Warned to get out. Firefighters are dealing with extreme heat and whipping winds. Were live on the scene. New York City Police detective caught on camera mishandling a nurse when she refused to draw blood from a patient has been paid on administrative leave while the department investigate. As the police chief and the mayor apologize to the nrs for what she went through. Plus figure skater gracie gold announces she is taking a break from skating a month before the olympics. Serena williams gives birth and Venus Williams puts a ball boys future at risk with a hard strike to the nbc today starts now. Announcer live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside Kristen Welker who is in for sheinelle. First of all, congratulations to Serena Williams and good luck to the ball boy. Well have more i thought we would be talking about serena. But venus seemed to take the headline this morning. Hard to believe it was a week ago today we
Harvey. Thousands displaced and 44 dead as texas and louisiana continue to recover from Hurricane Harvey. Now that the rain has stopped, the region is starting to take stock of the tremendous damage as it enters the next phase of recovery. Cleanup efforts underway. The rivers still full of floodwaters only starting to receive, Officials Say it will be a long time before the full extent of the damage is rebuilt. Rescue groups are waiting for pet left behind in the storm, headed here to be put up for adoption. We want to go to Allison Barber live in houston. Reporter relief and Recovery Efforts still underway. Tonight, many people turning to prayer following President Trump declaration of a national day of prayer. Reporter people across the nation offering prayers for those displaced by Hurricane Harvey. President trump designated a national day of prayer. In houston, some look to the church for guidance in a difficult time. I call this in our Community Getting out there and serving. Its
Injuries. He was treated and released. Gilroys fire chief says with the extremely difficult terrain they are fortunate more firefighters have not been injured. Smoke chokes the gilroy hills as neighbors look on with concern. Were just hoping that the wind doesnt blow this way. Reporter neal lives at a house at the base of the ridge and has been watching the fire since it started last night. You can see the flames billowing up. Reporter hes attempted to hike up the hills where the fire burns. Its treacherous. Reporter last night a firefighter lost his footing and fell about 40 feet down the steep terrain. A firefighter tumbled down the 0froot drop and he was taken to the hospital and released. These hillsides havent burned before so they are incredibly dense with trees, brush and dry grass. A lot of fuel. Reporter today cal fire is attacking the fire by air. They have the best access to the hardtoreach burn area. Resources are stretched as firefighters battle numerous fires around calif
Plus, big news from Kensington Palace this morning. Prince william and kate are expecting their third child. Why this means we wont be seeing as much of the duchess in the months ahead. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Any threat to the United States or our allies will be met with a massive military response, both effective and overwhelming. Certain warnings after north Koreas Nuclear test. The north claimed this he tested a Hydrogen Bomb. People need to cut off north korea economically. This is unacceptable. Texans continue picking up the pieces after Hurricane Harvey. Mandatory evacuation orders are still under way in houston. This event is one we have to all sit down and hit the reset button on and figure out how we collectively improve. Hurricane irma is heading into the northern caribbean. Possibility of a florida landfall or carolina landfall. The california governor declaring a state of emergency as crews battle the largest fire e
We are going to have a delta breeze in the next couple of days but in the Santa Cruz Mountains over classed calm at 74, a break from 106 on saturday. Mike one of our weather watchers telling us really hot in morgan hill over the weekend. I believe anything over the weekend, i believe anything including San Franciscos all time high of 106. 103 also one of two, yesterday was only 84 and today will only be 74, the average is 70, tropical clouds are working their way up, so very muggy and humid today with most of the shower activity south but maybe santa clara mounted belly down to monterey. 60s and 70s temperatures are warm due to the cloud coverage and the extreme heat yet to cool off these are really warm about ready to start warming up again but the trend is cooling down a little bit the majority of this cloud coverage very close but we will get a little bit out. 70s and 80s and 90s as well. 7 02 and sal tells us on this holiday the traffic is . It is light and that is how we like it.