Harvey struck and the dramatic rescues continue. Were live with the heroes volunteering to save flood victims as waters in some areas of texas continue to rise. Vice president mike pence touring the texas damage firsthand today. He will give us an update on relief efforts. Well take you there live when he begins to speak, ash. Ashley back to the markets. The dow climbing into the close. Lori rothman at new york stock exchange. Lori, doesnt matter what is happening, north korea, hurricane hair very, these markets are resilient. You said it ashley. Dow and record highs. Five consecutive months of gains for the dow and s p. Nasdaq chalking up two consecutive months of gains. We had good economic news. Obviously the data print taken before the devastation of Hurricane Harvey and gulf coast. Gdp print of 3 was awesome of course. Then today we had a couple of data points on initial jobless claims. That helped keep markets in the green today. Lets look back at the month though. Here are binne
Why it could be the start of a new rage in medicine. To. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have been holding the perimeter around the facility to make sure that our citizens are safe and that our environment is protected to the best we can. In harveys wake, fire at a Chemical Plant. We were able to evacuate in anticipation of any problems. Harvey is moving inland after unleashing a new round of devastation along the louisiana texas border. Officials fear the death toll could climb as floodwaters recede, revealing the true scope of the catastrophic storm. The president committed, unequivocally to committing the people of texas and texas will come through this and we will be stronger. One day after touring the devastation, President Trump in springfield, missouri, to push tax reform. I dont want to be disappointed by congress. Do you understand me . Do you understand . The president and his defense secretary seemed to contradict each oth
26 inches of rain in 24 hours. It is every bit as bad as it. The volunteer navy back in action. They just showed up when word got out that the texas Louisiana State line was in deep trouble in deepwater. The flood came suddenly and those suddenly and though sukarno could take very little with them. This is a new wave of evacuees. Another spike in gas prices. You are paying more at the pump right now as we go into the labor day weekend. For since more than yesterday but the wholesale price of gas, rising sharply youll be paying even more next week. It was just one week ago today when word of this disastrous storm for surface. Meteorologist janice dean shot everyone went on this program she forecast 25 inches of rain to south texas. Many places eventually got double that. What a week it has been. Jam pack show for you. The stock market continues to rise in the north korean throttle rocket and threaten to bomb again. Varney company is about to begin. Train to now come in about half an hou
Texans out of fuel, leaving motorists frustrated. How bad will it get . In a matter of minutes, President Trump is set to head to the harvey region again. And a draft letter about the james comey firing. Why it matters and how it might affect the president. And new this morning, President Trump is getting ready to leave the white house for a second stormrelated trip this week. He and the first lady will visit houston and lake charles, louisiana in the next few hours. Leaders of congress say they will act quickly on the president s request for 7. 85 billion in emergency aid. The house is expected to vote on it next week and the president is ask force an addition 6 billion by the end of the month. And the town of beaumont will attempt to distribute clean water to residents. Maria mariana, a good saturday morning to you. Its a pretty tough situation for residents. The water there is currently not drinkable, right . Whats the latest on this . Its a nightmare scenario, alex. Im just outside
Today. In beaumont where they got 26 inches of rain on tuesday, theyve lost the primary and secondary water supply. The u. S. Military is now sending warships and more aircraft to assist with those rescue efforts. Worst fears were confirmed yesterday for six Family Members trying to outrun the flood waters. The u. S. Navy and air force are staging a massive rescue operation, flying around the clock Search Missions and plucking men and women and children. It was like waving in the middle of the street. We were like so happy, like god handed us our prayers. Were blessed and thankful. Working with a state partner could potentially provide mueller with additional leverage to get manafort to cooperate in the larger investigation into trumps campaign. Coordinating with another guy with subpoena power, another guy who is fearless and not afraid of donald trump and guy who can bring charges that the president cant pardon for. Financial times reports that mueller interviewed the lobbyist and fo