boundbrook new jersey. polo sandoval is actually caught in floodwaters on the way there and he will join us soon. fema has approved a temporary housing program for victims of hurricane ida in louisiana. it gets people out of shelters and into hotels which also helps ease coronavirus concerns in crowded facilities. as of yesterday more than 3400 people were in 34 shelters across the state. louisiana department of health on thursday reported the deaths of four nursing home residents who have been evacuated to a different facility. ahead of hurricane ida. 870,000 customers remain without power this hour and air conditioning, as dangerous heat persists. ed lavendera has more in hard hit la place. reporter: president biden will be touring and surveying the damage left in the wake of hurricane ida, the president will be meeting with the governor of louisiana as well as local officials in the new orleans area.
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because it works. and so do i. hydration beyond the hype. good morning. this is early start. half past the hour, time for our top stories to keep an eye on today. the biden administration is ramping up the pressure to get more people vaccinated withholding federal funds from states, think nursing homes here, just one of the early ideas being discussed now. senate leaders failing to reach a deal on quick passage of a bipartisan infrastructure deal, that sets up a key procedural vote tomorrow. the congressional budget office estimates the bill would add $256 billion to the deficit. unclear if it will scare away any senators. we re expecting some 870,000 jobs added to the economy when
he will be in theory possibly back on the platform in time for the next election cycle. that is more of a pattern, the authors say, of kicking the can away that is facilitating thngs all over the world and creation tension for facebook that they re not clear how they will solve it. jacob, great report thing. and lastly, if you think video games are expensive to play, try not playing them. an unopened copy of super mario 64 from 1996 sold for get this, $1.5 million at a dallas auction house. it broke the record for the highest price ever paid for a single video game. days before an unopened copy of nun tend yoe s the legend of zelda sold for $870,000. i had my brother s old atarry system at home. i wonder if that is worth anything. probably not. that s it for me today. ayman mohyeldin picks up the coverage coming up next. ay ayman mohyeldin picks up the coverage coming up next. birds flyin high, you know how i feel.
welcome back. time now for something totally different. marvel s black widow had the largest box office opening for a film since the beginning of the pandemic. the scarlett johansson film made over $215 million. altogether it made over $80 million in the domestic office, 80 million in the international market and $2 million in households on disney plus. there s this. a pair of vintage video games sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars at an auction house. they sold an unopened legend of zelda for $870,000. it s a rare gaming version that was created during a limited production run that took place in the few months of 1987.