welcome back. hurricane harvey beat up parts of corpus christi, texas, about 35 miles to the southwest of where harvey made landfall. one example of the power of the storm, bricks being ripped from a wall in corpus christi. utility company aep texas reported nearly 160,000 custo r customers without power as of about 5:00 a.m. local time. joining me now by phone is eric fuentes, who has been riding out the storm in that city. eric, have you been out this morning? if so, what have you seen or experienced? eric, are you there? no. okay. we ll try to re-establish our connection out of corpus christi, texas. we understand that he is among many who did ride out the storm. we ll try to rekkt. we re following breaking news out of texas where hurricane
jet blue employee. the airline confirms to cnn tonight that slater is no longer with jetblue. slater achieved instant fame when he opened the emergency chute and exited the plane with a couple of beers. he either got fed up with rude passengers or he instigated a confrontation with a passenger. slater has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of reckless endangerment and criminal mischief and overstated his 15 minutes of fame by about 30 minutes. tropical storm earl beat up parts of eastern canada today. the rough waters in this may in new brunswick, docks twisted and boats overturned. in nova scotia, 200,000 people lost power and 70-mile-an-hour winds ripping down power lines. the u.s. east coast sort of dodged a bullet on all this. but the storm is still going to have an impact on the beaches this holiday weekend. from florida to maine, lifeguards are warning folks at
relief well and execute a bottom kill to make sure that well is sealed for good. jetblue flight attendant steven slater is now a former jetblue employee. the airline confirms to cnn tonight slater is no longer with jetblue. slater achieved instant fame when he opened the emergency chute and exited the plane with a couple of beers. depending on whom you believe he either got fed up with rude passengers or he instigate add confrontation with a passenger. slater has pled not guilty to felony charges of reckless endangerment and criminal mischief and overstayed his 15 minutes of fame by about 30 minutes. tropical storm earl beat up parts of canada today. the rough waters in this bay in moncton, new brunswick, docks twisted and boats overturned. 200,000 people lost power in 70-mile-an-hour winds ripping down power lines. the u.s. east coast dodged a