more than 2.5 million homes and businesses are still without power. the death toll has risen to at least 43. and thousands of people have evacuated from flooded neighborhoods and communities. yet, flood advisories are still in place for portions of seven states. one of the towns hardest hit is little falls, new jersey, along the passaic river. mary snow is there with the latest. mary, this is the worst flooding in a century there. are things improving at all? reporter: it s hard to believe that looking at the river behind me things are improving. take a closer look at the passaic river. some really incredible sight here. the passaic river actually crested here on tuesday, seven feet above flood stage, and the water is receding, but you can see the fury of this water and gives you an idea of what towns along the passaic are coping with. we have a before and after shot in nearby patterson. we were there all day yesterday and there are parts of that city just inundated with
wisconsin in the meeting today, but they want unions giving back some of the benefits and wages and pension gains they ve made, a very difficult demand to make of a president who is clearly lined with the union movement. as you heard from the gentleman that just interviewed there, they want this transportation money. that is federal money, going to the states, to be used in infrastructure and transportation. that s a form of federal money flowing to the states. it could be used to help bail out the states in the financial condition. they want money. megyn: will they get it? reporter: yes, some, but not much, nowhere near what they will need. that s a fact. megyn: stu, we ve been watching the protesters in wisconsin. we ve talked about this before. a lot of people think the unions want too much, have gotten too much, they make more than their compadres, yada,
thank you very much. speaking of snow, it is getting worse and now fema right now is deploying workers and equipment to 11 states, states are money to battle the storms is running out. and a reporter says we could all be footing the pill. how bad will it get? reporter: you never know. it is hard to even, when you start down this road you just know know where you will end up. fema was started in 1979 to help people in the event of a nuclear war and since then it has become a grab bag for every miner snowstorm. why want you to think i m minimizing the idea of snow. id that to wade through snow a year ago for my daughter s birth, and it whatted to fall on one of the big snowstorms in washington, dc. neil: you should tell her that years later what you endured. because there will be a point you have to. guest: the idea that the government of virginia which just found an extra $1 billion in transportation money that had
american people that things will be different. politically you have to admit that s a smart move, right? oh, yeah. it s excellent for spin. but as you said, totally eliminating earmarks saves $8 million. i ll take it. it s aliit will a little shtick. one thing i advocated, sean, national infrastructure bank to spend a lot of that transportation money rather than earmarks, whoever is the most popular and powerful congressman. i they re marks should go. i would like to see the democrats vote for them to go. sean: america is headed for, you know, principled showdown, classic conservative, i m a part of and classic liberalism, bigger government, take over of industry. hillary clinton said something i thought was interesting. she thinks the president will follow the model of bill clinton and move to the center, but she said it in an
american people that things will be different. politically you have to admit that s a smart move, right? oh, yeah. it s excellent for spin. but as you said, totally eliminating earmarks saves $8 million. i ll take it. it s aliit will a little shtick. one thing i advocated, sean, national infrastructure bank to spend a lot of that transportation money rather than earmarks, whoever is the most popular and powerful congressman. i they re marks should go. i would like to see the democrats vote for them to go. sean: america is headed for, you know, principled showdown, classic conservative, i m a part of and classic liberalism, bigger government, take over of industry. hillary clinton said something i thought was interesting. she thinks the president will follow the model of bill clinton and move to the center, but she said it in an