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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • The toll is only beginning to emerge from Hurricane Harvey, which left at least five people dead as it tore across the Gulf Coast. Even as a lesser tropical storm, it is expected to bring days of torrential rains and catastrophic flooding, the effects of which the National Weather Service called “beyond anything experienced.” Here are video, photos and a map of the storm’s path. Emergency responders and private boat operators carried out rescues across Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States. One of our own correspondents is trapped with his family in their flooded home. The Times has lifted its pay wall for storm coverage. Check here for the latest. _____ • President Trump was fully engaged with the hurricane response, which drowned out some of the upset over a series of decisions that he had made as the storm was bearing down. That included pardoning Joe Arpaio, above with Mr. Trump, the former Arizona sheriff who built a national reputation for his harsh campaign against undocumented immigrants, and issuing a formal ban on transgender people joining the military. _____ • President Trump is pursuing a $2.5 billion overhaul of U.S. nuclear weapons, leading to new fears of a nuclear arms race. But his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, said the U.S. would continue to seek a peaceful resolution to the North Korean nuclear standoff, despite the Nort... Link to the full article to read more