Number on your arm so that you can be identified. So there is that take on it tonight. Im martha maccallum. Good evening, everybody. This is the story. Hurricane harvey is where we begin tonight. The president is monitoring this from camp david with his team at the readies we watch this thing as it churns off the coast of Corpus Christi about 30 some miles latest estimate. This is where the toughest stuff begins to eat the coast line. We will go live to Steve Harrigan who is live in Corpus Christi being hit hard at the outer bands of this hurricane. Steve, good evening. Martha, good evening. The edge of the eye wall of that storm conditions to get worse over the next four to five hours. Right now a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds more than 125 Miles Per Hour. By the time the eye crosses over, it could be 30 with a category 4 hurricane. If the scale doesnt mean all that much to you, let me tell what you a category 3 hurricane can do, it can snap trees and take chunks out of we
Buckingham palace. And the terror attack in brussels. A man attacking two soldiers with a machete. A special edition of world news tonight begins now. Good evening. Great to have you with us on a friday night. And Hurricane Harvey set to strike this evening. Tonight, fema is warning texas about to have a very significant disaster. This image just coming in from the International Space station, now a category 3, winds 125 miles an hour and growing stronger. Supplies running short. The hurricanes outer bands already lashing the shore. Tens of thousands already without power. And now, possible tornadoes. Lets get right to ginger zee. Weve been tracking this all afternoon with you. Where is harvey right now . Its so close to making landfall. 125mileperhour winds moving northwest, its a category 3 and will likely make landfall that way. The tornado watch, in the northeast quadrant, thats where were going to see the dirty side, as we call it. 115 miles per hourplus. And the biggest concern,
Aclu responded when you twitter followers keep you in check and remind you White Supremacy is everywhere. Trivializes real racism. Trivializes real problem. Winner of 758milliondollar power ball has been revealed and its 53yearold may voice of massachusetts. First thing i want to do is i just want to sit back and relax and i have a pipe dream and that pipe dream has now come true. Steve this is a fox news alert. Ainsley Hurricane Harvey intensifying overnight and only getting stronger as it moves closer to the gulf coast. Steve thats what its doing right now. Texas and louisiana under stays of emergency, bracing for the strongest hurricane to slam the United States, perhaps, in over a decade. Brian yup. The power is growing. We have the Team Coverage as well. Japan miss dean is live in the Weather Center right now. He is in galveston, texas, where people are preparing for the monster storm. Rob, is it safe to say this is bigger than everyone thought . Yeah. I think this thing is crazy
A lot to talk about. A Senior Administration official tells nbc news, President Trump is serious about his tuesday night threat of shutting down the government unless the spending bill includes funding for a wall along the mexican border. The president made a similar threat last spring, but relented on a shortterm funding bill to avoid a shutdown at the end of his first hundred days. This as the white house repeatedly dodged whether or not the president had abandoned his Campaign Pledge that mexico would pay for the wall. Sarah, the president promised over and over again during the campaign that mexico would pay for the wall. So why is he now threatening a Government Shutdown if Congress Wont pay for it . The president is committed to making sure this gets done. Matthew . Why is he threatening a shutdown over paying for it . Again, he said over and over again, he talked about the campaign, over and over again. He said, mexico is going to pay for the wall. He asked people, his crowds ch
Back on line. So far 38 people have been killed as this shifts from a rescue to a recovery effort. And part of that recovery is going to be funding from here in d. C. With President Trump heading back to the disaster zone tomorrow after his vps visit on the ground that youre looking at right now. Our team across texas and louisiana following all the developments for us this morning includic blake mccoy who is live in port arthur, texas. Tell us about the situation there. What has changed and what do we expect as the sun comes up and the day unfolds . Well, hallie, weve seen dramatic improvement. The second day and to show you how much progress has been made, i want to put up a split screen right now. These streets were covered with water. Right now you can see they are bone dry. So, people here are feeling pretty good, as the water has e rezer reced receded. You can see on this home right over here you can see where the water was. It was right underneath that window. Remarkable how muc