Death toll could rise dramatically. President trump preparing to visit the disaster area tomorrow. In the meantime cbs reporter meg oliver is in houston tonight. Meg . Reporter the rain has really started to pick up here. And its not expected to let up all night long. We could see another foot by tomorrow morning. Just one of more than 1500 air rescues across the houston area as the water keeps rising. Us customs agents in the coast guard plucked residents from the roofs of flooded homes. And there were many more rescues by high water vehicles. And boats, a good portion of them operated by civilians. If you need help come out. We dont have anything. We lost everything in our apartment. Thousands having rescued so far and that number is likely to rise with more rain falling in the region tonight. They include the most vulnerable, the disabled, the elderly, children, and babies. Nobodies kept count. The count isnt the important thing, its getting people out of a dangerous situation. Those awaiting rescues are pleading for help on social media. Relatives, a family of six drowned when their van was washed away sunday. Officials are still trying to confirm. The entire National Guard in texas has been mobilized, a total of 12,000 in the area to help. Theyll also be managing the evacuees like 7yearold jesus who has Cerebral Palsy and hasnt eaten in a day. His medicine got wet, so he already had three seizures. Theres already intense but all we can do is wait. Wait for food, comfort, and for the rain to stop. Forecasters say the flooding isnt expected to crest in some areas for at least two more days. Live in houston, meg oliver, now back to you. Thank you, meg. It is the same area over and over and over again getting the worst of the storm. This is the satellite loop saturday evening, sunday evening, and this evening. Torrential rainfall, more than 2 inches of rain per hour continuing all evening long and will throughout the night. The latest predictions from future cast calling for an additional 12 to 20 inches of rainfall bringing the total in some parts of Harris County where houston is to 50 inches of rain or more. More than 4 feet of rainfall with the Actual Center of the storm now back over the gulf of mexico. And a second landfall near houston may occur by this time tomorrow night. It has rained more in houston the past three days than it has in San Francisco in the past 505 days. Just colossal amounts of rain and it continues tonight. Local forecast with more heat coming up. Crews are working around the clock to help victims stranded by rising flood waters rick the u. S. Coast guard says it has rescued over 3,000 people and is getting over 1,000 calls per hour. One man stranded in his houston apartment says he doesnt know what to do. Havent really tried the police because i know that theyve been swamped and the red cross has been swarmed as well. We dont really know who to call. We just put out the word for some help and stay here and kind of wait and see what happens. Several search and rescue teams from california have jumped into action to help with recovery efforts. The task force was sent out over the weekend to help people from flooded homes and streets throughout the houston area. Tonight victims of Tropical Storm harvey are getting some much needed help from the bay area. An elite National Guard unit left today to help with search and rescue efforts. About 90 highly trained members from the 129th rescue wing are on their way to the flood zones. Some of them taking time off their other jobs. Many of these folks are Community Members like you. You would never know they were in the uniform until they actually put it on and get called to serve. Theyre teachers, doctors, lawyer, theyre in the tech industry, theyre firefighters, they all work here within the community. The 129th has been deployed to texas in the past. They helped in search and rescue operations for hurricane rita, ike, and gustaf. The red cross has set up ways to donate to the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. You can go directly to redcross. Org or call 1800red cross or text the word harvey to 90999 to make a 10 donation. You can also donate to the American Red Cross by walking into luckies super market or save mart and with more on how to help go to our website cbssf. Com. Now to the fallout from yesterdays violent clashes in berkeley. Tonight a closer look at that those arrested. Police released these mugshots of 11 of the 13 people taken into custody. The charges range from battery and rioting to resisting arrest. At least one of the suspects is from outside the bay area. Youre fascist bleep. Im not fascist, youre fastist. You dont know me. Hes charged with public intoxication, just eight days ago he was arrested at a rally in laguna beach. He also appeared on an episode of judge judy. In this episode he got a stern reprimand in a Child Support case. Another man was charged with conspiracy to commit a crime. Police caught him with a mask, one of the items banned at the protest. And a woman from oakland was arrested for having her ban dan nah over her nose. She says police gave her no warning, she claims it wasnt aware it was illegal at the rally. Joe vasquez, shows us there are very different views of what went down yesterday. Reporter you had right wing demonstrators insisting they come to berkeley to stand up for free speech. But in some cases they brought along White Supremacists itching for a fight and theyve gotten it from antifa. Some in the Community Welcome their violent tactics others like the mayor of berkeley want the fighting to stop. Of the thousands of demonstrators in berkeley yesterday only about 100 arrived wearing all black and faces covered. Antifa they call themselves. Their presence was a game changer. Tensions rose sharply when they arrived. So the cops left the cop in a tactical retreat to deescalate the situation and antifa took it over. They chased right wing demonstrators out and in some cases attacked them. Counter protesters stood by their violence. Our experience on the streets was that we were defended by people who came as antifascist to do that. Thats a view not shared by everyone. Many people in berkeley believe very strongly in Peaceful Assembly and strongly disavow these extremist groups. The mayor wants the people of berkeley to tell antifa they are not welcome. I think we should classify them as a gang. They come dressed in uniforms, they have weapons, theyre almost a malitia. We need to think about that in terms of our Law Enforcement approach. There could be more to come as campus conservatives scheduled a free speech week for next month at uc berkeley. The mayor want it is university to cancel the event. I believe in freedom of speech, theres a line between freedom of speech and posing a risk to public safety. That free speech week is scheduled for september 24th through the 27. Joe vasquez, kpix5. A Trump Supporters car was targeted. The vandal spray painted nazi and kkk on the windows. They also slashed all four tires. The owner tells us he filed a police report. North korea flexing its military muscle again. Tonight the u. S. Defense department confirming, the north launched a missile that flew right over japan. Reporter the pentagon confirmed the launch and tonight its still assessing the situation. The north launch it had unidentified ballistic missile. That missile flew east nearly 1700 miles and reached a height of 341 miles. They said the missile broke into three pieces and landed in the pick. The cabinet secretary of japan called it an unprecedented, serious, and great threat. He promised a Firm Response from tokyo. The pentagon says the missile did not fly far enough to be a threat to the United States. This bay area mayor came under fire for his facebook post, now hes resigned. But tonight some City Council Members told us thats not enough. The trail of destruction in two bay area cities. One of the victims followed the driver and tonight we ask police did he do the right thing . This local air force who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. He resigned over the weekend after a series of of ts. A new push to get former peidmont mayor out of the city council. He resigned after a series of offensive facebook posts. But hes back in the hot seat tonight after new comments surfaced online. Jeff wheeler resigned as mayor because of controversial facebook posts. But hes still on city council. Tonight vulgar new posts are surfacing that have some people calling for him to resign from city council as well. Its dated july 17, 2017. Someone posting as jeffrey wheeler, an elected official in california wrote a rant about Hillary Clintons campaign for president. Having a is not something that inspires. I want to say i dearly love vaginas. His monologue takes the cake. I am offended on behalf voters in this town. I am offended on behalf of all the girls in this town. Wheelers resignation came days after residents stormed a City Council Meeting and read some of his postings aloud. Last nights manner encourages cop killing. Transgenders are mentally ill. A woman who lives there later told us he must leave the city council. Absolutely have to step down from council. Tonight a councilman stopped short of having him to resign but said her constituents are standing firm. 50 people contacted me today to let me know there will be a recall effort. He didnt return my call today. He has apologized for inflammatory or insulting remarks. The City Council Meets next week. Uc berkeleys chief lawyer died in the hit and run crash in sonoma county. Police are searching for the driver tonight. 59yearold christopher paddy pulled hits bicycle over on the highway of 116 yesterday. Then a bmw lost control and hit him. In a statement chancellor carol chris said he loved the institution with all of his heart, knowledge, compassion, and integrity made him an extraordinary Public Servant and incredible colleague. Investigators identified the driver as 28yearold jonathan ritter. They are calling him a person of interest. Some dramatic video this weekend of an alleged hit and run driver who got into two accidents in two cities. Sharon chen on the victim who trailed that driver and what the victim did right. Reporter driving in Pleasant Hill when he noticed a woman driving an acura with the air bags deployed. There she goes. Its a total hit and run. He captured the car following her with a dangling rear bumper. She almost hit on coming traffic on Pleasant Hill road a couple of times. Then i just watched her in slow motion as she went through a red light and broadsided the van. She totally hit this guy. It was scary. What have there was a woman walking her child in the crosswalk. Police say she suffered a head injury in the accident. Why did you keep driving after you hit this man from behind . Thankfully police say no one else was injured and though officers discourage people from trailing hit and run drivers they say he did what was right. The citizen did the right thing by getting us involved, all the different agencies getting involved. Thats the best lesson is use your cell phone, call 911. The woman is being treated at the hospital and this is not a case of driving under the influence. But she suffered some undisclosed medical emergency. Officers say theyre collecting evidence in a criminal hit and run investigation and the District Attorneys Office will decide whether or not to press charges. Sharon chen, kpix5. A bay area ride share craver is facing charges tonight of getting ride share driver is facing charges of getting high on the job. Its an organic stimulant called cod. President trump defending his decision to pardon former sheriff joe arpaio. Asked about it today he praised the 85yearold arpaio saying he was treated unbelievably unfairly. Asked about the timing with a massive hurricane heading to texas he had this to say. In the middle of a hurricane even though it was a friday evening i assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally. There was just a hurricane starting. Today arpaio filed papers to have his conviction dismissed. A california woman is making history tonight. She is the first female enlisted member of the u. S. Air force now able to pilot an aircraft. Shell be flying planes and carrying out her missions remotely. Heres more on the Pilot Program and what inspired it. The sergeant joined the air force in 2005 now shes the first female enlisted pilot in history. I was shocked but its a huge honor and humbling, and im excited. Throughout her career shes worked a number of roles in the surveillance, and reconnaissance field. Now shell be flying the rq4 global hawk without ever stepping foot inside. Im in full control of the aircraft. And constantly know what its doing and where its headed. With the click of a mouse and a keyboard shell not only be flying the aircraft, but commanding intelligence Gathering Mission around the world. She must know every rule and regulation, not just in the United States but around the world. Because she could be flying an operation in the u. S. One day and the next day fly in south america, the next day fly in europe. This will be the first class of enlisted pilot since world war ii to go through any sort of training program. For years theyve relied on officers to for the Pilot Program. We dont have enough people. You execute the take off, execute your mission then you land. Being the first female is something she takes pride in. Its an equal playing field. Its not about gender anymore, its about qualification and is thats exciting to move forward. By january shell be finishing her training and graduating and she and others will be starting their mission. Pretty cool. That is pretty neat. Whats also neat 44 degree temperatures in the bay area today. At the beach 61 at moss beach. Inland not that far only 33 miles away it was 44 degrees hotter in lafayette 105. We will not be that hot tomorrow. And a lot of you in fairfield and danville saying thank goodness. 104 in fairfield. 107 in danville. Nevado you went from the 90s to the 60s in about two hours this evening as the on shore flow rushed in. It will be cloudy tomorrow morning in oakland and San Francisco. Our ridge of High Pressure is beginning to move away. Theres another one coming but lets focus on the one exiting. As it leaves it will bring back the on shore flow in its wake. That will cool us down significantly tomorrow. Youll wake up to something normal in San Francisco, the fog is back, the cloud cover is back its hugging the coastline spilling into the bay. It will burn off in the afternoon, should be a perhaps the most comfortable afternoon of the week tomorrow with temperatures cooler. Later this week that different ridge gets us hot not only inland but the first offshore wind event with widespread 80s near the bay and perhaps 70s near the beach. Well be cooler tomorrow but still above average and well get hot again thursday. So concord about 105 today. The tomorrow 93. Still above average but 12 degrees cooler. Freemont 81. 60s still at the beach. San ramone92. 86 for kentfield. Mid80s for petaluma and napa. 98 tomorrow in lake port. Were cooler relatively speaking for two days ch then here comes the heat again, this may be hotter, it will likely last longer and its going to hit the entire bay area. Its amazing we hit almost september and the last weekend leading into september, actually september is here by friday thats the first day when the winds change and it gets warm at the beach. Wow. Amazon promised to slash prices at whole foods. So are groceries really cheaper . We went to find out. And and it quickly slashed some prices. We found sale signs all over the aisles. Some prices amazon officially took over whole foods today. And it quickly slashed prices. We found sale signs all over the aisles. Some prices cut up by 43 . Mostly the staples in produce and dairy. We asked shoppers about the savings. 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