it's friday, september 1st, 2017. this is the "early morning news." rescues are still underway in texas to save harvey survivors surrounded by water, but flood waters are not the only concern. and as houston beguns to dry out the mayor has a message for the nation. >> the point is, the city of houston and let me just speak into all of the cameras, the city of houston is open for business and quite frankly we're open for business right now. >> good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news

headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie greene. the remains of harvey caused significant flooding in nashville. most of the flood water in houston is expected to recede by early tomorrow mbut each day th extent of the damage becomes more clear. 37 people were killed. ten percent of the buildings in houston were flooded. and some areas are running low on food. there is danger from fluided flo -- polluted flood water. don champion is in houston. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. even as flooding persists the recovery is underway here, but to the east the threat from harvey isn't over just yet. >> the rivers in southas

potentially bringing more flootding to towns already hit hard by harvey. thursday's stranded residents were still being rescued from high flood waters. if beaumont a hospital was evacuated after a storm k noed out the city's drinking water supply. >> we underestimated. we didn't think it was going to be this devastating. the mayor insisted the city has turned a corner. >> the city of houston and let me speak boo all of the cameras, the city of hue son is open for business andphyte frankly we're open for business right now. >> officials say 730% of the land is covered in at least a foot and a half after water. some of it could recede by the end of the weekend. firefighters in the city are now going hse

victims and stranded survivors. some residents are also returning home. >> we're out of here. pretty sure. my wife's from san antonio, and she doesn't want to go through this anymore and we're done. >> reporter: and here in houston even getting around is becoming a little easier. most flooded roadways have dried out. the two mayor airports have reopened and anne-marie greene, power has been restored to most people who lost it during the storm in the city. >> that's some good news. dick inson texas is about 30 miles southeast of houston. it suffered extensive flood damage from the storm. a mandatory evacuation was ordered but some residents were able to return yesterday. she lost just about everything. >> i'm honestly at a loss for words. i know i have work to do and i'm a single mom with three girls so you know, to

literally float away in a sense, and just being drowned, it's -- i got to swallow it and keep going. >> she says she'll have to throw out more than she can save, but she will rebuild. fema says about 325,000 people have already sought federal emergency aid. a fire at a chemical plant 25 miles from houston burned out, but emergency crews are holding back because more explosions at the flood crippled plant are possible. david begnaud has our report. >> reporter: it happened at 2:00 a.m. local time, the first of two explosions lit up the night sky. by morning a fire was still burning. a mile and a half radius around the chemical plant was evacuated tuesday after company representatives warned local officials their emergency plans had failed. ed gonzales is the county sheriff. >> we believe the smoke is a nontoxic irritant. >> reporter: the company had

backup generators, all of them failed. then refrigeration units in three of nine trailers failed. the highly combustible compounds known as organic peroxides were sure to explode as the temperature rose. the executive defended the company's response. >> we believe at this point that the safest thing to do is to allow the other eight containers, product in them those to degrade and burn. >> reporter: we asked them to provide us a list of chemicals at the plant. they said they would. >> we tried to get in touch with your company repeatedly and i have a simple question. regarding the chemical, can you tell us what it is and exactly what it contains sf. >> yes. it's liquid organic peroxide. the concern is that when these things degrade, they generate heat. when they generate he,

can burn. when they burn, you can have an explosion. >> reporter: cbs news, crosby, texas. >> the occupational safety and health administration inspected the facility last year and found ten serious violations. but experts say it's premature to speculate if they were related to the explosions. hurricane harvey shut down a large portion, one fifty of the u.s. oil and gasoline refinery capacity. gas prices are at their highest of the year averaging $2.52 a gall gallon. the energy department released one million barrels of crude oil but getting gulf coast refineries back online is critical. >> best case the refineries should be up and operating by the middle of september. worst case, some of those refineries if they're really seriously damaged, they could be pdown through thanksgiving o

longer. >> one gas pipeline that provides nearly 40% of the south's gasoline will be shut down until at least sunday. and ahead on cbs this morning, we'll hear from houston major silvester turner in his first ex- tense ifr interview since the hurricane hit. it's still too early to know if hurricane irma will strike the united states. >> there is a monster storm spinning in the middle of the atlantic ocean. its name is irma and while most of the country is dealing with the aftermath of harvey this is the next storm and it has the potential to be even bigger. why is it so strong so quickly? it's moving over extremely warm water in the atlantic ocean and wind sheer is almost nonexistent right now. that typically does happen around the peak of hurricane season which is early september. mind you, it is still a

u.s. currently 2,900 miles away from the east coast of florida, but this is a big storm which is forecast to get even bigger and stronger as we roll through the holiday weekend. by monday evening a category 4 hurricane. by tuesday evening an even stronger category 4 hurricane heading toward the lie lands. we could see impacts in the caribbean, several days thereafter. we could see impacts in the united states. >> out west the story is triple digit heat and scores of wildfires. the fires are burning from california to montanmontana. thousands have been forced to evacuate. in northern california a state of emergency has been declared for a wildfire that forced the evacuation of 2,500 homes. temperatures east of san francisco could exceed 110 degrees today. >> and members of a penn state universityra

today if they will go to trial for the death of a 19-year-old pledge. 18 members were charged after he died in february. he was captured on video after drinking heavily and suffering a series of falls. a district judge will rule this morning following a 7-day preliminary hearing. the diplomatic war continued as one called it the hot phase of diplomatic war. the trump administration has given russia until tomorrow to close offices in washington and new york. the administration says it's in retaliation for russia's demand earlier this month that cut the u.s. diplomatic staff in moscow. and coming up in the morning news, the wells fargo scandal deepens. the bank finds more potentially bank accounts and -- >> but you're not black. >> a georgia police officer is caught making

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dramatic police body camera video in florida shows the moment a pickup truck crashes into officers investigating another accident. one of the officers and a woman were thrown to the ground when the truck hit on tuesday. the officers were helping victims of another accident before two trucks collided sending one out of control. no one was seriously hurt. bakers trapped by hurricane harvey help the relief effort and a police officer resigns after controversial comments. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the atlanta journal constitution reports that a georgia police officer caught on video saying we only shoot black people now says he'll retire. greg abbott made the statement to a woman during a traffic

remember, we only kill black people. yeah, we only kill black people. right? >> the police chief says abbott will be fired. >> no matter what context you try to take those comments in, the statements were inexcusable and inappropriate. and they're not indicative of the values that i'm trying to instill within the cobb county police department. >> the incident took place last year, but the police department says the chief received the dashboard video last week. abbott had been on the force for 28 years. the mull way key journal sentinel says controversial sheriff david clark has resigned. a vocal supporter, president trump, clark resigned without explanation yesterday. he was a favorite of conservatives but faced lawsuits and criticism over how he ran the milwaukee county jail. he's expected to take a job many the trump administration. and usa today reports on how bakers trapped in a houston

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forecast in some cities around the country. on the cbs money watch wells fargo reveals more compromised bank accounts. good morning, hena. >> reporter: the wells fargo fake account scandal is bigger than original athought. 3 and a half million accounts may have been opened without the customers' permission. wells fargo say the employees opened the accounts to meet sales targets. the commerce department says consumer spending grew at its fastest pace in three months. that news sent stocks higher on

and the nasdaq finished 60 points higher hitting a record high. the next apple show case is scheduled for september 12th. that's usually when apple unveils its new iphone. this is the tenth anniversary of the iphone and apple is expected to introduce a sleeker, bigger screen to celebrate. apple is also likely to announce upgrades to last year's iphone. and still no decision from the trump administration on putting harriet tubman on the $20 bill. tubman and abolitionists would be the only woman and african american on a commonly used u.s. paper currency. last year the obama administration proposed replacing andrew jackson on the $20 bill with harriet tubman. still ahead, a unique scholarship, we'll meet a

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. for the almost 3 million kids whose parents are in prison the dream of going to college can be out of reach. now thanks to an unlikely hero some are fulfilling that dream. >> reporter: so this is it. he wasn't sure he'd ever pack up for the drive to college. >> the college was stressful because i was like how am i going to make up the money to go. >> reporter: he was five years old when hi father was sent to prison. >> mom comes in, she goes, you got the scholarship. and i was like, i can go to

college. >> reporter: the philanthropist was carl. >> most of the time you think of fi lan t-- >> reporter: the source of one of the only scholarships for kids with incarcerated parents. he solicits donations with homemade flyers, but mostly the money has come out of his own $30,000 salary. >> i don't smoke, i don't drink at starbucks, i don't have hbo so i don't waste a lot of money on that stuff. what's a thousand dollars? >> reporter: the amount of most of the 17 willie the plumber school lor ships he's given to utah students and if that doesn't sound like a lot you've never been where macy was. her application essay explained her mom and dad were sent to jail. leaving her grandparents to rauz

>> reporter: so this is pretty much home. >> yeah. >> reporter: but the money is only part of the prize. >> you get really down on yourself. people judge you and you just feel like you can't do anything and all of a sudden you have this random stranger who believes in you and knows that you're not who your parents are and that you do have a chance. >> reporter: carl knows what it means for a parent to be absent. he shot an intruder who turned out to be a police officer and served 17 years unable to support his own two daughters. >> can't help them with their homework. making 40 cents an hour, so you're lucky to send them a birthday card and $20. >> reporter: carl says the money he sends to kids helps ease the anger of all those wasted years. >> i'm grateful for this opportunity to go. >> reporter: cbs news, salem, utah. coming up on cbs this morning we wl

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. harvey is still causing life-threatening emergencies along the gulf coast. >> some of those communities now drying out. >> and its 4 legged refugees

>> meantime here at home we're finally going to see a bit of the scraps from harvey. it willnot ruin your labor day holiday. >> yes, good morning. we'regoing to deal with harvey for about one good day and get back to drier or warmer weather. actually both drier and warmer. you can make some weekend plans as you make your bbq plans, sunday and monday are going to be a lot better than today and tomorrow. today will be cooland cloudy. tomorrow we'll dealwith the remnants of harvey. it's still a tropical depression. still has some goodgusts with it. the center ofcirculation is back here through parts of alabama and tennessee. when does it arrive for our region? we spend much of theday today dry, cloudy. look atthese temperatures, by 12:30 we haven't seen temperatures budge much. we'll stay in the 60s,near 70. 1:00 in the afternoonshowers

than yesterday. it iscomfortable when you step outside. it's not going tobundle from there. now, intoem. this is hurricane emoutinto the atlantic. this isalready a mainly hurricane. we'll show you where it's headed coming up in just a bit. construction, i feel like we started off busy. yesterday wehad some lanes closed here too. it's not 3 like yesterday, it's 2 lanes heading westbound and then i have a live look at traffic there too. no slowdowns despite those 2 closures. if you are on the outer loop of the beltway we have a problem here with construction. youmight see it has your coming down 270 and heading over to the outer loop. time right now 4:27. harveystarted coming ashore one week ago. it still poses a threat.

beaumont severe flooding has cut off the drinking supply. someof the rivers have yet to crest. the storm is still dumping rain in many areas like tennessee, and nearby ohio. we want totake a break from friday's storm coverage to talk about other news. the airport getting a big pat on back thanks to its twitter campaign to help reunite a 6-year old with its stuffed animal. the family says thischild's stuffed animal disappeared. the child hasslept with the little friend since he was a baby. . >> have you seen the animal? >> no, certainly look for it. ithink it's so sweet. where wasthis when i lost my stuffed monkey. >> the family was returning from a trip tuesday when it went missing. the airport assureus

still looking for the stuffed animal using the hashtag find the badger. when mydaughter lost her blanket she went crazy. that's a quick lookat what's going on. . rescues are still underway this morning as parts of texas and louisiana remain under water. and the places that aredrying out, the extent of the daniel right now being revealed. . good friday morning, everybody. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> and we're talking about how things are shaping up outside. looks like we're going to have rain in the forecast and with the labor day weekend currently here i think folks are hoping that it's going to be relatively nice so they can still have their plans. >> i think half of the weekend is going to be nice. sunday andmonday are shaping up to be gorgeous. we have to deal withcooler

tomorrow. rain tomorrow thenwarm and dry. we'll map it allout for you on our future cast. i want to bring your attention to hurricane irma. time framewe're talking 10 days we have to watch this. the next 5 days itslowly approaches the lesser antilles. it stays category 3status until sunday and strengthen by monday, labor day, monday evening. tuesday it'sgetting close, but then i want to show you the computer models. they go farther past that day 5 time frame and start to make a sharp turn back off closer to the eastern seaboard. thisis really -- we're going to keep a close eye on through the labor day weekend. here's yourforecast. rain tomorrow, whataim getting this side eye for? >> i love this graphic. >> oh, you love this, but i'm taking it back. .