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Pouring into this country. Earlier today, President Trump had this to say about the ninth circuit ruling, take a look. President trump we are going to keep our country safe, we are going to do whatever is necessary to keep our country safe, we had a decision which we think will be very successful with, it shouldnt have taken this much time. Safety is a primary reason, one of the reasons im standing here today, the security of our country, the voters felt that i would give it the best security, w...

Emergency crews continue to race to find survivors. Tens of thousands seeking refuge in shelters. With respect to shelters. We have expanded our capacity. The reality is not only are we providing shelter for houstonians, but we are also providing shelters for people who are coming from outside the stiff houston who have been directly impacted by the storm. Were not turning anyone away. The city plans to open two more mega shelters to accommodate the homeless. There were reports of looters in som...

Families are homeless, the official death toll is growing with the drowning of a Police Officer who was heading out to help people. We are clearly seeing the better side of america in these images as celebrities and athletes, politicians, regular folks for chin with money, supplies, and hard work to help. We have Fox Team Coverage of the president s visit, the flooding of the politics. Rick leventhal is in lake charles, louisiana, as harvey dumps on that state. Trace gallagher is in houston to s...

And the storm claims more lives, including a first responder. It was his turn to go, she said. This is the way he would have wanted to go. And the president heads to missouri this morning to sell tax reform after appearing in texas. Theres never been anything so expensive in our countrys history. Theres never been anything so historic in terms of damage. We begin with harveys newest target, the powerful Tropical Storm taking yet another painful punch at the gulf coast, making a third landfall ea...

Of dry skies but the flood waters will continue to rise. Untold numbers of people are still awaiting rescue by First Responders volunteers, anybody with a boat. Still, it was the first day in so many that forecasters promised improving conditions. Exclamation point. In the note that they sent out. We expect a live briefing this hour from fema and Homeland Security. We want to go first to cnns drew griffen in beaumont where the weather has not taken a turn for the better. We just lost drew. The w...

This is the cbs evening news. Odonnell good evening. Along with Anthony Mason in new york, im Norah Odonnell in houston, texas. We are outside the george r. Brown Convention Center. It is the citys primary shelter where thousands who fled harvey are jammed together at double capacity. Were going to have more on that in a moment. But some of the other headlines from today. 17,000 have sought refuge in houston. Preparations are now being made tonight to try and open larger shelters. Also today, tw...

Sergeant steve perez, a highly respected 34 year veteran of the Houston Police force. We cant find him, it was too treacherous. To go under and look for him. We made a decision. To leave officers there waiting, because as much as we want to recover him last night, we cannot put other officers at risk for what we knew in our hearts was going to be a recovery mission. Juan for the latest lets go to Trace Gallagher in kingwood texas. We are about the last rescue boat out tonight, we are on lake hou...

Its may be some day going to disappear. We have our great congressman here. Were going to be working with congress helping out the state of texas. Its going to be a costly proposition. Again, probably ted cruz is here. Senator, thank you very much. Senator cornyn. Will be working with these characters over here. I think we will come through with the right solution. But probably theres never been anything so expensive and our countrys history. Theres never been anything so historic and terms of d...

Cities of port arthur and beaumont. The floodwaters are rising and sadly there is no way for people to get out. This is all coming as rescues continue in houston. The red cross says 17,000 people are now in emergency shelters, two stadiums in houston, the Toyota Center and nrg stadium are taking in evacuees which Houston Convention center over capacity. It dumped 51. 88 inches of rain in a suburb east of houston and unloading 15 trillion gallons of rain in texas. The amount of water is astoundin...

Again. Some towns have measured 51 inches rain. Since the storm began and the situation has become more dire for many in the city and across south texas. As of last night there have been nearly 19,000 water rescues across texas. The death toll has now climbed to nine confirmed but the images of the missing are circulating across social media. Among those killed was a Houston Police officer, Sergeant Steve perez. The chief of police spoke about how he died and how he lived yesterday. Unfortunatel...