Days cooling trade. And the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at a real dot com. And now abc world news. Is bbc world news america reporting from washington o. The remnants of hurricane hall the all wreaking havoc on the text coast catastrophic flooding has forced thousands into shelters will live on the same. I know much about it live in la grange. This weather break that has broken its. As the storm rolls said that east with yet more flooding to calm. President trump heads to texas tomorrow its allies are on how his administration handles its first natural disaster. He has this message for those affected. We are one hundred percent with you. But frank for you are working closely with your leaders and officials. And amid the devastation barrel or sex scenes of humanity with volunteers rescuing people trapped. And neighbors of reaching out to those in need. Welcome to our views on
We prayed a lot. We just praise god and we were rescued. We were very thankful. Reporter right now people in houston are still expecting up to nearly a foot more of rain which means more flooding is going to happen. I know you have the latest look at where harvey is currently in the track. This is one worst Case Scenario after another. Normally hurricanes once they move inland they keep moving or else they just stall and die out. This is doing neither. It is actually coming back out over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico and that will mean it n i] but i think then benter is just coming offshore now. Houston is up nihere. ni the problem is we have bands of heavy rain continuing to come in. You can seet it coming3w in f the gulf of mexiconi bringing tremendous amounts of moisture going anywhere. You need theninr storms to star moving. nr now, whats going to happen here, by tomorrow morning still offshore. That means some of the bands will stay strong becauset the center of it is o
This. Reporter water swallowing entire neighborhoods forcing its way into homes. It was more than we can imagine. Reporter and more than many can bear. Rescue people came and took us. Reporter some areas have already taken on more than 20 inches of rain and before it is over that number could double. This is a landmark event. We have not seen an event like this. Reporter every member of the Texas National guard has been deployed joined by state and local law enforcement, federal agents and a volunteer navy scrambling to pull thousands to higher ground. We are still involved in the search and rescue process. Reporter using every available asset, coast guard choppers, boats, flat bed trucks. Five feet in our house. We barely made it out. Im just so grateful that they came. Reporter and the effort is far from over. Its still a very dangerous situation out there. Were expecting more rain. Reporter rescue teams like the nations fourth largest city stretched to their limits but still deliver
Oil and gas this morning, you have a drop in oil prices. Gasoline prices have hit a twoyear high following not storm. Futures are showing this common stocks to start the new weekend. 18point loss on the dow futures come a loss across the board. In europe, stocks are heading lower as well. Losses at the biggest loser being the dax in germany. In asia overnight, markets mixed. We had games on the hang seng in hong kong and shanghai 1 . Breaking down the board vote in the richer task of juggling faces a hard. So much more this morning. Come and morning. Come and enjoy the music pollster ed the same ski partner and editor we will be breaking down the business impact. A lot of terrific guest coming up this morning as well. Retired Army Lieutenant general Hurricane Katrina joint Task Force Commander russell honore. Retired Lieutenant Colonel allen west and attorney general of texas, ken paxton. This gentleman will all be here. Right here right now, catastrophic flooding in houston. Tropical
It is raw and, yes, it is sometimes inspiring. Your money is affected. Refineries are shutting down, and that is cutting the supply of gasoline. Prices are rising. How many drivers nationwide will gas up as a precaution today . Just like they did after katrina. And, yes, there is a political element as well. President trump says he will go to texas tomorrow. Should he go in the middle of the rescue operation . He will want to avoid the negative publicity that greeted president bushs flyover after katrina. There you have it. Cando texas, perhaps the most dynamic state in the nation, hit with a catastrophe. President trump faces his first Natural Disaster. Watch it here. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart you are going to be seeing a lot of video like this on the lefthand side of the screen and a lot of weather maps like one on the righthand side of your screen. More rain is coming, and rescue operations are, indeed, underway. I should tell you, it is still raining in houstonen x t