Flood warnings again today. In cranford, new jersey, stunning video showing water right there, just rushing right into the home in the basement, plowing down that wall. In nearby passaic, new jersey, the search continues after two college students still missing were swept into a storm drain. Their car can be seen sitting atop a railing above the storm drain. And across louisiana, the situation is becoming increasingly desperate as temperatures soar and food and fuel run short. In jefferson parish, a man was shot and killed while waiting in line at a gas station. Cnn has team coverage on the ground, as the cleanup continues. We ll check with nadia romero in new orleans in a moment. But first, evan mcmorris santoro is in paterson, new jersey. Evan, what s the situation? reporter: well, fred, you mentioned that video out of cranford of that water rapidly filling up that basement. That s what happened here in paterson, as well. The passaic river runs through this town, it flooded very, ver
Said, much bigger than the 7. 0 earthquake of 2010. The problem right now is they don t have equipment nearby, rescue equipment that is sorely needed, and the prime minister has called a state of emergency, but i m not quite sure how quickly they can get the resources out to people to help save some lives. Right now they are releasing they are confirming 29 dead, but i m afraid that that toll is going to rise rather dramatically in the next few days. Gary, something you know so well. 2010, and you just mentioned the number of casualties, that the numbers will probably grow. You remember how the big problem was rescue and hospital resources being mobilized? that was a big cause of 300,000 people being lost in 2010. How are those specific resources today in 2021? reporter: well, not much. A lot of the rescue is done by international community, the u. S. , canada and other countries sending help. Since then, unfortunately, haiti has not really shored its emergency preparedness. As you kno
Covering the infrastructure debate, and in mississippi and california covering the dangerous spread of coronavirus. In fact, that is where we will start. Nbc s allison barber is outside a hospital in jackson, mississippi, where they are starting to see a rise in children hospitalized with covid. Las vegas an indoor mask mandate is back in america s second largest city and i want to bring in dylan byers and dr. Patel. Let s start in mississippi, one of the least vaccinated states in our country and now children make up 7% of icu covid patients statewide there. What are you hearing from folks on the ground about the crisis? reporter: yeah, the numbers are rising here. They re rising quickly. That s what s giving a lot of doctors concern is the rate at which they re seeing these numbers really start to pick up. We are outside of a children s hospital. It s part of a larger medical system. One of the largest in this state. They say they have seen hospitalizations pick up across all ages in
The screen for what they call the human infrastructure plan to fight things like climate change, to prop up health care, and dramatically expand medicare and family service programs for child care, elder care, universal prek, and two years of free community college. We are going to get this done. We are getting this done. But getting all 50 senate democrats and independents from bernie sanders to joe manchin agreeing of what to agree on what needs to be included and the maneuver to bypass the republicans, there is no room for error and not a single defection of the dems and can they keep the house progressives on board, and at the same time, the president is trying to keep the ten senate republicans on board with the separate bipartisan hard infrastructure plan for roads, highways and bridges and major works project, and so now you can see where the balancing act is coming into play. They have to keep all of the democrats on board, can t alienate the republicans they need and want to p
Both doses of the vaccine. The dangerous storms moving across the northeast and the record heat wave in the midwest. It will feel like 100 degrees in minneapolis. When does this end? rob marciano with us live to time this out. There is also news tonight about the crippling drought across multiple states. The alarming images tonight of lake meade at the hoover dam. Matt gutman at the hoover dam tonight. The new report from the inspector general at the interior department that finds lafayette park was not cleared out for that photo op with former president trump holding that bible. So, why was it cleared? here in new york city, the bus on a busy street crashing into cars then veering, jumping a curb, slamming right into a building. Tonight here, the video inside the bus of the driver, leading to many new questions. We have reported here on the cicadas showing up after 17 years. Tonight, causing this accident? the mayor of cincinnati and the police there with a new warning. And america st