here's a live lock at our phone bank. volunteers working hard right now. you can support the red cross by phone or online. just call or go to abc. >>> and as recovery efforts get underway an explosion at a chemical plant in crosby is leading to new fears. abc 7's maggie ruehly has the latest. >> harvey's gone but the storm's aftermath continues to rock houston. overnight explosions at the chemical plant in crosby texas, just outside houston releasing a plume of chemical fumes that sent several people to the hospital >> smoke from organic peroxide is similar to standing over a burning camp fire. >> reporter: conflicting messages as a local sheriff and official tried to downplay the concerns. >> the smoke is knocksous. toxicity is a relative thing. >> reporter: six feet of floodwaters damaged the plant, and the surrounding area was evacuated in anticipation of an explosion. another blow to a city still reeling. rescue operations continue. more than 13,000 people have been saved so far from the rising waters. >> i'll wade through the water and somebody gave mo

our phone bank just opened six minutes ago. 415-954-7625. you can also go to redcross.org/donate or text the word harvey to 90999. that will automatically make a $10 donation to the red cross that will appear on your cell phone bill. >> interesting video of a military test near kauai. it shows a medium range ballistic missile shot out of the sky. the test follows moves by north korea to demonstrate advances in its own technology. a spokesperson said the navy will continue developing ballistic missile defense feck knowledges to stay ahead of any threat as it evolves. we'll have more on the u.s. show of force at 6:30. >> new developments out of piedmont where jeff we'll will step down from the city council on tuesday. he resigned over backlash for what many felt were offensive facebook posts. two piedmont residents read a few of the posts. they included statements like, quote, black lives matter encourages cop killings. and quote, transgenders are mentally ill. >> developing news in the east bay. police need your help id'ing a woman accused of

phone the phone bank. if you are not in a position to make a phone call text "harvey" to 90999.omatically donate $10 to the red cross. keep in mind this is happening in texas. if it was happening here we hope folks in texas would do the same. easy to do. these folks are in a desperate job, without a home. without anything. michelle: stay with abc7 for harvey, path of destruction. continuing coverage. update a few minutes away. you can also stay right here for more from texas at 5:00, 6:00 and 6:30 during "world news tonight" with david muir. jonathan: well, police are investigating a deadly crash on route 210 in accokeek. a garbage truck collided with an s.u.v. the s.u.v. then slammed in a car. the driver of the survivor was killed -- driver of the s.u.v. was killed. no work word if it was weather related. michelle: the democrats have the sight set to flip statehouse of delegates. today mcauliffe spoke to the volunteers for the 12 candidates backed by people for the american way. taking back the house will not be easy for the democrats as they would have to win 17 seats statewid

we have information how you can volunteer or donate and tomorrow, join us for a phone bank. we will be doing it with the american red cross and will be taking calls and accepting donations between 4:30 and 6:30. anchor: president trump defended joe cision to pardon arpaio. >> i assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be. and i put it out that i had pardonned as we say sheriff joe. anch backlash. he was facing a sentence in a racial profiling case. anchor: deadly gun fire at a public library until new mexico. reporter: the good news is that the shooter is in custody and the situation is under control. tonight, two people are dead and four others hurt after a shooting in clovis, new mexico, 200 miles from albuquerque. close to the new mexico-texas border. a man started shooting in the air. they escaped safely but one victim had to be airlifted. we will follow developments and bring them to you on air and online. anchor: a new development from japan where the prime minister said a north crean missile posed a serious and grave threat. people in northern japan tha

we turned our 7 on your side office into a phone bank. let me show you the volunteers here hard at work to take your call and pledge including our very own cheryl jennings. can i trouble you? >> i want everybody to please call. we're at phone bank with the red cross today. you can call us, text us. every penny will help. look at this. a quick update on the total so far. incredible. we have raised $34,000. walmart pledged $20 million for harvey relief. 10 million going to the american red cross. you can donate as well by calling this number. >>> police are out in force after a mow moun tan lion was spotted. >>> changing coming to the san francisco police department. why more officers could soon be out on the street. >>> that wells fargo banking scandal is bigger than anyone realized. the new number of fake accounts created and what officials at the san francisco based bank are saying today. >>> i just want to say thank you to everyone who has shown love and support to the people who have been affected by hurricane harvey. if you would like

so we decided today's phone bank will be about utility issues. we have a bank full of experts here from the office of the people's council here in washington, d.c. phone lines are open. 703-236-9220. we have the people's council right here with us. sandra, thank you for being >> thank you for having us. this is part of what we do on a daily basis. we are pleased to be here. horace: people get confused when one month they get a bill for a certain amount they are used to getting month after month after month and then all 06 a sudden it jumps up. they don't know what happened. a lot of times they don't know how to dispute it. >> that is what we do in terms of representing individual utility consumers. we find that that has been a serious problem. generally, it's attributed to third party suppliers. those the suppliers, the energy companies that actually solicit customers. frequently what they will do is offer a tease rate, which is very low. that rate expires in a month or two and that is when they see this large jump in their bill. horace: so your p

you can call our 6abc phone bank to make a donation.to the american red cross. >> and we know the phones will be ringing offer the hooks because -- off the hooks because the folks out there extremely generous. >> and this is like katrina, you know, squared. >> sure. >> it really looks bad down there. storm tracker6 live double scan things are improving around here. we have a day of clouds and cooler yesterday. now the only lip on radar is down by surf city and atlantic city and that's about it. most of us are looking at sunshine reemerging. overall today the entire region is looking at a mix of sun and clouds. your temperature this morning as you first step outside is still going to be cool. 61 degrees. hey, at least the dewpoints in the 50's so it's not humid. winds light out of the north at eight. the ocean temperature picked up to 72 degrees. satellite showing you the breakup in the cloud cover to the west of philadelphia and some of this moving into the city itself. you might have to wait longer down by the coast to get that sun bac

we'll be hosting a phone bank to collect your donations for the victims of harvey all proceed goes to the american red cross. that begins tomorrow at 4:00 right here on "action news." >> we have expanded coverage at 6abc.com/harvey. there you can find slideshows and recent rescues and live streams from the sister station in houston and important information on how you it help. >> bringing our attention to the weather here at home. a dramatic improvement to what we saw yesterday. >> adam joseph is outside with a first check of the forecast. >> sunshine and blue skies and a few clouds around, and not a bad day as we round out the month of august. 76 philadelphia and 77 in washington, and we are not tracking any heat or real humidity. anywhere down the south in charles strong. 82 and buffalo and pittsburgh, 77 degrees. satellite and radar the ocean storm continues to move away and creating some rough surf at the shore other than that. you see some high clouds trying to stream in from oef and the tennessee valley. as we go through the evening showers temperatures step down from the mid-70

on thursday we host a phone bank to take your donations for the victims of harvey. all proceeds goes to the american red cross. it's this thursday starting at 4:00 here on "action news." >>> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report tuesday night. lets go live to gina gannon in for matt pellman. >> crowded conditions traveling on 95, you see how bumper to bumper it is here on the vine street expressway if you make your way on to the vine. you see how slow it will be now and the phillies game is canceled tonight. and that 95 southbound delay we are used to seeing may not be out there but give yourself more time. between the vine and wood have and a half our on the northbound side and southbound 25 minutes and the vine crowded out there in both directions. back to you sfwh thank you. >>> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. a new threat from president trump after another missile launch from north korea. the emergency meeting held today as tensions begin to spike. a new use for nicotine patches. the disease that the stop smoking aid may be able to he

seven is on your side with your wallet and financial well-being phone bank. we will take your calls about how to build a nest a, strategies for college savings, how much money you really need the four you can retire. we will answer those questions and a whole lot more. tune into abc seven news at 4:00 to find out how you can take part. your call is confidential and the financial adviso adrianna the week -- of the week is in the books. there was no winner of the powerball jackpot, so the grand prize rolls over. there will be another drawing on saturday. oforrow night is the drawing the mega millions. the jackpot there is closing in fast on 400 million dollars. if you win either of those jackpots, this could be your .ext car, the lamborghini allowsa mode that drivers to customize setting for driving. a oncecounting down to in a lifetime solar clips across north america. it's now just 11 days away. it while ite, enjoy another spectacular day in the adrianna: all right, so we should soak up the weather today. doug: good call. because it's going to be a little war

if not use phone banks. we are triaging so people have mortgage payments due that are currently not in situations where they need immediate assistance. we are prioritizing based on that. additionally one of the challenges of individual assistance for this disaster is going to be the broad scope of where the floods were and how long the flood waters are lasting. so we can't even get in there to start looking at damage to homes yet. i would say if you have immediate needs call back. we are setting up a joint office here. if you haven't heard back in a day or two and would like to check on your application online or call and follow up. if you are not a priority it could take a couple of days. thank you. >> one important piece of information and that is to go online go to disasterassistan disasterassistance.gov. if you are in one of the counties that has been declared a federal disaster you can get assistance. we urge you to go online and register as quickly as possible as disasterassistance.gov. >> thank you, g

the red cross volunteers and the phone bank are open for quite a while. so if you feel like pitching in, now is a great time to do that. nancy: keep the phone lines busy. thank you. shelters all around the country are taking in the animals. rescue and abandoned in the storm. you see the pup right there. amy aubert went to a local shelter that received 80 puppies last week and getting ready for more. >> fostering dogs isn't anything new. >> she just wants someone to feed her and love her. >> that are arriving from the outlying areas impacted by harvey, ad she wante home? >> they ended up with three. >> sassy. saz. >> the trio like many others in the group aliving to the last chance animal rescue ahead of harvey are thriving from foster care. >> of the 80 arriving last week 4-month-old tack here is the only one left looking for a home. >> the rescue is expecting 90 pups to arrive from the flood areas this week. >> take a leap of faith that people step up and help foster. >> cynthia the director of the rescue said after our story aired on abc7 last week, thei

we are on your site tonight with a phone bank about your skin health, and dermatologists will be in our 7 on your side health center to take your phone calls and how to maintain a beautiful, youthful look and what to do about sun damage and how to detect ellen tomek. -- melanoma. find out how you can , your call is confidential and the advice you will get is free. stay with us. adrianna: i love it on the massive cyber attack on hbo. the fbi stepping into investigate. tj holmes has the latest. thehe fbi investigating massive cyber attack on hbo believed to be the biggest industry hacking ever. >> hard for me to that of that saddam. they stole seven times the data of the 2014 attack on sony pictures and equipment to 500 hours of movies. >> steal build or grow themselves. >> hbo is bribing they pulled off the greatest leak in the cyberspace era hours after game of thrones aired its third episode to a reported 30 million viewers worldwide. they claim to have access the and colonel network any mail system, and say they posted stuff online and did not issue a ransom demand. the hbo president

the you have a question, give the phone bank a call. you can do it now. telephone 131stpreakness numbere telephone number is 703-236 michelle: a painting of a federal monument removed from a mural in norfolk. you can see what it looked like before. the memorial in the middle of the letter f. you can see below. tonight it's been painted over. to show a street scene instead. the city council approved a plan to move the statue from the center of the city to a local cemetery once state law allows it. nancy: tonight fairfax leaders decided not to hold the chantilly civil war reenactment this weekend. i was scheduled for september 23-24 rather. in a letter to reenactors set to attend this year's event the officials cite recent events as a reason for the cancellation. it comes after similar cancellations in manassas. michelle: it was supposed to be a historic change but tonight plans to put harriet tubman on the $20 bill in jeopardy. obama administration proposed replacing but now it's not something that they are focused on in the moment. tubman would be the fir

generous and tremendous outpouring of help yesterday in a "7 on your side" phone bank to raise fundsor the investigates of hurricane harvey -- for the victims of hurricane harvey. jonathan: two hours we went at it and we teamed up with the iheart radio and miles per hour red cross. we are proud to tell you that you came through. here is "7 on your side" reporter nathan baca. >> "7 on your side." nathan: the phones never stopped ringing during the two hours "7 on your side" phone bank for the american red cross. for personal. she is from houston. >> i am very grateful that my parents and my family are all dry and safe. my dad is working a lot for city of houston. he works for the power company. this is heartbreaking. this is where i grew up, where we used to play. and to see that much water is unreal. >> the entire "7 on your side" team partnered with iheart radio personalities to get the water out. every dollar donated helps. >> maybe do it in honor of your kid you get to come home to tonight or the warm bed you get to sleep in when so many don't have it now. >> the national capital

thanks to the general rosstism last night's phone bank raised more than $41,000 in two hours.u didn't get to contribute and call in, don't worry. you can still contact the red cross to donate. this friday you can show that the d.m.v. stands strong for texas. abc7 and newschannel8 with the sister station across the country team up with the salvation army to raise money for hurricane harvey victim. the parent company sinclair broadcast group will match the first $100,000 donated. stay tuned for more information on how you can help. jonathan: do you have an up -- i have an update to pass along. check out the dog and the baby. that is tock, the dog. the last dog of several sent to the area in wake of harvey's destruction. he fnd night and now he has a new family. the little ones get on pretty well. look at the love between the two of them. this is good news. more dogs are coming from texas tomorrow. keep in mind if you are thinking of adopting a dog now might be a good time. they are stocked full at some of the shelters. so you can take a look. they need help. michelle: maybe the

thursday, police call "6abc" phone bank to make a donation. all proceeds go to the american red cross, thursday, starting at 4:00, right here on "action news." you can also find ways to donate by going to our website, "6abc".com/harvey to find out how to help the victims in texas. we have images of recent rescues and live coverage from our sister station in houston. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, accused of slashing police tires in south jersey, the suspect's undoing may have been his going to police to report being a victim of another crime. also, is it back to school shoplifting? police in montgomery county say a woman brought kids along for a crime. >> adam? >> it was 67-degrees. the first time we have had an august high in the 60s in philadelphia in ten years. we have warmer weather on the way. >> drexel researchers find the key for dieters to keep off the weight long term and poof, he's gone. eagles get rid of a popular player when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪ >> new at 11:00 tonight, the man wanted for slashing tires

can get surprisingly costly too, so you don't waste your money. 00-10 1:13-end seven is on your phone bank to keep more money in your wallet. financial counselors from around the d-c area will help center to take your calls. how to build that nest egg.. strategies for college savings.. how much do you need to retire? get all the answers, tonight. tune in to abc-seven news at 4 p-m to find out how you can participate. your call is confidential and the financial advisors' advice is free. time now for weather august day - rain chances return tomorrow - warm and muggy weekend; a few storms - wet start to the week monday; then drying out today: mostly sunny to partly cloudy. comfortably warm. highs: 83-86 winds: se 5 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. milder. increasing humidity. lows: 67-71 winds: se 5 mph to calm friday: mostly cloudy. mild and muggy. understorms.and highs: 80-84 nds: se 5 h right now - outrage across the country. outrage across the country. no charges against the dc police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man. this morning - what's next as mayor bowser calls on the officer to

on thursday we host a phone bank to collect your donations for the victims of harvey, and that goes to the victims of the red cross, starting thursday at 8:00 here on "action news." >> the storms in texas are triggering painful memories for folks that live along the jersey shore and deal with a nightmare named sandy nearly five years ago. one of the worst natural disasters to hit the garden state and some are still recovering. nora muchanic spoke to survivors after they watched the storm unfold in texas. >> reporter: rick, the pictures from texas are hard to watch for some sandy survivors they know all too well what the people in texas are facing when the water sub sides. >> looking at a billboard filled with devastation from storm sandy. >> i know what they are going through and what they will go through. >> they have no idea what they are in for. >> if like me they foolishly think, once the water recedes we'll get our house back in order and home in six to eight weeks and that is so far from the truth. every step of the way is a fight. >> fights with insurance companies and fema and

the phone banks tonight raised more than $40,000 for harvey relief. >> we've got over a thousand volunteers on site, more streaming in every single -- all stop and we need your help, financial donations. we need to get supplies and resources down there. everything that can help will a benefit to those who will be impacted. nancy: if you do not get a chance to call in, go to wjla.com for information on other reputable groups making a difference. jonathan: there is another easy way to help victims of harvey, lyft has added the mayor can read across as its list of charities that you can donate to buy rounding up. they will round up each of your to the next dollar and donate the difference to hurricane relief. steve: the first forecast from 11:00 update on harvey, still a tropical storm, max wind of 50 miles per hour and about to make a third landfall, not a good situation, but improving for houston. weather was cloudy and rainy today, but tomorrow bigger changes are on the way. more sunshine, the skies will clear, highs near 80 degrees. after a high today of only 68 at reagan coldest day in au

a live look right now phone bank which just opened for the day of giving.g your calls. 415-954-7625. we would love it if you called right now to make a donation. all that money goes to the red cross and helps out the victims in texas. >> for the neighbors who really need it most. we appreciate your generosity already. welcome to thursday, august 31st. a lot to get to, heat, traffic issues, and jess, you're tracking breaking news. >> we mentioned the phone bank because they still really need your help in texas. we have breaking news happening in texas. the city of beaumont has lost its entire water supply because of the floodwaters that are causing a river to flood the city's pump station. they lost their first and secondary water source. residents have been without water for the past few hours. this is affecting about 118,000 people. right now, they're trying to make some repairs. they're hoping to have some temporary fix. this is indefinite at this point. time table very flimsy. they have to wait for the waters to recede in order to make a full repair. we'

to 909999 to make a $10 donation right now and join us here at abc 7 on wednesday when we host a phone bank in a show of bay area support. right now our meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the storm as well. he's here now with a closer look at the impact. mike? >> kristen, hi, everybody. we'll go straight to live doppler 7 and zoom down on the texas coast there. you can see the circulation is just about to come out over the water once again, and it's close enough now that it's picking up that noich and hurling those heavy thunderstorms into louisiana. really worried about the southern half of louisiana as we go through the next couple of days because of the cold front you see coming down from the high plains. that's going to slowly nudge, and i mean slowly nudge what's left of harvey which will be a tropical storm which means we'll have winds faster than 39 miles per hour, but it's the rain that it's going to dump, and you can see by thursday morning it's just passing through the througe shreveport/bosier area and then accelerating off to memphis and another foot of rain is possible. back

last night's phone bank raised more than $41,000 in two hours for harvey relief. if do you not get a chance to call in. don't worry, we you have covered. go for information on other reputable groups also making a difference. >> well, take a look this right now. the national guard troops are sleeping on mattresses at furniture store in richmond, texas. others are getting some on their computer or phone. you can see them resting between shivs of rescuing people who were trapped in floodwaters. and now, to reports of price gouming in the middle of the def tation in there texas. some businesses are accused of raising prices on the necessity in one instance, $99 for a case of water. the texas attorney general says he has received 600 reports of price-gouging. stay woman says she was charged case of bore at corpus christi convenience store. well now officials are laying done the law. >> we're looking at the price for the last lean ins if you in creased by more than 10% we'll look it a. >> , for best buy, after this picture went viral. a 24 pack of water they sold for $4

they have a phone bank taking donations an you will the proceeds goes to the american red cross. starting here on "action news." >> we have expanded coverage on 6abc.com/harvey and live streams from our sister station in houston and important information on how you can help. >>> harvey could be called the storm that would not quit after making landfall along the gust coast three times now it continues to lash the south and could impact this area this weekend. david murphy is live now with the latest track. >> reporter: harvey is finally moving over land and looks to move over the heart of the panhandle of the neck of louisiana. probably then curving up to nashville and on up to cincinnati. the moisture associated with the storm will reach into the mid-atlantic and we expect to see showers around here on friday into saturday morning. and it's creating some storm surge along the coastline and the line of thunderstorms you see embedded in those a lot of lightning and tornadoes. harvey clearing away from houston but still an issue for much of the gull coast at this point. accuweather

seven is on your side with a phone bank about your wallet and your financial well-being.ors from around the d-c area will be in our seven on your side help center to take your calls. how to build that nest egg, best strategies for college savings, how much money do you need before you can retire? tune in to abc-seven news at 4 p-m to find out how you can participate. your call is confidential and the financial advisors' advice is free. in the day ahead-- you can help save an animal in need-- by just grabbing a burrito. chipotle is hosting a fundraiser to support the humane rescue alliance. the restaurant chain will donate 50 percent of the day's sales from its d-c locations to the organization. all you have to do is mention the fundraiser at the the humane rescue alliance cares for and finds homes for pets in need. it's xx and we're just getting started. not backing down. north korea doubling down on not backing down. north korea doubling down on a threat to attack a u-s territory. the rhetoric thats causing global shockwaves. good morning washington. - one more spectacul

abc is hosting a network wide day of giving tomorrow. 6abc will have a phone bank to call for donationsproceeds will go to the american red cross. again, that's tomorrow starting at 4 o'clock right here on "action news." >>> you can also find ways to donate on our web site. and we have continuing coverage of the devastation along the gulf coast including images of recent rescues and live coverage from our sister station in houston. log onto 6abc.com/harvey. >> your time now 4:39. developing overnight a shooting victim tried to get himself to the hospital crashed into a police officer in west philadelphia. it happened at 54th and walnut streets at 1:00 a.m. the officer suffered bumps and bruises. the shooting victim was wounded while he was driving about a mile away. he is in critical condition. detectives are working to find the shooter and a motive. >> new this morning firefighters battled a house fire in the city's grays ferry section. this broke out at 11:15 last night along the 1400 block of southing street. firefighters arrived to found heavy fire from the back of the row home. no

we've got the calls, the phone banks open.h the next hour, you're going to see familiar faces taking your donations. your local news and weather your local news and weather coming up next. ♪ ♪ hi! leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. a personalized financial strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. hi guys! aw yeah! see how access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by carmax. drive what's possible. >>> good morning. i'm jessica castro from "abc7 mornings." and we want to give you an update on our phone bank right now that is open. abc7 news a part of the entire abc family hoping today to make a day of giving, and we're collecting donations to help the victims of hurricane harvey nationwide. you can call right now, 415-954-7625. and give your donation. already we have more than 7,000 collected here locally, more than $2.4 million nationwide and that number growing. i want to check in with dennis. dennis, y

on thursday you can call our 6abc phone bank to make a donation. 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 the charges are too harsh. hey will be charged with homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter. >>> police are looking for a couple who stole $2,500 worth of clothes with their children nearby. this happened at the dick's sporting goods store in film township montgomery -- plymouthp earlier this month. police just released the pictures of the video there. the man and woman could face child endangerment charges

please call our 6abc phone bank to make a donation.ll proceeds go to the american red cross. >> also new this morning, fire melted the facade off a home in philadelphia's grace ferries ferry section. it is unclear if anyone was home when that fire broke out. >>> and we have new video of a suspected tire slasher in camden county. police arrested edward j. holmes, iii, yesterday. he's accused of slashing 52 tires on police vehicles parked at the somerdale municipal building early sunday morning. police say holmes had gone to police the night before to report his bicycle stolen. he now faces a number of charges including criminal mischief. >> now we have a check of your weather. david it's interesting we're going to get remnants of harvey later on this weekend. >> yeah, these large storms sometimes do that. originally we were hoping all that moisture would die out in the ohio valley. now it looks like we'll have to flip-flop the forecast a little bit because some of that harvey related moisture is on the way. the tropical low pressure cen

and we have information on how you can volunteer or donate at .ur website, wjla.com join us for a phone bank with the american red cross, taking calls and donations between 4:30 and six: dirty this afternoon. marks 12 years to the day since katrina slammed into the gulf, coming ashore as a category three hurricane, responsible 1800 deaths, inflicting $100 billion in damage from florida to texas. larry: turning now to fairfax county, a special election for schools and at t c brian, this vote really carries a lot of weight? of attentiona lot in recent weeks, but with the steady rain it will likely turnout.ter the vacancy comes after a school board member resigned in may. her husband accepting a job overseas. now, for people are vying for her position. let's introduce you to those candidates. the first is a lawyer. the second, a federal contractor. michael owens, a former teacher, and a former pta volunteer. be joining awill board that has made some key votes recently on national amending the nondiscrimination policy to include transgender students and staff members and last month, a controvers

nancy: tomorrow, we will have a phone bank with the american red cross to help gather donations for hurricane harvey relief tomorrow from 4:30 to nancy: back with a look at a new stature honoring martin luther king jr. this is unveiled on the 54th anniversary of the march on washington in the iconic "i have a dream speech"? the capitol, not one but two marches commemorate king's actions. as we report the group of the religious leaders calling for change. 52 years ago dr. king led the march for freedom. today his soldest son led a march to the justice department. >> this is a moral crusade. brad: several in attendance say they hope the presence sends a message. >> this afternoon, a small group of local ministers gathering in clinton near a liquor store owned by a maryland senate president. and they are unhappy about the removal of the statue of taney from statehouse. as supreme chief justice who wrote the dred scott decision. >> we have a society coming together collectively and work together, we need to be able to remove symbols and start to replace symbols with the positive sym there is a st

on thursday we'll host a phone bank to collect your donations for the victims of harvey and all proceeds goes to the american red cross. right here on "action news." >> so much generosity out there. as we see harvey's damage along the gust coast. it's hard to fight back memories of what hurricane sandy did it our area. when the storm rushed to shore almost five years ago. nora muchanic spoke to some survivors today. nora for them the scenes in texas are too close to home. >> they really are brian. and the sandy survivors here in jersey can't help but feel for the people going through that now. they lived through this nightmare and they stel me that the folks in texas are in for a long difficult ordeal. >> i was in their situation so i know what they are going through and know what they are about to two through. >> joe is with the new jersey organizing project a nonprofit made for sandy survivors to deal with all kinds of post storm issues. the folks in texas have no idea what they are in for. >> they will foolishly think like me we'll get our house in order and be home in six to eight we

the "7 on your side" ask the financial adviser phone bank officially open. 703-236-9220. call now for whatever financial advice you need. the experts are here through 6:30 tonight. 703-236-9220. jonathan: consumer report no longer recommending four tapland after use -- laptop after users complain. they say the surface laptop and surface book purr formed well in test -- performed well in testing but survey found freezing up in the field. microsoft says it doesn't accurately reflect the user true experiences. mortgages to a six-week low. average 3.8%. that's still above last year average. difference of tens of thousands of dollars. nancy: next at 4:00 why nat park ranks near the bottom in the sports illustrated food safety report. and this. a cat on the field in st. louis. what happens next? he fights back against the grounds keeper? the batter hits a grand slam immediately after? the cards win? the answer and the conclusion of the kitty cat video ahead. jonathan: now here is adrianna hopkins with the first look at how to start your friday with "good morning washington". ad

our phone banks will open at 4:00 p.m. on 6abc.com. >> ♪ >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. happening now harvey makes landfall again. massive storm slams into louisiana this morning. flash flood watches from florida to tennessee and new threats overnight. even more peril for those who already evacuated as the waters in houston just keep rising. a mandatory curfew now for houston. >>> everyday heroes, people traveling from across the country to help the victims of hurricane harvey from this trucker with his big rig driving into the floodwaters. >> they'll just keeping boatloads of people out to the truck. >>> to the real estate opening up her own home. >> my home is literally your home. >> reporter: to the military vets rescuing the stranded the incredible stories. >>> cracking the nutrition code, the oil marketed as a healthy fat substitute but could it be driving your cholesterol way up? the truth behind coconut oil right here. >>> george clooney on being a dad. he's doing diaper duty, says fatherhood is terrifyin

to thank all of you who took time to donate to the red cross yesterday in the "7 on your side" phone bank. we raised $41,000 in two hours. friday we will team up with the salvation army and the parent group matching the first $100,000 in larry: meanwhile we want to continue on. repair and recovery from harvey as you imagine can prove demanding and incredibly expensive. kristine frazao looks at the financial storm that harvey is leaving in its wake. >> devastation, damage. >> the worst i've ever seen. >> the high waters will translate to a high price tag when the clean-up finally begins. a look at the cost of the previous storms. economists estimate hurricane harvey will cost more than $160 billion. becomeing the most costliest disaster in u.s. history. >> this is a water damage catastrophe. >> since most homeow don't cover floods by natural disasters many will try to rely on federal funding. >> the standards haven't been updated in 50 years. limits are antiquate and the program is underfunded. >> another impact is pain at the pump. >> with the oil refineries shut down and pipeline operati

if not, use the phone banks. we are triaging. there are people with mortgage payments due that are currently not in situations where they need immediate assistance. one of the challenges of individual assistance for this disaster is going to be the broad scope of where do the floods work fan how long the floodwaters are lasting. if you have immediate needs, if you haven't heard back in a day or two and would like to check on your spliks online or call and follow up. but if you are not a priority, it could take a couple days. thank you. >> one important piece of information, go to disasterassistance.gov. if you are in one of the counties that's been declared a federal disaster, you can get assistance. we urge you to go online and register as quickly as possible at disasterassistance.gov. >> going back to offsets, do you stands by your position from 2005 that disaster relief funding should be offset by cuts elsewhere, and can you tell us what the trump administration's position will be on offsets? >> the president's top priority is

and join us here on wednesday when we host a phone bank in the show of bay area support. >>> here in san francisco you probably noticed the heat today. >> it was really brutal in a lot of spots. drew tuma has a look at what we're experiencing. >> the heat wave continues for a third day away from the coast. look at these numbers, 108 the current number in fairfield. 106 in san ramon. south bay, low 90s from san jose to gilroy. 95 the current number in novato. half moon bay at 61 degrees. heat advisories continue through 9:00 tonight. the areas shaded in orange, excessive heat warning still continues to the areas in the triple-digit heat away from the coast. that lasting until 9:00 as well. you'll want relief, this is what you want to see. live look, fog is already making a comeback. and that's going to help to bring relief from the heat in the next 24 hours. hour by hour we go, later on tonight, 11:00, we see widespread 50s and 60s around the immediate bay waters. what you'll notice tomorrow morning, the fog is more widespread. that's going to help to cool us off especially inland tom

alliance in 2004 they were pretty new to local politics, they had to learn from scratch how to set up phone banks and canvas and the database of progressive voters, how to raise money and fill out the campaign finance and election law, paperwork, overtime got real good at the nuts and bolts of electoral politics and since 2004, progressives in richmond have won 10 of 16 city council and mayoral races, it is 80% nonwhite, which is largely poor and working-class where the median income in the community the lowest in the bay area for 20% of the people in family living at or below the federally defined poverty level. not a university talents, not berkeley, not madison, wisconsin, not burlington, vermont, not santa monica or any of the other places in many parts of the country when you associate with past efforts, to take over city hall to turn municipal government into a laboratory for progressive public policy initiatives. we now have a progressive supermajority, 5 of 7 councilmembers in richmond and so i mentioned between 2006, and 2014, our green mayor, gil laughlin, made richmond the largest city

if not, use the phone banks. we are, i will call it triaging. there are people who have mortgage payments due that are currently not in situations where they need immediate assistance, so we are prioritizing based on that. additionally one of the challenges of individual assistance for this disaster is going to be the broad scope of where the floods were and how long the floodwaters are lastin lasting. we can't even get in there to start looking at damage to homes. i would say if you have immediate needs, call back. we are setting up a joint office here where all of the federal resources -- if you haven't heard back in a day or two and would like to check on your application online or call and follow-up, but if you are not a priority, it could take a couple days. thank you. >> i wanted to add an important piece of information, and that's come up to online, go to disasterassistance.gov. if you are in one of the counties that's been declared a federal disaster, you can get assistance. and we urge you to go online and register as quickly as possibl

we can do phone banks to democrats in other districts and then say would you like to be connected to your member of congress, and we can push a button on the phone and connect them to that congressman with an area code that is compatible with that district. we can share that technology if you don't know that. so if you call the democrats in those districts, often you have to get the list, they will be willing to put that call through right away to their member, the republican member of congress. >> it's a really cool tool. we we did this during the health care fight. you would call not the members of congress in ohio but other progressives in that state and say you've got power in the situation. you should be talking to the senator or whoever it is. it's smart. it's a good idea. >> so, i'll just give an example of a member of congress that we work with pretty regularly. my my member is phenomenal, don bier, one of the most progressive members of the house, but the congressman woman represents the tenth congressional district. it's one of the most watched races right now. there's a rea

nancy: the phone bank today is ask the dermatologist. horace holmes has questions asked tonight and help with safe skin products. horace? horace: absolutely! we have a very energetic group of dermatologists gathered here eager to answer your questions. 703-236-9220. opening up the lines right the you have any questions we are in the middle of summer. here are some of the issues that we are going to deal with. some of the questions that you can ask. you are looking for great skin. maybe you are not too happy with the way you are looking now. you wan to improve things. go brighter. you can ask them, call and ask them about that. how to beat acne is a big problem with a lot of folks over all ages. how can you get rid of acne? problem spots. maybe something is occurring just this summer since you have been out in the sun a lot. also how do we erase the redness again, because we are getting a lot of sun this time of the year. redness occurs. is it something to be to concerned about? how do you get rid of it? what are the correct products to u

he had an office in town with a phone bank and all you had to do was call and say, i need a couple of cases for a party tonight, and in an hour delivery would be on its way. roy's wedding to elise campbell was one much the social highlights of the season. he revelled in the title the newspapers gave him, "the king of the puget sound bootlegs," which was meant to be and taken as laudatory. the good people of seattle had little use for prohibition. elise held balls, sponsored charity events, and moved among and were considered to be part of the seattle social elite. roy didn't worry too much about the occasional police raid. he had two brothers on the force who were also on his payroll, so they knew in advance when anything was going to happen. unfortunately for roy, the feds did try to enforce prohibition. hearing of his operation, they set up telephone tap also outside both his office and home. we are not talking brain surgery here. what we have is a wire with two alligator clips at one end and a set of headphones at the other. after gathering about 700 pages of notes they arrested ro

they had to learn from scratch how to set up phone banks and how it can best and how to build databases identified progressive voters, how to raise money and how to fill out the campaign finance and election law paperwork. over time they got real good at the nuts and bolts of electoral politics. since 2004, progressives have gone 10 out of 15 in races in a city that's 80% nonwhite, that is largely poor and working class, with a median income in the community from immediate family income is one of the lowest in the bay area, where 20% of the people are in families living at or below the federally defined poverty level. not berkeley, not madison, wisconsin, not santa monica or any other places we associate with past efforts by progressives, by socialist, by greens to take over city hall in and try to turn municipal government into a laboratory for public policy initiatives. we now have a progressive supermajority of five out of seven council members in richmond in between 2006 in 2014, and peregrine mayor made richmond the largest city in the country and i'm proud to report still a member