states. they are also asking people to stay off the roads and avoid any unnecessary travel. flash flooding warning has been extended until 3:00 a.m. in the area and 3:00 a.m. eastern time. there are also reports of flooding in dorm buildings from reuters university in new jersey, to yale, rutgers, excuse me, to yale university in new haven, connecticut. the flooding is also stranding air travel with water rising in the lower level of newark international airport. now work has since been able to resume limited flight operations but earlier tornados touched down in southern new jersey. dozens of homes were destroyed. now, joining us on the phone is pat a retired nypd detective and the founder and president of a consulting company. he drove through what he tells me was four feet of water in westchester county and has many employees right now helping in louisiana. can you hear me right now? yes, loud and clear. hi. we were talking just a little bit ago, pat, you said ther
todd: straight to this breaking news, more on the shocking information you are seeing this morning. reporter: a 2-year-old is among 7 people reported dead this morning as remnants of ida recap across the northeast, a state of emergency issued for new york as mayor bill deblasio urges residents to stay on the streets. the mta suspending trains as we have heavy flooding in stations but take a look at this video of water literally gushing onto a platform. the nypd has been busy responding to calls of people needing help including the man who was trapped in a flooded basement. the nypd special ops unit bringing the man and his dog to safety, both are okay. earlier this morning i talked with retired new jersey police lieutenant steve rogers about this devastating flooding, take a listen. i was a police officer for 38 years. we ve had storms, we ve had hurricanes, nothing like this. because it was so quiet. very unusual in that there were no high windss but this was just a quie
people realized last night they couldn t make it further. they went through the flood, car stalled out or in some cases in the case i have a sister who lives nearby. she had somebody with another vehicle come to her rescue. these are horrific. bill: we just came on this image in bridgeport, pennsylvania, the northwestern side of philadelphia. we ll see how it goes throughout the day. some of the images, sandra, it hit at rush hour which put more people in peril. outside at the time which led to more issues for many. as we mentioned, nine dead and this is the same storm that hit new orleans about a week ago at a category 4 strength. we ll watch this. sun us up in the northeast, amazing blue skies. the sooner we get the water out the better. screen right is from queens, new york last night on board a city bus. there were two images that were filed from inside this bus. it s a river, right? but there is another image we ll see in a little bit here and queue it up for you. th
distancing laura: awesome show. the amazing president biden and his leadership is so impressive. from san francisco tonight, you don t have to go to afghanistan to see widespread suffering and despair or to witness a tragic breakdown in civil society. you can see that right here miles from multimillion dollar homes owned by the billionaire titans of the tech world. it has been a problem here for decades but the situation now is spiraling totally out of control. just a block from the major police precinct we saw people doing crack on the street and washing their clothes at a dirty wiki hydrant. this once great american city, we are horrified at the taliban and terrorizing the people of afghanistan why are so many numb when our people are being terrorized here? it is a democrat engineered american tragedy but i the voters finally wising up? we are going to show you tonight will shock you but first the great unraveling is the focus of tonight s angle. the humiliation of americ
afghanistan. the plans to get them home safely. four days after taking power the taliban is facing some of the first challenges to its authority, chaotic demonstrations breaking out across the country and three cities including jalalabad where this protest took place and despite the taliban s promise they would not use arms against those who oppose them these protests have been getting ugly. we are getting reports that several people were killed in a different protest today, the taliban fired on people waving the national flag of the previous government. lots of questions how women will be treated under the taliban. and the rule from 1996 to 2001 women weren t allowed to work or leave their homes without being covered head to so and girls were not allowed to go to school. the television has been saying women will have more rights this time around but today that seems less certain. one of the taliban s most senior leaders said this yesterday. to go to school universities,