he s expected to land at jfk airport at any moment. the president will tour the damage from last week s historic flooding in the northeast that killed at least 52 people in six states. biden s visit coming just days after he travelled to louisiana to see destruction there from hurricane ida. the president first plans to go to central new jersey today which w which was inundated with torrential rain last week and then he heads to queens where a dozen people died most of them trapped in flooded basements. meantime new york city officials plan on going door-to-door to make sure that residents apply for federal relief. president biden approving new major disaster declarations for parts of new york and new jersey to help with the recovery. let s go to john harwood now live at the white house with a preview of the president s visit. john, as we anticipate president biden will land at any moment. he s also expected to deliver remarks later in the day from queens. what are we expect
white house, headed for the northeast to get a firsthand look at the damage left by hurricane ida. elsie huge parts of new jersey and new york remain decimated by deadly flooding. ida killing at least 45 people in those two states. some swept away by cars, others drowning in their own homes. new disaster declarations mean parts of both states are eligible for federal aid, but even that is fraught with complaints from counties left off the list of those eligible for aid. and down in louisiana which got hit by ida first, more than 400,000 homes are still in the dark, nine days after the storm rolled through, and high temperatures continue to raise the misery and risk. all three regions are at risk of more severe weather in the coming days. we have all of the angles covered. shannon petty piece at the white house, allison barber in new jersey, and some brock in louisiana outside new orleans. thank you all for joining this morning. sam, nine days have passed, still hundreds of th
choices, nor have you ever been pregnant, but for a woman out there facing those charges, this is an incredibly difficult thing. president biden visiting the site of hurricane ida. some are urging more action on climate challenge. a man and his dog narrowly survived after a massive tornado tore through his house. and new fallout after republican minority leader kevin mccarthy warned technology firms against cooperating with the january 6th investigation. democrats and ethics experts now accuse him of violating rules and tampering with the investigation. we ll have the latest from capitol hill. good morning, everybody. it s saturday, september 4th. i m lindsey reiser. and i m kendis gibson. we re live from msnbc headquarters in new york laboring on this labor day weekend. you did that on the front end. i did it completely backward. the timing of the last two weeks there was a lot. yeah. quite an eventful two weeks. right now we have a team joining us from aus
abortion rights supporters in texas days after that restrictive ban went into effect. we ll speak to the president of planned parenthood about their restraining order against an aggressive anti-abortion group. the president weighing in on the unusual way the ban will be enforced. the most pernicious thing about the texas law is sort of creates a vigilante system. plus desperate pleas for help from pediatricians, children s hospitals across the country facing an unprecedented strain as the delta variant targets the unvaccinated. and sounding the alarm, democrats in california urge residents to take the recall election there seriously. as a conservative talk show host with a controversial past dominates the republican field to potentially replace governor gavin newsom. we say good morning, everybody, it is saturday, september 4th, i m kendis gibson. i m lindsey we re beginning in texas, a victory, though a small one right now, for planned parenthood this morning, a
that this group of folks here, they are the epitome of resiliency, they take care of each other, they feed each other, we re going to continue to be here with you. i want to thank the governor, senator schumer, the mayor, and just for the collaboration of resources here. and we want to make sure that we re all here. thank you. for the people that live here on this street and close by. we don t govern by press conference. it s not just today, it s tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day. you will see a different tone, a different era of collaboration. i was a counsel member for 14 years. i know what is takes to get the job done. you don t just show up one day, you show up until the job is done. with that we will take questions. thank you. also i want to acknowledge others who have joined us today. excellent questions. those are my questioned today. we have to identify the areas we have as a ruler in abilities on our streets. we need to be able to fix those first so we