we would not think about going to asheville, north carolina.ng an impact where it makes landfall and a little bit inward with somebody. this tells us about how complicated our climate has become in the fact that a place like asheville, which you would not have thought to be at risk is now severely damaged. >> absolutely. i have to throw in a little nugget of irony here. asheville, north carolina, is the location of noah's datacenter. as you may know, project 2025 which would be the trump administration agenda, were they to seize power again, project 2025 it seeks to eliminate noaa that it would seek to eliminate the data center in north carolina that records and analyzes and helps improve our predictions of future climate events. there is some degree of irony there. when we get back to the physics of what is going on, you made it out very well with the setup. warmer oceans evaporate more moisture into the atmosphere. it is fundamental physics but you don't need a complicated climate model to tell you that. we can do the calculations. is about 7

so sad i've been to asheville, wiped out yeah.d. you know, the whole the whole vibe of asheville is that sort of its quirkiness they like to say they're weird. well essentially all that was around the riverfront, the downtown, the biltmore village area and all those are wiped out. so the heart of asheville is gone right now. >> and it's devastating. i love asheville, i've been there. it's got so much charm and character. and just to think how halloween just wiped out towns like asheville, and you have to wonder how in the world are they going to rebuild. that is why we're going to stay on top of this story. not just now, but but moving forward as well. joseph our hearts are with you and your family and those two precious six year olds and as you as you figure out how you're going to break this devastating news to them that their beloved teacher died drowning from hurricane helene, thank you for your time today. yeah. >> thank you so much. >> i want to go back to art de la cruz. he is the ceo of team rubicon and art. uh hopefully w

downtown association and joins us from asheville, north carolina great to see you here.nks so much for talking to us. so we got a snapshot there of what things look like. they're in asheville. i mean, 500 roads closed, 100 build bridges needed to be replaced. so much of the roads and infrastructure were damaged. so paint me a picture from your perspective. what does the town look like these days in terms of what you're still missing and how hard it is even to get in and out sure. >> so downtown asheville was actually spared much of the physical damage just a little bit of wind damage. >> but unfortunately, as the person was mentioning, are potable water systems are not available. >> so we got non-potable water a few weeks ago. about a week-and-a-half ago. and now just waiting at that potable water to be able to welcome guests back to hotels and restaurants downtown asheville is pretty accessible. however, we were not welcoming tourists outside of our region at this time. so we're really working in downtown to bring locals in those regional visitors yeah. and just in term

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chef andres trump just now from asheville jose. what are you seeing on the ground were how were you deployed well, anderson, everything everybody has spoken before me very much describes what's going on but they want to say that obviously the best is that i always say in the worst moments of humanity, the best of humanity comes up i only see communities coming together i see obviously the work that fema is doing, the work that the national guard is doing, the operation. >> i see in the airport. here in nashville is something quite frankly, i've never seen in many operations in the last few 15 years that they've been dedicated to this. and we are talking about many helicopters, big one, she knows these events, bringing a lot of goods into asheville delivering to the communities. this is what was andragogy and we've been doing we have already i'm here speaking from one of our restaurant partners one of the chefs that is being with us in many other operations around the world, who was going to say that this chef, jamie mcdonald, heari

right mark goldthwaite has owned the asheville guitar bar for eight years. but when the flood waters from hurricane helene roared in, he says it cost him everything he worked so hard to build. the water inundating the historic downtown building, reaching a foot above the highest windows. >> the brick building itself was built in 1889. it survived the 1916 flood here. this building will stay here, i guarantee you that. it didn't move. you know. but everything inside is totally destroyed. wow >> it's been four days since hurricane helene began its rampage across the u.s. mainland, tearing through parts of florida, georgia and western north carolina in its wake. scenes like this utter devastation. authorities say at least 132 people are confirmed dead across six states. hundreds more are still unaccounted for. >> there are 92 rescue teams out working, doing search and rescue right now. we're dealing with a situation that is unlike anybody's ever seen in western north carolina today, more than 1.7 million customers still without power lines for fuel more than a

. >> reporter: trump also visited asheville, hard hit by hurricane helene, where he was pressed about his false claims about the fema response and threats fema workers have received. >> well, i think you have to let people know how they're doing. if they're doing a poor job we're supposed to not say it? >> reporter: it all comes after trump campaigned in battleground pennsylvania. >> if we win pennsylvania we win the whole damn thing. right? >> reporter: but raising eyebrows with this lewd digression about arnold palmer, spending 12 minutes talking about the golf legend in his hometown of latrobe. >> when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, "oh, my god. that's unbelievable." i had to say it. >> reporter: trump also holding a photo op at a philly-area mcdonald's, working the drive-thru window to prescreen customers. >> we love you. thank you very much. >> reporter: and scooping out french fries. >> we've got the salt on it. >> reporter: saying he doesn't believe the vice president worked at mcdonald's for a summer in college. harris responding today.

it was a little rainy but i have mentioned the incredible beauty of asheville. a lot of folks are retired right now and right now our hearts are just breaking. this situation is unfolding and incredibly dangerous. as governors, we communicate together. on the council of governors we work on emergency management and governors across the country are prepared. i would just say thank you for the federal response and understanding the people they are now, state and local folks will be in the lead beginning their procedures in place. it is still incredibly dangerous in terms of moving water. there are a lot of unknowns but the commitment from the president, vice president and across congress bipartisan lead to make sure we rebuild after these devastating storms, in minnesota folks all the dams go out. this is horrific in depth and in destruction so responses are coming from across the country in the federal response is there for those in the area and we are following the lead of the local folks. that is where our focus is and we are taking a few minutes now, buying a

new before and after satellite images offer a look at the extent of the damage in towns near asheville, north carolina, one of the places hardest hit by helene. running water may not be restored for days to 150,000 people. cbs' skyler henry reports from asheville. >> reporter: it is astounding, the scope of helene's path of destruction, especially in western north carolina. >> the united states, the nation has your back. >> reporter: president biden got a firsthand look flying over a region where roads have washed away and basic needs like food and water are in short supply, while floodwaters may have receded, the level of desperation keeps rising. >> in a moment like this we put politics aside. our job to help as many people as we can as quickly as we can. >> reporter: that includes the search for the hundreds still missing. what's that process been like in terms of working with search-and-rescue crews? >> very painful. you know, it's just like -- we have these first responders who are working so hard, and you know, they all live here, too. >> i can't overstate how much worse this is

>> well, you know, it's not just asheville.following the storm up and getting our teams in the field. meeting the needs that we can meet. this is clearly a disaster where the needs outpace the resources. we are in a disaster that we'll be in for a long time. this is a marathon. this will not be over in the next week, month or in some cases, years, in places. >> what are the needs? what advice do you have for those watching at home who want to help? >> right now, the best help you can do, if you can, donate. donate to a trusted organization. team rubicon is a great organization. there are others out there. we are doing good work. there will be a time when you can come in and do the physical volunteer. now is not the time to do that. cash is the best right now. >> jeff, i don't have to tell you, asheville is a climate haven. this can show you this can happen anywhere now. what are your practical tips for people and how they can prepare? >> you know, i think using the k.i.s.s. principle is it. keep it simple and make a plan and th

[cheers and applause] >> well, hello, asheville. again! [cheers and applause] help me give it up one more time for american aquariums, for these guys -- [cheers and applause] it's great to be back and it's great to see asheville back. [cheers and applause] i want to start by thanking danny mcclinton. his wife, katie, can't be here tonight, but the whole salvage station crew. some of you who were out there on that night, my first visit to asheville i got the chance to visit that historic venue in september. if and the whole feel of it, i got to sit in that green room in that little trailer, some of you know that back there. just the whole vibe. i'll never forget we talk about this, we've done a lot of events but certain ones stand out and there was drizzle in the air that night. started to pour a little bit, but everybody stuck around. [cheers and applause] they all a stuck around. probably a bit of foreshadowing for us, told the us exactly what was happening because in the wake of the devastation the of hurricane helene, the community did

much of the destruction centered on the city of asheville. a charlotte councilman volunteering in the lake lure chimney rock area posting these horrific images, what he could only describe as a post-apocalyptic landscape. so much left unrecognizable after the region was pummeled by floods washing homes and neighborhoods away, families short of so many things and beginning to grow short on patience too. george solis is in north carolina for us tonight. george, how is the recovery going? >> reporter: lester, recovery efforts are ongoing. certainly not making things any easier, the rain. officials telling us they have received thousands of calls but they've prioritized 150, trying to get to those people that are elderly and medically dependent. tonight hurricane helene has moved on but left in its wake a trail of death and destruction. officials in north carolina say they were blinded by helene's sheer intensity. homes swept away. restaurants and shops torn to pieces. communities cut off from clean water and electricity, leaving residents nowher

just got back to asheville a few hours ago. tell us what you're seeing and why you went back asheville for the first i think for days after the incident we came to charlotte a couple of days ago to gather supplies and rent a truck and bring the truck back all of the supplies we did that yesterday and my partner is back there today. >> i stayed in charlotte to work out some logistics stuff, but going back yesterday, i mean, there were a lot of donation centers and a lot of people are doing what they can to help. but just the devastation to the city he is starting to sink in for all of us. >> i think tell us about that, talk to us about what life is like in asheville, where it really become people kind of stuck, right? they're stuck because of a cash economy. and because a lot of their ways out have been destroyed >> exactly. yeah, we lost power, water, and cell service on friday morning and we were there until wednesday without any of that. i think not having cell service is something that nobody's ever experienced before that w

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one of the hardest hit areas was asheville.l is live with the latest on the recovery efforts. >> a very popular and beloved area for so many tourists to come. it sits just along the river. the devastation really whipped through this area. business owners we have spoken to say they have a long financial burden ahead. >> we knew it was bad, but we had no idea it would be this much devastation. we had to dig out probably 6 feet worth of stuff to either get into the office. >> just three weeks after the storm, early voting started here in north carolina setting voter turnout records. a question many people are asking at the polls is which presidential candidate will help heal and rebuild especially here where helene took most of the lives. the city of asheville is mostly democratic, the surrounding counties in areas tend to vote republican. it will be a close race in the areas most affected. according to up political scientist at the university, 2020 voting data shows and 13 counties hit hardest by helene, roughly 55% of the votes

asheville is a very 0k. asheville is a very democratic town.rt of a democratic enclave within a very republican part of the state, and what we know right now is, one, anyone speculating on the political impacts right now is inappropriate, probably doesn't know what they're talking about. but we know there are real challenges. we have about 1k counties right now where the board of elections are closed. in addition to every other type of local government operation struggling tojust get local government operation struggling to just get back and up struggling to just get back and up and running again. that's a real problem with mail—in ballots that have already gone out in the mail. we don't have mail service right now. so a lot of hurdles... i mail service right now. so a lot of hurdles. . ._ mail service right now. so a lot of hurdles... i know they were trying _ lot of hurdles... i know they were trying to _ lot of hurdles... i know they were trying to get _ lot of hurdles... i know they were trying to get rfk - lot of hurdles... i know they| we

antonia hylton, nbc news, asheville. >> and that is "nightly news" for this friday.holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. ♪ ♪♪ does mark farrell have the right experience to shake up city hall? in nearly ten years as supervisor, mark grew the bureaucracy by authorizing or creating a commission almost every year. he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits with zero accountability and orchestrated a pay-to-play scheme that sold out taxpayers to the highest bidder. mark farrell has all the wrong experience for the change we need. as we head into the weekend heat and wind, we are tracking the latest in our october heat wave. also, a san jose city

fox weather's brandy campbell is live in asheville, north carolina.a scene behind you. >> reporter: yeah, there's so much around us when you're here in asheville. just take a look behind me. this is just over the swannanoa river. you can see the devastation, buildings knocked down. and if we continue to the pan around, you guys can see some of the chaos. i mean, there's debris and trees and as we continue to turn, you can see the cleanup happening from restaurants, breweries that are gone. but even train cars, propane train cars that are knocked over, and they're also trying to empty the fuel. so you can see the flames that are now going into the air. i also want to show you video of what asheville look looked like as it was weared water. last friday the river -- underwater. at least 232 the people have been confirmed dead. the number continues to rise each day. and where we are in buckham county, the most deaths have been confirmed with at least 72 people. meanwhile, residents and businesses in this area could feel the impact for a long time. for som

we're going to go back to asheville now.e recovery efforts. good morning, tamara. >> reporter: hey, good morning, rebecca. yeah, i was here in asheville one week ago when we first started seeing those floodwaters rushing into these small towns. and when you finally got a look at the damage, it can feel like a little bit that the storm also took the spirit of this area. but that is not the case. i'm here this morning at beloved asheville, where you can see behind me so many donations pouring in. these are case and cases of water. volunteers working so hard to get the supplies to people who need it the most. they have been boots on the ground sin day 1, even while their own homes and communities were destroyed. that's what they were doing before the storm an that's what they're continuing each day. donations coming in from all over the country. they still need water, clothes, dog food, cleaning supply, hygiene products and more. the spirit of giving is sprinkled throughout the area. here is video of a family and band of friend

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asheville wasn't on anybody's mind. it's well inland.estern north carolina toward western tennessee, and i can't believe this picture that you are standing in front of. >> yeah, when you talk to people here in asheville, often they are days into this now still in a state of shock because of that. in fact, actually for years now, climate scientists, climate writers and enlisting asheville as a place that you should move if you wanted to get out of the path of these kinds of storms. they called it a climate safe haven. so i think one of the major lessons from the storm and probably others to come is that you can't out run these things, that some of our assumptions about, you know, what might constitute a safe or a climate protected part of our country really may not be relevant anymore. i know sort of rules are broken here. that is part of why this community was so unprepared for this moment. there were so many people that did not evacuate or take the storm as seriously as they would have. this was a massive building that had all kinds of

families in asheville, north carolina, without food, electricity, cell service. cars lined up for more than a mile just to get gas. tonight vice president haris cutting her campaign schedule short, turning her attention to storm relief meeting with fema and speaking with georgia governor brian kemp. authorities in north carolina had asked the administration to wait before traveling there given the emergency. tonight former president donald trump traveling to the storm zone in georgia. tonight the developing headline, israeli troops expected to launch limited ground raids into lebanon just days after the killing of the leader of hezbollah. tonight, the potentially crippling port strike now just hours away. we're monitoring this. up to 45,000 dockworkers along the east coast and the gulf set to walk off the job at midnight. what this could mean for prices across this country. the massive fire burning at a chemical plant tonight and the real concern over air quality. the toxic, dangerous smoke visible for miles and some sheltering in place at this hour. tonight the

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that's what we're watching in asheville, north carolina right now. from what i understand they haven't had any aerial drops where i'm standing here in east tennessee. but they are beginning to get those resources here. day four. >> bill: remarkable reporting there, jane. good luck to everyone there. they need all they can get. thank you, jane. trade, tennessee. >> dana: please join fox in helping those affected by hurricane helene by donating to the red cross. scan the qr code on the screen or visit red cross.org/fox forward. >> bill: more stories from tennessee and north carolina coming up. breaking news a moment ago. reports from the white house and the associated press that iran is getting ready for an imminent missile attack on israel. the u.s. is warning tehran that it will pledge severe consequences if iran takes such action. we'll follow up on this after a quick commercial here. we'll get a break in a moment and continue. if you struggle. ♪ and struggle. ♪ and struggle with cpap. you should check out inspire. ♪ no mask. no hose. just sleep. in

amna: you covered the visit of the governor and fema officials to asheville today.they telling you about when some of that aid, when water will be able to make its way in? and also, why they weren't better prepared in terms of pre-positioning some of these materials. >> right, you know, in their visit, they stress that help is here, they're doing what they can, but i think it feels so slow because some of the roads are still not traversable even by these rescue vehicles. i mean, i've seen bridges to neighborhoods completely destroyed. residents have made makeshift bridges to get supplies in and out, but you know, the, the federal government, the state government, the local governments, all of them are still working on rescue missions. they are getting water out to places that they feel needed. they are going to the hospitals and making sure they have power and they have water, because that was an issue too, and one of the biggest hospitals here, mission hospital in asheville, you know, doctors would do procedures and couldn't wash their hands afterwards. they had no

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chief of staff at asheville city schools is with us now. explain the scope of things you are dealing with. >> one of the biggest challenges we're currently faced with is after the hurricane hit asheville, we completely lost our water infrastructure. the primary pipe as well as the backup system. completely washed down the river. so we were without water, we were without electricity, we were out connectivity. we had over 200 cell towers that were down. it was very challenging to account for our staff. we have some amazing principals who are very diligent. we even had principals who hiked in to find their staff members to make sure they were safe. once we accounted for all of our adults, then our principals put together a team of teachers to start accounting for our students. i have to say that our city of asheville water department has literally worked 24 hours a day around the clock to get the water infrastructure restored. to help support us in getting schools back in session. >> dana: we heard the governor say there are still 92 people mi

i think you are in asheville, is that right? asheville, north carolina.. >> good morning, ainsley. we are in swannanoa just outside of asheville. the road to recovery in north carolina is going to be a long one, quite literally. ndot saying nearly 7,000 roosdz and bridges have been damaged with early damage estimates up to over several billion dollars so far. secretary of transportation pete buttigieg was in asheville yesterday surveying some of that damage. listen. >> there's nothing like being here, seeing it for yourself and speaking with people who have been impacted. it redoubles our motivation to make sure that the federal government is doing everything that we can. that includes the work of fema. it includes, of course, the work of our department. we have got the first 100 million out to help with the immediate needs that the governor's team are meeting. but we know with 7,000 damage sites around the impact area and hundreds of road closures that this is going to be a long haul. >> and a lot of hard work has been done. 600 roads still remain closed

r robert ray is in asheville, north carolina, amid the devastation. >> it is hard to look at in asheville. it looks like tornado damage, but it is from rushing water from rain that fell in aftermath of hurricane helene. the smells and sights take you back. that is what many are going through. i want to make this clear. it is not just asheville in dire straits right now. so many communities in western north carolina are impacted. look at this video from pine spruce, this town we visited yesterday, a small town ruined by the water. a muddy mess and structures infiltrated by the mess and creeks. hundreds are shut off from society and missing because they do nots have cell phone service or power. they are awaiting aid and red cross and ngos are helping, as well. so many people without necessary goods to live and are hurting right now. that is a problem with 1.5 million power outages. the death count continues to rise. we will traverse to another mountain town and see if we can get information outside of asheville to continue reporting on this catastrophic situation in western north carolina.

so, gio, as whit said, is leading our coverage from asheville, north carolina.orning to you. >> reporter: janai and whit, good morning. listen, i got to tell you, just driving through here, we've seen unbelievable devastation very much like a war zone. we are here in the asheville area here, because it is facing one of the longest roads to recovery, but the deaths and damage, they are widespread across half a dozen states. the situation still very much an emergency this morning, as you can imagine, and americans are coming together to help the southeast recover. a thousand u.s. army active duty troops on scene here in north carolina. hundreds of health care professionals from across the country also right here, and right behind me here, the organization, mercy chefs, has set up to feed this community. we're going to learn much more about them later here on "gma." but let's begin our coverage with abc's morgan norwood about 150 miles east of here. she's in salisbury, north carolina. morgan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, gio. yes, you were

al roker is lending a hand to the community of asheville, north carolina.t else is coming u>> this morning on the hour of "today", george and maya lopez are live. and joy bauer is sharing with u. i'm frances rivera.

asheville is in buncombe county, but operates the bended system. independence city school system, i should say buncombe county's students went back to school friday. schools are on a two two-hour delay and drinking water is being delivered to us. this asheville schools are doing because what's coming out of the pipes is not yet safe for drinking. another challenge for hell is that many students and staff were personal we affected by the storm as a superintendent told us earlier we have several students that lost family members. we have staff members who lost family members. i think the most tragic was one of our staff members lost 11 members of her family and the craigtown area and that is just completely devastating for her for and for our whole community. >> north carolina, governor roy cooper last night reminded people that helene was the deadliest and most damaging storm ever to hit north carolina, killing at least 98 people, more than 100,000 people had their homes damaged. the governor said, and thousands of businesses that were damaged to ha

we have more from asheville, north carolina. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris touching down in charlotte, north carolina, meeting with hurricane helene survivors and receiving briefings on the recovery. >> i came here to find out what's going on the ground, to find out what more we can do in terms of federal aid. >> reporter: like many disaster responses, the recovery is proving to be complicated and, at times, slow. nine days after the storm many residents hear they may not have running water for weeks. crews are still doing search-and-rescue missions and the remote communities are struggling with connectivity. >> our communications are down. i still don't have any internet. >> reporter: the national guard invited nbc news to see the challenges ahead. >> we can see things that ground rescuers can't. >> reporter: we flew over thick brush and woods spotting collapsed bridges and roadways as the military and members of fema try to look for people who might need aid. >> we want to provide hope for individuals that may still be out there hoping for help. >> reporter: the perfect

is vowing to retaliate this morning after israel launched strikes inside tehran and students in asheville, north carolina headed back to school today for the first it's time one month after hurricane helene devastated the state on cape bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn new central ago well, new cnn poll finds 69% of registered voters do not think that donald trump will concede if he loses to kamala harris now it comes as republicans even the trump campaign or engaged in uncharacteristic cleanup after donald trump's rally at madison square garden, the new york times called it a closing carnival of grievances massage money, and racism now there were many speakers, many offending comments. >> the first few are about to hear might be the most controversial or political called jaw slackening comments about puerto ricans from a speaker invited by the trump team there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now yeah. >> i think it's called puerto rico she is some sick. >> hillary clinton, huh? what a sick son of a the whole party, a bunch of

we lost some trees. >> i know asheville well. having grown up in north carolina and spent quite a bit of time in asheville over the years, the pictures that we have seen are truly shocking for a mountain town to have been affected by a hurricane in this way. >> i've been through a hurricane at the beach, and it felt like we were at the ocean. and here we are, you know, at 23,000ft in the mountains. it is absolutely not supposed to happen here. and it took everybody by surprise. >> it really did. frank's wife has an art studio in town that was badly damaged by the storm. he and his neighbors are going to a nearby creek every morning with buckets to bring back water to use in the toilets. a long road ahead for people in this terrible storm's path, and you can help people recover from hurricane helene by donating to the red cross. scan the qr code on your screen to go straight to the donation page, or visit redcross.org/abc. >> a concerning glitch with bank accounts reading zero. how bank of america got back on track. >> a strugglin

we lost some trees. >> i know asheville well. having grown up in north carolina and spent quite a bit of time in asheville over the years, the pictures that we have seen are truly shocking for a mountain town to have been affected by a hurricane in this way. >> i've been through a hurricane at the beach, and it felt like we were at the ocean. and here we are, you know, at 23,000ft in the mountains. it is absolutely not supposed to happen here. and it took everybody by surprise. >> it really did. frank's wife has an art studio in town that was badly damaged by the storm. he and his neighbors are going to a nearby creek every morning with buckets to bring back water to use in the toilets. a long road ahead for people in this terrible storm's path, and you can help people recover from hurricane helene by donating to the red cross. scan the qr code on your screen to go straight to the donation page, or visit redcross.org/abc. >> a concerning glitch with bank accounts reading zero. how bank of america got back on track. >> a strugglin

we're hearing in asheville it could be seven weeks before they get water back.t presents all sorts of health hazards and public safety concerns. and so we're just fortunate that we have the expertise that we can still work in a professional and sanitary manner. sphwhre jeff gary leblanc, you are doing such incredible work. mercy chefs.com if people want to go and support your operation, we certainly thank you for the care that you're pouring into that community. it does not go unrecognized. thank you, gary. >> thank you for having us on. jacqui: and families affected by hurricane helene urgently need your support. join fox to help the american red cross provide meals and shelter to these families. you can donate today to the hurricane helene relief effort by going to redcross.org/foxforward or by scanning the qr code that you see on your screen right now. griff: and coming up, trey yingst on new israeli strikes in lebanon overnight as the one-year an verse reof black -- anniversary of black saturday fast approaches. that's next. age ♪ ♪ help fuel today with boos

ann says my family in the asheville area are grateful for everyone there helping. jen says with all the reports and hearing from people on e ground, it would have to be an f. a+ for the civilian groups on the ground that are doing gat work. nicholas says he gives it an "a. " it is based on sublime's -- based on supplies from before the storm hit. to david in georgia, independent. caller: good morning, c-span. yes, ma'am, i can speak directly to biden's help in georgia, but first i need to speak about how georgette did not help us. out -- how georgia did not help us. our governor ignored getting help to us earlier in the week, then he waited until tuesday, four days after the storm hit, to take his little tour to augusta, georgia, and say i am on the way. and then thursday morning, he decides to call biden, and biden says how much, where do you need it, where do you wanted? we had a great response after the governor decided we needed help. and i have had to go tell people who read homes that fema will come and help you. they are going, what? yes, ma'am, they're wait

in the asheville airport it's fascinating. you have hundreds of national guard. you have helicopters from the national guard in the army. the helicopters are used to reach the impossible to reach communities by road. but once we reach them, the message is clear. we are going to keep coming until you don't need us anymore. that means that at the same time we have teams that try to reach those communities by boat, with the help of every single fire department, with the help of people of fema and the national guard that they are trying to clean the debris that this huge storm has created. hundreds if not thousands of roads, it's hundreds of bridges broken. the devastation is so huge, but you are creating [ inaudible ] so we keep going so we are doing food by air, by road. we are doing water. we have five very big water tracks that they do over 100,000 gallons a day, then we have smaller tracks. we make sure we reach those communities that need the water in quantities because you cannot keep bringing the water by helicopter little by little with bottles so we need to

and with roads cut off, some volunteers are actually using mule teams to bring supplies to asheville,arolina. you heard that right. cbs's skyler henry is just outside of asheville, and skyler, what is a situation like on the ground there? >> reporter: hey, norah. good evening to you. we were here as military personnel air dropped supplies to swannanoa, another small community just outside of asheville that saw significant damage following helene's destruction. the people here say, they will need all the help they can get as they work to recover. the southeast is suffering, days after hurricane helene's hit. nowhere appears to be hit harder than western north carolina. some areas received more than 2 feet of rain. roughly 600 people are still unaccounted for. >> but this is just hard to understand. this is just massive. this will take years to clean up if it is ever. >> reporter: the city of asheville and the area around it has been largely cut off since friday. cell service is mostly out. electricity won't be restored for days. and help has been slow to arrive. >> we have a lot of fam

cbs's skyler henry is in devastated asheville. good evening, skyler and i know you spoke with the city's mayor. what did she say? >> reporter: hi, norah. good evening to you. we are here at one of the distribution centers giving out supplies to people here in this region. the mayor told us that the city is still in crisis mode and that she expects the death toll to climb. >> we are still in a crisis mode. we are still in the search-and-rescue mode. >> reporter: six days after the flood, the search for the missing continues, as the death toll rises in asheville north carolina. >> there are people that died in the storm, that lived in homes in areas that had never before experienced flooding, so when you are thinking about, you know, do i need to evacuate? there were a lot of people that thought, well, i am probably fine where i am. >> reporter: we met mayor esther manheimer in the city's decimated biltmore village. she surveyed the damage with president biden wednesday. >> he understands that this is going to cost billions, and it'

looking at asheville itself, very good news for rescue crews that are going out there.infall in the next seven days. also want to make mention we are watching this area of low pressure that could develop. we need to watch it. it is eventually going to go into the gulf of mexico. something we need to keep an eye on. prayers, of course, i know you believe in the power of prayer, ainsley and we need that today more than ever. >> ainsley: yes, we do. franklin graham with samaritan's purse is out there. >> janice: amazing work. >> ainsley: christian organization doing a great job. i have been praying for them and i know you have too. supplies arriving by plane and by mule, in fact, in north carolina as helene's death toll now nears 130. president biden set to tour the areas that were hit the hardest tomorrow, but historic flooding continues to cut off access with a almost all roads in the western third of the state still slowed. joining us now is one of the officials work, to send tied that region bill disturb, thank you so much, mr. mayor, for joining us, what is the bigges

this is today's front page of the asheville city this at times, alina wrath forcing desperate people to scavenge for water and food, state and county officials. meanwhile, say they don't have a specific number on how many people are missing at this point. that's because cell service is still so very spotty across this region of one mayor telling cnn, we are facing search and rescue and recovery brie from a storm in 2024 with 1990s technology at best, he's resorted to passing notes between utility companies to try to get the water turn back on the long road to clean up. just beginning supplies are scarce. it's been pretty emotional inability to contact your loved ones and kind of the uncertainty of knowing when we'll be able to get out, even or just be able to have the option to go anywhere to contact anyone has been really tough. >> he haven't seen my kids. i'm tired hungry, still have no power no gas to get to my kids i don't know where to get gas so there's that so far fema has delivered 1 million liters of water and 600,000 meals just in north carolina, officials and organizations

asheville, north carolina, a mountain tourist town far away from any coastline, decimated with roads cut off. cbs's skyler henry is just outside asheville. >> reporter: the southeast is suffering, days after hurricane helene hit. nowhere appears to be more hard-hit than western north carolina where some areas received more than 2 feet of rain. roughly 600 people are still unaccounted for. >> but this is just -- it's hard to understand. i mean, this is just massive. >> this will take years to clean up if it's ever. >> reporter: the city of asheville and the area around it has been largely cut off since friday. cell service is mostly out. electricity won't be restored for days, and help has been slow to arrive. >> we've got a lot of family businesses that have been here since the turn of the century. they're devastated. they're trying to salvage anything that they can get. >> reporter: ten miles east, the tiny mountain town of swannanoa is named for the river that runs through it, the same river that washed it away. >> and this town is devastated. everybody focuses on big cities. not h

there's more folks per capita working on climate in asheville than anywhere else. and ironically, if you go to check the list of billion-dollar disasters being kept by the national centers for environmental information. you get an error message because it happens to be located in asheville right now, this is just a real lesson. you heard brian kemp say in georgia, they prepare, they declared an emergency days ahead of time if there's any lesson coming from helene it's we need more capacity to imagine the worst things that can happen. so far from our oceans where you think you're safe from a hurricane but this is every kind of weather pattern. if you live in a dry area, droughts could get drier flash floods get flash year depending as the water cycles on this overheated earth continued to astound us but can you just explain? >> i mean, it is asheville is so far from the coast. >> it's nestled in mountains. how was it how was helene supercharged when it arrived there? >> well, first you had the gulf of mexico incredibly warm waters. that's the engine that's the fuel