Children as some parents lose their minds over masks. Welcome to lead. Im John Berman. A look now at whats become the deadliest path of Hurricane Ida and the Death Toll keeps climbing. At least 23 people killed in the last 24 hours in the northeast. Hundreds more rescued. Scenes like this just arent supposed to happen. Thats floodwaters rushing tHrough a home in montclair, New Jersey. In New York, the rain fell so fast it could have filled 50,000 olympicsized pools, and this is what happened when all the water pumps and the barrier walls and the sewer lines couldnt keep up. Watch. Thats just unreal. One river near philadelphia rose so high today it floated awfully close to Traffic Passion on the bridge above, and look at this. This is a minor League Baseball Stadium in bridgewater, New Jersey. The water, at least five rows high. We want to go live to cnns Miguel Marquez in new brunswick, New Jersey. Miguel, this is one of the most trying days so many people around here can remember. It
Right now about this unprecedented State Of Emergency, the ongoing danger and the cleanup ahead. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. Ness. Lets go straight to New York right now and our national correspondent Jason Carroll is on the scene for us. Jason, the city, the entire region, i should point out, they are reeling right now from this unfolding Flood Disaster. And can you see evidence of a disaster right here, wolf, if you Take A Look. Just a few hours ago this section of the major deegan was filled with water of the right now the water has receded but you can still see many of the cars that are out here. People abandoned their cars after they got trapped in the floodwaters. These people were lucky, wolf. They made it out alive, but last count some 26 people were killed in the northeast. Tonight historic Flooding Pummeling the northeast and the race now to rescue people from their homes. Were st
The Situation Room. And we begin with the Breaking News, the pentagon just announcing that some 3,000 u. S. Troops will be deployed to the afghan capital within 48 hours to help americans leave as taliban forces seize more territory. Were covering all angles of the story with Cnn Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward on the ground in Kabul And Cnn seen for white House Correspondent Phil mattingly over at the White House but first lets start with Cnn Pentagon Correspondent orrin liebman. The situation in afghanistan is clearly deteriorating rapidly. What have you learned about the mission for these 3,000 u. S. Troops . The taliban has swept and gained control of 12 provincial capitals with an advance that clearly has momentum as they move forward here. The u. S. Is sending in 3,000 additional troops specifically to Hamid Karzai international airport. That is the International Gateway To Kabul to secure the airport and to assist in the evacuation or partial drawdown of some sta
pleading with americans not to let their guard down heading into the labor day weekend, especially as we re seeing cases spike across the midwest, and we did see cases spike after previous summer holiday weekends. just minutes from now i m going to speak with dr. fauci live to discuss this and many other questions that i m sure you share and this. joe and jill biden traveling to kenosha, wisconsin today, this after the shooting of jacob blake and just after that the shooting deaths of two protesters allegedly by 17-year-old armed vigilante. the bidens will meet with blake s family, something that president trump did not do on his visit there. all this as mr. trump is now threatening to cut federal funding to several democrat-led cities and states on the grounds. their leaders are allowing anarchy, violence and destruction. he did not make that threat to the cities of minneapolis and kenosha, both in key swing states that the president hopes to win in november. first, let s go
Just to him or any other individual but all the crew members on final flights that made it happen and made it happen safely. john. part of a complicated chapter in history. orrin liebman. terrific report. thank you so much. i m john berman in for jake tapper of the our coverage continues right now. happening now, breaking news. the death toll is rising from an historic flooding disaster in the northeast after the remnants of hurricane ida dumped billions of gallons of water with stunning speed on communities from new york to maryland. rescues are still under way across the region. crews have been use boats to navigate streets turned into rivers as they struggle to reach residents trapped in flooded homes. new york city has been working to restore subway service after water gushed into stations stopping trains and leaving commuters stranded for hours overnight. we re getting new information