Good monday morning, im frances rivera. Im phillip mena, great to be back. Harvey is hurling towards tennessee. Creating a wake of devastation in its path. In some areas of texas the water is still rising, impacting an estimated 100,000 homes. 38 deaths are blamed on the storm and rescue missions are still under way. The coast guard chopping away to save a mother and her four children trapped in the home. But the water is not the only threat. A flooded Chemical Plant near houston is under a 24hour emergency watch. After two explosions. The owner says eight more chemical containers could possibly explode. Home owners within a 1 1 2mile radius were urged to evacuate. Epa air tests reportedly found no concentrations of toxic materials. And in another glimmer of hope, the countrys biggest fuel supplier has announced a fuel pipeline that supplies 40 of east coast fuel could be reopened by this weekend. Possibly averting a national gasoline shortage. White house Officials SayPresident Trump will likely request 6 billion to aid harvey victims. Of that money, about 450 million would be set aside for Small Business loans. 5. 5 billion would go to the fema Disaster Relief fund. Which is burning through cash trying to keep up with recovery efforts. The white house has announced President Trump would personally donate 1 million to Harvey Relief efforts. The president wasnt alone. The Dallas Cowboys raised over 2. 3 million for the Salvation Army with a telethon. Jerry jones, the teams owner, even called in. How many Million Dollar contributions have you had tonight . I havent had not one of those. You got one now, buddy. Oh, yes, sir. We got a million over here. J. T. Watts campaign reached new heights. The houston texan has now raised over 13 million. In the meantime, Vice President pence was on the ground in texas in rockport. Helping clear debris and touring the stormravaged neighborhoods. To see people who have gone through the horror of one of the largest natural disasters in american history, to be Standing Shoulder to shoulder, passing out food to their neighbors, helping neighbors clear out their homes with a smile on their faces, its humbling to me and its its deeply inspiring. Garrett haake is in houston. And we start with garrett. Whats the extent of the damage that we see the cleanup and the piles of debris of peoples lives right there behind you. Were in this neighborhood of belair in southwest houston is gone and the people are starting to come back and this is what theyre doing. Theyre having to take apart their houses. We give you an idea of how high the water level was in this house. You can see the wood split up to the doorknob. As we take a walk you get an idea of whats going on in this neighborhood. The rain water has drained out. Some neighborhoods less lucky. Here where they got more than a foot and a half of water, 1300 square miles of other neighborhoods, theyve had to rip out sheetrock, insulation, furniture, everything in these onestory homes has to be torn out and replaced as people start their lives over here in houston. And believe it or not, these are some of the luckier folks, the folks who live in some of the dam and reservoir areas that we spent so much time in earlier this week. That water is it not expected to drain out of the city for potentially another two weeks. They have to continue doing controlled releases to protect the neighborhoods downstream while trying to get the water out of some of these areas in western houston that have been inundated since the weekend. Frances . A long process, garrett, thank you. Thousands of texans have been forced from their homes and are now in shelters, nbcs mariana ascencio is in the Houston Convention center. How are the Victims Holding up . Phillip, its not easy as you can imagine, the people left here in the shelt remember the people that are in need of most help. Theyre in need of medical attention, Mental Health assistance or they dont even have homes to go back to. Theyre still trying to locate missing relatives. You were here for a couple of days. And you witnessed how the numbers dropped immensely here at the shelter, the number of evacuees. The peak was at 10,000 evacuees, when you were here, phillip. The numbers dropped to 2500 and the last estimate i was given is 1750 evacuees here at this point. Were still seeing people trickling in and seeing new faces, namely from the undocumented community here in houston. As garrett was explaining, even for the people who are trying to go back, its just a long road to recovery at this point. Getting access to their homes and belongings. Guys . Hopefully we can get more people back to their homes or to at least more permanent housing. Mariana, thank you. Russia, speaking out after washington ordered it to shut down three of its diplomatic sites in the u. S. Payback for meddling in the 2016 election. Russian foreign minister lavrov saying moss kwoe will closely study the measures taken by the u. S. And convey its reaction thereafter. More from nbcs Peter Alexander. The u. S. Retaliating against russia, ordering the closure of three diplomatic offices in San Francisco, new york and washington, within 48 hours. State Rex Tillerson informing Russian Foreign minister sergei lavrov, in a phone call the decision coming from the president. Weve taken a firm action in response to russias infortunate decision earlier this year. That decision from Vladimir Putin last month responding to new u. S. Sanctions from moscows interfering in the election by expelling 755 american diplomats. President trump at the time expressing gratitude. I want to thank him because were trying to cut down our payroll. White house aides dismissing that as a joke. Todays action not kicking out russian diplomats, but closing two trade mission annexes and the San Francisco consulate general. And a Prominent Russian lawmaker insisting the u. S. Is declaring the hot phase of diplomatic war. The Trump Administration had to respond. This was the right decision. Regrettable, but necessary. Nbc news has learned former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manaforts notes typed on a phone from the controversial trump tower meeting with russians during the 2016 campaign included a reference to political donations and rnc. According to sources briefed on the evidence. Investigators are reviewing those notes, trying to determine if there was any talk of foreign donations to the Trump Campaign or the republican party. Contributions that would be illegal. Manafort spokesman telling nbc news the suggestion is 100 false. Peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. All right. Thats Peter Alexander for you, thank you. Lets get to bill karins, believe it or not a full week later here we are, still tracking harvey. Harvey is causing more problems, last night in nashville, they had some really heavy rain in a short period of time. And they had homes that got water in them. In the nashville area. Theres about 30 people that had to be water rescued and brought to shelters there. So its not just texas. Weve continued every day along the path. And numerous cars also got flooded out in the tennessee area. Just south of nashville. In a similar scene could be playing out in kentucky where the heaviest rain is right now, near the Bowling Green area and seven Million People under the flash flood watches. We would like to end this part of the story. You can still see the heavy rainfall that extends from the Bowling Green area up towards louisville. So if we have additional problems, thats where theyll be and the rainfall totals are looking around the order of five to seven inches total by the time were done today. So maybe not done. Continues. With temperatures in the mid 90s to central washington. Well be talking coming up later in the weekend forecast about all the excessive heat in the west. Thats ridiculously and dangerously hot. What a summer. All right, bill, thank you. In the news, filmmaker tyler perry is donating 1 million to Harvey Relief efforts. Perry says the osteens are amazing people. Supreme Court JusticeSonia Sotomayor was spotted at Yankees Stadium last night, sitting where else . The judges chambers. A 41yearold bridge demolished in southwest china. Making way for a brand new bridge in its place. 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So sorry if you have a kid in each. The older they get, the more they cost. August was a good month for stocks, with the dow, s p and nasdaq posting their fifth straight monthly gains. Plus a new record close for the nasdaq. This morning 1. 4 million bogus new accounts, many wells fargo customers are waking up wouldnt ferg theyre victims of fake accounts. Good morning and happy friday, wells fargo admitting its fake account scandal was much bigger than originally thought. The bank says an internal investigation found 3. 5 million accounts were opened without customers permission, versus the 2. 1 million it disclosed last fall. The scandal erupted a year ago when wells fargo said employees created fake accounts to meet sales goals, leading to congressional hearings and the resignation of the banks ceo. Several top tech executives have signed a letter urging President Trump to protect socalled dreamers. The president is considering whether to end an obamaera program that would keep 800,000 people brought to the u. S. As children from being deported. Executives from facebook, microsoft, apple, amazon and others say dreamers are vital to the future of their company, as well as the u. S. Economy. Gas prices are still rising in the wake of Hurricane Harvey due to refinery and key pipeline outages. Analysts say Retail Prices were averaging about 2. 49 a gallon last night. Up about 14 cents in the past week. Prices in some cities have climbed more and experts say they could reach 2. 60 to 2. 75 in the next ten days. Good news, the Colonial Pipeline says it may restart some operations this weekend. Back to you. We do most of the driving this weekend so at least we have that landon, thank you. When we come back, a Police Officers shocking words caught on camera. The racial remarks hes heard making during a traffic stop. And the action the force is now taking over it. 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The lawyer says he was quote trying to gain compliance by using the passengers own statements. But the countys new police chief says whats happened is unacceptable. I dont know whats in his heart. I certainly know what came out of his mouth. The recommendation is to terminate his employment from the Cobb County Police department. Reporter the date stamp, july 10, 2016, just four days after cell phone video went viral showing the moments after a white police man killed a black driver in minnesota. As shocking as the georgia video is you remember, we only kill black people. Reporter leaders of the black community in the county say the chiefs Decisive Action is reassuring. We have hope in cobb that we have a chief and leadership that is serious about bringing this department to be one of the better ones in the nation. Reporter the police chief says the community and his own officers expected an appropriate response. Pete williams, nbc news, washington. 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People were complaining about it first and now apple has got us trained. Just ahead, why plans to put Harriet Tubman on the 20 bill are being upended. And the bugs are out around a new Guinness World record in toronto. Youre watching early today. Well welcome back, the heat is dangerously hot in areas of the west. Thats why we have excessive heat warnings. For 35 Million People, it stretches for 900 miles. How is this for the start of your september and a very, very hot labor day weekend. How hot will it get with the strong ridge building right over the top . One of the areas from redding, 112, the previous record highs, 110. Fresno, 107, l. A. , 101. Its hard to avoid and miss out on the heat. The Pacific Northwest gets a little hotter on saturday, yakima, 101 degrees. Bakersfield, 107. Through the upcoming weekend. Some areas of the east are just share a little bit. We get the 50s and they have that. Bill, thanks. Remember last year when it was announced that Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the 20 bill . Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin cast doubt on whether it would happen. Mnuchin said ultimately we will be looking at this issue. Right now he says hes more focused on making changes to stop counterfeiters. Three secretaries are joining a lawsuit joining President Trumps ban on transgender members. The three who served under president barack obama said the transgender ban would force the discharge of highly trained, experienced professionals and replacing them would be expensive and timeconsuming. They point to a pentagon 2015 conclusion that transgenderen allowed to serve openly. Part of a suit filed by two lgbt legal groups. Walmart is undercutting the president when it comes to hats. The priceslashing retailer is selling President Trumpstyle usa hats for just 9. 99. Far cheaper than buying similar style hats on the president s Online Campaign store. They offer them at 40. While those hats are proudly made in the u. S. , walmart doesnt say where its hats are produced. Now here is a record that is creating a lot of buzz. Juan carlos ortiz set the Guinness World record for the longest time wearing a bebeard or a head covered in bees. More than 100,000 bees sat on his face for 61 minutes, breaking the previous mark of the a 3 minutes and 34 seconds. Ortiz is a bee keeper, he only practiced twice before the recordsetting event. He said he was only stung twice. But that is an incredible thing. Thats an hour long completely covered in bees. Thats a lot more than a beard. Shoulders, neck, chest. Obviously hes not allergic. Who power to him. Youre right, that would have been a huge problem. Thanks for watching, im phillip mena. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. 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