All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien houston, the nations 4th largest city, is virtually paralyzed tonight. Huge swaths are underwater in the wake of hurricane, now Tropical Storm harvey. At least eight people are dead, thousands rescued, untold numbers stranded. About 30 inches of rain has fallen already with 20 more inches possible. Special correspondent Christopher Booker reports from houston reporter hour by hour, the water keeps rising and rescuers keep going, with whatever is at hand. Its just gonna get worse and if they dont get out tod
All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien houston, the nations 4th largest city, is virtually paralyzed tonight. Huge swaths are underwater in the wake of hurricane, now Tropical Storm harvey. At least eight people are dead, thousands rescued, untold numbers stranded. About 30 inches of rain has fallen already with 20 more inches possible. Special correspondent Christopher Booker reports from houston reporter hour by hour, the water keeps rising and rescuers keep going, with whatever is at hand. Its just gonna get worse and if they dont get out tod
Hotels and other places for shelter are generally the media. We got an emergency wind warning that stuck for several hours. Were talking maximum hurricane with 140 to 150 miles an hour. The gusts were seeing right now, about 50 to 60 miles an hour. None of the trees have snapped so far. Theyre kind of moving back and forth, and amazingly we still have electricity where i am. But jefferson county, the county that holds beaumont, customers have lost their power. You figure there are three to four people on average in a household, so 200,000, 300,000 people without power. Walk with me for a second. Over my shoulder is interstate 10. Were seeing cars come through every now and then. Thats surprised. Owe discuss the storm surge from Hurricane Harvey from three years ago, the storm surge did reach the highway. No signs of that yet this morning but its starting to build. Where were located. Were west of the eye wall. Were about 60, 70 miles from louisiana. Thats where hurricane laura first ma
Unstoppable new tactic. Checkpoint failure. While tsa officers are often busy confiscating your shampoo and toothpaste an alarming new study from tsa says theyre almost always missing weapons that could bring down your plane. And missile plet. Kim jongun refines nuclear bombs, a new Warning System saying they may not work. Is the United States or west coast at risk . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news disturbing new developments in two of the biggest security challenges facing the United States. Today, an isis suicide bomber attacked at a Iraqi Security base using a bombladen tank. Reports say the iraqis couldnt stop it. Tonight, theres growing concern that as isis gets its hands on nor u. S. Armor made the vehicles abandoned by the Iraqi Military more frequent deadly attacks may be on the way. Following new flareup in tensions between the United States and russia. The u. S. Military just released this video of an alarmingly close call between a u. S. Destroyer
We are concerned not enough people have evacuated and we are still urging people if you are in lowlying areas, if you are in zones, where evacuation orders have been placed, there may still be time for you to get out. Morning, bill. You have called this an ultra marathon with so many facets. Maybe weve had 500,000, 500 million done so far. Like, we have only this much into this much of the event. This is a natural feeling of landfall has occurred. Oh, thats the worst of it, the winds are coming down. All day today were like, now its going to be a Tropical Storm at like 11 00 a. M. But thats not the story. The story is going to be the rainfall and the story is going to be what happens in all of our rivers in the days ahead. The projections for the rivers are all off the charts. Theyre all up there from a record crest from san antonio to houston all the way down to Corpus Christi. Its a huge geographical area and were talking record floods lasting tuesday into wednesday. Were going to gi