captioning funded by cbs it's monday, september 4th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." the u.s. issues a warning to north korea, threatening massive military response as the rogue regime is reportedly getting ready for another ballistic missile launch. the storm is over, but the hardship continues for many more in texas. a mandatory evacuation is issued for parts of houston. and on the west coast, people are forced to flee their homes because of wildfires.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. north korea's latest nuclear test provoked tough talk from the trump administration. the explosion was at least five tiemts more powerful than the country's previous test, and if so, it would be a huge leap in north korea's nuclear capable. and south korea reports its military appears is getting ready to launch another ballistic missile. good morning, anne-marie. the u.n. security council will yet again try to diplomatically rein in north korea. president trump has threatened to halt all trade with countries doing business with the north, a veiled warninging to

sou south korea said it carried out a live test this morning in a drill simulating an attack on north korea's nuclear test site. the ongoing exercises are in response to the north's claims to have detonated a hydrogen bomb underground sunday. united nations is also set to respond with an emergency counsel meeting today. president trump responded while leaving church sunday. >> mr. president, will you attack north korea? >> secretary of defense james mattis says while the u.s. is not looking to annihilate north korea, the u.s. did ask to be briefed on all options. >> any threats will be met with a massive military response. >> senator

before sunday's detonation that if the situation in north korea doesn't change force, the force by the u.s. is inevitable. >> i am 100% certain that if kim jong-un continues to develop missile technology to hit america and diplomacy fails to stop him, there will be an attack by the united states against his weapons systems. >> less than a month ago they imposed specific sanctions. a spokesperson from south korea hopes a peaceful resolution can be reached. anne-marie. >> hena doba here in new york. thank you, hena. well, tomorrow, president trump is expected to announce he's ending the program that protects young immigrants from deportation who were brought to this country immediately, but he's expected to delay

six moennths to give congress a opportunity to replace it. p pro-immigrant activists rallied yesterday. >> because of that i would say graduate high school and college become the first. >> it's unclear if congress fails to take action. the white house faces a tuesday deadline by state officials who threatened to sue if the president did not end the program. now to southeast texas devastated by hurricane harvey, the mayor of houston has issued a mandatory evacuation order for anyone who has water in their house. areas west of houston may face more high water from overflowing reservoirs, but the threat from a damaged chemical plant seems to have subsided, and an evacuation order around the plant has been lift

danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: all of the trailers holding highly unstable compounds at the arca chemical plant have been ignited. officials conducted this controlled burn on the last six trailers that had yet to ignite on their own. think oar going to let the fires burn out before sending in safety officials and air quality officials. local officials evacuated residents miles around the plant after hurricane harvey flooded it. floodwaters have finally receded. in dried out areas in houston, residents are pulling their belongings outside so they can air out. there have been reports of scaveng scavengers, so some residents have left messages that this is not trash. everyone has been ordered to evacuate. >> the police came and knocked on my door and said you have ten minutes to get out, and there was a canoe waiting for me and

my husband. >> reporter: some were able to attend church service on this national day of prayer for victims and survivors of hurricane harvey. >> we come to you today with aching hearts, searching for healing and hope that only you can provide. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott estimates the damage from hurricane harvey could total $180 billion, more costly than hurricane sandy or katrina. danielle nottingham, cbs news, houston. president trump has asked congress for a $7.9 billion down payment toward harvey relief efforts. treasury secretary steve mnuchin has spoken. ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll hear from a houston police officer who helped s

than a thousand flood victims as he suffers from stage 4 colon cancer. powerful hurricane irma is churning in the atlantic and likely to turn toward the caribbean islands tomorrow. irma is a category 3 storm with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. long-range forecasts seem to show irma curving toward the northwest beginning late today on a path that could potentially take it to the east coast of the united states. but it is too early to make a definitive prediction. and it's not wind and rain but fire that they're battling out west. thousands o people have been forced from their homes as wildfires range in eight states. the fires have already destroyed more than a million acres. jamie yuccas has more. >> reporter: the hills surrounding los angeles have been burning for three

flames coming dangerously close to neighborhoods and freeways. fueled by 100-degree days and thick brush, the tujunga fire has been burning for days. this man ran at the very last minute. >> the firefighters say they can defend it, but it's pretty nerve-racking to watch. >> reporter: hillside homes close eest to the flames were told to pack up and leave. evening winds pushed 50-foot flames up the canyons, creating tornadoes of smoke. los angeles fire chief ralph terazza. >> we saw extremely dramatic fire and wind. >> reporter: by morning homes lost and 6,000

hikers were forced to overnight when the fire grew too close to a popular hiking trail. they were still waiting to be rescued on sunday. hillsides like the one behind me burned until hours ago. on monday a cool front is expected to come through and firefighters are hoping to get a better handle on the blaze when the highs are in the 80s instead of close to 100. astronaut peggy whitson is back on earth after a record-setting voyage at the space station. her soyuz capsule landed in kazakhstan just after sunrise yesterday. another american and russian were also on board. whitson's time on board exceeds that of any other american or woman worldwide. coming up on the "morning news," disturbing arrest

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captured the moment a car accidentally plowed into a new york city coin laundry. it was backing into a parking space on long island whennet sped up and crashed through the store front. six people were injured including the 74-year-old driver. it's not clear why he reversed into the laundromat. and there are new developments in the case of a mistle temple university student, and the arrest of a nurse is caught on video. "the salt lake tribune" says protesters rallied in salt lake city in support of a nurse arrested for doing her job. a detective body camerata

released last week shows the tense arrest at a utah hospital in july. nurse alex wubbels refused to let officers draw blood from an unconscious patient. the detective now faces criminal investigation. "the philadelphia inquirer" reports charges have been filed in the death of a temple university student. 29-year-old joshua huper terts faces a sentence. her body was found saturday. people.com says the granddaughter of temper rohr will leave her royal status to marry a common never. princess made the announcement. the two met at university and have been dating for five years. and "sports illustrated" with the story of one of the

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks in asia close lower this morning after new york's nuclear test. meanwhile car sales take a hit from hurricane harvey. nikki battiste has more. on friday the dow ended higher. august was a strong month for auto sales across the country, but hurricane harvey is putting pressure on some of those gains. high suv sales helped some see a sales jump last month. but not so much for fiat,

there was a $365 million class action settlement. they could get up to $500 each. they may also be eligible to get their cars fixed. americans are getting in the winter holiday spirit early. a new bank rate.com survey shows 14 million americans have already bought hotel and plane tickets. they may not get the best deal. the ideal time to buy is early october and usually stay steady through halloween. in new york, i'm nikki battiste. still ahead, running on empty. we'll take you to beaumont, texas, where residents hit by harvey are struggling to find basic necessities.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. in texas it's a day-to-day struggle for many people recovering from hurricane harvey. in beaumont, there's still water in the streets, but no drinking water on tap. anna werner has the story. >> rporter: this is howl duresa spent the weekend, drivinging around beaumont looking for food and water for herself and her six children. >> your house has no running water. >> no. >> what's that like? >> oh, man. i can't even describe what it's like. it's just been hard, you know. >> reporter: we met her as she stopped at a church looking for milk for her friend's 3-month-old baby,

told the handouts have ended. they told me to come back way monday. are you serious? >> reporter: the floodwaters blocked roads to the city and food delivery couldn't be made. the residents have been without drinking water for days. some good news finally came when the city announce thad with the help of private company, it had come up with a stopgap fix, setting up temporary pumps. city manager kyle hayes. >> this is a temporary solution until the water along the river recedes. in the meantime, without this new water supply, we would not have service to the public. >> reporter: beaumont mayor becky. >> it sounds like you pulled off a win. >> we have a long way go.

it's all you can do. >> reporter: but for residents whose homes lie in subdy viegss behind me, subdivisions in water, the only steps they can take is wait until the water recedes and see what's left of their homes. anna wernering cbs news, bow month, texas. the world is mourning the loss of walter becker. the star and cofounder of the band steally dan died sunday. the band was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2001. becker was 76 years old. coming up on "cbs this morning" from stephen king's "it" to

off in week. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. but entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest heart failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ when can we do this again, grandpa? well, how about tomorrow?

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right now, folks want to know is dc in the path of irma. we will look at the storm and the risk. president trump

his options, including a possible military response. we all know back to school time can be stressful for the kids and the students and the parents. first, let's look at irma and what we know so far. okay, what we know is this is a major hurricane and it's gaining strength and it's going to approach the lesser till lees. it's looking a little bit more organized. the eye is looking a little bit more distint as it gets closer and closer. this is going to be a large hurricane as it gets closer. it's hurricane 3 right now and will be 4 by tomorrow. this is going to slide toward

things are a big question mark after day four, day five. we have so many days away to really continue to watch this through this weekend and into the weekend. here's the latest computer model. this is both the american and the european. they are in pretty good fremont in the next -- agreement in the next few days, but these are what we are seeing. this is wednesday. this wednesday, we are looking at it just north of puerto rico and just north of hispaniola. they start to come back into the same area by next week so time frame, if, if it were to come our direction, this would be next week at this time that it gets a little bit closer. one thing, though, this is still a

i can guarantee you this model is going to change a little bit. a couple of miles here and there makes all the difference as far as how fast this storm can move. melissa is here. we have been watching this. there's a lot that goes into the computer models and broad scale, different things can move it different directions. oh, there absolutely there. there's two things that can change it. the first is a dip in the jet stream and the second of which is the typical burmuda area. irma is going to be determined by these two figures. the first is the jet stream and the second is the bermuda high. here's the

allison talked about how things will change, and absolutely. we are seeing the computer model, the spaghetti model as to where irma will go. as you look at this, they are starting to spread out. yesterday, we were seeing more of the outer banks. now they are showing more of a south carolina or florida thing. we know it's going to impact the caribbean. beyond that, you have to be on guard. we have several days out. go ahead and have the hurricane prep list on the go so you will know how to prepare. all right, melissa, you guys are tracking a lot more than i am. labor day morning, guess how

none. we have construction at the moore's road area. you are probably going to see crews out there. not seeing any delays there yet this morning. we also have a live look at how some of the traffic is going. looking okay. a good three cars out there, thank you. [ laughter ] 4:30 is the time right now. updating to an investigation of a murdered temple universities student. jenna burly, an autopsy shows she was killed by a blood born issue and strang llation. at least eight wild fires having burning for three days coming dangerously close to the neighborhoods and the