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remnants of hurricane ida battered the northeast with record-breaking rain and historic and deadly flooding. at least 46 people have now died across six states. many drowning in their homes and cars. more than 20 million people remain under flood warnings this morning. the threat of flooding from rising rivers is expected to continue into the holiday weekend. and officials say that more than 500 new yorkers had to be rescued from flooded roads, buildings and subway stations. the new york police department even had to make a water rescue in central park. at least eight tornadoes touched down in pennsylvania, massachusetts and new jersey. at times reducing homes to nothing but splinters. and now, the clean-up and damage assessment begins. we begin this morning with cnn s polo sandoval who is live in hard-hit bound brook, new jersey. polo, hey, what s going on? and what are you seeing over there? reporter: kaitlan, good morning to you. that nearby river is slowly it ....
passengers forced to jump up onto seats because the water was rising so fast. several people killed in basement apartments. and tonight, those confirmed tornadoes, including a possible ef-3. winds more than 135 miles per hour. and this evening, the new images coming in from philadelphia. evacuations still under way. people taken from a hotel just a short time ago. our team across the storm zone tonight. whit johnson, janai norman and ginger zee with what drove this. and now the concern going forward. also tonight, the supreme court overnight issuing a 5-4 ruling. the court will allow the new texas law banning most abortions to move forward. tonight, president biden calling it an unprecedented assault on women s rights. several states already using this texas law as a potential blueprint. so, what does this mean for the future of roe versus wade? rachel scott in texas, terry moran at the supreme court. the desperation growing in louisiana tonight. millions still withou ....
so when you hear the word resiliency, i know the energy guys know this, it s about making the systems from our transmission of energy straight through to the highways we re building, the bridges, resilient to the change that we re seeing happening. sorry, i won t interrupt like that again. i just hope you take a look at it. tell me if we need more or less, too. thank you, mr. president. i think with that, it s a great way to segway to our fema administrator. thank you. mr. president, governor, in addition to some of the numbers you mentioned, we have about 1,200 responders from the federal family on the ground. that doesn t include those back at the national response coordination center as well as our regional response coordination center. representing 22 different federal government agencies. we have right now, 197 ambulances that have been actively engaged in trying to help with managing the support for the health care system. we also have 12 mobile communication ....
first ever flash flood emergency. look at this subway platform. officials say this was a once in a 500-year event. more than 8 inches of rain in just a matter of hours in some places. also in new jersey, a tornado leveling homes. a concrete slab all that remains for some. we have live team coverage ready to bring you every angle. first, let s get to pete in philadelphia. rescues are still happening nearby. pete, that river is still rising. that s right. you know, we re maybe only at the beginning of the end here in the philadelphia area. this is the schukyl river. it s at 16 feet and could go to 19 feet as the waters are only now beginning to resurge. the flood warning here in philadelphia ends at 7: 7 a.m. tomorrow, and the national weather service says it will not get below flood stage in philadelphia until after midnight tonight. i want to show you the impact of this river. there have been water rescues taking place all day. the governor s administration says there ....
streets, homes and, as you can see here, the subway. at least 13 deaths were reported in new york. most of the victims were found in basements that flooded before rescuers could reach them. the streets of new jersey were filled with water. look at this. these are rescue operations happening. this is happening in new jersey there in newark. also, this is in boundbrook. we have live pictures up for you now. you can see just at the edge of flooded roadways there. we know in new jersey and pennsylvania, delaware as well, there are rescue operations happening. we have seen people stranded on roof tops. crews are using excavators, rafts to pull people trapped in their homes. president biden outlined earlier the federal help that he s deployed across several states. and i want to express my heartfelt thanks to all of the first responders and everyone who has been working through the night, well into the morning to save lives and get power back. there s a lot of damage, and ....