trees and roof tops, and the damage estimates are already in the billions of dollars. on the phone with me now from brisbane australia is mark jeffery, he s a reporter with global radio news. mark. yes, hello there 11,900 homes are totally inundated, another 14,800 partially flooded. that s over 27,000 homes in brisbane affected by this flood. after days of waiting and then seeing it peak about 24 hours ago the good news is the river is slowly dropping. as dawn breaks here on friday morning in brisbane, queensland our city is again waking up to face the affects of this massive onslaught of water. as two rivers converge from two valleys sending messy tpwhraod waterfloodwaters into the city s created chaos. 25,000 homes were totally cut off from the rest of the city.
day weekend than you did at the same time last year. shepard: we ll eat them any way. it s labor day weekend. sandra smith in chicago in our newsroom today. sandra, thank you. five years ago today, america s eyes were on the gulf south when it started to become pretty clear just how much death and destruction hurricane katrina had brought. the storm made landfall august 29th of 05 as a category 4 hurricane it hit mississippi and wiped out the entire coast line. and then it toppled a live in louisiana. then on this day, august the 30th of 2005, the second levee broke and water began to cover 80% of the city of new orleans. up to 100,000 people in the city were in desperate need of help. whether they were stranded on roof tops, wandering the streets, or huddled in the superdome, in mississippi, officials announced that more than 100 people had died and almost every structure was obliterated. the number of dead continued to rise.
reporter: it happened because a record 13 inches of rain fell on the city in just two days. the cumberland river and other waterways rose faster than most people could imagine, trapping even a local pastor sunday morning. we were getting ready for church to go to church, and by the time we got out, the water had risen to our porch. the neighbors actually had to form a chain because the current was coming through each house. reporter: if the images on the ground were frightening, from the air they were staggering. murky brown water rose to roof tops. it even threatened lp field, home to the tennessee titans. the cumberland river has risen above 50 feet. the last time that happened was in the 1960s. nashville s mayor and tennessee s governor flew over the flooding and seemed taken aback. right here in nashville, it s an astonishing it s an astonishing sight for someone who has lived here a long time. reporter: the water has submerged one of the city s two water treatment plan
scrapped them and a total mess. the storm is far from over. take a look what is going on across the eastern seaboard. dulles and reagan are closed. well over 1,000 flights, probably 1500 flights across the country canceled. our friends at the weather channel estimate before it s over it will impact 1 in 3 americans, 107 million people in 25 states, including ten of the 25 most populous states in the united states. williamsburg, virginia, visibility led to a 50-car pileup. another concern, roof tops. the wet, heavy snow brings this roof top down overnight. it swallowed after the eastern seaboard causing blizzard warnings in charlotte, north carolina, and leading officials in baltimore to order
americans one in three say vaccine pose a greater risk than the virus. americans are continuing to get covid. americans are continuing to die from covid. but now as the cdc director said it s a pandemic of the unvaccinated. more than 9 out of 10 americans who died from covid in the united states in june were unvaccinated according to dr. dpauc fauci. so what s it going to be trump lies that could kill or breaking free and telling the truth. some staunch allies seem to be say we re tired of people dieing because of trump s lies. now no more need to follow suit. more need to shout from the roof tops, we re tired of this. it may be the only way to save lives. leading off the discussion, co-authors of the new book i alone can fix it trump s