Officials excited to announce that issue a News Conference at any moment now. Shannon 40 inches of rain in some parts of the state, another 20 before the week is done. President trump offering words of hope before his departure. Nothing can defeat the unbreakable spirit of people of taxes. And louisiana. We will get through this and we will come out stronger and believe me, we will be bigger, better, stronger than ever before. The rebuilding will begin, and in the end, it will be something very special. Eric continuing fox News Coverage for you this morning. Lets start with peter doocy who is live in Corpus Christi where the president will arrive later today. Peter, first of all, how much historic flooding do you think the president will be able to see firsthand . Eric, the white house has been saying President Trump wanted to come to texas before harvey even hit as a category 4 storm. Because he doesnt want to disrupt emergency efforts underway in houston, todays tour will take him away from the high water, instead he will be at an area where the high wind did the most damage. We are in Corpus Christi where Hurricane Harvey brought severe wind, but the rain has stopped. It is very rare for air force one to land on a runway closed until the day before because of lifethreatening conditions, but that is going to have been about hours from right now at Corpus Christi international airport. We expect to see the president and first lady deplane and get a first look at the businesses and homes and vehicles destroyed by harveys first hit and meet with First Responders at some point before flying to the state capital to see the Emergency Operations center where the monumental rescue and relief effort is being organized. President trump promised the white house yesterday the federal help will come fast, democrats and republicans will Work Together to authorize as much spending as required to rebuild here, and he says until then, every asset under his command is the disposal of local officials and now a few hours from right now the first time as president he will see how far those assets go in cleaning up a major hurricane. Eric. Eric promises to be a busy taxi. Officials in Harris County and the police chief are having a News Conference. Lets listen. Possibly 34 inches of rain have fallen. It is approximately half of the average rainfall amount expected in the houston area over the course of a year. Estimates from the National Weather service of rainfall today through the remainder of the tropical event at about 9 inches. This estimate is down from the previous estimate of august 27 of 25 inches. The corps of engineers from there yesterday. Intended to maintain the ability to control to the extent of possible before uncontrolled releases would begin. Additionally, controlled releases reduce the magnitude of the duration of uncontrollable releases, potentially decreasing the impacts of flooding. There is an expectation of uncontrollable leaking. Spillway flows just begin at the low natural ground at the end of the spillway when it reaches 10. That elevation for barker is 10. At the rates of rising barker, it is unlikely barker spillway will maintain operation. At 2 00 p. M. Yesterday we estimated they were discharging at about 2600 cubic feet per second, and barker about 2100 cps. Combined about 4700. We are continuing to raise the bunkers in a controlled fashion. These discharge rates as of yesterday were 3800 cps and 3500 cps respectfully for a combined total of discharge of 7300 cps. The goals to reach reach rates of 4,000 cps at both areas for combined discharge of 8,000 cps. We estimate the dams will combine today. No decisions have been made to raise this amount. Dam releases are slated to occur for several months following this storm event. They constitute 20 of the total flow of the bayou for the remaining 80 attributable to runoff below the dams into the network. With rainfall still occurring, as well as the discharge from addison and walker, it is holding very steady and will take several days to recede. The corps of engineers shannon you have a listening to local officials in texas talking about the Flooding Issues of the dams, and other things coming into play as the rain continues talking about how long it would take for any of this to possibly begin receding as they are still watching for overflow and over spill in dangerous areas. Matt flynn is in that area in houston, he has been reporting all we cannot conditions there. Lets check in with him now. Good morning, matt. Shannon, we are standing along the reservoir, this area compared to one of the great lakes. I will let the pictures speak for themselves, it is horrifying to be standing here, this body of water. This is a 4lane street that has been completely engulfed. There is water as far as the eye can see down the street and to my left and to my right. Just horrifying to know this is beginning to spill over the dam and some of the banks as we have been reporting all morning. We are on the western side of the city which has been one of the hardest hit areas we have seen families plug from the rooftops and people abandoning their homes on this side of the city and now to think this could be an entire new phase of catastrophic flooding is just heartbreaking for people in this area. We spoke to fema a short while ago after their morning meeting with state, local, and federal officials. We will be assigned to a team of 80 fema rescuers from arizona who are here, and they said all of their resources and a lot of their attention is obviously going to be paid to this area of the city today because there could be hundreds if not thousands, if not more homes and businesses that could be affected by this reservoir that you see right behind me spilling over as we speak, shannon. Shannon you know, there are great concerns about the fact people could be trapped in buildings and homes and have no way to signal anyone without a cell phone or without any electricity or landline. Matt, keep up the great work, and thank you for keeping us informed of what is going on down there. Thanks. Shannon harvey marks the first Natural Disaster for the president , he is making his way to texas. Lets bring in byron york to talk with us. We know the president has been tweeting quite a bit leading into the storm, wanting to sound like he is very much on top of all of these decisions making sure the communication is open and resources are heading to texas and louisiana. But there are those who are mocking him. Is this president going to get a break in any way, shape, or form as he tries to manage the first big domestic crisis . Ever since george w. Bushs experience with hurricane katrina, it is clear mishandling a Natural Disaster can be a political disaster for a president , and i think what you have seen with President Trump here is to try to get out in front of this and stay in front of this. The first thing, the most important thing, is to handle the substance of it right. To make sure the federal government is delivering the help it can, the food, water, clothing, boats, everything that is needed down there. We just heard about fema officials, fema workers helping around that area of the endangered reservoir. The first thing is to get the substance right, and it appears the president is doing okay on that so far. And the second thing is to get the message right, and that is what i think you are seeing with the president actually traveling to the Corpus Christi area. I traveled to louisiana somewhere later in the week, so he is working on two france they are. Shannon i want to play little bit of the tone he took talking but what they are facing down there in texas and the resolve of the people. Tragic times such as these bring out the best in americas character, strength, charity, and resilience are those characters. We see neighbor helping neighbor, friend helping friend, stranger helping stranger. We are one american family. We hurt together, we struggle together, and believe me, we endure together. Shannon seemed to be one of those times you see people helping strangers, helping neighbors. A real opportunity to call the country together. We are divided over so many things. Ra fletcher speaking in an article saying today the president has to make sure this isnt about him, how many points he won by in texas, how great his administration is doing, nothing else but helping these people on the ground. The president hit the right notes yesterday in a joint press conference with the president of finland. The white house yesterday hit all the right notes there. The task is to do the same thing here. But so far we are getting reports of fema doing well on the ground. The governor of texas, greg abbott, saying he is happy with what the federal government has done so far. As i was saying before, the most important thing is to get the substance right, get the actual help there. And then the message is easy. I think ra fletcher is absolutely correct, the president cant make this about himself. So far he appears to be staying on that message. Shannon i know it will mean a lot to folks to see him on the ground, it will be a helpful image as well. Byron york, thank you very much. Thank you, shannon. Eric the heartbreak and the blunt shocked continue this morning in houston as well as these inspiring images of neighbors helping neighbors. As President Trump now makes his way to texas to assess the damage and see some of it first hand with his own eyes. Still ahead we will speak with dan patrick. Shannon and a look at how the outreach of celebrities like j. J. Watt and steph curry are helping to step in. Eric plus another big story this morning, north korea at it again. The latest provocation. Yes, they have launched another Ballistic Missile. This one flying over our ally of japan. What does it mean, what do they want, what do we do next . Former u. S. Ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, is with us on what the administration should do with kim jong un. Eric north korea sending a clear message of defiance yet again to both washington and seoul. Kim jong uns administration sending another message. This one flying over japan, one of our strong as allies. This morning President Trump said threatening and destabilizing actually increase north koreas regimes isolation in the region and among all the nations of the world. All options are on the table. So what does this firing mean . John bolton, former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. And Fox News Contributor, senior fellow at the institute and chairman of the the get stone here in new york. Ambassador, it was a violation of the airspace of one of our strongest allies, japan. Why is this type of launch now significant . Number one, you will recall ten days ago there was some speculation north korea would launch one or more missiles toward u. S. Bases on guam. And they were told pretty clearly that that could provoke an american response. So instead what they did was fire the missile in a different direction, over flying the island in japan. But demonstrating they could hit guam. This is not the first time one of their missiles have overflown japan. First time was in 1998, population of japan really was outraged and forced north korea to declare a moratorium of launch testing from the peninsula. Significance here, that is when they began Ballistic Missile work with iran. Work that continues to this day. We have as clear a demonstration as youre going to get without actually hitting american or japanese or south korean territory. What this regime has in mind. That is why the potential, the risk of having to use military means to deal with north koreas threat is very much on the table. Not because we are eager to do it, but lets be clear what the responsibility of the United States government is. It is to protect United States citizens. I think south korea has signaled they understand the nature of this threat, they conducted a bombing run today near the demilitarized zone, the clear purpose of the exercise being to show they could hit the north korea artillery just north threatening the capital of south korea soul. So i think there is no misunderstanding in japan, south korea, or i hope in the United States how grave this threat is. Eric a move to be more defiant and perhaps more aggressive facing these kind of attacks. This missile flew 1,700 miles. Guam is 2,114 miles from pyongyang. They were only 300 miles from guam potentially if they did fire in that direction. Do you think the president s actions and fire and fury comments perhaps dissuaded them from aiming toward guam but saying look, we can reach guam almost but we decided instead to hold back and fire in another direction . I think they could have reached guam, but firing at the territory of an american treaty ally shouldnt make us feel any better. I was and still am curious to note there does not appear to have been any effort by any Missile Defense systems, u. S. , japanese, or south korean to engage this missile. That may be because we didnt have any and could have hit it, but this goes to what is increasingly going to be a conundrum for the United States and its allies. You see a Ballistic Missile on a north korean launchpad, perhaps in a year we would know it could reach the United States, or you going to bet what direction it is headed in, are you going to bet it doesnt have a Nuclear Warhead under the nose cone in the reentry vehicle, are you going to bet it is a peaceful satellite launch, or will you take action . Which is why, i stress again, it is not warmongering to look at the military options sooner rather than later. Almost invariably using it sooner would be less risky, less costly than giving north korea more time to advance its capability. Eric that certainly is one of the debates. And the impact on that on seoul and our ally, Security Council have a meeting later on this afternoon, yet another one, to see if there can be any result from that. Ambassador john bolton, were out of time. Thank you. Shannon Tropical Storm harvey expected to get worse before it gets better. Right now barreling across texas and heading toward louisiana where it is expected to make landfall again. Details on how louisiana is now preparing. The republican governor getting heat from his own party for claims he is turning his state into a sanctuary state. We will take you lives for details, plus, this. [bleep]. Shannon activists speaking out after members of a leftwing group attack Peaceful Protesters this weekend. Everything was great until and he first showed up. They were pounding people down with their fist and their feet. I had to get out of there. If you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,. Isnt it time to let the real you shine through . Maybe its time for Otezla Apremilast . 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Eric rain from Tropical Storm harvey is now hitting louisiana. Their heavy downpours in the southwestern part of that state, and officials are warning of potential flooding that could turn dangerous. Harvey is excited to make landfall on the louisiana border itself by tomorrow morning. In all likelihood, the worst is yet to come for us in louisiana. They are anticipating 1015 inches of additional rain. In addition to that, the storm surge forecast again has gone back up a little bit to between 13 feet of storm surge above ground level. Eric this threat comes as new orleans marks the 12th anniversary of katrina. Officials in that city of course not taking any chances. City facilities and schools are closed today, and folks have been pouring into fire stations across new orleans to get sandbags to prepare for their homes. Forecasters is a big city could get 510 inches of rain over the next several days. Already experts say rain in houston has been three times the amount that was pumped from new orleans after katrina. Clearly the folks of that city dont want to take any chances. Shannon . Shannon the governor of illinois signing a bill into law barring a police from researching or detaining anybody based solely on their immigration status. Legislation makes illinois now the fifth socalled century state in the nation. Live in chicago to tell us. Mike, what is this all about . You kind of got to it there, shannon. Critics say this is an expansion beyond the sanctuary city concept, and illinois with the republicans governor became a sanctioned state. The bill was signed by Governor Bruce Rauner yesterday. Preventing police from making a rest on immigration status and mandates Police Ignore detainers and can only hold an undocumented immigrant if a court order is obtained. Members of the hispanic family were on hand, and representation from the illinois Law Enforcement community. Governor rauner said he consulted with police before he signed it. They all said to me, governor, this is a reasonable compromise. It will help us do our job better, it will help us keep our community safer. Now, the 2016 Illinois Republican party called for a reversal of sanctuary city policies, but the Republican Party chair is supporting the governor with the signing of this bill because he said governor rauners negotiations turned a 40 page bill filled with restrictions for police into a 2page compromise. Shannon . Shannon i have to imagine a republican governor signing a bill like this is running into opposition. Lots of opposition starting with brian mccain. Brian mccanns brother dennis was killed by drunk driver in 2011. That drunk driver was in the country illegally. Immigration order was filed, but the immigration order was ignored due to the policies of cook county. Chavez made bail and then fled to mexico. Adding insult to injury continues. Because they know better. This is an issue of safety. This is a safety. American citizens are less safe with these policies. Come carter told me yesterday the governor alienated his base in a part of this state that supported donald trump. The republican governor is the best governor democrats ever had. Shannon. Shannon live for us in chicago, mike tobin. Thank you very much. Eric still to come, the reservoir is about to spill over. It would be the first time in history. What we know about the danger to the neighborhoods around the reservoir that could be flooded. We will have a lab report in a few moments. Shannon emergency crews and volunteers working trying to rescue people stranded in the floodwaters. At least 30,000 people affected to flood into shelters. We will talk with Texas Attorney general about the rescue efforts and what recovery could look like in the Lone Star State. That is next. It was too dark. For what it looks like, it is getting worse. Which means we use less. 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They just had a press conference, it is beginning to spillover as has the other reservoir and dam. They are spilling over, and as you look over to this subdivision to my left, already homes filling up and beginning to flood. About 30 minutes ago, eric, we saw a couple walking, literally clutching what was their lifes belongings just walking out of this. Certainly not happy with the decision with officials not telling these folks to get out. But this has never happened in history, this is unprecedented. That reservoir youre looking at behind me, addicks, is 108 feet high. They did not think they would get there. Yesterday attempting to maintain control with a controlled release into the waterways. For our viewers, a quick primer on it. You have a system of levees and reservoirs that are on top of the city that run water in the runways and the bayous southwest of the city to get water away from downtown houston and into the houston ship channel. Well, guess what, its failed. They cannot main control of the water and water spilled over. It will not be a gushing like a levee break or something, it will begin to trickle. But the problem is, they are now according to officials, going to have to be releasing water into waterways for literally the next month or more to get that out, and the rain hasnt actually stopped yet. So we are looking at a serious situation now of circling the people in the subdivisions around this area are going to have to get out. Eric. Eric all right, a month or more. Some of the houses that have been hit by water will be dealing with a desperate situation. Shannon as we mentioned, President Trump on his way now to survey the damage. We are joint, Texas Attorney general ken paxton working around the in that state. Still hardhit. Mr. Attorney general, thank you for your time this morning. The fema director said texas has never seen an event like this. How are you guys doing this morning and . We are used to hurricanes, we have dealt with a lot of damaging hurricanes, tornadoes, all kinds of stuff. The fema director is right, we have never seen anything like this. Despite that, it has been amazing the cooperation between the state governor, governor abbott, the trump administration, and local officials. I think they have done an outstanding job given the fact the storm just never stopped. Shannon another thing that has been so striking with all of these images are everyday people reaching out to neighbors, to strangers, people they dont know. Shows resilience of americans that they step up where the government does everything it can come officials to everything they can, to see these pictures of people who are out there risking their life for people they may not even know, that has to be encouraging. Yes, that is what i love about texas. Americans in general will do things in a time of need, and there is no doubt without the volunteers, lives would have been lost. If you look at the number of lives lost, we are sad about every life we lose, but given the number of days we have been through this and the flooding and devastation along such a wide range, its really amazing we havent had more loss of life. It is largely due to the great First Responders and the volunteers who have stepped forward to help us. Its a blessing. Shannon part of what you do is enforce the law in texas. What can you tell us about price gouging . There have been reports of some food outlets, gas stations, people say they have seen in enormous spikes, sometimes that is a supply and demand, sometimes about somebody unfortunately be able to make a buck off of a tragedy. It is a real issue. We have had a hot line, or website, a lot of pictures, but people can give us more information more quickly. Our legislature determined a long time ago they dont want people price gouging during a crisis when people are most in need, especially for food, water, hotel rooms and fuel. There are the things that we address, and we will continue to address. As we go on, as we deal with repairs of homes, we will see more of that. We want people to know that is a problem, there are severe penalties, up to 20,000, and if you do it to somebody 65 or older, it is up to 60,000. It is a serious issue, we are following up to it, and we are likely to find you. Shannon what is your best advice for people who are stuck . Some people wont even be able to hear from you, no communication with the outside world, no cell phone, no electricity, no landline. A lot of people have given those up. Some folks attempting to get out on their own. Others who say to shelter in place, stay where you are, but some say the water is rising and they are not sure if they can. What is your best advice . I would say be careful. We are coming to get you, we have thousands of people helping along with the volunteers you talk about. With the rain continuing, we will continue to have a need for rescue. That is or complete, absolute focus. The governor has called out the entire National Guard, so we will have more resources on the ground. Stay in place and be careful on the road. Not all the roads are even still there. Know that we are coming to get you. Shannon such a tragic images breaking everybodys heart. A beautiful thing to see people rising to the occasion, and everyday people being heroes. Attorney general ken paxton. Thank you very much. Keep us in your prayers. Shannon we will. Eric the nation keeping the people of houston in their prayers, there are very many reminders of the tragic elements there. One specifically, a family of six. Among the fatalities so far. We know so far the death toll has reached at least 14, but that number will rise over the next few days. The most shocking sad story is this family. They tried to escape the floodwaters in their van, but their vehicle was overtaken by high water and swept away. The victims include four children, 16 years old to the very youngest, six years old as well as their great grandparent grandparents. The driver of the vehicle, sam saldivar, the great uncle, he escaped from the van before it escaped under the water. He tried to get the family out the back door but was unable to do that. So far the bodies have not yet been recovered. Shannon yet another terror attack rocking the Afghan Capital. A bomb going off near the u. S. Embassy. Officials believe was the target of the attack. Plus this. [bleep] [bleep]. Eric members of antifa, the leftwing radical group, attacking Peaceful Protesters in berkeley. Why activists say they are tired they are being blamed for this kind of violence. There are actually violent gangs coming from oakland conscripted by antifa to hunt republicans in the street. Make no mistake, this is a pressing issue and it needs more coverage. When a fire is going on, youre not thinking clearly, so they called the Fire Department for us. I could hear crackling in the walls. My mind went totally blank. All i remember saying was, my boyfriends beating me and she took it from there. And all of this occurred in four minutes or less. I am grateful we all made it out safely. People you dont know care about you. Its kind of one of those things where you cant even thank somebody. To protect what you love, call 1800adtcares shannon at least five people dead, nine others injured after a suicide bombing in the city of kabul. The blast went off in a busy Commercial Area of the Afghan Capital not far from the u. S. Embassy. Officials say private bank in the same area was likely the target of the explosion. The taliban is claiming responsibility for that attack. Contacted somebody i knew who came to the rally. Got out by car, we drove down to safety, 2 minutes later these guys show up and start threatening us. They hit the car with some lead pipes, cussing at us, telling us we are dead men, they are or more of them. I find out then antifa actually had several people posted around berkeley tracking us and telling people our location by social media. Eric that is social activist describing the chaos that erupted in berkeley, california, over the weekend. More than a dozen people were taken into custody. Look at that. After members of the radical Antifa Movement attacked a gathering of conservatives as well as taking a swipe at that camera. Conservatives said they were peacefully promoting free speech and claim the nation is not paying enough attention to the violence, danger, and threat antifa actually poses to our civilized society. Rich lowry, fox news contributo contributor, and adrian elrod, welcome to you both. Thats pretty shocking. They are out there trying to protest against whether it is the neonazis or a antiprotest. They are the ones allegedly causing the violence. It is a disgusting scene. These antifa thugs not beating up nazis, they were beating up a reporter. The irony of this movement is that it is it self shifting. They dress the part, they wear masks, they wear black garb, and they play the role. They beat up people whose views they disagree with. And that is completely wrong and it should be a red line in a free and democratic society. Eric this certainly is a red line. Your view. Looks, the right to protest is one of the most fundamental rights we have in america, but there is a line that can be drawn. When you become violent coming from the left or the right, when you become violent and youre protesting, takes away from the actual message of why you are protesting. The Antifa Movement has been around for a long time, they are protesting bigotry, racism, but when you get so extreme you distract from the actual message you are trying to advocate for. Eric falling victim to what they allegedly say they are trying to protest. Exactly. Look, we have seen in my view far more extremist protests on the right as opposed to the lef left, but i agree this is disgusting and is not an effective strategy in my view. For advocating against bigotry and racism. Eric rich, why do you think people are not paying enough attention to antifa and the left . The media has been obsessed with charlottesville and the group contemptible nazis. Eric as they should be. Charlottesville created this effect that nobody can say anything against antifa because antifa was opposing the nazis. Antifa and the nazis are both on the same moral plane. They are violent and like the street clashes. It is not that antifa shows up and becomes violent, they are movement devoted to violence and proposition to shut down views who disagree with. This is a moral challenge, eric, for liberalism. Can all respectable liberals full throated denounced this movement . There compared to the gis who stormed normandy. You are seeing far more extreme protests from the right than the left. This is a rare example of extreme protest that we have seen on the left. Eric it happened in oakland, they have been out there like these goon squads attacking people. But look, see how protesters on the left were very peaceful, they were protesting a White Nationalist convening in boston and a huge, peaceful protest among the left. So what you are seeing, the fringe element of the left, i agree, watching those videos was not pleasant, to say the least. And it does distract from the message. But you are seeing far more extremist protests on the right than the left. I would disagree with that. Just Google Antifa and you will see event after event after event where they act like this. Responsibility of all people to denounce violence on both sides. I agree. Eric should they be labeled as a terrorist organization . There is a petition on change. Org right now to do that, and there are calls to actually try to get some Law Enforcement effort, a broader federal effort against this. I dont know the legality is there, but certainly they are terroristic in their tactics. They show up, they break things, they burn things, and they beat people up. Again in berkeley they were not beating up nazis, they were beating up supporters of the duly elected president of the United States. The police completely fell down in berkeley. They just disappeared, when before they were trying to police. Eric there are reports they fell back. Adrienne and rich, a disturbing situation. Unfortunately it will continue. Thank you. Shannon terror at a library in new mexico. We will have more on that story coming up as devastated texans are preparing for more catastrophic flooding. East texas accepting help from surrounding city and states. How celebrities and athletes are pitching in so far. On struts, brakes, shocks. Does he turn everything to gold . 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So far mainly helicopters and 450 trucks. Fema calling and search and rescue events. You have the private sector, Large Charities like the red cross getting private donors from you and celebrities. Yesterday kevin hart put in 25 grand and child challenged otho step up. You have nfl teams, the texans, cowboys. And nfl player j. J. Watt upped his target to 1. 5 million. We just passed the 1 million mark, which is phenomenal. 5 here, 10 there, just donations from all over. So crazy to watch, so thank you guys. So, we have 12,000 12,000 National Guard so far. Heres how it works. Once the president makes his National Disaster declaration. Including this air guard unit from california. Our Guardian Angel team much like all the other Guardian Angel teams across the country or among the most highly trained in the national defense. They can go out in any environment, execute a search and rescue operation, perform any first aid that needs to be completed. Finally you have the First Responders, dogs, physicians, equipment like jackhammers and concrete saws to get survivors. Plenty of need to go around. Harvey will be billions of dollars in federal aid, billions more from the private sector. Shannon william la jeunesse. Thank you very much. Eric another developing story. The president says all options are on the table after kim jong uns regime fired another missile that went right over japan. We will have the latest on that. Plus a president right now on his way to texas to survey the horrible damage from harvey. This as thousands are in shelters, 40 inches of rain so far and the reservoirs, we are told, close to spilling over. What will be the impact of that . We will have the latest. Stay with us here on the fox news channel. With the new sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. And snoring. Does your bed do that . 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Its too soon to know the exact amount as many people are still stuck in their homes. This is the president of the United States on his way to texas right now to survey the damage firsthand. Thousands of people have been rescued statewide since harvey first made landfall on friday night. Many more at this hour still stranded amid rising floodwaters. Its not known how many of our fellow americans are helplessly just trying to wait this out. Meanwhile, texas officials are opening up a mega shelter in dallas amid concerns the storm will drive upwards of 30,000 people into the already crowded shelters in houston. Shannon reservoirs north of houston are bursting. The reservoir in houston is beginning to spill over. Its the first time in history. That was in an uncontrolled release of floodwaters into the two communities. A core of engineers started water releases from both addicts and barker yesterday. They reduce the magnitude of uncontrolled releases potentially decreasing the impacts of flooding. Shannon weve got fox team coverage. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is standing by on the president s visit to texas. We begin with caroline on the ground and the Convention Center in houston. Good morning to you. Good morning. A number of the 9,000 people in the shelter sometime in the overnight hours. Yesterday, they told us 5,000 would be the maximum capacity, but no one is being turned away in the shelter and the people on foot still keep coming. And take a look inside. The video we shot, this was the great room, the living room, the place where you got donations. Now its turned into a makeshift sleeping area. Yesterday, people had caught. Today, they are laying cardboard on the floor, wrapping up in blankets. We are single families with babies in dollars and the elderly sleeping on the floor because that is the best they can do. There are several trucks must my trucks out there who just cant get here because of the high water. They have the cops. They do have enough food but getting what they need here in the shelter is getting to be a challenge. In Daniel Renfro got here. Tell us your story. You climbed your attic to the roof. I went to climb up on the roof to get to the emergency boats that floated inside the neighborhood. We were prepared for this. I had five days of generator, gassed up all the vehicles. We were prepared for ankle deep, may be kneedeep water in the house. We never expected to see our chandelier flow. All five of the vehicles are underwater. There is no other way to do it but to evacuate. We were spot evacuated to sheldon elementary, and it is equipped to handle about 50 people. We had 320 in their when the call for buses to take us all down here to george r brown. Stickley also have your dog with you. Named after hurricane ike. They got him during the last big event here. Would you have left without him . Was one of the amazing things, your pets are allowed to come here. That was the first question we got only got on the boat. As a dog coming . We domesticated these animals and its our responsibility to take care of them. If we left them in there, he wouldve died for sure. There was no ground exposed were we came from, only treetops. Good luck to you and i can getting renee to go. Shannon incredible stories. Thank you very much. Eric just shows the great bond between man and our pets to try to save them too. As we mentioned, President Trump is now on his way to texas to inspect the damage from the storm firsthand. He is going to get updates on the Emergency Operations from the officials there. The president filing swift action to provide relief. Weve done quite a few cabinet meetings to make sure everything is coordinated. We are dealing with congress as you know, its going to be a very expensive situation. We want to take care of the people of texas and louisiana. Eric she whites house correspondent john roberts trends from the white house lawn. Good morning to you. We saw after the meeting with the president there, the president and the east room saying how much he appreciates and is impressed by the resilience of people in texas and louisiana and the way that the community is coming together working handinhand with First Responders to try to address this crisis. Left the white house about 8 45 this morning going to Corpus Christi, texas. The go to a fire station there and get an update on relief efforts being put on by local authorities. Well be on the ground for about 90 minutes in the Corpus Christi area then travel to austin, texas, where he will tour the texas Emergency Management headquarters and meet with the Texas Governor greg abbott. At the same time as hes focused on the hurricane, the president also keeping a sharp eye on north korea up to that test yesterday with a sale that missile right over the northern japanese island of hokkaido. In no statement this morning said this regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all member of the united nations, and for minimum standards of Acceptable International behavior. Threatening to stabilizing actions only increase the north koreans isolation in the area and all nations of the world. In the president adding this. All options are on the table. This morning, secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that the white house and like with the state department would have more to say about this later on toda today. Eric certainly we will hear from that. We have some brandnew information about the efforts that we are told to build a trump tower in moscow. This supposedly occurring during the primary. Its a story thats been bubbling for a couple of days but something that we first got an inkling of backing the fall of 2015. A source told me that this was a project to build the tallest tower and all of russia, wouldve been the Trump Organization working together with local real estate people in moscow. I remember speaking with michael cohen, the Trump Organization chief attorney sometime in the fall of 2015. He told me he was excited trying to put together a deal in moscow. I met with him some weeks, maybe a couple months later and i said what happened moscow . He said the whole thing fell apart. Another source told me that the russians basically drop the ball on all of this. They didnt seem interested. I was told the russians didnt do anything. According to documents obtained by the Washington Post from congressional committees investigating russia, cohen reached out to demetri. He is Vladimir Putins spokesman saying they asked him for help to get it started again. Cohen did not appear to have his direct email. He sent the email to the kremlins General Press inquiries email address. Cohen says he never heard back from him. What else is generating controversy as a person who is a project partner trying to get the project off the ground, send an email to michael our boy can become president of the usa, and we can engineer it. I will get all of cutins team to buy in on this. I will manage the process. In a statement obtained by fox news, he said that he is known to be given colorful language. It was scrapped as unfeasible in january 2016. The trump tower moscow proposal was not related in any way to mr. Trump president ial campaign. Moreover the proposal had nothing to do with any alleged collusion in the u. S. President ial election. Both you and im a Trump Organization are valuating this proposal and many others from solely a business standpoint and it rejected Going Forward on that basis. An attorney for the president told me this morning that this is a big nothing burger. Youd expect an attorney for the president to say that. He said its a big nothing burger because was simply a business deal that didnt go anywhere. Eric i talk to felix ater a few months ago and interviewed him here for fox news and he said there wasnt any collusion and his lawyer sent me a statement saying that he was just trying to help and wasnt getting any money from this, but this would be part of all the investigations. Thank you. Meanwhile, a Storm Brewing capitol hill and plans for multibillion dollar cover a package. Government already facing a packed agenda when it returns in september including efforts to avoid a Government Shutdown. Opinion editor for the Washington Times and a Fox News Contributor. Because i dont have anything else to have to work on when they get back. This is why you should wait until the cliff every time you have to get something done because these unexpected things come along. Just about everybody in washington believes across the board is going to be really tough to vote no on this. So the question is, does it get attached to Something Else that would be tougher to pass because no one is going to want to step up and vote against relief for what we are seeing in texas . I think the most likely thing that would get attached to would be raising the debt ceiling because republicans and the president and even democrats at this when they are in power all agree that that is something that they want to see happen. We can debate whether or not its a good idea to continue doing that, but anybody whos in power doesnt want to be in power when the government defaults. I could easily see some like that getting attached to a spending bill for harvey. A lot of people appear on the hill are talking about how this is going to be a real problem but as you point out, when it comes to spending, that is the one thing that both parties come together when it comes to spending. Shannon here is what the president said about how this is going to move along, his predictions. We have the money necessary for texas and louisiana if we need, but the real number, which will be many billions of dollars will go through congress. I think it will happen very quickly. Itll go very fast. Shannon already, people are pointing back to what happened with Hurricane Sandy years ago would not ever but it was on on board for voting for this. Ted cruz was one of those and governor Chris Christie of new jersey of course remembers sandy well and guided his people and state through it. He said i sent back in 2012 they be proven to be hypocrites when your statement that any kind of coastal exposure like texas does to the gulf, youre going to wind up having some sort of disaster thats going to harm the people of your state, that all of a sudden, youre not going to want a conversation in the field philosophical niceties because people are suffering and dying. Ted cruz has said the only reason he and others including senator john cornyn of texas were voting against what they saw on the sandy packages because they said it wasnt just a sandy relief. It was all kinds of pork and other things that they didnt think were going toward helping those people at all but still is sparking this back and forth. Senator cruz and others are right. There was a lot of pork in that bill. This is a great opportunity for senator cruz and other texans who believe in fiscal responsibility to make sure that they put together a bill that doesnt have any pork in it. But it doesnt pay for salmon fishing in alaska or whatever else gets packed into the sandy bill. It does bring up an interesting point about this place. How do they turn some like this into a nasty political fight is beyond me. When you look at those votes, the photos you shown, all of these people coming out to help people getting them off of rooftops, saving their dogs, saving all of these people, its the best of america. As soon as Congress Gets involved, it all turns into nasty politics. I dont think thats going to happen anytime soon. Shannon for his part, he that is not a time for politics. We are going to leave that for another time. Charlie here, we will see you another time. Eric meanwhile, President Trump signing a new executive order aimed at helping the police. He is resending restrictions from the Prior Administration that limited their agencies ability to get equipment through federal programs. Including lifesaving gear. Eric that controversial decision will now our police will left over military equipment. Do think thats a good idea . Coming up, we will ask a former police chief. Shannon houston levy overflowing causing furtive spelling throughout the city. Coming up, congressman who represents texas at seventh district will join us. Hurricane harvey has turned the southeast part of texas into a lake. The area that we are operating and that is flooding is a size of lake michigan. That is what happened. Essentially have the six great lake in the United States right now. Thats why you drink ensure. With 9 grams of protein, and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy, to get back to doing what you love. Ensure, always be you. Theres nothing more important than your health. So if youre on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b heres why. Medicare only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. 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Of course, there are those who think that they dont want to see the police as being militarized. Why do you think or do you not think its a good idea for the police to have access to the surplus military gear . Its a great idea to have local control over whether or not they want to have access to the gear. Local Community Police chiefs making decisions with their elected leadership on what they want to have left already bought by taxpayers its going to be thrown away. If we can use this to make officers and community safer, its absolute crucial. We do have to make sure that the community is involved in the conversation and what we get and how we deploy it. In watertown during the marathon bombing hunt, site for my 60th squat operators, the rest of the Boston Police officers didnt have vests that would protect them from a rifle round, didnt have helmets that wouldve done what officer napolitano of police found out, the round that came into his helmet during the postnightclub shooting by that helmet. Having equipment, having opportunities to get equipment is a great idea, and i think that something that we need. It still needs to be vested in local control where the police chief to the communities have to work with their political leadership, their governors to see what the Community Wants them to have and why. The best we can do this is if we educate the community. If we take our community members, are most strident critics to the range and show them the different offices can do with a pistol over rifle, we will see a lot of people once they are informed on how we use it, why we use it when we are not going to use it, i think itll be easy to go. Theres got to be balance in that. Shannon theres a limit to what kind of gunfight you can engage in. If youve got the pistols and theyve got the rifles, its really not a fair fight to our officers who are out there on the front lines. I want to read some annette comes in from a former Civil Rights Division director at the Justice Department who is not a fan of this rollback and the fact that these forces will have access to this. She says most Law Enforcement understand why these guidelines in this approach to policing are critical to rebuilding trust within the communities they serve, especially communities of color and also to reducing the risk of violence in our communities. The suggesting being then that allowing place to have access to this material again would not work those ends. Police have access to the material now. They can go out and buy them with their own funding. That takes valuable money out of Police Budgets but they utilize for other programs like getting summer jobs for kids, who are engaged in criminal activity and try to keep them out of gang activity. Boston please have an Amazing Program where they take ice cream trucks out and engage with kids. Why dont we keep those ice cream trucks stocked with a product with the city budget and if we can buy productive vests and helmets from a federal surplus and get offices safe and at the same time continue our Community Engagement strategy, we have to be careful of mission creep. We dont want to have s. W. A. T. Teams executing every search warrant just because they have the equipment. We should be giving a lot more surveillance getting subject to come out of a home, stopped them around the corner, going nice and easily and get them away from weapons or drugs. We do have to be careful of militarizing squads as the only tool in the toolbox. Having access to equipment, we work with communities to tell them what we want, why we want it, and get their consent to get it. I think thats a good idea. Shannon there are situations where you do need it it would appear. Especially in recent days. I was talking with an officer in houston just before he got some sleep and some high water rescue vehicles would be crucial in that environment. Shannon thats a perfect example. Thank you so much. Good to see you. Thanks for having me. Eric a defiant north korea added again. Fired another u. S. Missile over a u. S. Ally. Well have the latest response from President Trump as well as u. N. Ambassador nikki haley coming up. Shannon plus reservoirs already pressing after the rainfall and is not slowing down. We expect to get an update from houston mayor and just about 10 minutes. We will go there live but first, we will speak with texas, Richmond John culberson represents houston. That ranges keeps falling there. Its time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses and automatically adjusts on both sides. The new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. And right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed. We just got rescued out. This is the first time weve even seen how much water it has been. This is devastating. Devastating. I have never experienced anything like this. I cant even imagine that it was going to be this catastrophic like this. This is horrible. Eric some of the victims of harvey moments before they were rescued from the rising floodwaters and it could be getting worse today. We are learning that millions of gallons of water from the Addicks Reservoir in houston is beginning to spill over. That for the first time in history. Officials are warning that that will increase the floodwaters in the nearby area that have already been bottled by the delusion that even. Houston is bracing for another bout of heavy rainfall is kept doing back expecting to bring up to 20 more inches and top of one of you have already received. Widespread uncontrolled flooding and more than 2,000 rescue so far. How are they doing . Is congressman John Culberson are prisons the seventh Congressional District part of the west areas of houston. He is also on the House Appropriations committee. Congressman, welcome. Our thoughts and our prayers are certainly with you an end your constituents this morning for. First, what is the uncontrolled release of water main to the house of the neighborhood nearb nearby . This is the first time this has happened. This is such a tremendous amount of rain. Nobody could have predicted or expected this, but this is a mapping call the army corps of engineers has just held a press conference and said they unfortunately expect the level of the water in the Addicks Reservoir to begin to overflow, come around the ends of the reservoir, and this uncontrolled water coming out around the edges of the reservoir will cause even more flooding to neighborhoods that have already suffered flooding for the first time. Weve got neighborhoods that never saw water in their streets. Homes are flooding. This is a catastrophe of unbelievable proportion. We really appreciate the job that fox is doing in local media and getting good information out to people, and i want to urge people to be sure to go to the web site and play close attention to the Harris County flood web site so they can see whats happening to their neighborhood as a result of water coming around b5 and parker dam back dam. Harris county Flood Control district web site. I urge everyone listening to go keep an eye on that web site to find out whats going to happen and where the water is and how it is moving. Eric thats so important because they could tell you where its coming. If you have some water already up on your first born up there on the second floor. To prepare you to know what you can do paired this is your neighborhood. Did you ever think youd see this . These are our friends, our neighbors spread ive grown up here, born and raised here in houston. Of never seen anything like this in my lifetime. I barely remember carl as a little kid but this is far beyond carla. This is more water, the most devastating storm. The storm, Tropical Storm harvey has dropped more water on houston than any storm believed in the history of the United States. By the time this thing is over, we could see rainfall totals of 50 inches, which is unprecedented. Weve got a disaster of epic origins and right now, its important for people to Pay Attention to official web sites. Hefcd. Org. Just Pay Attention and help your neighbors. Everyone is stepping up to help their friends and neighbors and thats one of the best things to come out of the storm. Everybody is helping each other. Eric that has been so inspiring. Weve seen that through the videos and reporters on the ground there. Congressman John Culberson whose district includes the Addicks Reservoir. Good advice for people all across the country even if you dont live there to keep watch on and where these floodwaters are going and how to try to stay safe. If it could also encourage people to donate to the red cross if they want to help in any way. They could certainly help through donations to the red cross and what to think our neighbors in louisiana because yesterday, i was able to coordinate with the help of congressman garrett graves, the occasion may be volunteers to step up the state of louisiana and put a convoy of over 110 trucks carrying 100 boats and thousands of meals came to houston from central louisiana to help us. We are deeply grateful for the generosity of our friends in louisiana, of people around the country, and all that they are doing to help rescue people because we need those folks and volunteers to get people out of their homes. Eric congressman, you are so right. It is the inspiration of the american spirit. If americans helping each other and as you make a great point, and let me point out to our viewers, it is red cross. Org for donations. We are going to be doing that here at fox news as well try to gather together. I want to thank our First Responders were doing a magnificent job in houston rescuing people from their homes and getting them to shelters. Eric absolutely. Congressman, thank you. Shannon weve got some breaking news coming out of the united nations. A new reaction coming in from Ambassador Nikki Haley after the latest provocation from north korea. We are live at the pentagon next with all the new details. Theres no misunderstanding in japan, south korea, or i hope in the United States how great of threat is. We are going to talk about what else is left to do north korea. No country should have missiles flying over them like those 130 Million People in japan. Its unacceptable. They have violated every single u. N. Security Council Resolution that weve had, so i think something serious has to happen. What we hope is that china and russia continues to work with us like they have in the path on north korea. But i think enough is enough. Eric that was u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley after the Security Council moments ago weighing in on the latest north Korean Missile test. That missile flew right over our ally in japan prompting President Trump to issue this, saying threatening the stabilizing actions only increase the north koreas regimes isolation in the region and among all the nations of the world. All options are on the table. National security correspondent now live at the pentagon. What is the view of this launch from their agenda . We have not yet heard from defense secretary jim mattis, but he needs his south korean counterpart here at the pentagon tomorrow. If the president spoke by phone for 40 minutes last night with the japanese prime minister, who was visibly shaken after the launch. The pentagon has determined last nights missile was what they called a kn17, an interridge Ballistic Missile. First one fired at a military parade and pyonyang in april and test launched a day later. This missile is not capable of hitting the u. S. , but it could hit guam. This flew 1700 miles, guam is about 2,000 miles on north korea. Last time north korea to it tested one was back in may when it was filed from a mobile launcher making it very difficult to defend against because the launches can be hidden. North koreas latest launch Tuesday Morning was next to the International Airports in the capital. It was assessed quickly that it would land of the seat after flying over northern japan. Those decisions about whether to shoot it down have to be made quickly. It took just 8 minutes for the missile to be over japan, 6 minutes later, it crashed down into the sea. Its the First Time Since 2009 that north korea has fired a missile over japan, which does have Patriot Missile batteries that could shoot down an incoming missile from close range. Those were not fired when it became clear the missile would fly over. Japan carried out a drill yesterday using Patriot Missiles right after yesterdays launch. The u. S. Seventh fleet is based in japan and has radar and Missile Defense systems it can deploy to track the missile. It is not clear why japan, unlike south korea, has not requested or deployed a terminal High Altitude area Defense System thats part of its defense. Eric 8 minutes is like a blink of an eye. Thank you. Shannon joining us for more on this, general jack keane, jet black chairman fox news military analyst. What do you make the significance of this flight path over japan . It is clearly significant. Here we are flying a Ballistic Missile over an allied country and certainly, that country feels somewhat defenseless there. Given the fact they only have Patriot Missiles defending it. It would have to shoot the missile down in its terminal phase. Thats why the thaad Missile System would be much better. This is going to step up the United States because we are not going to be able to tolerate north korea. Its going to be a pattern of theirs to be able to fire missiles over our allies and nations. I suspect that the pentagon and state department are going to come forward with some options to the president hear about what we should do and certainly our policy after today is a sound one, and it is largely diplomatic focused around toughening sanctions on north korea, isolating that country and using chinas leverage. Wearily, we will have to step that up and they may put some other option on the table like shoot down another missile if its fired. Shannon itself like this is a response to what north korea is describing is provocation. These joint exercise that we have south korea, some we always do. They said they telling us we are not going to negotiate with you unless you stop those. Any chance of that . No. It is in relationship to that exercise, thats a biannual exercise, a critical exercise because with the United States and south korea actually practicing is going to war with north korea. Actually taking that regime down. That is what is going on in north korea is very much aware of that and thats what they resent it. We will never give up those exercises. North korea and china, who was complicit here, what they really want is not only stop the exercise, but the United States pull out of south korea. North korea has always had a longterm goal of unifying the pole and scylla under their control much as we always had a longterm goal of unifying the peninsula under south koreas control. North koreas dream here is never going to happen to be sure, but thats clearly their strategic intent. Shannon what to expect to hear from china at this point . This is likely got chinas attention as well and im confident that we are talking to china as a result of this event. Certainly the state department is talking, more likely secretary Rex Tillerson talking to his counterparts about the rate theyre going out to stepup their efforts. Through china. It is the only path that makes any sense. Nobody wants that. So yes, i hope this gets their attention a little bit more. It gives the United States and leverage to use with an as well. Shannon a lot of concerns that china was not sufficiently motivated or had different views on the peninsula naturally what works in their best interest. Is this something that would change the calculation for them, this latest launch . It may not by itself but i think it has to do with the intensity of the United States response to this with them. It will be a factor as well. We are on a collision course with china and the geopolitical interest in the region that clearly want to dominate the pacific, they revise the regional order, they want to take the place of the United States as the preeminent global power in the world. This is a step closer in that direction to where were going to eventually be confronting china with much tougher sanctions and different geopolitical approach with them and what with had in the past. I think its unavoidable, the past that we are on. Shannon hasnt worked in the past we will see where we go moving forward. Thank you, sir. Good talking to you. Eric getting some more breaking news, tens of thousands try to make their ways into shelter. We are living now that the Convention Center is no longer accepting busloads of evacuees. They say they can only take walkins. We are also hearing that officials are working on another mega shelter in houston and another one in dallas to try to help all the stranded people. We will have details on all these efforts straight ahead. Shannon plus lawmakers returning to washington september 5th after the recess and waiting for them, a series of looming deadlines including the got to on the government. 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Com shannon we are standing by, any minute we expect to hear from the mayor of houston with a live update on what they are going through there now. An update on the situation as we know a number of reservoirs and dam areas have a potential for over of spill. Some of that is beginning. Theyve got crisis situations with shelter as well as thousands, tens of thousands now displaced. We will take it their life as soon as we hear from the mayor. Eric meanwhile, another massive damage of harvey, all part of budget negotiations on capitol hill in a few weeks. This is President Trump set to pitch his plan for tax reform, going to do that on wednesday. That speech comes as Congress Already backlogged with work coming september. Debate, multibillions dollars of aid for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Now theres talk about a Harvey Recovery bill that could be tied to funding the government and spending. What will happen, joining us now is to form congressman of Fox News Contributor and former republican congresswoman, member of the independent womens forum. Welcome to you both. Let me start with you. What type of package do expect will be approved and will be coming down the pipe . Its going to have to be about texas and louisiana. When reality collides with ideology, its time to get real. When you have people that are risking grounding in their attics, congress has to take action. This isnt about cutting taxes, its about saving texas. Whatever the packages, it has to focus on relief. It has to focus on recovery. This is a national problem. Its not just a regional problem. We have to defend the people of texas and louisiana in the moment of need. Eric do you think that that will just fly through as a separate spending package or this will be tied up with something larger . Politically, because i was a member of congress, one of the members for new york when we were struck by hurricane irene and super storm sandy, its very important politically and indeed on a capacity level, we want those folks to get disaster aid and get it immediately. That is the priority. Politically, its very tough to link those kinds of relief and a link that kind of priority with budget concerns. There may very well be a separate bill for Hurricane Harvey released, but it should be it must be compensated for as immediately as possible with taking other parts of the federal budget. We are drowning in debt in addition to having Natural Disasters to face and also serious defense issues. Eric what do you think were talking about . The original bill was 50 billion. It could very well be more. Texas is a state that has substantial resources of its own, so thats obviously a help. But it does also provide the impetus for tax reform because the wall street journal had a great editorial yesterday about the wealth of nations being able to cope with Natural Disasters but we need to keep our economy going strongly as possible. Health care helps us help the people we need to help in this time of crisis. Eric your view is that this will be standalone. It has to be a stand alone because youve got a critical lifethreatening problem in texas here. Has to be dealt with. Its not over yet. On the other hand, think about this. How in the world can people in washington with a straight face have a debate about cutting taxes, continuing to pay for wars all over the world, perhaps even building a wall while people in texas and louisiana are in dire straits . You cant do that. Its not right, its not responsible. We have to govern they have to take care of things as they arise, and that means first things first. Texas, louisiana. If you have money left, he take care of the other things. We have to save the people now. I would submit respectfully and dennis has a great heart and he is a very smart public figure, but i would submit that that weve got to plan for the long term. Weve got to put away for the next rainy day and the next event and only we can do that is with mark fiscal planning by the federal government. Thats been in short supply for many years. Eric and sadly, there is going to be. Not just another rainy day, but another horrendous experience undergoing now. Sadly in houston as we are in a new era with this type of thing. I know we all pledge our support the people of texas. You do too. Thank you. Shannon as weve been mentioning, we are awaiting an update out of houston from the mayor. You see the podium there. Much to handle, much as a scribe. The recovery efforts, what has poured in by way of help, but we still need the shelters and so much more. It is a critical situation and we will take you there live as soon as we hear from the mayor. When did you see the sign . When i needed to create a better visitor experience. Improve our workflow. Attract new customers. Thats when fastsigns recommended fleet graphics. Yeah now business is rolling in. Get started at fastsigns. Com. Eric disturbing developments as texas officials are warning that Columbia Lakes levy has been breached by the flooding by harvey and they now urged residents to evacuate. Were also awaiting a News Conference where well hell much more about that. Officials warning local residents to get out now. This comes as the Addicks Reservoir has overflowed so certainly, the rain and the tragedy and the considerations continue. We will stay on top of this and bringing the News Conference as and as it happens. Shannon Rex Tillerson outlining new plans to restructure the state department. Now moving to eliminate special certain envoy. There are nearly 70 of these positions at the state department. Rex tillerson wants to keep fewer than half of them. Administrations create these special envoys to work on specific issues like human rights, environmental issues. The statistics and what the secretary wants to do here, he wants to integrate 21 in existing bureaus. Senior state apart and official tells fox news that secretary tillerson plans to remove or reassign 23 of the 38 special envoys. The Obama Administration created these and focus on creating the iran Nuclear Deals climb on climate change, and closing the Detention Center at guantanamo bay. I believe the department will be able to better execute its mission by integrating certain envoys and special representative offices with regional and functional burrows and illuminating those that have outlived their original purpose. He adds that hes addressing this issue and some of these special envoys will report directly to the secretary. The regular bureaucracy here is missing many top officials as those positions are vacant and nobody has been nominated for them by the admin a straight end. Shannon . Shannon at rich edson live for us of the state apartment, thank you. Missouri county texas officials are warning that Columbia Lakes levy has been breached. They are making all bones about it urging residents to evacuate now. Do not delay. The very latest on harvey at the top of the hour. Your brain changes as you get older. But prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. With the new sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses and automatically adjusts on both sides. The new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. And right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed. Shannon we are waiting for a press conference in houston. Were going to hear from the mayor. You see the podium as we are standing by. Hes got a lot to talk about, updating efforts where they are now, what they still need, and what the process is. As you know, theyve gotten 40 inches of rain in some places, there are exciting up to 20 inches more. The levees are breaching and eric, as you know, the situation is going to be much worse before gets any better. Eric it is. The officials and the county just south of houston urging residents they say to get out now because the levy of Columbia Lakes they say has been breached. Sadly, this is continuing. Shannon happening now starts right now. This is a fox news alert. Air force one right now carrying President Trump to Corpus Christi, texas, where he will begin to survey the devastation from Tropical Storm harvey. Hello everybody, im holly line. Looks like theres more devastation to be had. Im Leland Vittert and for jon scott. The president is said to land in just over an hour as forecasters predict harvey will dump another foot of rain on southeastern texas and southwestern louisian louisiana. 14 people have been confirmed dead. That death toll is excited to rise in the floodwaters finally receded and the search can begin. That is not excited to happen anytime soon