good morning, it is wednesday, august 30th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." tropical storm harvey slammed ashore begin overnight. the new land fall brings nor flooding to texas and louisiana. in houston, the crisis is escalating, nora is there. the city is forced to take action overnight because of overflowing shelters. thousands are desperate for a place to stay. we'll show you the deteriorating conditions for evacuees who want to know if houston should have been better prepared. fully appreciate the scope of the devastation. you have to see it from the sky. we'll take you up in a helicopter high over houston for a dramatic view.

series, pair of texas furniture stores open for people who need food and shelter. the owner says we've got to give people hope. we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. the first responders are so busy, 911 calls are not being answered. the situation continues to be dire. >> tropical storm harvey makes a second land fall nioverght. >> unless you're in eminent danger, you're going to have to figure out a way to deal with >>is. > torrentialns raill a through the overnight hours. >> high as 20 inches before the sun comes up. >> the record-breaking rainfall that flooded houston is expected to wind down today. >> as rescues continue, the need in teghe rision growing. >> nows are jammed together at double capacity. >> there's never been anything so expensive in our country's history. nothing historic in terms of damage.

texas taglkin with officials. >> we are suffering here in the state of texas, and the president is helping texas. the u.n. security counsel is stlyrong condemning the north korea missile test. >> i think something serious has to happen. grand jury indicted 19 people accused of attacking protesters in may. >> all that, incredible crisis in the crosswalk. man accidentally steps into a sink hole and then gets stuck. home run. the baby got one to take home. look at the baby laugh. >> all that matters -- >> there'll be a lot of people that are going to help. >> president george w. bush visited the football practice and offered wordsf o support to houston area. >> days are dark now, but they're going to get better. >> on cbs this morning. >> this is historic, it's epic, what happened. but you know what, it happened in texas, and texas can

anything. >> president trump visited texas to see the aftermath of harvey firsthand. and to try to lift the spirits of those impacted by the storm. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to cbs this morning. charlie is off, nora is standing by in houston. where a big new shelter for evacuees opened overnight. that's good news. margaret brennan's at the table. that's wcbs, grass you're here. >> good morning. >> we begin with tropical storm harvey. harvey made land fall for a second time in southwest louisiana overnight. it's hammering much of the region with extreme weather right now. severe flash flooding hit port arthur texas after hours of heav

is cut off by flooding and people there are going into survival mode. >> east texas and louisiana are seeing the worst of harvey. houston could actually see the sun today after days of record rainfall, but louisiana may see another eight to 12 inches of rain over the next two days. >> we begin the coverage with michelle miller who is along the louisiana/texas border. east of. beaumont. >> reporter: good morning, we are in orange, texas. about 23 miles east of where harvey made land fall. and it's treacherous here. we're on an island essentially at this gas station. and the roads just off of i-10 are inundated with a foot to a foot and a half of water. and this entire area, you see all of these cars here, every single one of these cars, high vehicles, are looking for

ground. it is unbelievable how many cars are stranded along i-10. going west. headed towards port arthur. they are simply at a standstill. we spent the night about 35 miles east of orange in lake charles. lake charles dodged a bullet, but port arthur, conditions there are brutal. >> every highway is closed. so we can't get out anymore. we can't evacuate. >> reporter: port arthur, texas, is inundate z as harvey made land fall and lingered. search and rescue operations were suspended at night fall because the conditions were simply too dangerous. on social media, people reported fires like this one burning unchecked at this apartment building. those who dare to drive encountered heavy rain and intense wind gusts. estimated 20,000 homes have water in

>> we have water all across the city, five, six feet deep in some places. this is a very massive, critical type situation that we're under and we're trying to get it handled. >> we got inside, outside, upside downside and everybody is in the bleachers. >> reporter: people who evacuated to the city's civic center faced a dill yuj. >> everybody needs to go in that survival mode and start trying to get yourself to higher elevations. get on your roof. sit up there and get wet by the rain, but you're going to not drown. >> it is still sitting over us as we speak. >> reporter: darla says her mother was saved from her jefferson county home as the water rose overnight. >> when i seen him carrying her in in his arms, it just, i had my phone in my hand and i just snapped the picture because i just -- i wanted to tha

young men. >> reporter: folks inside the civic center are being moved to another location. port arthur is the country's largest oil refinery city, and we should note, motiba, they're at 40% capacity, margaret. >> michelle, thank you. that looks intense. jeff jamison of our dallas ft. worth station is tracking the storm, jeff, good morning. >> good morning, harvey makes another u.s. land fall as the tropical storm this time. near cameron, louisiana. you could see a lot of rain spreading on the west side of that storm. southeast texas getting pounded by torrential rainfall this morning. the land fall of tropical storm harvey had winds around 45 miles an hour. that storm will slowly weaken during the day today. still forecast to be a tropical storm and central louisiana later this afternoon, and then become a depression late tonight and will move actually all the way up to kentucky by this weekend. it's going to take tha

rainfall with it during the day as well. again, southeast texas getting pounded right now. i think it's central louisiana during the day today that may pick up an additional five to ten inches of rain. then as that storm continues to move north by the time you get to the end of the week. and we've seen incredible rainfall already, it's between 25 to 35 inches of rain, houston, 37 inches of rain and the record 51.8 inches of rain. gayle. >> word is they'll get sunshine later this week, they need more than that. the flood disaster still affects millions there. the death toll has risen to at least ten after a falling tree killed two people. first responders in houston sl rescued more than 13,000 people. the mayor has ordered a midnight to 5:00 a.m. curfew. nora is outside the convention center handling an overflow crowd where you gave us such a good view ye

morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. the mayor said that conditions will improve inside this shelter, and he was right. they made changes. in fact, the conditions are improving this morning inside that shelter. now about 8300 people stayed inside there, that's about 1,000 fewer than yesterday. city officials opened more downtown shelters, they're trying to relieve pressure here. mark strauss sman inside, mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nora, that surge of evacuees that overwhelmed the center forced officials to open up two more big shelters downtown. you're right, that should ease some of the pressure here where volunteers have struggled to deal with short supplies and short tempers. volunteers from across stx scrambled to convert houston's nrg center into a shelter for storm victims. >> we're here setting up cots for those people that were not able to get into some of the other shelters that were open. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after planning for

began, evacuees started pouring in, the center has made room for up to 10,000 displaced residents. caring has been a challenge for the houston's mayor. can you guarantee that the supply chains of food, water, cots are going to get through to that center? >> we have made a question on fema for an additional 10,000 cots and supplies. and we have said that we need them to get here as soon as possible. >> reporter: once again, turner defended his decision not to evacuate nearly 7 million people ahead of the storm. >> are you satisfied that that plan was the right plan? >> the hurricane did not hit the city of houston. the city of houston has been impacted by an inordinate amount of rain. the things that you cannot avoid, you simply have to learn thousand manage. i'm going to allow all the people on the social media and talking heads to talk, but they don't have the responsibility of managing or running the city.

>> reporter: many safety experts agree that decision was likely best given the available information at the time. former fema official elizabeth zimmerman. >> any time you can get people out of harm's way, it is safer for them in disasters. >> reporter: the third shelter that has now opened is the toyota center. that's about a block from here. it's where the nba houston rockets play. it's going to hold about 5,000 people, family's only, no pets. but the logistical challenge will stay the same trying to get all the supplies to all of these families that need them for the foreseeable future. >> it is a logistical challenge, mark, thank you so much. the red cross said that everyone inside the convention center now has a cot. and people can also now take showers. you remember that yesterday, we spoke to a woman who complained about the conditions inside. she was just letting us know -- she wasn't complaining, just letting us know, it's tough. we went

see the situations for ourselves. >> houston wasn't prepared. the government wasn't prepared. the mayor wasn't prepared. >> reporter: michelle's frustration has only grown since the dump truck brought her family to the convention center. we found stacks of secondhand shoes and mountains of donated clothing. but what about beds? this is just one of five rooms filled with cots like this. all were taken by the time she arrived. she showed us her accommodations. >> deflated air mattress. card board boxes. >> reporter: how many adults and kids -- >> five adults, three kids. >> reporter: that's pretty tight. >> yeah, welcome to my new home. >> reporter: volunteers gave sticker books to her children while the family hangs in limbo waiting to find out what happens next. what has your family been doing all day. what are the

>> horrible. >> reporter: charlie, you're running this shelter here. >> correct. >> reporter: charles is with the american red cross which is a partner of fema is responsible for running shelters like this. houston's a big city, fourth largest in america as you know, the plan was only to fit 5,000 people. how could that be? >> that is a good question. that's something that we really look to do is have a smaller shelter available. we try and house folks as close to their homes as possible. and this really was more of an evacuation site, the assumptions that were in place even a week ago when we were standing this up just have been completely overwhelmed. >> reporter: they're saying no one expected the storm to be this bad. >> they expected this. they knew. we have weather men and women for a reason. they knew

was going to happen. they knew this. >> reporter: now to be clear, forecasters did predict rainfall of up to two and a half feet in some spots, but not the historic amount that we have seen so far. red cross organizers say they hope even more supplies will arrive at the shelter today. i was told yesterday there's something like 20 trucks from all across the country trying to make it here to houston. this morning, houston is remembering police sergeant steve perez who died in the catastrophic flooding. the 34-year-old veteran officer drowned in his patrol car where he was trying to get to work on sunday. >> and truth is, there is nothing we could have done. nothing. >> what are your officers going through right now in trying to respond to so many emergencies. >> they are

we've had officers -- he never gave up on his mission. and he paid the ultimate sacrifice. >> reporter: perez leaves behind a wife and two children. president trump is offering assurances to those hit by harvey that his administration will do everything possible to help with the recovery effort. yesterday, he and the first lady received a briefing in corpus christi and visited an emergency operation center in austin. but they did stay away from houston. jamie is in corpus christi with the president's visit. jamie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, president trump's message here in corpus christi was positive and optimistic. and this city is pretty much back up and running. but at his next stop in austin, he talked about other areas impacted by harvey and called that a long-term operation. president trump and wife melania touched down in corpus christi and as his motorcade made it's

if any signs of damage. the storm actually made land fall about 30 miles away. hundreds of mostly pro-trump supporters gathered outside the fire house where the president was briefed on the recovery effort. >> thank you, everybody. >> reporter: and he made a surprise appearance outside. >> i will tell you, this is historic, it's epic, what happened, but you know what, it happened in texas, and texas can handle anything. >> reporter: corpus christi resident kenneth ham praised the visit. >> i think it's cool to show support. obviously optics of it are very good. >> reporter: one of a dozen protesters on site said the president came to texas for personal gain only. >> he's using the hurricane as a political cover and photo op to benefit himself. >> reporter: the president complimented the state and local officials for their coordination on the recovery effort. >> you have been terrific. >> reporter: and almost

greg abbot before stopping himself. >> we won't say congratulations, we don't want to do that. we don't to want congratulate, we'll congratulate each other when it's all finished. >> reporter: fema administrative says they are waved on. >> this is going to be frustrating, we're going to be here with you, it's going to be tough to navigate all of the programs that become available, but we're here to help. >> reporter: the president will return to the state of texas on saturday. his spokeswoman says that trip may now also include a stop in louisiana. nora. >> all right, jamie, thank you so much. we'll have more reporting from here in houston, for now let's send it back to you in new york. >> nora, thank you. and i think it's interesting you hear the trump officials who lived through the bush administration, the worst of katrina, and they are urging caution on this, but the president is getting flak for not having met with victims. perhaps he'll get to do that

this weekend. >> just beginning, right? >> that's right. well the u.s. military says this morning it has successfully shot down a medium range ballistic missile. this shows the schedule mad nooufr just off the coast of hawaii. the test comes one day after the firing of a north korean ballistic missile. new video this morning is giving us our first look at that launch. the north korean missile was fired from pyongyang and flew over u.s. ally japan. nikki haley said north korea quote lawlessness will not be allowed to continue. ben tracy is in tokyo with how the missile triggered warnings and widespread concern across japan. ben, good morning. >> good morning. so japanese officials say this came as a complete surprise. and we now know that japan nor the u.s. tried to shoot it down because the missile was flying

now the missile that was launched is what north korea calls it's 12. this is the first time the regime has launched a missile from it's capital city, and doing so makes a preempive strike by the u.s. more difficult because it shows north korea can put them in unpredictable and highly populated areas. now north korean state media says kim jong-un was at the launch site and deemed it successful. state media also said that sending a missile over japan was north korea yees way of quote, muscle flexing in response to u.s. and south korean military exercises that have been taking place since last week. it called this a curtain raiser with more north korean actions to come. now kim jong-un has instructed his military to launch more missiles into the pacific, but he says he'll also wait and see what the united states decides to do and then respond accordingly. gayle. >> thank you very much, ben tracy reporting from tokyo. reservoirs around houston are being pushed to the breaking

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many animals got caught up in that widespread flooding that is engulfing southeast texas. and as you see, some men here brave the rushing water to rescue a neighbor's dog in beaumont, texas. one got into rushing water to grab the stranded dog. his friends reeled them in and the dog was reunited with it's very grateful owner. saving furry family members there. >> nicely done because you know that water is so cold. >> uh-huh. >> so, so cold. >> as we said yesterday, unless you have pets you don't understand, i think, the depth of how much you love your

animals and how much they are part of the family. >> we've had a dog for a year -- >> i get it. i understand the love very well. welcome back to cbs this morning, margaret brennan and maurice, our new york station wcbs are here. charlie is off today. >> this morning, new look at the unfolding disaster in houston. drone video gives us a sense of how much of the city is underwater. many swollen waterways show no sign of receding. nora o'donnell is in houston once again, nora, good morning. >> hey, good morning. you know this is the first morning where it hasn't been raining here in houston. so that's good news for everyone, but there's still an unprecedented amount of water in the rivers and reservoirs across houston that's threatening to send flood levels even higher. the reservoir, spilled over on monday for the first time ever in history. and that overflow is threatening to inundate nearby neighborhoods. record or near record water levels are straining others,

david is in humble, texas, near lake houston vreservoir. >> reporter: nora, the water is receding. 10:00 last night, this is where it was. when we showed up, about two hours ago, the water was down to right here. and in fact, when you look at the surgical hospital which had water inside, you could now see concrete. we didn't see that when we showed up. reservoirs, never before has the water overflowed reservoir, but it's happening now. and officials are telling people, it could continue for weeks or even months. evacuees were arriving by the truckload in northeast houston on tuesday. grandparents, children, pets, even a deer. once on drier ground, miss billy didn't know what was happening. where are you going to go now? >> i don't know. >> reporter: their homes border lake houston and are now

about 30 miles up river, historic levels have forced authorities to release water at nearly the same rate as niagara falls. cell phone video shows the powerful flood water rushing down the river. the force was strong enough to sweep away an entire concrete barrier along interstate 69. officials are anticipating uncontrollable overflow at two reservoirs west of downtown houston. the water will eventually feed into buffalo bayou, that is the small tribute tear that winds through central houston and is now a sprawling body of water. >> with the rainfall still occurring in downstream reaches and tributaries as well as in discharge of waters from attics and barker, and it still make several days. when water breached a levy yesterday.

>> we're okay. somebody else called the number to pick everybody up yesterday. they never showed up. >> reporter: she flagged down one of our producers yesterday. she and her two daughters have been stuck in their apartment since friday. they've run out of everything, but not faith. zplr you know what she reminds us, it's not just the people who have water in their homes that we should worry about. nora, it's the people who don't have water, but haven't been able to find food or fuel for the last three days. they are just as much in dire need. >> i'm glad you pointed that out, david, thank you so much. for more than four days, we've seen the flooded streets of houston, neighborhood by neighborhood. well this morning, we're getting a wider view of the devastation, improved conditions have cleared the away for non-rescue

areas. and theresa duncan took to the sky yesterday for a big picture view of what houston faces. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these rescue helicopters have been in this neighborhood which is surrounded by three bayous. these helicopters have had a rough one the last few days when you consider the fact they've been flying through torrential rain and high winds all to bring people who are stranded to safety. and now that the weather has cleared a bit, we were able to see what houston looks like from up above. even as the waters finally start to recede, the scope of houston's flooding and it's aftermath is devastating. >> how far are we up on the air right now? >> right now about 700 feet aboveground. >> reporter: we were not allowed to fly over some of the worst hit neighborhoods, but bestill saw street after street filled with water. and as dusk fell, the eerie site of businesses with their lights on looking like islands in a parking lot lake. helicopter

flew through storm conditions on monday. were you scared? i know you have a lot of experience, but that's a lot. >> that's a lot going on. this kind of weather pattern was probably some of the craziest i've seen in terms of the ferociousness of the storms and how quickly they were coming around. >> reporter: it's that kind of ferociousness that rescue helicopters have been facing all week. flying in lower, more dangerous conditions. drones have captured images of flooded highways, streets covered with water, and entire city brought to a standstill. the contrast is especially striking in the before and after photos. a vivid picture of just how much houston has been transformed by the rising waters. but from the air tuesday night, you could see conditions are improving. >> i'm just thankful that you're actually able to see the sun set, that's going to bring a ray of hope to the houston area.

city without a doubt could use. as we were in the air, there were about nine rescue helicopters in our vicinity, nora, still working to help those in need. >> yeah. there's still a rescue operation going on here, indeed. thank you so much. we've got much more from houston to come. ahead, we'll look at how oil refineries are taking a big hit. there's some news on that this morning. for now, back to new york. >> there's a lot of news, nora you are killing it down there in houston with the big story. i was so glad to hear you say for the first time, it's not raining in houston. wow. >> i know. >> and celebrate that. >> and usually it rains through the night. and they got a break here. which is good news. >> nicely done, we'll talk to you a little bit later on. here's a look at the other headlines from around the globe. defense secretary jim mattis will allow transgendered troops to keep serving for now. this comes after president trump signed a memo banning transgender people from enlisting in the

mattis is assembling a panel that'll make recommendations and implement policy regarding those currently serving. politico says donald trump jr. is set to testify before the senate judiciary panel, he's expected to be questioned about his meeting last year with the kremlin-linked lawyer who promised dirt on hillary clinton. politico says the testimony will likely occur over the next knew weeks. lawyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment. usa today reports pittsburgh international will be the first u.s. airport to allow non-fliers passed security since 9/11. starting next weeb, non-fliers will be allowed access into it's gate side terminal areas. they will have to go through the same security as those catching flights. the tsa says the change is not part of a larger nationwide initiative. the flooding disaster forced hospitals in thoouns evacuate or deal with limited supplies. ahead we'll visit medical centers to see how they're helping patients despite the

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the disastrous flooding in and around houston is a huge challenge for the renal's medical centers. about 20 hospitals have evacuated or to discontinue service at the greater houston area since harvey made land fall. as many as 1,500 patients have been transferred. while most remain open, some have limited access to medicine, food, and power. chris van cleave has a look at how the historic flooding is affecting patient care, chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. during the height of the storm over the weekend, water around this hospital reached almost waist deep. now that essentially cut off the 350 or so patients inside from being able to be resupplied with food or

three critical patients had to be evacuated and while we have food at least through today and conditions have improved, hospitals across this region are struggling to treat patients during this unfolding disaster. >> we were a little nervous we wouldn't make it in time. it's nice to have a good thing come out of something so scary. >> reporter: as harvey dumped record rain flooding houston, sarah hunter went into labor. she and her husband had decided to ride out the storm at a hospital close to the hospital and little elliott came a week early. >> we wouldn't have been able to make it if i hadn't. >> reporter: the hospital picked this hotel as part of their hurricane preparedness plan for a reason. they wanted women in high risk pregnancies, people to be at the marriott because it's just steps away from children's hospital. right there. and across the street, there is another emergency room. is your

elliott and 26 others have been born since saturday. >> it's been an ongoing issue, so it's been days on days. >> reporter: but the staff was ready and the hospital designed to resist a post-hurricane flood. >> we have flood doors in the basement levels that are like submarine doors that shut us off from the rest of the texas medical center underground. >> think you can see a tree down there. >> reporter: north of downtown, rising flood waters forced st. luke's vintage hospital to evacuate 29 patients monday using boats and trucks. >> our biggest concern was the water that surrounded the hospital accessibility, and we did have water that got into our main power house where all of our operational power and needed life-sustaining equipment comes from. >> reporter: about 40 nurses and staff are still stranded inside the hospital. >> their houses have been destroyed. and they are not able to return

emergency workers, they stayed on the job. helping patients like sarah and her husband and newborn baby. >> every single staff member and nurse and doctors that's been here, they have family members. for them to stay focussed on my family, that really, really means a lot to me. >> reporter: hospitals made a host of improvements after alice hit in 2001 and paralyzed this region. certainly there will be new lessons learned from harvey, but as the waters have receded and you can now access emergency rooms like it one, hospitals are preparing for a new influx of patients, margaret. >> chris, thank you. one mother to be was not near the hospital when her daughter decided to be born. ahead, the new dad shares how neighbors helped them get to the hospital when flooding trapped them inside their home. and we'll talk to houston megachurch pastor joel osteen. he addresses the criticism surrounding his response to

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a dump truck came to the aid of a woman in labor. they were stranded inside their houston apartment on sunday with up to three feet of water outside. when the strong contractions kicked in, neighbors called on the fire department to send a truck. the new dad greg explained to cbs this morning how everybody pitched in to help. >> the firemen and some of our neighbors actually got into the water, up to their waist, and they kind of held their arms together, kind of making like a little bit of a chain. once we were in the truck, they put a big shower curtain over here to keep her dry and out of rain as much as possible. and we were sitting on fire hoses. there they are. they made it safely and the little baby, there you go, born early monday morning. mom and baby were happy to say are doing both doingl

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it is wednesday, august 30, 2017 welcome back to cbs this morning. ahead, a second punch from harvey hammers thousands of people this morning in east texas and parts of louisiana. and we asked pastor joel osteen about the critics who say his houston megachurch was too slow to help the storm victims. but first here's today eye opener. >> harvey made land fall for a second time in southwest, louisiana, overnight. it's hammering much of the region. >> we're on an island esiasentatlly this gas station. and the roads off of i-10 are inundated. >> a lot of rain spreading on the west side. southeast texas getting pounded by torrential rainfall

morning. >> that surge of evacuees forced city officials to open up two more big shelters. >> president trump's mszage here was positi bve,ut he talked about other areas and called that a long-term operation. j. >> never before has the water overflowed the reservoir, but it's happening now. officials are telling people it could continue for months. these helicrsopte have had a rough one, when you consider they've been flying through torrential rain and high winds. >> melania was spotted boarding air force one, public decided those were proof that the first lady is a modern day marie. >> i don't know why anyone should care what anyone wears when they're on their way to help people. people are like why is she wearing those heels. like who cares? look at the pope. see how he dresses? look at that. all white with -- he looks like he's going to a p did i did party. hey, you can't help people dressed like that.

i'm gayle king with margaret. he does have a way of putting things. >> yeah. >> the fact that they showed up a lot of people were grateful to see them. charlie is off, nora's on assignment, she's standing by this houston. tropical storm harvey is back on land this morning, blasting east texas and southwestern louisiana. the storm made a second u.s. land fall overnight. near the louisiana, texas border. >> it brought life threatening flash flooding to port arkansas thour, texas, where the sheriff warned people to get into survival mode. the mayor wrote on appanoose county his city, quote, is underwater right now. >> and there is good news this morning. houston is finally getting a break from the rain. meteorologist jeff jamison of our dallas ft. worth station ktvt is tracking the storm once again. jeff, good morning. >> hey, good morning to you, yes. houston is dry this morning. certainly good news for those folks, b

is in beaumont, port arthur, some picked up 40, 50 inches of rain. the center of circulation is just to the west of lake charles, louisiana. this storm will continue to move northly it the state of louisiana during the day today. additional five to ten inches of rain is possible across far east texas and western louisiana. and then that storm will weaken as it moves towards tennessee by friday. heavy rain in that part of the country as well. take a look at some of the different bayous in houston. even though the rain has stopped. some of the different creeks and bayous still have not reached their crest. today we expect cypress creek to reach a crest of 94 feet. that's a new record. the good news is by monday, it does drop below flood stage, but depending how much water is upstream and downstream, some of the bayous are going to stay at record flood stage through next week, including buffalo bayou and houston at 71 feet through monday. maurice. >> okay, jeff, thank you. as you can see the rain that

already fell in shoouns by no means going away. officials say it'll take weeks to dry out. the city is now under an overnight curfew after reports of scattered looting. at least ten deaths are blamed on harvey, but that number will likely rise. let's go back to nora outside the convention center in downtown houston with a crush of evacuees is easing a bit and at least it's not raining, nora, good morning. >> that's right, it's not raining, good morning. and actually the sun is coming up this morning here in houston. the worst of the storm has left, but the recovery is barely beginning. we know there have now been more than 13,000 people who have been rescued in the houston area and surrounding counties since the storm hit. now that puts enormous pressure on evacuation centers where many of these people are now staying. the red cross says more than 17,000 people are in shelters, and that number is expected to grow. they do have volunteers, they really appreciate the people who've

and we've shown you how the largest shelter at the convention center was overflowing with people. it was nearly double it's capacity by monday night. the red cross is telling thus morning that nearly 2,000 people have left. and so now they have about 8,300 people inside and they've got everybody a bed. mark straussman is inside the convention center. mark, good morning, how's it looking? >> good morning, nora, as the pressure you talked about has grown on the crowded evacuation centers. houston has opened up at least two more new shelters for folks to go. one of them is nrg stadium where the houston texans play, and it began taking in evacuees last night. the stadium can hold up to 10,000 evacuees, but despite the crowded shelters, houston' mayor is still defending his decision not to order a mandatory evacuation. he said he was worried that a mass exodus could have load it gridlock as when hurricane rita hit in 20

many from heatstroke, and one former fema official said it is safest to get people out of harm's way, but ultimately, local lead verse to make that call. now the toyota center, which is just a block away from where i'm standing, also home to the houston rockets has also agreed to take in evacuees, taking about 5,000 folks, families only, no pets. nora. >> all right, mark, thank you so much. president trump says the recovery from harvey will be long and difficult. the president visited texas yesterday along with the first lady. he met with state and federal officials in corpus christi. that gulf coast city sits near towns that sustained some of the worst damage from harvey's initial land fall. mr. trump brought the message that texas can handle anything. and he praised the way leaders are responding. >> it's a real team. and we want to do it better than ever before. we want to be looked gnat five years and ten years from now as this is the way

this was of epic proportion. nobody's ever seen anything like this. >> the president also went to austin where he said he will work with congress to approve funding to pay for harvey damage. later today, he will be in springfield, missouri, to talk about why he wants to tackle tax reform. the nation's largest oil refine have i shutting down because of the flooding from harvey. it began a controlled shut down earlier this morning. and in day town, video posted appears to show a chevron refinery under water. now there have been reports on social media of a chemical smell in the area. exxon mobil's has damage by harvey. the company reporting unusually high emissions there. exxon says it's assessing the situation. and people living within one and a half radius of the plant in crosby are under a mandatory evacuation. chemical refrigeration at the

water and lack of power. the potential for a chemical reaction leading to a fire and/or explosion within the site confined is real. so we'll continue to follow all of these developing situations from this area, but for now, let's go back to studio 57 in new york. to all of you. >> all right, nora, i'm so glad the sun's come out. we've had a moment here in new york yesterday. it was raining label the. and some were complaining oh the rain the rain. we've got clean underwater. the guy said, all i want is clean underwear. it helps put things in perspective. >> said that last night on -- yeah, i think i said that last on the evening news. the most basic human item people are looking for can really hit home. >> huge donations are pouring in to help harvey's

facebook, google, and amazon million dollars in donations. jj watt of the houston texans upped his fundraising goal again to $6 million. so far he's raised 5.1, and proceeds from tomorrow's texans, dallas cowboys game will go to relief and recovery. watt talked about the outpouring of support. >> i'm going to do everything and we help rebuild these and rebuild the areas around it and we make sure that these people get back on their feet. that's our city, that's our community, and i want to make sure we get everybody back on their feet. as much money as we can raise, i can't say thank you enough. >> jj watt to help people affected by the hurricane harvey.

text the word harvey to 90999 to make a $10 donation. when he started, he was just looking for a few hundred thousand dollars, he wasn't thinking in the mills. >> five million, who knows where the ceiling is on this with all the generosity. houston's massive church about flooding. up ahead, joel osteen will join us to respond.

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houston megachurch pastor joel osteen is responding this morning to hypocrite stichl of his response to harvey's flooding. he initially did not open the lakewood church which can seat at least 15,000 to evacuees. lakewood ch

facebook sunday saying this, it was inaccessible due to severe flooding. the post received backlash on social media when photos were posted that seemed to contradict those claims. being tweeted on yesterday, lakewood doors are open and we are receiving anyone who needs shelter. now joel osteen joins us from houston's lakewood church this morning, hello joel osteen. >> hey, gayle, good to hear from you. >> well it looks like things are up and running, but some people say pastor, you've got some explaining to do, because from sunday, there was one message from facebook, and then it appeared that the doors were not open to anyone. how do you splanl the discrepancy? >> gayle, our doors have always been open. we receive people even as soon as the water started receding, but we worked with the city constantly. the city set up a shelter about four miles from here that can house 10,000 people, showers, dormitories, kitchen, security, all of that. they didn't need a shelter at

[001:16:59;00] so we said fine, you do that, we'll do our part. never dreaming that we have so many people needing shelters. when they filled up, they said we need shelters, we started our shelter. this notion that we would turn people away or we're not here from the city. we've been here for 60 years doing that. >> i don't think anybody thought you turned anybody away, i think they said that the church was not open and the words that it was closed due severe flooding and the video evidence seemed to show listen, there was no flooding, why wasn't it not open immediately i think is the bottom line? >> well, none of that is true. there was flooding -- if we didn't have our flood gates out back here, this build flooding in 2001. the whole bottom floor. it would have been a safety concern at the start, but that's really not the bigger issue. the issue is we work with the city, they say let us be the shelter. go to the county, go to the city shelter. so, you know, somebody created a notion that, you know, we're not

open, but they're not opening. they stay on the get on the streets. this building is a safety issue. we're here for 60 years. so you know web that's what we're all about here at lakewood, helping the city. >> it was tuesday before you got really um and run kbrpg did it take so long to mobilize? >> if you were here, you would understand why. our volunteers, people that run this building, they can't get -- they can't get to the facility. we couldn't set up our tv hardly today from some of our crews. so you have to be here to see that number one, the city runs the shelters, what they need us to do, they ask for a distribution center, you see hundreds and thousands of volunteers came out. they need a command center. you can do is here. we could have been a shelter from day one. >> how many people have you taken in so far? >> i don't know how many. i've lost count, but -- i know there are hundreds and yesterday we had, you know, people bringing supplies and just, you know, we can't even hardly take anymore supplies here.

we continue to take people, as >> how many can you take in and i see on your website that

you've already begun that. >> asked us to be a distribution center. people are bringing baby food and baby supplies and medical supplies and things like that. so we're taking in supplies that we can feed the different shelters around town. and so that's what they've asked us to do. and we're doing that. >> thank you, pastor for joining us. and the doors of lakewood church are open. >> thanks so much, gayle, great talking with you all. >> all right. good to see you. former president george w. bush pays a special visit to football players. southern method university. ahead his message of encouragement to student athletes from the houston area. and we'll show you how one furniture store owner is doing his part to help hundreds of flood evacuees. you're watching cbs this morning. psoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last.

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it was a former president george w. bush offering support to football players who come from houston. he stopped by practice yesterday. >> i know there's some people from houston here, and the houston area, and i know you're going through a really tough time. and just know that there'll be a lot of people that are going to help you. the days are dark now, but they're going to get better. >> the dallas area football team announced yesterday it'll give free tickets and concessions to those affected by harvey at it's season opener on saturday. good hot dog and some popcorn

goes a long way. that was nice the president to welcome back to cbs this morning, maurice from our cbs station here in new york and margaret brennan, she's from washington, d.c. joining us at the table. welcome, guys. charlie is off, nora is in houston. she's standing by. we'll check in with her rather in just a second. right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. the washington post reports former white house press secretary sean spicer finally got to meet pope francis. >> yay. >> he was greeted at the vatican on sunday. the meeting was reportedly organized by the international catholic legislators network. spicer was serving until the white house when president trump met with the pope back in may, but he was not included in the group that held a private party with the pope. >> a lot of people felt badly for him at the time. it's nice he got his moment. >> and better late than never. >> that's right. the rise of the $1,000 smart phone, the post says samsung's

new note 8 starts out a and they're speculation that apple's tenth anniversary iphone could hit $1,000. tributes to better function and more technology. innovations include sharper skreens and wireless charging. can you hear me now. >> can you hear me now? yes, i can. proposal by the head of the fda to reduce the levels of nicotine and secrets to addictive levels. the paper says the 2015 study shows smokers using low nick teak cigarettes were more likely attempting to quit. they did not compensate by smoking more. the expensive cigarettes and the availability of less harmful devices like those e cigarettes. the star ledger of new jersey reports dogs displaced by harvey were put on board a plane to that state. 78 dogs arrived yesterday. they are from the shelter in san antonio and will wait for adoption before the storm. it's the first flight to the northeast of animals affected by

harvey. >> love that. >> i do too. >> good ending. >> very good ending. but not so good. the houston chronicle says 350 alligator in southeast texas could be just inches from freedom, yikes. they live in a sanctuary called gator country. the rise in flood waters are just a foot below the top of the facility's fences. the owner says nothing to worry about here, there's already a large population in the region. many have been in captivities for years and apparently won't go far from familiar food source. >> wasn't on the mind before, but now it is. >> let's hope they stay where they're supposed to. there is a much bigger health risk in areas affected by harvey. let's go back to nora in downtown houston for that. >> thank you, margaret, that's right, the devastating flood waters in texas are raising several major health concerns. more than 8,000 of them are here in houston's main convention center.

health hazards in the disaster are m and long-term. dr. david herself is the physician, director of houston ems and public health authority. doctor, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> i know this has been declared a public health emergency here in houston, when you have people trapped in flood waters, what's the big concern? >> well, there are a number of concerns. the first -- the immediate concerns, step on something, or not step on something, there's a manhole cover missing, people could be badly injured walking through the flood waters is always dangerous. from a health point, the organisms they be in the water and the chemicals may be in the water. >> 8,000 people in this convention center. how do you avoid a health crisis? >> when we have large numbers of people congregate in small spaces like this, we worry about a viral illness outbreaks. you know, we heard about the cruise ship for everyone that got sick, it's the same virus

that we worry about on the cruise ships that we worry about >> exactly. >> that can be a real problem where people are already, you know -- you've got all kinds of problems going on. >> how do you prevent that? >> two things, one we have to try to get folks to focus on personal hygiene, right. the facility has to make sure that the bathrooms are kept tidy. they need to be cleaned multiple times a day. it needs to be at least doubled with in terms of cleaning. get the hand sanitizer throughout the facilities so people will have it easily accessible to them. oddly the one place you don't have hand sanitizer is in the bathroom. you want people to use soap and water, not use the hand sanitizer. so the waters are a thorough cleaning -- >> i walked through there, i didn't see a lot of hand sanitizer. >> it's been one of the challenges. we need so much of it, the facility had some to begin with, but this is a crowd than the facility is used to dealing with. especially with no notice. >> there's ants, we know that.

how about mosquitos. >> so in the short term, i'm not because all of this rain is going to wash out all the breeding sites for the mosquitos. and it only lives for maybe a week anyway. so the preexisting mosquito population will drop off and there won't be any new mosquitos. but that'll be only about 10 to 14 days, then we're going to have an explosion of mosquitos because there's so much standing water which is all breeding sites. we'll deal with that two in two weeks. >> zika here? >> people have been infected with zika in central and latin america. we have not had any local transmission here, but that is absolutely something that's front and center only the radar. >> thank you, thanks to all the doctors and nurses and health professionals that are taking care of everybody. thank you so much. >> thank you for being here. >> and we visited with families taking shelter inside the george r. brown convention center behind me. one woman we spoke to yesterday was watching over her family after an uncomfortable welcome the night before. did they have any bed for you? >> no, ma'am.

>> and you have how many kids? >> >> so where did everybody sleep. >> on the floor. i stayed up in the chair. i didn't sleep. my babies slept on the floor. yes, ma'am. all of them. i got some -- they ran out of blankets, so we had got a bunch of towels and propped them up to make it be comfortable. and we just made a big pallet on the floor. >> people came here with nol clothing, they didn't a have shoes and the call went out for donations and this is what resulted. there are mountains of these clothes. half a dozen of these, huge piles of clothes. >> i went to the table, they gave us two little things. they told us when they want them to come back. and they gave him pampers and wipes. they did. >> do you think the city should have been more prepared? >> yes. when the mayor said don't leave, he didn't think it was going

that bad, i'm like okay. alive. >> charlie, you're running the shelter here. and we're just keeping up. >> just keeping up. >> we're meeting all of the needs of the clients, but it's going about as well as we could expect it to. >> they're just keeping up. one of the problems has been getting supplies in. how are they making sure that the trucks that have the cots and supplies can get in? >> there are no guarantees. let's face it, i think they're working hard. and they're crossing the trucks can get in. but we follow these four walmart trucks, took them two days to get in. they finally get to the back of convention center to drop it off. there's no place to unload because there are too many

people who are now be left. so they've got a series of logistical challenges and that's going to keep on going. >> one of the things that has eased pressure on the convention center is now they've opened up this other shelter. how big is that going to grow? >> well, there are two different centers. where the houston rockets play and where the houston texans play, 10,000 evacuees, 5,000 potentially at the other, that's going to ease pressure here. maybe 1500 fewer folks at the convention center than yesterday. at the same time, you've still got to feed these people, get them sheltered, get them cots, supplies, and some respect for logistical challenges multiply because you have not at one place, multiple places. the biggest thing is for the waters to start going down. having spent days only going up. >> thank you, mark. so gayle, you hear just a lot of challenges still ahead here in

houston to take care of all of those who have been rescued from i know you're heading back to new york. i just to want say again, what a great job you and your team have done. you guys have really painted a picture for us. i think when the story first started, we all thought okay, it's heavy rain, they'll be okay. but you've really take telephone us behind the scenes to show us how bad it's been and how cold the weather is for the people. they come with soaking wet clothes and nothing to do and nowhere to go. and i know too it must have been affected you, the things that you have seen. >> yeah, you know, it's -- i felt strongly that people should see what happens, meaning our viewers, should see what happens when you're inside a shelter like this. the type of care they are receiving or not receiving. and it's hard. it's really hard on people. and i think one of the things to remember is volunteers showed up in droves. there were lines of people that wanted to go help inside. that's the reminder of the strength of the texas spirit. >> nora, thank you very much. safe travels back home to new

york. look forward to seeing stories of neighbors helping neighbors in the rising flood waters in houston. just ahead, how a furniture

store owner is sacrificing labor day sales to help hun

our series union, we highlight examples of people coming together to show that what unites us is far greater than what divides us. in texas, countless people have demonstrated extraordinary acts of humanity to help flood victims. david introduces to an owner who opened his doors to hundreds of evacwees. david is in the flooded kmun ee community outside of houston. >> reporter: good morning, a story that'll make you smile. we all need a smile, right? you mentioned this guy's name and everybody here in houston says oh yeah, mattress max. got a 160,000 foot showroom, huge, ands at the start of the storm, he was rescuing people. the only difference with his rescuing, he had a place to take them to. >> i'm part capitalist and social worker, and this is what i like to do. >> everything going all right? >> yes, sir. >> you need anything? >> no, sir. >> reporter: mattress matt made a name for himself selling

furniture, but it's legacy of giving that's permanent impression. >> i'm worried about these people, i'm worried about the business, i'm worried about the community. >> reporter: sunday two of his gallery furniture stores would be open, not for business, but to provide shelter and food for people in need. her and her son are now among the hundreds of people who've taken up shelter in one of his stores. >> it's good to be here away from the flood. because it would have got -- when it started raining, it would have got all the way right here. >> the water started to come in the house and it was coming in so fast, we had a matter of time to get out the house. >> reporter: grace and her son got in one of the trucks that matt deployed to rescue people from the rising flood water. he's also providing food, breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the evacuees. >> we thank you mr. mack for opening up his doors to us. because we didn't know where our next meal was going to come from, or clothes on our backs. >> reporter: mack estimates it's costs 30 or $40,000 to keep his

stores up and running through >> question afford that and what we can't afford is to cause these people to lose hope. we've got to give them hope. this is what my parents would have done. >> reporter: his record of community service would make his family proud. every christmas his business has provided furniture to families in need. he also donates his furniture to make over teachers lounges in area schools. >> it's a long way from new orleans. >> reporter: even providing refuge isn't new to mack. in 2005, he houses 200 of the hurricane katrina evacuees in his store. several of the katrina victims like jerry burke even landed a job there. >> need anything, you good? >> katrina blew me in. lost everything. didn't know where i was going to go, what to do. and i came here and talked to mack, and he sent know hr and

the rest was history. and he furnished m gave me everything that i needed to survive, plus a job. totally life-changing for me and my family. >> reporter: some of harvey's evacuees like roberta are paying it forward, helping out in the store. >> whatever he needed me to do, i was there. now i'm just like answering the phones, directing people, you know that come in that need help. >> reporter: even though the upcoming labor day weekend is an important one for the furniture business, mack says he's not going to kick anyone out. >> we're going to keep these folks here as long as they need to be here. they may be here three months, seven, who knows? we're here to help. that's what we do, that's who we are. >> for him to open his door and stay you're affected by the flood, come in, and i mean, you have people wet, you had people dirty. who does that? do you have to see it to believe it? it's real. he has a heart of gold. >> you just look around, the man is an angel. >> nobody asked him to do this. the city didn't call him and ask him to open his doors.

mattress mack said i want to. and that's what thousands of other people have done. brought their boats, brought their vehicles, and their good hearts and made people smile. you know what else made people smile? yesterday at 6:00, people were pulling over on the side of the road to take a picture of the sun. something we hadn't seen here in about three days. >> oh boy, david, what a great story. listen, if you live in houston, makes you think i want to go to gallery furniture, buy some furniture, and help some people out. go mattress mack, that's awesome. thank you, david. more perfect union indeed. you are watching cbs this morning. we'll be right back.

fety." well, we are still on a mattress mack high, really, really like that guy. you seen earlier in the newscast who was waiting to be asked and you look at mattress mack, look,

nobody asked me to do it, it's it nice. that'll do it for us.

watch our streaming network for oh, look how much fun we have on this show. good morning, i'm your host, markette shepherd. >> and i'm kristen berset harris. thank you for joining us on a wednesday morning. >> that's such a crazy world out there. every morning i wake up and i see you know what's trending online and i found a picture of a brooklyn man who was just

ng street with his oar buds in his year -- ear buds in his ears when wasn't of his -- one of his legs went shooting down the middle of the crosswalk. and he stayed there with one leg stuck until new york firefighters came to the scene. his amazing rescue was caught -- >> went through the street. >> yes. one leg just went right through the middle of the crosswalk. here are the firefighters. pulling him out. and it just really making you think -- make us think, we step out on faith literally every day. thinking that the ground beneath us is secure. but we have major infrastructure problems in this country. i mean, i don't even need to mention what's going on in houston. we know what happened with hurricane katrina. we just had that anniversary and in brooklyn, the streets are literally falling apart. >> gave out. wow. i mean you see -- >> there he goes. he's finally free.

>> thank goodness. >> you see like sinkholes and just walking across the crosswalk in new york. -- crosswalk in new york. that's incredible. >> i get in my car and i drive on the roads and i have faith that you know what? the roads will get me to where i'm going but i don't know anymore guys? >> oh goodness. thank goodness he's safe. for sure. >> he's safe they transported him to the hospital. >> oh good. >> and yeah. >> watch with you step i teases -- where you step i guess. another amazing rescue story out of texas. we see so many of these from the flooding from hurricane harvey. but good samaritans with a boat rescued a woman trapped by the floods caused by the hurricane. betty walter was trapped in her attic for 14 hours with 21 dogs. >> what? >> now, four of those were hers. she was also pet sitting but the rest were ones that she rescued that other owners had left behind. trying to get to safety. all the dogs though were put into one boat. of course that meant there was no room for the humans.