america. >> charlie is off and norah is in houston where as you know the rain is still coming down. up to 15 inches more is in the forecast today as harvey intensifies and takes aim for a second landfall on the gulf coast. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, gayle. it's not clear how many people are still trapped inside their homes. about four days after the storm hit. we've seen volunteers stepping up their efforts to bring neighbors to safety when first responders aren't available. david begnaud has been following some of those citizen heroes you've been talking about. he is now on a flooded highway south of houston. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is state highway

underwater. you cannot imagine the detours that there are in the city of houston right now. first responders, it can take an hour or two hours just to get to people in need. folks are turning to social media to beg for help knowing that civilian rescuers may be their only option. i've even gotten tweets from people out of state saying hey, can you go check on this loved one who i haven't spoken to on saturday? civilian rescuers have been doing incredible work and this morning we give credit where it's due. >> where are you? >> calls for help are echoing across houston. civilian samaritans were directed to this home in houston's fleetwood neighborhood. we were with them when they found laura. she was nearly up to her knees in flood water. >> do you regret not leaving sooner? >> yes. i should have. >> reporter: suzy and h

night. they were piling up furniture as the water poured into their home. >> we didn't know how high it would get so it was concern of get what you can. >> reporter: people are using jet skis, canoes, even inner tubes, mattresses to bring those stranded to drier ground. john able is traveling from louisiana. he wants to assist with the rescue effort. >> it's going to be bad. we've already talked about that and prayed over it. >> reporter: at this hotel crews arrived with high water vehicles and boats to evacuate people inside. strangers lined up their cars and trucks on a nearby highway ready to take anyone to safety. >> we don't have anything. you know, we lost everything in our apartment. just really unfortunate. >> reporter: these evacuees are at the mercy of a situation that is beyond their control. >> i can't tell you anything. what i can tell you is that i can get you to a place where you're going to have dry clothes, food, and a place to sleepor

if you want to come with me, we can get you there and then we can worry about where you're trying to get to tomorrow. >> reporter: the evacuees are having to worry about looters. in nearby fort bend county lootsers are impersonating first responders telling people to evacuate their home and going in and stealing from them. the police chief was quoted as saying to the losers out there, don't come to houston and victimize our people. >> yeah, there's a saying as you know, don't mess with texas. the police will come and get you. thank you. we've been talking about the enormous scale of the crisis here in houston and it's clear by the size of the rescue operations. the coast guard has deployed more than 500 service members to texas and more teams are on the way here. crews have saved more than 2,000 people. so we've got a rare look inside the coast guard's hue stouston command post and saw true team work in action. >> before the rescue teams can

their marching orders from inside this command post headquarters. >> i'm going to get more details on her later. >> this center is an operations hub for not just the coast guard but for local law enforcement and the national guard as well. >> we have transitioned to a call center which is back in our conference room. >> you've had so many calls you've had to set up a separate call center. >> yes, ma'am, that's correct. anything from senior citizens with kids trapped in attics with only two feet of water left before the water clears the house. >> the task seems overwhelming. >> it can be at times. >> reporter: overwhelming too for rescue pilots working in the rain. they're working around the clock to keep the helicopters running. >> what's the biggest challenge for you as a pilot? >> i think the biggest challenge would be the weather right now. you know, we have to fly a really low to the ground. we don't know w

power lines. >> how risky is it? >> it's very risky. >> captain oditt is the incident mand commander running this entire operation. >> it's very dangerous. >> reporter: but the risks and the rescues continue. >> how would you describe the situation out there? >> i would say there's a lot of people in trouble. >> rescue swimmer and his team helped save a family of three on sunday. but they had to get them to the only safe place to land, this highway. >> we had to cut through a chain link fence to get out to the highway and in about 30 minutes we were able to get her loaded on to the helicopter. >> this is a crisis that literally hits home. >> we have coast guard members that have been impacted by the storm as well. some of them have been flooded out of their homes. and my home as well. my street, i have three feet of water in front of my house, so we're concerned not only about the publi

coast guard members. we want to make sure they're safe as well. >> now, the coast guard says it has deployed a total of 20 helicopters from all over the u.s. more than 200 crew and support staff. they're also nine shallow water rescue teams working with eight more who are on the way. so as these rains continue and as harvey is expected to come back and deliver some more rain, these efforts continue to save but it really was remarkable to see sort of behind the scenes. i heard it from people here who have been rescued by the coast guard, they're just absolutely amazing people and they are risking their lives to save lives. >> okay. norah, extraordinary work being done there. thank you so much for the inside look. chief weather caster lonnie quin is tracking this storm. >> on this date 12 years ago, new orleans was devastated by katrina and today there are flooding concerns in n

orleans. but the big rain continues to fall in the area and houston. harvey is just not moving. since it made landfall it has traveled approximately 150 to maybe 200 miles from its landfall but that's over 80 to 90 hours so this is averaging a two-mile per hour creep. that's unheard of with a tropical system three days after making landfall. it will loop back around and make another landfall. now we think it's more like western louisiana, but that's not until wednesday at 1:00 p.m. until then it stays over that warm gulf water and continues to push moisture in to the areas around eastern texas. these numbers are enormous. the biggest number 48 inches of rain, 4 feet has fallen. we will add to that where we see this red color around port arthur. another foot of rain or so. so it's not over yet. i think the silver lining is maybe some sunshine around thuston by the time you get to

>> and that's the silver lining. >> that's all i got for you. >> thank you. here's a look at this morning's other headlines. the albuquerque journal has details of a deadly mass shooting inside a new mexico public library. cell phone video shows a clovis police officer leading the suspect away yesterday after he allegedly shot six people. who people were killed, four others were hurt here. the suspect surrendered. the washington post reports that in january of 2016 michael cohen, a business adviser in the organization asked an aide for some help in building a trump tower in moscow. cbs news has confirmed that russian american businessman felix sadder boasted to colin that the real estate deal would boost president trump's campaign. he discussed the deal with president trump on three occasions and contacted spokesmen to try and revive t

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monday morning. normally the city gets 8 to 9,911 calls a day. many people who need help have complained about their calls going unanswered. we went inside the emergency center to see what officials are doing. she's in westfield, texas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these flood waters are keeping that emergency 911 center incredibly busy. officials there say when people call 911 and they don't wait to listen and hear for someone, it actually creates a backlog. they say and that could mean even longer amounts of time for the police and rescue crews to get to people in need. when harvey moved in and started dropping historic amounts of people who rode out the storm dialed 911 as flood waters rose. >> on a regular basis we get approximately 8,000 or 9,000 calls. >> reporter: but this morning alone you had

we have a great staff. >> reporter: the administration manager at the emergency center. for people who are stranded on their roofs are you getting police immediately or how does that work right now? >> we prepare that information for dispatch purposes and of course, we can't speak for the police and fire response because they're tied up with so many emergencies as well. >> reporter: he says the 911 problem is complicated when people hang up and try calling back. >> reporter: should they be doing that? >> no, we're advising people to stay on the line. the worst thing they can do is hang up. what ends up happening is they're back at the end of the line. >> reporter: more than 200 people very working 12 hour shifts since saturday. normally just 25 people are answering these phones. >> stay on the line, okay? >> reporter: for catherine, the work has become personal. what's keeping you motivated? you lost

>> i've been doing this job for about four and a half years so they need help, my coworkers have been working long hours, i needed to get here and help them. >> reporter: aside from dealing with the stress of trying to get people who need to be rescued, these call takers are actually giving an increasing number of calls about women in labor. so they are literally talking people through home deliveries. gayle? >> thank you, jericka, everybody working overtime doing what they need to do. joel osteen is being accused of closing the doors of his houston megachurch to the flood victims. we'll take you there to see what really happened. plus an update on the senior citizens photographed in waist deep water after harvey hit. we all remember this pictu

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>> you cannot imagine the detours that there are in the city of houston. it can take an hour or two hours just to get to people in need. >> the big rain continues to fall in the areaun arod houston. the problem is that harvey is just not moving. >> president trump faces the first great natural disaster of his presidency, possibly one of the worst in american history. >> we will get through this. we will come out stronger and believe me, we will be bigger, better, stronger than ever before. >> donations for harvey storm relief are pouring in from around this country. >> houston texans defensive end has raised more than $1 million on an online fund raising campaign that he started. >> an unbelievable display of what can happen when people come together. >> that's what this country is about, lifting each other up when we're down. >> i'm gayle king.

charlie is off and norah is in houston. the news is still not good from that area. it is raining hard again and that could make a devastating situation even worse if you can believe that. at least three deaths are blamed on this storm. first responders and volunteers have rescued more than 6,000 people. >> the streets in america's fourth largest city have become unrecognizable, many of them too flooded to drive through. take a look at this four-lane divided road. yesterday it was packed with boats making rescues and just north of houston, all southbound lanes of interstate 45 were flooded. >> tropical storm harvey did all of this damage and it is expected to make a second landfall tomorrow hitting east texas and louisiana. norah o'donnell is in houston. norah, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to all of you. harvey's unrelenting rain continues now for a fourth day. and officials say the worst flooding is yet

houston is already paralyzed. some areas could get another foot of rain by tomorrow morning. i don't know where that water is going to go. this storm has broken an all-time record for the biggest rainfall from a tropical system. that was set all the way back in 1978 when texas got 48 inches of rain from tropical storm amelia. we've got the rescue efforts. they are still going full force. police, the coast guard, volunteers are all saving people trapped in their homes by rising water. but those evacuees face more hardship. the convention center behind me is packed. in fact, cbs news has learned that more than 9,000 people spent the night there last night. that is nearly double its official capacity. last night there were just people lined up trying to get in, so they're not turning anybody away. they're letting them in, but they are maxing out capacity at this facility.

harvey one of the largest disasters america has ever faced. the white house says fema's $3 billion disaster fund will be enough for the immediate response, but fema is saying it needs more money soon and congress will have to appropriate. president trump is heading to texas this morning to check on relief efforts. during a joint news conference with finland's president yesterday he promised help to those impacted by harvey. >> recovery will be a long and difficult road and the federal government stands ready, willing and able to support that effort. >> reporter: we're at the airport where president trump will be flying in. jamie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president and first lady will land here shortly before noon. they'll then be briefed by officials on the recovery efforts happening here. now, while he has declared a state of emergency for parts of texas, this will be the first time he gets an

harvey's damage. in coastal communities across central texas, the recovery has just started. aran sas pass suffered heavy damage when harvey made landfall. it even took down the city's water tower. this 71-year-old woman rode out the storm in her mobile home which is now resting on its side. >> i knew that something was going to happen. >> reporter: just across the bridge, port aransas is ransacked. there is no power, water to drink or food in this city. some lost everything. >> you can see the water line about four and a half foot off the wall. >> reporter: president trump promised texans they would receive federal funding. >> that's something you can't just snap your fingers and make happen. we're all going to be in this together and it's going to take a long time doing it. >> reporter:

activated all 12,000 members of the texas national guard. these members handed out water and other supplies monday in rockport. a small town of just 10,000 people which took a direct hit. the debris is seemingly endless. volunteers drove in yesterday to lend their support and offer a helping hand. >> if it was 30 miles west it would have been us there in corpus, so these are our friends, families, neighbors. >> the president and first lady will spend about two hours here in corpus christi. they will then head to austin where they will be briefed by governor abbott before heading back to washington. the president says norah, that he could come back to texas on saturday. >> all right. thank you so much. let's go back now to margaret in new york. >> thank you. well, congress returns to work next week and there is already talk about a multibillion dollar qusaster relief bill and

funded. cbs news contributor for the washington post and we're joined now from washington. ed, good morning. congress already had a really long to do list and a very short time line to get it done. is this funding bill going to happen? >> it's going to have to happen and it adds to a really long to do list. parts of the response that's underway were factored into what congress has to do. for example, the national flood insurance program which is going to get tapped mightily here in the coming weeks has to be reauthorized and basically reorganized by the end of september. they'll have to come up with billions of dollars for the disaster relief fund overseen by fema. several billion more likely to be needed. i was speaking with some texas lawmakers yesterday who said they've started doing the math. they're going to have to wait obviously until the storm passes and the damage is assessed but they anticipate it will go into the multibillions of dollars. >> most republican

relief bill for superstorm sandy. i've heard ted cruz say this is not the time for political sniping. >> and it wasn't back then either but he certainly did and already a lot of lawmakers from the northeast who suffered after superstorm sandy and had to wait more than 60 days for congress to pony up the money has said we acknowledge and know about the hypocrisy that may play out here, we're not going to hold that against them. we're going to support it but they're certainly going to get called out for it. >> and the last time they insisted on cuts to offset the funding for sandy. are they going to do that this time as well? >> the irony with that is there isn't much more that the federal government can cut at this point. a lot of agencies including some that will have roles to play in the coming weeks here are down to their bare bones so it may now be

conservatives are going to have to hold their nose and vote for this and let the government slip into a little more debt. >> do you think this somehow ties the hands of the president? there was also this expectation he was going to unveil his policy on how to deal with dreamers, those people who came here as children illegally and what their status is now? >> i think a lot of this has to get pushed by sheer reality that they're going to need the days, the time and the focus to be on this massive emergency relief bill. tax reform, look, they've been talking about it for years, they still don't have a plan. what's a few more weeks of them planning to do something later in the fall or next year? i think what will be most interesting is whether he continues to insist on money for the border wall that he wants and whether that still threatens the potential shutdown at the end of september. i don't know that americans will be tolerable -- will tolerate that frankly if so

texas, louisiana and other areas of the country need this relief from harvey. >> and he's heading there today to see for himself. >> it will be interesting to see how it plays out. critics are slamming pastor joel osteen for his megachurch's response to the flooding. osteen leads lakewood church in houston which is said to be the largest single parrish in the country. its home used to be an nba arena. people on social media accuse osteen of closing the church's doors to flood victims. he denies that. omar villafranca is in front of the church. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it began with the post on the lakewood church facebook page on sunday. now, that post said that lakewood would inaccessible due to the severe flooding and included information on area shelters but many on twitter began to question whether it was actually inaccessible and why the pastor wasn't offering the church as a shelter. one person even tweeted

$56 million and lives in a $10 million home. opening your church to people in need shouldn't be a problem. but photos provided by lakewood church appeared to show flooding in or near the church. in a statement, osteen said we have never closed our doors, that the church will continue to be a distribution center for those in need and he added they are prepared to shelter people once the other shelters do reach capacity. now, the capacity here at the church is 17,000 people. that's three times the capacity of the convention center where norah is at downtown. houston rockets used to play here. michael jackson had a concert here. this place can hold people so it is a very large facility. they did also mention the church that starting noon today they will start taking donations of diapers and formula for people in need. >> many people have questions for mr. osteen

thank you very much, omar. and it was 12 years ago today that hurricane katrina made landfall. ahead, how thousands of people fled from louisiana to houston back in 2005 are being forced to evacuate again. think about that for a second. but first,

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>> reporter: good morning. the convention center is prepared to welcome 5,000 evacuees from houston and for some they're going through this ordeal for the second time in a second city. >> pretty much the same thing. >> reporter: he said it's like deja vu. he was living in new orleans during hurricane katrina, an experience that taught him life changing lessons. >> survival and just staying patient and just waiting and just kind of ride it out. that's all you can do with these hurricanes is sit tight and ride it out. >> reporter: the images of the past few days have drawn comparisons to the 2005 disaster that left much of new orleans submerged. the similarities weren't lost on new orleans mayor. >> as the anniversary of katrina i think all of us remember all too well where we were at that time and all of those

frighteningly familiar to all of us. >> 12 years ago more than a million people abandoned their homes, many boarding buses to houston and taking shelter inside the astrodome. houston welcomed as many as a quarter of a million evacuees and the city estimates 40 thousand never moved back. >> how much more uneasy could you feel in the city of new orleans other than saying there but for the grace of god go i in houston. >> you think something like that will only happen once. >> but it's happening again for rachel allen who lost her house to katrina. >> we made houston home. >> she's riding out the storm with her husband and one year son. this time her house is safe even as the floods swallows another city around her. >> it's devastating to watch on the news and even though everything you see is just terrible, you find yourself not being able to pull away from the tv. just a very similar eie

this time around as well. >> reporter: so far losses from hurricane katrina far surpass those from harvey. 1,800 people lost their lives in hurricane katrina which was the costliest natural disaster in u.s. history but for those who lost everything in houston it will be a long road to recovery. >> thank you. >> in the words of that great philosopher chris rock you say that ain't right. but you go through it again and you think that would only happen once in my lifetime. >> truly unbelievable. >> i think so too. >> a lot of stories still developing. we'll continue to track what's happening there. people aren't the only ones being saved in southeast texas. ahead, we will take you inside the effort to rescue pets trapped by the flood waters and how good samaritans are helping out. i love this story. you're watching "cbs this morning." lergies, it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere.

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that is coldplay showing some love for houston last night during a concert in miami. the band wrote that song to pay tribute to the flooded city. singer chris martin said they will never play it again. coldplay was forced to postpone a concert last friday ahead of the storm. >> all right. we like it. six years ago tropical storm

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it was a dramatic return to tennis for five-time grand slam champion maria sharapova. she fell to her knees after winning last night's opening round at the u.s. open. it was her first grand slam match in 19 months. she had been suspended after testing positive for a banned substance. she beat number two seed halep. it was amazing because the crowd was really, really on her side and i know she could feel that. i stayed for the first two and then it was getting late and i said i had to go home. it's

french open refused to let her play. but they said we're going to give her a chance. >> think she was emotional? >> so the first round was like a final. it was a real treat for all the tennis fans who were there last night. welcome back to "cbs this morning" this morning. nice to have you guys here. charlie is off. norah is in houston. >> it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. the washington post reports on president trump's new executive order reviving a controversial program to provide police with surplus military gear. it includes equipment such as high caliber weapons and grenade launchers. the obama administration limited the program two years ago. the hill reports on president trump confusing two blond finnish journalists at a news conference yesterday alongside finland's president. >> go ahead, pick. go ahead.

>> again? you're going to give her the same one? >> no, she's not the same lady. >> go ahead. >> they are sitting side by side. >> a lot of blond women in finland. >> after things concluded in the east room of the white house, a photo emerged on twitter. it documented that the journalists were in fact, two different people. >> well, i could see the mixup. they look a little similar, but all blonds don't look alike but i could see that you get confused. the new york times look at startups that blur the lines between businesses and startup travel. they do it by getting business travelers to behave more like vacationers and spend less on flights and hotels. employees then get rewarded for the cost of the savings. the detroit news says domino's and ford are teaming up to how customers react to pizza being delivered by self-driving cars. when the car pulls to the ,

customers get a text message that their pizza has arrived. they then type a four digit code into a touch screen on the car. a window rolls down and they can grab the pizza from a warming oven in the car. i don't know how i feel about that. >> a little startling. the new york times reports on how horses got their hooves. a new study in the proceedings of the royal society b suggest horse's feet evolved to support their growing body masses. millions of years ago horses were smaller with several toes on each foot. study found as they grew bigger one large toe provided more support and made it easier to move fast. and gayle king's been tracking this story. people magazine reports actor and comedian kevin hart is challenging friends to donate to texas. he asked to donate $25,000 to the houston

brown answered his call to action saying he donated $100,000. >> back to you, kevin hart. you said 25, i gave 100. i don't think people like being called out that way. people do what they would like to do. tropical storm irene caused catastrophic flooding in vermont. it dumped up to 11 inches of rain in parts of the state. flooding swept away the homes and the bridges. it cut off some communities for days. the storm cost more than $733 million in damage and it was the most devastating storm there since 1927. bernie sanders fought for legislation to fund emergency relief in the aftermath of the storm and this morning the former presidential candidate is out with a new book. it's called bernie sanders guide to political revolution dedicated to the young adult reader in your house. we welcome you back to this table at studio 57. let's start with irene before we

having a sense of deja vu? >> absolutely. we went through that in 2011. i think people don't appreciate unless you're there talking to the folks impacted what it means to lose a home you've lived in your whole life that was there the day before. where do you go? are you going to rebuild? >> how much resistance did you get? >> we had to fight very hard. we fought very hard for federal funding. it seems to me that at this particular moment in american history, if there is any silver lining in the terrible suffering that's going on, it's to remember that we are one country and i am sure in houston whether you're black or white or latino or asian american, people are coming together to help each other all over the country. people are standing up with the people in texas who are in trouble. we are one nation and we've got to stop the type of divisions that trump and others are bringing about trying to divide us up.

to stand with the people of texas today. >> so will the funding they need, will it get there right away? the senators in texas weren't exactly forthcoming. >> some of them voted against hurricane sandy and we've got to end that stuff. the people i'm quite sure i speak for the people in vermont saying we are going to stand with the people of texas and the lesson to be learned is when people are in trouble as one nation, we stand together. >> you're saying now is not the time for fit for tat. >> so you are a yes vote. >> it has to be a good bill and it has to be -- and this is tough stuff. how do you document exactly the kind of loss and roads and infrastructure? but clearly i am sympathetic to supporting them. >> senator cruz said there was a lot of port in the sandy funding. >> it is hard. you put yourself in the place of the government as to the damage done, there may be some mistakes but generally spein

it was sincere and honest. but when you're talking about bridges and roads and homes and people suffering we've got to stand with those people. >> what are the lessons they could learn to make sure that the people of texas get exactly what they need in an efficient manner. >> it has to be done efficiently and rapidly. a lot of those are going to rest with the officials and people in the state of texas. the immediate task is that we save lives, that we protect people the day after we think about how we rebuild houston. >> president trump is heading there today. is that a good idea? >> well, i don't know, but, you know, clearly i think -- >> well, there's one school of thought, they're still in the middle of it. >> i mean, i think generally speaking the task right now is for the officials to do everything they can to protect the people of houston. >> is it too soon for a presidential visit? >> too soon for the president to be there? probably it is, but let's not get into that. the

everything we can do address the terrible terrible pain that is taking place in that city. >> i want to ask you about this book that you've written here. political revolution, a guide to it. a lot of the things we heard you say on the campaign trail and you talk about the need to rebuild infrastructure, your concern about some trade policies, the need to lower the cost of prescription drugs, these are all things that president trump calls for as well. why do you think that independents like yourself or democrats are finding it difficult to work with the president? he constantly complains that democrats are obstructionists on these things. >> he during the campaign said one set of things and the policies that he's implementing right now are very different. during the course of the campaign he said i'm going to stand with the working people. i'm going to take on the pharmaceutical industry and lower the high cost of prescription drugs. that's what he said. that's not what he's doing. he said i'm going to get rid of hee powerful special interests.

into his administration than any president in the history of this country. he said i'm going to guarantee health care to everybody. but having said that, and by the way, getting back to houston, i think we want to take a look at infrastructure. we want to take a look at climate change, and what they may mean to the future of this country. but bottom line as a nation we have got to stand together. we cannot allow the divisions that are taking place every single day led by the president. whether you're black or white or latino, we are one nation, let's work together. >> we're seeing that play out in houston, because when you're getting rescued you don't care what color the person is. i love the tone of the book. it's geared toward young adults. i said this is great for kids. they go, nope, young adults but this generation is the smartest, least prejudiced and most idealistic. >> and that is exactly what i believe. that's what i've seen all over this country.

saying that we have a real crisis in american democracy. what does that mean? it means we have the lowest voter turnout of almost any major turnout on earth. we're seeing as a result of this disaster citizens united supreme court decision, billionaires elected to spend millions of dollars to represent the powerful. run for school board. run for city council. run for state legislature. >> why are you optimistic of this generation and what age group are you talking about? >> well, 16 on up. i have seen these people. >> they voted for you, the 18 and older group. >> many of them did, but this is a generation that's beyond racism, sexism, home phobia, i have seen these young people stand together, talk about climate change, the need to transform our energy system, to take on

to see them get involved in the political process and this book provides the tools to let them do that. >> that sounds suspiciously like everything you said on the campaign trail. are you running again? >> well, it's early to talk about that. let's focus on the american people. >> we'll take that as a yes. >> senator, thank you very much. countless pets are on their own as relentless rains hammer southeast texas. ahead, we'll take you to a san antonio shelter where workers are caring for four legged friends with nowhere to

tropical storm harvey has forced thousands of people from their homes along with countless pets. many are now abandoned, lost or homeless. major storms can be especially cruel to animals. maria is in san antonio texas at a shelter housing pets with nowhere to go. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm about 200 east of houston in san antonio's animal services shelter. they are working with the humane society to clear out this shelter. they want to make room for any evacuated pets affected by hurricane harvey, so by this time tomorrow, ahe

here will be on a plane headed to oregon. >> we could only take this dog, charlie because of the waters were too high. >> reporter: when autumn evacuated she had to leave three of her dogs behind and hope for the best. >> luckily a family that lived in the neighborhood had a boat and they went back and rescued the other three dogs from the upstairs bathroom. >> reporter: she and her dogs are now staying at the convention center in houston which has been accepting pets since sunday night. volunteers are working to give pet owners what they need. >> very basic things. warm blankets, food, crates, we have a veterinarian here. >> reporter: across hurricane ravaged texas, owners neighbors and good samaritans are doing what they can to rescue four legged friends and it's not just pet owners that need help. ranchers have had to drive their cattle to higher ground as well. >> we're looking at a dire situation not jusor

>> reporter: lisa norwood is with the city of san antonio animal care services where later today they're crating up sheltered dogs and cats and sending them to cities across the country to make room for pets separated from their owners during hurricane harvey. these cats arrived in san diego on monday. with rain still falling, going home is not yet an option for many, whether on two legs or four. >> people love their animals. it's heart breaking. people taking good care of their animals and doing the best they can. >> reporter: during hurricane katrina we saw a lot of people refusing to evacuate without their pets and right now that is happening in houston. that's why a project like this is so important. the animal care services out of san antonio has taken in roughly about 200 evacuated pets, most of them are dogs, but there's about 50 cats and one gerbil named rufus. >> thank you so mu.

know if you really get it, because there's a real bond with this pet and it's both ways. it goes both ways. >> they are really four legged people in dog clothes. because they are really like a member of the family. there's no question about that. i can't imagine a difficult decision to leave them behind. >> that's heart breaking. >> no doubt. an unforgotable image, ahead, we track down the first responder seen carrying children to safety. the story behind the picture. you're watching "cbs this morning."

many photos have shown the bravery and compassion in houston. we wanted to find out the real

images. deputy r. johnson has been with the harris county sheriff's office for six years. he was an iraq war veteran and a father of four. when johnson and his colleagues came upon this house on sunday, a woman emerged and waved johnson over asking for help. he picked up two of her kids. >> as we were walking out the door, in order to keep the kids focused on something other than the seriousness around us, i made a couple of jokes in reference to swimming and things of that nature and we were laughing about the water being cold. i was telling them we have some little tubes we can just ride down the road, took them to a local gas station, they said thank you, of course. it's my job, it's not something that i need to be thanked for. >> oh, but you do, mr. johnson. thank you. he said this was just the second rescue of the day. since then there have been too many to count. it's uniting us in a

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good morning and welcome to "great day washington". we are joined by inova all hours long taking your calls for relief from joint plane and the number to call is 202-895- 5560

who can start you on a path for a pain-free life. >> the number is 202-895-5560 two speak to an inova expert about joint pain. hello and welcome to "great day washington". >> i am markette sheppard a we are joined by dr. michael from inova and the approach to each individual patient to care about their knees. >> and we're here with don who underwent a knee replacement procedure. i understand several and now pain-free. welcome to "great day washington" both of you. >> good to be here. >> i want to start with you because people at home are buzzing when they hear the words pain-free. how do you go about approaching treatment for a patient? >> when you first meet the patient the most important thing is to listen and have everyone come and see you with a unique story. they have had some treatments already and you want to know how the pain is affecting their life and

life expectations are and what activities they want to perform , what treatments they have already tried and what opportunities they have for treatment. >> i know sometimes with patients you want all the information that is open and honest in the morning for the better to share with the doctor. >> absolutely. the most important thing is to establish an open and honest relationship where the patient feels comfortable speaking with you and you feel like you get all the information relevant to care. many times it's not just putting blinders on and looking at the joint, but the big picture and what other medical problems are involved. what is their lifestyle and what kind of living situation do they have? >> speaking of the big picture, john, you have a genetic condition that affects your joints. tell us about that. >> so i am told and i didn't know that but you asked about pain. it started 10 years ago and i had hip pain first.