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good evening. two major events we are following at this moment both involving president biden and both ll pivotal moments that may influence american livelihoods and prosperity. one later this week involves an address to the nation about the administration s fight against the coronavirus. we ll have more on that. we ll start with the other major event, president biden s tour this afternoon of the storm-damaged northeast. stops in new york and new jersey where most of the at least 52 people who died from the remnants of hurricane ida. there was a chance to meet those in need and distress and back up to try to push major agenda setting items specifically an infrastructure bill with nominal republican support and a separate bill loaded with democratic priorities collectively worth trillions of dollars. one of those priorities a push to battle climate change, which the president today spoke of in stark terms. and so, folks, we ve got to listen to the scientists and the ec ....
visiting towns and neighborhoods that days ago looked pristine and now completely still flooded out all the while making the hard sell on his domestic agenda trying to offer his infrastructure and budget plans as solutions in preventing future death and devastation. we got to listen to the scientists and the economists and the nasa security experts. they all tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril and that s not hyperbole, that a fact. it s a bipartisan plan to modernize our physical ins infras infrastructure, our roads. how many bridges i went through in new jersey that had been over flown by the river because the next time disaster strikes, the flood is contained, the fire doesn t spread as widely and power stays on. not to mention those investments save lives, homes and create good paying union jobs. president biden making a hard pivot to his economic plan as you heard there trying to turn the page on crisis that have consumed his white ho ....
now they re coming every three, four and five years, he said. in a moment, we ll have a live report from louisiana as well. first athena jones joins us with the latest from new york city. so, what s going on? reporter: well, anderson, we are in gequeens, one of the are hardest hit from the storm in terms of damage, as you can see from the debris piled up behind me. people are putting out appliances and furniture to try to rebuild their lives, so hard hit with damages, but also with loss of life. many of the deaths in queens occurring in blooded basement apartments. reporter: heartbreaking stories of loss. new york police showing video of their attempt to rescue a queens couple and their 2-year-old, all three later found dead in their flooded basement apartment. two other queens residents died when a wall collapsed in the flooding. what we saw today was absolutely heartbreaking. the amount of damage and destruction that these families have experienced. reporter: ....
prime minister appeared to say in the statement just now that the prime minister appeared to say in the statementjust now that the risk that is the statementjust now that the risk that is posed to the uk is unknown. he suggested in a media interview we would he suggested in a media interview we would rety he suggested in a media interview we would rely on open source intelligence. could he say more attout intelligence. could he say more about that? and also that we might be in about that? and also that we might be in a about that? and also that we might be in a position where we are sharing be in a position where we are sharing intelligence with countries like china sharing intelligence with countries like china and russia. given the significant like china and russia. given the significant national security implications of this, the house has a right implications of this, the house has a right to implications of this, the house has a right to understan ....
that the company hadn t followed through that procedure properly. but just having much wider implications for employers. but i think after the last year and a half that we ve been through, you would think that most employers now are quite geared up for flexible working to having to adapt the needs of employees. and if you have happy employees, you have a more productive staff. and it s not just for women and young children, lots of people find themselves in a position at some point in their life where they have older parents to care for. and i think the pandemic is shown that flexible working is not as difficult as people thought although obviously clearly, with some jobs although obviously clearly, with somejobs it sjust although obviously clearly, with some jobs it s just not possible. sam, let s now illustrate for people at home the advantages we enjoy and we hope we share with you at home in terms of giving you more than one paper s take on things. the norther ....