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Chemical plant. we'll have all of the latest coming up. good morning, i'm rene marsh, welcome to "early start." >> i'm dave briggs. friday, september 1st. 5:00 in the east. 4:00 a.m. in houston, texas. we are now one week after harvey blasted its way ashore as of tonight. growing concerns emerging from the storm. overnight the death toll climbing again. it now stands at 47. at the arkema chemical plant in crosby, texas, more blasts are expected following the first explosion of an organic peroxide container about 24 hours ago. a 1.5-mile evacuation perimeter remains in effect around the pla...

$20 a gallon for gas. also $8.50 for a bottle of water. we spoke with mark rylander, a spokesman for the texas attorney general. >> thankfully the texas legislature in preparation of these kind of storms several years back came one stiff menalitiy -- penalties for people suspected of price gouging. they came up with a $20,000 fine per occurrence, or if someone 65 or older is affected it jumps to $250,000 fine per occurrence. >> texas officials say they've had close to 600 complaints about storm-related scams and gouging. the concerns toughing off social media hysteria and bizarrely long gas li...