can t cook at home. it is bloody hot, and cooking is also just very, very difficult. the heat factor. so being able to come down here and get a couple of meals for my wife and my daughter is incredible, it really is. reporter: so i m going on show you just some of what they re cooking here, alex. when we say this is good food, we mean this is good food. they have all sorts of good traditional new orleans dishes. when you ask anybody here why something like this is happening, they say this is what people do in new orleans, that in new orleans for better or worse they re often used to not getting help when they need it. what do they do? they step up as neighbors and try to take care of each other. last night they were here cooking, serving food to thousands of people until close to midnight. they re going to do it again today. they say they will do it as long as needed. alex. it is just the best story of the day. ellison barber, thank you for sharing it with us. let s go to nbc s j
skd knickerbocker. good to you have, buddy. thanks for your time. great to see you. who s running to be the trump octobertive? iowa now? i think elizabeth warren. hottest candidate in the rate now. i actually think the better approach is not so much focus on biden but bernie sanders, number two in most national and iowa polls. get past him and them set up a one on one with biden. clearly i think the heat factor is with elizabeth warren. she s got probably the crispest most coherent message, a low bust organization in iowa. spent her money criticized for her burn rate, the amount of money you spend versus the amount of money you bring in, but she invested it wisely in staff. both nationally and in early states. i think it s starting to pay off and created an identity. an identity of a candidate who is focused on policies and plans. she s got ideas, and that is really, i think, distinguished her from the rest of the field.
lead the u.s. team. quite frankly i think it s a blessing in disguise, jozy altidore while he had kind of regained his form he this was a question of if he would be able to form and now we ll be relying on players like chris wondolowski who could be that breakthrough player, scored 9 goals in the past 11 fixtures for the u.s. men s national team. if he plays he could be that key guy for the u.s. we ll all be watching and rooting for them. be sure to stay with us the next hour. we ll be joined by a member of the u.s. national team and hear what he has to say about the american s chances in the world cup and i ll get his take on the heat factor as well. that s going to be wild. run all game, especially the americans. let s take a little break on new day. you know, if that were a plot on house of cards people would say it s too far-fetched. the target, the irs