It would be more extreme and Climate Change was here and were living through it now. We dont have any more time. Cnns Athena Jones is in manville, New Jersey. Cnns m. J. Lee is in queens, New York. Athena, let me start with you. What will the president see there . Reporter hi, alisyn. Well, this is what he will see. He will see street after street that looks like. This scene is repeated on several streets throughout this community, one of the hardest hit in New Jersey. You are seeing mattresses out on The Street, Kitchen Tables, couches, all kinds of apply answers from refrigerators to washing machines. In houses like this one where we are now it is being entirely gutted. You can see these are the walls having been ripped out of this house because of the levels that the flood got to. We also are seeing the insulation being ripped out because this is how high at this house. Come on in, tom, and you can show them how it is completely gutted inside. We are talking about and this is family
Were going to be in real, real trouble. Our kids are going to be in real trouble. In all, 52 people were killed in the northeast. Families drowning and homes, others in cars. And soon the president will speak directly with more officials and residents in the hard hit areas. In New Jersey, and in new york, and were showing you what it looked like just days ago. Todays trip also a critical moment as the president pushes his infrastructure bill. We have Team Coverage of the president s trip. First athena jones in manville, New Jersey where President Biden will visit next. What will he see and hear from officials there . Reporter well, the president wants to come and see the damage firsthand. See it for himself. Coming to where we are now, we saw piles and piles of debris from houses lined up. This is the biggest Pile Weve seen so far. Its been growing. You can see a couch. Theres a door. There are appliances pulled out. The wood from all the walls. The insulation. And that is because this
Where you see some of the secret service agents. that s where the president is going to be meeting with the residents. that alleyway flooded several feet. then what happened is the water had nowhere to go. it was trapped in the alleyway. it went into the basements of these people s home. here s what this one resident told me just moments ago. we need help. 38 years is enough. nobody wants anything more than just fix it. and we can go pack to what we kind of sort of was a normal life. after you break it down, you rebuild it. it happens again. it s not only me. it s everybody here that s done it five, six, seven times. and she s not the only one raising that frustration. i tried to talk to other people on camera. some of them were afraid to talk because they said they didn t want to talk until they met with the president. the administration asking them not to speak until after they met with the president, and
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you know, you have talked about and you just mentioned it again, that these storms are becoming more fierce and more frequent, but obviously climate change is a huge global long-term problem. so what can i mean what is the answer? what is the answer for the infrastructure? i know you know you talk about the infrastructure bill, so does president biden, but is that the answer to global climate change? it is not the final answer or the final the solution that we ultimately will see help mitigate some of this storm damage, however, it will help. improving our infrastructure with the sewer systems and also raising awareness relative to climate change and taking serious action to reduce how much we emit into the atmosphere. schools in paterson are supposed to reopen tomorrow. now they will have to do that remotely. how long do you think kids will