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i'm john vause. >> and i'm issa. once again looking for communications director. aramucci was called out monday, 11 day into the job. had had loan with profanity laced interview last week. once said that john kelly that scaramucci was undisciplined. >>> donald trump is vowing in his words to handle north korea but no specifics. kshs that pyongyang program -- up after friday's intercontinental ballistic test. the president has called on china to patricia the north by beijing says it's up to washington and pyongyang to produce tensions. >>> nikolaos is lashing out against sanctions. the u.s. said mr. maduro is a dictator after holding the vote and will allow him to psychological his power further. >>> the summer olympics are heading to los angeles. the city struck a deal with the committee to host the game in 2028. >> well i am excited. they will now get $1.8 billion increase participation and access to youth sport programs before the big event. >> when we won the olympics the first time people didn't know where l.a. was. they gave it to us, it was the great depressi

i'm john vause in los angeles where it's just 9:00 p.m. >> and it's 11:00 in the evening here in houston i'm george howell live. the backdrop here, the houston convention center. this is a place where some 8,000 people are calling home. a temporary home, after losing so much. but there's also a great sense of hope here. we'll have more on that in a moment, but first the latest on what is now tropical depression harvey. this storm weakened wednesday night. it's moved on from houston, but the governor of texas says the worst is not yet over. life-threatening floods are a big concern here. entire cities are under water in parts of the state. the death toll so far, at least 37 people have been killed since harvey hit friday night as a major hurricane. here in houston, texas, alone, police say they responded to more than 5,000 calls for rescues. now, as a matter of this storm itself, harvey has broken the u.s. record for rainfall for a single storm. dumping almost 52 inches of rain, that's 137 cent meters of rain in parts of the state. all credit of course given to first responders, the work

>>> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world i'm john vause live in los angeles. it is now 11:00 here on the west coast. >> 1:00 a.m. here in houston, texas. i'm george howell live at a convention center that's been converted into a shelter for some people. for some 8,000 people that are calling this a temporary home. hurricane harvey, no longer a hurricane it's a tropical depression, but the region still struggling with major flooding left behind. i want to show you this drone video taken in bow mono, texas, east of houston. you can see the scope and scale of deaf station here after this storm reloaded and hit the coastline for a second time. overall the death toll as it stands now over 37 people has been killed sin friday when this storm first made landfall as a hurricane. it's still unclear how many people have been stranded. flood waters nearly covering some rooftops in some buildings. as for the storm itself, harvey has broken a u.s. record from a rain fall in a single storm. it's dumped 52 inches in this state alone. >> the rain that was receive

i'm john vause. >> and i'm isha. this is la. >> another talk about donald trump jr. linked to a russian attorney last year has changed. >> the attorney said donald trump had nothing to do with the meeting but now something different. >> reporter: new reports tonight from the white house over president trump's hands on role, crafting an explanations of his son's meeting with runner over the 2016 election. >> the president weighed in on my information he could. >> reporter: the white house acknowledging for the first time the president helped write a statement his son donald trump jr., son-in-law jared kushner and paul manafort has with the russians and others in the trump tower. the president dictated that busy leading statement. >> he certainly didn't dictate but he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. >> reporter: his own lawyer assisted mr. trump didn't write the statement saying the meeting about russian adoption. >> i wasn't involved in the statement drafting at all nor was the president, i'm assuming that was between mr. donald trump jr.,

. >> and i'm john vause. we're live in los angeles, and it's just gone past midnight here on the west coast. thanks for being with us. we will begin this hour with new developments in the now infamous meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer link to the kremlin. the "washington post" is reporting president trump personally dictated a misleading statement claiming the meeting was only about adoptions. trump jr. later released e-mails showing the meeting was set up to provide dirt on hillary clinton, which was provided from the russian government. >> well, the post says, quote, the strategy that advisers agreed should be for donald trump jr. to release a statement to get ahead of the story. they wanted to be truthful so their account couldn't be repudiated later in the full details emerged. but within hours at the president's direction, the plan changed. >> joining us now here in los angeles, cnn's senior reporter for media and former l.a. councilwoman wendy crewel and trump supporter john phillips

i'm john vause in los angeles where it's just gone 10:00 here on the west coast. >> and i'm george howell live here in houston, texas. midnight here at this convention center where thousands of people, some 8,000 people in fact are trying to get a good night's sleep in this shelter after surviving a storm quite frankly that destroyed so much. first the very latest on that storm harvey. it's weakened now to a tropical depression, but the damage that it's left behind, that will be felt here in this area for quite a long time to come. this storm battered port arthur, texas as it moved on. the mayor says the entire town underwater. 37 people have died since harvey hit this state as a hurricane last friday. a military spokesperson says it is still unclear how many people here in houston alone will still need to be rescued. the flooding is extensive. harvey has set a new u.s. record in fact for the most rainfall from a single storm. it dropped almost 52 inches of rain. that's 130 centimeters of rain as it soaked parts of the state. when you take into account how widespread the damage is from th

i'm john vause live out los angeles. it's 11:00 p.m. here on the west coast.east nine people have been killed since harvey struck texas as a category four hurricane on friday night. flooding has left huge parts of houston and surrounding cities under water and the same

i'm john vause in los angeles where it's just 9:00 p.m. >> and it's 11:00 in the evening here in houston live. the backdrop here, the houston convention center. this is a place where some 8,000 people are calling home.

. >> i'm john vause. thank you for being with us. >> we begin "the washington post".me

i'm john vause. >> and i'm isha. this is la. >> another talk about donald trump jr.