Failing. Demarco. Man well manuel bojorquez. The harvey is creating Tropical Storm force. Winds near 40 mieltz an hour near the louisiana coast. 4 to inches of rain may fall there. Harvey expected to take a turn tomorrow. Tennessee, kentucky. See heavy rain by friday. Im Demarco Morgan. I will have much more from houston later. For mao the news continues with Anthony Mason in new york. Anthony. President trump was back on prompter talking about the disaster in houston and striking a different tone than he did when heap visited texas yesterday here is chip reid. To those affected by this storm, we are praying for you. And we are here with you. Reporter in missouri, ptd trump had words of comfort for the victims of hurricane harvey. To those americans who have lost loved ones, all of america is grieving with you. A sharp contrast from yesterday in texas, where his visit at times sounded like a political rally. What a crowd. What a turnout. While in texas, the president repeatedly mentioned the power of the storm. I will fell you this its historic, it is epic. What happened. But, you know what, it happened in texas. And texas can handle anything. But not once did he mention those who had died, or the thousands struggling to survive. Critics say he failed to show empathy expected of a president in times like these. This morning, though, perhaps recognizing his mistarks the president started the day with a consoling tweet that said, after witnessing first hand, the horror and devastation caused by hurricane harvey, my heart goes even more so to the great people of texas. But the president s sclam that he saw the devastation firsthand, has given his critics even more to chew on. Thats because the reporters who were in the president ial motorcade in texas yesterday, say they never got close enough to see the damage. Firsthand. Anthony. Chip reid at the white house. Thank you, chip. The president was in missouri today to talk up his tax overhaul plan. The manufacturing plant in springfield. He called for quick action by congress, to reduce what he called, the crushing tax burden on companies and workers. He gave no specifics, other than cutting the Corporate Tax rate, from 35 to 15 . Coming up next, the president and his defense secretary, are sending mixed signals about the north Korean Nuclear threat. Later, a new treatment uses a patients own cells to destroy cancer. Lysol max cover kills 99. 9 of bacteria, even on soft surfaces. One more way youve got what it takes to protect. No, please, please, oh shrieks in terror heavy breathing and snorting no, no. The running of the bulldogs . Surprising. Whats not surprising . How much money aleia saved by switching to geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. 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Talking its not the answer, he tweeted this morning. Seeming to rule out the possibility that negotiations could end the building crisis with north korea. A few hours later the secretary of defense with the south korean counterpart, was less belligerent. We are never out of Diplomatic Solutions we work together. The minister and i share a responsibility to provide for the protection of our nation. Our populations and our interests. That protection depends in part on Ballistic Missile defenses that could shoot down incoming north Korean Missiles. Last night in a long scheduled test. The navy fired this interceptor succeeded in shooting down a medium range miss similar to this one being developed by north korea. Its not all defense. Late to day, b 1 bombers were scheduled to take off from guam and join with korean and japanese fighters to conduct training at bombing range in south korea. Flights by longrange bombers became a standard response to north Korean Missile tests but dont seem to be having any success in convincing kim jungun, to back off. The pentagon is now considering the use of Cyber Attacks that could do damage to north korea. Anthony. David martin, thank you, david. When we come back, a revolutionary way to fight cancer, gets government approval. Ok, lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Have a little fun together, or a lot. Ky yours and mine. Two sensations that work together, so you can play together. This clean was like pow everything well . My teeth are glowing. They are so white. Step 1 cleans. Step 2 whitens. Crest [hd]. 6x cleng a in i wo,uld switch t o cres6xtw over what tei was using before. Not all Fish Oil Supplements provide the same omega3 power. Megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. So one softgel has more omega3 power than three standard fish oil pills. 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In the trial, a patients t cells or white blood cells that fight infections, were removed, shipped to a lab, and genetically modified to recognize cancer cells. Those new t cells were then put back in the body, ready to search out and destroy the cancer. These are patients who have no prospect for long term disease control. Who get a single infusion of the cells. And many of them remain in remission. After one infusion, two years ago, he is now cancer free. Part of a trial group, that saw an 83 remission rate. Just the fact that i even get a future is, is just completely remarkable. I shouldnt be alive right now. So, far the fda has approved this treatment only for this one type of childhood leukemia. But approval for battling lymphoma or cancer of the lymph nodes could be next. What an amazing encouraging story, gym. Thanks. Up next, we go back to Demarco Morgan in houston with a businessman who is giving flood victims what they need most. Back now from houston. Just outside the main evacuation center. As the rain fell, donations poured in as well. More than 110 million so far. And it seems Everyone Wants to help. We end tonight with david pbegnaud and a businessman with an especially soft touch. These are my people, black, white, brown, white, doesnt matter. These are my people. I got to help my people. Jim mackinvale, a houston celebrity, 46 years. Mattress mack is doing something the city never asked him to do. When houston flooded he offered his show room as a sanctuary. I got to be true to myself. Myself is about take care of the community. Doing what i can in my own little way to help these people, realize that, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. On sunday here, opened his 160,000 square foot show room. Everything going all right. Told hempeople to make themselves at home. Come get me. I am drowning. My kids are here. Get me the hell out of here. That made me do it. So did a mother who walked in at 2 00 a. M. With her husband and young son. The child is crying, shaking. Comes to me at the front desk, she says can we stay here . I get the sense you dont say no very often. My father never could say no. I dont either. You doing all right here, over here. He estimates it is costing 30,000 a day to do this. Just like he did after Hurricane Katrina. Compliment him you can, just dont call him a hero. The heroes are the people that have been flooded out. The heroes are the Gallery Furniture up pl furniture employees the unsinkable. Forget, democart, republican, all coming together in the spirit of solidarity. We are texans we are about helping each other. There is a tremble in your voice. Its what i believe. Who i am, what i do. If its what my wife and i are trying to teach our children. Service above self. David begnaud, cbs news, houston. Thats the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. For Demarco Morgan in houston, im Anthony Mason in new york. Thank you for watching. This is the cbs overnight news. Good evening, im Anthony Mason in new york. Im Demarco Morgan in houston. The sun finally came out here today. But the danger is far from over. The death toll has risen to now, at least 21. And that number is expected to rise as the floodwaters begin to recede. The National Guard and coast guard rescued 13,000 people since harvey came ashore as hurricane friday. Countless others rescued by civilians and other agencies about 32,000 evacuees are now living in hundreds of shelters. Including national parks. The governor of texas, says this is a much bigger disaster than Hurricane Katrina, or super storm sandy. He activated 14,000 members of the texas National Guard. At last report, nearly 300,000 homes, and businesses, have no electricity. Well over 210,000 people have applied for federal disaster assistance. And the National FloodInsurance Program has received 37,000 claims. Before the rain stopped, cedar bayou received 52 inches. Record for the continental u. S. Overnight the storm moved east towards the louisiana border. We have reports from anna werner and Michelle Miller. First here is anna. Demarco, we were on our way to beaumont. We had to stop here some 20 miles out. Because the highway we were traveling on, now ends right here in what looks like a lake. And from high up above it is easy to see why rescuers are having so much trouble getting into this area. 100 miles east of houston, Tropical Storm harvey unleashed high winds rain and flash floods on the towns of beaumont and port arthur last night. Every highway is closed. So we cant get out any more. We cant evacuate. The coast guard plucked like this mother and baby off their rooftops in college station, texas. In pine island bayou, civilians threw a life line who a man who clung to a tree in floodwaters five hours. We were screaming, hollering at him. We really thought we lost him. He hollered out. Grabbed vines on a tree. We drove the bolt fast as we could into the treats. Rising waters forced staffers at the port arthur nursing home to evacuate more than 70 patients. I saw this on tv. I cannot believe, wade through the water, somebody gave me a ride in the boat. Just breaks my heart. No, no, dont be sorry. Officials are pleading from help with any one with a boat. Searchandrescue. People like mark wyatt and zach mormon from dallas are responding to the call. Hello. Why are you doing this . I just want to help people out. Just, its, its very terrible down here. Reporter im Michelle Miller in orange, texas, 23 miles north of port arthur. Over here, the north orange baptist church. Turned make shift shelter is one of the last options for the entire town. Two other shelters flooded out overnight. The water is flowing. In port arthur, at least two shelters, flooded there too. Nearly 400 are crowded here, the elderly, the sick. Young families like craig bearfield they woke up with walter in their bedroom. Happy i have my family here. Long as we are smiling. We will be okay. God got us. As Tropical Storm harvey came back ashore, 80 miles east of here lane la, we saw the predawn desperation in orange firsthand. It is unbelievable how many cars are stranded along i10. Some two feet of rain fell in just 24 hours. These assisted living residents had to be rescued by boat and driven here to north orange baptist by truck. This is why boats are so vital here. We are half a mile from where the shelter is. And, surrounding neighborhoods, look like this. Streets flowing, like bayous. Demarco. All right, michelle, thank you for that report. In northeast houston, a van was swept off a bridge, and swallowed by floodwaters sunday. Trapped inside were four children and two adults. And today, we learned of their fate. Jericka duncan has the story. It was the worst possible discovery for the saldovar family. Police found the white van where the family of six had been trapped by a wall of walter that swept them off the road. Monday, he described how he tried in vain off to get help. Took the van into a ditch. Jumped out. Tried to open the doors. Couldnt get the doors open. All my nieces and nephews drown. Sheriff ed gonzalez confirmed, four children, ages 6 to 16 died along with their great grandparents. They had tried desperately to escape the roaring floodwaters at the height of the storm. It just swept the van back. Embanked. Under four feet of water invisible at the time. The uncle the only one to make it out of the van visit itted the grim scene with friends and family. When they were ready to leave, police gently escorted them away. Since harvey made landfall, at least 11 people have died. Mainly due to floodwaters. And demarco, the sheriff here says that number will likely rise. Jericka duncan. Thank you. Omar villafranca with a Navy Helicopter making rescues in port arthur, texas. We are riding with the Navy Helicopter squadron 7. The 7th person they have rescued here in this area. The 7th, the neighborhood alone, what they have been doing, is flying in from college station, several hundred miles away. 150 miles away. Coming to the beaumont port arthur area. Where harvey hit overnight. At this point they are looking for any one who may need help. People have put, white towels, or white shirts by their house. Indicating they need help. We see, four, five, rescue helicopters, the coast guard, navy, other agencies here. That are trying to help who ever needs help. This right now, seems to be the hot spot for where there are a lot of residents. Many of the roads in, we cant. Theyre really just nonexistent at this point. People that are coming, up, telling us the water is cold. That they have been sitting in, two to three feet of water for a very long time. One of the first rescues came up, an older woman. Wasnt able to get her medication. But her soninlaw who was also rescued was able to grab her bible. He said, were going to need it. Omar villafranca, cbs news, port arthur, texas. In texas, residents within a mile and a half of the chemical clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. But can ot fix this teens skateboarding mishap . Nope. So lets be clear clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things. cough im never gonna ill take a sick day tomorrow. On our daughters birthday . Moms dont take sick days moms take nyquil severe. The nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold medicine. Because your carpet theres resolve carpet care. It lifts more dirt and pet hair versus vacuuming alone. Resolve carpet care with five times benefits welcome back to the overnight news. The disastrous flooding in and around houston posing a life threatening challenge. At the height of the storm. Two dozen hospitals were either evacuated or forced to turn away patients. Hundreds of patients had to be transferred. While most houston hospitals remain open, some have only limited access to medicine, food, and even electricity. Kris van cleave is outside the hospital near the heart of the city. Wkeeend. E height of the storm er t water reached waist deep. Cut off 350 patients or so inside being able to be resupplied with food or medicine. Three critical patients had to be evacuated. While they have food through today. Conditions around here have improved. Hospitals across this region, are struggling to treat patients during this unfolding disasters. Were you nervous we would make it in time. Nice to have a good thing come out of something so scary. So scary, because as harvey dumped record rain, flooding houston, sarah hunter went into labor. A flare for the dramatic for sure. She and her husband wesley decided to ride out the storm at a hotel close to the hospital just in case. And sure enough, little elliott came, a week early. We wouldnt have been able to make it off to the hospital if i had it. Of the hospital picked this, hotel as the part of the hurricane preparedness plane for a reason. They wanted women in high risk pregnancies, people go into labor during the storm to be at the marriott, steps away from Childrens Hospital right there. And across the street there is another emergency room. Is your house okay. The doctor leads the Emergency Management team at texas Childrens Hospital where elliott and 26 others have been born since saturday. Harvey has been, the kind of ongoing, issue. So it has been days on days. But the staff was ready for that. And the hospital was designed to re resist a post hurricane flood. Doors, basement submarine doors, shut us off underground. Childrens has seen minor leaks. See a tree down there. North of downtown, rising floodwaters, forced Saint Lukes Hospital to evacuate 29 patients monday using boats and trucks. Our biggest concern was the water that surrounded the hospital, accessibility. We did have water that got into our main powerhouse. Where all of our operational power and needed, Life Sustaining equipment comes from. About 40 nurses and staff are still stranded inside the hospital. Their houses have been destroyed, and and theyre not able to return home. But like so many emergency workers they stayed on the job. Helping patients like sarah, her husband, and, newborn baby. Every single staff member and nurse, and doctor that has been here, they have family members, for them to, stay focused on, on, my family, that, really, really means a lot to me. Hospitals made a host of improvements after allison hilt in 2001 and pair liesed the region. Certainly there will be new Lessons Learned from harvey. As the waters have receded. You can now access Emergency Rooms like this one, hospitals are preparing for a new influx of pash entetients. Devastation in houston can only beal appreciated from the air. Rain let up. Helicopters arent allowed to fly over the flood zone. Jericka duncan got ape birds eye view. The rescue helicopters in this neighborhood, surrounded by three bayous. The helicopters have had a rough one. The last few dates. When you consider the fact that they have been like through toenrr reoplal a whons are stranded to safety. And now that the weather has cleared, a bit, we were able to see what houston looks like, from up above. Reec as the waters start to recede, the scope is devastating. We were not allowed to fly over some of the worst hit neighborhoods. But we saw street after street filled with water. As dusk fell, the site of businesses with their lights on. Looking like, islands in a parking lot lake. Helicopter pie lot, michael hume, flew through storms to got to south texas monday. Were you scared. You have a lot skpuch peer yens. That is a lot. A lot going on. The weather patterns going on. Probably some of the craziest i have seen in terms of the ferociousness of the storms how quickly they were coming around. If that kind of ferociousness, that rescue helicopters have been facing all week. Flying in lower, more dangerous conditions. Drones captured flooded highways, streets covered with water. Entire sitty brought to a stand still. The contrast is especially striking in these before and after photos. A vivid picture of just how much houston has been transformed, by the rising waters. But from the air tuesday night, we can see conditions are improving. Im thankful you are able to see the sun set. That sun is going to bring a ray of hope to the houston area. Suck that this city without a doubt could use. As we were in the air, there were about 9 rescue helicopters, in our vicinity. Still working to help those in need. As harvey churns its way into louisiana it is bringing back memories of a deadly storm. It was 12 years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina devastated new orleans. Some katrina evacuees settled in houston again find themselves in shelters. Adrianna diaz is outside one. The Convention Center is prepared to welcome 5,000. And theyre going through the ordeal in a second time in a second city. Same thing. Pretty much the same thing. And it is like deja vu. Once again, check nook a shelter after leaving home on a rescue boat. Its what he did when he was living in new orleans, during Hurricane Katrina. An expeer yent that taught him life changing lessons. Survival. Sur viechl. Just waiting. Ride it out. All you can pretty much dupe with these hurricanes. Sit tight. Ride it out. Images have drawn comparisons to the 2005 disaster that left much of new orleans submerged. Similarities werent lost on the mayor. The anniversary of katrina, e yo think all of us remember, w ow were a at that time. And all right images are, are, fa mill your to all of us. 12 years ago, more than a Million People abandoned their homes. Many boarding buss to houston taking shemter inside the astrodome. Houston reportedly welcomed as many as 250,000 evacuees. The silty estimates, 40,000 never moved back. How much more uneasy could you feel in new orleans, there but for the grace of god go i. In houston. You think Something Like that will happen once. Bultd it is happening again for rachel allen who lost her house in new orleans to katrina. Pretty much make houston home. She is riding out the storm with husband and 1yearold son. This time, her house is safe. Even as the floods swallow another city around her. Instead of, it is devastating to watch the news. And you know, everything you see is just, terrible. You find yourself not being able to pull away from the tv. Just a very similar experience this time around as well. So far, losses from Hurricane Katrina far surpass those from harvey. 1800 people lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina, the costiest Natural Disaster in u history. For those who lost everything in houston. Of a long road to recovery. Cbss coverage o ok, lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Have a little fun together, or a lot. Ky yours and mine. Two sensations that work together, so you can play together. Lysol max cover kills 99. 9 of bacteria, even on soft surfaces. One more way youve got what it takes to protect. Two kids barfed in class today. It was so gross. Lysol disinfectant spray kills 99. 9 of bacteria, even those that cause stomach bugs. One more way youve got what it takes to protect. In texas and louisiana countless people are coming to gather to help their neighbors. David begnaud and the story of a local hero, who goes by the name, mattress mack. It will make you smile. Mention this guys name. Oh, yeah, mattress mack, 160,000 foot show room. Huge. And at the start of the storm, he was rescuing people. Only difference with hiss rescuing, he had a police to take them to. Part capitalist. Part social worker, what i like to do. Everything question all right. Mattress mack made a name selling furniture. His legacy of giving, that is going to leave a permanent impression. Im worried about the people, the business, the community. Sun day heap posted two Gallery Furniture stores would be open not for business but to provide shelter and food for people in need. This mother and son, have taken up shelter in one of macks stores. Its good to be here away from the flood. Because, it would have got, when it started raining would have got all right here. Off up athe water started to come in the house. It was coming in fast, we had no time to get out of the house. Grace and her son got in one of the trucks mack deployed to rescue people from the rising floodwater. He is providing food. Breck far, lunch and dinner. We thank mr. Mack, opening the door to us. We didnt know where the next meem was going to come. It costs 30,000, 40,000 to keep the stores of and running through the crisis. We can afford that. What we cant afford is to cause these people to lose hope. We got to give them home. This is what my parents would have done. The his record of comnity service would make his family proud. Every christmas, his business has provided furniture to families in need. He also donates furniture to make over teachers lounges in area schools. A long way. Providing refuge isnt new to mack. In 2005 he housed 200 Hurricane Katrina evacuees in his score. Several landed a job there. Lost everything didnt know where to go, what to do. And i came here. And talked to mack. Center me to hr. Got furniture in my apartment. He gave me everything that i needed. To survive. Plus a job. Total life changer for me and my family. Some of harveys ee whack wes ash paying it for wart. Helping in the store. Whatever he needed me to do, i was there. Answering the phones. Directing people. Theyve come in. Thach need help. Though the Labor Day Weekend is an important one for the furniture business. Mac says he is not going to kick any one out. We will team here. Three days. Maybe be seven. Who knows. Were here to help. Thats what we do. Who we are. For him to open his door and said if you are affected by the flood, come in. You had people, wemt, you had people dirty. Who does that . Do you have to see it to believe it. It is real. He has ate heart of gold. Look around. Nobody asked him. The city didnt call. Mattress mack said what i want to. What nasa is managing to keep the lights on in houston. A Skeleton Crew on hand taking care of the International Space station and the space telescope. One small part of americas space history is on life support. The control room for the apolo missions. Mark strassmann has the story. July 20, 1969. Man walked on the moon. A relieved world rejoiced. Especially apolos Mission Control center in houston. As flight director, led gemini and apolo missions. Woo won the battle for space. Captured high ground. We did not surrender it during our tour. Tin charge when an explosion aboard aboard apolo 13 nearly cost the lives of the astronauts. A rs cue fescue in apolo 13. I want this mark back to earth with time to spare. Portrayed by actor ed harris. Houston, we have another problem. Take a look at the consoles. I used to have a board switch in there, where is abort switch. Displays dont work. Carpeting held together with duct tape. Aapproximatelio Mission Control. Dekcayed from neglect and souvenir seekers who took pieces. When you look at the condufgs the room what goes through your mind . Sawe combination, frustratio anger, resentment. This is not appropriate. This is where our generation made history. Where apolo fulfilled the challenge, mission by president kennedy. Space center houston, hopes to raise 5 million to restore the room to its 1960s glory. This is the room that will now represent the best am chad to r. He is part of one mission. Finishing the restoration by 2019, the 50th anniversary of apolo 11 moon landing. Mark strassmann, cbs news, houston. Thats the overnight news for this sthurz day. For some the news continues. Others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city