fox news correspondent allison barber is live tonight in houston and allison, how are those flood rescuestinuing this night? >> reporter: there is some parts of houston that have dried out, there are other parts like where i am next to the buffalo bayou that are still very much under water. many families in houston are just now beginning to get home and check out some of the damage, some trying to rescue pets, for many of them this is the first time they have been able to see their homes since they had to leave. a lot of them have been having to watch all of this unfold on tv. >> this is the office -- was the office. >> reporter: across houston door to door searches are under way. there have been search and rescue teams working to get help for people stranded in homes for days. officials are not sure when they will be able to provide residents with clean drinking water because flood waters are still rising and water pumps. as a result, one beaumont hospital has had to evacuate patients. >> we had 193 patients in the hospital last night at midnight and we got a call about 1:00 a.m. this mo

back. >> and that was fox's allison barber.ice president pence in texas today met with survivors toured harvey's devastation. he even joined volunteers and helped clean up debris. the trump administration wants to highlight its focus on the disaster. president trump and first lady are expected to return this weekend. >> maryland senator ben cardin joins us live from the campus of johns hopkins university. senator thanks so much for joining us. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> you guys have a lot to discuss when you head back to congress starting next week. number one, i'm sure will be discussing the relief fund for the harvey victims. there's been a lot of talk about how hard this was -- how hard t passed. where do things stand or what are you hoping for? >> i didn't hear exactly what you said but i think you were talking about the challenges we have when we return on tuesday. >> yes. >> specifically relating to the harvey disaster aid. >> oh, yeah, well, you know, what happened in texas is horrific and we see the scenes o

at the white house i'm allison barber, ktvu fox two news. >> venezuela two men leading the oppositionst the government were taken from their homes in the middle of the night. their families posted videos online of the men being driven away by what appeared to be state security agents. these men have not been heard from since. they were protesting against venezuela president in sunday's controversial election creating a new legislature made up entirely of his supporters. the u.s. has implemented new sanctions against venezuela including freezing assets under u.s. jurisdiction. >> the bold robbery caught on camera. next new surveillance video of a smash and grab at the novato costco and why similar cases maybe connected. >> coming up a fremont man threatened a couple renting a room from him after violating their privacy. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one re

. >> let's go to allison barber live in galveston texas. lison, you're on a boat clearly right now and you have a little friend next to you. >> reporter: yeah, this is colt. we are out with a mother-daughter duo and their two dogs. this is right next to buffalo bayou which you'll remember that is where the army corps of engineer released two reservoirs, two dams where they released water into what's buffalo bayou. this is a neighborhood right by it that has experienced extreme flooding. the people that we are with now josh actually drove down from san antonio to help his mom out. they were trying to get to a friend's house to try and check on her cat and there are a lot of able to get home. we tried to go over in the direction we're headed now so they can go check on her. we weren't able to but now even if you just looking a round though you can see some of the flooding that is still going on here. there are parts of houston that are drying outer. places like galveston where we were this morning an hour away where things aren't very bad but

allison barber has more on what the president said about sanctuary cities and building that border wall. >> wow! that's a lot of people phoenix, that's a lot of people. >>reporter: often drawing hard lines on immigration. >> on day one we will begin working on a physical, tag, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall. >> tuesday night -- >> i'm thrilled to be back in phoenix. >> he did it again. >> we are building a wall on the southern border which is absolutely necessary. >> trump and his team point out what they see as immigration successes, things like border crosses and border apprehension dropping by more than 50% from november of 2016 to february 2017. but one promise trump made during the campaign remains contentious evening among those who defend his immigration policy. then candidate donald trump said he would immediately terminate the obama era deferred action for child hood arrivals or doca. in february he sounded like he was waverivering. you >> you have incredible kids. they were bought here in a way -- it's a tough subject. >> in june, the department of homeland security

aircraft involved in the latest crash is a rotor aircraft it can operate as a helicopter or plane, allison barberk out this amazing effort to save a man's life in georgia. police and folks lifted a car off of a man, he was trapped underneath it. this began when a group of people pulled up in a car. started shooting at another group of people. that's when the man dove for cover and he unfortunately chose a car where a driver was in that got out. he was trying to take off from the flying bullets but the driver didn't put his car in park so it rolled over the victim who is now in critical condition. >>> well, this is reason to celebrate. tonight a local woman joined by her friends and family celebrated her o103 birthday. all for helen thompson. mrs. thompson was born august 6th, 1914. she said the secret is church. and bingo and she had a message for everyone who came out to celebrate with her today. >> i enjoy myself. all these years. i have a wonderful family. thank god for everybody. >> that's right. all the time the got to thank them. happy birthday to mrs. thompson. >>> nasa is getting lots res

fox's allison barber has more. >> reporter: less than 24 hour after saying north korea launched three missiles but two failed in flight. u.s. military officials say that report is wrong. u.s. specific first and third missiles flew about 155 miles in a northeastern direction. initially u.s. officials said north korea launched three short range bullets. in hawaii time it was the afternoon of august 25th. pacific command said one missile blew up almost immediately and the other two failed in flight. the later description resulting in today's update. the latest u.s. assessment appears to now match south korea's assessment. >> the launches are the first since the united nations security council unanimously voted august 5th to impose new sanctions on the regime. rex tillerson spoke about that >> we hope this is the beginning of this signal we've been looking for that they're ready to restrain their level attention, they're ready to restrain their provocative acts and perhaps we're seeing our pathway to some time in the near future hav >> north korea launched 21 missiles. that's how many the

. >> allison barber is on this we are hearing word we may be sending 4,000 new troops, allison. >> reporter: president is expected to layout a plan for u.s. engagement in south asia and afghanistan. the nation's lodgees war that has cost billions of dollars and thousands of lives since it began, 16 years ago secretary of defense james mattis told reporter yesterday that president trump settled on a plane but he would not give any specific details. >> i was not willing to make significant troop lifts until we knew what was the strategy, what was the commitment going into it. in that regard the president has made a decision. >> reporter: then last night white house announced a speech , monday at 9:00 p.m. from fort myers, president trump will tell the world and troops how he plans to proceed in the war that began in 2001 and has claim the lives of more than 2,000 u.s. troops. democratic senator ben cardin told "fox news" sunday that more troops is not the answer. >> our objective need to be that we have a regime in afghanistan that can maintain some semblance of security so that we don't see

rob: allison barber live in charlottesville.ainst the president. >> reporter: donald trump received a lot of criticism for not calling out the kkk and not the groups an initial response on saturday but in an impromptu press conference at trump tower the president defended his decision to wait two days before naming hate groups. >> when i make a statement i like to be correct but i want the facts. this event just happened. a lot of the events didn't even happen yet as we were speaking, this event just happened. before i make a statement i need the facts. i don't want to rush into a statement. making the statement when i made it was extra. >> the president didn't back down on his initial remarks the, quote, many sides were to blame for the violence and the all left blares the responsibility for what happened. >> what about the alt left the came charging at the altar right, do they have any semblance of guilt? i'm not putting anybody on the moral plate. you had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and they came at e

marine corp afths after years of budget cuts, allison barber has >>> a defense official tells fox newst it charactered crashed as it attempted to land on a u.s. navy war ship it's part helicopter and plane and used to transport marines into bottle: 15 marines and one sailor died after their cargo plane crashed in mississippi. noncombat aviation crashes are up this year, by this time last career there had been eight noncombat crashes so far this career, there have been 12, only a third of marine corp jets and helicopters are flight ready. last year, senior military officials told fox news budget cuts hampered their ability to repair aging fleets and as a result, pilots spent less time training in the air, no word on what led to the crash 94 australia. the aircraft was quote conducting regularly scheduled operations when it entered the water den small boats immediately responded in the search and rescue efforts. the australian minister of defense offered so assisted and fox news is told president trump is aware of the incident next washington, allison barber, fox news. >>> there's a new

as fox news allison barber reports it's effort to deescalate nucleus intepings on the penis la. >> northorea's latest missile launch is provocative act and at least for now the u.s. intends to continue with diplomacy and "peaceful pressure campaign". >> firing of my ballistic missile is violation of you un security council resolutions and view as proactive act clearly they're messaging us as well they're not prepared to back away from their position. >> saturday hawaiiim military officials say north korea successfully launched three short-range ballistic missiles. so far this year the regime launched 21 missiles. in late july they fired off a long range inter continental ballistic missile. experts say it flew 2300 miles into space. north korean state media claimed it was proof the regime could strike u.s. soil. sortly after reports surfaced claiming north korea produced a minitureizeed nuclear war head a war head small enough to fit inside a missile and then the regime made threats against guam and the result, a dramatic warning. >> they will be met with fire and fury. >> united nations

allison barbers reporting from the uva medical center. we begin with doug on the ground charlottesville were governor mcauliffe tells that news conference in all three fatalities today, a very sad d day. >> indeed it was. we came to charlottesville today not expecting to see much. it had been our sense that based upon a previous klan rally here six weeks ago that the white supremacist together here at emancipation park would have their say and then be gone. it didn't turn out that way. ultimately, three fidelity's. one directly related to the protests, the other as a result of a helicopter crashing later today at the end of the day. we had been watching it hover over our site. i kept wondering as i watch the helicopter white was stationary for so long. i've heard from pilots that been stationary puts tremendous stress on the body frame. with the helicopter crash i thought, i'm not surprised to see that happen. we don't know that was the cau cause. anyway, 35 people injured today. nine related to the vehicular crash. the mayor and the poli

allison barber tells us that mike pence is trying to reassure eastern european allies that the united states has their back. >> reporter: mike pence is speaking in estonia and he calls moscow unpredictable and says the president trump will soon assign the new russia sanctions bill. >> the united states of america rejects attempts to use force, threats, or malign influence in the baltic states are against our treaty allies >> reporter: the u.s. wants to approve ties with moscow but suggests that's only possible if russia changes course. >> we hope for better days. and for better relations with russia. >> reporter: vladimir putin is telling the they must get rid of 755 employees. the move is meant to retaliate against sanctions approved by congress last week. they were intended to punish the country for meddling in the 2016 election. >> we have a large number of options. we are responding now because the americans have taken an unprovoked step towards worsening relations. >> reporter: president obama expel 35 russian diplomats from the u.s. last year. when it comes to russia's latest ac

allison barber has the story. >> further signs special counsel robert mueller's wide-ranging probe iseating up. fbi agents executed a search warrant on the home of trump's former care manager -- campaign manager paul manafort. "mr. manafort has consistently cooperated with law enforcement and other serious inquiries and did so on this occasion as well." agents went to manafort's home on july 26, the day he was supposed to testify before the senate judiciary committee. manafort made a deal with the committee to interview behind closed doors regarding a june 2016 meeting that includes manafort, jared kushner, donald trump, jr., and a russian lawyer. the next day, manafort met with staff on the senate intelligence committee, the judiciary committee reached to deal with manafort and dropped its subpoena. july 26, the fbi raided manafort's home and president trump tweeted about the idea of replacing then acting fbi director andrew mccabe. the post cited sources familiar with the special counsel investigation save the search warrant was wide-ranging and agents left with "various records." s

allison barber in washington, thank you.people rescued and one remains missing in las vegas after heavy rain led to flash flooding. high w flooding. high water levels reported throughout the city yesterday following top of storms and chances of more rain continue into tonight. meteorologist is live from a fox news weather center with the various latest on that. >> it is that time of year when you are in the southwest you can get some of these pop-ups hours and when they come, it will be a downpour. we still have blood advisories across nevada but not in the las vegas area but higher elevation it rushes to a lower level and that's when people can get in trouble. he is a radar loop of last 12 hours. you see the beginning of loop nothing there and take the heat of the day and all of a sudden it explodes. sua senly, you see widespread showers popping up and anyone of these contain heavy rainfall. that's a situation that happened in las vegas. there is another area where we are tracking heavy rain and this is been a stubborn syst

allison barber, fox news. >> we will bring you the address and the coverage will begin at 6:00 this evening. >>> in richmond the police have confirmed the bay area rapper keith the snake was shot this morning and it happened early this morning and they did not comment on his condition but another bay area rapper said that he had just got out of surgery and says that keak da sneak is still alive . we continue to follow this developing story and we will bring you more updates on his condition as we get them. >>> the collision between the oil tanker and that navy destroyer, details on the search and rescue after 10 sailors go missing. >>> the attack in barcelona, the terrorist cell they say is responsible and what led to the death of the man that was wanted in connection with driving the van into the crowd of people. >>> is we have been showing you, a foggy start to the day and we will bring in our meteorologist to explain when it will warm up. up. >>> welcome back. >>> the search and rescue is underway near singapore for 10 american sailors that went missing after the navy destroyer collided

let's go straight out to allison barber who is in charlotte for untrained charles, virginia. reporter: he's facing a number of charges in the announcement coming from the charlottesville police department moment ago. he is charged with one account of second-degree murder and three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run failure to stop with injury. paramedics brought 20 people to the hospital that i'm standing in front of now, five people remain in critical condition at this point in time. a spokesman for the university of virginia says that paramedics initially brought people to the hospital and we now know one person has died in addition to those five in critical condition. for other are in serious condition tonight, six are listed as fair and poor as good. many of those injuries came after the car plowed into two other cars and a crowd of what witnesses described as counter protesters. listen to one person thought all. >> i was 10 feet away from them and all of a sudden you heard the impact of a person being thrown over a car and you could see in my foota

. >> jon: allison barber at a very sad charlottesville, virginia. thank you. >> heather: let's switch gears for a moment as we await the presidents meeting with the attorney general, lawmakers on their august break. and to this headline in "politico" touts our attention. protecting brutal september, and goes on to say senior officials have described the coming months as brutal, bad, or really tough. because of the confluence of complicated issues. they also say it is provable to get the presidency back on course. joining me now is david catton's, the senior politics writer. let's talk about this list. it is a long list. it begins with a september 30th deadline for raising the debt ceiling, also the funding of the upcoming budget period in infrastructure, tax reform, possibly obamacare back on the table. what is the most important to tackle first? >> it has to be the debt ceiling. this is a perpetual ritual here in washington. a short-term funding extensions to keep the government going. the difference is that republicans control all leverage of gove

allison barber is here with the immigration story. >> good evening. one promise trumpet made during the campaign's ending daca and it remained somewhat contentious. candidate donald trump said he would "immediately terminate the obama era deferred action for childhood arrivals." so far he has not. president trump sent this in february. >> you have some absolutely incredible kids, mostly. they were brought here in such a way, it's a tough subject. >> in june, the department of homeland security announced its intention to temporarily keep daca if the program isn't gone by early september, attorneys general in ten states say they will proceed with plans to sue the u.s. government. nine ags signed onto a letter with texas attorney general paxton demanding a phaseout of the program which gives work permits to people who came to the u.s. illegally before they were 16. before becoming president trump, candidate trumpet campaign in arizona seven times, often laying out a hard-line approach to immigration. his team is quick to point out what they see as succes

let's go straight out to allison barber who is in charlotte for untrained charles, virginia. reporter: he's facing a number of charges in the announcement coming from the charlottesville police department moment ago. he is charged with one account of second-degree murder and three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run failure to stop with injury. paramedics brought 20 people to the hospital that i'm standing in front of now, five people remain in critical condition at this point in time. a spokesman for the university of virginia says that paramedics initially brought people to the hospital and we now know one person has died in addition to those five in critical condition. for other are in serious condition tonight, six are listed as fair and poor as good. many of those injuries came after the car plowed into two other cars and a crowd of what witnesses described as counter protesters. listen to one person thought all. >> i was 10 feet away from them and all of a sudden you heard the impact of a person being thrown over a car and you could see in my foota

we begin with allison barber. we're listening for secretary tillerson and a new development that has just come in. we're trying to learn more on this. but word that some of the first fighting forces leaving for afghanistan could arrive later this week, early next week. that's the only line we have. we'll work the story. now to you. >> reporter: welsh shortly after president trump gave his speech last night, secretary of state rex tillerson released a statement of his own, saying with this new strategy in part, it is a good thing in part. he said, quote, we are making clear to the taliban that they will not win on the battlefield. taliban has political legitimately through a negotiated political settlement to end the war. tillerson went on to say the u.s. is ready to support peace talks between the taliban and the afghan government without preconditions. he also emphasized something president trump emphasized last night. that in order for lasting peace in afghanistan, the country's neighbors, pakistan and india, ne

let's go straight out to allison barber who is in charlotte for untrained charles, virginia. reporter: he's facing a number of charges in the announcement coming from the charlottesville police department moment ago. he is charged with one account of second-degree murder and three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run failure to stop with injury. paramedics brought 20 people to the hospital that i'm standing in front of now, five people remain in critical condition at this point in time. a spokesman for the university of virginia says that paramedics initially brought people to the hospital and we now know one person has died in addition to those five in critical condition. for other are in serious condition tonight, six are listed as fair and poor as good. many of those injuries came after the car plowed into two other cars and a crowd of what witnesses described as counter protesters. listen to one person thought all. >> i was 10 feet away from them and all of a sudden you heard the impact of a person being thrown over a car and you could see in my foota

. >> allison barber live in charlottesville. when does this suspect head before the judge? >> he is expected to head before a judge for a bond hearing this morning. that could happen this hour or next. he is facing charges locally second base murder, malicious wounding and hit and run and a federal investigation. there is a civil rights investigation into the attack. a senior doj official familiar with the investigation says they're trying to see if james field junior had any help planning this attack. police say fields drove a dodge charger down the road where i'm standing now hitting two other cars and a group of people protesting the white nationalist rally set to take place saturday around noon. attorney general jeff sessions said that this meets the definition of domestic terrorism. that's something that a lot of people here in charlottesville has been saying. they want to hear people say that. they want people to call this what this is, domestic terrorism. take a listen. >> it was a terror attack, hate crime 100% hate crime. and donald trump won't call it that. >> tha

allison barber is live in d.c. why are democrats having so much trouble at the state level?is partly because of redistricting. others argue democrats have a problematic party platform that doesn't welcome everyone and leaves out people like pro-life democrats. university of virginia professor says it has a lot to do with president obama. >> obama was very successful for himself, but he was a disaster for the democratic party. a president en capsules many issues, social, economic, healthcare, you name it. that president symbolizes that package of issues. i guess you could say all of those issues had an impact but mainly it was barack obama. >> republicans aren't just doing well at the state level they're dominating and have total control in 26 states. democrats only have it in six. republicans hold the governorship in 34 states. some are blue states like maryland and massachusetts. the republican governors there are very popular. >> bill: what does it mean moving forward? you think about elections this year or next year? >> the stakes are enormous because of policy, the obvio

allison: we have new voof the condos being boarded up right there. police spent hours making sure no one spends the night there tonight. our tim barber is live in temple hills. this is just such a difficult and desperate situation for these people there. tim: and for the police who are actually having to make sure that people don't get back into the place tonight. you can see they have the parking lot blocked with barricades here. police are patroling the parking lot and have lights shining down on them. this? we only wanted a roof over our heads. >> monica diaz's family was forced to leave the lin hill condos for good. we also talked to diaz last october, the first time she was forced out. back then the company in charge of the building failed to pay utility here. since then the complex has spiraled into further decay, causing prince georges county leaders to shut it down. >> for your safety you are being ordered to evacuate the property. >> from the ground and air, the police cleared the complex. workers boarded up the first floor. while some families watched and others packed whatever they could. >> we paid rent. we worked hard. d