158,000 dropped out and many more are waiting to see if their loan modifications go through. a treasury official defending the program s rocky start saying, we continue to improve it based on lessons learned. last month, the obama administration unveiled changes such as offering relief to unemployed homeowners and providing more incentives to banks and investors to reduce the principal on homes that aren t worth what is owed on them. it is too soon so know what the changes will do for homeowners in trouble. by the end of the year as many as 1 million homes will have been taken over by banks. the number of delinquent mortgage loans is down for the first time since 2006. back with christia freeland and mark zandi in a moment. i drove my first car from my parent s home in the north of england to my new job at the refinery in the south. i ll never forget. it used one tank of petrol
on or off the island at the moment. i want to point to fallen streestretrees. we are seing them on homes and cars. i don t know if you can make that out to my left here. it seems, craig, the storm did appear to pass us to the west and that is why the winds are dying down and we re getting the brunt of the water, the brunt of the flooding. and we re still a couple of hours out from seeing the worst of hurricane florence. craig, back to you. all right. oak island, north carolina, thank you. be safe, please. cnbc s contessa brewer is south of me. she is in myrtle beach, south carolina. north myrtle beach fire and rescue saying they have halted emergency responses until storm conditions improve. what more can you tell us about that, contessa? reporter: well, for one
such a critical mission. rob marciano in the skies over texas. here in houston, the rain has stopped, but the flood waters are rising and some areas threatening even more neighborhoods. the calls from for help still coming in. more than 13,000 rescues so far. and this image, a human chain of strangers rescuing people from their flooded out car. and while the worst of the weather may be over, the long-term recovery is just getting started. reporter: tonight, houston trying to fight back. still in some parts a city under siege. water rescues and recovery missions around the clock five days after harvey made landfall. this is one of the places that seed me in fact, right now it appears for this neighborhood that things are getting worse. reporter: more than 13,000 people rescued so far. officials going door-to-door marking bright orange cs on homes that are clear. officials estimating up to 40,000 homes in harris county alone are destroyed. but 100,000 is not out of the
feet deep. it rises when we get these heavy rains and like so much of this state, the rain water is rising. overnight, another deluge of water. california s strongest storm in three years showing no mercy. until the low pressure passes, there is still potential for heavy showers to exist. reporter: too much rain for the foothills outside los angeles. a thousand homes evacuated, a danger rising with the water and mud. we re evacuating we re on our way out right now. we re packed up, getting in the car, driving off. reporter: amanda highland and her father ed got out friday. just as mud swallowed their backyard and crept closer to their kitchen. so it s not a question of if it s going o it s coming. and right now it s like a little bit of a glacier. reporter: from space, the eye of this mondayster storm looked like a hurricane. on the ground, it may have felt like one too. winds toppled trees and knocked out power. roofs caved in on homes and businesses.
more than half a trillion dollars. new details on who and what was responsible. we begin with this fox news alert. there are new fbi and immigration raids underway in three states this hour. all connected in some way to the plot to set off a bomb in times square. fbi teams moving in on homes and businesses in massachusetts, new jersey, and in long island, new york. at least three people have been taken into custody so far today. trace gallagher is putting it all together from our breaking news desk this hour. what do we know? reporter: the man you had in the top box faisal shahzad that is the failed times square bomber. all the information that is being acted on today is because of the interrogations happening with him over the past several days. the justice department telling us the number of raids and arrests and in the coming days and maybe by the end of today