houston, the fourth largest city mostly under water at this hour. mandatory evacuations ordered overnight. several neighborhoods there with another several feet of rain possible. let's get right to gabe gutierrez. gabe, good morning to you. we can barely see you. what's the situation. >>> savannah, good morning. we have been seeing rain constantly throughout the night. this event is not over. as you can see behind me, many roads are impassable. houston the nation's fourth largest city is paralyzed. overnight the rivers have continued to rise. runs through the heart of downtown houston. at record stages. authorities are considering and actually overnight released water from two reservoirs. that will continue to increase the water levels here in hughes. we've seen hundreds of water rescues overnight. dramatic water rescues by air and boat. desperate calls for help. authorities here in houston are defending their decision not to issue a mandatory evacuation order maahead of the storm. mayor said it would have been incredibly dangerous to send millions

but as you pointed out, houston, the force largest city in the united states, but this city covers anrea that is bigger than manhattan, chicago, philadelphia and san francisco combined to give people a sense of what authorities are having to grapple with. all of those people out there whether from the state, federal government and even volunteer rescue efforts. that is how big this is. >> lieutenant general, i'm interested on your take on how long will it take for the infrastructure to come back online, to help service and support the area. as we talked about, houston is a big energy capital of the world. what can we expect timewise for the infrastructure to come back? >> it's cannot be a while to get the electric grid. a lot of these rural areas did not take the grave doubt. you watch over the weekend transformers popping. when that happens, the entire system has to be built. that is going to be the driver of when people can get back. guild members, 40% of small businesses don't survive these events because the grid doesn't come out, they don't have the workers of the people they use

before harvey slams into the nation's fourth-largest city, homeowners scramble to save their homes by lifting them. >> threw all our crews at this and hope to brings and get it done before it hit. >> reporter: and you're going to make it. >> definitely. >> reporter: the scheffmans' house elevated just in time. >> just an amazing feeling. >> reporter: while others are heartbroken. >> we are about ten days away from being lifted. it will be our third flood in three years. i'm not sure how we'll get through this one. >> we're geared up and ready to go. >> reporter: the threat level is as high as it gets at the harris county office of emergency management. >> but we can monitor everything. if i do call for an evacuation, then i can monitor traffic all the way to dallas, all the way to san antonio, all the way to austin. >> reporter: local, state and federal

torrential rains engulfing america's fourth largest city. with an exploding population that defines urban sprawl. extra prone to flooding. this sinkhole, the result of a trickling creek turned into a torrent. the culvert, unable to handle that volume of water. not helping is this. concrete, a lot of it southwest of houston and it does not absorb water. in league city, southeast of houston, an astounding 30 inches has fallen, and over 2 feet recorded around the metro area. that's enough rain to fill up 448 superdomes. an event of this magnitude, rare to say the least, odds of a flood this bad? 1 in 500. and the geography here doesn't help. rainwater is forced onto the streets, then into small bayous, easily overwhelmed in heavy downpours. buffalo bayou runs through the middle of the city. right now it looks like this. 15 feet over flood stage. a level never been seen before. >> unlike other floods that we've experienced, the sheer volume of water that has fallen is going to take time to run off. >> rob is live in west houston. and the storm i

the largest city in the roosevelt hotel. and he said many a nights, many days we travelled in two cars and he used the word two fords. and he said we traveled the airline highway, which is now u.s. highway 61 between new orleans and baton rouge. he said it was a two, three-hour trip. easy three-hour trip. he said we'd run down that highway. there was a stop. he said i'd make my phone call. huey would get something to drink. i didn't know enough to say was it alcoholic, nonalcoholic? and to this day, that service station restaurant is still there. it looks art deco. '30s style. he said we'd stop there and i'd make my phone call. what's what. because all we had in our car were receivers. it would receive a radio transmission. they couldn't transmit back. it was in effect a police radio but it was a radio. i'd make my call and we'd leave. we travelled in two cars. i traveled with the governor or the senator. and there was always a car in front of us. it was not uncommon you'd hear plink, plink, someone shooting at us along the

it's like three inches deep. >> i didn't think it was that deep. >> reporter: america's fourth largest city fighting to survive a still unfolding calamity. >> you spent most of your life in this city, explain what you're seeing through your eyes with that personal connection. >> reporter: it's my hometown. it's hard to see, especially hear the pain and the suffering. rains and storms here often, but never quite like this. i'm encouraged watching people come together and helping each other, i'm confident that no matter what comes next, they'll do just that. lester. >> i got a chance to see some of that jacob earlier, we'll show that later in the broadcast. thank you for your reporting. this emergency is not confined to houston. there were calls for help and rescues in other areas today. one of those is dickenson, texas, it's about 30 miles to the south and where we are. nbc's goddy schwartz is there with the story. >> reporter: we're here in dickenson. there are families trying to get to safety. people that are wading in chest-high water. you've got cars, we just passed a hummer that has bee

largest city in the country we will have a lot of flooding. we deal with that but, this will be unprecedented. we have neighborhoods that are never flooded before and levels we haven't seen. tucker, in this area of where the storm surge will be on the coast, there are over 225,000 homes. there is a company called core logic that has done an analysis that we could have close to $40 billion in damage. 232,000 hosms just along the coast. and then hundreds of thousands of homes in the area between the coast and san antonio and austin and houston. so you are looking at big try angle. areas as far away as waco, texas may have 40 mile-per-hour winds and 5 to 6 inches of rain. this is going to be unprecedented storm for the country and particularly texas. tucker, as you know, we are the center for refineries and oil and natural gas production. our refineries about 30 will be closed down.

and the nation's fourth largest city is essentially under water. the human and economic impact of this monster storm tonight on "nightly business report" for monday august 28th. good evening, everyone, and welcome. tyler mathisen has this week off. we begin tonight with the devastation hitting southeast texas. where harvey made land over the weekend as a category 4 hurricane and then stalled dumping torrential rain which could top 4 feet in some areas when all is said and done. there has been and will be historic flooding. there have been mass evacuations and several deaths. tens of thousands are without power in houston. the nation's fourth largest city, well, it's at a standstill. and the heart of the nation's energy infrastructure is impacted. we have reports up and down the gulf coast. in corpus christi near where harvey made landfall, galveston, of course, but we begin with contessa brewer in houston. >> reporter: houston is dealing with persistent flooding and relentless rain now measured in feet rather than mere inches. all the while officia

. >> people in the country's fourth largest city pleading for help. >> we need help in the fifth ward. get people here now before they die. >> millions dealing with epic flooding and the race to save them right now. and the storm's latest path. we're tracking it all right now. >>> we do say good morning. i'm kendis. >> i'm lynda lopez in for diane macedo. >> southeast texas waking up to more drenching downpours and catastrophic flooding triggered by tropical storm harvey blamed for at least three deaths. it's expected to dump up to 50 inches of rain before moving out later this week. >> frantic rescue operations continued. emergency crews and volunteers plucking trapped families from homes. water waist deep in many areas. overnight the army corps of engineers began a controlled release of water from two reservoirs which could flood thousands more homes. >> in the meantime, this is what the runway looked at houston's hobby airport underwater. natasha barrett has breaking details from houston right now. natasha, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and lynda. i'm born

america's fourth largest city. filled with the scenes.ichelle: within the hour we have learned of one more death in southeast texas. we have team coverage. stephen tschida tracking the local rescue response. chief meteorologist doug hill tracks the storm. >> let's start off with the lana zak live with the latest. lana? lana: >> good evening. the need is profound. the air and the water continue. >> the fourth largest city is under water. more rain to come. four felt of rain in some areas. this interstate is a river. this is hobby airport. before harvey and now. the army corps of engineers releasing the water from the dams filling up too fast. people down river were told to evacuate. the governor activating the national guard ordering 9,000 more troops to assist 3,000 on the ground. >> something fell off a night stand. i woke us up. >> shelters rapidly. >> people receiving cheer from batman and his son. >> the city needs a hero. we have to help the city. >> more continue to come. evacuees at hotels to find there are so more rooms. >> so muc

the country's 4th largest city is shut down. it's shaping up to be an historic level of flooding causing heartbreak and widespread damage. there have been 1,000 water rescue as overnight. there are reports of people trapped in their attics and on their roof. we are told 24 hours of rain is still ahead and the worst could be yet to come. i'm eric shawn, this is "america's news headquarters." arthel: entire neighborhoods under water. officials telling people to stay indoors and only call 911 if their lives are in i am nernlt danger. adam klotz is tracking the storm. how much rain is headed houston's way? reporter: these numbers just keep climbing and climbing. so far this is from the system that made landfall. this your legend up at the top. we are getting into the 12 to 16-inch range. a wide area where we have seen heavy rain. and there are those numbers. 15, 16, 17, 18 inches of rain already. and it's still raining and it will be range for days. here is the last 24 hours. you will see where it moved on to shore but where all the

president trump declares a disaster of historic proportions, as america's fourth—largest city is hity a year's rainfall, injust one week. plucked to safety from rooftops by helicopter as the entire texas national guard are called in to help. up to 2,000 people are rescued, including residents of a care home. she said within10— 15 minutes the water went from ankle high to waist high, so immediately they were underwater and floating. frustration in brussels. as the third round of brexit talks get under way, the eu's chief negotiatior tells the uk to remove ambiguity. german prosecutors say a nurse who is serving a life sentence for murdering two patients may have killed 84 others. experts investigate a mysterious gas cloud which left 150 people needing hospital treatment after it hit the east sussex coast. and sizzling sun and sensational sounds. it can only be the notting hill carnival. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. breaking news. north korea has reportedly fired a missile that passed over northern japan. that is according to the japanese government. thej alert system advised

devastating from rain threatening the nation's fourth-largest city.er of it all. the most powerful storm to hit in a decade. good morning. reporter: and it is still hitting. this rain just will not die. we had a break of maybe an hour overnight. it is just pounding down again. this is what it's been doing ever since the storm hit on friday night. incredible. we just made our way to a residential neighborhood. these are some of the homes put in jeopardy by the reservoir release we talked about because the teams are in jeopardy now and even though we thought the rising waters had abated for bed,, and now water rising very quickly. some people had their car loaded up ready to go in they were unable to get out. look at the storm track in the radar, and i've never seen anything like it. i've covered every major hurricane since 1988, since the mid-80s actually. i've never seen -- i've seen storm stalled before. i've never seen one for this long dumping as much water is truly unprecedented. rescues going on today if they went on over the weekend. you said it

the fourth—largest city in the united states has ground to a halt. t off, airports are closed and 3000 soldiers have been mobilised. president trump plans to visit tomorrow. he will find a city in crisis. sarwat and shakil nasiri join me from sugar land, part of greater houston area. trapped inside their house, flood waters have reached their driveway. it must be a frightening situation for you both to be in. it has been. we did stock up and water. we never thought it would get to anything like this, we were not expecting something this disastrous. we have got water right up to our driveway, if it continues to reign, our house might be flooded. we just brought ourselves upstairs, it has been concerning an frightening. what has the advice being? to try and get out oi’ the advice being? to try and get out or to stay put for the moment? —— been? it has been a bit mixed, some people decided to come back up. our share of stock in going door to door, asking if anyone needed anything. we did mention that the water was higher. there wasjust one main door, and

. >> it's the fifth largest city totality. hotels here starting selling ou >> lauren and her family rented an rv andtexas. >> it's going to be an credible. the sky and all the glow. >> the phillips family drove here from oklahoma ampin out. goi u won't be able to see the to look like a ring of fire. >> i imagine at the moment ofto awe and i want to feel everybody in the same emotional state. i empowering. >> and an experience that few will ever cbs news st. joseph, missouri. >> cbs news will bring hour special report with correspondents coast-to-coast covering the eclipse. eastern, noon central here on cbs. this morning the rebegan annual drills that north korea warns could ge uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war. the 11 dayra involves 17,000 american and 50,000 south korean troops.rill heightened launched two intercontinentalis last month. president trump will outline the new strategy forhe afghanistan during a televised address to the nation tonight. u.s. troops in afghanistan in a after con sultding with military advisers

people taken to their roofs. >> the remnants now drowning one of the nation's largest cities. and could some have been spared with more warning? >>> we do say good morning to everybody. we thank you for joining us. we're going to start with the breaking news and what's proving to be a terrible early morning for people in houston and much of south texas. >> the remnants of hurricane harvey are still battering texas, expected to stick around for days. some areas could see 50 inches of rain. at least three deaths are blamed on the storm. mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for hundreds of homes in rosenberg. and the evacuation order has been extended to 54 counties. >> thousands of people have been rescued. families fami families and even pets rescued from rooftops. the national guard has been activated. fema is sending in more than 1800 staffers, and president trump is heading to texas even as the rain continues to fall tomorrow. abc's lana zak is in the thick of it all. and good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you kendis and lynda. that's right. more than

can you give us an update from the petro metro, from houston, the fourth-largest city in the country,nd tell us where you are in relation to t these refineries and what are your concerns? event this is a historic by all means. i live just east of the eastern ship trail where the largest concentration of refineries d chchemical plants began and starts. just yesterday we have been getting reports of all of the things that you mentioned and i just w wt to read d one here.e. the national response center operated by the u.s. coast guard released m more than 30 calls fr spilled gasoline, crude oil, petroleum, and the release of contaminants. these again are just self-reports. they s shut down thehe monitors. we have no way of really knowing the completete impact from these facilities. and right now in port arthur, we are seeing the same situation play out. the largest refinery in the u.u. has shut down and our quest for power has rendered us powerless against the awesome forces of natuture. we have to do better, amy. amy: you mentioned the port arthur facility. many people understand the st

. >> tonight we're covering the breaking news, unfolding disaster in texas, nation's fourth largest city, houston brought to its knees by historic flooding, destruction is horrifying. the massive rescue effort, neighbor helping neighbor is inspiring. here's our national news chief correspondent tom young. >> we need. they got them out there in the water drowning. >> as the waters continues to rise all around them, and her children were desperately waiting to be rescued in houston. they were just one of thousands of family in need of aide. >> we have no food. i haven't eaten in two days. no water. >> we will show aisha and her family's dramatic rescue coming up. hers one of hundreds in the wake of the hurricane first to hit texas in-years. what's clear is houston will never be the same. >> the reality is we are just beginning the process of responding to this storm. >> the landmark hurricane swept through southeastern texas hitting as a category 4 early saturday morning, its winds taking down power lines and peeling off roof tops and as it began to weaken settled over the area and on sund

america's fourth-largest city, houston, is among the worst hit. and trying to find ways to revive the long stalled peace process -- and the controversial guru in india sentenced to 10 ofrs in jail for the rape followers. protests following the guilty verdict two days ago left 40 dead. here in france, flowers are appealing to the palate as well as the eye now. details on that in our business update. but first, our top story, live from paris. ♪ start is toll houston with the unprecedented flooding in the wake of tropical storm harvey. two people have been confirmed dead so far, but the number looks likely to rise. it is unclear how bad the damage will be from the most powerful years,o hit texas in 50 but it is not over yet. the heavy rain is expected to last for days. france 24's elizabeth walsh reports. >> with emergency workers these two men, went on a mission to save 80-year-old mrs. bartlet. >> the worst flooding in 40 years, that the water has come up to this house. reporter: the evacuation went smoothly. >> i did not want to leave now. others,

. >> flooding in the nation's 4th largest city is being called unprecedented it is still raining right now. >>> let's go to abc's natasha barrett live in houston with more on this. >> reporter: good morning, i'm born and raised here in the city of houston it is heartbreaking to see the way things are. the rain is starting again, on and off, the winds are picking up as well. we're not out of the woods. everything is under water as you've seen before. we're expecting 15 to 25 inches of rain. rescues continue throughout the night in houston, the 4th largest city in crisis. >> the water came up so fast. >> reporter: emergency management officials are saying they need more boats for rescues as roads turned into rivers. the geography in houston in the helping the situation. rain water is forced on the streets and on small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. first responders are so stretched so thin, neighbors are helping out. >> i've been here 40 years and the water has never come up this high. >> reporter: other desperate residents are being plucked from rooftops. choppers from sa

this the fourth largest city in country, largest city in south, 2.3 million people live in houston, 6.l 3 in metro poll timetropolitan area. this serious, we've not had a flood like this in modern times. trish: you are right, a contrast with what president did it and president bush and katrina, he waited too long, there were additional problem, it was hard to get the resources to the people, i am being there, and seeing fema trailers lined up, so many people could not get them. he is going backsaturday. but. what about implementation of distribution of resources to make sure that people who are struggling have what they need. >> general kelly, they learned lesson from president bush, it was not just his fault, the system did not work at that point. i think that they are prepared, he is making sure the appropriate things are being taken care of. it really takes military getting in there to make the stuff happen. the story of national guard, adding thousands of troops to begi join them, it is a big undertaking, a big economic cost. country, and sadly pay for it but at end of the day it

in texas, at least five people have died amid catastrophic flooding in houston, the fourth largest city in the united states. the crisis began on friday when hurricane harvey made landfall in rockport, texas. it was the most powerful hurricane to hit texas in more than half a century. the national weather service issued a warning saying -- "this event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced. follow orders from officials to ensure safety. the washington post reports the storm has already dumped more than 9 trillion gallons of water -- enough water to fill the great salt lake in salt lake city twice. and meteorologists project another 5 to 10 trillion gallons of water could be dumped on the region in coming days. this is u.s. coast guard vice admiral karl schultz. >> this is a very dangerous storm with catastrophic consequence. folks need to not underestimate that. it will be a sustained challenge for the coming days. many time folks wrongly presume the wind even will be the most challenging event. real significant water event in the coming days. amy: both

rescues continue throughout the night in houston, the country's 4th largest city in crisis. >> the water came up so fast, it was incredible. >> reporter: emergency management officials are asking the public for help saying they need boats for rescues as roads turned into rivers. the geography in houston not helping the situation. rain water is forced on to streets and then on small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. first responders are stretched so thin neighbors are helping others. >> it's been 40 yores i've been here, and never saw this water this high. >> reporter: others are being plucked from the rooftops choppers as far as away from san diego and cape cod are pitching in to help. many are having trouble getting through 911. residents are told not to call unless the situation is life threatening. >> we need help in 5th ward. we need people here to evacuate people. get people here now, before they die. >> reporter: the city's mayor asking for patience. many of those who left left with nothing. >> it's all just materialistic stuff. >> reporter: so difficult to vee so many

>>> up to five dead, more than 1,000 rescued, the 911 system overloaded, the fourth largest city in america, houston, is in crisis. thanks for being with us. i'm debra alfarone. it's going to be touch and go for people in the houston area tonight and the next few days. the new york ti the unprecedented storm has left neighborhoods completely under water and the rain is expected to continue, some areas receiving more than 40 inches of rain by the time it's all over. kenneth craig is on the ground for us in houston. >> reporter: rescue helicopters lower people one by one onto dry highways in houston after picking them up from their flooded homes. this man took the ride with his young son. >> this is all we got. we lost the car, all the clothes, school clothes, everything is gone. everything is gone. >> reporter: residential streets became waterways for boats rescuing people as tropical storm harvey continues to pound houston. >> it's got to be the 500 year flood or 1,000 year flood. it's ridiculous. >> i don't think we'll every see it again. i sure hope not. >> reporter: thousands called for

. >> it's the fifth largest city along the so-called path of totality. hotels here starting selling out more than a year ago. >> lauren and her family rented an rv and drove here from texas. >> it's going to be an credible. the sky going dark and all the glow. >> the phillips family drove here from oklahoma and will be camping out. >> you won't be able to see the moon or the sun it's just going to look like a ring of fire. >> i imagine at the moment of totality everybody will be in awe and i want to feel everybody in the same emotional state. i think that's going to be empowering. >> and an experience that few will ever forget. cbs news st. joseph, missouri. >> cbs news will bring you a two hour special report with correspondents coast-to-coast covering the eclipse. begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern, noon central here on cbs. this morning the u.s. and south korea began annual military drills that north korea warns could trigger, quote the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war. the 11 day training exercise involves 17,000 american and 50,000 south korean troops

this bus in fairfax county public schools, the second largest after new york city. a lot of work to be done. in fairfax today, 189,000 students making their way back to class today. classes are beginning between 7:10 and 8:30 this morning. the word for drivers is to be alert as you make your way on to the road today. lats year, 2016, they did issue 154 citations for drivers who tried to cut around the stopped buses. they're asking drivers to stop doing that. it puts a lot of lives in danger. we can also tell you, too, right now molette green is looking at lunch already. molette, what's going on to get kids a healthy start? >> oh, yeah. we're doing it up here in kitchen. it's all about packing a slam-dunk lunch. i've got my harlem globetrotter expert here. he's the lunch dad with these kids. we're working on the protein. we've got the veggies and the cool looking cheese. show that cheese. you guys, cut that really cute. >> we're going to talk about the best way to do the protein when we come back in just a few minutes. we're live in the kitchen. live in the community

houston, the nation's fourth-largest city, under water in the wake of hurricane harvey.dy rescued. >> all i could grab is my wallet and my phone. that's all i knew to grab. >> thousands more stranded. rescue crews stretched to the limit. another two feet of rain on the way. >> we have to remind ourselves this event is not over. >> with waters rising, new evacuations issued overnight, but why weren't they ordered before the storm? houston's mayor defending that decision. >> you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare. >> lester holt is live in houston, and we have correspondents fanned out across the region today, monday, august

. >> the remnants of the hurricane now completely drowning one of the nation's largest cities. could some of the victims have been spared with a stronger warning? we're live with full coverage this morning on "world news now." we do say good morning to you, everybody. we thank you for joining us. we're going to start with that breaking news and what's proving to be a terrible early morning for much of houston and south texas. >> the victims of harvey are still battling in north texas. some areas could see 50 inches of rain. at least three deaths are now being blamed on the storm. mandatory evacuation orders were issued overnight for hundreds of homes in the houston suburb of rosenbe rosenberg. and the texas governor has raised his disaster declaration to 54 counties. >> families and even pets plucked from rooftops. houston alone was inundated with 56,000 911 calls over a 24-hour period. the national guard has been activated. fema is sending in more than 1800 staffers and president trump is heading to texas even as the rain continues to fall tomorrow. abc's lana zak is in the th

the disaster in texas unfolding at this hour in america's fourth largest city. ing a 500-year flood. the death toll climbing. thousands of people rescued. 911 overwhelmed. the city under water. families trapped in their homes. the fema director saying this could be the worst disaster in the state's history. coast guard helicopters pulling victims to safety. reinforcements on the way. and a giant sinkhole opening up under a major road. >>> mass evacuations. disturbing images seen across the country. the seniors, some in wheelchairs, trapped as their nursing home fills with water. >>> inside the disaster zone. homes and businesses ripped apart. our crew capturing the

miles, from corpus christi up to houston and beaumont, the difference is this, you have the fourth-largest city in the united states of america, a population of the entire metropolitan area of about 7 million people, gdp of the houston area would make it the 25th largest economy in the world. he's that could be its own country if it wanted to. then you think about, and i understand listening to the news last night, we have lost another oil refinery. , so we now have almost 20% of oil refineries being shut down because of the storm. it is difficult sometimes for viewers and listeners to understand, but a flood event is so much different than a wind is meant. many structures, if they are built properly, to code, can withstand category three or category four hurricane. but in this case, the floodwaters, four feet to six the deep in some places, longer that that water stays in a home or a business, the more likely you are that you will have structural damage, and in fact, many homes, i believe, will have to be gutted from the inside out, rebuilt and the same is true for many homes. toould just caut

in houston, the fourth largest city in the country. it's so developed. you have all these bayous, creeks and rivers throughout the city. they cannot handle up to three feet of rain. last night when we put our story together for the "today" show two feet was expected. now it's even more, more than 30 inches in a lot of areas in houston. the buy you just can't handle that. they'll overflow into neighborhoods, onto freeways, even businesses. if the forecast sticks, this will be just as catastrophic or more than we've been saying. alex? >> jacob, we do not like hearing that. as you said, this was supposed to be the easy day for houston. i've got cousins i spoke with last night. they said we're prepared to hit sunday, but it looks like it came a little early. speaking of the forecast, let's get the latest on the path of that storm. msnbc meteorologist bill karins. >> houston is quickly becoming the story of the day. you can see behind you, this is the wide radar view of the storm. the center of the storm near victoria. that's weakening quickly. look towards th

continues ine rain the fourth-largest city in the it's astates?rrible thing, they have definitely have a lasting impact -- they hardly have a lasting impact on the economy. in the medium-term, it is rather positive for the u.s. economy unless we would see there are energy resources destroyed for a long while. matt: what do you think we are going to see happen -- or wipe you think we see this kind of arbitrage happening with brent crude up and wti down? what difference does that make? now it is short on arbitrage driven by the fact that there might be short supply shot coming from the u.s. the supply destroyed affected by the disaster which is the reason we have the small price differences, but i don't think it is something to last. anna: away from the immediate impact, the broader conversation after jackson hole around -- jackson hole didn't do much with monetary policy. she was saying that we don't want to get behind. that is why a gradual pace of increases in rates is likely. what do you expect from the fed? another rate hike toward the end of t

of houston is bracing for even more catastrophic flooding from harvey after the nation's fourth largest city was pummelled with up to 2 feet of rain. an unprecedented 50 inches of rain could hit several areas by storm's end. and the situation could not be more dire as the national weather service puts out several tornado and flash flood warnings overnight. five to ten more inches of rain could hit the area in just the next several hours. and right now the army corps of engineers has begun releasing the waters of two nearby dams in an effort to stem some of the flooding. >>> overnight voluntary evacuations have been ordered for some houston neighborhoods as police urged the public to stay safe. there have been over a thousand water rescues in the last 72 hours, with more rescues certain as the rain persists. bill karins forecast is just ahead. first let's to my co-anchor phillip mena who is in houston right now. what have you experienced so far? >> hey, frances, good morning. i was hoping to talk to you in front of a camera this morning, but the road closures from all of this flooding made th

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