Catastrophic damage inflicted by harvey. And President Trump returning to the white house, announcing he will go to texas on tuesday. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this special edition of world news tonight this sunday. Im tom llamas. Tonight, the disaster in texas is deepening. Houston is a city in crisis. And now, a city of islands. The flood waters isolating sections like you see behind me. As the National Guard rolls in, the water has cut off sections of the interstate that wraps around houston. This big rig stood no chance in the rising waters. And we spoke to the driver who had to be rescued. Well have more on that in a moment. But first, lets get you caught up. Overnight, more than four inches of rain an hour coming down. Million waking up to a scene of epic flooding. And tens of thousands calling for help, needing rescue. The 911 system overwhelmed. Neighbors and strangers stepping in to help. The disaster here is staggering by every measure. More than 2,500 rescues, 3
Texas tomorrow to visit the storm zone. Hes expected to be is asked about his controversial pardon of joe arpaio as he holds a News Conference with the Prime Minister of finland. From abc news, this is world news now. We do say good morning to everybody. Of course were following the breaking news as you take a look at that radar. This is not an old image from friday, even though it kind of looks like it did when we were here on friday. Thats the current satellite radar, and it is not a good picture. Rescuers are working into the night to reach stranded residents of the texas gulf coast. There are at least 3,000 members in the region. And the coast guard says more than half of all the helicopters nationally are there too. Forecasters expect the storm system to stay just off the coast most of today and tomorrow. Abcs lana zak is in houston where the threat isnt so much the wind as the terrible flooding. Good morning,. Reporter there are threats of levees that are going to be topped withi
The president will visit the storm zone. Hes asked about his pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio as he holds a press conference with the president of finland. Those are headlines from today, monday, august 28. We do say good morning to you, everybody. Were following breaking news. As you take a look at this radar, this is not an old image from friday, although it kind of looks like it did when we were here on friday. That is a current satellite radar and it is not a good picture. Rescuers are working into the night to reach stranded residents of the texas gulf coast. There are at least 3,000 members of the texas coast guard in the region, and they said more than half of their helicopters nationally are there, too. They expect the storm system to stay just off the coast most of today and tomorrow. Abcs lana zach is in houston right now where the threat isnt so much the wind but that terrible flooding. Good morning, lana. Reporter good morning, linda and kendace. The flooding certainly a
New evacuations just ordered. More days of flooding rains ahead, the worst far from over. Lives hanging in the balance. The race against time right now. Announcer this a special edition of Good Morning America, disaster in texas, flooding catastrophe. Good morning to our viewers in the west. Youre looking live at a neighborhood in texas. The rain still coming down. Its far from over. More than 2,000 rescues in the houston area. Many residents still stranded. This shows flood victims waiting to be rescued. Take a look at some of these before and after images, truly stunning. This is the interstate before harvey and just a few hours later look at that. The rising water almost all the way up to that sign and then take a look at the runway at Hobby Airport before and now it is completely under water. Heres what we know this morning. At least five deaths so far have been blamed on the storm. Up to 50 inches of rainfall in the storm zone. Fema has been deployed to to the scene. The governor
And the fallout from trumps twitter attack against two cable news hosts. Is the president undermining his own agenda . Our powerhouse roundtable takes that on, plus our look ahead to trump and putins facetoface meeting. Well ask the president s Homeland Security adviser will trump confront putin about russias election interference . Everything you need to know as these debates rage in washington from the white house to your house, we take on the moments that mattered this week. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, coanchor, martha raddatz. Good morning. And happy fourth of july weekend. It is a critical time for the president s agenda. One of his Signature Campaign promises to repeal and replace obamacare with Something Better on the line and in serious trouble with the plan put forward by Senate Republicans in critical condition. Every american has a stake in what happens next including the citizens of ohio, the ultimate swing state, a big reason donald trump is president