they ll fund our transformation. yes, yes! exactly! what are you waiting for? a battle is being waged in american classrooms, some parents are fuming on how race and racism is being taught. one town in tennessee my soon ban several books about segregation and even martin luther king s famous march on washington. cnn s evan mcmorris santoro has
but the state is ready to help. just walking through for a few minutes the downtown area. it is clear that the damage caused by ida is significant by any measure and recovering and rebuilding will require economic support and we will be there. let s bring in cnn s evan mcmorris santoro. evan, we all saw what happened in the northeast, in new jersey. update us on what you re seeing there. well, boris and christi, as you mentioned, you know, the seasons have changed a little bit. it s a crisp, beautiful morning here in the state of new jersey. that s the weird thing about flash floods is that they come in so fast and they leave so fast it can be hard to understand just what they re actually like but here s the thing. you can see some of the remnants of what happened. all that s left is some of the signs of what it actually looked like. if i get rick to pan out here, you can see over here just
be made about what to keep and get rid of, what to fix, how to pay for it. there s a lot of ida still to come here in the northeast, fred. yeah, and the cost to tackle, i mean, it s exorbitant. nobody really knows. no one s really put an exact figure. evan mcmorris santoro, thank you so much. on to louisiana, now. more than 700,000 remain without power nearly a week after ida hit. that on top of fuel shortages, leaving many in dangerous situations as the temperatures rise, just sweltering levels. cnn s nadia romero is in new orleans for us. nadia, you re speaking with people who are evacuating to shelters, but tell us about what they ve been experiencing and what they re hoping is around the corner for them? well, fred, a lot of people are just looking forward to some ac, fresh clothes, food, water. i mean, the basics, right? the basics that you need really to survive, and not just be comfortable, but to go
find out people who are still alive and deal with the people that are passed away and have not yet been found. a miserable situation. evan mcmorris santoro, thank you very much for that. so governments around the world are being forced to examine the role of climate change. kim cobb is the director of the global change program at georgia tech and so good to see you. so you were one of the lead authors of the 2021 u.n. report on climate change. so help us connect the dots. help us explain what worole climate change is having with these powerful storms and the frequency of these storms. well, first, we really have to start with the basics here. the united nations report calling out greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel emissions, driving warming across the planet, it s unequivocal. that s not news, of course.
figure out what s happened and also trying to figure out just how many people have lost their lives in this storm. boris and christi. evan mcmorris santoro from new jersey, thank you so much. from the northeast we want to pivot to the guff coast. residents dealing with fuel shortages, power outages and sweltering heat. hurricane ida being blamed for 13 deaths from louisiana and mississippi and still more than 700,000 customers remain without power in louisiana. president joe biden did get a firsthand look at the destruction and promised federal help for people struggling to recover. adrienne is joining us from louisiana. tell us what you re seeing. when you are in that kind of triple digit heat and you have no relief, i mean, that s painful. reporter: painful, indeed. the folks here are struggling.