the search is reportedly su suspended after two college students still missing were swept into a storm drain. their car can be seen right here atop the railing above a storm drain. across louisiana, the situation becoming increasingly desperate as temperatures soar and food and fuel run short. in jefferson pf son parish, a m shot and killed while waiting in line at a gas station. cnn has team coverage on the ground as the clean-up continues. we ll check in with adrienne in new orleans in a moment. first, evan mcmorris-santoro in paterson, new jersey. evan, what is the situation there? reporter: fred, i want to talk to you about how this storm is still going on in places like paterson, new jersey. take a look at this river over here. this is the passaic river. flood stage is 7 feet. earlier this morning, the national weather service said it was at 9 feet. you can see how high that water is. that s still going on. obviously, it s not as bad as it was on wednesday night. i wan
it s not the government that will be coming after these clinics. the government puts the power in the hands of regular citizens who can sue providers or any woman who violates this law. texas rangers are already setting up websites for tip-offs. they say it s a bounty hunter system. the texas law creates a vij l vigilante system. they have been hall marks of the lone star state along with the size. you know the saying, everything is bigger in texas. some women will have to drive for hours to reach the next state line if they get a legal abortion, that is if she can afford it. gloria allred represented norma mccorby who is jane roe. gloria, what was your reaction when you heard this law in texas would be allowed stay on the books? what did you think of that? i immediately thought we have to fight against this. we have to do everything we can legally, politically, emotionally. we have to get to the streets as well, put our bodies on the line to support the women of texa
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. desperate acts in the wake of hurricane ida. six victims are dead after an evacuation gone incredibly wrong. they were among many that were evacuated to a warehouse with deplorable conditions. nearly one-third of gas stations are without fuel, some people waiting for five hours to fill their tanks just so they can sit in their cars with air-conditioning, the desperation and frustration boiling over on friday. one person was fatally shot in line at a gas station in jefferson parish. in the northeast, at least 50 people died from the storm. half the fatalities are in new jersey where flash floods demolished basements and tore through buildings. on tuesday president biden will visit new york and new jersey to survey the damage. nadia is here for us. nadia, what are people in new orleans telling you? they sound like they re fed up with this. reporter: yeah, jim, everyone is tired because they said we made it through hurricane ida, but it
a crisis in america s hospitals, icus nearing capacity all because of coronavirus patients. we begin this hour with breaking news. the right to an abortion effectively eliminated in the state of texas today. the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation went into effect this morning in the state after the u.s. supreme court declined to step in overnight. the texas law bans abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy with no exception for rape or incest. make no mistake, the real life application and intention of this law is to ban abortions altogether. it allows private citizens to sue anyone who performs procedures or even helps a woman get an abortion. we ll get to the details in all of this in just a second. first, let s be real. the very same people in the very same state who say don t you dare tell me to wear a mask, the same people say that is government overreach because it violates individual freedoms, those very same people clearly are saying now, never mind when
inspiring moments, no question that covid hangs over these games. overnight three new cases were identified in the olympic village pushing the total number related to the games to 110, and we ve barely begun. much of what is to come will feel familiar, the competition, the performances. and of course the pageantry. but some things will feel very strange especially events in svevenues built for thousands holding just hundreds or even completely e. let s bring in dr. sanjay gupta who is live at the event for us. good morning, just set the scene. it is as laura mentioned the covid olympics and it is being held in a city under a state of emergency. reporter: yes, i mean the scene is that in many ways it is a tale of two cities. you know, you have excitement and you have anxiety. you have the excitement of the olympics for sure, but you have the anxiety of the fact that this is the first really the first global gathering of this size since the pandemic began. so athletes wil