democratic government has been able to do and it s why we should keep control of all of that. what do you think could be the political fallout of all of this? are voters even actually paying attention, or do you think they just care about the final results? i think there are some who are paying attention and some who are looking at the final results. they want to be able to control the house next door, maintain their majority in the senate next year. i don t think they will be able to maintain control of the house let alone the senate. president biden should have gone to the hill. i have no idea why the president waited until the very last hour do this. the white house knew how critical and important this was not only to the agenda, but to his party to be able to go back to the district and say, this is what i ve got for you guys, this
manville, new jersey. look at this devastation here. this was a home that exploded after residents believed was a gas leak because of the rising floodwaters from a river that s about a block away from here. the ems medical personnel could not get to this home because of how high the floodwaters were. this home exploded and the house next door caught fire because the emergency personnel could not get her. luckily there were no injuries from this building. but across the state of new jersey, 25 deaths are reported from the bloods and various tornados across the state. kendis? i flew in to newark, new jersey, on my way back from morning joe. you could see so many baseball fields and parking lots from rivers that have overflowed. in addition to these monster storms, we re seeing mega fires out west. this extreme weather is prompting ten governors to
and for some of the millions struggling to recover from hurricane ida, there is heartbreak as they return to see what is left of their homes. this is some of what of what pee home to see. what was inside now strewn everywhere. and even a bridge that was washed away by floodwaters. the new orleans airport could reopen for some flights today allowing help to arrive. brian todd is on the ground for us this morning in new orleans. reporter: we re in the algiers neighborhood in souther new orleans, an area hit very hard by hurricane ida. take a look, this massive tree here slammed into this house right here and also into the house next door. we went to both houses, knocked on the doors to see if anyone was there and needed help.
the fires burping over 4,600 acres in a matter of hours in a northern los angeles neighborhood. at least one person has died as a result. fire crews say the flames have already damaged a number of homes and jumped two freeways which of course means is putting even more residents at risk. cnn s nick www.in the thick of it. he s joining us now. it looks horrific around you. what are you seeing? well, it s more what i m feeling. it s that wind, kate, that is the issue. the santa ana winds, these warm offshore winds that wind has been whipping these flames all night, carrying embers, that has been the problem. we were here much earlier this morning and watched this house burn. and this is something i always find cruel about a wildfire. this house burned down, the house next door totally fine. the house next door totally fine. just wherever an ember lands, that house can depot up.
hardest hit part of this island in the bahamas, as hardest hit as you can get. the category 5 storm stalled out here for 50 hours, residents tell us. and help here has not yet arrived. help is yet to arrive here. they need help. they need help today. i would have said, you were on a beach not a road in the slightest unless you had shown us. now when you see patrick s shot there, you can understand how residents say they themselves cannot even recognize or point out their neighborhoods because it is unreck nazable, patrick. people say like a bomb hit. but it s so much worse because there ll be one house i m looking at a house here that s badly damaged and the house next door, they said they were talking about their neighbors. i said there s not a house there. then i look at the house, there were foundations. you realize that the storm came and this is important to notice.