Making stops in austin, promising the federal government stands ready to help your and houston will need all the help they can gets. Harvey has broken the record for the most rainfall ever, from a single storm, in the continental United States. 51 inches of rain reported since the storm began. Jenna is starting our Team Coverage on the disaster. The mayor as declared a curfew until 5 00. And Police Reported that a mother was swept into the water with her 3yearold child clinging on to her. Police managed to pull them out. The little girl was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, but her mother died. Another victim, claimed by a storm. A brief pause in the rain, not enough to ease the danger. Floodwaters claim to victims even among First Responders. Police are hurting from the loss of one of their own. Steve perez, husband and father of two, he left home to report to work. His vehicle was trapped in floodwaters and his body was recovered on Tuesday Morning. We could not put a
Interesting. Fema has a waffle house have you been . No. I have been to waffle house. I used to work in houston and alabama. Femas waffle house index looks at whether or not Waffle House Restaurants are able to stay open despite treacherous weather conditions. At this point there are just two waffle houses in the houston area that are closed. 30 remain open. It is a 24 7 restaurant. They say they want to be open and serving people who need food, comfort, shelter. What do you think the equivalent would be here . Dennys. I dont know that there is one. Because waffle house is so regional. Theyre everywhere, almost like starbucks. Regional in the sense that in in out california. It is an interesting to know that fema is watching what is happening with waffle house. I love that the companies are staying off. I saw like an rei giving away goods to First Responders to people who have evacuated. Even boats getting boats into the flooded areas. I love it. The spirit is there. Speaking of things
And tonight the record rainfall is showing no signs of quitting as harvey prepares to deliver another punch to gulf. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Tonight houston is staggering under the destruction and human need. The rain from Tropical Storm harvey has surpassed all records. Several reservoirs have breached causing more flooding in neighborhoods. There have been 13,000 rescues. Another 8,000 people have found shelter elsewhere. And the president and first lady visited texas today and promised a recovery thats better than ever before. And as the death tole rises, the storm is back over the gulf preparing for another strike. So where is harvey now . We have encouraging news for houston. Harvey is about to make another land fall. The eye right now you see the center of circulation just off the louisiana coast and thats going to move on shore, make another land fall and bring heavy rain into louisiana. However, harvey hassall red a edumped feet of rain, nearly 52 inches. You
About the heartstopping moment. And health scare. Overnight an emotional jimmy kimmel revealing his newborns secret battle. Its a terrifying thing. His son born with a heart defect undergoing open heart surgery just days after birth. The operation was a success. It was the longest three hours of my life. The signs something was wrong and the hero nurse who caught them just in time. Good morning, america and, boy, to see jimmy kimmel open up like that, so emotional but thankfully his little boy is doing well. He is doing well and take a look at these photos. Thats kimmels son billy. They say billy is doing great now and jimmy had a very powerful message for families in the same boat and well tell you what that was later on the show we are thinking of jimmy, molly and the whole family this morning. Got a lot of important stories to get to as well. Republicans are pushing to repeal obamacare. Whether preexisting conditions are covered is the big sticking point. The white house working to
The emergency door by his backpack. What his mother is saying now about the heartstopping moment. And health scare. Overnight an emotional jimmy kimmel revealing his newborns secret battle. Its a terrifying thing. His son born with a heart defect undergoing open heart surgery just days after birth. The operation was a success. It was the longest three hours of my life. The signs something was wrong and the hero nurse who caught them just in time. Good morning, america and, boy, to see jimmy kimmel open up like that, so emotional but thankfully his little boy is doing well. He is doing well and take a look at these photos. Thats kimmels son billy. They say billy is doing great now and jimmy had a very pow powerful message for families in the same boat and well tell you what that was later on the show if thinking the whole family. A lot of important story, republicans pushing to repeal obamacare. Whether preexisting conditions are covered is the big sticking point. The president is sched