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
There will many stories of people looking out for one another. We begin our Team Coverage with laura anthony. Shes opinibeen helping our sis station all day. Shes live now in katy, texas north of houston. Reporter this is where weve been all day. Focus of a lot of efforts here in terms of the rescue and bringing people out. You can see behind me, this is a neighborhood called cinco ranch. Its in katy, texas. Were west of houston. The situation despite the fact it hasnt been raining that much has gotten worse over the last 24 hours. Lets show you what it looked like earlier today when we went out on a boat. These are just citizen rescue crews that have come here. We saw the national guard. The ones that are making the most effort or having the greatest affect are actually the citizen rescuers. These guys came with their own boat, a flat bottom boat. We went out with them. They were taking calls tr people who wanted to get rescued. We were riding along with them. We went through these ne
Announcer this special edition of nightline, Hurricane Harvey rescue in texas, will be right back. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. Announcer this is a special edition of nightline, Hurricane Harvey rescue in texas. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. The red cross estimates that over 17,000 people in and around houston will attempt to fall asleep tonight in a makeshift bed, wondering about their homes and even the safety of family members. The monumental flooding and humanitarian disaster continues to unfold after harvey, with some areas receiving over 51 inches of rain, a record in the continental u. S. Official rescue teams are overwhe
Following the report we told you about last night, that north korea fired a missile that traveled over japan racheting up the already high tensions surrounding the korean peninsula. Couple that with the historic flooding in houston and the surrounding areas and you would bet that would be a recipe for a selloff in stocks, but thats a bet you would have lost because by the end of the day stocks did a nearly 200 point about face. The dow rose just about 57 points to 21,865. The nasdaq rose 18 and the s p 500 added 2. Gold did react to the Missile Launch settling at nearly a oneyear high. Well look more at whether this is the right time to get into the socalled safe haven invest 78 investme later in our discussion. The missile traveled over japanese air space causing a frightening situation for residents and strong rhetoric from the government. We have more from nagoya, japan. Reporter well, like so many japanese here, we were woken up at 6 00 a. M. Local time with the latest launch comin
Moving to louisiana. Firefighters are going door to door in katy, texas. They hopped out, they walk up, they knock to see if anyone is there and if anyone does if no one is there, they put a green sticker to indicate the house was searched and know what it is inside. The water started coming up in some neighborhoods that had remained relatively safe until today. The reason, water being released from local reservoirs had nowhere to go and was starting to flood nearby neighborhoods. That means the number of rescues will only grow. Anyone with a boat, jet ski, and kayak spent the day picking up people and pets from local neighborhoods in houston. It has been neighbor helping neighbor. Now the Texas National guard is increasing its numbers in the flooded area. Ea. With a number of area reservoirs and levies beginning to overflow, more residents are evacuating including south of houston where a levy has been breached by floodwaters. Fire ants and snakes and gators are also causing concern.