appreciate that. let s go from bill to corpus christi. nbc nieptly news anchor lester holt. good morning to you. you may have heard bill talk about the flooding that may have come rivers. i know this storm slammed cordis christie just a few hours ago? reporter: we flew in san antonio and came across i-37 and we passed a bridge we were worried about, the bridge was just over the top of the water. we made it through. getting through corpus christi you could see only what your headlights would show you. the power was widely out here. you see downed trees and many pictures of traffic signals and the light. as you see, it is becoming light now. we ll be able to get out and assess the damage a bit more carefully. keep in mind this is not a post hurricane assessment. this storm is still alive and very dangerous. we are getting hammered right now. reporter: hurricane harvey
way, what s it look like? how serious is the situation right now? reporter: right now we re seeing very strong winds, lots of rain, pretty much what we ve been seeing for hours here. take a look at this. we have towned trees. this is the scene all over town. look at this, we have a line that is down flashing that stop light here, that red light. we ve had a lot of reports of fires. we had one on a barrier island just off the coast of car pus christie here. firefighters had to go respond to a house fire there. not clear how that house fire started. they had to head over there in the middle of the category 4 hurricane to try to prevent that fire from spreading to other houses. we also had another fire on the peninsula. firefighters had to head there to handle that fire. first responders having to deal with these incredible winds, the driving rain we ve seen.
my favorite day of the year other than christmas. i thought what is she wearing. it mean makes noise. for when you are dancing. the dancing machine. love it, janice. brand new overnight 10,000 mistakingly opposed to ricin. it happened during terror response training at f.e.m.a. center for domestic preparedness in alabama. it happened in the past five years. they blame a mix-up with a stronger form of ricin. nobody has gotten sick. safe drinking water to thousands of families in corp. pus christie, texas. fears a spill contaminated the water supply has schools shut down and people waiting for hours to buy bottled water. a small portion of the city has been declared safe but the majority still on high alert at
on-line the names of those americans who are targeted by the usa. now the young nsa contractor fled to hong kong nearly a year ago and was given refuge by russia. out with the holiday weekend and in with severe weather. maria molina is standing by with details. we had multiple reports of tornadoes over the weekend. we have more severe weather ee pregsly across dallas, austin, houston and down into corp. pus christie. we are not looking at the risk of tornadoes only. the other concern is overall the storm system is relatively slow moving. we are looking at areas over