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this area of jean lafitte is surrounded by wetlands and marsh. it's beautiful on a good day.r a hurricane, it's miserable. the main bridge was basically cut off, right? it collapsed. so the national guard has set up a temporary one, and we crossed it two days ago and spent the last 48 hours working to tell this story. you can practically walk on water where bayou barataria separates jean lafitte from louisiana. that is marsh, thrust in by ida's storm surge which pushed a barge into the only bridge connecting these two communities that knocked out the bridge, sunk the barge, and cut off the 1200 residents in barataria. we went to meet one of them. nice to meet you, sir. >> nice to talk to somebody. >> reporter: it's nice tok some? anymore. to >> reporter: robertme has b dwaterhe ten days. he has lived here for 42 years, and hurricane katricuated for. >> i was expecting water, but i wasn't expecting this kind of water. >> reporter: why didn't you leave for this one? >> good question. why didn't i? i don't know. me and my son decided to stay. you know? just hang around. >> repor

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>> reporter: this is the mayor of lafitte, louisiana.omes are significantly damaged. >> reporter: some residents like christopher arias stayed home. >> i will never, ever ride out a storm. i thought i was going to die >> reporter: he survived, though, and is left to clean up the muck and mud it has infiltrated every corner of this community. boats once docked now sit on dry land a burial vault no longer at rest in a cemetery sits on the sides of the road. others take small boats down what was once the main road. some people say the devastation could have been tampered by levees yet to be built >> we need this parish to automatically receive government federal funds from the top up there to come down here and say, hey, these people need levees. let's do something. >> mayor kerner believes pumps to prevent flooding funneled the water this way. >> the largest pump in the world pumped it into us and flooded everything people don't have schools, government buildings, nothing. >> reporter: the mayor has surveyed the damage in his community. a

let's go to lafitte louisiana where grady trimble is live with all the latest. down there? >> it's been tough this is some of what the president will see when he comes to louisiana on friday and believe it or not this is quite an improvement from the peak flooding that they saw, this is unbelievably high in some parts of the neighborhood are impactful in a high water vehicle or a vote. we have shown you a lot of flooding from the outside but one of the homeowners was kind enough even though they're going through so much to let us inside to show you exactly what they're dealing with. it is a mess, obviously the power is still out and it's extremely damp inside and the floor is coated with this thick layer of mud, fortunately they tell us they do have insurance you mentioned $20 billion worth of insurance claims after the storm that number could go up as people get to the harder to reach areas and are truly able to assess the damage i spoke with another gentleman who also tells me he's insured but he hasn't been able to get in touch with his insurance company beca

down south to vaughn hillyard in lafitte, louisiana. lafitte we kept hearing from officials over the last week, incredibly hard-hit, eight days ago the storm hit but still spots near where you are that are underwater even now? >> hallie, half a million in louisiana are still without power here and just take a look at some of the footage we shot yesterday afternoon here of lafitte, louisiana, where we are right now. that standing water and mud created a swamp here across this town of about a thousand here, but this is a big shrimping industry area here. there's a lot of business retail that comes in and out of here and essentially so much of it is still under water or under mud. you can see behind us here family trying to get their trailer that is stuck out of the mud using the pickup truck but the mud is so deep, it is so difficult. i want to let you hear from katie arias, one of the residents about the hardship they're enduring eight days later. >> you're drowning and you're reaching up and saying, help me, and no one's coming. for yea

as we drove through lafitte, you can see the damage of the tidal surge. many of the homes were washed away. there were bulldozers scooping feet of mud and muck off of the road to get it out of the way so emergency crews can get through. we also saw that with folks, people trying to do their best, minding their homes, minding their driveways, shoveling it out just as you would do from a snowstorm, but inches of this thick, thick, mud. i have told you about the cemeteries damaged in hurricane ida, a grisly scene seeing these damaged coffins laying in people's homes, in their front yards and under their carports. and people are gutting their homes. everything that belongs to them tornl and ripped out of the house, and put on the side of the road for garbage. those folks, they're just trying to take it day by day. >> just pick the pieces up and move on, you know. it's the first time in 18 years that i've been here that we actually got it like this, you know. obviously, you know, we just ripped everything. we just gutted the house. mold is starting to take off

related to carbon monoxide poisoning in marrero, one of which was related to drowning in the town of lafitte. we do not have the details of those individuals yet, but the total is nine. i wanted to talk a little bit about the real threat to life in the coming days ahead. as the governor said, heat indices will be 105 and a little bit about. for a number of days now. -- 105 and a little bit above. that is a real threat to people, particularly those who are exhausted after the storm and rebuilding. do not underestimate how dangerous working in this heat can be. take breaks. try to avoid the hottest hours of the day, and pace yourself. it is a lot of work to be done. getting it done one day earlier is not going to make or break you. please pace yourself. the second real threat to life i want to talk about is carbon monoxide poisoning related to unsafe use of generators. three of the deaths we reported today related to carbon monoxide poisoning. in addition to those three deaths, there were 10 individuals in a neighborhood in new orleans who required hospitalizations from carbon monoxide poisoni

you want to go further, you'll need a boat tonight, the easiest ways into areas like grand isle and lafitte is through the air, their only roads quickly turned to rivers what happened in minutes could leave the stranded trapped for days >> it was unbelievable four feet of water just came rushing in >> reporter: with the scope of destruction coming into focus, what's out of view is also devastating surrounded by water, more than half a million have none from their taps safe to drink. lines for gas and supplies are leaving locals in searing heat for some the storm's aftermath more devastating than the impact >> this is probably the worst i've been through. i mean, i went through katrina. >> reporter: though torrential rain has passed, in mississippi the deluge helped erode a highway. the collapse killing two and injuring ten tonight across this battered region, no break from the heartbreak the storm gone, but the crisis still unfolding. miguel almaguer, nbc news, louisiana. >>> i'm morgan chesky in new orleans where tonight it's a slow motion disaster leaving more than a million people in the

some of those homes in lafitte and grand isle were older.he rebuilding codes and make sure they are stronger when we rebuild. wolf, if i have time, i was just notified of a fema scam. i want everybody to be aware of a text message for $8,500 in relief from fema. this is a scam. you need to understand the source of the information. you never want to give your private information via text or email. disasterassistance.gov is the official website or 1-800-621- 3622. we've been through enough. so let's be vigilant about defending against that kind of activity. >> and you said it right. let's hope the authorities find these horrible people trying to take advantage of desperate people right now to steal their money in a horrible, horrible way. the jefferson parish president, thank you so much. >>> we're going to have more on the breaking news coming into "the situation room." get this, the nation's top intelligence agencies are now warning that terrorists may try to exploit the upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. we have new information.

we go live to grady trimble in lafitte, louisiana.s pretty deepwater you're standing in. reporter: it is, lauren. you can see why it will take so long to assess the extent of the damage. some neighborhoods still look like this, completely underwater. you mentioned just over 900,000 people or customers still without power. this explains why. power lines strewn all over neighborhoods just like this one. believe it or not, this area was not accessible to the general public until today. the only way to get here until today was in a high water vehicle or even earlier than that when the water was higher by boat. look how high the water used to be, on that house right there. you can see it was several feet up and many of these homes are built on stilts. a lot of them are not though. they are dealing with catastrophic flooding. senator bill cassidy was in this area taking a tour of the damage today. he says as places like lafitte begin to rebuild, they need to think about the future and the next storm that might hit. >> under the national flo

roads in lafitte still flooded a week after.ational guard forced to build floating bridges to help first responders reach areas. claimed at least 68 victims, including seven nursing home patients who were transferred to a warehouse to ride out the weather. officials searched, found hundreds of elderly patients huddled on the floor in squalid conditions. >> the five gallon can was a toilet. >> the deaths under investigation. as water recedes, heat taking toll. louisiana department of health saying man in new orleans died from ht exposure. >> gets a little bit warmer, you try to tough it out but without any air you got to get out. too tough. >> half a million customers still without power, some victims being evacuated from new orleans to areas with air conditioning. president biden will travel to new york and new jersey tomorrow for firsthand look at ida's aftermath. in new jersey, officials searching for two family members swept away to river last thursday. in new york, impossible conditions faced in midst of the emergency. two n

the community of lafitte in total devastation, under water. it looks like a different place. really stark showing where ed and our other reporters are. this is one of the reasons that the governor is telling people, if you've evacuated, you need to stay away. cnn's ryan young is live in new orleans for us. ryan, what are you seeing and hearing there? >> reporter: look, you can see the devastation where we're standing here. this tree is in the middle of the street, knocked on top of the house there, creating damage. you can see the power lines are down. we've been monitoring ems chatter as well. we know of some families that were using generators that had to be rushed to the hospital. in fact, 11 people in the last half hour had to be rushed to the hospital including seven kids. it is so hot you can understand why people are trying to stay cool. you've got to be safe with those generators. we bumped into this woman, ms. janet. what was the storm like? you said it was powerful coming through here obviously with all the trees that are down. tell us what it was like? >> very, ver

and then also you have lafitte, which took a tremendous amount of water, upwards of 10 to 15 feet.hough that community is typically a little more resilient and higher off the ground, they suffered a tremendous amount of damage. we are staging supplies for both areas, and we are moving forward slowly. but we're being hampered by the fact that we suffer with low water pressure, number one. number two, we've lost 100% of our power grid, so we are completely without power. so that's causing issues like gas shortages. there's nowhere to buy any food. we have a large segment of the population did not evacuate, and so now we're struggling with exactly how we're going to deal with this portion of the population. we're advising all residents in upper jefferson parish to seek shelter in another state or outside of this area because it is going to be a while before we can restore the services that are necessary for everyday living. >> in terms of those conditions that you're describing, that's just unimaginably dire. in terms of people who did not evacuate, is it your estimation that there ma

images show a significant oil spill just miles from the region's major oil and gas port vaughn is in lafittelouisiana. just how long of a recovery are we looking at >> some of the residents in this parish were told not to expect power at least another month. and when you look around, it's clear why. this town still, one week later, is essentially a swamp of standing water and mud. kate >> that's an unbelievable image thank you. >>> to the damage in the northeast now. this week president biden is set to tour ida's path of destruction following tornadoes, floods and fires there. and tonight we're getting a closer look at just how quickly the deadly storm swept through this region. gabe gutierrez has that >> reporter: tonight in manville, new jersey, the streets are lined with memories of what happened here. kelly mumber would rather forgot. >> and i'm here with two kids and the dog, and the water kept getting higher and higher we have no idea what will happen to our house. >> reporter: these are the anxious moments when her family evacuated. look how high the water was. thank god for neighbors

in lafitte, houses are only home to heartbreak those who could afford to lose the least have lost the most. >> this is an elderly community. look, a lot of them don't have it. don't have the energy and in this heat if you can help us we can use it we really could use it >> reporter: five days after the storm, these are the lines for the basics in scorching heat, tens of thousands still don't have power. >> long gas lines, long food lines, long ice lines. we trying to get whatever we can get to survive. >> reporter: with far too many struggling to piece together lives ripped apart, the death toll continues to climb >> i'm just furious that nobody said anything. >> reporter: tonight the louisiana attorney general launching an investigation after authorities say more than 800 nursing home patients were cramped into this warehouse, evacuated here to ride out the storm. four seniors lost their lives. >> if we would have known it would have been a place like this, i would have took her with me, no matter how hard it would have been. >> reporter: families say their loved ones were forced to

bubbles, who survived for four days like many here, looking for a new home vaughn hilliard, nbc news, lafitte, louisiana. >>> and on this labor day, health officials are concerned that the millions of americans traveling and gathering in crowds to mark the unofficial end of summer could cause another covid surge just as a new school year begins more on that now from guad venegas. >> reporter: tonight millions of americans are flocking to vacation hot spots this holiday weekend, despite a cdc warning the unvaccinated should stay close to home >> if people aren't vaccinated, they shouldn't travel >> reporter: the tsa reporting 5.3 million passengers crossing airport security since friday, more than double the numbers seen at this point during labor day weekend last year. >> i'm going to disney world. the covid numbers in florida scare me, but i'm vaccinated. >> reporter: many making their way to stadiums, music festivals, and beaches across the country yet the spread of the virus rages on the number of reported cases reaching 40 million in the u.s now health experts fear the holiday weekend cou

pup who survived for four days, like many here, looking for a new home vaughn hillyard, nbc news, lafitte, louisiana >>> president biden spent part of his labor day meeting with labor leaders. he met with members of the international brotherhood of electrical workers he also brought the group lunch from a local deli. but today the president's attention turns back to storm recovery we're joined now by nbc correspondent tracie potts the president is headed to some areas today that need a lot of help >> reporter: he's going to be in new jersey and new york today touring neighborhoods in both areas that were hard hit by this storm. he'll start out in manville, new jersey, doing a neighborhood tour there and talking with some of the emergency worker ws who finally are getting a chance to help they couldn't even begin till friday to complete the cleanup process. and the president goes to queens, which was the hardest-hit borough in the city of new york. he was down south on friday where the federal emergency management agency has said people affected can apply for chainsaws and generators hundr

meanwhile, a floating replacement bridge leading to the hard hit town of lafitte, louisiana, opens today. the previous bridge damaged during the hurricane. >>> president biden toured ida's flood damage in new york and new jersey tuesday. the white house is requesting $24 billion in disaster relief from congress. the president says the storm was a wake-up call about the impact of climate change, which he called everybody's crisis. >> for decades scientists have warned of extreme weather would be more extreme and climate change was here, and we're living through it now. we don't have any more time. and if we don't do something -- we can't turn it back but can prevent it from getting worse. >> the president says now is the time to rebuild the nation's infrastructure and pushing a $3.5 trillion spending plan, but it faces new opposition. the website axios reports democratic senator joe manchin is only willing to support one-third of that plan. >>> now to texas where new comments from the governor about the state's new abortion ban have ignited a firestorm. at issue is the abortion law's lack

grady trimble in lafitte, louisiana.saying thank god, i'm not there, this has no effect on me but in fact the reality it does. we see refineries, gas operations shut down in the area, slow to open up could be impacted by this. prices are up, were already up last week about 10%. they're kind of holding their own right now. all of this occurs at a time when inflationary spiral roars on. doesn't john catsimatidis know it. billionaire owner of the new york city supermarket change, catsimatidis and gutnino's. he joins us now. he referred to inflation as an attack on america. the attack is going on, isn't it? it hasn't slowed down. >> it is going on but starts with the problem with our oil. under the previous administration, the trump administration, we were producing almost 13 1/2 million barrels a day in america. we were almost self-sufficient. they closed down the keystone pipeline. they announced a russian pipeline going into germany. you know what that means? in january we were buying 7.9 million barrels of oil from russi

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of these individuals may not have power for at least another four weeks and in this community of lafitte, louisiana it's essentially become a swamp of standing water and mud. frances? >> so many layers of help needed vaughn, thank you. >>> now to breaking news four people are dead after an attack at a home in florida. a woman in the lakeland area called police and said a suspicious man was at her house saying strange things. about nine hours later an officer heard gunshots and saw a man dressed in camo run into the house. he shot five people, killing four of them, including a mother holding her baby >> there's another volley of gunshots and they could hear a woman screaming and a baby whimpering >> police injured the suspect in a shootout he was identified as a former marine named brian riley who had no connections to the family riley's dirlfriend told authorities that he suffered from ptsd and had become more erratic but not violent. an 11-year-old girl was shot multiple times, is still hospitalized but is expected to recover. >>> the coronavirus continues to threaten in-person learning

parts of lafitte, louisiana, still flooded, some not getting power back until october.ers facing food, water and gas shortages, battling humidity, death toll has climbed to 13. in new york, governor signed request for expedited emergency declaration for temporary housing, unemployment, home repairs, legal services for those displaced. >> i don't ever again as governor or in my lifetime want to see people in pain the way i did last few days. no one should have to experience that. it was not their fault, they were victims, it's up to all of us to build resiliency, give them hope and help. >> initial estimate of $50 million in damages to public property and infrastructure. 1,200 homes damaged. >>> reproductive rights activists took to the streets angry over the texas laws. several groups, including the raging grannies and refuse fascism. they see the issue as larger trend in texas. >> when autocrats want to take over, first they curtail women's rights. women are dangerous, know that the future for their children depends on the democracy and their own rights. will fight har

in jean lafitte, louisiana, helping to hand out water.na, this woman packing up donated supplies. and this mother in line, smiling, grateful, holding her 1-year-old daughter. in ocean springs, mississippi, residents serving free homecooked meals at the golf hills hotel for hundreds of evacuees. >> to be able to provide for these people, i think, is touching a lot of hearts right now. >> and in new orleans, the team at the world central kitchen preparing tens of thousands of meals. no grocery stores are open and - so there's a huge need right now. >> in wilmington, delaware, the brandywine valley spca now helping airlift more than 300 dogs and cats from the south. they had been up for adoption but were in the path of hurricane ida. they're now safe again and waiting for their forever homes. and in cranford, new jersey, tonight, the fire department rescue team wading through the water, rescuing 3-month-old jolene. her family pulled from the floods. across this country tonight, americans tested. the need only growing tonight. so many communi

the roof ripped off a shipyard building this is near lafitte, one of the hardest-hit areas.es surrounded by water after flooding took over streets now, galliano, louisiana hurricane ida ripped through that town, destroying these mobile homes with debris everywhere the message from the governor today, if you evacuated, do not come home. there is no water. there's no electricity, and making the crisis even worse, extreme temperatures with heat indexes soaring into the triple digits cnbc's valerie castro begins our coverage in bridge city in jefferson parish south of mississippi river. valerie, some say getting power back on will be a marathon, not a sprint. >> reporter: shep, the work really does seem endless we want to show you why it's so difficult to get the power back up and running take a look behind me. this is one of the transmission powers damaged during the storm along with eight vital transmission lines getting all of that infrastructure back up and running is vital to getting the state back on the grid drone video shows you the kind of work that power crews have ahe

lafitte, jean lafitte depending who you ask still had water.ow through. as if this is not the only extreme we have to go to the caldor fire. now more than 200,000 acres burned and it is not the only fire burning, of course, with those gusty winds, the last couple of days, the fire behavior has been really rough, more than 800,000 acres, the single biggest fire, the dixie fire also burning, and i'll leave you with a look at what's happening out there. heat building. they've been cooler and windy which is not good for the fires but now you'll see that high kind of retreat, circulate, redding going up to 100 by sunday, reno up into the 90s. this is after we had one of the hottest summers if not the hottest summer on record. more on ida and what's happening in the northeast in a few minutes. lo boost and cricket charge you more for unlimited 5g. metro doesn't. introducing the big 5g upgrade. just twenty-five bucks a month gets you unlimited 5g and a free 5g smartphone. that's half the price... ...for one line of unlimited 5g smartphone data ...plus

and joining me now from lafitte is vaughn hillyard.e you seeing there in the wake of the recovery efforts as the situation remains pretty horrific? >> reporter: there is really no win here. either it is sweltering heat, humidity, 95 years earlier and now the rain is coming down here. and we are standing on the one right of passage, the one main roadway that is allowing folks to allow access to property. but it is standing water and mud here. and their homes are definite investigation stated here and just trying to get further back and begin to have some sort of reckoning of whatdefiniteinvest here and just trying to get further back and begin to have some sort of reckoning of what they could rebuild is so difficult because we're talking about power being up four to six weeks here. let's listen to one of the residents that we talked to who talked about the unknown that is ahead. >> for years i've done this over and over again. this is the worst i've ever seen. >> your kids lived here, your grandkids? >> my children, my grandchildren all

we had to fight fires last night in lafitte. there were six houses that were on fire, and my firefightersad too by bt to fight these fires because the road's blocke unfortunately we talk about the orm being dangerous, but the post-storm deaths have actually been greater thathe deaths that we had during the storm, plus three more citins today from a generator, improper use of aenerat they died byarbon noxide poising. so this is why it's so upsetting is that this storm just keeps on coming at us and thenf course we're without gas. we don't he gayet, so that's a very critical issue for us. our refineries down here, it was a dole whammy becae we supply fuel to t rest of the couny, and eightefiners don't have electricity now d so we have fuel issues where i can't get employees to work. i need to make sure our hospal employees have fuel to get work. you know, i d to deny one of our bifo distribut nonpfits wanteto get her employees fu to distribute food, and i d to say i can't give you any of my fuel because so critical situion with fu

the pictures we've been showing why you've been talking your mostly of lafitte.uth of new orleans. grand isle is much further. i spent a hurricane covering it from grand isle. i think what you say is, rate people down there are tough. even though they're tough. they don't deserve, this but they are tough and they will pull through. joe, stay safe. thank you for keeping us posted. and thank you for keeping the people of jefferson parish safe. joe is the emergency management director for jefferson parish. thank you sir. >> coming up it's often referred to as the third rail of politics, the nationwide impact of the draconian new reborn restrictions, in effect tonight in texas. when the 11th hour continues. 11th hour continues dayquil severe for you... and daily vicks super c for me. introducing new vicks super c and dayquil severe convenience pack. vicks super c is a daily supplement to help energize and replenish your body with vitamin c and b vitamins. dayquil severe is a max strength medicine for cold and flu relief. someone is feeling better. get your shoes. alr

customers, they still have about 150,000 customers to go and of course the issue this grand isle and lafittevee protection area. >> and you started out by saying power. that is no small thing. still without power after a week of waiting. temperatures have been hot there. how much of a problem has the lack of power caused and you still don't know when it will be back and running? >> it has been extremely difficult. right now our government and our response capabilities are on life support because we rely totally on generated power. and to have generator, you have to have fuel and fuel is short because two-thirds of our refinery capabilities were knocked out. however, they are come back online. so that is the good news on that. as it -- it is causing problems, especially with the heat. we've had issues with our special needs part of the residents where they are having a lot of trouble with the heat. so we're evacuating them to various shelters throughout the state. and so that has been an aggressive dicating quite a bit of time from that. so we've had support from the state and department of h

in lafitte, essentially you have what a standing swamp. water and mud here. on the one riot of passage, one roadway allowing folks to gain access to their properties. it's standing water and mud here at this point. their homes are devastated here and just trying to get further back and begin to have some sort of reckoning of what they could potentially be able to rebuild in the weeks and months ahead is so still so difficult because we are talking about power being out for up to four weeks. four to six weeks here. i want you to listen to one of the residents we talked to this afternoon. katie arias here talked about the unknown that is ahead. >> for years i've done this over and over again. this is the worst i have ever seen. >> reporter: your kids lived here, your grandkids? >> my children, my grandchildren all grew up here. my father brought this property when -- before i was born. >> reporter: you just heard this is a shrimping community here. you heard her say she has been here all her life. folks are trying and beginning to get back to their communities.

i've been down to jean lafitte. the man that was just speaking, i don't know the gentleman, but he just as soon could be describing how decimated the little towns and the cities are in and around new orleans. jefferson parish, which is right next to orleans for the most part is out of electricity. one of the things that blows my mind, don, on the issue of voting rights, there can't be a more nonpartisan issue in the united states of america than having access to the ballot. that is what democracy is about. likewise, there can't be more of a nonpartisan issue than the fact that roads and bridges are broken. the electrical grid is broken not only in the south but in the northeastern part of the country and in the midwest and on the west coast. you have lack of access to food. you have all of these things going on that for the life of me affects every american equally. we saw 16 years ago with katrina and then shortly thereafter sandy, and then this particular week, we had ida. then right after that, we had another sto

of thousands of homes and businesses going on day ten of no the power kristina partsinevelos is in lafitte for us >> the devastation is still all around us. as of last night there's over 400,000 people in louisiana that still have absolutely no power and even in areas like this it's not going to get better for weeks, which is why one non-profit aims to provide an alternative energy solutions for thousands in need. r urg at could mean somethin foyo portfolio but i'll have more coming up later on in the show ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the debate over whether to invest in china right now is heating up as big billionaires weigh in george soros is saying steer clear, calling black rock's strategy a losing bet, saying pouring billions of dollars into china say tragic mistake the firm firing back, saying clients around the world seek a broad range of investments, including in china, to achieve retirement and other financial objectives now ray dalio is also weighing in, saying it's a part of the world one can't neglect and not only because of the opportunities it provides but you lose the excitement if you'r

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i just got back from traveling to lafitte, which is outside of our levee protection system.e of the hardest things i've had to deal with is looking people in the face who just have lost everything. there's a quiet desperation about them. it's almost like there is no word. you can't even console them by saying, well, at least you're phys physically healthy. it's almost like i have guilt saying that and i have no words for these people. but we're strong people, we will rebuild. but it's just going to take some time in building the systems back together. as we go every day our water system, our sewer system improves. but again we're having difficulties. unfortunately we had another death that happened last night. someone got hit because there's no electricity and the street was dark and i think it was a hit-and-run. just terrible, terrible that our post-storm deaths are greater than the one death we lost during the storm. >> this crisis has just been getting worse and worse by day. can you give us an update on the conditions in grand isle? have rescue workers, recovery workers

you know, obviously, grand island and lafitte, some of our hard-hit areas will take a longer period ofe more resources to those areas when the populated areas kind of come back. those are the things that we're just asking, if you don't need to be here right now, get out of here. because there are people like the gentlemen that you just played, they're struggling. >> except sometimes we wish it were that simple. sometimes, people don't even have the means in order to get out, and so now here we have, you know, this level of pain and heartbreak that is taking place and right now, people just need some answers about what kind of help they're going to get right now. >> and we have four pod systems open now in jefferson parish that are distributing the ice, the water, and food. so we can get people through to get those needs. gasoline is our biggest problem right now. >> yeah. >> we can get electricity up. we'll get more stations online, but more stations online doesn't necessarily help the gasoline problem until we get the refineries up and running. and i know they're working hard to make