beaumont, texas. we are following new evacuations including intensive karcare infs being air lifted to safety. adding to the urgency of the crisis there. new efforts underway to get water flowing again possibly as soon as tonight. in houston the mayor is pleading with hepeople still holed up. the water may not go way in 15 days. more than 100,000 homes are flooded in the houston area alone. the scope of devastation growing along with the death toll that stands at 47. the horrors from harvey still unfolding, the new threat of a disaster looming, hurricane irma churning across the atlantic now posing a major threat to the caribbean and potentially the u.s. also breaking, as president trump prepares to return to the