harvey still pounding south texas this morning. rescuers are scrambling to save people stranded by rising waters. some of the scenes we're seeing overnight. floodwaters on the rise and rain is not letting up. a record 50 inches could fall before the storm moves out. we're live in the flood zone. >> the thousands evacuated from the deadly storm are housed at shelters and other emergency centers. some have been relocated to central texas. but it's unclear at this point if they'll be sent to other states. >>> the bodies of all the sailors killed when the u.s.s. john mccain collided tanker. they're trying to figure out what caused that accident. >>> the president will visit the storm zone. he's asked about his pardon of former sheriff joe arpaio as he holds a press conference with the president of finland. those are headlines from today, monday, august 28. >>> we do say good morning to you, everybody. we're following breaking news. as you take a look at this radar, this is not an old image from friday, although it kind of looks like it

reports of people trapped in their homes in all of the parts of south texas. we are seeing that in southwest pars of the houston metro area. neighborhoods that are also inundated. there are reports of people moving to their attic. local officials said, don't do that unless you have an ax. better to go on the roof and wait for help there. more pictures in, more video in. let's begin with rosa flores in houston who has had to move to higher ground. where are you? what are you seeing now? >> we're in the historic part of downtown houston. brian, earlier today we were doing our live shots from that intersection where you see the red traffic light. right now you can see it's completely sub mermerged in wat. we were next to the railing next to this building that has the spaghetti warehouse. as you can see now it's a raging river. moving towards the gulf of mexico at a good clip. i want to pan over a little bit so you can see how this water is testing the infrastructure. take a look at the cracks that are on the side of the building. it appears to be buckling. we hav

morales says his heart goes out to the people of south texas. he says his friends and neighbors and indeed even a few strangers stepped up for him when the chip were downruben morales ".....i feel like going over their to help because i got a lot of help when everybody got together here as a community..."morales has relatives in houston. ist cousins. he says they are safe. he says his sister lives in san jose's naglee park and his parents live in lover's lane in hollister, both places also hit by floods. apologizing for getting political at such a time, morales believes there can only be one explanation. ruben morales".....it's climate change, the government needs to do something because it's happening...." (rob live) six month after the flood, rock springs is still cleaning up. in south texas, it cold take years.live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (vicki) tropical storm harvey is impacting thousands of flights nationwide and here in the bay area. two major airports in houston remain closed to commercial flights until further notice. there

hurricane warnings have been issued to about south texas. the situation had been serious and now it's even more. >> all right, bill, thank you. >>> now breaking millionaire news. we have a single winner of the record setting $758 million powerball jackpot. blake mccoy is here this morning. blake, what do we know about the winning ticket? >> even my lucky green tie couldn't help us out. if you are waking up out west, you didn't win either. the winning ticket was sold right here, this tiny little store called the handy variety in watertown, massachusetts. this is just outside boston. since there was only one winning ticket, whoever won will get the largest single payout in u.s. lotto history. $758.7 million, the cash option in this case, $480 million. there was one larger jackpot in 2016, split by three winning ticketholders. so what does that cash do to your life? we caught up with lotto winners gilbert and jackie in southern california that won $266 million playing mega millions in 2010. at the time, that was also a record. >> we didn't buy

and we have that forecast having it heading into south texas. we do not think it's going to escape easily up to the north. friday at 7:00 p.m., still off the coastline, if there is going to be an official landfall, it appears to be overnight into early tuesday morning. and then here is the big issue. look what happens. as we go throughout the entire weekend into monday, it could just stall and stay over the top of south florida. that would be a huge threat of fresh water flooding and river flooding throughout that area. so again, we don't want to see the storm intensify. it only has about 48 hours left to get stronger. we need to keep it weaker. we don't want to deal with wind problems. >> bill, thank you. >>> now we have a single winner of the record setting $758 million powerball jackpot. blake, what do we know about the winning ticket? >> it's not us. >> obviously. >> i wore my lotto green to bring us luck. didn't happen. someone in massachusetts is waking up a whole lot richer this morning. the winning ticket was sold right here, this tiny l

there will be more about harvey's devastation in south texas on your local news on this cbs station. our 24 hour streaming news network cbsn and also on cbs "sunday morning." for now i'm christine johnson. cbs news new york. >> for news, 24 hours a day, go it is sub kay august 27th i'm jan carabao. more on harvey in just a moment but first back here at home if you liked yesterday weather you'll love today. we're in for a repeat of great conditions here's meteorologist matt peterson with the forecast, hi there matt. >> it is another fantastic day for us here across the delaware valley waking up to temperatures that have a little bit of my in the air, it is to the point where we are out early on, or even now as we push through early parts of the 8:00 o'clock hour you'll want a sweat shirt. check out lehigh valley we will see 50's there. it was in the 40's until the last her or so, and down the shore, a quick look for 60's there. it is warm in barnegat at 67 degrees. not too much happening in the lehigh valley, we did have fog , starting to dissipate though. we will get up to a high lat

when the time comes to dispatch them to join the thousands of other red cross staff already in south texas. cynthia shaw".....local volunteers right now are standing by due to to wildfire concerns here with the heat wave coming but when that's over they will be released to go to texas for months to some, this will be a long recovery, it's going to take months if not years..."in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news ( pam ) if you would like to help people affected by harvey... you can text the word "harvey" to the number on your screen... 90-999 to make a te-n dollar donation to the red cross. we have posted other ways you can donate on our website, kron four dot com. look for the link .. near top of the home page. a live look outside right now... (pam) as we get our first look at the four zone forecast with chief meteorologist brittney shipp. .a significant warming trend is then forecast to begin tomorrow and continue into the upcoming weekend with oppressive heat likely for interior and higher elevation locations, especially on friday and saturday. hot weather will even make it to the coast

(vicki) as people in south texas struggle with hurricane harvey......the people of louisiana are markingtragic anniversary.. (grant) it was twelve years ago today when hurricane katrina made landfall near new orleans.. kron four's pam moore is here with some details on how the two monsterous storms compare to one another. (pam ) katrina made landfall on this day august 29th, 2005 .... as one of the most devastating natural disasters to ever hit the united states... these are some of the scenes of that terrible storm... one big difference -- katrina hit hard and quickly .... that is as opposed to the lingering wrath of 'harvey' ... while a number of people have died in texas -- it is still a small fraction of the katrina death toll - of more than 18- hundred people. rainfall is a huge difference..... the maximum rainfall for katrina -- 17- inches. harvey's staggering numbers --- more than 50-inches.. of course the terrible damage and death in the new orleans area was not all about rain -- it was about the fact the levy system failed. and while it is too soon to put a grade on the governme

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with days upon days of catastrophic rainfall and threat for devastating flooding across much of south texase's it latest. as we said, it made landfall around 11:00 our time, 10:00 central time, you can see the eye has come on shore and watch the spin around that eye maintains its strength and a very strong dangerous storm still over portions of south texas, there have been reports of people trapped inside a building. building collapsed in rock port texas with people inside as the eye moves on. you can see it right there, the landfall is between these. the northern end about four miles east of rock port texas and you can see that's where the eye is. notice the barrier islands bearing the brunt of a storm surge flooding. the most dangerous impact of a land failing hurricane. we can see tornado from a landfalling hurricane. still a category 4 storm, it will weaken as it starts to move over land, right now, the sustained wind to 130 miles an hour. and watch how it just spins, if it moves back over the warm coastal waters, it possibly could even restrengthen and head back to the houston area as

again, everybody's eyes continue to look down to south texas where 30 to 35 to 36, maybe even inches of rain are possible, we're talking about a years worth of rain for these folks in under a week, it is just going to be absolutely devastating once this system does eventually, pull away from the area. now back here closer to home we are looking at temperatures this morning that are on the warmer side of things in a few areas, just shy of 70 here in philadelphia, it is 68 but we're the warm spot. other spots out there including millville at 61. poconos this morning 46 degrees, that is sweat shirt weather to say the least day planner here we will be up to 70 by 9:00 this morning a wonderful day for us here in the delaware valley, sunshine 75 at lynch time and then again, we will get up to 79 degrees this afternoon. we will talk more about our forecast and more about harvey in a bit. >> great, thanks matt. >>> as texas deals with harvey a dozen red cross volunteers from philadelphia and new jersey are now on the way to help. as "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff tells us more vo

we have got a chemical problem in south texas.ng effects, enormous effects of harvey and the dow industrials are up 71 points as we speak. all right. now, we're just organizing ourselves here because there is a lot going on and we've been showing you the rescue right there in texas. that is on going. i've got this, i have an editorial for you. listen up. here is what i think. they just can't help themselves. they are so contemptuous of christians, conservatives, republicans and the president that they spew out their venom and think it is funny or poignant or cutting-edge. i'm referring to the secular human its who dominate the media and coastal elites. case in point, "politico." it is a political website. it published a cartoon mocking christians and texans. it shows a backward texan and confederate flag. i don't think it is funny. a lot of people find it offensive. using mockery at a time like this is plain stupid. itñr reveals so much. there is cultural divide in america on full display, the left, media, executive suite are on s

the storms setting its sights on south texas. people in the bulls eye swarming stores and stockpiling essentials. >> there's no more water. >> reporter: cars lining up for hours to fill up on gas. many people leaving home as harvey is expected to drown parts of the south dousing areas with more than 35 inches of rain and storm surges up to 12 feet. >> we're going to in the strongest possible terms to encourage the residents in the low-lying areas to get out of dodge. >> reporter: images from nasa show the size of the storm. forecasters say harvey is intensifying faster than previously predicted. the hurricane center said it's possible that the storm could stay inland for 72 hours. one her i have saying the risks are too great not to get out now. >> i'm not going to send a boat out there after you're asked to leave. i'm not going to put my deputy's lives on the line to get you out. so you're on your own. >> reporter: the entire county could feel the impact because of gas prices. more than a dozen refineries are in the storm's path

go to fiosgigabit.com >> >>> now on 11:00, the threat is getting real for south texas, thousands fleeing a powerful hurricane, the danger, it won't pass for days. >> cd police respond after we show them this ridiculing a burglary his own home, the only reason they were caught, his cameras. >>> think you can manage texting and driving, think again. >>> in just a little more than 24 hours, a dangerous storm will make landfall in texas. >> this is it tonight tense of thousands of people bracing for hurricane harvey, strong winds, storm surge and a unthinkable amount of rain over the next few days. >> we have team coverage for you, leon? >> the warning from officials is blunt, get out night. experts are predicting this will be a historic storm. right now people in texas and louisiana are filling sand bags, stocking up with water, hitting the roads, look at inter state 7, this is south texas where get away from the north. it could make landfall late tomorrow or early saturday. >> we are going to in the strongest possible terms encourage the residents in the low lying areas as they say

bay residents are finding it difficult to watch the still unfolding disaster in south texas. kron four's rob fladeboe has reaction from a san jose resident... who was among the victims of last winter's devastating flood along coyote creek. six months ago sandra moll watched tv coverage of the flood that innundated her own home near williams street park, but seeing what is happening in south texas is worse, far worse she says. sandra moll/coyote creek flood victim".....i have an empathy that i have never felt the dept of before because i understand what they are going through but hat what we have experience pales in comparison to what they are going through..."six months ago, sandra moll's home, a block from coyote creek, was under five feet of water. today, the repairs are far from complete but nothing like what lay ahead for houston.sandra moll"....it will take us months o recover, it will take them years, we had no loss of life, they lost people...." moll showed me the high water marks on her home and pictures of the flood as she recalled watching her furniture and other b

but as a regional coordinated center for emergency services throughout the south texas area, our rolelso to be a ready and able and compassionate neighbor. we're receive evacuees people evacuated by mandatory order or self-evacuating and also to make sure we're receiving resources from volunteers and from state emergency services throughout the area and deploying them. that's been happening really since earlier in the week. we spun up our emergency operations center, which is a regional south texas center and i along with the county judge yesterday declared local state of emergency. local disaster -- excuse me to make sure we have access to resources quickly. >> mayor, you have -- you guys got 15 inches in a year. you have the beautiful river walk and the alamo can your city handle the drainage? we have to take it seriously. in san antonio they won't get the same winds in corpus christi or thunderstorm winds most likely, but boy you're going to get a lot of water. how does that affect the businesses and people in your city in terms of where this water is going to go? >> well the publi

with days upon days of catastrophic rainfall and threat for devastating flooding across much of south texasnd into louisiana. here's it latest. as we said, it made landfall around 11:00 our time, 10:00 central time, you can see the eye has come on shore and watch the spin around that eye maintains its strength and a very strong dangerous storm still over portions of south texas, there have been reports of people trapped inside a building. building collapsed in rock port texas with people inside as the eye moves on. you can see it right there, the landfall is between these. the northern end about four miles east of rock port texas and you can see that's where the eye is. notice the barrier islands bearing the brunt of a storm surge flooding. the most dangerous impact of a land failing hurricane. we can see tornado from a landfalling hurricane. still a category 4 storm, it will weaken as it starts to move over land, right now, the sustained wind to 130 miles an hour. and watch how it just spins, if it moves back over the warm coastal waters, it possibly could even restrengthen and head back t

guest: most of my district is in deep south texas, and in the middle of last week, as the storm approachedeverybody was should weparations take a direct hit by friday. the command centers began to get some relief because it became apparent that the storm was moving northward into the northern part of my congressional district, e.on corpus christi. bee.on corpus christi -- yond corpus christi. it has hit corpus christi very hard, and towns of porter ansys aransas toward -- four and rockport are devastated. there are surrounding counties in that area and we do not know what has happened because power lines are gone, cell phone service is out, things like that. we are expecting to get more information throughout the day and overnight as that storm has moved northward towards houston. i have heard reports of flooding and people of stranded in houston and serious reports are mounting. this storm isll, not moving quickly. it is going to linger over the next few days, if not until next week, and at this point, if you are not in the path of the storm, it is a matter of giving out what you can do t

those south texas communities will begin to see heavy rain tomorrow. abc's janai norman is tracking the storm. >> reporter: south texas is bracing for a beating. the coastline is in the sights of tropical storm harvey expected to make landfall this weekend. >> right now we're really focusing on the beach because we do know regardless of the storm's track that we're going to have coast >> reporter: forecasters say harvey could develop into a weak hurricane by the time it slams the south bringing with it a four to six-foot storm surge along the coast but even more worrisome, harvey is expected to unload up to 20 inches of rain and not just a burst of showers and flash flooding but a long duration event possibly up to 72 hours of heavy rain and high tides. >> even if we don't see flooding friday night or saturday, the threat is still there saturday night, sunday and possibly even to monday so we need people to be aware. >> reporter: people who live in low-lying areas are urged to get to higher ground. evacuations begin today but many people started stocki

but no one expected a torrent of water still falling on south texas.n fact, no longer measuring the rainfall in inches. now by foot. it's far from over. sunday. >> reporter: rescues continue in the dark of night here in houston. >> we got you. >> reporter: bisected by rhodes roads that are now rivers, america's fourth largest city is in crisis. >> we need help in fifth ward. we need people here to evacuate people. get people here now before they die. >> reporter: the 911 system overrun. 56,000 calls in just 15 hours. many people say they can't even get through. houston's mayor is asking for patience. >> this is pretty much like day two. okay? there will be day three. and there will be day four. and there may be day five. >> reporter: first responders and good samaritans are working around the clock, desperately trying to keep up with the cries for epihad. those rescued are often left with nothing. >> memories that get taken away. something that you don't expect. but, i mean, it's all just materialistic stuff. >> reporter: she has no dry clothes, no sho

the storm now barreling towards south texas.e h of disaster in 30 counties on or near the coast. take a look at these long lines and empty shelves, as people there stock up on supplies. good morning washington. good morning washington. toss to eileen - more clouds than sun today; feeling great! - unseasonably cool, dry last weekend of august - rain chances return next week - tracking hurricane harvey - major hurricane makes landfall late tonight today: mostly cloudy to partly sunny. pleasant. highs: 77-80 winds: n 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy to mainly clear. comfortable. lows: 54-64 winds: n 5 mph saturday: mix of sun and clouds. low humidity. highs: 76-79 winds: ne 5-10 mph an update this morning on a recent cyber attack on the office of personnel morning on a recent cyber attack on the office of personnel management. the f-b-i -- arresting a chinese national -- in connection to the malware used to hack the o-p-m back in 2015. that was one of the against the u-s government. the personal infomration of more than 21 million w

all right, obviously you've got harvey down here in south texas.andfall. it has been downgraded all the way down to a category one. doesn't really mean anything though because what happens now is this becomes an unbelievable rain event and i don't use the unbelievable lightly. made landfall just to the north and to the northeast of corpus christi there along port aransas a little barrier island right there. storm surge was up over 12 feet at landfall here and again, it was a category four hurricane at landfall, just unbelievable. we haven't had anything like this happen in about 15 years or so. i almost think this might end up being for some a conservative estimate of the potential for rainfall totals down here in this huge area right along where the hurricane made landfall and now it's just going to sit and meander down here for the next several days it looks like. 2 feet of rain, maybe two and a half feet of rain over a huge area potentially and then you start talking about the isolated rainfall amounts which could be 40, maybe even 50-inches of

now torrential rains are expected to inundate south texas for days.le to prepare for life—threatening flooding. parts of the city of galveston are already underwater and the flooding could get much worse, with 30 inches of rain forecast. all the streets going down that side are completely flooded. we saw somebody‘s car floating earlier. it's bad out here, guys. we moved our water and food and vehicles inside and the generator. hurricane harvey made landfall on friday as a category four hurricane. it's now been downgraded, but left behind a trail of destruction. this is rockport — homes have been flattened and some people are feared to be trapped. tens of thousands have now fled the area. now that the hurricane has come onshore our primary concern remains dramatic flooding. one of the top focal points we are concerned about is ongoing rescue and recovery. we want to do everything we possibly can to keep people out of rising water. but those rescue efforts are being hampered by strong winds and severed power lines. more than a quarter of a million peopl

jaclyn was raised in south texas and gloria was raised in el salvador. jaclyn spirits immigrated from cuba and hers was a family of doctors. her father's father was in ophthalmologist. they repeated a residency in detroit to become a practitioner. jaclyn's own father became an oncologist. her what mother once refused to move to port author because quote, it smelled. jaclyn and the taxes just left. jaclyn had a nanny she loved. in jaclyn's mother often tells her to pray. her father says she will need god is a position. stop living in a world the back lack in white. you'll need god. gloria, the patient had a husband and's chauffeur in el salvador. after she and her husband both lost their job gloria promised to pay $3000 to bring her north. she worked for a while in a factory in virginia saving enough money to bring her daughter north. the daughter married an daughte imaginary services. certainly not enough to pay for gloria's sons and her brother's to go north. as for his husband she moved to galveston to live with enough you work in a hotel kitchen. she

. >> reporter: setting its sights on south texas, people in the bull's-eye stockpiling sandbags and essentials. >> there is no more water. there's no more bread. the bread is running out as well. >> reporter: cars lining up for hours to fill up on gas. >> absolute insanity over this hurricane. >> many people leaving home as harvey is expected to drown parts of the south. dousing some areas with more than 35 inches of rain and storm surges up to 12 feet. >> we are going to in the strongest possible terms encourage the residents in the low-lying areas as they say get out of dodge. >> reporter: images from nasa show the size of the storm the likes of which haven't been seen in nearly 20 years. forecasters say harvey is intensifying faster than previously predicted and it's moving slowly. the hurricane center says it's possible the storm could stay inland for up to 72 hours increasing the threat of severe flooding. >> now you see the track taking it through the weekend staying a category 2 through the afternoon saturday making a u-turn back toward the gulf of mexico and then going north and east.

. >> forecasters warn this storm could bring life threatening flooding to parts of south texas and state of louisiana. houston, texas is also planning for 20 inches of rain or more. in beau mont, residents and volunteers are packing standbags to protect their homes. bottled water is flying off the shelves at local stores and fema is sending meal and water and t.a.r.p. tarps. >> it has been 12 years since a major hurricane made landfall in the united states. in october 2005, parts of southwest florida took a direct hit from hurricane wilma. bill karins joins us now. give us the latest. >> the headline is the new update from the nshl hurricane center have this making landfall as a category three hurricane tomorrow night. sandy had the storm surge but it was only a category one. what happened overnight. this is the advicible imagery, these are every one minute getting these in. you can see the bubbling cloud tops and thunderstorm updrafts throwing moisture up into the atmosphere. that's the top of the clouds. if you look in here, that's where the eye will clear out. the hurricane on aircraf

and we're continuing to follow tropical storm harvey as it churns over south texas drenching parts ofstate. texas governor abbott -- greg abbott has declared a disaster in 50 counties. and he says as of yet there are no fatalities from that monster storm. and on the ground we're hearing horror stories from the path of harvey. >> this is like 2:30 this morning and i just heard a loud noise. and i had my grandson. whatever he learned in school he was prepared because he ran into the closet and he had his hand above his head like this and he was in a fetal position. i'm so proud of him. and then we ran out and we went under the steps because there's a coat closet. >> it was crazy. it was like -- i was scared when i heard it outside. >> yeah, she was telling me sounded like who's out driving in this weather. i'm like, baby, ain't nobody driving out there. and then she's saying like maybe it's a train or something, but really it's the wind, a lot of wind. but the tornado was coming through, passing through. >> so we saw the side of your mother-in-law's house, big holes all over the place,

highs: 65-69 winds: ne 5-10 mph back now to the has crippled much of south texas. harvey, now a tropical depression, as flood waters finally start to recede in houston. but as it moves east, harvey continues to leave a path of destruction-- and the death toll is climbing. abc's maggi rulli has more from houston. take a look at this... these images - showing the people forced out of their homes by hurricane harvey. a bowling alley in port arthur -- turned into a makeshift shelter. dozens of people are calling it home right now... as rescue crews work around the clock to help people still trapped in flooded neighborhoods. the devastation in texas, shining a spotlight on flooding response capabilities all over the country. at the tidal basin... measures are already in place, to protect the district from severe weather. tom roussey has more. this friday, you can show that the d-m-v stands strong abc-7 and newschannel-8 - along with our sister stations across the country - are teaming up with the salvation army to raise money for hurricane harvey victims. our parent com

traveling through authoritiesexas have asked that you not do so through south texas. we are extending commercial traffic north on i-49 to i-20 to get them into and through texas. we are trying to divert traffic even before it gets into louisiana so that we don't send more traffic than is necessary along i tend. -- i-10. individualsthat continue to go to volunteerlou isiana.gov to see what texas needs and how quickly they will need it and to better coordinate our efforts here to deliver those resources to texas. you can go to emergency.la.gov for complete information about this disaster. i am going to be followed by bill from fema, then the lieutenant governor, then i will come back up and people take questions for we head out to louisiana -- to southern louisiana. bill? bill: thank you. i appreciate the partnership are friends in texas and my colleagues over there, we are appreciative of what louisiana is doing. the type priority is the work together to support louisiana and texas and protect lives. we still have challenges, residents are still not out of harms way. re

we in south texas are very proud people and are very helpful and very loving people and quite laity latino. so that's the message we have to get out. >> i'm awfully glad you were spared any more damage. it looks like it helped as well. it's food news for those owho need help withure citizyour cit, let's bring in retired leiutenant general, the commander of joint task force katrina, responsible for the military relief efforts after the hurricane. we all remember watching our national guard get very much involved, sir, as they helped people survive through that epic disaster. can you give me a sense of the scope of what the folks if texas a -- in texas are dealing with, over the next few day, what's post-important they feed to dnel with? >> day one, keeping people alive. then starting to look at based on the projection of rainfall to date, places that are not flooded yet, are high risk communities like nursing hoemts hospitals that are known to be threatened by flooding. to start taking action to make these places safe for harvey day two. we have what we have today. we got landfall. we

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in south texas and also testing them in vermont to see what the capability is. we have come quite a long ways with regard to as a u.s. in filling gaps in air requirements. >> thanks for continuing the air discussion, the vader technology has been helpful but the feedback that we get when i go down to visit is oftentimes there's several limitations obviously to the unmanned aerial systems as whe to when a complat and when information is available. we've talked several times since i didn't subcommittee chair about pushing forward to also have that capability on manned aircraft. i know you are piloting that, pardon the pun. but can you give an update on the process of getting the vader technology unmanned aircraft to provide more flexibility? >> well, first let me say that we are hoping to expand the uas capabilities with vader. we are close to moving into a 24 by five operation when you probably visit throughout this year, it was a 16 by five. what happens with the weather is we do exact as you mentioned before you get affected by weather for takeoffs and landings

. >>> ed lavandera is south of texas there i mean south of houston in dickinson, texas, just outside of galveston. so, ed, earlier we saw a lot of boat activity rescues taking place where you are. what's happening now. >> reporter: hi, fredricka. this is dickinson, text, south of houston. we are standing on interstate 45. not a small road flood the out in all this. this is the major interstate that takes you between galveston island and the city of houston, and you can see, there's been a -- a fleet of people who have shown up here along interstate 45 with their own boats and have just deployed these boats out into the water to rescue. we see three there just going down. this would be like the on ramp, a fourth person starting to make their way or maybe coming back from picking somebody up. these two guys trying to start their boat. about to launch off again. we see this nonstop. and then, i can give you a sense here. there's huge trucks like this. folks bringing these people here to the edge of the water and getting in large trucks like this. some have been buses. some have been truc

36 hours ago for preparations in south texas. pictures and all of the stories yesterday. month water on the shefls. they're taking it seriously, and they should. they know storms over the gulf of mexico can easily surprise us and intensify quickly. that's one of the concerns we have. it was very disorganized yesterday. overnight look at all the bright red just popping up. it's starting to grow in size and intensity. hurricane under aircraft. our men and women are out there flying through the center. they're actually finding the pressure is dropping, which means the storm is strengthening. the new update from hurricane center came out about ten minutes ago, and now we have hurricane warnings here from port mansfield northfield and the corpus christi area, and just to the east of victoria. we have tropical storm warnings that are now up around galveston and galveston bay and also all the way down here towards port isabelle in the brownsville area. still only a 45-mile-per-hour wind. what happens with these storms is the pressure dr

after the turn of the century where a bunch invaded the united states and because as we see in south texas is a jokester, he invaded columbus new mexico. take that, columbus. here is your european invasion. the result of that wasn't very funny. some people got killed in columbus new mexico, and the united states government sent 25,000 troops including macarthur and patton food just gotten out of west point and our good friend said 25,000 troops go, they never found them, they didn't catch him. but right when that was happening, there were two things going on in the united states, houses were closing and motion picture houses were opening everywhere. motion picture houses showing newsreels of american soldiers in mexico with dead mexicans, thieving mexicans, so that for me is the tragedy of the mexican u.s. relations and the 21st century that at the birth of the picture, at the birth of the motion picture, these newsreels and postcards crystallize the image of other and not just any other but dead dirt he banned it others. i was trained with adhd to write about latin american fiction and i

so refineries in the area, a lot in south eastern texas and southwest louisiana, we'll have to watch for it. we can talk about a lot of reduce refineries. over the next months or so >> dan leonard, thank you for joining us several a it is time for you to gobble it up or ayst clear next, old school debate.

jacqueline was in south texas and was gloria was ray raised in el salvador. jacqueline was from a family of doctors. father's father was ophthalmologist in coup and then residency in detroit to become a american general practitioner. jacqueline's own fathering was an oncologist. her mother refused to port arthur because, quote, it smelled. jacqueline, just laughed. she had nanny whom she loved. a catholic shrine in the entryway to the house, and jacqueline's mother tells her to pray. her father says she'll need god as a physician. when she stopped living in the world of black and white and lived in the gray areas, she told her you need god. gloria, the patient, had a husband and a chauffeur in el salvador but after she and her husband both lost their jobs gloria promised to pay $300 to bring her north to work for a while in a shrimp factory in virginia, saving money to bring her daughter. the daughter married an american citizen and doesn't involve herself much with gloria. certainly not enough to pay for gloria's sons, her brothers to come north. as for glor

texas. approximately 15 inches of rain have already fallen in that area, and there's more to come. the worst is not yet over for souths rain is concerned. there will be ongoing challenges in the time rain continues to fall, as well as for approximately four days to a week to come. specifically, flooding conditions that will continue to be a challenge for people in the area. here are some of the pictures that have come in. huge swathes are underwater. many, many rescues have occurred, around 3000 people have been picked up. this is one being conducted by helicopter, with a mother and baby being picked up off a rooftop. the death toll so far with this storm is 20, but the authorities are saying that they expect this figure to rise. many thousands of people have been left homeless. these pictures from shelters and temporary accommodation. it's estimated that around 30,000 people are in need of this type of help. with many homes empty, there are concerns about looting and crime in general, so a cu rfew looting and crime in general, so a curfew has been introduced. here is houston's mayor explaining why. frankly, no one n

south texas is bracing for harvey, which is now a tropical storm that could develop into a weak hurricane by the time it makes landfall. abc's janai norman has more, from northwest. we are following a developing story in northern virgina admitted to being a former member of the k-k-k. now-- the church says the priest's admission was partly prompted by a reporter. before he was a priest, william atchison helped burn a cross - outside the home of an african-american couple in college park. according to the washington post-- a freelance reporter contacted the diocese of arlington, and inquired about the priest's arrest record. shortly after that-- father atchison "acknowledged his past and saw the opportunity to tell his story in the hopes that others would see the possibility of conversion." the couple he threatened, now speaking out as well. aitchenson would later be charged with several cross burnings, making with several cross burnings, making with several cross burnings, making bomb threats, and manufacturing pipe bombs. he served 90 days in jail. the butlers won 23 thousand dollars in

the last time south texas saw such devastation was 2008 when hurricane ike barrelled into galveston killing more than 20 people across several states and causing billions of dollars in damag damages. >> as they say get out of dodge. >> highways are clogged with cars headed inland. people stocking up, gassing up, as other residents opt to stay just moving to slightly higher ground. >> the important things are in our lives and our health and pets and children and everything is past storms and is boarding up his home. >> some downed powerlines and stuff. >> last minute preparations before harvey marches ashore. analysts say you could pay anywhere from 5 to 15 cents more per gallon that could creep up to 25 cents by labor day if the hurricane strikes. >> most airlines are waiving their change fees. it's worth following your airline or cruise line on facebook and twitter to stay up to date on any travel disruptions. and if you bought travel insurance start looking over that policy to see what it takes. how well he handles. >> storm team 4, meteorologist amelia draper landed in houston just a sho

breaking news and what's proving to be a terrible early morning for people in houston and much of south texas. >> the remnants of hurricane harvey are still battering texas, expected to stick around for days. some areas could see 50 inches of rain. at least three deaths are blamed on the storm. mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for hundreds of homes in rosenberg. and the evacuation order has been extended to 54 counties. >> thousands of people have been rescued. families fami families and even pets rescued from rooftops. the national guard has been activated. fema is sending in more than 1800 staffers, and president trump is heading to texas even as the rain continues to fall tomorrow. abc's lana zak is in the thick of it all. and good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you kendis and lynda. that's right. more than 600 billion gallons of water have withbeen dumped here houston. there are increasing calls for help. rescues continue in the dark of night here in houston. >> don't worry, we got you. >> reporter: bisected by roads that are now rivers, america's fourth largest