New york and New Jersey that federal help and tens of billions of help is on the way. Welcome. Im neil cavuto. This is your world. What were chronicaling here is a president saying that im here and so is the federal government. He will be speaking shortly about the kind of aid hes talking about. Lets get the read from Alex Hogan in manville, New Jersey. Alex . Hi, neil. Its such a painful day for people in this community that are starting to pick up the pieces after losing everything that they own. As you mentioned, the president was here today in manville, New Jersey. He met with state and local officials touring this area and needing many of these residents. He talked with people, stopping by to give them hugs and spoke with a woman and talked about what it was like for her when she came home. Probably 2 30, 3 00, the houses on fire. Thank god you didnt come back. Yeah. We were not near the house. Nobody was able to come back yet because the waters were so high. Were extremely grateful that we were able to all of us in the community, we were able to not be here when this happened. Governor Phil Murphy says he wants federal aid for six more counties on top of the six that were already approved. The White House said that was biden is open to apply ago Disaster Declaration to more counties. President biden is in queens, New York where hes looking at damage there. He will meet with Governor Hochul and mayor De Blasio and Chuck Schumer. 27 people died here in New Jersey. Most of them swept away in their cars and drowning in the vehicles because of the flood waters. Here in manville, the Water Levels reached the second story of many of these homes and residents had to go to the top florida to be rescued by place that saved them by boat. Many streets look similar. Theres cars, one after another that are totalled. Every Sidewalk Looks like this. Every inch of the ground is covered with personal belongings. People continue to load things out of their home. Its difficult, devastating day for them. Losing everything that they have. On top of this, the national Weather Service is saying that most of New Jersey could see 12 inches of rain on wednesday. That could cause potential flooding to an overly saturated ground. Neil . Neil thanks, alex. Were learning a little bit more about the Emergency Funds that the president is requesting. This urgent Spending Request calls for 14 Billion in aid to respond to natural disasters that occurred before Hurricane Ida as well as 6. 4 Billion to pay for the on going relocation of Tens Of Thousands of afghans that partnered with the United States during the war in afghanistan. You can bet with reports of up to 10 Billion in extra funding requests to help those post Hurricane Ida, these will be eyeopening sums. Karl rove is here with us. Best sellauthor and former chief of staff. Very few will stop or turn down a president who is asking for Emergency Funds after a disaster. More than half of this money is prior to that disaster what do you make of it . Well, either bad planning or an attempt to take advantage of a crisis by getting money for other things. I think we need to look carefully at the details of the request for monieses that are not connected with this emergency. If they were legitimate expenditures for previous emergencies, the question arises why didnt the president and why didnt his director at Fema Alert the public and indicate that the cupboard was bear and ask for the money thing. Neil the Afghanistan Coverage is still out of the mix. Were out of there but were not. 6 Billion asked for and youre quite familiar and whether the State Department is blocking americans getting out, sticking to forms, paperwork and all of that or has nothing to do with it. Its a bumpy process. I imagine that its going to get bumpier what do you think . The administration has gone to the press in a cynical way and said were not going to talk about afghanistan. We think the voters will forget this and were going to focus on human infrastructure, free community college, free this, free that. We think voters will reward us at the polls in the 2020 midterms. Incredibly cynical. They cannot avoid talking about afghanistan. The afghanistan will continue to be part of our national i was looking at a list of the members in the new government. The Acting Prime Minister is the Head Hoff the taliban leadership council, this is the group that sanctioned alquaida being in afghanistan being a Safe Haven for alquaida and attacking the United States. The Deputy Prime Minister is abdul barada, who is the taliban cofounder. He was the pakistanis consider him a terrorist. The Prime Minister is designated a terrorist by the united nations. The Defense Minister is the son of the founder of the taliban who is now deceased. The son is tied up in this. Do we think these people are going to say okay, were going to open for american tourism and what can we do to establish a consul in the United States to have diplomatic relations . Oh, we have economic opportunities here. We want western partners to come in. No, theyre going to focus on revenge killings and more stories of a Police Woman being shot in front of her family in a capitol by the taliban. Theyre not going to stop talking about it and ought to end the talk about this being the political and were looking at it through a political prism. Neil were also looking at it through a financial one. We talk about leverage and the billions that we control and freeze through our federal reserve and treasury. You know, the impetus to unfreeze it is you, taliban, have to continue helping on all of this. Very little indication in the past that money has been an incentive for them to do much of anything. What do you think . Look, i dont think so either. In fact, its a demonstration of weakness. We ought to say to them, that was the money that belonged to the legitimate government of afghanistan. You overthrew them by force. That money is gone. That is our greatest leverage. They have their own source of money. We have made them to the largest Weapons Supplier to Terrorist Groups in the world by leaving behind billions of equipments, small arms, artillery pieces, vehicles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition. They have their own sources of money. We shouldnt say hey, we got money and you can hold us hostage for whatever you want. We can be taken to the cleaners in negotiations and the new administration is more likely to be taken to the cleaners. We got money. Figure out how to give you money by providing Road Blocks to becoming a normal nation and acting with respect to the lives and values of your people. This is like telling them, you know, im bending over. Kick me is the way the administration appears to be dealing with a afghan government. Neil timing is everything. Could you ever have found them . We were days away from targeting afghanistan and the taliban there. They would be back in power with a vengeance two decades later . No. We gave it to them. For 20 years 2 3s of the people of afghanistan are under the age of 25. All they known is what they have seen in the last 25 years. A growing economic, people trying to become responsive, an opportunity for women, personal liberty that they have never seen before. And we ended our Combat Role six years ago. The last death was 18 months ago. We had 2, 500 people in the country and we were able to keep the taliban at bay by providing contractors to keep the Air Force in the air and if need be attacking the taliban from above. We gave that up and gave them a victory and theyre celebrating in the streets of afghanistan. The taliban is. Theyre talking about how they humiliated the United States of american. That will embolden our enemies and make attacks from the safety of afghanistan against us and our allies. Alquaida struck us on september 11th. The only reason they could is the taliban allowed them to use taliban as a refuge. In the negotiations of the previous administration, they never got the taliban to agree to condemn alquaida. Three times under the Department Of Defense has confirmed that the Taliban And Alquaida are Working Hand and hand. If we think anything will happen in afghanistan except it becomes a sanctuary for terrorists, attacks on us and our allies were kidding our service. Neil you think it was a mistake to negotiate with the taliban now and the prior administration . Yeah, absolutely. Think about it. The Deputy Prime Minister was in a pakistani prison. Even he was identified as a radical islamic terrorist. We were the guys that got the pakistanis to let him out of prison so he could lead the taliban negotiations. One of his first demands is, 5,000 taliban warriors need to be let out of afghan jails and returned. The taliban would give up 1,000 afghani hostages. Guess who a lot of those 5,000 Battle Hardened Taliban Warriors that were in afghan prisons ended up . They ended up in kabul that brought don the afghan government. So it was a mistake in my opinion to negotiate. The only good thing with the united States Government and the taliban is that the american withdrawal was supposed to be conditions based. One of them was that they should not attack capitals. When we got rid of bagram and cut our numbers down to 2,500 people, it was impossible to continue to make that a conditionsbased agreement with the taliban because they violated the conditions and there was no real response from our government. Neil karl rove, thanks. Very good catching up with you and remembering 911, speaking of which, well be concentrating on the new afghanistan, but something were doing this week and doing it on all of my shoes on Fox News and Fox Business leading up to our special special coverage of the 20th Anniversary of the attacks. Remembering what happened then. Down to what we were doing 20 years ago each day this week leading up to the attacks. For example, do you know what the biggest story was 20 years ago today . The federal Trade Commission approved chevron buying texaco. It was a huge oil merger. That was bigger than big. At the same time, we learned the u. S. Government was giving up its quest to break up microsoft. A new fellow had just taken over the fbi just a couple days prior. His name robert mueller. This week that is the kind of stuff we look at each day every day going back 20 years to the day. What was happening leading up to that day. Well also go back in our own records, our own coverage to let you know what were the worries, what were the concerns, especially after that attack. Were ready for it . Hear it in the voices and the people at the at the time. Take a look. A lot of people came very close and saw quite a bit yesterday. Im wondering among the survivors, the friends, how that affects going back to business. Well, it has to. Even if youre just watching these horrible images on tv, how can you just go back to Business As Usual. What did people say . One of the thing it reminds me of, i never delineate between the economy and my life. This cant be wrapped up in more. Ive been asked about the economic impacts and talking about rebuilding. Rebuilding is a stimulus. Something you dont want to talk about in sad times. But weve been through crises. You remember the cuban missile crisis. Life goes on. The sun comes up the next day. Thats the way its going to be. 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If anything, such a task complicates it. Lets get the read from jennifer griffin. Getting our people out, where are we . Statements by the State Department and jen psaki, those were Travel Documents are being allowed to leave dont match the reality on the ground. Now the u. S. Is no longer in afghanistanrelated, they rely on the taliban. They dont want to give charter flights to land at Military Bases for obvious reasons. Theres three bases where the fbi customs and Border Patrol and ncis had agents overseeing the screening of 17,000 afghan evacuees. Getting their names registers, doing the biometrics, check irises, take a few facial photo and run that and the 20 years of databases that we have in the interagency. Im comfortable that these folks are being properly run through the fbi. Theyre being checked three times with their biometrics before they get to the u. S. . Thats right. We saw the Screening Process first hand. We learned anyone flagged for drugs or terror ties is sent to kosovo. Thousands have been screened three times before arrival. Most of the people we interviewed had some connection like yusef abdullah. Hes worked worked for the u. S. Fda. Hes far is already in the u. S. How did you get out . My father was in the Air Force. He was inside the Air Force. Thats why we can get in today. Many of those we met had been guards at the u. S. Embassy. They showed us documents. Some were among the 600 afghan Special Forces that helped guard the Kabul Airport in those final days including this interpreter Named Sheik Mohammed who we interviewed. I feel very happy. When i was in kabul and afghanistan, i was very afraid of being captured by the taliban. Right now im very happy. This Brother And Sister were students. One has a full ride to the university of kentucky, louisville. We have interview Memorial Day Students like this 21yearold who left her entire family to escape. I had to leave my family behind. I had no choice. They wanted to come, all of them. They couldnt make it. The taliban started Gun Fire and everything stopped. So they told me. Go. Save your life. Its all right. We will stay here. Weve also learned the cia alone helped the State Department and dod to evacuate more than 30,000 afghans that had helped the u. S. Over the years or known that were flagged by trusted services. Now with no u. S. Officials on the ground, its much more difficult. To put it mildly. Thanks, jennifer griffin. Thanks to general richard newton. Always good to have you here. You think were going to get these people out . Well, good afternoon, neil. As jennifer reported, a Lott Of Heart Wrenching and heroic stories there. Again, right now im an optimistic person. The taliban holds all the cards, neil. They own the territory, own the messaging. Theyre doing a great messaging operations campaign. And they hold in enemy hands our american citizens. Lets focus on the Tens Of Thousands of afghan citizens that have been by our side the last 20 years or so. Im reading a source. The taliban will turn you away if you tonight have your proper documentation or they will take it from you. They own all the cards here. We picked up and left. We have no leverage. Neil what do we do . To get a few people that do get out, it was like an administrative nightmare. Some were pointing fingers at the State Department. The State Department said they have nothing to do with it. If you have that kind of difficulty and you have A Hundred or so americans that want out, Tens Of Thousands of afghans that went out, doesnt look like its happening, general. Well, its if its happening, its i think its good that weve got our secretary of State And Secretary of defense in the region. That is good. But this administration needs to remainlationer focused on the challenges that we have here. The State Department needs to take a little bit of the strings off in terms of allowing the private and veteran organizations that weve been reading about assisting with some of the evacuation efforts. This is not just something that will go away in a few days or a couple weeks. This is pain stakingly through days, weeks and now months. We cant leave americans behind. We have taken advantage of all leverages we may have. Could be friends, allies or pseudopartners. We take advantage of all nongovernmental organizations that remain in afghanistan. We work the capitals there in the region that i hope the Secretary Of State is doing. But i would tell the american people that this is one more we better buckle up. This is going to take a long time. Neil general, thanks very much. More for your service to this country. Thank you. You think about it, where were you 20 years ago this week . I bet most people couldnt find afghanistan on a map. Its so with us. Back then, who knew . That was before the attacks, right . Then came the attacks. Then came searching for the victims of those attacks. Including a young son who couldnt believe that his father had got ten out of those towers and was safe and sound. But he wanted to go back and make sure everybody he worked with was too. He didnt make it. His son each and every anniversary joins us to remember. Sandra what goes through your mind at the risk of sounding contrite on a day like this . Its not what goes through my mind. It goes through my heart. Theres a connection of the people at Ground Zero and the absolute feeling that i get is that some of that horror is being replaced with resilience. The tempurpedic breeze makes sleep feel cool. Because the tempurbreeze transfers heat away from your body. So you feel cool, Night After night. Dont miss our best offer of the year, with savings up to 700 on adjustable mattress sets. 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The president making clear right now as he gets ready to speak to New Yorkers after to speaking to New Jerseyians that more help is on the way. Already asked congress for an Emergency Funding for Disaster Aid that includes help for afghan refugees to the tune of more than 16 Billion. Well get to that in a second and hearing from the president of the United States shortly. But that doesnt include any jobless benefits. They have formally expired today. Jeff flock falling the benefits. The sooner the better on losing them, right . Thats what they think, neil. Were hope theyre right about it. John from mini moves, a company outside chicago a moving business, you hope the benefits going away mean more people coming back to work. These guys here, you were able to hire but a lot of people you needed to hire but couldnt. Yes, with the pandemic made it difficult to hire people and get them in our operation. The Want Street Journal did some analysis of the states that ended the Unemployment Benefits early. They found there was no additional boost to hiring. Worried about that . A bit worried about it. Were confident in the chicago area. We break them in here get them ready for our Fall And Winter business. Were concerned about it. Its a frustration. The jobs numbers, we thought we would get 700,000. We go 200,000 plus. You had to do what to get people to stay here and work for you . Bonuses, hiring incentives. Lunch hes. Did it cut into your profit . Yes. We have to make sure the business is there to service it. This is a labor intensive business. If youve been through a move, these boxes dont pack themselves or couches wrap up in cellophane. They need workers. Millions are needed around the country. No offense to the folks that needed the benefit, but maybe this will be a spur to hire those folks. Neil very good point. Jobs soared the prior month. So there has to be another culprit that were missing here. Thanks, jeff. I want to explore that with steve moore. Let say its reluctance about the covid spikes, people anxious in returning to work. What do you think about that . Theres no question that some of the reluctant of workers to go back to work is because of the delta variant. No doubt about it. Thats one of the reasons we had a disappointing jobs report. The evidence is crystal clear that these states i disagree with the wall Street Journal analysis. I think its clear in talking to employers around the country that the additional benefits has made it difficult to get these workers back as you heard that business owner. There was a survey last week. Half of the companies said they cant get worker back. Eight million unemployed people. 10 Million jobs. How do we get them back in jobs . The extra Unemployment Benefits go away today. That will be a benefit to get people back on the job. Neil we had the exact situation the prior month when things were soaring. Its a Jump Ball that is doing this. What if its people just leery, period . Could be people resident about the vaccines and future employers demanding this stuff. Theyre just sitting tight, holding tight. How much of a lag could this have . Its not just Unemployment Benefits that have increased. A week or two ago, the president expanded food stamps. Were proviing people with 300 per Week Cash benefits, rental assistance. The whole panoply of these benefits have incentivized for people going back to work who is it not fair for . The people that have been working. They are getting less money than the people staying home on their couch. I dont see how its fair. I dont see how its good for the economy. The longer people stay unemployed because many people are unemployed now for 18 months, the worst it is for their families, for themselves and the small businesses. I think we have to get back to as much as possible Business As Usual and reward people for working, not reward people for not working. Neil were waiting for the president here. Hes in New York and promising more Aid And Emergency requests to include 16 Million in more funding. What do you make of that . Well, look, we know in cases that we have a national emergency or a natural disaster like this, we do come in and provide aid. What we ought to be doing, saying if we have to spend 16 Billion, then we should cut other Government Programs and make room for that. Thats what the government never does. Just keep borrowing. This will increase our national debt. For the future of our country and the future of our finances, its a very propmatic proposition. Neil one of the things the president has been pushing is this notion that im here, im with you, im going to stand by you. We have this 3. 5 Trillion human Infrastructure Package that will address this. If he stopped at the bipartisan package, he might have a good argument to make. Some of this other stuff, i dont know. Dont forget the big story from friday with Senator Joe Manchin saying in the wall Street Journal, i cant go for 3. 5 Trillion. We have to put a pause on it. Neil what could that mean . Could be 2. 99 trillion. In the end, he almost always votes where the democrats or setting up a smaller number. Well, you know, youre going to have to have him on your show to answer that question. I dont know whats going through his mind. I think all americans, democrats and republicans agree 4. 5 Trillion in spending will financially ruin us. For that amount of money, we could eliminate taxes for a year. Imagine how many the economy would grow if we told every business you dont have to pay taxes. It would be cheaper than this new spending. Comes out to 4. 5 Trillion, a little over 110 Million households, thats like 40,000 per household. Neil its going to be tough to get over the end zone. That could mean Tax Hikes to pay for this could be delayed as well. What do you think of that . The democrats have a big problem, neil. Numbers are not adding up. They have to go to something called the joint Tax Committee and the cbo to get the final numbers. Guess what . Theyre saying that your numbers dont Add Up. Youre way short on your revenues. Now democrats are looking at a whole panoply of new tax increases including you might be taxed on the number of miles you drive in your car. Yeah, thats a tough one to get through. This is a chance for the president to pivot from afghanistan, easier said than done. How do you think that is going . If i were president , i would want to Pivot Awhy from it. But here on the home front, things are not going well either. We have a Border Crisis that youve been reporting on regularly at Fox News. A problem of rising prices and inflation, the small Business Problem of not having workers available and then covid. Show me something is that is going right. The president will talk about that in his plans to financially help everyone in the Storms Path out after this. Take a look. I wish every american could walk down this alley with me to see and talk to the people who have been devastated. Just talk to them. None of them were shouting or complaining. Every one of them were thanking me as if it was somebody special. I mean this sincerely that i was here. Hoped that we would be able to do something. This is america where im standing right now. These are the people, anywhere around the world, the country, that build this country. Its about time we step up. Theyre always the first ones that are hurt and the last ones helped that wont happen this time. The group with me led by Chuck Schumer and your Congress Woman is this your district . Its graces. I want to thank her personally for her gumption the way shes fought and hollered and fought so hard for all the people in this alley. I mean it. Thank you, thank you. That goes for everybody here. Look, folks, i want to thank governor for and Leader Schumer and Kristin Senator Gillibrand and congresswoman ming, Malone And Mayor De Blasio for being here. Its not how can i say this . Sometimes some very bad things happen that have a tendency to bring out the best in people in our country. I think what people are seeing across this country from the wild fires in california and the far rest, which im heading to in a couple days, all the way to down in louisiana in the gulf where i was a couple days ago to New Jersey and pennsylvania, the lesser Extent Delaware and New York, people are beginning to realize this is much, much bigger than anybody was willing to believe. The whole sellment of our population denying this thing called Climate Change. I mean it. Sometimes my mother used to say, of everything bad something good will come if you look hard enough for it. Were all seen even the climate skeptics are seeing that this really does matter. Its not just whether or not people who are just trying to get by in these homes and these alleys here. Working their butts off. Its people in hightowers along the shore that find that as this rain and all of this change takes place in the ground water, the buildings are beginning to tilt. This goes so far beyond what anybody is willing to speak to till now. We surveyed the damage here in queens. Earlier today we were in New Jersey, which also got badly hit. Walking in these neighborhoods, meeting with families and first responders, seeing how folks are doing after this Destruction And Pain and another devastating form is an eye opener. The people that stand on the other side of the fences that dont live there that were yelling that were talking about interfering with free enterprise, by doing something about Climate Change, they dont live there. They dont live. They dont understand. You know, last week right here in so many other communities, the waves crashed through the streets here testing the Aging Infrastructure and taking lives. More lives were taken here than down in louisiana. Say that again. They had over 20 inches of rain. They had 178 miles an hour winds, gusts. More lives were taken here than down in louisiana. You know, you all saw the harrowing him images. Just go along this valley. Talk to the people. Im sure the press has done that. My message to every one grappling with this devastation is were here. Were not going home until this gets done. I mean that. Were not leaving. Were going to continue to shout as long as it takes to get real problem here. Folks, we have to take some bold action now to tackle the accelerating effects of the climate. If we dont act now, im going to be heading as chuck knows, the senator knows, im going from here to glasgow in scotland for the all the nations of the world getting together to decide what were going to do about Climate Change. John kerry, the former Secretary Of State, is leading our effort. Were determined, we are determined that were going to deal with Climate Change and have zero emissions by 2050, by 2020 make sure that all of our electricity is zero emissions. Were going to do these things. We have to move, we have to move. We have to move the rest of the world. Its not just the United States of america. This summer along, communities with over 100 Million americans, 100 americans americans call home have been struck by extreme weather. One in every three americans a been victimized by severe weather. The hurricanes along the gulf, the east coast, up through this community. I saw the human and physical costs first hand as i said in louisiana. Governor you were called, Phil Murphy, so many of the leading governor murphy, so many leading with Urgency And Action have said enough, enough. Theres not a single request that im aware of, there may be something, that we havent sign off on. Heres the deal. The New York police department, the Sanitation Department and other first responders, theyre leading with incredible, incredible courage. Two linemen have been killed trying to make sure that we have power. Folks, its clear. Climate Change Pose as threat to our lives, to our commit and the threat is here. Its not going to get any better. The Question Cant get worse. We can stop it from getting worse. When i talk about building back better and chuck is fighting for my program, our program on the will, when i talk about building back better. You cant build back what it was like before the storm. You have to build back better so theres no damage. That wont stop us. If we do that, it will get worse and worse and worse. Because the storms are going to get worse and worse and worse. So folks, we have to listen to the scientists and economists and the national security experts. They tell us this is code red. The nation and the world are in peril. Thats not hyperbole. That is a fact. Theyve been warning us, the extreme weather would get more extreme over the decade and were living in a real time now. Look at the wreckage and the ruin. Feel it. You can taste it, see it. Precious lives lost in louisiana, New Jersey, New York. Families living in shelters, subway stations, decaying infrastructure pushed beyond the limits. Lives interrupted again. Were working closely for the governors and the mayors and members of Congress And Community leaders. Sunday i approved the Disaster Declaration of Governor Hochul to rush federal assistance to where it was needed here. Fema is working intensively with state and local officials assessing the damage and mobilizing resources. One of the things to thank chuck for as the leader of the senate, hes helped mobilize state, fail and local. When they work together, thats when things happen positively. The health and human Services Secretary is working with the state to ensure folks only Medicare And Medicaid get the Emergency Care that they need. Theyre going to make sure its equitable so the hardest hit including lower income folks, communities of color and the elderly and the most vulnerable get help and get it first. The one the ones in the greatest need. Theres much to be done working around the clock and all of these critical needs and areas. Look, i say to anyone that can hear this that this is broadcast. If you need help, please go to disasterassistance. Gov. Or call 1800621fema. 18006213362. We can get you help now. We can get you help now. I know these disasters wont step. Only going to come with more frequency. Im working in congress to pass two important pieces of legislations that this man is taking through to congress for me. The bipartisan plan to modernize our physical infrastructure, roads, our fridges, our power transmissions, distribution lines. How many i just went through in New Jersey that have been overflown by the river. The river has gone higher than the bridges having done damage to them. My build back better plan with key investments to fight Climate Change, cutting emissions and making things more resilient. Each dollar that we invest, every dollar we raise, a City Block by two Feet Flood Proof power stations, sanitations, reduction of the kindling in forests, installing electrical lines underground rather than overhead. The next time disaster strikes, the flood is contained, the flood doesnt spread and the fire stays on. Not to mention that they save lives and create good paying union jobs. I hosted 56 Heads Of State in washington. I pointed out, wore talking about Climate Change. I think of one word when i say Climate Change. Jobs. Good paying jobs. Each of these things requires a good paying job, not 7 or 12 or 15. 45, 50 an hour plus healthcare. That is what is needed. So folks, in wall street, not far from here, acknowledges that we spend the money on these things and well grow the economy. Increase employment. The fire in oregon sent smoke to the atlantic. The storm in the gulf as you now figured out can reverberate ten states away. Simply chains and Crop Production get interrupted driving up costs, devastating industries all over america, this is everybodys crisis. Everybodys crisis. Let me just say again, the fact is that the damage done on the west coast, which ill be headed to, they have already burned Five Million acres to the ground. That is bigger than the state of New Jersey if im not mistaken. Five million acres. You can see it by the smoke that ends up coming over the east coast. Folks, were all in this. Its about time that we stop the regional fights and understand, helping somebody make sure theres no fewer fires in the west, warrants helping people in this alley makes sure theyre not flooded. By the way, its not just the flooding. Ill end with this. Its not just the flooding. Flooding ends up overrunning sanitation systems. It costs disease. People get sick. Its serious business. We have a lot of work to do. Again, its good paying jobs. We can put the economy back on a path to real growth. In the meantime, were going to save a whole hell of a lot of peoples lives and were going to save a whole hell of a lot of money. God bless you all. Lets get this done. Look at that nice kid with the american flag. Say hello. Hello, pal. Whats your name . How old are you . Youre getting old. By the way, the neat thing about america, every time we end up with a problem, going into a serious circumstance, we come out better than we went in. Thats because were so diverse. Thats america. Be proud of it. Thank you. Dont jump. Great job. Thank you. Neil all right. Still monitoring to see if he says anything. The president uses this opportunity after the storm and the aftermath of I Da that killed 52 people, this is more than a chance to address Climate Change and it will pay for itself. The numbers dont Add Up at this point. Hes talking about raising taxes on the well to do and corporations and covers a little more than half the cost of the 3. 5 Trillion package that others have put closer to 5 Trillion. Thats a debate in washington for another day. The president wants to make it a more immediate day. For my next guest, its an issue of protecting and helping people right now. Kristin palmer is a new Orleans Councilmember who is following these developments and what has been a devil of a time helping the elderly and those evacuate a senior living facility. Council members, how are things looking now . Were looking great if the way ida hit us. We did well. Shows the investments paid off. Where we saw loss of life is in the aftermath quite frankly and not being and to handle the amount and the took it took once the power went out. It showed our vulnerabilities and 0 lot of these facilities. You have also have to deal with covid. That is a lot 0 juggle, isnt it . It is. Weve done this before. Last year we had seven named storms that came through during covid. Weve shown our resilience time and time again. What were seeing now is the quickness of the storms have prevented us from being able to evacuate. With Contra Flow when you evacuate an entire city, it has to be done in stages. So we have to look at how do you make a plan for the Aftermath And Loss of power for long periods of time. Because what we saw in New Orleans is that you have these things called independent living facilities. If you have a wheelchair on the Flood Floor and you have power and an elevateder. What do you do when the power goes out. We lost someone on my district. I was on the second floor. Didnt have access to oxygen or an elevateder. Quite frankly, there was no management on site. Nobody knew what was going on in this independent living facility. Its something that is tragic that shouldnt have happened. We need to start evaluating what we consider independent living and ensuring that when these things happen, you have loss of electricity. How do you protect the most vulnerable. Neil yeah. Think about it you know the Weather Forecast better. I think i heard rain and threats or more flooding. How do you prepare for that . Well, the biggest thing is the Heat Index, too. Youve seen that climb up. This past Week Weve had Heat Index over 106. That can again really affect our vulnerable populations. So you do need to be able to make sure that we have the ability to evacuate them Post Storm or make sure that we have generators that can be functional until 96 Hours Post Storm so people can survive it. Thats what were talking about, what happens Post Storm at this point. Neil so Power Hasnt returned . Were now over 75 together with our storms in terms of electricity. Thats doing well. Again, its something that comes in phases. You cant just flip a city and the entire city comes back on. Youll see in different parts of town, well have the electricity faster than others. We talk about hardening the system longterm. How do we make our infrastructure more resilient and at the same time paying attention to how we make sure people can stay in their homes in the aftermath of a storm like this. Neil good point. Thanks very much. Youre doing the yeomans work here. That Hat Hello Everybody im joyce with judge jeanine pirro, Dana Perino and greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 oclock in New York city and this is the five. President Biden Left Americans behind in afghanistan and now his administrations being accused of stealing credit for getting people out. 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