electricity yet again this morning. residents are waiting in these long lines, look at this. they just want to buy gas and food. president biden says the federal government will do its part. there s much to be done. we re working around the clock with the governor and the elected officials there until we can meet every need you all have. our correspondents are covering the storm from the gulf coast to the northeast. let s begin there and bring in cnn s evan mcmorris cant santor. he joins us from new jersey. bring us up to speed on the conditions there now. reporter: boris and christi, you both said it best. this is an ongoing emergency. here in the northeast, we ve seen reports of dry ice being delivered. people without power in westchester county, new york. we have rescue operations still ongoing in passaic, new jersey. here in paterson, new jersey, where the passaic river is the life blood of the town, we re dealing with what is actually flooding. the national weather
the northeast. it drowned us. close to 50 dead, still counting, still early numbers. that s in the northeast and mid-atlantic states. the question becomes why? too much, too soon. so much rain, record rainfall in many places, in a compressed period of just a few hours. for example, in new york city, a record three inches of rain in one hour. how much is that? the previous record, which stood for 100 years, was just over an inch. this record left wreckage. it was about this time last night that the sky started unleashing its fury, spawning at least eight tornadoes, dumping rain, triggering flash floods. new york city never had a flash flood emergency alert issued ever until now. almost the entire subway system knocked out at one point. came back different ways. people got stranded, got back on. other people got stranded on platforms. some overnight. roads, railroads, stadiums, hopes completely under water. look at this. this is a yankees minor league affiliate stadium in new j
calls himself the qanon shaman. he obviously went viral for wearing a horned bearskin outfit during the assault on the capitol. neither the records nor his attorney indicate which of the charges he s expected to plead guilty to. he was charged with six crimes including felonies for civil disorder and obstructing congressional proceedings. his lawyers wanted him released from jail, where he s been held since his arrest in january. back in march the judge in the case said he found, quote, none of his many attempts to manipulate the evidence and minimize the seriousness of his actions persuasive. as of earlier this week the government has secured 50 guilty pleas in the insurrection. 600 have been charged in federal court. the news continues right now. let s hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. appreciate you, coop. i am chris cuomo and welcome to prime time. tonight we re going to show you the unimaginable scenarios that are still unfolding all across new york, new
session of congress president biden pushing a sweeping agenda to reshape the u.s. economy to work for the middle class. the president called for higher taxes on the wealthy to help fund family leave, child care, tax credits, health care, preschool, college education and an infrastructure plan he says will put americans back to work. american jobs plan is a blue collar blueprint to build america. that s what it is. good guys and women on wall street, but wall street didn t build this country, the middle class built the country and unions built the middle class. we have to prove democracy still works, that our government still works and we can deliver for our people. it was a historic night in other ways as well. for the very first time the president flanked by two women at a joint address. the vice president and speaker of the house behind him there. cnn s jeremy diamond is live at the white house for us this morning. jeremy, good morning to you. take us through the presid
confiscated from one of donald trump s closest confidantes. and the officer who died at the capitol. how this changes. one major city is set to lose thousands of doses today because not enough people want them. good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, april 29th. i think the new york times put it best. during the campaign, joe biden touted himself as a transitional president, but after his first big speech to congress overnight, he s declaring himself not as just transitional, but transformational, transforming the relationship between the government and the people. today the president is spending the 100th day of his presidency on the road, roads he wants a lot of money to fix. speaking of voters in georgia, voters whom he wants to invest sums to child services and others. the white house calls this an issue of fairness and believes these taxes are popular with the american people, but it s clear that this is the poli