And shut down streets around the strip for several hours. Abc News Reporter alex perez. Reporter a towering inferno. Parts of the Cosmopolitan Hotel up in flames. One of the trendiest and Luxury Hotels in the country. Smoke billowing across the desert sky as firefighters battle the blaze. We have spread across. All the palm trees in the area are on fire. Reporter one person was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. Hotel employees suspect the fire may have been started by a cigarette. It started on a pool deck at 12 15 p. M. And quickly consumed the cabanas and artificial trees. Witnesses in shock. Some capturing the whole scene on their cell phone. It is so bad. There is something serious going on. It is like igniting. 100 people just running from the hotel. Reporter the hotel a magnet for celebrities. The cause is still under investigation. Firefighters were working to contain a fire that broke out in nevada county. So far at least 50
Than 100 people needing hospital treatment. Round three of brexit talks. Uk negotiators say they want flexibility and imagination from the eu. Good morning. Coming up in the sport arsenal manager Arsene Wenger asks fans to keep the faith after what he calls a disastrous 4 0 loss to liverpool. Invented byjk rowling, played by harry potter, and now a real life sport. Well bring you the action from the first Quidditch Premier League final. How much easier wouldnt be if you could fly . So much easier, but health and safety would have a field day. And the weather. Good morning. A dry and warm day. I will have all of the details for the uk forecast as well as an update on the situation in texas in about 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Catastrophic floods are causing devastation in houston as storm harvey continues to batter texas. Parts of the city have seen two and a half feet of rain in the past 48 hours and more is forecast. So far, emergency teams have rescued
Fast. And then we got rescued on that bridge. They tell us that bridge has collapsed since. So, i know it was nothing but god. Tens of thousands in shelters. Amid catastrophic flooding brought by record rain fall. Dawn coles flooding evacuee at Houston Convention center i had to grab my baby, diapers, what i could. And try to swim. And hope that we could be picked up. Many more. Still waiting to be rescued. As emergency crews and volunteers race against time to reach those still trapped in their homes. Mos volunteer eat something and just dry out a little bit get a little bit of energy and a little bit of coffee in our system and were back out. Harvey has soaked some areas around houston with more than 50 inches of rain. Mos resident didnt expect this much water to fall. This is houston were used to weather like this. But, i believe this is a little more than we expected. Harris countys flood district meteorologist says that enough water has fallen to cover the entire 1800 square miles
Power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch this september friday. Stocks are on session highs. The dow topping 22,000 for the first time in two weeks. Nasdaq trying for another record the s p 500 having its best week since april. All three major averages on track for a second straight week of gains check out movers wynn resorts trading at levels not seen in two years. The big news today, american jobs creating engine wilting a bit in august. Only added 156,000 jobs last month, below the 180,000 that economists expected. Senior economics reporter Steve Liesman is here to take us inside the numbers it is cooling, coasting, stabilizing . A lot of negative words used in the intro i dont know if i agree. Job growth did slow. Came in below expectations but is a decent report the population is growing at 80,000 thats what we should expect were almost double that number, still enough to take some workers off. Ism manufacturing, one of the highest numbers in a while more about that in
Rico right now. And tonight this is just one of three hurricanes in the atlantic. Now at 11 00 one of the most powerful hurricanes in history is pounding puerto rico. Tonight this is just one of three hurricanes in the atlantic. Good evening. Im veronica de la cruz. Im ken bastida. Lets get right over to kpix5s betty yu for the very latest on this. Hurricane irma which is about 450 miles wide is now the most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. Irma is blamed for at least three deaths so far in the caribbean and tonight florida, georgia and South Carolina are all bracing for potential devastation. Puerto rico took a being from irma beating from irma wednesday. It is home to more than 3 million people. Wind gusts whipped across the u. S. Territory knocking out power and toppling trees. Irma flooded and battered the French West Indies with st. Maarten taking a direct hit. The rain and high winds were so strong they almost completely obscure the camera lens. Millions of flo