we will rebuild valdosta and every other town that has been so badly hit. and we will emerge stronger, more united, and more prosperous than ever before. you will be stronger, better. you will learn a lot from it. and again, we pray to god for those that have been so badly injured and for those in particular for the people that are no longer with us. god bless everybody. franklin, i want to thank you very much for you being here so quickly. very, very quickly. always very early. franklin, maybe i can ask you to say a few words. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. president. this building behind us represents hundreds of thousands of people that have lost homes, businesses, friends, loved ones, and it is going to take an army of volunteers and people to respond, and of course we want to respond always in jesus' name and we want people to know that god loves them, god cares for them. sometimes when a storm like this comes, people think maybe god is mad at us. maybe this is his judgment. no. god loves us. how do i know that? the bible tells us that god lov

over the course of this past week, marty and i traveled to valdosta and augusta and many communities in between. we spent time with linemen from all over the country that came to georgia to help those in need get the power back on. we prayed with grieving people and had the hor of shaking hands of those who had worked without sle, hardly taking any breaks and without slowing down, to get those trapped in homes freed. they were feeding those without food and getting housing for those that are no longer at home. in scott county just up the road, we spent time with the sheriff anhis family all of whom were working around-the-clock. in johnson county not far from here, there is a small church that has served as a miracle for their community. the congregation didn't even exist a few months ago, but this past week they were feeding 400 to 600 people a day. in sanders bill, a pastor prayed for us and commented on the beautiful message on marty's short that she wore for several days in valdosta. and it read letters that spelled out simply "pray." that is the message we all need ght now. i as

as you can tell from where i'm standing, there's an unbelievable amount of damage in value valdosta, in the neighboring communities. there are power lines down, tree branches that need to be cleared, and there are intermittent power outages, depending on what part of town you're in. it's difficult to get cell service in many locations. it's going to be some time before the community rebuilds and gets back to normal. we saw a restaurant, opened out on the street corner, had a table set up and was providing free food and water because there is still not a guarantee of access to that even in a town like valdosta that wasn't hit nearly as hard as parts of florida and north carolina. the big concern a lot of people have in these communities that we talked to is how quickly are they going to be able to get the federal aid. that's part of what the president is doing by these visits now. in north and south carolina yesterday, in florida and georgia today. his message to the people of the community is tell us what you need, and we will do everything we can to get it to you as quickly as possi

cbs's scott macfarlane is on the ground in valdosta, georgia with more on the federal response and howrm is affecting the presidential campaign. >> reporter: helene's path of destruction has forced the presidential candidates to change course. vice president kamala harris returned this afternoon from a stop in nevada where they spoke to fema leaders in washington. speaking to the governors. >> we will continue to do everything we can to help you recover and to help you rebuild no matter how long it takes. >> reporter: as a subdued donald trump visited a ravaged city and a battleground state valdosta, georgia, where the power is out, schools are closed, and roots, trees, and signs litter the streets. >> helene's just about the biggest anyone has seen. >> reporter: donald trump falsely claimed that brian kemp could not reach president biden by phone even though kemp and the white house spoke this weekend. >> donald trump said that you are ignoring the -- >> he is lying. let's get this straight, he is lying. and the governor told him he was lying. >> reporter: and trump suggested elon mus

we know that you'll be monitoring president biden's visit there to valdosta, georgia. we are going to turn now to you saginaw, michigan, where former president trump is speaking. now let's listen in. >> wouldn't that be nice strong and confident and free? >> i mean, how would you like to live like they're living where thousands and thousands of criminals are put into your town or your city. and all of a sudden all of a sudden your whole life changes, your whole life changes. you see what's happened with springfield and aurora. you see what happens springfield, ohio you see what's happening. would you like to have that happen to you good. >> i was just curious who'd i helped can do that? who can do it? they inject 32,000 people from foreign land far land that has lots of problems. but they eject 30 and your 50,000 people. now you have enough like month you have almost doubled the size and it's a disaster. what's going on in aurora we have venezuelan street gangs. they went into the same businesses, me, but they take their real estate with guns. i had to go borrow money

we also saw the mayor of valdosta with the president. you see that tarp back there on that roof? tarps are being handed out to the citizens all throughout this county because they know more rain could be coming in trying to protect homes throughout this area. they're also giving out ice and water, but more than 70% of those areas without power, there are power crews that are working from all across the united states. here, we saw crew from mississippi, that's trying to get lines back up the critical power back on. it's still very hot here. the residents here are suffering more than one way because without power as several small businesses, people aren't getting paid, they're not able to go out and get food. so these are things they want to see restored very quickly. it's something that we'll continue to watch. ryan young, cnn, valdosta a disturbing story out of north carolina in asheville, father is missing after flooding chariot his house away. mr. can was trapped on a balcony shouting for help. according to a neighbor who tried to phone emergency services, but they're apartment

no, i think that he was in valdosta sucking up resources. my heart and prayers go out to the people of western north carolina, eastern tennessee, entire cities have been wiped off the map i hope that regardless of who you praise, who you love, or who you vote for, people can come together, make sure you donate the governor of north carolina has a great donation link on it on the site because you never know with this global warming and climate change, you could be next and so my heart and prayers go out to all of those. thank you, henry mcmaster as well. governor south carolina for making sure we got restored power and thank you to governor in north carolina as well. governor cooper. >> yeah. now is the time for a surge of supplies, not disinformation. all right. bakari, sara and from michael, thanks so much. we appreciate it. you can catch to him vance and jd tim tim walz, i should say j.d. vance, face off tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern and a cnn special event simulcast with cbs news debate right here on cnn his, later tonight, and we'll be ri

i was in valdosta, georgia. this is probably six weeks ago, and valdosta, if you saw in the news a was hit hard by hurricane helene. so, spare time to say a prayer for folks affected by that storm. there are still folks were and rebuilding. but i was there before the hurricane and they took me in the interdiction room, which is where they have all of the marijuana, fentanyl, everything they have gotten from the mexican drug cartels. and they showed me a box of candy, and i said, what is that doing there? they said, actually that is illegal drugs. wait a second, that looks like sour patch. what is that doing that? they said the cartels have figured out that if they disguise drugs as candy it makes it easier to import into our country. all of us know what is going to happen. an american child is going to find a bag of that on an american playground and is going to open a piece of candy and pay for that with their lives. and that is disgraceful and disgusting and it is happening because kamala harris opened the ame

you talked about valdosta. he is going to be on the ground in a gusto. is huge devastation and he is there to see that firsthand. >> it can be an advantage in elections. when things are going great. they want to know what they are doing to get the contrary or that region of the country on their feet. to get their lives back to normal and they want answers faster than they are giving to. they have no idea how long it was going to name them. absolute devastation there. it is still dire circumstances. when the white house press briefing, they had to ask questions of the president, i didn't hear questions about the storm damage or the relief efforts. people are still stranded in their home right now. >> we are seeing the devastation on our screens. we are right there with the people. >> a room filled with reporters. multiple states seeing apocalyptic damage. people who cannot return to their homes. they have no money or resources to go out and get help from themselves and their family. they are asking where is their government. this is an opportunity for the

in valdosta, downtown, we see buildings like this up and down these streets, trees down, power linesn, one of the areas somewhat spared by the impact of hurricane helene in places like north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, it's going to be years before they can completely recover from the devastation that this storm left behind. >> jay, let many turn to you, you're in north carolina, i have a friend who lives outside asheville. she's been texting me when she has wi-fi saying it's indescribable. what are you seeing? >> reporter: it is indescribable. we've been up in the mountains, it's biblical, what people there are saying, the destruction is overwhelming and the help they need will be needed for a long time. you can see right here, they're loading things into this flat bed, you got a hangar here at the airport, filled with supplies, water, food, diapers, medicine, insulin has been a big need, they're taking all of this, generator, chain saws, fuel, and what they're doing with all of this through operation hilo, they're taking them out and loading them on to choppers, flying int

today, former president donald trump traveling to georgia meeting with local officials in devastated valdosta throughout the region, our hearts are with you. >> reporter: in georgia, a crucial battleground, trump repeatedly falsely stating that brian kemp has not been able to reach president biden. >> the governor is doing a very good job. he's having a hard time getting the president on the phone. i guess they're not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive. >> reporter: earlier this morning the republican governor said biden actually did call him over the weekend and offered his full support. >> i just spoke and the president just called him yesterday afternoon and i missed him and i called him right back and he said hey, what do you need, and i told him we've got what we need. we'll work through the federal process. he offered other things we need and just to call and we appreciate that. >> reporter: tonight at the white house president biden furious calling trump's claim irresponsible. >> he's lying and the governor told him he was lying. the governor told him he w

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cnn's ryan young joins us now from valdosta, georgia. ryan there's a lot of damage to take in it's just unbelievable. everywhere you look in these hard hit areas yeah, that's a great point to make. >> jim look, this lowndes county is over 500mi÷. and we're told almost 90% of it was impacted by the storm. you can see bricks everywhere, especially right behind us at this business. we're told this place was impacted severely. you can see the individual booths here. there are more than 24 individual business owners that were in here, housed on a day to day basis. that can't happen now because you can see what the storm has done to this place. the owner, patrick watson is standing here with us, looking at the damage. and i just want to ask you the impact of this storm has been immense. all around the county. what is this done to your business? >> it's total devastation. i mean, this was an easy way to. for mother nature to knock out about 40 small businesses at one time. um, this is you know, like a vendor mall with high end furniture and ant

. >> reporter: former president trump visiting the storm zone in valdosta, georgia, coming from franklin graham's aid group, bringing trucks loaded with supplies and fuel. >> we're here today to stand in complete solidarity with the people of georgia. >> reporter: and hammering vice president harris for not being there herself. >> the vice president, she's out someplace campaigning, looking for money. >> reporter: the quality of the federal storm response could have a major political impact on the vice president, who's hoping to repeat bripresident biden's narrow 2020 win. harris was briefed aboard air force 2, meeting with fema officials. >> we will do everything in our power to help communities respond and recover. i plan to be on the ground as soon as possible. but as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations. >> reporter: trump also accusing the white house and democratic governor in hard-hit north carolina of, quote, going out of their way to not help people in republican areas. without providing evidence. >> just take a look. >> reporter: it comes as the

meanwhile, former president donald trump toured storm damage in valdosta, georgia. he spoke in front of a furniture store destroyed by the storm. but we're here today to stand in complete solidarity with the people of georgia. trump accused the white house of not being responsive to the georgia governor's needs. getting. >> a claim the president forcefully pushed back on. i spoken to the governor spent time with him and he told me he's like, i don't know. why vice president kamala harris canceled campaign stops today to travel to fema headquarters here in d c? >> to be briefed on the hurricane's impact in washington. i'm maddie beer-temple. >> back here in the bay taking a live look out there at the golden gate bridge where it has been. >> hot today. yeah. in the midst of a heat wave, lawrence, here to tell us how long it's going last he had this may be the last significant heat wave of the season. we're gonna have to wait and see. but right now it's going to be impressive. just started today. it will get a lot hotter over the next couple of days as high pressure go

cnn's senior national correspondent, ryan young, is in valdosta, georgia. the storm passed right over where you are, ryan, give us the latest from there 70 miles away from here when the storm was going on in tallahassee when you arrive here in valdosta, we made the drive up from thomas. >> you can just see devastation with big trees down everywhere. homes that have been impacted, brics like this all a part of the landscape because this storm had so much power. and when you walk this direction, you can see in a building like this one, it just really destroyed this facade. 70% of this the area's still without power. there is a curfew that goes on from 8:00 p.m. to six a.m. every morning. so you understand the folks here really want that relief then on top of all that, of course, are president can have a very busy schedule today as he's gonna be in florida and it's gonna be in south georgia. but for the residents here, you could understand their frustration and their want and desire for more help. take a listen to a few folks talking about the cleanup efforts

former president trump spent monday in hurricane helene ravaged valdosta, georgia, alongside an aid group bringing truckloads of supplies. we are going to be with you as long as you need. reporter the former president accusing vice president harris and president biden of not doing enough. the federal government is not being responsive. let me get this straight. he's lying. i spoke to president biden last night about 5:00, just about the storm. the biden administration promising to keep surging every resource the vice president cut short campaigning to return to washington and meet with fema officials. i plan to be on the ground as soon as possible, but as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations. the federal storm response could have a major impact on the presidential race, with key swing states desperate for help in the path of destruction. in washington, alice barr, nbc news. you can watch a debate hosted by cbs news right here on nbc bay area. our coverage starts at 5 p.m. the debate is at 6 p.m. and following that debate, we'll have a special 8 p.m. editio

. >> reporter: tonight former president trump visiting the storm zone in valdosta, georgia, coming with franklin graham's aid group, bringing trucks loaded with supplies and fuel. >> we're here today to stand in complete solidarity with the people of georgia. >> reporter: and hammering vice president harris for not being there herself. >> of course the vice president, she's out someplace campaigning, looking for money. >> reporter: the quality of the federal storm response could have a major political impact on the vice president, who's hoping to repeat president biden's narrow 2020 georgia win. harris was briefed aboard air force two, cutting campaigning short in las vegas to return to washington. meeting with fema officials tonight. >> we will do everything in our power to help communities respond and recover. i plan to be on the ground as soon as possible. but as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations. >> reporter: trump also accusing the white house and democratic governor in hard-hit north carolina of, quote, going out of their way to not help people

he stopped by valdosta to make remarks on the recovery effort. trump said he has truckloads of aid and spoke to elon musk about getting starlink internet coverage to get residents and aid workers back online, though the white house said it was working on that before his visit. these visits to georgia could be crucial come november. georgia is a critical battleground state in the upcoming election. new overnight. berkeley police are investigating a deadly accident. it happened early this morning at aquatic park. police say a car ran over a man in a sleeping bag. a witness at the scene described trying to free the man from underneath the vehicle, along with the driver, but they could not. police say the victim somehow rolled into the path of traffic. the driver remained at the scene and was later arrested for dui. dui. a new push to tackle crime. we're moving oakland forward on efforts to confront violence and homelessness in our exclusive interview with mayor sheng thao. plus, a high stakes vice presidential debate from abortion rights to border p

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on monday, donald trump visited storm damage in valdosta in the southern part of the state. >> we arend all those suffering in the terrible aftermath of hurricane helene, turned out to be a big one like the biggest anyone has seen. >> reporter: resident biden approved a major disaster declaration for people in 40 one georgia counties to apply for fema assistance. the state's bipartisan congressional delegation is urging him to increase that to include 90 counties. fema has supplied half a million meals to the state and trucking in 2500 gallons of gasoline on a daily basis to alleviate fuel shortages. governor brian kemp announced he will be suspending the state gas tax. that kicks in thursday. back to you. neil: i want to keep you posted on something concerning president biden, whether to impose sanctions on iran. is not for bombing nuclear facilities, some concern about going after oil facilities and the possibility of higher oil prices should israel do that in response to the missile attack on israel but 180 irani and missiles landing all over israel yesterday. most of them doing no

started running for vice president, is we were in the interdiction room of a small georgia town called valdosta, georgia. if you heard about it in the news it's because it's got hit pretty hard by hurricane helene and thankfully it is starting to build out and recovery, but i was there before the hurricane hit, and i go to this drug interdiction room, and it is not just drugs, because the drug cartels, one of their biggest businesses is illegal guns, so the violent crimes committed by hardened criminals, they are getting their guns illegally. we ought to stop that and protect the second amendment lights of american citizens -- a second amendment rights of american citizens. but aside from the guns, you see all kinds of drugs, bags of marijuana, math, pills, thc and of course there is fentanyl. i shared this. there is something here out of place. it was a box of candy, like nerds candy, sour patch candy. i was like, what is that? that does not belong here. the sheriff told me this is actually thc and fentanyl that have been manufactured to look like children's candy so the cartels would make it

helene hit southeast georgia a couple weeks ago, number one he was the first person on the ground in valdostaght after the storm. and after i got to go look at some of the communities that were hit, and it was hit hard. there was a generational change as they are. i said to myself, i have to do something about this. and i called a good friend, a georgia native named jason aldean who was doing a concert in macon, georgia. i said, i know you are from macon and i am coming to your concert. how about we came out to do a hurricane relief fund for victims of the hurricane? of course jason agreed wholeheartedly. then i called this man. at 7:30 am, one ring and he picks up the phone and goes hello, burt. he never waste any time. he is all business. he goes how are we doing in georgia, burt. i immediately i said look, jason alkeen and i are doing something aldean and i are doing something this saturday. said let's put together something with burt jones and jason aldean. they started a gofundme page on tuesday by saturday of that same week we had raised $7 million for the victims of the hurricane. and

i was in valdosta, georgia.f you have heard the name, they got hit hard by hurricane helene a few weeks ago. i was there before it got hit by the hurricane. i was in with the sheriffs, showing me the interdiction room where the intercept drugs and illegal guns brought into our country by cartels. there is a table in front of me with machine guns and things the cartel has been using and all manner of drugs. you have bags of marijuana, pills, meth, cocaine and they showed me something that looked out of place, like candy, sour patch and nerds candy. i say, what is going on with this box of candy? that does not belong here. sour patch kids, my wife likes those. what the hell are sour patch kids doing in the interdiction room? they say that is not candy, that is drugs. the mexican cartel disguises it as candy to get into the country. a packet of that candy will show up on an american playground and an american child is going to eat a piece of candy and pay for it with his or her life. that is because of the failed l

that's why today i have come to valdosta with large semi trucks, many of them, filled with relief aid a tanker truck filled up with gasoline, which they can't get now. and we will be working to distribute it throughout the day. i just spoke to elon. we want to get started link hood up, because they have no commune kitchen whatsoever, and elon will always come through. we know that. >> jesse: these are the thing presidents and vice presidents do, so what is the white house doing? >> have you reached out to president biden about federal relief efforts? >> no, i haven't reached out to him. i think he is sleeping right now, actually. >> jesse: over 100 americans drowned, and biden spent the weekend at the beach. >> the hurricane, mr. president. why weren't you and vice president harris here in washington this weekend commanding this? >> i was commanding. i was on the phone for at least two hours yesterday and the day before, as well. it's called the telephone. and all my security people. >> jesse: the media was dogging joe all day about it. >> more resources in north carolina, knowing wha

. >> reporter: tonight, former president trump visiting the storm zone in valdosta, coming with franklin graham's aid group, bringing trucks loaded with supplies and fuel. >> we are here to stand in solidarity with the people of georgia. >> reporter: and hammering vice president kamala harris for not being there herself. >> of course, the vice president, she said someplace campaigning. >> reporter: the quality of the federal storm response could have a major political impact on the vice president was hoping to repeat president biden's nero 2020 georgia wins. she was briefed aboard air force two cutting short in las vegas to return to washington, meeting with fema officials. >> we will do everything in our power to help communities respond and recover. i plan to be on the ground as soon as possible. as soon as possible without disrupting an emergency response operations. >> reporter: trump accusing the white house and the democratic governor in north carolina, quote, going out of their way to not help people in republican areas. without providing evidence. >> what was that in reference to

meanwhile, former president donald trump toured storm damage in valdosta, georgia. he spoke in front of a furniture store destroyed by the storm. but we're here today to stand in complete solidarity with the people of georgia. trump accused the white house of not being responsive to the georgia governor's needs. getting. >> a claim the president forcefully pushed back on. i spoken to the governor spent time with and he told me he's like, i don't know. why does maddie beer-temple? >> residents in southern california, meantime, are being told to evacuate their homes once again over the weekend. residents in san bernardino in the san bernardino mountains had to leave their homes after the line fire. how to flare up. >> the other truck that we took, you know, last time we evacuated. >> still loaded. we're ready to leave if you have to. you know what? been terrifying once that wind changes, you have no idea where that fire is going to go. >> the line fire began more than 3 weeks ago. it has burned more than 43,000 acres at last check. it is 78% contained. yeah. that flar

since then we have triaged to work in counties most affected from valdosta to augusta. this storm impacted 32,000 miles of roads just in the 41 declared counties. again, 90 counties, you can pretty much double that, so over 60,000 miles of roadways that are impacted. as you heard the governor, power line crews, 1000 miles of power lines need to be rebuilt. think about trying to traverse 60,000 miles of road just to see what the conditions are. i'm very proud of the women and men of the georgia department of transportation for providing the ability to get emergency vehicles through, the power companies through. the goals are first to make it passable. that means if you can just get around, and today we are down to only a handful of rabbits, literally about -- handful of routes, literally about five to seven, that remain impassable due to power lines. we try to get the roads fully open, but trees may be right up to the edge of pavement, sometimes they may be encroaching in the edge of payment. we need everybody to still be aware that the roads are not fully open, even tho

. >> tonight former president trump using the storm zone in valdosta, georgia, coming with franklin grams a group >> we are standing in complete solidarity with the people of georgia. >> and hammering vice president harris for not being there himself. >> she's out someplace campaigning looking for money. >> the quality of the federal storm spots could have a major political impact on the vice president who's hoping to repeat biden's narrow 2020 georgia win. harris was briefed aboard air force two, cutting campaigning short in las vegas to return to washington, meeting with fema official tonight. >> we will do everything in our power to help communities respond and recover. i plan to be on the ground as soon as possible but as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations. >> trump accused the white house and democratic governor in hard-hit north carolina", going out of their way not to help people in republican areas. without providing evidence. >> what was that in reference to. >> just take a look. >> this afternoon, president biden responded to trump's lie about

i was in valdosta, georgia, a few weeks ago, before hurricane helene hit, the hurricane hit pretty hardwas in with the sheriffs called the interdiction room, they got all the drugs, all the illegal guns that they had captured from the mexican drug cartels, they put it all in this room, bags upon bags of marijuana, illegal guns on the table, pills, fentanyl,, they are overwhelmed. i looked on the table, it was something out of place. it was sour patch kids engineers candies. i said, what is that, that doesn't look like drugs to me. the sheriff said, that actually is drugs, the mexican drug cartels have figured out that if they disguise the illegal drugs to look like child's candy, they can traffic it much easier. we all know, especially those of us are parents, grandparents no, one of those packets of candy is going to find its way to a playground in the united states of america, a child is going to open up a piece of candy and pay for that with their life, that is what the policies are doing to the country. we got a second chance with my mom and her struggles with addiction, i don't go

of course, he was in valdosta, georgia yesterday and took him with supplies for relief to distributey passed those out. trump also created a gofundme, which is verified, for hurricane helene victims. as of the top of the hour, it had raised $2 million. former president trump called out the vice president kamala harris for what he described as a staged photo op of her appearing to be working on hurricane relief on air force two. he said, quote, you have to plug the cord into the phone for the phone to work. it is tough to tell if her ear buds actually were plugged in from the photo. reporters pressed the white house on president biden and vice president kamala harris's both being out of town this past weekend. the storm hit on thursday. yesterday was four days and we were getting we'll take some phone calls, we're doing meetings and this, that and the other. hurricane helene hit the southeast hard. where are these people? >> why weren't you and vice president harris here in washington commanding this this weekend? >> i was commanding it. i was on the phone for at least two hours yeste

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against the backdrop of a shattered furniture store, former president trump stopped in hard-hit valdostao time to campaign. >> as you know, our country is in the final weeks of a hard fought national election, but in a time like this when a crisis hits, when our fellow citizens cry out in need, none of that matters. we're not talking about politics now. lisa: but just an hour earlier, as he arrived in the area, trump accused the biden-harris administration of mishandling hurricane helene in georgia. >> they're not being responsive, the federal government is not being responsive. they're having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. he won't get on it. and of course the vice president, she's out somewhere campaigning. looking for money. lisa: that was not true. georgia governor brian kemp this morning thanked president biden for calling him yesterday about the storm. >> he just said, "what do you need?" he said call him directly, which i appreciate. lisa: the vice president actually cut short a campaign and fundraising trip, canceling events in nevada to attend a hurricane b

former president trump spent monday in hurricane helene ravaged valdosta, georgia, alongside an aid group bringing truckloads of supplies. we are going to be with you as long as you need. reporter the former president accusing vice president harris and president biden of not doing enough. the federal government is not being responsive. let me get this straight. he's lying. i spoke to president biden last night about 5:00, just about the storm. the biden administration promising to keep surging every resource the vice president cut short campaigning to return to washington and meet with fema officials. i plan to be on the ground as soon as possible, but as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations. the federal storm response could have a major impact on the presidential race, with key swing states desperate for help in the path of destruction. and turning back to tonight's vice presidential debate. we are expecting both nominees to play up their small town roots. abortion, views on family and the economy will all be central, and the candidates will be left to do

a story, i was in georgia, this was probably six weeks ago, and valdosta, if you've seen the net prettyard by hurricane helene, so spare time to say a prayer to folks affected by that storm, still a lot of people who are recovering and rebuilding but i was there before the hurricane and they took me into the room where they have all the marijuana, the fentanyl, everything they have actually gotten from the mexican drug cartels, and they showed me a box of candy, and i said was that doing there? they said oh, that's actually illegal drugs. i said with a second. that looks like sour patch, nerds candy, what is that doing there? they said that the cartels have figured out that if they disguise drugs as candy, it makes it easier to import into our country, it of course all of us know what's going to happen, an american child is going to find a bag of that candy on an american playground and is going to open a piece of candy and pay for that with their lives and that is disgraceful and it's disgusting and it's happening because kamala harris opens the american southern border. you know what

specifically, valdosta, georgia. in georgia, the death toll has climbed to 33. with governor brian kemp this morning. he's continuing to be on the road to see the devastation firsthand from hurricane helene. we are now learning that only about 2% of home in the county's hardest hit by helene have flood insurance. so the hopes of many families are now riding on fema. but fema doesn't have enough money to get through hurricane season. the stakes couldn't be higher for people like this person. she head to our local station the damage to her house in canton. i'm thats sticking out of the walls and everything, including the bathroom sink strewn across her yard. >> we have got to rebuild everything. my kids lost everything. we're waiting on fema to approve our application to hopefully get a hotel voucher. >> msnbc's reporter is live at the bristol speedway in tennessee which has become a disaster relief center. in she's any indication, i can only imagine the need across tennessee. what do we know about the extent of the damage there? >> reporter: i can tell you, i hea