They need a strong u. S. To deter the ccp. Bill it will remain a big story regardless. Aishah hosni, good work in the interview live in d. C. Now its been one week since helene made landfall as a cat four hurricane leaving a trail of damage and devastation. In town after town after hardhit town where folks have lost just about everything, leaving them with no food, no water, no power, no shelter and now wondering whether or not the rest of the country has forgotten about them. Dana has this friday off. Im Bill Hemmer live in new York City as we roll into our number two. Sandra weve been in afghanistan and know how to do it. They need more resources. It wiped entire towns away. Weve seen the video still coming into us as the biden White House is facing harsh questions as the victims of helene are left to fend for themselves. Hundreds dead, hundreds more still missing at this hour. And now private volunteers are stepping in. Mobileizing Ad Hoc Rescue Operations to help stranded victims i
nearly a mile wide and stayed on the ground for more than an hour. leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. bill: it touched down near rolling fork, mississippi. a town of 2,000 people. that community is wiped off the map. sandra: houses reduced to rubble. some ripped off their foundations. the storm had winds reaching 170 miles-per-hour. that s strong enough to send cars and power lines flying through the air. bill: satellite images. on the left a picture of rolling before the storm hit. on the right is what happened after ward. an elementary school, trees, homes, cars, all of them are now gone. sandra: leveled. a church left unrecognizable with the steeple blown off. the scope of destruction is hard to fathom even for those who lived through it. it was dark. call for help. it was quiet. to hear those little kids hollering help. it s devastating. i look around town and i m saying i know we can rebuild, but what do you do with the devastation? what do you do w
there is so much of that video to look at. new hour begins now on monday morning. a i m owe bill hemmer. sandra smith is with us. sandra: good to be here. at least 25 people were killed across mississippi, another died in alabama. hundreds were left without homes. the towns of rolling fork and silver city absolutely destroyed. the stunning satellite images of rolling fork taken before and then after the storm showing the extent of this devastation. bill: the latest weather radar shows more storms on the way. president biden issued an emergency declaration. survivors recall moments of absolute terror. things started flying and i had my back against that door trying to hold it. we made it to the tub just in time. by the time we got over in the tub it was right on top of us. this is he have -devastating. this is so many friends, family, memories that have been destroyed. bill: robert ray is live in rolling fork, mississippi where he has been for a couple of days
that includes a runny nose, some fatigue, and the occasional dry cough. again, this is according to president biden s doctor. and he is being prescribed paxlovid. this is the antiviral medication that is said to be more effective if you take it as soon as you test positive. again, this is a medication that the president is going to be on. we, obviously, also know that he is going to be isolating for the time being. that means that he is not going to be seen in public. we ve certainly not seen him today. but earlier today, we did see the first lady, dr. jill biden, and this is what she said about his her husband s condition right now. my husband tested positive for covid. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he s doing fine. he s feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i am keeping masked. and so, i would like to go in and see the program here, learning loss as an educator means a lot to me. so, th
are in town to help is unbelievable. i ve never seen anything like it. our church was pretty much unharmed. we were able to have worship sunday morning. probably one of the most powerful worship services we ve ever attended. god has a plan in all of this. we don t know what it is. he saved our lives and saved the lives of our families. others were not so lucky. so we know that he has a plan in all of this and we are going to wait and see what he does with it. sandra: parker, will you help out your parents there? you look strong and help them through this, right? like casey said, just if you were at the houseworking, it is every few minutes somebody is coming by do you need food, help, bring equipment down to help you. it is a constant of people from not only across the nation, it