Homes simply gone. Cnns Pete Muntean is where an Ef2 Tornado struck in pennsylvania. Pete, what kind of damage are you seeing . Reporter ana, the officials here are describing this damage as devastating after the Ef2 Tornado came through here only less than 48 hours ago. Governor Tom Wolf just finished updating folks here and said that there were hundreds of calls for Water Rescues. The issue here is not necessarily just flooding, although that has been widespread throughout Montgomery County where there have been three deaths, maybe a fourth death that we were just learning of. Governor Tom Wolf of pennsylvania joins me now. Governor, whats the priority now that we are more than 36 hours away from when the storm passed through . Whats the focus . The focus is on cleanup and getting people back to their normal lives as quickly as we possibly can. You can see given the magnitude of the devastation, thats a big, big job. There are a lot of people working, as i said in my comments earlier
Nearly 5 Million are still under flood warnings. Still dangerous conditions in a lot of places. At the same time, were moving into a Recovery Mode and a cleanup mode. The Recovery Process for this is going to take months. We now know that at least eight tornados hit multiple states. New jersey was hit with its strongest tornado in 30 years. In Louisiana And Mississippi where 13 people were killed, hundreds of thousands of others still face fuel shortages, power outages, and sweltering temperatures. The Heat Index in parts of louisiana will top 105 degrees today. Lets start there. Cnns Adrian Broads is in New Orleans, adrian, youre up first. Youve been talking to people and bringing us their stories, desperate for Gas And Food and some comfort, electricity. Describe what youre hearing that they want to hear, what they want to see from President Biden. Reporter when President Biden comes, they want answers. These are people who are starving for hope. You got to keep in mind, this is a da
Meaning well learn exactly what charges the former president s company and the top executive are facing. The Chief Financial Officer surrendering to prosecutors this morning. And he is vowing to fight, not flip, but could the charges change that . We know prosecutors have been investigating a Mult Dude of potential violations. We are told attorneys have narrowed their focus, specifically on cash bonuses. And whether the organization properly paid taxes on those and other benefits. While we wait for these indictments to be unsealed, i want to bring in former assistant u. S. Attorney for the southern district of New York and cnn chief political analyst. Good to have you both here. Ellie, if these charges are solely related to whether taxes were paid on bonuses, that seems pretty small. Its my understanding prosecutors rarely do this. If this is where two plus years of investigation has led, what does that tell you . If this is all prosecutors have, its not much. Now, the key thing to Loo
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