The president will bring a promise of money, manpower and the military. The gold coast needs at all. North koreas blatant provocation. Japanese people woken up by a red alert from broadcasters. Take cover at the north korean Ballistic Missile flew up ahead. The south Korean Military has responded with a live fire precision bombing run close to the north. No military response from america at this point. The president has not taken it off the table. I mistake on either side risks were. Investors dont like to hear that. Today they are selling. The dow opened sharply lower. But it is the human catastrophe unfolding in houston that is great the attention of the nation. Earlier in unthinkable forecast to 50 inches of rain, the still rising floodwaters and directly from people who have lost everything. Varney company is about to begin. Lets get right at it. The flood of biblical proportions. Jeff flock on the ground in houston. Am i right in saying the water levels are still rising . Reporter
The remains of harvey caused significant flooding in nashville. Most of the flood water in houston is expected to recede by early tomorrow but each day the extent of the damage becomes more clear. 37 people were killed. Ten percent of the buildings in houston were flooded. There are shortages of Drinking Water and some areas are running low on food. There is danger from polluted flood water. Don champion is in houston. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Even as flooding persists the recovery is underway here, but to the east the threat from harvey isnt over just yet. The rivers in south eastern texas could crest today potentially bringing more flooding to towns already hit hard by harvey. Thursdays stranded residents were still being rescued from high flood waters. If beaumont a hospital was evacuated after a storm knocked out the citys Drinking Water supply. The National Weather service says a flood threat in the our ya exists until the middle of next week. We underestimated. We did
Official website, organizers say the rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized and threatened many of us. This march is the first step toward unifying the community. Grounded in new relationships to create change from the grass roots level up. I feel like as a woman and as a majority for many many years, im with joe biden on this one. You should be mad and i am mad. Im standing behind that statement. I cant depend on other people to stand up for me. And for other women. Reporter hennagrins son and husband will be attending other protest marchs throughout the bay area. My mom raised me to embrace diversity and inclusion and now im getting to put that into practice. Reporter i spoke to another woman in the bay area who is going to washington, d. C. She says lets make it clear im not going to protest the inauguration or race results, im going to bring attention to women. The sister marchs will start in San Francisco city hall at 3 00 p. M. Reporter macy jenkins was there
And an hour of emergency rescues from the sky, thousands now saved from rising waters p. We were so happy, like god has answered our prayers. And the president s speech short on details, long on promises. President trump starting a tax reform ball rolling in missouri and makes it clear who hes going to blame if it doesnt go through. I dont want to be disappointed by congress. Do you understand me . We begin with the catastrophic devastations of harvey down in texas. Far, far down in southern texas where we are talking about scores of dramatic rescues taking place amid fierce flooding and a new threat with explosions at a Chemical Plant just outside houston. Heres the latest. Texas Authorities Say 28 people have died including a Houston Family of six whose van was swept away in the floodwaters. More than 32,000 people remain in shelters. Nearly 210,000 people have registered with fema for assistance. In the meantime, the military says two navy ships and nearly 700 marines are being sent
P. M. In texas. Town thats were not under water 24 hours ago are now submerged. Residents that thought they might be okay are now waiting for someone to save them from their homes. The u. S. Navy is there deploying rescue helicopters. They air lift families, mothers, fathers, and children to safety. There are staggering amounts of rain. Look at this in just the last 30 hours we picked up enough rain to get to 43. 67 inches of rain. It went from serious to devastation and destruction. It is nothing that i have ever seen before. I lived in this area my entire life, and were seeing things we have never seen. It is pretty clear that something has gone wrong here. Flooding is treacherous that some are blocked from getting in. Officials say the city of beaumont is an island. Many of those that flaed to shelters found out nowhere was safe as water started to fill one Convention Center surrounding their cots. In hows, the sun was out today, but this disaster was right around the corner. I lost