Thin air or out of my unconscious mind. Its sort of the way dreams come to us. Yang all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Yang north korea has again seized the worlds attention with a new nuclear blast. The weekend test may move pyongyang a quantum leap forward in its bid to become a nuclear power, capable of threatening the u. S. Mainland. That, in turn, has set off a new diplomatic flurry. Nick schifrin reports. Enough is enough. Reporter for the second time in a week, the Security Council today held an emergency session on north korea. And u. S. Am
Texas for the last several weeks. I represent part of the houston area, North Houston and into other areas of Harris County. Houston is one of many cities in Harris County, texas. And of course im going talk bout Hurricane Harvey. On august 26, texans across the state braced themselves for Hurricane Harvey. It was a quick hurricane in that it was developed very quickly in the gulf of mexico. Texas, it southeast near corpus christi, in rockport. And did considerable damage in rockport. I understand from congressman farenthold that represents the area that the entire small town was just obliterated by Hurricane Harvey. Thats right on the coast of texas. Hurricane harvey made its way up the coast toward houston. Riding the coast and the gulf of mexico. When it got to houston, texas, it slowed down to some extent. And for five days it rained. It rained all day and all night. And the flood waters rose in the houstonHarris County area. All told, we got about 50 inches of rain in those five d
Storm. Forecasters are warning of unsurvivable storm surge, as high as 20 feet or more. Were getting some of our first pictures tracking the storm, tracking the surge. Were trying to connect to as many people as we can to get the best picture of the devastation as the sun and the light comes up. Nearly 400,000 customers are without power in texas and louisiana. Interstate 10 is closed in some parts of louisiana because of flooding concerns. It was 15 years ago this week that Hurricane Katrina devastated louisiana, killing more than 1,800 people. And the storm that is hitting right now is more powerful than that. You may remember that 40 of people who died there in katrina drowned in the floodwaters. So we have reporters along the gulf coast covering this monster storm for you all morning. And we begin with marty savidge, live in lake charles, louisiana, where the eye just went through. Tell us the experience there, martin. Reporter good morning, alisyn, there was a brief respite, but i
Expected to bring storm surges that officials call unsurvivable. Louisiana has not seen a storm this strong in 150 years. Surges of 15 feet or higher could overwhelm coasts in both states. And water levels are already rising quickly, more than 1. 5 Million People are under some type of evacuation order. Coronavirus and the need to maintain social distancing only complicating the hurricane response in louisiana. The state is taking people to hotels instead of shelters. Laura is just the tenth hirk hurricane in history since Record Keeping began. So power is already out for more than 200,000 customers in louisiana. Conditions are dedo toodooro ti rapidly in lake charles and that is where Martin Savidge is. I assume it is not safe to be out in the open . Reporter thats right. We were out there earlier this evening and then it just became far too dangerous. I mean, the winds were not only howling, the rain was cominghor. It just was too dangerous for the crew and us to be out there. We had
Storm of the hammering that is taking place. Behind us its completely dark. It was lit up, but now the power is gone. This hotel is running completely on generated power. Its an island of lights surrounded by a sea of dark ness. Its the winds now that are just taking things apart. You can see the trees that have now been snapped off. They havent just sort of broken up at the top. Theyve been snapped off at the base, and it goes out as far as you can see, and of course those are just the trees. You can imagine the devastation being done to structures. We know that downtown is suffering in lake charles. The water that had stayed away is now beginning to come in in certain areas. Understandable because the storms moving. The winds shifting, and as a result of that, thats part of why you see a new round of destruction. Those things that had been weakened by bending in one direction for several hours now thrust suddenly exactly the opposite direction, and it becomes too much for them to tak