these people will be here for the residents of this community and the rest of gloucester county. 'll all tell you, they're men of their word. we're not walking away from anybody. we'll be here through the process. right, governor? >> you bet ya, bob. >> you call me in the county, you call your local legislature, or congressman, we'll help out. and, you know, all the way up to the governor. we're here for the duration. we're not going anywhere. nobody is left behind. thank you. >> extremely well said, bob. and i just want to underscore that with great emphasis. to the colonel and bob, lou, thank you for hosting us. steve, you're being attacked here, don, to everybody here, especially the residents who have been impacted so severely. we are with you. this won't be overnight, by the way. this is going to be a longer road than any of us will like. we will not relent. >> we are going to take you from new jersey up to new york where the governor, kathy hochul and new york city mayor bill deblasio are giving their own update. let's listen in. >> mayor bill deblasio, burrough presidents,

i'm bob, the director of the board of commissioners in gloucester county. governor takes some questions, we have all of cameras here. it is the easiest way to get out to people in the county. anyone affected by the storm in gloucester county, the red cross is set up at the gloucester county institute of technology and they're there to help you. >> everyone get that. because as bob said, we have a lot of cameras on us. let's take advantage of it. brian. >> and the legislature and the speaker have a fairly ambitious course against climate change. does this and you you've said several times they're becoming more intense and the storms, more frequent, does this suggest that we need to accelerate the efforts that have already been underway. >> unequivocally, yes. i don't know why donald went, but the federal infrastructure bill being debated, god willing voted on sooner than later, i should say bills, you have two different buckets there, any amount of that will be of huge help toward our efforts. i just want to make sure this isn't -- i can't see this. yeah, i

american military since the year 1680 and lewis's third great-grandfather was lieutenant colonel of gloucester county virginia. they lied in the american early wars and his father in three of his uncles fought in the war of 1812. four brothers from the same family in the generation just ahead of his. captain lewis g8 armistead g8 is for gustav is a doll this. he's killed in 1814. captain edison armistead dies of disease while on duty in 1813. luis and addison. what is our civil war guys name lewis adam to -- armistead. the most famous uncle is the third lieutenant colonel george armistead who commanded fort mchenry in the battle where francis scott key wrote the national anthem. george took the original "star spangled banner" he did about the flagpole and took it home and it remained in the possession of the armistead family for 90 years until george's grandfather gave it to the smithsonian so if you go to the national him museum of history you'll see that came out of the armistead family one of the most iconic pieces of it in american history. george dies a few years after the war probably have a he

anyone affected by this storm in gloucester county the red cross is set up at the gloucester county institutey and will serve you. >> thank you, everyone get that? we have a lot of cameras and let's take advantage. >> do you and the legislature, the speaker have started a fairly ambitious course against climate change. does this -- you've said several times they're becoming more intense, the storms, more frequent. does it suggest to you we need to accelerate the efforts that are already underway? >> unequivocally yes. i don't know where donald went. the federal infrastructure bill that is being debated, god willing voted on sooner than later, should say bills. you have two different buckets there. any amount of that will be of huge help toward our efforts. i want to make sure this isn't -- i believe this may be the president. i will just take this and make sure. i think i missed that. the answer is unequivocally yes. i assume you all would agree. state and federal. but there is only -- we will put state resources into this as we have done and will continue to do but the game changer here is t

. >> reporter: the national weather service says an parent twister pummeled gloucester county. troy bonnenberg and his children were in the basement. minutes later the family emerged unharmed. their belongings scattered through third-round pick south jersey neighborhood. >> you lost part of your roof? >> the whole roof. >> reporter: the neighbors bore the brount of this storm, aluminum siding, roofing, furniture and children's toys piled on top of a family car. the house unlivable. first responders remain on scene along with utility companies who spent the evening going door to door. >> it's horrible. you never expect anything like this to happen in this area. >> my daughter ran out and said get in the house, quick. then we came out and this is what's happening. >> reporter: piles of debris that can be replaced. families fortunate this wasn't worse, now tasked with how to rebuild. >> what do you start to -- right now we're just trying to figure out where we're going to go. plenty of sport. neighbors, friends, family. but what do you do? >> downtown annapolis, maryland. the stat

not something we see in new jersey and not in the southern part of gloucester county. we felt that there was really no devastating loss of life was really what we're left with. >> the governor toured today. what do you need from officials? what help do you need? >> yeah. well, this is also something that was prominent last night from every corner on the political spectrum. from the governor's office right down to my local county commissioner's leadership who coordinated everything. by the way, i should throw in the president's office. i got a call from the director of disaster relief, i believe, from the white house. we have been offered everything that we need. the governor declared a state of emergency. i spoke to senator booker a short time ago who promised to push through whatever funding we need. at this point, it's being coordinated by our local office of management, and they are overseeing everything, and as things are needed, they'll request them. >> thank you for taking the time to speak with us. we send our best to everybody in your community, and we wish a s

in gloucester county, this is new jersey, a major tornado sweeping through a subdivision. this in the northeast. we'll show you what some of the local residents said afterwards. >> the train, when i stepped in the house, i saw my furniture, whew. >> the garage door, i heard this rattle. my daughter ran out and said, get in the house. >> instantly, everything just -- you could hear -- the lights were flickering. it completely wiped out. >> reporter: again, a serious tornado, tornado emergency declared in new jersey at the height of the storm. there are several other locations in pennsylvania and new jersey where folks are going to be out today looking, surveying the damage to see if other tornadoes also touched down. one of my concerns this morning is in philadelphia, the river is at flood stage looking at record high level. we'll see that up and down the 95 corridor today. we know at newark, united suspended operations. new jersey transit suspending most of its rail lines, and still at this hour, flash flood warnings in and around boston. so where i am, it looks like it's

a tornado ripped through parts of gloucester county, new jersey. newark had its wettest day on record. records are being set virtually every day, folks. again, this is not normal. nearly all transit rail service has been suspended in new jersey. this morning united airlines says it is suspending operations from its hub in newark. that has tremendous repercussions for travelers across the country. all of this is caused by remnants of hurricane ida which, of course, first pummelled louisiana this week. it's been moving up towards the northeast. the damage so severe in some of those coastal communities in louisiana. they've almost been wiped off the map. these are new pictures that you're seeing here from new jersey. we also have new pictures this morning from louisiana that shows the devastation there. but joining me now, we want to begin in newark, new jersey, on the phone is the mayor of newark, ross baraka. mayor, thanks so much for taking the time this morning because you we know you and your community facing so much. the first question is as we