right now on "america this morning," breaking news, flash flood emergency. the historic disaster unfolding at this hour across the northeast. >> make no mistake, we are enduring an historic weather event. >> the remnants of hurricane ida unleashing a flood like new york city has never seen. >> people stranded in their cars for hours overnight. entire neighborhoods underwater. the subway cyst inundated. a travel ban issued a state of emergency declared. to the south, tornadoes destroying homes from new jersey to maryland. the new images and where this storm heads next, plus, the growing crisis after ida slammed louisiana. the desperate search for gas and the long wait for the power to return. breaking never night, a

landmark ruling from the supreme court on abortion. what the justices have decided and what it means for roe versus wade. experts weighing in. also, the six-hour manhunt for the suspect in a deadly high school shooting in north carolina finally comes to an end. the urgent warning for parents about several popular baby items, linked to death. this massive whale and paddleboarder. why the ice cream machines at mcdonald's are the subject of a federal investigation. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with the deadly flood disaster unfolding right near in the northeast from philadelphia to new york and boston. >> the remnants of hurricane ida have unleashed a historic amount of rain overnight as you can and the storm is now making

its way into new england after leaving behind scenes that could be from a hollywood disaster movie. >> the rain came down so quickly it left drivers in new york city and new jersey stranded in waist high water. some people are still stuck inside their cars. rescue workers have been overwhelmed. the 911 system is overloaded. new york state and new jersey declaring states of emergency. new york city imposed a travel ban through 5:00 a.m. >> floodwaters inundated newark international airport and farther south parts of trenton under evacuation orders because a local river is rising threaten to submerge entire neighborhoods. in passaic, one death is confirmed. all of this followed a series of reported tornadoes around philadelphia and in maryland. dozens of homes are destroyed. those details in a moment, but first the crisis in new york. overnight dramatic images of the historic flash flood emergency in the northeast. what's left of hurricane ida

pummel new jersey one point wednesday night where five inches fell per hour. >> never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: and this man filming a river of water rushing off a highway exit. >> that's the garden state parkway exit 154. the water is coming off the parkway and into our neighborhood. > reporter: newark airport, the baggage room flooded. the airport suspending all flights last night and for the first time ever the national weather service issuing a flash flood emergency for new york city. water seen rushing into this subway station. subway service halted overnight and in the bronx, more than two dozen cars bobbing like bath toys on this highway. this man climbing out of his window to safety. >> i was driving down, and then i was taking my time when i see the cars start floating. you know?

a car just started floating and shut off and then i look crazy, you know. >> reporter: earlier this storm spawning multiple tornadoes. this video showing the damage. it was to the southern new jersey neighborhood. the family living in this home racing to the basement when the twister approached. >> if you look just next door, that house bore the brunt of the tornado in this neighborhood. >> reporter: in maryland, this tornado spotted in annapolis. and outside washington, d.c., a 19-year-old mand died after his basement apartment flooded. residents of the apartment complex saying the rush of water came out of nowhere. >> like the whole living room was floating. it was literally rushing into our rooms. >> at least one person confirmed dead after drowning in the floodwaters and getting word of a woman killed from a tree outside philadelphia and now the rain has moved into inc. rwanda.

this was the scene in stamford, connecticut. a closer look at the forecast in just a few moments. right now to the other major story breaking over. the supreme court denied a request to block a strict new abortion law from taking effect in texas. the law makes abortions illegal after six weeks of pregnancy before most women even know they're expecting. abortion rights advocates were hoping the supreme court would weigh in but the texas law was upheld and devin dwyer reading it overnight. >> reporter: good morning. the order from the supreme court came down just after midnight eastern time. formally denying the request from texas abortion suppliers to leave sb-8 in place. denying abortion access to women in the second most populous state. the vote was 5-4. it was decided largely on technical grounds, the court's conservative justices saying the way it is designed deputizing private citizens to do the enforcement presents what they

called complex and novel procedural questions. the majority in their unsigned opinion say the court is not weighing in on the constitutionality explicitly of texas' law so challenges will remain but the dissents overnight, guys were intense. justice sonia sotomayor stunning and saying presented with an application to enjoin a flagrantly unconstitutional law engineered to prohib built women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade scoop louseness, a justices buried their head in the sand. he is aware of the impact and would hold the status quo as far as the abortion clinics in texas, they are remaining open.

they are accepting patients at this time but not providing abortions after six weeks. overnight one of the leaders of those clinics wrote she is devastated by the court's decision. >> devin, thank you. terry moran who also covers the courts said this, roe versus wade is functionally dead. it has not been formally overruled but has no effect in texas. and if texas can do this, so can other states. more analysis of the supreme court's decision and reaction on our website, abcnews.com. new details about a deadly school shooting in north carolina wednesday. the second school shooting this week in that state. police say a student die the after being shot at a high school in winston-salem. the manhunt ended with the suspect, a juvenile student, at the school taken into custody. the police chief was overwhelmed. >> medical responders began lifesaving measures and the injured student was transported to wake forest university baptist medical center where he succumbed to his injuries.

>> police did not identify the suspect or provide a motive for the shooting. just two days earlier on monday a 15-year-old wounded at a high school in wilmington. fire crews in california say they made progress fighting the caldor fire near lake tahoe because winds have died down but warned low humidity could create new dangers and flames burned nearly 600 homes and thousands more threatened. it destroyed an area the size of louisville, kentucky, and is only 23% contained. back now to the aftermath of ida and the crisis in louisiana. president biden will get a firsthand look at the destruction during a visit tomorrow. the governor flew over the widespread damage west of new orleans saying the recovery will be a marathon. residents are in desperate need of supplies and gas with gas lines up to nine hours long. power has been restored about 3% of new orleans. at least a dozen people have been hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning due to generators being used indoors.

they say to stay away until further notice. >> i can't imagine there isn't a single structure that hasn't received some sort of damage and ranging anywhere from minor cosmetic damage to total loss. >> new orleans is using 70 transit buses as cooling sites during the sweltering heat. let's take a look at your thursday morning forecast. good morning. extreme flash flooding ongoing across the northeast heading into thursday morning. flash flood watches in place from kwifl all the way to new england. now, we've seen dozens and dozens of flood reports, many of these have been flood rescues between new york city, philadelphia and d.c. we also had tornadoes in wednesday. it was a busy day for sure and thursday alooking pretty busy too along new england. look at thursday morning right around daybreak. the intense rain across eastern new england. it'll finally depart the area into thursday afternoon. leaving behind a pretty nice day

as a matter of fact. temperatures on thursday are going to top out only in the 70s for highs. the soaking rains across new england will mainly be in the morning. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin coskren. coming up, joe rogan, the controversial podcast host opens up about testing positive for covid. also ahead, new arrests in a fake covid vaccination card scheme, among the suspects, hospital workers. he's known as big john and he's about to fetch a big price.

back now with the pandemic causing even more delays in hollywood. the new "top gun" movie and new "mission: impossible" movie starring tom cruise have been delayed the until the

middle of next year or possibly later. vaccination cards are the subject of a new fraud bust. when it comes to rising covid cases the cdc issued a new warning about traveling over the upcoming holiday weekend. this morning, the cdc issuing a travel warning for labor day telling vaccinated people to consider their risk and telling unvaccinated people not to travel at all. >> first and foremost if unvaccinated we would recommend not traveling. >> covid hospitalizations across the country have just hit a seven-month high and the biden administration moving forward on vaccine booster shots and advisers will meet september 17th to consider pfizer's booster shot application. as for the evidence so far on whether a third shot is needed ot all doctors are convinced. >> i don't think there is any problem with the safety or effectiveness of these vaccines if and when a booster is recommended. >> reporter: popular podcaster joe rogan revealed he's positive for covid months after he suggested young, healthy people don't need the

vaccine. >> throughout the night i got fevers and sweats, and i knew what was going on. >> reporter: rogan did not say whether he's been vaccinated. he did disclose he took ivorivor ivermecti ivermectine, one that the fda warned not to use. >> we immediately threw the kitchen sink at all. all kinds of meds. monoclonal antibodies, ivermectines, z-pak. prednisone, everything. >> reporter: meanwhile, a new vaccination fraud scheme has been busted and more than a dozen people are charged with forges vaccine cards. the manhattan d.a. says it includes hospital workers. in hawaii, a separate incident. this 24-year-old busted at the airport where she showed a fake vaccine card. authorities tipped off by the misspelling of moderna on her card, #maderna with two as was later trending on twitter. and now there's a new variant of

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retractible roof closed, and take a look at the people leaving the tennis center. they had to wade through knee-deep water. we turn now to new charges in the elijah mcclain case. he is the 23-year-old colorado man who died after being placed in a chokehold by police while walking home from the store in 2019. plice were responding to a call about a suspicious man wearing a mask. mcclain's family said he often wore a mask because his blood disorder often left him feeling cold. during the confrontation police claim he tried to grab an officer's gun and officers used a chokehold injecting him with ketamine. he died six days later and three police officers and two paramedics indicted on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent honorable side. his mother says this is only the beginning of justice. >> this is a step toward just cyst. i'm still praying for them to be in prison.

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>> video, this is the one to watch. unbelievable. a flash flood emergency in the northeast, parts of new york and new jersey getting a foot of rain as the remnants of ida move in. new video of the historic soaking and current conditions this morning. >> containment bumping up in the fight against the caldor fire burning south lake tahoe. the crews working tonight trying to gain more ground. >> expect more smoke to move into the bay area. mike is tracking our air quality. >> and a labor day travel warning is covid hospitalizations across the country hit a seven month high. >> good morning, you are watching abc 7's live on hulu live and wherever you stream. >> we want to start with mike. >> good morning. it is nice to see you. kumasi: thank you. >> hi, everybody. let's take a look at what we are seeing, an onshore breeze and marine layer around 3000 feet.