hi, jeff. yeah, president biden promising to have louisiana s back as it tries to rebuild post-hurricane ida. he says that folks throughout the state impacted by the storm are hurting right now and pledge to stand with them as they slowly rebuild. president biden shortly after landing in new orleans got a tour of some of the hardest hit areas, this includes places like laplace, louisiana, a spot still am a week after the hurricane came through, and people are without water. in some spots, these homes are just unlivable because they took so much damage. the president, who met with democrat and republican lawmakers, says it s not about party affiliation, it s about being americans. we ve got to build back not only with the same poles up. we ve got to build back better. we ve got to build back more resiliently and do the same thing across the board. hundreds of thousands throughout the state still do
history that leaves today. there were lots of tears when i was walking through the site. i ve never it was such a surreal experience. and it was such a sinking feeling in my heart, just walking around and seeing some of our buildings did collapse. seeing the trees and the debris all over the site. reporter: banner rode the storm out in the plantation s main house, built in 1791. it was built by the art artis artisanship, the craftsman, the skill of the enslaved africans and their descendants. reporter: 230 years of history survived the storm. taking measure of all that s lost is part of recovering from a storm like hurricane ida. the landscape changes in ways big and small. life is never quite the same. ed lavendera, cnn, laplace, louisiana. coming up, booster shot
jefferson parish are not going to have power for at least six weeks. you think about the end of august, early september. it is brutal down there when it comes to heat. you are probably experiencing it yourself right now without running water, not enough food. how are folks managing there and when are they going to be able to get the power back on? can they fast track this thing? reporter: yeah, it is still upwards of half a million people here in louisiana without power, and estimates it could take four weeks, up to six weeks in some cases, including this church right here in laplace which has no power even as they re trying to distribute meals to somehows and somehows of people. these power outages are really compounding the challenge, yasmin, of responding to this hurricane. not only do you have thousands of people displaced by the hur kahn by you have thousands of people coming to louisiana to try to get the power back on. you have something like 27,000 power line technicians who
here is what is happening. new this hour, the death toll from hurricane ida is now at 65 with one additional death recorded in just the last few hours in louisiana. most of those who lost their lives were in new jersey and new york when the remnants of that storm hit this week. new today, president biden announcing plans to survey damage in new york and new jersey on tuesday. the president traveled to louisiana yesterday and got a firsthand look at the areas that remain uninhabitable. he promised flood victims that no community will be left behind. meanwhile, a new investigation has begun into the death of four nursing home patients. they were among 800 patients packed inside a warehouse, taken there before ida struck louisiana. health officials say they have significant concerns about conditions at that facility. covering the very latest on ida s aftermath, in new jersey, in new orleans and in laplace, louisiana. so welcome to all. we will go first to you, gary,
it really is. thank god we re all safe, this can be replaced and hopefully we ll get through it. reporter: hey, there. and it s really interesting here because business owners are living here as well. remember, ron lives here in manville as well. so not only is his business flooded, but his home is flooded as well. it s really a double whammy on that end as well, alex. thank you. really tragic stories you re sharing there. let s go to nbc s josh lederman in laplace, louisiana. josh, welcome to you. how did the president handle the crisis there? reporter: yeah, alex, the president came right here to laplace, where there was incredible damage from the hurricane. some folks had 5 feet of water or more in their homes. and the president s goal with this trip was really to show that his administration is