Save a long time political ally. We begin with Tropical Storm harvey, the city of houston, one of the largest. 20 inches of rain have fallen in some places, an addition of 15 to 25 inches is expected across the texas coast as harvey moves slowly over the or ya. Emergency Services Performed hundreds of rescues tonight. The city of houston is urging residents to stay off the street unless they are in imminent danger many the mayor will be holding a press conference in h just an hour. Were going to go tote you that life. First lets go to stephanie g k gosk. Stephanie, its gotten white serious in houston. Reporter there are probably a lot of people that went to bed thinking this wasnt as bad as we thought it was going to be. This morning, they are waking up to their worst fears, overnight, historic amounts of rain. You shade 25 inches. The biggest event theyve had for rain in recent history here in houston was back in 2001. That was a Tropical Storm that dumped 24 inches over a onecoup of
County sheriff for so many years. The phoenix new times, the weekly there, points out tonight on twitter that theyve been covering joe arpaio for 20 years and want to remind them of the things he did. He ran a jail he described as a concentration camp. Prisoners there died at an alarming rate, often without explanation given. One of his jailers nearly broke the neck of one of the inmates there. A paraplegic man who had the at the mert to ask for a catheter. Another time, he marched latinos into a segregated area with electric fencing. He arrested New York Times reporters for covering him. The list goes on and on. All this time, his office failed to investigate hundreds of cases of alleged sex abuse, many of them involving children. But somehow found the time and money to send april de deputy ti to look for Barack Obamas birth certificate. It brings us full circle to his connection to donald trump and this loyalty that Nicolle Wallace was talking about in the last hour. Donald trump is
Id. Coast guard say they will continue rescue efforts throughout the night. Ordinary people have been helping their neighbors. Hundreds of flood victims have found shelter at Houston Convention serpt. O center. One of several people open by the citys mayor for those getting away from rising floodwaters. Right there. It must be earlier shot because it is empty. U. S. President donald trump is set to visit the state on tuesday. Meteorologist derek van dam is just southwest of houston now. He has been covering this for us the last few days. Derek, first i want to tap into your National International experience here. You used to work in south africa. You covered a lot to cover various weather stories. Have you ever seen anything of this magnitude, derek . Well, cyril this was without a doubt single handedly the heaviest rain i have ever experienced in my life. We are talking about a couple of hours eye good. Not raining at this moment but when we skroined the search and rescue teams, what
And the real reason the special counsel has a copy of a letter President Trump drafted before firing fbi director james comey, according to a report from the New York Times. Does the letter reveal the real reason the president fired comey . Could special Counsel Robert Mueller use it to make an obstruction of justice case against the president . Wolf blitzer is off. Im jim chusciutto, and you are the situation room. The breaking news, one week after Hurricane Harvey first made landfall in the state, the Texas Governor said some areas remain, quote, deadly dangerous with rivers there still rising. President trump is poised to make his second trip to the disaster zone. This time he will visit both texas and louisiana, and unlike last time, he will meet with some storm victims. The situation remaining dire in the city of beaumont, still largely under water and nearly isolated. Residents have been lining up f for bottled water after the storm knocked out the clean water supply. The situati
Reporter were being hit by a pretty significant band from harvey. Reporter my gosh what a fix well be in here in parts of texas for days to come. Almost like getting blasted back to the stone ages. Reporter its going to rain and rain and rain. Its not going to stop and it may be days before it ends up finally stopping. Reporter the wind is still blowing, as you can see. The gusts sometimes upwards of 100 miles an hour. Today is just the first of many difficult days ahead. Hurricane harvey made landfall almost 12 hours ago. It is still a hurricane, after dumping heavy rain in texas, as a powerful category 4 storm. Now, as day breaks this morning, First Responders are getting their look at the damage but the storm threat isnt over. Live look at corpus crist ear, the city along with Million People in Southeast Texas are under flash flood watches, a warning expected to be in place for days. Some areas could see an entire years worth of rain. The National Hurricane center issued its first e