Apocalyptic weekend for all of us here in asheville, North Carolina. There is almost no gas, there is almost no Cell Service, there is limited power, there is limited food. Bill one person speaking on behalf of so many. Dire situation western part of North Carolina. Catastrophic Storm Damage making it near impossible for crews to deliver the Food And Water to those who desperately need it. A big Story Day three, working on day four. Good morning. Im bill hemmer, good morning to you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. The storm is gigantic and nearly 100 people are now confirmed dead from Hurricane Helene. 36 are in North Carolina. The Storm Fact out roads and bridges leaving entire counties underwater. Officials describing the damage as biblical. Bill the crews are working to restore power. They have a long way to go. 2 Million people across the southeast. Also trying to bring back Cell Service and internet leaving families In The Dark and whether or not their Loved One
Coming up, im going to ask the White House Press secretary whether beyond the announcement they actually have the votes in the senate, not to mention the house. Tragedy in florida. The search right now after a deadly Building Collapse there. A boy one of two people pulled from the rubble alive. One confirmed dead so far. 99 more floridians unaccounted for. Plus, a Big Development on a lifeordeath story that weve been covering for weeks, months, years even on the lead. The white house announcing that afghan translators who helped u. S. Troops will be saved, but how many . Of the 9,000 who have completed the paperwork, how many are we talking about . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with Breaking News on our politics lead. President biden making the official announcement this afternoon, there is a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. We had a really good meeting. In answer to your direct question, we have a deal. None of us got all that we wanted. I clearly didnt get all that
We have news now that 99 individuals are still Unaccounted For. There could be more because of the complexity of this condo and apartments because so many were short term rentals. Were not even sure about who was there and whether they are still there or elsewhere or never got there. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. This is your world trying to got to the bottom of a freakish disaster that now has dozens waiting to hear about loved ones that they cannot reach. About a half an hour, an update from local authorities. Now to Steve Harrigan on what hes hearing in surfside florida. Steve . A lot of anxious people around trying to find out news of their loved ones. The number of people that are missing, Unaccounted For has risen throughout the day, about 99 right now. The number could go higher. Were looking at basically three stories high of concrete rubble. More than 50 Apartment Units destroyed. Theres stories of people saying i opened my door and my neighbors apartment was gone. Peopl
We have news now that 99 individuals are still Unaccounted For. There could be more because of the complexity of this condo and apartments because so many were short term rentals. Were not even sure about who was there and whether they are still there or elsewhere or never got there. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. This is your world trying to got to the bottom of a freakish disaster that now has dozens waiting to hear about loved ones that they cannot reach. About a half an hour, an update from local authorities. Now to Steve Harrigan on what hes hearing in surfside florida. Steve . A lot of anxious people around trying to find out news of their loved ones. The number of people that are missing, Unaccounted For has risen throughout the day, about 99 right now. The number could go higher. Were looking at basically three stories high of concrete rubble. More than 50 Apartment Units destroyed. Theres stories of people saying i opened my door and my neighbors apartment was gone. Peopl
Reported hes been isolating with his family. There was a covid concern. Out of an abundance of caution, theyre isolating. There was a covid concern with some of his kids. Heres the bottom line. Heres what we gleaned from this afternoon. Again, there was a lot to die jef jest. He went into great detail about how the vaccine or vaccines will be distributed and how the state will help. The governor said the state will not be distributing the vaccines. Instead that will be up to the Drug Companies partnering with your health care provider. For example, if you go to kaiser or sutter haelealth, they would have it. However, the state will help in the distribution. Also today a third possible vaccine was announced by astrazeneca and oxford university. So now moving forward, among the pressing questions, do we have a choice on which vaccine to take, and who gets it first . It shouldnt surprise anybody that the phase one vaccination Distribution Plan in terms of prioritization is focusing first