here is mireya villarreal. north of downtown los angeles, victoria carreas is praying her husband will come home soon, detained by immigration customs enforcement, the undocumented 42-year-old living here with her american born wife and two young children. >> they cry at night. they miss their father. i miss my husband deeply. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs news, i.c.e. says he is a repeat immigration violator who assumed multiple identities and his actions have established a pattern of misrepresentation. carias had several run-ins with i.c.e., granted two stays, his third was denied. >> why do you think he might have been targeted? >> i think he is just a victim of the new administration. >> reporter: the family's attorney believes the president's promise to target criminals is far from what is happening in the field. >> the detentions internally here in the united states have increased at 150%. since the obama administration. >> this rolled out a new immigration bill that restricts what kind of immigrant

>> o'donnell: all right, mireya villarreal, thank you. we've got much more coming up including our visit to the u.s. coast guard command center. a dangerous massive coordination effort that is underway tonight. now let's turn it back to anthony mason in new york. anthony? >> mason: thanks, norah. president trump will fly to the disaster zone tomorrow. and possibly again next weekend. no decision has been announced on which towns the president will visit. today he insisted congress will act swiftly to approve a multibillion dollar recovery package for texas. coming up next on this expanded edition of the "cbs evening news," new questions tonight about mr. trump's business dealings in russia. and later, a new missile launch by north korea. korea. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. rethink your allergy relief. flonase sensimist. ♪ ethat's the height ofs mount everest. because each day she chooses to take the stairs. at work, at home... even on the escalator. that can be hard on her lower body, so now she does it wi

here mireya villarreal. >> the desert is drenched.o shows two people rescued from the roofave pickup truck that's totally submerged after a flash flood north of phoenix. it's a snapshot of monsoon season in arizona. tucson just recorded its wettest july on record. it's been that type of summer. unusually wet in the southwest, unusually hot in the northwest, so hot that stores in normally mild port land landare running out of air conditioners. >> i'm going to stay in my house and be cool. >> reporter: meals on wheels is delivering fans to the elderly. >> oh, thank you! >> reporter: as the city braces for perhaps its hottest day ever. three times in history portland has reached 107 degrees. by thursday, it could hit 108, dangerously hot, says koin-tv meteorologist claire anderson. >> we could see at least four days of 100-degree-plus temperatures in the portland metro area, and that just doesn't happen a lot here. >> reporter: all afternoon, we've been getting readings well over 120 degrees, which is why people here in portland are doin

mireya villarreal reports there is a huge effort to make sure that doesn't happen here in texas. >> reporter not just people on the move. life for animals large and small all impacted by hurricane harvey. countless rescues have taken place. >> it's okay, puppy. it's okay. >> reporter: pets carried to safety, like their owners, the world as they know it is no longer the same. at the george r. brown convention center in downtown houston, animals are seen by vets and cared for by volunteers like salise shuttlesworth. >> there are people here who literally risked their lives to save their animals. >> reporter: some evacuees will end up here, 200 miles away in a san antonio shelter. so far, more than 200 pets have been registered. most are dogs, but there are about 30 cats, and one gerbil named rufus. lisa norwood heads up san antonio's animal care services. >> if it means we give peace of mind to the evacuees from harvey so they can work on their next steps as families we're prepared to do that for however long and however hard it is. >> reporter: about 200 pets will be leaving san antonio. this

mireya villarreal is there. mireya, good evening. >> well, good evening.onio has been taking in evacuees for five days. 1,100 people coming here for some sort of shelter. and as we speak, buses stand staged. they're ready to head to husson when it is safe to pick up more people and bring them back here to the alamo city. school buses normally filled with students are filled with families forcinged out by hurricane harvey. they evacuated, rockport with their two small children. >> we have nowhere for them to go. it's, we don't know what we are going to do. we don't have any other resources outside. than what we are getting here. >> most of the shelters were unequipped for children. families made due cribs made out of cardboard boxes before a nonprno nonprofit arrived with real cribs. >> we can sleep better knowing they're not going to fall off and hurt their head. >> new arrivals are issued identification tags to keep families together while officials search for empty beds in shelters. so far, four are open. and more are needed. as san antonio is preparing

here's mireya villarreal. >> reporter: in thfront w of the church her family founded north of downtown los angeles, victoria carias is praying her husband, pastor noe carias, will come home soon. recently detained by immigration customs enforcement, the undocumented 42-year-old has been living here with his american-born wife and two young children. >> they cry at night. they miss their father; i miss my husband deeply. a reporter: in a statement to cbs news, ice say mr. carias is "a repeat immigration violator, who assumed multiple identities, and his actions have established a pattern of misrepresentation." carias had several run-ins with ice. he was granted two stays, but his third was denied. why do you think he might have been targeted? >> i just think he is just a victim of the new administration. >> reporter: the family's attorney, noemi ramirez, believes the president's promise to target criminals is far what is happening in the field. >> the detentions internally here in the united states have increased at 150% since the obama administration. >> reporter: this week, president

here is mireya villarreal. >> reporter: the desert is drenched.ows two people rescued from the roof of a pickup truck submerged after a flash flood north of phoenix. it is a snapshot of monsoon season in arizona. tucson just recorded its wettest july on record. if the's been that type of summer. unusually wet in the southwest, unusually hot in the northwest. so hot mild portland are running out of air conditioners. >> i'm going to stay in my house and be cool. >> reporter: meals on wheels delivering fans to the elderly. as the city braces for perhaps its hottest day ever. three times in history, portland has reached 107. by thursday, it could hit 108. dangerously hot says meteorologist claire andersen. >> we could see four days of 100-degree-plus temperatures in the portland metro area. that just doesn't happen a lot here. >> all afternoon we have been getting readings well over 120 degrees, which is why people here in portland are doing anything to stay cool. anthony. >> 120, ouch. mireya villarreal, thanks. >>> off old cape cod, every week is sh

our mireya villarreal paid a visit to the skeeter lab in south san tran. san francisco.ial neighborhood is making a rather unusual delivery. it is hard to see with the naked eye, but flying out of this tube -- are thousands of mosquitoes. new additions to the community. >> are the mosquitoes going to bother us, bite us? so far, it hasn't been much of a problem. >> not a problem for beeny smith, despite putting more bugs in the air, the experiment in this van could actually decrease the mosquito in her backyard. >> the only ones we release are male, the females bite, the ones we are releasing are sterile. they will meet with the female. she will produce eggs but they will never hatch. >> running this experiment for the life sciences corporate does isn't of tick powerhouse google. in total, release 1g million mosquitoes a week for 20 weeks this summer. >> you are going to release 20 million mosquitoes in the fresno areas, are neighbors not concerned. >> once they understand male mosquitoes don't bite. if we are successful. we will reduce the population of those who do bite

mireya villarreal. cbs news, san antonio. that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday.or some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news. >>> as harvey rages -- houston's response is called into question. thousand are rescued with shelters bursting at the seams. we were here just 48 hours ago, there were only 47 people. now there is more than 9,000 people. >> honestly, my babies slept on the floor. the death toll rises with a houston police officer among the dead. president trump visits the storm zone. >> this is, this is historic, it is epic. what happened. but you know what, it happened in texas. and texas can handle anything. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening. along with anthony mason in new york. i'm norah o'donnell in houston, texas. outside the george r brown convention center, the city's primary shelter. we will have more on that in a moment. some of the other headlines from today. 17,000 have sought refuge in houston. preparations are now being made tonight, to try and own larger shelters. also today, two reservoirs overflowed. sending more w

only on "cbs this morning" mireya villarreal is the first network correspondent to go inside the oneientists fight some of the world's deadliest diseas >> reporter: it's just after sunrise in frno, california. this van circling a residential neighborhood is making an unusual delivery. it's hard to see with the naked eye, but flying out of this tube are thousands of mosquitos. new additions to the community. >> are the mosquitos going to bother us, bite us? so far it hasn't been much of a problem. >> reporter: it's not a problem for bonnie smith because despite putting more bugs in the air the experiment in this van could decrease the mosquitos in her backyard. >> the only ones we release are males which don't bite. only the females bite. the males we are releasing are s sterile. when they mate she'll produce and lay eggs but they won't hatch. each tray has 3,000 mosquitos. >> reporter: lionel upson is running this for veril, y. they are releasing a million mosquitos a week for 20 weeks this summer. you are going to release 20 million mosquitos in the fresno area. are neighbors concer

mireya villarreal is there. >> reporter: rescue crews from across the country are converging here inan antonio at the freeman coliseum. this facility which is best know for hosting the city's rodeo. now, there are hundreds of cots, more than 900 cots are set up here so the first responders can rest up and regroup before going out to battle hurricane harvey. more than 900 people from the corpus christi, bay side and rockport area were evacuated to shelters in the san antonio area. many of them now are getting word they may not have homes to return to. these families are being told by authorities will be days before they can leave here to head back. we know bear county along with the city of san antonio are coordinating efforts on every level. we are being told in the next 24 hours up to 250 buses will run back and forth from here to houston. picking up evacuees and bringing them back to the alamo city for safety. >> strassman: mireya, thanks. we'll be right back from houston, with an update on harvey. >> strassmann: mireya, thanks. we'll be right >> strassmann: we'll be right back fro

. >> quijano: mireya villarreal. thank you. severe weather is plaguing part of the plains and deep south this weekend. at least 28 people were hurt when a tornado tor through tulsa, oklahoma. several buildings were also destroyed. at least four inches of rain also fell. in new orleans, powerful storms dropped nearly a foot of rain swamping city streets. harvard university expects to enroll a majority nonwhite freshman class this fall for the first time in its history. but the ivy league school is also being a us cooed of discrimination. its part of a new fight over race in college administration-- admissions. tony dokoupil explains. >> i had a perfect score on the act as well as a 4.67gpa i believe. >> michael wang did everybody he could to get into harvard. >> i sang at obama inauguration. debate awards, pea ano competitions. >> reporter: but in 2013 the california high-school student was rejected by his dream school even as he says students with lower grades got in. >> asian americans are set to a higher bar compared to other

. >> reporter: mireya villarreal, cbs news, san antonio. >> o'donnell: they are taking care of the petsas well. that is the cbs evening news. i'm norah o'donnell in houston. >> mason: thanks, norah. harvey is scheduled to make landfall again overnight. we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning"." i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching. good night. ♪[ music ] >>> right now, thousands have been rescued in texas. many more are waiting for help, as harvey continues to pound the statement. the number of reported deaths between 9 and 16 right now, and officials warn that number is bound to increase. the storm has unloaded more than 50 inches of rain

mireya villarreal spoke to the family about their aby leo's li story begins in a familiar place.tan reese and biff chaplow. leo's birth offers another twist to the plot. >> how did this work? i mean you had transitioned. you were a male. >> reese was born a female but grew up identifying as a male. at 20 years old he started to take testosterone. he did not opt for surgery. once the couple decided to have a baby the next step was the easy one. >> it's not that much different in a woman is on hormonal cycle. i stopped taking hormones and my cycle came back. five months later we got the positive pregnancy test. >> when you're pregnant and you have this body, did you ever stop and look at yourself in the mirror and go, whoa, or if that matter did you get the looks on the sidewalk that people ask? were they curious? >> men's bodies are not scrutinized in the way women are so nobodying are noticed i was pregnant. it looked like i had a beer belly. i'm okay being trans. i think it's kind of awesome. >> they shared out things throughout the pregnancy on social media. using the platform

mireya villarreal is there. >> reporter: rescue crews from around the country are here in san antonioan coliseum. facility best known for hosting the city rodeo. more than 900 cots are set up behind me. for first responders. bus drivers for the military. they will come here. they will regroup. then they will head out to battle hurricane harvey. now more than 900 people from corpus christi bayside, rockport area evacuated to shelters in the san antonio area. many of them are getting word they may not have homes to return to. these are families told by authorities, it will be days before they can head back into town. now, right now we know that, behar county, san antonio, coordinating on every level. so far, 2,000 first responders have come through this facility. they are expecting more. they are also expecting about 200 buss to start here, and head to houston to pick up evacuees, bringing them back to the alamo city for safety. mark. >>> we'll be right back from houston with an update on harvey. expected to dump up to 6 inches of additional rain overnight. some places may get two feet

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they're adding to tinre mireya villarre re will be in dublin. >> in a few hours he'll make his appearanceth men are charged with murder. that were on the run for more than a week before turning themselves in on friday bks u now we're learning they made a mysterious stop in wisconsin before driving in to california. this is the oakland, california, police station where university professor wyndham lathem turned himself in. andrew warren also turned himself in peacefully friday night. lathem worked at northwestern since 2007. hours later authorities got an anonymous call that a crime had been committed in story apartment. there they found the body of trent trenton cornell-duranleau. they found two weapons. while they were on the run, investigators say lathem sent a video to family and friends afollow jazzing for his involvement in a crime saying it was the biggest mistake of my life and on the day the body was discovered the two drove 80 miles northwest to geneva, wisconsin, where one made a $1,000 donation in cash to a public library in the name of the victim. lathem had a relationship wit