Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Helicopters are flying to fulltime to rescue people trapped by flooding. More dramatic rescues play out in east texas. Overnight the remains of Hurricane Harvey caused significant flooding in nashville. At the arkema Chemical Plant in crosby, texas, more blasts are expected. Even as flooding persists, recovery is under way here. The city of houston is open for business. And quite frankly, we open for business right now. The president would like to join in the efforts and hes pledging a Million Dollars of personal money to the fund. Vice president pence getting his hands dirty and consoling victims. We will be with you every day until texas recovers and rebuilds stronger and better than ever before. To. The Police Officer in georgia is under fire for some controversial comments he made during a traffic stop last july. Remember, to nl kill black people. Yeah, we only kill black people, right . 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Charlie is off and guess what so, is norah. She has a day off today after a very long week. Im thinking, guys, maybe shell sleep until 5 00 a. M. You think . Were in good hands. Vladimir duthier of our streaming network, cbsn with Maurice Dubois from wcbs. Welcome. Good morning. We begin with the latest on Hurricane Harvey nearly one week after he hit texas, many people in houston are finally getting the chance to g back home. But others in east texas are desperate to leave the frood zone. Evacuees lined up at beaumonts airport overnight boarding planes and buses headed out of town. That city has been without Running Water for more than 24 hours. Across texas fema says 32,000 people are in shelters. The confirmed death toll has jumped to 37. Helicopters are still pulling people out of floodwaters in east texas. Anna werner is at Jack Brooks Regional Airport on the outskirts of beaumont. Anna, good morning. Reporter good morning. Here is the scenario, whats happening at beaumonts Regional Airport here in east texas. You see the c130 cargo plane behind me. It is filled with evacuees and their belongings. People who have lost their homes probably their cars a lot of their possessions in these floods and now theyve come to beaumont where there is very little food and there is no water in the city of beaumont. So a lot of these pool are saying, look, just get me out. Were not going to dallas. Reporter hundreds of people desperate to leave east texas gathered at beaumonts Regional Airport overnight. As many as 60 people at a time packed into military c130 cargo planes. Very important we get out of here tonight. Hes waiting to board a bus with his wife and three daughters. They say were going to dallas or san antonio. You know what im saying . Anywhere to help. Anywhere to help. Im going to get some help. Reporter jeff is with California Task force 6, one of more than a half dozen agencies activated by fema to organize the evacuation effort. So far today we of evacuated out right now were at about 960. We could evacuate as many as 5,000. Two days after harveys second u. S. Landfall, entire neighborhoods across east texas are still overwhelmed by flooding. In port arthur, white rags and shirts still hang from homes of those who signaled for help. We have a boat up in front thats going house to house. Louisiana sheriffs deputy brian heyman joined police and volunteers to make sure no one was left behind. Do you think people were ready for this . Do you think people had any clue this kind of thing was coming . I think it just came so fast, nobody expected 29 inches of rain after the initial storm. 860 to 900. At the airport, Betty Jo White is getting ready to board a plane to dallas. Age 70. This will be my flight number. She was rescued by boat from her flooded apartment. The 73yearold has never flown and has never been to dallas. Shes not sure where shell go when she arrives. I dont know what were going to d. Somebodys just going to have to help me on this one. Take us in. Reporter in addition to these planes that are headed to dallas, there are buses that have been heading to places like san antonio. Basically the idea is that getting out of beaumonts very difficult. Most of these people would havent a car anyway, butten if they did a lot of the roads are blocked off and flooded. Anna, thank you very much. The flooded arkema Chemical Plant northeast of houston could see more explosions in the next few days. Part of the facility in crosby, texas, caught fire after the Storage Containers burst. Eight other containers filled with chemicals are in his words ready to blow. David begnaud is at the Harris CountyEmergency Operations center in houston with the latest on that. David, good morning. Good morning. With everything thats going on here in houston, theyre keeping an eye on the next hurricane, irma, but the radar that matters this morning is the one over houston and thankfully it is clear. There were no explosions overnight, but as you said, gayle, more appear to be imminent. We told you about the 15 sheriffs deputies that were treated at the hospital yesterday after breathing in some of the fumes following the explosion. They have been released from the hospital, the good news. This morning the u. S. Chemical safety board has launched a federal investigation into whats going on there. From above the arkema Chemical Plant, we saw fire continuing to burn thursday morning, hours after it began. By late afternoon, the flames appeared to be out. But arkema is warning there is evidence suggesting other trailers will soon burn. Satellite images tell the story. The water knocked out power thats needed to prevent unstable organic peroxide calm pounds from overheating. We have been in a defensive posture holding a perimeter around the facility to make sure that our citizens are safe and that our environment is protected. Reporter the plan now, let it burn. Authorities evacuated people within a mile and a half radius of the facility. This should have never happened. They should have had backups in case they lost power. Reporter the company did have backup generators. But its unclear whether they were protected. If you need an interview reporter we have tried to get in touch with your company yesterday. This Company Executive agreed to take our questions oneonone but didnt have any answers. Including this one from a local resident. Were the generators elevated . I dont know the location i just dont know the specifics of where the generators have been located. Reporter an inspection last year found ten serious violations ultimately resulting in more than 91,000 in fines. But a former osha official tells cbs news none of that would probably be relevant to the situation were dealing with now. Mr. Renard tells us the company had more than one backup plan, two, three, and four corners and they all failed. Listen, this may be controversial, but the local sheriff in Harris County says from everything hes been told what is burning from the area of that explosion is nontoxic. In fact, hes told the public that experts have told him it is no different than standing around a campfire. David begnaud, we shall see. Houston officials are surveying the damage left behind by harvey. Mayor Sylvester Turner to tack a flight over his city yesterday. The white house estimates the storm has affected more than 100,000 texas homes. 37,000 utility customers in houston are still without power this morning. Demarco morgan is in downtown houston. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The floodwaters are starting to resad and City Services are coming back online. Now comes the grim task of accounting for all the people who did not survive the storm. Going door to door, search and rescue teams fan out across neighborhoods that had been inundated by the flooding. Finding out how much damage there is, if theres any civilians that have been left behind. Reporter one section of the city was fully searched thursday. Five more should be finished today. As more neighborhoods dry out, some people are venturing back into their flood damaged homes. The water came up about right here on the brick. Reporter they ripped out water logged drywall and carpet. Destroyed furniture and debris piled up on the streets. Were out of here. My wifes sfr san antonio and she doesnt want to g through this anymore and were done. Reporter calls for help are diminishing, the Police Department performed just three high water rescues between wednesday night and thursday morning. We received about 30 missing persons reports since the storm began. We have cleared 11 of those already. We still have 19 cases we are still looking for. Reporter houstons airports reopened for commercial flight. Some Public TransportationServices Also resumed. The mayor says that Toyota Center shelter will likely be closed by end of day. The people still there will be moved to the Convention Center where 8,000 remain down from a high of 10,000. Dont bet against houston or Harris County. Were coming back strong. Reporter city officials are asking people to watch out for the water, especially pockets throughout the area. If you have to drive down a flooded area, make sure you know just how deep that water is. The problem is you may never know. Also watch out for rising waters here in the receding waters in areas like parks because it can be contaminated with chemicals and also have potential wildlife. Demarco morgan, thank you. In our next half hour the houston mayors first in depth interview since harvey stuck. Sill Vester Turner will talk with our Mark Strassmann on how to respond better for this ever happens again. President trump will return to texas tomorrow to visit houston and other areas hit hard by harvey. The president was criticized after his first trip for not visiting victims in the storm ravaged areas. Vice president mike pence did meet with victims when he went to texas yesterday. He cleared storm debris at a home in rockport and viewed the damage from a military aircraft. Major garrett is at the white house. Good morning. Reporter as is so often the case with the this presidency, President Trump and Vice President pence were a study in contrasts in their trips to texas responding to Hurricane Harvey. Mr. Trump was cheered but kept his distance from suffering and devastation while his Vice President did exactly the opposite. President trump sent us here to say we are with you. Reporter Vice President pence toured a heavily damaged neighborhood in rockport and consoled residents at a church gutted by Hurricane Harvey. Well be here every day until this city and this state and this region rebuilds bigger and better than ever before. Reporter unlike President Trump, the Vice President hugged the afflicted, posed with volunteers and cleared branches from a front yard of a family who wept while they watched. Its a long way to go. Its not months, but years. Reporter President Trumps trip was far less intimate. What a crowd, what a turnout. Reporter critics said he failed to meet with victim, mention the loss of life, or see devastation up close. In the modern era, president s are graded on compassion. Bill clinton tended to shine in moments of tragedy. George w. Bush, faulted for his initial distance from Hurricane Katrina later got up close and embraced the victims. President obama drew praise from republicans from his prompt response in new jersey to superstorm sandy. The Vice President made a point of say plg trump would be returning to texas on saturday. President trump often reminds us that we are one american family. That when one hurts, we all hurt. Reporter Sarah Huckabee sanders said the president will donate one Million Dollars to Hurricane Relief efforts. Whether that comes from his foundation or business accounts she could not say. The president already donates his president ial salary to other charities. Gayle . 1 million donation will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much, major. Gas prices are going up across the country after harvey. They have jumped 0. 20 since the storm made landfall one week ago today. The nation average is 2. 52. Thats the highest price in two years. In dallas drivers waited in line to fill up, and they were worried that refinery and pipeline shutdowns along the gulf coast would cause a fas shortage. Lima croft is the head of strategy for Rbc Capital Markets and joins us to discuss. Good to see you. Thank you for having me on. Heading into labor day weekend, this is not the news people want to hear. How long do you think the spike will last . It depends on the infrastructure damage. We simply dont know when well get the refineries up and running. We have ten refineries down, thats 16 of all u. S. Refining capacity. We dont know when the facilities will be up and running, when people can get back to work, what the extent of the damage is. Well have to play a waiting game to see when we can get prices to normal levels. Big impact on the colonial pipeline. A lot of people arent aware of this but it runs from houston all the way to new york. Thats why you get higher gas prices here when you get a storm in the gulf coast. One out of every eight barrels people consume comes through the colonial pipeline. It is a my jor Transit Route for gasoline, for jet fuel, for distillates. It supplies the east coast of the United States. So when we have problems on that pipeline, we see higher gas prices here. A lot of us of a certain vintage can remember the long e luns in the service during the opec oil crisis. There were lines after hurricane sandy. Could we see the same thing . After the oil embargo in the 70s we created a Petroleum Reserve we can tap in emergency situations. We actually tapped the reserve yesterday, a Million Barrels for refineries in louisiana. The u. S. Government does have additional tools at its disposal if it wants to basically help get supply to different parts of the country. It can remove jones act, which requires only u. S. Ships to transport Refined Products and crude throughout the country. So it can do other things to seize the supply problem. Im part of the vintage. You too. This is so much bigger than just a texas problem, is it not . Absolutely. I mean, we go back to 2005, the u. S. Basically exported around 800,000 barrels of refined product. We now export 6 Million Barrels of krood refined product so you have Global Markets dependent on u. S. Supplies. Mexico, half of their gasoline comes from the United States. So were starting to see shortages and problems outside the United States. Its a global problem, not just a local problem. Thank you so much. All right. We are watching a big new storm this morning in the tropics. Irma is a category three hurricane packing winds of 115 Miles Per Hour. This storm is rapidly intensifying. Wind speeds nearly doubling over the last 24 hours. The latest forecast from the National HurricaneCenter Brings the storm close to the kriri can as a category 4 storm, a huge one by tuesday afternoon. Irma could pose a threat to the United States but its still more than a week away from a potential landfall. Russian president Vladimir Putin warned overnight that the u. S. And north korea are on the vernal of a largescale conflict. He also said trying to end north Koreas Nuclear program by putting pressure on pyongyang is futile. In a showforce, the u. S. Flew warplanes with bombing drills with south korea yesterday just days after north korea launched a midrange Ballist