the supplies. number one, let me assure that it is going to be improved today. >> can you guarantee the supply chains of food, walter cots are going to get through off to the center in time for the folks. >> we made request on fema for 10,000 cots and additional supplies. we have said we need them to get here as soon as possible. >> city officials say they're aware of the needs here at the convention center, and plan to ease the pressure by sending hundreds of the people to other shelters. city officials told us they plan to open three more shelters, sometime today. but norah, so far, no word, where, or when, they'll start take in the people. the latest on the emergency response and rescue efforts on "cbs this morning."

>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." the houston police officer who was killed, was identified today as sergeant steve perez. he drowned in his patrol car sunday. houston police chief art acevedo said perez's wife didn't want him to go to work. but he wanted to go do his job. >> so, i couldn't find him. and, once the dive team got there it was too treacherous to, to go under and look for him. so, we made a decision. to leave officers there, waiting until the morning. because as much as we want to recover him last night, we could not put, more officers at risk.

we knew it was going to be a recovery mission. we kept his wife apprised. though we had hey high prob built fee probability he was gone. we hold on to hope. this morning, 8:00 a.m., the dive team was out there, their number one priority. within 20 minutes they found him. >> sergeant perez was 60 years old. he spent 34 years on the force. houston's flood control system has been stretched to the breaking point. today, two reservoirs overflowed. and a levee failed sending more watt near neighborhood where people are still trying to escape. david begnaud has more reporting on that. >> reporter: the people living in kingwood, border lake houston. they didn't have much time to evacuate. they are being inundated by overflow from five nearby creeks, a river, and a dam. dozens of civilian

waited in chest high water, boats arrived one after the other. carrying residents escaping the high rising floodwater. nick hawk from dallas rescued countless people he doesn't know. the only reason he stopped -- my 19-foot boat capsized. next thing i know, looked up. me, the sheriff under the boat. both had the look like we are going to die. >> reporter: most everyone got out with the clothes on their back. >> you want that off don't you? >> yeah. >> reporter: and their animals. this deer was found in distress. eleno and matt took picture of the apartment complex. ground zero for rescues. >> no power. alarm ringing all night long. it was just bad. >> we were live when water started rising quickly. >> you hear the officer saying the water is coming up. it is time to go. we are going to listen to what he is saying. going to pack up and head out. officials warned it was blowing from the barker reservoir. the second reser

there. leaving homes with 3 feet of water in tell. back in kingwood, camille confirmed what he have all seen. >> the worst -- just, that's what it is saying. hold on. i mean, we lost everything. >> the rescues went on nearly ten hours today. the people we talked to said, folks are still at the apartment complex. people on the third floor who have said, we're going to ride it out. but norah everyone who wanted out has been rescued. >> david begnaud. thank you so much. even with evacuation shelters overcrowded and ill-equipped today president trump defended federal and texas emergency management officials during a visit to the storm zone. here is jamie yuccas. in corpus christi, president donald trump was optimistic about the response to hurricane harvey. >> we are going to got you back and operating immediately. it is epic what

you know what it happened in texas. texas can handle anything. >> as he was leaving a local firehouse, he waved a texas flag that had been plucked the crowd. >> he held up my freaking flag. >> whoo. >> this is crazy. about to cry. >> the president was joined by relief agency officials, fema and red cross as well as the texas governor greg about. >> we won't say congratulations, we don't want to do that. we don't want, congratulate each other when it is all finished. but you have been terrific. >> the president and first lady also stopped in austin to get a look at the statewide operations. >> february has ever seen anything this long and nobody has ever seen this much water. >> the president pledged to work with congress to send federal dollars. >> probably never been anything so expensive in our country's history. >> mr. trump was anxious to get to texas trying to avoid the criticism. president george w. bush faced when he initially flew over new orleans after hurricane katrina rather than visin

mr. trump did stay away from the hardest hit areas. corpus christi. >> i understand it, you don't want to gunk up, rockport, with extra traffic. makes a lot of sense. >> reporter: as people begin to think about the rebuilding process, many are now questioning president trump's decision to roll back regulations on construction that would protect homes from rising sea levels. norah. >> jamie yuccas, thank you. more reporting from houston. let's go to new york. >> great reporting, norah. tonight harvey on the move again. scott pagett, chief meteorologist at kvtv, our station in dallas fort worth. scott scott, where is it headed? >> nrorth-northeast. a glimmer of hope is on the west side. west of houston. drying out. rainfall rates you see in the light green color. .10 inchf

heavy rain to the east. rainfall rates of 2 inches rain per hour. look at the dry air getting pulled into harvey. harvey, reaching towards north, northeast. the tropical storm warnings remain in effect through parts of louisiana, port arthur, near morgan city. the forecast track has harvey making a third landfall by later on tonight into the early morning hours. a tropical storm, then, downgrading to a tropical depression. and prop ctropical low, kentuck tennessee by the weekend. how much rain in addition? near port arthur, and lake charles, another 7 to 6 inches of rain. alexandria, monroe can see flooding rains as we go through dates. harvey a thing of past, of the system. we go throughened of t the end week. >> thanks. harvey's catastrophic flooding all too familiar for victims of hurricane katrina. tonight diae

parts of louisiana. >> we are headed towards lake charles, louisiana, three hours east of houston. it is bracing itself, as, tropical storm harvey, should make landfall tomorrow morning. the rain in lake charles has been steady the last four days. but last night, it became dangerous. nearly 200 residents were forced to ee va evacuate. 600 national guardsmen here have been put on harvey duty. remember hurricane katrina did not impact this region. even though it is just a few hours east of new orleans. and speaking of katrina, this is the 12th anniversary of that horrific storm and as harvey moves its way east, new orleans is in its path. that city is without 12 of its drainage pumps. >> michelle miller, in louisiana, thank you. and coming up next, president trump warns north korea after firing a ballistic missile over japan.

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japan learned ape north korean ballistic missile was soaring over their heads. millions more received a text message saying missile passing, please take cover. >> a rattled japanese prime minister, shinzo abe called the missile launch reckless and grave threat. the japanese military promptly deployed surface-to-air missile launcher at u.s. military base in tokyo. south korea responded by scrambling f-15 fighter jets which conducted practice bombing runs. it also released rare footage of its own missile test conducted last week. in an unusual move, the north korean missile was fired from near the capital of pyongyang. likely from a mobile launch pad. that comb ply kates any potential preemptive strike by the u.s., because it places north korea's missiles in unpredictable and potentially highly populated areas.

just last week, president trump inferred his tough talk on north korea was changing kim jung-un's behavior. >> i respect the fact that -- that i believe, he is starting to respect us. i respect that fact. >> but since that speech, north korea has now fired four missiles. north korean state media release aid new statement and it is calling this missile launch. over japan, muscle flexing. in response to the u.s. and south korean joint military exercises. currently taking place on the korean peninsula. anthony. >> ben tracy reporting from tokyo. thank you, ben. >> ahead, a televangelist changes his minds and opens his doors to storm victims. i just want to find a used car without getting ripped off.

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the houston mega church. led by joel ostein, opened doors to victims of harvey today. this followed days of social media criticism. aimed at ostein for not offering the 16,000 seat arena as a storm shelter. in a facebook post sunday the church said it was inaccessible because of severe flooding. but photos shared online showed it has escaped the worst. this morning, ostein tweeted he and his wife care deeply about our fellow houstonans. for information on how you can help victims of hurricane harvey we collected links and information on our website. go

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not just human whose suffer in a storm as catastrophic as harvey. during hurricane katrina in 2005. more than 600,000 animals were killed or abandoned. mireya villarreal reports there is a huge effort to make sure that doesn't happen here in texas.

>> reporter: its not just people on the move. life for animals, large, and small, all impacted by hurricane harvey. countless rescues have taken place. it is okay. it is okay. pets, carried to safety like their owners, the world as they note it is no longer the same. at the george r. brown convention center in downtown houston, animals are seen by vets and cared for by volunteers like celise shuttles. worth. >> people risked their lives to save their animals. some evacuees will end up here, 200 miles away in a shelter. so, far more than 200 pets have been registered. most are dogged, but there are 30 cats, and one gerbil named rufus. animal care services. >> if it means we get piece of mind to evacuees from harvey so they can work on their next steps as a family. we are prepared to do

however long and hard it is. >> about 200 pets will be leaving san antonio. this batch is heading to new jersey. the goal is to get 1,000 animals out of this area. out of texas. shelters, to make room for the harvey evacuees. >> prime minister have opened their hearts to the victims of hurricane harvey. making sure evacuees. especially four legged ones don't weather this storm alone. >> we will find you good home people that love you. mireya villarreal. cbs news, san antonio. that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news.

as harvey rages -- houston's response is called into question. thousand are rescued with shelters bursting at the seams. we were here just 48 hours ago, noere were only 47 people. erw the is more than 9,000 people. >> honestly, my babies slept on the floor. the death toll rises with a houston police officer among the dead. president trump visits the storm zone. >> this is, this is historic, it is epic. what happened. but you know what, it happened in texas. and texas can handle anything.

♪ ♪ good evening. along with anthony mason in new york. i'm norah o'donnell in houston, texas. outside the george r brown convention center, the city's primary shelter. we will have more on that in a moment. some of the other headlines from today. 17,000 have sought refuge in houston. preparations are now being made tonight, to try and own larger shelters. also today, two reservoirs overflowed. sending more watt near neighborhoods. >> the preliminary death toll is four. including a houston police officer. harvey has set a new record for most rainfall from a single storm, nearly 52 inches. in cedar bayou. the storm dumped 19 trillion gallons of water since last

friday. 1.5 million gallons for every person in south texas. tropical storm harvey once a category 4 hurricane is expected to make another landfall overnight in louisiana. and, norah, your reporting on the shelter, was one of the first indication that perhaps things weren't going as well as well have been told. >> well, anthony, we saw it firsthand. our reporting. of what happens to the people inside when the shelter in capacity. the red cross they're doing an amazing job. but there are just too many people who are in want and need of some of the most basic human items. >> did you sleep here last night? >> i sat up here last night. awe they didn't have a bed for you? >> my, my, babies are on the floor. >> how many babies? >> three. >> we first met michelle lavone, mother of three earlier this morning. she arrived last night, after her family was rescued in a dumptruck. >> welcome to

>> this is your home. >> michelle invited us to take a look this afternoon. where now more than 9,000 people are living inside the shelter. we discovered not much has changed. though she did find a mattress. >> inflated air mattress. >> why can't you blow up air mattress? >> we don't have of a pump. she arrived with her husband and six kids. they also had no beds when they arrived. her kids slept on the floor. >> do you think the city should have been prepared? >> yes i've thought they should be prepared. . i watched the news from day they said the hurricane was in the water until the water came mine house. and when, when the may your said, don't leave, he didn't thing it was going to be that bad. i am like, okay. so, but after that, when it start coming in. i knew it was alive. >> people have arrived here with only the clothes on their backs and sometimes, no shoes. donations are pouring in. with more than 1,000

here doing all they can. this is abby, a volunteer, you can see, kind of, queen of mountain. sitting atop, all of these clothes. she is searching. for, for extra large. men's and women's clothes. pants, shirts, whatever. there is a shortage. >> the red cross was told to prepare to shelter 5,000. prepare to shelter 5,000. they're overwhelmed. this man is running the shelter for the red cross. >> how is it going? >> as well as it can be. wih conditions. meeting emergency needs of the clients. and just, just keeping up. >> just keeping up, charles says. he also told me that one reason they didn't have -- enough beds last night for michelle and shaniqua and families like theirs, because a supply truck got call the in fl

and the driver had to be rescue ed cbs news learned that trucks are on the way from all over the country. the challenge getting them inside houston. mark strassmann had sharp questions for houston's mayor about how the city prepared for harvey. >> water rescues have created daily drama. in a city that has found hell and high water. but houston any mayor stands by his decision not to evacuate america's fourth largest city. mayor sylvester turner. >> you cannot evacuate 6.5 million people. but then, two days, you can't, cannot, that would be chaotic. >> it was chaotic and deadly in september, 2005. 3.7 million people in the houston area evacuated from hurricane rita. in the gridlock, more than 60 evacuees died.

>> with harvey, people here, stayed put. thousand have had to save themselves and ended up in crowded shelters. have you done enough to take care of the folks who were told to stay put? >> the city of houston has been impacted by an, inordinate all. rain that fell on city of houston. >> then what is the plan for those 6 million plus people? >> we have asked people to prepare. they did. i'm going to allow all of the people on social media, and talking heads, to talk. but they didn't hatch the responsibility of managing or running this city. i do. >> flooding has closed highways and roads all over houston. and getting supplies into the city has been a logistical nightmare. we followed four wal-mart trucks, carrying donated food and water to city's overcrowded convention center. ge took the trucks, two days to

the supplies. number one, let me assure that it is going to be improved today. >> can you guarantee the supply chains of food, walter cots are going to get through off to the center in time for the folks. >> we made request on fema for 10,000 cots and additional supplies. we have said we need them to get here as soon as possible. >> city officials say they're aware of the needs here at the convention center, and plan to ease the pressure by sending hundreds of the people to other shelters. city officials told us they plan to open three more shelters, sometime today. but norah, so far, no word, the houston police officer who was killed, was identified today as sergeant steve perez. he drowned in his patrol car sunday. houston police chief art acevedo

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president trump and the first lady flew into the disaster zone, they didn't stop in houston, instead, landing in corpus christi. later austin. in corpus christi, the president was briefed by his emergency management team. >> what i have learned is we can count on the president of the united states and his staff for helping texas. texas has been tested. but our response to the challenge has been made, much more effective, because of the very effective way the president and staff has helped texas respond to the challenge. mr. president, thank you. thank you, welcome to texas. >> it's so nice, governor. it is really my honor. this is a

special state, and -- senator cruz and senator thank you very much. for being here. we appreciate it. it is hard to get here, for both. you were trapped in various locations. we appreciate you both being here. i want to thank my staff, my cabinet, we have quite a few of our cabinet here. you know, ben carson from hud, and linda mcmahaon, small business, big business. add them up. help people in texas. doing a fantastic job. thank you very much. linda. we have had a -- a tremendous group of folks, our director. and, thank you very much for the job you have done. and, a man who has really become very famous on television. we appreciate it very much. you have been, just outstanding. and i can tell you, that my folks, telling me how, how great

the, your representatives have been in working together. it's a really team. and, and we want to do it better than ever before. we want to be looked at in five years in ten years from now, as this is the we to do it. this was, of epic proportion. nobody has ever seen anything like this. i just want to say working with the governor and his team has been an honor for us. so, governor, again, thank you very much. and, and, we won't say congratulations, we don't want to do that. we don't want to congarage late, we will congratulate each other when it is all finished. you have been terrific. and you have been my friend, here for a long time. and, with that -- >> thank you, mr. president. so the whole community is coming together. you know, right here, where the brunt of the category 4 hurricane came in -- corpus christi. starting to effect recovery. recovery is a slow process.

rest assured we are doing everything we can to unify our efforts to support the local presponders. first responders that we have here. yesterday, i put out some of the ground on rock port. we had points of distribution, flowing. working in conjunction with the governor national guard. fema is applying, meals, waters, national guard is helping to run the distribution points. that's how the system works. all eyes are on houston. so are mine. we got a long way to go. we are going to have to set up expectations of the citizens hachbd to continue a unified effort now, to, to, help the state of texas ultimately recover. the event to the nor of us is not over. we are still in a life saving, life sustaining mission. we are very aware of issues at the convention center. let me beep clear. this is not, the super dome. the convention center -- we are sustaining food, they have food, security, i have a management team inside thit

as i speak. and more and more people are being moved to shelters, to stabilize the situation. the next thing is, is that -- we are pushing commodities once the water goes down. we will push commodities, help to get people registered in the system to receive assistance. from all of us. you know. assistance, doesn't just come from fema. it comes from, many organizations. here represented here today by, by secretary price. secretary carson. and, others. the next thing is, that we are looking at, you know, power restoration. we are maintaining security. you know -- you know, mobilize the homeland security search capacity for us. with that comes law enforcement to make sure we are overcoming anticipating any security needs that we have. and, then, then, also -- with secretary price, over here. we are working with government nor's disaster medical teams and sending federal disaster medical teams in.

there were some on site. there is multiple areas. not only for price's counseling. but also to make sure we are meeting access and functional needs. a challenge to getting supplies in. we have quite the federal force. local and state efforts. and pulls national guard troops in. we are pulling uniits out of fort hood, the federal government forces are coming in as well. we pulled several hundred trucks and staff, from assets here in the state of texas. how the system works. this recovery is going to be frustrating. we are going to be here with you to help you guide through it. it is going to be, tough to navigate, all of the programs, become available. but, we are here to help. so. >> thank you, everybody. i just want to say -- we love you. you are special. we are here to dak care, it is going well. and i want to thank you for coming out.

we are going to got you back and operating immediately. thank you everybody. what a crowd. what a turnout. i want to thank our governor, your governor has done -- a fantastic job. governor about, thank you very much. right here. some place, right here. so, we just want to thank your governor, senator cruz, senator corden, on everybody, dan, we want to thank the whole group. this has been a, a, total cooperative effort. again, we will see you soon. i will tell you this 'tis historic, epic, what happened. but you know what, it happened in texas. and texas can handle anything. thank you all, folks. thank you. thank you. the disaster in hon

testing the limits of city emergency call center. 911 operators are fielding tens of thousand of calls. some people are complaining they're just being put on hold. jericka duncan reports. >> floodwaters are keeping the emergency 911 center busy. officials say when people call 911 and don't wait to listen and hear for some one 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. started dropping amounts of rain in and around houston. many who rode out the storm, dialed 911 as floodwaters rose. >> on a regular basis, we get 8,000, 9,000 calls. >> this morning alone you had 75,000. >> that is correct. >> administration administer at the emergency

>> for people stranded are you getting police there immediately. >> how does that work right now? >> we prepare that for dispatch purposes. and of course, we can't speak for the police, and fire, response. because they're tide up with so many emergencies as well. the 911 problem is complicated when people hang up and try calling back. should they be doing that? >> no, no, no. advising people. go ahead and stay on the line. the worst thing they can do is hang up. because what ends up happening. all most back at the end of the line. >> 200 people have been working 12 hour shifts since saturday. normally 25 people are answering the phones. >> stay on the line. >> the work has become personal. >> take a deep breath, ma'am. >> what's keeping you going and motivated. you lost, your car, your home? >> i love this job. i have been doing this job, 4 1/2 years. and they need help. co-workers have

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we have been talking the enormous scale of the crisis here in houston. clear by the size of the rescue operations. the coast guard 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 got a rare look inside the coast guard houston area command post. and saw true team work in action. before the coast guard rescue teams can get to work outside -- >> in contractions right now. >> they get marching orders from inside this command post headquarters. >> res end we we have transitioned to a call center, back in our conference room. >> you have had so many calls coming in, you had to set up a separate call center. >> correct. we have had e

trapped in attics with two feet of clearance left before the water floods the house. we have other people stranded in vehicles. >> the task seems overwhelming. >> it can be at times. yes, ma'am. >> overwhelming too for rescue pilots. working in the pouring rain. this is air station houston. what's the biggest challenge for you as a pilot? biggest challenge the weather right now. fly low to the ground. a lot of us are familiar with the area. where the antennae are. power lines. >> how risky is it? >> very risky. >> the captain is the incident commander in charge of running this entire operation. >> they're operating invisibility, less than a mile in some cases. winds gusting over 30 miles an hour. it is very dangerous. >> but the risks and rescues continue. >> how would you describe the situation out there. >> i would say a lot of people in trouble. >> the rescue swimmer and his team helped save a family of re

to the only safe place to land this highway. >> we had to cut through a chain link fence to get out to the highway. about 30 minutes we were able to get to the highway and get her loaded on to the hebl. >> for some, this is a crisis thats literally hits home. >> well have a coast guard members impacted by the storm as well. some of them have had, been flooded out of their homes. in my home as well. my street, i have 3 feet of water. in flunt of my house. so, we are concerned not only about the public, but coast guard members. want to make sure they're safe as well. >> now the coast guard has deployed a total of 20 helicopters, from all over the u.s. more than 200 crews and support staff. they're also 9 shallow walter rescue teams working with eight more who are on the way. so as the rains continue, and as harvey is expected to come back and deliver more rain, these efforts continue to save lives. but it really was remarkable to e

the coast guard. heard it from people here, who have been rescued by the coast

thousand of people in and around houston are trapped by floodwaters. officials are calling out the cavalry, asking sit snz to get in their boats they've have them and come to the aid of their neighbors. hundreds are answering the call. >> this is state highway, 2 # 8 underwater. you cannot imagine the detours that there are in city of houston right now. first responders, it can take an hour or two hours just to got to people in need. folks are turning to social peed yeah to beg for help. knowing that civilian rescuers may be their only option. i have gotten tweets from people in out of state who are saying, hey, i know you are there reporting, can you go check on the loved one who i haven't spoken to since saturday. civilian rescuers have been doing incredible work. and this morning we give credit where it

>> where are you? >> right here. >> calls for help are echoing across houston. >> where do they need help? >> civilians, were directed to the home in houston's fleetwood neighborhood. >> you think they'll go upstairs. >> do you regret not leaving sooner? >> yes. i should have. >> susie russell and dale were aweak all night. they were piling up furniture as water poured into their home. >> we didn't know what, how high it would get. it was concern, get what you can? >> people are using jet skis, canoes, inner tubes. mattresses. to bring those to dryer ground. john is traveling from louisiana he wants to assist with the rescue effort. >> it is going to be bad. we talked about it. >> at the hotel. crews arrived with high walter vehicles and bets to evacuate people inside. strangers, l

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. >> 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 are going to have, dry clothes, food, and you are going to have a police to sleep for tonight. if you want to come with me. we can get you there. and then, we can worry about what you are traying to got to tomorrow. >> you know the evacuees are having to worry about looters. in nearby fort bend county. looters impersonating first responders telling people to evacuate their home and going in and stealing from them. norah, houston police chief was quoted as saying to the losers out there, don't come to houston and victimize our people. >> tragedy can bring out the worst and the best in people. that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news

the morning news, and of course, cbs this morning. for norah owe doinl houston, i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching. as harvey rages -- houston's response is called into question. thousands are rescued with shelters bursting at the seams. shelters bursting at the seams. we were here 48 hours ago, and there were 700 people. now there is more than 9,000 people. >> honestly, with my baby sleep on the floor. >> the death toll rises with the houston police officer among the dead. >> we couldn't find him. once our dive team got there it was too treacherous to go look for him. >> president trump visits the storm zone. >> this is historic, epic, what

happened. but you know what it happened in texas. and texas can handle anything. >> also tonight -- the president says, all options are on the table after north korea's latest missile launch. >> this is the cbs "overnight news." good evening, along with anthony mason in new york, i'm norah o'donnell in houston, texas. we are outside the george r. brown convention center. it is the city's primary shelter, for thousand who fled harvey are jammed together at double capacity. we're going to have more on that in a moment. some of the other headlines from today. 17,000 have sought refuge in houston. preparations are now being made tonight to try and open larger shelters. also today, two reservoirs, overflowed, sending more watt near neighborhoods. >> the preliminary death toll is four including a houston police officer. harvey has set a new record for most rainfall from a single

bayou. the storm dumped 19 trillion gallons of water since last friday, that's 1.5 million gallons for every person in south texas. tropical storm harvey once category 4 hurricane is expected to make another landfall overnight in louisiana. norah, your reporting on the shelter was one of the first indications that perhaps things weren't going as well as weave avenue been told. >> well, anthony, we saw it firsthand. our reporting, what happens to the people inside when the shelter doubles in capacity. the red cross, they are doing an amazing job. there are just too many people who are in want and need of some of the most basic human items. >> did you sleep here last night? >> i sat up here last night. >> they didn't have a bed for

you? >> my babies are on the floor. >> how many babies? >> three. >> we first met michelle lavone. mother of three earlier this morning. she arrived last night after her family was rescued in a dumptruck. >> welcome to my new home. >> this is your new home? >> yeah. >> michelle invited us to take a look this afternoon where more than 9,000 people are living inside the shelter. we discovered not much has changed, though she did find a mattress. >> inflatable air mattress. >> why can't you blow it up? >> they don't have a pump. >> shaniqua cooper arrived with her husband and six kids they also had no beds when they arrived her kis slept on the floor. >> do you thing city should have been more prepared? >> yes, they should have been

i watched the news from day they said the hurricane was in the water up until the water came in niep house. and when the mayor said, don't leave, he didn't thing it was going to be that bad. i'm like, okay, so, but after that, when it start coming in i knew it was a lot. >> people have arrived here with only the clothes on their backs and sometimes, no shoes. donations are pouring in. with more than 1,000 volunteers here, doing all they can. >> this is abby, a volunteer, you can see she is kind of, queen of the mountain. she is sifting atop, all of these clothes because she is searching for extra large men's and women's clothes. pants, shirts, whatever. because there is a shortage. the red cross was told to prepare to shelter 5,000. they're overwhelmed. for the red cross. >> how is it going?

>> as well as it can be. with conditions. meeting emergency needs of the clients. and just, just keeping up. ⌞> just keeping up, charles says. he also told me that one reason they didn't have -- enough beds last night for michelle and shaniqua and families like theirs, because a supply truck got call the in the floodwaters and the driver had to be rescue ed cbs news learned that trucks are on the way from all over the country. the challenge getting them inside houston. mark strassmann had sharp questions for houston's mayor about how the city prepared for harvey. >> water rescues have created daily drama. in a city that has found hell and high water. but houston any mayor stands by his decision not to evacuate america's fourth largest city. mayor sylvester turner. >> you cannot evacuate 6.5 million people. but then, two days, you can't, cannot, that would be chaotic. >> it was chaotic and deadly in september, 2005. 3.7 million people in the houston area evacuated from hurricane rita. in the gridlock, more than 60 evacuees died. many from heat stroke. >> with harvey, people here, stayed put. thousand have had to save themselves and ended up in crowded shelters. have you done enough to take

care of the folks who were told to stay put? >> the city of houston has been impacted by an, inordinate all. rain that fell on city of houston. >> then what is the plan for those 6 million plus people? >> we have asked people to prepare. they did. i'm going to allow all of the people on social media, and talking heads, to talk. but they didn't hatch the responsibility of managing or running this city. i do. >> flooding has closed highways and roads all over houston. and getting supplies into the city has been a logistical nightmare. we followed four wal-mart trucks, carrying donated food and water to city's overcrowded convention center. it took the trucks, two days to get here. but living space for all of the evacuees, left no room to unload the supplies. number one, let me assure that it is going to be improved today.

chains of food, walter cots are going to get through off to the center in time for the folks. >> we made request on fema for 10,000 cots and additional supplies. we have said we need them to get here as soon as possible. >> city officials say they're aware of the needs here at the convention center, and plan to ease the pressure by sending hundreds of the people to other shelters. city officials told us they plan to open three more shelters, sometime today. but norah, so far, no word, where, or when, they'll start take in the people. the latest on the emergency response and rescue efforts on "cbs this morning."

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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." the houston police officer who was killed, was identified today as sergeant steve perez. he drowned in his patrol car sunday. houston police chief art acevedo said perez's wife didn't want him to go to work. but he wanted to go do his job. >> so, i couldn't find him. and, once the dive team got there it was too treacherous to, to go under and look for him. so, we made a decision. to leave officers there, waiting

until the morning. because as much as we want to recover him last night, we could not put, more officers at risk. we knew it was going to be a recovery mission. we kept his wife apprised. though we had hey high prob probability he was gone. we hold on to hope. this morning, 8:00 a.m., the dive team was out there, their number one priority. within 20 minutes they found him. >> sergeant perez was 60 years old. he spent 34 years on the force. houston's flood control system has been stretched to the breaking point. today, two reservoirs overflowed. and a levee failed sending more watt near neighborhood where people are still trying to escape. david begnaud has more reporting on that. >> reporter: the people living in kingwood, border lake houston. they didn't have much time to evacuate.

they are being inundated by overflow from five nearby creeks, a river, and a dam. dozens of civilian samaritans waited in chest high water, boats arrived one after the other. carrying residents escaping the high rising floodwater. nick hawk from dallas rescued countless people he doesn't know. the only reason he stopped -- my 19-foot boat capsized. next thing i know, looked up. me, the sheriff under the boat. both had the look like we are going to die. >> reporter: most everyone got out with the clothes on their back. >> you want that off don't you? >> yeah. >> reporter: and their animals. this deer was found in distress. eleno and matt took picture of the apartment complex. ground zero for rescues. >> no power. alarm ringing all night long. it was just bad. >> we were live when water started rising quickly. >> you hear the officer saying the water is coming up. it ime

he is saying. going to pack up and head out. officials warned it was blowing from the barker reservoir. the second reservoir north of there. leaving homes with 3 feet of water in tell. back in kingwood, camille confirmed what he have all seen. >> the worst -- just, that's what it is saying. hold on. i mean, we lost everything. >> the rescues went on nearly ten hours today. the people we talked to said, folks are still at the apartment complex. people on the third floor who have said, we're going to ride it out. but norah everyone who wanted out has been rescued. >> david begnaud. thank you so much. even with evacuation shelters overcrowded and ill-equipped today president trump defended federal and texas emergency management officials during a visit to the storm zone. here is jamie yuccas. in corpus christi, president donald trump was optimistic about the response to hurricane harvey. >> we are going to got you back and

it is epic what happened. you know what it happened in texas. texas can handle anything. >> as he was leaving a local firehouse, he waved a texas flag that had been plucked the crowd. >> he held up my freaking flag. >> whoo. >> this is crazy. about to cry. >> the president was joined by relief agency officials, fema and red cross as well as the texas governor greg about. >> we won't say congratulations, we don't want to do that. we don't want, congratulate each other when it is all finished. but you have been terrific. >> the president and first lady also stopped in austin to get a look at the statewide operations. >> february has ever seen anything this long and nobody has ever seen this much water. >> the president pledged to work with congress to send federal dollars. >> probably never been anything so expensive in our country's history. >> mr. trump was anxious to get to texas trying to avoid the criticism. president george w. bush faced when he initially flew over new orleans after hurricane katrina rather than visiting louisiana. mr. trump did stay away from the hardest hit s.

corpus christi. >> i understand it, you don't want to gunk up, rockport, with extra traffic. makes a lot of sense. >> reporter: as people begin to think about the rebuilding process, many are now questioning president trump's decision to roll back regulations on construction that would protect homes from rising sea levels. norah. >> jamie yuccas, thank you. more reporting from houston. let's go to new york. >> great reporting, norah. tonight harvey on the move meteorologist at ktvt, our station in dallas fort worth. scott, where is it headed? >> north-northeast. a glimmer of hope is on the west side. west of houston. drying out. rainfall rates you see in the light green color. .10 inch of rain per hour. heavy rain to the east.

per hour. look at the dry air getting pulled into harvey. harvey, reaching towards north, northeast. the tropical storm warnings remain in effect through parts of louisiana, port arthur, near morgan city. the forecast track has harvey making a third landfall by later on tonight into the early morning hours. a tropical storm, then, downgrading to a tropical depression. and tropical low, kentucky, tennessee by the weekend. how much rain in addition? near port arthur, and lake charles, another 7 to 6 inches of rain. alexandria, monroe can see flooding rains as we go through dates. harvey a thing of past, of the system. we go through the end of the week. >> thanks. harvey's catastrophic flooding all too familiar for victims of hurricane katrina. tonight -- disaster threatens parts of louisiana. >> we

charles, louisiana, three hours east of houston. it is bracing itself, as, tropical storm harvey, should make landfall tomorrow morning. the rain in lake charles has been steady the last four days. but last night, it became dangerous. nearly 200 residents were forced to evacuate. 600 national guardsmen here have been put on harvey duty. remember hurricane katrina did not impact this region. even though it is just a few hours east of new orleans. and speaking of katrina, this is the 12th anniversary of that horrific storm and as harvey moves its way east, new orleans is in its path. that city is without 12 of its drainage pumps. >> michelle miller, in louisiana, thank you. and coming up next, president trump warns north korea after firing a ballistic missile over japan.

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over their heads. millions more received a text message saying missile passing, please take cover. >> a rattled japanese prime minister, shinzo abe called the missile launch reckless and grave threat. the japanese military promptly deployed surface-to-air missile launcher at u.s. military base in tokyo. south korea responded by scrambling f-15 fighter jets which conducted practice bombing runs. it also released rare footage of its own missile test conducted last week. in an unusual move, the north korean missile was fired from near the capital of pyongyang. likely from a mobile launch pad. that complicates any potential preemptive strike by the u.s., because it places

north korea's missiles in unpredictable and potentially highly populated areas. just last week, president trump inferred his tough talk on north korea was changing kim jung-un's behavior. >> i respect the fact that -- that i believe, he is starting to respect us. i respect that fact. >> but since that speech, north korea has now fired four missiles. north korean state media release aid new statement and it is calling this missile launch. over japan, muscle flexing. in response to the u.s. and south korean joint military exercises. currently taking place on the korean peninsula. anthony. >> ben tracy reporting from tokyo. thank you, ben. >> ahead, a televangelist changes his minds and opens his doors to storm victims. no. have a little fun together, or a lot. k-y yours and mine. two sensations that work together, so you can play together.

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norah will be back from houston with the story of harvey's other

not just human whose suffer in a storm as catastrophic as harvey. during hurricane katrina in 2005. more than 600,000 animals were killed or abandoned. mireya villarreal reports there is a huge effort to make sure that doesn't happen here in texas. >> reporter: its not just people

on the move. life for animals, large, and small, all impacted by hurricane harvey. countless rescues have taken place. it is okay. it is okay. pets, carried to safety like their owners, the world as they note it is no longer the same. at the george r. brown convention center in downtown houston, animals are seen by vets and cared for by volunteers like celise shuttles. worth. >> people risked their lives to save their animals. some evacuees will end up here, 200 miles away in a shelter. so, far more than 200 pets have been registered. most are dogged, but there are 30 cats, and one gerbil named rufus. animal care services. >> if it means we get piece of mind to evacuees from harvey so they can work on their next steps as a family.

however long and hard it is. >> about 200 pets will be leaving san antonio. this batch is heading to new jersey. the goal is to get 1,000 animals out of this area. out of texas. shelters, to make room for the harvey evacuees. >> prime minister have opened their hearts to the victims of hurricane harvey. making sure evacuees. especially four legged ones don't weather this storm alone. >> we will find you good home people that love you. mireya villarreal. cbs news, san antonio. that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news.

♪ ♪ as harvey rages, houston's response is called into question. thousands are rescued with shelters bursting at the seams. >> we were here just 4 hours ago. there were only 700 people. now there is more than 9,000 people. >> honestly t my babies slechlt on the floor. >> the death toll rises. with the houston police officer among the dead. >> we can't find him. it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. >> president trump visits the storm zone. >> thiss i epic. it happened in texas. and texas can handle anything.

good evening. along with anthony mason in new york. i'm norah o'donnell in houston, texas. outside the george r brown convention center, the city's primary shelter. thousands who fled harvey are jammed together at double capacity. we will have more on that in a moment. some of the other headlines from today. 17,000 have sought refuge in houston. preparations are now being made tonight, to try and own larger shelters. also today, two reservoirs overflowed. sending more water into neighborhoods. >> the preliminary death toll is four. including a houston police officer. harvey has set a new record for most rainfall from a single storm, nearly 52 inches. in cedar bayou. the storm dumped 19 trillion gallons of water since last friday. 1.5 million gallons for every

person in south texas. tropical storm harvey once a category 4 hurricane is expected to make another landfall overnight in louisiana. and, norah, your reporting on the shelter, was one of the first indication that perhaps things weren't going as well as well have been told. >> well, anthony, we saw it firsthand. our reporting. of what happens to the people inside when the shelter in capacity. the red cross they're doing an amazing job. but there are just too many people who are in want and need of some of the most basic human items. >> did you sleep here last night? >> i sat up here last night. awe they didn't have a bed for you? >> my, my, babies are on the floor. >> how many babies? >> three. >> we first met michelle lavone, mother of three earlier this

morning. she arrived last night, after her family was rescued in a dumptruck. >> welcome to my new home. >> this is your home. >> michelle invited us to take a look this afternoon. where now more than 9,000 people are living inside the shelter. we discovered not much has changed. though she did find a mattress. >> inflated air mattress. >> why can't you blow up air mattress? >> we don't have of a pump. she arrived with her husband and six kids. they also had no beds when they arrived. her kids slept on the floor. >> do you think the city should have been prepared? >> yes i've thought they should be prepared. . i watched the news from day they said the hurricane was in the water until the water came mine house. and when, when the may your said, don't leave, he didn't thing it was going to be that bad. i am like, okay. so, but after that, when it start coming in. i knew it was alive. >> people have arrived here with only the clothes on their backs and sometimes, no shoes. donations are pouring in. with more than 1,000 volunteers

here doing all they can. this is abby, a volunteer, you can see, kind of, queen of mountain. sitting atop, all of these clothes. she is searching. for, for extra large. men's and women's clothes. pants, shirts, whatever. there is a shortage. >> the red cross was told to prepare to shelter 5,000. prepare to shelter 5,000. they're overwhelmed. this man is running the shelter for the red cross. >> how is it going? >> as well as it can be. with conditions. meeting emergency needs of the clients. and just, just keeping up. >> just keeping up, charles says. he also told me that one reason they didn't have -- enough beds last night for michelle and shaniqua and families like

theirs, because a supply truck got call the in the floodwaters and the driver had to be rescue ed cbs news learned that trucks are on the way from all over the country. the challenge getting them inside houston. mark strassmann had sharp questions for houston's mayor about how the city prepared for harvey. p>> water rescues have created daily drama. in a city that has found hell and high water. but houston any mayor stands by his decision not to evacuate america's fourth largest city. mayor sylvester turner. >> you cannot evacuate 6.5 million people. but then, two days, you can't, cannot, that would be chaotic. >> it was chaotic and deadly in september, 2005. 3.7 million people in the houston area evacuated from hurricane rita. in the gridlock, more than 60 evacuees died. many from heat stroke. >> with harvey, people here, stayed put. thousand have had to save cremselves and ended up in

have you done enough to take care of the folks who were told to stay put? >> the city of houston has been impacted by an, inordinate all. rain that fell on city of houston. >> then what is the plan for those 6 million plus people? >> we have asked people to prepare. they did. i'm going to allow all of the people on social media, and talking heads, to talk. but they didn't hatch the responsibility of managing or running this city. i do. >> flooding has closed highways and roads all over houston. and getting supplies into the city has been a logistical nightmare. we followed four wal-mart trucks, carrying donated food and water to city's overcrowded convention center. it took the trucks, two days to get here. but living space for all of the evacuees, left no room to unload the supplies. number one, let me assure that it is going to be improved today. >> can you guarantee the supply chains of food, walter cots are going to get through off to the center in timeor

10,000 cots and additional supplies. we have said we need them to get here as soon as possible. >> city officials say they're aware of the needs here at the convention center, and plan to ease the pressure by sending hundreds of the people to other shelters. city officials told us they plan to open three more shelters, sometime today. but norah, so far, no word, the houston police officer who was killed, was identified today as sergeant steve perez. he drowned in his patrol car sunday. houston police chief art acevedo said perez's wife didn't want him to go to work. but he wanted to go do his job. >> so, i couldn't find him. and, once the dive team got president trump and the first

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president trump and the first lady flew into the disaster zone, they didn't stop in houston, instead, landing in corpus christi. later austin. in corpus christi, the president was briefed by his emergency management team. >> what i have learned is we can count on the president of the united states and his staff for helping texas. texas has been tested. but our response to the challenge has been made, much more effective, because of the very effective way the president and staff has helped texas respond to the challenge. mr. president, thank you. thank you, welcome to texas. >> it's so nice, governor. it is really my honor. this is a very special place. special state, and -- senator cruz and senato thank you very

much. for being here. we appreciate it. it is hard to get here, for both. you were trapped in various locations. we appreciate you both being here. i want to thank my staff, my cabinet, we have quite a few of our cabinet here. you know, ben carson from hud, and linda mcmahaon, small business, big business. add them up. help people in texas. doing a fantastic job. thank you very much. linda. we have had a -- a tremendous group of folks, our director. and, thank you very much for the job you have done. and, a man who has really become very famous on television. we appreciate it very much. you have been, just outstanding. and i can tell you, that my folks, telling me how, how great the, your representatives have been in working together. it's a really team. and, and we want to do it better than ever before. we wan b

years in ten years from now, as this is the we to do it. this was, of epic proportion. nobody has ever seen anything like this. i just want to say working with the governor and his team has been an honor for us. so, governor, again, thank you very much. and, and, we won't say congratulations, we don't want to do that. we will congratulate each other when it is all finished. you have been terrific. and you have been my friend, here for a long time. and, with that -- >> thank you, mr. president. so the whole community is coming together. you know, right here, where the brunt of the category 4 hurricane came in -- corpus christi. starting to effect recovery. recovery is a slow process. re a

responders. first responders that we have here. yesterday, i put out some of the ground on rock port. we had points of distribution, flowing. working in conjunction with the governor national guard. fema is applying, meals, waters, national guard is helping to run the distribution points. that's how the system works. all eyes are on houston. so are mine. we got a long way to go. we are going to have to set up expectations of the citizens hachbd to continue a unified effort now, to, to, help the state of texas ultimately recover. the event to the nor of us is not over. we are still in a life saving, life sustaining mission. we are very aware of issues at the convention center. let me beep clear. this is not, the super dome. the convention center -- we are sustaining food, they have food, security, i have a management team inside the city of houston as i speak. and more and more people are

being moved to shelters, to stabilize the situation. the next thing is, is that -- we are pushing commodities once the water goes down. we will push commodities, help to get people registered in the system to receive assistance. from all of us. you know. assistance, doesn't just come from fema. it comes from, many organizations. here represented here today by, by secretary price. secretary carson. and, others. the next thing is, that we are looking at, you know, power restoration. we are maintaining security. you know -- you know, mobilize the homeland security search capacity for us. with that comes law enforcement to make sure we are overcoming anticipating any security needs that we have. and, then, then, also -- with secretary price, over here. we are working with government nor's disaster medical teams and sending federal disaster medical teams in. there were some on site. there is multiple areas. not only for price's counselg.

but also to make sure we are meeting access and functional needs. a challenge to getting supplies in. we have quite the federal force. local and state efforts. and pulls national guard troops in. we are pulling uniits out of fort hood, the federal government forces are coming in as well. we pulled several hundred trucks and staff, from assets here in the state of texas. how the system works. this recovery is going to be frustrating. we are going to be here with you to help you guide through it. it is going to be, tough to navigate, all of the programs, become available. but, we are here to help. so. >> thank you, everybody. i just want to say -- we love you. you are special. we are here to dak care, it is going well. and i want to thank you for coming out. we are going to got you back and operating immediately. thank you everybody. what a crowd. what a turnout. i want to thank our governor,

your governor has done -- a fantastic job. governor about, thank you very much. right here. some place, right here. so, we just want to thank your governor, senator cruz, senator corden, on everybody, dan, we want to thank the whole group. this has been a, a, total cooperative effort. again, we will see you soon. i will tell you this 'tis historic, epic, what happened. but you know what, it happened in texas. and texas can handle anything. thank you all, folks. thank you. thank you.

the disaster in houston is testing the limits of city emergency call center. 911 operators are fielding tens of thousand of calls. some people are complaining they're just being put on hold. jericka duncan reports. >> floodwaters are keeping the emergency 911 center busy. officials say when people call 911 and don't wait to listen and hear for some one 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. started dropping amounts of rain in and around houston. many who rode out the storm, dialed 911 as floodwaters rose. >> on a regular basis, we get

8,000, 9,000 calls. >> this morning alone you had 75,000. >> that is correct. >> administration administer at the emergency center. >> for people stranded are you getting police there immediately. >> how does that work right now? >> we prepare that for dispatch purposes. and of course, we can't speak for the police, and fire, response. because they're tide up with so many emergencies as well. the 911 problem is complicated when people hang up and try calling back. should they be doing that? >> no, no, no. advising people. go ahead and stay on the line. the worst thing they can do is hang up. because what ends up happening. all most back at the end of the line. >> 200 people have been working 12 hour shifts since saturday. normally 25 people are answering the phones. >> stay on the line. >> the work has become personal. >> take a deep breath, ma'am. >> what's keeping you goin

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we have been talking the enormous scale of the crisis here in houston. clear by the size of the rescue operations. the coast guard 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 got a rare look inside the coast guard houston area command post. and saw true team work in action. before the coast guard rescue teams can get to work outside -- >> in contractions right now. >> they get marching orders from inside this command post headquarters. >> res end we we have transitioned to a call center, back in our conference room. >> you have had so many calls coming in, you had to set up a separate call center. >> correct. we have had everything from senior citizens with kids trapped in attics with two feet of clearance left before the

we have other people stranded in vehicles. >> the task seems overwhelming. >> it can be at times. yes, ma'am. >> overwhelming too for rescue pilots. working in the pouring rain. this is air station houston. what's the biggest challenge for you as a pilot? biggest challenge the weather right now. fly low to the ground. a lot of us are familiar with the area. where the antennae are. power lines. >> how risky is it? >> very risky. >> the captain is the incident commander in charge of running this entire operation. >> they're operating invisibility, less than a mile in some cases. winds gusting over 30 miles an hour. it is very dangerous. >> but the risks and rescues continue. >> how would you describe the situation out there. >> i would say a lot of people in trouble. >> the rescue swimmer and his team helped save a family of three on sunday.

to the only safe place to land this highway. >> we had to cut through a chain link fence to get out to the highway. about 30 minutes we were able to get to the highway and get her loaded on to the hebl. >> for some, this is a crisis thats literally hits home. >> well have a coast guard members impacted by the storm as well. some of them have had, been flooded out of their homes. in my home as well. my street, i have 3 feet of water. so, we are concerned not only about the public, but coast guard members. want to make sure they're safe as well. >> now the coast guard has deployed a total of 20 helicopters, from all over the u.s. more than 200 crews and support staff. they're also 9 shallow walter rescue teams working with eight more who are on the way. so as the rains continue, and as harvey is expected to come back and deliver more rain, these efforts continue to save lives. but it really was remarkable to see sort of behind the scenes, the coast guard. heard it from people here, who have been rescued by the coast guard. they're absolutely amazing people. and they're risk their lives to save lives.

captioning funded by cbs it is wednesday, august 30th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." harvey moves in to strike the gulf coast again. heavy rains are pounding parts of texas and louisiana this morning as floodwaters continue to rise, thousands of people remain in danger, the death toll increases, and more shelters open for evacuees. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you.