Oil and gas this morning, you have a drop in oil prices. Gasoline prices have hit a twoyear high following not storm. Futures are showing this common stocks to start the new weekend. 18point loss on the dow futures come a loss across the board. In europe, stocks are heading lower as well. Losses at the biggest loser being the dax in germany. In asia overnight, markets mixed. We had games on the hang seng in hong kong and shanghai 1 . Breaking down the board vote in the richer task of juggling faces a hard. So much more this morning. Come and morning. Come and enjoy the music pollster ed the same ski partner and editor we will be breaking down the business impact. A lot of terrific guest coming up this morning as well. Retired Army Lieutenant general Hurricane Katrina joint Task Force Commander russell honore. Retired Lieutenant Colonel allen west and attorney general of texas, ken paxton. This gentleman will all be here. Right here right now, catastrophic flooding in houston. Tropical
It is raw and, yes, it is sometimes inspiring. Your money is affected. Refineries are shutting down, and that is cutting the supply of gasoline. Prices are rising. How many drivers nationwide will gas up as a precaution today . Just like they did after katrina. And, yes, there is a political element as well. President trump says he will go to texas tomorrow. Should he go in the middle of the rescue operation . He will want to avoid the negative publicity that greeted president bushs flyover after katrina. There you have it. Cando texas, perhaps the most dynamic state in the nation, hit with a catastrophe. President trump faces his first Natural Disaster. Watch it here. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart you are going to be seeing a lot of video like this on the lefthand side of the screen and a lot of weather maps like one on the righthand side of your screen. More rain is coming, and rescue operations are, indeed, underway. I should tell you, it is still raining in houstonen x t
We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Meteorologist Melissa Magee will have much more on where harvey is headed next but first to abcs Elizabeth Hur. Shes live in new york with the national outpouring of support for the victims of this flooding catastrophe. Elizabeth. Reporter well, rick and sharrie, the heartbreaking images and the stories coming out of texas have so many people asking how can we help and many of them are turning to social media to mobilize. From missouri to florida, new york and california, volunteers from coast to coast. Be safe out there. Reporter answering the call for help. We need citizens to be involved. This is a landmark event. Reporter fema officials stressing that help isnt just welcomed but necessary. They are veterans of the world trade center, katrina, rita. Reporter and these trained First Responders rescuers and nurses not the only ones signing up. The order that you called in earlier decided to donate the entire. Are you serious. Yes. Reporter businesse
Today is monday. I didnt prepare at all. Areporter alana lopez admits se didnt wear sun screen. Its nice to be inside for the air conditioner. Reporter they work in rotations, but the guys that clean the cars are the real troopers around here. I give them props. Yo i dont know how they do it. I dont personally do well with the heat. They work so hard. And i want to give them the bigger tip. Reporter some say the heat is more bearable under a shady tree. The breeze out here is so nice, it makes it kind of liveable. Its not just like baking heat. So i find it to be quite nice. Reporter the heat and low humidity have raised the wildfire danger in several east bay communities. We encourage people to be very careful with smoking materials. If youre going to do weed abatement, make sure youre doing it before 10 00 a. M. Reporter working before the hottest time of the day is always smart, as well as drinking a lot of water. And we are just a couple yards away from the walnut creek library, wh
Climbing. The storm is blamed for at least seven deaths. Abc News Reporter lana zack is live in the area with the very latest. Lana . Reporter hello, as you can see. The rains continue to fall here in houston, just in Harris County we now have an updated total. 1 trillion gallons of water. To put that all into perspective, thats enough to fuel Niagara Falls for 15 days. Historic flooding has brought Southeast Texas to a standstill. President donald trump and the first lady had a touched down in Corpus Christi where they will see firsthand the devastation harvey left behind. There was of epic proportion, nobody has ever seen anything like this. Reporter just northeast rescuers are rescuing residents trying to stay above water. Lifeanddeath moments playing out over hundred of square miles. They have saved more than 6,000 so far, but thousands more are still waiting to be rescued, and the flooding is only getting worse. I didnt even imagine that it was going to be this catastrophic like t