state of florida. i ve been working day and night with my partners from the u.s. army corps of engineers, national guard, department of defense, and federal emergency management agency, to save people s lives and help them on the bath to recovery. you have to assume those people are so grateful and so many still looking in some cases for lost loved ones. we are hearing from some of the victims of this horrific hurricane, here is just some of what we are hearing. the water was moving so fast that it was taking things with it, it was like an explosion, this just looks like somebody set off a bomb around here. everywhere. a couple friends on the beach that did not make it. business can be rebuilt, replaced, you know, we can pivot, do something else, but you know, it s employees we are so worried about, it s, you know, our friends. so many concerns going forward right now. estimates that damages in that state could amount to about
do not the greenhouse gases are the problem. but we re the first ones that feel the impacts. reporter: climate change, what does that mean to you? we believe it, we see it. reporter: half the population lives in poverty according to the u.s. census. one storm, it will wipe this road out. reporter: down the street, the u.s. army corps of engineers recently built this rock barrier, designed to prevent erosion. they will not benefit from that protection since the house fallsout side the project s boundary. you had politicians, decisionmakers, government officials come here and you ve shown them all of this. do you feel we all show them. reporter: do you feel like they re listening? like i said, they tell you they re listening, they sound
island cause in the cross hairs of climate change, destructive hurricanes, sea level rise, flooding, extreme heat. the results of a planet that is warming. islands like puerto rico do not need much of the greenhouse gases that are causing the problem but we are the first ones that feel the impacts. reporter: climate change, what does that mean to you? well, we re seeing it. reporter: edwin lives further east, a town where nearly half the population lives in poverty. he s watched the beaches shrink, the sidewalks crumble in front of the home he has lived in for 60 years because of the coastal ero erosion. one storm it would wipe this road out. reporter: down the street the u.s. army corps of engineers recently built this rock barrier designed to prevent erosion but he will not benefit from that protection since his house falls outside the project s boundaries. you have had politicians, decision-makers, government officials come here and you ve
of climate change, destructive hurricanes, sea level rise, flooding, extreme heat. the result of a planet that is warming. for island like puerto rico, we do not need much of the greenhouse gases c causes the problem. reporter: edwin lives in a town where half of the population lives in poverty. he has watched the beaches shrink, sidewalks crumble in front of the home he s lived in for 60 years because of the coastal erosion. one storm it will wipe this road out. reporter: down the street the u.s. army corps of engineers recently built this rock barrier designed to prevent erosion. but he will not benefit from that protection since his house falls just outside the project s boundaries. you ve had politicians, decision
broadcasting. we ll have more straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news. also today fears that al qaeda could try to explode explosives hidden inside the bodies of terrorists. the warning comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. reports in america and the middle east have been stepped up as we get new intelligence with hints at potential and future al qaeda threats. german agents found a memory chip in his underwear. first it looked like it was a pornographic movie but what they found was actual operations drawn up some of al qaeda s, drawn up by some of al qaeda s most senior operatives, the plans include hijacking a cruise ship, dressing the passengers in orange jumpsuits to mimic guantanamo bay prisoners. this morning we join commissioner ray kelly. nice to see you. when you hear about threats like this, a consistent drip, drip, drip of what s happening in the world and what could impact us here. how does that change how new york law enfo