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under and look for them. as much as he wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. we knew it was going to be a recovery mission. to help shoulder the burden, everyday people are pitching in. these are national guard members taking a break at a houston area mattress store. the owner stepped up to help out in a time of need. laura anthony is in houston, helping shoulder some of the reporting duties. laura is traveling with a convoy of rescue boats. here s what she reported earlier this afternoon. let s take a look in front of us. this is an intersection, a beautiful residential neighborhood. lots of folks still have their cars here. they may be in those houses? yeah. as a matter of fact, for every person we ve gotten out today, we ve had four tell us they didn t want to leave. reporter: we just went by a group of guys on the second floor of an apartment. you were telling them, some of these boats may not be here later. yeah. ea ....
out of texas, despite the horrors faced from harvey. it s broken records and will likely require a long and expensive recovery. thanks for joining us tonight. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. one congresswoman believes it will cost $150 billion, that s the cost of katrina and super storm sandy combined. 50 inches of rain have hit some areas, a record for the united states. the sudden rush of water has left thousands stranded. so far, more than 10,000 have been rescued. 17,000 stayed in shelters last week, but that number will likely rise. the president and first lady arrived in texas today. president trump talked about its historic impact. probably never anything so historic in terms of damage and in terms of ferocity as what we witnessed with harvey. there have been incredible stories of rescue with good samaritans joining the effort. but the storm has claimed eight lives, including a 34-year veteran of the houston police department. while reporting to ....
councilman says ending daca would create a hard fip fship f young people it protects. these youngsters are graduating from our high schools, serving in the military. they relso at the university level that are demonstrating leadership, education, strength, and most of all, helping the economy. reporter: as of 2015, there were nearly 400 dreamers attending classes here at uc berkeley. at this point, it s unclear how an end to daca would affect their educational status. laura anthony, abc7 news. we expect the president to make the announcement tomorrow on the daca. outside to a live look at what we just can t ignore. poor air quality around the bay area. this is a live view over san francisco. we re seeing slightly hazy skies over san jose in this live picture of 101. also in the north bay, here s a live look from our camera on top of mt. tam. we ll get a closer look with leeann melendez in just a minute. but first, let s check in with spencer christian on ....
country legally. good evening. thank you for joiqning us. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. the announcement has left many in the bay area fearful and angry. laura anthony has the story. congress can make it right. reporter: as he prepared to return to washington this evening, he told us he s prepared to fight, with and against republicans for daca. we ve been trying to fix immigration for 20 years in this country. because of partisan politics, we ve been unable to come up with a smart way to do it. reporter: daca stands for deferred action for childhood arrivals. it s estimated there are 800,000 dreamers in the united states. a quarter of them in california. cecilia chavez is one of those. a mother of tw and holds a masters degree from san jose state. so many people depend on us. my parents depend on me and my icome. my children depend on me. and for him to terminate daca, he has no idea what he s doing. right now donald trump is focused on the wrong iss ....
winds at 185 miles per hour with gusts over 225 miles per hour. the storm has pounded islands in the caribbean like st. martin, the virgin islands. it s moving north of puerto rico. if it stays on this track over the next two days, it will expect to move right over the turks and caicos islands. by saturday, hitting northern cuba and turning northward forwards miami and the east coast of florida. if it stays on that path, it s expected to continue up on monday as a category 3 hurricane, along the georgia coastline, hitting population centers psy s like savannah. this is going to be a devastating storm if it stays on this track for much of the southeastern u.s. and there is another hurricane, hurricane jose, a category 1 storm, but could follow a similar path. dan? spencer, thank you very much. florida farmers are bracing for the storm, as well. today, orange concentrate futures for november delivery rose to their highest point in four months. about $1.47 per pound. flo ....