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Savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So good to have you with us on thursday morning. We have craig in for matt once again. For the first time in a week, for the first time in a week, the rain has finally stopped, but of course harveys fury is still being felt across the gulf coast. Lets get to the latest. Breaking news in crosby, texas, just outside houston. Thats where fire is burning at a Chemical Plant following two overnight explosions. Its owners had warned they were unavoidable after the facility lost power and its ability to cool those potentially volatile materials. Well go to crosby live in a moment. At least 28 deaths are being blamed on the storm, but that number is expected to climb sharply in the coming days. Houstons Fire Department is beginning a blockbyblock search of thousands of flooded home ....
Raising millions to help all those affected by Hurricane Harvey. And donations are still pouring in. Jason derulo here this morning to do his part. Good morning, america. And youre looking at beaumont, texas, still under water as you can see. Its been almost a week since that deadly storm hit and were seeing an incredible outpouring all across the country for those affected by harvey. People have said that were seeing the worst of Mother Nature and the best of human nature. And the staggering scope this morning, many people still stranded. The coast guard has rescued 9,000 people. And 1,000 pets this week. Nearly 100,000 homes destroyed and that number is likely to rise and perhaps dramatically. Meanwhile, this morning, new fears this is ominous, were watching a major Hurricane Irma intensifying over the atlantic. All t ....
Pieces of public art. Dude, if you love beautiful statues so much, why dont you marry one . Oh, okay [ laughter ] thats fair. Thats fair. New york city mayor bill de blasio announced yesterday that the city will conduct a 90day review of all racist symbols on City Property in an effort to determine which ones ought to be removed. Well let me give you a head start. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] axios, today published a list of groups that President Trump has alienated during his first seven months of office, and now the world is out of paper. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] in a new interview, Kim Kardashian revealed that she did karaoke with former president obama, said obama, that was just the national anthem. [ light laughter ] this week, chuck e. Cheese announced plans to remove some of its animatronic performe ....
For obeys the law and following hospital policy. We have the shocking video. But we begin with a look at todays eye opener your world in 90 seconds. This is an intense big fire. This Chemical Plant has a host of potentially dangerous chemicals. More trouble for texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. We are still rescuing people. The crisis in Southeast Texas is not over. The air effort is really ongoing. Day and night. Were all working together to get people back on their feet. In houston theyre beginning to see the extent of the damage. 90 of this block is in survival mode right now. No challenge is too great for us to overcome. No challenge. President trump is just hours away from a trip to meet with the victims of Hurricane Harvey. A big announcement is ....
To last in a little bit. We do have traffic moving along just well and 80s in the county. If youre driving from fairfield, its not a bad commute here as you continue down to the area. People get on the road early to avoid the traffic in to could say at that county. This is a look at San Francisco. At the toll plaza, just some is lanes have the line. Nothing major, but most of the lanes are doing well. Lets go back to the desk. Were following developing news where two Police Officers were hurt last night after being hit by a car. Yeah, it happened just west of the freeway. They were patrolling the area saying that the safeway was being robbed. They tried to stop the suspect, but he jumped in a car and slam in a parked car and hit both Police Officers, a male and female and sped away. The female officer was screaming in p ....