celebrates labor day. why? the delta variant is an issue. more importantly it s the extended jobless benefits. that s crushing small business. that is creating the problem. this is spilling over, neil. we see if you look beneath the hood, you can see leisure and hospitality. the areas most directly impacting getting hurt the worst. effectively no job creation when this economy is supposed to be off to the races. it s spilling over to consumer sentiment. and at no point was there a demand issue. right? we talked to businesses and consumers. try buying a car. try buying a truck. people want this stuff. they want to go out. the problem for vinny s pizza is he can t get workers. right? he can t afford the cost of pizza. he can t afford the cost. it s going up so fast. that s what s crushing families. that s what s gets lost in washington. more spending does not solve the
sometimes we see harvey hit texas, maria hit puerto rico. this one hit and hit and kept hitting all the way up. it s incredible to see the damage it caused. we started the week talking about ida in louisiana and mississippi, midway through the week we re talking about it in the northeast causing incredible damage in all those places. yasmin, thank you for your reporting and thank you to vinny and his family. gary, i want to turn to you. you re in new jersey, in addition to causing historic flooding in pennsylvania, new jersey, new york. ida s remnants spawned seven tornadoes in pennsylvania and in new jersey. the strongest one touched down where you are. what kind of help are people in mullica hill getting and what challenges are they facing as they try to recover? joe, residents are now on day two of picking up the pieces literally one by one of their lives. look at what s behind me here. we have the baby s crib. that was on the second floor of
my neighbor s house, his foundation imploded. he can t live in his house ever again. that s astounding to me that vinny just said he wants his house condemned. how many years have you lived here? 20 years. because it s just unlivable. they flooded so many times. this has been the worst of the worst. what would you do if the house is condemned? if they could pay off my mortgage, i could move on. has fema been helpful in the past for you? yes. they provide you with you have to go out of pocket first for hotel accommodations, food, clothing. but then you hand in your receipts, you recoup what you lost as well as your insurance company. so sorry. thank you. thank you for letting us in your house. we ll swing around here. i m sorry, i m making it more complicated than tim would like. let s step out on to this balcony for one second. i won t step down. i want to show you. they walked out of here, they walked out of here and the water was already up to their knees,
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