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Them morning. You were live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News this Morning Disaster in Western North Carolina as one North Carolina official put it the devastation is quote biblical large swaths are completely cut off in that area. Official say, all roads there are considered closed. These are exclusive pictures coming into cnn showing the destruction in asheville. What you are looking at is the main Road And Biltmore village near the famous biltmore estate. Its a five lane road, usually full of cars now, its covered in debris and mud. People walking down the Middle Of The Road looking for supplies that as a comment in sight these days, helene tore through the historic village, the floodwaters. You can see right here rising to Roof Level and pushing trailers and to buildings, Power And Water are out in much of the city. This is a transform where you can see it right there just lying in the Middle Of The Road leaking fluid. Its been there for days and the Power Company says they are hoping to restore power to most customers by friday in four Days Cell Service is spotty. Throughout this area of people are still desperately trying to contact their Loved Ones in the area at 600 people in Buncombe County are unaccounted for at this hou dead across North Carolina from the storm. And officials say that number for is expected to go higher joining me now is the asheville mayor s there manheim are mayor. Thank you so much for being with us. What do we know about the hundreds of people who are said to be unaccounted for as at this hour is it possible the Death Toll could go much higher . Than what were seeing at the moment. What can you tell us its very difficult to know for sure because our communications are so compromised, a lot of people still are not able to use their phone to call or text and we have parts of our community that are completely cut off because of road washouts. So its hard to confirm whether or not people are okay. So i think thatll be an evolving situation over the next few days as we reestablish communications and get Cell Service restored to the whole City And County that were in and do we know how long people could be without Power And Water . I mean, this has been going on for a few days now this is this is an unprecedented, catastrophic catastrophic event. This this storm has exceeded the flooding that weve ever seen historically in this area of the rivers crested higher than they ever had on record so i we cannot yet estimate how long it will take to restore power to everyone. Duke energy is our provider here they are working on that. And how long it will take to restore water to everyone. We were still in a critical Emergency Stage of this situation and right now, our parties to get Drinking Water and Food And Gas into folks so that they have the Basic Necessities to continue to support themselves and their families and we also understand that the Food Supplies have also been hit by this Distribution Sites are going to be set up. What can you tell us about that . Were hopeful to know more Information Today at the state and the federal government, is theyre bringing in resources and were going, we have all kinds of folks ready to distribute them once youre here. Thank you to everyone in asheville. And Buncombe County, who is volunteering to help distribute those regions . Sources. We will be able to name the areas that people can go to to receive them. As soon as that information will hopefully be released later today. But as you mentioned, we are cut off from Highway Access from three of the four major highways into ashevilles. So obviously this isnt credible challenge. Some resources are having to be flown in. This is an evolving situation, but were hopeful to get some resources critically needed resources in here. Today. And what about the federal and State Emergency Assistance . Are you seeing that yet fema State Emergency officials, what can you tell us about that . So we do have female here we but we are still waiting on vital resources in terms of Water And Food and other governor has been in touch with me multiple times. The governor will actually be here. This afternoon to be able to see whats happening on the ground but they are they have their Emergency Operations set up and everything is operational. But we are having as we understand it, theres a theres some challenges in terms of getting these resources here. So were still waiting for those vital resources to arrive. And were looking at some of this video now and is just unbelievable. The water near the rooftops when were seeing all of this District Height of where it was over the weekend. What does it been like for the people in your community . Just living through this . You know, folks are in shock i mean, i have to tell you, ive never seen anything like this. Ive been in several hurricanes in eastern North Carolina just to see people come out of their homes serving the damage just in shock. There are neighborhoods where every other house has a tree on it or through it roads blocked, multiple trees down on one road. The Power Lines it looks like spaghetti its hard to describe the chaos that it looks like. It really feels like a postapocalyptic seen in some Tv Show watched. And ive never thought i would see it myself and the inability to communicate no Ones Phone is working. Were getting were getting some communications restored you know, i happen to be in downtown asheville, the only square Block Area that has power. So im able to communicate with you, but this is recede we are seeing just piles, peoples houses that were destroyed, buildings that were destroyed, cars overturned, trash, and debris i mean, it reminds me it can trina, where they had to go Door To door and look in each Vehicle Mark whether or not anyone was in it i think were going to continue to need to survey this entire situation, but let me just say, i am so proud of asheville and Buncombe County. The folks that have come together to help their neighbors to check on their neighbors. Before it can hike out of my house and get to its my mom, her neighbors had already checked on her we really have come together as a community. I knew this was a wonderful Community And Theyve really shown their true colors and helping Each Other and devastation yeah. And i guess thats why im wondering, you know, if as you survey the damage here in the next day or two it just seems logical that the number of dead that were seeing right now is just going to go up. When you get your arms around this full scale of what were looking at yeah. I think sadly thats going to be true. Weve heard weve heard accounts of people seeing houses floating down the river with people in so. We know that we know that that Death Toll will rise. I hope and pray it doesnt rise much at all. But it were were prepared for the worst and we have a tremendous team of first responders that is working around the clock, checking on everyone, checking to see him recover folks. Unfortunately. And we also want to do a big thank you to all of the first responders from around the country that are coming here to help us and all the tillery folks that are coming here to help us restore Power And Service since to the community. Thank you so much to those folks who are working tirelessly and staying in a hotel that doesnt have any water so we really appreciate all the first responders that are going Above And Beyond for our community and i know the governor you said is heading your way. We do expect the president to speak at some point within the next hour or so. What do you need to hear from state and federal officials at this point . We you know we are going to need resources. This isnt going to be over quickly. I cant even think about a timeframe for how long its going to take to recover from the storm. So we need we need Emergency Relief right now. We need everything from Food And Water your to portapotties to Baby Formula. You name it all the Basic Necessities that anyone can imagine you need an a Storm Situation like this but then we need continuing support after this, we are going to have to rebuild roads and Bridges Infrastructure to stay in this Community Backup alright. May he arrest or manheim are of asheville, North Carolina is of great city. Im sorry for everything that youre going through right now, but it sounds like help is on the way. Hopefully, all the help that you need. Thank you so much for your time this morning, mayor, we appreciate it. Thank you thank you alright. And for more, lets bring in Cnn Correspondent Mary bell gonzalez, who was on the ground and asheville, North Carolina, marry about it just looks devastating. All of the images that were seeing so far. What are you seeing . Yes. Good morning, jim definitely its devastating. Its a dire situation here in asheville. Just take a look behind me. You can get a sense of why that is. This is just one of the hundreds of roads that is closed at this hour. As you can see, theres heavy, Heavy Mud that sludge is different fickle to walk through, let alone drive through. Its a very dangerous situation. Right now. Were just now starting to see groups of people come back into the area. This very historic area, biltmore village. This looked very different, even a couple of days ago, right . It was the raging waters here. But this is a very historic area. This is a very beloved area by the locals here, we spoke to a group of workers just behind me at this dairy distribution center, some of them saying their inventory completely destroyed the business inside the foundation, disrupted by this flooding. Even as much as receiving as much as eight feet of water, something they did not expect to be hit so hard. One of the folks telling me that they may not even have a job to go back to just incredible arent Mary Bell Gonzalez in asheville, North Carolina . Thank you so much. And communities across helenes 500 Mile Path of destruction are in need of Basic Necessities at this hour for waiting you can help go to cnn. Com impact and well be right back tim Walz And J. D. 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Emergency officials say but there have been multiple Air Rescues in the Lake Lure chimney Rock Area since saturday morning. And let me go straight to Cnn Meteorologist elisa raffa, who can walk us through some of the damage that were looking at right now, at least its kind of hard to put your arms around this. I mean, this is just staggering. Some of the video that were seeing coming out of that part of the country it really does leave you speechless when you see what this looks like full communities that are in pieces, literally just sitting on the ground and in the lake. And i used to do some local coverage in North Carolina and the community there. I can tell you is just reeling. Ive seeing so many posts on Social Media from people that are trying to reach out with supplies to send them up to these Mountain Communities but this is what happens when you have the force of water, of rain that comes in two to three feet. I mean, some of these Rainfall Totals have been 20 inches, 30 inches coming down in just a couple of hours ours and that is what the force of an intense water can do. I mean, when we say turn around, dont drown its because it only a foot of water can take away your car. Imagine were seeing what two to three feet can do and we know heavy precipitation events like this are only becoming more likely and more extreme jam elisa raffa, thank you so much. Are we want to go straight to a Press Conference right now, florida governor Ron Desantis is in steinhatchee, florida. That area also devastated by Hurricane Helene County Emergency Management partners to open recovery shelters throughout the impacted area. So you can be connected to resources and assistance in teams to assist with finding solutions to any barriers that may exist. Were also working now with the department of Emergency Management and they are working to provide Travel Trailers for people to live while on their property. So some homes are totally gone, which is obviously a very tragic thing. Theres other homes that had major flooding, maybe they have to muck and gut the interior you dont want to have to travel an Hour And Sleep and then come back to work on your arms. They put Travel Chiller right there on your property and youre able to do that. You can work. Yeah. People come in, you supervised that. Its much better. I think people liked that better. So weve mobilized hundreds of trailers around the state and were willing to get hundreds of more if needed. If you need a Travel Trailer to be brought to your property, you can go through hope, florida, the Hope Line is now 24 7 and the Numbers A33 get Hope A33 get hope. You can request a Travel Trailer and Hope Florida will work with kevin his team to get that done. We also have hoped buses that are now available for Inperson Service for communities impacted by The Storm On Saturday and almost immediately after the storm you had Hope Buses deployed to Taylor And Madison counties. Also, Pascoe And Manatee over the weekend. Now we have five Hope Buses, Bridge Church in madison, 9 00 a. M. To 12 Alton Church of God Family Life center in mayo, 12 to five Steen Hatchie community center, tend to four State College of Florida And Braden 1012 to five. James speed Gills Family Ymca of West Pascoe and trinity tend to two. So if you do go to the who you know, you can call the Hope Line to. You dont have to go to the bus. But if you go to the bus what they will be able to do is link you with resources that are available, not just government resources and not even primarily government resources. We were with Operation Rubicon in pasco county, got a lot of need for mckend guts there. They perform those services. Theres other services that are available and were going to funnel that all through hope, florida. So the Hope Buses are there and theyll be coming to other places as well. Our State Housing Initiative with partner that is florida governor Ron Desantis. Theyre giving an update and steinhatchee, florida on the Recovery Efforts in that part of the country. I want to go down to turk bakari. He is a Charlotte City councilman. He took that video of Lake Lure that we just showed you just a few moments ago. There it is right there councilman. Thank you so much for being on the phone with us. Tell us about what you what you saw when you took this video. Just looks absolutely devastating. Yeah. It was it was something that honestly in you cant comprehend when you see it. Ive had several friends who have lived there their entire lives. They cleared out before the storm and yesterday, soon as we can make our layout there and when we got you just you could already tell this was something very, very different. And as we navigated the streets and, you know, people saw going limbs that are continuing to fall even now, every Day And Block new parts of streets off for mudslides or roads crumbling. Once you navigate up there to the part where i was able to take that quick video. I mean, its just dont even know what to do if you came to try to help Figure Out, okay. Whats next now . And i mean, its just too big. It looked to me like lake that weve seen for many years and my friends that live there. Ive seen for their entire lives and then their families lives before that turned into something that looked like probably a bit of a delta. Anyone just looking at it. But when you put your eyes on it, its just it its these massive stains that are out there and theres so many of them, they seem small. And its almost like imagining one when it was moving. It was a blender that was just taking out anything in its path. Absolutely anything and now that its there and you tried to start farming, what . A Cleanup And Recovery like. I mean, we you know, weve weve seen have been parts of small recoveries and things like that. This is going to take years and years and years to even to even get to a place thats solvable yeah it is just mindboggling to look at councilman. Thank you for joining us on why we got to jump ahead to a Press Conference thats happening right now with the Georgia Governor Brian Kemp report. He also is talking about the destruction in the southeast. Keep in mind this is spread across multiple states in this part of the country. Heres governor of georgia, couple of things on the way of an Update Number one is marty and i have flown not only in valdosta, but flying down over Mcduffie Columbia and Richmond County today, literally this hurricane, it looks like a 250 mile wide tornado thats it the thing thats unusual about the storm is unprecedented for a cat two hurricane actually make landfall in georgia. And to see the level of destruction that hurricane could do in this community be in this far from Lounge County or Echoes County in the florida line, is unprecedented just like to say our thoughts and prayers continue to be with all these jordans that had lost their lives their families, and our local community. So many of our fellow citizens that are struggling out there. We know people are frustrated. We know they are tired, they we know that they need power back on, need resources, and we are working 24 7 to deliver that and youll hear that from director stallings and general wilson here in just a minute also, want you to know that today the Georgia Supreme Court is going to issue a statewide judicial emergency for 30 days. For those that are unable to fulfill a Timeline Due to the storm. Chief Justice Bogs will be putting some information out on that and just wanted to make sure this community knew that i spoke to President Biden last night about 5 00 just about the storm, about the Devastation Weve seen and our stake, Vice President harris and ive been playing phone tag. I know that former President Trump will be in valdosta today. Getting a briefing from our folks, but also hearing from the locals in regards to Storm Response no, Senator Warnock is here today. Senator ossoff was in valdosta on saturday when we were there. Obviously weve been in communications with Congressman Rick Allen and Congressman Austin Scott was with us yesterday, just know that we will work in a bipartisan way on Disaster Relief in this state with our federal, state, and local partners we have submitted our expedited Emergency Declaration thats Georgia Governor Brian Kemp holding a News Conference in augusta, georgia. I mean, we should keep in mind and were note this to our viewers here. When you see News Conferences from governors in places like augusta, when were talking to mayors and places like asheville, North Carolina, these hurricanes and the Impact Exit they have not just happening on the coast anymore, but happening hundreds of miles away from those coast in different parts of the country. Look at Chimney Rock North Carolina, that roadway just washed out by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. The governor of georgia, just saying a few moments ago, all of the destruction theyre dealing with in that states so far away from the coast. This is a problem, not just for the coastlines, but for the interior of the United States when these kinds of powerful storms come ashore, were moments away from an update from President Biden on the federal response to helene as millions across several states are trying to Figure Out whats next stay with us Special Event, the Place President ial Debate Tomorrow with nine dont buy me. Just the flu im quite harmless really. When people ask. But arent too dangerous. Flu, complications like little moon, yeah attack in the hospitalizations in just say but im just the flu who im just the Flu Demand more from your Flu Shot. Santa be higher Dose Flu vaccines are proven to provide better Flu Protection than standard dose Flu Shots and older adults, theyve even been shown to better protect against lu related complications. 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Saturday at seven on cnn this morning, helenes large path of destruction across the southeast impacting everyone from the Gulf Coast of Florida All The Way to the mountains of Western North Carolina in tennessee, georgia as well, dealing with unimaginable devastation on this monday morning. Basic necessities are scarce. You can see the lines already building. This was the scene and fletcher, North Carolina near asheville, as people lined up for a chance to get a tank of gas that along with water, electricity selfservice, all in short supply this morning in just a moment from now President Biden will deliver updates on the response efforts. Cnns Arlette Saenz joins us now from the White House with the latest arlette this is just a massive disaster that federal and state officials are going to have to get their arms around. People are starting to lose patience very quickly and theyre running out of those Basic Necessities. Yeah, jim and President Biden any minute now is expected to lay out the exact federal response that his team has been taking to try to address the devastation that has spread across so many states in the southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Now President Biden, over the weekend was briefed multiple times by his female administrator, deanne criswell, in a key priority for the biden administration in this moment, is trying to identify and determine how exactly they can ramp up support for those communities, especially individuals who are having a difficult time accessing some of these resources in those isolated communities. Yesterday, President Biden spoke by phone with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, as well as North Carolina governor roy cooper. Hes also been in touch with other local officials to hear about what they are seeing on the ground and what exactly they need to help these communities . Recovered. Now the president has already approved Disaster Declarations in florida, North Carolina, and south carolina. And what those do is it gives survivors and ability to access funds a much more quickly to try to obtain items like food also, a Baby Formula and other key Essential Items for so many families in the south southeast, you also have seen more than 33 3,300 federal government personnel deployed to this area to help with Rescue And Recovery efforts that includes urban Search And Rescue teams are using equipment to try to help people in these high water areas. There her also more than 50,000 personnel working on trying to establish power for the so many communities that have lost power in the wake of the storms. Now President Biden has said, he plans to travel there as soon as he would not distract from any of the Recovery Efforts, Vice President Kamala Harris also has said that she plans to do so at some point, and ill also note former president theres been Donald Trump is down in georgia today. All of them trying to show that they are trying to get their hands around this issue thats affecting so many americans at this moment alright, Arlette Saenz at the White House. Thank you very much. Communities across leans 500 Mile Path of destruction are in need of Basic Necessities ways you can help go to cnns cnn. Com impact will be right back Wolf Blitzer didnt night it six what cnn. 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This comes after airstrikes slammed into the heart of it lebanons capital, beirut overnight, lets dig deeper into this, joining me now is democratic Congressman Brad Sherman of california is a senior member of the foreign Services Committee and congressman, please forgive me if ive got to break away to the president , but that may happen your reaction to some of the news that were hearing this morning that israel could launch a limited group Ground Incursion into lebanon. Here in the coming days over 70,000 israelis have been displaced from their and for that, for almost a year because hezbollah launched a Missile War of aggression and they continue it Un Resolutions and usually the un doesnt take a Proisrael Position on anything. But Un Resolutions require hezbollah to not to have military forces south of Latane River so they have, theyre required to withdraw six miles to the north. Theyve refused to do so they refuse to stop shelling and rocketing northern israel and while israel can accomplish a lot from the air it appears necessary to go in on the ground otherwise israelis will not be able to return to their homes by the Tens Of Thousands and congressman, are you concerned about Israels Ability to wage a war on two different fronts both in gaza against hamas and in lebanon im concerned because war is such a terrible thing and we will see casualties on both sides. But i think the idf, the israeli defense forces are large enough to be able to handle all the different threats including the one post by hezbollah in the north and the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, killing Hezbollahs Leader was a step toward changing the Balance Of Power in the Middle East for years do you agree with that . Whats your assessment of that i think his blood is in disarray and its if you have to take military Action And Hezbollah as kind of forced that to have your enemy in disarray whether they will ever regain the political support in lebanon, whether theyll have the cohesiveness inside the organization that they enjoyed under azrallah for the last 30 years . I dont know, but its quite possible that with his death as below will become a shadow of itself over the next few years, we can only hope and President Biden says he will soon speak with the israeli Prime Minister and the host of a deescalating this conflict, as you know, some prominent lawmakers have been saying deescalation would be a mistake. Obviously, youre Hearing Others who were saying escalation would be a mistake, but lets listen to one of your colleagues talk about on the other side now is not the time for a ceasefire or to deescalate as joe biden, Kamala Harris want hezbollah is on its knees. United states should help israel Drive Hezbollah to the mat and choke it out and finish it off once and for all you agree with congressman i dont think that has bullet can be completely expunged but as long as his below continues to rocket northern israel, as long as they refused to withdraw North And Litani river. I dont think israel can can go much longer without without taking a greater action. So im not a real fan of escalation, but its its hard to see that theres any other way to go all right. Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman. Thanks very much for your time. We appreciate it good to be with you. All right. And we are still awaiting President Biden. He is scheduled to speak at any moment now on Relief Efforts for Hurricane Helene as weve been showing you all morning long, the devastation across the southeast from florida to georgia, to North Carolina in particular, at this hour, Western North Carolina is a desperate state. 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And here with me now to talk about this as robert barnett, who served as Debate Adviser for multiple democratic president ial and Vice President Vice President ial campaigns is now a partner at williams and connally. And i should note full disclosure. Youre also my attorney ive got to behave myself here, but what do you think about this . I mean, we heard over the last day or two that Tim Walz his saying hes nervous about his debate performance, should he be what do you think . I think youll do just fine. I think that theres always the setting of expectations, games, and that thats irrelevant when all is said and done. I think they both will be very good. They will be very different seldom of we had situation where the styles are so different and the audiences are so different. J. D. Vance has an audience of one donald j. Trump Governor Walz has an audience of millions because hes still got to introduce himself to a degree. In particular, those middle of the Country Battleground states but thats supposed to be his, his Stock And Trade for the next six weeks let me ask you this. Theres a new line of attack from trump from over the weekend against Vice President Kamala Harris. Lets listen to this real quick mentally impaired. Joe biden became mentally impaired, said but lying, Kamala Harris honestly, i believe she was born that way theres something wrong with kamala and i, just dont know what it is, but there is definitely something missing bob, what do you think Tim Walz engaged on this . Its disgraceful for two reasons. First of all, there are people in this country who do have Mental Health issues. And hes insulting every one of them by doing that. And second, to use an attack like that against an opponent who obviously has no impairments, is the lowest of low hello. Well, and according to all the polls, she won the last debate. So theres that as well. But if you were tim Walzs Debate prep coach, would you tell him to engage on this to call well. J. D, vance out on this, there are two simple rules for vp debates. One be sure that you defend your Ticket Topper to attack back the other persons, take a topper and to the extent he gets the opportunity, theres so many things he can attack Donald Trump for, and that certainly is what i mean, theres a Lot Riding on jd vances performance. I mean, i mean, a lot of the assessment and so some of the polls show hes not popular and there have been some assessments inside Trump World that maybe the foreign President Isnt exactly thrilled that he pick j. D. Vance i mean, this is a big moment for him. Theres a Lot Riding on this. Vance is underwater by a lot, falls is above water by a lot. So i think people will come into this one with some degree of mindset. And it certainly wont be in favor of j. D. Vance. And i think walz will have a lot of things to raise if they discuss Each Other as opposed goes to the top of the ticket. Hes going to obviously raise childless cat women and hes going to raise ivf. Its going to raise all kinds of things that the advances used, including probably this trump statement. Yeah. And i do want to ask you this because you know, going into these debates, there was there was a lot of talk that maybe President Biden was overprepared going into his debate. That was maybe part of the reason why you didnt do well against Donald Trump. But Kamala Harris did not have a problem with that. She seemed to be over parents and handled it. Well, do you like the idea of overpreparing these candidates for these debates . Does it depend on the candidate having done ten cycle . Since 1976, right . Stamps me is very old i dont think theres such a thing. Theres over preparing. I think have to set the system of preparation to fit the candidate. So if you have a candidate who has been through multiple primary debates, theres incoming but president , its one thing if you have a candidate like we had with Geraldine Ferraro and 84 john edwards, who hadnt been through the primaries in this same way. It wasnt as familiar with the issues you set up a different way. I think that vance being a senator and having done the senate debates its if you will, will be wellprepared on the Issues Walz has been in congress for multiple terms, but lately hes been governor. So hell study up. Im sure on the national issues all right. Bob barnett, great to see as always, thanks for joining us. We appreciate. I know. Youll be watching this Tomorrow Night. I will be watching. Youll have notes for us after this is over. Thanks a lot. Really appreciate it. Thank you. Do you can catch Tim Walz j. D. Vance, Face Off Tomorrow Night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern and a cnn Special Event simulcast with Cbs News coming up. 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I want to bring in my good friend, Pamela Brown, and pamela, i know you are going to be talking about this. Weve been talking about this death, the Death Toll is now up to 115 from Hurricane Helene and the devastation is unreal. These, these pictures of Lake Lore just staggering. Its just staggering. And you know, as you talk to folks there on the ground, this is so much worse than they could have anticipated jim and there are so many people suffering, right now. They dont have water, they dont have electricity. Of course, theres concerned about Water Contamination now, a lot of people still cant get in touch with their Loved Ones. I mean, this is an urgent situation right now thats unfolding jim unfortunately, we keep seen devastation from storms in my Home State of kentucky. We saw this yeah, that historic flooding and it just decimated towns havent been able to rebuild. And your heart goes out to these, to these small towns that you wonder if theyll survive. Yeah, and i was talking to the mayor of actual at the top of the hour and she was talking about Cell Phone Service fuel power water, food, everything is in short supply right now. Theyre waiting for federal and state helped to come in. And so its just a Waiting Game at this point, but its just absolutely cruel because of the just the level of devastation i just cant imagine what these folks are going through right now. No, i cant either. Were actually going to be speaking to a top Fema Official about this and because a lot of people on the ground, they are saying wheres the help that i need, right . Thats right. Yeah. I was trying to pull their resources together, but people arent feeling that help that they think they should be getting right now, as you point out with the mayor said, so were going to be speaking to this Fema Official and other people on the ground who were just trying to assess where their lives are now in the wake of this storm, they dont have a home, they dont have a business. They dont know where to turn to next so no its so, so so right. And for all the folks out there was saying, hey, why arent you guys covered this . Were covering it extensively on or youre covering and extensively. So hoping to get the word out there, so help us on the way certainly, thats thats our job, is to shine a spotlight on whats going on in all of this devastation. Were going to stay on top of it. Jim, thanks for everything you did in your show to call attention to it and we have the whole next hour to do the same. Have a good show. Well, good morning. You are live at the Cnn Newsroom on this monday. Im Pamela Brown in washington and were so following Breaking News this morning, we were just talking about this at any moment. President biden will speak on the federal Relief Efforts for Hurricane Helene, and we will of course, bring that to you live. One of the hardest Hit Areas as is Western North Carolina that entire region now