down here. how did you find out about this distribution center? i found out about it on facebook basically. i grew up down here and i asked some friends to contact me with places i could bring a van full of fresh vegetables that people might be cooking. reporter: when you came down here to help you didn t know where the goods were going to go. i didn t have the idea. i didn t find the destination i was looking for, but i saw this line here and i thought, i m turning in. this looks like they re doing the right thing here. so i thought this is where we re coming. reporter: ray, thank you so much for being here. those are the immediate needs, alex, food, water as well as shelter, places for people to sleep because still half to close a million people or more in louisiana in this area who don t have power. it is so important for us to keep in mind these are the immediate needs. we have been talking to folks who are putting temporary tarps over their roof. it will be months and mont
where the president visited yesterday. josh, welcome to you. let s talk about the damage. how is it looking there today and what help do they need to rebuild? reporter: well, alex, we heard president biden deliver a message yesterday that this is not about democrat, this is not about republicans, it is about americans. that is really what we are seeing on the ground here in laplace where president biden was yesterday, is americans helping americans. it is truly the best of the american spirit. we have been talking to some of these volunteers here at new wine christian fellowship who are handing out meals and supplies. some of them came from texas. there s one woman here from california, and people from arkansas and other places. i want you to take a look at something over here. look what it says on this box of produce over here. it says missouri because that s where this came from. i want you to meet ray hakt who loaded up his van full of produce from the amish and drove