yonkers was able to come to the u.s. in july to check on him, but instead of a quick drive, it took two planes and two buses for a total of 12 hours. what kind of toll did this take on your mental health? >> oh, it's terrible. i had no hopes of no energy to do anything. i just wanted to stay in one room, isolate, and just give up. that's all i wanted to do. >> reporter: you wanted to give up? >> yes. >> reporter: how emotional has this been for you, tammy? >> he came here to be with me. so this pains me all the time to know that he is there waiting for me. >> reporter: but now their wait is over. as of today, la bounty can cross the border to visit. what's it going to mean when you finally get to go over and hold on to tammy again? >> it's my whole world, you know. i -- i feel like a better person when i'm with her. >> reporter: they plan to live together. they just need to choose which side of the board they're will be. and an important note. children 12 years and younger are allowed into canada with fully vaccinated pa

. >> reporter: the closed border has meant an 18-month separation from his girlfriend, tammy yonkers. 20 minutes apart. la bounty on the u.s. side and conners in canada. >> it's terrible. i came here in hopes of starting a life with her and starting a dream. and it's very hard to go every day, every day without having her in my life.

area of red here including you can see areas of southern new york into northern new jersey including yonkers there's 11 million people under this warning. another one is added to the east, another 3 million in long island. this is a big concern. when you look at the radar, the problem is with all this rain on the western flank, and all the energy spinning around, counterclockwise, it's pulling the bands down of moderate and even somewhat heavy rainfall to an area to the south. but look closely. this started last night when the concert was going on. it looked like the rain was going to end in 20 minutes. it kept back building. now we have a defined line from allentown taover toward middletown. mid levels of the atmosphere in delmarva, winds from the south, stunting the movement. it's also enhancing lift in the atmosphere. this is going to be a concern for the rest of the day and through the night. yes, we have seen six, seven, eight, nine inches of rainfall. we're expecting by the time this is over with to see 10, 11, 12, we could see 15 or 16-inch totals. urban flooding is a big concern for

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yonkers was able to come to in u.s. in july and check on him. instead of a quick drive, it took two planes and two buses for a total of 12 hours. >> what kind of toll did this take on your mental health? >> terrible. i had no hopes of, no energy to do anything. i wanted to stay in one room, isolate and just give up. that's all i wanted to do. >> you wanted to give up? >> yes. >> how emotional has this been for you tammy? >> he came here to be with me. it pains me all the time to know that he's there waiting for me. >> reporter: now their wait is over. as of today labounty can cross the border to visit. >> what's it going to mean when you get to over and hold onto tammy again? >> it's my whole world. the i feel like a better person when i'm with her. >> reporter: they plan to live together. they just need to choose which side of the border that will be. children 12 years and younger are allowed into canada with fully vaccinated parents but if you're five and over, you have to be tested on the first day and the eighth day. >> thank you so much. yo

host: we will hear first from carl in yonkers, on the independent line. caller: good morning.ate afghanistan crisis, i know at least in a previous administration the effort to d exceptional eyes u.s. presidents abroad was a very noteworthy objective in terms of both improving our image and bringing since to military spending in general. and it's unusual how a large number of republicans are taken aback by trump's efforts to shrink not the immediate size of the military, but its processes and responsibilities beyond the hobbyists, which is defense and containment. and i wanted to know if this world exists or is an opportunity for the u.s., as i mentioned, by modifying the resources that go into the military, whether they be in connecticut or in rhode island? and there's literally thousands of local military industries that i think would have a smaller role. any comments? guest: certainly with the trump administration, the defense budgets rose. and the plane had been to dramatically increase it -- plan had been to dramatically increase it. and this administration cut it down. an