i would answer your question why does phil murphy believe that we should be teaching gender to kindergarteners? why does he believe that we should be teaching explicit sex acts to middle school students? i don't believe that. >> mr. murphy, would you like to respond? >> a lot going on at your kitchen table. [laughter] >> r well, isn't that the job oa parent? isn't that the job of a parent -- >>is apparently -- [background sounds] you'd rather -- [inaudible] >> remember what id said about drunk driving, that's what your support is consistent with. let's discuss. [inaudible conversations] >> i'm going to get to that, believe me. and now using a word which you well know is a dog whistle word. the word sodomy is not taught, and you know exactly what that word enflames, and it's a complete and and utter offense to the lgbtq+ community and anybody who supports that community. how can you say that you're open-mind and you celebrate diversity when you use a word that is deliberately dog whistle to create another -- [inaudible] it's about going forward versus backward. >> we're going to have to leave t

in the next hour governor phil murphy is set to visit cranford, new jersey. you can see the line on the cars there. that flood warning is still in place until at least noon today. i want to bring in the mayor now of cranford. thank you for taking busy time out of your schedule. why is that flood warning still in effect? >> it is in effect until there is enough of the recession. they had hundreds of vehicles that are disabled, they moved to the side of the road and they're still sitting there. there is still a great amount of work to be done. they are continuing their revaluation of properties and we have a number of home that's have been deemed unsafe. there will like i will be more. we are still very much in assessment stage. >> the governor is going to be continuing. >> i'm certain that we'll talk about our most immediate assistance and you can be sure that i will be speaking with the mayor and the congressman that will be joining him about long-term solutions. we were are just days away from the ten-year anniversary of hurricane irene that devastated kranf

again, the governor phil murphy declaring a state of emergency right now urming residents to stay off the roads, stay home and stay safe, a quote from him. again, earlier as, i was coming in, there were sheets of rain as i was watching, and then there were concerns from the drivers coming into work they wouldn't even be able to get us into work because the weather was so bad. and the flood warnings as well. this is really -- this is tough stuff. and imagine what they dealt with down south, right? we're getting just the remnants of that. but imagine what they've dealt with in louisiana and mississippi and so on. >> so we've talked about this being a historic storm, one we've not seen as far as how slow it's moving, maintaining that strength across southern louisiana for almost six hours and of course now it pushes across the northeast. the impacts are going to be far greater even if the storm doesn't have the same ferocity when it comes to winds. water rescues are taking place because this a catastrophic flood. flood warnings happen frequently with storm warnings almost every single da

the governor of will speak in a few minutes from now, phil murphy. and we see this rescue in new york central park. a driver got stuck in the flood waters there. look at this. homes in new jersey on fire in middle of flooded neighborhoods and firefighters not able to reach the homes. and in flood waters, a home exploded because of a suspected gas leak. that caught on surveillance camera. you cannot forget what is going in louisiana. five days after the hurricane hit. a category four there. a monster. still 800,000 people without power. president biden planning to travel there to see the damage first hand. we have reporters in all of the hardest hit areas. i want to start with yasmin. the state of new jersey is not ready for things like this. when we hear hurricane, people bring an umbrella. >> reporter: it's not. i think it is obvious now we're almost 48 hours after the storm and the clean up is intense. psg&e is here to turn off the electricity to the homes. much of the river overflowed and you cover that with the rain a couple nights ago. that is w

phil murphy, the governor there, declaring one. and the mayor of new york city, also, declaring a state of emergency. and if you look at your screen, you can see exactly why. we are going to regroup. we're going to take a quick break. we'll be back with our breaking-news coverage. my auntie called me. she said uncle's had a heart attack. i needed him to be here. your heart isn't just yours. protect it with bayer aspirin. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. without my medication, my small tremors would be extreme. i was diagnosed with parkinson's. i had to retire from law enforcement. it was devastating. one of my medications is three thousand dollars per month. prescription drugs do not work if you cannot afford them. aarp is fighting for americans like larry, and we won't stop. that's why we're calling on congress to let medicare negotiate lower prescription drug prices. in 2016, i was working at the amazon warehouse when my brother passed away. and a couple of years later, my mother passed away. af

said at least 13 were killed in new york city. -- democratic governor phil murphy said at least 13 were killed in new york city. 11 of them and flooded basement apartments. the house armed services committee met this week to look at the 2022 spending for the pentagon. this is the headline for military times. defense spending increase. afghanistan withdrawal dominate debate in a bipartisan vote on thursday and the key house panel approved plans to boost defense spending by nearly 24 billion dollars above white house plans for fiscal 2022, setting up a showdown later this year between progressive democrats and moderates in the party on how much defense spending is too much. the vote was included in the annual daylong markup of the annual defense authorization bill. a marathon, which included additional fights over the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, issues of extremism in the ranks, and whether to add women to future military drafts. as an update on the texas abortion law, which went into effect on wednesday. the supreme court failing -- did not block that law from going into effect and

the state's governor, phil murphy, joins us from mill town.nk you for making time for us. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> i want to get the latest on the recovery from hurricane ida, but i want to start with a quick question on covid since children are returning back to school in your state this week. the largest newspaper in your state published a op-ed criticizing your decision not to require school staff to show proof of vaccination or submit to any testing until october 18th. given how transmissible the delta variant is, why not use every weapon you have at your disposal now? >> governor: well, i would just respond to say that we are, period. everyone in our school buildings will be masked. students, educators, staff -- n. educators, as we sit here today, are already at a very high level of vaccination. we think that timeframe is a realistic one. and they will be required to have a vaccination. and if not, be subject to multiple tests per week. we think that package of steps is what we need to have a safe environment because we d

phil murphy thinks the need is greater than that. and jen psaki was just doing a briefing for the press on air force one and indicated the president was open to that as well. what we expect him to do is to go to manville, new jersey which is the scene of terrible flooding and the loss of life more than 50 people. le talk to lokecal leaders ther and then going to queens to issue remarks and he will make the case as jen psaki just indicated in the briefing for reporters, that this event shows the need for adapting to climate change. there are more frequent extreme weather events in the united states. this is one of them. you can't necessarily tie any individual event to forces of climate change. but when you look at the picture altogether, you could see that the proliferation of these events is making the case for action. and within his infrastructure plan, the build back better plan, he has a lot of money for what he calls climate resilience, making buildings and infrastructure more adaptable and able to with stand these extreme weath

he's just landed in new jersey where he was met at the airport by the democratic governor phil murphy. the president will see the damage from the flooding. we know at least 52 people died across six northeast states. first stop is in new jersey in a town submerged last week. and queens nearly a dozen people were killed after being trapped in flooded basements. the presidential visit follows new federal disaster decl declarations for both states, freeing up money needed for repairs and rebuilding. let's get to athena jones joining us live frommanville, new jersey. you can see behind you, athena, there is a lot of rebuilding and hurt ahead. >> absolutely. this is what the president is coming to see firsthand. damage like this. the reason is house is being cleared out is because the water line reached over nine feet. far above my head. they had to evacuate in the quickly rising flood waters last week. this is the kind of damage the president is going to be touring as you mentioned, he's landed and is on his way to the first briefing he's having in nearby hills bro. we know the governor n

so that is part of the message we are hearing from both governor phil murphy of new jersey and presidenten, that the federal government, the state government is going to be by the side of folks affected like this until the work is done. the question is, you know, what can they do to make sure that this sort of thing doesn't happen again. that's the other part of the conversation, making sure there are improvements to infrastructure, more investments in infrastructure, and also better warning systems so that people understand just how dangerous a flash flood is and just what a flash flood means and the kind of damage and destruction and loss of life it can cause. alisyn. >> athena, you are so right. the landscape there tells the story. certainly it is what the president will be seeing. mj, what do queens residents want to hear from the president today? >> reporter: well, alisyn, we are standing just a few blocks away from where president biden is set to be here in just a few hours to survey the damage and also give remarks, just a few blocks away because queens, new york, this is where we

joining me now on the phone democratic governor of new jersey phil murphy.overnor, good to have you with us. you met with the president earlier today. you told folks in some of the counties in your state that are not part of this major disaster declaration that they should use state resources until, and i'm quoting you here, please god they get designated as a disaster county. did president biden give you any assurance as governor that more counties, currently six are covered in new jersey, could be added to that initial declaration? >> good to be with you, erica. it was a very successful visit by the president and the fema administrator, among others. no commitment, but fema literally is on the ground in four or five other counties as we speak. and they have an overwhelmingly compelling case to be included in this major disaster declaration. but, again, the president has been there from moment one, and i have every expectation that he'll continue to be there for us. and god knows we need it. we saw some awful devastation today. >> the pictures, i think, eve

not on >> our governor's going to be on >> governor phil murphy from new jersey will join us. we'll talk to him about covid and taxes. >> you know who is on been him >> a lot of people. >> robert frank. >> another day of tax set up >> the total taxes >> 57.3%, was it >> i don't need him then you remember >> i do. >> you see the ads from the other gentleman who is trying to think the republican who thinks he is running against. he is playing the governor saying, look, if taxes are your one priority, this is not the state for you. new jersey every single ad that this opponent has, he puts that ad in with murphy saying that. now it is not if you don't like taxes, maybe new jersey is not for you. if you don't like taxes, united states is not the place for you sdpyou. >> you can move to new york where it is 61%. this is people making more than $5 million because of the 3% additional surcharge that the house ways and means committee puts in their plan sdp. >> above 150 >>> here is something about taxes in the top stories possibility. yesterday, the house ways and means committee pas

. >> also today, president biden met with phil murphy, the head of fema, and local leaders from somerset county new jersey to discuss the recovery efforts. pres. biden: to the local officials, county commissioner, they come to you first. they want to know what is going on and what you do to help them. in some cases even with search-and-rescue, you have -- the one thing i will say, and i want to thank my fema director, she has done one thing, we have had a great fema director in the past as well, when you get local, state and federal working together, it is more than three times -- it's 10 times what it would be. what we witnessed was profound. homes destroyed, gas leaks, and for structure rail system. my thoughts are with all of the families affected by the storm. are there still two people missing? four people still missing. i want to thank the brave first responders. they have exemplified the courage both in new jersey and new york. i'm here to see firsthand what the damages. -- damage is. fema is i hope as responsive as we intended them to be. personnel includes search and rescue team

governor phil murphy says at least 23 people have died.ning me now is hector laura, the mayor of passaic, new jersey. mayor laura, thank you very much. i'm sorry it's under these circumstances. what we're hearing is just so tragic on all fronts, across the whole region. you were on, actually, with don last night at the peak of this deadly storm. what's the latest on the rescue efforts now? i know there were at least two young people who are missing, i understand. is there any update you can share with us now? >> laura, our efforts continue to try to locate these two individuals, young adults, one male, one female, the ages of 18 and 21. family members and friends are extremely concerned. this storm devastated our city specifically, but our entire state. there was no way to predict the impact that it would have in our areas. we obviously made all of the preparations necessary by cleaning our storm drains, making sure we have barricades in the appropriate places. but as our governor, phil murphy, stated, we had loss of life throughout our st

ginger is on the ground with the latest as new jersey governor phil murphy joins us live.

that race is now a single digit race in new jersey between phil murphy and jack.o do that the country sees the crazy leftist views of joe biden and the democratic party and they want to send a clear message to joe biden on election day by electing republicans. >> brian: now we know if you embrace donald trump in alabama, maybe in florida and many others big red states that's a good thing. now in purple stays like virginia and like what you are talking about maybe in jersey which is blue but has a chance of electing people like you, they say i like trump, but i like anti-trumpers, too. is there something to learn with that? >> sure there is. look, you know, when you're comparing something to nothing, it's easy to criticize the something. but now are comparing it to joe biden and kamala harris. and when you look at what they have been doing in the first nine months, brian, an open border with people coming over the border whenever they want. huge tax increases proposed. huge spending going on, hurting our educational system. messing up the covid response. people are

phil murphy, got a second? we've got time. explain it to us. it was a year or so ago if a politician said that, they would be laughed off the stage. a politician that endorsed firing thousands of health care workers during a pandemic, calling them criminals, dehumanizing them, would be deviled. now it gets applause. it's because our leaders realize leverage fear to crush tphaeur political opponent. if that means fining people $700,000 for employing someone, throwing the weakest people in our society out on the street with no unemployment insurance and no health insurance, they'll do it. one of the victims of this latest purge, an icu nurse who just left her job at a hospital in indiana because of vaccine mandates. she joins us. thanks so much for coming on. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> tucker: it's our honor to have you. tell us why you left your job. >> i left my job when policies were being rolled out at our hospital that would ultimately initiate the segregation of its staff on who was vaccinated versus who was unvaccinated. so

he left with governor phil murphy, he plans on asking the question about getting federal supports for six more counties impacted by the storm. press secretary jen psaki telling the press today that the president is open to approving more disaster declarations to hearing whatever governor phil murphy needs. in new york there are also tapping into federal resources. the state says that it has at least $50 million in damage. president biden will stop in queens today, one of the harder hit boroughs where 13 people died in the city, most of them in basement apartments. city officials say teams will go door-to-door to make sure people have all of the resources and help they need. here in new jersey 27 people across the state died. most of them were in their cars, swept away. they drowned. of course here, people say they're thankful to be alive but the remains what they had in their homes, devastating, emotional and painful loss. neil? neil: alex hogan, thank you very, very much for that. all of this started of course along the gulf coast of louisiana and they are still trying to dig out fro

governor -- you were called, phil murphy, so many of the leading -- governor murphy, so many leadingtion have said enough, enough. there's not a single request that i'm aware of, there may be something, that we haven't sign off on. here's the deal. the new york police department, the sanitation department and other first responders, they're leading with incredible, incredible courage. two linemen have been killed trying to make sure that we have power. folks, it's clear. climate change pose as threat to our lives, to our commit and the threat is here. it's not going to get any better. the question can't get worse. we can stop it from getting worse. when i talk about building back better and chuck is fighting for my program, our program on the will, when i talk about building back better. you can't build back what it was like before the storm. you have to build back better so there's no damage. that won't stop us. if we do that, it will get worse and worse and worse. because the storms are going to get worse and worse and worse. so folks, we have to listen to the scientists and econom

the governor phil murphy saying that is wonderful but there are 15 counties in the new jersey. he's going to talk about getting disaster relief to more people in more county. here is what phil murphy had to say this morning on "new day". >> i think the message has to be one one, we're going to be with you as you get back on your feet as long as that journey make take. the state and the federal government will be by your side. and secondly, if never before, the argument is overwhelmingly compelling for congress to act on climate resiliency infrastructure. >> reporter: and so you heard that a lot of talk about the need for infrastructure improvements to help avoid this happening again. an also better warning systems so people realize what is a flash flood and how quickly it could put new terrible danger. but again going back to where we are now, there is going to need to be a lot of money and consistent help for repairs. and some of that federal disaster relief allows individuals and businesses to apply for relief to get grants forrin tans for temporary housing, grants for home r

and i commend our governor phil murphy for reaching out and advocating on our behalf and i'm glad, i believe it will be expanded to even more areas because we were devastated. the issues we're facing are extremely difficult. >> you're going to need all of that. and there's a concern new jersey is part of flash flood watch for tomorrow afternoon. so we'll be keeping a close eye on that. thank you. we wish you well and we'll see you soon. hopefully with better news. thank you. >> thank you. >> i want to bring in now the former mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu. i was worried about you. i was texting you, how bad is it, i haven't heard from you. you lost your cell for a while. your cell phone service as a lot of people did there. i'm glad you're okay. these crazy storms aren't stopping, you know, one storm crushing the gulf coast all the way to the east coast. this is evidence of the climate crisis, infrastructure crisis all around us. so what is the president going to do to convince his own party? what does he have to do to his own party to do something? >> well, thanks for thinking

new jersey governor phil murphy says he will ask president biden for continued federal support when heits the region on tuesday. brian llenas is live in new jersey with more on that. in new jersey is going to need that federal support it wasn't just historic floodwaters and flash flooding it was tornadoes this was a single-family home with an ef tornado, ef three tornado with 150-mile hour winds completely demolished. if we walk over here we know that entire family into children, a husband and a pregnant woman survived this tornado because they were in this basement down here, they were right below the kitchen that was demolished. these are the types of survivals were hearing and where hurricane ida made landfall in louisiana. governor phil murphy of new jersey says we need to start getting used to extreme weather and he talked about how they need to prepare for the next event. >> we screamed loud and clear, tornado warnings, flood warning's, flash flood warnings and we beg people to get off the road and we have rain in many communities in two or three hours that are equivalent to what

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the president meeting with new jersey governor phil murphy saying better rebuilding is needed to deal with future storms citing his $1 trillion infrastructure plan which, of course, is sitting in congress. joining us now live at the white house, edward lawrence. he's been monitoring the president's movements throughout the afternoon. >> reporter: yeah, cheryl, you talk about the new jersey governor, he actually asked the president face to face to increase that declaration he gave to more counties in new jersey. the white house saying they're amenable to doing that. the white house also this afternoon pushing a continuing resolution. they want congress to pass it. in that it's going to, one, have some money this there to make sure the government doesn't just -- that critical need going, but extra money in order to pay for natural disasters in the past 18 months, we're talking about $26 billion. another $6.4 billion for afghanistan, specifically to help refugees that are coming to the united states. now, on the storm, accuweather estimates hurricane ida across the united states caused $

that i was able to sit with him, have a conversation along with other mayors, with our governor, phil murphy, with congressional representatives, with his administrator of fema, and with county officials. it was -- it was extremely -- again, i'll reiterate -- encouraging because the emotion that he conveyed, it was so genuine. when i shared with him the account and obviously the heartbreaking account of a father's last image in terms of what he saw before he left this world is his wife and his son being rescued and unfortunately that wife and son looking back and seeing their father and husband not being able to make it. i could see it in the eyes of the president. and this wasn't a photo op. he literally went back and forth with us. he engaged. he asked questions. he was genuinely and sincerely interested in what we're facing within our communities, what challenges, unique challenges because obviously each community is different. >> let me talk to you about that because there are people in your community with some urgent problems right now. missing relatives, homes destroyed. little food an

. >> reporter: today new jersey governor phil murphy getting a first-hand look at the devastation inis state. six people there remain missing and more than two dozen reported deaths. >> it's quite clear our state and our nation does not have the infrastructure to meet this moment and to meet the future as it relates to these storms, which are more frequent and more intense. >> reporter: in mullica hill, families are trying to recover after a tornado ripped through their homes. >> our house is gone. >> we were all huddled. everything was falling on our backs. and luckily our house has a walk-up basement or we would have never gotten out. >> reporter: new york saw some of the worst flash flooding in the region. at least 16 people died across the state with nearly a dozen victims in queens alone. >> there was only sadness. and it's just overwhelming. >> reporter: at least eight of the victims in new york city died in basements. >> those who lost a loved one, someone swept away in a car, people trapped in their basements not able to escape. those are the images that haunt me in the after

phil murphy touring piscataway today seeing what kind of damning hurricane ida left behind and he saw a lot. downed trees, powerlines, the clean-up will be a long process but there is help on the way. >> we're going to stay with foechblgs it's not going to be a short road. i think we'd be committing a disservice if we gave people the impression this is going to be an easy recovery, because it is not going to be. but we will stay with folks every step of the way. >> working to restore roadways and other damaged infrastructure. the ukrainian president is wrapping up his trip. he was in the bay area visiting the air national guard's 129th rescue wing. he met with soerngsnd airmen to learn about the guard's milt equipment. it's part of a program designed to build relationships with allies trout the world. >>> a little time travel in dapville today. the city held its fourth of july parade two months late. when the delta varp started surging in the summer, danville decided to post pope its big fourth of july parade. today it got underway with a lot of appreciation from the locals. >> is it

new jersey governor phil murphy getting a first-hand look at some of the devastation. >> these storms are more frequent and more intense, and we have a playbook that is not up to par right now. it's not made for the current reality, never mind the future reality. >> murphy promising to help people recover >>> marching into the jaws of destruction. that's how the ceo of real estate company red fin characterized buyers who didn't take climate change into account when buying a house. the most affordable places are also the places most at risk for fires, hurricanes and floods. he added that it will likely become harder to get insurance in those at-risk areas. >>> federal unemployment benefits coming to an end tonight. millions of californians who have been receiving financial help going to be on their own. the federally-funded programs set to expire on september 11. >>> the city held its fourth of july parade two months late. good looking parade. looking at this, you think ooh, must have been a great day insu decided to postponity big 4th of july parade and got everything under way today.

. >> reporter: president biden met with new jersey governor phil murphy and other local leaders to discuss how the federal government can help the state bounce back from the destruction left by the remnants of hurricane ida. >> we are all in this together. we have to make sure that we don't leave any community behind. >> reporter: with so much damage, many believe it is time for congress to pass pending infrastructure legislation to help communities deal with disasters and severe weather. >> these storms are more frequent. they are more intense. we desperately need that climate infrastructure. >> reporter: hard hit manville, new jersey will be one of the president's stops today. the streets are still littered with debris as residents struggle to clean up and recover. >> the kids' toys is the most heartbreaking. they really don't understand the magnitude of what happened. >> reporter: anthony is trying to salvage precious belongings. his basement is still wet and muddy and just about everything is ruined. >> it has been a family nightmare. >> reporter: the downtown milburn, new jersey. dump

the governor phil murphy is touring the damage. we're bring you any update as we get them.cted to brief the press live shortly and we'll bring you those comments. another live picture in the last hour were live rescues still underway in northeastern pennsylvania. bridgeport, pennsylvania, where the streets have become rivers. and we've been watching first responders in an inflatable, in a zodiac going door to door and finding people in need and taking them to safety. keith floits is the manager for bridgeport. thank you so much. i know you have a lot on your hands here. could you tell us as we look at the pictures from bridgeport, how many people do you believe are still in need of rescue there. >> first off, good morning and thank you for having me. yes, we can tell you that at this point we have rescued threw the efforts of multi-jurisdictional emergency management and first responders teams we've rescued at least 50 residents since this all began overnight last night. in terms of a sense of how many more are out there, we don't know if i have a -- a firm number ascertain

new jersey governor phil murphy toured the devastation in his state. >> it's not going to be overnight. it will be a long road. we will stay here for you. >> reporter: more than 500,000 customers still without power, one week after ida slammed into louisiana. the hardest-hit areas along the gulf coast may not see power until the end of the month. much of new orleans remains in the dark, in dangerous heat. many people now fleeing the city, in search of food and clean water. elwyn lopez is there. >> the stench is unbelievable. the heat, you know, it's just -- what can we do? >> this is what people in grand isle are in need of. cases of water are here. they will be heading three hours south. >> reporter: five nursing home residents died. six more evacuated after wellness checks on eight facilities. louisiana officials closing seven homes after residents were evacuated to a warehouse ahead of the storm. abc news obtaining these images showing mattresses on the floor. at least seven patients died. we reached out to the owner for comment. he said he was not interested in speaking. rob marcia

[indiscernible] announcer: president biden met with new jersey governor phil murphy, the head of fema, and local leaders from somerset county new jersey to discuss the recovery efforts. john: look -- pres. biden: look, to the local officials, the mayors and county commissioner, we really get hit they come to you first. first. they want to know what is going on and what you do to help them. and in some cases, even with search-and-rescue, you have -- some of the least reach in terms of availability of resources. the one thing i will say, and i really want to thank my fema director, she has done one thing that, and we have had a great fema director in the past as well, that makes it work, with -- when you get local, state and federal working together, it is more than three times -- it's 10 times what it would be just having one. the losses we witness today are profound. dozens of lost lives, homes destroyed, including gas leaks triggered by the flooding, damaged infrastructure, including the rail system. my thoughts are with all of the families affected by the storm. and all those famili

communities, and i saw the human physical costs firsthand as i saw in louisiana but governor, you called phil murphy -- governor murphy, so many leading with urgent sip and action say enough, enough. and there's not a single request i'm aware of -- there may be something, that we haven't signed off on. we haven't signed off yet. and here's the deal -- the new york fire department, the new york police department, the sanitation department and other first responders, they're leading with incredible, incredible courage. two linemen have been killed trying to -- [applause] and folks, climate change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy and the threat is here. it's not going to get any better. the question, can it get worse? we can stop it from getting worse and when i talk about building back better, and chuck is fighting for any program, our program on the hill. whennism talk about building back better, i mean you can't build to what it was before in last storm. you have to build better so if a storm occurred again, inside be no damage but that's not going to stop us, though. because

new jersey governor phil murphy toured some of the hardest hit parts of his state over the weekend. murphy said his state and the country's infrastructure is not up to task, and the playbook must change with more frequent and intense storms. >> it was a historic storm by any measure. you had in an hour or two a month's worth of rain. we have to accept, sadly, that's the new norm. >> the storm dumped a record three inches of rain in an hour in new york last wednesday, overwhelming drainage systems. at least 17 people died there. new york governor kathy hochul said that a new approach it needed that factors in flash floods. >>> and this morning the taliban claim that they have seized the last province in afghanistan, northeast of kabul, to complete their takeover of the country. meanwhile, the white house says that there's still at least 100 american citizens remaining there and hopes to get them out in the coming days. the taliban have been accused of holding americans hostage. satellite images show six chartered planes meant to evacuate u.s. citizens and afghan allies grounded by th

reporter: in new jersey, governor phil murphy was visiting a town hit by those tornadoes, which leftastation normally associated with the southern united states. the ferocity of the storm took many by surprise, trapping families in basement apartments and motorists on roadways that quickly turned to rivers. more than 20 centimeters of rain fell overnight in some areas. that is as much as typically falls in the entire month of september. this man we spoke to in new jersey had stopped in his truck to take a video. >> look at this. reporter: water in the street suddenly began to rise. >> the river. >> all of a sudden i looked down the road and literally it was like a river coming towards me. me and my 12-year-old were with me. i put it in four-wheel-drive and backed out real quick before it's emerged my truck. reporter: northeastern governors and president biden say the trail of destruction left by ida is yet more evidence of climate change. pres. biden: we need to act. when congress returns this month, i will press further action on my build back better plan that will make historic inv

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in new jersey, governor phil murphy was out early thursday. visiting the town of the leak, a hill hit by those tornadoes, which left devastation normally associated with the southern united states. the ferocity of the storm took many by surprise trapping families in basement apartments and motorists on road ways that quickly turn to rivers more than 20 centimeters of rain fell overnight in some areas. that's as much as typically falls in the entire month of september. when i sat, this man we spoke to in new jersey, had stopped in his truck to take a video with water in the street, suddenly began to rise the river. all the sudden i looked down the road and literally it was like a river coming towards me. and me and my daughter, my 12 year old with me and we just panic. i put in a 4 wheel drive and just backed out real quick before it summers my truck, northeastern governors and president biden say the trail of destruction left by ida is yet more evidence of climate changes impact on weather systems across the united states. and bite and says the country needs to prepare for more to com

let's bring in the governor of new jersey, phil murphy. what a night.hat's the situation in your state right now? >> it was a heck of a night, george, and we're still not out of the woods. tornadoes touching down as your reporter said, severe flooding. sadly loss of life. we just would beg folks to stay off the roads. stay home if you can right now because we have a lot of trees t clean up, a lot of roads to clear up with stranded vehicles and all i would say is this. there's a lot of hurt right now in new jersey, and we're going to be there for folks. it's going to be a long road to recovery, but we're going to be there with them, but this is just yet another reminder. these things are coming more frequently. they're more intense, sadly more deadly, and we got to update our playbook for sure. >> what does that mean? >> listen, new jersey is probably the most exposed state in the country to climate change and we are the most densely populated. our location is second to none which is great, but our resiliency, i'd say not just as a state but as a country

. >> reporter: in new jersey, governor phil murphy also declaring a state of emergency. mayor, hector laura, asking residents to stay off the roads. >> water has risen so high we have up to four to five vehicles stuck in the middle of the street. we're presently trying to help individuals come out of the road. >> look at that tornado! >> i've never seen anything like this, especially in south jersey. >> reporter: multiple homes were destroyed. >> winds, maybe five minutes, and then -- just everything was decimated. >> reporter: here's a remarkable statistic from last night. in central park roughly between 9:00 and 10:00, 3.15 inches of rain fell, shattering the previous record, which was 1.94, and that record, craig, was set just a week and a half ago with hurricane henri. >> goodness. stephanie gosk starting us off there. steph, thank you. joining us now is the mayor of passaic, new jersey, hector laura. his town hit hard overnight. he spent much of the night surveying the damage. mayor, thank you so much for your time this morning. we just saw you in steph's story. you

. >> reporter: new jersey governor phil murphy. >> it's homes, it's small businesses, it's infrastructuren some cases, schools, and sadly, 27 losses of life. >> reporter: for many who survived, digging out has been nothing short of overwhelming. manville, new jersey was hit especially hard, as can be seen in the before and after image. for the marotta family, there's nothing to dig out from. >> were you able to salvage anything? >> no, not really. >> reporter: nothing? >> a few dog pictures. that was all i could find in my room. >> there were two or three old pictures. crazy how that survived. >> reporter: this is their manville home after it explded into flames the day after the storm. do you consider yourself lucky. >> absolutely, very lucky. >> yeah. very. lucky, yes. >> reporter: well, ahead of his trip to new york city and here to manville tomorrow, president biden has declared a disaster area in six new jersey counties, making residents like these folks eligible for federal aid, jamie. >> yuccas: just so much loss, mola, thank you. we turn to the south where the death toll climbed t

governor phil murphy toward the damage today, promising to help residents and businesses. we will not relent. we will stand by the sides of everybody who's been impacted by this in new jersey until we get back on our feet, at least 12 people have died in new york city from yesterday's historic rainfall, including at least 11 people who died in basement apartments just like. this one in queens, new york, brian jenness fox news well in the east, deadly floods left behind by ida and here in the west, of course, devastating wildfires burning in several states with growing intensity from coast to coast, flooding and flames, wreaking havoc and shining a bright light on our climate crisis for more. we're joined now by andreas carell's executive director of revolve a san francisco based organization that promotes renewable energy. he is also the. author of a new book called climate. courage andreas. appreciate you taking the time today. climate change, i think for many of us always feels like something that's off in the distance, something we will have to deal with in the future.

. >> reporter: new jersey governor phil murphy. >> it's homes, small buzzes, if i could in some cases, schools, and sadly in some cases losses of life.>>eporter: manvie, new jersey was letcialard as en in thbeforender r e a mily, there's nothing to dig out from. >> were you able to salvage anything? >> no, a few dog pictures. two or three old pictures. crazy how that survived. >> reporter: this is their manville home after it exploded into flames the day after the storm. do you consider yourself lucky. >> absolutely, very lucky. very.bs lucky, yes. >> reporter: well, aid head of his trip to new york city and here to manville tomorrow, president biden has declared a disaster area in six new jersey counties, making residents like these folks eligible for federal aid, jamie. >> yuccas: so much loss, mola, thank you. we turn to the south where the death toll climbed to at least 17 in the aftermath of hurricane ida. tonight a nurse from louisiana is giving us horrifying new details in the nets of sevenri nursing home patients moved inside a warehouse as the storm approached. here's cbs' je

plus, new jersey governor phil murphy on ida's aftermath, and texas democratic congresswoman veronicaar about her state's new abortion law. the u.s. navy said today, five missing sailors have been declared dead, nearly a week after their helicopter crashed in the pacific ocean. the "sea hawk" was on the u.s.s. "abraham lincoln" before the crash. it went down about 70 miles off san diego. the names of the sailors have not been released. five others on the ship were injured. today, president biden tweeted a message to afghan refugees arriving in the united states, "welcome home." and today in germany, the top u.s. general met with u.s. troops, thanking them for their service during the evacuations. >> sargent: tomorrow, secretary of state antony blinken heads overseas. cbs's christina ruffini joins us from the white house. christina, you'll be on that trip, what should we expect? >> reporter: good evening, irika. the secretary of state will be going to doha, qatar, where he's going to thank the qataris forg0 afghan evacuees that came through that country. he's also going to be meeting w

the governor phil murphy of new jersey in southern new jersey. now looking at a neighborhood where a tornado touched down and so were really very much taken stock of the damage here in the northeast of new york. record setting rainfall, 20 centimeters over 20 centimeters in one night. as you said, that's normally what you would see for the entire month of september. and it was in one night and a new record for hourly rainfall that was more than that was 3 inches by us measurements here. and, and, you know, just on ok, put it on it and the systems were so much apologies for coming to the bottom of the hour. i'll have to leave it there. thank you so much for the time being. before we go, we'll tell you about greece, because it's last one of its leading classical music figures. composer mickey's so that our kids died on thursday in a career spanning dec king. he was known for political resistance early on, and grew to personify the modern face of greek music. here's where a challenge with a look back at his career and life. go on my bush. me its plu

governor phil murphy said yesterday that six people were still missing. in new york city, at least ten of 13 flood victims were trapped in what city officials said were illegally converted basement apartments. president joe biden is expected to visit new jersey and new york on tsday. in louisiana, six days after hurricane ida made landfall, the utility company entergy is still working to rtore power to at least 700,000 customers, including in the city of new orleans. last night, the city'sayor said entergy expects most power outages to be restored by wednesday. >> to those residents who did evacuate and as they see power restored, we are saying you can come home. >> sreenivasan: at the height of the storm, nearly one million people were witht power. >> sreenivasan: for an update on the recovery efforts after hurricane ida's devastation in louisiana, newshour communities correspondent roby chavez joined us from new orleans earlier today. roby, last time we spoke with you, you were preparing for ida, and here you are now in the aftermath. what's the last fe