as weijia jiang reports, his latest address had a stronger tone. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the kkk, neo-nazi, white supremacist, and other hate groups that are repugnant as everything we hold dear to america. >> president trump -- failing to callout the hate groups behind this weekend's deadly protest in charlottesville, virginia. >> mr. president -- [inaudible question]. >> sunday, vice-president mike pence defended the president and shifted the blame to the press. >> i take issue with the fact that many in the national media spend more time criticizing the president's words than criticizing those who perpetrated the violence to begin with. >> but it was lawmakers in the president's own party who was the most vocal critics of his first response. >> these groups think they have a friend -- >> white supremacist group praised the president's response saying he signaled full support for their cause. weijia jiang, cbs news, white house. >> one of those protestors, a man from the bay area is now looking f

weijia jiang at the state departme withe. >>reporter: north korea is promising to take action a thousand fold against the u.s. in retaliation for new sanctions imposed against the communist country. >> they're racing toward a nuclear weapon and that's a threat to our country. >> they could cut more than $1 billion by banning coal, iron and sea food. >> that is the more -- >> secretary of state tillerson opened the door to negotiating directly but with conditions. >> the best signal that north korea could give us is to stop these missile launches. >> north korea says we'll -- by launching inter continental ballistic missiles and we won't stop. tiller called on russia examine china -- >> we do have an exhe expectation you'll do everything you can to help north korea understand the reality of the future and bring them to the negotiating table. >> china increased trade with yang over the first half of the year but cut how much it buys from north korea especially coal. weijia jiang, cbs news, the state department. >> california's

weijia jiang has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: president donald trump tweeted about the stock bucket on tuesday morning, saying it could hit an all-time high again, focusing on the economy as his new chief of staff, john kelly, begins his first full day in the new position. >> he will do a spectacular job, i have no doubt. >> reporter: former homeland security director took no time shaking of the west wing, getting rid of anthony scaramucci. he lasted just 10 days on the job. the brush new york financier couldn't recover from his profanity laced interview to the new yorker last week, where he went after then chief of staff reince priebus and chief strategist steve bannon. >> the president certainly felt that anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position. >> reporter: during scaramucci's brief tenure, both priebus and former press secretary sean spicer resigned. general kelly has been given full authority to manage the remaining staffers in the west wing. everyone including the president's daughter, ivanka trump, and husband white house senior advise

weijia jiang is live in corpus christi. i understand the president is going -- isn't going to houston just yet. >> reporter: president trump says he wants to be very cautious not to disrupt the ongoing recovery and rescue efforts still happening in houston, but at this firehouse in corpus christi, he says this was epic proportions. he then ushered texans the federal government is ready, willing, and able to help. president trump waved a texas flag after his visit to a corpus christi firehouse and addressed harvey relief efforts. >> this is historic, affect what happened but you know what? it happened in texas and texas can handle anything. >> reporter: inside, he was briefed by state and local officials. >> we want to do it better than ever before. we want to look like this is how to do it. >> reporter: the president and first lady arrived to blue skies, 200 miles away from the rain and catastrophic flooding in houston. governor greg abbott met them at the airport. >> he is coming here as opposed to houston right now becaus

weijia jiang with more from corpus christi. >> on boats and in error lives, passing through a window perched on his shoulder, pets are making it out of floodwaters. congress passed a law in 2006 requiring state seeking federal disaster assistance to include pets in the evacuation plans the lessons learned after tens of thousands of animals died during hurricane katrina have helped these family members get a lift in finding shelter from harvey. >> it was heartbreaking. >> countless pets and people have been separated still. local officials volunteers and neighbors are trying to help. >> is my dog was lost i would want somebody to do this. >> crews from animal care services are searching for animals taking them in, captain willie embroil says calls to report lost pets is nonstop. >> we have a lot of lost animals. these are the owned animals walking around with their caller or their tax. >> many of these pets have tags or microchips making it easy to nd getting in touch with those people after a hurricane is tough. social media is helping, corpus christi residents are using this page to

winds leveled homes and businesses, i'm weijia jiang in corpus christi, ♪ ♪ award winning interfaceard winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. this august visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to $4,500. >>> good morning, sunday morning everyone i'm jan carabao. we will catch you up on tropical storm harvey in just a moment but first, another great day on tap here in the delaware, lehigh valleys, meteorologist matt peterson is here in the weather center this morning to talk about our weather, matt and dairy say, it is chilly out there, this morning. >> it is a little bit on the cool side this morning, jan, it will be a day where we will break out the sweat shirts. >> i know. >> no audio. >> as we head up in the northern parts of the viewing area to the lehigh valley and poconos, as well, so again, break out the sweat shirt if you need to this morning, and then get ready for what should be a fantastic afternoon. we will see temperatures today that are again, right around the seasonable range, maybe a co

weijia jiang, for cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> more rain means more flooding on margate's beaches. chopper three, you can see the pools of standing water still there today right outside beachfront homes. some margate resident complain the sands do you know construction project was to blame for the so-called lake margate. the result last week superior court judge halted that construction. >> ntsb investigating whether the system that brought us flood and raiding yesterday also pro produced a tornado in saulsbury, maryland. shows strong winds lifting cars off the ground and even sent one car rolling down the street like tumble weeds. cars in a local shopping center left stacked on top of each other despite all of this damage you're seeing on your screen, no injuries have been reported. >> after yesterday's storms, we are in for a little dry spell. >> but katie apparently it won't last for long? >> no. look like we will eventually end up with some more wet weather. i'll let you know when the next chance for showers does make a return appearance in that forecast, and that's coming up i

as weijia jiang reports, experts concluded the north can make a nuclear warhead small enough to be on top of a ballistic missile. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they w fury like the world has never seen. >> reporter: president trump issued a strong warning to north korea tuesday, and within hours, the communist nation responded with a new threat. pyongyang issued a statement saying it is examining plans to make an enveloping fire at the areas around guam. the small island has two military bases housing more than 6,000 american soldiers is airmen. u.s -- and airmen. u.s. analysts say north korea has made a nuclear warhead small enough to be on top of a ballistic missile. >> it's the goal of the american president to stop north korea from having an icbm that can hit america with a nuclear weapon on top. he would go to war to prevent that. >> reporter: president trump said his first order as president this morning was to renovate and modernize america's nuclear arsenal. and that it is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before. he went on the

at the top of the agenda is what to do in afghanistan, but as weijia jiang reports, are also likely to talk about the fallout from president trump's response to the charlottesville protests. >> the pentagon announced thursday that 27-year-old aaron butler was killed from an ied explosion in afghanistan. friends and family remembered the four-time state champion wrestler as a leader. >> was worried about him going over there. he was always an out front kind of a guy. >> today president trump will discuss whether to send more u.s. troops to afghanistan or withdraw completely. >> we are coming very close to a decision, and i anticipate it in the very near future. >> the president is also considering a plan from strategist steve bannon to send private contractors instead of u.s. soldiers. blackwater security founder eric prince first pitched the idea and talked about it on cbs this morning. >> this plan as a way out puts contracted people attaching them to the afghan army for the long-term. >> prince donated more than $200,000 to the president's election ca are still dealing with backlash

correspondent weijia jiang has the latest. >> surrounded by soldiers at for the meyer virginia, president trump outlined his vision to move forward in afghanistan. >> we will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans for further military activity. >> monday night the president pointed to the rise of terror groups, as the region to deepen us involvement and pressure pakistan to help. >> pakistan often gives safe haven to agents of care, violence, and terror. >> mr. trump also sent a message of unity after the racial tensions in charlottesville. >> the young men and women, we sent to -- sends to fight, deserve to return to a country that's not at war with itself. >> president trump's prime time announcement came after months of discussions with administration officials. >> a hasty withdraw would create a vacuum that terror i cents, including isis, and al quaida, would instantly fill. >> president george w. bush first sent us troops to afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. since then more than 2200 of them have died. >> terrorists take heed. america will never let up until you are delta la

weijia jiang, cbs news the white house. >> both secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary briefed the senate foreign relations committee afternoon about the -- this afternoon about the authorization of military force. 18eing partnered to build it in it's a long-range three stage missile capable of carrying a single or multiple nuclearer warheads. it has a change -- nuclear warheads. it has a range of more than 6,000-miles and can travel 15,000 miles per hour. >>> here's a live look at the white house where president trump just signed a bill imposing new sanctions on russia for its interference in the 2016 election. the package of stiff financial sanctions overwhelmingly passed in congress. and moscow responsibled to the sanctions -- responded to the sanctions by ordering a reduction of u.s. diplomats in russia. >>> a suicide bomber driving a pickup packed with explosives struck a nato convoy in southern afghanistan this morning. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack near kandahar airport and said the bombing killed as many as 15 u.s. troops and destroyed two ar

as weijia jiang reports, the pressure comes just days after the united nations enacted its strongest sanctions yet against pyongyang. >> reporter: just in, korean state run news agency announces its recent missile launches as a stern warning to the u.s. and warned americans shouldn't feel safe. 72% tell cbs newser this unreceive -- they are uneasy about a possible conflict with north korea. the trump administration is hopeful it will help resolve the situation with new sanctions. >> we have to enforce this. we have to hold these countries accountable. >> reporter: president trump has secretary of state rex tillerson talking with partners in asia to help enforce the sanctions. hoping the loss of money will curb the communist country's nuclear ambition. >> the north korean real scream is going to have to mange -- regime is going to have to make a choice. not going to be able to continue their programs and keep the military happy. start making choices they haven't had to choose before. >> reporter: president trump praised the sanctions this morning on twitter saying after many years of

weijia jiang reports. >> reporter: rising floodwaters for thousands in and around houston to evacuate leave behind their homes and possessions. >> there is water in all of the beds in the house. we lost every strip of furniture, every couch, everything. >> reporter: but it appears for most of the victims, insurance will not cover the damage. >> a lot of uncertainty now. >> reporter: chuck watson with end key holdings tracks the financial impact of natural disasters. he says most mortgage companies require government flood insurance only for homes within designated flood zones. >> it looks like with harvey, maybe as much as two-thirds of the damage happened outside of the flood zones. >> reporter: the insurance information institute says only 15% of the homes in houston's largest county have flood insurance. after previous storms like katrina and sandy, the government stepped in to help uninsured homeowners, but it can be difficult to get paid. >> it is agonizing. it can take weeks and months. for some people in sandy, it took years. >> reporter: jill schlesinger says anyone at risk of

weijia jiang has more. >> the very dishonest media, those people right up there with all the cameras. >> reporter: president trump took aim at the media tuesday night, spending more than 16 minutes claiming his response to the charlottesville protests were >> they don't want to report that i spoke out forcefully against hatred. bigotry and violence. and strongly condemned the neo- nazis. the white supremacists, and the kkk. >> reporter: the president went on to slam arizona's two republican senators. he laid out his frustrations with senator john mccain for voting against the gop health care plan. >> one vote away. i will not mention any names. >> reporter: and called out senator jeff flake for being lax on border security. >> and nobody wants me to talk about your other senator, who's weak on borders, weak on crime. so i won't talk about him. >> reporter: president trump also threatened congress to pass funding for his border wall. and spelled out the consequences if it fails. >> believe me, we have to close down our government, we're building that wall. >> reporter: before the rally

weijia jiang explains why it could be the most fears hurricane to hit the us in almost a dozen years. >> the national hurricane center is calling hurricane harvey life threatening. the gulf coast of texas is right in harvey's path. residents and business owners are boarding up. >> things can change. so i err on the side of caution. >> some beach-goers in corpus christi aren't worried just yet. >> might as well get our beach time in before it hits. >> for the first time issued off recall storm surge warning for the texas coastline, the surge in corpus christi could be as high as 10 feet putting people in low high area in harms way. >> we are recommending in the strongest terms that if you live in those low-lying areas that you get out and you begin to get out now. >> many businesses are already closed anticipating harvey's arrival, expected to make landfall late friday, early saturday, as category three hurricane and stall out near the coast or just inland. >> residents stocking up on supermarket essentials, metropolitan areas like houston expect rain. >> houston gets 16 plus inches of

. >> steve ban on exits the white house, i'm weijia jiang with what's next for the controversial figure coming up >>> and expect long lines for lottery tickets today. the powerball jackpot jumps to a giant amount. >>> today is saturday, august 19th. good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo, whole lot to talk about today. but first, the weekend forecast. here's meteorologist, pat matt peterson, storms yesterday afternoon and evening, matt, but giant out snow. >> few light showers, did linger in southern delaware, overnight, but for the most part we're dry here this morning, little bit of cloud cover to start out the day, as well, but the good news, that cloud will fade out as we go through the afternoon hours, see plenty of sunshine on our saturday, all be it a warm and muggy day to go along with that sunshine that we are going to see. storm scan3, for the most part , it is a quiet scene across the delaware valley. you see, some of the cloud cover is out there. but overall, it is dry, a little bit of fog, not surprising if we do see some of that develop in a few areas that get little cool

cbs news correspondent weijia jiang has the still story. >> state department employees in havana began complaining of hearing loss, constant painful headaches and other issues, late last year. a source familiar with the matter tells cbs news that u.s. officials are now looking into whether the incident where is caused by a possible type of accoustics device that was in or outside homes where embassy workers provided by cuban government. >> initially when it started reporting what i will just call symptoms it took time to figure out what it was. this is still ongoing. >> reporter: cbs news has learned eight or nine u.s. diplomates had their assignments cut short because of their ailments but some affect employees still remain on the island. >> we had to bring some americans home or some chose to come home, as a result of that, and as a result of that, we have asked two cubans to leave the united states and they have. >> reporter: development comes just two months after president trump tightened travel and trade restriction that is were loosened after former president obama. >> i am canc

other was trapped in the house fire near rock port one of the hardest hit area weijia jiang shows us some of the december trucks. >> reporter: harvey continues to pound southeastern texas with torrential rain and the water is rising fast. >> ranging from corpus christi to the houston area, perhaps as much as between 20 and 30 more inches of rain could becoming down. >> there is potential for very dramatic flooding. >> reporter: monster storm slammed into the texas gulf coast late friday night with 130 miles an hour winds, town of rockport was hit hard many homes, businesses are gone, torn apart by power of the category four hurricane. seven five-year old elton jones house was destroyed. >> every room in the house the roof caved in and i had a clay tile roof it is all gone. >> reporter: we met jones at only opened business in town a coffee shop still with power thanks to a generator, matthew otero is the owner. do you even recognize rock port this morning. >> i do, i do but as a hurt rockport. as a fallen rockport you know. >> reporter: even before harvey hit, flooding was a major con

weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house. >> house speaker paul ryan is weighing in on the possibility of a government shutdown. he says he believes it's not necessary and not in the best interest of anyone. >>> people in southeast [indiscernible] are keeping a close eye on harvey, the former tropical storm is expected to dump heavy rain along the gulf coast and it could come close to hurricane strength by the time it hits texas, perhaps on friday. so people who live along the coast are hitting the stores and the thing they're looking for the most is water. >> being prepared. my husband called me at work today and said they're expecting a stronger storm than what we thought with just rain. >> we're buying water for two reasons, one because i'm almost out and two, i don't know what's going to happen. >> just like the boy scouts say, it's better to have it and not need it need it. everybody is tracking harvey. you're tracking it too, but those folks there, at least they're trying to get ready now. >> that's the best thing they could do, because it's not going to be a wind storm. it's --

cbs reporter weijia jiang tells us the -- >> reporter: north korea is remaining defiant in the face of new economic sanctions from the united nations. they vowed to retaliate a thousand fold. north korea insisted it would never give up its nuclear weapon program. secretary of state rex tillerson indicated a willingness to negotiate. but coeded that the north koreans may not actually want a sit-wn. >> we've not had an extended period of time where they have not taken some type of provocative action by launching ballistic missiles. >> reporter: the new sanctions ban north korean exports of coal, iron, lead and seafood, potentially a third of its revenues. it's clear that [ indiscernible ] is prioritizing -- >> kim jong un believes his possession of nuclear weapons is his ultimate protection against any foe. >> reporter: a former state department specialist on north korea. >> sanctions have a spotty history. >> reporter: she says years of u.s. sanctions have failed to stop north korea. >> does that mean they won't work in the future? we haven't tried strict enough sanctions. >> reporter:

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hurricane harvey as this powerful major hurricane head toward the texas gulf coast, correspondent weijia jiangve in carp us christie where the storm is expect to hit, and hard. weijia. >> reporter: kate, there is nothing calm about where we are as you saw, the wind is fierce right now, rain has been pounding done for hours but this is nothing, compared to what we are bracing for, simply put, a monster, still today we have found plenty of people who are staying right in harvey's path despite warnings to get out. violent surge crashing in the texas gulf coast as hurricane harvey whips closer to land fall. forecasters expected to bring at lee 20 inches on have rain in, sire yas much more, enough to turn towns into islands for days. >> brace yourself, prepare for the war and be ready to try to get out of town as quickly as you can. >> reporter: chris isn't leaving. >> i decided to stay to protect my house. >> reporter: are you worried about your decision to stay. >> a little bit. i'm mainly worried about my kid. >> reporter: governor greg ab bodies pushing everybody to head inland. >> you have the