live from the new jersey performing arts center in newark, new jersey. welcome to the 2021 new jersey gubernatorial debate. tonight's debate is brought to you by the new jersey performing arts center. wabc seven in new york. and wpvi, 6abc in philadelphia. our candidates in alphabetical order a republican jack ciattarelli, and democrat phil murphy. our moderators for this evening are wabc anchor sade baderinwa and wpvi anchor brian taff. >> good evening, everyone welcome to this debate tonight between the republican and democratic candidates for governor of new jersey. i'm brian taff. >>> i'm sade baderinwa. over the next hour the candidates will be answering questions posed by brian and myself as well as questions from our media partners including amanda hoover from new jersey advanced media, adrian a vargas in univision 41 and candidates will also answer questions from rutgers eagleton institute of politics and rutgers school of public affairs and administration. as well as several submitted through twitter. >> as you will see behind us tonight we have

this is -- no, newark, new jersey. newark, new jersey. pardon me, i'm getting cues from my producers because they are putting these images up. and i'm seeing them for the first time. so i'm just going to go through them as we get all of these -- this new video and pictures coming into cnn. this is what is happening all over the northeast. but what is important is that there are states of emergency happening all over bridgeport, connecticut, you are looking at right now. and there you go. you are hearing the honking out on the interstates. and that car up to its windows in floodwaters. and that is why they are telling you do not drive through those floodwaters, even though people do. this is brooklyn, new york, and you have cars in brooklyn, new york, that are literally creating wakes that are flowing into people's homes right now. the future mayor of new york city, eric adams, joins us now. um, mayor elect -- mayor nominee, excuse me -- mayor nominee. let's not get ahead of ourselves. thank you for joining us. given me your assessment of

new jersey. hudson county in northeastern new jersey. union county in northeastern new jersey. bronx county in southeastern new york. kings, which is brooklyn county. which is brooklyn. kings county in southeastern new york. new york county, which is manhattan in southeastern new york. queens county which is, obviously, southeastern new york. richmond county which is staten island in southeastern new york. and southern westchester county in southeastern new york. all of them, under a flash-flood emergency until 3:00 a.m. it has been extended. at first, it was 1:00 a.m. and now, it is 3:00 a.m. and now, you are looking at the images from many of the places that i mentioned here. this is queens. and as i said earlier, if you, you know, if you took a quick look at this, you wouldn't believe that it is a street in one of the boroughs in the new york city metropolitan area. shimon prokupecz is standing by for us, i believe in the same place in columbus circle. 59th street. and it's -- he is seeing tra

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 teams, 16 individuals. 20 people to support the response operations. when we spoke to the governor, asked for a major disaster declaration. [indiscernible] when they were hit by the tornado, 12 or 13 miles it was on the ground. hhs is making sure folks medicare and medicaid get the emergency care they need now. we will make sure relief is equitable so those hardest hit cap what they need. we know there is a lot more than to do, that is why we are here. for decades, scientists have warned extreme weather would be more extreme in climate change. we are living through it now. we do not have any more time. i have been on the telephone or on the road a lot between california, idaho, new orleans, louisiana. mississippi. every part of the country is getting hit by extreme weather. if we don't do something to prevent it from getting worse, we a

they have exemplified the courage both in new jersey and new york. i'm here to see firsthand what the damage is. fema is i hope as responsive as we intended them to be. i'm sure they have. 132 personnel from fema including federal search and rescue team, 60 victims, 20 people to support these response operations. six response teams to provide communications and logistics support. when we spoke to the governor, asked for a major disaster declaration. we made it available immediately so that we could speed federal assistance as quickly as we could to hard-hit communities. administrators on the ground here in new jersey yesterday, i believe, to assess the damage. he visited two communities, hit by the tornado, and was on the ground, for over 13 miles those tornadoes were on the ground. hhs is making sure folks medicare and medicaid get the emergency care they need now. we will make sure relief is equitable so those hardest hit get what they need. we know there is a lot more than to do, that is why we are here. for decades, scientists have warned extreme

new jersey, pennsylvania, new york, and in pennsylvania in particular and new jersey. the flooding has just been catastrophic. the death troll reaching up to 12 people. the numbers could rise. thousands of people left stranded and thousands of people left without electric and thousands of people lost their cars as you can see by the flooding video on your screen. joining me over the phone is hoboken, new jersey mayor. thank you, sir, for talking to us. this is flooding unlike ever seen before by new jersey residents. what is it like where you are? >> you use the word cat as trough -- people trapped in their cars, dozens ever people needing to be rescued from floodwaters so it's a catastrophic event but we are utilizing all of the resiliency measures that we've invested in to make sure the waters recede as soon as possible and then we'll move into the phase of storm recovery. >> julie: do you feel like people were properly prepared? from the images we're seeing it seems like a lot of people were caught offguard and had no idea this was coming or had they known, maybe th

jersey and new york state. look at newark. that's the most disrupted airport in the world now. new york's liberty airport with over eight inches coming down in a couple of hours, now has some 300 flights that have already been pre-emptively canceled going into thursday morning. here's what is left of ida as it begins to push offshore over the next couple of hours. and again, by say 8:00, 9:00 a.m. we'll be in the clear with all of this but the damage certainly going to be left in place. and even severe weather to be had. tornado watches across parts of this region, rosemary, until 6:00 in the morning. we've prompted some five tornadoes. keep in mind the states of new jersey, new york into connecticut these states they average two to three tornadoes per year. they're getting this amount here in the overnight hours. so a very dangerous go across the area. rosie? >> most definitely. pedram, thank you so much for keeping such a close eye on that. and you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. >> i'm john

jament new jersey is recognized -- the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i now yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. doggett: let freedom ring has been replaced by texas republicans to let vigilantes hunt. neighbors spying on neighbors. $10,000 bounty on a driver, a physician, anyone who offered counsel. so invasive that an arkansas convict has now sued a san antonio physician. mandatory motherhood, even in the case of rape and insist with republicans targeting only the survivors who are seeking health care. protect the fundamental right of choice. reject this narrow-minded, unconstitutional republican power hungry vigilante injustice and join us next saturday at the women's march for freedom at the state capitol in austin. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is

we have reporters all over new york and new jersey. but there's also other breaking news that happened overnight, and that was just before midnight the supreme court saying it is not going to block an incredibly restrictive abortion law that went into effect in texas the day before that bans most abortions in the state. chief justice john roberts is joining the three liberals on the court with his dissent. for more on this we'll have cnn's aryan deveaux and dana bash. you were talking about what a stunning law this was and the chilling effect it could have on other states passing similar laws like this. so, tell us what the supreme court said just before midnight. >> reporter: right, we learned a lot last night about this conservative supreme court and, frankly, the fragility of roe v. wade. this 5-4 order issued at midnight where the courts basically green lighting texas's six-week abortion ban. it's one of the most strict in the country, of course, by that time most women don't even know that they're pregnant. and as you said, chief

mike castle saying, look, this is new jersey. this is not oklahoma of the they have seen bad storms here about. you might have roof shingles come off and the garden furniture goes flight. nothing like what you see here. the garage is completely crumpbled and they are terrified, wolf. already reconsidering whether or not they stay and rebuild or just rethink the whole situation given what happened. >> my heart goes out to that family. look at the destruction that -- that erupted over there. it's awful. all right. paula, thank you very much. joining us now, the mayor of passaic, new jersey. hector laura. i know you've had a disaster where you are. you have declared a state of emergency in new jersey as bodies are being recovered from the floodwaters. mayor, give us an update, first of all, on where things stand right now. >> wolf, thank you so much. as you stated this storm had a devastating effect or impact on our community. last night we, unfortunately, experienced a tragic loss of a senior, a 70-year-old father who was stuck in

jersey and new york city. it's the remnants of ida, and it's wreaking havoc. live reports and updates as we get them throughout this news hour >>> first tonight, the fight to defend lake tahoe from a monster fire it now enters a dangerous make or break evening wildfires, powerful wind, threatening to push it all closer to a popular resort area. a cal fire official says they need get through tonight, and that then, then there could be a light at the end of this fire tunnel, because winds are forecast to finally let up the caldor fire charging toward the southern tip of the lake it's now just five miles or so from there and has been racing through the drought-stricken area it's burned more than 200,000 acres, larger than the area that is memphis it's also forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. right now, fire officials say it's but 20% contained, but they say they've made some progress in just a moment, i'll speak with an official from calfire, who has been on the front lines of the fight first near the

and new jersey. the street has become a live rescue. they're going door to door in inflatable boats to find people whose lives are in danger. we're going to bring you more. >>> ida's effect still being felt in louisiana, of course, where it first struck. nearly a million people there still without power. residents are scrambling for food, basic supplies. a lot of homes simply washed away. we're going to speak to the president of a parish in one of the hardest-hit areas. [♪] if you have diabetes, it's important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control. it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health. try boost today. my plaque psoriasis... ...the itching ...the burning. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine. my psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen... painful. emerge tremfyant™. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can u

the new jersey tornado very rare to see a tornado in new jersey. they average two per year and this one coming in last several hours was their 11th of 2021. incredible run of severe weather in the region. and again the storm system we think by 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning really quickly moves out of here. back behind it cloud did i skies a and later on this afternoon sunshine. so this speaks to the historic nature of hurricane ida. >> thanks so much, pedram. >>> and we have much more on cnn newsroom, stay with us. that's a nice truck. yeah, it's the chevy silverado. check out this multi-flex tailgate. multi-flex, huh? wow. it becomes a step. mom, dad's flexing again. that's not all. you can extend the bed for longer stuff. is he still... still flexing. that's right! and, it becomes a workspace... you can put your laptop here. i'm sending an imaginay email. hey dad, dinner! hey! look who stopped by daddy's office. wait, you work here? the chevy silverado with the available multi-flex tailgate. find new flexibility. find new roads. chevrolet. finally

their stranded cars >>> in mandville, new jersey flooded homes catching fires firefighters unable to reach this home because of the water. >>> this in bridgeport, pennsylvania, just northwest of philly, the water covering cars, trapping people in their homes emergency crews took boats from house to house, rescuing people from roofs and second-floor windows. first say they have made thoses of water rescues. >>> and a tornado tore through a neighborhood that's a shed in a swimming pool you are seeing the twister left behind a path of destruction in a moment, seema mody on the shocking scenes in new york. brian sullivan with the deadly flooding in new jersey, but first gary grumbach. >> reporter: i'm at the entrance of the vine street expressway. when officials here in the city say thinks an active situation, an ongoing situation, this is exactly what they mean you can see the feet of water reaching up to the street sign there. just beyond the tree lines crews are very slowly pumping out water from the middle of the expressway we're seeing it all over the city this is affecting schools,

that includes new york and new jersey. governor kathy hochul there helping to deal with the wreckage. the governor said that president biden called her and offered any assistance. also says the president committed to approving an emergency declaration. the rainfall that came through was nothing short of historic. states of emergency in effect in both of those states right now. the governors had both of those messages. >> there is no more cataclysmic unforeseeable events. >> the world is changing, right? these storms are coming in more frequently. i promise that we will stay with everybody and it won't be a short road, but we will stay with them on that road to recovery. >> all right, that is the scene in new jersey. before that the scene in new york and this, this is the scene in philadelphia in is the scene in philadelphia, and you can see there house to house rescues just this morning with folks on the roofs of their homes waiting for help. america's fourth largest city, this was the scene. we're expecting a update from

now we're looking at different areas in new york and new jersey. we mentioned it earlier in the last hour. we learned about five additional deaths in elizabeth, new jersey, now taking this to a total of 14. let's take a look. >> stephanie, the other thing. look at that water. that's muddy, brown water. >> this is widespread throughout new jersey, new york, pennsylvania. these areas weren't under evacuation orders. i know we don't know for sure. can we assume a lot of the homes are filled with people. >> i would say most of them. it wasn't safe to go on the roads and drive around, you have a better chance of surviving staying in your home than driving through the car through flood waters like this. this isn't everywhere. right now, all of philadelphia and pennsylvania and new jersey doesn't look like this. all of the small streams and rivers filled up and dumped into the big rivers. the flooding you're looking at is the big rivers. this is the schuylkill river, big one through delaware and towards philadelphia and the raredon river in new jersey. cr

and we're getting new images of the monster tornado that sliced through mullica hill, new jersey, an ef-3 with 150-mile-per-hour winds. surveillance video showing powerful flash flooding destroying a basement wall, there you see it, within seconds. in new jersey, a doorbell camera capturing a home explosion, suspected to be from natural gas. the neighborhood had already been evacuated. in downtown philadelphia today they were still pumpinouof the expressway into the schuylkill river. in horsham, pennsylvania, every power line on this street and many others is down. while in louisiana, where the category 4 hurricane came ashore, the devastation is still so painfully clear. president biden paying a visit today, promising help, saying no community will be left behind. and tonight in the northeast, flood warnings are still in effect. abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano leads us off in westchester county tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new terrifying surveillance video from inside a basement in cranford, new jersey, showing the sheer force and speed of the flash flooding that killed do

deaths reported out of new jersey. what are you hearing from officials on the ground about what they're seeing as they're waking up this morning and trying to assess the level of damage that happened overnight? >> reporter: kaitlan, also no shortage of damage, particularly in southern new jersey. i have to tell you, when i drove into new jersey from new york this morning, there were also plenty of those abandoned vehicles on the highway creating a very different hazard. this is what the aftermath looks like. for most it's traffic trouble. some of the major highways one in particular outside of downtown newark that leads into newark's international airport is blocked. so that is leaving drivers this morning with few options to get around. >> reporter: hurricane ida's remnants pummelling the northeast and mid atlantic unleashing strong winds, even tornadoes throughout the region. governors in new york and new jersey declaring states of emergency. >> it's always quite shocking when you see the streets of new york looking

york and new jersey. we hope they don't go any higher. thanks for making us part of your day. back again tomorrow and we'll see what we get. >> sandra: more coverage on america reports at 1:00. see you back here tomorrow. >> julie: fox news alert. historic flooding paralyzing the mid atlantic and claiming the lives of at least 9 people. i'm judy banderas. thank you for joining us. in pennsylvania rest highways and a baggage claim area and sparking a tornado that caused widespread damage and power ouge

we have athena jones in new jersey. what was your biggest take away from the importance of what we heard from the president? >> reporter: part of it is what you said. the idea that this is an inflection point. you heard the president say that now at least it appears that many more people accept that climate change is real and that something is going to have to be done about. we heard him touch on the idea that this is happening. these kinds of extreme weather events are happening all over the country. the white house says one in three americans has suffered a severe weather event just in the last few months. and no one is immune from climate change. you heard him talk about making sure that relief is equitable. we've heard him previously and also governor phil murphy talk about the need for state and federal resources to be available to people like this gentleman whose house has been largely destroyed, being gutted by those floods. we've heard them talk about equitable relief and needing to rebuild in a smart way. not j

. >> and new jersey. and all of this water has to go through. hallie, kind of an important point. one thing i really -- for all the viewers and everything else, this was well forecasted. now, if people listened or not is a completely different story. we can talk about messaging of forecast and people looking at their iphones and seeing rain drops and not reading flood watches. new york city went into flood watch 48 hours before this hit. they were in a flash flood emergency when it hit but the forecast was made well before. yesterday morning i showed a high risk of flash flooding through the region. storm prediction center told us a few strong tornadoes could be in new jersey and toward the philadelphia area. that's exactly what happened. this is one of the most well-forecasted extreme weather events i have ever seen. this was the map that i showed yesterday morning. it almost perfectly pinpoints where the heaviest rain went. >> can i ask you -- >> it's incorrect to say -- >> i'm sorry, go ahead. you were

i want to bring in brian stelter in new jersey. he's joining us in our breaking news because there is a state of emergency in new jersey for northern new jersey, southern parts of new york state. >> the rain is for the first time we talked all night and morning, the rain is slowing down here. there i am concerned about connecticut, rhode island and massachusetts. we got reports from yale in new haven, the campus is completely in the dark and power outages and floodwaters getting into the dorms at yahle. the problems in connecticut and 95 in connecticut and floodwaters and submerging cars on i-95. the story shifts north ward and you have so many rescues underway in new york and new jersey. that's what we are hearing throughout our local reporting. there are rescues ongoing. people trapped in cars and homes. we knew there was going to be heavy rain in the knorth's on this day. the amount of rain coming down overwhelms the infrastructure, i was thinking don, about one of the debates this summer. one of tdebates been about infrast infr

in pennsylvania, in new jersey, in new york. three northeastern states in large part also just paralyzed. it is really unbelievable. >> it is extraordinary. and you would think that they would do something -- would you think that people would say okay, that enough, we'll raise the money and get this done. if we have to roll back a little bit of the tax cut that people like me got, let's use that money to fix our infrastructure once and for all. of course, if we don't, two years from now we'll have the same broadcast, maybe you'll be on. doing different things and make we'll be doing different things. people talking about peak performance and we should say no more. let's get it fixed and spend the money. by the way, if we fixed this infrastructure that you're talking about, we create millions of good-paying jobs and bring back american manufacturing. let's get to it. much bigger scope than even the infrastructure bill. they look like they're going to pass in washington. that is not enough money to really fix problems like this. a

a flash flood emergency in the northeast, parts of new york and new jersey getting a foot of rain as the remnants of ida move in. new video of the historic soaking and current conditions this morning. >> containment bumping up in the fight against the caldor fire burning south lake tahoe. the crews working tonight trying to gain more ground. >> expect more smoke to move into the bay area. mike is tracking our air quality. >> and a labor day travel warning is covid hospitalizations across the country hit a seven month high. >> good morning, you are watching abc 7's live on hulu live and wherever you stream. >> we want to start with mike. >> good morning. it is nice to see you. kumasi: thank you. >> hi, everybody. let's take a look at what we are seeing, an onshore breeze and marine layer around 3000 feet. everybody is covered by clouds this morning. 87 in san jose. you can see the cloud down there. we are looking at 50's this morning, pretty uniform. it meant upper 50's and cloud cover will be slower today. mainly 60's today, 70 by noon. into the afternoon hours, 60's to near 70 aroun

more than half of those deaths in new jersey. water rescues still going on tonight. >>> and president biden will visit louisiana tomorrow to survey the damage from hurricane ida. hundreds of thousands of people there still without power. >>> and dr. fauci says the new covid variant known as mu is not an immediate threat to the united states, but he says the feds are keeping a close eye on it >>> and now you know the news of this thursday, september 2nd, 2021 i'm kelly evans in for shepard smith. follow us on instagram and twitter @the news on cnbc, and listen to the news podcast on apple, spotify or your favorite podcast platform oh, i gotta . hey rita, you can earn 3% on dining, including takeout! bon appetit. hey kim, you earn 5% on travel purchased through chase! way ahead of you. hey neal, you can earn 3% at drug stores!!! buddy, i'm right here. why are you yelling? because that's what i do! you're always earning with 5% cash back on travel purchased through chase, 3% at drugstores, 3% on dining including takeout, and 1.5% on

jersey in new york. that's what they're cleaning up in new york. there were no less than 100 rescues by 1st responders from people trapped in their vehicles. again, it's just not something that northeastern irs and new yorkers in particular, are used to dealing with. so i think this really caught a lot of people off guard and officials here or help me to answer questions about the infrastructure not being up to snuff either and being caught off guard in terms of the impact on sewer systems and subway systems. the subways are being impacted by this met of them have yet to reopen, as a result of massive flooding to the subway systems. so, you know, the question is, if these events become more common, how costly and how resilient, how costly is going to be to fix them and to, to make them resilient to future events. it's a, it's a moving target at this point. but clearly a lot of concern because you thousands, if not millions of people are being impacted by this in the northeast. ok. thank you so much. kris

the president approved federal disaster relief for five new york counties and six new jersey counties to help families and businesses recover from the storm. mr. biden's visit will also underscore the urgency of climate change and why he says passing his infrastructure plan will better prepare areas for future storms. >> for decades scientists have warned of extreme weather. it would be more extreme and climate change was here and we're living through it now. we don't have any more time. >> cnn's athena jones is in manville, new jersey. cnn's m.j. lee is in queens, new york. athena, let me start with you. what will the president see there? >> reporter: hi, alisyn. well, this is what he will see. he will see street after street that looks like. this scene is repeated on several streets throughout this community, one of the hardest hit in new jersey. you are seeing mattresses out on the street, kitchen tables, couches, all kinds of apply answers from refrigerators to washing machines. in houses like this one where we are now it is being entirely gutted. you can see these are the walls h

jersey and new york. so significant impact and the president really there to kinda get a feeling for just how bad the damage is. and what he can do in order to ensure that those that have been hit, the hardest get the help that they need, right. and how much pressure is on the bite in administration to actually do something about climate change with the multiple crises we're seeing in the us. yeah, the u. s. president has been talking about this recently including today, but he campaigned on this, this is a campaign promise and it really motivated a lot of young people for which climate change is a critical issue to support jo by them. and now they're looking at him and say, hey, we need you to deliver on those campaign promises. he how does a 5, but he believes that climate change is an existential threat to that. and there's already been a number of measures that the bike and ministration is put in place, but the one is really i and now is the infrastructure package that's currently in congress. he want

coming from boundbrook, new jersey. about 20 or 30 miles southwest of newark, new jersey. look at the train and amount of water around that train. we believe this is a new jersey transit train. it appears there's a lot of debris around it. we'll gather more information about what's going on here. we also have images from a baseball field. again, this is boundbrook, new jersey. you get a sense of how high the water is. and the flooding that still exists hours after the storm has already passed. parts of new jersey saw more than 8 inches of rain in just a matter of a few hours overnight. and as you can see, the flooding situation is still dire. this is southwest of newark. >>> let's talk about the pandemic. we have new developments there. some surprising results from a cdc survey of blood donations pertaining to covid. it showed more than 80% of americans have some level of immunity to the virus mostly through vaccination. it found about twice as many people have been infected than previously thought. i want to bring in a professor of medicine and surgery after george washin

township new jersey. this is where the summer set patriots play ball. what a scene this is. completely flooded. they woke up to this scene this morning. completely flooded. you can see from the lower seats. you are getting a closer look here. the dug out is under water. all the way up to the fence and into the parking lot. this is the home stadium of the yankees double-a affiliate in new jersey. new pictures just coming. in. a remarkable scene in bridgewater of that playing field. >> john: wow! that's mostly grass. the damage will be grass and concrete. it's in a bowl. what a remarkable video. >> sandra: we just got those images. we are just starting to see some of the damage and some of the screens like in that can only be brought to you by helicopter views. there will be and drone images coming. in the death count in the northeast reached 23. just the devastating impact of this flash flooding that began last night. we are getting a look at the devastation. we are continue to watch that for you and bring

more than half of those deaths in new jersey. water rescues still going on tonight. >>> and president biden will visit louisiana tomorrow to survey the damage from hurricane ida. hundreds of thousands of people there still without power. >>> and dr. fauci says the new covid variant known as mu is not an immediate threat to the united states, but he says the feds are keeping a close eye on it >>> and now you know the news of this thursday, september 2nd, 2021 i'm kelly evans in for shepard smith. follow us on instagram and twitter @thenewsoncnbc, and listen to the news podcast on apple, spotify or your favorite podcast platform ♪ you'll jump for joy. ♪ here, better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands with allstate. click or call for a lower auto rate today. ♪ ayy, ayy, ayy ♪ ♪ yeah, we fancy like applebee's on a date night ♪ you're in good hands with allstate. ♪ got that bourbon street steak with the oreo shake ♪ ♪ get some whipped cream on the top too ♪ ♪ two straws, one check, girl, i go

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the breaking news this hour, we will hear from the governor of new jersey, the mayor of new york as well after a catastrophic storm hammered, flooded and inundated parts of the northeast overnight. the scenes just amazing. we're also waiting to hear from president biden, he's expected to address the devastation from hurricane ida. that storm completely wiping out some communities on the coast in louisiana. at least five people have died there. we'll have much more from louisiana in just a moment. look at those scenes but we do want to start with the monument all start overnight in the northeast. right now firefighters in passaic, new jersey, are trying to locate bodies that may have been swept away into the river. in new york, the city issued the first ever, first ever flash flood emergency. those are subway tunnels you're looking at there last night. they saw rainfall in just five hours, enough to fill 50,000 olympic size swimming pools, record rainfall in central park and happening right now in bridgeport, pennsylvania, water rescues underway. we've seen live on our air in the last hou

york and new jersey. so weather crisis from the gulf coast all the way to atlantic. we are tracking the devastation and the deaths from hurricane ida even as the rescues continuing. >> jennifer gray is in the cnn weather center. jennifer, these rainfall totals are unbelievable. how much water fell? not just that it fell, but in the window in which it fell? >> you're exactly right, victor. you hit it on the head. we're not just talking about how much rain fell, but in the short duration that it fell. that's what created this flash flooding nightmare. this is the radar. you can see all of the rain pushing through the big cities and even the towns around across the northeast. a lot of rain fell in just a short amount of time, and that's what created this. ida's path has stretched 1,500 miles, more than 500 flood reports. look at all of these records across the northeast. more than 20 daily rainfall records. staten island, almost 9 inches of rain. this is in a 24-hour time span, but we know that most of this

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clifton, new jersey, is where i am. the schools here were supposed to start today for the first day of school. that has been cancelled. over in newark, i mean, you can just see when you look at these new pictures we have from downtown, newark, you can just see how much water was standing and you can see how many people had to abandon their cars there as well. and in newark at the airport, terminal b, the baggage claim, these pictures were viral as well. the baggage claim flooding there. so if you're flying today, be careful, there are going to be more cancellations. we're told the parking lots are open now at newark airport. again, you might want to check ahead of time because what happened here in new jersey, all over the northeast last night, was record setting. we have just never seen this much water so quickly, three inches an hour at one point here where i am right now. three inches an hour and it was already a very wet july. july and august. so there was just no place for all of this water to go so quickly. there

elise preston, in manville, new jersey, joins with us the latest.ood g.arnd this new jersy neighborhood, sights like this are common. ida forced families to toss out furniture, clothes, their kids' toys. they have been cleaning up for hours and still have work to do. katherine navarro and breyner garcia are getting their first look at what hurricane ida left behind. >> i'm just like, this is horrible. >> reporter: when they evacuated their manville, new jersey home on wednesday, the last thing they saw was a wall of water swamping the basement. how fast was it going? >> it was going really fast. it was like-- >> reporter: like a waterfall. >> --like a waterfall, just pushing through that whole. >> it was filling up like a pool. >> reporter: much of this riverfront town is covered in mud and debris, after nearly ten inches of rain here fell in just three hours. in nearby bridgewater, a major league cleanup is underway at the td bank ballpark, after the storm left the field under water. >> they have been out there actually all day yesterday and today, literally washing it blade by blade,

york, new jersey and pennsylvania. so, obviously, a very deadly storm, people cleaning up in the aftermath. back to you. neil: hurt. edward, thank you very much. in light of all of this, not too shocking to see that oil has just topped $70 a barrel, the first time in about a month. there are a lot of other factors here at play; still strong demand, limited oil capacity, the shutdown of refineries and all in the gulf and what have you. but also a pick-up in overall economic numbers, we've been seeing that command should stay -- demand should stay very strong. grady trimble right now in louisiana on how they're dealing with gas shortages and the like there. they're quite real. the president wants to address that when he visits tomorrow. it's a real problem. grady's seeing it for himself right now. grady. >> reporter: neil, the president says help is on the way and, boy, do they need it here. we've been watching people pull through here since around 7:00 this morning. some people were here as early as 2:00 in the morning

states of emergency in new york, new jersey and pennsylvania. multiple deaths reported as the remnants of ida merged with a front to produce chaos. for the first time in recorded history the national weather service issuing a flash flood emergency for all five boroughs of new york city. more than seven inches of rain in just a few hours. the western hemisphere's busiest subway system shut down. waterfalls pouring down station stairs, trains pulling in to find platforms submerged. people wading through waist-high water, and water rescues everywhere. >> rescuing someone who has been trapped in that jeep for now well over an hour. >> reporter: our new york station, wabc, right there as a man was finally brought to safety, and in queens, a partial building collapse. at least two people killed. and at newark airport in new jersey, the wettest day ever reported. flooding taking over baggage claim terminals, hundreds of flights canceled. passaic, new jersey, mayor pleading for everyone to stay inside. >> we have the flooding so bad the cars are stuck,

we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> and president biden is in new jersey in central new jersey touring the devastation left in ida's wake. what he's seeing and the recovery efforts still under way. plus are these intense storms the new norm. we'll speak to a climate specialist who says you better get used to it. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. (vo) at t-mobile for business, unconventional thinking means we see things differently, so you can focus on what matters most. whether it's ensuring food arrives as fresh as when it departs. being first on the scene, when every second counts. or teaching biology without a lab. we are the leader in 5g. #1 in customer satisfaction. and a partner who includes 5g in every plan, so you get it all. without trade-offs. unconventional thinking. it's better for business. feeling sluggish or weighed down? it could be a sign that your digestive system isn't working at it's best taking metamucil everyday can help. metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar abso

remnants of hurricane ida hit new york and new jersey hard. other areas of the mid-atlantic, this flooding disaster now unfolding. let's look at philadelphia. this river has been overflowing. it has resulted in massive amounts of flooding in some suburban neighborhoods. farmland to subway stations, everything getting hit. kumasi: plus, controlling the caldor fire and checking the fight. improving conditions helping firefighters on the front lines. reggie: good morning. you're watching abc 7 news. mike: hi, friday eve. let's look at positives. the cloud cover covering all neighborhoods. drizzle possible along the coast. that is the only place it is measurable. cloud cover will be slow to go. 50's through the morning commute. 60's with cloud cover completely back to the coast. plenty of cloud cover pushing through the golden gate and the gap and the lower elevations of the north bay. afternoon partly cloudy along the coast, 60's in san francisco, 70's around the bay, almost 80 in the east bay valleys. this evening, 60's dropping quickly. rainfal

in new york and we have reports from new jersey, hong kong, texas, capitol hill, louisiana, washington and pakistan. new overnight, help is on the way. president biden signing an emergency declaration for new york and new jersey after catastrophic flooding from ida. the storm caused at least 46 deaths in the northeast spanning six states from virginia to new york. the destruct

new york state and new jersey declaring states of emergency. new york city imposed a travel ban through 5:00 a.m. >> floodwaters inundated newark international airport and farther south parts of trenton under evacuation orders because a local river is rising threaten to submerge entire neighborhoods. in passaic, one death is confirmed. >>> all of this followed a series of reported tornadoes around philadelphia and in maryland. dozens of homes are destroyed. those details in a moment, but first the crisis in new york. overnight dramatic images of the historic flash flood emergency in the northeast. what's left of hurricane ida pummel new jersey one point wednesday night where five inches fell per hour. >> never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: and this man filming a river of water rushing off a highway exit. >> that's the garden state parkway exit 154. the water is coming off the parkway and into our neighborhood. > reporter: newark airport, the baggage room flooded. the airport suspending all flights last night and for the first tim

they are here in new jersey. we don't have an exact number, but emergency crews have been working since yesterday evening trying to address the many concerns here. and again, it's just such an unusual weather event for new york. it seemed to catch many people off guard to put it in perspective, new york city central park receive nearly 9 centimeters of rain in one hour that shattered the earlier record. the earlier record was set just over a week ago during hurricane on re when it was almost 5 centimeters of rain in one hour. so really intense downpours overnight and here we are. today, the sun is shining, it's a beautiful day. if you look around me, everything looks normal but, but trust me, it's not, it's, it was a very intense storm. and people are, are still taking stock. so it's hard to say exactly the extent of the damages. as we heard from new jersey governor a while ago. a lot of people are, are in pain and suffering this morning to try to take stock in. unfortunately, some have lost loved ones as a resul