Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom here in new york. Good to be with you. Im anne marie greene. The water is still rising in houston. It rained overnight and more heavy rain is expected today. Harvey has already dumped a massive amount of rain normally seen only once in more than a thousand years. Another 10 to 20 inches is in the forecast. The surging flood waters have paralyzed the city. At least two people have died in the catastrophic storm but the devastation is so widespread it is impossible to measure just how many people are missing or still trapped. Evacuation centers are packed full. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says this is one of the largest disasters america has ever faced and this morning Tropical Storm harvey is just offshore and is expected to move back inland sometime tomorrow. Don champion is in houston. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning. Today marks the fourth straight day harvey has soaked this entire region. At one point overnight the rain fell at a pain
Temperatures are going to be about ten to 15 degrees cooler today inland where well still make the 90s. 50s, 79, 70 and 709 your 7 00 temperatures. Well talk more about that impending heat wave coming up. Sue. Weem take a look right now outside and san jose. This is 101, those taillights headed southbound 880 at the overcrossing. Pretty good conditions for this morning for your commute leaving san jose northbound up towards the peninsula. Well also take a look at our roadmaps out there, green suspect good, obviously, everybodys moving at the limit. Little slow out of tracy as you approach the Altamont Pass but so far so good, about a 35 minute drive time from tracy into livermore and the dublin pleasanton interchange. We do slal bit of road work through the and well check back in just a few. Thank you. We are tracking the developing news out of texas where the death toll from harvey hasries tone seven. The red cross says the biggest shelter is beyond capacity now. Its original capacity
Donation of 1 million. The details on his report at least initial 6 billiondollar request. Harvey wrecking havoc on the energy sector. Gas prices surging long lines forming at the pump. Major impact ahead on the busy travel weekend coming up. Futures are showing gains across the boards, dow, s p 500 and the nasdaq there, the dow and s p up in august, that was the fifth straight month of gains and the nasdaq up two months in a row. The nasdaq closed at alltime high yesterday. Investors, of course, eyeing the august jobs report due two and a half hours from now. Economists are expecting 180,000 jobs were added last month, tun employment rate Holding Steady at 4. 3 . We will bring you special coverage of the job report beginning 8 00 a. M. Eastern time. In the meantime, in europe lets check stocks there, england, france and germany we have gains across the board firing on all cylinders around the globe. In asia overnight markets were mixed with nikkei and shanghai heading higher. At home
Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Helicopters are flying to fulltime to rescue people trapped by flooding. More dramatic rescues play out in east texas. Overnight the remains of Hurricane Harvey caused significant flooding in nashville. At the arkema Chemical Plant in crosby, texas, more blasts are expected. Even as flooding persists, recovery is under way here. The city of houston is open for business. And quite frankly, we open for business right now. The president would like to join in the efforts and hes pledging a Million Dollars of personal money to the fund. Vice president pence getting his hands dirty and consoling victims. We will be with you every day until texas recovers and rebuilds stronger and better than ever before. To. The Police Officer in georgia is under fire for some controversial comments he made during a traffic stop last july. Remember, to nl kill black people. Yeah, we only kill black people, right . Wildfires burning from california to montana in wa
In the city as well as mown tun view and from the golden gate bridge, you see a e breeze there and we will be looking at a different forecast, the second half of your weekend, so we have better news if we can just get through today. 67 santa rosa, 76 in concord and were look iing at terms warmer than we were yesterday this morning by 7 degrees in hayward. Santa cruz until 9 00 tonight then on the shoreline, excessive heat warnings. The bay area, the rest of the bay through labor day, but the spare the air alert in down in santa cruz today, well into the 0i9ds, but throughout the morning, youll see the temperatures steadily increase now to noontime inland. A Traffic Alert if youre riding cal train this weekend. Be prepared for delays. First names s facials say extre temperatures may cause the tracks to shift. Muni buses are also having a hard time operating in the heat. Tiffany wilson has more on the problems theyre facing. Steam timber has arrived in San Francisco. 106. Thats a bit hot