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Period. that is enough to fill the san francisco bay more than ten times over. for the latest from the disaster zone lets bring in george howell. he is live at houstons convention center. good morning, george. >> reporter: renae good morning to you. the mood here at this convention center that serves a shelter quite frankly home for so many people. the mood is patient but also uncertain. you know so many people uncertain what the next steps will be. the numbers here. just the other day some 8,00...

Sfloos right youre looking at more than 300 texas roadways covered in wert. so difficult to get around. jornl howell live for us in houston. as if one hurricane wasnt enough. yet another major hurricane has its eye focused on the united states. lets bring in meteorologist derek van dam good morning. whats on the way. >> good morning, dave, renae. its important that we keep this in check here because we are still 7 to 10 days out from any potential threat to the lower 48. but nonetheless this maj...

Not be rid of the water for maybe weeks. look at the -- if you look at this these people will be up against it and may not get into homes any time soon. dave and renae. >> devastating. in the last week more than 6,000 people and at least 1,000 pets rescued by the u.s. coast guard. the work goes on. air crews searching for people stranded by the storm. cnn kayleigh hartung took a flight looking for survivors. kayleigh has more from across the border in lake charles, louisiana. >> reporter: rescue...

Jh helicopter there was an area where waters were quickly rising ten miles north of beaumont. we headed there a call for service saying 20 people drapd trapped on a roof when we got there we saw the 20 people and a house you surrounded by boats. those people loading up to boats and getting to safety quickly. the trained men aboard this helicopter with me very quick to prays the efforts of the volunteers with their boats. the cajun navy if you will have who have come out in mass numbers. our crew...

You can see the differences in the computer models we look at. earlier the european model had the storm making a pass across the florida straits late sunday next we can. 7 to 10 days away from any formidable threat from the storm. but lets talk about now. because we still have our remnant of what was harvey that continues to churn across the ohio and tennessee river valley. that is going to bring our flood threat to that region. but we cant forget whats still taking place across southeast texas ...

Call between tillerson and sergei lavrov. and theyre going to study appear possibly retaliate. while both side continue to say they would like the relations between one another to improve. at this point it doesnt appear as though thats in the cards renae. >> all right things not warming up. fred pleitgen live in moscow thanks fred. >> lets get a check on "cnn moneystream." global stocks higher after wlgz ended august and a high in and out. the dow and sen p. let mitt a record my moving treasury ...

Trump a letter asking him to reconsider the daca program. this was long before hurricane harvey was ever on the maps, ever forecasted. and a court began to work towards that september 5th date. and so all along for these couple of months this has been a strategic plan with the courts with the states with the federal government. and so to dishneau dsh for anyone to act like thats something that suddenly popped up or related to the storm its just not the case. we heard rumors out of washington thr...

School back on september 11th. so you are starting to see some things get back to normal. but, again, there is a lot that needs to be done here to start that recovery process. dave and renae. >> hard to imagine how many thousands of students are not ready to return based on their housing circumstances. >> yeah. >> and roadways and cars. thanks for the reporting. and the skies are clearing over texas but that doesnt mean the flooding threat is passed. >> we are joined by derek van dam how do th...