1 left . Oh, my god, its so dark. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. Harvey is just hours from blasting the gulf coast of texas. Its grown into a lifethreatening category 3 hurricane. This image from the International Space station gives a sense of its size and power. 22 million are in its path. Storm surges up to 12 feet are predicted in some places, up to 40 inches of rain over several days, winds over 120 miles an hour. The National Weather Service Warns some residents may not be able to return to their homes for weeks or months. Taed, people fled the Central Texas coast ahead of the brunt of Hurricane Harvey. We have a team of correspondents following this. First, David Begnaud in Corpus Christi. David. Reporter anthony, i just got off the phone with Corpus Christi police who told me they are not responding to calls for Emergency Service because of the current weather conditions. An extreme wind warning has just been issued. In fact, the coast guard says theyve already rescued 12 people offshore. If you live here and youre looking to get out, the free bus rides are over. The city has discontinued that, telling people if you havent left already, it is too late to get out safely. As high winds and rain churn up waves there, a rush to get out of Corpus Christi. For some its too late. Streets are already flooding. The National Weather service says winds could leave homes uninhabitable for weeks or even months. Storm surge could reach 12 feet. Thats Strong Enough to wash away vehicles. This is going to be a very major disaster. Reporter Texas Governor greg abbott has asked for a president ial disaster declaration. We are going to be dealing with really recordsetting flooding. Reporter fears of a power outage forced the sickest babies at a Childrens Hospital to be moved out of the hurricanes path. Others are heeding the warnings and evacuating at their own. At this receiving center jessica rod expreegz her three children waited for buses to take thel to a shelter in san antonio. Are you scared . Very, but i try to be strong because i dont want my children to see and, you know, they get scared and then its you know, have them scared. I just have to be a strong mother for them. Reporter the eye of Hurricane Harvey is said to be 10 miles wide. That means if youre in the eye where its calm, you could be in the eye for an hour until it passes over you. By the way, in the town of rockport not far from here where theres a mandatory evacuation, the city manager has told people who have decided to stay behind to write their Social Security numbers on their arms in case thats the only way they can be identified. Reporter im Manuel Bojorquez in victoria, texas, about 20 miles from the coast, but that wont stop the worst of Hurricane Harvey. On top of winds up to 105 miles per hour, this city is expected to receive not inches but feet of rain. The first signs of Hurricane Harvey were the last bit of convincing Melissa Nunez and Serafin Montoya needed to evacuate. At what point did you decide, we have to go . Right now. Right now. Reporter right now. Victoria is in the bulls eye of harveys rain with 2030 inches expected over the next 72 hours. Thats as much reason as the city receives in a year. The flooding is expected to be worse than victorias 1998 disaster. What is your worstcase scenario here. Well, you could harvey. Hoos about as worst case nawr joe for a Community Like victoria. I have been working hurricanes and emergencies here for 17 years. Its the most dangerous forecast weve ever seen. Reporter as if a hurricane werent bad enough, tornadoes are also a threat. Tonight, there are warnings and watches from texas to louisiana. Anthony. Mason Manuel Bojorquez in victoria. Galvestons ship channel is the busiest in the country, and tonight it is closed. A website that tracks marine traffic shows dozens of ships, those red dots that you see, forced to wait out the storm very much in harveys path. Demarco morgan is in galveston. Demarco. Reporter good evening, anthony. The wend has started to pick up once again, and the high tide is coming in, and the only thing separating the gulf of mexico from the city of galveston is this 17foothigh seawall. Shelter in place. Shelter in your house. Reporter galveston mayor James Yarbrough says they are expecting from 1520 inches of rain and seven feet of storm surge, but the city hasnt issued a mandatory evacuation. Its 2 30 here in the galveston, and the city continues to get pounded by the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey. Weve already had two tornado Warnings Issued but the people here are saying theyre going to ride it out. Their biggest concern storm surge. The wind is not going to be the dominant feature here. Its the water. Reporter about an hour northwest of galveston, houston with over two million residents could get 20 inches of rain over the next several days. Hopefully, this is a wakeup call but it could become an absolute horror movie. Reporter Jim Blackburn is codirector of the storm prediction center. He says the infrastructure wont be able to take a hit from harvey. If we reach those levels, we could see the worst environmental disaster in United States history and would probably shut down and cause a major gap in gasoline. Reporter the storm has already impacted oil and Gas Production with at least 86 offshore Oil Platforms now shut down. Fears of fuel shortages have resulted in spiking gas prices. Prices on the gulf coast just hit a oneyear high. Anthony, the Severe Weather center here has another major concern. If the storm hits back out into the gulf and regains strength, that could mean a direct hit for galveston. Mason demarco morgan, thanks, demarco. Scott padgett is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in dallasfort worth, ktvt. Scott. Anthony, we are continuing to track Hurricane Harvey right now, pushing very close to making landfall. As we zoom our way on in, youre able to see that Center Portion of the eyewall just offshore, drifting its way closer towards Corpus Christi and to near rockport. Those feeder bands have been working all day today. This is the velocity at home as youre look at this with me, the winds away from the rader, this brighter pink color, and then towards, ive sampled some of those winds just above the surface, near 119 miles per hour. The center of circulation weakens about 20 miles southeast of the Barrier Islands as harvey continues to turn its way closer to making sure. As you take a look right now, strt of circulation estimated about 50 miles eastsoutheast of Corpus Christi, moving to the northwest by 10. By late tonight, in the morning hours, major hurricane still onshore. By sunday a Tropical Storm moving back around to where it makes landfall by monday afternoon. Then, by it tuesday, possibly still a Tropical Storm, and closer towards houston, going into wednesday of next week. Heres my future sky forecast, landfall possibly boy later on tonight between 11 and near two and possibly 35 inches of rain and that dangerous storm surge. Anthony. Mason scary numbers. Scott padgett of ktvt. Thanks. Heavy rains next week could potentially whment troubled drainage system in new orleans. The city suffered devastating floods earlier this month when 17 of its drainage pumps failed to work after a severe downpour. 14 pumps are still offline tonight. Hurricane harvey is the first Natural Disaster that President Trump has faced. The president plans to visit texas next week, and his team wants to avoid the mistakes of the past. Heres Major Garrett. Reporter as floodwater and desperation engulfed new orleans in the aftermath of hurricane katrina, the inept federal response was enclaspalated in this nowinfamous remark from president george w. Bush to thenfema director Michael Brown and, brownie, youre doing a heck of a job. The fema director is working 24 applause reporter the failures of katrina haunt emergency planners to this day, so much so, white House Homeland Security adviser tom bossert felt compelled to say this today now is not the time to lose faith in your government institutions. Reporter President Trump confronts his first Emergency Management test without a permanent Homeland Security secretary. John kelly vacated the post to become the president s chief of staff. Earlier this month, the president toured fema headquarters for a hurricane preparedness briefing. Were very strongly respect fema. All of the mayors and governors saw what happened in katrina, and theyre not going to let that happen. Reporter David Paulison headed fema after katrina and until 2009. He says that storm changed management procedures. Before, we waited for the local community to become overwhelmed before the state stepped in, and waited for the state to become overwhelmed before the federal government stepped in. Reporter the fastest way for the federal government to step in is for the president to sign a major gaft disafter declaration. That would release federal funds for reconstruction, even before damage occurs. The Texas Governor has asked for this, as have texas two republican senators. The president , monitoring the storm from camp david, is still reviewing that request. Anthony. Mason Major Garrett at the white house. Thanks. Cbs news will continue to cover Hurricane Harvey tonight on our streaming network cbsn, our website, cbsnews. Com, and tomorrow on cbs this morning saturday. In another important story, late today, the Trump Administration issued formal guidelines for Transgender Service members. They are a slight step back from the outreet ban the president announced in a tweet last month. Effective immediately, the rule against recruiting transgender individuals has been renewed. The military will no longer pay for sexreassignment surgery, and the status of current Transgender Service members will be reviewed over the next six months. On monday, amazon forly takes over whole foods in a deal worth nearly 14 billion. The online giant says it will immediately roll back prices on items, including bananas, eggs, salmon, and beef. For more on this, we turn to cbs news financial contributor mellody hobson. Mellody, lower prices on monday, sounds like the price war is already under way. What i would say is theyre coming out swinging. And theyre making it very clear that they understand in order to be accessible for more americans, they need lower preeses. They are known to have prices that are as much as 15 more than their competition, and thats just not going to make it. So i am sure when they thought about buying this company, they had this Pricing Strategy in mind. Mason amazon has changed so much about the retail business, mellody. What does this mean for the grocery business now . I think the grocery business is in tough shape. If you are not walmart, which is the largest brickandmortar retailer, with 20 mark share in gross reerk or amazon, the Biggest Online retailer which does not have a lot in grocery, but is obviously put something stakes in the groundue are nay much different pos than those who are in the middle, stuck in the middle. Mason mellody, is amazon trying to take on walmart here . I would say its amazon trying to catch up with walmart in groceries, specifically, where warm really does dominate. They are coming from behind. But they are formidable. You dont ever count walmart or amazon out. Mason will the consumer ultimately come out ahead in the end here . I hope so. Certainly on pricing, the early signsignssigns are its better e consumer. But the one thing you have to wonder about, is as they weed out the bigger chains, less competition is never a great thing so we have to see how it all sorts out. Mason mellody hobson, thanks very much. Coming up next on the cbs evening news, whats at stake in the mayweathermcgregor fight. And Steve Hartman finds a different angle on the great serial eclipse. With an ingredient helps your brain originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. Except when it comes to retirement. At fidelity, you get a retirement score in just 60 seconds. And well help you make decisions for your plan. To keep you on track. Its your retirement. Know where you stand. To keep you on track. And when youod sugar is a replace one meal. Choices. 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Mason this weekend, boxing could get the shot in the arm it really need. 50 Million People are expected to watch the saturday night bout between two junior middleweights who happen to be the biggest stars in combat sports, Floyd Mayweather jr. , and Conor Mcgregor. Carter evans has a preview. Thats a 3 million fighter. Its an 800 million fighter. Reporter the verbal sparring began long before the first punch is thrown. You cant even read reporter for last two months, Floyd Mayweather and Conor Mcgregor had been on a trashtalking tour. Conor mcgregor, you cant disrespect black people, period. Reporter promoting the unusual matchup between a mixed martial arts champion and a man who many consider to be the best poundperpound boxer in history. After 21 years, ive been hit with everything, and im still right here. Its the unknown factor thats part of the interest. Reporter al bernstein is announcing the fight for showtime, a division of cbs. Conor mcgregor is a complete unknown in a boxing ring. And mayweather is 40 years old, off a twoyear layoff. Reporter that onetwo punch is helping create intense anticipation, and big money. Payperview sales will likely be the largest ever, surpassing mayweathers bout with manny pacquiao, which earned more than 400 million. As for the fighters, mayweather, the overwhelming favorite, is eyeing a 200 million to 300 million pay day. Mcgregor could win up to 1had been million, win or lose, but hell have to stick to boxing rules no kicking. Ticket sales have been slower than expected at a time when the struggling sport of boxing exweedz a knockout. Who stands to benefit from this from a business perspective, boxing or m. M. A. . Its interesting, theres more pressure i think on mayweather and boxing than there is on mcgregor and mixed martial arts because its a boxing match and because mayweather is the favorite. Reporter a group of 100 ringside doctors say mcgregor is so overmatched that theyre concerned that this fight shouldnt happen at all. He never boxed professionally before and theyre worried he could be seriously injured. Anthony. Mason carter, thats one heck of a payday. Coming up, Baseball Players who slugged it out on the field slugged it out on the field yesterday, were hit with penalties today. Mason the player in volkswagens emission scandal was sentenced today. A judge in detroit gave engineer robert lang 40 months in prison and fined him 200,000. The judge says lang knew v. W. Was using software to cheat emissions standards and worked to cover it up. Also today, a court in south korea sentenced the acting head of samsung to five years in prison for bribery and embezzlement. He has been running samsung since his father went into a coma. His crimes are part of a massive Corruption Scandal that led to the impeachment of south koreas president last year. 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Reporter a nineyearold boy is about to have the greatest experience of his little lifetime, a kid so into astronomy, he takes his planet book to swimming lessons, dressed up as the solar system for halloween, and made his thirdgrade new years resolution to get a shrewd idea. Its basically a theory of have not one but an infinite number of universes. Reporter and you would like it understand it it better. Yes, which i already have done. Reporter this is george. My son. Can you explain it to me some day . I will. And me. Reporter and that is his little brother, emmett, who would much rather be discussing anything else. Its just getting tiring for the whole space. Reporter for emmett and the rest of us hartmans its like living in an astrophysics lecture hall. Junk matter is holding them together. Another im out of here. Reporter we all laugh about it but it has been a marvel to witness. You see, george is autistic, and one of the blessings of autism is this ability, shared by many like him, to find overwhelming joy in the most underoverwhelming minutia. By a strange coincidence the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun but 400 times closer to the earth. Where is the sun now . Reporter given all that, we made a road trip this week to central nebraska, found a nice lady who let us use her farm, and waited with the locals. Is this everything you ever dreamed . It was the perfect setting. Not me. Reporter perfect at least for most of us. And as the moon made its way to stardom, i saw something truly marvelous. Dad, its so cool reporter so much of parenting is saying no and forcing vegetables. But on rare occasion, the heavens align, and youre in the perfect position to feed a passion. 1 left. Oh, my god its so dark reporter i know a lot of people looked up and saw something remarkable this week. Look up there reporter but for mothers and fathers like me. Totality reporter the more beautiful site was looking over at the reaction of our precious earthlings. Oh, boy. Reporter Steve Hartman, on the road now, can we go . Reporter in litchfield, nebraska. Lets go. Mason thats when its great being a dad. I think george is going to explain the multiverse to us all some day. Thats the cbs evening news. Im anthony mason. Well continue to follow Hurricane Harvey tonight on our streaming network cbsn, on our website, cbsnews. Com, and on cbs this morning saturday, where ill see you first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks for watching. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org tonight, taylors revenge. Calling out her enemies. Who shes putting on blast. We crack the code to her newest song. With all the katy taylor talk why sundays vmas could turn into a showdown. Then why kevin hart says his new costars could cost him big bucks. Plus the Property Brothers give a tour of their vegas mansion. 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