There will be a lot of people this morning who will go out in their driveway and their car won t be there. The roads here turned into rivers. It is just an awful mess. En a an awful, awful mess but glad that you are here even if remotely. And we begin with the breaking news this morning, catastrophic and deadly flooding in the northeast spawned by what remains of hurricane ida, at least seven people have died in new york. Five trapped by raging floods, one died in a building collapse. At least one person also dead in new jersey. The storms barreling into new york city overnight, flooding streets and homes from literally every direction. Look at that, a state of emergency declared in new york and new jersey after the storm unleashed floodwaters. 3 to 5 inches of rain an hour. New york city was under a flash flood emergency for the first time ever, even the most hardcore new yorkers haven t seen anything like this since hurricane issandy. Subways shut down with rivers of water cascading
I m kaitlan collins live in times square. John berman is in west chester county, assessing the damage because we re starting with breaking news this morning after there were torrential rains and catastrophic flooding that hit the northeast causing a lot of damage overnight and stranding people in their cars, causing people to be evacuated from the subway here in new york and at least eight people have died in new york and new jersey. Several of them after calling for help after rising flood waters. Both states are now under states of emergency. New york city had the heaviest single hour of rain in the city s history. And flash flooding has stranded thousands in the subway overnight and like i said, trapping people in their cars. Rescues were happening throughout the city as new york city s major imposed a travel ban until about an hour ago due to the dangerous flood conditions. At least one tornado reported touching down in new jersey. And the storm is now moving up the east coast with
Andrew yang will respond right here live. And we ll talk to the former republican congressman who said his antitrump views literally got him canceled from his new j job. A good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. It is thursday, may 27th. And it is a tough morning. Americans who are surviving the pandemic are dying from america s other epidemic. Another day, another hour, another mass shooting. This morning, the friends and loved ones of nine more americans are shott shattered b unimaginable grief. The latest carnage in san jose, california, where a shooter went on a rampage at a light rail yard in a case of workplace violence. This is the 232nd mass shooting of 2021. It is the 17th just in the past week from an analysis from the gun archive. 17 shootings in america this past week. 17. Since last wednesday, at least two dozen people have been shot to death with many more injured. It s a list that is expanding. Mass shootings occurring in san jose, michiga
another black man shot dead after a routine traffic stop over expired licence plates. i come to minnesota to tell| you your tags have expired. your tags of racism have expired. also in the programme india has recorded the highest one day tally of new covid 19 cases anywhere in the world. they are dying in record numbers, and many while waiting for oxygen. the oscars socially distanced. but on sunday, hollywood s finest will, at least, walk the red carpet, and all the way to union station. we ll explain all as we give you the runners and riders. hello, i m laura trevelyan in washington. christian fraser is in london. it s earth day, and world leaders tried to put their strategic rivalries aside today at a virtual white house summit on the climate crisis. after president trump spent four years trying to tear up everything president obama had done on climate, now president biden is trying to lead from the front again. as the us is the second biggest polluter in the world after
economists. sandra: and the ukraine, a russian invasion could come at any moment. the state department is warning americans in ukraine to get out now before it is too late. sandra smith in new york. hello. john: good to be with you another week, sandra. state department says families of u.s. diplomats at the embassy in kyiv need to leave now and other americans in the country should go as well. the u.s. military sending nearly 200,000 pounds of lethal aid to ukraine over the weekend and fox news confirming president biden has been given options for u.s. troop deployment in support of nato allies in eastern europe. sandra: comes as the russian troop build-up continues. 137,000 russian troops are posted at a dozen points along the border. a former state department spokesperson will join us. john: greg palkot has a view from the ground there. we are in the capital of kyiv, and it is on edge. looking at the russian troops around the borders, and neighboring belarus, les