. >> a new megashelter has opened up in houston's nrg stadium. >> right now there is a new flood emergency to deal with. the mayor of port arthur, texas, saying our whole city is underwater. heavy rain is falling overnight from port arthur to beaumont, texas, and crews struggled to rescue people from a fire at an apartment complex as well. >> as you see the radar, we should tell you life and death struggle right now in the port arthur/beaumont area getting ham remembered by rain. beaumont received 12 rain in six hours overnight but more importantly, 26 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. that is nearly a record there for the united states for one day. now, travel across the region still a major challenge. white caps were seen on the major interstate 10 there, the highway looking more like an ocean in the storm. abc's maggie rulli is tracking the very latest. she joins us now from houston. good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. the weather here in houston does appear to be clearing up but harvey was such a devastating slow moving storm that the floodwaters here are stil

. >> another shelter has opened at the nrg center there to ham theover flow crowd from the convention center which was at double its capacity last night. houston still trying to figure out how to get out of the storm. >> abc's maggie rulli is tracking the latest and joys us from houston. good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. well, the weather here in houston does appear to be clearing up. but harvey was such a devastating slow-moving storm that the floodwaters here are still at catastrophic levels. america's fourth largest city is at a standstill. reeling from the 100 trillion gallons of water harvey left behind. >> there they are. there they are. >> reporter: first responders and volunteers alike are racing against rising floodwaters. more than 7,000 people have been rescued so far. many plucked from their roofs desperately clinging to coast guard baskets. but the calls for help just keep coming in. >> i hate to think that there are people in these houses. >> reporter: at least 1,000 people are still in urgent need of help. >> don't give up on us. seek the higher

so if anyone's wondering. >> so people not from the area, nrg is next to the astrodome? >> that's correct, they're on the same lot. so the store is open and so is the fiesta on old kirby and spanish, if anybody is wondering and looking for some food. >> kroger said about 40 of their stories, 40 or 60 stores are closed so people are going to be looking for the ones that are open. we are glad that your parents are safe and that you are safe, janet. thank you so much for joining us and telling us your story. these are the stories we have been hearing all day, we are going to be going into -- listening -- let's go over to houston police press conference. >> the president at that time started making attempts to reach him. i could not get a hold of him. when they could get a hold of him. it's my understanding that this dedicated individual that would not just not show up to work and one of the things that we know over the years in these events, something this historical. sometimes first responders don't show up. well i would like to say that our people have been showing up, ha

. >> that was the toyota and nrg center that has opened up recently. the capacity is 18,000 people. it's incredible to witness what's happening here on the ground in harris county, the areas surrounding houston but i've got to point this out to you and to everyone watching this morning. we've been on the ground here at the brazos river for hours. there's a fence. that was completely exposed when we arrived here six hours ago and now it's about halfway inundated with water. you can see some of the households behind me too that have been impacted by this flood water. the rain has stopped here but the threat is not over because the water that has dumped into this region. over 15 trillion gallons of water, enough to fill up the great lakes another foot is still racing down the rivers and the various bayous across this region streaming its way into the larger river like the brazos river bemind me. this has risen 40 feet since saturday morning. it's going to eclipse previous records and it's not done rising. another 5 feet to go before it actually crests in the next 48 hours. so the threa

nrg center, right next to nrg stadium where the texans play. that's this morning that is where we find julia bagg, she is there with us this morning, julia, how are things looking over there? >> well, phillip, things going very quickly here. from a start of about 30 volunteers, six and a half hours ago, they've had more than 700. and now they're accommodating more than 1,000 people, more than 1,000 evacuees, trying to provide some relief to the george r. brown convention center, phillip, where you are now. we've been speaking with volunteers who have been blowing up beds, doing all kinds of things, janet stone you have been here much of the overnight hours. tell me what you've been up to. what it's been like seeing the families coming through here. >> you feel so sad that they have no place to go. but you're glad they're here that they survived the flooding waters coming into their homes so we've been sorting a lot of the donation items so that we're able to give them out to the people. soap, diapers, clothing, pillows, sheets. all kinds of thi

the nrg center has opened last night. some of the infrastructure is coming back line.rt expected to reopen today. and bush enter continental opening thursday. joining us from galveston, nbc's sarah dal joseph off is there. you're saying demands for shelters are increasing. >> reporter: that's exactly right. when one goes down another comes up. a light rain falling here in galveston. but it's nothing compared to yesterday where they received more than eight inches, eight inches of rain. now, they're working to get some of the people who need shelter to dallas right now, where they've opened a mega convention center that can take 5,000 people. working on that right now. and the airports beginning to reopen there certainly help in that. meanwhile, historic galveston remains flooded. remains shut down. public transit down. but sometimes, things are kind of conventional. i hesitate the word back to normal because we're still a long way off from that. city offices in galveston will reopen today and is a baby step here. the port of galveston, remains closed. you'll remember t

. >> the convention hall at nrg center which includes a stadium where the houston texans play. >> the city's main convention center was supposed to take in 5,000 evacuees. >> and another large shelter, however, did not open until after some controversy. abc's victor oquendo has the story. good morning. >> reporter: kendis and diane, ever since the lakewood church started accepting donations they have not stopped coming in. take a look at this mountain of baby supplies behind my. beyond that a mountain of towels and pillows. and clothes on the other side. and here that little signup desk. that's all volunteers. they have not stopped coming in either. they've had to tell volunteers to come back to work later shifts. now this move comes one day after the famous pastor here, joel osteen came under fire facing fierce criticism. he kept his doors closed while other places of worship around houston opened theirs. on thursday, they posted it was inaccessible due to severe flooding and later sharing these photos. but locals started posting these images, appearing to show the area around the ch

numbers of evacuees. 10 buses pulled up to the nrg last night. the weather will get better today and harvey next aim is lieu hugh where the storm will mack a second land fall today. so no relief in sight as harvey continues to linger over the gulf coast region. maureen. >> annie yu with the latest update we'll check in with you as the morning progresses for the latest updates. ban in military is on hold. jim matic says transgender soldiers will be able to serve in the military pending results of 6 month study. mat is will hear recommendations from a panel and advice the president on what next to do. >> there are new developments in the investigation into a massive brawl that happened outside the turkish embassy in may. prosecutors say security forces loyal to the president attacked crowd and caused a number of injuries. 19 people have now been indicted including 15 security officials. so far only two people are in custody and most of the people up diet ready no longer in our country. >> we continue to follow fallou from the violence in charlottes

cbs news reporter don champion is live outside the nrg convention center in houston with the latest.> reporter: good morning. even as the sun rises and skies clear above houston, to the east of us, harvey just will not let go. right along the texas and louisiana border, the storm is still causing life-threatening flooding right now. harvey slammed the beaumont area in southeastern texas overnight with lightning, wind and what the national weather service called catastrophic and life-threatening flooding. >> everybody needs to start kind of going in that survival mode and start trying to get yourself to higher elevations. >> reporter: some residents are trapped and in desperate need of help. in the city of port arthur, rescue teams are fighting a fire and floodwaters. cbs affiliate kfdm posted this photo and says the fire spread to several houses and the neighborhood is being evacuated. county official had to shut down rescue operation at night and the local sheriff says resources can get through because of the high water. in houston, where the rain is finally starting to subside, the

now the nrg center will open its doors to thousands more., there's the fear of what's left to left to find once the waters recede authorities confirmed harvey has taken the lives of 11 people with many more people unaccounted for. >> it's been a nightmare just waiting. >> reporter: the kindness of thousands of strangers have kept the donations pouring in. houston's mayor says today's focus remains on rescues and safety. he did put a mandatory curfew in place here in houston between midnight and 5:00 a.m. that he says will go on indefinitely. in houston texas maggie rulli channel6 "action news." matt and jeanette. >> thank you maggie. >>> shelter dogs from the houston area arrived tonight in camden county. they were flown into morristown municipal airport last night. the rest will be spread ought across the region. >> ford for them to clear out some be room they decided to bring some of their dogs over here. that way we can get their dogs adopted. >> the shelters in texas will now be taking in pets that were abandoned during flood rescues in

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the nrg convention center. what are the continues there now rosa? >> reporter: well, alisyn, we've learned there are 1,000 people at this shelter. and miss fay mcdaniel is asking for help this morning because, as you know, it's been a very chaotic situation with the rising waters, so -- and she tells us that she is missing her family. so she's trying to reunite with her family. if you could tell us, miss mcdaniel, your full name, where your family is and hopefully somebody's watching and they can come reunite with you. >> okay. my name is fay mcdaniel. i have a son charlie mcdaniel and a daughter tina mcdaniel that lives in houston. >> in the downtown area? >> yeah. >> so everybody knows, she was at the arbor terrace in kingwood, which is in north hughes to be and she's here with her dog, patches. so we know a lot of families are going through what you're going through, so if anybody recognizes her, if her family is watching, she's at the nrg, alisyn, right here waiting with little patches down here which is just a beautiful, beautiful little dog an

let's go to cnn's rosa florez live at the nrg convention center which can house an additional 10,000 people. what's the situation there, rosa? is that filling up? >> reporter: al zip, good morning. from talking to the organizers, they tell me about 1,000 people are waking up this morning here at nrg. they have 3,000 cots. more cots are coming. they describe the situation in houston still as a rescue operation. what that means is that people are still being rescued at th hois ho hour. they are signing up at the intake tables you see behind me and are asked basic questions, do they have insurance, were they able to salvage important documents. then they walk in to my right. once they go in there, they'll see cots where they can sleep. they have warm food. they also have a section for children. there's about 300 volunteers that have signed up already. this is a shelter being run by a non-profit organization called baker ripley. they say their website was so inundated with volunteers, chris, that they are still trying to grapple with that. like you had mentioned before, while we're seein

to help with the overflow, the nrg center convention hall next to where the texans football team plays opened its doors tuesday evening. it becomes the largest rescue center able to hold 10,000 people. and as conditions impre more out of state help is arriving, anne-marie, including search and rescue teams from florida and california. >> don champion in houston, thank you so much, don. >>> as we reported, harvey is flogging its way over louisiana and is expected to spend much of the day there. the rain in lake charles has been steady for the last four days, the situation for some has turned dangerous. at least 200 residents have been forced to evacuate. meteorologist jeff jamison of our dallas station ktvt has the latest on tropical storm harvey. good morning, jeff. >> good morning. still incredible that we're still talking about harvey as a tropical storm, still over the open waters of the gulf of mexico, but slowly today pushing toward southwest louisiana. should make landfall later this morning in cameron parish, just to the southeast of beaumont, where we have been looking at torre

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shelters are filling over capacity taking shelter george r brown convention center, toyota center and nrg center are used to evacuate evacuees. ten bus fulz of people pulled up before midnight last night. also lasts night the mayor announced mandatory curfew for residents in houston to prevent ludeing. the weather will get better in southeast texas today but harvey next is louisiana where storm will make a second land fall today. maureen and wisdom back to y you. >> more from you as the morning progressing, right now it's 4:32. in the meantime more news for defense secretary jim matic putting hold on transgender ban in the u.s. military. he announced transgender soldiers will be able to serve in the military pending results of study. he will hear recommendation from a panel and then advice the president on what next to do. this comes after president trump last month transgender service members can no longer serve sdmrb in departments to a massive brawl outside the turkish embassy last may. prosecutors say security forces loyal to the president attacked the crowd and caused a number of inj

but with volunteers at nrg center, we saw lines of volunteers. and as jonathan was saying, they've had just a huge influx of volunteers. so a silver lining. people just lining up to help each other in this very troubling time. >> all right. phillip mena for us there in houston. thank you. >>> opening their doors. celebrity preacher, joel osteen, welcoming evacuees days after hurricane harvey devastated his city. why he says the church stayed closed early on when so many needed shelter. how do you chase what you love with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis? do what i did. ask your doctor about humira. it's proven to help relieve pain and protect joints from further irreversible damage in many adults. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira has been clinically studied for over 20 years. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver,

the nrg other? they have a capacity for 10,000 people. they have 8,000 cots. numbers up, you really do start to understand how many people. these are the people we know of, you understand how many people are in need of extra help. let's talk more about the storm. it's moved out of the region. good riddance, right? at the same time, it's left a great deal of damage. you talk about the city of houston alone. the city, one-third of it, remains under water at this point. staggering statistic there. one military official telling cnn that it's unclear how many people are in need of rescue. the houston fire department going door to door canvassing to find out if they have any more to do in the neighborhoods. neighborhoods near rivers that ton rise. neighborhoods near bayous and tributaries, still a problem. beaumont, texas, the u.s. navy has been conducting search and air resktcues. they airlift 25 men, women, and children. the search efforts continue day by day, hour by hour. one interesting statistic, guys, that puts this storm into perspective. it broke a weather

. >> overnight, volunteers stocked the nrg center with food, water, cots and medical supplies. it is home of the texans football team. and it can hold 10,000 people. >> and the toyota center is serving as an overflow center for the houston convention center which is nearly double its capacity. we are joined live on the phone from the convention center. tony, i know you've been monitoring this throughout. how's everyone holding up? >> caller: you know, diane, it's been wonderful. as i walk through, and i've been talking with some of the residents there. they're in spiritinspirits, considering the trauma they've been through. with that many people in one area. people can tend to be a little, you know, maybe standoffish or maybe just, you know, want to be in their own little shilell, bu we've seen kids playing, folks playing cards. people watching movies on their computers. they're doing everything they can do to pass the time until they get the all clear to go home and survey the damage. so it's been wonderful to walk through the shelter and see the community banding together. >>

that convention center is adjacent, of course, to the nrg stadium, home of the houston texans footballhe super bowl this past year. and it can hold 10,000 people. >> and the toyota center is now serving as an overflow shelter for the houston convention center, which is nearly double its capacity. tony briggs from the red cross is joining us live on the phone from the convention center. tony, i know you've been monitoring this throughout. how's everyone holding up? >> you know, diane, it's been wonderful as i've walked through and i've been talking with some of the residents there. they are in really good spirits, considering the trauma that a lot of them have been through. with that many people in one area, you know, people can tend to be a little, you know, maybe standoffish or, you know, maybe want to be in their own little shell, but we've seen kids playing, we've seen folks playing cards, we've seen people watching movies on their computers. they're doing everything that they can do to pass the time until they can get the all clear to go back to their homes to survey the damage. so

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 should take to heart. she reminds us that some measure of their lives by days and years, others by heartthrobs, passions, and tears, but the surest measure under god's sun is what for others in your lifetime have you done. this is an opportunity to do for others, to make a difference -- it's a seminole moment in time, a moment in time that can impact the rest of our time. so let's do what we can to be of service to our fellow man and woman. >> congressman al green, thanks very much. >> thank you, sir. thank you. god bless you. >>> coming up, a live update as rescue crews use boats to go from house to house in flooded neighborhoods making sure that eve

and last night they announced that nrg center is also going to be open for the influx of evacuees that they are expecting because of the flooding. now, each and every person that comes through here has their own unique and incredible story of survival and rescue. this is a day they'll never forget, the day they had to leave their homes and leave behind and not know what they were going to return to. speaking to them has just been moving. let's hear from a young mother and her rescue story. >> and we were like waving them down for help so they couldn't truck is so loud. so we went inside and laid down for the fight and figured we would try to get rescued in the morning. the next morning, they brought us to the campbell center. and from there, they put us on metro buss and took us here. water was up to our necks. our -- water was everywhere, just all over our apartment complex. the inside of our apartment complex was up to our thighs. i seen snakes slither into the water. i seen dead animals floating around. it was just really upsetting and scary. >> reporter: it is a really scary in tha

. >> reporter: among them, a mother of four who arrived at the nrg shelter earlier in the day. >> right now you have somewhere to sleep but you don't know where you are going after you leave here. and that is the hardest part. >> reporter: thousands of volunteers have turned out to help. >> it is beautiful. it is showing the unity. we all have something in common. we all care about each other. regardless of whatever issues we may have. what matters is life. >> reporter: on tuesday police found the bodies of two grandparents and their grandchildren. part of the rising death toll attributed to the storm. a heart breaking discovery there. mean time a curfew is in effect for the second night in a row. no one violated the order so far. this is in an attempt to protect those evacuated homes. >> it has been hard to watch. we are hearing about an extreme warning from emergency management officials in east texas. what is going on there? >> reporter: this is a tense situation. authorities are keeping a very close eye on an ammonia plant that is submerged in a water. it could explode or catch on f

to help with the overflow, nrg center opened its doors tuesday evening. it becomes the largest rescue center, able to hold 10,000 people. don champion, cbs news, houston. >> and we talked to one of those evacuees who is from the bay area. kpix 5's joe vazquez reports, she only had about five minutes to pack up and get out. as hurricane harvey roared ashore she was in north padre island texas where she fiance owns a home. he is a coast guard rescue swimmer. he told her it was time to go. >> i was given a few minutes to leave. so i got the dogs and then got a couple of outfits for myself thinking i would be right home. >> reporter: first she drove to austin and then all the way home to santa rosa. she believes her fiance's house is damaged but is mostly intact. he stayed behind to assist in the storm efforts. he pulled people to safety one by one. she doesn't need anything but it breaks her heart that people in texas are struggling so much. >> high heart breaks for them just because, like, i'm so happy that we have a house to go home to but so many of them

now opening new shelters including one at the nrg center. overnight buses started transporting people to the football stadium. at last check, more than 10,000 were looking for shelter. the number growing. but only 5,000 cots were available at the convention center. we found 18-year-old kalia castro outside the convention hall in a separate area so she, her baby and three nephews could sleep on a carpeted floor. how did you get out. >> the helicopter came over the house and came and got us and we came outside. i wasn't able to bring anything. i was -- it was enough room for me to go in the basket and for all the kids to fit. >> reporter: stories like that are what volunteer lisa sailor says she hears all day. >> hard to keep it together. i l i had a young mom yesterday that stood in water for a day and a half for her girls because she didn't want to leave her home. >> reporter: outside a dangerous situation in parts of the houston area. at least nine confirmed deaths including houston police sergeant steve perez who drowned in floodwaters jus

center next to nrg stadium where the texans play. that is another shelter that has opened up. so they are preparing for just another influx of evacuees. >> phillip mena, thank you for that. >>> harvey hovering over western louisiana bringing heavy winds and more rain to an already drenched region just as new orleans is marking 12 years since hurricane katrina. up next we'll talk to the man who headed up the federal response to katrina. ♪ ♪ and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? ♪ ♪ well it's you girl, and you should know it. ♪ ♪ with each glance and every little movement you show it. ♪ ♪ you're gonna make it after all. ♪ it takes a long time to get to the top... ♪ you're gonna make it after all. ♪ but with america's best ♪ you're gonna make it after all. ♪ bumper-to-bumper limited ♪ you're gonna make it after all. ♪ warranty, the all-new volkswagen tiguan will be there every step ♪ ow!♪ of the way. heri think i might burst..... totally immersed weekenders. whatever kind of weekender you are, there's a hilton for you. book your wee

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now, the nrg center will open its doors to thousands more. with harvey moving on, there's the fear of what's left to find once the water begins to recede. authorities confirm harvey has taken the lives of at least 11 people with many more unaccounted for. >> it's been a nightmare just waiting. >> the communities now relying on each other, and the kindness of thousands of strangers who have kept the donations pouring in. houston's mayor says the focus today will remain on rescues and safety. he did put a mandatory curfew in place from midnight to 5:00 a.m. that he says will go on indefinitely. jessica. >> i'll take it, thank you so much. >> search and rescue teams from the bay area are putting their skills to the test, saving lives in texas. this photo tweeted out by oakland firefighters showing task force 4 deploying boats in the town of katy yesterday. they drove from california to texas. a team of firefighters from peninsula and south bay fire departments is in san antonio. >> one way to help victims of hurricane harvey is to give through a

now the nrg center will open its doors to thousands more.ith harvey moving on, there's the fear of what's left to find once the water begins to recede. authorities confirm harvey has taken the lives of at least 11 people with many more unaccounted for. >> it's been a nightmare just jt waiting. >> reporter: the communities now relying on each other and the kindness of thousands of strangers who have kept the donations pouring in. houston's mayor says that the focus today will remain on rescues and safety. there's a mandatory in police in houston between midnight and 5:00 a.m. that he says is going to go on indefinitely. in houston texas maggie rulli abc news. >> continuing with harvey 12 army and national guard members from new jersey will be bringing two helicopters and other equipment to texas in the coming days. meanwhile new jersey's task force one is preparing to send a second group to the disaster zone. and later a 40 day crew will deploy to a different part of texas or louisiana. >>> shelter dogs from the houston area arrived overnight

now, the nrg center will open its doors to thousands more.harvey moving on there's the fear of what's left to find once the water begins to recede. authorities confirm harvey has taken the lives of at least 11 people with many more unaccounted for. >> it's been a nightmare just waiting. >> reporter: the communities now relying on each other and the kindness of thousands of strangers who have kept the donations pouring in. houston's mayor says the focus today will remain on rescues and safety. it's been a mandatory curfew in place here in houston between midnight and 5:00 a.m. that he says is going to last indefinitely. in houston, texas, maggie rulli, channel6 "action news." jeanette and matt. >> thank you maggie. >>> new jersey's task force one is preparing to send a second relief effort. in addition, 12 army and national guard members from new jersey are bringing two helicopters and other equipment to texas. they are expected to arrive by the end of the week. >> this is new video. shelter dogs from the houston area arrived in camden county

. >> the nrg center is set to become the main evacuation center here in houston ready to take in 7,500 people. over here, a place for people to go shopping, pick up anything that may have been displaced by the floods, and over here a place just for the kids filled with stuffed animals and board games, all of this donated by fellow houstonians in the past several days. >> reporter: this man has volunteered here. >> texas is a big neighbor. we love each other. >> reporter: people are getting medical care and meals mostly from volunteers all in 16 different languages. maggie ruehly, abc news, houston, texas. >> rescuers are focusing on saving animals displaced by harvey, reuniting them with owners or finding them new homes. it's a huge task. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony continues to report for us and for our sister station in houston and joins us live from cypress, texas. laura? >> reporter: i'm actually a little ways out of cypress. we're actually 30, 40 miles north of houston. we've been following this convoy of cars and boats and trucks. these are animal rescuers, and now that the

houston's mayor opened up a second major shelter, the nrg center which welcomed tens of thousands ofple overnight. you can see those people walking in now. another 10,000 people are at houston's convention center. fema has people at both locations helping them apply for disaster assistance. >>> here in the delaware valley, many of you wanting to help. abc is hosting a network wide day of giving on thursday. it's just one way you can contribute. on thursday you can call our 6abc phone bank to make a donation. all proceeds will go to the american red cross. that is thursday, starting at 4 o'clock right here on "action news." matt. >> other news now. the man suspected in a deadly hit-and-run in center city has turned himself in. only "action news" was there as 35-year-old brendan hey surrendered to police headquarters yesterday. investigators say he was driving the white jeep that struck 53-year-old anne broderick on the 1300 block of race street on august 6th. broderick died from her injuries. the suv drove off. hayes' attorney says his client did not know he had hit anyone and that th

volunteers from across stx scrambled to convert houston's nrg center into a shelter for storm victims. >> we're here setting up cots for those people that were not able to get into some of the other shelters that were open. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after planning for began, evacuees started pouring in, the center has made room for up to 10,000 displaced residents. caring has been a challenge for the houston's mayor. can you guarantee that the supply chains of food, water, cots are going to get through to that center? >> we have made a question on fema for an additional 10,000 cots and supplies. and we have said that we need them to get here as soon as possible. >> reporter: once again, turner defended his decision not to evacuate nearly 7 million people ahead of the storm. >> are you satisfied that that plan was the right plan? >> the hurricane did not hit the city of houston. the city of houston has been impacted by an inordinate amount of rain. the things that you cannot avoid, you simply have to learn thousand manage. i'm going to allow all the people on the social media and

thursday night against the dallas cowboys in the cowboy's at&t stadium after being forced out of houton's nrgdium the site of the last super bowlhouston rockets owner leslie alexander has donated $4 million to the hurricane harvey relief fund. johnny cueto indicated today that he will likely not opt out of his contract and return to the giants next season... if so they'll be paying him 79- million-dollars for next season...meanwhile down in san diego...(wipe to giants want stanton) their are rumblings the marlins may want to deal slugger giancarlo stantonand the giants are reportedly showing the most interest in a potential trade according to reportsthe giants, cardinals, rangers and phillies have all called the marlins recently to remind the club of their interest.stanton just became the fastest player to hit 50 home runs in a season since barry bonds in 2001the 27-year- old stanton has 10 years and $285 million left on his contract. showtime is in trouble over streaming video of saturday's mayweather-mcgregor fight customers are suing showtime saying the stereaming video of the fight on the

thursday night against the dallas cowboys in the cowboy's at&t stadium after being forced out of houton's nrgum the site of the last super bowlhouston rockets owner (mark)the devestation of tropical storm (mark) texans star defensive end j.j. watt hears the sentiment that houston needs the same kind of help it offered new orleans when hurricane katrina swamped louisiana's largest city 12 years ago. tens of thousands of evacuees ended up in houston when new orleans was flooded in 2005, and many stayed. now houston is dealing with massive flooding from hurricane harvey, which made landfall on the texas gulf coast south of the nation's fourth-largest city. the texans played a preseason game in new orleans on saturday, and flew to the dallas area because of the deteriorating conditions at home. they aren't sure when they're going back to houston. watt says: "now it's kind of houston's time. houston needs the help. houston's the one that needs some of the funds, they need some of the help, they need the resources. it's nice to see people from all over paying houston back." a fundraising page that

brown convention center ten buses called up to nrg center last night and toyota center. many fled homes in search of emergency shelters and others still remain trapped. despite def nation some are trying to make the best out of a disaster. >> all it is you have to enjoy the day as it comes. you know i got clothes on they'll dry up i have clothes on and food. i'm living. that's all it s live with what you got. >> and we continue to hear more and more stories out of texas. houston hair sylvester turner enforced mandatory night in attempt to deal with ludeing. that curfew lifted 5:00 this morning vrpingts we'll obviously continue to bring bring you the latest. sending it back to you, allison, steve. >> annie, thank you so much. it's hard to wrap your mind around what is going on south in texas and houston area. let's take a look at dramatic images of before and after with the hurricane harvey damage with these photos here. >> the pictures show really how hard harvey hit the nation's and the left is form and the right the major change for historic flooding and there you see

and at the nearby nrg center. they have the capacity to hold 10,000 people. we understand that they have 8,000 cots. you really do get a sense of how many people are in need of help in this area. let's talk a bit more about the storm itself. harvey now a tropical depression. it's moved out of this region, but it's left a great deal of damage. at least one-third of houston is still under water. we're talking about these neighborhoods. places nearby uses, near rivers -- near bayous, near rivers, where flooding is still a concern. it's unclear how many people are still in need of rescue. the houston fire department even going door to door to see what more work they need do. you touched on this, but let's talk about beaumont, texas. the navy conducted search and rescue operations. they airlift 25 men and women from dangerous situations there. and this storm broke a weather record. so it dropped 52 inches of rain in a single storm. you really do understand this storm left a lot of water. it left a lot of damage. and now people are just left to do their best to rec

the nrg center has opened up their doors. say 10,000 residents could fit in the new the shelter that's some good news amidst a lot of bad. >> they need all the space they can get. as harvey makes landfall again it is set to pick up speed and move out of the area a bit faster. let's bring in meteorologist karen mcguinness. >> yes we've got the basin, the big water shed that is harris county and the surrounding county. here is the houston area. i point in out because in was the target for the last four or five days. but now we're shifting some of that a little bit further towards the east and to the north. in the beaumont/part arthur area. but just to refresh everybody's idea of just how much rainfall occurred they can see all the way back towards college station and indeed towards san antonio we saw significant rainfall amounts not just in harris county but these are some of the rainfall totals since august 25th. cedar bayou at just under 51 inches of rainfall just about four and a half inches of rain. but right around the bea

one of those megashelters is at nrg park. caroline shively is at the convention center now with more. what are you seeing there? >> we just witnessed the most amazing reunion between some friends. this is donna, the woman in the wheelchair. she's weeping as she mets her friends. they just got back together. they had been texting back and forth on friday and saturday as the waters rose at donna's trailer. the first trailer she's ever owned. it looks like it's been destroyed. she was picked up by police, bounced back and forth between a few shelters and now delighted to have her friends, the whipples. you're taking donna to your house? >> yes. her trailer cannot be saved. while she's at my home, we have a group of people from our church that are going to strip the trailer and try to do as much as we can to get it back to living option so she can own something. >> you have been texting back and forth. your church must be overjoyed. >> yes. i can feel my purse buzzing. you found her. we're so happy. she was happy to see us, too.

last night, many evacuees boarded buses to a newly established shelter at houston's nrg park as others went to the toyota center. >> we are going to use the toyota center to reduce the population at the brown. so it will become another shelter. >> yesterday, president trump traveled to corpus christi, texas for a briefing. he is now planning to return to the area on saturday. >>> in the next half-hour a live report from houston on recovery efforts plus how one san francisco giants player is helping with relief. the red cross is accepting donations. for more information on how to help, go to cbssf.com. >>> north korea -- [ pause ] north carolina -- [ pause ] >> okay. north korea is threatening more weapons launches targeting the pacific ocean. the new threat comes as we get our first look at the country's first ballistic missile launch over japan. this week as launch was merely a prelude according to north korean state media which reports that more military operations are possible including a potential one against guam a u.s. territory. in response, president trump has warned that all o

and the nrg center, capacity there 10,000 people and they're asking for the supply.ouston rockets owner, leslie alexander said he is donating to $10 million to relief efforts that's money desperately needed. i saw that yesterday on a ride-along in neighborhoods northeast of houston a tiny slice of the overall massive geography that's been affected by hurricane harvey and the rains that followed. widespread flooding, desperately poor mobile home parks newly built homes in areas where the rents would be much higher under water. volunteers in boats and jet skis, going in and still finding people who needed to be rescued. in some cases simplay becauy be they had run out of food we watched them being brought to a rendezvous point, loaded on to box trucks and sent on to shelters at that staging point, good samaritans, businesses showing up with food to feed the victims and rescuers >> first responders in particular are working hard. we're trying to make sure he would feed t we feed them. we had chicken wings, so we brought them >> we have also heard warnings about people p

houston as well as they are setting up a medical shelter at the new evacuee center in harris county at nrg. new information about transportation and that is there are transportation busses that are available that will be transporting evook evacuees from the southeast texas region and taking evacuees to locations around the state, many of those will be transported from the southeast texas region will be taken to the dallas region, but not necessarily all of them. the information that we have compiled state wide is that there are more than 32,000 people currently in shelters in the state. importantly we have approximately 30,000 beds that are available for sheltering as needed. and we continue to work on additional backup plans in the event that more than that is needed. some updated information from fema. that just came out. this shows how important it is for everybody impacted by this storm to register. there have been 210,000 registrations for individual assistance. and fema has already approved more than $37 million in individual assistance and for those who have not yet applied, again,

then the nrg center next door where the nfl texans play.r where survivors will live after these temporary shelters reach tend of their usefulless, fema said nothing is off the table. hotels could be a next step, apartments could be a next step. there are big question marks about things longer than a lease or hotel room. fema says 325,000 survivors have already contacted them asking for federal help. at the end of this main hallway at the convention center here in downtown houston, there is still a long line of survivors at a fema registration table trying to get in here. they're looking for a place to stay. they're looking for food. they're looking for gear. they came here to try to get it as instructed by authorities. and, again, the water is starting to recede. the rain stopped days ago. it is ab khactually pretty nice outside. sandra. >> sandra: getting in touch with their loved ones is still difficult. that's got to be difficult for everyone. peter ducey, thanks for the update from there. we want to show you these live pictures. the eme