John and sandra. Good afternoon. Its a wet friday. Im martha maccallum. Thanks for joining us. We have a big lineup for you this hour. We begin here in the northeast where sandra was just saying millions of new york City Residents are being urged to shelter in place at this hour as torrential and lifethreating rain causes huge highway tieups and subways are flooding in new york city. Theres hundreds of flights that have been cancelled or delayed at this point. Katie byrne reporting live from hoboken, new jersey just across the river. High, katie. Hi, martha. A lot of people that were able to make it in to the city or to hoboken for work this morning are now wondering how theyll get home. We have roads submerged in water here in hoboken. If i step out in the street, the water gets deeper. Weve been here all day. The water has not receded much at all. Its one of those days that you cant get around hoboken by car. Ive talked to a lot of commuters. Were by the Train Station here. Some told
medical supplies to these people. you have, okay, these meetings taking place today where the u.n. secretary general in moscow unclear what the united nations role they can play. this was a topic of the saturday s conference with the ukrainian president. on the other side you have the united states, its european allies trying to arm the fighting we seen in the east. they re trying to increase the flow of those arms, so you really have two different story leans playing out, this fighting in the east and civilians trying to return to their homes. i want to ask you about the change in tone. it s a slight shift in tone from the united states. lloyd austin, the defense secretary saying the allies will move heaven and earth to support ukraine, saying our goal is to permanently weaken russia. at the same time, germany is sending more heavy weaponry. it s a beg move for germany. as everyone knows, they have been in a passivist state now