an evacuation order in crosby, texas.morning, president trump and his national security team sending out mixed messages about north korea. trump suggested it is close but defense secretary mattis of the u.s. is never out of diplomatic options. no mixed message on this. two u.s. nuclear-capable bombers conducted a joint operation with air force personnel today over the korean could do. the u.s. connected to airstrikes yesterday with hundreds of islamic state militants from relocating to a stronghold in the area near the border with iraq. militants were evacuated from the lebanese syrian border. the french magazine charlie had still has taken a lot of -- january 2015, the headquarters in paris protest mohammed. that is what is happening now. lauren: what an image. that is disgusting. headed into the worst two-month of the year in the market sending out warning signals. our investors listening to them? chief market strategist at wunderlich securities. what are these warning signals you see? >> it's hard to really get a clear

kenneth craig is live from crosby, texas, where it happened . >> reporter: there are roadblocks all over this community to keep people away from this plant. one of them just down the road here, where deputies are telling people to turn around. flames were still burning this morning at a disabled chemical plant in crosby, texas, after two overnight explosions. flooding from tropical storm harvey knocked out refrigeration units that were cooling volatile chemicals. >> we had heard some popping noise coming from the area. then gray smoke, followed by fire. >> reporter: the plant had been evacuated earlier in the week but 15 first responders on the scene this morning were treated for smoke inhalation. >> we believe the smoke is a nontoxic irritant. >> reporter: authorities set up a mile and a half evacuation zone around the facility yesterday. they insist residents here not in any danger but admit more explosions are possible. >> we're concerned about the fumes. >> reporter: harvey is gone but left behind a growing crisis in east texas. with most of port arthur under water, rescue crews are

can we show crosby, texas on a map please? part of harris county. that's kind of a wide map there but you get the point. you can take that down. that's not much help. crosby, texas is in harris the name of the plant, it's run by a company called arkema. it's a french company, a chemical company head quartered near paris in terms of global headquarters. u.s. headquarters are in but in crosby, texas, they operate a relatively small plant there. according to arkema's website it peroxides produces organic quality per rocks sides, used to make acrylic resins and other plastics. goes into the manufacturing of pvc. the plant in crosby, texas has 57 employees when it is fully staffed. they've been rating at a skeleton crew since the storm and their plant in crosby, texas lost power in the storm like everybody did. they planned ahead for that eventuality. on site they had backup generators to keep the plant powered. on sunday the backup generators got swamped and that turned off the backup power as well. they've had no power source of any kind since sunday.

crosby is where the arkima chemical plant is. it employs about 57 people. it's a small plant. the plant produces organic peroxides for use in plastics. the plant lost power in the storm like everybody did. they planned ahead for that. they had backup generators on site even after central power was lost. unfortunately this weekend, their backup generators also got swamped. they had no power source of any kind since this weekend at that chemical plant. after the backup generators got swamped, they went to plan c. the company moved the chemicals they had on site into refrigerated containers. where the refrigeration was powered by diesel engines. but those diesel-powered refrigerated containers, those containers got compromised by the rising water as well. and so now the crisis for little crosby, texas, is not just that it's under chest-deep water, the crisis in crosby, texas, includes the fact that at that plant, where they've lost the ability to keep the chemicals refrigerated, they're expecting an explosion now. because the chemicals they use there to produce liquid organic per

whatever actions are being taken, crosby remains critical. >> i can't stop it. the judicial system, our legislators can stop it. prosecutions can stop it. >> reporter: reporting from oxnard, abc 7 news. >>> a new app is allowing the blind and visually impaired to hear and feel next week's total solar eclipse. a solar astrophysicist at harvard has the eclipse sound scapes, as the eclipse moves across the moon, it releases audio descriptions to match the progress of the eclipse. they can also feel vibrations on their cell phone. right now, the app is only available for apple devices, but work is under way on an an troid version as well. >>> now, your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >>> we'll get to the forecast in just a moment. but what is also cool is our weather, with all the cloud cover. average high for livermore, 87 degrees this time of year. you're not going to make it to even average tomorrow. 80 degrees. you'll have to wait until the end of the work week where temperatures are back up where they should be this time of year or a little bit warmer

right now you're looking at live footage from crosby, texas. >> that's where we're following breaking news. two explosions have been reported at a flooded chemical plant in crosby about 25 miles from houston. more than 1 million people around that area could be impacted. but also knew, there have been at least 28 storm-related deaths. many permanent still missing. and the city of beaumont, texas, has lost its water supply. the main pump station is out all because of flooding. later today, vice president pence and other secretaries will be surveying that damage. >> we're on the scene with this report. >> joo i'm in crosby, texas, where we know there have been two explosions that the chemical plant according to plant's owner. we also know there's been a large, black plume of smoke, i saw is it myself earlier this morning. police and firefighters have pushed us back to a safe distance. they've blocked off the highway that leads to the plant right now. i can also tell you that ten deputies were complaining of dizziness and headaches, and so they were sent to the hospital. niec nine of the

flames burning through this flooded arkema chemical plant in crosby. two explosions already, and no way to stop any more. overnight smoke fumes sending fifteen sheriff's deputies to the hospital. worried residents here are getting mixed messages from the alth?es it mean for people's >> what does it mean for people's health? you don't want to stand in smoke, do you? so the sheriff says it's like a campfire. >> reporter: so the things burning there are no more dangerous than a campfire? >> i did not say that, sir. you don't want to inhale smoke. that's plain and simple. >> reporter: but from fema, the message was more alarming. >> the plume is incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: the chemicals used to make plastics are only stable if kept cold. this demonstration shows what happens if they're not. floodwater, the plant lost all power, killing the cooling system. when arkema alerted authorities an explosion was likely, they evacuated everyone within a mile and a half. others nearby tell us they are ready to go. >> i am packed to leave. >> i'm worried and i'

live picture out of crosby, texas.see some of that smoke coming up from the smoldering chemicals. you heard the sheriff of harris county say 20 minutes ago he believes that these are nontoxic irritants but the president of that company did not go that far in a news conference with reporters that you also saw here. all the deputies who had been taken to the hospital, who had gone to the hospital after inhaling the smoke have now been released. people have been evacuated from within about a mile and a half radius from this area. we are watching this very closely and also getting word that vice president mike pence will be landing in texas in about the next hour or so. he will be meeting with victims, the damage and devastation there, along with members of the cabinet including rick perry, secretary of energy and former governor of texas. in the last couple of minutes he spoke with reporters on that plane and says, yes, gas prices are going to go up because of this supply issue, from what's happening in texas. he believes

hillary vaughn is live in crosby, texas. hillary, the bigger question is can you smell anything because that particular chemical is known to be dangerous if you inhale it? reporter: cheryl, we can't smell or really see anything from where we are here at the local crosby fire department but what i can tell you is that officials have compared this fire to kind of inhaling the fumes of a campfire but in this case this campfire prompted the mass evacuations of residents all living within a a 1.5-mile radi. 15 deputies inhaling the fumes have been hospitalized. they have since been release and all are okay but officials are insisting these toxins and chemicals are not going airborne. they say the chemicals are interacting with each other when the temperature heats up. it spark as fire and burns off. but at this point they're saying no one here is at risk. here why this happened. because the chemical plant flooded. six feet of water. the plant lost power and their backup generators failed. then they had a backup to that, liquid ni

residents in crosby, texas, are being evacuated amid concerns a chemical factory damaged by harvey couldxplode. on tuesday, the world meteorological organization spokesperson claire nellis explained how harvey's devastation is linked to climate change. >> what i think we can say is that the fact that we do have climate change, our atmosphere is warmer and contains more moisture. it means when we have a hurricane or tropical cyclone like this, then when an event does occur, climate change does very likely increase the associated rainfall. that climate change per se does not cause tropical cyclones. amy: harvey is the third 500-year f flood to hit t houstn the lasthrhree years.. by the timime it is finally over the storm may be characterized as a once in a thousand year flood. thousands of national guardsmen have been mobilized to rescue stranded residents. mexico has also offered to assist in the disaster response, -- response. deadly extreme weather fueled by climate change continues worldwide. in mumbai, india, at least six people, including two toddlers, died in flash flooding caused b

residents were evacuated from the nearbyby town of c crosby. some authorities have warned that the public could be exposed to hazardous fumeses. the plant operator isis urging cautution. >> what we have is a fire. when you havave a fire, sometets you haveve incomplete combustnn and smoke. any smoke is going to be an irritant to your eyes, lungs or potentially your skin. ifif you are expxposed to to th, we are encouraging anyone to call their doctor or to seek medical advice. >> one local resident is w worrd about elderly neighbors. lisa told her it is too dangerous to check -- police have told her it is too dentist to check on the couple. >> -- too dangerous to check on the couple. i cannot reach them. i just want to make sure that they are ok. >> the floodwaters are slowly receding. hundreds have been pulled to safety by helicopter. in the city of rockport, inspiring words from the vice president, mike pence. >> we are with you. the american people are with you. we are here today, we will be here tomorrow, and we will be here every day until t

the crosby fire department initiated that rescue.morning or later this morning somewhere after daylight and remember it to be somewhere around 7:00 a.m. or 8:00 a.m., the members that were work do you think at the eo contraction had a conference call with arkema corporate offices and think asked for a complete evacuation of the plant. shortly after that, an hour or so later, department of homeland security infrastructure protection contacted myself and chief reed with the harris county fire marshal's office and others. we had an extensive conference call and talked about what was going on out at arkema. since that time, we developed a plan with the crosby fire department who is the incident commander on this incident. and we decided that we would invoke a safety zone around the plant which has been done. we established that isolation perimeter at 1.5-mile radius. after we established that evacuation zone, the crosby fire department, local law enforcement, and other agencies that are working the flooding event here in harris county we

that's in crosby, texas. approximately 2:00 a.m. houston time, alkema.tified of explosions and black smoke coming from the plant in crosby, according to a statement from arkema. one deputy taken to the hospital after inhaling fumes from the plant. nine others drove themselves to the hospital as a precaution. this is according to the harris sheriff's office. we reported earlier an evacuation was ordered a mile and a half surrounding this arkema chemical plant. this is a live picture of the roadblock. so no one can get near the plant. they had expected to explode. officials from the chemical plant said there was really no way to prevent that. >>> in other news, the president quickly changing his tone after coming under fire for failing to focus on storm victims during his texas visit. he tweeted yesterday, "after witnessing firsthand the horrors and devastation by hurricane harvey, my heart goes out to even -- more so to the great people of texas." >> later in missouri for a speech on tax reform, the president kept his focus on people hit by the storm. vic

a disabled chemical plant in crosby, texas. after two overnight explosions. flooding from tropical storm harvey knocked out refrigeration units that were cooling volatile chemicals. >> we heard some popping noise coming from that area. then gray smoke, followed by a fire. >> reporter: the plant had been evacuated earlier in the week but 15 first responders on the scene this morning were treated for smoke inhalation. >> we believe the smoke is a nontoxic irritant. >> reporter: authorities set up a mile and a half evacuation zone around the facility yesterday. they insist residents here are not in any danger. but admit more explosions are possible. >> so far, what has happened is going to happen. >> reporter: harvey has finally left the area, but has left behind a growing crisis in east texas. the city of bowmont lost its water supply overnight. and is beginning to evacuate one hospital. and the city of port arthur still mostly underwater. >> if you call 911 and we haven't gotten there yet, we are on the way. >> reporter: port ar

>> reporter: jacob rascon, nbc news, crosby, texas. >>> i'm miguel almaguer. in beaumont, a state of emergency is taking on new urgency. >> the sickest ones will go first. >> reporter: at a hospital, those already in need are being rushed out. surrounded by water, this hospital has no clean water. the place people turn >> she's a dialysis patient, and they don't have any water here to dialyze her. >> reporter: nursing homes across the area like this one in port arthur, evacuated. nearly 3,000 residents from more than a hundred long-term care facilities have been saved. a prayer for help answered. so many have lost so much, and it's unclear how many are still missing. rescuers continue to go door to door and are on rooftops breaking into homes where people may be trapped. yesterday, we were there when demeka singleton and her family were hoisted to safety. >> please, somebody go get my mama out of there. >> reporter: they did. >> i thought i was going to die. i really thought i was going to drown. everything in my house was floating. >> reporter: 68-year-old el

the crosby fire department initiated that rescue.g for later that morning, somewhere after daylight around 7:00 a.m. or 8:00 a.m., the number is down to where working at a they asked for a complete evaluation. >> when the ark among people of the plant in texas, the chemical plant. when they get on to make their stay bankable will go back to the press conference because i want to hear what they are going to stay. we'll keep it on the screen when they come on because they had bad an explosion is inevitable. we've got to get that is. left-hand side of the screen, the rescue operation continues. you'll be seeing that throughout our program. it is not over just because the sun is shining in houston. they are rising and people are still in need of inner being rescued. the dow industrial average despite all this is up 78, 79 points. 21,972. only 150 points away from an all-time record high of the dow industrials. why is that? we've had some pretty strong economic news. 3% growth on an annualized basis. this morning we found 237,000. >> the

. >>> early this morning there were at least two explosions at a flooded chemical plant in crosby, texas. several people are being treated after inhaling fumes near the plant. the immediate area around that facility has been evacuated. >> at least 32,000 people have packed into shelters, most of them in the houston area. the death toll now tops 30, but that number is expected to rise. this morning, firefighters will begin going door to door searching for victims. >>> and at this hour new mandatory evacuations have also been issued near an aging reservoir. the water level in the 79-year-old barker reservoir is rising. >> there are now fears that it may collapse. abc's maggie rulli continues our live coverage from houston. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. harvey is now moving inland as that tropical depression where it's expected to drop another 8 inches of rain on top of tennessee and kentucky, and while it's no longer raining here in texas, unfortunately, the worst may be far from over as it's estimated the storm may have damaged as many as 100,000 homes

law enforcement keeping people away, this is 30 miles northeast of houston near a small town called crosby, that is going to be a story unfolding. we believe at this hour most of the residents, folks in that area where pre-evacuated, moved out of the way. we will learn from the press conference scheduled for 9 am local, that may be coming sooner to ease fears, harris county officials in that area, we will be following this all morning and there is an additional story playing out just south of the barker reservoir in houston, if you look behind me versus canyon ranch, you see the water up very high, people trying to get out, but office of emergency management issued a new mandatory evacuation, this gentleman, connor, what happened? >> i woke up to in email saying we were mandatory evacuation. >> what are you going to do? >> i was thinking of getting out and staying in my at's house? >> are you alarmed that here we are in a big city, you are being evacuated because of the reservoir situation, the reservoirs are overflowing, it will be several weeks, does this concern you? are you thinking of

during the first hour of "happening now" we spoke to one "houston chronicle" reporter on the ground in crosby who told us there is a lot of confusion about the danger coming from that plant. >> the primary danger that officials in the company are more do not warning about is the explosion from the fire, there's a lot of confusion -- a lack of clarity on how dangerous any type of smoke or release from the chemicals from the explosion and fire. >> molly: we have live fox news team coverage, we begin with griff jenkins and houston where people are still reeling from the effects of this powerful storm, authorities now escorting residents back to their homes to rescue some of their pets. >> that's right, we are here in the south bend counties neighborhood just south of the barker reservoir, suffering from the flooding. unfortunately this flooding, these people can expect to experience this for the next 4-5 weeks, there is a mandatory evacuation here overnight and they went through early this morning making sure there were no humans inside. now the sheriff is going and taking people and escorting t

we are here in crosby, texas and we have a chemical plant here east of crosby called arkema, and they manufacture organic -- both refridge rated version, different rates and kinds and nonrefridge ated peroxides. it lost power on sunday. we first were informed of it at the county eoc where we were in full disaster operations. at about early in the morning, somewhere around 2:00 a.m. on tuesday when we received a request for a water rescue at the plant. we launched a rescue effort through the crosby fire department here locally and in the next morning, that morning later in the morning we -- the county officials got on a conference call with arkema to find out what was going on. so since then things have been in kind of a monitor mode. we had established a 1.5 mile radius of safety zone around the plant. and it had about 4 to 6 feet of water in the plant and evacuated and plant had been shut down. then we learned that the re f j refridge rated peroxides had been stored on the site. and three of them had lost refrigeration because of inundation of water in the fuel tanks. we've been moni

the crosby fire department initiated that rescue.he next morning or later that morning, somewhere after daylight and i remember it to be somewhere around 7:00 or 8:00 a.m. rk the members that were working down at the elc had a conference call with the plant corporate officers and they asked for a complete evacuation of the plant. shortly after that, an hour or so later, department of homeland security infrastructure protection contacted myself and chief reed with the fire marshalls office and others and we had extensive conference call and talked about what was going on out at the plant. since that time, we developed a plan with the crosby fire department, who is the incident commander on this incident. and we decided that we would invoke a safety zone around the plant, which has been done. we established that isolation perimeter at 1.5 mile radius. after we established that evacuation zone, the crosby fire department, local law enforcement and other agency that is are working to flooding event here in harris county, went door to doo

we are live in crosby, texas with more details on that. paul? >> reporter: fred, let's give you a perspective from neighbors of the plant. we talked to a man who did not want to give his last name. he said he was told by the plant, some of the chillers, the containers that had these chemicals were no longer working. as the plant explained, these containers, the chillers, the chemicals where they are not refrigerated decompose and then, at one point, they will ignite or catch fire. that's what happened in the early morning hours. there are many containers that have not ignited. this leads to run its course. back to the neighbors. this neighbor said he was out helping rescue people. he's out rescuing people in his boat. he had done so all week long. he helped a man trapped in his car. next thing, the coast guard is telling people who live near or behind the plant to get out. he's able to get out two horses, he had to leave two behind. he's fearful they will be in trouble without water and food. that's the misery index they are going through here.

the plant in crosby, texas lost power because of flooding from harvey. now people in the area are being told to evacuate. this is new video of the plant after the explosion. the flooding also caused the plant to lose their backup generators. they say that caused the chemicals at the plant to get hot which led to the explosions. no body was hurt but 10 sheriff's deputies went to the hospital as a precaution. (darya) and this morning rescue crews in houston are still trying to reach people in need.( mark ) the death toll is now at 37. omar jimenez is in richmond, texas this morning with the latest. southeast texas in survival mode this morning.many losing their water supply as they deal with rising waters. in the houston area many continue to stay in shelters unsure of what their next steps will be. dramatic rescues taking place across southeast texas as the deadly aftermath of harvey continues to cause widespread devastation.the military -- part of that rescue effort-- airlifting families to safety above flood waters.nats more help is on the way two naval

e being beg david begnaud is in crosby.ood morning. >> reporter: we are at the crosby fire department about five miles from where the plant is right now. no black smoke but we were able to get a helicopter over the plant and you could see flames and smoke coming from it. it had apparently been burning for several hours. the ruptures as officials are calling it, happened more than six hours ago. behind me right now officials with the plant are speaking. they have not been willing to release the number of chemicals that are being housed at their facility. the list of chemicals they have not wanted to talk about. they are answering some questions right now. the bottom line is there are nine different trucks, if you will, box trucks, on the premises. three have lost refrigeration and one has ruptured. overnight emergency response vehicles blocked surrounding roads as the black smoke filled the air under the cover of darkness. >> there was a chemical decomposition, chemical reaction, that resulted in a fire at this location. >>

. >>> standing by for us, nbc news reporter julia bag is joining us on the phone from crosby, as closes close as you can get to the plant. what's the situation? >> reporter: just in the last 30 minutes some deputies drove off from here. crews say they were complaining of headaches and dizziness. they didn't want to take an ambulance, but they took off to go get checked out. they have gotten closer to the plant, it appears, than we did. about an hour ago we were able to get a little closer on u.s. 90, which is northeast from houston on the way to beaumont, texas, where the plant is. ing we were able to see a dark plume of smoke. it's definitely there. this is something that emergency crews have been planning for because we know that this plant was expected to potentially explode because these chemicals could no longer be refrigerated. now, the people who live within a mile and a half radius of the plant have been evacuated for days. it's been a wait and see scenario. there is a chance that perhaps the chemicals may not explode with six feet of water inside the plant. those chemicals may

. >> we will visit the home of being crosby. -- bing crosby. sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history to be on c-span3. the c-span cies tour. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now is annie snider with "politico." a recent story, white america still has not learned the lessonofatrina. let's start with the headline. what have we not learned since katrina? guest: i think your previous guest was talking about the lessons we have learned aroun disaster response. the lesson i am focused on is repairing communitiesith resiliency, something where we have struggled. the ancy charged with coastal protection and restoration in the u.s. is the army corps of engineers, a 200-year-old that lives witn the department of the army, oddly eugh, that has inflated and in red tape. making it difficult to take actions needed. host:hey say there role is to make sur these communities stay sa and coming with plans to keep that from happening -- to keep them safe. guest: the army corps of engineer is charged with pretty much everything related to water resources, building and

this as we are monitoring a still vol auto tell situation in crosby, texas just outside houston. a flood-ravaged chemical plant a series of small explosions and fires with billowing black smoke , officials warning more explosions could come. welcome to risk & reward i'm elizabeth macdonald. vice president mike pence and texas today surveying the wreckage in the coastal town rockport where harvey first slammed ashore category 4 hurricane at that time. now we have the update for you 31 now dead, 2 million evacuated , 124,000 homes destroyed. the cost ranges are ranging wild ly we've got one right now that seems reliable, $125 billion. that's more than hurricane katrina. >> we are with you. the american people are with you we are here today. we will be here tomorrow and we will be here every day until this city and this state and this region rebuild bigger and better than ever before. >> [applause] >> liz: and the white house confirming today president trump plans to return to texas this saturday to visit other parts of the state still reeling in the wake of hurricane harvey and to

. ♪ get out of the way ♪ rocker david crosby of crosby stills nash and young fame is taking on our veryservative and during a recent radio interview imagine this, ted made some waves in the music industry about why he is yet to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. >> i'm on the board of directors at the nra. yon winner hates the second amendment. so that's the only reason i'm not in the rock and roll hall of fame. >> eboni: david crosby is tweeting out a really obscene response to ted's remarks writing, quote: the -- something i can't say on tv just isn't good enough. all right, ted, so you have been loud and unapologetic as you should be about your political views and it seems in this moment it is costing you a great musical honor. >> i don't think so at all. the musical honor is that 50 years later i'm doing my 6621st concert for ultra music lovers who love really them and blues and rock and roll and with all due respect to david crosby if any is due here is a bloated carcass that has abused his body all his life. he is a repository for every drug and chemical known to man

they are telling people in this area around crosby, you are okay.uation zone set up. officials believe it is legit. stay with that. they don't think they need to order any other kind of evacuation. again, they expect more fires to two other 18 wheelers lost refrigeration. the rest could go as well. there's five to six feet of floodwater at the plant. it is practically inevitable. >> okay. thank you so much this morning. what is left of harvey is moving toward oregon and mississippi right now. the storm killed at least 29 people. 50,000 homes in texas were hit by flooding or other damage. rising waters, boats and helicopte helicopters used to help people in beaumont and port arthur. there's a need for shelter in orange, texas, near the louisiana border. michelle miller is there with a story about a church with too many people and not enough help. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. more about that church later. i want you to see this. it wasn't just rain the outer excuse me, wind. the high winds of 40 miles per hour knocked down trees

american singer and actor being crosby was warned in 1903. learn more about tacoma, a weekend on american history tv. >> washington's importance in the suffrage movement comes from the fact that we were the first aid in the 20th century and that of states 20 year leg adopting their own suffrage movement. there were a number of states that passed a national amendment to the constitution. we were the fifth estate. all of the first states, the first six were located here in the west. washington became a pivotal step making a leap into the 20th century. after we passed this in 1910 there was a domino affect across the country. immediately, oregon passed it. then california than that moved to the dakotas and montana and nebraska. to new yorkd across in 1919 and the national amendment passes. you could call us a big turning point in the effort to gain suffrage for women and the united states. the big event that began the suffrage movement did happen in new york. conventione women's led by susan b anthony on among other leaders. interestingly enough

overnight explosions at the chemical plant in crosby texas, just outside houston releasing a plume of chemical fumes that sent several people to the hospital >> smoke from organic peroxide is similar to standing over a burning camp fire. >> reporter: conflicting messages as a local sheriff and official tried to downplay the concerns. >> the smoke is knocksous. toxicity is a relative thing. >> reporter: six feet of floodwaters damaged the plant, and the surrounding area was evacuated in anticipation of an explosion. another blow to a city still reeling. rescue operations continue. more than 13,000 people have been saved so far from the rising waters. >> i'll wade through the water and somebody gave mow a ride on the boat down here. it just breaks me heart. >> roughly 15,000 calls for help have poured in. officials now going door tor door marking bright orange sees on homes that are clear. officials believe up to 100,000 homes have been destroyed making shelters a necessity. >> we want to accommodate everybody so -- and we're not turning anybody away. >> the nrg center is set to become

childhood visit the home of spokane native, ben crosby. at; 30 p.m.tern on c-span twos book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. this c-span cities tour working with our cable of physics -- affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, a conversation about iran's nuclear program and the countries influence in iraq, syria and yemen. the panel debated the iran nuclear agreement and the expanding influence in the region. the heritage foundation hosted the forum. >> good afternoon, welcome to the heritage foundation and our auditorium. we welcome those

evacuations are still in place around a chemical plant as well in crosby, texas. >> crosby is about 25 miles northeast of houston. authorities there trying to figure out thousand deal with the danger at a flood chemical plant. we are joined live with that part of the story. sarah. >> reporter: hi there, marcus. harvey still causing chaos as residents within a mile and a half of this plant are evacuated. smoke and explosion thursday morning -- >> heard some popping noise coming from that area. then gray smoke, and then followed by fire. >> reporter: at the chemical plant in crosby, texas. the company based in france warning of the potential of more explosions. >> we believe at this point that the safest thing to do is to allow the other eight containers, products in those to degrade and burn. >> reporter: they say some of their combustible chemicals require refrigeration. and the facility has been without power since sunday. >> our team on the site took extraordinary efforts to try to protect the integrity of the products that are involved. >> reporter: in east texas, scenes of more dra

here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: in crosby, texas, the floodwaters in consuelo ibarra's kitchen, the she finished remodeling just last week, rose to her knees. >> whitewater got all the way in to the top. >> reporter: but like so many others, since her home is it outside fema's map of high-risk flood yawrs, she did not buy any flood insurance. >> we were not in a flood zone so we didn't need to get it. >> it's going to be somewhere around 15% of the homeowners in the affected area that have flood insurance. >> reporter: do the math, says mark hanna, of the insurance council of texas, and that means five out of every six flood victims have no flood insurance, even though the cost was as little as a few hundred dollars a year for those outside the flood plane. >> we're talking about thousands of people who are just now getting back to their home, seeing that they've got considerable flood damage, and they're going to do what they can. but they're on their own. >> reporter: the small business administration will offer low-interest loans to rebuild, but that's on top of existing mortgage

a chemical plant in crosby, texas is under six feet of water.hin a mile and a and a half have been asked now to evacuate. >> the nfl has cancelled tomorrow night's pre-season football game between the houston texans cowboys so texas players have return home to their families. >> the situation that was bad became worse when this storm came back and hit this area once again with more rain. abc news reporter is live in houston with latest on the round the clock evacuations. thousands of people have had to be rescued. this process continues as we speak. >> reporter: new shelters are now opening including this one that can house 10,000 people. they are taking people this from one of the overcrowded shelters as well as others just rescued today. relentless downpours has harvey moves northeast burying are

a chemical plant in crosby burnt overnight and may burn again. already spewed big black rings of smoke into the night sky sending 15 sheriff deputies to the hospital. a 30-minute drive west of houston, the water is rising and more homes at risk of being ruined by flooding. there are signs of normalcy in these very abnormal days. houston's two major airports, operating again and plus trash pickup. the stark reality, uncertainty for millions. finality for others. that man we've talked about, one man escaped before the rest of the family sbeept a wept away. sadly, found yesterday, six victims. four children. and a boeheimith recovery effort is just getting started. a bird's-eye view of the disaster zone. in a helicopter above houston, miguel are the looking at what y -- >> reporter: you are looking at just west of houston. [ muted ] if you look down you can see [ muted ]. >> all right. we'll fix our communications. miguel marquez, our anderson cooper also is in the sky with the coast guard searching i believe in the beaumont area looking down on roo

the crosby's fire fire department initiated that rescue. at the next morning or later that morning, somewhere after daylight, i remember it to be somewhere around seven or 8:00 a.m., the members down that were working down at the eeoc had a conference call, with the corporate offices, and they asked for a complete evacuation of the plans. shortly after that, an hour or so later, the department of homeland security infrastructure protection contacted myself and to the fire marshall county's office among others, we had an extensive conference call and talked about what was going on down at 322. since that time, we developed a plan with that the incident commander on this incident, and we decided to that's we would invoke a safety zone around the plans, which has been done, we establish that isolation perimeter, at 1.5-mile radius. after we established that the evacuation zone, the crosby fire department, local law enforcement, and other agencies that are working the flooding event here in harris county went to door door and evacuated all thos

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the chemical plant explosion overnight in crosby, texas, two explosions were heard. several officers were patrolling the area. they were hospitalized. i just learned that 8 of 15 deputies have been released from the hospital. seven others are still being evaluated at this time. also new, seems there's some confusion on the severity of the explosions. the chemical plant company saying there were two explosions and a fire. meanwhile, they said the explosions were expected, they were monitoring the situation and that the chemical reaction caused a popping noise inside the containers where they're stored. this is not reportedly a threto the public, although regardless, the homes around the plant were evacuated before any of this degan. the plant was shut down over the weekend. in preparation for all of this. that's the good news there. >> thank you. >>> with harvey on their minds, climate change was a big topic at a town hall meeting with congresswoman jackie speier. we were at the san francisco zoo yesterday where constituents couldn't help but worry about possible clim

james cook, bbc news, crosby, in texas. ends with little sign of progress, with the divorce bill at the heart of the row. and still to come: we're outside kensington palace, where tributes are being left to mark 20 years since the death of princess diana. coming up in a special transfer deadline day sportsday on bbc news: several big names still could be on the move in the final hours of the transfer window. we'll bring you all the latest news at 6:30pm. today is the deadline for working parents of three and four—year—olds in england to apply for 30 hours of free childcare a week. the extra costs will be paid for by the taxpayer. ministers say pilots have shown nurseries are willing to provide for extra places. but a leading educational charity is warning that the scheme is underfunded and some nurseries will struggle to stay in business. 0ur midlands correspondent, sima kotecha, reports. welcome news for working parents. 30 hours of free childcare a week for three and four—year—olds. it makes you feel more empowered to act

but this in emergency is farfrom over, least of all here in crosby. makes organic peroxides which must be kept cool but when the hurricane hit, the powerfailed and now they will explode. they planned for this but not well enough. police have a simple message: get out, now. already 15 officers have been to hospital for checks amid fears of fumes in the air. i know they got all kinds of chemicals, and ijust don't know which ones are in the water and coming down into my house, which means i got water into the house right now. it's going to be pretty nasty. as specialist teams roll in, the messages coming out are confusing and contradictory. the reports of explosions are now being denied. federal officials say the smoke is incredibly dangerous, the firm tells a different story. this isn't a chemical release, what we have is a fire. and where you have a fire where hydrocarbons, these chemicals are burning, sometimes you have incomplete combustion and you have smoke. the company which operates this plant says there is only one thing to do now, and that is t

jacob rascon for us there in crosby, texas.tied to this storm and flooding but also daring rescue operations that are saving many, many lives. nbc's miguel almaguer is in orange, texas with these stories. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the death toll grew overnight. at least 28 people have been killed in texas alone and incredibly those dramatic rescues are still under way at this hour, six days after this storm hit. in port arthur wednesday neighbors and rescuers rushing to a nursing home. >> somebody gave me a ride on a boat. it just breaks my heart. >> reporter: nearly 70 elderly patients stranded inside as it quickly filled with water. they were carried out in wheelchairs and on stretchers. this woman praying with first responders, telling them she just celebrated her 90th birthday. >> it's not going to be your last, okay? we will get you through this. >> reporter: in nearby beaumont a navy seahawk helicopter plucking people out of the water. damika was rescued with her ten-year-old son, joshua. >> are you okay? >

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an alarming situation is playing out right now in crosby, texas. this is about 25 miles northeast of houston. explosions and smoke at a flooded chemical plant there, it comes just hours after its owners warned it was likely to explode. that facility lost power, it also lost its ability to cool potentially volatile materials. >> at least 28 deaths are blamed on the storm. houston's fire department is planning a block by block search for thousands of homes >> 25,000 water rescues have been carried out since the storm started with operations still ongoing. the u.s. military is sending warships and more aircraft to assist with those rescue efforts. >> we have complete coverage for you this morning. let us start with nbc's jacob rascon, he is in crosby, texas, where that emergency situation at a chemical plant is unfolding as we speak. jacob, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the explosion happened a few miles behind me. this is as far as they will let us go. they have evacuated homeowners, they have evacuated the press and this morning th

this facility is it crosby is east of houston. several miles east of houston, still in harris county on liberty county line. harris county is the county where houston is located. this is well east of houston, crosby is where this plant is operated by a company called arkema incorporated. it has had to evacuate employees from the peroxide plant there. it's got about 40 inches of water from flooding inside the plant. and it's the backup generators have all failed. they've got no power in the plant. the cooling systems for whatever operates the machinery that produces peroxide are down. they have to be able to cool these things and if they don't do that, there could be a short circuit that could lead to fire or explosion. they're very concerned about that tonight. they had an 11-person so-called ride out team inside that plant that's been there since friday in anticipation of hurricane harvey. those people are being evacuated tonight. we're told by the harris county officials out in that the section that people live within 1.5 miles