Good monday morning. August 28th. As we await daylight, the situation worsens in southern texas. More rain is in the forecast, and theres simply nowhere for it to go. President trump says he will visit the area tuesday. There are stories of heroism. Neighbors and people from states away helping each other in the depth of this catastrophe. The latest. Two people are dead. 262,000 more without power. Many of houstons sprawling freeways simply impossible with abandoned cars and semis literally littering the road. Last night in darkness a Traffic Camera caught this moment. A water rescue effort in katy, texas, just outside of houston. First responders there pulling the person from the flat bed of a truck. Now, as of yesterday afternoon the Harris County Sheriffs Office said there had been 1,500 to 2,000 high water rescues since harvey began. The warnings, as you can imagine, dire. Emergency management officials requesting if the highest floors of peoples homes become too dangerous, get on
Foreshadowed pardon of controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the latter drawing open and direct criticism from Speaker Paul Ryan. Also over the weekend as the president focused on responding to his first major domestic crisis he took on notable fire, incredible comments from defense secretary james mattis and his secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Well play those for you and explain why they are so significant at this point in this presidency, and finally, a brand New Washington post report that trumps business sought a deal on a trump tower in moscow while he ran for president. Well speak with one of the reporters who broke that story late yesterday but we begin with the texas flooding, more rain is in the forecast and there is simply nowhere for the water to go. Stories of heroism, neighbors and people from hours away helping each other in the depth of the catastrophe. The latest, two people are dead, 290,000 without power in the Gulf Coast Region and many of houstons sprawling freeways a
Now working in the region to reduce the power outages. Since the last time i reported, there are two other Power Companies with reports. Our numbers show that centerpoint has a little bit more than 90,000 power outages. And that would be primarily in the greater Harris County region and also entergy has more than 81,000 power outages. And they are all working as swiftly as possible to restore power. For the texas tceq, i want you to know that they have been working with the epa on a daily basis to address environmentalbased issues. They have deployed rapid needs teams to assess needs that have arisen in certain areas. Including water and wastewater assessment teams, especially focused in that regard on the corpus christi, ingleside and rockport areas. A report from the texas parks and wildlife. They have 5,000 evacuees at state parks in the state of texas. Most of those are in shelters, cabins or mobile homes. A report from the department of Public Safety. There are more than 2,000 dep
You know . So you just keep moving forward. Im grateful were here and all alive. An unprecedented response by fema burns through cash at a record pace. Washington is preparing a 5. 5 billion aid package. Vice president mike pence in the storm zone, promises to help needy for the recovery. President trump sent us here to say we are with you. The American People are with you. We are here today. We will be here tomorrow and we will be here every day until this city and this state and this region rebuilds bigger and better than ever before. [ applause ] the heroes of harvey. We end the week with some of the stories of kindness, selflessness and bravery that has captured americas hearts. Need to stick together, man. At the end of the day, politics can talk about race and creed and religion and all this other stuff all day long. Heres proof right here that none of that matters. Coming up well talk to the man at the center of now iconic image that inspired us all, good day im chris jansing. W
We had number of evacuations last night. We were trying to make sure people were safe in anticipation of any problems. We continue to push the lifesaving operations. We are continuing to evacuate people out of areas where the rivers have not receded yet. Leland the flooding damage is staggering. Neighborhood after neighborhood looks like this. A view from the air is even worse. Tens of thousands of homes are underwater and they could stay that way for weeks. In some parts of houston, the waters have receded. As you can see in this neighborhood, not so much. In other parts of the gulf coast, they could get an additional foot of rain. Molly Vice President pence and his wife are now en route to texas and during our next hour of happening now, they will be meeting with survivors and survey the damage where harvey first made landfall less than a week ago. The Vice President to land at Corpus Christi International Airport just minutes from now. We love team fox coverage with meteorologist ja