Hello and welcome. Severe weather and flash flooding in the northeastern united states has now killed at least 45 people. In new york, most of the dead drowned while trapped in their basement apartments. Most of the two dozen killed in newjersey were in vehicles overwhelmed by floodwaters. President biden has blamed climate change, and says the country needs to be better prepared. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. A disaster that unfolded in minutes and claimed lives in several northeast states. The catastrophic flooding caused by the remnants of hurricane ida came out of the blue and court new yorkers offguard. Streets are turned into rivers and subway services forced to close down as water cascaded onto trains. Many of those who died perished in their basements, unable to escape. This is new york s central park, submerged after the wildest flooding in a lifetime. I after the wildest flooding in a lifetime. , after the wildest flooding in a lifetime. ,. , lifetime.
Of opposition led by beto o rourke. Our representatives here need to meet this crisis with the urgency that it demands. Do whatever it takes to save democracy. This is coming just days before president biden is set to give a national address on voting rights. It follows a white house meeting with a group of civil rights leaders. In a moment i will talk to the reverend al sharpton who was in the meeting about what he wants the president to do as well. Meanwhile, the former president set to take the stage this weekend at cpac. The latest effort by donald trump to stay in the limelight, looking for any platform to spread lies about the election, and much, much more. We re going to look at the hold he continues to have on the gop ahead. Plus, signs of a painful past finally on the move. A statue of robert e. Lee removed in charlottesville four years after a deadly farright extremist protest to keep it in place led to deadly violence. We are standing in a park where this city is still refus
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