given of their resources and their prayers to support the people of rockport and people across southeast texas. as franklin just said, it is a long way to go. it is not months, it is years. the challenges will be great. the generosity and prayers and faith of the people of texas and the american people will be greater still. [applause] i called the president on air force does go this morning. two this morning and asked him what he wanted to tell you. he said to tell them we love texas. -- you have inspired the nation by your resilience and by your courage. we came here to commend you and encourage you and to ensure you that we will be there. when one american family hurts, we all hurt. on behalf of president trump, on behalf of the governor, on behalf of all of us rep have the privilege of public responsibility, no we are with you and we will stay with you until rockport and all of southeast texas come back. [applause] thank you very much. with that, i'm joined by my wife, the second lady of the united states worried -- the second lady of the united states. we are going to offer a quick word o

but not after -- not until we see these incredible rainfall amounts in southeast texas. now, at the same time as we're keeping an eye on harvey here in texas, we already have tropical storm watches posted now in the other side of the country on the east coast, from coastal south carolina all the way through the outer banks. tropical storm watch right now because tropical storm irma is developing out there as well. you see it here off the coast of florida. it will slowly but surely push its way to the northeast and more than likely make landfall somewhere in the outer banks tuesday morning there in north carolina as a tropical storm with winds as high as 40 or 45 miles per hour. then it will make its way into the northern atlantic by the end of the week. but two tropical systems we're keeping an eye on. harvey has been horrible here for texas. and then we'll watch what irma does to the east coast later on this week. anne-marie. >> a long haul for a lot of people. meteorologist jeff jamison in dallas, thank you so much, jeff. >>> many texas families are struggling to keep t

you can see those storms are still pounding southeast texas. e plenty of new images from the devastation there in texas. take a look at these before and after images of the buffalo bayou that runs through the city. here's what it looked like before the storm and, of course, that is the day after. >> yep, overnight we learned that the controlled release of water from two flood control reservoirs in houston could flood thousands of homes. >> and many americans are asking what they can do to help the people of texas. >> well, entertainer kevin hart is trying to do his part. in a video that went viral overnight, he called on his fellow celebrities to step up to the challenge saying people in southeast texas need all the help they can get. >> i challenge the rock, steve harvey, chris rock, dave chappelle, jay-z, beyonce, justin timberlake, jerry seinfeld, and i think when you do it, you all should tag somebody else. 25,000 is coming from me. >> wow. he's putting some money where his mouth is. hart's video has already been viewed by more than a millio

fluid,uation has been especially down and extreme southeast texas, cut off from the texas authorities in response efforts because of the water blocking the roadways that lead into the beaumont poured author area. we have taken primary is -- going into that area with local officials to evacuate from that area into and here. that started in earnest yesterday because the flood that happened the night before last in that region with the rainfall and that will continue today and as long as we need to do that. know that earlier today, i had an opportunity to have a conversation with him kid and tony robinson, him kid is the director of homeland security and emergency preparedness. robinson is the fema region six coordinator. they and i had a conversation about the role we will play in the coming days as it relates to these efforts in texas to pick up folks in louisiana, transport them to the most appropriate shelter and do everything in our ability to make it happen and pick them up in the very best that we can put together here and we have a tremendously talented and experienced team and w

and we promise you, we are going to stay with you every step until we bring southeast texas back biggeretter than ever. thank you very much. [applause] >> molly: we've just been listening to the vice president mike pence, they are on the ground in rockport texas, the small community among the hardest and earliest hitch when hurricane harvey struck. he talked to people directly in that community, promising to be there as long as it takes, the months and likely years it will take to rebuild. he will be continuing to visit there with those folks, the hardest hit on the ground. he says it was the president who sent him there and all of america is with them. >> leland: texas congressman, his district among those who was hit farther north of houston with flooding rather than wind, appreciate you being with us, i know you've been able to listen to the vice president and to the governor of texas, your thoughts? >> i'm glad the governor has a day of prayer, that is needed, we need the lord's help for the recovery and really appreciate vice president pence, a personal friend of mine coming to tex

southeast texas. saturday, sunday, monday. the entire chesapeake bay only holds 18 trillion-gallons. essentially, that's like taking the bay and just dumping it over southeast texas. not 100%, but it ends up 83%. the water in the bay fell out of the sky in southeast texas. >> during catastrophic events like hurricane harvey. families aren't just worried about losing their homes to the flood, they also have to worry about losing stuff to looters. maybe you saw this sign on a home in portland, texas. it says you loot, i shoot. so we sent out to verify this headline that we saw online here recently. it says can police confiscate your guns during a state of emergency? so with harvey in the headlines, we're focused on texas for this one. our verify researchers tracked down a bill signed in 2007 by then texas governor, rick perry. it specifically, the bill, stops police from being able to lawful owners during a natural disaster. like hurricane harvey. we can verify, false, it would be illegal for police officers to confiscate guns f

and we promise you we're going to stay with you every step until we bring southeast texas back bigger and better than ever. thank you very much. thanks. >>> watched -- just watched vice president mike pence there touring a storm-damaged area in rockport, texas, wrapping up remarks there at a damaged church, along with the secretary lady, the vice president's wife karen pence and you saw led that group of people in prayer. we'll coming bafrck after a qui break. we'll be right back. data n get unlimd and live tv. the channels you love. your favorite shows and movies. making your iphone into more of a... oh my tv is ringing. hey...i'm in the middle of a...a second iphone from at&t? okay! right now when you buy a new iphone 7 from at&t you'll get a second iphone 7 on us. and power both with unlimited data and live tv. wheyou wantve somto protect it.e, at legalzoom, our network of attorneys can help you every step of the way. with an estate plan including wills or a living trust that grows along with you and your family. legalzoom. legal help is here. there's nothing more important than yo

saying that tornadoes are possible today across parties of louisiana, mississippi, lower alabama, southeast texas. rainfall totals in louisiana now, bayou conway in louisiana, 22 inches. in kenner, the kenner gully in louisiana, 18 inches already. the big numbers, of course, out of texas, cedar bay, 52 inches. clear creek, dayton and mary's creek, 49 inches. in south mississippi, they're getting a lot of rain. and ocean springs, 4 1/2. more to come. remember the cruise ships stuck at sea? more than 15,000 people still stranded on carnival liners. they were supposed to return to the port of galveston many days ago. they've been getting supplies in the port of new orleans. a carnival spokesman said the ships have started to head back to texas. greg abbott down playing the effects of a property insurance bill that goes into effect later this week. critics have called for the law to be delayed to give people more time to file their claims. the government says every valid claim will be paid. we've been watching jeff flock's amazing reporting in the waters. he's live in richmond, texas for this morning

now that rain has moved to the beaumont region in southeast texas.pproximately 15 inches of rain have already fallen in the area and there's more to come. the worst is not yet over for southeast texas as far as the rain is concerned. there will be ongoing challenges both during the time that rain continues to fall as well as for approximately four days to a week to come. let me mention specifically, flooding conditions that will continue to be a challenge for people in the area. and includes the sabine and natchez rivers, there will be record flooding in the lower natchez and the flooding there may last a week. major flooding will continue for a few days in the beaumont region and the lower brazos river region where there could be extensive flooding for about a week if not longer. and the lower colorado region, there should be flooding for the rest of the week. over in victoria and querro, there should be ongoing flooding for a few days. it is important for people in all of these regions, as well as in every county that's affected by storms that you

patients who just got word of having to be evacuated one by one, airlifted out of that hospital in southeast texass a result of flooding, leaving them with no water. >> kennedy: by the way, those shelters that people were and in beaumont, texas, where sony had been displaced. we don't have running water, that means you can't flush toilets. >> sandra: weird went to sammy's life pictures, will continue on its coverage of hurricane harvey. and these rescue efforts that are ongoing, will be right back. for over 75 years. hey, big guy! come on in! let me guess your weight! win a prize! sure, why not. 12 ounces! sorry, mate. four ounces. i've been taking the stairs lately. you win, big guy. sorry, 'scuse me! oh, he looks so much more real on tv. yeah... over 75 years of savings and service. get your rate quote today. as chief everything officer, lynne smith, gets ready to launch the school year. binders, done. super-cool notebooks, done. laptop setup, done. that's mom taking care of business. but who takes care of mom? office depot / office max. during our "taking care of back to school" sale, order onl

flood warnings across southeast texas. we're not done by any stretch of the imagination. the next 12 hours another 12 inches of rain. round after round after rain spiraling in off the gulf of mexico. the center of harvey just to the east of san antonio. all the modify will create the rainfall over the next 12 hours. really, over the next 36 to 48 hours we could see another two feet on top of the two feet that we saw today. those rescues are unfolding. it is a frightening situation happening in houston and that's where we find our victor oquendo live this morning. good morning victor. >> the flooding is widespread across houston. take a look at this parking lot. the latest numbers were in the 24 inches of rain, more than 1,000 rescues. the officers say they have never seen anything quite like this. overnight the situation in hoose teen getting dire. some youngest victims rescued by boat. torrential rains battering america's fourth largest city. reports of people trapped inside their homes. a local police chief live-streaming throughout the night. >> hey, is there anybody u

worst is not yet over for southeast texas as far as the rain is concerned. omar: in houston, thousand spent the night in shelters but many are in need of rescue. >> the water was rising, time to go so that is what we did. omar: vice president mike pence will make stops in texas today. devotioncurrent and has saved countless lives and represents the best of america. omar: fema and firefighters will be assessing the full extent of harvey's destruction in southwest houston, and fema says they will be here for years. live from texas, back to you. autria: coming together at home to help victims of harvey. larry: suzanne kennedy is live in northwest with how you can help by eating out. ben's chili bowl opened about an hour ago and they have had a few customers in. some of the proceeds from today's tell will go toward -- till will go toward the houston relief effort. we have some breakfast going, scrambled eggs with cheese. famous halfn's smokes. many restaurants participating in dc dines out for houston. the restaurants will pledge 1% to 5% to the relief fund. a v

now that rain has moved to the beaumont region in southeast texas.tely 15 inches of rain have already fallen in the area. and there's more to come. the worst is not yet over for southeast texas as far as the rain is concerned. there will be ongoing challenges both during the time that rain continues to fall, as well as for approximately four days to a week to come. let me mention specifically flooding conditions that will continue to be a challenge for people in the area. it includes the sabine and inasmuch as rivers. record flooding in the lower nechs, and the flooding may last a week. major flooding will continue for a few days in the beaumont region and the lower brazos river region where there to be extensive flooding for about a week if not longer. in the lower colorado region, there should be flooding for the rest of the week. over in victoria and quarro flooding for a few days. it's important for all of these regions, as well as in every county that's affected by storms that you continue to listen to and heed local warnings about evacuation. s

military rescue operation in southeast texas.reaking tonight with just a few hours to go before night fall, we saw some of the those trapped residents in beaumont air lifted to safety live on the air just a short while ago. >>> i want to bring in cnn correspondent barbara starr and diplomatic analyst. we like to say send in the marines. you have news they're sending in the marines. >> reporter: the marines are on the way. we are learning the marine corps will be sending tomorrow 700 marines. they are embarked right now on two u.s. navy amphibious ships in norfolk and they will be setting sail under their current schedule tomorrow for texas. 700 marines on board as well as a number of search and rescue aircraft, eight to order aircraft. these are large aircraft that can fly long distances, carry larger numbers of people from the flood waters that are rescued. water purification equipment, vehicles, this is going to be the type of generation of rescue capability that we have been talking about. the ships will stay offshore obviousl

storm harvey claims lives and drenching southeast texas. and the rain won't be stopping anytime soon. >> helping hand. philadelphia firefighters joining the effort to assist harvey victims in texas. we caught up with them before they got on the road early this morning. >>> plus, a local teacher is under arrest for what he allegedly said to police officers. it's all connected to a controversial statute here in philadelphia. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to nbc10 news today. i'm ted greenberg. it it's 5:30 a.m. a very serious situation continuing to unfold in texas. in our area, we're looking at a nice sunday. krystal klei is here with your most accurate neighborhood forecast. good morning. >> good morning, ted. what a stark contrast between down south and our forecast. we'll start with what is now tropical storm harvey. this was hurricane harvey yesterday. it's now downgraded to a tropical storm. it's still massive. the center of the storm indicating most of the action sits to the east of the storm's center. look at these rand bands ju

you've got still the center of circulation bringing heavy rain to southeast texas t. you've got the outer rain bands into portions of florida. zoom into whose tofnlt this is good news just seeing that and the harvey rains are offshore of gaf ves ton. lake charles, louisiana which has seen a lieutenant of rain also much for us here home in washington it's been rainfall all day. that is moving out and zoom in a little closer you see ovechkin the past few hours the nice eastward prog s that that shield of precipitation has made. here's another look down south, i guess . temperatures very l l could, we've barely made it to 730-degrees. it's 70 in annapolis, 66 in baltimore. let me show you you fox futurecast shows the last of the rainfall really moving out. by 10:00 we're fairly dry just about like it will turn into a pretty nice day. already dry by the drive in tomorrow morning 64- degrees with the sun coming out. it will feel pleasant tomorrow afternoon. thursday as a cool front comes by, friday starts off dry, but clouds increase as the remnants of harvey approach, mea

there's harvey pummeling southeast texas and louisiana.ere is tropical moisture off the coast of florida and georgia here that's trying to come together. it has not come together yet. it will become tropical storm erma, next in line. it has the potential to impact us as early as tomorrow. let's talk more about the potential impacts from what right now is not yet come together as a tropical storm. it's just tropical moisture that we are looking at. 35 miles per hour winds. 39 is a tropical storm. very close to becoming such. if you look at this projected path, near cape hattaris. he would may see some rain. here is today's temperatures, 77 this afternoon center city and 75 in landsdale. mid and upper 70s for new jersey and delaware. now let's go through our hour by hour. today it's clear. we just see clouds throughout the day. no rain in the forecast. tomorrow though, overnight, clouds spread across the board by 8:00 a.m., a few showers along the shoreline and southern delaware. as we go from tuesday morning through the late morning hours,

the power of mother nature on display across southeast texas. and back here in galveston where in a three-hour period, the city received five inches of rain, parts of houston already reporting 20 inches of rain. and their 911 circuits currently are overloaded. the city of houston asking you to call only if it is an emergency. >> so much anguish there. sarah dallof live for us in galveston. thank you. >>> check out some of the photos going viral on social media after harvey hit. that dog you see, his name is otis. he's carrying a bag of dog food in his mouth in synton, texas. during the storm, he got away from his owner. in this photo, he's returning home. from dogs to birds, this is sergeant hurricane harvey. on friday, he flew into a taxi in houston and wouldn't get out. bruceo posted this video and several others on youtube. he even took the hawk before turning it over to wildfire rescue workers yesterday. >>> also this morning in denver, the high school cheerleading coach who forced girls to do splits until they screamed has now been fired. t

in southeast texas many are dealing with no water supply among rising flood waters.st texas as the deadly aftermath of harvey continues to cause widespread devastation.the military -- part of that rescue effort-- airlifting families to safety above flood waters.nats more help is on the way two naval ships.. carrying nearly 700 marines - and even water purification systems- poised to offer help to the state, local and citizen crews.staff sgt. ryan dush / ny air national guard 106th rescue wing: it's just helping people in need, in their greatest moment of need. when you're at your most vulnerable, it's nice to know that somebody is actually going to come down and help you."two areas in dire need of help this morning beaumont and port arthur.dozens of seniors were stranded in a nursing homebefore help could arrive.and in beaumont texas... the city lost its water supply after pumps failed due to the flooding. brock long/fema administrator: the mission is still taking care of people it's a dynamic sutation. in houston thousands spent the night in shelters but many there

the lights come up, trying to see if there's anybody left to rescue here in jefferson county in southeast texas. >> drew, as you've been reporting, they didn't expect the water to crest until later in the week. the question is will they be able to handle it now that they're dealing with the worst of it. thank you for the reporting. stay safe. we'll check back with you. >>> the good news is harvey as a storm has weakened to a tropical depression. that does not mean it is less of a problem where it's already flooded in several different states. cnn meteorologist chad myers has the latest forecast. we're seeing it there withdrew griffin. the water that's already on the ground that has to make its way south and down from higher elevation into the bayou, that's going to be a problem no matter what kind of storm and whether there's a storm at all. >> sure. you say to yourself, wait a minute, that's only 40 miles from the gulf of mexico. why doesn't it just run off? because it's so flat.

the very latest as rescues in southeast texas continue this morning. storm (irma) to develop off se coast later today (could impact us locally tomorrow with cool showers) - harvey continues to bring life-threatening flooding to east tx - dry start to labor day weekend; rain from harvey by sunday today: sunny start; increasing clouds. unseasonably cool and breezy. highs: 76-78 winds: e 5-10+ mph tonight: mostly cloudy. stray shower. lows: 58-67 winds: ene 5-10 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy. cool with showers. highs: 70-74 winds: ne 5-10+ mph it's 5 xxxx and coming up on good morning washington. a big day on beach drive..brianne.. 5 xxxx and your taking a live look at southeast texas.. flood waters continue to rise.. when it's all sd of rain... and to bolster rescue efforts. texas governor gregg abbott has added 1-thousnad more national guard troops to houston. 3-thousand are already stationed from houston to corpus christi. along with the guard, abbott said 500 vehicles, six shelters and 14 aircraft have been put into service. get the latest updates on har

.>> now that rain has moved to the beaumont region in southeast texas, approximately 15 inches of rain have fallen in the area. there's more to come. >> reporter: harvey creating life-threatening flooding conditions in parts of louisiana and southeast texas cities of vermont and port arthur go port arthur has been especially hard-hit with water rescues and evacuations underway. at one point, the city's main emergency shelter started flooding wednesday with flood victims inside. >> inside the civic center. inside. look at this. we are inside. they have people all in the bleachers. mattresses on top. joke in houston, more emergency shelter space has open. >> we have 230 shelters operating in texas with over 30,000 people. >> reporter: thousands of homes in the houston area remain swamped with 49,000 homes damaged or destroyed. >> in the past week, they've made more than 8500 rescues, more than 26,000 evacuations. joke at this point, fema says 200,000 people have started the process of seeking help from the federal government.>>> rescue crews work nearly around the clock in houston and th

tropical storm harvey is dumping as many as 15 inches of additional rain on southeast texas. new evacuations have now been ordered. thousands of people are arriving by truck, bus and boat packing into shelters and the flood threat is now stretching into new orleans. >>> let's move on to the other breaking story we're following overnight. nato's secretary-general calling for north korea to abandon its missile program after the north fired a missile over japanese airspace. >> the japanese government quickly responded warning its citizens to take cover. here's abc's arlette saenz. [ sirens ] >> reporter: japan on high alert, sirens blaring in the streets warning residents to take cover as north korea lobbed a ballistic missile over the northern part of the country. early this morning, the ballistic missile was launched near pyongyang, flew east over japan and landed in the ocean about 700 miles off the northern island of hokkaido. japan's prime minister shinzo abe called the launch an unprecedented serious and grave threat. the pentagon is still assessing the launch but determin

michelle: within the hour we have learned of one more death in southeast texas.e have team coverage. stephen tschida tracking the local rescue response. chief meteorologist doug hill tracks the storm. >> let's start off with the lana zak live with the latest. lana? lana: >> good evening. the need is profound. the air and the water continue. >> the fourth largest city is under water. more rain to come. four felt of rain in some areas. this interstate is a river. this is hobby airport. before harvey and now. the army corps of engineers releasing the water from the dams filling up too fast. people down river were told to evacuate. the governor activating the national guard ordering 9,000 more troops to assist 3,000 on the ground. >> something fell off a night stand. i woke us up. >> shelters rapidly. >> people receiving cheer from batman and his son. >> the city needs a hero. we have to help the city. >> more continue to come. evacuees at hotels to find there are so more rooms. >> so much tried to take advantage and prayed on the homes and the businesses. one person

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rescue operations continuing in southeast texas. his after least 85-hundred people have been rescued since hurricane harvey made landfall friday. the storm has been downgraded to a "tropical depression". but there is continued flooding in texas and southwest louisiana. and the death toll has climbed to at least 31 victims... there at least 32-thousand people in evacuation shelters. (tiffany) and... a sacramento sheriff's deputy is killed after a violent gun battle. it happened early yesterday morning at a ramada inn in sacramento. investigators say officers saw two women get into a stolen car. they then arrested the two woman and then went to serve a search warrant at a room at the hotel. when officers knocked on the door they were ambushed. investigators are now searching for additional suspects. ( james ) also... the "march against marxism" protest at the golden gate bridge was apparently a hoax. it was originally planned for nine yesterday morning the protest was supposedly going to block traffic on the golden gate bridge "until t

in and around houston as well as southeast texas with another 10 inches possible overnight. harvey has drifted out to sea but is expected to head back inland. >> there is a flash flood emergency. the city of beaumont, texas, is getting hammered this morning. the rain is coming down at 2 inches per hour. >> and rescuers worked through the night. the death toll has climbed to at least six. while thousands of people are under new evacuation orders. >> today president trump heads to texas after promising billions of dollars in relief. abc's maggie rulli joins us from the flood zone in houston. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. this is a weather disaster affecting thousands of scaquare miles and in millions of people and more rain is on the way. overnight, the national guard live streams their dangerous not ops mission desperate to keep up with the thousands in need of rescuing in houston. life and death moments caught on camera. families fighting to stay above water. floating on air mattress, piling into canoes and rescue baskets, children wading

now that rain has moved to the beaumont region in southeast texas.ches of rain already has fallen in the area and there is more to come. the worst is not yet over for southeast texas as far as the rain is concerned. there will be ongoing challenges both during the time rain continues to fall as well as for approximately four days to a week to come. let me mention specifically flooding conditions that will continue to be a challenge for people in the area. that includes the sabine and natchez rivers. there will be record flooding in the lower natchez and flooding there may last a week. major flooding will continue for a few days in the beaumont region, the lower brazos river, where there could be extensive flooding about a week if not longer. in the lower colorado region, there should be flooding for the rest of the week. over in victoria and quero should be ongoing flooding for a few days. it is important for all the people in these regions, as well as every county affected by storms that you continue to listen to and heed local warnings, about evacu

what they are doing on the front lines as the flooding devastates southeast texas. >> abc seven news at 6:30, on your side. >> we have new images as tropical storm harvey betters the gulf coast. lighting, tornadoes, sinkholes, thousands of rescues underway. the storm claiming several lives. authorities say this is just the beginning. witha zak is in houston coverage. >> houston is trying to stay afloat after 500 billions of gallons of water. sinkholes, tornadoes. this lake was once a runway at a houston airport. there have been thousands of requests for rescue. wave sheets, towels, anything to get our attention. >> the national weather service tweeting, this event is unprecedented and the impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced. follow orders from officials. we saw drainage systems overrun, sprouting like fountains. i want to show you this. look at the water rushing out of cover.nhole remove all of this excess rain and they are oversaturated. we are talking about four or five days of continuous rain. 911 call centers are inundated. this assisted living facility, seniors n

michelle: within the hour we have learned of one more death in southeast texas.e have team coverage. stephen tschida tracking the local rescue response. chief meteorologist doug hill tracks the storm. >> let's start off with the lana zak live with the latest. lana? lana: >> good evening. the need is profound. the air and the water

.>> now that rain has moved to the beaumont region in southeast texas, 15 inches of rain have fallen in the area. there's more to come.>> reporter: harvey creating life- threatening flooding conditions in louisiana and southeast texas. port arthur has been especially hit hard with water rescues and evacuations underway. at one point, the city's main emergency shelter started flooding wednesday with victims inside. >> inside the civic center. look at this. we are inside. the people all in the bleachers. >> reporter: back in houston, more shelter space has opened up.>> there are 230 shelters operating. >> and many thousands remain swamped with 49,000 homes now damaged or destroyed.>> in the past week, they have made more than 8500 rescues, more than 26,000 evacuations.>> at this point, fema says 200,000 people have started the process of seeking help from the federal government.>>> harvey is bringing misery to the gulf coast, we'll go to our chief meteorologist in the weather center with more on where the storm is heading. >> it's out of the houston area which is great news. it's on th

and we promise you we're going to stay with you every step until we bring southeast texas back bigger and better than ever before. thank you very much. >> vice president mike pence in fronts of a church in rockport, texas. a church that as you can see has been heavily damaged, if not destroyed in rockport. before we heard from the vice president, we heard from texas governor greg abbott. the governor announcing sunday will be a day of prayer in texas. likely a day of prayer all over this country for the people of texas as well. vice president pence previewing the president's trip. we heard from the vice president that mr. trump will be in texas saturday with first lady melania trump as well. also thanked members of the cabinet, among them, transition secretary. want to bring in john copenhaver, regional director for fema in the southeast, served under president clinton. thank you for your time, first of all, john. i want to emphasize slowly, right now we're starting to slowly see flooding subside in houston, around houston as well. people and businesses as they are able to return, wha

harvey is expected to make landfall in southeast texas as a 3 storm. impacts will be felt as far as san antonio, about 200 miles. larry: wow. right now, a mandatory evacuation order in corpus christi, texas. seems like this, people packing up and getting out of the area. saying code red, and we are preparing ourselves. toi am 65, and i do not want die at 65. larry: seriously, boarding up windows and stocking up on groceries. autria: once harvey hits, it will not be going anywhere. the storm is expected to stall over texas, saying inland for about 72 hours, and increasing the risk of severe flooding. larry: they will have a couple of feet of rain in that time. right now, airlines bracing for impact. ryan hughes has a coverage live at reagan national airport. good morning. ryan: good morning. we are talking with travelers that are racing to get back to texas to better prepare for the storm. one flight left to houston a couple of minutes ago. you can see on the departure board, another one, a united flight, about an hour from now at 7:05, and another one a

rescues in southeast texas and parts of louisiana.ore than 6 house them are carried to safety so far. parents clutching children in hire arms are rescued by helicopter, boat and even by dump truck. >> unbelievable. >> just unbelievable. >> i can't believe. we never experienced anything like this. >> harvey's death toll stands at seven and officials fear they will find more bodies one the devastating floodwaters recede but the promise of federal help is on the way with president trump and first lady melania due to land in corpus christi, texas. >> reporter: we continued to get pummeled by rain in houston, there is no relief in sight. historic flooding brought southeast texas to a stand still. president trump and first lady are on their way to corpus christie where they will see firsthand the devastation that harvey as let behind. just northeast in houston, rescuers are working around the clock rescuing residents trying to stay above the water, floating on air mattresses and lifting out of harms way in rescue baskets. life and death mom

residents brace for up to 30 more inches of rain which could bring catastrophic flooding across southeast texass the first director of the international hurricane research center in florida. professor, what about the danger ahead for texas? >> well, a lot of people don't think tropical storms are a problem. we go back to tropical storm alicia in 2001, and 27 people drowned, and there was $5 billion in damage. the problem with major cities like houston is, you have so much pavement and asphalt, the water cannot infiltrate the ground, so it just stacks up. the area's very gnat, very lowell -- very flat, very low elevation, and loot of people don't -- and a lot of people don't realize the topography where they live. mike: an area that may be getting more rain in four or five days than it gets over the course of a year, so it's not like the ground is used to all this rainfall be, right? >> absolutely. so the other thing is that people don't -- the storm is not really moving, and that's really the problem. people think, oh, a tropical storm is, nothing -- no problem. but again, when it's moving this

flooded homes that are waiting to be moved to higher ground as the rain continues to fall in southeast texasnational guard also headed off to texas. more than my 90 members were called into service yesterday. they packed out the c-17 with two helicopters, walkie-talkies guard members were trained ranging from performing surgeries. the main focus for all of them is saving lives. responded to these kind of emergency is exactly what they trained for. >> it is what we live and breathe far. when we do these missions, it is everything that we are called to do and everything that we wake up in the morning to do. we are ready to execute. >> the air guard unit the faith to not think there will be any more deployments but they say if there called up, they will be proud and ready to go.>>> the fire department rescue crews along with others along the peninsula are in texas to assist first responders in a houston area. the crew reached texas late last night after a long 30 hour drive.>>> after was three jones . >> we are joined of chief of the menlo park fire and herold you have been doing this for a whi

reservoirs and rivers are bursting all over southeast texas. there's serious concerns that levee failures could make the flooding even its highest levels. hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate. man we will, good morning to you. >> good morning. you may think i'm actually standing in the river but this is the main highway, highway 71 and you can now see it is now part of the colorado river. what officials say is a life-threatening flood. rapds developing in the middle of toup. the lights back there are the businesses that are right now being flooded. the national weather service says this could crest above 53 feet, that is more than 25 feet above flood stage. the last time for perspective that this rows above 50 feet was in 1935. three shelters open in this county for people who have needed to evacuate. more than 100 roads are closed. you can just see it's rising as we speak. >> thank you. be safe. an extraordinary image shows the dire conditions inside a flooded nursing home. ahead, we'll show you how women shown in this troubling pi

we are continuing to monitor the situation in southeast texas. ssive flooding, rain keeps coming down bring huge areas both in and out of houston under water this hour. correspondent steve harrigan is in rosenberg, texas, tonight. good evening, steve. >> bret, good evening. 9 inches of rain has fallen here in the past 24 hours. it is flooding roads, but even worse than that, you can see behind me, 30 feet down this giant sinkhole across this four lane road here. there are real questions about the structural soundness of a number of smaller bridges in the area. in the meantime, people here are fleeing to shelters. they are filling up fast. people are arriving wet. a number of evacuations have gone from voluntary to mandator mandatory. people are being told to get out. there is a call for social workers, nurses, and doctors as well as people search for dry ground here, the cleanup has the gun along the coast. it is still too early to calculate the tremendous damage in towns like rockport, a town of . that bore the brunt of category four hurricane, t

southeast texas underwater. in houston a flash flood emergency, manholes overflowing, streets turned into lakes, nearly impossible to drive through. the city's mayor urging residents to stay home. >> the streets are treacherous. it makes absolutely no sensor for anyone to be on the road unless it is an emergency. >> these people rescued from an apartment complex. >> how many we got coming? >> reporter: the storm packing a punch. >> i can't believe this is happening and i have no apartment, my apartment was decimated. >> reporter: rockport where harvey came ashore roofs ripped off homes buildings, boats destroyed. >> the wind was probably, i don't know, 100-plus, maybe 130, 140. there were a couple of times it was probably going faster than that. >> reporter: in -- austin an eerie scene. this suv no match for mother nature. texas governor greg abbott lending a hand. >> we'll take care of our fellow texans, but we do it as a team. >> reporter: i just checked and more than 70,000 people are without power in the cit

including, of course, the ongoing weather and flooding disaster in southeast texas. t texas. and now in louisiana. this is day six of this national level catastrophe in that part of the country. this is looking like it will be the most expensive natural disaster in american history. we've got a lot of coverage ahead on that ongoing story tonight. i do want to tell you also that we've got a story tonight that is quite off the radar. it's not related to the storm. it's actually not getting any other news coverage at all, as best as i can tell. i just want to give you a heads-up that we're going to be talking about something that nobody else is talking about tonight. and self-consciously so. a story that involves the justice department, potentially ae

tremendous bands of rain continue to hammer much of southeast texas. we'll zoom in. the heaviest band is i-45 and 10. this moisture is being brought up from the gulf of mexico. louisiana will get serious flooding. here is how much rain we have seen in houston just since saturday. we're looking at from 10 to 24 inches in houston area. even down to corpus christi, they had as much as 6 to 8 inches of rain. let's talk about the rainfall potential. this is new rainfall in the next 48 hours. houston will get again another probably 10 to 12 inches of rain and notice this moisture going into shreveport into louisiana. that will be the bulls-eye, 10 to 15 inches there through wednesday 10:00. also the western half of louisiana will get a tremendous amount of moisture from harvey. >>> it is not going to end anytime soon. southeast texas will not clear until wednesday. >>> perspective. well, here is what i did. i went back and added rainfall for saturday and sunday in houston. 25.44inches. that is just the last two days, not including today. they average for the year about 50

lauren blanchard reporting from southeast texas. our team coverage continues wit harvey heading now? some folks are going to begin to get out of the woods but it's not all over yet. >> we still have to wait a good four hours because harvey is expected to make a third landfall overnight as a tropical storm on the text/louisiana a border much that's more of a technicality because it's been in the same spot for days and as a result the rainfall amounts are unhistoric, unprecedented. but you you know what it's been powering since friday. >> fast forward it's raining nt until tuesday. seed ash buy yew texas 68.88 inches. it did set a record as the most rain ever from a tropical sigh clean to hit the lower 48 breaking the previous record of 48 inches setback in 1978. these amounts are high every where you you you go. down town houston itself, you including the two airports. a lower amount 33 inches at houston bush. unfortunately even though harvey 's motion is to yes make landfall tonight move quickly out of texas into louisiana, into the

hurricane just due to the nature of the storm dumping his store, if not record amounts of rainfall in southeast texas and southwest louisiana. with that, i will pause for questions. >> a question about the chain of command. you mentioned general hamilton. -- hamilton being the dual status commander for texas. he reports to the governor? you mentioned he would have command of federal forces, that is the right term, in addition to the national guard. are there already active duty federal forces participating? >> there are. i will start with the last and go forward into the dual status commander brief explanation. united states northern command has postured well over 1000 active personnel in support of it and their associated equipment. honestly, northern command focused on sar assets. -- search and rescue, i am sorry. they are focused primarily on airborne search and rescue. northern command is focused primarily on airborne search and rescue over the past 48 to 70 -- due to the nature of the storm 72 hours. because the weather restricted helicopter use not only boats, , but high profile vehicles are us

we want to update you on the catastrophic floods now hitting southeast texas. >> at least two people dead in the devastating aftermath of hurricane harvey. it made landfall along the texas gulf coast friday evening as a category four hurricane. it hit with sustained winds of 130 miles an hour, and a powerful surge of sea water. it was the most powerful hurricane texas has seen in more than 50 years -- and the strongest to make landfall in the u.s. since 2005, the year of katrina. harvey is now a massive tropical storm -- churning over the region -- dumping buckets of rain -- withta

as of sunday afternoon, it dumped an estimated nine trillion gallons of water over southeast texas. that's enough to fill up the great salt lake twice over, and an additional 25 inches of rain are expected this week. just saturday night, 911 operators had received more than 56,000 phone calls while first responders performed more than 3,000 russ accuse across -- rescues across houston and the outlying areas. houston itself, a sprawling city that covers an area larger than manhattan, chicago, philadelphia, and san francisco combined. show you the front page of the "new york times" this morning, the picture there, some of the flooding in houston. more than 1800 federal management emergency agency staff have been deployed to the region, along with 3,000 members of the texas national guard and the texas guard. another 1,000 guard members are expected to be on the way today, and, of course, the other stat this morning, the most tragic stat of all reported five dead as a result of the flooding. those are some of the statistics, some of the front pages that americans are waking up to this

southeast texas is the latest to get help by a storm. beaumont's hospital had to close and evacuate all existing patients some by helicopter. >> icu patients, nicu babies and dialysis patients going first. officials say it could get worse. >> also still looming more potential blasts at a flooded chemical plant. residents heard an explosion where authorities say tanks of organic peroxide are rupturing. >> we can expect similar type of decomposition in those other trailers, maybe all nine of them before it is over with. >> reporter: anyone within a mile and a half had been ordered to evacuate. 15 officers were treated and released. >> the toxicity will cause irritation to your eyes, lungs if you breathe it. just like any smoke. >> reporter: rescuers continues in west houston, as well. we came across one man in an apartment complex. he was rescued by customs and border protection agents. he packed up a suitcase. >> finally getting out. no electricity. >> in some neighborhoods firefighters are already going door to door checking if people ar