>> [whipping winds] >> hurrican harvey is wreaking havoc across southeastern texas t. it made landfall at 11:00 p.m. and continues to unleash it's furry with punishing winds and lane. christie ileto joins us, "action news" has the latest on hurrican harvey it is lashing the gulf coast of texas with damaging winds and torrential rainfall. >> the storm made landfall as a category four and weakened to a category two. it slammed ashore north of corpus christi. we are seeing pictures of damage left behind by by the storm. trees are down and what appears to be a wall has collapsed from the wind. signs on the ground, officials say they won't be able to assess the damage until daylight. here's more from houston. >> reporter: hurrican harvey roaring on to the gulf coast. >> the best way to describe it is a continue can being kicked down the road. >> reporter: the strongest in the u.s. in more than a decade. >> this is not going to be quick one and done we're not measuring in inches of rain, but feet of rain. >> reporter: residents of texas and mississippi and louisiana getting

. >> tracking hurricane harvey. the storm is battering the texas gulf coast with strong winds, heavy rain and the potential for catastrophic flooding. the storm made landfall as a the category 4 last night around 11:00 our time. it's erratic path took it on and offshore to make a second landfall overnight. it's now been down graded to a category 2 and that could be changing. >>> hit and run. police are looking for a driver who took off after hitting a car which then caught on fire right on the schuylkill expressway. three people are in the hospital this morning. good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today, i'm katy zachry. it is 5:00 on the dot. hurricane harvey battered the texas coast and here in our area, we are in for a beautiful weekend. couldn't be more different. let's get right to our meteorologist krystal klei tracking all ever it for us. >> yeah, totally different forecast our area to down south. look over texas, this is the radar view of what is hurricane harvey. as you mentioned, downgraded now to the

harvey roars ashore. the monster hurricane is slamming the texas coast overnight as a category-four storm. 130 mile-per-hour winds, more than 700,000 people in its path. >> reporter: we're bei hit by a pretty significant band from harvey. >> high winds whipping through the gulf coast as torrential rain comes down. fears it could dump more than three feet of rain over texas. hundreds of thousands without power. president trump signing a disaster declaration overnight, amid fears that the damage could be catastrophic. >> hoping i wake up in the morning and i have a town. >> and harvey's fury is far from over. today, saturday, august 26th, 2017. >>> from nbc news, this this a special edition of "today" -- "hurricane harvey makes landfall." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm sheinelle jones. >> glad to have you with us. i'm craig melvin. dylan and lester are in texas covering hurricane harvey with our team of nbc news correspondents. we'll get to them in a m

that was hurricane wilma back in october of 2005. harvey is 12 to 15 feet of storm surge. hat's above the normal waves. we're expecting it around high tide. this is a very dangerous situation. an impressive hurricane to say the least. we have already had reports of tornadoes. in the near term, it looks like we will see an effect in the form of tropical moisture in our area locally. here it is category three. we'll track it for you. there's not much to track. it's going to be stay right in this vicinity b for the next couple days. it is pretty nice. we're seeing fair weather clouds. an area of high pressure. temperatures really comfortable. vineland at 81. philadelphia at 7 7 degrees. is and dover currently at 77. focus on that hurricane. we're going to see a nice mix of sun and. you're going to like it. very low humidity. expected high temperatures in the 70s. easton at 76 for you. allentown expected high temperature of 76. we do have that area of high pressure dominating. that's why we'll see so much sunshine. it will be high and dry. very low dew points. not very muggy at

harvey roars ashore. the monster hurricane is slamming the texas coast overnight as a category-four storm. 130 mile-per-hour winds, more than 700,000 people in its path. >> reporter: we're bei hit by a pretty significant band from harvey. >> high winds whipping through the gulf coast as torrential rain comes down. fears it could dump more than three feet of rain over texas. hundreds of thousands without power. president trump signing a disaster declaration overnight, amid fears that the damage could be catastrophic. >> hoping i wake up in the morning and i have a town. >> and

[whipping winds] >> hurricane harvey wreaking havoc across southeastern texas this morning. it made landfall at 11:00 p.m. anne continues to unleash it's fury with punishing winds and rains. christie ileto joins us. we have the latest on hurricane harvey lashing the gulf coast with damaging winds and torrential rainfall. >> the monster storm made landfall as a powerful category 4, but weakening as it crawls across the land. the slammed into rock port north of corpus christi. it's dark in texas, but we've begun to receive pictures, there's possible tornadoes spawned from the storm, trees are down and appears to be a wall down from the wind. >> reporter: good morning you can tell the wind and rain and lightning and thunder have picked up in the heart of houston. hurricane harvey is a category one storm 90-mile an hour winds it's picking up right here. it came on land as a category 4, it's been downgraded as you can tell by the conditions out here, it doesn't mean anything to the people around here. millions in the path of the storm waiting to see what happens next. no audio. i

they will get the brunt of hurricane harvey before do. you can see from this overhead picture that it's cloudy and rainy and a bit windy with the camera shaking at time. as a storm makes landfall, we'll see the worst of it overnight. once it's here, it's likely going to stay for awhile. even before landfall, harvey is already unleashing furry on the texas gulf coast. >> this is a hurricane that will come inland and then it's expected to hover for a long period of time. >>> driving rain and sustained winds of more than 110 miles per hour, it's the strongest storm in almost a half century. >> we could see storm surge between, 10, 12 feet. >> the mideast severe hit from the storm is expected overnight leaving those in the path leaving little time to move to higher ground. >> we're targeted the areas encouraging people in the strongest language to get off the island. in other words just get out of dodge. >> that's what thousands are doing in corpus christy. >> they are material things. we can always get that back. i'm not willing to risk my c

so a lot of fuel for hurricane harvey to continue to. develop. so what do you need to know? >> it does spread the width of the hurricane force winds. in addition, we're expecting 12 to 15 feet storm surge. tornado watches and warnings have already been issued as rain bands start to move on shore. it does stall inland and it spins for 72 to 96 hours. as i just mentioned, tapping into the gulf moyisture and it will continue to be a tropical system through next week e. coming up in a bit, we have more on hurricane harvey and i have your ten-day forecast because on the bright side here locally we have a fantastic weekend ahead. back to you. >>> nbc 10 is in contact with a business owner in corpus christi, texas. he says he's afraid to leave because he won't be able to get back. >> a lot of business owners are staying downtown. we live in a pretty secure building. this building rose out celia. they did some major upgrades to this place. it's really a great building. we're going to stick it out here and hopefully everybody is safe. >> the first impact from hurricane harvey we're li

. >> bracing for impact, all eyes on hurricane harvey. it is a category two storm but expected to become category three by the time and make landfall overnight with rain already falling hard in parts of texas. people are making a mad dash discourse to get last-minute items mandatory evacuations in many cities along the gulf coast. we are live with the latest in corpus christi. time is running out for people living along the coast of texas whether or not to evacuatexaguar ago that they only have about an hour left. winds and rain are picking up and hurricane harvey is getting closer and closer to making landfall. down.ast texas batting >> texas will have a significant disaster. >> hurricane harvey moving closer to the gulf coast. >> expecting the worst but hoping for the best. >> taking steps to protect themselves. >> we have a bulldozer on call in case our buckets get stuck. >> we will not be open until monday or tuesday, probably. if it floods downtown, it may take longer. >> some residents headed inland. >> did not want to be near the w

harvey roars ashore. the monster hurricanelamming the texas coast overnight. >>> trump signed a disaster decoration overnight. amid fears the damage could be catastroph catastrophic. >> and harvey furry is far from over, today, saturday, august 26, 2017. >> live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning. welcome to today on saturday morning. >> glad to have you with us. down in texas covering hurricane harvey with team of nbc news correspondence. we will get to them in a moment. first, a look at the latest information. this is a look now, satellite imagines rolls over texas. >> this is the scene from up in space. the astronauts aboard the international space station capturing this image of the enormity of hurricane harvey. here's a like live at galveston. >> this is the latest on the storm itself right now. hurricane harvey made land fall around 10:00 last night central time. it came ashore as a category four storm. it has since been downgraded to a cat one. >> harvey brought with it winds of 130 miles an hour. no

the national hurricane center says hurricane harvey is rapidly becoming more powerful. 's now a category 2 hurricane. and it's forecast to become a category 3 by the time it hits the middle texas coast late friday or early saturday. as andy rose reports, residents are preparing and evacuating. trt 1:27 oc soc - more clouds than sun today; feeling great! - unseasonably cool, dry - rain chances return next week - tracking hurricane harvey - major hurricane makes landfall late tonight today: mostly cloudy to partly sunny. pleasant. highs: 77-80 winds: n 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy to mainly clear. comfortable. lows: 54-64 winds: n 5 mph saturday: mix of sun and clouds. low humidity. highs: 76-79 winds: ne 5-10 mph we are keeping a close eye on harvey all morning long. we are keeping a close eye on harvey all morning long. continuing coverage..on air and online. don't forget to download the stormwatch seven weather app -- and follow us on facebook and twitter. right now-- a sailor from gaithersburg- among the missing after the u-s-s john s. mccain collided with an oil ta

the big story is the latest developments on hurricane harvey a storm that has the potential to be the strongest hurricane to hit the u.s. main land in the past 12 years. the storm from the international space station looks incredible. the national weather center warn that harvey is growing, it's getting stronger as it sits and churns in the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. and expected to become a category three hurricane. an peers to be taking direct aim at the coast of texas and people are heading the warning to evacuate their homes for safety and long lines are seen on the roads heading inland and people are boarding up the windows and filling the sandbags to protect their homes. >> preparation not panic we have been through these before. >> donald trump is keeping a close eye on the storm and saying thoughts and prayers are with the folks in texas with rain totals expected, many towns could be a virtual island. lets head to melissa magee with more on the storm as expected path, and it's increases with each moment. >> take a look at hurricane harvey as we look at this massive sys

over and businesses and homes damaged according to the electric reliability council of texas, hurricane harvey caused 200,000 power outages. no deaths reported, thankfully, but damage and flooding is expected. you can see the videos coming in, as the hurricane is forecasted to sit on the coast for days which will cause a lot of severe flooding. that's what chris sowers will be talking about. >> when the hurricane hit texas it was a category four and downgraded to category one, abc's natasha barrett with the latest on the instant -- systemg us up to speed. >> reporter: as the sun comes up, it looks peaceful, but i have to tell you in the last hour or so, strong winds and there are strong winds now, rain, thunder and lighten and possible tornado touch downed southwest of houston. now more than a million people are waiting to see what hurricane harvey has planned. hurricane harvey roaring on to the gulf coast. >> the best way i can describe it is a continue can being kicked down the road. >> reporter: the strongest in the u.s. in more than decade. >> this is not anything that's going to be are a

the approach of hurrican harvey caused cold play to postpone their show in houston. houston is expected to get rain from harvey. they said they are ready to play but wouldn't want anyone to risk their lives to see their show. >>> 5:23 a.m. delta is putting a few face on customer service efforts. the airline the first in the country to use video chat, it allows customers to use a screen from the airport and reach a live person. delta is the first u.s. airline to employ this kind of of technology. they are testing the service at reagan national airport in washington. >>> looking to get fit and relieve stress how about yoga with goats. alicia vitarelli shows us how it works. >> reporter: every saturday on mountain pride farm in quakertown the rock studio hosts goat yoga. goats roam freely while you perfect your downward goat. they started the studio four years ago in chestnut hill. the couple loves connecting with nature so when they heard about the goat yoga trend it was a no brainer. >> if you enjoy being a beautiful setting around goats they say great for you. >> ther

you can see a very distinct eyewall of hurricane harvey. ssibly reaching hurricane status later this afternoon. we will get a new update from the national hurricane center at 8:00. you want to stay with us as we switch over to news channel 8 at 7:00 because we will have that for you. the expected landfall time sometime late tonight or early tomorrow. we have weatherbug sites all across the country, including in texas. galveston experiencing winds gusting about 66 miles an hour. only seeing about half an inch of rain so far. by the time the system is out of the texas and southeast areas, it is probably not going to be until early next week. here is the latest track -- a land full again sometime late tonight, early tomorrow morning, winds at 125 miles an hour. the hurricane stalls and essentially dumps copious amounts of rain. we could see 20 to possibly 30 inches of rain. one quick thing to note -- one thing we are starting to see is the system could actually make landfall twice as a kind of meanders around, and unfortunately, ico intensity a

hurricane harvey coming ashore as the fear rest hurricane to hit the u.s. in dozen years. is the first category four hurricane to make landfall in texas since carla in 1961. rob schmidt has the very latest. >> reporter: hurricane harvey battering the texas coastline with rain and whipping winds fierce winds. pelting trees and toppling rooftops. national hurricane center warned texas to prepare for life threatening flash flooding. this huge system grew from unnamed storm to a life threatening major hurricane in just over two days. >> all right. here at home our local red cross already helping those in need as sabina mentioned regional call center at 23rd and chestnut handling calls coming in from texas and louisiana. also, two volunteers from philadelphia already dispatched and arrived at the gulf coast last night. >> we anticipate that we will have to send more staff and volunteers as harvey makes landfall, and we can anticipate the impact of it on the affected communities. >> and you can help the american red cross in two different ways. donate online or text 90999. you c

this meanders a full update on hurricane harvey. the latest track for you coming up in a few minutes. jonathan: we will see you then. thanks. hurricane hunter plane yesterday. this is still category one hurricane. you can see how it bounces around. this has gotten stronger. you can see what they are subjected to. nasty. nancy: remarkable. fema has infa fred responses to the disaster in the past. are they prepared for hurricane harvey? we have a closer storm to hit the gulf coast in 12 years. texans are preparing for the worst. they are filling up stand bags and boarding up windows as harvey intensifies. going toward texas. the federal emergency management agency or fema is working closely with the state and the local officials. is the government ready? >> as ready as we can be. >> we expect high wind, debris flying, tornadoes spinning out. copious amount of rain. >> we have it prepositioned across the state. food, water, blanket, cots and diapers. anything the folks would need. >> the biggest challenge is heed warning of the local of

hurricane harvey gaining strength overnight-- now a category 2 hurricane. the storm prompting mandatory evacuations in southern texas. some sheriffs telling residents-- if they remain in their homes, they may be on their own when harvey makes landfall. abc's janai norman has more. we are keeping a close eye on harvey close eye on harvey all morning long. stay with us for continuing coverage..on air and online. don't forget to download the stormwatch seven weather app -- and follow us on facebook and twitter. right now-- a sailor from gaithersburg- among the missing after the u-s-s john s. mccain collided with an oil tanker near singapore this week. electronics technician second class kevin bushnell graduated from gaithersburg high school in 2009. he and nine other sailors remain missing. his community - now grieving. the navy has called off its sea search -- searching flooded compartments aboard the damaged ship. a man is in custody, after allegedly grabbing two women on an arlington trail.. and exposing himself to them. 22-year-old marvin sosa velasquez of

we're talking flooding as the main concern with hurricane harvey. at 77 degrees back here across the delaware valley into the mid to upper 70s. your dew points also in the lower side and that's feeling really nice. low humidity, nice temperatures. clear skies. you can see your current setup that high pressure system off to our west is inn in control and will be in control of the forecast over the next few days. so we've got lots of sunshine to look forward to through the weekend and even into the start of new work week that high pressure system is keeping that rain and that moisture from hurricane harvey well to the south of us but you can see just how ominous and how big that storm is. as it heads closer and closer to corpus christi as category three. big big major hurricane and we'll be talking about this for quite sometime. but since that high pressure system is in control here, we've got kind of the opposite weather. we've got lots of sunshine over the next few days. we'll be talking about that over the next few days as well. you can see into ea

we're watching the gas prices ahead of hurricane harvey. justin finch will join us live to tell us why damage in texas could impact what you pay at home. we're watching to see what happens with harvey, which could go down in history. storm team 4's amelia draper is headed to texas to cover the storm live. be sure to stay with us all weekend for her live reports. >>> the time is 6:34. we're working to find out why a construction worker fell to his death in the district. so far, no one is saying what went wrong at the site near north capital street and n street. the worker fell more than eight stories. we're also trying to find out his name. >>> after throwing the border wall out there as a threat, a senior official at the white house says president trump would likely accept a demand funding for the wall in any long-term spending plan. >>> a groundbreaking ceremony finally set for maryland's long awaited purple line. can you believe it? the project had been held up by a ruling until an appeals court stepped in lans month. they will get $900 mi

one thing we're really watching that everyone is keeping their eye on is hurricane harvey. from the gulf of mexico, it's getting closer to texas. the rain bands are moving on shore. centers about 150 miles from corpus christi. it's a category 2 hurricane, max winds 105 miles an hour. eventually, it will move on shore. could strengthen to a hurricane. it's very warm in gulf of mekts coe, the atmosphere favorable. you see the i stall across the weekend. really bad news for texas, especially the center will be so close to the gulf of mexico. still going to pump in the gulf moisture. could see 15 to 25 inches of rainfall in that area. unseasonably cool for us. here's a look at our local weather. 63 in washington. 65 winchester. we have a few showers on radar. 70s in charles county. annapolis seeing the rain. these will be gone by 5:00 this morning. don't expect much for your morning drive. through the afternoon, mix of sun and clouds. high of 80. our weekend is looking nice and dry. next rain chance is tuesday and then possibly, erika, labor day weekend as we see the remnants fr

>>> breaking news at this hour catastrophic situation unfolding in texas in the wake of hurricane harvey houston is underwater. millions are stranded, more rain is expected. we are live on the ground with the latest on this quickly unfolding story. >>> gasoline futures spike as harvey takes 15% of capacity off line the full market impact of this monster storm ahead. >>> and in corporate news, uber has a new ceo. full details on the way. monday, august 28th, 2017. "worldwide exchange" begins right now. good morning, and a warm welcome to "worldwide exchange" here on cnbc i am wilfred frost. >> seema mody. >> we saw the s&p 500, up 0.6. encouraging given a lot going on last week. this morning we are pointing a little low, the dow lower by 22 points, nasdaq by 12, s & p by two points gasoline futures sharply higher, harvey knocks 15% of capacity off line more on that in a moment we've got gas prices up around 4% this morning. >>> the latest on the situation in texas following hurricane harvey these are pictures from the houston area, much of the fourth large city is underwater flood waters

just got a look at preparations for hurricane harvey on the ground. e a look at this view from the air. right in the eye of the storm. a noaa hurricane aircraft flew into the storm this morning. this is the view from the flight deck. you can see for yourself how turbulent it is. that's literally my worst nightmare. here is a look outside. visibility not so great. noaa meteorologist and flight director has been on many such flights as part of the hurricane hunters. he wasn't on the flight this morning. this is video of him on a flight during a different storm. he joins us now. ian, i have to ask you, what is it like to fly into the eye of a storm like that? i can't imagine why anyone would do this. >> it is quite an amazing story to point. you are flying through and you are seeing all the rain bands and the heavy precipitation on radar and then you just kind of hold on as you are punching through that eyewall. at times, you are absolutely right, it is turbulent and you can get bounced around pretty good. we can provide the best information we can to nat

hurrican harvey is leaving its mark on texas. hundreds of thousand thousands lost power from the storm. the storm will leave someplaces under water. >> good morning, 5:30 a.m., the time, christie ileto joins us. chris sowers tracking harvey and our forecast. hurrican harvey is the first major hurricane to hit this part of texas in 47 years. you have to go back to 1970, hurricane cecila i can't -- keel i keel -- which battered the coast. as we've mentioned all morning long, the problem with the storm it's not moving drifting off to the northwest at 5 miles per hour. hurricane warnings remain in effect 0 for the corpus christi and port o'connell and getting into the houston area. we have tropical storm warnings. winds are not the concern with the storm. we have hurricane-force wind up to 100 miles per hour, they extend outward from the center about 35 miles per hour. the winds are not the biggest concern with this, the storm surge as the storm moved inland and the tremendous amount of rain. what you're looking at here, this is the

new orleans is also bracing for flooding from hurricane harvey. forecasters say rainfall from the storm will eventually made its way over to louisiana. the city is handing out sand bags this weekend. a recent storm exposed failures with the pumping and draining system there. thede repair, but the pumps are still in question. our nbc 10 app has instant updates and notifications to keep you on top of what is happening with the hurricane and plus your local weather here at home. >>> new this morning, pennsylvania state police say this car fire on the schuylkill expressway was caused by a hit and run crash. three people who were in that burning car are hurt and in the hospital this morning. randy gyllenhaal has the latest on the investigation and an update on their conditions. hi, randy. >> reporter: this these victims are all young adults in their 20s. police say they were driving west here on on the schuylkill expressway just before 2:30 this morning. police say that is when they were hit by another car. the driver of that car took off leaving behin

especially a couple of hours ago when we were feeling the brunt of hurricane harvey here. as hurricanes come on shore, you know the winds shift around. at one point, they were coming from the east and sort of from the north and coming from the west. we have seen a reduction in a force of the winds here. it's not affecting our windows here on the building as much as they were before. that's something that we definitely noticed. again, we're not out of the woods yet because we're expecting to have hurricane-force winds throughout the rest of the day today here in corpus christi. >> thank you. >>> that's right, we want to check back in with her later in this hour and the coming hours of this morning. with more on the challenge to try to get help to the victims along the gulf coast there, we have bristol minsker from the red cross from austin, texas. bristol, when we've got so many folks without power, what are some of the things they can do to get help now? >> we try to remind people before these types of storms how important it is to have that disaster kit ready with your bac

>>> hurricane harvey is hurdling toward the shoreline. new overnight, the hurricane is gaining strength. it's expected to have a major impact in texas. >> hauling away evidence. fbi agents go from neighborhood to neighborhood. how they're trying to connect the dots in a case. >>> plus, progress for the purple line. for all of you- would never happen. you will see proof in just a matter of days. we've been waiting so long. i have to see with my own eyes that the purple line is running. >> i have to ride it before i believe it. >> you will ride it. >> i will ride it. >> good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i'm adam tuss. it's a busy friday morning. we're monitoring hurricane harvey, your local forecast and team coverage. >> we have all you need to know to get out the door. first we check in with meteorologist sheena parveen on the weather deck. how does it feel? >> feels good. temperatures in the 60s this morning. we had a little bit of rain pass through overnight. it's kind of a damp cool start. what we're talking about is hurricane harvey. take

now the latest for hurricane harvey. handfall tonight or -- landfall is tonight or early in the morning. evacuations are underway. this storm continues to intensifies. it may be five or eight miles or faster. category four. nancy: regardless it is a monster storm. steve: it is. we look at it now. 20 miles from one end to another. jonathan: that is the eye. steve: just the eye. within the eye it's quiet. if you were in the center you would see the sun shining and you would look around and see the clouds. once you get in the northern part of the storm, that the strongest part where you see the orange and the reds. that is going to come ashore as we move through the next few hours or so. this is south padre, texas, a live shot at this hour. waves are beginning to churn up. galveston, texas looking at the strong gusty winds. people are still on the roadways to get from place to place. like i said, by 10:00, to 11:00 at night it's a much different story here. here is the latest for you. update now 6:00 p.m. we have winds at 2

harvey roars ashore. the monster hurricane is slamming the texas coast overnight as a category-four storm. 130 mile-per-hour winds, more than 700,000 people in its path. >> reporter: we're bei hit by a pretty significant band from harvey. >> high winds whipping through the gulf coast as torrential rain comes down. fears it could dump more than three feet of rain over texas. hundreds of thousands without power. president trump signing a disaster declaration overnight, amid fears that the damage could be catastrophic. >> hoping i wake up in the morning and i have a town. >> and harvey's fury

coverage of hurricane harvey. city of houston is dealing with what is just the start of harvey's extended deluge. >> abc's victor oquendo is joining us now there this morning on how this monster storm is affecting that city of houston, victor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy and dan. right now things are starting to really pick up in the houston area. hands down the strongest rain and wind that we've seen so far overnight and into the morning. and just about an hour ago all of our phones went off, a flash flood warning in effect for the next few hours here. right now the message from the mayor, stay safe, stay put. do not hit the roadways. right next to a busy roadway, 59 south. normally very busy. right now light traffic passing by at the moment. as far as evacuations, the mayor does not want to see that. urging them it stay off the roadway. in rita a number tried to leave and and 100 died trying to flee the city. pore dying trying to evacuate than the hurricane itself. the major concern is the floodi

now moving over texas and hurricane harvey is getting bigger. i want you to take a look at this video from galveston, texas. harvey has winds blowing at more than 100 miles an hour. people there have very little time left to prepare or leave, for that matter, and they could be stuck in dangerous high water soon. sarah dallof is in galveston where the waves are returning and soon floods could begin. >> reporter: an unwanted visitor churning in the gulf and headed to shore. hurricane harvey has texas in its sights and is only expected to gain strength as it makes landfall. officials are in emergency mode. >> there's one message that we need to get to everybody, and that is heed warnings. your life is in potential danger. >> reporter: forecasters say it could be the strongest storm hit the lone star state in nelyime south texas saw such devastation was 2008 when hurricane ike barrelled into galveston, killing more than 20 people across several states and causing billions of dollars in damages. officials aren't taking any chances and are warning eve

hurricane harvey. we have data from the hurricane hunter aircraft. it's a major hurricane. 120 miles per hour winds. harvey is located about 75 miles southeast of corpus christi, texas. the eye is becoming apparent. we can see the eye as it makes its approach to the middle texas coast. while harvey will make landfall in the middle texas coast late tonight, early saturday morning, bringing the core that is dangerous, major hurricane force winds on land. we're seeing sustained tropical force winds. sustained winds in the last hour of 49 miles per hour with higher wind gusts. we can see the multiple rain bands spreading on shore. over the next 12 to 24 hours, harvey will make landfall and should progress slowly inland over the middle texas coast and then basically stall out for several days. the biggest hazard that we're concerned about in the very short term is life threatening storm surge where from the north end of the padre island, up to sergeant, texas, we can see 6-12 feet of storm inundation. floodi

nearly 300,000 are without power and harvey is not letting up. the national hurricanehic and life-threatening. the mayor of rockport, texas, telling me there is widespread devastation. we'll have full team coverage throughout the state as harvey o

tracking hurricane harvey. the category 2 tracking hurricane harvey. ning strength overnight. thousands of people evacuating. others bracing for impact-- as harvey barrels towards the gulf coast. good morning washington. - more clouds than sun today; feeling great! - unseasonably cool, dry last weekend of august - rain chances return next week - tracking hurricane harvey - major hurricane makes landfall late tonight today: mostly cloudy to partly sunny. pleasant. highs: 77-80 winds: n 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy to mainly clear. comfortable. lows: 54-64 winds: n 5 mph saturday: mix of sun and clouds. low humidity. highs: 76-79 winds: ne 5-10 mph back to our

available at lowe's. >>> back with our breaking news coverage, hurricane harvey state of emergency. ey is the first natural disaster on donald trump's watch as we mentioned. he was briefed on the storm yesterday. he also assigned a disaster declaration for texas. not only is this a big test for the president but potentially a big blow for the economy. >> many of our u.s. oil refineries are in the gulf and also taking a beating so we have abc's rebecca jarvis here to talk about the massive economic impact this is having on the region and across the country. >> that's right, amy and dan and one of the things that you will see from all of this is while there's a huge human toll and emotional toll on misdemeanor, there is an economic toll on everyone in the country and that's because of the location that it's happening here. this is the heart of our energy patch. 45% of our country's refining capacity exists there in the gulf of mexico, a third of that capacity is right in the range of where this storm is hitting and gasoline prices are projected to climb anywhere from 5 cents to 25 crep

authorities sa saying now especially in hurricane harvey reached well beyond major hurricane status.> i would stress that this is serious storm. >> reporter: hurricane harvey now a monster as seen from spa space. >> we are predicting an extreme scene. >> i rent a trailer and i'm worried about the flooding. >> reporter: last minute evacuations have been taking place all across the gulf coast. >> i figure we got the kids. it's not worth the risk. >> our weather is 3 miles from the water. a 14-foot wall of water will come in. we couldn't risk it. >> with hurricane force winds now moving in beyond the potentially 35 threatening gusts and storm surge it is the possibility of days and days of heavy rain and record flooding causing major concerns. all along the gulf coast from texas to louisiana. >> it's going to linger for days over tech text. >> the amount of rainfall is really unprecedented. when you're looking up to 50-inches of rain. >> reporter: officials are warning harvey may leave parts of texas inn inhabitable for weeks or months. >> it could re-emerge over the gulf and reintensif

taed, people fled the central texas coast ahead of the brunt of hurricane harvey. we have a team of correspondents following this. first, david begnaud in corpus christi. david. >> reporter: anthony, i just got off the phone with corpus christi police who told me they are not responding to calls for emergency service because of the current weather conditions. an extreme wind warning has just been issued. in fact, the coast guard says they've already rescued 12 people offshore. if you live here and you're looking to get out, the free bus rides are over. the city has discontinued that, telling people if you haven't left already, it is too late to get out safely. as high winds and rain churn up waves there, a rush to get out of corpus christi. for some it's too late. streets are already flooding. the national weather service says winds could leave homes uninhabitable for weeks or even months. storm surge could reach 12 feet. that's strong enough to wash away vehicles. >> this is going to be a very major disaster. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott has asked for a

hurricane harvey, we expect hurricane harvey to be, if you will, here in this area for at least fourve days. we don't know what impact will come about, what potential loss of life, so we hope there will not be. sheriff arpaio broke the law. it was not in the course of protecting and serving that he was held in federal criminal contem contempt. remember, the judiciary committee, it's important to note, that the sheriff was racially profiling on the basis of hispanic sir names and brown skin people. he was criminally acting not under the legal application of the law, but he was acting criminally by particularly playing out individuals who had not done anything or broken the law, and that's why he was held in federal contempt. >> let me ask you before i let you go -- >> my point is, i think it was the wrong thing to do. >> quickly, congresswoman, do you think the timing of this, the president tweeting this in the midst of all this hurricane harvey coverage and people prepping, was that purposely done? >> i cannot imagine what the president was thinking. he did not present himself as a c

harvey. hurricane victims of hurricane harvey. (james)mostly clear skies to start the morning today with the main areas of clouds over . (darya) in the center with james tracking the forecast... (james) (james)mostly clear skies to start the morning today with the main areas of clouds over monterey bay and the salinas valley. temperatures are running close to where we were this time yesterday. a significant warming trend is forecast to begin today and continue into the upcoming weekend with oppressive heat likely for interior and higher elevation locations, especially on friday and saturday. very warm conditions may also develop all the way to the coast on friday and saturday. highs will likely be in the mid 90s to 105 with 60s and 70s at the coast. the rest of the inland areas will be in the 80s to lower 90s. hot spot on hot spot on the sunol grade sb 680 at washignton overturn in the right lane and ontamp. an overturn accident in pleasanton at santa rita rd. nb 17 at summit rd right lane blocked, jammed from scots valley (darya)

. >> reporter: the city of galveston continues to get pounded by the outer bands of hurricane harvey. >> the national weather service says high winds could make home uninhabitable for days, even months. >> you have your family to think about. you need to make the right decision and get out of dodge. >> mason: the storm surge could reach 12 feet. >> this is going to be a very major disaster. >> reporter: what is your worst-case scenario here. >> harvey. as>> mon: also tonight, amazon is about to upend the shopping cart. and steve hartman's "on the road" with the moon, the sun, and a >> 1% left? oh, my god, it's so dark. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. harvey is just hours from blasting the gulf coast of texas. it's grown into a life-threatening category 3 hurricane. this image from the international space station gives a sense of its size and power. 22 million are in its path. storm surge