our contessa brewer has more on that story contessa >> reporter: wilfred, paypal, godaddy, those are just some of the companies who grabbed headlines for ending service to alt-right groups daily stormer is well-known in alt-right circles. it participated in the charlottesville rally setting up the hate ban as the alternative to uber. its web host godaddy prompted and ended the service. google did the same thing. today daily stormer moved to a russian domain when youtube changed the compensation structure, many went to patreon in order to get paid this summer patreon kicked off lauren sumner. enter patreon who specializes in controversial offerings and then get paid for it. counter.fund will provide an intermediary to paypal credit

>> contessa, thank you very much for that excellent ongoing coverage, contessa brewer. >>> stocks coming back after a big selloff early in the day joining ours "closing bell" exchange to discuss is kim foo, cnbc market analyst and also from stewart frankel steve grasso and our own rick sell el over at the cme e. rick, i want to start with you what an extraordinary turnaround we saw from sort of the middle of the night to early this morning, not just in equities but particularly in the u.s. dollar talk us through what happened there. >> yeah. it's really quite amazing. the dollar index getting down to levels we haven't seen since the very end of 2014, and it's come back a lot maybe they can show the chart, came back. it's now unchanged virtually unchanged. 22.20, 21. you can see the big recovery, and you can see it's the lowest price for dollar index since the beginning of 2015, and it does underscore that the euro popping above 1.20, something that many thought was likely but not going to happen any time soon, that was just several months ago. the euro currency has a lot of strength in i

i'm contessa brewer. we have more on the mega powerball ahead, on the "nightly business report." >>> american express admitted offering worst credit card terms to countries like puerto rico and other territories in the 50 states. it charged more and offered less than attractive rebates. as a result, the company agreed to pay a fine of $96 mi,000. they said their actions harmed customers between 2009 and 2015. >>> roughly $700 million is the jackpot and that's a big number to wrap your head around. even though the odds of winning are small, someone has to hit the jackpot eventually, right? contessa brewer has lottomania in new york city. >> reporter: at jeremy's ale house, the beer comes in styrofoam cups and the powerball is self served. in a dive bar in one of new york's oldest neighborhoods, the food is cheap and the dream is worth millions. what are you going to do with 700 million bucks? >> i have tons of friends, tons of family. i'm going to spread it around and everybody is going to have a little bi

we want to check in with contessa brewer. contessa >> reporter: i just got inside of a military vehicle. it belongs to the united states armed forces museum. we're getting ready to go on a tour, we have seen long lines of traffic now, jams that are blocks and blocks long of people ready to donate supplies they were going to the back of the convention center. i'm going to ask alex -- sorry you're going to be on camera here's my producer you can see some of the people waiting to get into the convention center. they've got the barricades up to try and wind these people through because everyone who goes into the convention center has to be frisked and then they're given dry clothes and towels this is the longest line i have seen now of people trying to get into the convention center melissa, we're talking at this point well over 10,000 people. and combined with the people trying to get in and take shelter and refuge inside, you can see the people ready to donate supplies as well. so this is an ongoing situation here and, again, i

i never met anyone named contes contessa have i met anybody named wilfred?> probably not. >> not a human sounds like a cartoon. you are -- you're in sort of regal company there. it's cool. can you tell. >> i can as i have in the past couple of times i've been lucky enough to do "worldwide exchange" with contessa >> oh. i must have missed them. i was on vacation probably >> you probably were >> you know who is on today? grover super grover another cartoon. muppet in this case. grover norquist will be on as we hear that maybe some of the planets are aligning in terms of mnuchin and gary cohn and the president and congress that is always interesting to hear what's happening there. i understand a contrite president trump addressed a crowd in -- no, i heard -- he was full on president trump. we'll talk about that. the markets, once again, yesterday one of the best days we've had in the year. so the demise of the latest poll greatly exaggerated once again i think futures are weak this morning. we've got lows, we have holman jenkins, one of my favorites i take note

n contessa now, bryan.going to get her quickly here she's at the convention center, housing thousands, contessa, the center closed yesterday and no surgery or anything. a cancer pay she watient is wort a kacancer patient once you started, you have to complete it. i want to make sure his patient is not left unalert, the stories are unbelievable kcontessa >> i met several people working in the hospital physician the other day who had to be rescued by jet ski he said i really need to be at work and my home and car is under water, i have no way to get there. he was trying to configure with friends how he could get back to work and get back to his patients we are on the road, we are in an an antique humvee. we are taking a look at anybody who maybe hanging out. a signal in houston that they need to be evacuated from their homes. i am with these reservoirs over topping at this point, who knows how many more people thought they're going to be fine stayed in their homes and trying to ride it out and now because of

but first, contessa brewer is live in houston covering the business impact. jackie deangelis is in corpus christi watching the refineries, and brian sullivan is focusing on the port side of the story. we begin with brian. hey, brian >> reporter: hey, melissa. thank you very much. i can confirm that it is once again raining here the rain will just not stop. and there is nowhere for the water to go. we're south of houston, by far we're in texas city, which is where a lot of these major refiners are based let's focus on the ports because the galveston ship channel, which is the doorway to the port of houston. you literally, all the ships in houston have got to go through the galveston ship channel it is completely shut down it is not that far that way to us there is no, at least, word that we've gotten lately of when that will open. and there are many, many supertankers that are off the coast. the reason we care about the port of houston is not only because it's going to bring in needed supplies, but it's a national story, as well. according to the port bureau,

effectively everywhere between here and contessa is if not flooded some what underwater and they sentn the marines yesterday. that's a video of the marine assault amphibian battalion from galveston going north towards houston doing what they could. we spoke to major john kennedy of that battalion about their efforts. >> we're ready i think the most important part we're in the game now. i have a wife and kids at home we've been watching the water rise like everybody else just every time we think the storm is passed, it comes back and hits us again. we're here, ready to help. we can offer that flexible diverse responsive capability that i think this area needs now. >> that was yesterday. i don't think he knew how precious those comments were given what's happened in beaumont, port arthur, memphis and even new york and new jersey over the weekend this storm will go down as the greatest water and rain event in the history of the united states. >> i know earlier louisiana said it was willing to take refugees from the storm that it was willing to put them up look like that is the worst plac

contessa brewer has more for us.morning >> reporter: because of the threat of looting and other crimes, the mayor imposed a curfew, we're under it now, and that will remain until 5:00 a.m. there is no call for rain today. that will give houston a much needed break inside this shelter, the residents inside has declined, down to about 8900 residents inside the convention center on some of those may have moved over to the toyota center which has capacity for 5,000 people. and the nrg center, capacity there 10,000 people and they're asking for the supply. the houston rockets owner, leslie alexander said he is donating to $10 million to relief efforts that's money desperately needed. i saw that yesterday on a ride-along in neighborhoods northeast of houston a tiny slice of the overall massive geography that's been affected by hurricane harvey and the rains that followed. widespread flooding, desperately poor mobile home parks newly built homes in areas where the rents would be much higher under water. volunteers in boats

>> unbelievable contessa thanks thanks for that. get to walter isaacson who hopefully could hear and see most of this the ceo of the aspen institute, also vice chair of the louisiana recovery authority after hurricane katrina, and seems like yesterday, walter, doesn't it but it's been awhile but some similar -- >> actually, it was -- this is the anniversary. >> that's amazing. i didn't realize that. is that true >> absolutely. the 29th of august is burned into my mind >> this, unfortunately, the similarities, some differences, too. what's your -- in watching it play out, walter, what are your thoughts and feelings? >> well, the major difference is, but it's got to remind us, that every storm is different. that's why it's called a hurricane. in new orleans our problem was that the levees broke. not that we had a lot of rain. these were the federal levees built years ago by the corps of engineers. they collapsed so you had walls of water that killed more than 1,800 people this is a different storm. this is an enormous amount of rain t

contessa, thank you. be safe, as you make your way around houston to help show us what's happening here. let's send it over to brian sullivan he's in galveston for more hon how the refiners are being impacted by the storm. brian? >> reporter: i'm going to switch it up here, sara and wil, because it goes to what contessa was talking about. i don't know if you can see it buds on our help it's a mandatory evacuation order for dickinson, texas dickinson texas is a son of 18,000 people roughly where we werier remember all those scenes of people on the interstate being rescued by good samaritans with flat-bottom boats. we were there in the morning it's interstate 45 dickinson, texas, just getting a mandatory evacuation order that literally crossed three minutes ago. now, the question is, and i'll get to the story in just a second having been there yesterday twimpts y twice. you can't go east because there's the bay and you can't go north because interstate 45 is flooded. that's the reason they are probably issu

our contessa brewer is live with the latest contessa >> the big news we're watching right now is thathe two dams outside of houston have both overtopped they're at capacity. that put six neighborhoods at risk the message to neighborhoods, they're neighbor that's had not previously evacuated to get out now. we're just getting a notice from brazoria county. the levee at columbia lakes breached this is an hour south of houston. they're telling people to get out now. so the dams, levees are at capacity they're overflowing. they know that flooding is going to get worse we're at the convention center now where some 10,000 people are currently getting shelter. look here. we're seeing the police officers just coming in to relieve the officers who have already been on duty. this is exhausting work for everybody. and they're arriving as there are more evacuees coming in. we've seen people donating different kinds of supplies here coming in. but the situation is fluid as i said, logistically they're preparing now for more people to come in because of these levees overtopping at capacity. we've s

contessa brewer has those details for us. >>> good morning. ceo tim cook over the president's handling of charlottesville. he said the events in virginia were repulsive. he said he disagreed with comments drawing a moral equivalen equivalence. he said the company will donate $1 million to each of the southern poverty law center and the anti-defamation league. >>> separately apple may be ready going on a buying binge. it's reported that it could spend $1 billion to spend on original content. about half what hbo spends on its original programming. hbo is television. >>> amazon stock took a hit yesterday after president trump attacked the company. he tweeted amazon is doing great damage to cities and states, many jobs lost. we'll be keeping an eye on those stories here at cnbc. frances, back to you. >> contessa, thank you. >> jeff bezos also owns the washington post and we know how trump feels about the washington post. >> connect the dots there. >>> just ahead -- the hottest food on a stick at this year's texas state fair. >>> and the story abou

contessa, thank you.see but also heartwarming to see how many people are pitching in. >> absolutely. >> seeing images on social immediate ya media, rescues our contessa brewer from houston, thank you more "squawk on the street" when we come right back >>> welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm courtney reagan. markets are mixed with health care standing out as the best performing s&p 500 sector, and by a wide margin most of the gains are in biotech stocks with biogen, gilead and celgene leading the way. now down for the start of "squawk alley." >> good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. at uber headquarters in san francisco, 11:00 here on wall street. "squawk alley's" live. i'm jon fortt. welcome to "squawk alley." with me, sara eisen and mike

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i'm contessa brewer. get all your business news on cnbc. >>> and right back to our first alert radar, we are tracking a morning round of storms going through, but here is the good news. by the time you're up and out, most of this should be gone. so we're looking at two bands really of heavy rain. one just arching now right through parts of ocean county, and then another that just slicing through northeast philadelphia. notice areas like the upper suburbs, chester county, berks, lehigh valley, these areas just have spotty showers left behind and the clouds. so already some of us are seeing the heaviest rain move on out. but here is a closer look right through philadelphia and into charlie hill, bellmawr, these are areas where we have pretty steady rain falling. not getting that high of rain totals, but between 1 and 2 inches by the time this is all said and done. not going to be a shock. we go a little farther to the northeast, areas like middletown, bensalem also looking at pockets of still steady to heav

contessa brewer downtown houston and jackie deang lose and morgan brennan looking at the rising cost of harvey she is up in connecticut and angie lassman is tracking the path of the storm. right now, let's see how the markets and your money are doing in reaction with joe kernen. >> yeah, stocks are down the dow, anyway. steady this hour in a narrow range. nasdaq is actually up. apple is among the top leaders announcing a product event september 12th where it is suspected to unveil its latest iphone the big moves happening in energy following harvey's destruction. gasoline prices surging as refineries shut down for the duration of the storm, at least. let's get you caught up on the latest of harvey governor greg abbott announcing he has activated the entire texas national guard that brings the total number of deployed guardsmen roughly 12,000 12,000 new numbers out show more than 1,600 flights have been canceled because of harvey. as brian mentioned, millions under a flash flood watch. about 300,000 are without power. get back now to brian in galveston. you've been able to guess, bria

contessa brew er is in houston wh as sunshine pierce the sky as reseed businesses that could open saw an immediate boom. >> community's been benefitting. that's what we're here for. >> i'm hoping the pharmacy's open. i have some prescriptions, but didn't get a chance to get out before the storm hit. >> with limited stming te moh i asked customers to line up and take turn, in some cases, offering water and snacks for the long wait. >> i really don't need anything. i was going stir crazy, so i walked over here. probably get eggs and bread, but that's about it. >> getting those necessary supplies, the bottled water and fresh food have needed most despite flooded streets and impassable highways, takes lodgist cal genius. >> our vendors might be coming from a different location. our milk vendors might be having a different route. right now, they're working diligent ly to get us the simped wal say it's a challenge with more than 50 stores still closed and two distribution centers flooded. in galveston, customers encounter nearly empty store shelves at a kroger with a crucial supply chain cu

contessa brewer looks at what call the alt-economy. >> as the kay otherwise unfolded, daily stormer found itself in the thick of the action. it had heavily promoted the rally even offered rides of what they called the hate van, an alternative to uber, which had refused service to white supremacists. >>> now daily stormer has moved to a russian domain, as american companies moved to distance themselves, they leave a voight increasably being -- the alt-right is largely self-funded, members of the movement donate to their favorite organizations. if go fund me wos hon them, researcher will. most posting ask for legal funds for white supremacists and neo-nazis. daily storming has raced money on this site alone. you can pay with credit cards or bitcounsel. counter.fund will offer an intermediary wall, it even converts bitcoin to cash. funneled in part. it's founder told me we can't trust these companies, because they're controlled by the left. we need to build our own systems, a shadow economy. we can't rely on any of these companies. dickinson pictures counterfund as a grocery co-op with membe

contessa, thank you.a brewer in houston. >> sure. >>> hurricane harvey is having an immediate impact on gasoline prices too it could also cause a rise in jet fuel what that means for air travelers is coming up and with thousands of homes underwater, harvey may deal a blow to the mortgage industry. chief executive of a regional texas bank abo wt 's tipating on that front next. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >>> welcome back harvey may be the most expensive storm on record for the mortgage industry diana joins us now to explain. diana. >> well kelly, i spoke earlier today with the ce

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and contessa brewer is live in houston. let's go back down to contessa, again, this morning. you? good morning >> joe, we are seeing relentless rain, persistent flooding, and at least here, an incessant alarm. we're in the theater district in houston. as you can see here the flooding has taken over this particular intersection we are seeing some of these floodwaters recede but you never know where that's going to happen. you encounter an intersection, and below houston are all these underground tunnels, and areas where they have retail and shops and restaurants. look at this you can see the water now at one of these staircases, leading down to a parking garage, houston is a city underwater and we heard fema say they expected 30,000 people to need temporary shelter. among those were jacob and megan joseph we met them at the convention center among the 25 people who spent the night there at the convention center. he's a doctor. she's a speech pathologist they live in a beautiful home but they said when they had to retreat to their second story and their cars were under water th

contessa >> reporter: here's the deal, with $700 million on the line, i had to come to a place whereasn't going to get bumped and jostled out of the way here i am in the all of the glory. you you're not going to want to miss the story behind this place and why i found powerball tickets here after a quick break on cnbc. i think that she's a very nice girl... you never got the brakes looked at? oh yeah. no. at cognizant, we're helping today's leading manufacturers make things that think and do automatically. imagine that, a world of new digital products and services all working together for you. can i borrow the car when it's back? get ready, because we're helping leading companies see it- and see it through-with digital. >>> welcome back to "power lunch. you've got to be in it to win it lottery players are going to get a shot at the second largest jackpot in u.s. history. $700 million up for grabs in tonight's "power lunch" draw contessa brewer is at a diver bar in new york city >> reporter: this is a special place, one of the oldest dive bars in one of the oldest neighborhoods in new

in corpus christi near where harvey made landfall, galveston, of course, but we begin with contessa brewer in houston. >> reporter: houston is dealing with persistent flooding and relentless rain now measured in feet rather than mere inches. all the while officials are grappling with families still begging with the need to be rescued. on boats, by helicopter, even being carried. thousands of people were rescued from rising waters. >> 5:00 in morning we started to get water inside the house. it kept creeping up and finally there was about 3 feet. >> reporter: jacob and meagan joseph watched water intrude on their beautiful home and overtake their cars. >> got us to the midway point, this church in bel-air, then had hpd bring us in a high volume, high-water vehicle to bring us here. >> reporter: at the convention center they found shelter and a place to sit. by day's end, they were joined by thousands more. babies and the elderly. the disabled and small students missing out on the first day of school. >> it was damage in the flood so we had to walk through water. they took us to the library.

with your cnbc morning business report, i'm contessa brewer. >> contessa, thank you. >>> the chance torink a freshly brewed pint of guinness is one step closer to reality. hooray beer lovers. we've been telling you about the plans to open the u.s.'s only guinness brewery up 95. now it's license. the $50 million project won't be too far from bwi marshall once it's complete. it will be based off a brewery in dublin which serves as a test kitchen for projects it's not clear when it will be open for business. guinness lovers talk about it being a meal. apparently in ireland they gave to to kids because it was so fortifying. that's what i hear. >> makes sense. more than 300,000 people are expected to visit this each year. we'll keep an eye on that for sure. >>> next at 6:00 a.m., countdown to the eclipse. we're all excited about this and working for you to separate the facts from fiction. >> eye protection is a big deal during the eclipse. we're clearing up the myths about safety and we each have tips for pet owners. >> reporter: debate on the future of confederate memorials in virginia con

let's ask contessa brewer. >> hi, there.wall street could take a breather today with the markets poised to pull back at the open, following the milestone for the dow yesterday. asian and european markets are in the red today. investors will get several economic reports this morning, including on manufacturing, unemployment, and the nation's services sector. you can watch shares of tesla today. the electric carmaker reported a big quarterly loss last night but revenues topped wall street's forecasts. tesla says orders for its older cars, the model "s" and model "x," are picking up even as customers await the new and cheaper model 3. however, tesla's burning through cash as it ramps up production. >>> and verizon has launched a new rewards program called up, but there's a catch here. reports say when customers sign up, they're also enrolled in a personalized app program that tracks data including browsing habits and device location, private information for a lot of folks. verizon then turns around and shares that information w

our contessa brewer has more on that story contessa >> reporter: wilfred, paypal, godaddy, those areust some of the companies who grabbed headlines for ending service to alt-right groups daily stormer is well-known in alt-right circles. it participated in the charlottesville rally setting up the hate ban as the alternative to uber. its web host godaddy prompted and ended the service. google did the same thing. today daily stormer moved to a russian domain when youtube changed the compensation structure, many went to patreon in order to get paid this summer patreon kicked off lauren sumner. enter patreon who specializes in controversial offerings and then get paid for it. counter.fund will provide an intermediary to paypal credit cards and turn bit coins into cash for a fee to help fund the alt-right movement gab launched their social media service as an alternative to facebook and twitter cracking down on hate speech. though gab has been rejected by the app store nine times, it's raised more than half a million in just the last 36 days it has more than 200,000 users worldwide. but do

we'll keep on top of this throughout the day sara, back to you. >> contessa, i'm wondering, as we'retarting to see patches of sunlight at times in the area, is there the sense that the wor worst is over? people are able to get the supplies they need, and perhaps in some areas that we are very much into the recovery phase today? >> reporter: in some areas that's the key phrase. because in other areas, we were out there and the water was high, i watched it receding, but in those places, they are going to see drying out, but then there's the issue of getting debris off the roads and in many places in the middle of the road, even if the floodwaters recede, you've got disabled vehicles that were stranded at the height of the storm that still need to be moved so people have access. so this is one slice, sara >> no, we can see it in your face and hear it in the voice that the focus has turned a bit to recovery and luckily the businesses are opening so hopefully people can get what they need. contessa brewer, thank you >>> still to come on the show, warren buffett just speaking out on the ai

brewer is live in columbia contessa, what's going on?lot of people have gone down there to see this >> reporter: yeah, this place is packed they're calling this event a total eclipse of the park. get it ballpark maybe i should have said that, ♪ a total eclipse of the park so they think this is going to be record-breaking ticket sales. the place holds 10,000 people. they said by this morning, they were at, oh, roughly 9,300 ticket sales so now we're talking about not counting even the people who are walking up this place is going to be jamming. and we're not just talking about the fact that ticket sales are skyrocketing, merchandise sales are skyrocketing, as well. take, for instance this jersey these are being auctioned off, the top bid right now, $1,500. it's a lot of money for a jersey cory, it's a lot of money, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: and it turns out that the whole state as well, is sold out we're talking about air b&b saying its biggest weekend ever here all 27 state campgrounds within the path of totality are fully booked hote

now to contessa brewer in houston where some businesses are starting to reopen contessa >> reporter: yeah, and the businesses that are reopening are seeing a lot of people lining up for their services we're at the walmart now south of houston, a packed parking lot here, steady line of traffic then look at the line of customers waiting out in the hot sun, waiting to get inside first day of sunshine so probably a lot of people are grateful for this opportunity to be out in it and feeling it. if we go inside, the first department customers are hitting, grocery of course, as we walk inside you'll see here there's lots of choices for fresh fruit, even though the supply chain has been all but shut down for days on end. then look over here, pallets of water. what we've been told by walmart, more than 1,000 trucks have been sent out through the distribution centers, more than 900 of those with bottled water alone for walmart and sam's clubs and lots of shelters including the convention center. we talked to the manager about how he's going to provide the supplies that the things people need i

contessa brewer is live in columbia, south carolina what do you have coming up, contessa. >> all eyesn the skies and it's not just because of the eclipse. everybody is wondering whether the clouds will move out and give us a clear view a million people converging on the state of south carolina and no lie, a warning about lizard men. >>> an uncertain forecast is clouding eclipse excitement in columbia, south carolina contessa brewer is there and she joins us now with more hey, contessa. >> reporter: listen, i want to be the bearer of good news, okay the forecast is improving. we're down now to a 15% chance of rain this afternoon and lots of clouds in the sky according to the weather channel that might actually interfere with our ability to see the eclipse in columbia. apparently eclipse tourists were not taking that into consideration when they booked their travel here to columbia, because flights sold out a 254% increase in flight searches according to cheapflights.com hotels here at 100% occupancy. airbnb says this is going to be its biggest weekend ever in this state. in columbia, i

contessa >> i'll tell you what.t's taking logistical mastery hear, turning a convention center into a city housing 10,000 people. we continue to see them streaming in through this door they get padded down and immediately funneled over who are where there's a supply of dry clothing, towels most people are coming in, soaked to the bone then they're sheltered after they get dried clothes over here to the registration and finally into the dormitories here. we're told that they're now bringing in portapotties, portable showers these devices that are now people's only convection to the outside. at&t and verizon are coming in, setting up charging stations so people can be in communication with loved ones. i asked representative about potential for a government shutdown she told me that's not an option and she expects a bipartisan agreement moving forward and so then i said to her, what about the local businesses what about the communities and the corporations here in houston? here is what she told me. >> do you have any m

thank you so much for that update please stay safe contessa brewer of cnbc. as authorities and businesses continue to battle the impact of tropical storm harvey, phil lebeau reports on the impact to the airlines and auto industries >> while hurricane harvey has hit a number of businesses hard, two industries are going to find this week to be long they try to get up and running the auto industry. some auto dealerships in the houston area that look like this, the cars completely under water. we should point out of the 500 dealers in the houston area, many of them were able to move their vehicles to higher ground where they are not impacted by the floodwaters. sfi still, there are some who are facing catastrophic losses for the airlines, houston international is completely shut down until thursday afternoon and houston hobby is closed until further notice that impacts united airlines an southwest airlines which have a large presence there they say they are ready to resume flights once they are up and running but that may take several days >>> in other news, spec

contessa, if you can hear me, get ready for more rain. it is supposed to rain all day let's get back to the story of the refiners it is hard to know when you say rain, seema, 10% would below. there are reports as high as 27%. if the rain continues and swings to the east to port arthur and beaumont where there are four more big refineries, it could go as high as 30% of u.s. refinery capacity that is taken offline the reason we don't know the exact number is a lot of the companies haven't given it or they don't know a firm statement and they are trying to evaluate. it takes people to evaluate and people can't get to where they are going. when you are trying to save your family or your home, you are probably not thinking about going to your job at the refinery labor is going to be a big issue. barclay's addressed that this morning. they are focused on the business issue as well. that's what they do and that's what we do what barclays was saying was that there are fewer electrical outages now than there were in 2005 and 2008 and other big sto

i'm contessa brewer. get all your business news on cnbc. >>> 7:26 this morning. we're following developments in a deadly hit-and-run in center city. aundrea cline-thomas is working to get new information. aundrea. >> reporter: because a surveillance video, ted, police are actively searching for a jeep wrangler. we're going to have more on the efforts to track down the driver coming up. >> today, dry air and scattered clouds. tomorrow, a warm front and moisture means stormy weather for monday. we'll track it out coming up. here's a live view looking down broad street in center city where things are dry. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract wi

i'm contessa brewer. get all your business news on cnbc. >>> right back to first alert radar, what we see here is the heaviest rain has moved out to sea. we still have some scattered storms that are lingering along the shore line and for the rest of us, just some spotty showers. lehigh valley, berks county are starting to clear a bit. the sun trying to break through the clouds. this will turn into a very nice day ahead. we just have to get rid of the rest of the rain that really pounded us overnight. so we're starting to look at philadelphia, into del co and we have spotty showers out there like in east white land, norristown and abington. sprinkles still falling across parts of the suburbs. that continues as we stretch into burlington county, too. even up to trenton and mercer, looking at light to steady rain falling. the heaviest rain now sits along the shore line, so ship bottom down to beach haven right to atlantic city and ocean city, you do see some of the more steady rain and heavy rain falling. be

i'm contessa brewer.s on cnbc. >>> this is over center city and you can see that the picture is getting more bright. clouds have not broke yet, but they will. so right now we just have cloudy conditions across the entire area. notice the clouds are starting to thin a bit over southern delaware and along chester county, brooks county and into the poconos because the cold front continuing to move to east and it's pulling that moisture with it. so we're going to have much drier air force in and allow the clouds to start breaking apart. that means a lot more sunshine, you can see where the dry air is now and how close it is getting to us. so it will not be much longer before you start to notice sunshine outside your window. and that goes for all our neighborhoods. hour by hour model here, it looks like the model indicating lingering showers over cape may, but we're all pretty much dry. and there goes clouds by around 10:00 a.m. to noon. by noon, most of us seeing sunshine. i think we could still see a few hig

. >>> we have full team coverage of this rapidly unfolding situation, contessa brewer is standing by in houston brian sullivan live on the gulf coast in galveston, texas, first, let's begin with nbc meteorologist angie last man and the latest forecast. >> a dire situation unfolding, continuing to unfold in texas, not changing any time soon notice as we track harvey, it is in the same spot we will watch it continue to meander, tries to make it into the gulf for awhile, making landfall yet again, continuing to be a tropical storm as far as rainfall amounts go overnight tonight or overnight last night, we continued to see a feeder band moving into areas of beaumont, texas good news for houston. still plenty of flooding there, folks having trouble with this we're watching most heavy rain move into beaumont we see tornado warnings and watches continuing and flash flood watches and warnings will continue as well we take a look at where the current totals are as far as rainfall amounts, notice we continue to be watching for over 30 inches in houston, galveston is not far behind with 27 inch

contessa brewer filed this report from houston where businesses slowly reopened their doors to customers >> reporter: as sunshine pierced the sky and floodwaters receded businesses that could open saw an immediate boom. >> community needs to come in, get basic necessities, that's what we're here for. >> i'm hoping the pharmacy is open >> reporter: with limited staff and overwhelming demand, stores asked customers to line up and take turns, in some cases offering water and snacks for the long wait. >> i really don't need anything, i was going stir crazy, i walked over here. probably get some eggs and bread. that's about it. >> reporter: getting those necessary supplies of bottled water and fresh food to the people who need it most despite flooded streets and impassable highways takes logistical genius >> our bread vendors have different routes, our milk vendors have different routes. >> reporter: walmart says it is a challenge with more than 50 stores still closed and two distribution centers flooded in galveston customers encountered nearly empty store shelves at a kroger grocery with a

i'm contessa brewer. all your business news on cnbc. >> beautiful sunday so far, and i think a lot of folks, if they have outdoor plans, are really going to be enjoying this. >> the cookout or the birthday party, all clear. today looks like such a good forecast, but we're going to pay for it on monday. seriously heavy rain possible in the forecast. let's start with good conditions and then get to the bad stuff. wilmington, delaware, a mix of clouds and sunshine overhead. fr frawley stadium, and this is the picture throughout the day where you're not going to have the perfect blue sky, but you also don't have the rain and cloudiness that would indicate the gray, gloomy day. instead, a pretty bright picture out there. here's a look at our first alert radar and satellite view. the gray color across the board, that's the cloud coverage moving by. we do have these high level clouds. they may spin a little in the afternoon, which is why i'm saying it's a mix of clouds and sun for the rest of today. overall, you

i'm contessa brewer. get all your business news on n cnbc. >> all right, we're going to begin right back to radar for tropical storm harvey. you can see the heaviest rain right over houston, stretching down to the galveston area. this is the area likely throughout today to see the most devastation. the threats yesterday were strong winds and storm surge as harvey made landfall. now and for the next several days straight, the flooding concerns due to the heavy rain expected. on top of that, several tornado warnings have been in place all night long and more are coming to be. this is a very dangerous situation over parts of southeast texas. take a look at the radar estimated rain totals so far. these areas in gray, that's where the arm bands have been dumping the most rain. look at this estimation, around 20 inches for galveston. 13 inches to the north of houston. for the south of houston, also around 20 inches. 15 near bryan, texas, and jest to the east of austin, also about 22 inches. this is just so far,

our contessa brewer is in new york with the details.ssa >> reporter: sarah, i'm at one of the oldest dive bars in one of the oldest neighborhoods in manhattan. the beer here is served in styrofoam and the powerball is self-serve with $700 million on the line, i probably found the only machine in this city that doesn't have a long line lee's the manager. what do you get out of having a machine inside the bar >> we really only get 5 cents to the dollar, so we're not breaking the bank, but really, it's for the people. >> people come here. go ahead go ahead you want your ticket get your ticket. here it is, $700 million, a 1 in 292 million-dollar chance -- not "dollar chance," a 292 million chance sarah, those aren't good odds. >> 1 out of 292 doesn't sound that bad for me. for the second largest jackpot in history >> yes, we were just discussing how good those odds really are john's going to have lincoln reid hoffman and tim o'reilly at 4:00 let's get to wapner and the half >> and welcome to the "halftime report." i'm scott wapner our top t

with your cnbc mng report, i'm contessa brewer. >>> safety experts want to make sure you buckle up in the backseat. >> they've released dramatic new video to show you what can happen if you don't. >> reporter: to illustrate the pear perils of passengers not wearing seat belts in the backseat, they released graphic video this morning of showing what happens at 35 miles an hour. >> the rear seat passenger flies forward in the crash, hitting the back of the driver's seat, pushing the driver into the seat belt and the steering wheel. >> reporter: the institute says drivers are twice as likely to be fatally injured when an unbuckled rear seat passenger comes flying forward. >> when you don't buckle up in the backseat, it puts not only yourself at risk but it also puts other people in the vehicle at risk. >> reporter: an institute survey of about 1,200 people also found many of us don't buckle up in the even when we're taking a taxi or an uber or lyft. >> more than 50% of the people who die each year in the rear seat are unbuckled and that number would drop dramatically if people buckled up

i'm contessa brewer. get all your business news on cnbc. >>> take a look at this live view outside in philadelphia. gorgeous shot. the sunrise so nice and reflecting that beautiful sun off the clouds overhead. a mix of clouds and sunshine in the forecast for today. so not a completely blue sky, but still very beautiful conditions out there for our sunday. on our radar and satellite view, really not much to pick up on. radar picking up these blips of green. i don't think it's rain making it to ground, but we have scattered clouds and we're going to keep the scatters clouds throughout today. we look at the wide scale, rain way to the west of us heading our direction for tomorrow, but today's conditions, very nice. 82 in center city, and 81 in somerton. upper 70s to low 80s over the pennsylvania suburbs and in the lehigh valley, same, upper 70s to low 80s, areas like allentown right at 80 degrees. partly cloudy skies today. again, that's a mick of some scattered clouds with plenty of sunshine too. looking at

let's get to contessa brewer, the late rest on the terror attack in barcelona. >> we're just learninghat u.s. law enforcement has been talking to spanish law enforcement who have identified a suspect link to the van rental used in that attack. we don't know if he's the attacker, but at this point one of two people detained by spanish authorities. right now the latest numbers, 12 dead that's an update at least 80 injured come from the catalon ministry and people urged to stay out of the public square and police are confirming that a driver hit two officers at a checkpoint in barcelona we're waiting to hear if that was connect asked, but, of course, these vehicle attacks have become a weapon of choice for terrorists throughout europe we'll keep our eye on it as we get new developments. >> contessa, thank you contessa brewer. >> we'll also get another check on state of retail gap is expected to report its results and we'll get instant analysis could an exit of gary cohn lead to a potential even bigger selloff? we'll have more on that after this whoooo. going somewhere? here's some advice

first we want to contessa brewer. from your vantage point. >> well, the rain continues to pour down. in fact, we saw torrential rain overnight with flash flood warnings coming through. tornado warnings. now the release of water from two houston dams which will add to the concerns here. >> this is the theater district. that's the hard rock cafe guitar you see swirling over my shoulder. flooded. the asquare yum down here. this is a five-star hotel called the lancaster. a historic hotel in downtown houston. it now has water leaking into its lobby. all of this to say that people around here can find spots of dry land, but getting around houston is nearly impossible. we only found one thoroughfare to come in, and at the convention center they are opening their arms wide. 1,000 cots ready to accept people. we saw busloads of families coming in yesterday to drop them. by the way, just getting into houston at this point. we had to go around a herd of cows that were being driven through the center of dayton, texas, to higher g

contessa brewer is in columbia, south carolina and jane wells joins us as well but first to contessa.porter: people are reacting now by leaving i can still see the sun partially occluded here. it's still a crescent as the moon moves out of its path and people are like, okay, been there, done that it's hot outside, feels like it's 15, 98 degrees with the humidity so there's been a lot of people taking a move on, but i'll tell you what people paid a premium to be here i talked to people who have driven down from new york and people who drove over from macon, j., ageorgia and all of were paying a higher price for hotels, airbnbs ten times what they were normally going for in august and we were wondering if the clouds were going to occlude, eclipse the eclipse and turns out we had the most beautiful clear shot and a wild cheer and gasps of awe in the crowd. it was a magical experience. one of the young people, 16-year-old told me, my history says you know history when you're in it, and that's the way a lot of people felt out here, kelly. >> contessa, i'll take it. jane wells is out in ore

contessa, good morning it's great to see you. >> reporter: becky, thank you.'m at bush airport in houston which has reopened this morning. it actually opened late yesterday afternoon, but for very limited service here's the problem they're telling people if you've not been contacted by your airline, do not come to the airport. when i'm talking limited service, i'm looking up here at the united board this is a big hub for united cancelled, cancelled, cancelled. i see a few flights that are on schedule to places like los angeles, denver, chicago even the flight to newark, which is another one of united's big hubs, cancelled at this point. but a lot of people didn't get that message they have been stuck here for days and they're showing up at the airport anyway like mom with two sons who i met early this morning >> no one was here it was empty it was like a ghost town so i'm just curious to see what's going on because when you look up on the boards everything says cancelled, cancelled, cancelled. >> reporter: she thinks she's going to norfolk, virginia she's been