my district office in the missouri city area has been damaged by a tornado. we are having to move out. we are looking for an office in a time of crisis when we need the office. we are out searching for an office. i have seen the people coming into the center that was opened just last night. 4:00 yesterday in the afternoon we opened up a shelter for people who are having to evacuate. mandatory evacuation, i might add, because of the flooding. within an hour or two the place was filled to capacity. people with their children and their animals. you saw people of all stripes. my district is so diverse.

>> missouri city. >> which is how far from houston?> my fiance would know it more, but it's right outside houston. let's bring teddy, in. teddy, looking forward to meeting you. you're in a shelter right now, is that correct? >> it's actually a holding center. it looks like they just brought some school buses in that are going to take us to an actual shelter. we're not sure if that's going to be at a church, or a high school. but i do see the buses pulling up here now. >> how's everybody doing? starting with you, the father, how is everybody doing? >> it's emotional. it's a humbling experience, you know, force the first time in 30 years, you're being plucked out of your home. my dad's okay. the morale's okay. everyone's holding onto their dogs and little ones, but it's pretty scary. >> you know, i'm just watching this, and just being here, and seeing them there go through all of it, you just wish you can be there to help out in some way, and just looking at her right now, i see the tears in my fiance's knows that we're supposed to be to

a twister tore through missouri city outside of houston. cell phone video you are looking at there, which is 30 miles north of there, shows what looks to be a funnel cloud that has touched down. >> flooding becoming a huge concern for tens of thousands of people. houston's hobby airport closed because of water on the runways. as you can see, people have been trudging through streets overflowing. emergency crews have been working overnight to help drivers trapped in meteorologist somara theodore and amelia reporting on the storm as it unfolds. >> we are going to go to nbc's sarah dollup who is live for us in galveston. good morning, sarah. >> reporter: good morning, adam and megan. as you mentioned, wide-spread flooding across the southeast in the last 24 hours, galveston has received 24 inches of rain. places in houston reporting an excess of 20 inches there. the coast guard now bringing in five helicopters to perform urban search and rescues in houston. they say they have received some 300 calls. they are offering advice to people to seek

not far from there in missouri city a tornado was confirmed there. no deaths or injuries have been reported. >>> president trump expecting another briefing on the storm this morning. >>> local volunteers from the red cross are helping those affected by hurricane harvey. they already opened more than 15 shelters for texas residents. the red cross says more than 1,800 people slept in 35 shelters in texas and low-. can y and louisiana. >>> somara, give us a final check of the weather on this sunday. >> spectacular conditions. your next best shot of rain is monday afternoon and tuesday. keep that in mind. >> but a good day today? >> absolutely. >>> that's it for us on "news4 today." but "meet the press" is next. >>> amelia draper is on the ground in the greater houston area and will have reports all day for us and also coming up at ♪ it's twith the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. and snoring... does your bed do that? the new 360 smart bed is part of ou

my district office in the missouri city area has been damaged by a tornado. we are having to move out. we are looking for an office in a time of crisis when we need the office. we are out searching for an office. i have seen the people coming into the center that was opened just last night. 4:00 yesterday in the afternoon we opened up a shelter for people who are having to evacuate. mandatory evacuation, i might add, because of the flooding. within an hour or two the place was filled to capacity. people with their children and their animals. you saw people of all stripes. my district is so diverse. you saw all of the diversity there. my point to you is this -- having seen new orleans, having seen what has happened in houston and continually monitoring it, i'm convinced we are talking in excess of $100 billion. i don't have a yardstick to accurately assess the damages. i can tell you we are talking about the state of texas and we are talking about other areas that might be impacted. i think we are talking about damages in excess of $100 billion. host: congress

out to the southernwhh part of the city and i've seen where the tornadoes hit and howa trees were snapped in our homes mid been damaged.he my district is in the missouri a city area on the road had been damaged by tornadoes. we had to move out and wereice looking for options at a time oe crisis when we need the office were searching for an office. ju have seen the people coming into the center that was just opened last night, 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon we opened up ap shelter for people that were mandat having to evacuate mandatory evacuation, i might add, because of the flooding and within an hour or two the place was filled to capacity. people with their children and animals and you saw people of all stripes -- my district is

right now more than 200,000 people are without power, this is video from missouri city, texas where a possible tornadoes touched down. it looks like the roof was ripped off this home and minor injuries have been reported there, wow. incredible, started off as a category four weekend. >> reporter: it started out as a small little tropical storm, 24 hours later it ballooned into this huge category four storm with winds up to 130 miles per hour. now that it is over land it lost its fuel source. winds have dropped down to 835 miles per hour. it will weaken as it makes its way farther inland. let's take a look at the satellite image shot. we'll go for an infared shot. we have colored cloud tops. the strongest part of the storm is indicate bide the bright reds which are wrapped around the center of the circulation southwest of victoria, 90 miles per hour southeast of san antonio texas. there's houston. we have the heavy feeder bands working onshore. corpus christi is out of the clear as far as the storm surge is concerned. it came onshore here it's this part of texas that saw the flooding t

he robbed this bank north of web city or joplin, missouri. the ironic thing about this is 15 or years later, bonnie and 20 clyde also robbed this very same bank. in the early 1920's, he robbed joplin andtween pittsburg, kansas. while he was still on the lam in 1922, less than two years later in 1924 they finally tracked him down in joplin at this house. the house has been remodeled but it is still the same house. he was killed by a joplin police in buried in an unmarked grave 1924, in joplin. this is ma barker. she was born in missouri close to springfield. her kids were mainly born in aurora, missouri. when they were little kids, they moved to web city which is where , joplin is. they mainly grew up there and that is when they first kind of started to get into trouble. not serious trouble, but kind of serious trouble. she moved and took them away to tulsa because she thought by doing so, she could keep them out of trouble. after they moved to tulsa, the guided more and more trouble. even after they moved, they kept coming back to missouri an

this gator was spotted in one woman's backyard in missouri city, texas. arlene says her yard face a lake and it appears the flooding brought the lake to her property along with the pal gator. she has since been evacuated and is now staying with a friend. >>> right now, santa clara county sheriff's deputies are working to create a safer community for drivers and pedestrians. agencies from across the county are expected to meet today. kpix 5's jackie ward is live in cupertino where the traffic enforcement operation is set to begin in just over an hour. jackie. >> reporter: michelle, don't let this dark empty road deceive you. we all know it's no secret the bay area has some of the worst traffic in the country. that means law enforcement has more drivers than ever to manage. here in cupertino is one of the places where traffic enforcement is happening as well as saratoga and los altos hills. law enforcement agencies from all over the county will be strictly enforcing traffic laws. they say the purpose is to create a safer community for drivers and pedestrian

but a tornado touched down not far from there in missouri city.r injuries have been reported. >>> president trump keeping an eye on the storm and is expected to get an updated briefing on the storm this morning. >>> and then helping those affected by hurricane harvey. they already opened more than 15 shelters for texas residents. get the latest on hurricane haey app, and follow amelia draper in twitter. she's in texas for us. >>> looks like a repeat of saturday for us. >> yeah, control pace. great conditions out there. >> excellent. get out and enjoy it. >>> thank you for joining us on "news4 today." and amelia draper will join us at 9:00 to give us a unique perspective of what is going on in texas. >> we'll be back at 9:00. until then, have a great sunday, everyone. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. this august visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to $4,500. >>> our troops will fight to win. >> it was amazing. quite a view.

city. the very farthest you can get in southwest missouri. a little town in the corner of oklahoma and arkansas. ats is what was the bank that time. it is still there, no longer used as a bank but that was the same building they tried to rob. it turned out to be almost a reenactment of the other robbery because the citizens on themselves and darted shooting. in this case, the citizens got the worst of it. one of the citizens got killed. of the outlaws got minor injuries but not serious. road they came in on. this is a current picture of the road where they came in on. a couple years later, the others got killed by a law man but not as a direct result of the southwest city deal. this was a year or so later. he got told by an thomas i think it was. kansas.ned galena, another incident happened in 1897. they found a guy with his body stuffed in and abandoned lead mine. it was a big mining town. theycame to find out, gang.d the spackle the problem was they had gone to the house late at night. it was known as a house of ill- repute. he had gone the

tornados have been reported in nearby missouri city.galveston they're dealing with strong storm surges there. coastal flooding could increase. at sea, there are about 20,000 passengers on board cruise ships that were supposed to arrive in galveston this weekend but they can't. the port is closed. the ships are being kept at a safe distance. the houston area is embracing for rain. it's here, it's going to be here for a few more days. some spots could see as much as 40 inches of rain. dan, amy. >> heading into some tough days in houston. >> we appreciate the coverage and i'm sure we'll be talking about it throughout the rest of the day here and for several days to come. ginger says it may be as late as wednesday before they start to get some relief in the houston area. >>> we'll be right back with much more of our team coverage of hurricane harvey. keep it here. at petsmart, we love all pets like this little guy, sam. he eats blue wilderness. it's protein-rich, grain-free and made with more meat to satisfy the wolf spirit that lives in ev

and right here to the patio. >> shepard: missouri city, texas. gator city. for a lot of people, that is kind of common. producers looking at video in new york, that is a game changer. trace gallagher is all wet 25 minutes north. still windy and wet? >> still wet. no gators, but we can attest it is still raining. weather forecasts said some of this dry air will mix with the moisture, but yet, we have not seen it. i need unique situation. how the roads coming in and out our shutdown. we just pulled off the freeway, where half of it is flooded. cars going by on one side, and you boats be launched on the other. it really is a all hands on deck situation. they need all the boats they can get. they're still getting 2,911 calls per hour. a lot of those people need to be wretched here's why. watch, shepard. it was built mostly on flat land, so instead of the water running off, it has to drain. the draining system was only built to handle maybe two or 3 inches at a time. not the 2-3 inches they normally get. before hurricane harvey come at ground was already saturate

i've been out visiting with the mayors no missouri city and the mayor of stafford texas. these are two mayors within my congressional district, and they are in fort bend county. upon talking to them, they're telling me that there has been some damage, but they are also very much worried about the inunaddition that's to come. we understand we're in an erie quiet before a monster arrives. and this storm is a monster. and our hope is that we'll dodge the bullet. but we understand what happens when you get rain that you have to measure with a yardstick ned of a ruler. we understand this is a recipe for people to be hurt. and these mayors are doing all that they can to protect people out in fort been county. >> one of the concerns here is for the most part, if we were to describe the topography, which you know so well here, representative, it's fairly flat throughout texas and throughout the houston area that we're so concerned about flooding here. and therefore, when you look at the key areas that you're worried about, there are a lot of those triangles that sit right in the

. >> in missouri city, a suspected tornado ripped through the sienna plantation neighborhood, damaging as many as 50 homes. >> we're freaking out and literally, you could just feel the power of the house just shaking, almost lifting up. >> emergency crews spent the day rescuing people ing who rode out the storm in their homes. >> there are still nearly 250,000 people who are without power. >>> all right. now, let's turn our attention to what was hurricane harvey and what is now a tropical storm. maximum winds in this down to just 60 miles an hour, but it's not the winds that are the problem anymore, not really. it's the rain. harvey is now 40 miles northwest of victoria, texas. the maximum sustained winds, 60 miles an hour. it was downgraded to a tropical storm earlier today, movement is at east-northeast at 2 miles an hour. that's the problem because it came on shore. it's going to stall. it will sit. it will spin. it will dump rain in just that part of texas that you see lit up in yellow and part of it encompassing the 2 million who live in houston. up to 40 inches of rain fall is po

this is missouri city, texas. arlene couch took this video. she spotted the animals when she went to check on her property. she said okay, hurricane harvey, one was enough had. i don't need two. we're glad that she's okay and that the animals are fine. >> could be much worse obviously. >> for her certainly. our coverage of hurricane harvey and its aftermath continues on the abc 7 news app and abc7news.com. we leave you with a look at the satellite radar. >> looks like harvey is right along the coast and will make it rain for several more days in southeast texas and louisiana. >> so not out of the woods by any means. >> more flooding, absolutely. >> download our app for the very latest. thanks for joining us. bye-bye. >> welcome to whiz kids week on "who wants to be a millionaire." all week, we're playing with some very bright young people who are hoping to turn their book smarts into cold, hard cash. so don't move. it's time to play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] ♪ hey, everybody, welcome to the show. it's whiz kids wee

boats started taking on water, and as many as 50 homes were damaged by a suspected tornado in missouri cityand another possible twister formed just outside of houston. hundreds of evacuees remained in shelters saturday night, not knowing what they'll find when they do return home. officials along the coast are concerned that the death toll could rise because they have not been able to get a comprehensive understanding of how much damage there is, and that's because the weather conditions are still preventing emergency crews from even getting to some of the hardest hit areas. live in corpus christi, back to you. >> thank you. she's out there at 1:12 in the morning in corpus christi. it doesn't look like fun. especially when you consider the latest on the tropical update. at least harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of just 50 miles per hour as it stalls over south texas. the bad news is very bad. for the next three days the storm will dump as much as 40 total inches of rain. totals will have amount to 20 inches in places. we have our own weather headli

as i indicated, missouri city, just a few miles from where i am, homes were just hit by tornadoes.til they get word that it may be safe, if they still have power, i would encourage them to stay in place. those neighbors who are well equipped, if you can check on your neighbors, if there's an elderly person near you or a young family or disabled person, it's very important to make sure that someone communicates with them. i expect to be out in the neighborhood as soon as it stabilizes, and going into older neighborhoods, the places where there may be seniors or people who economically were not able to leave from different areas in this large harris county. my district goes in and out of the city of houston and harris county. i want to make sure people know the best place right now, if they're in a home, that has not been impacted, to stay in their home if they still have power, and if they feel concerned, they can call 1-800-red-cross for a shelter that may be open near them, or they can call 713-655-0050 to get assistance in the late morning, our cal transstar. >> congresswoman, i

out to the southernwhh part of the city and i've seen where the tornadoes hit and howa trees were snapped in our homes mid been damaged.he my district is in the missouri a city area on the road had been damaged by tornadoes. we had to move out and wereice looking for options at a time oe crisis when we need the office were searching for an office. ju have seen the people coming into the center that was just opened last night, 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon we opened up ap shelter for people that were mandat having to evacuate mandatory evacuation, i might add, because of the flooding and within an hour or two the place was filled to capacity. people with their children and animals and you saw people of all stripes -- my district is billioe and the point is this having seen new orleans andn. having seen what happened in houston and continually monitoring it i am convinced that we're talking about in excess of $100 billion because i don't have a yardstick to accurately assess the damages and i can tell you were talking geout the state of texas and were talking about other areas: that might be impacted and were talking about damages in excess of $100 bill

and as many as 50 homes were damaged by suspected tornado in missouri city.s just outside of houston. hundreds of evacuees remained in shelters saturday night. not knowing when or what they'll fine when they do return home. weja chang for cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> harvey has weekend to tropical storm but parts of texas are bracing for catastrophic flooding. relentless rain flooded parking lots and left several drivers stranded much suspected tornado ripped through one community damaging as many as 50 homes. >> train like sound and, um, a lot of banking. it was so loud. and, um, i never really heard anything like it. people say it's like a freight train and that's the best way to describe it. >> forecasters are calling for 30 to 40-inches of rain in some parts of the state as the storm hovers over southeast texas in the next few days. while it may not be a hurricane any longer the tropical storm is still packing a punch. meteorologist chelsea ingram is monitoring harvey as it moves through that state and chelsea, after all of this, that part of the country is

city path. in stormy missouri today, adam josephin adam adam in st. ph's. >> the city has been a downpour all day missouri. this with a front the path of totality. e the>> mexico. >>ucester i'massa england. >> we found a few folks from back home including derek pits. >> it a sense of being the gres howorks. >> cars filled the rosecrans airport. there were lots of smiles as amateur and professionals came witness history.xcited to an eclipse. >> just as the s started,it starte meteorologists stole the show from astronomy. for those that weathered the storm, at 10:06 a moment arrithe feeling of unity took over. >> you could feel the sense of light as being unusual and different. >> you can't explain it. it's just awesome. the goose bumps and tears -- it was fantasti amazing and overwhelming. so lucky we saw it 30 seconds. >> 30 seconds would have been great. out of two minutes and 30 seconds of totality we got two to three seconds of it. we'll take it given conditions today. when i happened, it was an out of body experience. i wrote about it and posted an

we heard of the possible tornadoes i mentioned before touching down southwest of here in missouri city. we heard a roof collapsed on a family, we're not sure about the injuries yet. threeish hours from here, south of here in rockport another roof collapsed on a senior living center. there are injuries there, emergency officials are taking the seniors and transporting them to a county jail so they can get them medical attention they need. tornado watch in effect for texas and louisiana well into tomorrow. you can see the wind is picking up. far from over, hurricane harvey although it is a category one has a lot in store for houston. reporting live from houston, in natasha barrett. >>> our thoughts and prayers to the folks of texas. our complete coverage of hurricane harvey continues with meteorologist chris sowers at the "action news" big board bring us up to date. >> reporter: as natasha mentioned the wind elements are starting to weaken. the rain is getting started reports of 16 inches in areas north of victoria. this is an infared satellite shot you're looking at the cloud tops of ha

this is video missouri city texas where possible tornado touched down there.ou can sue see the damage. looks like the roof ripped off the home there. we're being told minor injuries have been reported there, president donald trump whole visit the area next week has assigned a disaster declaration for the state of texas. >> in the delaware we'll see a low impact from hurricane harvey most of which will affect travelers. airlines have grounded 200 flights across the area this weekend. major airlines are offering travel vouchers for those flying to the affected areas. if you're heading to the airport check the websites before you leave home. >> hurricane harvey is having an impact on petroleum production, texas coast is home to one-third of u.s. oil production. aaa is monitoring impact on gasoline supplies. >> production sites want to get back online as quickly as possible. but, again, we don't know how much damage the storm will do. >> experts predict prices could rise 5 to 15 cents per gallon in the wake of the hurricane. >> 6:35 a.m., local red cross has loade

i do know in missouri city they opened up one school as a shelter, and before i left last night, i was there two hours, buzz i had. this week he opens them up. i'm grateful that that that have been brought in and additional watercraft. b but. crisis management mold? we've got to do everything we can as fast as we can. >> it's good to hear, congressman, you're getting more resources, helicopters, rescue boats. i'm curious, does anybody know or have an estimate of how many people are still standing on the roofs of their homes, still awaiting rescue from rescue services? >> it's hard to know because houston is 600 square miles. this had devastated an entire area the size of some small countries. this is a huge place. and because houston is so large, we're trying to keep tabs of what's going on ts. but the rain is still coming down at such a pace that we still have additional flooding. we still have 50 inches of rain in this area. that's unherd of. the people know this is a crisis of epidemic proportions and a size that is epic in its size requires reaction. we know that some 12. the milit

guest: our neighbors, we -- missouri city, we work lock step this issue. democrats and republicans. i have no idea about the number, be really big. it is hard to estimate because it is not over yet. while the storm is moving way down, the big thing left behind rivers and streams and bayous are about to overflow the banks. that.ve done the biggest thing will not happen until later tomorrow in is the brazos at iver, should be five feet higher, the record it set in we have no idea what will happen when it goes that high. we will need more money, let's and find out and get this recovery going. host: before we leave, the topic aid package, you were a member of congress who didn't package, e sandy aid as it was and sort of final entity when it was moving congress; correct? guest: yes, sir. funded for a bill to fully sandy, all the same to people in voted for the bill in the house. that bill got to the senate and the bill that were unnecessary and overspending, talking le, they were about fisheries in alaska to fund hurricane sandy destruction. that is not right. that is why i voted agains

. >>> this is coming in from missouri city texas outside of houston. a tornado took out a chunk of a shopping center. 50 other homes in the town had their roof damaged. our sister station ktrk in houston has a look at what's happening so far. >> reporter: manholes overflowing streets turned into lakes nearly impossible to drive through. the city's mayor urging residents to stay home. >> the streets are treacherous, it makes absolutely no sense for anyone to be out on the roads unless it is an emergency. >> reporter: these people rescued from an apartment complex dozens more in desperate need of help. >> how many we got coming? >> reporter: the storm packing a punch. >> i'm mel -- mellon. >> the wind 100 plus, maybe 130, 140, there were a couple of times when it was going faster than that. >> reporter: in austin, the state capital under a cloud of darkness and under water. this suv no match for mother nature. texas governor greg abbott lending a handle. >> we'll take care of our fellow techians, but we do -- texans, but we do it as a team. >> reporter:

about 25 minutes southwest of houston in a city called missouri city, that suburb, we're learning that more than 50 homes do not have a roof. 55 homes had roof collapses now emergency officials are out there right now trying to assess if anybody was hurt and as for hurricane harvey, yes, he has been downgraded, but he is not ton yet. hurricane harvey roaring on to the gulf coast. >> the best way i can describe it is a tin can being kicked down the road. >> the strongest in the u.s. in more than a decade. >> this is not anything that's going to be a quick one and done. we're not measuring in inches of rain we're measuring in feet of rain. >> residents of texas, mississippi and louisiana getting hit the hardest, rockport, texas, right in its path, trees tossed on to roads, buildings destroyed, emergency crews facing difficulties responding to the damage. >> i fear we're going to really see some severe damage. we haven't been able to get out and see what we've got going, but it's not looking good. >> reporter: the mayor there urging those who stayed behind to write their name and social s

a twister tore through missouri city outside of houston.video you are looking at there, which is 30 miles north of there, shows what looks to be a funnel cloud that has touched down. >> flooding becoming a huge concern for tens of thousands of people. houston's hobby airport closed because of water on the runways. as you can see, people have been trudging through streets overflowing. emergency crews have been working overnight to help drivers trapped in

this is missouri city, texas.rlene said she spotted the animals when she went to check on her property yesterday. the caption reads, okay, hurricane harvey, one was enough, i don't need two. >>> a flight from india to san francisco was delayed for nearly ten hours after a rat was reportedly spotted onboard. according to the "times" of india, it was seen as an air india plane was preparing to take off from new delhi yesterday morning. the plane had to return to the terminal to be fume gated. that took six hours. the pilot and crew had reached their flight limits. rats can cause big problems in an airplane by chewing on cables and wires. >>> time for michael finney here answering questions. michael, first up, marcus from alameda asks, if a family member goes to the hospital, when is it appropriate to ask about costs and billing on their behalf? >> if you can, anytime. whether it's an emergency situation or not. if you're the patient or patient's advocate, it's a good idea to ask how much a medical procedure will cos

. >>> officials confirm that a tornado spawned by harvey caused this damage in missouri city, texas, last night. the twister caused extensive damage to homes and property. there are no reports of serious injuries or deaths from the tornado. >>> and here's some before and after video from rockport, texas, near where harvey made landfall friday night. before, you can see wind-swept waves from the gulf of mexico smacking against a seawall. now, after a drone camera shows you the severe destruction. homes, buildings, and boats. one person died when a house caught fire during the height of the storm. heavy rainfall flooded the city. >>> coming up, we'll take you live to texas as we track the catastrophic flooding from harvey. that live report is ahead at 6:15. >>> harvey is the first major natural disaster on president trump's watch. moderator chuck todd will sit down with feely administrator brock long on "meet the press" this morning at 10:30 right here on nbc10. >>> we're now hearing from the former law enforcer at the center of a controversial pardon by president trump. a federal judg

started to take on water near the port and, as many as 50 hems were damaged by a suspect tornado in missouri city. another possible twister forms in cypress just outside houston. hundreds remained in shelters saturday night in the knowing when or what they will find when they do return home. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> first responders from our region are now heading to texas to help with the relief efforts, they left earlier this morning and will get to work as soon as they arrive. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live from the cbs-3 news center, apparently they left while we were sleeping. >> that is right, jan, some philadelphia fire fighters and pennsylvania emergency task force were on duty last night as well, they have the ground go back to deploy around 2:00 this morning. total of 45 members of the philadelphia fire department and surrounding areas, left to help with the devastation after harvey made land fall in texas. they are driving 22 hours straight stopping only for fuel and will be getting right to work when they get there but mostly focusing on search, rescu

and that was shot in missouri city just on the outskirts of houston. meteorologist derek van dam is about 125 miles southwest of where that was shot. he's in victoria, texas, which itself experienced extensive damage when the hurricane hit. te derek, i know you were saying earlier that you were able to walk around the city and what is the weather like now? >> reporter: it's treacherous here. it's todown right dangerous in houston. let me set the scene for you in victoria. you said it, i'm 125 miles to the south and west of houston. we did a pretty extensive walk around the city. ooirts what you would expect to see with an equivalent of a category 1 hurricane. trees completely snapped over, awnings, roofs, some minor strun structural building damage. we have power lines down, some electricity has been restored. but the tropical storm continues to take me by surprise. every few minutes or so, we'll have a strong tropical storm force wind pelt us in the face with blinding rainfall. i'm sure during this live shot we'll get one of those. but i want to talk

we drove all the way down into missouri city and went into the plantation and found a few people lefthere. and helped out there. there were some border patrol'gs there and they pretty much had it covered. after that, we came back up into fort ben county and worked the area around westheimer parkway and frey road and there was only a few victims left in there that needed to be rescued. and i talked to a couple of firemen. they said the fort ben county is pretty well taken care of. right now it sounds like we all need to head east. that's where our plan is tomorrow. we're going to give it one more day and you know, more if needed and see what happens. >> chad, looking at this video, i think you shot it on monday. you are moving along at a pretty good clip. and you're going through -- this is a street of corpus christi, right? >> that's actually in katy. >> that was katy? >> yes. i'm not too sure which one you have. i'm not seeing it right now. but -- >> it's monday's video. >> but yes, you know, and another thing too right now is also the rivers. even all the way back to the guadeloupe

about 20 to 25 minutes from where i'm standing just southwest of houston in the town of missouri city we are hearing that a possible tornado touched down and a roof on a family home collapsed. we don't know about injuries yet. and as daylight is just coming here, sun is just coming up, emergency officials are able to get out here in houston and four hours south from here in corpus christi where harvey really did a lot more damage to see what is going on and to figure out who needs what. a lot of people without power. we are talking thousands and we hear that number could increase. for now reporting live from houston, natasha barrett, abc 7 news. back to you. >> natasha barrett from our abc sister station in houston. thank you. >>> meteorologist lisa argen joins us now. lisa, a much different weather story here in the bay area. >> that's right, chris. you can see the low cloud deck -- or can you from this shot, mt. tam, this is going to keep the coast cool, 53 degrees in san francisco but temperatures are warming already. not much of a wind and that marine layer will be confined to the

started to take on water near the port and as many as 50 homes were damaged by a suspect tornado in missouri cityother possible twister forms in cypress, just outside of houston. hundreds of evacuees remained in shelters, saturday night not knowing when or what they will find when they do return home, weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> meantime paramedics fire fighters and rescue specialist from his our area now heading to texas, they will be helping with rescue and recovery efforts thereafter hurricane harvey. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live from the news center this morning. those first responders left early this morning, right? >> reporter: right, jan some of those philadelphia fire fighters in the pennsylvania emergency task force were on duty last night as well and had to grab their go bags to deploy down to fort worth, texas. forty-five members of the philadelphia fire department, and surrounding areas, left, to help with the devastation after harvey made land fall there. they are driving 22 hours straight, stopping only for fuel, and will be getting right to work upo

anthony in missouri, kansas city, missouri. hi. caller: how are you doing this morning? host: i'm well, thank you. caller: i'm really glad we're not talking politics this morning. the eclipse is just a much more interesting thing. every day should be it. i'm out here in kansas city, missouri. me and my wife will head up to st. joseph's missouri this afternoon and get out of here about 11:00 and we're hoping to get into that mess of people. supposed to be a bunch of people up there and the roads are supposed to be messed up. right now they have areas where, you know, there's an influx of people, a couple hundred thousand people coming in one little area that's not used to it. it will be pretty neat. and you know just to see it with the glasses we have nowadays, i'm 54 and when we were a kid we did the same thing, through a piece of cardboard, now you have plastic you can actually look up at it. t's going to be pretty neat. host: even with the people around you'll get out in it, it won't bother you at all? caller: no, it will be the fun part. like they say, too, we'll brin

my district office in the missouri city area has been damaged by a tornado. we are looking for an office in a time of crisis when we need the office. we are out searching for an office. the people coming into the center that was opened just last night. afternoon we opened up a shelter for people having to evacuate. mandatory evacuation because of the flooding. or two the place was filled to capacity. people with their children and their animals. people of all stripes. my district is so diverse. you saw all of the diversity there. havingseen new orleans, seen what has happened in houston and continually monitoring it i am convinced we are talking in excess of $100 billion. i don't have a yardstick to accurately assess the damages. i can tell you we are talking about the state of texas and other areas that might be impacted. i think we are talking about damages in excess of $100 billion. congressman, we continue to appreciate you checking in with us on the washington journal. guest: thank you for allowing me to be on and i begged that persons in need of help co

i spoke to the mayor in missouri city in fort ben county. this is where the tornadoes hit, they'll have to move out of that office, it's a satellite office. the mayor has indicated there's a possibility of flooding that will take place in an area that would cause a good many people to move out and tough decisions have been made. people are doing the best they can under unusual circumstances. you had water in one day that would be a record level. you hear people talking about a thousand year flood event. we have to realize that we've not dealing with anything we faced before and making tough decisions and i hope people will understand it. >> congressman, given that, given the unprecedented nature of this, do you think the mayor of houston should have evacuated more people. >> i agree with what the mayor did. i was here when we had rita, when we had millions of people trying to exit the city without proper contra-flow lanes. i remember the heat strokes people suffered. i remember there were fights that took place on the roadways. i remember a

i was out at the shelter in missouri city where mayor allan owen presides. and in that shelter, i saw a cross section of the world. there were people who were obviously from places other than houston, texas, other than the united states of america meaning their place of origin for their families. and they were all living together in harmony. they were all communicating. they were all wanting to be of assistance to others, notwithstanding the fact that they were at a shelter themselves. i did not talk to a single person who didn't want to help someone else. we have volunteerism that is above and beyond the call of duty. when i came over here, i left the nrg center and at the nrg center, there were volunteers waiting for 30 buses to come in. they were prepared to go out and assist so they were sitting patiently, waiting for their opportunity to serve. >> let's hope congressman that's a model for all of us. it's been, it's been heartening to watch, no question. >> i agree. and if i may share this thought with you. ruth smeltser gives us some words that we shoul

in kansas city, missouri.. flash flooding left cars submerged. rescue crews tornadoes. richard cantu has more. developing now.. three missing u.s. marines off the east coast of australia is now a recovery mission. they were among 26 people on board an osprey aircraft that plunged into the water during a routine practice flight. the osprey hit the water saturday afternoon. u.s. military aircraft and ships scoured the water for hours. crews were able to rescue 23 of the 26 marines on board. this is the second u.s. military plane to crash in less this is the second u.s. military plane to crash in less than a month. 15 marines and one sailor were killed when their military transport plane went down in mississippi. that crash also happened during a training exercise. it sounds like something out of a horror movie. police now releasing new details about a british model kidnapped while on a job. investigators say chloe ayling was lured to a fake photo shoot in milan last month. she was drugged, stuffed into the trunk of a car, and taken to a remote cabin. investigators say she

and in kansas city, missouri, heavy storms and flash flooding shut down roads and intersections. reports of cars stalled, stranded, and even floating down roads. you have to stay away from standing water when it's like that out there. >> that is so true. thank you. >> and the storms packing a punch. are they still and where are they headed next? adam? >> good news, maybe backing off a little bit at this point. doesn't mean we're out of the woods entirely. there are folks seeing heavy rain. i'm not sure that we're going to get that severe weather, the tornadic activity like we saw yesterday. here's where the showers are continuing to move. this is the same system, moving this direction along the mississippi river. yes, those are heavy showers, stretching across the entire southeast and exploding. one of the big issues has been that heavy rainfall. these are estimates in the last 48 hours. you are looking at numbers getting up to 8 inches, 10 inches. it's that same system drifting over to the memphis area. it's calmed down a bit, but it's a rain maker. if you are in that area, you

we willto do that or have destruction in our world, and i have been involved here in kansas city, missouri, for over five years with an education dedicated to protecting our cities, our states and our country. 152, you are134930 welcome to listen to our weekly broadcast from 10:00 to 11:00 everyone say morning central time, and i want to thank you for listening. host: thank you, suzanne. gary, democrat, from indiana? caller: good morning to you sir, good morning greta, you are my favorite moderator. one color struck a chord a moment ago, he mentioned that part of trump's speech was more political than aesthetic -- empathetic towards the people affected by the hurricane. i will take up the slack here, to all of you people there, my condolences to everyone of you, my heart goes out to you. i plead with supporters of their, please pledge whatever you can, got help them all. one more thing i want to say, i don't believe there will be a , it sounds like a pink floyd album, that is how i see it! host: what do you think about the prospects of a wall being put into funding next week? i think thee:

heavy rain overnight caused major flooding out here in kansas city, missouri, today. the road was completely washed out when indian creek overflowed its banks. scenes like this played out all over the kansas city area. first responders had to rescue dozens of drivers who found themselves stuck in the high water. people stuck in their houses didn't fare much better either. as much as 9 inches of rain fell in one neighborhood, flooding many homes. this family took refuge on their roof, while they waited for rescuers to arrive. police and firefighters went door-to-door, asking residents to voluntarily evacuate. >>> if your coworkers looked a little bleary eyed today, there might be good reason. they should probably see a doctor. hundreds of people from this area made the trip to south carolina to see the total eclipse. our peggy fox was one of them. she took her two teenagers to greenville, to see, and feel the eclipse. our question for peggy. was it worth it? >> it was totally worth it. we had our eclipse glasses ready for months, but something people don't realize is yo

they have been pounded in the midwest and kansas city, missouri, taking the brunt of it. at's the latest at the life desk. >>> thank you, jessica. on to developing news, the stiff menlo park facing an october deadline to change the way it conducts city council elects or be sued. a malibu based law firm says the elections discriminate against minorities. it has to do with the city's member of electing members at large instead of by district. law firm says that violates california's voting rights act discriminating against the city's minority population. the mercury news reports that population primarily resides in the bell haven neighborhood. >>> marine county stinson beach may soon be home to the new species of crab. they plan to introduce rock cabs to control the invasive green crab population pay the year's long plan to eraid indicate the crustaceans by systematic trapping failed. they tend to catch adults but can't contain juveniles as well. green crabs have no natural predators and have consumed the lagoon's fish and birds. >>> plan a last-minute getaway well start par

our next stop is jefferson city, missouri.are going to hand off to the meteorologist who is a professor and atmospheric science at the university of missouri. he has a special guest to impacts it important can have on humans. over to you, eric. lot.anks a we are live in jefferson city, missouri. jefferson city is the state capital. there is a lot of people that are here. it has been a whole weekend type of thing. a saturday, sunday, and of course on monday. lots of friendly -- family-friendly things. there is a lot of of good food. too bad you cannot smell the food. a very nice weekend. the weather has been perfect. we have had showers and thunderstorms off to the west all morning. we have had a few clouds. things are looking good. two lucky to be joined by special people that are going to be talking about space, weather, and how things work in space. dr. janet, thank you so much. you are the director of the nasa glen research center in cleveland. you are also a three-time shuttle astronaut or you are from springfield, missour

of the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. the museum is the nation's museum for the history of world war i. it is a global museum. we talk about all the belligerence involved in world war i. it is not just about the united states during the war. everything from the summer of 1914 to the peace treaty of june 1919. our collection is the most comprehensive collection of world war i materials in the world. it is not the largest, but it is comprehensive in that we do deal with all nations involved in the war. we are not just centric to the country we are located in. in the museum, when you are going to the exhibition, you see about 10% of the museum collection at one time. the rest we use for research, references, loans to other institutions, and just to make sure we have an encyclopedic collection of the war. when we are teaching about the history of it, we want to cover everything. point z.t a to where i am standing right now is in front of a wall that depicts the various shoulder sleeve insignia worn by the american expeditiona

his mom took cell phone video of them going to their seats on a southwest flight from kansas city, missouri, heading home to raleigh after visiting grandma. guy reached out to fist bump every passenger. >> say hi to everyone. >> hi. >> reporter: the warm response prompted mom to write instagram and facebook posts that have since gone viral. she said guy learned how to fist bump about six months ago and hasn't stopped. >> i think it's his way of connecting with people. he's not a big hugger, he's not a big kisser, but a solid fist bump, he's more than confident to give that up. >> reporter: it's a sharp contrast to the airline videos, the ones that have gone viral and made all of us wonder, what in the world is going on. but now there's this. there is something special about a kid's fist bump. when the bruins' championship hopes were on thin ice, the image of a young cancer survivor fist bumping the team became an online sensation. >> all right. >> reporter: now a little boy lifting the spirits of a plane full of weary travelers, and all of the rest of us going along for the ride. rehema ell