rescue operations are racing against the clock at this point. more than 1,600 rescues have been made so far and citizens are doing what they can, offering their own boats to help as people band together in the face of tragedy. officials in the hardest hit county under intense scrutiny over the timing of their evacuation order. we ll learn more about that. first i want to check in with nadia. there are still people, as i understand it, trapped in the floodwaters in that area. what more have you heard? reporter: area, cow hear the airboats behind me. that s a sign of progress. people are being transported and goods are coming and going. people are getting frustrated. it s day four without food or water. i want you to hear from tania warner. she s a member of the arcadia community. she can t figure out what s going on with her own faefrmt he was taken to the hospital. she received a call from a nurse that he was in the icu and oven a ventilator, but now she can t get in touch
It didnt gist come out of thin air. Its not just by more efficient ebb e Energy Sources its by conserving energies. Thats correct. As we become more e fishlt consumers save, dont they . Yes they do, senator so i just want to make that point. The cost benefit analysis under the Clean Air Act or clean waterer act, theres direct savings, that senator boxer has talked about the number of premature deaths and workdays which pashlts have to stay home because their child cant breathe. Or the days lost at summer camp. It will also safe us money. Correct. You look at globally, the cost is incredible. In maryland, we have taken steps to deal with our power emissions. Weve done that and weve had a growing economy. Its helpd our economy. You have a dual objective. In maryland were one of nine states part of the regional initiative. Weve taken some pretty extreme measures. Talk a little bit, as part of a reasonable oefrt how have you taken into consideration based on numbers. As we mentioned before
Actions bassed on that finding sdsh. I think youre doing exactly what the epa reprimanded you to do. You are tarking cig nef kabltly amousht of power wuz telling. Youve tried to get this aut ri saigsz before and congress has not passed it. Youre not allowed to move forward with the regulation to do Want Congress wont allow. Tlfgs tome e testimony by tony clark who said quote. He later said in spite of epas promise and for exampleblety i states are seeting it mat authority to the epa. J i dont agree with it, senator. Let me go ahead and give you an additional minute of my time because you have taken that. More than half of them believe its not legal under the clear air act. Thank you very much chairman. We always have an interesting diskugsz. For the second con sec tifr year there would be no fishing this year. The lobster has been disappearing. The message here is clear. Clie malt change is taking dollars and jobs away from new englands fishing communities. We certainly see that in rho
Coronavirus treatment. This is something thats already been administered to about 70,000 americans and as the Washington Post points out, quote, many scientists and physicians believe that convalescent plasma might provide some benefit but far from a breakthrough. Its rich in antibodies to be effective in fighting the coronavirus but the evidence is not conclusive on whether it works, when to administer and what dose is needed. The president praised Co Commissioner steven hann accusing the deep state in hopes they wouldnt be ready in time for the election. Steven, thank you because the fda stepped up over the last few days in getting this done. The results have been incredible. What a difference a day makes. The Washington Post also reports that quote, the announcement comes as trump has put extraordinary pressure on federal agencies to test and improve treatments and especially a vaccine against the Novel Coronavirus which has already killed more than 170,000 americans and here is the
severe. that s something. i want to get your take. prime minister liz truss scrapping the tact cut for the wealthy. this is a major backtrack. why now and what happens now? this is the extraordinary, the classic political u-turn on the top rate of income tax which the torey party wants to cut from 45% to 40%. the only problem their own mps didn t know about it, there was no cost for it. and they re about to go into deep financial crisis. not surprisingly there was an uproar. it s different from congress in the sense it s highly, highly unusual for the ruling party not to get what they want through parliament, and therefore she did the only thing she could, having said for days she was not going to u-tu-turn.