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back to you. >> miguel marquez in new york.uch. >>> it could be a matter of weeks before children under 12 are eligible to be vaccinated against covid-19. it's getting close. pfizer said the company is ready to ask the fda for emergency use authorization of the vaccination, give the data it needs within days. this is for children 5 to 11. have a listen. >> i think we're going to submit this data pretty soon. it's a question of days, not weeks, and then it's up to the fda to review the data and come to their conclusions. >> joining us now, dr. scott gottlieb, a former fda commissioner and a member of pfizer's board and author of the new book "uncontrolled spread condition why covid-19 crushed us and how we can plan ahead." what we just heard t data could be submitted in a matter of days for kids 5 to 11. are you still sticking with that same time line that we could see the first shots in arms in those kids for that age group by halloween? >> hello, look. think think that that's right. the doctor said the application could go in

now let's go to miguel marquez. he's in the riverside town of new brunswick, new jersey, less than hour outside new york city. what's the situation with the water there now? >> reporter: yeah, we're on the river where the tide is now waning, heading out to the ocean. the water is going with it. we were with you an hour ago. it was about 2 inches down. this is on top of a wall here near route 18 or memorial parkway. now it's 6, 7 inches down. so it's starting to drain quite quickly as that tide goes out. you can see how much more water to go here and through very broad swaths of new jersey as well. and it's not only the water. there's tons of debris in this water as well that as it recedes it's along the road so they're going to have to cleanup all of that to get to it. they're still in the midst of an emergency here. there are 23 confirmed dead at this point. there may be many more. they believe there are many, many people still missing. they're not sure if that's just the confusion of everything they're dealing wit

miguel marquez takes a closer look for us. >> reporter: vera middleton was so sick doctors considered putting her on a ventilator. she refused. opting instead to pray. >> god has helped me where i am right now and i'll praise him. >> reporter: she is getting everything but the ventilator and improving. the 66-year-old great grandmother from a small town in kentucky says she and her husband talked about getting vaccinated but decided against it. >> do you have any idea where you got covid? >> yes. my granddaughter had gotten sick. so i just want to warn everybody. >> reporter: kentucky seeing its biggest covid-19 surge yet, cases and hospitalizations spiking sharply to levels never seen before. deaths too on the rise. hospitals everywhere just trying to keep up. >> it is defeating to put another person on the ventilator, defeating to watch a health care provider that i care about or myself stand at the bedside when someone dies alone, it is also defeating to watch somebody else get put in a body bag. >> reporter: and st. clair regional medical center is the biggest facility providing h

miguel marquez with a look at the devastation from pennsylvania to new york. >> reporter: in passaic, new jersey, dive crews have suspended the search for two missing people. officials say a man and woman were in a car near a drainage ditch when they got out or were forced out by the floodwaters. they were then swept away by ida's deluge. >> there were seven feet water at the time. the water was so high, and they might be somewhere in the rivers. >> reporter: the drain empties into the passaic river which remains above flood stage this hour. tonight in philadelphia, floodwaters haven't fully receded along many street and parking lots that remain under water. >> at the same time, we're moving into a recovery mode and a cleanup mode. the recovery process for in is going to take months. >> reporter: damage from a tornado just outside philadelphia. no one prepared for a tornado here. >> it's unimaginable. >> reporter: the twister, winds up to 130 miles per hour, ripped through ft. washington, damaging homes, businesses, and bringing down power lines. >> the landscape. our community is com

appreciate the coverage. >>> now, let's go to miguel marquez.e's in the riverside town of new brunswick, new jersey, less than an hour outside new york city. what's the situation with the water there now? >> reporter: yeah, we're where the tide is now waning heading out to the ocean. the water's going with it. we were with you an hour ago. it was about 2 inches down. this is the top of a wall here along route 18 or the memorial parkway. now, it's -- i don't know -- 6, 7 inches down. so it's -- it's starting to drain quite quickly as that tide goes out but you can see how much more water there is to go here and through very broad swaths of new jersey, as well. and it's not only the water. there's tons of debris in this water, as well, that as it recedes, it's along the road. so they are going to have to clean up all of that to get to it but they are still in the midst of an emergency here. there are 23 confirmed dead at this point. there may be more. they believe there are many still missing. they are not sure if that's just the confusion of ever

miguel marquez in new jersey, ed lavandera in louisiana, and arlette saenz is live at the white housearlette, i want to start with you. what has been president biden's message while he's been on the ground today for several hours? >> reporter: president biden has had a message of support, both when it comes to the federal resources that the administration is leveraging in response to hurricane ida, as well as on that personal level as so many thousands and millions of people in the region have been affected. the president said that in his conversations with leaders on the ground, it has been clear that this is not a political trip. it is one focus on saving lives and getting communities back up and running. now the president has been in a briefing with state and local officials for about the last hour, sharing what the federal government is trying to do and also hearing what needs they have on the ground at this moment. the president any moment now is also expected to tour one of the neighborhoods that has been impacted by hurricane ida as well as deliver remarks a little bit later in

cnn's miguel marquez takes us to one hospital in the state where the national guard is helping out asvid patients seek help. >> reporter: vera middleton was so sick doctors considered putting her on a ventilator. she refused opting instead to pray. >> i praise him from now. >> reporter: she is getting everything but the ventilator and improving. the 66-year-old great grandmother from a small town, she says she and her husband talked about getting vaccinated but decided against it. do you have any idea where you got covid? >> yes. my granddaughter had gotten sick and just went through everybody. >> reporter: kentucky seeing its biggest covid-19 surge yet. cases and hospitalizations spiking sharply to levels never seen before. deaths, too, on the rise. hospitals everywhere just trying to keep up. >> it's defeating to put another person on the ventilator. it's defeating to watch a health care provider that i care about or myself stand at the bedside when someone dies alone. it's also defeating to watch someone else get put in a body bag. >> reporter: the biggest facility providing health

. >> miguel marquez got access to a coronavirus icu at a hospital in hazard, kentucky that is overwhelmed with patients. >> reporter: vera middleton was so sick doctors considered putting her on a ventilator. she refused opting instead to pray. >> god has brought me to where i am right now. and i praise him from now. >> reporter: she's getting everything but the ventilator and improving, the 66-year-old great grandfather from the small town of olive hill, kentucky, said she and her husband talked about getting vaccinated but decided against it. >> reporter: do you have any idea where you got covid? >> yes. my granddaughter had gotten sick and it went through one and everybody. seemed like at the house. >> reporter: kentucky seeing its biggest covid-19 surge yet. cases and hospitalizations spiking sharply to levels never seen before. deaths, too, on the rise. hospitals everywhere just trying to keep up. >> it's defeating to put another person on the ventilator. it's defeating to watch a healthcare provider that i care about or myself stand at the bedside when someone dies alone. it's also

cnn's miguel marquez was able to get access to an icu in hazard, kentucky. ointing out to our viewers, you have been all around the country the last 18 months, state to state, icu to icu and here you are now this morning in kentucky. >> reporter: no one is more shocked than me. i thought i would be done with hospitals in this sort of reporting a long time ago. look, not only are cases up in kentucky but in hazard, perry county, has one of the highest case rates in the entire country. we visited one hospital that has tons of patients but not enough staff. >> it's more than a cold. believe that. >> reporter: billy couch didn't think much about covid until he got it. >> don't mess around because this ain't a joke. this is not fun and games. i want to go home. i can't go home because i can't breathe yet. this is not a game at all when you're sitting here and can't breathe and feel like you're going to die. >> reporter: in the hospital 19 days now the unvaccinated 42-year-old isn't sure how he picked up the virus. he toughed it out at home for eight days before be

cnn's miguel marquez joins us. miguel, are we learning of any disruptions to care yet?nd it's not clear that there will be because of that governor's order which by the way she said she will sign that emergency order that could bring in medically trained national guard members. it could bring in students, retirees, other individuals who are traveling nurses or even here from overseas to fill space. also we're keeping this mind that some hospitals are already saying that if they have unvaccinated employees they may be able to take leave, paid leave until they get vaccinated so that may help as well. beyond all of us, you have to get in mind the vast majority of health care workers not only in new york but around the country are vaccinated, a small number, a slim number that's been holding everything else up. it does amount to tens of thousands of workers probably across new york and in various hospitals and care homes an nursing homes and the like, so it is a big number, but it is a -- it is a small slice of the overall health care workers out there. ana? >> what about t

miguel marquez, our colleague, he spoke to two of these health care workers who are not vaccinated, whoare expecting to lose their jobs in new york. >> you can't even accept that the vaccines work? >> no, i'm not convinced they work yet. >> me either. >> there's so much suppressed science out there globally. >> it is hard for people to understand that people who work in health care don't trust science. how do you square that? >> i think there's nothing you can completely disentangle from politics. that's the issue. i think if you were just basing taking the vaccine on the merits of the science t clinical trial data alone and again all this real world data showing just how effective it is. out of all the covid patients in hospitals, tens of thousands, 95% of thome are unvaccinated. for most people, that makes the case for how effective tease vaccines are and the safety data speaks for itself. you can't disentangle anything from politics. i see this as well. i've talked to nurses and other health care providers who are really great at their jobs and want to stay in those jobs, but are wil

here is miguel marquez. >> there's more to come. >> reporter: billy couch didn't think much about covidt it. >> don't mess around. it's not a joke. it's not fun and games. i've been here so long. i want to go home but i can't go home because i can't breathe. this is not a game at all. you feel like you're going to die. >> reporter: in the hospital 19 days now, the unvaccinated 42-year-old isn't sure how he picked up the virus. he toughed it out at home for eight days before being admitted. >> how serious is covid? >> it's bad to the bone. i recommend everybody wash their hands and do what they got to do. stay home. stay social distanced. it's bad. trust me. it's bad. >> reporter: until you had it, did you think it was bad? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> i didn't pay no attention. i do now. get your shots. >> reporter: wanda holmes manages the nursing staff in the covid icu at the regional health care's largest facility in hazard, kentucky. the nurse for 30 yearse. the job never tougher. >> it's so hard. i get emotional because it is our community. i see they work very hard. very hard every

>> all right, miguel marquez, thanks so much. dr. fauci joins us now. do you think we're seeing this major spike of new cases in kids? is it because they're back indoors, in school, and because some governors are not letting mask mandates take place? >> i think all of the above that you mentioned, jake. but also we've got to realize that this is happening in the context of the delta variant, which is remarkably more transmissible. so we're getting more cases in everyone. and since you get more cases in everyone, children who generally are undervaccinated, many of the adults, particularly the elderly, for example, we have now 85% of the elderly, 65 years of age or older have been vaccinated. so the older population as a group is more vaccinated than the younger population. so when you get a highly transmissible virus that's going around the community, you're going to see a lot more children get infected. and that's exactly what's happening. and also for the reasons that you just mentioned. >> we talked about last year how damaging it was academically and

we want to go live to cnn's miguel marquez in new brunswick, new jersey. miguel, this is one of the most trying days so many people around here can remember. >> it is stunning to see how much water came down so quickly into areas across the northeast. this is the rarition river. this is a park along the rarition river or it should be a park. it's complety will inundated. that's the river beyond. it's still 10 to 15 feet above flood level right now. the tide doesn't come in high for another hour and a half or so. there may be even more flooding this, as emergency crews are still getting out there and still trying to find people who are stuck. >> a river of water pours into a new york city subway station, one of many similar scenes there as remnants of ida leads to historic flooding. >> unprecedented is almost an understatement. this is, yeah, the first time ever we've had a flash flood emergency declared. >> reporter: today the death toll continues to rise among the victims, a 2-year-old. >> this has been a biblical storm by every means. >> reporter: in quee

miguel marquez goes inside one of kentucky's largest hospitals pushed to the brink. >> reporter: billyouch didn't think much about covid until he got it. >> don't mess around because it ain't a joke, this is not fun and games. i've been here so long, i want to go home, but i can't because i can't breathe still yet. this is not a game at all when you sit here and you feel like you're going to die. >> reporter: in the hospital 19 days now, he is not sure how he picked up the virus. he toughed it out at home for eight days before being admitted. how serious is covid? >> it is bad to the bone. i recommend everybody wash their hands, do what they got to do, stay home, stay social distanced because it is bad. trust me, it is bad. >> reporter: until you had it, did you think it was bad? >> no, i didn't pay no attention. but i do now. get your shots. >> reporter: and wanda combs manages the nursing staff in hazard, kentucky. a nurse for 30 years, the job never tougher. >> it has been very, very hard and i get emotional because it is our community. i see our nurses work very hard every day. but

miguel marquez reports. >> reporter: vera middleton was so sick doctors considered putting her on a ventilator. she refused. opting instead to pray. >> god has helped me where i am right now and i'll praise him. >> reporter: she is getting everything but the ventilator and improving. the 66-year-old great grandmother from a small town in kentucky says she and her husband talked about getting vaccinated but decided against it. >> do you have any idea where you got covid? >> yes. my granddaughter had gotten sick. so i just want to warn everybody. >> reporter: kentucky seeing its biggest covid-19 surge yet, cases and hospitalizations spiking sharply to levels never seen before. deaths too on the rise. hospitals everywhere just trying to keep up. >> it is defeating to put another person on the ventilator, defeating to watch a health care provider that i care about or myself stand at the bedside when someone dies alone, it is also defeating to watch somebody else get put in a body bag. >> reporter: and st. clair regional medical center is the biggest facility providing health care to 11 counties in

see, that's miguel marquez joining us right now. half of the confirmed deaths are in new jersey where you are tonight. what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah. it is just incredible how much water was dumped in this area and that power of water. i want to show you what we're looking at right now. this is the river near new brunswick. this was a part right in front of us. it is about 10 to 12 feet over flood stage. it has started to come down ever so slightly. we're just passed high tide here. but these rescue workers here have a long way to go. raging flood waters throwing across parts of the northeast tonight where active rescues continue. officials estimate they have received calls in the thousands from people needing to be rescued from extreme flooding. >> the water was raised so high, i couldn't rush straight to the street. i wanted to go to the fire escape. >> reporter: in new jersey, rescue crews using boats to help people to safety. in the northern part of the state, flood waters left trains submerged and a nearby stadium filled

our miguel marquez is out front in kentucky. >> reporter: billy couch didn't think much about covid untilecause this ain't a joke. this is not fun and games. i've been here so long i want to go home. but i can't go home because i can't breathe still yet. this is not a game at all. >> reporter: in the hospital 19 days now the unvaccinated 42-year-old isn't sure how he picked up the virus. he toughed it out at home for eight days before being admitted. how serious is covid? >> it's bad to the bone. i recommend everybody wash their hands, do what they got to do, stay home, stay social distanced because it's bad. trust me, it's bad. >> reporter: until you had it, did you think it was bad? >> no. >> what did you think it was? >> i didn't pay attention to be honest. >> reporter: a nurse for 30 years, the job never tougher. >> it's been very, very hard and i get emotional because it is our community. icu nurses work really hard. they work very hard every day, but you can usually see a difference, so you work hard and you see a difference and that's okay. you don't care that you're tired, you've

miguel marquez is in new brunswk, new jersey. paula newton is in mlica, new jersey. and te muntean is in philadelphia. miguellet me begin with you because at least 23 people, we're learning in nejeey, have now died from thastorm that passed through. fldwers are still ghear ere you. are they ever going recede? >> reporter: they are, and they are receding now. there's an alarm going off over here. actually look over this way. they're inging a truck in, probably to start moving out some of that debris as the wat the tide is going out here o the rareton river in new brunswick and the water is going with it. when we got here several hours ago, the water was up over ts wall i'm standing on now. it's recedrobably 10, maybe , 12 inches downhis wall. so by morning, most of this water, if not all of it, will be gone but there is going to be aot of debris left over, and that's why you have that vehicle there starting to move the debris f the roadway and try to start cleaning this out so they can get back to something approximating noal within a day or two. but, you know, crews

miguel marquez has the latest on covid-19 across america. >> reporter: as the delta variant continues ripping through the unvaccinated, children, many too young to get the shot are now contracting the virus at a worrying rate. >> we knew children congregating and school districts without having mask mandates, children who are not able to get vaccinated, was a prime vector to spread disease. >> reporter: childhood cases up about 240% since july, representing 29% of all cases nationwide says new data. rising case numbers only adding to the fight on how to keep kids safe in school. in iowa, a federal judge rules bans on mask mandates in schools can not be enforced. des moines schools not wasting team, students must wear masks starting tomorrow. outside of charlotte, north carolina the union county public school district going in a different direction, stopping contact tracing for students and pretty much ending quarantine rules for kids who may have been exposed. some parents are not happy. >> i have a first grader that goes to elementary school here in the county and it is very concerni

. >> cnn's miguel marquez has more on the fight against the pandemic. >> reporter: booster shots tope time we get to the middle of september, we will have plan to vaccinate people who are having that waning immunity. >> two fda leaders signed onto a commentary saying there isn't enough evidence supporting booster shots for most americans but what about those at highest risk. >> you see waning immunity at higher risk people. i'm thinking about who needs the booster, elderly, frail, people with chronic diseases. i think the evidence is leaning towards that. >> reporter: as the delta variant continues ripping through the unvaccinated children, many too young to get the shot, are contracting the disease at a worrying rate. childhood cases up about 240% since july. representing 29% of all cases reported nationwide according to new data from the american academy of pediatrics. another worry for parents with kids returning to school. >> it's very concerning for me. i'm pregnant. i'm concerned for my family's safety. >> reporter: in data crunched by cnn indicates black and hispanic people ar

miguel marquez has more. >> reporter: billy couch didn't think much about covid until he got it. >> don'this ain't a joke, this is not fun and games. i've been here so long, i want on go home, but i can't because i can't breathe still. this is not a game at all when you feel like you're going to die. >> reporter: in the hospital 19 days now the unvaccinated 42-year-old isn't sure how he picked up the virus. he toughed it out at home for eight days before being admitted. how serious is covid? >> it is bad to the bone. i recommend everybody wash their hands, do what they got to do, stay home, stay social distanced because it is bad. >> until you had it, does you think it was about. >> no. >> what did you think it was? >> i didn't pay no attention to be honest. but i do now. get your shots. >> reporter: can wanda copmbs ms the nursing staff and the job is never tougher. >> it has been very, very hard. and i get emotional because it is our community. i see nurses work very hard every day. but you can usually see a difference. so you work hard and you see a difference and that is okay. you don

cnn's miguel marquez given access to the covid icu and covid unit where he spoke with patients and staffo sick, doctors considered putting her on a ventilator. she refused. opting instead to pray. >> god is where i am right now and i'll praise him from now on. >> reporter: she's getting everything but the ventilator and improving. the 66-year-old great grandmother from the small town of olive hill, kentucky, said she and her husband talked about getting vaccinated but decided against it. >> do you have any idea where you got covid? >> yes. my granddaughter had gotten sick and it just went to everybody. >> reporter: kentucky releasing the biggest covid surge yet. cases and hospitalizations spi spiking sharply. deaths too, on the rise. hospitals everywhere just trying to keep up. >> it is defeating to put another person on the the ventilator. it is defeating to watch a health care provider that i care about or myself stand at the bedside when someone dies alone and it is defeating to watch somebody else get put in a body bag. >> more heads at saint regional medical center the biggest, can'

cnn's miguel marquez begins our coverage tonight. he joins us from new brunswick, new jersey. miguel? >> reporter: just shocking how powerful this storm was. nypd says it affected 69 water rescues and over 160 other rescues there. i want to show you what's happening here in new jersey and new brunswick. this is a roadway next to the raritan river. it has started to recede, but you can see the cars, the station behind it, all of that still inundated by water as authorities here are still searching for the missing. raging flood waters flowing across parts of the northeast tonight where active rescues continue in the wake of ida. in pennsylvania officials estimate they've received calls in the thousands from people needing to be rescued from extreme flooding. >> the water is so high i couldn't run straight to the street. i had to run up the fire escape. i wound up on the roof where they had to get a boat to rescue me. >> reporter: in new jersey rescue crews using boats to help people to safety. in the northern part of the state flood waters left trains in boundbrook submerged and

and we have miguel marquez in new brunswick, new jersey. let's begin with miguel. dark there now. but what's the situation? >> i want to show you where i'm standing. this is a wall i'm standing on top of. and this has only become -- we've been been able to get out of here in the last 10, 15 minutes or so. i can show you how far this has come down. in about ten minutes it's come down two inches. so inch by inch things are getting a little better here in new brunswick. this is route 18, the memorial parkway here in new brunswick. there is a lot of debris still out there. still a lot of water out there. the tide is going out and it's taking that water with it. it's really starting to drain quite quickly now. but look, new jersey like many places is really hurting. 23 new jerseyans lost their lives. there may be more out there. lots and lots of people are also missing. that may just be confusion from all of this. but there may be other people they are looking for. we've seen emergency crews moving around this area and throughout new jersey looking for others who may be trapped, may be

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cnn's miguel marquez begins our coverage tonight. he joins us from new brunswick, new jersey. miguel. >> yeah. just shocking how powerful this storm was. nypd says that it affected 69 water rescues and over 160 other rescues there. i want to show you what's happening here in new jersey, in new brunswick. this is a roadway next to the river. it has started to recede, but you can see the cars, the station behind it, all of that still inundated by water as authorities here are still searching for the missing. raging floodwaters flowing across parts of the northeast tonight where active rescues continue in the wake of ida. in pennsylvania, officials estimate they have received calls in the thousands from people needing to be rescued from extreme flooding. >> the water was raising so high, i couldn't run straight to the street. i had to run up the fire escape. i wound up on the roof where they had to get a boat to rescue me. >> reporter: in new jersey, rescue crews using boats to help people to safety. in the northern part of the state, floodwaters left submerged and a nearby stadiu

let's get straight up to miguel marquez following this for us live in new york.ig test of the mandate policies. >> reporter: yeah. the governor has already started to meet that test by saying she will issue an emergency order that -- so if they run short nurses they can activate sections of the national guard or bring others in from outside the country or outside the state to help fill in the gaps here if there are caps. let's keep in find. the fast have a mortgage of health care workers, whether they work in hospital or whether they work in care homes or are working with adults in adult care, they are vaccinated, but there is a small but significant number of individuals who either don't want to get vaccinated or are refusing it for some reason and that's where the fight it. in and across the state of new york it would amount to thousands of individual. the difference with new york and what makes new york such a test for so many other places with this mandate is there's no option to get tested every week if you don't want to get the vaccine, if you are a health

necessary, or what exactly a third dose is supposed to accomplish in the first place, as cnn's miguel marquezata for children under 12 soon. >> reporter: children's hospitals in ohio overwhelmed with covid and respiratory cases. its governor now urging superintendents statewide to mandate masks in schools. >> we all share the goal of helping our kids keeping those kids in school. reasonable people may disagree about a lot of things. we must do everything we can to keep our children in the classroom. we need our kids in school so that he don't fall behind. >> reporter: ohio has no statewide mandatory mask order for schools. children are back in school and now on the front line in the battle with covid-19. in georgia, outbreaks of nearly seven times in k-12 schools making up some 60% of all outbreaks in the state. schools may drive an increase in cases in the northeast says the former head of the fda. >> we're still here in the northeast due for some surge of infection from the delta variant. i don't think that we're through it. >> reporter: this as the w.h.o. says cases worldwide have declined

miguel marquez went looking for answers. >> at some point push is going to come to shove and they will you must be vaccinated or you will not have a job. >> i will not be vaccinated. >> reporter: donna and stephanie are refusing the covid-19 vaccine no matter what. do either of you have a job today? >> currently i am employed. >> reporter: do you have a job? >> i do have a job. i'm out on medical leave for a surg surgical procedure i had but -- >> reporter: both suspect they won't have a job for long. they don't trust the vaccine and its side effects and both requested religious exemptions. who religion are you? >> catholic. >> reporter: the pope says vaccines are fine and we should be getting them -- >> a hypocrite. my whole life -- >> reporter: this is god's messenger on earth. this is the bishop of rome. >> he is. he was elected to that position. however, he's not owe bidi abide bible. >> reporter: both test they would test for covid on a weekly basis instead of a vaccine. that's not enough for the state of new york. >> you need to be sure the person taking care of you is not going

besser, we had this heart breaking and so informative report in the last hour from our miguel marqueznto a hospital in hazard, k kentucky and he was interviewing people there, really they rolled the dice. they may or may not survive covid and you have people there with supplemental oxygen saying get this shot. we know that that kind of message does resonate with americans. is that what is going to have people saying, look, i'm going to go get a vaccine or is it the mandate or both? what do you think? >> i think that is absolutely heart breaking. and it goes beyond our ability to take care of people who have covid. the message that this vaccine will help save so many lives from covid. it goes to the need for our hospitals to be able to take care of everyone who has any healthcare problem. when you see hospitals around the country being so overfilled, when you see children's hospitals being packed to capacity, it says to me that we need to do more. and the measures that the president announced will help. you know, sanjay saying they're not going to be magic. it's not going to end this i

miquel marquez is in new bank brunswick, new jersey. miguel, let me begin with you, at least 23 people, we're learning, in new jersey have now died from that storm that passed through. floodwaters are still high near where you are. are they ever going to recede? >> reporter: they are, and they are receding now. there's an alarm going off over here, actually if you look over this way, they're bringing a truck in probably to start moving out some of that debris as the water recedes. the tide is going out here on the raritan river in new brunswick and the water is going with it. when we got here several hours ago, the wall was over this wall i'm standing on now. within the last hour it's receded 10, probably 12 inches down this wall. by morning most of this water, if not all, will be gone. but there will be a lot of debris left over and that's why you have that vehicle there starting to move the debris off the roadway to try to start cleaning this out to get back to something approximating normal within a day or two. but crews are still out looki