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: commun
and then today on cnn, the white house chief of staff tried to clarify. did he get ahead of the science by setting the specific date for boosters before the data was? . i think what we said was we would be ready as of the 20th. that was the projection from the senior science team as to when the fda would clear the boosters. i want to be clear. no one is going to get boosters until the fda says they re approved until the cdc advisory committee makes a recommendation. all this as the virus spreads rapidly. virtually all americans live in areas with high levels of community transmission. florida is seeing its deadliest days of this pandemic. the average number of daily deaths reported in florida has broken records for three straight weeks in a row. across the country hospitalizations nearly tripled in july. then doubled in august. and now concerns are growing about the new, new coronavirus variant beginning to circulate. let s begin with that confusion over the booster sh
to send the national guard to the hardest hit. our situation is dire. we re setting case records. we have a record number of in the hospital. we have regard number of families praying for their loved one on a ventilator and needing that assistance to breathe. here is your daily reminder that it doesn t have to be this way. august cdc data shows 99.99% of people, that s almost 100% who are vaccinated avoid hospitalization or death from the virus. many kids who are heading back to the classroom after labor day aren t old enough to get a shot. a study shows more children have needed emergency room visits and hospitalizations in states with lower vaccination rates. in other words, adults refusal to get vaccinated is hurting and potentially killing innocent children who have no choice, no option for protection. washington vaccine mandate for teachers and staff goes into effect next month. in florida, school districts are defying their own governor doubling down on school manda
hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now, desperation setting in as cities from the gulf coast to the northeast deal with the aftermath of hurricane ida. at least 50 people are dead across the northeast and many are facing flood warnings again today. and we re just learning president biden will visit new jersey and new york tuesday to survey the damage. the death toll in louisiana and mississippi stands at 13. many hard-hit communities there are running short on food, fuel, and other supplies. in louisiana, the desperation is turning deadly. a man was killed after reportedly cutting in line at a gas station. fuel supplies are growing more scarce by the day. police say the shooting proves how desperate people are. it s unbelievable that people can t act like adults in this situation. ladies and gentlemen, the services are here. we don t have enough gas. we don t have enough gas being delivered to stations. we don t have eno
scene, he s been taking it all in over the last couple of days. wolf, what are you seeing? yeah, it s a really depressing scene as we go through meeting with families and loved ones. it s hard to go through this, as you know, jim, you know this area very, very well, as do i. we just learned, jim, a little while ago that family members of the victims were bused into a site for a private visit. many of them still searching for answers, not knowing if their loved ones are among those lost in the rubble. crews there aren t just searching for victims. they re also searching for evidence. florida s governor says pieces of debris are being taken to a nearby warehouse so they can be forensically analyzed. let s get right to cnn s brian todd, he s very near the search and rescue site where crews are continuing their heroic efforts right now. brian, family members, people at home, they are praying, they are hoping for any signs of life, for any reason to be hopeful, for that matter.