Response from the white house and we will have much more on that in a short time. But first to Hurricane Harvey. The massive storm packing winds up to 145 miles an hour. Torrential rains and the potential for massive flooding in the coming days with the storm surge of some 12 feet. The fema director saying texas is about to have, quote, a very significant disaster. Texas officials now telling citizens who do not evacuate, listen to this, to write their names and Social Security numbers on their forearms. Just how big is this hurricane . Youre looking at harvey from outer space now. A camera on the International Space station. Harvey expected to be the strongest hurricane to make land fall in the u. S. In 12 years, since 2005. Rain fall totals up to 40 inches are expected in some areas. Thats more than three feet, causing widespread flooding. Made worse as the storm is predicted to stall over the region for several days. Large parts of south texas could be, quote, uninhabitable for week
4. 5 trillion balance sheet. Breaking tonight americas largest toy chain filing for bankruptcy. This was once the definition of a category killer. Dominating toy sales, reshaping how we shop and buy toys, squeezing small toy stores and now it has squeezed itself undone by disruptive on line competitors. Im not sure what this means for 64,000 u. S. Employees, but were told 1600 stores will stay open for the holidays. And bankruptcy protection could help fine narns its holiday season. The gentleman mort of its sales for the year. It also shares of mattel and hasbro fell yesterday. Wall street journal has report being what this company is going to have to do to be relevant in an amazon world. Youre going to have to have brand experiences within the store. Toy play areas, really change the look and feel the store and close underperforming stores. Thats what it has at amazon doesnt. Focus on the babies are us side. Im not sure what this means for the babies r us. Thanks for joining us. Murk
The National Weather service says large areas of south texas may be uninhabitable for weeks or even months. The Texas Governor is already asking for the state to be declared a major disaster area to trigger additional help from the federal government. As the First National disaster on his watch is about to hit a natural disaster, President Trump is over at camp david. The white house says hes been actively engaged with emergency officials and is planning to travel to texas early next week. We are also just learning that the president assigned and directed following up officially on his ban on transgender troops that he announced in a tweet last month. This hour ill speak live with the head of the federal Emergency Management agency, brock long. There you see him. And our correspondents, specialists and other guests are standing by as we cover this breaking story. First, lets go to cnns Martin Savage. Hes right in the heart of things in Corpus Christi. Martin, youre in the danger zone.
Intense Atlantic Hurricanes of all time, thus a state of emergency in puerto rico as the 11th hour gets under way. And good evening once again from our ns headquarters here in new york. Day 243 of the Trump Administration will be remembered for Donald Trumps appearance on the world stage. In part because he declared his America First policy in front of the United Nations. He went on to declare terrorists losers, he called kim jongun rocket man again, and he threatened to destroy north korea if the u. S. Was forced to defend itself. The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself and for his regime. The iran deal was one of the worst and most onesided transactions the United States has ever entered into. Frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the United States and i dont think youve heard the last of it, believe me. Major por
Uninhabitable for weeks or months. Widespread impact. Tens of millions of people who are not in the storms path may feel the disruption with canceled flights, delayed shipments of goods and rising gas prices. And federal response. The president was briefed on the storm before heading off to his camp david retreat and may make an early disaster declaration. The white house says hell visit texas next week as federal emergency teams prepare to deal with a potential catastrophe. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. Hurricane harvey is now a major category 3 storm with winds at 125 miles an hour. Its hammering the texas coast right now with landfall expected tonight. 17 Million People are under storm warnings and the head of the federal Emergency Management agency, fema, says texas is about to have a very significant disaster. The immediate concern is a catastrophic storm surge in which a wall