sandoval: en miami, florida.andoval: mientras en houston, el diagnÓstico de ava no fue lo Único que sorprendiÓ a su madre. segÚn lÓpez, esta era la segunda vez que el coronavirus amenazaba la vida de su hija. la primera habÍa ocurrido hace casi exactamente un aÑo, cuando ava estaba a punto de nacer. lÓpez: me dijeron que yo tenÍa covid y que ya iba a venir la niÑa. sandoval: durante el parto, la madre primeriza cuenta que pensÓ lo peor. lÓpez: yo tenÍa mucho miedo que yo me iba a morir o que la niÑa iba a tener covid naciendo. sandoval: segÚn lÓpez, en aquel entonces a ava no le pasÓ nada, pero ahora con su hija al borde de la muerte, temiÓ que su suerte habÍa terminado. lÓpez: me dijeron que necesitaba encontrar otro hospital. sandoval: todos los centros mÉdicos en houston estaban repletos de enfermos y los doctores, dice, le daban solo una opciÓn. lÓpez: me dijeron que el Único era en temple, texas, que era a 3 horas en camino desde houston. sandoval: minutos despuÉs, estefany lÓpez acompaÑÓ a su hija conectada

sandoval: segÚn el new brownfield, en ese entonces era otro mundo.uenta que rÁpidamente se asimilÓ y como los colonos alemanes, terminÓ enamorÁndose de este lugar. barcenas: se puede decir que antes era un pueblo pequeÑito, pequeÑito, que solo allÍ estaba el heb y 1, 2 o 3 tiendas y ahora tenemos cantidades de tiendas, trabajo por donde quiera. sandoval: segÚn Él, quedarse en brownfield, ha sido una de las mejores decisiones de su vida. hoy barcenas estÁ mÁs cerca de alcanzar una de sus metas. barcenas: ahorita ya comprÉ un pedazo de terreno donde... es el lugar perfecto para construir mi futuro. el plan es construir de 10 a 20 casas y hacer un negocio de airbnb. sandoval: muchos de quienes han vivido aquÍ toda su vida, temen que la creciente popularidad de new brownfield vaya a cambiar la esencia de esta pequeÑa ciudad. fernÁndez: me siento como en mi pueblo, como en mi paÍs. todos nos saludamos. nos conocemos sandoval: para ellos, fernÁndez tiene esta respuesta. fernÁndez: y abrimos los brazos y decimos “bienvenidos. ojalÁ sigan visitando porque no

arturo sandoval por ejemplo condujo desde california.jo, este es mi tÍo, este es mi hijo. esas fotos creo que fueron el sÍmbolo del 9—11. lo Único que les quedaba era ese retrato. >> muchos de esos son adultos. satcha: estamos unidos. niÑos adultos. siguen trabajan a la misma estaciÓn que estaba su papÁ. tambiÉn participÓ fernando fiebre queremos —— fernando fiore. don francisco: estoy en contacto con jorge ramos. a la mejor te va dar una sorpresa. jorge: fernando. fernando fernÁndezse encuentra aquÍ con nosotros. se salvo por un pelito. estuvo como guardia de seguridad. >> estuve en vivo y en directo. en el edificio nÚmero uno. jorge: te querÍa contar don hernando como se salvo. don hernando: yo empecÉ el trabajoa las 7:00 de la maÑana. >> somos amigos hace 20 aÑos. trabajamos juntos. en mÁs de un lugar. no puedo contener las lÁgrimas. me da tanto gusto poder verte. el perdido contacto con esa gente que conocÍ hace 20 aÑos atrÁs. que placer me da poder verte. que dios te bendiga. que suerte que estas a travÉs de este programa. >> yo no

cnn's polo sandoval is tracking the devastation in the northeast. polo, we know president biden will be visiting new york and new jersey next week. what kind of damage will he see? it is extensive. >> reporter: we've been tracking not just the cleanup but also what happens after the water recedes here, jim. the pennsylvania department of transportation crews have been working around the clock just pumping water out of some of those roadways so people can get back on them again. all that water has got to go somewhere. how about i show you, in this case in philadelphia, this is the raging schuylkill river. it rose two feet above flood stage a couple of days ago. you can see the currents are raging right now, folks are not recommending that anybody make their way close to this river here. in terms of what happens after that water is pumped out, i can show you, this is just a small example. in this case it happens to be an area usually used for recreation. you can see what's left behind after the flood is pumped out or the water recedes. debris includin

polo sandoval for us there in manville. thank you. >>> joining us now is the mayor of trenton, new jersey, and the fire chief from mill burn, new jersey. thank you very much. chief, i want to start with you. i understand that at the height of the storm, you had to make 100 rescues of stranded motorists and people stuck in businesses, and for your department, how dicey was that time? >> that was really dicey. thank you to our local partners, the police department, fire, ems, public works, and the n911 call takers as well. we all pulled together as a team and we were able to rescue those residents and business owners and occupants and we transported them to a library where we sheltered them for the entire night. >> mr. mayor, i understand that there was a meeting scheduled with your emergency management team for this afternoon. has that happened, and if so, what have you learned? >> absolutely. we've been meeting throughout the week, and trenton is a city along the delaware river, which has had a history of flooding and neigh

paolo sandoval is live in new jersey this morning. paolo, tell us where you are and what you're seeing. >> reporter: jim, there are so many faces you're seeing, life and death unfolding in the states. you heard the mayor describe in newark, there are serious efforts to get that infrastructure back online. the mayor touched about clearing those roadways, those crucial roadways. that's -- this is actually mccarter highway. for those unfamiliar with this, this is basically a stretch of highway that connects downtown newark with the airport, newark's international airport that's down that road. they're finally getting into the city. tow trucks are trying to clear this out. these vehicles were scattered all over this highway maybe 30, 45 minutes ago. they actually came out here, moved them with the tow truck over a couple of lanes. you see some folks that have actually been trying to scoop out from inside their vehicles. but these cars ain't going anywhere any time soon. they're in the process of hopefully getting help to get these out. th

let's begin with polo sandoval in new york.ideo released today by the nypd of an extraordinary rescue, walk us through what we see there. >> reporter: important to point out that this video basically shows the scene where three people died on wednesday during the height of the storm. we're going to get more into those details in just a second, but that's important context. but it also gives you an idea of the sense of urgency that so many first responders throughout the city of new york were working with to try to rescue as many people as they could. sadly, though, in this case, these were unsuccessful attempts. you're seeing nypd officers working desperately to try to get into one of these basement apartments to try to rescue folks after several reports there were individuals trapped in there. there were multiple concerns like locked doors, rising waters, live wires that forced authorities to scale back. it wasn't until they pumped the water out of this space that they were able to send divers in. that's when they recovered th

polo sandoval is tracking this very big day for us in new york city. polo. >> reporter: john, good afternoon to you, those students are well into the first days of classes. some parents did decided to take the city's offer up on sending their children to school for in-person learning in the last semester. what's different is the remote learning that we have experienced for the last year and a half, that is no longer being offered by the new york department of education. close to a million students headed back to class early this morning, and the school district, rather the city and the department of education have been working for the last 18 months to reassure parents, students and staff that it is safe to come back, that including boosting ppe supplies. hepa air purifies put in place in most classrooms, and as we heard from mayor bill de blasio, also no steps overlooked ahead of today's big return to class. >> kids coming to school today all across this city are going to experience a gold standard of health and safety measures. and as everyone knows,

palo sandoval, cnn, new york. >>> louisiana is also, as you know, dealing with the aftermath of thisicane. jefferson parish in particular has suffered. now it's imposed a nightly curfew until at least wednesday as crews attempt to clean up the roads. it could take weeks to fully restore power in the region, but a new problem has now emerged. the heat index is hitting the triple digits. let's go to tyler mauldin with more on that. it is hot, hot, hot. that is certainly a real issue for people on the ground struggling to get through their days. >> monday in the u.s. is labor day. we consider labor day the unofficial end to the summer season. mother nature has its own timeline. and we're going to see summer-like heat continue, not only today, but as we go through the rest of the week in southeast louisiana, the areas hardest hit by ida. heat advisories for southeastern louisiana going into southwestern mississippi. this does include the city of new orleans, where the heat and humidity will make it feel like it's in the lower 100s at times throughout monday. look at new orleans. that hea

polo sandoval is following the story for us from new york.p to speed. >> reporter: fred, this is a bizarre case that took an extremely peculiar twist. rather than one missing person investigation, north port police department now has two missing persons investigations. that being gabi's fiance. this started when authorities were contacted by the family reporting they had not seen their son since tuesday and that's what triggered a search that was tweeted just a short while ago or earlier today by authorities there in north port saying they are currently actively searching right now an area near north port, actively searching for brian landry, the 23-year-old fiance of gabi petito. what they're doing right now is they're searching an area of 200 acres. the state park there, recently bridged over to the carlton preserve which is an additional 25,000 acres. this is extremely muddy, wet terrain where authorities about 50 law enforcement individuals right now from about 5 to 6 agencies are using k-9s, atvs, drones to try to track down brian landry

that is where we find polo sandoval. eight steps died from hurricane ida. this week revealed a big reality, the u.s., it is not built for a climate crisis. >> reporter: yeah, this is certainly being described as a wake-up call especially when you consider how many millions have been affected particularly here in boundbrook new jersey. it is quiet right now, the floodwaters are receding and it is the ominous alarm that you can hear in the downtown area. but when you look at the wider picture, latest numbers, 39 storm-related deaths here in new jersey and new york, nypd reporting 13 of those were people that were tragically caught in their basement. so that is certainly another tragic element to all of this right now. meanwhile philadelphia's authorities there have reported thousands of rescues yesterday. and then new jersey as we mentioned hit particularly hard. we heard from governor murphy yesterday saying that they have seen at least 23 storm-related deaths in this state alone. many of those were people caught in their

cnn's polo sandoval is in philadelphia for us. polo, what is the latest on the recovery and where are you? >> reporter: you know, fred, it was a few days ago that pennsylvania national guards men were navigating floodwaters around the city and some of the rescues to make that happen but now potentially focusing on the main water ways and getting water out of the roads that might be flooding the roadways as we look here in philadelphia over the river, there's actually rows over two feet above major flood that's dropped significantly but nonetheless, you can see the water still raging here. the department of transportation officials have been working around the clock to pump water out of the water ways and into this river and that's one of the main reasons why authorities are recommending to people not get too close to it but the other side of the things is the clean-up process. this picture really giving an idea of the kind of stuff that floods, when they basically just flooded this area, left behind. the trees, miscellaneous debri

cnn's polo sandoval joins me with the latest. any clues as to brian's laundrie's whereabouts. >> no and at this point the search called off expected to resume tomorrow. this news he is nowhere to be found is devastating for gabby he is's family who were hoping law enforcement could speak to him. they believe he holds some critical information that could lead to the whereabouts of their daughter missing now. at least reported her missing one week ago today. let me tell you about what led investigators to this reserve in florida just this morning. his family contacted investigators in north port florida yesterday saying any saw their son tuesday. he had a backpack with him and said he was going to a large wild life preserve about 25,000 acres total that he would be hiking as he has done before only that he never came back. investigators initially -- they triggered this large, massive search. and remember, it's not a manhunt, because authorities saying he is not wanted for any crime at this point. he is now the second missing person

polo sandoval joining us now from new york with more on this. polo, we saw a lot. a lot of emotion and a lot of hope displayed at so many different ways. >> reporter: and a lot of powerful moments too, fred. one of them happened an hour ago when the solemn task we heard echoing through lower manhattan ending, at least signaling the end of that particular ceremony, as you mentioned, the commander in chief starting a full day of attending multiple memorials by making the stop here in new york earlier this morning. at dawn, the unfurling of a flag over the side of the pentagon hit by jet liner 20 years ago signaled the beginning of the day of tributes. it's one of three sites where americans gathered in somber remembrance, honoring each one of the 2,977 people killed in the terrorist attacks on september 11th. at the footprints where the twin towers proudly stood over lower manhattan, president joe biden and the ferus lady joined by the obamas in a sea of 9/11 families to memorialize those lost two decades ago. at 8:46 a.m., the first of six moments of silence marking

>> polo sandoval is in new jersey. when the president visits on tuesday, what is he going to see? >> reporter: we know he'll focus on new york and emergenew jerse particularly new jersey where half the lives were lost. homeowners told me they do want to make sure when the president leaves their region that he leaves with a better clear picture of just how difficult it's going to be for many of these houses and many of these businesses to get rebuilt, cleaned out. in terms of where we are in philadelphia, just to show you where all that floodwater in the particular region has actually gone, looking over the schuylkill river a couple days ago. jim, the last couple hours that water level has dropped consistently. you can make out the water line and that's suggesting we ended one phase and are starting another phase, which is going to be the cleanup process. if you look at the photo of this area here, it was actually clear. on a beautiful saturday like today, you would typically see people walking up and down fishing, but you can see everything the river brought in. no telling what th

polo sandoval is where many of the events were held. polo, it's been an interesting day. >> it certainly has. preside we didn't hear from the president at this site. it was all about what happened 20 years ago. >> a flag unfurled 20 years ago signaled a day of tributes. it's one of three sites where americans gathered in somber remembrance, honoring each one of the 2,977 people killed in the terrorist attacks on september 11. at the footprints where the twin towers proudly stood over lower manhattan, president biden and the first lady were joined by the obamas and a sea of 9/11 families to memorialize those lost two decades ago. at 8:46 a.m., the first of six moments of silence marking the instant the first hijacked airliner struck the north tower. his daughter sara was a flight attendant on that plane. >> as we recite the names of those we lost, my memory goes back to that terrible day when it felt like an evil specter had descended on our world, but it was also a time when many people acted above and beyond the ordinary. >> reporter:

polo sandoval is in new york. >> reporter: we're in one of those queens neighborhoods hit particularly hard by last week's flash flooding. there are multiple residents here that have told me that they are certainly hoping that the federal government will come through with some kind of financial assistance package that would help them rebuild or in some cases simply repair what they lost during that flash flooding. governor hochul called on the biden administration to compexpedite the kind of financial assistance not just for local governments but new yorkers as well, those who have been struggling to rebuild. over the weekend she toured some of the neighborhoods and saw firsthand what many of those neighbors are having to deal with. the governor signing a new disaster declaration with the president's approval it would potentially lead the way to some kind of individual assistance, some of these folks would be able to replace what they lost. and we spent time hearing from some of the folks who said that they are worried that the help may not come. barbara martinez turned to a local cent

polo sandoval has more on the case. >> reporter: police in north port, florida, investigating reportsons, gabby petito, and now her fiance, who is nowhere to be found, brian laundrie. saturday dozens of law enforcement officials searched the wildlife reserve near his home. the family called police to report they had not seen him since tuesday and the last time they saw him, he had a backpack saying he was planning on taking a hike at that reserve, which according to investigators, he had done before. both police and gabby's family, they have grown increasingly frustrated with laundrie and his parents that they have not spoken with great detail with investigators up until friday, even though police say they only addressed their son's disappearance, nothing to do with gabby. a police spokesman says laundrie, at this point he is not wanted for any crime, but they fear that he could be in some danger. >> sure. i think that's fair to say. i mean, you have somebody -- there's an enormous amount of pressure, i'm sure, on him to provide answers in what's going on here. >> reporter: gabby's st

let's head to philadelphia and cnn's polo sandoval standing by. polo, so president biden will be visiting new york and new jersey next week. just give us a sense of what kind of damage the president's going to see there. >> reporter: i can tell you, amara, the commander in chief will be visiting new jersey and new york. these are two states that are all too familiar with the devastation left behind in the wake of tropical storm ida here. i saw it firsthand in neighboring new jersey where people lost their homes and of course almost half the death toll has been there in new jersey, and also in new york, where some recent reporting from my colleague mark morales showed a total of ten new york city residents who lost their lives lived in basements that had been illegally converted into living spaces. this storm sheds light on a persistent issue, many of these spaces are converted into these kinds of potential threats here, that sadly resulted in the deaths of several individuals when those floodwaters came gushing in. one of those was a family of thr

polo sandoval reporting from queens. thank you so much. >>> this morning, amid all of the issues, the white house is trying to clear up confusion about when coronavirus booster shots are going to be available and who should get them. the booster rollout was scheduled to begin two weeks from today but it may be more limited than initially reported. cnn's elizabeth cohen joins us now to explain. elizabeth, what is the latest from the white house on booster shots? >> reporter: boris, what the white house is saying now is, look, we always said that booster shots would be given once the plan had fda and cdc approval. let's take a listen to what president biden said on august 18th when he first started, with he first started talking about this booster roll out. >> pending approval from the food and drug administration, the cdc's committee of outside experts will be ready to start these booster -- this booster program through the week of september 20. >> reporter: so, you'll notice the president biden named a date. i think perh

polo sandoval is in pennsylvania getting a firsthand look at recovery efforts there. >> reporter: if you wonder where most of the water that was flooding many neighborhoods and streets and parts of philadelphia has gone, you are basically looking at it here. you see pennsylvania department of transportation authorities have, worked around the clock to pump a lot of that water out of those roadways and neighborhoods and into the schuylkill river that was actually reaching -- rose about 2 feet above major flood stage just a couple days ago. and since then we've seen the water level here drop considerably and that signals the end of one phase and perhaps start of another which is going to be just clearing out all of the debris left behind. and if you look below, give you an idea of what this river carried into some portions of the city here, this if you look at the before photo, this is a beautiful clear space where you'd usually see people walking, but now you see all the debris that has washed up. the big question is when and how will the city of philadelphia be able to clear spaces l

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polo sandoval is in new york. tell us what officials are saying this morning. they're seeing a smooth start to this new school year. >> reporter: jim and erica, kid s are right now about an hour into their new school year. some parents had their option to send kids to school before summer break. what's different now is that remote learning is no longer an option. it's safe to assume -- or you can expect that the public education's 1 million students are back in class. that's why officials have been working basically around the clock the last month and a half to make sure students, parents, even their staff feel comfortable knowing in this pandemic era of teaching they're as safe as they can be. a, quote, gold standard, when it comes to preventing the spread of covid here. the obviously that encouragement. fears on campuses here and verification systems. two hepa purification systems on campus. with many students still not eligible to receive the vaccine, the focus is also on testing. school officials have been trying to get con sent from parents to test 10% of

polo sandoval is live in a queens neighborhood that was hit really hard by the flooding. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you. ahead of that presidential visit, we spent time in one of those neighborhoods that was perhaps hardest hit or at least one of the hardest hit throughout the new york area. and there seems to be a consensus among many residents that they need that financial assistance as many of them spent this holiday weekend clearing out their basements that were flooded, gutting out that portion of their homes here. but replacing some of those appliances that they need for example, they are relying at least they are hoping on the federal government to step in and pry that. yesterday governor kathy hochul did sign an additional emergency declaration that could potentially lead the way to that individual assistance that might provide that kind of help that these residents are hoping to get here. but again, it is essentially on the biden administration so you are hearing state officials here urging the biden administration to step up and provide financial assistance not just

but let's start with cnn's polo sandoval. he's live in manville, new jersey. polo, what does it look like there today? >> reporter: well, kate, with so many of the floodwaters beginning to reseat, we've getting a clear view of the devastation. you could see where the floods and fire came together to destroy this home. right now firefighters are taking out any hot spots here. what a neighbor tells me is that yesterday all of this area was basically flooded out for water that spilled out of a nearby river and at one point they heard a loud explosion and they looked outside and saw this house was destroyed. we are told that the people who actually called this home had already evacuated safely before this happened. but it just gives youa better idea of what happened after the devastation because if you look to your left, you see a row of cars that were parked here when this area was flooded and now the owners of those vehicles going back in to see what if anything inside of the cars could be salvaged and then you take it on other level and you see houses from door

polo sandoval, cnn, philadelphia. >>> now over to the western u.s. where improved weather conditions in northern california are giving firefighters a much needed edge against the caldor fire. authorities say its growth has slowed and hundreds of people have been allowed to return to their homes according to state fire officials the caldor fire burned over 200,000 acres and is 43% contained. these recent extremes in weather have the world's attention as the climate crisis plays out in our own backyard. joining me now is meteorologist derek van dam. the effects something we assumed we'd feel in the future. we're feeling it now. >> it is here now in our back yards literally unfolding before our eyes from the floods in europe last month to the pacific northwest heat wave, now more recently the drought and the fires over the western parts of the u.s. and now also the flooding that took place across the northeastern u.s. so it's on both coasts and multiple continents. we need to take note of this now. we need to build in climate resiliency going forward. w

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let's go to polo sandoval in newark. i mean, geez, i've never seen anything like this and this morning a lot of people will wake up to some really wet basements, downed trees, power outages and their car won't be in the driveway. >> reporter: and just getting here from new york, from brooklyn, we did pass new jersey several segments where there were basically abandoned vehicles on the side of the road especially as you get closer to the airport and that is why operations there were -- they did resume at newark's airport just before midnight on limited capacity. so it is important that folks who may have travel plans ouf that busy airport to certainly call ahead or check in before they actually make their way in there. and also to give themselves at least 30 minutes additional time to get to that location because the infrastructure was certainly affected. anytime you have a 1 in 1,000 year event, you will certainly have that severe impact to infrastructure. when it comes to newark's airport, look at these incredible image

we have cnn's polo sandoval, live in one particularly hard-hit neighborhood in queens, new york. what is happening there? >> reporter: brianna, good morning. it certainly wasn't a good holiday weekend for many of the residents in queens that have spent the last several days gutting parts of their basement and many have told me they're looking to the federal government for assistance in replacing or repairing what the storm heavily damaged here just this past wednesday. kathy hochul, the state's governor, did sign a new disaster declaration that with support from the biden administration, it could potentially ex pedite the individual assistance, but also for new yorkers that were just devastated by the storm last week. it's really what i heard on friday, also, in manville, new jersey, for example. another area that's expected to be visited by president biden as early as tomorrow here, as he assesses the damage. so that is certainly the big concern we've been hearing all weekend long from those that have been hit hard. then there are those who were hit the hardest and lost loved on

polo sandoval is in manville this morning. polo, often time you see the extent of the damage after the water begins to recede. what are you seeing there as you've been traveling around? >> reporter: you know, jim, the more communities that we visit, the more evident it becomes that the heartache is just getting started for so many families. the storm has come and gone and the waters are generally receded in most communities but what remains is the need to clean up and rebuild and that is quite evident where you see behind me here. we're in manville, new jersey, and the house that used to be a house off the distance, according to several neighbors, exploded according to one woman who lives down the street yesterday while all of this area was being overtaken by floodwaters coming from the nearby river which peaked yesterday and so you could see in the cars, nobody actually parked it there. you could see that the water placed that -- left the car there. and you see these kind of scenes repeating themselves in just over and over a

cnn's paolo sandoval is in new jersey. the record being set every day with storms like this. tell us what you're seeing in the aftermath there. >> reporter: yeah, on that thought we just heard devos saying it there should be a wake up call in the intensity of the storms, how often we've been seeing them. in terms of where we are here in manville, new jersey, and everywhere, you see reminders that the devastation and the heartache, even though ida has come and gone, still remains. behind me this yellow police tape is what's left of what was described to me by neighbors as a beautiful home before. you can see it's basically been levelled here. now all you see here is just a pile of just smoldering rubble. this was somebody's home. a neighbor told me just now, a woman who lives nearby, told me that yesterday when this was all still surrounded by flood water, that she heard a loud explosion. she felt her house shake, walked down and this house was in the state that you see it here. now, in terms of what could directly be to blame, i have actually reached out to fire investigators

. >> reporter: former commissioner sandoval says if we know this is a risk pg&e needs to do much more aggressive inspections. >> it is irresponsible not to respond to the changing conditions, right? the explanation is not simply there is climate change and there is drought. >> reporter: in a statement, pg&e says the tree appeared to have a green canopy, and it appeared to only have rot in one of eight roots. our inspectors look for visible signs of potential rot and other conditions that can weak and tree, the company said. adding that while it inspects 100,000 miles of its power lines each year, it's inspecting more often in high fire threat areas while doing expanded and enhanced vegetation safety work there. but he says burying power lines underground is the only foolproof way to prevent failing trees from causing fires. that's something pg&e has started doing and wants to do on 10,000 miles of its network to cut the risk. >> it's such a thorny issue. >> reporter: for now he says pg&e should focus on deeper inspection of vulnerable trees and remain any tree at the first sign of inf

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more than 800 bridges across the state will require inspection and polo sandoval is in philadelphia.if you wonder where most of the water are flooding, you are basically looking at it here. you can see pennsylvania, department of transportation have worked around the clock and into the schuylkill river here reaching flood stage a couple of days ago. we have seen the water level here dropped considerably and that signals at the end and perhaps a start of another which clears out all the debris that's left behind. give you an idea of what this river river carries into this portion here. now the big question is when and how will the city of philadelphia will clear spaces like this out. really, there are bigger concerns in neighboring new jersey which is where we saw and i heard people there in the garden saying the last couple of days yes, many families are grieving and many families who lost their homes all together and the question of when they'll be able to pick up the pieces and move on, that's still up in the air, you will want to hear from president biden as he makes the time to v

. >> kangt rin sandoval said, that if we know this is a risk, they should be doing much more inspections> is it was irresponsible not to change to the changing conditions. there is climate change and drought. >> the tree appeared to have rot in one of eight roots. our inspectors look for signs of potential rot and other things to weaken a tree. it is inspecting more often in high fire threat areas, doing safety there. burgee lines under ground is the only way to prevent failing trees from causing fires. to cut the risk. >> it is an issue. >> right now, she said? focus on vulner fastball trees and remove any tree at the sign of infection. nbc bay area news. >> speaking of fires, more than a century out and still standing, it sustained damage from the caldor fire. it was the first ranger station at tahoe. >> rob, all i can, we were talking about it during the commercial break. it can still rain in northern california? >> emp yes, there is the word showers, it could be happening latest this week. heading toward friday, what it means for the bay area, and the weekday forecastwhen we come bac

polo sandoval is at ground zero. let's begin with paula reed in shanksville, pennsylvania. i want to begin with president biden defending the withdrawal during his visit to a shanksville fire department, but those aren't the only comments he made today. >> reporter: that's right. we were not expecting to hear from the president today. the only former president we expected to hear from was former president george w. bush. but president biden made brief remarks while visiting a volunteer fire station not far from here in shanksville, pennsylvania. and he was visiting that particular station because those were the first responders to visit the crash site of flight 93 on 9/11. in his remarks as you heard he continued to defend the administration's withdrawal from afghanistan and he continues to defend our ability to respond to threats in that country even without troops on the ground. the president started the day in lower manhattan before coming here to shanksville, pennsylvania. i am currently standing at the national memorial to flight 93. as you just described, what's so si

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. >> polo sandoval has more about the search.ideo from some kind of altercation or disturbance in the days before her disappearance. >> it's mid august. really what this has evolved into is one family making a desperate plea for another family for any kind of information. of course we're talking about gabby's family here. a short while ago they sent a letter to the family of her boyfriend, her fiance to try to find out exactly what happened to their daughter, who they have not heard from since mid august. we've heard from law enforcement officials who say at this point they are not kwcooperating with this investigation. they released a statement saying they're waiting in the background for weighing in on this case. that's fuelling the frustration. that's why today we saw gabby's family issue this letter begging the family of their soon-to-be son-in-law for any information. here's a portion of that letter. >> christopher, we are writing this letter to ask you to help find our daughter. we understand you are going through a difficu

. >> polo sandoval, thank you so much for bringing us the latest there. >>> now over to tennessee where the rate of covid-19 infections has gone up and up since the delta variant took hold. right now the state's health department says there are more than 3700 people hospitalized with the virus. that's the most since the beginning of the pandemic. hundreds are in the icu and the grave majority are unvaccinated. dr. vallejo joins me now. thank you for making time for us tonight. what are you seeing in your hospital? >> thank you for having me. you described it well. we are seeing a record number of hospitalizations and icu admissions in our hospital. we are taking care of more covid patients than we had ever before and we are tired, we are working really hard. >> i mean, the bottom line is, you know, this is code red right now, it seems like, in your hospital gimp whaven what you'r experiencing. tell me how stressed you and your colleagues are now compared to the earlier days of the pandemic. >> we are tired. we've been doing this for 18 months now. as health care workers we have given ou

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let's begin our coverage in new york with cnn's paolo sandoval. >> reporter: we're in one of those queens neighborhoods particularly hit by flash flooding. all weekend, there are many residents who spent it clearing out the damage in their homes and throwing out their damaged belongings to the curb. there are a lot of queens residents just watching and waiting to see what the federal government will do to come forward and help them in repairing and replacing what they have to. there was damage by that storm and a lot of them were hopeful it would happen soon. the new york governor calling for help today. not just for local governments to take care of damaged infrastructure but specifically and especially for new yorker as well. those folks in communities just like this. this weekend she did spend some time in these communities, witnessing first hand the kinds of repairs that have to be made. i spoke to one gentleman here who will replace his boiler, for example. little things, and costly things, that they would like to get to and they would need this support to actually get that done. the

and we begin our coverage with cnn's polo sandoval in new york. polo?porter: at dawn, the unfurling of a flag over the site of the pentagon, hit by a jetliner 20 years ago signaled the beginning of a day of tributes. it's one of three sites where americans gathered in somber remembrance, honoring each one of the 2,977 people killed in the terrorist attacks on september 11th. at the footprints where the twin towers proudly stood over lower manhattan, president biden and the first lady were join by the obamas and a sea of 9/11 families to memorialize those lost two decades ago. [ bell ] at 8:46 a.m., the first of six moments of silence marking the instant the first hijacked airliner struck the north tower. mike lowell's daughter sarah was a flight attendant on that plane. >> as we recite the names of those we lost, my memory goes back toe that terrible day, when it felt like an evil specter had defended on our world, but it was also a time when many people acted above and beyond the ordinary. >> reporter: the tributes continued throughout the morning with

we begin our coverage with cnn's paulo sandoval in new york. >> reporter: at dawn the unfurling of a flag over the pentagon hit by a jetliner 20 years ago signaled the day of tributes. it's one of three sites where americans gathered in somber remembrance honoring each one of the 2,977 people killed in the terrorist attacks on september 11th. at the footprints where the twin towers proudly stood over lower manhattan president biden and the first lady were joined by president obama and -- >> as we recite the names of those we lost my memory goes back to that terrible day when it felt like an evil specter had descended on our world, but it was also a time when many people acted above and beyond the ordinary. >> reporter: the tribute continued throughout the morning with a nation pausing five more times. the moment each twin tower fell, when the pentagon was attacked and the moment flight 93 crashed into a field in pennsylvania. >> it is truly an honor to be with all of you at this field of honor. >> reporter: along with vice president kamala harris, president george w. bush who served

. >> here's cnn's paolo sandoval. >> reporter: at dawn the unfurling of a flag over the sight of the pentagon hit by a jetliner 20 years ago signaled the beginning of a day of tributes. ♪ >> reporter: it's one of three sites where americans gathered in sommer remembrance, honeering each one of the 2977 people killed in the terrorist attacks on september 11th. at the footprints where the twin towers stood over manhattan president biden and the first lady were joined by the obamas in a sea of 9/11 families to memorialize those lost two decades ago. at 8:46 a.m. the first of six moments of silence marking the instant the first hijacked airliner struck the north tower. sara was a flight attendant on that plane. >> we redrcite the names of tho we lost, that memory goes back to that terrible day when it felt like an evil spector had descended on our world. it was also a time when many people acted above and beyond the ordinary. >> reporter: the tributes continued throughout the morning with the nation pausing five more times. the moment each tag win tower f, the moment the pentagon was att

>> polo sandoval, thank you very much. as we mentioned president biden will visit queens tomorrow. and a long time resident there spoke to cnn just as water overtook her home and took the lives of her neighbors, a mother and son. >> i can't think anymore about how i feel at this point because of the chaos outside. my neighbors, the loss of life -- i've lost everything in here. mostly the lives out there. >> joining us now is that woman from queens that you just saw who was in shock, amrita bhagwandin. amrita, my condolences for the loss of your neighbors and for everything you've been through over these past days. i know you are still feeling emotional about all of this as you were, underably, thursday night, feeling overwhelmed. and i'm just wondering what's changed since then and if you've gotten any help. >> good afternoon, alisyn. thank you for having me. we really appreciate getting the word out as we're seeking help constantly here and not really seeing much of it. not much has changed except for we have gone out ourselves and got our friends and neighbors and the community,

polo sandoval is in new york.ere in the middle of it, and luckier than so many given what happened here in new york and across new jersey. what is the hope of the president and what do these communities want from the president's visit? >> reporter: that they will get that financial assistance to try to repair or recover what they lost. you wouldn't know it. we're actually standing right now in one of the neighborhoods in queens that was hit the hardest, not only with the damages but also experiencing several lives that were lost in this neighborhood, one in particular that the nypd released brand new video on yesterday. this is video of an incident that took place on wednesday during the height of the storm. and in it you see what is an attempt, we now know, an unsuccessful attempt to save a family that was stuck in their flooded out basement apartment not far from where we are here in woodside, queens. at one point the agency says they had to pull their officers back due to concerns of live wires iand rising floo

let's go to cnn's polo sandoval. he has the latest on this surge.t do we know about the search for both of them at this point? >> christi and boris, searchers are expected to head back out to that reserve in the next hour or so as they continue for their search for brian laundrie here. it was on thursday when police in north port, florida, not far from this reserve, said they were confident they knew exactly where laundrie was and they hoped to speak to him, but then the next day laundrie's family reached out to police finally and called them to their home and said the they last saw their son on tuesday with a backpack saying that he was going to drive to this location and go for a hike, as he's done before. he never came back. this is no manhunt. this is a search for a missing person. police have been clear over and over again that at this point they don't have any evidence that a crime has been committed. they are in essence now searching for not one, but two missing people, brian laundrie and gabby petito. that is a search that continues at this

cnn's paolo sandoval joining us. we learning about this case and the history of these two? >> reporter: jim and erica, gabby petito's family attorney, what they're doing now is begging her boyfriend to break his silence and to help investigators try to find her. police say that brian laundrie was traveling with petito several months in her 2012 ford transit van. they documented their journey in videos and posts. her family reported her missing on saturday, and they said that they were last in contact with her during the last week of august. laundrie, who police definitely want to speak to, made it back home to north port, florida, which is where detectives actually processed the van. they say they recovered material, but they didn't say exactly what that was. authorities do claim that laundrie's family has only referred them to their attorney which is fueling the frustrations for the family that's just trying to find answers. >> last time i checked, their child was home. my child is nowhere to be found. and nor are w