i think it's even more amazing that the adoption fees covered by max and erica scherzer. as far as your volunteers and staff deploying down to texas, what is going on with that? >> we have been on stand by and in touch with shelters before harvey hit and we expect over three weeks or longer sending teams of staff down to help those shelters take care of the incoming animals just overwhelmed with right now. >> wow. obviously, seen catastrophic flooding there. a humongous issue and you guys are amazing to help out. i think waving the adoption fee through sunday, you said that's really helped out a lot. >> really helped. a great response from the community yesterday and we expect that we'll throughout the weekend, too. we remind people to check the website available there and both shelters and foster homes. >> and the houston animals this weekend. so we're really looking forward to that. thank you so much for being here. creamsicle available for adoption. they're looking for loving families to come and adopt the current animals so the ones from houston able to come in and ge

thanks to nats pitcher max scherzer and his wife erica these pet adoption fees were waived from thursday until today. that made for a lot of adoptions. meet max. >> my girl friend told me that max he for adoption feels for dogs come -- fees for dogs coming in to make room for houston. we were looking for a dalmatian and this one fit the profile, so we decided to take a look at it and decided to get it. >> reporter: how good does it make you feel to know you're helping out the folks with texas? >> the entire animal welfare community across the region is helping out making sure that we're doing our part to help the devastation in the houston area. so it feels really great, but again it's the entire animal welfare community, shelters around the region, not just us, but everywhere are helping out. >> reporter: in northwest d.c. janice park, wusa9. >> the animals will need to be checked out for behavior issues, spayed, neutered and microchipped. in a few days they'll be ready for adoption. >>> people in houston are continuing the slow recovery and painful process after harvey's catastrophic d

max scherzer and his wife erica are covering all adoption fees at the humane rescue alliance through sunday. by noon, 69 degrees. 5:00 p.m., i chance. if you're headed to the beach, not looking good with the rain. sunday and monday, improvements if you're hiking this weekend, saturday chilly and wet in the shenandoah valley. over the higher elevations as well. sunday and monday, looking good. hurricane irma we mentioned. this is a strong and organized category 3 hurricane. still very far from the united states. we'll be talking about it over the next week and a half. look at this track. potentially a category 4 as it nears the lesser app tilli-- antilles. we wouldn't be making an impact close to the u.s. if it did for another week and a half or so. this weekend looking good. after tomorrow, chilly, wet. it gets warmer again. >>> sheena, thank you. it is 6:55 right now. four things to know. harvey has killed 38 people and damaged nearly 100,000 homes. first responders will continue door to door checks in houston today. they're monitoring a chemical plant for more explosions. show. >>>

will be waived this week all thanks to nationals pitcher max scherzer and his wife erica covering theand help d.c. shelters make room for more animals affected by harvey. >>> help for victims of harvey continue to pour in. many celebrities donating large amounts of money. >> reporter: while the tragic events of hurricane harvey are still unfolding some hollywood celebrities are pitching in. oscar and leonardo dicaprio each pledged $1 million to the relief efforts. miley cyrus gave 500,000 and members of the kardashian family committed $250,000 each. >> i think celebrities heard the call that we're all in this together. they feel it. they see the devastation. if they give money, it's because they can and also because they understand that they set an example. >> ♪ >> reporter: rock band fallout boy is donating the proceeds from an upcoming concert and music manager scooter brawn is planning a telethon that he's hoping will air on the big four networks. houston native beyoncÉ is raising money for the relief efforts through her be g good foundation. other big time contributorring kevin ha