Obrien all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien the crisis in houston deepens by the day, as Tropical Storm harvey lurks just offshore. More than 3,500 people have been rescued, but officials have confirmed four deaths. Much as 30 more than 1700 square miles and is home to heat advisory is now under water. And more and more is washing into the city itself. P. J. Tobia begins our coverage. Reporter images of a region pushed to the brink. Torrents poured through parts of downtown houston, as a pair of aging dams overflowed. Rescue crews had worked through the night, with flood victims crowding onto dump trucks heading for higher ground. Some waited until morning, only to see the water climb higher. It quit rain
Obrien all that and more, major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Obrien the crisis in houston deepens by the day, as Tropical Storm harvey lurks just offshore. More than 3,500 people have been rescued, and officials have confirmed four deaths, but expect more. One town east of houston has already gotten nearly 52 inches of rain, a record for the u. S. Mainland. As much as 30 of harris county, which covers some 1,700 miles and is home to houston, is now under water, and more and more is washing into the city itselfg p. J. Tobia begins our coverage. Reporter images of a region pushed to the brink. Torrents poured through parts o downtown houston, as a pair of aging dams overflowed. Rescue crews had worked through the night, with flood victims crowding onto dum
Did after the crash. Tell us about it. Reporter an 11yearold girl acted quickly and got the kids on the bus out. Take a look at whats happening behind me here. The home is getting temporary repairs. You can see that bus left a gaping hole in the living room where a mother and her daughter had been standing just seconds before the bus came crashing through the wall. It feels good because i know i helped some people. Reporter isabella paid attention during School Bus Safety training. First thing i thought, this cant be happening. This isnt real. I saw some sdaults and i was like help us, please. I saw the latch on the door. Knew i couldnt do the up, emergency exit, so i did that emergency exit and i just opened it got out. I was encouraging the kids come o get out. Come on lets go. Reporter this 11yearold helped usher ten of her classmates out of the back of this bus that crashed into this whitpain house. One of the girls was smart enough, opened the back and told kids, get out, get out.
Girl helped get classmates to safety when their school bus crashed this morning in Montgomery County. Now, nine students were on that bus on their way to st. Helen Elementary School when it crashed into a house in whitpain township. Family members inside werent hurt. The 11yearold girl credits bus safety drills for helping her know what to do. I saw some adults out there and i was like, help us please. Then i saw the latch on the door. I knew i couldnt do the up emergency exit so i did that emergency exit i just opened it, got out. I was encouraging the kids. I was like, come o you got to get out. Reporter police say they dont know why the 58yearold driver lost control. Hes being treated at a local hospital. No word on his condition. In light of this latest accident, the nbc10 investigators took a closer look at schooling bus safety across the region. Mitch blacher joins us. What did you find . We pored over the statistics and crunched the numbers and found traveling by school bus is s
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